The Outcast

When I return to the Crystal Empire, I pass through the barrier and feel a tingle pass over my body. When I look myself over, I can see that I have been gifted with a crystalline coat and can clearly see the ground through my own body, which is strange. The first thing I hear are the happy cheers of the crystal ponies all around me, when I catch my mane passing before my own eyes and then cast my spell to quickly return it to normal. I am surprised to see that the spell doesn't work, then try a few more times with the same result and groan saying, "Ugh these circumstances are very annoying and inconvenient..."

A crystal pony with a mint green coat and blue mane is overjoyed at being freed from the king's tyranny when she notices somepony walking past her and sees that they are a unicorn with a snow-white crystalline coat, having an ethereal flowing mane and tail as black as night, with glowing brilliant amber eyes. She then sees the pony slowly growing taller, and sees a pair of wings appear from their back, growing to a large size and then hang limp at their signs. She remembers something she once read long ago in a journal written by a doctor and then taps the pony on the flank and says, "E-Excuse me...c-can I ask you something?"

I freeze in place as I realize that my body is back to its original state and that my wings are dragging on the ground, thinking, 'Well...crap.' and groan saying, "Oh of all the times for my spell to wear off..." and look at the mare with a polite smile and say, "I think I know what you are going to ask me, but go ahead and ask."

The mare then prances in place with excitement as she then hastily asks, "Are you really an alicorn?" then a few snippets of extra information from a couple of ancient journals she has read causes her to take a closer look saying, "A-Are y-y-you r-really th-that alicorn? You know, the one who built the castle from nothing using his own magic?"

I sigh at how she was so knowledgeable and put the pieces together from just looking at me and think, 'I have a feeling that when this gets around to her, she is going to shit a brick and then throw it through a window at me out of frustration for the headache it will cause her' then answer her with a nod saying, "Yes I am the one that built it."

She then prances even faster as a manic grin crosses her face as she then stops prancing altogether and takes as deep a breath as she can, then bellows at the top of her lungs, "THE FIRST ALICORN HAS RETURNED!!!" which causes it to echo out across the Crystal Empire.

Cadence and the others up on the balcony gasp and rush over to look for where the scream came from as Rarity points to it first saying, "It came from right there, from the mare beside Gold Reel." then takes a better look and then sees the cutie mark she could never forget as she cocks her head and asks, "But I don't understand, he wasn't an alicorn when I met him. So when could he have became one already!!??"

Applejack walks up to her and hugs her closely saying, "Uhmm...Ah'm mighty sorry we didn't tell ya about this Rarity, but...ya see...Gold Reel was already an alicorn then and used a spell to alter his form so he could walk among other ponies without causing a fuss."

Then Fluttershy taps her shoulder and smiles sweetly saying, "That is all true, Rarity, and his name is actually Galadriel, though he prefers to be called Gold Reel when in his altered form."

Rarity's legs begin to wobble as she starts to feel dizzy from this overwhelming revelation with her eyes shrinking to pinpricks saying, "How...Huh?...Y-You...y-you all knew?" Unable to think about calling forth a fainting couch, her eyes roll back into her head as her vision fades away and becomes black.

Cadence quickly catches her with a chuckle saying, "Poor Rarity, she received too much of a shock that she outright fainted." then hears a deafening roar of cheer and looks up to where Twilight is and sighs thinking, "I think you need to warn Celestia about this development."

Twilight hears the cacophony down below as everypony is going absolutely wild about his return and quickly pulls out a quill, inkwell, and a piece of parchment, then begins to write a letter to Princess Celestia hastily, then rolls it up and puts a seal over it. She then sends it down to Spike and shouts as loud as possible for him to send it, saying, "SEND IT RIGHT AWAY, SPIKE!!!"

Spike grabs the letter floating before him curiously, barely hearing Twilight's words over the din and asks, "Uhm...did anypony hear what Twilight just said?"

Rainbow chuckles and says, "Not really, but I think she wants you to send that to Princess Celestia right away."

He then gasps and says, "OH, RIGHT!" then breathes fire on it to send it on its way.

Celestia receives a letter and smiles saying, "I wonder what good news Twilight has to share with us." then opens it and reads it aloud saying, "Dear Princess Celestia, due to unfortunate circumstances moments ago, Galadriel was apparently unable to recast his spell. When the spell wore off, he was recognized by somepony who called him 'The First Alicorn.' I just thought that you should be warned before this news spreads across Equestria like crazy." Her eyes shrink to the size of pinpricks as she stares off into nothing, shaking her head saying, "No...nonononono..." then hands the letter to Luna and begs, "Please tell me I read the letter wrong, sister!"

