Syn

The last time I used this spell was only a few days after Luna’s banishment. I could feel the bonds between me and the elements of harmony slipping away after the banishment and so I used the strength that I could get through the remaining bonds to strengthen the spell to reach all across Equestria. I needed...no I wanted nothing of the dark magic that possessed and twisted my sister so much to remain in our lands. I haven’t needed it since. When I casted the spell so long ago I wasn’t focusing one any one pony. I never knew just how deep the spell searched... or what it would show me.

I wasn’t in the throne room anymore. I wasn’t anywhere. No matter where I looked it was nothing but grey floors and purple skys. It was so empty... so quiet... but I felt no darkness here despite how it looked.

“...this one is strange...”

“...She does not belong...”

A voice? no...voices. All of them talking at once. They were whispers like from behind a door, barely heard but still there. Those voices were young and old, male and female, strong and weak, but they all held an undercurrent of ancient power. A power I could only compare to the oldest of dragons or even to myself and my sister.

“...She holds light within her though...”

Were they talking about me? I alone hold the power to raise the sun... Not even my sister can raise it despite me being able to raise her moon...

“...Could she be used?...”

“...Time is needed...”

What were they talking about? what needed time?

“...Leave now young one..."

“...The boy holds not what you seek...”

“...nor will we ever allow it to take root...”

“...You will be called again though...”

“...when the time is right...”

What? Wait something is pulling at my magic! It is ripping part of it off! NO! RETURN IT! RETURN THE MAGIC YOU STOLE FROM ME!

“...No damage is done...”

“...It will repair itself...”

“...not that you will remember it being gone...”

WHAT!? NO I WILL REMEMBER! I WILL NOT FORGET! I WILL NEVER FORGET!

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“SISTER! AWAKEN PLEASE!”

Slowly Celestia’s eyes blinked open as she found her self being hugged by a distressed Luna on the ground. Why was she on the ground? What had happened?

When Celestia cast her spell on Leon they both began to glow a mixture of Celestia’s golden magic and Leon dark grey and purple streaked Syn. It formed a dome around the two pushing all round them away and obscured them from view. Although it had only last for thirty seconds, its sudden appearance combined with the situation painted a grim picture. If not for the fact that Leon was on the ground unconscious as well he would have be executed on the spot by Luna.

Celestia was not entirely sure as to what had happened but she did know one thing for a fact. Leon held no dark magic within him. No something told her that dark magic would never be found within him. Where she got that feeling she had no idea.

“This creature has not been corrupted by dark magic, nor has he ever been touched by it... Take Him and his...changeling to a guest room. The charges against him are to be dropped as well. When they wake they are to be treated as guests.”

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Before I even fully woke up I could feel a delicate mixture of love and care directed to me. It wasn’t diluted like it normally is either. Normally we changelings get a diluted love from those we feed off of because of it not being towards us but rather to the form that we were using. That was the reason that my qu- my old queen attacked the above-ground hive in the first place. From love we gain food and power, we can live but, there wasn’t enough love for all of us... many were starving... But that is the past and now I am new.

“Hey Vita you awake yet? I want to go check some things out.”

Vita? Is Leon talking to me?, “Vita?”

“Hey you are awake. Awesome! I decided to call you Vita. I got tired of calling you changeling all the time. It means life by the way.”

Vita...it...its nice. I have a name now. I have an identity besides being just another drone among hundreds of thousands...