The Most Powerful In Equestria

“Turn here.” Evertrot said pointing to a trail off to the left.

“But that’ll take us into Equis.” Trixie protested she was not very fond of cold weather.

“Look you want me to train you all of my supplies are at my home in Equis.” The immortal unicorn explained. “Believe me this’ll be a lot faster than going to the next town over looking for the gear."

“Wonderful.” If sarcasm could be measured in animals that one word was an elephant. “Months and Months in a frozen wasteland with no food.”  Trixie said as she headed her wagon down the trail Evertrot had indicated.

“My home has plenty of food and is very warm.” Evertrot said with a roll of his eyes. “I am well aware of your mortality.”

Trixie pondered on whether or not it was wise to irritate a centuries old master of magic before asking. “If you don’t mind how did you end up immortal?”

“After the secret of immortality are we?” Trixie shook her head. “Well even if you were it’s not something you can learn. Ah well I suppose I can tell you we won’t have anything better to do for the next few hours.” Evertrot paused to gather his thoughts. “Well for one thing I wasn’t born a unicorn or even a pony.”

“What? But almost no other creature in the whole world can use magic like unicorns.” Trixie exclaimed.

Evertrot lifted an eyebrow at her outburst. “True as you say. Nothing in this world can use it quite as well. I am from another world where magic works differently.” Evertrot paused and waited for Trixie to say something. However Trixie was far too stunned to reply. “I was trained in the art of magic and was a Great master of the mystic arts, but in my studies I had made a powerful enemy. “ Evertrot grimaced at the memory as the wagon trundled on along the path. “One day when I was ill prepared He came upon me and cursed me and tried to banish me to a world of unending despair. Fortunately I was able to subvert the spell and the curse thus ended up here as a unicorn.”

Trixie began to recover from the shock and put forward one of the questions buzzing in her mind like a cloud of hungry parasprites. “How does that make you immortal?”

“Well, normally ponies and especially unicorns have a well of magical energy inside them.  This magic is guided from the core along the body and releases into the air at angles.  In unicorns this means the magic flows easiest from their horn.  In pegusi it releases from the wings allowing them to fly. Earth ponies power flows from there hoofs a little at a time. With me so far?”

“Yes but that still doesn’t –“

“Hold on I’m getting to that.” Evertrot said cutting off Trixie mid-sentence and earning a glare from the blue magical mare.

“The thing is the way magic works where I came from means that I draw energy from the world around me.” Trixie gave him a puzzled look. “My entire body is over flowing with magic endlessly regenerating and tirelessly protecting me from harm.”

“You never have to eat or sleep because your cells have all the energy they need.” Trixie summarized.

“Precisely.”  Evertrot smiled before turning his head to the darkened trail ahead the night having snuck up on both ponies as they talked. . “Ah! There it is my home sweet home.”

Turning to look as well Trixie gasped at the sight before her this was not the small cottage she had been expecting.  What she beheld was a towering fortress that had been obscured by the mountain range but was no less small. Six towers of some metal she could not Identify formed the outer wall each of them was topped with a beacon of light each one a different color of the rainbow, and the wall itself was made from a bright pure white marble with bracers of some white substance she was unfamiliar with . The inner wall was formed of ten smaller towers each with a unique design at their pinnacle, but the wall running between them was a uniformly smooth and shiny obsidian black.  At the center of the sprawling complex was tremendous castle it seemed to slowly change color as the lights from the main wall shimmered in the night. Across the roof massive spires and towers jutted in to the sky at the very peak of the largest and tallest tower was a bright beacon of pure white light.

As Trixie stared in complete awe Evertrot smiled as fond memories of his time here came back to him. “Welcome to the Eternal Cathedral the lights on the outer wall represent the Elements of Harmony.  The ten towers are magical focuses that channel the elements of nature to defend this place and its occupants. The central tower represents the power of hope and reminds us that there is always a light so long as we are willing to look for it. This place was meant to be stronghold against monsters like Discord.”

“You live here?” Trixie looked again at the massive building as they drew close to the gateway.

“Not for a thousand years I haven’t.” Evertrot replied as the doors opened and allowed them through.  The drive to the main doors was quiet Evertrot lost in contemplation, Trixie in wonder. Now that they were closer she could see that the stone walls were speckled with gemstones and crystals. She observed that the main building was in fact changing colors an interesting enchantment to say the least.

“It’s a shame Nopony in Equestria has ever seen this.” Trixie said as she brought the wagon to a stop in front of the castle doors. “I’ve never seen anything so beautiful in my life.”

“It’s not like it has to be that way.” Evertrot said as he stepped out of the wagon. “The ponies these days understand harmony and friendship if they came back the land would unfreeze and Equis could be just one more part of the lands we call home.”

A stray thought crossed Trixie’s mind. “You don’t ever miss your old home?”

Evertrot paused as he pushed open the cathedral doors. “No not really I had little to be happy about and no friends. the days of my apprenticeship were long since over so I had no one to talk with. I had made enemies though I didn’t mean to and a great number of people would have wanted me destroyed simply for practicing magic.” He held the door open and beckoned for Trixie to go inside. “Though on occasion I do miss the taste of bacon.”

“What’s bacon?” she asked puzzled at a food whose name she’d never heard before as she strode through the door way followed by Evertrot.

“Starswirl the bearded once asked me the same thing.” Evertrot gave a small chuckle. “He thought it sounded delicious until I told him what it was made of… do you want to know?”

“Umm…”Trixie bit her lip. “What was His reaction?”

“Hmm well it was revulsion and then fear.”

“Is it made from ponies?”

“No.”

“Then what was he afraid of?”

“He seemed to be afraid of the fact that I used to be an omnivore.” Evertrot thought for a minute. “Go ahead and take any room you want. We’re going to start training first thing in the morning.”