Dawn read the spell a third time over, then a four, and a fifth. She has read her sister's notes and journals plenty of times over. She read from her sister that reading something over a few times, it will stick in your head better.
Dawn looked over at the picture that she had gotten from her mother. In it was a lavender unicorn, smiling brightly at the camera. Her mane was dark purple with a lighter shade running through it. Her lavender eyes shined with excitement. This was her late sister. Twilight Sparkle.
Twilight was the foster daughter of her own mother, Celestia, who found a way to make infertile mares fertile once again. If it wasn't for her, Dawn wouldn't be here. Twilight even got her parents back together somehow. She was only ten when she was told of her sister's passing.
Twilight was sent on a mission to the Crystal Empire, which reappeared out of nowhere, to defeat the evil King Sombra. She beat him, but not the way anyone expected. She was exposed to large quantities of dark magic that gave her a huge hunger for power and corruption. As a result, Sombra was killed for interfering, the Crystal Empire was held in her grasp, and her father was defeated when he tried to disperse the dark magic.
When she finally arrived at Canterlot, she was defeated by Dawn's mother. Celestia did the only thing she could do and killed Twilight. It was only shortly after that things started to look up, the fertilizing spell being one of those.
Dawn, now twenty-three, had her plan to fix this. It was simple, yet could go wrong in so many ways. If she messed up, it will all be for naught and she could end up dead. But she will have to take that risk.
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"Well, it looks ready." I mumbled, looking around my magical casting circle. In its center was a vial of blue and purple smoke. They twirled around each other, not wanting to touch the other, never mingling. This, this was Twilight Sparkle.
As I read in many tomes and studies, the dark magic broke apart when she was killed, taking her soul with it. If I casted the spell correctly, I could bring her soul back from the æther of death and recreate her body. The only downside, I would have a free roaming soul by the name of Despair. Despair will either reattach to Twilight, attach to me, or find a new host. I want to at least try and capture it before it goes on a complete rampage as some other pony or reconnects to Twilight, forcing me to kill her a second time.
I sighed and made sure my blade was nearby. My æther blade was similar to the one my mother pulls out of her own æther. The difference is the blade's cyan color, matching my coat. I was glad it didn't pick up any color from my mane. Pink does not work on cyan, no matter how color blind you are.
"Dawn, where are you baby?" Shit. Mom. I tried to keep it from her and Dad, who is nearly impossible to predict, for as long as I can until I can successfully store away Despair and explain the situation to Twilight. Now, here I was, my horn already lit and the spell just starting, and my mom is about to walk in. How freaking perfect this is.
To delay her for as long as I can, I placed wards on the door to keep it locked. I also placed wards on the room to make it impossible for her to teleport in or eavesdrop on what I was doing. Thankfully, living with a Draconequus also meant I knew how to keep my father out as well. Now they can't get in until I let them in, hopefully.
The spell was starting to kick off into phase two of three. The souls were now out of the bottle and separating into their respective beings. The dark purple laced with black flowing in one direction, the dark magic pouring from it, and the blue soul going in the other. It was at this point that I prepared the urn that in laced with multiple wards and spells to keep the dark soul in and others out.
"Dawn, what the hell are you doing in there?! That better not be dark magic I sense!" shouted mother. Oh yeah, I forgot she tried to pound 'do not play with dark magic' into my head. Sorry, I'm doing the exact opposite, and succeeding in bring back your dead daughter.
The third phase kicked in, a body starting to form around the blue soul. Before Despair's essence could latch onto anything, I threw the urn open side forward at the soul, encasing Despair in its magic walls. Sadly, this didn't catch all of it.
"Shit!" I yelled, watching as a small snippet of the dark soul lunged at Twilight's as it was cut off from the main body. As a result, the blue mass was tinted purple, but not overpowering it. The soul flickered but the third phase continued as I corked off the urn, sealing away the incarnate inside.
A lavender body of a mare started to form before me, it's stature the size of an alicorn. But, she is a unicorn, why am I getting a alicorn build. I stared in wonder as Twilight grew above me and stopped at my aunt Luna's height. A pair of lavender wings spread out from the mares back as a dark purple mane with a lighter shade highlight dropped over her shoulders. From the mass of hair protruded a lavender horn, as long as my own mothers depicting from the size. Finally, she opened her eyes. They flashed white briefly before settling down to their normal lavender. She stood there for a few moments before pitching forward. I jumped forward and caught her, accidently cutting off the flow of magic on my wards.
"Dawn, what the hell are you...doing...in...here." I smiled sheepishly as my mother walked into the room, Discord, my father, right behind her. It wasn't an odd scene at all. I mean, it's totally to walk into your daughters room and find a dark purple glowing urn and your daughter holding onto a pony that is supposed to be dead in the middle of the room. Totally normal....yeah, I'm fucked.
"Um, honey, what is that?" Asked mother, pointing a shaky hoof at Twilight. I swallowed the lump in my throat.
