Am I Evil?

Volts could not sleep, she was lying in her bed staring at the ceiling. Maybe she had hoped that the answers to her troubles might be up on the ceiling. Volts rolled over on her covers and was now facing the pillow, she had a lot to think about. It must have been getting late. She rolled on her covers and stared out the window, the sun had just been set and Luna was raising the moon. This is was going to be a very long night.

About ten minutes later the silence that echoed on the room was broken.

Knock-knock-knock

Most likely some of Luna's guard ponies being sent to keep an eye on me. Maybe if they think I'm asleep they will leave me alone.

knock-Knock-KNOCK

The knock came a second time and was louder this time, the last knock being more of a thump on the door rather then gentle knocking.

Just go away and let me sleep...

KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK-CRACK

The final hit on the door made it split slightly in the center, causing the pony outside to shuffle around, making a slight amount of noise. Ah maybe, just maybe they have gone away, maybe I can get some sleep. Who am I kidding I know I'm not going to get any sleep. Might be nice to have somepony else in here, even if it is for a little bit.

Knock-Knock...Knock

Volts slowly got off her bed and made her way to the large door at the front end of the bedroom. A quick glow of her horn and all the candles in the room sparked to life. Volts debated returning to her more sparky form, but decided against it seeing as she would be with guards who probably don't trust her. After what seemed like an eternity of walking towards the door she finally reached it. She slowly undid the lock on the door and opened it.

Much to the dismay of Volts it was not a guard that was on the other side ruthlessly knocking, it was the small lavender unicorn that Celestia seemed to favor. Volts could not remember her name for the life of her, she remembered it during lunch, she remembered it during the tour but she could not remember it.

The unicorn spoke formally as if addressing a noble. Not like Volts really noticed the formality though.

"Hello miss..."

It was at this point Volts realized that not once during the day had she been introduced to her, maybe she had heard the Princesses refer to her as Volts and thought she had a different name.

Volts let out a rather drawn out sigh. "Just call me Volts, all the other do."

"I thought that was just a nickname, sorry for misunderstanding."

"It is a nickname..."

"What your real name then?"

"Why is it important, not like any other pony cares."

"Well... I sort of care..."

"Is it really that important that you know my name?"

"I guess not, but I just want to know everything about you!" She spoke rather eagerly in this last sentence, making Volts shudder a bit and what she meant by that.

"So why not just go to the library, I'm sure that it has loooooooooooots of information about everything."

"It does, trust me." The Unicorn looked around briefly and leaned towards Volts and whispered. "I have read everything... Twice... Three times..."

"oh kay...." Volts back up a bit. "So why me?"

"Well after I talked to Celestia and Luna about you..."

"Wait!" Volts was taken back by this unicorn's initiative. "You asked them about me?"

"Yes, they had a lot to say about you..."

"Urgh, now I can't let you leave now, you have a bias opinion of me..."

"That was my plan." The unicorn bounced through the door happily. "Hope I wasn't too sneaky and devious for you."

"No I'm just... surprised, a bit taken back..." Volts now shut the door rather quickly , in-case any guards were listening in. "How long have you been planning this."

"Since Luna had her breakdown in Ponyville. She was so upset after she put you to sleep, I knew you were important somehow."

"She was?"

"Hey this isn't about Luna, its about you! Stop trying to avoid the subject."

"Well sorry for being concerned about other ponies..."

"Not like that..."

"..."

"You still haven't told me your name, that would be a good start."

"My name... It' funny, I made it seem like a little deal earlier." Volts let out a very long drawn out sigh. The unicorn was on the bed sat down. She had produced some saddle bags and had several inkwells, quills and note pads. Volts sat down next to her, together they took up about two thirds of the bed leaving a little bit of room behind them.

"It has been thousands of years since any pony has heard my name..." Volts stared down at her hoofs. "Before Celestia and Luna, before the elements of harmony..." Volts looked back up. "Back before the... Not yet... To painful..."

