Feria's Cutie Mark

"Tia, you are much better at creating the day than you are at creating the night!" I said, bouncing around. "Last night the stars seemed quite a bit off."

"You know, Feria, bringing the night was not my destiny," Celestia said. "The duty fell to me when Night's true mistress was unable." I stopped bouncing and looked up at her. As the Princess, she towered above all ponies, and I was just a little filly. She always seemed royal and mysterious, a bit removed from most ponies, but very kind and caring. She made sure I was happy. I had rarely seen her like this, she looked on the verge of tears, as in remembrance of something lost. When she noticed how I was worried, she came back.

"I will tell you that story another time," she said. "Come on, little sister. I am expected to see the new ponies entering the School for Gifted Unicorns."  I gave her one last look as she started walking, and followed after her. I had to fly to keep up with her stride. I admired how beautiful she looked, tall and elegant, a pure white coat, and a flowing mane of magical aura. I felt strange next to her while she was doing her royal duties. I was nearly the opposite of her, short, a black coat, my mane barely had any different colors than a bright red. I still had to ask myself, "who is this Mistress of the Night?"

We were barely across the courtyard when it happened. I heard a noise, and explosion, and looked to the sky. So many colors erupted! Every shade of every color ran through the sky becoming one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen! I heard crashes and screams for behind me. As I turned I saw a purple dragon wearing the tower. I should have been scared by the dragon and the magical energy surging around me, but I felt elated. A warm, tingling feeling was rushing through my body. I felt it in my heart all the way down to my hooves. I felt it in the tip of my horn and  every feather in my wings. Something important had happened.

Celestia was galloping toward the tower, and I followed as fast as I could. Up the spiral stairs and down hallways we went.  I realized where we were going as we got to the end of the hall.

School For Gifted Unicorns Entrance Exams

We entered the room, and saw it all. The school board members were levitating, two potted plants were in the parental waiting area, the purple dragon still had his head through the roof. In the middle of it all, as a Unicorn. I could not see them correctly, a bright pinkish aura surounded the Unicorn nearly blinding me. The magical energy was out of control. It felt nearly as powerful as Celestia's energy when raising the sun, but uncontrolled. I could only imagine what this Unicorn could do with proper training and focus. This Unicorn could do anything.

Celestia walked forward, and gently put a hoof on the Unicorn. The magic quickly dissipated. I noticed the colors was gone from the sky, and the warm tingles had left my body. The school board fell to the floor, the potted plants turned into a white and purple mare with a blue stallion, the dragon became a baby, and I was able to see the Unicorn that had caused all of this.

She was a lovely lavender color, with a deep purple mane, a pink stripe ran through it. But what shocked me the most was that this Unicorn was just a filly like me. Small, scared of what had just happened. "She does not even have a cutie mark! Just like me!" I thought to myself.

"Twilight Sparkle," Celestia said calmly. I guess that is this filly's name. Before shecould do anything else, Twilight Sparkle began to apologize, but Celestia cut her off.

"You have a very special gift I don't think I've ever come across a unicorn with your raw abilities!" she exclaimed. Seeing the unicorn's confusion, she continued. "But you need to learn to tame these abilities through focus study.Twilight Sparkle, I'd like to make you my own personal protege here at the school!"

Twilight looked flabbergasted. I giggled a bit at her confusion, but quickly quieted myself. No need to make her feel more embarrassed.. Twilight looked to the couple who had been plants a minute ago, her parents I assume. They were shaking their heads yes, and encouraging her to agree.

"YES!" Twilight shouted, jumping high into the air.

"One other thing, Twilight," Celestia said.

"More?" the filly whined, crashing to the ground. Celestia pointed to Twilight's flank, as a pink six pointed star appeared.  She jumped around shouting 'yes' for the next few minutes. When she finally calmed down, Celestia suggested we all take a tour of the castle. I decided to introduce myself.

"Hi!" I said to her. She shied away a bit, but said hello back. "I am Feria, Celestia's little sister. That was amazing what you did in there!"

"It was a bit of a fluke really," she said. "If that explosion hadn't scared me, I would have just gone home."

"So you did not create the rainbow in the sky!" Now I was confused. "I mean, everything else you did was amazing, but I thought the rainbow was your doing too!"

"That was most likely a Pegasus." Celestia remarked. "Some Pegasai can break through the sound barrier and leave marks like that in the sky.They usually happen in the color of the Pegasus' mane."

"Maybe they got a cutie mark right when you did!" I said to Twilight. "I can not wait until I get mine"

"But," Twilight said with an odd expression, "You already have a cutie mark."

"No I-" I turned to look at my flank and saw what was undeniably a cutie mark! I flew around screaming "OHMIGOSH!" for a few minutes before calming down enough to get a good look at it. It was a pinkish red and sort of heart shaped. It looked like the Fire of Friendship from the Hearth's Warming Eve play.

"You must have gotten it during the commotion," Celestia said to me.

"But, I do not know what my talent is." I felt worried. I had been so excited a minute ago, but now I felt sadder than before. I had this cutie mark right there, but I did not know what my special talent was. Earning your cutie mark was supposed to be the moment when you realized your talent, but I had realized nothing.

What is it I was meant to be?