My Little Populous: Conquering is Magic

It was nearing the end of the day and Princess Luna woke up just in time to raise the moon and start her nightly duties.  When she finished raising the moon, she took a quick gaze of her night sky for any oddities that may lurk out there.  After a panoramic sweep, she smiled gladly that no weirdness is happening tonight.  As she walked back in to start heading for Night Court; she felt a disturbance.  She quickly went outside to see if her mind was playing tricks on her.

'That's weird, I thought I felt a massive magic energy spike earlier.'

When she came back inside, she felt it again; this time it was stronger.  She then immediately dashed to her balcony and looked up.  She saw what appeared to be a star that is slowly getting brighter each minute.  Luna at first panicked,

'What if this is something bad coming?'

But as she continued to feel it coming closer and closer, she felt more relaxed and reassured.

'No, I feel no evil at all; but I will need to make sure though that I'm not wrong.'

Over on the other side of the castle, her sister Celestia is also feeling the spike of magical energy as well. Unlike Luna, Celestia can tell if one's magic is used for good or evil.  She knows this is not a threat and is likely to make peace; but, she has made mistakes before in the past like her niece Cadence's odd behavior during the wedding and dismissing Twilight's letter about the Mare in the Moon prophecy.

'Whatever you are, you are welcome to our lands as long as you follow our rules'

As if on cue, a bright blue beam of magic energy came down into the outskirts of Equestria near the Everfree Forest.  Both sisters were amazed at the light show they are witnessing.  It was indescribable, it was like an aurora but cylindrical and non-solar related.  As quickly as it came, the beam ended leaving the Royal Sisters to guess where the exact location the beam hit.  They took no time as they immediately start to fly towards the location of the beam.

Luna noticed her sister nearby and immediately flew to her.

"I get it you felt it too, sister?"

"Yes Luna I did.  We must find where the beam landed exactly."

"But sister, it could be anywhere in the outskirts.  I'm not sure there's even a visible trace on the ground if we come near."

"True, but trust me, I know where the beam landed.  Just follow me."

Luna nodded and started following her sister in her direction of where she knew the beam landed exactly.  Once they got there Luna spots something on the ground.

"Sister! Look! Down there!"

Celestia looked where her sister was pointing and immediately saw something she had heard but never seen before.  On the ground was a female human about 5'3" that has tanned skin and seems to be wearing a tribal getup similar to the zebra clothing in Zebrica, only that this has more detail.  The human also appears to have a staff of some kind with the head being a shape of a hand with a blue crystal inside.  It looked like the human is unconscious but breathing.

"Sister, do you think this creature is what we felt earlier?"

"Yes, and she appears to have been fatigued but okay.  We need to get her to a hospital so she can rest just to be safe."

"Very well sister."

They carefully picked up the human and then flew back to Canterlot.  When they arrived, guards took notice of the creature on Celestia's back.  Celestia told them it was alright and she needs be taken to a hospital.  They immediately took her to Canterlot Hospital where she then was given a VIP room by the princess so she can rest easily.

"We must leave sister, I still have night court to contend with and you need your rest."

"I suppose, but can you check up on her?"

"Of course, I would never abandon something that we found that is not a threat."

With that, Celestia took her leave and flew back to the castle to her chambers to rest.  Luna looked back at the human one last time before also taking off to attend Night Court.

'Don't worry, I'll come back to check on you later.'

She then leaped out the window and flew back to the castle.  Her mind then started processing about what kind of magic this human holds, It certainly felt new to both her and her sister.  Maybe by morning if she stirs she'll ask what magic it is.  For now, she has to hear cases just like any other court.

Meanwhile...

In Ponyville, a certain purple unicorn also witnessed the beam and immediately was excited about what she saw.

"Spike! Where are you?"

Her ears perked towards the door as she heard tiny footsteps come up the steps.

"I'm here, I'm here; What do you need Twilight?"

"You just missed the most awesome light show ever!"

"You mean that beam of magical energy that just touched down outside the Everfree Forest?"

"Wait you saw it? I thought an assistant like you isn't good for keeping with current events."

"Ha-ha, very funny; but anyways, what do you think this beam means? Good? Evil?"

"I don't know Spike; but one things for sure, Princess Celestia probably saw this too and she is probably heading to the spot it touched down now."

"So, you are not going to go there yourself for once?"

"No need, I know my mentor has it covered. She'll send me a letter once she evaluates her findings."

"Well okay, I do hope she knows what she's doing."

"Spike, I know she'll do fine. You just got to believe her."

"Alright, well I'm going to bed. Goodnight Twilight."

"Yeah I'm pretty tired too, Goodnight Spike."

Twilight took down her telescope, packed it away, and then climbed into bed. She squeals in delight quietly because she can't wait to hear what the princess finds.