"This is, um, my dead sister?" Oh sweet Faust was this not going as well as I planned. Twilight isn't even awake and mom already knows. This is going to be difficult.
"And how about that?" Asked Discord, pointing his eagle claw at the urn.
"That would be Despair." I replied, still smiling sheepishly. Suddenly, Twilight groaned and started to squirm. Oh Faust, please don't wake up just yet. Please don't wake up.
"Where in Tartarus am I?" Asked the drowsy mare as she sat up. Her new wings flared out as she sat up, managing to hit me in the face and send me sprawling on the floor. I groaned and gripped my cheek where her wing clipped me. Twilight heard me and turned to look at me.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I guess. My name is Twilight Sparkle. Do you mind telling me where I am?" Asked Twilight. I groaned as I sat up. My wings instinctively flaring out. I looked up to find her staring at me with her mouth hanging open. I cocked my head and looked at my spread out wings.
"Right, dead for fourty-three years. Forgot about that." I said, scratching the back of my neck. The clearing of a throat caused the two of us to turn towards to very unhappy parents. While I smiled sheepishly at them, I could feel Twilight stare in shock at them before glaring at my father. Right, was enemies with dad. Forgot about that. Faust, I'm forgetting a lot of things today.
"You!" growled the mare, still oblivious to the wings on her back, thus forgetting her stronger magic influx. I am just fucking everything up. Father came to the same conclusion as me and tried to run but was tackled to the ground and held under the weight of a very pissed Twilight.
"What are you doing here?! I turned you into stone!" Shouted Twilight. Discord attempted to shrink back into the floor, succeeding slightly thanks to his magic. Mother, finally recovering from seeing her daughter again, lifted Twilight off of father.
"Twilight, it's not what you think. You have been gone awhile." said Celestia. Twilight cocked her head.
"How long?" She asked.
"Fourty-three years according to mother." I said, smiling at her. Twilight stared blankly at me. After a few moments she face hoofed and started to laugh.
"I completely forgot about that spell. I'm guessing you found my journal, mother?" Asked Twilight.
"It was actually brought to my room. Took me a few weeks to get the strength to read it." said Celestia, sighing sadly as she set down the mare.
"Why? You think I was dead?" She asked. So far it seems no memory from Despair tramsferred over. I should write that down later.
"Twilight, you were dead, should be dead, but it looks like a certain filly did some snooping in the more forbidden spells." said Celestia, glaring at me. I shrugged.
"I removed an evil incarnate, sue me." Discord chuckled at my remark. I was told that I got my smartass-ness from him. Oh how I enjoy it.
"Wait, I-I was dead?" Asked Twilight, stuttering slightly. Celestia sat down across from her and nodded.
"Do you remember me sending you to the Crystal Empire and what transpired there?" Asked Mother. Twilight nodded.
"Her memory loss must have started when she opened the door. Despairs memories probably won't kick in until later on." I muttered, levitating a note pad over to me and recording my analysis for further studies on this matter.
"Despair? Why does that sound familiar?" Asked Twilight.
"Because, after you opened the door, the dark magic that poured into you as a defense system corrupted your mind, which I'm guessing Dawn here fixed." She said, motioning to me. I smiled and waved as Twilight looked at me. She smiled sheepishly and waved back. "However," continued mom. "The result was creating a dark magic incarnate similar to Sombra, just using you as a vessel.
"From there you proceed to kill Sombra and take over the Crystal Empire. Well, I should say Despair did all that. You were just being used. On your way to Canterlot to overthrow me and claim Equesteia you were intercepted by Discord so he could try and disperse the dark magic. Needless to say, he failed and ended up nearly dying."
"I still have the scar." muttered Discord, pouting. Celestia giggled and kissed his forehead.
"Yes, but I don't care. Now, that only left the last choice of killing you. Trust me, I tried thousands of tactics but none would work. So, we battled I killed you in the end. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my long life." said Mother, her ears splaying back. I rarely see her like this, but when it comes to this exact topic, it's common.
"So, how was I revived?" Asked Twilight. Well shit. This ain't exactly good news for me.
"I was wondering how that happened. Dawn, would you care to explain?" Asked mother, pointing a glare at me that would make manticore's piss themselves.
"Nah, I think I will just turn in for the night..." I turned on the spot and found my bed torched. Oh yeah, the spell. Not exactly something you want to cast around flammable objects. I sighed and sat back down.
"I figured you would be more than happy if you saw your first daughter again. So, for about a year I've read up on the subject of soul revival and dark magic. I found out that when the host is killed, their soul and the dark magic are split up." I explained, keeping my vision in the direction that was anywhere but my parents. "After finding a sample of the souls of Twilight and Despair, they were together of course, I crafted a spell that would attract the rest of the souls and piece them back together."
"Then how come Twilight isn't still possessed by Despair?" Asked Discord.
