An Unknowable Destiny

It was the next day and Twilight Sparkle had invited Razor Blade over to her castle.

"It was really nice of you to invite me over, Twilight!" said Razor.

"It's my pleasure!"

Twilight had prepared a small luncheon, and the two started eating.

"Can you tell me a bit about when you were younger?" asked Twilight at one point.

Razor gave a sigh, and started, "I was born second in my family. My older brother was a unicorn like my mother and my younger sister was a pegasus like my father. My parents were a bit disappointed that I wasn't a unicorn or a pegasus, but they didn't mind so much. My siblings didn't mind either.

"Most of my classmates teased me about being an Earth pony when my parents weren't, but they never bothered me. I had my friends."

"Who were your friends?"

"Well, you could say that me and my friends were, and we still are, different from the other ponies. My first friend was my brother, his name is Cream Swirl. He has a turquoise coat and a black mane. He also has purple eyes and his magic is also purple. He was always kind and helpful, though he could be a bit too honest at points.

"My sister became my second friend as soon as she was born, her name is Blossom Branch. She has a light-brown coat and a pink mane. She looks up to me and always goes to me for guidance.

"My best friend is Rapid Violet. She's a purple Earth pony with an orange and green mane. She has a yellow tint around her mouth. Violet was always up to anything. One time, she thought that it was a good idea to mess with my mom's spare set of healing potions!"

"How did that turn out?" asked Twilight nervously.

"It just caused a reaction with two of my other friends wings. One of them was Blast Bang. She's yellow with a yellow and blue mane. Her wings turned into butterfly wings somehow, and they've been that way ever since."

"What?" Twilight sounded appalled.

"She got used to them!"

"And your other friends?"

"Yeah, Red Raven. She has a red coat and a blue and white mane. Somehow, she got dragon wings! She says that they're better than normal wings because she can easily get dragon scales for her potions."

"Is that all of your friends?"

"Yep! They're all still my friends to this very day!"

Twilight paused to think.

"And your friends all know about your horn?'

"Of course they do!"

"Do you think that we could visit them and ask them about your magic?"

"Sure, I guess so!"

"My brother runs a small restaurant in Hoof City, and Violet also lives nearby, so they should be easy to find. My sister is a botanist in Cloudstale, she keeps cherry trees." said Razor, "Blast preforms in concerts across Equestria, so we just need to find one of the fliers that say where she'll be next."

"What about your friend Raven?" asked Twilight.

"She just turns up in random places, they're usually where I am."

Twilight just gave Razor a nod and faced out the train window.

'Princess Celestia needs to know as much as possible about this mare! Her magic might be dangerous! But, it could also be helpful...' though Twilight.

"We have arrived in Hoof City!" called the conductor, breaking Twilight's thoughts.

"So," said Twilight as they exited the train, "Where is your brother's restaurant?"

"Just follow me!"

Razor walked towards a small, but nice looking, restaurant. It currently had a sign on it that said "Closed" Razor walked right up and knocked on the door four times.

"Hey, Cream! Are you there? It's me: Razor!" she shouted.

The door opened and Cream Swirl was standing there.

"Hey there sis!" he said with a small smile, "What are you doing here?"

"Princess Twilight said she wanted to meet my friends, so we came to visit you, bro!"

Cream glanced around Razor and saw Twilight.

"Um, hello Princess?" he asked.

"No need to call me Princess!" said Twilight, "I just wanted to learn more about your sister's magic."

"Sure! Why don't you come in?"

The three of them walked into the restaurant and sat down at one of the tables.

"I'll be back in just a second!" said Cream as he walked into the kitchen.

Twilight cocked her head, "What is Cream Swirl doing?" she asked.

"He probably went to get some food. He got his cutie mark in cooking and baking."

Cream walked back out of the kitchen, levitating three plates with some delicious looking cake on it.

"I thought that we should have some food." he said, before sitting down and placing the plates in front of each pony.

"Thanks, bro!" said Razor.

"No prob."

Twilight noticed that the two spoke in a brother-sister way like she and her brother did.

"So, you wanted to ask about Razor's magic?" asked Cream.

"Yes," said Twilight, "I was just wondering what kinds of magic you've seen her do, besides the normal things that unicorns can do."

Cream didn't even hesitate before he started listing off examples.

"I've seen Razor do levitation, heating spells, transformations of objects, beams, magic shields, teleportation and freezing spells."

"You forgot when I made your stove explode." said Razor casually.

"And explosions."

Twilight stared in shock for a minute.

"You can do all that?" she asked.

"Well, the only one of those that was intentional was the levitation."

