I am Twilight Sparkle

I am Twilight Sparkle

Day 10?

Day 10?

noon

Ouch,ouch,ouch! I feel like I took a bath in a vulcano! When I came to, I was outside the walls of this encampment, and half sunken into the ground. I'm actually suprised that I am not burnt worse then I actually am. There were several hundred corpses of undead unicorns around me. I don't know who killed them for sure, but I guess it was you guys... before you bugged out. The camp is abandoned. I looked everywhere, but there is not a single pony here. At first I thought there had been quite the battle here, but from Rainbows entries, I can see that it was Luna and Chrysalis. I still can't believe it. Where is everypony? The camp looks like it was abandoned in a hurry, since many provisions are still in the storage areas. But... other then the signs of the fight Rainbow mentioned, I can't see nor sense any magical influence in the area.  The strange thing is, that they left me behind. I mean from what they wrote, they had no chance to get close to me, so I suppose I can't really complain... I had never anticipated this would happen to me once, but the "Burning" is the natural defense for all Alicorns if their immunsystem is not enough to deal with a threat. Either, as in my case, it burns out all the traces of a curse or an infection, or it kills both, the host and the illness.... In my case, it were lingering traces of magic from the lab, that I had accidentially absorbed while defending myself. I think the time is right, to write the events down. I can't fly yet, I feel to weak for that. So I might aswell waste some time by writing it all down.

When I entered the faciliy again, I was already feeling an unpleasant pressure on my magical circuit. It was surely from the source of that curse, but I didn't think I was in anny immideate danger at the moment. And I was right. There was nothing there to attack me, so I searched the whole place. I even found the chamber, in which the spell that caused this was performed. It is a white tiled, sterile looking room. In the middle of it, is a platform.... on it stands the statue of Discord. At first, I didn't understand what had happend. Fluttershy had reformed him, so why was he a statue again? I went into the chamber, and tired to release him from his stone prison. It had no effect however. That statue, did not hold a living soul anymore, like it had when he was turned to stone before. This one... was truly just a piece of rock. I wondered, what would have been powerfull enough to kill a being like Discord....

It was not until I reached the archieve, that I found an answer. My Alicorn magic granted me access, and I flipped through the neatly stored files. It was incredible, and unbelievable. A professor named Herandes, had performed an experiement with Discords magic. The spirit of chaos had, to show his good will, agreed to it. The goal of that experiment had been, to see how his magic worked, since it is even more powerfull then the princesses magic. They had done several experiments, and had then moved on to the next stage. They had drawn magic from him, to try and direct it into a spell.... The records I found were dated to the exact date of the explosion. The experiment had been a sucess I would say. They did direct his magic into a spell, but I think they misdirected it, and the spell went wrong. I have absolutly no idea what they tried to cast with his magic, but I guess it could be a magical spell, seeing the result...

However... When I was about to leave the archive, I must have stirred up the last few researchers that were still there. They attacked me, and I used Sweetie Belles Spell to get rid of them, but that cost me quite some energy, so I had to draw in more. I guess that is how the cursemagic got into my system, but it should be all gone now....

Day 10?

afternoon

I ate something from the nearby storage. It tasted... stale. How can that be? I was sure the supplies in that shack were fresh. Atleast the date of it's last refilling, written on a clipboard on it's door, indicates that.... How long was I actually out? I am starting do doubt that it has been only one day since you left. These provisions don't have any preservatives in them, so they would go bad fast, but I guess it must have been... atleast a week since that day.... I don't know if that is true, but I will look for clues. Sweetie wrote that there were still inhabitants up in Cloudsdale. I might feel weak, but if i pace myself, I might make it up there....

Day 10?

night

I am currently sitting on the stairs of Cloudsdale townhall... The entire City is deserted. There is not a single living or dead being here. Not only that... but it seems to having been burnt down.... Most of the buildings are brunt to the ground, but I could not find any bodies. What in the hay has happend here? The camp down below looks like it was vacated in a hurry, but the city looks like it has been under siege for days!  There is nothing up here I can use, except the vault inside the townhall. I already checked it. It's empty, and I can seal it from the inside. Tonight, I will stay there, but tomorrow, I will try and find out more about what has happend here. Rainbow,Sweetie... Luna.... Where are you?