Humans, Mages, and Arians live together in harmony thanks to the peace brought by Princess Celestia but forces start to show themselves that threaten that peace.Twilight gets sent to Oaktown by Princess Celestia and she meets some interesting people.
Humans, Mages, and Arians live together in harmony thanks to the peace brought by Princess Celestia but forces start to show themselves that threaten that peace. Twilight gets sent to Oaktown by Princess Celestia and she finds some interesting people there; she learns magic and other valuable lessons about life. A human story; also, My Little Pony anime-fied. Most of the names of the places are the same except for Ponyville, now called Oakville.
Long ago; there was a country named Equestria ruled by a man nicknamed Discord; he was a young twenties looking man with messy short ash colored hair and matching chin stubble. He wore a grey pin striped suit and at his side was the talon of an eagle that could neutralize magic. Discord was a man who thrived on chaos; believing that this was man’s true state. He believed that all men and women were inherently mad and thrived on chaos and anarchy.
Discord was a formidable magic user for he had the ability to warp reality how he saw fit; he could manipulate and alter logic and shift size and shape at a whim. Discord also possessed the powers of Telekinesis, Hypnosis, and even the ability to create; he was truly a powerful being and no one dared stand against him and the country suffered great under his reign. One day, two magical arian sisters rose up to face Discord when they saw the damage Discord was doing to the people and stood against him; the sisters were named Celestia who harnessed the power of sun flame and Luna who harnessed the power of shadow and darkness; she was also most formidable with a saber. The two sisters fought against Discord in a battle that’s aftermath can still be seen to this day. The girls suffered much physical damage but working together, they managed to trap Discord in an alternate world where he could do no more harm to the country.
The sisters were praised by the people for their heroics and were asked to watch over the people who were now without a leader to guide them. The two sisters decided to work together and became the princesses of Equestria. The people lived in Celestia’s light and saw her as a sovereign, her very presence putting people at ease; her sister saw no problem with this at first and was okay with her sister taking the reins finding herself more useful in terms of battle and overseeing the night; she tried to show the people the majesty of the night sky and the beauty of the moon that she treasured so but soon, everyone fell to Celestia as the rightful queen and only seeing the younger Luna as the sister of Celestia. The younger sister however, started to grow jealous of Celestia; everyone turning to her and phrasing her for being the hero of Equestria and Luna always the one forgotten.
Princess Luna grew bitter and grew to resent her sister and after a long while of letting these feelings grow inside the her heart; it blossomed into full grown hatred and not even Celestia’s power over sun fire could protect the younger sister from the darkness that overtook her. Soon after, Equestria would fall into more hardship and the two sisters, once revered; now locked in battle. Luna, who once wore dark blue dresses and who’s blue eyes were entrancing now wore jagged armor and helmet, and her eyes were now full of rage and hate.
The sister’s would fight for what seemed like a millennia, both showing their fierce magic and prowess in battle. The battle would soon end with Celestia using old magic to entrap Luna in the moon that she loved. Celestia would then rule alone, with a pain in her heart from having to do such a horrid thing to her beloved sister.
A hand would gently close a book and sigh; the girl who owned said hand rubbed the bridge of her nose and pushed her glasses up; a look of annoyance displayed on her face; a young eleven year boy looked over at her from across the room. “Spike, I already read this one…” the girl let out a small and quiet sigh and lazily pushed the book to the side, looking out the window. Spike looked over at the girl and noticed her bored expression; he pouted and shifted through the stack of books that rested next to him “I thought you liked the Tale Of The Two Princesses Twilight…” he mused as he pulled three books off the stack and handed them over to Twilight, not caring which ones they were. Twilight chuckled lightly, her head rested on her hand “Yes, I do, but I also read it a dozen times, I want to read something new right now…” she turned her attention to the books on the table; she took one of the books and thumbed through it. Spike raised an eyebrow “You practically read every book, like, ever…” he sighed as he rolled his eyes at Twilight; he sat down and leaned against the wall of the train car.
Twilight was engrossed in her book and paid no attention to Spike’s complaining until Spike made a very loud and theatrical sigh; she gave Spike a side glance “We’re almost there Spike; we’ll be there in another thirty minutes.” she looked back at her book to try to avoid having to see his reaction. Spike gave an exasperated moan and fell back into a chair, grimacing all the while. Defeated, Twilight looked over at Spike from her position at the small coffee table, her hands on the page of the book she was currently reading “Spike, surely there something you can do besides make grunts of disapproval..” she watched Spike pout and kick the air a few times “I’m boooored…” he moaned as he looked at Twilight with puppy dog eyes. Twilight gently closed her book and adjusted her glasses again “Alright, what do you propose we do on a train?” she challenged as she watched Spike look over at her with a grin “I want to go to the Dinning cart, I want rock candy!” he looked at Twilight hopefully. Twilight rolled her eyes as she got up and grabbed her money pouch “I swear, I have no idea how you can eat so much rock candy and not have rot out your teeth yet..” she started down the corridor with Spike in toe, happy he was getting what he wanted. Twilight and Spike sat down at a small table in the dining cart as Spike happily ate his rock candy; Twilight watched him in horror as he gobbled it down and made a mess, some rock candy stuck to his chin and some fell on his lap “Slow down before you choke and stop making a mess..” she sighed as she grabbed a napkin and handed it to him. Twilight looked out the window as Spike ate and watched as the scenery passed with her head resting on her hand again; she recalled the reason for even being on the stupid train to begin with heading to god knows where.
Twilight walked down the hall of the grand castle with a book in hand; she was lost in thought thinking about how she would present herself, after all, it was a big deal for Queen Celestia to summon anyone like this without warning. She adjusted her purple tie with a pin on it through her purple sweater vest and adjusted what people called her granny shoes which were just brown loafer with knee high socks; she cleared her throat and straitened her posture. As she did that, she approached two large decorated doors. Twilight didn’t bother paying attention to the two soldiers at each side of the door and flipped her blue hair with pink and purple streaks behind her shoulder; the two soldiers looked at her briefly before stepping to the side and opening the doors for her. She wasted no time in walking through and walking down the grand throne room. Twilight stopped when she was in front of Celestia; she bowed her head and tried mask any emotion she was feeling. “You wished to see me Princess Celestia?” she said that almost robotically; she knew she was still a little nervous around her, even though Celestia was her magic teacher but she had to always present herself as a professional. Celestia with all the grace in the world stood up and walked over, placing a hand gently on Twilight’s shoulder. Twilight immediately felt a gentle and calming warmth wash over her.
Celestia gave a small smile and spoke with great eloquence “It’s alright Twilight, you’re not in any kind trouble, you may relax” she took her hand off of Twilight’s shoulder. Twilight felt all of her muscles finally relax and she lifted her head, taking a deep breath “Oh thank goodness…” she quickly pushed up her glasses which was a nervous habit of hers “I was worried for a moment, after all I didn’t know if I forgot to submit my work or something, or I got a failed grade, or if I forgot a report..” she watched as Celestia’s hand went up and immediately went quiet. Celestia spoke again “I do, however, have an assignment for you of the upmost importance.” she watched as Twilight beamed with pride; Twilight loved being given important work because it meant that Celestia trusted her abilities. Celestia took Twilight’s silence as a sign to continue and used her magic staff adorned with a sun on top to point to a small town on a large map hanging off to the side on a wall “There is a small village named Oaktown about three hours away from here; I would like you to relocate there for a little bit, all expenses will be covered, I need you to oversee the sun festival…” this caused Twilight to freak out. Twilight looked at Celestia in disbelief for a moment and asked one question right after the other “Wait, what? But, you’re highness, am I being relieved of my studies? I’m sorry if I did something wrong! Am I being banished?” she went quiet as Celestia’s hand went up again.
Celestia shook her head and gave Twilight a reassuring smile “On the contrary, I want you to report to me once a week on your findings; you’re a very promising student but you keep to yourself to much Twilight, I want you to go to this village to learn more about people and friendships and I think you will also find many promising ways to advance your studies there as well while you're there…” she smiled at Twilight who stood there dumbfounded, still trying to take it all in. Twilight came to and shook her head, putting a hands on her hips “I don’t have time for all of that, I want to stay here and study with you, I want to stay here in Canterlot..” she had no desire to go to some irrelevant small town and leave the splendor of such an amazing city. Celestia sighed “Twilight, this is an assignment, I’m doing this for your own benefit. Spike, your young assistant will accompany you to help you in your findings of magic and keep me updated. Use this Opportunity to broaden your horizons as well.” She smiled and Twilight let her shoulders drop, knowing she was going to give in and do what Celestia says.
Twilight came to when she heard a piercing bell go off; it was the signal that the train was reaching its destination. Twilight looked out the window, spotting some people who were no doubt waiting for the train to stop to see their loved ones. Not much of the town could be seen right now but it looked small and some of the people didn’t look like the type of people Twilight cared to associate with. Twilight huffed and looked over at Spike who had finished his rock candy “Alright little glutton, we’re almost there..” she watched as Spike perked up “Finally, let’s go Twilight!” he happily got out of the seat and rushed to their room down the corridor. Twilight raced after him “Slow down, you’re going to crash into someone if you run like that!”
The train came to a stop and Twilight with Spike in toe stepped off the train; Twilight straitened her posture and looked on in discontent as she started to walk past a sign that said Welcome To Oakville; Twilight looked over at Spike who observed everything with childlike excitement "Well Spike, I might as well do what I need to and present myself an a student of Celestia." and with new enthusiasm she walked on into the town.