Luna reads the letter and sighs, then pulls her sister into a hug saying, "I'm sorry sister...but you read it correctly. Now let your little sister be your shoulder to cry on, just remember that no matter what...we will be there to have each other's backs when trouble arises."

She then sobs into her sister's mane, hanging her head over Luna's neck and holds her tightly saying, "Nooo...why does Equestria have to find out about him now of all times?! What have I done to earn this much work and stress?"

It takes me a few hours to get back to the Crystal Castle due to the vast crowd of ponies swarming around me and asking me questions, finding the six girls inside and on the balcony as Rarity is whining to her friends about not telling her I was an alicorn. I then make my way up to them when Rarity notices me and huffs indignantly saying, "Way to go on saving the Empire from King Sombra girls."

Twilight is glum about not being the one to save the Crystal Empire in the end and looks down saying, "I am happy we saved it too, but I can't help but feel like I failed my test..."

I walk up to her and bump her with my shoulder lightly saying, "Hey, all that matters is that the Empire was saved from darkness, and I'm sure that your mentor will see that. You don't always have to be the one in the spotlight you know, everyone needs their turn now and again."

She sighs and forces a smile, saying, "You're right, but I still feel that I failed." then wanders off to sulk.

Applejack sighs at how he was unable to cheer her friend up and then asks, "So Galadriel, where the hay have ya been?"

Rainbow then chuckles and says, "And dude, what's that on your head?"

I chuckle and then say, "Well, I went down a road to the north to a village and asked them if they could help me discover my past memories, which succeeded. I passed out at the end of it and when I woke up, their leader made me an honorary member because of how I reminded them of their history. So they gave me this helmet as a sign of their thanks."

Fluttershy then asks curiously, "So umm, nothing dangerous happened to you while you were here did it? You're not injured?"

I shake my head and say, "The only thing that happened was that Shining Armor and I had to fight hundreds of Sombra's slaves, which we defeated them all after I used a spell to purify the darkness that was controlling them. I am perfectly fine, Fluttershy. I would be better if my spell hadn't wore off at the exact wrong time, I sure hope that Celestia won't chew me out over it. I guess that the fight earlier and the performance I put on for the yaks took more magic out of me than I realize."

Rarity huffs and says, "Yes, in less than a week, most of Equestria is going to know there's a new alicorn around."

I look at her and smile saying, "Don't be so jealous and upset with your friends Rarity, I'm sure that Princess Celestia had her reasons to control the mayhem that is soon to follow."

Pinkie Pie then says, "Hey, do you know what this calls for?!" then jumps up and says, "A party!"

I chuckle and look at the excited pony and say, "You're right, but perhaps it would be best to wait until after we hear if Twilight passed her test or not, alright?" I then look to the others and ask, "So, anypony know when we are going to head back?"

Applejack then says, "Well, Princess Cadence said the train is here and we could leave anytime, we will get there by noon tomorrow."

With a smile I sigh and say, "Personally, I wouldn't mind staying for a while longer, but I think that we all have things to tend to. Am I right?"

They all nod as Rarity sighs and nods reluctantly saying, "I really love this shiny coat..."

I chuckle and then say, "Well, you all make your way to the train and get Twilight to come with, and I will meet you all over there after I have a quick word with Cadence."

The girls all nod and then head off to find Twilight while I wander about the castle to find Cadence, finding her in the throne room of the castle and say, "That throne suits you, Princess Cadence."

Cadence smiles and says, "Please, just call me Cadence without the title, it will take some time for us to get things settled here until we receive further word from Princess Celestia."

I then smile at her saying, "As you wish. I did recover most of my memories, but there are still gaps here and there. Though the reason I am here is that I discovered something that I think you will find quite interesting. Shall we go somewhere quiet to talk?"

Curious, she nods her head and heads towards the balcony and stops near the arch saying, "This is as good of a spot as any, the guards you saved are all in rooms below recovering. What is it you wish to tell me?"

I walk up to her and say, "I discovered in a journal that I was the one who built this castle, but there's something else too..." I then say, "Magis Amore became pregnant with my foal and gave birth, so I read the following journals and do you know what I found?"

Her eyes become as wide as saucers as her heart pounds in her chest, saying in a quiet, hopeful voice, "What did you find?"

