This was originally a completely different story but after thinking on the title and looking at another story I’ve decided to change what kind of story this is.
Private Sam.J Marshall is a twenty year old FNG assigned to the United Nations alliance’s sixth multi-national command also known as “six commando” assigned to the African theatre in the southern region of the Congolese Disrecognized Zone to support “five commando” operations in Bechuanaland against UNITA a crypto-nationalist organization which organized the secession of Angola and Namibia from the Union of South Africa and a (somewhat) ally of the Federative Socialist Republic or FSR.
Six commando’s mission other then operational support is to ensure that the Katangan Republic, a quasi-political entity in the southern part of the Congolese Disrecognized Zone does not form a national government which would undoubtedly be under the FSR’s sphere of influence.
During a recon mission in the DRZ as apart of operation JumpShot, Major Sarah Bronniford and her co-pilot Lieutenant Milo Placeman were captured by FSR forces in the zone. After an initial failed rescue attempt by the 4079th Multinational Armoured Infantry‘s A company led by former US marine corps captain Stephen Santelli, Six commando’s Echo class AAV (Autonomous Armoured Vehicle or Rumbler) Mike-One-Echo was given the order to Pursue the vehicle which held the prisoners in amidst the confusing firefight between A company and FSR troops by Santelli.
This unfortunately caused an unexpected malfunction in Mike’s programming which lead him to disobey an order to stand down by Major Thomas Rucker from the United States Continental Army which would lead the FSR to deploy a nuclear weapon on the AAV. This would led the UNA to launch plan R which involved a counter-strike against the FSR who would respond in kind plunging the whole African theatre Into a nuclear waste land.
With much of the surrounding area irradiated by the strikes the men and women of the Six commando detachment under Colonel Conrad Haulley took shelter in their base in the DRZ to conduct a search for survivors. During the search they found the remains of Mike-One-Echo and brought him back to base.
The following events were as confusing as they were supernatural as not only was Mike found to be active but he also took over the base’s systems and with the help of Major Rucker was able to save Major Bronniford who had suffered severe radiation damage.
In an attempt to understand what is happening with Mike Colonel Haulley looks over the communication logs only to find a command code amongst them however the log in question was not UNA but rather CONASUR or the South American Coalition who sends observers to both FSR and UNA commands. Believing that the CONASUR personal have betrayed them Colonel Haulley orders Private Marshall (Who was guarding the CONASUR section of the base at the time) to apprehend them by force. Unfortunately before Sam could make sense of the situation he was already ordering the CONASUR guard to stand down at gun point which lead to said guard unloading a full magazine of self-propelled bullets into him severely wounding him and igniting a firefight between the UNA and CONASUR soldiers.
However before death could clam Sam.j Marshall he was transported by an unknown party to the land of Equestria but not the one of harmony and peace but one of political strife and squabbling. This is the story of how Private Sam.j Marshall became Equestria’s greatest commander
Equestria, Canterlot palace, Grand hall 6/4/2020 EC
The Grand hall of the Canterlot palace were as grand as it was old, from debates between government officials and nobility to honouring heroes of the state for all to see and more. Aligned with perfectly polished stain-glass windows on the sides and with six mighty pillars with exotic decorations, the grand hall was made so that not only does the head of state have importance but also to show that those who are rewarded by said head of state are to be respected and trusted.
On this day it is the latter as the hall is filled with not only members of the government and nobility but also several members of the common folk as well, guards portal the outside of the palace to make sure that only those who have their invites may enter. Outside one of the rooms in the palace beside the grand hall stood a woman who was a head taller then the average human with Snow White skin, sky blue eyes and blue sparkling hair that blows in a non-existent breeze as well as a small blue crystal embedded in her forehead, she also weared a Snow White dress with a skirt that went to the knees and high-heeled shoes as well as a silver tiara . This is high princess Luna of equestria, avatar of the moon and sister to high princess Celestia avatar of the sun and co-ruler of equestria.
‘Hard to believe she’s come so far and I couldn’t be more proud of her and her friends and neither can Tia .’ Luna thought to herself as she noticed two people approaching from the left side of the hall.
The first was a woman with a broken purple crystal on her forehead, dark skin and ice blue eyes. Her attire included a white military dress uniform with golden trimmed shoulder pads, a leather belt with a pistol holster attached, black military Dress trousers , black polish combat boots and the equestrian insignia rank for lieutenant colonel. This is Tempest shadow former officer of the storm king’s army now a loyal friend of her commander and nation.
The second person was a man who looked a bit younger then Tempest with blue hair, pale skin and blue eyes. His attire is the same as Tempest’s but with two holsters instead of one and has a medal on his left breast. This is Flash sentry a immigrant from the crystal empire and one of the best Airborne commanders in the equestrian armed forces, his first days under his new command were rough due to both his age and lack of command experience but was quick to correct his errors and prove to both his superiors and his men that Flash is a capable commander especially in Airborne operations.
Turning to the young officers Luna took a moment to analyse their uniforms before saying “I see you only got to do the bare minimum on cleaning your uniforms Colonel Flash, Colonel Shadow. What would the Archangel say about that lack of formality?”
Before either of them could answer the door next to them opened and a young voice said
“I would say that they are very capable of doing their best and do not need to look so posh in front of the smug hypocrites called the nobility”
Turning to the source both the colonels and high princess saw a young woman exist the room she was in previously, the woman was of similar age to Flash and Shadow but was slightly smaller by couple of inches, she had Dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks that went down to her shoulder blades, pale skin and has Moderate violet eyes as well as a purple crystal in her forehead . Her attire was different from her subordinates in that although it was white as the others it had a purple hue in its design and a pair of Epaulettes which each had two pure white wings crisscrossing each other with a longsword in the middle. Aside from that she also wore a white golden trimmed skirt and black military dress trousers which are also golden trimmed, finally she wore a silver leather belt around her waist with a scabbard attached to it.
“Twilight” Luna said as she embraced her whilst Tempest and Flash saluted her.
After a few moments they separate and with both colonels flanking them made their way to the grand hall.
“Nervous?” Luna asked as they began their walk.
With a sigh Twilight replied “How can’t I be? It’s enough that I’m a Archangel and a bearer of Harmony but a Avatar AND a High princess? You yourself said that honour comes with a large cost and...I’m not sure I can stand seeing all my best friends who are practically sisters now age and wither away like..like wheat! How am I supposed take on the responsibilities with that kind of regret!?”
