Unicorn Catacombs

by omnivorousMousaion

Rating: mature
Tags: Sad, Tragedy, Dark
Length: 936

Unicorn Catacombs

"Magic is as Magic does."
The strength of the family is the most important lesson any Unicorn knows. Even if that 'strength' disgusts and horrifies them.
No matter what every Unicorn must adhere to their family.
No matter what every Unicorn is destined to do the families will.
No matter what every Unicorn must do what must be done.
Even if they are the secret buried down below the deepest depths of despair.
'For every Unicorn of every family. Owed their gift to unwilling avail.'
'For every omnipotent mastery. Is numerous hellacious expiry.'
What lies within the passage of time? What has been forgotten? What has wanted to be forgotten?
"An to think this entire exposition started within the Crystal Empire. I feels like that was a long time ago… I wish we had never left…" - Twilight Sparkle
Do you wish to discover the truth behind the Unicorn's Magic? The truth behind Crystals? Enter if you wish but be warned, the truth may be too unspeakable to bear.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-06-12 21:05:51 UTC

Song

Now despite what you believe, your ability is not as you perceive

For in every Unicorn family, is a disappointing philosophy

That the magic now believed, to be of original talent

Is a Lie for you see, the crystal can only be so clear, when the operation is so far from pure.

Within the dark underground

Their is no escape

For the lives of the feeble

Life is unfeasible

Crystal Magic for the families

In the Unicorn Catacombes

Of weather and earth, what's left for the lives that cannot do either? Not but to find a stronger parantaa?

Of a time before the Equians the usual conclusion was of a bit more feral solution. To preach of superior minds, when action is taken in deprived kind.

Within the dark underground

Their is no escape

For the lives of the feeble

Life is unfeasible

Crystal Magic for the families

In the Unicorn Catacombes

Trottingham, Prance, Saddle Arabia, no house was left untainted.

For the true power of Unicorns, lies in their traditions, with use of the only matter that the others would not adapt.

For it all began, long before their current praxis, a horror story told in archaic practices.

Within the dark underground

Their is no escape

For the lives of the feeble

Life is unfeasible

Crystal Magic for the families

In the Unicorn Catacombes

The weakest were taken and trapped within their prison, the number of those lives untold.

Torture, Manipulation, Decapitation; Crying, Screaming, Dieing.

The end a relieved conclusion.

For blood and magic are twined, in their message of horrific times.

What is to be said, when all of them are dead?

Within the dark underground

Their is no escape

For the lives of the feeble

Life is unfeasible

Crystal Magic for the families

In the Unicorn Catacombes

Of glinting streets and glowing entities, can only be seen as the Crystal Empire ponies. Within the tomes of old are all that is left to be told?

Poem

It lays amongst the tattered remains

Of what was once its shackles and chains

Omitted recognition dispersed at it's end

No Happily Ever After to be seen again

For every Unicorn of every family

Owed their gift to unwilling avail

If only you hadn't wished liberation

Then maybe your fate would have a longer duration

But now you'll see the whispers are true

Your magic shall be added too

For every omnipotent mastery

Is numerous hellacious expiry

Outline

This is an idea I have as sort of a response/idea from the currently existing stories/songs of Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory.

Cupcakes is for Earth Ponies with Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow Factory is for Pegasus's with Rainbow Dash.

Unicorn Catacombes is for Unicorn's with Rarity.

The reason I chose Rarity is because of the end of season 3 she is the last Unicorn of their group, since Twilight is now an Alicorn. I chose to keep Twilight an Alicorn because I think the inner conflict and her status as no longer being a Unicorn would add to the depth of the story.

Unicorn Catacombes is the telling of how Unicorn's have magic. Why they are the ones to use it and how. Yes they do have horns, an since earth and flying are already covered by the other types of ponies, why does that inherently make them able to use magic? Why can't other ponies use magic without a horn like Discord and Zekora can? (and yes Discord does have horns but they are different to me and yes Zekora uses natural products to make potions but that's different too)

Why do Unicorn's control magic? Is it natural? Or is it created differently?

Magic in this story is created by the suffering and torture of weak and feeble Unicorn's, drawing out their natural magic (which I believe EVERY pony has, including earth and sky)  and absorbing it into crystals to share with the entire Unicorn family over many gernerations.

This to me explains why Unicorn's of they bygone era could raise and set the moon without the Alicorn's.

This story starts in the Crystal Empire where the Librarian has found an old text that she remembered King Sombra was completely obsessed with. Shining Armour and Cadence decide to ask Twilight to decipher and investigate more into King Sombra's actions before the Crystal Empire was sealed. Has anyone noticed that the entirety of the Crystal Empire has NO UNICORNS?

After Twilight has managed to decipher the text she is left with more questions than answers. The text is actually the crazed writings of King Sombra himself, but due to the detached ramblings of his writing and failing psyche, Twilight is only able to decipher this: Unicorns, Crystals and a Ritual. As well as the fact that whatever it was, not only was King Sombra both parts equally obsessed with it as well as terrified, so are the rest of the Crystal Ponies!

Twilight decides to ask for her friends help in gathering information from the residents, thought this proves to be a fruitless endeavour as all the Crystal Ponies are too traumatized to recount it.

Frustrated Twilight decides to go home for the time being and think over everything that has happened. She writes a letter to Celestia form Ponyville, wishing to keep close with her friends incase she thinks of anything. When the response she receives from her most beloved teacher dances around the matter entirely! Much like when she had first told her about the Mare in the Moon. Twilight decides there and then that she will discover the meaning of these crazed ramblings herself.