The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 1
The town was actually a very busy town for it being so small; people were all around the square shopping and enjoying the rather nice afternoon; what seemed to be a really popular was a stand selling fresh cider; a young man and an old lady were sitting at a booth with a line wrapping all the way around it. Twilight saw an opportunity and walked over with Spike following her to try to formally introduce herself, trying to be serious and diplomatic. Twilight looked over at the old lady first who seemed to be doing most of the talking with the man simply hauling barrels of sloshing liquid around when the cider supply started to run low, he seemed to be quiet. The old lady looked over at Twilight and furrowed her eyebrows as she was approached by Twilight, she pointed a cane at Twilight “Hey you, no cutting in line, you kids today..” she mumbled lightly and turned her attention back to her customer.
Twilight raised an eyebrow and looked over at the man; she decided he might be less busy and easier to talk to, she cleared her throat “Hello there, I am Twilight and I’m representing Canterlot, I'm here on official business” she gave a small smile. The man looked over at her with a deadpan expression “Fine..” he went back to what he was doing. Twilight bit her lip, hating awkward situations “So, you selling drinks I see?” she looked at the barrels. The man looked over at Twilight briefly and then grabbed a barrel, hoisting it over his shoulder with a grunt “Yep..” he walked off from her to place the barrel on the table and talk to customers.
Twilight stood in awe watching him walk away and shook her head; she gave up and decided to head elsewhere else in a huff. The town had more then she originally thought but it was still no Canterlot. The town had a Theater, a big looking city hall, a weird looking boutique, a bakery, a market place, a fountain area; the town definitely had a country feel to it and everyone knew everyone.
Twilight cataloged everything she saw from business to people when she stumbled across what seemed to be a small music hall; she heard lovely music coming from one of the open windows, the music sounded familiar. The music caught her attention and her curiosity got the best of her as she walked inside. The music hall was nothing fancy; it was dark circular room that descended the closer you got to the stage in the center; the seats were made of worn red velvet and the carpet looked old. Above was one VIP area with red velvet curtains drawn.
Twilight’s attention was soon drawn toward the woman playing on the stage; a young woman with long brown hair pulled up in a ponytail and bow was playing a cello; her eyes were closed and her bow glided effortlessly across the cello strings emitting a wonderful sound, it was as if the brow was a part of the girls arm. Twilight took a seat in the back and watched her play, completely entranced. This went on for a thirty minutes before the woman finished the piece and smiled lightly to herself in satisfaction.
The woman nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard light clapping; Twilight was standing up clapping, a small smile on her face. Twilight's smile quickly faded into embarrassment when she saw that she startled the cello player; she quickly moved to remedy the situation, she started down the stairs to the stage.
"You're playing was absolutely wonderful...It sounds familiar somehow." she watched as the cello player gently place her cello back into it's case next to her. The cello payer never moved from her spot; placing her hands neatly in her lap and smiled, speaking in a light British accent.
"Thank you, I favor that piece actually.." she smiled at Twilight with a little red in her cheeks "The piece is called Cello Suite No.1 in G major and perhaps you have heard it before. I play it often when I visit Canterlot for functions..." she watched as Twilight perked up at the mention of her home; she recognized the girl now. Twilight was happy to finally meet someone from Canterlot here " Oh yes, I remember seeing you at a party of Princess Celestia's. Are you from Canterlot? I'm from there on official business." she proudly puffed her chest out. The cello player let out a small laugh "Well, I actually don't come from Canterlot, I was born here in Oakville. I have visited Canterlot on numerous occasions though and have even been invited to live there but I turned it down" she finally stood up off her chair and brushed her skirt off, walking over to where Twilight stood, just off the stage.
Twilight was surprised, she looked at the cello player is disbelief "Say what? you had a chance to live in Canterlot? Why didn't you leave while you had the chance?" she watched as the cello player gave her an almost confused reaction; as if she was surprised to be asked that. The cello player gave another small smile "Because Oakville is my home, I can't imagine living anywhere else..." she started to look at the the music hall with nostalgia; she quickly turned to meet Twlight's gaze at a sudden realization "Oh, and my name is Octavia by the way, charmed to meet you." she took Twilight's hand and shook it. Twilight returned the handshake and grinned sheepishly "My name is Twilight and I'll be.." she frowned as she continued "Living here for a little while" she sighed again and hung her head. Octavia just chuckled lightly and went to go pick up her cello "Well Twilight, I must be off but Oakville welcomes you and I wouldn't worry, I'm sure you'll find Oakville to be pleasant and quite colorful." she waved at Twilight as she walked away up the stairs.
Twilight pouted for a moment and mumbled "Doubt it.." she went up the stairs and was invaded with outside light; she had been in that dark music hall for a while now. Twilight walked out and noticed Spike come out of a candy shop carrying a big bag of rock candy "Spike, why didn't you follow me to the music hall!?" she grabbed at Spike's sweater hood who complained "I didn't want to listen to some boring classical music!" he whined. Twilight let go of Spike's hood "Don't you run off like that again..." she told Spike to follow and decided to visit the bakery next. The smell of fresh baked breads and cakes came from the chimney of the bakery and Twilight watched as Spike started to drool a little; she rolled her eyes with a small laugh "Control yourself Spike, we're not here to buy sweets right now..." she walked ahead into the Bakery. As Twilight opened the door her nostrils were invaded with every kind of sweet scent imaginable; she looked around and noticed no one was here except one person who's head was in a turned off oven, cleaning it; the person's overall flour covered rear end could be seen from front the door.
"Lovely..." Twilight thought sarcastically as she called out "Hello?" she watched as almost immediately, the person behind the counter stop and pull their head out of the oven, revealing herself to be a girl. The girl at the counter seemed to be Twilight's age; she had a giant curly head of pink hair that reminded Twilight of pink cotton candy; it was covered in flour right now and it matched her flour covered pink overalls. The girl wore a giant grin on her face, it was kind of creeping Twilight out.
"Hello, welcome to Sugarcube Corners, you can call me Pinkie, what can I do for you?!" she spoke in a high pitched voice that caused Twilight to wince ever so slightly; she swore she heard a dog bark somewhere. Twilight coughed awkwardly "My name is Twilight and I am here representing Canterlot on official business." she expecting Pinkie to say something but Pinkie just stared at Twilight for a few seconds with a blank expression "Wait..so..you're new here?" she pointed at Twilight who was taken back. Twilight nodded "Ummm..yes? I am new here" she watched as Pinkie freaked out, jump over the counter, and run out of the door of the bakery screaming for someone Twilight didn't know; leaving Twilight and Spike alone. Twilight didn't even know what to say to that "O...kay then." she just shrugged and left the bakery in confused silence.
Completely confused by there people here; Twilight just opted for more sight seeing with Spike who noticed Twilight's sudden anti social stance "You know Twilight, you don't seem to want to really be social here...you really should try making friends; you didn't have many in Canterlot..." he looked at Twilight who just scoffed. Spike's eyebrows furrowed "Hey, maybe Celestia wants you here to save the word or something while you're here.." he grinned at the idea. Twilight rolled her eyes, placing a hand on her hip as she walked "Spike please, the fate of the world does not rest on me making friends..." she kept her eyes in front of her as she walked. They two walked in silence for a while when a shaggy looking man came running out of a store, holding what seemed to be some magical artifact; a clerk came running out yelling for someone to stop him, saying he was a thief. Twilight noticed the commotion as she walked past the store and looked at the thief nonchalantly as he passed her "A thief huh?....." she let magic course through her hand; it took the form of a purple colored energy around her and she touched her forehead with that magic, a light emitted on her forehead and from it, she pulled out what seemed to be a purple twisted wand resembling unicorn horn.
"Magicae, quod quidem est per me, et latro..." soon the wand was glowing with bright magic and Twilight pointed it at the thief; her expression serious and eyebrows furrowed in concentration. The magic swirled around her, causing her hair to float around her "Dirigentes stella!" five fast bright lights came speeding from the wand and hit the thief, each giving off a small explosion as it made impact. The thief fell to the ground letting the stolen item go and she fell unconscious, otherwise fine. Twilight stood there with her wand in hand with Spike looking at her in shock "That's one of Celestia's top magic students for ya..." he mentioned to himself quietly.
The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 2
People started to gather around the incapacitated thief, confused about the commotion and then turned their attention to Twilight who had her wand out and her cheeks were red; her wand pointed in the direction of the thief; she quickly put it away as she heard some guards making their way there. The people’s chatter were not missed by Twilight; she grimaced, she hated being the center of attention and would much rather be anywhere else at the moment.
The two soldier’s that came were immediately sent over to Twilight after being pointed out as being the one behind stopping the thief. Twilight immediately went formal as she stood up sit and bowed her head.
“My name is Twilight, student ID number is 4, and I am representing Princess Celestia here in Oaktown; forgive me for being so disruptive on my first day here, I impulsively acted…” she waited for the reprimand that she was sure was heading her way. The soldiers looked at each other and coughed awkwardly, one went to deal with the thief. The other solider looked on at Twilight and chuckled “No need to be so formal, you helped stopped a crime kid, I’ll make sure Celestia knows about this, good work..” he watched as Twilight’s expression turned to horror.
“Ohmygodpleaseno,Icouldn’ttaketheembarrassment” Twilight babbled as she flailed her arms and then used her hands to cover her still red face. The solider laughed, unconcerned with Twilight’s protest and grinned “The princess will be more than happy to hear that you caught a thief your first day here, don’t worry about it..” he walked off to help the other solider take away the thief. Twilight fell to her knees, her face drained of color; she wanted nothing more than to bury her head in the ground “Princess Celestia will hear about that..” she looked over at Spike “How much does it take to move to another country and change your name Spike?” she moaned as she turned away in embarrassment; it clearly being a rhetorical question. Spike just rolled his eyes and patted Twilight on the back. After a few more minutes of the soldiers asking some questions to Twilight for their report, she was excused.
