Trials And Errors
Meeting the Princess
Previous ChapterNext ChapterCelestia had rushed towards the location of the Fox, she did not wish to risk this innocent creature to be captured by evil or hostile ponies. The guards were confused by her motives, but they did not understand the severity. A child with Omnipotent magic and Omniscient, with the possibility of being Omnipresent in the future means this is a child of the Gods.
This also means that if scientist confirms of her near infinite magic, and infinite knowledge it would be highly likely it would be a child of the Gods.
Celestia hurriedly entered her Royal Carriage, The guards still in shock from the sudden movement, was shook out of their mental stall with a loud shout from Celestia. "Get me to the city of Hoofington! This is a Code black! I repeat a Code Black!"
Code black a situation that two definitions, one is a end of the world, country, government or the death of Celestia. Or it could mean, possible capture of a world ending weapon that had been developed.
The guards instantly shot into the air, pushing their bodies to their absolute max, knowing after this trip they would be out for the count for a few days in critical condition.
The trip was going to be bumpy and fast pace, unlike the usual slow trips to keep her guards from stress, and making the ride smooth. She knew that she would have to get the Hoofington guards to assist in this endeavor. She can not allow that Fox in the hands of the enemies, because she could easily cause a Case #4 Code Black. A end of the world scenario.
When they arrived to Hoofington, they all saw something they though could never happen, the entire city was on fire. The screams of the dying and injured could be heard for miles, Celestia started to tear up.
"Damn!" The guards jaw dropped from the crude language, "Those assholes in the Hoofington gang likely wanted to create chaos to slow us down! I cant believe I'm saying this. Ignore the Injured we must find the ones responsible, and secure the package!" though in her head was a different story, 'Why did I not request backup from Canterlot?! Why did I not try to just teleport! Why did I not remove these damn power restraints to get here faster than light?!' She was cursing her self for not thinking clearly, she knew she was overwhelmed, but that was not a excuse for allowing a entire city to fall!
Suddenly the very air shook from a huge explosion of magic, a inequine scream filled the ears of the guards and Celestia, who knew the emotions behind that scream. Rage.
A few minutes earlier, Lucky Heart was playing with her big brother, Solar flare, the oldest pony in the orphanage, "Big Brother! Can we play a game?" He smiled softly but shook his head, "Aww but I wanna play tag!"
"Sorry Lucky, but we both have issues. I also have to go to town, you wanna follow?" Lucky nodded , "Come one then!"
Leaving the orphanage neither Flare or Lucky realized how much this simple action changed both of their lives.
A pony in shadows, watched their movements with a sadistic grin. "They are on the move boss, this will make gaining your newest pawn easy, though its sad she has company. Though we could use the boy as a hostage, Gaining her help by force?"
The pony in shadows was silent for a few seconds before frowning, "But getting her help will be a pain. Fine boss."
Meanwhile the pony and Fox duo was entering the market but was stopped by a muscular earth pony, He was generic and forgettable except for the scar over his eye.
"Well, Well, Well. A Colt and his pet fox? How cute! It honestly disgust me, Blah. Why would boss want something like you?!" The Earth pony glared at Lucky causing her to shrink back.
Solar flare glared at the Earth Pony knowing he was outmatched, "Leave her alone you foalnapper!"
The burly earth pony snarled at Solar flare, "Listen well kid you would do your self a favor and be silent, unless you wish to end up in a coma for years to come. I wont take shit from you pipsqueak, your to small and weak to even bruise me."
Solar flare grit his teeth in agitation, His horn started to flicker with his magic. The golden sheen of magic across his horn started to grow brighter and brighter. Then he shouted, "Hostile Sun!" Those words were the trigger for his magic, in a instant the gun became blood red and shone down on the city in superheated plasma waves. These plasma waves caused the entire city to almost instantly be engulfed in flames.
The Burly Stallion was not expecting this to happen so when it did, he could only scream in pain.
The Magic attack only lasted for a few seconds but when it faded everything was in ruins, the only question is how did this happen by one single colt?
Lucky could see Solar standing on his hoofs before suddenly spitting up a glob of blood. His eyes were wide in shock and fear. "T-that attack.. d-drained m-my l-l-lifeforce." With his peace being said he fell over already dead before hitting the ground. Lucky Heart was frozen in fear, But one pony wasn't.
