The Nameless Legend

Snowdrop opened her eyes. The familiar darkness greeted her like ever other morning and she greeted it back with a tired yawn. She rollen to the edge of her bed and hopped in out of it. Feeling another yawn incoming, she denied herself the second one.

Didn't she woke up because she heard some noises?

The white mare shook her head, hoping to perk herself fully up. Snowdrop trotted towards the window in her room and placed her hoof on the glass and began feeling the warmth of the morning sun on her fur.

"I suppose mom left already if the sun is this high up.", Snowdrop concluded and removed her hoof from the windowpane.

Her train of thought drifted towards the other pony currently sharing the same roof with her. "But is he still sleeping?", she said and opted in the dircetion of her door.

"Only one way to find out", she decided and opened the door.

Driven by her curiosity, her path went directly to the guest room. Simply staning before the door, she was unsure what exactly to do now. It sounded much easier in her head, now she had doubts.

Should she just knock with her hoof?

"But what if he's still sleeping?"

Snowdrop was about to leave again and rethink her whole approach to him again. However she suddenly heard a loud voice in Seeker's room and stopped in her motion. "So he's up?", Snowdrop's curiosity got the better of her and she knocked on the wooden door.

No response from inside the room. Only Silence.

She hesitantly knocked again and pressed her left ear against the obstacle. Did she imagined the noises? Should she just try opening it?

"Coming!", Seeker finally answered and Snowdrop heard something clatter. She heard a klick, followed by mildly squeaking that indicated that the door was now open.

"Already awake? Good morning Snowdrop", Seeker greeted her in a friendly tone. "Please come in, your timing is good."

"Good morning. I hope you slept well", Snowdrop said cheerfully before she entered his room.

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Moments prior Seeker had hastily thrown over his mantle and simultaneously disposed the crystal in one the coat pockets. Everything was set. Almost at least - Snowdrop just needed to play along now.

"I borrowed some cushions and a blanket from downstairs. Please lay down", he stated and guided her to the makeshift 'bed' he made for convenience. Seeker felt her shaking a bit, her motion was rigid.

"Scared?", Seeker asked out of necessary concern.

"Maybe a little, but more excited than scared", the now sitting mare said somewhat bravely and tried to relax, while Seeker grabbed the salve.

"Well, I guess we can start. Just say something when you feel uncomfortable, also...". He took a deep breath. "... we can chat a little if it eases your mind." Seeker already felt regreting his suggestion, yet he could't find a better solution to distract Snowdrop from her anxiety.

The white mare nodded hastily, the motion caused her fluffy hair to wip up and down. It was obvious she was eager to start, despite her bashfulness.

Silently hoping to avoid certain scenarios, Seeker focusing on the now laying Snowdrop and sat down next to her head.

"Now please close your eyes."

Seeker dipped his hoof in the silver tincture and began spreading it gently on her eyelids. The sudden contact made her twitch a little.

"What is this? It feels weird."

"Just a harmless salve I learned making from Zebras", Seeker explained with a smirk, it seemed like a great start.

"Zebras?"

"Never heard of them? A few live in a hidden area of the Everfree Forest, but there are a lot more beyond the Equestrian boarders. They look pretty much like Earth Ponies, except for the fact that their coat has black white stripes."

He dipped his hoof again in the salve and continued spreading it over Snowdrop's eyes. She no longer showed any form of uneasiness.

"Traveling seems funny", Snowdrop giggled happily at the idea of visiting foreign countries.

Seeker finished applying the salve and looked at Snowdrop's silver shimmering eyes. "It's... challenging sometimes, but the world we live in has much to offer".

"So what does this salve exactly do?"

"It depends on the ingredients. Right now it helps me to determine a solution for your blindness as well as strengthening the magic that lies in you", Seeker said while fetching his crystalline 'friend' out of his coat pocket. The red crystal hissed just quietly enough at him, so Snowdrop wouldn't hear it. Seeker guessed it was still angry at him from his disrespectful behaviour earlier.

Seeker placed the crystal on Snowdrop's forehead and grabbed Snowdrop's head. The mare held her breath at the contact for a short moment.