I then say, "It led me to Queen Amore's diary, which shows that she is a direct descendant of mine, does that mean anything to you?"

Cadence's eyes tear up as she then looks at Galadriel, feeling overjoyed at hearing that name and nods saying, "Yes! It means that I am also related to you!" and abruptly hugs him saying, "It means we are family as well."

I hug her back and say, "If you want to look at the journals yourself, they are in the library. I could show you where they are if you'd like?"

She eagerly nods her head saying, "Lead the way! But let's find Shining Armor along the way so I can tell him the happy news."

I follow her as she trots down the castle, using my magic to carry my own wings and hope that I can use my form altering spell soon. As we find Shining Armor walking with Twilight towards the train station, Cadence shares the news with them both. The news causes both their jaws to drop in surprise and shock as Twilight says, "I need to write another letter...SPIKE!"

Cadence looks at Galadriel and chuckles at her sister-in-law's behavior and says, "Well, let's get on our way to the library so I can learn more about my long-lost family!"

I lead her towards the library at a swift canter at her urging, and lead her into the deepest part of the library saying, "The first one begins here." and set my wings down and pull the book out, then hand it to her saying, "The next one is just to the right of it, and they go on for a little ways, so you will be busy reading for a few days."

She looks the book over and remembers where it went so she can return for it later and looks at him happily, saying, "It feels great to have someone I can actually call grandfather, you don't mind that do you?"

I shake my head and say, "Go right ahead, for all I know, I might even be related to those six girls and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna as well. I wonder if there's a way to track down that information."

Cadence smirks and then chuckles saying, "If there is a way, it would be with magic, and I do think that Twilight might be able to figure out how to do that." She then sighs and hugs him again saying, "Thank you for showing me that we are family, it means so much that you have no idea. We better get going so you can catch your train, I'd also like to see my new sister-in-law off." and then turns and heads for the doors out of the library.

I nod and then pick my wings up with my magic and head toward the doors to the library alongside her, saying, "I think that would be wise, and it makes me happy too, my granddaughter." I then follow her out of the library, then trot towards the train station after her. After being stopped by a few ponies to answer what questions I am willing to answer, the two of us finally make it to the station to see Twilight talking to her brother.

Shining armor then smirks and nudges his sister's shoulder saying, "Everything is going to be alright. You really should stop saving my rump like this." then leans his head down towards his sister and lowers his voice saying, "It's really starting to get embarrassing."

I watch as Cadance moves to stand beside her husband as Twilight continues to believe that she failed, even after her brother tries to keep her hopes up and look at the two of them saying, "Worry not, she is just being hard on herself. I believe that everything will work out just like it should."

Cadence looks at Galadriel and walks up to him, then hugs him saying, "I hope we will see each other again, grandfather."

I hug her back one last time and smile saying, "Oh, you can certainly count on seeing me again in the future, perhaps some other day I will tell you about how I came to be here."

She then drops the hug as he backs away and smiles, saying, "I look forward to hearing about your adventures in the past, and your future adventures as well. Have a good trip back to Canterlot."

I then follow after Twilight and board the train, wondering how Celestia is going to act or what she will say after what happened in the Crystal Empire today. I make my way to a seat and lie down saying, "I can't wait until my magic comes back so I can go back to not being the center of attention, I have always tried to avoid being noticed unless something requires me to take action."

Rainbow glances at Galadriel's feathers and asks, "So...your wings...do you remember what happened to them?"

I look at her and nod my head saying, "I do, and I also know most of what happened during my time here, but if it is alright with you, I would prefer to wait until I can tell everyone at once at a later time. I think that I will wait for another opportunity to present itself or I may tell you girls separately than I tell the Princesses, though I haven't made my mind up on that yet. One thing I can tell you for certain though...is that the itching doesn't go away, not even when they are hidden within my spine from the spell I use."

Fluttershy then smiles and says, "Don't worry, the itching will go away...after a few weeks."

I chuckle along with the others at that and say, "It's going to be a long few weeks until then, how about you tell me how things went during your time here?"

As the girls all tell him the events throughout their time at the Crystal Empire, it is night time when they start to make themselves comfortable on the seats. The next day around noon, the train finally arrives at Canterlot and then they make their way to the castle so Twilight can make her report.