"Umm Volts are you okay?"

"Oh! Yeah... I'm fine..."

"You don't look or sound it Volts, if you don't want to talk now we can reschedule..."

Am I really that much of a mess. It would seem that it has gotten so bad that I can't even tell a pony my name without becoming an emotional train wreck. No I have to do this. Somepony has to hear my story!

"Ver... Ver... Veronica..."

"Your name is Veronica?" The unicorn must have just hear herself because within two seconds she started a stead stream of. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." It took her a few second to pull herself together before she continued.

"I'm sorry if I sounded rude Veronica, I just did not expect that."

"Its not that surprising is it?"

"I guess not, I mean some ponies have some pretty wacky names..."

"Well now that's out of the way. You know, I feel better. not sure why..." She quickly regained her composure. "Any thing else?"

"Oh yes! Lots more, were not done here yet!" The unicorn had a rather large smile on her face that made Veronica feel uneasy. Suddenly a plan formulated in Veronica's head.

"Well seeing as we will be a while, maybe we should  formally introduce ourselves. We never had time to earlier."

The unicorn was taken back by this slightly. "Oh of course! Where are my manners..."

Alright I am going to do something odd here and... CHANGE PERSPECTIVE

She must have forgotten, I only told her once and that was nearly twelve hours ago. I should have noticed, but once again I was blinded be research. Maybe its not such a bad thing, maybe I can show her how much my opinion matters to Celestia, I might even be able to get Celestia to cut her some slack. She might then open up to me. Or it could end horribly wrong and be all my fault. Well I beat Discord, helped stop the Changelings and played a rather large roll in stopping King Sombra! I'm Twilight Sparkle and I can talk to this PONY!

"Hello," Twilight spoke with her most formal voice. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, student of Celestia, bearer of the element of magic."

Twilight looked at Veronica hoping that she wouldn't toss her out for mocking here.

"Well... Erhm." Veronica now spoke in a formal voice. "Hello Twilight Sparkle, I am Veronica, however most ponies call me Volts. I am the pony responsible for the pegasi being able to control the weather, and I am the former bearer now embodiment of the element of energy, or lighting, or static, or..."

Embodiment of an element huh, I need to ask Celestia is there are any other elements besides harmony.

"...years young."

Awwww I missed how old she was...

"Well Veronica it is certainly nice to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine Twilight Sparkle, it is not often one gets to meet a personal student of the Princess."

Formalities aside, Twilight wanted to get to the knitty gritty of it. She wanted to know everything about Veronica, she just had to figure how to get her to talk. Remember Twilight, Seduction is a last resort. And one that I doubt I will be able to do. Tonight was going to be long and educational... Even if it killed them.

"Okay Vol.. Veronica, I want to know about you."

And so I open the book its contents page, lets see what is available to read.

"Okay then Twilight, what do you want to know?"

"What are you willing to tell me?"

"I can tell you about, my magic, some of my past, my opinion on things and possibly later... My ummmm romantic interests..."

Seems like this book has a few sections that are in bad condition, I will have to take a look at them later and see if I can't repair them. Well at the moment I have three, possibly four rather good chapter available to read.

"Alright, I think we should get the slow stuff out of the way first, tell me about your opinion on the Princesses."

"Oh, didn't think you would go for that at all, oh well. personally I think very little has changed in Celestia since last time I was on Equestria."

"And why do you think that?"

"Well she is still overprotective of every. Single. PONY! That is currently alive, even if she doesn't show it very well, it is there.

"I see. Anything else?"

"Well I don't dislike her... I mean for the position she is in she has done well. And I am happy that I am still on Equestria currently, so I can't complain about her that much."

"So you would call her... A ummmm its gone from my head... A friend enemy or whatever it is."

"I guess so Twilight, I guess so."

"So what about Luna?"

