Agapi Apostolea the (self-proclaimed Former) Alicorn of love

Twilight walks around the newly rebuilt garden of Cantalot Castle, It sure has been improved from last time, after seeing a garden bench nearby, she heads to it and takes a seat on it to rest her hooves While sitting, she noticed an odd pink flower connected to a vine. examining it the flower, it had heart shaped petals and mostly pink petals with occasional white spots, not like any flower she's seen or read about, but just in case Twilight pulled out a book to see if there's a matching description anywhere, but Yet there was nothing, not even the book about flowers had any info about it, Twilight returns her attention to the vine it stems from, The vine lead into what looked like a grotto made of trees, oddly it had seemed like it was blocked off before.

Twilight, interest began to walk toward the grotto. More flowers attached to more vines lined the trees making up walls, this place looked like it was forgotten to time, sometimes old statues stand on the sides of the path overgrown with the vines and flowers, she couldn't help but feel awed by the sight. It was as though she had found a lost place left untouched by even Celestia’s magic for so many years. Twilight gently touched one of the vines and picked at one of the flowers with her hoof. She continued to walk down the path, seeing more and more statues, now covered in moss. The sight was beautiful yet melancholy, as if the statues hadn't been tended to in so long. How could such a place go unnoticed for so long?

Eventually she ends up in a small area with small waterfalls and those vines everywhere, the flowers everywhere else, and one statue in the middle, Twilight’s eyes widened at the sight of the only statue left standing. After all the others she had seen growing over, this one stood out, completely untouched by the surrounding greenery. Twilight slowly approached it to find out exactly what kind of statue it was, it was of an alicorn with their wings open. the flowers and vines seam to start from under the statue, She began to walk around the statue, examining all of the details in the marble, The alicorn statue seemed to have a few properties, the alicorn had what looked like a bow and a few arrows, there was a whole lot of detail and yet, no error at all. The amount of care and detail was just impeccable. Every inch of the statue, from a single strand of the alicorn’s mane to every single arrow in the archery set, perfectly captured in marble, made her wonder who could have made this and why... Everything was perfectly detailed, not a single error to be seen and the flowers and vines coming from under it… this couldn’t be like when Discord or the other villains were turned into statues, could it? This was an actual statue… right?

Twilight took a step back and began to study the statue from afar, taking everything into account. From the way the bow and arrows were so realistically depicted and to the fact that the flowers and vines came up and out from underneath it and yet the marble never once cracked, broken, or deteriorated, Twilight slowly started to step away from it. The more she looked at the statue, the more worried she started to become. This had to be more than a statue… the details were just too real, and the flowers and vines had to be connected to it, right? There was only one way to know for sure…

Twilight took a deep breath, took one more look at the statue, then took a few steps back. She was going to need some distance from it for the next part. Holding her horn out, she channelled powerful magic and sent a bolt of energy directly at the statue, but to Twilight’s extreme surprise, it didn’t crack, crumble, or show even a single dent. In fact, the statue hardly even moved. The only thing to have changed was a soft pink glow that began to radiate from the statue’s body, Then small amounts of the statue started to fall off, Twilight was completely stunned when pieces of the statue suddenly fell off. It actually was starting to chip! But why hadn’t it done so before? Unless… that glow from the statue actually meant something… Twilight’s eyes widened as she watched the falling pieces reveal more and more of the white fur and feathers. Was her magic somehow freeing the statue? But what was under there in the first place? More and more fell, until the rest flew off in random directions.

Twilight was completely overwhelmed by what she had just witnessed. The statue has completely gone, revealing an alicorn with white fur and feathers now standing where the statue once was. She couldn’t do anything but stand there and stare at the new being.

"GOOD MORNING EQUESTRIA!!!"

Twilight jumped and actually fell on the ground at those loud words. She quickly got back up and looked at the Alicorn in front of her, “W-Who are you?!”

"Who am I? we'll let me tell you, In song!" They say as they start breathing in.

