"Twilight..... Twilight you have been staring into that pond for over and hour now. There's nothing there."
It was true, for the past hour Twilight had been staring into the pond and seeing nothing but her reflection. She had been waiting and waiting to see her friends and family, but they never came.
"This isn't healthy Twilight, you need to start weighing your options."
"MY OPTIONS!!!!" She yelled out. "I have no options, I'm gone and I am never getting back! I'll never see my friends again!"
"Sorry, poor choice of words."
"You think?" Twilight said through her teeth.
"Well, actually... you do have options." The voice said.
"What?"
"I said you do have options."
"Don't lie to me." Twilight said bitterly.
"I'm not lying. Honest."
"Alright. I'm listening."
"Remember in the book that you read about the creation of the Elements of Harmony?" Twilight gave a slight nod so the voice continued. "Well, the King and Queen put their spirits into the elements, but not their whole being."
"So what does that have to do with anything?" Twilight interrupted. "Oops... sorry I didn't mean to interrupt."
"I'm getting to it... So if their spirit went into making the elements, where did their bodies go?"
"....Here!"
"Precisely. Now I believe that if you are able to find the King and Queen, you might be able to get back."
Twilight was dumbfounded. She has a chance, however slim it might be, of getting back to her friends and family.
"Wait.. what is the point in finding them. If there was a way back they would have found that out long ago, and they wouldn't be stuck here."
She heard a faint chuckle. "Twilight you are the element of magic. You have a very strong connection to the king and queen. They are the Elements of Harmony."
"That still doesn't explain anything."
"The Elements of Harmony are strong enough to get you out of this place, but do you have the elements at your disposal?"
"No, my friends are not here, and they are the Elements of Harmony."
"No they are not the Elements of Harmony." Twilight was about to object, but the voice continued before she had the chance. "They are the bearers of the elements, not the elements themselves. They signify the elements. The true sorce of the elements are King Equestor and Queen Lunesta. The true Elements of Harmony will have the power to get you out of this place."
Twilight nodded. "I understand now. I must find them, but were can I go you said there was no going back?"
"You're right I did say that. But I did not say that there was no going forward."
"That's true." Twilight for the first time in months began to giggle.
"There's the Twilight I know. Glad to see I could make you smile one more time!"
Twilight laughed some more but finally got up and began to walk forward.
"So this means I can't see my friends again." She said as she looked back at the pond.
"Twilight If you succeed in finding the King and Queen, you will be able to see them again in for real."
"Your right. I have to do this, for my friends..... for me." She said as she continued to walk not looking back at the pond.
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Twilight had been walking for a while, but could see no end. There was nothing to be seen anywhere. It was all just a bright space.
"Am I ever going to find them?" Twilight asked.
"You will, don't worry. Soon enough you will see."
They were silent for another few minutes before Twilight spoke up, "I never got the chance to thank you."
"What for?"
"For everything. You helped me get through this, made it bearable."
"Well thank you Twilight Sparkle, that means a lot."
"Your welcome...... So If you have been here for quite some time, you must have seen the Queen and King before."
"Yes, I have seen them."
"What do they look like? Are they nice? Do they make good company? How tall are they? What do they-"
"Whoa slow down their kid don't hurt yourself."
"Sorry I'm just so curious. I never even knew they existed before I came here. Oh!! If I ever get back I will find a book about them and learn all about the King and Queen!"
"That's just like you. You would come back from the dead and the first thing you would do would be to read a book."
Twilight rolled her eyes. "No the first thing I would do is apologize to my family and friends.... and to the Princess."
"You really care for her don't you?"
"Yes, I love her like a mother, I grew up with her. She's like a second mother to me."
"She thinks of you as a daughter you know."
"H-how do you know?"
"I can see her from here. I can see everything alicorn are doing. This is where alicorn go when they die, It's only fitting I can see what they are doing."
"That's kind of creepy."
"I suppose it could be." They both shared a good laugh. Twilight hadn't felt that good in month.
"But seriously, the way she looks at you and treats you. It's like how a mother treats a child. She deeply cares for you, I do not know If you could see but when you were depressed, It hurt her. It hurt her almost as much as it hurt you."
"I'm so sorry I put her through so much pain."
"Cheer up, when you find Queen Lunesta and King Equestor, you will be able to see Princess Celestia once again."
"That's what is getting me through this." Twilight sighed. "You still never told me who you are you know."
"And I still won't, well not for now... But you can call be Equest."
"Oh! Like the letter E, and were on a quest! Thats clever."
"Sure.... I mean yeah I'm clever."
"Okay Equest, so what are the King and Queen like?"
"There nice."
"That's It, there just nice?"
"Yeah, I mean I haven't really spent that much time with them."