"Well, the spell split the souls apart. Leaving Twilight's to reform her body since she originally had one, and leaving Despair to wander free as a spirit. When the souls were in the final stage, which is gathering a body, I sealed Despair in that urn. However, a small inkling detached and reattached itself to Twilight's soul. Wether it will be problematic or not is unknown."
"What about her being an alicorn then?" Asked mother.
"An alicorn? What are you...holy shit I have wings!" Shouted Twilight examining the wings on her back. She walked in a full circle, examining her new look.
"Well, you said she had enough magical power that it was amazing how she wasn't one. I believe that when the spell rebuilt Twilight, it built her to accomadate for her magic and knowledge. Thus, alicorn." I deduced. Twilight sat back down on her haunches, still gaping at her wings.
"Well, it seems your time spent buried in books helped out a bit." said mother with a chuckle. Discord scoffed.
"And despite that we caused plenty of chaos in the castle." said the Draconequus with a smirk. I laughed.
"And all the guards learned very fast that if we are seen snickering with each other to beware of any danger ahead." I said with a chuckle.
"And you learned very fast not to prank your mother." said mother with a smirk. Ah yes, that was a fun time, until I had poison joke in my shampoo and coat wash. That was just dirty, yet hilarious, even if it was on me.
"Good times." I said with a smile. Twilight chuckled lightly, finally showing signs of relaxing. It was a good sign, to say the least. I learned from my mother that you should always try to stay relaxed and calm to help the mind work at its full capacity and to make dealing with things easier.
"Wait," said Twilight, standing up. "What happened to Flash Sentry?" Oh fuck. This is not going to go over well. I can feel it. And parents felt so as well telling by the winces they gave in unison.
"Awkward." I said, shifting slightly. Mother shot me a glare which I responded with a sweet innocent smile. You can never deny a sweet innocent smile. She snorted and look back at my sister.
"He's, uh, been busy." said Mother, coughing into the crook of her foreleg. Twilight cocked her head.
"What do you mean by 'busy'?"
"Two kids. I think I actually babysit one of their kids later today." I replied, tapping my chin. I'm not even sure if I do have to babysit one. It would more than likely be a pain, though. Children of the Wonderbolts tend to be fast little bastards. It probably runs in the family.
"Wha-what?" she asked, her eyes glazing over slightly.
"Have you not heard of easing them into it?" Asked mother glaring at me.
"Nope!" I replied with a huge grin. Mother sighed and shook her head.
"It took him ten years but he finally settled down from your death. Another six and he was dating the former Wonderbolts captain, Spitfire. And as you just heard from Dawn, they have grandchildren." said Mother, looking apologetically at Twilight. Said mare was now crying. I would too if I found out the one I loved moved on and found someone else after I died, but now I'm once again alive.
"So, he's happily married?" She asked. Celestia nodded, letting her take it in. Twilight took in a steady breath, trying to calm herself. Meanwhile, I charged my horn and I went to work on repairing my bed. The fires were snuffed out, the mattress was rebuilt, and the sheets replaced. Thankfully, the pillows went unharmed. I stood up and placed a hoof on her shoulder.
"You can sleep in my bed for now. We need to try and ease this onto Luna and the other elements." I said softly, carefully guiding her to the large bed. She leaned against me and allowed me to bring her to the bed, flopping on top of it as soon as it was close enough.
"We will be back in a few hours with a plate of food, alright?" I asked, leaning down to her eye level. She nodded slightly and nuzzled into the sheets. I sighed and embraced her. "It'll be alright."
"Yeah, I guess. I just hope you made the right choice in reviving me, Dawn." said Twilight, curling into a small ball. I kissed her on the forehead and left the room to where my parents were waiting.
"Well, I can say I'm impressed with how well you pulled of that spell, Dawn. However, it was still risky." chided mother.
"On the bright side, it worked. And turned her into an Alicorn, no less." commented father. Mother nodded.
"It's just going to be a pain in the ass to explain. In the meanwhile, what do we do with her?" She asked, pointing at Despair's urn.
"We store it somewhere and hope my seal holds. If it breaks, all hell will break loose and we will have to kill a incarnate, again." I said with a shrug.
"Well, it's something. We better go talk to Luna and break it to her. I will send for the elements via Spike." said Mother. I nodded.
"Right, let's get this over with."
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Rainbow Dash sat in the library proper, four other mares sitting with her. She chuckled slightly. When Twilight was still alive, these meetings were common for the studious mare. Now, they were held by the young Spike who had kept up the library after her death. Sadly, they weren't as often as they used to be.
"What do ya reckon he brought us here fer?" Asked AJ, the elder earth pony mare sitting back against the wall. Rainbow shrugged.
"Hell if I know. How bout you Rare's? Has he been muttering something about this in his sleep?" Asked Rainbow. Rarity, wife of the drake and the mother of his children, shook her head.
"I have not. He got a scroll and told me to gather you four." replied the white unicorn. At that exact moment, the upstairs door opened and Spike walked down the stairs. The purple drake looked slightly worried as he held a scroll in one claw and a gem in the other.