The burly earth pony who was hit by the direct hostile sun magic was still alive, He was covered in burns and you could even see his bones in some area, but he was still standing. His face was half melted off, showing part of his skull. When he spoke it was raspy and grating, but the underlying pain in his voice was very audible. "Stupid kid! He wasn't even thinking! He just caused tons of attention to not himself but you! Dammit! Boss is gonna get ticked and kill me! He just basically wiped out this city!" The Stallion glared at Lucky Heart, who just now noticed him standing, and grinned a very blood chilling grin. "I hope boss don't mind if the cargo becomes slightly dented, I wonder how much pain you can take kit." Lucky Heart backed away, The Stallion only grinned, but did something that cost him his life. He kicked the dead body of Solar flare away like a insect.
Suddenly time stopped for Lucky Heart, she was moving towards the body as fast as she could, knowing her 2 year old body would not be strong enough physically. She used something else, her magic. Instantly the very magic in the air became thick as it rushed to do the will of its master, A cushion of magic threads form to hold the body Solar flare. When time resumes, The Stallion blinks when he realizes his prey is gone.
But the suddenly magic shockwave causes his eyes to widen in fear and look at the fox, whose entire body was trembling, not of fear like he assumed but rage.
Those Violet & Red swirled eyes started to fade into the whites of her eyes, but it seemed like she was resisting all she could.
The Stallion could have ran at this point, use his brain and assess the situation was a failure, but his dumbass said something that causes the tiny fox to snap. "Well look here little fox is protecting her little trash bag of a 'brother'." The very instant he said that he regretted it, because the fox had stopped trembling, stopped resisting.
That didn't make him regret it though, what did was the pure killing intent and magic in the air, It was enough to suffocate any creature.
And suddenly the expression of the little fox became tranquil, like nothing could bother her. It was all a lie, in a second she screamed, that most terrifying scream every heard. It caused the very world to shake in fright, The God of Creation was pissed, and the very world knew it.
When Celestia arrived on site, she knew something was wrong. The Little form of the fox had changed from her soft colors. Instead of soft glowing white fur it was now jagged and made her look monstrous, Her canines, normally a bright white that shined like the sun was now yellow. Her face etched in a angry snarl, the amount of magic leaking from her body was enough to cause Celestia to choke, she was truly Omnipotent. The magic leaving her body didn't stop even with the truly insane magic expulsion it seemed to have no effect on her.
The Fox was looking towards at burly Earth Pony stallion covered in burns and blood. What truly caught Celestia attention was the dead body of a Unicorn colt, and how Lucky was protecting it.
Celestia immediately rushed into action, her magical restraints came off and hit the ground inside the carriage. The restraints without the magic gravity negators, hit the ground with a ear shattering bomb! The weight of all those was similar to a city sized boulder.
Celestia became a blur to everypony a white rainbow blur, Her muscles already adjusting to the sudden loss in weight. She landed Infront of Lucky in the blink of an eye, already knowing her actions have repercussions. The Stallions eyes shot wide open seeing the Princess in all her furious glory.
He even noticed her lack of attire, though he had no idea what it meant besides she was serious.
When she spoke the calm kind tone was missing and in its place was a cold emotionless void. "You have not only attacked and killed a innocent colt but also attack an asset to Equestria. Your sentence is as followed, Burn and be Destroyed. Solar Barrage." As if upon command, thousands upon thousands of blast of Solar energy came flying from the sun at supersonic speeds. The sheer volume of Solar Blast was enough to scare the life out of anyone, But it was all focused on one single location. Him.
The explosion was short-lived and powerful. Lucky Heart glared at Celestia and snarled, the guards almost immediately came to protect her. Then she raised one hoof, they froze.
Celestia looked at Lucky and smiled softly, her cold expression being changed back to a warm smile. "Hey." Lucky Hearts ears perked up instantly, "Its okay I know you lost someone important to you, but your so young. Do you think he would want you to be angry at everything and everyone?" Lucky Heart's eyes started to flicker into existence. "Do you think he would want you to be mad at your self when your only two years old?" Tears started to leak from her eyes, Celestia knew she breaking through to Lucky. "Would he want you to enjoy your life and make as many friends as you can? Or would he want you to hold hatred in your heart?" The tears started to build in larger numbers. "Its okay to cry and be weak sometime as long as you have friends to guard your back while you mourn, He would want you to have fun and protect those close to you with all your life." Lucky Heart nodded. "Then do it, Show everyone they cannot hold you down." Almost instantly the ragged fur and yellow teeth disappeared, she was back to the glowing white fox with black tips. Those violet & red swirled eyes held a bright light in them.