I wait outside with the others as they all are nervous for their friend, when the door opens and Twilight jumps out saying that she passed and then head towards the doors saying, "I knew you would Twilight, now it's time for me to go face the music for what happened due to my eagerness to help Shining Armor from becoming part of Sombra's army of mindless minions. Have a good trip back to Ponyville girls, I will see you when I am no longer grounded."

Pinkie Pie gigglesnorts at that saying, "OH THAT'S TOO FUNNY BECAUSE PRINCESS CELESTIA AND PRINCESS LUNA ARE YOUR BABYSITTERS NOW HAHAHA!" then rolls on the ground, laughing and snorting at the hilarity of it.

As I head inside, I hear a song begin to play and make my way to the throne room, where Princess Celestia looks at me with a scowl and asks with a pointed look, "So, please tell me why you thought it was necessary to let the secret of your existence out?"

I sigh and then say, "Well, what happened was that after I got there, I spent some time talking to the crystal ponies about what they knew. Which they couldn't tell me much, but I did find their library and I discovered a journal that told me that I was the one who built the crystal castle. The journal also told me that Magis Amore felt guilty about taking advantage of me the night that she saved me from freezing to death, and she wound up with foal after that. There were a bunch of other journals too, but the more important details are that I found that Queen Amore is a descendant of mine. Afterwards, I left the library and went to help Shining Armor find out what was outside the barrier, and when we got there, we found a few soldiers of Sombra's. After defeating them and freeing them from servitude, several hundreds more appeared so I had Shining Armor drag them back into the shield so I could try a spell of my own. I managed to purify them of dark magic and their servitude to him, when I then heard a voice tell me to follow the road north out of the empire if I wanted to recover my memories. So I had Shining Armor deal with bringing them back inside as I started heading for the road, and when I reached the village at the end of that road, I asked them if they might know a way for me to find my lost memories. I then followed them after preparing for a ceremony of some kind and headed to a place sacred to their people, then I performed a song and dance for them that reminded them of their forgotten history. When the song and dance was over, I was gifted most of my memories and passed out shortly after. I woke up in a hut on a bed, and I eventually found the leader in another hut and then followed him out, where he made me honorary member of their tribe, which explains these yak horns. After I left their village and headed back to the Crystal Empire to help the others out, I saw a brilliant flash followed by multi colored ribbons of light dancing across the skies. I assumed that meant that they successfully saved the Empire, so I continued on my way into the Empire to greet the others. However, I noticed that my mane had returned to normal and went to recast my spell, but it failed each time I tried it so I gave up and tried to hurry to the castle to get out of sight before my spell wore off. Unfortunately, the spell wore off in front of a crystal pony who recognized me somehow and had clearly read Magis Amore's journal, so she asked if I really was the alicorn that built the castle...and I told her the truth. Would you rather I had lied to her about it?"

Celestia groans and says, "No...but it would have been better if you had tried harder to not be seen. Do you know how much work I am going to have to do now because of you being seen by others?! Now that I know that Princess Cadence is related to you, directly through Queen Amore..." sighing exasperatedly before continuing, "I have to introduce you to the ponies of Equestria before even thinking of planning a coronation ceremony to make you royalty." She then stares at him with irritation and says, "Thank you so much for the added stress."

I sigh myself and say, "If it makes you feel any better, I would like you to forget about putting me in any kind of special position. I despise being treated as being special or god forbid...an all powerful being which I am not."

She stomps up to him and shouts, "NOT A CHANCE! You are the cause of my days being so long recently, so I think it is time that I get a little even for all the grey hairs you are giving me. It seems that your feathers will grow in just in time for the gala, I think that there will be time for you to ask Rarity for a suit to wear to the Grand Galloping Gala thisyear. I will not allow you to refuse this, so don't try to get out of it Prince Galadriel, first alicorn to appear in Equestria."

Taking a deep breath to accept my fate, I then let out a sigh and say, "Alright, where should I begin?"

Celestia then smiles and says, "At the very beginning, please, but not here, not yet. Let's relocate to my sister's chambers so you can tell us your story together." then turns and heads out of the throne room to lead him to her sister's room.

I follow her down the halls to a room at the far end of the hall and knocks on it, asking if her sister is decent. Just before she knocked however, I thought that I heard a soft moan followed by a startled eep. Not really wanting to think about what was going on behind the door, I look off to the side at a particularly interesting block.

Luna straightens herself out and tries to air the arousal out of the room, then makes herself presentable saying, "Come in sister, I am decent now."

