The Secret of Alicorn

by Twilicorn

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Romance, Adventure
Length: 437

Twilight Sparkle discovers a secret about alicorns, and falls in love along the way.

Twilight Sparkle has been studying the mechanics of flying recently, as per her personal assignment of reading every book in her library. Studying the differences between birds and pegasi, she realizes something. Pegasi shouldn't fly. It's scientifically impossible. Continuing her studies, she begins using Rainbow Dash as a test subject and begins studying the stuff that makes flying, magic, and earth ponies' working with the dirt possible. Alicorn. Discovering that taking alicorn from a pegasus and giving it to a unicorn will create temporary wings, she begins to wonder about the Royal Sister Alicorns, and how they get their wings and horn.

Contacting the Princess about her studies, she learns Celestia and Luna may have a big secret under their wings, and it sure as Tartarus isn't legal.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-07-12 01:59:08 UTC

Prologue: Books and Diagrams

Twilight Sparkle laid on the ground, the hardwood floor beneath warm with her body heat. Her eyes glance over the page, studying diagrams and charts that lay splayed across the page. Magically flipping the page, she is shocked to see a small note, scrawled in the top corner of the page.

"Canterlot Royal Library. Restricted Section. Row four, shelf seven. Flight Secrets," she concludes, then lifts a scroll from the desk behind her, accompanied by ink and a quill surrounded by sparkling magenta. Quickly scrawling down the message, she reads the page, her eyes widening with each word and diagram until she slowly shuts the book. "That can't be right," she muttered, carefully peeking at the page again where the tip of her hoof had remained tucked.

"What can't be right?" asked a childish voice behind her, and Twilight jumped up, clutching the book tightly to her chest.

"Oh, nothing Spike. Can you please take a letter?" Her voice is oddly high, almost hysterical sounding, and she clears her throat, attempting to make it seem like it was an accident.

"Sure," said Spike, his voice betraying his confusion if his eyes hadn't already. He lifts a scroll and quill, dipping the tip of the feather into the inkpot to his side.

"Dear Princess Celestia," began Twilight, looking down at her piece of parchment. "I'd like to request a book for my library, as well as for my personal studies. If you could send Flight Secrets up here as soon as possible, I'd be in great debt to you. Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle."

Spike nods, wrapping the scroll with practiced claws in a red ribbon, securing it with a gold metal sticker with Twilight's cutie mark emblazoned on it. He takes a deep breath, and exhales, a green puff of fire emerging from his mouth. The scroll vanishes in a small spurt of smoke and he smiles, wiping his claws on his chest proudly.

"Thanks Spike," smiles Twilight, then begins heading out the door.

"Where're you going?" inquires her assistant, and Twilight stops, tilting her head quizzically.

"I'm not quite sure," she replies mysteriously. "But if I'm not back by tonight, you can stay at Rarity's. I'm sure she won't mind," she adds, crossing her hooves underneath her. Spike nods, and she smiles tightly before shutting the door behind her in a small flash of magenta. Spike bends over to the book she dropped on the ground, then lets out a smoke-filled sigh.

"Can't you ever pick up after yourself?" he asks, sliding it onto a shelf and stomping to the kitchen.