"Well, the elements have been called back to Canterlot." said the drake as he joined them. They all gasped. The elements have not once been called to action since Twilight's death. They hardly even ever went there.
"But why? We aren't the elements of harmony anymore. We haven't been without Twi." said Dash, leaning forward in her chair. Spike opened up the scroll and read.
"Dear Spike, I know it is probably early and you are opening up the library, but this is urgent. I need you and the other elements of harmony to come to Canterlot at once. It concerns Twilight. Please use the teleportation crystal I have sealed away in the scroll. See you soon. Princess Celestia." He finished and set it aside. The six of them stood in silence, not wanting to move. Finally Spike stepped forward and placed his claw out.
Rainbow Dash hesitated a bit before placing her hoof on his claw. Her hoof was followed by a white one, an orange, a pink, and finally a yellow. Spike took a deep breath and the gem started to glow. After a few seconds, the six were gone.
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It was a weird meeting. The five elements of harmony, the two pony princesses, a Draconequus, and a retired Royal Guard. Oh how this was just an interesting meeting. I looked over the group once more and leaned towards, my mother.
"Are you sure we should have her come out? She only just woke up plus she has only been alive for a few hours." I asked, eyeing the anxious ponies and drake, before me. Mother nodded.
"I'm sure. Now, prepare to let her in." I nodded and focused my magic on the door knob, clutching the other side as to make sure no pony saw it. I nodded to her to confirm I was ready. She cleared her throat, catching the attention of the others.
"Now, I am sure you are wondering why you were called her so early in the day. As you already know, this concerns our late Twilight Sparkle." said Mother. I could see the others, especially Flash Sentry, flinch at her name. A very interesting meeting indeed.
"Yeah, so? Can you just get to why we are here?" Asked Rainbow Dash, the cyan Pegasus flapping her wings impatiently.
"Of course. Dawn, if you would." I nodded and turned the door knob, opening the door ever so slightly. The gasps from the others made me hold me breath.
Twilight walked into the room, her wings at full staff as she had yet to get used to the appendages. She made her way towards the others, her features painted with sadness and relief at seeing them again.
"Sister, what trickery is this?" Asked auntie Luna. I cleared my throat.
"It's actually a spell I created based off of soul magic and altered around with Dark Magic theorems. This IS Twilight, albeit as an alicorn." I replied. Rarity, a white unicorn with a deep purple mane, fainted backwards into Spike who caught her with practiced ease.
"Does that normally happen?" I asked, pointing at Rarity. Spike sighed and nodded.
"Yes. Out of all the years we've been married, I've gotten used to catching her. She seemed to do it more after we had kids." said the drake. Twilight chuckled and shook her head.
"I'm dead for fourty years and I come back to find everyone married and grand parents. Time flies." said Twilight, still chuckling slightly. Flash Sentry looked away.
"I'm sorry." He muttered, catching all of our attention. Twilight cocked her head at him.
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"I completely counted you as dead and I got married an-"
"And you moved on. I WAS dead. It just so happened that my mother gave birth to a very talented young mare." said Twilight with a smile. She took a few steps forward until she was tackled by five mares, one drake, and a single stallion, creating a huge ball of sobbing ponies.
"Told you it was a good idea." remarked mother, looking at the sight with a smile and glassy eyes. I chuckled.
"Never said it wasn't. I merely asked if you were ready for whatever may happen." I replied, tears of my own streaking down my face. Hey, I'm a sucker for heart warming moments, sue me.
"I'm still worried." commented father, looking at the scene with a frown.
"Discord worried? That's a rarity." joked mother. Discord shook his head.
"You said it yourself, Dawn. Despair isn't fully removed. How much can Twilight take before she starts lapsing between herself and Despair?" Asked Father. I frowned myself and looked over at the scene.
"It's unknown. It was a small part so it will take longer to gain enough energy to do so. However, I do know it is enough to twist her insight while having her true insight still intact. So, she sees things two ways. The way Twilight views it, and the way Despair does." I theorized.
"A plus is that we will be able to tell when she has fallen into a lapse. Her eye color will change as it would if she was corrupted. For how long a lapse will last, that is unknown as well. It depends on how much energy Despair has at the time and how much Twilight fights against it, which can't last forever."
"So, we have to try and remove Despair the rest of the way before Twilight falls to Despair." said mother, putting her forehooves together and placing them underneath her chin.
"Exactly. I'm not sure of the normal spell will do though. I might have to write another spell just for splitting apart souls. It's going to be difficult but I can do it." I said. Mother nodded and looked over the scene once more.
"Please do. I don't think they can stand to loose her second time."
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"September 6, 43 FT. It's only been three days and we might as well go into a new era. RT, if you would. The Rise of Twilight. Though, we could always count the first fourty-three years as the beginning of the RT era." I moved up my blue reading glasses on the bridge of nose with a hoof, my magic creating a voice document.