"Y-yes ma'am!"
Celestia smiled, "Lets start new, I'm Celestia." The little kits eyes widen before she bowed as low as she could being so close to the ground. Celestia just giggled, "Its fine you don't have to bow." Lucky Heart nodded, "What is your name?"
"Lucky Heart!" The adorable chirp that came from the fox made Celestia's heart almost melt, she was just so cute! "It's nice to meet you Miss Princess! I wanna be as pretty as you when I get older!"
Celestia chortled, "You will be I can already tell." That caused Lucky heart to brighten even more, that ethereal glow off her body became even brighter but never painful to look at.
"YAY!" The High-pitched squeal did hurt the guards ears though. Then the glow around her darkened slightly when her eyes landed on the body of Solar Flare. "What should we do about Big Bro?" Celestia frowned when the guards bristled angrily, but she spoke first, "We will give the Canterlot Royal funeral. Its the least we can do for arriving late."
The guards froze in shock and suddenly fear when they saw the intense glare from Celestia. It made their blood freeze, they knew they could have just screwed up to the point of execution. Which wouldn't be that far off, considering Celestia wanted it on their side.
Celestia looked towards Lucky Heart, she saw the tears the tiny fox shed, she knew what must be done. She was going to adopt her. She had to.
She walked towards Lucky Heart and sat right next to her. "Hey." Lucky heart looked to Celestia, "Wanna come with me? I feel you have a huge destiny before you and I wanna help you on that journey." Lucky Heart gave her suspicious glance before nodding. "Well I will have to adopt you. Would you like that?" Lucky Heart frowned, "You will still be able to visit those in this orphanage if that is your concern." Lucky nodded, "Good!" Celestia smiled, "Now follow me I have to get the adoption papers ready."
Celestia and Lucky Heart made their way to the Orphanage, and saw 'Grandma' looking worried when she didn't see Solar Flare.
Celestia then spoke, "I am sorry Miss, but I had bad news to report." Though before she could continue she was interrupted by 'Grandma'.
"He's dead isn't he?" Celestia could only nod, she expected them to cry and to be angry she was not expecting this. They only frowned, "We knew something terrible happened when we felt Lucky's magic signature spike to such extreme levels, though we assumed it would be fine." A soft tear leaked from the old ponies eye, "We will mourn his loss, he was such a great child, we almost adopted him as our own." Celestia was confused by their acceptance of the loss with no emotional outburst. Seeing her reaction the Old mare sighed, "You must think of us as callous, we just, this isn't the first or even the second time this happened. It has happened for years and years, It just sad that most children in this city wont make it to the age of 10!" Blink, Celestia was heavily confused, age of 10 was the maximum age of a colt and filly. What the hell is happening here?
Celestia sighed, "What is happening to cause foals to either die or go missing?" The Elderly couple froze in fear, Celestia noticed. "So you have been bribed to keep silent I suppose?" No answer came, "Fine I will send a battalion of guards here. I will not allow for the young to be killed off like lambs to the slaughter." She looked back to Lucky Heart, "I will be adopting her, I will have my personal advisors take care of this. I have been slacking off for to long, I had forgotten how hateful my ponies could be."
The elderly couple looked in to the eyes of the princess and saw something that wasn't there before, a bright ethereal flame that burned with the brightness of a hundred suns. "I have been peaceful for to long, it is time for ponies to remember what wrath looks like." From that day onward the old Celestia who only wished for peace even in the hardest time was gone replaced with the Wrath of the Sun, the side of Celestia only seen in war.
When Celestia arrived back at Canterlot with one very confused fox in tow, The nobles were disgusted by her very existence. That was until, Celestia glared at them all.
"Princess who is this?" Private Shining Armor, Celestia personal guard.
She smiled at the Private, "This is my new child, Everyone please meet Princess Heart." Lucky heart blinked in confusion, but the sudden rush of knowledge from everyone near her gave her and idea of what to do. She smiles not showing a single sharp tooth and bowed.
"She will be the head of R&D in the future, but for now she will be trained in all fields of life, from combat to house keeping. I wish to see how much knowledge she can take in, now excuse me I have to go to my student, 15 years old and nearly able to rival the most intelligent ponies of all time, she is more intelligent than Starswirl when he was at her age, just imagine the brilliant mind she will have in a few years. " Celestia smirked and looked at Lucky. "Only outclassed by you my sweet fox."
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