Luna said nothing as Twilight wiped a single tear that came out and both continued to walk through the palace to the grand hall, passing many stained glass windows which held paintings of several important figures of equestria. One such painting was of six young girls with a pink-like background behind them, five of the girls were positioned in a V near the bottom of the window whilst the sixth one was near the top of the window.
As they passed the Stain-glassed window Twilight took a moment to look at it before rejoining the group.
‘It’s not fair’ Twilight thought ‘They had done just as much for this country as I have and yet here I am, a avatar about to be crowned a High princess while they just get a few empty words and useless junk from some upstuck nobles who deep down couldn’t care less!!’
“Ma’am?”
The voice of Tempest brought Twilight back to the present as she and the rest of the entourage arrived at the doors to the grand hall.
“We’re here” Tempest explained
Nodding her head Twilight went towards the doors only to be stopped by Luna, with a wave of her hand the Shadow avatar dismisses the two colonels and though reluctantly left the two Immortals alone.
“Twilight” Luna started “I understand completely how you feel and Tia was actually concerned about that as well but as we saw how you all hanged out when off-duty, how you supported each other and even how despite your duties you always find time for each other. Combine that with the connection you share through the elements of harmony? That tell us how strong of a bond you girls have and why we believe you are worthy of being the Avatar of friendship, for your not just bound in life but in spirit as well and that means a lot more then one might think. So don’t dwell on that and look to future and the time you still have with your friends and don’t look back with regrets.”
With a renewed smile of confidence Twilight embraced Luna one more time before a voice on the other said.
”Now presenting the Sixteenth Archangel of equestria and the Bearer of magic TWILIGHT SPARKLE!”
With that the large doors opened and soon the two avatars are walking down the large hall passing by a crowd of people from members of the Equestrian high command to the common folk and soldiery on either side of the pathway. As the two approached the end of the path there were three thrones atop six steps with a tall woman waiting.
The woman was a meter taller then Luna with Pale, light grayish magenta eyes and has a multi-coloured hair of Light cerulean, Light turquoise,Very light cobalt blue and Pale heliotrope which like Luna’s seems to flow in a nonexistent breeze. Her attire was the same as the avatar of the moon but with a golden tiara and golden shoulder plates on the dress along with some golden highlights down the sides. In her hands was a purple hued silver tiara with a purple star shaped crystal on it.
As both Twilight and Luna arrived at the steps the women walked towards Twilight with the tiara in her hands whilst Luna walked passed her toward the right most throne.
“Kneel” said the woman and so Twilight kneeled whilst feeling the anger and jealousy coming from many of the nobility within the crowd.
“Not that I care what some of those assholes think, despite my own doubts Luna is right I EARNED this so they can just go to Tartarus. ” Twilight thought to herself.
“Twilight sparkle” the woman started “Do you swear to uphold the values that defined you for as long as you live?”
“I do” Twilight said looking straight up at the woman’s eyes.
“And do you feel ready to burden the responsibilities that come with your new self and status?” She continued.
“Yes Princess I do” Twilight replied again.
“And finally do have regrets about what your new life holds for you?” The woman asked
That question was honestly what Twilight thought to be the hardest one to answer but thanks to Luna all she said was.
“No”
With that the woman raised the Tiara over Twilight’s head and said “By my authority as High princess and ruler of equestria, I Celestia di vin Solar hereby award this brave soul with the power of the avatar pantheon and with it the respect and authority of the old ways.”
She then began to lower the Tiara to Twilight’s head whilst saying “From this day onwards you are crowned-“
Then it happened
A sudden pulse of magic so strong that all three avatars visibly shook for a second and then behind Twilight appeared a transparent blue-hued sphere with arcs of electricity coming out of it, it was small at first but then it grew in size until it was over the hight of an average human and as it grew so too did the fear of the crowd.
Snapping into action Luna cried out “Get everyone out NOW!”
Before long the grand hall was evacuated with only the High princesses and the royal guard left with Twilight in particular standing directly in front of it with a longsword in her right hand pointed at the anomaly and her left touching her crystal which glowed a pink hue. With the mysterious sphere surrounded the next thing to do was wait and see what happens. Once the sphere finished growing it suddenly released a bright flash of light followed by smoke, it was Twilight who recovered from the flash first and immediately took a combat stance.
As the smoke quickly began to disappear a loud THUNK! was heard and Twilight tightened her stance, only lower it somewhat due to the shock of what she sees. It was a being incased in a sort of armour she had never seen before, it was in a kneeling position and mostly green in colour with some blue on the shoulders and a golden V on his left wrist. Down on the ground next to him connected to his back via a cable is some sort of heavy weight-bolt action or semi automatic rifle with the cable connecting to the grip.
But that wasn’t what shocked Twilight.
The being had bullet wounds possibly from a firefight, four wounds were seen on his chest, one on his mid arm and wrist and four to five were on his left shoulder. But what was worse was that his back has been completely tarnished with bits of bone and flesh fused with the skin of the being.
As soon as the smoke cleared the being did the most unexpected thing that both Twilight and everybody else present expected to hear.
“S-Sister?”
Just as soon as those words left his mouth the being fell face first to the floor with another loud THUNK! allowing everyone to see the nasty mess his back was in.
But before anyone could even breathe another bright flash engulfed the being causing the royal guards to raise their rifles but a quick hand from Celestia prevented any thought of firing to surface.
When the second flash faded the being was revealed to be as good as new or at least not on death’s door anyway.
Acting quickly Twilight sheathed her blade and rushed to the being’s side whilst the guards lowered their weapons. Putting her right hand to her crystal and concentrating Twilight used her magic to scan the being’s life-force and to her relief and shock whatever magic that was seemed to have healed the worst of the being’s wounds, he still had many wounds but no life-threatening ones. Turning to the captain standing by the steps near the princess Twilight said.
“I want the royal surgeons and healers to get this being to the infirmary yesterday!”
With a sharp salute the captain replied “At once ma’am!” Before rushing to get said surgeons.
As the guards prepared the being for transport Celestia and Luna would stand next to Twilight for a bit watching the guards do their duty before the new princess said “He called me ‘sister’ right? I wasn’t the only one who heard him right?”
With a nod Celestia said “Such an unexpected turn of events and mysterious ones at that”
Her fellow princesses nodded with Luna adding “And he appears to have been in quite the fight judging from his wounds.”
“Who’s to say the fight he was in was unique?” Twilight countered.