She opens the door and walks into the room, knowing right away what she was doing when she arrived. With a smile she then looks to the door saying, "Galadriel, come in here so we can talk."

The younger sister blushes bright red as Galadriel enters the room and says, "H-How w-was your trip to the Crystal Empire Galadriel?"

Closing the door behind me, I smell a slightly floral scent in the air and then answer, "It went well, despite how I didn't have enough mana to cast my spell after defeating hundreds of Sombra's slaves and freeing them from servitude, and then using more mana during my visit to a small village northwest of the Crystal Empire."

Celestia rolls her eyes and says, "Stop going over what I can fill my sister in on later and tell us where your story begins." then makes herself comfortable right beside her sister.

I then sit down and say, "Very well, Your Highnesses." then think of how to start and say, "Well...to start off, I should tell you that I came here from another world, though it wasn't a pleasant journey I assure you." Thinking of how to help them understand, I use a small illusion spell I learned in the castle to conjure the images from my mind and into the world as visual, three-dimensional pictures and use it while starting my story, "The world I come from is the world of man, which is its own realm apart from where I come from. I was born or as I should say, 'created' by an all-powerful being called God, though he went by many other names as well..."

Luna smiles and squirms happily on the bed beside her sister and whispers, "It's been awhile since I saw this spell, I completely forgot about it. I always loved picture shows our mother told us when we went to bed, as did you..."

Celestia shushes her sister by putting her hoof to her mouth, causing Luna to giggle in a muffled manner at being proven right saying, "Shhh..."

I find amusement in their behavior and begin my tale from the day I was born, and tell them about the events of the following millennia. It takes me a few hours to get to recent times, but I then say, "I was in my chambers in Heaven City, watching the world of man and was saddened at how they refused to get along with each other. So I then looked away and saw the pictures around my room, each of them a moment when we intervened in mankind's affairs. As my disappointment grew, I made my way to the chair and started to read Noah's Challenges, but for some reason, I started to feel restless. I put the book away while wondering why I felt that way, when I realized that I was bored of sitting around. So I decided to go on a flight around the city to dispel that feeling, but it didn't really help much as I continued to think of how to deal with my boredom. Then I thought I might find some trespassing demons causing trouble on Earth doing a patrol, so I then headed to the Armory."

They both sit there, entranced by the detailed images that change regularly as he goes through the story, seeing the image of his friend Anuram and hears Galadriel tell them how he advised him to take his assigned weapon with him, seeing the image change to a beautifully crafted double-bladed spear. Listening to his story as the images of 'Michael' and 'Gabriel' appear, making Luna lean toward her sister's ear saying, "I think the older one with white wings is quite attractive, what about you?"

She leans into her other sister's ear saying, "Well, I prefer the one with the grey wings."

Luna then giggles and says, "You always did have a thing for troublemakers..."

Celestia then smirks and says, "Yeah, and you have a thing for older ponies."

I smirk and keep telling my story through their mareish behavior and tell them how they warned me that the End of Days was approaching soon and that I had to be careful and remain unnoticed by man, or I'd be in really big trouble. I then get to the part about how I passed through the veil and came across the soul of a teenage human girl falling towards the earth, cradling her in my arms like a child and asked her to tell me what troubles her soul. I then continue on saying, "When the girl told me what some evil humans did to her, I asked her to guide me to where those foul deeds happened. The location she led me to was an abandoned church somewhere in Philadelphia, and when I got there...what I angered me so much. Let me alter the spell a bit, do you want to hear the sound as the scene plays through?"

The two look at each other and then look back at him and nod quickly as Luna says, "If you wouldn't mind, that would be nice."

I nod and then alter the spell saying, "I warn you now, this next part is very bad. Please remember that these events have already happened so there is nothing that can be done to save them."

Equis watches from her cave as he shows them his arrival and tampers with the spell slightly, changing the point of view to be in third person instead, saying, "Now that's better, they can have a better look at what he went through."

