The Last Mage

The Last Mage

Chapter 13: A New Friend and Revelations Part 2

They were silent and just stared at me.

“Okay... I thought that at least Pinkie would perk up at that.” I said, lowering my arms from their place over my head. I sighed. “Girls, letting this make you depressed isn't going to help anything. Live your lives and make the lives of those around you better. Cherish your loved ones and make sure that when their song does end, they are content and happy with themselves.” as I spoke my voice changed, it became ancient and wise. This was the power of Wisdom at work. The girls all visibly perked up at this. When Wisdom speaks, it's words pierce the heart and soul of those that hear.

“Hey Istar?” asked Pinkie. She was starting to become happy again.

“Yes?” I replied.

“Why does your voice change like that?” she asked. Huh, I was wondering if they would ever ask.

“I will answer the questions of all seven of you tomorrow. It's getting late and I would like to sleep. If that's okay with you Princess?” I said.

“Of course. Guard,” she said, addressing one of the guards posted near her throne. “Could you please escort Istar to his room?” she asked. Not commanded, asked.

“Of course Princess.” replied the guard in that voice only they have. As I left I heard Celestia.

“Girls, could you stay for a moment? I need to speak with you.” she said. I just shrugged it off and continued following the guard. The room was like one of those really expensive hotel rooms. I placed my staff in a corner near the door, hung my cloak and hat on the top of it and got into the ridiculously soft bed. Well, the fics definitely got some things right...

POV Switch. 3rd person, Throne room.

“Girls,” said Celestia. “Could you stay for a moment?”

“Of course Princess.” said Twilight. They had all recovered from the depression that had been setting in after that little speech by the human. Never had she seen something bring somepony back from the brink of darkness like that. It had even affected her. She wanted answers, and she wasn't going to wait until tomorrow.

“Girls, I plan on entering Istar's dreams tonight. I cannot risk him hiding any information. I understand he is your friend, but he may know something important and not even realize it.” Celestia said quickly, preparing for the tirade of negatives. It never came.

“Okay.” said Twilight. Celestia just blinked for a moment before it registered.

“What?” she asked.

“I said okay.” repeated Twilight. The others just nodded.

“W-why? Shouldn't you be against going into your friend's head against his will?” she asked them. They all started to blush.

“Actually Princess, we were kinda... Going to do that already.” Twilight said the second part quickly. Celestia just blinked again. Her student had changed a bit since moving to Ponyville.

“Uh, okay then. Meet me in my chambers at midnight so that I can perform the spell.” said the Princess.

You know the time skip drill by this point.

Midnight finally rolled around and the girls arrived, knocking on the sun-emblazoned door. It opened quickly and they hurried inside.

“Alright, we should do this quickly.” said Celestia. The girls nodded and gathered around their Princess as her horn began to glow. There was a flash and then they were... somewhere else. There was just darkness for a moment before suddenly they were standing in a very large valley. All manner of animals and plant surrounded them. They stood on a hardened dirt path leading down to a metal arch. The Princess's eyes widened.

“We aren't in a dream. We were sent directly into his mind.” she said.

“Ain't that a good thing?” asked Applejack.

“Yes, and no. We don't know what might be here.” replied the Princess.

“Well, since there's nothing here, should we just follow the path?” asked Twilight.

“Yes.” replied their Princess, who had been surprised too many times today. They began to walk and soon reached the arch. As they passed through the world changed. They were suddenly standing on a floating island of stone, the world below was a mass of mist, jagged stone spires sticking out of it. Other stones floated through the air in the distance. Some held more of the arches. And on the central island there was a structure that awed them. It was like a fountain base, but a pillar of white fire shot up out of the center into the sky, which itself was a massive vortex swirling around the point at which the fire pillar reached it. Silent lightning would occasionally strike one of the spires.

“W-what is this p-place?” squeaked  Fluttershy.

“His well of power. The source of his magic. Though it's unlike any that I've ever seen.” said the Princess.

“Yeah, mine is a giant library.” said Twilight.

“Yeah, definitely didn't see that one coming.” said Rainbow Dash, laying on the sarcasm thick.

“If'n you don't mind tellin' Princess, what's yours like?” asked Applejack. The Princess blushed.

“Cake. It involves a lot of cake.” she said. They stepped closer to the edge of the island they were on and jumped back when other stones floated forward, joining together to form a bridge. They hesitantly walked across. Upon reaching the main island the stone bridge fell apart. They had not noticed from a distance, but there were four standing stone like structures around the well. They had a constellation like design on them and a name plate. They all had a hole in the top and two of them had the constellation fully lit, and had a beam of light coming from the top, joining the well's energy in the sky.

“Power, Wisdom, Wrath, Love.” read off Pinkie. The Power stone depicted a staff and was fully lit, the Wisdom stone depicted a hat, like the one that Istar had Rarity make, The Wrath stone showed a skyward facing sword, and only the bottom most star was lit, and the Love stone had one of those stylized hearts, with the curling tops, and was a little less than half ignited.

“What are they? I've never read about anything like this.” asked Twilight. Before anyone could answer a familiar voice called out.

“They're Doomstones. Each one ignites and grants it's power to me.” Said one Istar Stormcrow, as a he floated over. He was sitting in a chair, affixed to a floating stone. Gravity seemed not to apply. “Well, it's rather rude to simply barge into someone's head, but I forgive you. Might as well give you your answers now, since it's technically tomorrow.”

“Uh...” was all any of them managed.

“C'mon everypony. Through this arch to answer your first ever question. 'How do I know the future?'” said Istar. They just complied, too shocked at how he was acting to say anything coherent. They followed and were in a living room with a large couch and some chairs. They sat down, and Istar waved his hand. In front of them a TV appeared. That was enough to get one of them out of the shock.

“You know about TV?” asked Twilight. Istar looked surprised.

“I didn't know that you knew about it.” he replied.

“They're really expensive, so only a few nobles and the Princesses have them.”

“Huh, well onto the show!” he exclaimed. This Istar seemed a lot more... spontaneous than the normal one. Then the music began.

“My little pony, my little pony, ahhhhhh ahhhhh ahhhhhh!”

************************************************************************************************************************************************************There will be a part 3 to this, concluding it. And I don't mean concluding the story. And for those of you who have complained about Istar being op or whatever, there will soon be problems he can't solve. And comedically  awkward and painful situations for him in the near future. Parasprites apparently enjoy eating clothes. And wizards.