Seeing their confusion Twilight explained “It’s obvious that his armour took a beating but from what I saw of his weapon it looked like it could conjure the same or at least similar injuries which could mean that warfare in his world could be far brutal then in our world, and add the fact that his armour looks far more advanced then ours and I could only guess how brutal war is in his world. But unless he tells us himself it’s just speculation at this point.”
Luna and Celestia nodded their heads in understanding as the being was laid on his back by the guards and the captain returned with the medical personnel who began putting him on a stretcher and carrying him to the infirmary escorted by the remaining guards.
“Not how I pictured my coronation to go and draw a LOT of scenarios during my preparations.” Twilight joked badly but still got a few giggles out of the elder avatars.
“Well the good thing is that we won’t have to do this again since we basically got through most of the procedures and if anything that being gave us a break from that boring ceremony!” Luna said sounding a lot more informal now that they were alone.
Smiling to her sister Celestia replied “Indeed now let’s head to the Royal lounge and catch up with your sisters Twilight as I’m sure they would want to know what happened.”
With a nod the trio began to make their way out of the hall but not before Twilight notice something on the ground.
“A photo?” Twilight thought as she picked it up to look it over only to cover her mouth in shock.
The photo itself was mostly black and white showing a family facing the camera with neutral expressions
There was a woman, a man, a boy and a girl, because of the blank colour scheme Twilight couldn’t make out individual colours so she settled for looks.
The woman had long hair and was in her thirties to forties and wore a simple dress with no fancy wear in the photo as far as she could see. The man had short white or grey hair and was possibly a decade older then the woman and wore a business suit with a pocket hanging from its pocket. Unlike the woman Twilight could tell that the man was all business and even if they were married it must’ve been for his own interests and nothing else. The boy had short black hair and was at least in his early teens, he wore a black suit like his farther but had a slightly more warmer expression with a small smile gracing his face.
But it was the girl which caught Twilight’s attention, the girl had long black hair and wore a white dress which went down to her feet and had a pretty necklace around her neck. But it was her face that was the most alarming.
The shape.
The size.
Even the smile.
“I-Is that?” Luna asked as she looked at the photo herself and took one glance at the girl before turning to Twilight.
“M-Me?” She all but whispered.
A few minutes earlier.
To say things went from routine to critical to FUBAR to WTF was the understatement of the fucking century.
At first the day started like any other for Sam.j Marshall, get up early wash your teeth then get dressed and then report to your officer for debriefing. Then late in the evening Sam’s CO Captain Santelli of 4079th Multinational Armoured Infantry‘s A company or “Santelli’s company “ as they were called came before his men saying they are needed for a rescue op of a pair of downed Howler pilots and that they would have the help of Six commando’s rumbler Mike-One-Echo for the mission.
The plan was simple Mike would cause chaos in the first strike hopefully taking out the heaviest of the enemy armour, then whilst Alpha and Bravo platoons lade down suppressing fire Echo platoon would flank the enemy encampment whilst supporting Foxtrot platoon who would have the honour of rescuing the hostages from enemy custody.
At first everything went well A company got the drop on the hostiles and snagged a bunch of them before they could react with minimal casualties, unfortunately the old saying “No plan survives first contact with the enemy” hold true here as at soon as A company started to push deeper into the camp an enemy truck carrying the hostages rammed straight through the Armoured infantrymen and caused a bloody brawl within their ranks as the remaining enemy forces saw the chance to attack.
Everything else became hazy as Sam got knocked out by the truck whilst trying to get in through its window, before he blacked out he heard Santelli shout “MIKE PURSE!” then everything went black.
Next thing he knew he was in the base under the command of Colonel Haulley and that the outside of Africa has become an irradiated dead-zone.
Since then he’s been put on guard duty on the base’s Y-level which is occupied by the South American Coalition (CONASUR) who were at the base as observers.
For a time things were fine the CONASUR guard wasn’t much for conversation which was fine for Sam as he had to sort out his thoughts mainly about his younger sister Lily ,she was sixteen when he got deployed and was attending school in the USA so by all-accounts she should be alright as the nuclear exchange that occurred was only in the African theatre as far as anyone could tell. That didn’t stop him from worrying though considering she’s the REAL family Sam’s got left and the main reason he joined the military in the first place though that didn’t mean he didn’t enjoy the friendships he made here in six commando.
Fortunately he didn’t have to stand around being a worry rat forever as some time later he and the rest of the company were called to the medical wing after Mike-one-Echo himself somehow got control of the base and sealed off most of it. Sam didn’t have all the details at the time only that some time ago Mike was found damaged both physically and mentally and brought back to the base for repairs, again he doesn’t know the details but what he DOES know is that along with Mike the team found out during decontamination that Major Sarah Bronniford one of the prisoners A company was tasked with rescuing was found ALIVE INSIDE of Mike heavily injured and irradiated.
The rest Sam doesn’t know but basically some time later Major Rucker a friend of Major Bronniford had apparently with Mike’s help stormed the medical wing before Mike could lock it down and so Sam, Santelli and members of A company were sent to the medical wing to apprehend Rucker whilst the rest of A company worked on getting the base back under control.
But before the engineers could cut through the bulkheads the medical wing doors swung opened revealing Major Rucker with Bronniford in his arms, after coming to another door the major spoke to someone and then the most strangest thing happened.
The doors opened to reveal a OPEN GRASSY FIELD WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A HALLWAY!
At that point Sam didn’t even try to remember the rest only that he’s been back to guard duty ever since.
“Considering what happened before you blues deserve to have yourselfs running around like headless chickens” the CONASUR guard said his yellow T-shaped visor staring at Sam’s green one.
“What’s that supposed to mean? You’re saying we started this mess?” He replied
“Oh I don’t know maybe the fact that it was YOUR Colonel who authorised the mission or that it was YOUR nukes that fired and oh yes THAT IT WAS YOUR MACHINE THAT CASUED THIS MESS!” The guard shouted making his opinion of the UNA clear as day.
Sighing Sam really doesn’t want to deal with this guy given what he’s just been through this past-
“Something the matter soldier?” A voice said further into the CONASUR side of the fence that separated both guards.
Both turned to the voice with the CONASUR guard saluting the man whilst Sam just nodded
“My thanks sir”
Smiling the CONASUR officer who was wearing a light-brown uniform with a army cap said “It’s nothing senor we’re all soaked up by today’s events but hopefully we can-“
Before he could continue Sam reserved a call directly from Colonel Haulley himself.
“Must be important” Sam thought as he gestured with his free hand to his head telling the CONASUR personal he’d need to take this.
