Celestia looked off remembering the past. “I suppose I should start at the beginning. Back when Discord was still in power both Luna and I discovered the magic that everypony uses today. The magic that we used to use was weak, but it had no consequences when it was used. My sister and I were not strong enough to defeat Discord on our own. Unlike what the books say, we were able to convince everypony to fight alongside us, but even still we needed more.”

Twilight interrupted by summoning her notebook and quill. “So you did get help from your future citizens?!”

Within seconds the notebook ash fell from where the notebook once stood. “Twilight. This is not recorded for a reason. I only hope you will understand.”

Twilight was silent. A feeling of slight dread creeping over her. “Understand what, princess? I-Is something wrong?” She spoke with worry on her tongue.

Celestial was silent for a heavy moment. “...No, and hopefully it will stay that way. Now like I was saying. We needed more power. Normal magic of the time just wouldn’t cut it. We had to resort to darker means… a magic with grave drawbacks. It’s what we use today.”

“What do you mean by drawbacks? I’ve never had any problems with it… well for the most part…” Twilight levitated a couch pillow before them spinning it slightly.

The sun princess seemed to hide away a pained expression as she went back to her thoughts. “You’re ancestor Starswirl The Bearded discovered this secret… He said that he was going to fix everything. It was the last time I saw him. The last time anypony saw him…”

Twilight’s curiosity peaked at the mention of the great arcane wizard. “What happened? Did he leave an explanation on his experience?”

Saddened Celestia relieved her curiosity. “ he left the beginning of a journal. At the time we had no idea of disastrous choice we made. The cost of our magic. Our very souls…”

The pillow fell.

“What?! What do you mean our souls?” Fear ran through Twilight.

“You’ve whiteness day it yourself. The burning of a soul in a living creature. It appears that the magic has spread so thick that it can burn the unadapted… This is what we discovered upon entering Starswirl’s chambers. Ash… It seems using the old magic will cause it to flare up… once it does, it uses the hosts soul to make itself stronger.”

Twilight relaxed. “So we just don’t use the old magic then. Problem solved.”

“No. The same will happen once they pass away naturally. It’s just the body won’t burn.”

Twilight stood up. “Then what can we do?!”

Celestia shook her head softly. “There’s nothing we can do. It’s gotten so bad that it’s affecting the weather. I had to task the Pegasi with the task of controlling it. It used to manage itself but the magic has gotten so thick that it has been compressing the clouds.”

“So there’s nothing we can do? But… my friends… my family… Spike… all of them?” She was nearly in tears.

A lone nod was all Celestia could muster.

“I-I think I should go…” Twilight stood to make her exit but was stopped by a hoof.

“You must remember. You can’t let this get out. It would cause chaos across Equestria.”

Looking back at Celestia with tears flowing a muffled response was heard. “O-Ok…” and so she left as she closed the door.

Three days have passed. Celestia POV.

It was near the end of day court as a peculiar guest arrived. Spike was escorted by two guards to meet me. “Hello Spike. How have you been?”

Spike scratched the back of his neck. “Not good actually. I’ve been searching for three days, but the girls and I haven’t been able to find Twilight. All we found was in her old room in the castle. Some really old book that not even Rarity could read and a dust pile, cut that’s it. Do you know where she might have gone?”

Author's Note

I hope you all enjoyed it... don’t hate too much...

Also I need someone who wants to make a fimfic with me. The setup is kinda like rping and you don’t need experience. It’s literally a self insert into Equestria, just I’ll control the world or you to make it look realistic. Message me if you are interested!