Twilight was stunned, before quickly realizing, “W-Wait— ”

"Who am I you may ask, who am I and what's my task, now your parents or great gran parents probably talked about me, or maybe you've seen a statue of me, but whatever you need help to stay, to a soulmate you will love all day, so let me sing to you, JUST WHAT I dooOOOO"

“Wait a minute—”

"IM AGAPI, Ill make everypony HAPPY, All I need to do is shoot you and your soulmate too, IM AGAPI, I'll make everypony HAPPY, soon you'll see I’m the greatest alicorn to beeeeeeeeee!!! Everypony deserves love, Am I right or am I right? Anyways. Who do you call when you're stuck and all alone, needing some pony to help, Call Agapi. When you want to write a letter to the love of your life but you fear is sharper then a Knife, Call Agapi. When you need a shoulder to cry on, from the one who you thought you would be spending the rest of the life on, who do you call for help that right Agapi! You would think making a song that rhymes is easy and sometimes it's really cheesy But trying to wrap your head around it can make you queasy, and now I'm running out of rhymes and running out of time as the only rhyme I can think of Is Beefy, but I say, nopony, NOPONY! should be left without love, it only breeds the worst in us if we don't have enough So DON'T you threat, DON'T you Cry, everything's going to be all right, because now I'm here, no need to fear, everything will be better so don't you fear, I'mmmmmmm... Agapi.... Agapi!!!!! AGAPI!!!! AGGGGAPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!! AND SCENE!"

Twilight couldn’t hold it in, she burst out laughing. The whole song was just absolutely ridiculous. It had to be the most egotistical song she had ever heard, sung by a pompous Alicorn who thought they were some expert at romance, “That-That was the most egotistical thing I’ve ever heard! You think you’re some kind of ‘great Alicorn’?!”

"Well, I'm not the best in the world, but I'm great at what I do!"

Twilight couldn’t help but roll her eyes at the comment. “And I suppose you’re an expert at matchmaking too?!”

"Oh yes, I'm very good, I can even see there's a very special somepony you have a crush on."

Twilight immediately froze up. This Alicorn couldn’t possibly know about that little… no, it was just a guess. But how could they possibly know? What if they could really see who she had feelings for? “Pfft. Oh really? And who would it be?”

"I don't know, I haven't seen them yet!"

Twilight almost sighed relieved, but also felt even more confused. If Agapi didn’t even know who it was, why did they bring up the fact that she had a crush on a pony at all? “You don’t even know who it is, but you know I had a crush on a pony?!”

"Well YA, Not to brag but its kinda my thing"

Twilight was feeling so many different things listening to Agapi at this point. She didn’t believe that the Alicorn in front of her really had the power to match ponies together, but she had to admit that them knowing about a secret crush was impressive, even if they didn’t know who it was yet “So… you’re seriously saying you have some sort of power to make ponies fall in love?!”

Agapi pulls out their bow "With a shot of my bow and the power of my arrows, you'll be with your soulmate now and forever"

Twilight’s eyes were now locked on the bow in Agapi’s hooves. An Alicorn who claimed to be some expert at romance had a bow that was said to make a pony fall in love. The idea sounded like something out of an overly cheesy romance book, yet here she was beholding it in front of her. She looked up at Agapi and gulped “And this… love arrow does what exactly?”

"Oh simple, these arrows home in on their targets, one arrow for you, one arrow for your soulmate"

“And the second a pony is hit with the arrow… they’ll be in love with whoever it hit?” Twilight was trying to process the information. An arrow that once it hit a pony, it made them fall in love? To her it sounded so ridiculous, but here she was talking to the Alicorn who claimed to have that power and the arrows to match.

Agapi Loads an arrow into the bow "Yes, Till death and beyond"

Twilight was still sceptical, but part of her couldn’t help but feel curious, wondering what would happen in the next few moments “So, what do you plan on doing now, exactly…?”

"Simple... Shoot you!"

“Wait, what?!”