Turning away back to his usual guard stance he answered the call.
[Private Marshall?] came the Colonel’s voice.
“Yes sir” Sam replied
[Are you at Y-level?] the Colonel asked
“Yes sir” he replied again “Have been for the past hour”
What the Colonel said next took Sam completely by surprise.
[Good I want you to arrest all CONASUR personal in that area immediately use force if you have to!] “WHAT!?”
“Sir I..” Sam shakily replied “What the hell’s going on!?”
“I’m sorry sir but I don’t understand is that an order sir?” “Please be a drill Please be a drill Please be a drill Please be a-“
[Yes Dammit! that’s an order!] ”FUCK!”
“Alright in there!” He yelled catching the CONASUR personal by surprise.
“Drop the gun and open the gate NOW!” At this point Sam’s body was running on automatic as his mind was trying to make sense of what the hell is going on.
Unfortunately the CONASUR guard had other ideas.
“Why...” he started
“You...”
“Lousy blue Bastard!” he yelled but fortunately he had been trained in strict fire discipline
“What’s going on!?” The officer yelled clearly surprised by the demand Sam made.
“please-” Sam whispered barely catching the CONASURs attention.
“Quiet you!” The guard shouts back.
“Don’t make me-” Sadly Sam’s fire discipline was not at top from and accidentally fired his rail-gun on the guard.
Fortunately it only hit the shoulder on his armour but sadly he wasn’t so forgiving.
“IHIJO DE PUTA!” The guard yelled before several self-propelled bullets were sent flying at Sam hitting him four times in the chest, two in the arm and a few more in the shoulders.
“Odd” Sam thought as he looked at the guard smoke rising from his weapon and his superior looking on in shock, then with a heavy THUD! Sam’s body took a kneeling position before falling face first to the ground.
“Is this what it feels like to die?” He thought as the world around was muffled and his vision became blurry.
“Dammit well at least I’ll get to know if Lily’s alive or not, if she’s not where I’m going then she’s alive somewhere.” Sam thought sadly as total blackness took over him.
Only for a bright flash to suddenly fill his vision.
“Is this heaven?” Sam thought as he felt himself kneeling once again just in time for his sight to return somewhat.
But as he opened his eyes he saw a most unexpected but welcomed sight.
“S-Sister?” He managed to breathe out before slipping into Unconsciousness.
And began Sam.J Marshall’s time on the planet of Aurora in the Kingdom of equestria.
Equestria, Canterlot palace, royal lounge 6/4/2020 EC
Some time after the unexpected events in the grand hall the three avatars went to the royal lounge to ensure the other bearers of harmony that Twilight is alive and well.
“Though I doubt it would stop a certain someone from giving Twi a bear hug.” Celestia thought sweetly as both she, Luna and Twilight arrived at the lounge doors.
No sooner that they entered the lounge did Twilight get tackled by a flash of pink and the smell of candy.
”TWILY!” Said Pinkie Pie as she got back up with a bear-hugged Twilight in toe.
“H-Hi P-Pink-Ki-e” Twilight said struggling to breathe with the amount of force Pinkie has in her hug.
As two continued their “hug” the rest of Twilight’s friends came to greet them or in the case of two of them stop Pinkie from bear-hugging their friend to death.
“Darn it Pinkie ya got to learn so self restraint!” Applejack said as she and Rainbow grabbed both a shoulder and arm each and with all the force they could muster pride Pinkie from her prey with enough force to send all four of them tumbling to the ground on top of each other.
“Will at least the apple didn’t FALL to far from the tree.” Pinkie said as they tried to get back up only to fall over again laughing like lunatics.
As both Luna and Celestia watched the exchange the latter thought to herself “Even though it’s Firth-teen years since then they still hold onto that part of themselves and then some. I do hope that this “gift” of their’s will help them unlock their avatar status as well as young Twilight deserves friends like them.”
As the laugher died down and the four got back up for real this time their frith friend/sister-in-law faced-palmed herself not in annoyance but in a “should’ve seen that coming“ with a small on her face.
Once the were no more surprises in the room Twilight took a look at her friends/sisters, they were all grabbed in above average civilian clothing with the exception of Rarity who has always been fond of wearing dresses.
As the group sat down at the couches in the center of the lounge with Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow and Pinkie on one couch and Celestia, Luna, Rarity and Fluttershy on the other couch across from them.
“So Twilight what the **** happened? One minute we were all getting ready for the after party Pinkie was gonna throw then the next we sensed a lot of surprise, confusion and haste from you.” Rainbow asked looking across Applejack to Twilight who was looking at a certain picture from earlier.
One of the many advantages of been a bearer of Harmony is that like the crystals themselves the bearers can at certain times sense each other’s feelings and other non-visual senses. This ability is usually passive in nature and only ever effective if one or more emotions are large then the rest, the ability also counts as a connection of sorts allowing the bearers to (if they focus hard enough) communicate to each other telepathically and share images and thoughts to each other, so as one of bearers leans say a new technique the others can potentially have the knowledge themselves but using the technique in question is usually up to the bearers own abilities.
Looking up from the photo from the grand hall Twilight turned to her left looking at rainbow as well as Applejack and said “Well to put it bluntly....”
And so Twilight brought her friends up to speed with what happened in the hall and not to her surprise they were both shocked and curious as to the nature of their armoured visitor.
“Will he...d-die?” Fluttershy being the most shy and soft-spoken of the group said clearly having concerns for the being.
Turning to her meek friend Rainbow dash said with a raised brow “How can you tell it’s a he?”
“Eh! Well I mean I-huh!?” Fluttershy started before recoiling a bit from an outstretched hand, looking to the source Flutters could see Celestia with a warm smile on her face. After a bit of hesitation she took hold of the sun avatar’s hand and after passing Rarity and Luna sat on the lap of princess Celestia in a comfortable embrace.
After smiling at the scene Twilight turned to answer her multi-coloured friend “Well just before HE passed out he said something to that..caught me off guard so to speak.”
Jumping from her seat in a wide arc to behind her purple themed friend Pinkie asked “Well what was it? Och? Help? Please? Pancake? Bandage? Beacon? Or-“
“Sister” Twilight stated clear as day.
“WHAT!?” Was the collective response from the group aside from shy who ‘meek!’ Into the sun avatar’s embrace.
Standing up and facing her friend Applejack said “Twi! I don’t think you noticed but we’ve been together since WE WERE THREE! HOW COULD THIS NUTCASE CLAM TO BE YOUR-“
“Because I look like her.” Twilight interrupted showing everyone the photo she picked up in the grand hall.