"I have a lot of things to say about her," Twilight was taken back by the angry tone in Veronica's voice.

Argh I was wrong... Luna's going to kill me...

Veronica's tone brightened. "And all of them positive!"

"...Alright you got me. Very funny Veronica."

"What can I say, she was nice to me back then. The closest thing I had to a true friend back then. She was my shoulder to cry on when Celestia was really bad. And she would come get me if I ever passed out from working too hard. And so much more..."

"Wow it sounds like you were Really close.."

"It wasn't like that Twilight, I think she just felt sorry for me."

"You said you would pass out? Like become knocked out?"

"Ah yes... You saw me earlier, trying to hold to much without enough energy. I lost my spark and nearly passed out. Back when I was working for Celestia if I did not finish the spell I was doing, I would have had to start it again. So falling unconsciousness was common while out working. That was more my fault for taking on such a large workload."

"Alright, from what I have gathered you seem to be on thin ice with Celestia, however you seem to be more the comfortable with Luna..."

"Twilight, NOTHING ever happened between me and Luna, and certainly not back then. Something like that would have been such a scandal we would still be in hiding."

"Sureeeeeee nothing happened..."

"I'm serious!"

"Mmmmhmmmmm..."

"I will errrr.. Tell Luna!"

"And then I will tell Celestia..."

"Fine you win."

"That easy?"

"I haven't slept in a while..."

"But we are not done yet!"

Veronica let out a sigh and looked out the window. The dark skies with stars dotted around was a welcome sight. These combining factors sublimely lead Twilight away from the previous topic.

"So Veronica, tell me about you and magic. From what I saw this morning and what Celestia told me your magic works differently to normal ponies."

"Most Unicorn experts will tell you that magical energy can be depleted by doing a spell that is to hard or powerful and by overusing magic to much."

"The basic concept of magical energy, one that I am more then familiar with. Its the theory with the most amount of evidence behind it."

"Hmmm so you know how emotions influence magic then?"

"Yeah, when you surrounded by positive emotions it becomes hard to cast magic that have negative effects, such as combat spells."

"Combat spells are rarely done nowadays, only battle magi learn them. And even then I have only seen three in my lifetime. But that does not mean I haven't studied and mastered it."

"Well that is half the truth, combat spells are also in tune with morality. What is right and what is wrong."

"Yes, I know about this, more so since the wedding."

"I know about that. No need to explain Twilight."

"Well I helped fight off the changelings... Sorta... I think Pinkie used me as a weapon..."

"Well you were able to cast those spells because it was the right thing to do. Such principles do not apply to me."

"Hang on, I'm a bit lost. Were we talking about magical energy, and then how morals and emotions effect spell casting..."

"As I said Twilight, these principles do not apply to me. I can cast magic freely and do not suffer energy drawback or limitations. However if I overwork myself I just pass out. And this only happens when I have my spark so to speak, otherwise I'm just a regular alicorn."

"Alright, that makes more sense. So you can cast magic freely without limitations of morals or getting tired?"

"Yes, but if I over work myself I pass out."

"Anything else?"

"I can cast elemental magics with ease and not just lightning. I can cast large scale ice, fire and earth spells with almost no drawback."

"Elemental magics are hard to use, they often leave the user completely drained of energy. Emotional magics are easier to use and far more efficient. However... The old magics have their uses."

Twilight had now written a few pages of notes about Veronica and how she worked, yet she had only just hit the tip of the iceberg.

"So Twilight, anything else?"

"Yes." She said bluntly. "A Lot."

"Are we nearly done to say the least?"

"Not by a long shot Veronica, we have so much to cover. And such little time to do it in."

"Very well Twilight... What more do you want to know? I would be me or then happy to tell you... certain details."

The still seems to be in disrepair.. Despite my best efforts to repair it. Maybe I need to change my approach, rather then try and repair what is there I can salvage what I can get. I can use this to fill in the blanks, so to speak.

