The Everfree Incident

by Anonypony

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Celestia, Dark, Alternate Universe, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 1597

Letters and other documents relating to a recent happening near the Everfree Forest.

Hello scientist. Contained within the following packet are the relevant, uncensored documents related to exhibit 14-232 in the Canterlot Museum. This information is for your eyes only, as all of it is still classified information. Please destroy these papers once you are done reading them.

Published 2012-10-05 00:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-10-05 00:40:01 UTC

The Documents Within

Equestrian Intelligence Agency

Incident Report: #46881235

Approx 3 days ago

Unknown organism appeared near the boundaries of the Everfree Forest. High power war magic was used against the creature, leaving little to no remains, and heavily damaging the surrounding area. Reports from influential individuals follow, detailing the situation.

Report from Princess Celestia;

Shortly after sensing a large amount of magic used at once, I felt something access the power of the Sun. It was channeled forth in a devastating beam of plasma to the surface of our planet using even greater amounts of magic. Twilight denies any involvement in the spell, and Discord is sealed, so the source of the magic remains unknown. After feeling both of these spells be fired off, I teleported to the location, and severed the spell. Unfortunately, whatever the creature being targeted was, it had been destroyed already. A long, charred path marked the movement of the being as it tried to escape the wrath of My Sun.

The remains of the creature were glassy, almost diamond-like bones with a thick purple substance inside of them, where the bone marrow would be. It is my belief that the purple material is all that remains of the original tissue of this life form. The bones match no living species, but seem similar to one I've seen before, a long time in the past. They entered myth many centuries ago, and are all but forgotten at this point in time. It's also worth noting that these bones are resistant to magic, and actively seem to slide out of the grasp of telekinesis. Recommending Twilight Sparkle to further investigate them, and report her findings directly to me.

Letter from dignitaries of various nations to Princess Celestia;

Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria,

We, the representatives of the dragons, gryphons, zebras, and other races of the world, would like to formally announce to you that the usage of the Sun as a weapon of war was globally noticed. All the races of the world will band together against you in war should you continue to use your powers for the oppression of those you see under yourself. Consider this a warning.

Signed,

Gryphon Warlords

Dragon Council

King of Zebrakind

Announcement from Princess Celestia to the rest of the world;

I understand your concerns about the usage of my Sun as a weapon of war. I would like to assure you that I have no such intentions, and that the spell cast was not controlled by myself, nor by anypony I rule. I am investigating it thoroughly, and will punish the offender.

Yours, Princess Celestia.

Scientific Report on unknown creature by Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic;

These bones fit together in a way that seems unintuitive. The creature was likely bipedal, and the cranial cavity suggests moderate-to-high intelligence. The bones are, as Celestia stated, slippery when held by magic. After much effort, I managed to chip a small sample from what seemed to be a femur, and analyzed the structure. They were subjected to extreme heat and pressure, which almost immediately carbonized them into diamond.

More information about physical structure of creature:

Apparent height is roughly equal to that of Celestia.

Approximate weight of creature is 130-140 pounds, based on bone structure.

Creature was capable of tool use, based on structure of forelimbs.

Diet of creature was likely omnivorous, based on shapes and structures of teeth.

I'll publish more discoveries about it as I make them. This is from a couple hours of investigation on the unknown specimen.

Letter from Princess Luna to Princess Celestia;

Sister, I feel it important to mention to you that the being you're having studied by the Archeology society and Twilight Sparkle was a creature of Night. I could sense some of its confusion, and fear just before death. Whatever this thing was, it didn't come here willingly, or knowingly. It felt familiar somehow, though I'm not sure where I've met thoughts like it had before. This creature, whatever it was, may have had ancestors here in the long-distant past. I would like to examine it before any further announcements are made, so that I can make an assessment of my own.

Further correspondence between these three is unavailable, presumably they wished to keep their findings quiet. The only further knowledge we have of the situation is this letter from the Element of Magic.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I've managed to extract memories of the creature's final moments on our world from the genetic material within the bone. I had to tap into the power of the Element to get through the immunity the bones seem to have picked up to magic. The memories have been inscribed into the rune I've included on this page. Simply activate it with magic to see what I was able to recover. I haven't taken the time to look at them beyond the first part. It's too gruesome for me to watch fully.

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.

Transcript of memories:

Darkness. I can't see or feel anything. I believe myself to be floating in a void, though I'm not sure what caused my current state. A world blurs into existence around me, and then snaps into sharp focus. The suddenness of it all causes me to be sick.

I hear birds singing. A forest looms nearby, dark and foreboding. It appears to be midday, wherever I am. There appear to be no other life forms I can see in the local area. I'm alone, and feel safe because of it.

My name. What is my name? Who am I? I am... I am a shape changer... That's all I can remember. I was fighting something. Someone. A rival from another tribe? One of my own? I can't recall. I must find my way home, but I have no idea where I am.

It's getting brighter. The sunlight seems overwhelming. It felt like an early springtime day, and now I could swear it's midsummer. I'm sure I'm just hallucinating. A side effect of my sudden appearance in this location most likely.

Hotter. Brighter. Something's not right here. I'm heading for the trees. I made a mistake, I looked at the ground. I'm within a circle of light. There's a clear edge to the brightness around me.

Fire! I'm on fire! The sun is attacking me, burning me alive. I can sense an intelligence guiding it, controlling the fury of the star. The ground beneath me is charring black, turning to glass in some locations. I can barely see outside the light I'm trapped within now.

I tripped. I'm not sure which way the trees are anymore. I'm running now, and the air itself is screaming. My flesh melts off, only to pull itself back up, and try to reattach. It's not succeeding anymore. I can't hear my screams over the sound of the air itself being turned to plasma around me. My lungs are gone. My flesh nothing but gasses in the air I once breathed in this place. Still I feel the intelligence guiding this hatred.

Dying. I'm not going to survive this. My bones have done something. An attempt to preserve some of my intelligence within themselves. They've hardened and cracked under the pressure and heat. Some of them spill out the tissue they're saving, and it evaporates immediately. A forearm cracks, and the bubbling fluids that were once me come hissing out the gap.

Darkness. I can't see or hear anything anymore. I can barely feel the heat through the bone defending me. The fury of the sun is receding. I can feel the intelligence pulling away. It's... It's controlled by a being of white. It... She... She is roughly my height. Her hair flows as if some wind plays with it. Wings. A horn. I'm not sure what she is, but she knows what I am. Her eyes are hard, and her voice cold.

“Foul creature. Your kind does not belong here. I will purge you from my lands before you can do any harm. Nopony will know of your existence. Nopony will be harmed by your evil.”

I'm going to die. I have no chance to regrow myself from the tissue of others at this point. I can only hope that someone will find this. That someone will realize what has happened and avenge me. I want to go home...

The memories beyond this point are too vague to make out.

Letter from Equestrian Intelligence Service to Her Majesty, Princess Celestia.

Subject: Unidentified bones.

Your Highness, having studied all documents made available to us on the incident, we have come to a conclusion. The bones of the creature should be reconstructed as accurately as possible, and put on display in a museum in Canterlot. In this location, they would be observable for any tampering, and would be under the protection of both Princesses. We will also post a small force of agents as guards at the museum, to help observe and protect the goings on in the area.

Yours, Head of Intelligence.

Author's Notes: This is a universe I've been working on a bit in my head for a little while. More may be coming, especially if the response turns out positive. I'd also like to thank Xz Hacker, and Scorch Xi, a couple of friends from the outside world, for pre reading this for me, telling me what they thought, and encouraging me to post.

Feel free to post criticisms, and point out errors in the comments.