“Whoo.” Dash said as she stood up as well take a look.
Passing the photo around Twilight said “While we don’t know much about him it’s safe to assume he’s no threat and that since I look like his sister he wouldn’t get hostile at first, so maybe I can keep him calm until we both can understand each other. For nowour next move should be waiting until he wakes up and go from there with what we leaned afterwards, does sound okay with you guys?”
As the group gave their approval a doctor along with Flash and Tempest came into the room.
“How is he doctor?” Luna asked.
Looking at his clipboard Doctor Dull light replied “ Well in terms of physical injuries we concluded that the worst was taken care of by the unknown magic that you encountered and we have begun to perform the necessary treatments to fix the rest of his wounds. However magic was off the table as it appears that the being’s body doesn’t recognise the magic itself and just considered it to be some form of electricity thus we had to do things the old fashioned way. Mentally he’s fine aside from some fading adrenaline which could have been from whatever fight he was in, plus we had to sedate him in fear of him waking up during operation. Overall our patient should be fine for the time being.”
Everyone present sat silently for a few moments taking all the information in before Twilight asked “What about his equipment and physiology?”
“Well aside from the lack of magic in his cells he’s basically the same as us in both appearance and DNA aside from being more physically fit then the average human, his equipment however we couldn’t make heads or tails aside from it being extremely complex in both construction and design so we sent what we can to Solar Set Industries for examination.” Dull light answered.
At the mention of SSI Twilight got up from her seat on the couch and head towards the door.
“Gonna see HER again eh Twilight?” Applejack said with a smirk along with the others including Flash and Tempest but excluding the elder Avatars thank Faust.
“Traitors!” Twilight thought as she turned around to looked at the gathered group and with some effort to hide her blush said “You know that she is the best when it comes to knowing how something works it’s the reason why we get along so well, plus no offence but there’s no-one else I can trust with something that could pose a serious threat to the kingdom excluding the princess of course.”
“Suuurrreee” Rainbow said as she and the others continued graining.
Coughing a bit Twilight opened the door and left leaving the others to their thoughts.
“When do you think she and Twilight will-“ Pinkie said before being stopped by a raised hand from AJ.
“When she’s ready Pinkie we can’t force them to rush but we CAN still tease them” AJ stated with a smaller grain this time.
Equestria, Canterlot, en-route to Solar Set industries Headquarters Late 6/4/2020 EC
Twilight sighted heavily as she leaned on the window in her personal transport car.
It had been a hour since she left the palace for the SSI headquarters in the inner city and it was only now after her convoy was out of sight of the palace did Twilight allowed herself to relax more.
Whilst many people in equestria would argue that the canterlot palace was the most defended place in equestria Twilight had learned in her youth that whilst armies and other conventional weapons would have a hard time breaking into the palace proper that doesn’t mean the palace was meant to keep ALL types of enemies out, including those who are supposed to be your friends.
Ever since Twilight was little the Nobility have on numerous occasions (Through they denied every last one of them) to try and remove her “plague” that was her birth. Because every since Celestia had banned Luna to the moon all those years ago and moved her administration to Canterlot the once noble houses of Canterlot had developed a sort of Elitism in that they see themselves as everybody’s better simply because of the deeds their ancestors had done so long ago. Although Celestia had made claims that nobility should be more responsible they tend believe that they were empty words meant to keep the “peasants” in line, so when Twilight and by extension her friends were taken in by Celestia and Luna it both confused and even angered some nobles who went as far as to protest against them only to quickly change their tune when the elder avatars got serious.
“And that was the most scariest moment of my life in which NOTHING can compare to.” Twilight thought as she watched the many lights of the city she grown to love over the past years go by.
The city itself was divided into two different cities the outer city and the inner city.
The outer city was situated on the side of mount equestrus and held up by super enhanced supports that dug deep into the mountain itself, the supports along the bottom of the city where it hangs off also serve as the military docks for the airships of the equestrian Royal Air Force. The area at the western end of the platform on which the city stands is the civilian and merchant docks where trade and goods flow into the city from across the country, in fact the nobility relies so much on those goods that several commercial areas sprung up over time and took up half of the city separate only by the royal palace and its two adjacent fortress who command the main air defences of the capital. The other side of the palace towards the mountain itself was made up of residential areas most of which are held by nobles but only the most prestigious nobles (the ones who have given Twilight and her friends the most trouble) live close to the palace itself so they may call upon the assistants of the palace guard. This part of the city also has the only land routes into the city which come from the south side to the palace’s right facing the mountain, the main gate and a railway station both heavily monitored by the royal guard and members of the ERAF in some instances.
A sudden jolt brought Twilight out of her subpar and she tightened her stance, only to relax it again when she realised that it merely her convoy stopping at a security checkpoint at an intersection.
Normally a convoy carrying a high member of the government would be manned by the royal guard but past experience had shown Twilight that relying on one’s own hand is better then relying on a completely untrustworthy one and so the convoy was manned by members of Twilight’s own Angel division a elite military force whose history is almost as old as Celestia’s rule after banishing nightmare moon. Answering only to the Archangel of Equestria the angel division’s strength varies depending on the Archangel in question, for example the first Archangel Iron heel was known for his strict discipline and clam posture even when in the heat of battle and his division adopted his ways becoming famous for being the most stubborn soldiers in the equestrian military. Another example was Twilight herself who preferred to strike hard and fast never letting her enemies react and when they do they wouldn’t be in a position to fight effectively, her tactics usually involve airborne strikes supported by armoured thrusts and adaptive infantry formations. Because Archangels are only appointed to the best of the best the diamond in the rawth if you will their divisions have always been named after the generation of the current Archangel, for example since Twilight was the sixteenth Archangel of equestria the division has since reformed from the fifteenth Angel division to the sixteenth Angel division as there is only one angel division the number is meant to differ between the Archangels themselves rather then other divisions like them.
The convoy itself was made up of seven vehicles in total which included her own transport car, two half-tracks and four armoured cars all formed into a single file lined column to avoid traffic jamming the streets.
After the lead vehicle had cleared the convoy through the checkpoint Twilight begun to dose off again as the convoy continued on towards it destination.
Some time later they came upon another checkpoint this time at the entrance to a tunnel that goes deeper into the mountain and before long they passed that one as well and entered the inner city.