"Oh.... Well what do they look like?"
"Queen Lunesta is white with a deep purple and blue mane and the King is dark blue with a pink and gold mane."
"Wow. They sound magnificent."
They voice did not respond.
"I wish I could still see what was going on in Canterlot."
"I can do that." Equest said. Suddenly a screen appeared before Twilight, in it she saw her friends sitting next to each other reminiscing on the good times they had.
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"Remember the first day she came to Ponyville. She didn't even want to make friends." Applejack said.
"Yeah and then I showed her that I could clear the sky in ten seconds flat." Rainbow exclaimed. "Oh, and that one time Rarity though a rock was a gem!"
"I THOUGH WE SAID WE WOULD NEVER SPEAK OF THAT!" Rarity yelled.
"Shesh sorry I said anything."
"I'm sorry everypony, I didn't mean to yell. I just miss her."
"We all miss her sugarcube, but Ah don't think she would want us sad. She would want us to be happy about all of the great memories we had with her."
"Your right. Lets be strong.... For Twilight!"
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Twilight watched as the screen disappeared. A tear forming in her eye.
"Thank you for that Equest."
"You're very welcome Twilight."
They continued to walk for another couple of minutes. Twilight thought that she did want her friends to remember the happy times they had. She didn't want them to be sad about her being gone.
"Equest?"
"Yes."
"I take it that you are a pony, correct."
"Correct."
"So you must be a unicorn."
"Why do you think that?"
"Well.... You just made a magical screen apear before me. Your not a pegasus and your not an earth pony. Process of elimination, you are a unicorn."
Equest began to laugh. "I think you must be mistaken Twilight. Think about that more and get back to me."
Twilight though about that. There were three races of ponies, and then It hit her. How could she be so stupid? Of course there was another type of pony: an alicorn. An ALICORN! Now that she thought about it, this was a place for alicorn.
All of the pieces started to fall into place for Twilight. This voice, Equest, was an alicorn!! Equest had demonstrated the traits of Harmony.
First he stayed loyal to her, when she went down the straight path, Equest followed. When she was was crying, Equest comforted her and showed her kindness. Equest gave her a book when she needed something to do, he showed her generosity. Twilight asked if there was a way back, Equest told her the truth and was honest. Equest made her laugh, something she hasn't done in months. And finally, Equest showed her friends even after they left the magic pond.... magic.
Equest. Equ-... Equestor.... est... Lunesta!! Queen Lunesta and King Equestor! Equest is the King and Queen.
"Equest... why didn't you tell me?"
"You had to find out for yourself Twilight. I could not tell you."
A bright light suddenly appeared above Twilight and began to descend. Twilight had to look away, the light was to bright. When the light subsided, Twilight saw before her the King and Queen of Equestria.
Cool twist.
I am hoping that if this leads to Twilight's return that it takes more than just a pop back to Equestria. She used dark magic to kill herself and the Princesses never expect to see her again. That said, her return should cost her more than a moment of remorse and some sad friends. They seem to be taking her loss too easily in my opinion. Also, I feel like the princesses ought to explain a little more than "Twilight found some spells King Sombra made and killed herself intentionally". Why did Sombra create those spells? How do the Princesses know what they do? Why did Twilight Sparkle want to die. Has Luna done the same to herself in the past? I mean, surely being in the state of mind that led to NMM, Luna might have considered suicide at least once. It would help make the story better if you would, among other things, write more story to explain her state of mind (as in actual events along the way, etc). As it is, it seems like Twilight just got extra depressed one day and offed herself. The story is almost too thin on detail to actually feel the transition from happy go lucky Twilight Sparkle to the-world-hates-me-and-ignores-me-...Twilight Sparkle.
Just hoping this story will get better.
I suggest changing " This voice.... Equest, was an alicorn." to "The voice, Equest, was an alicorn!" since Equest is an alternate name (clarifies "the voice") for the voice and you are wanting to convey surprise at this sudden intuitive leap. Really it ought to be "had demonstrated the traits of harmony" or something like that since the "Elements of Harmony" is a proper noun and he acted in a certain way. He didn't show her some magical manifestations of harmony or anything.
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In any case, interesting idea at some level. You just need to flesh out the story a little.
2275326 Thanks for the comment and for helping me with my writing. I will try to explain the details more in the next chapter.
Oh, this is really nice. I've always been interested in the afterlife subject. And this story has a great idea.
I got really suspicious when he said she could call him Equest. I mean, Equest? A few moments after he mentioned Equestor? Seriously, those names are too similar.
I also found alot of yours, when it's supposed to be you're or you are. And some normal errors with some words that everyone's done once in their lives.
Here, have some moustaches for your work.