"And now...", he whispered.

"Connect"

The red crystal began floating over Snowdrops face, while slowly rotating in a clockwise direction - emitting strong light again. Seeker removed his left hoof from Snowdrops head and touched the spinning jewel. The contact caused the gem to emit even stronger light until it engulfed both ponies in a orb of pure red.

The spell was completed.

Snowdrop passed out.

Seeker's mind linked with Snowdrop's now unconscious body. As he slowly pushed away the conflicting sensation his spell gave him, he wasted no time starting to look through her physical and mental conditions.

"The eyes are looking undamaged"

He concentrated more. After checking nerve strands and the whole function of the brain he was able to narrow down the source of Snowdrop's blindness to the only logical conclusion he could muster. With a frustrated growl he broke the magical connection to Snowdrop. The gem started floating down to the unconscious mare again and was snatched by Seeker it mid air.

"It has to be a inherited birth defect. That explains, why even Alicorn magic wasn't able to heal her eyes. Healing her eye is impossible, if there isn't something to heal to begin with."

Seeker had hoped to find something the ponies before him had overlooked, but straight up healing was out of question now. With the easy way on solving Snowdrops dilemma out of the way, he began considering his left options... or rather his only real option left. "I guess, I'll have to be a little bit more creative," He joked loudly, so the crystal could hear him.

"What do you need?", the red stone grumbled.

Seeker smiled. It was still a fake one. He know the decision he was about to make, would result in a very unpleasant situation for him later.

"Comb through the information you have about the Crystal Heart, especially the spell used for it's creation."

The crystal was shortly mute. After hearing the request it yelled:"Have you gotten completely insane now? Replicating a spell of this caliber in your current state is far beyond stupidity."

The smile Seeker had put on deepened. "Ortus... . Just. Do. It.", he emphasized every word in a clearly annoyed tone. "I want to be done here, before Snowdrop wakes up - so be ready when I get back," the stallion commanded in a more direct tone. He placed the gem on the floor and left hastily the room .

In the hallway Seeker immediately aimed toward the storage chamber, where he saw the processed snowflakes on the day before. He entered it and was greeted again by the absurd amount of filled jars.

"I hope she won't complain, if I take one without permission."

As he randomly looked over the jars, his eyes fell upon a rather irregular snowflake,. It had an uneven form with nine holes in differend sizes, but he couldn't stop staring at it. Seeker found it somehow beautiful.

"My, my. You look like an odd one", he stated amused, while grabbing the jar with one of his grey wings.

Deeming it fit for the plan he had in mind, he removed the cap with his mouth and his free wing took the snowflake with a swift movement out of the jar. Seeker placed the glass back, before he went through the door and closed it behind him.

With the snowflake resting save in his right coat pocket Seeker returned to his room. Snowdrop was still lying motionless on her pillows, Ortus right next to her.

Seeker know the crystal had already the needed information. He looked at the crystal with determination in his eyes.

"And you are really sure about that? You only know her for one day now and she mostly asked you questions you didn't even wanted to answer", Ortus tried again to reason with him.

Seeker laughed at this statement.

"Luna most likely told her some stories about me. I believe in her perception I am some sort of hero, hilarious isn't it? But heartwarming. I can see why Luna is so deeply attached to her. However now... "

The grey stallion placed the snowflake on the ground and closed his eyes. He slowly let every emotion he had in his mind go - there was no need to feel something anymore. He concentrated. Not on Luna. Not on Snowdrop. Not on anypony. Seeker only focused solely on himself.

"... I think it's time I get a bit more serious."

Seekers cutie mark started glowing from under his mantle and his wings slowly began losing feathers, which turned to dust as they fell to the ground.

At the same time something elongated on his forehead began to emerge. The growing rush of power nearly overwhelmed Seeker and he felt his own exhaustion even more.

More feathers fell out, the thing on his head grew larger and larger.

Seeker opened his eyes. His wings were now fully gone from under his mantle and he shot a short gaze at his silver grey horn.

With his transformation in a unicorn completed, the stallion mumbled under his breath: "It seems like, I'm taking my boastful words back. I'll need a horn after all, dear Primrose."