"As I have recently documented, my expirement on the reviving of souls was a success. I still do not know if this will work on a normal soul due to the fact that it was used on a corrupted soul. Thankfully, the spell split the souls and I was able to contain the corruption except, for 1% which latched onto subject one.
"I am currently in the process of deriving a more powerful and more effective dispersing spell. With this spell I should be able to remove the final 1% of dark energy by the name of Despair and create a pure Twilight Sparkle. The spells name will be Purify, named after its nature.
"I will be using magic amplifying runes to boost my magic to the correct wattage to pull off the purifying of a soul. I will be using the equation Me=Mi * Ma which stands for Magical Energy equals Magical Input times Magical Amplitude. If I can get a 4,000 or higher Magical Energy, I can supposedly achieve soul purification. This spell will be modified to use the average magical input of 30 joules." I ended the recording and finished off my notes. I viewed over to make sure I got a handle over everything.
"Now, I need to find Ma so it should be Me/Mi equals Ma. So, if Me equals 4,000 and Mi equals 30, Ma should equal..." I wrote down my equation and did the math in my head. "Ma should be 133.33 repeating. Hmm. I should use runes to equal 134 amps. This should be able to pull off the spell. However..." I casted the recording spell once more, pacing around the room as I did my math.
"I have come to the conclusion that my runes would need to equal at a minimum of 134 amps. However, my Magical Energy cannot over excel 10,000 mega joules for it could destroy the soul. Make sure to measure your average Magical Input before hand and use the equation Me= Mi times 134. This should help prevent mishaps. If your first measure goes over 10,000, lower your rune amplitude to make the total Magical Energy below 10,000." I ended the spell once more and sighed as I sat on the edge of my bed. Three days and I came up with a spell and equation to purify a soul. Suck it, Magical Scientist Union!
"You finished in here?" Called out a voice. I looked over to see Twilight standing in the door way, looking into my room curiously. I never let her into my room when I was working on my spell. The risk of Despair trying to sabotage the spell was too great.
Grabbing all my notes and shoving them in my æther I waved her in. "Of course. I cracked the equation and just need to figure out my own Magical Input and adjust it from there." I said as she joined me on the bed.
"Three days and you already have a solution. Your a better scientist then me." said Twilight, giggling. I giggled myself, something I rarely did despite being a female.
"I grew up reading your notes. I would read each of them as carefully as possible and as frequently until I had them memorized, the rest was just stuff I picked up along the way." I said, shrugging it off. Twilight looked over my room, examining each detail. She froze, however, when she came across the floor next to my bed. I wasn't exactly sure what she was looking at.
"Well, this is....interesting." she said. I saw the blush on her cheeks and I instantly knew what she was looking at. I felt my own cheeks grow crimson.
"Which edition is it?" I asked, hoping it isn't what I think it is.
"Swimsuit edition."
"Wonderbolts, Day Gaurd, or Night Guard?"
"Night Guard." Yup. Bat ponies. Hot, sexy, bat pony mares in swim suits. I coughed and lifted the stack of magazines away from Twilight and under my side of the bed.
"So, uh, you don't have a problem with Filly Foolers, do ya?" I asked, my cheeks burning. Evil blush. Twilight shook her head.
"Nope. I'm actualy Bisexual." Oh, that's a re- wait, what?!
"What?!" Twilight jumped. "But, you had a fiancé and all that. How are you Bi?"
"I said I as Bi, not gay. I swing both ways. I'm actually thinking of trying the other half of the spectrum now that I'm alive and single." said Twilight. I chucked.
"That's going to be one hell of a first date. 'I like long walks on the beach, ice cream, oh, and I was dead for fourty-three years before being revived by my best friend." I joked. The two of us broke out in laughter.
"Yeah, a bit of a turn off." replied Twilight.
"I actually think its hot." Oh shit, what did I just say? We both fell silent, Twilight starring at me in disbelief and me just sitting here with a massive blush trying not to pounce on that beautiful lavender coat as she stared me with those huge...no, bad mind!
"Well, it's not like we are related..." Oh Faust, what am I DOING? "And we both have an interest in mares..." Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. "So, we could always just go on a date." Oh Faust...
"Yeah, I guess that is alright." I knew it, I comple-wait, she said yes?
"You mean you would go out with the random ass alicorn that tested a spell to try and revive you?" I asked. Twilight smiled and nodded.
"As long as you don't try to test anything else that isn't for my personal well being, of course." Fuck self control. I squealed and tackled her into a hug, bringing her into a death hug.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Twilight laughed from her position pinned under me. I started showering her forehead, not giving a shit about common courtesy. I've had to live that for my whole life and it can go suck a changeling dick.
"Alright alright, you can get off me now." said Twilight, still laughing. I giggled and rolled off her, laying down right next to her as we observed the ceiling. I was still giddy beyond belief, don't ask me why. I think it's just because she understands me in a way. However.....