Unlike the outer city the inner city was placed inside mount equestrus itself and was not only larger but also housed many critical industrial, residential and military centres inside as well from emergency shelters to a military HQ to coordinate defences safely inside the mountain, the city itself was mostly built in the large caves inside the mountain as well as the many drilled out tunnels in which some form the main roads of the inner city.
“We’ll be arriving at SSI HQ in a few minutes ma’am.” The driver of Twilight’s car explained.
Nodding to him Twilight got herself ready to disembark from the vehicle.
Sure enough a few minutes later they arrive at a tall building built into the wall in one of the larger caves.
Since Solar Set Industries was a fairly new company only three years old it didn’t have what most people would call a unique building rather a converted apartment building with some redecorating done here and there, although with the current rate of events Twilight suspected that will change soon.
Twilight waited for a few moments as her men get out of there vehicles first to ensure nothing happened to their charge.
As soon as the captain sounded the all clear Twilight got out of her car and walked towards the entrance to the building flanked by two more of her soldiers.
As she entered the main reception area her two guards stood by the entrance whilst Twilight herself went to the desk across from the door.
“Ah! Princess Twilight a pleasure to see you and congratulations!” The receptionist said as she sat straight in her chair to make herself look presentable.
Leaning herself on the desk Twilight replied “Thank you kindly madam, can you point me to where Miss Shimmer is?”
Relaxing a bit the receptionist replied “She’s down in the lower level along with much of our engineering staff to examine the strange equipment you brought us earlier.”
Standing straight again Twilight thanked the woman before heading to an elevator on the left side of the reception area. Once inside the elevator she pressed the button for the lower level and felt the contraption shift before going down to its intended destination.
Once it had arrived Twilight stepped out on to a catwalk and surveyed the room.
It was quite big for the lower level of a former apartment building but it was to be expected as Solar Set Industries was a new player on the field. There many workplaces for tools, safety equipment and other such items that give this room a very industrial feel with all the smells, feels and sounds that go with it and efforts are being made to expand to encompass more space for future operations.
Looking over the scene from her catwalk position Twilight could see various workers and other SSI staff scuttle about the place checking on machines, tools and other such devices to ensure steady production but what caught the Archangel’s attention was a significant gathering of people on the far side of the room. Among the gathering of workers and staff members alike is a all too familiar red and yellow haired woman with white skin and Moderate cyan eyes, her attire consists of a cross between a business suit and a factory worker’s attire with goggles on her forehead and some leather gloves. From her little spot on the catwalk Twilight could make out the woman making hand gestures and saying something to her co-workers who were listening to every last word their boss said down to the finest detail.
“Or at least that’s how I picture it.” Twilight thought as she worked her way down the catwalk and into the city of machines and tools.
Now down amongst the rabble Twilight could see that the vast majority of the equipment here was making parts of single contraption which she’d guess was a weapon of some kind given the amount of weapon parts she’s seeing as she moved further along the line, from triggers to stocks to even rifle barrels of significant length.
Twilight could only speculate on what they were all for until as she made it almost half the way there something caught’s her eye on the far side of the room.
Moving passed the various workers and wielders Twilight came upon a unoccupied workbench with only one object currently occurring its space.
It was a rifle of sorts but was unlike anything she’d seen before. It had a wooden stock reminding her of the models currently in service and another wooden section near the guns barrel, but other then that the main body of the weapon was completely made of metal with a long rectangular box stretching down from the main body in front of the trigger.
Examining the weapon for a brief moment before taking it into her hands Twilight got a feel for the gun’s weight which was lighter then she’d expected, once the feel was good she did a few gestures with it such as wiping the weapon side to side, aiming down its sights, hip firing, twisting herself around with the weapon in tow and finally reloading the thing.
“Why that’s a nice gun you got there! Oh who could’ve come up with such a design?” A voice said sarcastically behind Twilight.
Acting on reflexes Twilight wiped the gun around only for her to come face to face with the red haired woman from earlier.
Relaxing a bit Twilight offered a smile to her and said “Hey sunset”.
Returning the smile whilst hanging her gear on the side sunset shimmer replied “Hey to you too Twilight and congratulations on your promotion!”
Blushing a bit Twilight said “Sunset please it’s not like I can get any higher in the chain if I wanted to.”
To that sunset gave a “ah huh sure” gesture before Twilight shifted the strange rifle in her hands “My order?” She said.
With a proud smile threatening to break her face sunset responded “Yep! Average accuracy , good range, fine handling and overall jack-of-all-traits kind of weapon system at your service. I’d like to call it an ‘assault’ rifle given that it’s best used in urban environments or other close-quarter related areas and the like.”
“Assault rifle huh? It does have a nice ring to it” Twilight thought as she put the gun away and began to follow sunset as she went back to the far side of the room where she was previously.
“How long until you could get them ready for mass production?” Twilight asked as she followed sunset.
“Pretty soon actually thanks in no small part to my dads company who will handle both the production and transportation of the weapons to make sure every equestrian soldier gets one.” She replied leading Twilight to a large operating table next to the wall with a familiar looking green armour scattered across it.
“So what have you found about our guests armour?” Twilight asked as she surveyed the armour noting how complex it is with numerous plates and other such components scattered across the table.
Grabbing one such plate Sunset replied “Well its most outer layer is made of these interlocking plates and much of the inside houses lots of metal support-like appendages that must help the user move around, there’s also so much mechanical components that this thing’s like a walking vehicle almost and then there’s this.”
She brought Twilight over to a microscope on the same table, taking a peck what she saw was some-sort of protein but unlike anything she’d seen it was almost synthetic in nature.
“From what we were able to carefully remove from the armour it appears that when an electric current is applied it changes shape on a molecular level which can basically record a 1 or a 0 depending on its shape which in many ways is like our computers but we have yet to actually see if it’s true.” Sunset explained.
“What about its weapon?” Twilight asked taking her eyes off the protein as much as she didn’t want to.
Gesturing to the item in question Sunset brought Twilight around the table to see it in full.
It was bulky in design no doubt impossible to hold without the armour, it was mostly made of sharp angles with no curves to speak of and had a thick wire going from the hand grip to the backpack of the suit, it also had no sights on the top of the weapon.
“From what we can tell there’s no way this thing can fire with our current tech.” Sunset explains
“How so?” Twilight asked
Leaning on the table Sunset explains “Well for one it doesn’t have anything to do with gunpowder just these magnets along the inside of the weapon and that this thing weighs a tun clearly only to be held by someone wearing this armour.”
Thinking for a bit Twilight asked “Is there any way to duplicate this into our own weapons?”