Twilight made haste in getting out of the area before drawing any more attention to herself. The pair found themselves at the strange boutique they had seen earlier; it reminded Twilight of a carousel in a way. Against her better judgment, she decided to walk towards the store with Spike in tow and noticed the sign that said open; she shrugged and figured she could at least take a look. Twilight opened the oddly fancy door and walked into a room filled with fabric, mannequins, clothes of all kinds, hats, jewelry, shoes, and dresses; so many dresses. Twilight was taken back but she walked up to the counter and saw a woman on the other end hard at work.
The woman was strikingly beautiful, she was dressed in Giovanna dress suit; it was a diamond decorated bowknot tight party dress; her white stilettos matched the ensemble well. The girl had blue hair that cascaded down to her shoulder blade and curled at the bottom; she wore white glasses and had measuring tape draped on her like a scarf. Twilight noticed a small bell and lightly pressed on it, getting the attention of the busy girl. The woman looked over from her work and gave a small smile before getting up and meeting the pair at the counter, wrapping the measuring tape around her finger. Spike was next to Twilight, looking completely smitten by the fashion designer.
“Yes? My name is Rarity, what can I do for you today?” she spoke in a Mid-Atlantic type accent; she looked over at Spike briefly and smiled warmly “And hello there young man..” she grabbed a piece of candy out a jar and handed it to Spike who took it and had a goofy grin on his face. Rarity then turned her attention to Twilight, she observed Twilight for a moment and scrunched her nose in disgust which confused Twilight. Twilight opted to ignore it again put on her best bureaucratic front and cleared her throat as she extended a hand.
“Yes, my name is Twilight and this is Spike; I’m here representing Canterlot on business…” she took Rarity’s hand and exchanged a handshake. Rarity had a look of excitement on her face when Canterlot was mentioned; she let out a squeal and clapped her hands together once, keeping them locked “You’re from Canterlot you say? I’ve always wanted to live there; the royal city looks so beautiful and I want to open a shop so that all the women and men in Canterlot can see my work and dawn them at all the exquisite parties; to see my designs at the gala...it would be a dream come true!” She started to day dream; leaving Twilight alone.
“Umm, hello? earth to Rarity” Twilight waved a hand in front of Rarity causing her to come out of her day dream abruptly. Rarity brushed a piece of hair behind her ear, giving a small chuckle of embarrassment “Oh do forgive me darling, I’m just happy to meet someone from Canterlot…” she then observed Twilight again, scrunching her nose “But I’m NOT happy to see…” she used her index finger to gesture to Twilight’s outfit which consisted of a plain brown ankle long skirt with a white blue and blue sweater vest “That” she chuckled lightly “It looks like you need to be teaching school children in that outfit.” she gently tugged at Twilight’s sleeve. Twilight lightly swatted Rarity’s hand away with a huff; she adjusted her glasses again and looked away “I’ll have you know I tend to be conservative with my dress..” she heard Rarity chuckle causing her to look at Rarity again with a disapproving look; the fashion designer leaned a little on the counter.
“Darling, your fashion should make a statement, make it say something about you; and right now yours is saying prairie girl..” She went behind the counter and went around the corner with a dumbfounded Twilight standing there in silence “But worry not Twilight, I have JUST the thing for you and it will match much better, and this will be free of charge as long as you get rid of that hideous skirt …” she came back with a purple plaid knee high skirt with frill at the bottom. Twilight looked at it with interest, she loved matching and the skirt matched her sweater “Well…I mean…” she looked away not wanting to admit the girl was right “I mean..” she groaned, knowing Rarity was right “It’s cute..” she groaned in defeat. Rarity laughed lightly and winked at Twilight, a victorious grin on her face.
“Of course darling, when it comes to fashion, I know what I’m…” her attention was dragged away from Twilight when some mannequins fell over making a mess of parts and clothing “Oh dear, this is the third time this month this has happened, one moment darling, this won’t take long” she sighed and Twilight could of sworn she saw some white aura appearing around Rarity and after a second glance, she was now sure she saw white aura going around the fashion designer. Rarity touched her forehead and the same light that appeared on Twilight’s head manifested on Rarity’s; she pulled out a white twisted wand identical to Twilight’s purple wand from the light and pointed it at the mess of mangled mannequins. “Magicae quae in venas currit..” she spoke fluently as she closed her eyes and let the white aura lightly brush across her skin and across the room to the mess “revertere ad locum istum eo statu naturali” the mannequins and clothes then started to levitate off of the ground; floating al l around the room until each part of the mannequins had been properly reattached and the cloths were back on them. The mannequins were then gently placed back to their positions when Twilight had arrived. Twilight watched with awe, this was the first mage she met here.
“Oh wow, I didn’t know you were a mage as well, your levitation is good…” she smiled at Rarity who adjusted her skirt and smiled at the compliment. Rarity nodded with some pride “Of course darling, levitation is my specialty” she grinned and for show, made her register levitate with ease “What’s yours darling?” she looked at Twilight expectantly. Twilight never missed the opportunity to talk about magic, with anyone. All mages, when they’re ready for their coming of age ceremony, normally choose to specialize in one particular magic type or craft so they can focus on completely mastering something.
“My specialty is the stars and astronomy” she said as she took the skirt from Rarity; she was ushered into the changing room by the fashion designer but she was still curious about some things “So, can I ask where you studied Rarity?” she asked with curiosity from the other side of the changing room.
Rarity was taken back by the question but saw no problem in answering it “I studied here in Oakville actually, in a small magic school. Might I ask you the same question darling?” she watched the skirt get thrown over the door which landed on Rarity’s shoulder. Rarity looked at the skirt in utter disgust and brushed it off like it was contaminated.
“I studied at a magic school in Canterlot, I started school right after my horn started to show.” Twilight smiled at the memory of her parents and brother happily watching her start the magic academy. Twilight finally stepped out after adjusting the skirt. “Alright, what do you think?” she stepped out and felt shy, she felt awkward in a short skirt, even if it was a knee high skirt. Rarity smiled and nodded approvingly “Much better darling!” she then shooed Twilight away from the changing area and back to the other side of the counter.
“As promised darling, the skirt is on me” she looked at the clock and was overcome with panic “Oh dear, I lost track of time. Twilight dear, I must ask that you come back at another time, I’m dreadfully behind on my work..” she raced around the corner disappeared from view shortly afterward. Twilight didn’t even have a chance to respond before she was gone and just let herself out. “Everyone here so far has some weird quirks…” she groaned but her words were lost because Spike was looking back, waving at the boutique, still smitten with Rarity.
The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 3
Twilight walked around town after leaving the boutique with a notebook in hand, writing everything down she learned about the places and people she came across since she got here; she had indeed met some interesting people as Celestia said she would but Twilight had a hard time deciding if this was a good thing or a bad thing. Spike walked along side Twilight, looking at the neatly wrapped piece of candy in his palm.
“Did you see how she looked at me when she handed me the candy Twilight?” he looked lovingly at the candy. Twilight threw her head back and let out a grunt; she had been listening to spike go on about Rarity for the past fifteen minutes now and it was graining on her nerves. “Spike, for the love of everything; she just handed you a piece of candy…” she looked at her young assistant who was paying no attention; she just let out a huff and kept walking around the town square, recording everything she saw. Twilight had decided to write some letters to Celestia about the people she met after she had gathered more information and took a seat at a bench with Spike; she wrote about the quiet and demure musician, the crazy cotton candy haired baker, and the Canterlot loving fashion designer; she wanted to leave nothing out.
Spike had finally stopped daydreaming; taking the letters that Twilight wrote and preparing them to be sent to Celestia, about three letters total were written. Once Twilight was done writing and had readied them for mail. Spike took them in his hands and took a deep breath and then blew; out of his mouth came a small orange colored warm fire that enveloped the letters quickly, making them disappear; the flames danced around for a minute before quickly taking off into the direction of the royal city Canterlot. Twilight had always found Spike’s weird ability to be neat, it was an easy way to get communication across which is one of the main reasons Spike was with her; she looked over at Spike with a small smile “You know Spike, that’s a pretty handy ability you have.” she looked over at her assistant who grinned at the comment, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly “It was nuthin.” he responded quickly, loving the compliment.
Twilight and Spike’s peaceful moment was interrupted when a small light emitting rabbit jumped on the bench, startling the pair; it made an aggravated high pitched chuu sound before bouncing off the bench and away into the crowd of shoppers, leaving a small sparkly white trail in its wake. Twilight and Spike took a moment to register what happened but didn’t have long because then their attention was grabbed by a soft but tremulous voice that rang out behind them. A pink haired girl wearing a yellow turtle neck and long green skirt chased after the rabbit, passing the two as she had a hand reached out trying to grab it.
“Angel, please come back” the girl spoke meekly; her breathing sporadic as she ran in her brown boots. The girl bumped into multiple people and she stopped to bow her head and apologize to each one sheepishly before going back to giving chase to the runaway creature. Twilight noticed Spike giving her a look that asked her to go help; she let out a flair of breath from her nose and got up to help give chase.
The sight of Twilight trying to catch the accursed long eared vermin (as Twilight called it) was comical; she had thought she caught it multiple times only to let it escape from her grasp as she jumped to grab it. The other girl was trying just as hard only to meet the same results; with the rabbit poofing into smoke and reappearing behind them as she touched it. The rabbit had stopped moving when it got to the square and the girls took their chance; they each took a side and went to grab at it from the front and behind and they finally caught the thing, it squirmed in their collective grasp. The girl took it in her hands and held it tight, breathing heavily.