"You aren't just doing this because I brought you back, right?" I asked, my smile disappearing. She stared at me in disbelief and sat up.
"Dawn, I couldn't do that to somepony. I'm doing this because I'm interested to see how this goes. Yes, you'll be the first mare I've ever dated, but you are sweet, beautiful, and practically smarter than me almost. I'm doing this not just because you revived me." I teared up and reattached myself to her chest.
"Good. I've had enough of those, I don't want you to turn out to be one to. Just using you because of what I represent and what I do." I said, burying my head further into her chest.
"I won't."
"September 8, 43 RT. Is you could have guessed, after Twilight was publicly shown and crowned only a day ago, thanks to me actually, Celestia renamed the era Rise of Twilght, this the RT abbreviation. Now, back to my no- stop! H-hey, that tickles!" I burst out to laughter and cut off my magic to my spell as my side was assaulted by the feathers of my marefriend. Twilight giggled as she watched me squirm around in laughter.
"It's not fun how you are taking up your time with me with notes." pouted Twilight, trying to hold back her own laughter.
"I-I ha ha! I need to, he he, take note, ah ah ha, before I start my, heh heh, experiment." I said in between laughs. This beautiful lavender wings can be so evil. Twilight retracted her wings and let me breathe, which I did without hesitation.
"T-that was evil." I sputtered, regaining my breath. She stuck out her tongue and curled up on the bed, watching as I sat back up and started my spell again.
"Now, back to my recent studies before I was interrupted, I have recently ran into some problems that is furthering my delay on removing the rest of Despair from Twilight. This is due to the instability of the runes. I have to balance out them before I can hope to do this without blowing her into next week.
"There is also one more factor I'm worried about. I need some way to suppress or fend off any dark magic creating inside her soul. Because of the fact that her soul was touched by raw dark magic, it has left a footnote that allows dark magic to grow even if none exists. For this reason, I need something to keep it at bay.
"I am looking into the numerous minerals and other such that are used to fend off dark magic. If I can, I could crush up on of the minerals and have her digest it in some sort of food. This will go into her system for at least twelve hours, depending on how much of the powder solution I give her. For now, I will continue my balancing of the runes and research the suppressant as a side project." I ended the spell and flopped onto the bed.
"I love it, but science can be evil." I muttered, purring as I felt Twilight curl around me. She nuzzled up to me and looked into my eyes.
"What is your talent? I wondered what the filly of Celestia and Discord is capable of." said Twilight. I chuckled. I gestured to my cutie mark, a golden five pointed star surrounded by five others. She looked at it with a raised eyebrow.
"I have two talents. My pony talent, if you would, is magic. Thus why you are currently alive, breathing, and talking to me. However, according to dad, Draconequus have their own aspects of reality we control. Dad has his chaos, I have time." I explained,running a hoof through her mane absent mindedly. "It's difficult to control but I'm still learning."
"Wait, you can alter time? Why didn't you go back and stop me from becoming corrupted then?" Asked Twilight, shaking her head. I sighed.
"I can go back a maximum of 24-hours. Any farther and I could draw straight from my life force, shortening my life and causing mental harm. I also can't pause it for more than two. Same result if any more. I'm still learning, Twilight. Magic is easier to get a master of than bending reality. It takes centuries." I said, playing with my hooves.
"So your talent is being the mythical lord of time?" Asked Twilight. I laughed.
"Oh Timelords exist, but they aren't as talented in the manipulation of time as a Draconequus whose talent is time manipulation. We have two here in Equestria. A tan stallion and a grey mare if I remember. The mare is a Pegasus. How odd." I shook my head, “Being linked with time itself let's me know when things are altered. Those two seem to do that a lot, just for better good. There was also another mare, never found her though.”
"What are you then?" She asked. I grinned.
"I'm Dawn, duh! I just so happen to be sandmare if you would. Controlling time and all that fun shit." I said, waving a hoof about. Twilight giggled and kissed my forehead, causing me to purr. Yes, I purr. Yes, I know I am sexy.
"Well, I guess I can love a sandmare." said Twilight, cooing in my ear, I shivered at the feeling of her breath washing over my sensitive ears.
"Hey now, calm down. It's unprofessional for the doctor to bed a patient." I said with a smirk. Twilight smirked and leaned forward.
"And it's professional for the doctor to court their patients?" She asked, only inches away from my muzzle.
"In my book it is." The distance between our lips became less, our breaths tickling the others muzzles. My heart was deafening as our lips clo-
"So what are you two u- Oh." I turned my head, my cheeks probably burning a deep crimson, to see Aunt Luna standing in the doorway, a blush of her own on her face.
"Have you heard of knocking, auntie Lulu?" I asked, not particularly happy that my kiss was interrupted. Luna coughed into a hoof.
"Well, um, I was just wondering why you two were still up. You have to attended court tomorrow with your mother, Dawn, and going to bed at midnight will make it more unbearable." said the lunar princess. I looked over at the clock to see it approaching midnight.