Shaking her head Sunset pushed herself from the table saying “Afraid not unless we’re able to find an effective way of powering the magnets AND finding a safe place for said power source we’re better off with what we got.”
Taking a moment to digest all the information Twilight asked with a smile “Well if there’s nothing else..would you like to stay at the palace for tonight? The girls would just love to hang around you again, don’t worry about the nobility they may have a lot of bark but very few have much bit after my coronation.”
Turning to her friend in surprise sunset was about to say something before-“Don’t worry about us boss we can handle this for the week you at least deserve sometime off!” One of sunset’s employees shouted over the mass of machinery.
Shaking her head she shouted back “If you say so!” Before taking off the goggles revealing a cyan crystal on her forehead.
With that settled the two made their way back passed the vast amount of tools and machinery to the elevator and with a few button pushes went back to the lobby.
“So any ideas about our mystery guest Twi?” Sunset asked as the elevator went up.
“Well from what I was able to get from this photo” Twilight started holding said photo up for sunset to see “I appear to resemble someone from his world supposedly his sister and that he cares for her in some capacity.”
“Uh huh” was all sunset said before Twilight continued.
“Further more he couldn’t have gotten here on purpose because one he was definitely in some sort of fight before he wound up here and two his body showed no signs of magic within his cells so he couldn’t have made a simple levitation spell let alone a teleportation spell capable of crossing the dimensional plane.”
“No comment on what he’s like?” Sunset asked.
Shifting her stance as the elevator neared the reception floor Twilight answered “Other then he’s a soldier trained to use highly advanced equipment? No but hopefully he’s-“
Before Twilight could continue the elevator doors opened and one of her guards immediately yelled “MA’AM! We got a situation at the palace!”
Turning her attention to said soldier Twilight asked “What’s going on!?”
The Sargent shifted slightly as he cleared his throat to speak.
“Yes ma’am we double and then triple checked the reports and they appeared to be accurate.”
Luna nodded as she placed said reports to the side of her desk to be reviewed later.
“Very well then you’re dismissed.” The moon avatar replied, the Sargent made a salute then went out the door to Luna’s office.
Sighing Luna took a glance at the small stack of reports, they were mostly about shipments of arms and equipment being moved to different locations around the city as well as a few checkpoints on the outskirts of Canterlot. Normally this wouldn’t warrant a princess attention but the one thing that separated these deliveries from the norm was that a member or two of the royal guard (more specifically those assigned to guard a noble estate) was overseeing the transaction AND that these shipments were not in the official records, add the fact that the arms and equipment in question were only used for the military and you get a very disturbing picture.
“Some things never change do they sister?”
Turning to the source of her sister’s voice Luna discovered Celestia coming out of a shadowed corner in her office.
“No they don’t especially those who think themselves better then the rest!” She replied in a less formal tone now that they were alone.
Giggling a bit Celestia moved to sit on Luna’s desk before saying with a smirk “Or can get by unnoticed in matters such as this?”
Gesturing to the stack of reports Celestia added “I’m sure you’re people can discover more before what ever they are planning comes to light.”
Sighing Luna said “Your right as always sister, after all WE have been at this game far longer then any buddy else AND know how skilled the so-called ‘peasants’ can be like young Shimmer for example.”
At that Celestia couldn’t help but chuckle as what Luna said was oh so true, ever since the earlier days of their rule the royal sisters made a sort of habit of always being one step ahead of their opponents as well as having a keen eye for talent in individuals something the nobility of today lacked.
At the thought of the nobility Celestia’s mood soured a bit as she said “If only I had begun fixing the kingdom IMMEDIATELY after you were gone that the once noble of equestria’s elites wouldn’t become so...rotten.”
Sighing in irritation Luna said “Really sister?”
Surprise clear on her face Celestia simply said “What?”
Sighing again and standing from her chair Luna said “It’s been Firth-teen years and your still blaming yourself! Honestly sister even I have gotten over the fact I let a nightmare consume me for a time and yet here you are still sulking over that thing of the past!”
“I-I was not sulking!” Celestia argued
“Was so!” Luna countered
“Was not!”
“Was so!”
“Was not!”
“Was so!”
“Was not!”
“Was so!”
“Was not!”
“Was not!”
“Was s-!” The solar avatar stopped herself mid-sentence but unfortunately...
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! GOT YOU!” Luna laughed wholeheartedly as she made her sister fall for that one old trick in her book again.
Blushing a bright pink like a certain girl she knows Celestia hopped off the desk and in a instant with her crystal glowing whilst glaring at her sister teleported both of them to their shared quarters, more specifically on the Luna avatar’s bed.
Upon landing on the soft quilt and taking advantage of her sister’s laughter Celestia grabbed one of the star-themed pillows from the headrest and unleashed her old pillow fury upon Luna.
“YOU. ARE. SUCH. A. MEANIE!” Celestia roared as she whacked Luna with each word with enough force to break some bones on a regular human.
Fortunately Avatars were much stronger then the average human even by those with supposed superhuman strength.
Coming off her laughing fit by the constant pillow barrage Luna said “At least (Whacked) I (Whacked) got (Double Whack) yo- (Whacked)-u (Triple Whack) off (Whacked) your (Quadruple Whack) mood! (Six Whacks)”
After that last six Whacks Celestia stopped but only in shock what she was doing, nervously she turned her attention to the door and (Thank faurst!) it was fortunately locked and with the walls of the room enchanted with a sound-suppression spell.
Turning back her grinning sister underneath her Celestia said “Why you!” But didn’t act because she would only be playing to Luna’s tune at this point so it was better to take as much satisfaction in the pillow barrage she’d just unleashed and leave it at that.
Sitting up on her bed Luna’s grin soften as she said “I know we should set an example but even WE can’t get rid of our childish nature at heart and mooding about something isn’t exactly professional either so-“
“I get it! I GET IT!” Celestia roared as she laid on the left side of her sister’s bed with her arms extended out in frustration.
Smiling in victory Luna joined her sister on her bed and the two just laid there enjoying the peace and quiet.
“Has it really been Firth-teen years Lulu?” Celestia asked after a minute or two of silence.
Turning to her left Luna replied “Aye Celly it has and its been fourteen since we nearly lost her...”
Now it was Celestia’s turn sigh and say “You’ve just pulled me into pillow killing you to stop me from sulking and here you are doing the-“
Luna interrupted her “-I was contemplating the past sister completely different.”