“T-Thank you for helping me catch him…” she said softly to Twilight as she hugged the rabbit closely to her chest. The girl turned her attention to Angel before she got a response from Twilight and lifted the rabbit to eye level with her; she gave a weak smile, still tired from the run. “Oh Angel, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for forget about your favorite food, please don’t run off again and I will get you all of the fresh carrots you want, okay?” she reasoned with the still squirming creature. The moment the carrots were mentioned it stopped and it’s ears perked up; it being satisfied with that and nestling itself into the girl’s arms. The girl smiled warmly and started to pet the rabbit’s head, it making pleased chuu sounds. “That’s my little Angel..” she turned her attention back to Twilight and bowed her head “T-Thank you again…” the girl spoke softly and quietly, never making eye contact with Twilight or Spike; her hair fell in her face and she made no attempt to push it back. Twilight nodded, speaking normally, giving up on trying to sound professional.
“Not a problem at all, it was Spike here who wanted to help actually, I’m Twilight by the way…” she looked back at her assistant who had just joined them. The girl nodded slowly “I’m…” she looked down and murmured “Flutter…shy..” she awkwardly shuffled her feet. Twilight tilted her head “What was that? Didn’t quite hear you.” she watched Fluttershy bite her lip for a moment “It’s..Fluttershy…” she kept her eyes to the ground, speaking a little louder that time. Twilight laughed lightly, trying to save the situation from being awkward “Oh I see, it’s a nice name.” she watched as Fluttershy looked at her through her hair saying nothing to that. Twilight sighed and continued “I’m a mage and this is my little assistant, Spike, he’s a dragon child..” she watched as spike waved and say hello.
Fluttershy perked up and brushed her hair behind her ear, walking up to Spike and smiled shyly, speaking more loudly and outgoing “A dragon child? I’ve never seen one before, you’re so cute!” Spike grinned at that “Thanks, yep, I’m a dragon child..” he shrugged, trying not to be too boastful “It’s no big deal..” he said, rubbing the back of his head. Fluttershy shook her head “Oh but it IS a big deal, can you transform into your dragon form yet?” she asked curiously with a smile. Spike shook his head “Not yet, soon though I hope…” he smiled back at Fluttershy trying to return the gesture; the two ignored Twilight who was standing there. Twilight coughed, making the two look at her. “Well, I’m glad you got your rabbit back but Spike, let’s get moving, it’s about time we find this place Celestia set up for us…” he watched Spike dejectedly nod and wave at Fluttershy; Fluttershy waved back slowly at them both; she gathered her courage to say one more thing to the pair before leaving.
“U-ummm..if you want to come see animals, I help at the animal reserve h-here in town, always feel free to come on by..” she spoke meekly again but gave a friendly smile and turned to head back to the reserve with Angel nestled in her arms.
Once Fluttershy was out of sight; Twilight fished in her pocket for the address Celestia gave them for their temporary home. It took them a while to find it and a bit of asking around at strangers but they finally stumbled across what looked like an old place no one stepped foot in for years; it was pretty small and looked compact and there was no sign or anything on the building and it had double doors. Twilight frowned, double checking the address and found that, yes, it was correct. Twilight sighed and quickly went to open the door, expecting to see a mess but instead, found her personal heaven.
It was a simple circular room with a door off to the side; it had a small kitchen area. In the center of the room was a spiral staircase leading to a second floor and the walls were lined with bookshelves filled with books of all kinds and Twilight noticed a few titles that were really rare. Twilight was stunned into silence and got excited, giving a big smile.
“Oh my gosh, Spike, are you seeing this!?” she rushed around the room like an excited child in a toy store, grabbing books off of the shelves “Look at these titles, some of these I’ve never even seen in person before!” she pulled out some more books and noticed one in particular with a faded title; it had a bunch of runes of the cover, she gently ran a hand across the cover, feeling every bump and groove on it “Oh my gosh, is this the magic index of Starswirl first edition?” she couldn’t contain her excitement as she put the other books down and hugged the magic book, twirling around a few times with it. Spike raised an eyebrow and passed her as she landed on a chair near the books.
“Nerd…” he muttered as he walked up the spiral staircase and came face to face with two small bedrooms. The rooms were pretty bleak looking; both rooms had a wicker closet and two bed; one large one for Twilight's room and a small children’s bed for him in his room; Twilight's room had a giant window that over looked the town; the curtains were pulled back letting the sun flood the room. Spike stuck his head down the staircase where Twilight was sitting in the chair and lost in her new book. “Twilight, there are bedrooms up here” he waved at her to get her attention. Twilight closed the book and placed it on the coffee table near the seat.
Twilight met Spike upstairs and looked around, she nodded in approval “I like it!” she grinned, letting herself fall on her bed and letting out a small chuckle. Spike looked around and sniffed the air, he made a face. “It smells like old dusty books..” he watched as Twilight rolled over on the bed to face Spike “I know right? It’s fantastic!” she was unaware Spike had said that in disapproval.
Spike let out a grunt and walked to his room, leaving Twilight alone to be excited. Twilight checked her closet and found all of her outfits arranged “Seems like everything was moved alright…” she went back to her bed and laid down for a minute, she looked at the sun through the window and used a hand to shield her eyes, now deep in thought “I wonder what Celestia meant back then…” the young mage thought about how Celestia said coming to Oakville would be a good chance to study and meet new people; with Celestia also wanting Twilight to oversee the yearly sun festival as well but she felt like Celestia was hiding something but she didn’t know what, well, with any luck she would be out of here in a few months she reasons to herself. Twilight's heavy thoughts turned to heavy eyelids and she started to drift off to sleep.
No sooner than when she closed her eyes she heard a loud and grating doorbell that jolted her away. Twilight pulled herself off her head and went to meet her sudden guest; she wondered who could be there, they just got here. Twilight opened the door to be met with a woman with messy blonde hair. The girl wore a uniform of what seemed like a mailman; a name tag was pinned on the pocket of the girl’s shirt but it was upside down. The girl’s most noticeable feature was her crossed yellow eyes; she wore a worn brown mail bag that hung from her shoulder.
The girl rummaged for a letter in her bag which took a minute and held it out when she found it, she held it out with such force and flourish though that she dropped the letter to the ground. The mail girl quickly bent down to grab it and proceeded to try hand it to her with a smile, as if nothing happened at all. “Delivery for Twilight!” she chimed as she let Twilight slowly take the letter; Twilight nodded and exchanged a small thank you. The girl gave a dramatic salute with her right hand on her forehead, clicking her heels as she did so “Not a problem mam, it’s what I do!” she turned to go and closed her eyes briefly; letting lovely wings made of grey light appear on either side of her back. Twilight watched with raised brow for a second before grabbing her notebook, quickly scribbling this meeting down. Twilight watched as the girl flew off; some letters falling out of her bag as she took off into the sky. Twilight gently look those letters and placed them on her side stand by the door; making a mental note to drop those off at the postal office letter.
Twilight placed the notebook down at the same table and grabbed the letter was meant for her. The envelope was pink with crude doodles scribbled all over it. She opened it carefully, always doing things neatly; some confetti fell out of the envelope as she pulled the letter out. The letter faintly smelled of icing and the handwriting was crude like the drawings.
Dear Twilight, You’re invited to a super duper awesome party today at Sugar Cube Corners at 6:00! Invite the kid who was with you. This is going to be SO MUCH FUN! PINKIE!
Twilight closed the letter when she finished and was planning on placing the letter on the stand with everything else but she was interrupted by Spike, who interjected with his own thoughts.
“You should go…” Spike said with excitement from behind Twilight; he watched Twilight jump up a little with a squeak and turned around, red in the face. Twilight puffed her cheeks out “Spike, how many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that…” she whined as she took a breath. Spike ignored her protests and continued “Just go, you might learn some things for you letters to Celestia” he grinned at Twilight “Plus, it does sound like fun, I wanna go!” He said excitingly, looking at Twilight hopefully. Twilight grimaced but nodded “Alright, it’s about thirty minutes until 6 so get ready..” she watched Spike run up the stairs and change, cheering as he went up the staircase. Twilight merely adjusted her tie while she waiting for Spike, deciding she liked her outfit well enough and once Spike was ready, they made their way to the bakery.
The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 4
That night as Twilight silently walked to the bakery; she noticed that hardly anything for the festival was complete; she wrote that down in her little notebook with a disapproving look on her face. She wondered what everyone was doing, it takes months for all the preparations to get completed and then there are also other things to consider as well, there was no time to dilly dally. Twilight noticed that they were getting close to the bakery so stuffed her little notebook into her purse and without skipping a beat, made her way inside.
The bakery was dark at first and Twilight had a hard time trying to find a light in the place but suddenly lights came on and she heard a loud yell of surprise; when her eyes finally adjusted from sudden dark to light, she looked and noticed a room full of people smiling; a banner that had welcome crudely written on it was hung behind the crowd; confetti was shot off when Twilight entered the room and it had started to rain down on everyone.
Twilight noticed all the people she had met were here and Spike ran off to the desert table not to be seen for the remainder of the night. Fluttershy was standing off to the side near the food table, smiling and clapping with the others, Pinkie was dead center in front of a massive cake, and Rarity was to the right of Pinkie, fiddling with some confetti that had fallen in her hair. Rarity smiled lightly as she flicked the confetti off her finger and smiled at Twilight.
“Surprise darling, this is us welcoming you to our small town…” she gently took Twilight’s hand and pulled her over to where the others were congregating. Twilight had a piece of cake on a paper plate shoved in her face by Pinkie, a very large grin on her face showing that she was proud of herself.
“When we met at the bakery this morning, I could tell that you were new so I got reeeeally excited and put this party together for you! Do you like it?” the pinked haired girl stared right at Twilight, her eyes big as saucers; it made Twilight feel slightly uncomfortable, she nodded anyway though to be polite to the girl, she did work to get this put together.