"Okay Veronica, what else can you tell me about you and magic, I mean you clearly can cloud weave effectively and I think you can do a lot more."

"Cloud weave?"

"The Pegasus do something similar when they are making buildings out of clouds, just that they are not able to take control of the clouds and fly around in them."

"Oh I see." Veronica paused for a moment considering what to say. "It is rather difficult to do, but its something that an adept magic user could learn while practice."

"Wait.. So this is something you could teach me?"

Veronica was now regretting opening her mouth. "I could, but it would be of little use to a land bound unicorn that can't walk on clouds."

"But I have a spell that allows me to walk on clouds!" Twilight's over eagerness was getting the better of her.

"A spell like that would mean that the cloud would crush you and you would die a quickly, but brutal death..."

"Oh..."

"If you ever grow wings I will be more then happy to teach you how to 'cloud weave.' Just not right now."

"Alright then, is there anything else yo can do magically that would set you aside from other magic users?"

"Most of my spells revolve around the use of electricity or as I used to call it static. Some of my more complex spells involve holding tiny water droplets in the air and then charging the area with static. This generates a status field in which I can control various aspects of it."

"Such as?"

"Well for starters I can dampen magical energy or increase it. I can charge ponies who are in it to give them energy. I can make it so that creatures are unable to fly. And finally I can knock creatures out, if needed of course."

"Is that all?"

"I can pick up static energy in the air and charge myself, allowing me to throw rather large ball lightning around. That is more for show though."

"And?"

"I can cause clouds to appear using moisture in the air, then I can charge said clouds with energy."

"Is that all?"

"In very large storms I can convert all the static energy in the storm into one bolt and strike anywhere with it. Any storm that is large enough to do this with would generate a bolt large enough to wipe two Canterlots off the face of Equestria and leave the area a thunder plane. Or flatten a mountain. Happy now Twilight?"

"A bit, I still I think there is a lot more you can do."

Veronica chuckled a bit. "Yes there is Twilight, but I will save those for another night or day when you decide to 'interview' me."

"Moving on, I would like to know more about you. What kind of things do you like? What do you like doing? Any hobbies? What kind of food do you like to eat?"

"Twilight." Veronica looked Twilight dead in the eyes. "I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried about what you might use this information for."

"Oh.. Wait... You mean... Oh! Nonononono! Not like that, I just want to know you better. Not ummm how do they say... Woo you."

"Awwwww...."

For a brief few moments silence filled the room. While Twilight was trying to comprehend what had just happened. Wait... WAIT... She is disappointed that I am not trying to 'woo' her? What does that mean? I mean I think we are friends but... Oh...

"WAIT WHAT!?"

"Your face... Priceless."

She got you good Twilight. And judging by that huge grin she enjoyed it.

"Very funny Veronica. Verrrrrrryyyy funny." Twilight was blushing slightly.

"So about what I like then... This is going to take a while, so make sure you're ready to take notes!"

Over the remainder of the Night Veronica told Twilight a fair amount of information about her. While not everything Twilight would have wanted to hear it was enough to last well in to the last minutes. She told Twilight little things like what she ate, what she liked, pressure spot, her fighting strategy and what she did and didn't like in a pony.

Both Twilight and Veronica let out a loud yawn, Twilight who had been oblivious to how much time had gone by was debating heading to her room and getting some rest before sunrise. However her plans were put on hold as the moon started to set and the sun started to rise.

"Veronica, I doubt I will be able to get any sleep now. Celestia has rose the sun!"

"Hmmm I see your predicament, if you fell asleep in front of Celestia, Luna or anypony for that matter it would be embarrassing."

"Got any suggestions as to what I can do?"

"No suggestions, but seeing as you spent the entire night getting to know me... I suppose there is one thing I can do."

Veronica slowly shuffled next to Twilight, she then adjusted herself so that she was sat in front of Twilight. She slowly started to move her head closer to Twilight...