Epilogue

Epilogue

Dear Princess Celestia

The past five months since you have asked me to work on the element of harmony have lead me to a shocking discovery....

"Yo Star Swirl, where did you want this thing?"

The old stallion brings his tired old eyes from his journal and to the sound of the man's voice as he calls out, "I said to leave it down there Preston." His voice rings throughout the tower as it brings a silence to the building.

But the silence is broken as the sound of glass shattering on the floor bounces around the walls.

Star Swirl cocks his ear to the sound as he calls out through the open door of his study, "What was that?"

"Um...I was just moving the ball thing."

The old stallion thinks over the mans voice as it comes through the door, he shakes his head as he calls back to the door, "Just put the pieces on the table and you can leave now Preston."

Star Swirl mumbles to himself as he lets out a sickly cough, as his cough rings through the quiet tower the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs makes Star Swirl move his journal from the table.

The blond hair man now stands at the threshold of the door as he talks, "You alright?"

Star Swirl moves his hoof to the door as he holds his face from the man, "I'm fine, i'm fine...shouldn't you have left already?"

Preston blinks to the grey old stallion as he looks around the paper cluttered floor of the room "When was the last time you left this tower Star Swirl? You know Celestia still wants you to see the new city of Canterlot."

The old stallion turns his head to the man as he clears his throat, "Bha, new city, this old one was fine." He points his hoof to Preston as he talks, "I'll have you know I have been very busy, with far more important things than..." He stutters on the words as he talks, "Than working on a T-rain track plan, I have been doing things of importance to Equestria."

"Ya ya ya, don't make me get Clover to drag you out of this tower grampa." Preston holds a smile to the stallion as he waits for his response.

Swirl poke his hoof again towards his direction as he talks, "Ah, yes, and another thing my work would be fast if you two were not running off on me all the time. I mean really do you not get tired of that mare’s voice?"

Preston gives a little chuckle as he averts his eyes from the old stallion to the ground.

But Swirl's long windedness carries his voice before he can speak up, "Now, can an old pony get back to his work?"

Preston nods his head to the old pony but he doesn’t move from the doorway as he looks over the tired looking stallion.

Swirl squints his eyes to him as he rolls his hoof again, "You better not stay here too long, Clover might not like her stallion being out so late.”

The blond haired man gives another light chuckle as he shakes his head and walks away from the doorway, “Ya ya ya...”

"Wait!" Star Swirl grabs at a book from his desk as Preston comes back into view, the old pony gives a little smile as he talks, "Tomorrow you will have to tell me about this new city."

Preston nods his head as the old stallion continues, "But I am not going to listen to you if you wear that awfully bright armour."

Preston smiles as he nods, "Alright."

Star Swirl waits for the sound of Preston's feet on the stairs before he brings the small book back to the table and begins to write again.

...the powers that it absorbed from the other world have caused problems in them, yes they are still bound by harmony but the side effects are unknown...Like you have said the element of harmony is no longer connected to you, nor to anypony for that matter. This means the element will only work when they are activated by a magic that is similar to their own...I don't see how this is possible seeing as how they were created with magic not of this world-...

Preston's voice again brings Star Swirl from his journal as it calls back from the bottom of the stairs, "Hey Star Swirl, don't forget tomorrow you're going to Canterlot...Celestia says shes got a spell that may make my life here a little easier."

Star Swirl can't concentrate on the page in front of him as he thinks over his words, "What spell?" His old voice goes unanswered as the door to the tower is closed.

The old stallion thinks over the words for a moment but pushes it aside as he goes back to the journal,

...and with their reactivation they will again need to be charged the same way it was before. You have told me to hide them incase they are ever needed again...I hope they are truly never needed again, for once they are found they will only work for a limited amount of time. The cost to use these elements is too great and I advise you to never use the element of harmony again.

Sincerely Star Swirl

The grey pony moves his chair away from the pages of the journal as he lets the quill drop from his hoof and to the empty spot on the table next to the book.

But his moment of relaxation is brought to an end as his voice picks up a little, "Come here Wispy...come Wipsy..."

The sound of glass tapping against the stone floor is heard throughout the tower as Star Swirl looks to the door.

After a few moments of the glass tapping sound a small crystal like lizard on all fours comes into the room.

Star Swirl smiles as his horn glows a faint gold, "That's a good Wispy."

The crystal blue colored iguana has crystal shards poking up from its back that slightly flail out as its floated up to the table as Star Swirl slowly tears the page from the journal.

Wispy's eyes shift around the room in different directions as Star Swirls voice comes back to it, "Now Wispy I need this to go to Celestia, its not food and i'm too old to write it again." Star Swirl moves his hoof under the crystal lizard's mouth as he start to tickle the crystal animal.

Wispy's eyes close as its back leg starts to thump on the table with joy almost like a dog, its almost see through like body begins to glow a light pink as it opens it’s mouth.

Star Swirl folds the page with his magic as he moves his hoof from the lizard. The moment his hoof leaves Wispy's body a small pink flame burst to the page and its disappeared from Star Swirl hoof.

"Good Wispy...now go and eat the glass Preston dropped."

The lizard is silent as it sits dumbly on the table just flexing its throat.

Star Swirl only holds his gaze to it for a moment as he moves his head back to the journal with another sickly cough.

He looks over the journal's page as he flips to another section, titled 'notes'.

As his couch subsides he moves the quill to his hoof as he begins to write.

My sickness has started to make me tired and i'm now forgetting more and more. I am finding that finishing a spell for Preston weather he still wants the option or not, but this along with trying to focusing on working with the element of harmony is starting to become more difficult. I fear that I will not be able to complete both...

His hoof shakes a little to the words he just wrote as he quickly scribbles out the last line. He lets out another cough as he writes another line under the scribble.

Whether it be my own fault or my own guilt to not being able to save Preston’s young friend but a promise...my promise is much more to me than a spell that will never be needed.

MAybe I could...

Author's Note

If you liked the story continue it with the other 41 parts with following the link above, please note they are older so give me some slake on the first few...But they pick up just like this one did.