Agapi fires the arrow

“S-STOP!! but it was too late, the arrow had already been fired and was now heading straight at her! She shut her eyes and prepared for impact, but the impact never happened. Instead, she heard a small thud, and upon opening her eyes again, she realized what had happened. The arrow was now sticking into a tree.

"Sheesh, how long have I been stuck in that statue for?"

the question the Alicorn had asked caught her attention and she was reminded why the Alicorn was even there in the first place “Oh, right… you were in that statue, for some reason… How long were you stuck in there, anyway?”

"I have no idea... Maybe a day, to a week"

The time frame the Alicorn laid out was pretty vague, but Twilight didn’t really care about that right now, she only had one real question “Okay, but how did you get stuck in the statue in the first place?”

"Well, I was Simply going to overwork myself, then Starswirl turned me to stone"

Twilight couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Of course the Alicorn was going to overdo it and end up in trouble. But what Starswirl had to do with the whole situation, that part confused her. “Wait, why did Starswirl turn you into a statue?”

"I don't know, I was simply going to go shoot all the ponies and make them fall in love with their soulmates until there were no more ponies alone. Nothing wrong with that!"

Twilight couldn’t even react for several seconds after hearing those words. The Alicorn didn’t even think anything was wrong with the fact they had plans to practically make every pony in Equestria fall in love? Even if the Alicorn was supposedly a love expert, she was still finding it hard to believe “How in the world can you possibly think there’s nothing wrong with that?! You can’t just go around shooting ponies and making them fall in love with whoever you decide in this ‘perfect’ pairing!!”

"Oh, I’m not the one who decides that, the bow dose"

“That doesn’t make it much better!” Twilight was starting to get frustrated with the Alicorn. She was egotistical, stubborn, and seemingly thought that they could do whatever they wanted when it came to love. How could ponies even believe they were some kind of expert at this? “What if you get the “perfect pair” wrong? And what if a pony doesn’t like the one you shot them with?”

"Simple, that never happens and never will, these arrows are 100% Guarantied to help with finding true love. all ponies that have been hit have been in happy marriages for the rest of their life"

Twilight crossed her hoofs, continuing to doubt what the Alicorn was saying. How could a simple arrow actually guarantee the perfect match for everyone? It was ridiculous, and yet there was no way to be one hundred percent certain that the Alicorn wasn’t telling the truth “Seriously? No pony has ever been unhappy after getting shot with one of your love arrows?”

"Well yes, If a single arrow hits a single pony nothing happens, 2 arrows need to hit 2 ponies in order to make them fall in love!"

Twilight was starting to feel confused again. It was just now being revealed that two ponies needed to be shot with the arrow for it to actually work, but there was something else that didn’t really make sense to her “Wait, if that’s the case, why were you planning on shooting every single pony in Equestria with your arrows?”

"Everypony deserves love, EVERYPONY!!!!"

Twilight’s expression was a mixture of disbelief and annoyance. The Alicorn was seriously trying to say that everypony in Equestria has a perfect match? As if every single pony in the world can find someone perfect to be with? “Okay, not every single pony in the world wants to be in a relationship! And just because you think a pony has a ‘perfect match’ doesn’t mean they’ll automatically want to be with them!”

Agapi slightly fazes out, before running past Twilight "Sorry I've got no time to listen I got Ponies that need to fall in love!!!"

“Hey, wait! Where are you going?! Get back here!”

Agapi however, flew away to spread love with his arrows.

Twilight was left there, utterly speechless once again. How in the world was this Alicorn just so casual about the idea of everypony falling in love? She couldn’t let the Alicorn just run off like that! Suddenly, another thought crossed Twilight’s mind. If the Alicorn really was flying off with the intent to make everypony in Equestria fell in love… could they potentially target her friends too? The thought of her friends falling in love was bad, but the idea that they could fall in love with the entirely wrong ponies was even worse. Twilight suddenly felt a wave of panic hit her and she quickly galloped after Agapi as fast as she could.