Twilight blinked and thought, 'This is going to be way more complex than I thought!'

"Do you need something to write all that down on to?" asked Cream, "I have some paper you could use."

"That's okay. I brought a notebook." said Twilight, masking her surprise.

Twilight quickly wrote down what Cream had said.

"Is that all?" she asked.

"That's all I can think-" started Cream, when a pony came barreling through the window and crashed into him.

"Sorry, Cream!" said the pony, "Me and Raven were making a potion when it exploded! It was cool!"

The pony stood up and helped up Cream.

"Oh, hi Razor! Didn't expect to see you here!"

"I didn't expect to see you here either, Blast!" Razor turned towards Twilight, "This is my friends Blast Bang. I told you about her earlier."

Blast blinked and then asked, "Are you a Princess? 'Cause your an alicorn."

"Yes, I am a princess." said Twilight, surprised that Blast's butterfly wings had taken no damage.

"Wait, did you say Raven was here?" asked Razor to Blast.

"Yeah, why?"

"Twilight wants to learn more about my magic and wanted to ask you guys about it! Now she can ask both you and Raven!"

"Did somepony call me?" said a voice from outside.

Red Raven flew in through the smashed window. Her wings were well-kept and she reminded Twilight of Zecora.

"Hi, Raven!" said Razor and Cream.

Razor explained why Twilight was with her to Raven while Cream cleaned up the broken glass.

"Okay. Do you want me to start, or Blast?" she asked.

"Either one of you is fine." said Twilight.

"I'll start!" said Blast, "I've seen Razor do explosions, rays, conjuring, manipulating, and deteriorating!"

Twilight scribbled down more notes.

"Razor has also done duplication, growing, shrinking, and time reversal." said Raven.

Twilight wrote all of this down as well, completely shocked by what she could do.

"You can do quite a bit of magic!" she said to Razor.

"Really? I don't pay attention to what magic I even do half the time!" she said.

Twilight thought about what Razor had said while the four friends talked among each other.

CRASH!

Twilight's thoughts (and the conversation between the others) were interrupted when a pegasus came flying in through the broken window and crashed into Cream (again).

"Sorry, clipped my wing on a tree when I was flying in!" said the pegasus, "Did I hit Cream again?"

The three other ponies rolled their eyes.

"No, you hit Raven." said Razor, "Or course you hit him, Blossom!"

The pegasus flew into the air and landed next to Razor.

"This seems cliche..." muttered Razor before turning to Twilight, "This is my sister, Blossom Branch."

Razor again explained what she and Twilight were doing, this time to Blossom.

"Can you think of any spells or magic I've done?" asked Twilight, she rattled off what she already had on her list and looked up at Blossom.

"I can't think of anything you've already listed! Except maybe making it snow. And rain."

Twilight jotted down the two things that Blossom had said.

"Guys, we'd better get going." said Razor.

"Okay..." said Blossom.

"See you later!" said the others

"Thank you!" said Twilight as they left.

"Do you want to go to Violet's now?"

"Sure." Twilight paused before asking Razor a question, "Why wasn't your brother mad when his window broke?"

"It gets broken at least twice a week."

Twilight nodded, shocked by how casual this kind of thing was in Razor's life.

"Violet's house is right there!" said Razor, pointing at a purple house with a dark yellow roof.

As Razor walked up to knock on the door, her horn lit up and ended up blasting the door down.

"Oops!" she said.

"I'm going to assume that it's you, Razor." said a voice from inside.

"Hi, Violet!" said Razor, "Can we come in?"

"Sure. But whose with you?"

Razor walked into the house with Twilight in her wake. She started explaining (yet again) why she and Twilight were there. While Razor was talking, Twilight looked around Violet's house. There were lots of medals and trophies everywhere, mostly for running related things. Twilight noticed that the pony had a shooting star for a cutie mark, not what she was expecting.

'Maybe her cutie mark is a star because she runs fast? That would make sense.'

"You want to know what kind of magic I've seen Razor do?" asked Violet.

"Yes, here's a list of what we've heard so far." Twilight gave Violet the list so she could look it over quickly.

"Pssh!" said Violet, "I have some things that definitely aren't on your list!"

"What?" asked Twilight with curiosity.

"Razor can levitate herself and other ponies, she can walk on clouds, and-" Violet paused before continuing, "By the way, I'm telling the whole truth when I say this."

Twilight was doing everything in her power to stop herself from yelling, "What is it?"

"She uses the magic of other ponies, and I've seen her horn change into a pair of wings on her back. They're the same color as her horn."

Twilight dropped her notebook.