Pinkie jumped up and down, clapping her hands together melodiously cheering for her hard work being appreciated; she quickly took Twilight’s arm and dragged her to where a sliding door open and lead her outside to the back where even more people where. The outside seating area had a small gazebo where Octavia was playing her cello; she looked over at Twilight and gave her a small wink as she played. There were small lanterns hung from the trees that lit up the area; it was pretty to Twilight, it reminded her of Stars. Twilight never had anyone throw a party like this for her before, since she was from Canterlot; all the parties were very stuffy and scheduled. Twilight sat down and ate the cake Pinkie gave her; it was very sweet. The taste of the strawberries mixed well with the sweetness of the whipped icing and the breading having a spongy texture, she made a noise of approval. Pinkie giggled and twirled around once "I'm so glad you like it, have fun and enjoy the party!" she skipped back into the bakery.
Rarity walked past the door and Pinkie, noticing Twilight now outside sitting by herself and already finishing off the cake she was given; the designer chuckled and walked up behind her, leaning over Twilight’s shoulder so she could be seen. Twilight stopped to look over at Rarity and placed the cake down briefly.
“So Twilight darling, come and talk with some of the residents here in Oakville, I'd love to introduce you…” she smiled at Twilight who nodded and walked back in the bakery with her where people were devouring the cake Twilight was just eating. Rarity introduced Twilight to some more faces; the two bakery owners named Mr and Ms.Cake, the elementary school teacher Ms.Cheerilie who was at the time talking to three young girls and scolding them for knocking over some punch in their rush to get to the cake, a nurse named Redheart, who was still dressed in her nurses uniform and who spent a good amount of time talking to Fluttershy; Twilight assumed those two must know each other really well for Fluttershy to be so comfortable with her, two girls named Lyra and Bon Bon who were never separated from each other for even a moment and were always chatting and they seem to be talking about decorations or something right at that moment Twilight was being introduced.
Rarity looked around quickly, noticing some people missing, she bit her lip and groaned to herself “Well, I do hope those two plan to get here at SOME time tonight…” she turned away from the front door she looked at Twilight in a huff “I have to go and make a call dear, I do hope you’re having fun…” the designer walked away waving back at Twilight. Twilight nodded and wondered who Rarity was talking about; she let the thought die quickly and thought about going to speak to Octavia but she seemed busy and so she was left with nothing to do but lean against the punch table and watch as everyone got caught up in the festivities. The mage looked over at Spike who was stuffing his face full of rock candy and chocolate; she watched Rarity shout into her phone for someone named Rainbow Dash and she watched Octavia finish her piece to thunderous applause from onlookers and she couldn’t help but let a small smile creep on her face, everyone seemed really close knit here, unlike back home where everyone kept to themselves.
A middle aged woman wearing a peach pantsuit came in through the door and let her voice be heard “Hello every one, how is everyone doing?” the woman had a smile on her face and started shaking hands with the locals as she passed them. The woman noticed Twilight and made a beeline right for the mage; she took Twilight’s hand and gently shook it.
“So you must be Twilight, the representative from Canterlot, welcome to Oakville and I heard much about you from the princess; I'm the mayor of this city and you can call me Mary…some people just call me Mare.” She grinned and chuckled at the last bit, thinking she was so clever. Twilight nodded slowly and returned the handshake “Yes, I'm Twilight and I've come to help with the festival festivities, although..” she pushed her glasses up and recalled her adventures through the city “I didn’t see much being done in the ways of the summer festival…” she looked at the mayor who seemed unphased “Care to explain this? The festival is in a few short months and is one of the biggest festivals in Equestria; it takes months to fully prepare for...” she watched as the mayor disregarded Twilight’s concerns and fired back with a small chuckle.
“Think nothing of it Twilight we have everything under control, we will make sure this is greatest festival yet!” she said with full confidence. Twilight raised an eyebrow surprised by the response, her hands now on her hips “I see, alright then, well I’ll be overseeing things so do you mind if I review everyone’s work?” she watched as the mayor nodded without missing a beat and smile again, opening her binder and reading off what she had down “ Of course you can; we have Octavia and Vinyl in charge of the music; Pinkie, The Cakes, and Applejack are in charge of food and refreshments; Rarity, Lyra, Bon Bon, and the kids at the school with Ms.Cheerilie are in charge of décor and the summer lantern releasing; Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Caramel, and Matilda are working entertainment; Snowflake and Big Mac are in charge of all the heavy lifting; Fluttershy and Redheart are on emergency medical detail; and we have our very own Doctor Whovian and Derpy working with lighting and working behind the scenes …” she noticed that last bit and scratched her head “Maybe we should reassign the lighting to another pair…” she closed the binder and shook her head “No time, we just simply have to trust them. I take it this information is sufficient Ms.Twilight?” she received a nod from Twilight “Very good, now, if you will excuse me I see a slice of that delicious looking cake with my name on it!” she walked off towards the sweets table.
Twilight sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose; she saw Rarity come back and angrily shut her phone “It’s about time, the two I spoke of are finally on their way; Rainbow and Applejack are always late!” she grimaced as she shoved her phone in her jacket pocket. Twilight recognized those names from the names the mayor mentioned “Oh? Those two are mangers of the food and entertainment portions of the festival right?” she looked at her small notebook that she pulled out which had the names scribbled down. Rarity nodded and bit her lip slightly “Those two are good at managing their stations but they are almost always at each other’s throats and late…” she sighed and flicked her hair back behind her shoulder "No matter, I have no doubt they will get what they need done; I already discussed décor with Lyra Bon Bon and they will be..” she grinned in excitement “Faaaaaaaaabulous” she said in a singsong voice.
Twilight just chuckled at Rarity’s silly excitement and nodded “I’ll believe you, I would like to see what progress you made if you don’t mind..” she watched as Rarity disregarded her request “Oh come now darling, this is your party, enough of that talk until tomorrow, but just for the record, it’s the reason I suddenly had to leave the boutique when you visited me this morning!” she started to walk around with Twilight but was interrupted by a loud noise from outside at the front of the bakery; Rarity eye’s furrowed as she automatically knew what was going on “Oh those two again…” she hissed as she made haste to the front of the bakery, Twilight followed after her, wondering herself what was going on.
Two girls were arguing with each other in front of three cider filled barrels knocked over on their side, thankfully the contents were unharmed. There was a blonde haired girl who wore a tight looking brown buckled corset that had straps for her shoulders and brown jeans that had holes at the knees; she wore dirty boots and on her head was a cowgirl hat. The girl arguing with her was a strange looking girl; her spiky shoulder length hair was multi colored and she wore a bomber jacket with white fuzz on the color; a logo was plastered on the back of the jacket and she had a tank top with blue jeans on but the most noticeable of everything besides her hair was the rapier hooked to her side. The blonde girl spoke in a southern accent, glaring daggers at the multi colored haired girl
“Dang it Rainbow, you knocked the barrels over with your showing off!” the blonde girl voiced loudly, irritation in her voice and features; she went to pick up the barrels and put them back on the cart, glaring daggers at Rainbow as she did so. Rainbow just crossed her arms and rolled her eyes; not giving the southern girl’s protests any thought.
“Oh come off it Applejack, you said hurry up, I hurried up, not my fault…” she looked away from the fuming Applejack, uninterested in arguing with her any further. Applejack wouldn’t take that for an answer and she wasn’t about to let Rainbow just walk away from her like that; she grabbed Rainbow’s shoulder and leaned in close to her “Hey, the normal thing to do is say sorry and help pick everything up, got it Skittles?” she watched Rainbow turned around and lean in close; she mockingly cupped her hand over her ear “Eh? What was that? Didn’t quite understand you with that thick hick accent of yours you country bumpkin!” she grinned as she watched Applejack go red with anger; the air went silent for a moment.
Applejack lifted her right foot slightly off the ground and Rainbow grabbed the hilt of her sword; in almost a second, Applejack kicked at Rainbow with all the force of a sledgehammer and Rainbow parried the kick with swift movement with her rapier. With Applejack’s foot being blocked by Rainbow’s sword and neither wanting to back down, both were at a stalemate and grinning maliciously at each other. The fight didn’t last long though when the fist of an angry fashion designer whacked both Applejack and Rainbow in the back of the head. The moonlight shown behind Rarity’s form with a clear look of anger on her face, making her look very menacing; Applejack and Rainbow deflated a little, both not wanting to incur the wrath of Rarity.
“Will you two for the love of everything that is good, cease and desist? This is a party to welcome a new guest, show some decorum!” she glared Applejack and Rainbow down; making them both cower slightly under her cold glare. Rainbow was the first to respond and put her hands in her pockets “Whatever, I’m done anyway…” she walked towards the bakery and spotted Twilight beside the door, who watched the whole thing; she looked at Twilight and gave a quick wave “Yo!” she passed and entered the bakery. Applejack let out a sigh and grabbed two barrels of cider, putting them over her shoulders and walked towards the bakery as well.
Applejack stopped and nodded at the bemused Twilight with a smile “Hey there, sorry you had to see that, welcome to Oakville.” She watched Twilight nod slowly and mutter a thank you, satisfied with that she nodded and joined the party inside “Hey everyone” she bellowed as she entered the bakery “I have the good stuff so let’s party” Applejack’s voice boomed; some cheers could be heard from inside, most noticeably Pinkie’s. Rarity let out a small huff of aggravation and adjusted her jacket “Alright everyone, show is over, let’s all head back to the party” she made everyone disperse from the front and make their way to wherever; Twilight wondered what she had agreed to coming here. The remainder party went on without a hitch; Twilight talked with people about their plans for the festival and wrote down all she was told, all the while slightly enjoying herself. Pinkie danced to stereo music on the bakery counter with a lamp shade as a hat, Fluttershy and Redheart exchanged conversation about animals, Octavia played music out back with people enjoying the night sky, Applejack served cider and when done partied herself, Rainbow got drunk much to Applejack’s chagrin, and Rarity kept the party and Rainbow under control.