They both nod and watch as he casts the spell, showing them him kicking the door down and walking in as if he owned the building. shifting their eyes around the room to see the full scene, Luna points her hoof at the naked figure of a human teenage girl bound to an altar with blood running down either side of it as tears run down her face. As they watch the ensuing fight and hear what is said, they nearly throw up at seeing two humans being cut in half with the spear. After the fight ends, they are shocked as they see a strange creature having a dragon-like body when they see Galadriel kneel down and pray to his brothers, calling for their aid against the dragon-like creature he called a Fallen Angel named Leviathan. Galadriel attacks the creature to keep it busy until his brother can arrive, using his wings to protect him from its fire. They watch in awe at the strength of his older brother as he stabs the creature through the neck, thinking it is over as it thrashes and destroys one part of the church. When the thrashing causes the roof to collapse upon the creature, the steeple follows shortly after, causing the church bell to ring as it tumbles to the ground. The spear is pulled out of Leviathan's neck as a brief conversation ensues, revealing to Celestia and Luna that the Fallen Angel was once like the other angels, but had their forms altered as punishment for their sins and then were cast down. The other side of the church's wall falls as Leviathan finally pulls himself free from under the debris as the older brother tells him that they will have their war a different day, then rushes forth and puts his spear through Leviathan's neck. He then flies up and tips him over backward, into the open portal to return to hell from where he came. A brief cheer comes from their lips before they fall silent as the scene continues to play out, showing them how unhappy his older brother was with Galadriel for causing things to go this far.

The scene continues to play out as Galadriel is told to return once his task here is done, with the older brother heading into the sky to wait for his brother. Galadriel then looks for the spirits of the young teenage girls that were all sacrificed, finding them at a nearby church and lands by them. The princesses watch as he leads them around and helps them to move on before joining his brother above the destroyed remains of the church and returning to heaven. Galadriel is then escorted by his brother before the throne of a tall being that they can't see the features of as he speaks to the two angels, then directs his attention to Galadriel and begins to scold him as a father should. Celestia and Luna both gasp as they watch and listen while Michael uses the blunt end of the spear to shatter the bases of both wings, then uses the blade to place a curse on both wing bases to completely block holy healing there. Tears flow from their eyes as they look at how his wings hang uselessly from his back, knowing he will never fly again unless the curse can be broken and his wings can be healed. They watch Galadriel's father raise his hand and use his power to stain the tips of his beautiful, gold flecked wings the same red color of blood. With bated breath, they listen and watch as God asks him to follow him to the tower to be cast out.

Hearing Galadriel's father grant him gifts for helping the young souls cheers up the two princesses as he then looks to the older brother and dismisses him. They then hear his brother whisper an apology to Galadriel, which he replies and tells his older brother to not be sorry because it was his own fault. Galadriel then gets up and follows his father around the throne and out onto a balcony when a section of the railing sinks down towards the floor, then moves to stand before him to receive his final gifts as the princesses notice tears trailing down Galadriel's father's face. They hear him tell his father not to cry and that he should have obeyed the rules, then owns his mistake with no regrets of how he helped those young girls' souls.

Celestia and Luna watch intently, taking shallow breaths as they watch Galadriel's father create a powder and then blow it across his face, telling him those are his last two gifts from him, then to repent his sins and learn from his mistakes because he will lose his angelic form once he leaves. Their breaths hitch in their throat as he uses his hand to make Galadriel face the lowered rail of the balcony, then grips him by the back of his neck and raises him high into the air saying, "Now begone from this sacred place, vile sinner!" He brings Galadriel back and channels his powers into surrounding his son with a bright white aura before hurling him off the balcony, causing the two princesses watching the scene play out through the spell to inhale sharply in a gasp when the aura becomes a blazing inferno that races away from the balcony.

They watch the flaming inferno as it eventually burns out to reveal green lands around it, causing the two sisters to gasp as they recognize the forest Galadriel is heading for as Celestia says, "That must be the Everfree...many years ago." They watch as he uses his arms to try to protect himself from the inevitable impact, when he slams into the ground, it has enough force to create a crater as big around as their old castle. As he crawls from the crater, they watch as his body begins to change. The transition into that of a pony is a painful one, though he doesn't cry out in pain. His wings emerge from his back with feathers the same exact color with gold flecks scattered throughout them with blood-red tips on each primary and secondary feather. When the changes continue, they both can't help but ogle the stallion's member as it changes and retreats back into the sheath. After the changes complete, they look at the alicorn as it looks exactly the same as Galadriel does now except for having a regular mane and tail. Another thing they notice is that he doesn't have a cutie mark yet, making them both gasp with surprise.

The princesses watch the story continue on, with Galadriel crawling his way out of the forest on his stomach. When he reaches the edge of the forest, they giggle as he snorts at his long hair over his eyes and shakes his head to get it to the side. They are surprised once again as he attempts to speak to the pony before him, but doesn't speak back when another pony uses sounds. Luna gasps at recognizing the language and says, "SISTER, this is from way before Equestria existed, the language the stallion is using is the language all ponies spoke before we could form vowels or consonants!"