With that Celestia could do nothing but sigh in agreement because out of the two of them Luna was the smartest and Celestia was the strongest, still smarter then the average human but among Avatars Luna held the smartest being in the world spot.
“But not the sexiest” Celestia thought with a grin as she took a trip down memory lane to when they were both so young and different.
Luna too began to wonder down memory lane but not to when to she and her sister were at their brightest.
But to the day when Twilight nearly died.
Equestria, Canterlot Palace 14/9/2006 EC
It all happened so fast that day, one moment I was drinking with my sister in the royal dining hall and then the next-
“Lady Celestia Lady Luna come quick!” Young Dash came running into the hall staying only long enough to say her pice and then ran out again.
Confusion turned into worry as I studied her form in my head as both me and Celestia made our way to room of our chargers at a steady pace with our loyal guards in tow.
The more I studied Dash’s face however I quicken my pace in fear.
Eyes wide.
Out of breath.
Panicked voice.
Face red from tears still present on her face.
My mind was in denial at first when I came to THAT conclusion but when I arrived all doubt was washed alway with so much fear that I could’ve sworn I’d gone num.
In the room were six friends that were like sworn sisters huddled together in the middle of their room.
The first was Applejack the strong and honest farmer of the legendary Apple-line, the oldest by a few weeks and often the one to take charge when SHE wasn’t present Applejack was as reliable as she was honest with it only being matched by her incredible strength gained from her heritage.
The second was the normally cheerily and noisy Pinkie pie who embodied the very idea of laughter and happiness, she was the one who no matter how dark will always bring some light to anyone who needs it.
Then there was Rarity the daughter of a exiled noble from Canterlot and the most generous woman one would ever met, despite the nobility’s fall from grace there were those who still held on to the true meaning and responsibilities of their oaths. Sadly for the Bell family this defiance in philosophy cost them their home in Canterlot and forced them to moved to Ponyville where they may raise their children in peace, Rarity as a result inherited and even surpassed the kind of generosity the Bells were known for whilst still retaining the Lady-like persona most noble women are known for.
And then there was the young Dash the one so recently came to me with such fear that it was almost like a different person who was alerting me to the crisis at hand. Steadfast and loyal in every sense of the word Rainbow Dash would no doubt in time be a commander’s dream soldier, loyal but independent, steadfast but approachable, reckless but humble and finally tough outside but still fragile where it matters the heart. I could think of no better friend that was more loyal then dash here.
And the fifth member of this little sister-hood was young Fluttershy who embodied the element of kindness. Though shy at times Fluttershy could none the less lift one’s spirit with her kindness and heart.
And lastly was the one who brought all of them together, the one who just a year prior was facing down my nightmare form, the one who is now laying on the floor with her head on Fluttershy’s lap. Twilight Sparkle
The moment I saw her I was immediately shaken by the state she was in, her skin was pale, her crystal was going dark, purple veins were adorned on her pale skin though perhaps the most heartbreaking factor was her eyes , when before they were so full of life and determination now they look almost bear of life with only the grasping of her hand and her slight whispers giving any indication that she was still alive.
“Black poison” The royal doctor said as I took in the scene.
“At best she’s got five hours to-“ the explained but
“Rainbow dash, Applejack get the bathtub ready make sure it’s just the right temperature.” I cut the doctor off whilst issuing instructions to the young ones.
As the two run to the bathroom to do as I asked the Doctor looked at me as if I’ve just gone insane.
“My lady a bed might be better to ease-“ Yet again I cut him off by saying.
“I intend to cure her DOCTOR” I made sure to stress his title so as there’ll be no more arguments.
Seeing the doctor’s confusion my sister told him “Whilst it is true Doctor that Black poison is incurable by traditional means the Avatar of the Moon was created to cure this exact disease so I wouldn’t worry for young Twilight but...”
As I took young Sparkle in my arms Celestia said to me “ Luna you still haven’t yet recovered from-“
This time I cut her off by saying “Even if it costs me my life at least it would give young Twilight a future and I OWE her for her bravery that day”
And so I entered the bathroom with the weak Bearer in my arms, as I entered I could see that Applejack and rainbow have done what I instructed and so I laid my young saviour in the bathtub which had enough water so that it come to just below her head with the rest of her body submerged in the bath water.
As I took my place at the head of the bath where young Sparkles head was I looked to Fluttershy and said.
“Fluttershy could you-“
“I’ve got it sister” Tia says as she opens the window opposite of me showing my moon up in the sky, she then proceeds to gather everyone outside the bathroom.
“Everyone out Luna needs her space for this.” She says as everyone complied though the rest of the bearers hesitated but-
“G-Go girls I’ll-“ Twilight tried to speak even in her weak state, bless her.
“Shush save your strength Twilight “ I spoke softly to her as we were left alone.
Once alone I placed my hands on her head halfway in the water and then focusing my energy through my crystal I could feel the moon’s light coursing through me from my head to my hands and then into Twilight.
“(Oh great Mother of dreams heed my plee)” I spoke in a ancient language of a culture that first birthed the Avatars.
As I spoke the water in the bath began to glow and Twilight began to lightly thrash about.
“(This young one blessed and true needs your healing light to guide her from the-)” Before I could finish the water in the bath suddenly shun a bright light around young Twilight, then the light came out of her mouth then her eyes and finally her crystal.
At first I was surprised that the light had come so quickly but taking advantage of it I focused the healing energy of the light to cleansing Twilight’s body of the poison.
As the moon’s healing light did it’s work my own head became the same state as Twilight’s with the light coming out of both my eyes, mouth and crystal. Soon after a few minutes of us in our lightened state I could feel the power of the moon fading with a feeling of clam settling over Twilight’s body.
Regaining my sight after the light and energy fade completely I quickly grabbed hold of the sides of the tub as my body suddenly felt drained.
“I believe I overdid it given the actual state of the poison in Sparkle’s body” I thought as I regained my strength.
Looking at Twilight I was pleased to see her face in a more relaxed state as if she was just drifting off to sleep, the bathtub whereas once had crystal clear water in it now had thick dark purple liquid swirling around in it.
Once I was confident that I had enough strength back I carefully plucked young Twilight from the bath and settled her in my arms.
“It must have been a weak version of the poison if I was able to cure her so quickly, though it does make sense since it’s quit impossible to gather enough for a more potent version and nobody would know that there indeed was a way to cure black poison. Hopefully I can make sure this never happens again!” I thought as I began to walk out of the bathroom and told everyone that Twilight was safe and sound.