The party ended fairly late with the cakes shooing everyone out so they could clean their now messy bakery. Twilight took Spike home who had fallen asleep on her back; she looked back at her sleeping assistant and giggled lightly, glad her little friend had fun. Twilight stumbled around the house and found a light to walk around in; she placed Spike into bed and closed the door behind her. Twilight felt completely drained after the party and just plopped herself in a chair and leaned back, letting her eyes get heavy. Twilight was about to drift off when she heard a thud, she quickly looked around and noticed a book had fallen off the shelf. Twilight lazily picked it up, looking at the title; she wondered why this of all books was the one that fell “The Princess In The Moon…” she opened the book with raised brow and skimmed the pages quickly but stopped when she got a certain part
“On the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal."
Twilight took a moment to process that part in but gave it some thought until it struck her “1000 years…” she quickly got up and grabbed The Tale Of Two Princesses again; she flipped through the book and looked at the date the book mentioned when the moon princess was locked away; the realization made Twilight go cold and weak in the knees “According to this, that day is only a few months away, the day of the summer festival” she shook her head, trying to rid herself of the thought but the lingering worry in her mind couldn’t let her drop it completely “No…this can’t be” she slowly closed the book; now having worry in her heart.
Twilight opened her eyes to complete darkness all around her; she slowly got up from her sleeping position and started to cautiously walk forward but was only met with more darkness as she struggled through the darkness; she couldn’t even see her hands in front of her face. Twilight called out to anyone that might hear her and nothing but a suffocating silence welcomed her. Twilight stuck her hands out to feel around but her fingers touched nothingness. Twilight stumbled around for about fifteen minutes; wondering where she was when bright blue lights lit up the area, finally letting Twilight see; she found herself standing in a stone castle hall way and there were blue banners that lined the walls up to a grey stone throne with jagged sharp points jutting all around the top of the throne with an inviting blue hovering above the throne.
Twilight watched as the dark blue flame that illuminated her path danced on the empty throne; it called out to her and she obeyed. Twilight slowly made her way down the long wide throne hall; the darkness ate up the scenery behind her unbeknownst to her, reaching out like bony hands as if it as trying to grab at the mage. Twilight finally stopped when she stood in front of the flame, almost asking her to touch it; she hesitantly backed away a little out of fear but the warmth the flame gave off was too welcoming. Twilight slowly took her hand and lightly touched the flame with her finger causing flame to quickly erupt into a fire the moment it was touched and engulfed the throne; it lit the area behind the throne that had been covered in darkness before. What Twilight saw made her blood freeze cold; it was a long tapestry that depicted the fall of Celestia; the princess was shown as being locked away in the moon and Luna leading her soldiers across the land of Equestria; with the land being swallowed by darkness behind the fallen princess.
Twilight backed away, her hands covering her mouth, her throat unable to form any sound. Twilight felt herself bump into something as she backed up away from the tapestry and throne; she assumed it was the wall and slowly turned around. Twilight was met with face of a menacing figure; a tall and slender woman clad in a black breast plate that formed to the woman’s body and it shined in the light the flames gave off; the woman’s eyes were cold and calculating as they stared Twilight down; their color almost resembled little moons. The woman's blue hair gave off a slight sparkle in the moonlight. Twilight tried to speak but nothing came out; only a choking sound as she backed away from the intimidating woman walking closer to her. Twilight couldn’t escape from the woman though; she effortlessly grabbed Twilight’s wrist with a cold hand, it sent a chill down Twilight’s spine being held in the woman’s icy grip; she then saw her wrist being eaten by the darkness and she tried frantically to pull away.
The woman held onto Twilight’s arm as Twilight tried to struggle; her dark expression only added to Twilight’s panic; her entire arm now was eaten by the darkness and made her way to the shoulder. Twilight could only helplessly watch as the darkness enveloped more of her until only her head was left. The women finally spoke, a grin formed on the woman’s face, her teeth looked almost sharp in the light “Everything will be swallowed by endless darkness…” the woman spoke with a smoky and smooth voice. Twilight could only let out a strangled scream as the darkness enveloped her completely. Twilight’s eyes snapped open to a flood of light and felt Spike shake her shoulder gently; calling out her name. Twilight slowly lifted her head up off the table she fell asleep at; rubbing the throbbing headache she had. Twilight rubbed her eyes and let out a small sigh, glad that it was just a dream, she chuckled lightly to her assistant to keep from worrying.
“Hey Spike, sorry I guess I just fell asleep down here…” she rubbed her eyes and got up from her seat; trying to wake herself up. Spike looked at her with concern and it was easy for Twilight to spot it, she didn’t want to cause alarm at the moment; she gave a small smile and chuckled, trying to reassure Spike she was alright “It’s okay Spike, just had a bad dream is all…” her features dropped as the dream replayed vividly in her mind; she could still feel the cold sensation on her arm. Twilight sighed and sat back down in her seat, picking up a pen from the table and started to write a quick message. Spike already knew what to do when Twilight handed him the letter and urged him not to look at it, he took the letter quickly and sent it to Celestia by blowing his flames out of his mouth; sending the letter off with haste.
The dream weighed in heavily on the young mage throughout the day as she oversaw what the locals were doing to prepare for the upcoming summer festival. The preparations were well underway and everyone was buzzing to get everything accomplished and with everyone’s nose in their work Twilight was able to get around quietly and taking only the briefest of notes on everyone’s progress. Fluttershy was talking with nurse Redheart about the emergency station and the petting zoo for the kids that Fluttershy was to implement; Rainbow Dash and Applejack or AJ as she was called were arguing over the events because Rainbow Dash wanted an aerial act and AJ thought that was impractical; Pinkie and the Cakes were happily talking over recipes to decide what was best to prepare. Twilight nodded as she scribbled her last note; only after tearing Applejack and Rainbow apart when the two were dangerously close to having to a fistfight. Twilight closed her notebook and sighed as she turned away from her last local meeting; her mind was elsewhere and everyone who talked to her could tell. The mage clearly had concern etched on her face but no one had the courage to ask her what was wrong. Twilight sat down on a nearby bench and looked up at the sky, night had started to give way and she swore she felt a small chill creep up her spine, as if a cold hand had touched her back; she turned to her little assistant who suggested heading back. Twilight gave a thankful look of relief and nodded as she quickly got up and waved to the people; she quickly made her way back up with Spike in tow trying to keep up with her.
The months that followed went by in a mechanical blur for Twilight and she made herself as scarce as her job would allow; with nothing new occurring other than merely helping people who needed her assistance for the preparations and soon the festival was only three days away; the people were excited and running around finishing their last minute preparations. Twilight was thankful that no one was bothering her for the most part; she made it clear she had no interest in outside interactions other than the very basic needed conversation right now. Twilight was more concerned with the looming threat that only made Twilight more nervous the closer it hot; her desk at the library was covered in scribbled notes from the books that she had scattered all around the floor; all mentioned Nightmare Moon, the banished and cursed princess, all warning of her eventual return. Twilight decided not to leave today; a glance out the window showed that people were decorating and this was sufficient for her at the moment.
Twilight had Spike send another message and then shooed him away; being met with a grumble from Spike. Twilight poured over her many notes; she sighed and pushed her glasses up, laying her head down on her arms on the desk “Nothing…no answers are here; maybe the stories are…” she had a spark of hope in her eye, convincing herself to remain calm “Yes..maybe the stories are wrong…” she looked out the window from her position with concern; she closed her eyes “Please let this be wrong..” she opened her eyes when Spike knocked on her door.
“Twilight!” the young assistant groaned out from behind the door; obviously bored by his tone “Can we go out and see the festival being set up? you’ve been locked up here for a while..” he opened the door; not caring about getting permission. Spike noticed Twilight’s tired eyes and the mountain of papers and books that cluttered the space all around her “Ummm..look; I know you’re worried about Nightmare Moon but it’s just a story right? Celestia locked the moon princess away and no one can break that magic…” he grinned, trying to be reassuring to Twilight “Now come on and enjoy the festivities, Pinkie is letting everyone taste test the food in advance..” the young assistant looked longingly out the window; seeing Pinkie hand out cupcakes and small slices of cake. Twilight just chuckled and closed the book she had her elbow resting on and slowly got up from her seat “Alright Spike, thank you...I’m sure you’re right…” she grabbed her bag and walked out the door.
The people were happy to see Twilight social again; all asking how she was and noticing that she had become introverted lately. Twilight assured everyone that she was alright and that she had a lot on her mind; attributing it to nerves from being the one taking charge of the affair. Twilight and Spike enjoyed the sweets Pinkie made and Applejack just had to show off her handmade cider; she puffed her chest out in pride when Twilight said it was best she ever tasted and dared her to find any better in Equestria.
Rainbow dragged Twilight away from the food and showed the giant elaborate stage she had set up where a talent show and concert would be hosted; the stage was big and had lights fixtures made courtesy of Whoovian who was putting some information into a computer muttering british obscenities to himself as the lights kept going on and off on their own. Rainbow nervously laughed assured Twilight that this would be worked out before the festival. Fluttershy and Redheart were petting baby animals; more Fluttershy who was sitting on the ground with a big smile; she animals crawling all over her and nudging her face. Nurse Redheart just laughed lightly as she helped set up the feeding station and mentioned to Twilight that once the animals came here, Fluttershy had forgotten she was even here. Twilight saw Rarity chase someone with her wand who had accidently torn a dress she was planning on letting a performer wear at the festival. Twilight let a small smile cross her face as she looked over at Spike who was busy watching Rarity.