"Well shit. I wasn't aware it was this late. Thank you, auntie. I will see you in the morning." The night goddess nodded and left us to our sleep, making a point to close the door behind her.
"Well, do I at least get a good night kiss?" I asked, turning to Twilight as she snuggled under the covers. She pursed her lips and tapped her chin.
"I don't know. You already took up so much time with your research..."
"Oh, now THAT is evil." I said with a pout. She giggled and levitated me towards her. I giggled as well as she pressed her lips into mine, our tongues automatically starting an all out war in our mouths.
I moaned as her tongue fought for dominance over mine, with which I fought back with a vengeance to make her fight for the satisfaction of dominating my mouth. And did she give up a fight.
When we broke off, a small trail of saliva connected us together. I licked my lips and disconnected the trail, smirking down at her.
"Sloppy kisser." I remarked. Twilight stuck out her tongue and smacked my flank with her tail. I chuckled and crawled under the sheets with her, my magic snuffing out the flames from the candles, blanketing us in its dark embrace.
"So, do you think you will be able to stop this?" Asked Twilight, looking me in the eyes. I leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
"It's going to take a lot to keep me from saving you from this burden. I will stop this and you will be the closest thing to pure as I can get you." I said. Twilight snuggled into my warm embrace.
"I am glad you helped me out." muttered Twilight.
"As am I." I could feel the sleep take us both, pulling us off into the wonderful realm of dreams.
~~~~~~Twilight~~~~~~
It was dark. That was the only trait that stuck out. Pure black nothing surrounding me. No bed, no Dawn, no castle. Just me and the blackness. It was suffocating. It somehow made it difficult for me to breathe as I floated in its embrace.
"Do you really think she loves you?" Called out a voice, much like my own but....twisted. It was dark and menacing unlike my warm and caring. It brought a chill to my spine.
"I know she does." I answered, looking around for the voice. I heard myself, no, Despair laugh.
"And how are you so sure? She is just putting pity on you because you lost your fiancé." called out Despair. I growled, still scanning.
"That's because you corrupted me and got me killed! And by my mother no less!" I shouted at nothing. Despair chuckled.
"I did not corrupt you, my dear. I merely took over with new strength. This 'purify' you talk about with Dawn is nothing more than taking away my source of power and keeping it away. Everypony has evil inside them, Twilight." Despair appeared before me, smirking. "Including you."
"And you don't think I know that? It's still called corruption. And there is nothing you can say to make me let you back in." I growled, keeping my eyes on the replica of myself. Despair laughed again, making my fur stand on end.
"Do you feel that? That unnamed feeling in the very back of your mind? Wanting me, needing me, calling out to me? That tells me different. There is a part of you that wants me to take over, to let me rule over Equestria. You just refuse to let me," said Despair, circling around me. I could feel it. She was right. There was a part of me that wanted her back. Why, I don't know. But I was not going to let it win over my own mind. I have a marefriend working her flank off to rid me of this and I'm not going to throw all that away.
"Well, it can go suck one. Dawn has sacrificed so much to make sure I lived and I'm not going to throw all of that away because of what one small fucking voice says." I snarled, glaring at Despair. The incarnate glared back as she stopped her circling.
"How long can you keep up this battle though? How long can you keep me back before I win and resume my control?" Asked Despair, circling me once more. I scoffed.
"If you can manage that before the spell is finished. All she needs to do is stabilize the runes and find a suitable suppressant and you might as well be dead." I growled, glaring holes into my counterpart. Despair growled back.
"I will defeat you ponies, you know this. Why do you fight when fighting is useless?" Asked the incarnate.
"Because we don't give up on what we dream. I dream of being rid of you and I will not give up on that until I succeed," I said, keeping an eye on her. She huffed and turned away.
"Don't feel too confident."
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I woke up with a groan, my dream with Despair still present in the forefront of my mind. That unnamed feeling the back of my mind was still there as well. This disturbed me. The want for her back there.
"What's wrong?" I looked to see Dawn over at the vanity, looking at my with concern. I touched just below my eye and felt it wet. I was crying. The covers around me were messed up as if I had a wrestling match on it. My emotions must have been effecting my body in the waking world while they raged in my mind in the dreaming world.
"I, um, talked with Despair," I said, my voice scratchy. Fuck, was I screaming too? Damn, that must have been one hell of a nightmare. Or, a conversation. It was real enough. Dawn stared at me in shock. She tackled me and held me by the shoulders.
"What did she say?" Asked Dawm, keeping me pinned as she stared at me in worry. I looked away at the wall.
"That you just felt pity and didn't love me. That it was only a matter of time before I gave in," I said, refusing to see her reaction. I yelped as I was pulled into a kiss, soon relaxing into it as my brain caught up. Dawn held this for a few long moments before letting go.
"I love you, if that wasn't enough proof. She is trying to break you and you cannot give in. I'm almost done. Please, just bare with me," said the cyan alicorn, staring into my eyes with her own.
