Magic of Little Blueberry’s Love

‘Dear Twilight,

‘I’m writing to you, my young friend, to share amazing and happy news: it is apparent that Borlena has left us and that she has suddenly ceased to exist in this world. Yesterday guards in Tartar were doing their usual inspection and while scanning Borlena’s jar, discovered not a trace of any magic aura. They couldn’t let her slip again – she was especially well guarded, and our new spells are such that she couldn’t break or bypass them. So, Luna and I inspected the jar and concluded that, at least, one enemy had left Equestria for good.

‘Now, you will probably ask me how an immaterial spirit could possibly die. I think, it happened because her further existence made no sense to her anymore. Even evil spirits need their existence to make sense in order to continue existing. When you and Luna separated her from Myrtle, she left part of herself in the body of the unfortunate pony, hoping to put her insidious plans into practice yet. We hadn’t known about that ability of hers – and it teaches us not to underestimate our enemies. It explained Myrtle’s amnesia – the part of Borlena’s spirit was blocking her memory. But life itself has sorted it all for us and, when Myrtle gave birth to two foals free from Borlena’s presence, Borlena understood that she wasn’t destined to populate Equestria with her disgusting offspring. That was when her existence ceased to matter to her, and she disappeared. That was when Myrtle, at last, completely freed herself from Borlena’s influence.

‘But I was going to write about something else. You are, probably, surprised by the fact that I so rarely participate in fights with Equestria’s enemies. I know that you won’t judge me even in your thoughts, but your inquiring mind has to be seeking an answer to the eternal “Why?” question.

‘There were days, my dear Twilight, when I was as young as you are now. In those days I wouldn’t understand the today’s me either. When the duration of your reign will be measured by hundreds or even thousands of years, you’ll feel what I’m feeling now – the enormous fatigue. Believe me, it’s very hard to rule for so many years in such a big and complicated country as Equestria. Years bring us wisdom and experience, but take away something else: the youthful drive, the energy. Even Luna doesn’t understand me, but she has had a thousand years’ break, and I haven’t. Alas!

‘Still, not so long ago I very nearly relived a bit of the past. When you and Luna were hurrying to your battle with Borlena, I was re-reading the old books and arrived at a scary conclusion – two alicorns might not be enough to handle the task of separation. A third element was needed. You already know why I couldn’t send Cadance – we couldn’t risk her heir. If Borlena had decided to leave Myrtle and switch to Cadance’s body, the situation would have worsened enormously. I had to fly myself, having left all my royal duties. But when I arrived, I discovered with a big surprise that you had already completed your mission. All that was left for me was to take the jar and to deliver it to Tartar personally.

‘I have been thinking a lot about it. Today, I believe, I can name the third magical element, the one that helped you that day. Not far away from you Blueberry, terribly worried, prayed continuously that your mission would succeed. It was her love – the magic of little Blueberry’s love – that became the missing third element and tripled your strength in the battle.

‘You already know a lot about the magic of friendship. At least twice you saw the magic of love doing the impossible when Cadance and Shining demonstrated it to us. But Blueberry’s love – love of a daughter for her parents – is completely different, and its incredible potential is something we have yet to study. I believe that if we could see such a level of mutual affection and care in every Equestrian family, all those villains would be afraid to come here.

‘I know what kind of a gift you gave Blueberry to mark your friendship. It was a generous gesture, but I understand. I won’t leave this young pony without my attention either. A brilliant career is awaiting her in Equestria, and I know that she will be able to combine it with growing berries, just as Applejack combines her farming with the role of your advisor. They are amazing creatures, Earth ponies, and we, the alicorns, too preoccupied with our magic, can’t really understand them. I’m glad that Applejack and Pinkie Pie have been among your friends from the start.

‘A few more years will pass; the last villain conquered by your team will take his place in Tartar, and I, most likely, will, at last, retire. The day is near when state visits and handling the sun will be too hard tasks for me. On that day you, Twilight, will take my place. I know that you will be the best ruler of Equestria. You have always had a kind heart, and when you invited a peasant exhausted by the long road to enter your palace and gave her not just food and a roof, but also your sisterly love, you proved it again. I will be calm and confident on the day of passing the Equestrian throne to you.

Your friend and tutor,
Princess Celestia’