“You know Spike…” Twilight said with a soft tone “Maybe this place isn’t so bad after all..” she went to help Rarity to calm her down and to save the poor volunteer who clutched the dress and crying out apologies to the unmerciful designer. After about an hour of helping Rarity fix the dress; the dress was as good as new and Rarity hailed Twilight a hero amongst people. Twilight started to check on everyone afterward and heard Whoovian yell out allonsy as the technicolored lights danced around as directed by his computer. Rainbow Dash grinned at the successful light programming and cheered as she admired the work; Rainbow and Whoovian exchanged a high five. Twilight nodded in satisfaction and made her way back to the library to write a final letter to Celestia and to get her own work finished before the festival; after all, she was heading home a few days after the festival was over. The mage finished her letter giving her the verbal thumbs up for the festival; her eyes started to get heavy and realized sleep had eluded her lately. Twilight gave Spike the letter to send and fell asleep in her room for a while.
Twilight opened her eyes and felt her heart drop to her stomach; the scene she opened her eyes to was all too familiar for the mage; she recognized the hall that lead to the jagged throne and the blue flame that lit the area from the throne. The tapestry that was behind the throne had changed though; the tapestry now had Twilight depicted on it, being eaten by darkness and helpless to do anything. Below Twilight’s shadow eaten form was the town of Oakville and she recognized Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow; all in the same condition she was in. Twilight felt a cold sensation run through her body as she clutched her shoulders; her breathing sporadic. Twilight could hear the sounds of cold laughter from all around her and she covered her ears, trying to block out the noise. “It’s just a dream…” she repeated herself; her voice shaky and uncertainty showed in her tone. Twilight pressed on her ears harder as the laughing got louder. Twilight urged the voice to stop and she attempted to run out of the hall but was met with two closed and locked doors; she tried with all her strength to pull them open but they wouldn’t budge. Twilight gave up and turned her back to the door, letting herself slide down the door and she hugged her knees.
Twilight sat there like that for a moment when she felt a warm coming from her chest; she opened her eyes and noticed that there was a light coming from her chest and a purple gemstone that danged from her neck, she recognized the stone; the shadows that were around her seemed to crawl away from Twilight as the light formed protection around her. Twilight touched the gemstone and light emitted from the stone, blinding her. Twilight’s eyes fluttered open and she found herself back at the library; the sun that creeped through the curtain and hit Twilight’s face; she got up with a moan and rubbed her forehead. Memories of the dream flooded her mind and she immediately rushed to the books on artifacts and searched for the book she wanted. It didn’t take mage long to find what she needed; the gemstone was one of many and was believed to be brought in this world by the ancient gods. It was once part of a large rainbow quartz that possessed a great deal of magic from the gods and the gods left the stone on Equestria for chosen ones to find it and to be the world’s guardians. Twilight closed the book and rubbed her temples “This….isn’t a dream…” she muttered with a grimace. Twilight got up and changed into her normal attire; she was certain this was no normal nightmare and she was now certain that this was a message or premonition.
Spike was woken up with a pounding at his door and Twilight had already rushed down the stairs; she looked at the clock and she realized that she had already slept through most of the day. People in town were finishing up and it was all coming together well; they were excited and the band was practicing with Octavia leading. Spike noticed Twilight not even looking at the festivities but instead, at the ground with a look of determination.
“Twilight?” he looked at her with concern for a second but then quickly understood “Don’t tell me, Nightmare Moon?” he frowned when he saw Twilight tense up at the name. Twilight said nothing and instead, quickened her pace, leaving Spike practically jogging to catch up. Twilight thought the whole festival now irrelevant, there were bigger issues to address; she found the one who she was looking for; the middle aged mayor who was talking with a volunteer and she wasted no time in addressing her. “Mayor Mary…” she watched as the Mayor, startled by the suddenness of being addressed so formally, jump a little and looked at Twilight who looked disturbed “We need to postpone the festival for the time being…there is a pressing matter..” she watched as the mayor raised an eyebrow.
“W-wait, postpone? What? Why this all of the sudden?” the mayor put a hand on her hip and she excused the volunteer so they could talk in semi-private. Twilight leaned in close, not wanting to worry the crowd of people “It’s the fallen princess…I think her return is coming…” she watched the Mayor chuckle and push her glasses up “Ms.Twilight, there is nothing to worry about; the fallen princess has been trapped in the moon for many years and Celestia’s power is more than capable of holding her for many more.” She waved off Twilght’s concerns and turned to walk away.
Twilight stuck her hand out to grab at the mayor but she was already walking away and Twilight frowned “But this is serious…” she tried to after the mayor but two buff men had walked right in front of her and blocked her from reaching the mayor before the mayor disappeared into city hall. Twilight gripped her hand into a fist and turned away to storm off into a huff, if no one would take this seriously then she would just have to handle this herself; she didn’t need anyone anyway.
When night fell Twilight was seated at her desk and she formulated a strategy; she had some strong spells written down and memorized “If no one else will take this seriously then I have to…” she convinced herself. Twilight sighed when she finished her last note and hugged her spell book close to her, her eyes were closed and she was still clinging to a small fraction of hope that she was worrying over nothing. Twilight was prepared for whatever may come to pass. Twilight let out a yawn and noticed for the first time that her room was a disaster area; a mess of crumpled up paper, open books, and trash bin filled with the food containers of a recluse. Twilight looked around sheepishly and mumbled “I guess I did let it get out of hand…” she started to pick up the mess and hastily threw the paper into a bag and started to pick up the books. Twilight stopped when she saw the book on artifacts she had left at the table; she frowned as she grabbed the book and put it back on the shelf. The mage; exhausted now fell asleep and was thankful that she had no more nightmares.
Twilight awoke to the sounds of knocking at her door; it was Spike calling out for her and he seemed impatient, she knew the reason of his impatience today. Twilight didn’t take too long getting ready and met with Spike who was already running down the stairs in excitement. Twilight met him outside and was stunned by the sight; the booths were all done and everything was being finalized; it almost seemed like the locals finished everything overnight because everything was in order; the smell of pies filled the air and Rainbow was hovering above the houses with wings made of blue light; the wings caught Twilight by surprise and as a student, she wouldn’t let an opportunity like this pass by to observe and learn “Rainbow!” the young mage called out and waved at her; the flying multicolored haired women heard Twilight and grinned as she flew at a great speed over to her, stopping mere centimeters from her face. Rainbow let her wings disappear and gave a small wave in front of her face with a grin; loving the reaction she got from Twilight “Yo bookworm, sup?” she watched the mage get a flustered look on her face; Rainbow let out a chuckle. Twilight cleared her throat to real Rainbow in “So, the wings, I see you’re an arian?” she observed Rainbow with curiosity; Rainbow nodded quickly, ignoring being looked at like some zoo specimen.
“Yep, I’m an arian, and I also work for the arian weather control team too.…” the multicolored women gave a wink and brought emphases to her bomber jacket that she was always wearing by flicking the color; the jacket bore the symbol of the professional aerial team based out of Canterlot; they were well known for being the best flying team and ace pilots and all the members were also arian of course. Twilight noticed the symbol adorning the back of the jacket and smiled lightly “I take it you’re a fan of the Wonderbolts?”she watched Rainbow eyes light up at the mention of her childhood heroes “Of course I am, one day I’m going to be one because I’m totally awesome; it’s why I wear the jacket!” she grinned with pride, showing the logo off.
“Well…” Twilight started, thinking on her past at Canterlot; a small bit of red showed on her cheeks as she spoke, deciding to try to do something nice “You know, I kind of know one of the members…it’s not the leader but perhaps if you want I can maybe try to set up a mee-“she didn’t even finish; she was immediately trapped in a bear hug being lifted a few feet off the ground by a squealing Rainbow. “You would be like, the coolest person EVER if you can do that!” Rainbow realized what she was doing and immediately floated back to the ground chuckling nervously, letting Twilight back on the ground. Twilight nodded and gave a nervous smile “Of course, I’ll see what I can do..” she watched as Rainbow flew in a circle with excitement; her wings emitting a blue glow and then she quickly flew off, calling out for Fluttershy. Twilight watched her fly off and then frowned, her smile falling “Assuming we live that long…” she eyed the shadow of a nearby tree; still worried about the looming threat of Nightmare Moon. Twilight spent a majority of the remainder of the day keeping Spike at bay and also making a checklist of everything that was complete. As the sun started to set; Twilight checked the last thing off the list put the notebook away “Well Spike, I believe we’re done here.” She looked at her assistant who seemed sad they were leaving. Twilight assured Spike that they would come back tomorrow and that she would get him some rock candy; this cheered Spike up and they both made their way through town; back to home for the night. Twilight sent one last letter to Celestia and contemplated the dreams in her head; it was tomorrow. The mayor disregarded her warnings and pleas to postpone the event; she felt uneasy.