"I promise she is not going to win that easily. You put in too much effort for me to throw that away," I said softly, bringing her closer so that our foreheads touched. It was a heartwarming moment, one I wished to last forever. Sadly, morning meant I had to go to court.
"I think it is best I take a shower before my first court appearance," I said, pulling away and slipping off the bed. Dawn watched me as I entered the bathroom and closed the door behind me.
"Just try to tell us if anything else happens at Despair's expense, okay?" She called out from the other side of the door. She did care for me. And it made me smile to know that Despair was wrong.
"I will. Now, about that shower..."
"Yeah, yeah. Go get all nice and wet without me," grumbled Dawn. I giggled and stepped into the shower, turning on the hot water first, then the cold, then the actual shower, adjusting the water to the right temperature. Glad to know they haven't changed the plumbing system over the last forty-three years. Gods above know that they changed a lot in the castle and in Equestria in the years I was dead. It's still odd to say I was dead.
I sighed and laid my head on the wall, letting the warm water pour onto my body. It was a relaxing feeling to say the least. Warm water on the muscles was always a great way to relax after a trying time. And this was a more than perfect time for it.
After washing myself off, I turned off the shower and water and stepped out of the shower, drying myself off with a towel. Once dry, I grabbed the brush my mother pulled out of a box she had hid away after my death and went to work on brushing out my mane and styling it to the proper proportions. The nobles have had the spoon shoved up their asses further since my time and Discord wasn't too much help. It's sad to know I still have to deal with that self-righteous asshole Blueblood. I really do wish Despair mopped the floor with his blood. Wait, when did my mind become this violent?
I stopped brushing my mane as I tried to figure out my sudden urge to kill Blueblood. I set aside as a minor side effect of having Despair control me and finished up my mane, making it look waving to cause the flowing effect when I enchant it.
"You ready yet?" Called out Dawn. I smirked and swung open the door, knowing full well she was behind it.
"Yup," I said cheerfully as I trotted over towards the vanity where my element of magic, regilla, and golden slippers all sat. I slipped into my golden slippers and put on my tiara. Lastly, I latched the regila around my neck, causing its enchantments to blow my hair in an non-existent wind.
"I would call you sexy of it wasn't for the fact you rammed me into the wall with a door," groaned Dawn as she walked up behind me. I chuckled.
"And now you learned not to stand behind doors. They can be lethal," I responded, kissing her cheek before heading to the door, "I will see you once court is done." And with that, I went to endure the most boring six hours of my life.
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"Next in is his highness Prince Blueblood," called out the scribe. Both me and Celestia winced. The last pony we both wanted to see was him. The first three hours went without hitch. However, fate obviously has it in for me.
"And just when I was having a good morning," I muttered. Celestia heard me judging by the way her ear flicked and the way she smirked.
"Well, we have to listen to him whine, sadly. I think Discord stole his mouth and said he would do good without it for a week," said the solar goddess. I held back a laugh as the self-righteous stallion entered the room, noting to give props to Discord himself later. However, my good mirth was thrown out the window by the way Blueblood looked at me. With disgust. Well your face isn't pretty either, jackass.
"I was not aware that I would by having court with THAT," said Blueblood pointing a hoof at me like I was nothing but a large shit stain on the floor. I'm seriously trying not to kill him right now. No, bad mind, happy thoughts.
"Twilight Sparkle is not an it, Blueblood. She is a pony in flesh and blood and I hope you understand this," said Celestia, scolding the self-righteous prince. The white unicorn waved a dismissive hoof with a scoff.
"Ponies do not come back from the dead, Tia. She is obviously a golem or some sort of monster," said the prince.
"Blueblood, I advise you stop. I am not in the best mind state right now,” I said, visibly shaking as I held back the urge to beat him to bloody smear.
"See, I have to be right! She is shaking with fear because I figured out her secret," I snapped. The other nobles and guards in the room gasped as I leaped from my spot on the throne with a war cry and went on to beat Blueblood in my GOLD slippers.
In my blind rage, I could barely feel the others trying to pull me off of the seriously bleeding prince. His face was bloody and he was missing an array of teeth. With a furious cry I stomped down on his horn, snapping it off.
"Twilight! Twilight, please stop!" And then the rage left. The world came back to place and so did I. I looked down to see a nearly dead Blueblood below me, his face a bloody pulp and my gold slippers slightly misshapen and covered in blood.
"No. No, not yet. Please, not yet." I muttered, my mind starting to shut down. I nearly killed somepony because of what my mind was telling me. Because of what Despair was telling me. She was winning. She was gaining control.
"She's gaining control," I stated, staring at my bloody hooves as Blueblood was hauled away.Th-that feeling is stronger now. Yearning for her return. But I can't let her come back. With my new body and powers she could kill thousands, including my mother, Discord, and Dawn. I was slowly slipping away and I knew it.
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