With this revelation, Celestia uses her magic to summon a lot of paper, quills and inkwells and begins writing down observations while Luna chuckles at her and teases her about her student rubbing off on her.

As the story is told, Luna gasps at the newborn foals and says, "Aren't they so cute sis? Doesn't that just want you to have your own?"

Celestia rolls her eyes and says, "No thank you, if I had a foal of my own, I would never get anything done."

Luna and her sister watch the story continue when she recognizes a place surrounded by snow, looking down upon a city built from gold and silver, causing her to gasp and say, "SISTER, THAT'S SADDLELANTIS!"

She furiously writes each detail down as the event unfolds before their very eyes, watching as the city is destroyed when he starts using his tail to swat at either side of his flanks. As the filly asks about what he is and he tells her he doesn't know, she begins to speak her mind come up with some sort of a name as Celestia then mumbles, "Wait...don't tell me this is..." when she hears the filly cry out in happiness as she came up with something and says Alicorn.

A few moments pass as she suggests to go find a stream to get rid of the itching when a sudden flash on the filly's rear, catching the princesses eyes immediately as an image appears in its place and is eventually called a 'Cutie Mark' by Galadriel. Another flash catches their eye, which comes from Galadriel's rear. When they look at it, they see the cutie mark the same as the one he bears. They watch as he ventures into the snowy lands, and nearly freezing to death along with the filly, Light Bright when they are discovered and saved by Magis Amore. After seeing how he used his power to ask the mountain for a gift, being the Crystal Heart, he then called forth a tall crystal castle.

The story continues on as Luna's room begins to fill with stacks upon stacks of filled paper as Celestia replaces yet another quill and inkwell as they see a buffalo herd approach in the three-dimensional image when it suddenly goes blank as Celestia asks, "What happened?"

I then sigh and say, "There's a gap in my memory, so mark the rest of the page as being a gap to be filled in later. Be sure to make a note with the next continuation, which I can't really show you because it is a voice I hear in my sleep. So make the necessary marks and notes so I can continue the next part."

She nods and hastily makes the notes, even writing memory gap on the center of a fresh page with a note reading, 'Next part involves hearing a voice inside Galadriel's mind.' then looks up at him and says, "I'm ready, please continue...oh old one."

I then chuckle and tell them about the voice that spoke to me and warned me about someone named Grogar coming after me, offering me a way to spare my herd from his wrath but requesting I do something for her in return. I then proceed to tell her about the remainder of the conversation, leaving no details out.

Celestia replaces another inkwell and sighs saying, "I hope this story ends soon, I might be starting to run low on paper, quills, and inkwells..."

I then grin and say, "Don't worry it is almost over." then resume using my three-dimensional spell to show them what happened afterwards.

By the time they both watch Grogar steal a great deal of his magic before calling forth a portal and sending Galadriel through it to Tartarus, Luna's room is absolutely filled with stacks upon stacks upon stacks of paper as Luna groans saying, "Sister, can you teleport this somewhere? I can't even see the door or even walk or fly to it like this!"

She then chuckles and says, "Sorry, sister, I didn't mean to almost swamp us in paperwork, hehehe." then asks, "Is that all there is to the story?"

I chuckle and say, "I don't remember anything after that about my time in Tartarus so I would say mark it as a gap page with a note saying the next part will have Continuation at the top when I recover more of my memory."

Celestia then sighs and makes the necessary notes and then moves it to the last stack she was working on, then teleports it to a large storage room under the castle, saying, "Well, thank you for sharing your memories with us, but it is time for Luna and I to change the day to night and for her to begin her nightly duties."

Luna then says, "Your right sister, let's do that so you can get some sleep." and looks at Galadriel and says, "Here is what I want you to do, so please make yourself helpful for once." then writes something down on a paper and hands it to him saying, "Now please be on your way, Galadriel while my sister and I take care of the cycle."

I read the letter and smile, then nod my head saying, "It would be my pleasure to assist you with your nightly duties, Your Highness." then leave the room to get the cart to start swapping out the old lavender bundles out with the new ones. As I retrieve the cart, I make my way through the halls, looking for old bundles to replace and then check each room. I find it relatively easy to tell which flowers are old and take them down, taking the pile of old lavender with me and leave it at the end of each major hallway.