“Why would Celestia want me to come here? she has to have known this…” she mumbled to herself as she leaned back in her chair at her desk. Twilight’s mind wondered to gems from the magic quartz that was discussed; the book had never mentioned where the broken pieces of stone were or where the stone itself was. The mage found herself doodling in the notebook the stones that she still remembered vividly; she sighed when she noticed and walked over to the window opening the door and looking at the moon. Tonight, it gave an ominous glow, as if it was stronger than normal. Twilight felt uneasy at the thought and hoped everything would be alright in the end. Twilight was the first to wake up the next morning; she woke Spike up who was treating it like it was Hearths Warming Eve or something; the festival was well underway when the pair made it to the square and Spike immediately disappeared off into the crowd. The festival brought people from all over to celebrate the start of summer and the warm summer sun; the crowds made it hard for Twilight and Spike to maneuver through them. Octavia and some others were performing to a crowd of people on the stage; Pinkie was selling cakes faster than the Cakes could supply them; Rarity was selling outfits from outside the Boutique; Fluttershy happily let the kids pet the animals at the petting zoo and tried to set up some adoptions while she was it; Rainbow, who disregarded what Applejack said had her, put on a flying show with some other arians, letting their wings glow in the sun. Twilight could hear Applejack silently cursing under her breath from her rather large booth close by as she handed cider to people; in this moment, she had forgotten her worries and made a small chuckle; she walked over to Applejack who was still grimacing. “That giant human macaw never listens to me…” the yellowed haired cider server grabbed a barrel and placed it at the booth table. Twilight waved a little too timidly at Applejack who grinned in return. “Well hello there sugar cube; enjoying the festivities?” she handed Twilight a cup of cider; she turned down Twilight’s offer to pay “Think nothing of it, that one is on the house” she watched Twilight fidget at the idea of getting it for free but accepted it. Twilight nodded and sipped at the drink “I see everything is going well, so far everything looks to be in order…” she eyed the happy people who passed their booth. Applejack laughed, yelled out to people to come and try cider, then turned her attention back to Twilight “I suppose so…the families booth is doing fantastic…” she frowned, thinking of something “Even if I AM the only one working the booth right now…” she kept an eye out for her family who was nowhere in sight “Those traitors, I bet their out having a good time..” She glared out at the audience.
Twilight just gave a small smile “I’m sure they’ll be back…” it was then she noticed what Applejack was wearing. The outfit was a very short pair of shorts and what seemed to be pants showing off the inner thigh and she wore a long sleeve plaid shirt but it was rolled up and tied to show her stomach. Twilight couldn’t help but notice how strong Applejack looked; she could see Applejack’s well-toned stomach. Applejack took notice to Twilight’s staring and grinned “Hah, like the outfit? it’s one of my favorites; it’s the one I normally work in...” she didn’t seem to notice and care how the outfit presented. Twilight adjusted her glasses, trying to hide the small amount of envy on her face; but she smiled and nodded in agreement “Well, it suits you” she placed the empty cider cup on the table. Applejack got a look on her face as if she remembered something “Oh yea, ummm, sugar cube, I think the princess might be waiting for you in the center of town…” she pointed in that direction.
Twilight froze and immediately ran off in the direction given to her yelling how she was going to be suspended as Celestia’s student; she waved back at Applejack and made her way to the center of town. In the center of town was a large platform with a regal looking seat and sitting there was Celestia, looking of course regal in a simple white sleeveless dress and a golden sun pendant. “Princess Celestia, I’m so sorry to be late; I’m here and ready to report some important…” she was interrupted by Celestia’s hand going up and she flashed a smile “Hello Twilight, you can save the report for a little later and until then, enjoy the festival for it seems like you did an excellent job making sure everything was put together…” she leaned back in her throne and enjoyed Octavia’s cello piece; the stage was near the platform. Twilight wanted to give her report, with the dreams now fresh on her mind she tried to press again with urgency “But, I need to talk to you about…” she was interrupted again but this time by a giant blast of confetti; she heard Pinkie’s loud laughter following shortly after. Celestia tiled her head, not moving from her spot on her throne “Twilight, surely this can wait….” she looked as if this was a rhetorical question or more of a command. Twilight shook her head “But princess Celestia, I fear that your sister will return this very day; I wanted to do something about it…” she was met with yet another gesture of silence from Celestia, a look of understanding on her face “Worry not Twilight, I prepared for this and the seal I placed should last many more moons…” she gave a reassuring tight lipped smile.
Twilight’s shoulder’s relaxed and she took a breath, wanting to put her faith in Celestia “Are you certain?” she watched as Celestia raised an eyebrow and she couldn’t help but feel a little foolish at asking the question “Of course…only you know the magic of you…” she bowed her head respectfully and chuckled nervously; finally letting herself relax “Thank you your highness, I can actually enjoy the festival in peace now!” She received a nod of approval from Celestia and she made her way out into the crowd. The remainder of the festival for the mage went off well; she found Spike who was staring at a booth selling rock candy. Twilight watched a few locals perform a lovely summer dance that was supposed to represent the sun and then Rainbow’s aerial act which Celestia seemed to enjoy much to Applejack’s chagrin. The day went by very quickly with many more performers trying to get the princess’s attention and approval and soon everything started to wind down for the grand finale of the festival.
Twilight made her way to the front of the stage area and noticed Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy who was hugging her long eared vermin tightly, Applejack, and Rainbow all sitting up front. Twilight went over to where they were and was greeted warmly; she took a seat with them with Spike sitting in front of them. Pinkie rocked back and forth, with a look of excitement on her face, biting her lip.
“Ooooh… “the pink haired girl said impatiently “When is Celestia’s show going to start? I wanna see the sun flaaaame” she bounced up and down slightly from her Indian style position on the ground. Rarity rolled her eyes and nudged Pinkie gently, trying to calm her down “It should start soon, hang in there darling…” she looked up at the sky and noticed the sun starting to set “The performance should start until soon so wait a moment..” she watched Pinkie let out a disproving grown and sprawl herself out on the ground. Rainbow crossed her arms and puffed her chest out slightly.
“Celestia’s performance is the only one that’s going to be cooler than mine.” She had a confident look on her face. Applejack rolled her eyes at Rainbow’s remark and let out a tsk. Rainbow heard Applejack and glared at her, challenging her to respond “Got something to say hillbilly?” she glared daggers at AJ who returned the look “Not at all you dang macaw…” but before anything got out of hand, Rarity intervened “That’s enough you two!” her icy look made them both shudder and shrink and decide on a silent truce for the time. It wasn’t long after until the lights of the stage came on; grabbing the audience’s attention and Celestia walked along the stage; her steps were graceful and the lights hit her skin, it made it look like she was glowing; she nodded her head and the lights were dimmed. Celestia’s booming voice demanded attention from the crowds.
“Everyone; the summer festival is a tradition that has been passed down for centuries that celebrates the end of the dark era of Discord and welcomes the new age of hope and peace. I thank you all for time and effort into making this festival a special one, for this is the anniversary of Discord’s imprisonment and my begin as the princess and I hold that tile in great regard; for all the blessings you bestow on me it is time I give it back…” she bowed her head and this was met with thunderous applause from the audience.
Some locals who were dressed in white traditional robes started playing on some taikos that were stationed behind Celestia. The princess took that as her starting point and started to do dance; flowing with the beat of the music that played behind her like she was a leaf in the wind; with every movement her dress and long sun kissed hair flowed with her and every movement made her look like she was as light as air. Celestia lost herself in the movements and let the moves come naturally and soon she felt an all too familiar warmth. As Celestia danced to the music; she let fire slowly form and dance on her fingertips until it was enough to release and control into a blazing fire that danced around her. The flame was beautiful in its own right; it wrapped around Celestia’s body in a hue of red, yellow, and blue. The crowed watched in amazement as the flame almost too k on a life of its own; the flame took on the form a dragon and moved its way around Celestia; almost as if it was dancing with her. The performance ended with Celestia pushing down on the air in front of her and the flame immediately burst outward harmlessly through the audience; who only felt gentle warmth. Celestia took a bow and the people roared with applause and phrase. Rainbow Dash jumped up from her spot with a wide smile “That-was-awesome” she cheered out and the others had to agree; for the remainder of the festival, her performance was in everyone’s conversation. Night had fallen and the moon was on full display and everyone was starting to leave; Twilight had to help clean up the park and soon everyone who worked at the festival was on duty picking up the grounds. Twilight was the first to complete her work and went to say her goodbyes to the princess; Twilight noticed a clock as she passed and it was a minute till midnight and there was nothing warrant of concern.
“Princes Celestia!” she cried out and bowed her head when she got to her “I hope everything was to your satisfaction!” she stood upright and was met with a smile from the princess “Everything went perfectly Twilight, don’t worry so much…” she placed a hand on Twilight’s shoulder to reassure her. Twilight was satisfied with his and nodded “Thank you princess” she took a breath and relaxed “So then, I can come back to Canterlot right?” she looked at Celestia hopefully. As Celestia was nodding; the princess felt a sharp pain in her chest and she clutched at it with her hand as the bong of the giant clock rung right at midnight “What is this?..” the princess was brought to a knee. Twilight was trying to process what was going on “P-Princess?..” she quickly went to assist Celestia and they both could of sworn they heard a heartbeat; seemingly coming from the moon. “So, it would seem my magic became strong but so did she..” she said through gasped breaths. Twilight’s look was that of horror.
“No..this can’t be happening now…” she thought of all her plans but was frozen in place; she watched as Celestia summoned her staff and used it to help herself up from her position on the ground; Twilight shook her head and took a place next to Celestia. The people that were still there at the festival all looked up the sky and everyone’s attention was focused on the moon; Pinkie was the first to point out the moon out loud though as people murmured.
“Hey look, it’s a funny image on the moon, it looks like one of those shadow puppets I use to make…” Pinkie laughed at the sight, it looked like the silhouette of a person. Twilight look on in fear and hurt that she allowed herself to believe she was wrong; this is what she was dreading, she could only let out a whimper as she watched the silhouette fade away and an eerie ray of moonlight come crashing down to the ground; a crater was left behind in its wake. What was inside the crater made Twilight’s heart fall to her stomach. A hauntingly beautiful women clad in the same form fitting black breastplate from Twilight;s dream stood in the center of the crater; a twisted jagged sword was clutched tightly in her hand and her moonlight light eyes had only one person in their vision, Princess Celestia. The locals looked on in fear at the woman and all started to run away; calling her a demon. The women walked slowly towards the princess, not paying much attention to anything else at the moment and gave a cold look; her eyes narrowed; she lifted the large sword effortlessly and pointed it at Celestia. Celestia looked at the women with little emotion showing on her face; she closed her eyes and let out a breath ‘Hello Luna…” she spoke in monotone voice and watched as Luna gave a small but sinister grin.