Incision - Part 1

It was a bright summers day with Celestia's sun brimming high up in the sky and the clouds gently flowing across the boundaries of sight. Movement was abound in the city of Canterlot. Today was almost just like a regular day, but one figure within the castle will face a task beyond his recognition; he was different.

Difference in this stallion was unapparent or unseen by the naked eye, though his blue coat and special innate ability to sense motion. He always tried to hover because of his sensitivity to it; he's a gifted flyer that is skilled in flight stamina and speed.

"Hey, Motion!" pushed a purple unicorn, "You still need to be awake, you know". Motion Reflux streched out his legs and got up from the floor in Canterlot Castle that he managed to fall asleep on; he asked, "Why are we here again?". Twilight Sparkle dusted off his hair with her forehoof and said, "The Princess wants to talk to you, I'm just instructed to bring you to her as well as listen to the conversation".

Motion Reflux hovered slightly above the ground and sighed, nodding; Twilight Sparkle grabbed him in a field of magical energy and pulled him into the Throne Room, where Celestia sat upon a large throne infront of them. The guards stationed outside the doors closed the doors and then Twilight Sparkle set Motion Reflux on the ground; they both bowed to the princess and then Twilight Sparkle stepped back while he moved forward. Celestia locked her eyes in a tight grip towards his, "I have a task for you, Motion Reflux." she smiled as she spoke.

He slightly tilted his head and asked, "What task could a pegasus like I even be able to accomplish, Princess? I'm not judging your choice or anything but couldn't you have chosen somepony else?" but Celestia forwarded with her reply, "This task is going to help you, and Equestria; I want you to visit this land on the outskirts that has made itself independent from us and I want you to help them and make some friends." then she stood up and flew down to stand infront of him, "Think of this like a task of friendship, like one I've given Twilight Sparkle over there; but you don't need to send me letters detailing what you've learned, I know you're going to learn much there already." He raised an eyebrow, "You know?" with a moment of silence delaying her response, Celestia answered with a smirk, "I know". She hovered back up to her throne and sat back down, "You may leave now, both of you, I hope you do well on your task Motion". Motion Reflux and Twilight Sparkle bowed towards the princess and Celestia returned the gesture by smiling and bowing her head towards them; the two opened the door and exited, Twilight Sparkle giving one more happy wave goodbye towards her mentor.

"So, now you've got a task about Friendship like me?" giggled Twilight Sparkle as they walked, he rolled his eyes and answered grudgingly, "Yeah, but I'll have to be away from my home for awhile" he stopped and looked down, continuing "I guess I should be counted as lucky, if the princess were to take eye on me for this task". Twilight Sparkle stopped and turned, reaching a hoof to rest against his cheek and smiling "Don't worry, I have full faith that you can complete your task and maybe even bring this independent land back to Equestria." He looked up and gave a soft spoken smile towards his friend; they began their walk to the train station to head towards Ponyville and ready for his departure to the outskirts of Equestria.

They waited at the station for a couple of minutes until the train arrived and then made their way inside, sat down in their respectable seats and the train departed. "Woah..." cringed Motion Reflux, "I'll never get used to trains." he finished as he was experiencing a small sense of motion sickness. Twilight Sparkle covered her mouth slightly as she giggled softly at the her friends uncomfortableness within the moving vehicle.

Two hours passed before they made it back to Ponyville, exited the station, got stopped by a salespony for a moment and then finally arrived at Twilight Sparkles library home. "It's been awhile since I've set hoof in here, Twilight" he spoke as he stepped into the centre of the room, she followed in afterwards and closed the door with her magic, "I know it's been awhile, You're welcome to sleep the night here and depart tomorrow" she yawned and began to walk to her bed, "I've already set up an extra bed for you up here, so you don't have to awkwardly snuggle up close to me like a long time ago" she laughed gently and left his field of view.

It'll be awhile until I leave, I'm not sleepy so I guess I'll idle around Ponyville until I'm tired.. he thought to himself as he walked towards the door and exited the building. He hovered around the nightly streets of Ponyville, hardly anypony could be seen. Probably everyponys asleep by now... He thought to himself and began to turn to go back to Twilight's Library, but was as he hovered on his path there he was interrupted by a rainbow-maned cyan mare pegasus who collided face-first with the ground in front of him.

She got up, shook her head; her vision blurred as she looked towards the 'figures' infront of her, "W-Weaaoh... that must've been a hawd craush" stuttered the rainbow pony as she wobbled to regain her balance and sight. "R-Rainbow Dash?" he stepped back from the wobbly mare but was then caught in a large hug from her. "Figures you wouldn't forget about me, How're ya bud?" she happily laughed and then released him from her tight embrace. Motion Reflux stood back up and gave a soft smile, answering, "I'm doing fine, Dash" he brushed a hoof over her hair, she asked, "Anything cool happen in your adventures away from Ponyville, Flux?" then he waved his forehoof, "I was assigned a task by the princess.." he put his hoof down and continued, "...a task of friendship, something like Twi's".

He stood up and looked at Rainbow Dash, "I won't be in Equestria anymore, this task is taking me to another area outside of this land..." He turned and looked towards the night sky, "..you and Twi were my only real friends, but now I'm going to have to leave you both..", he looked down and closed his eyes, "I need to get some sleep, I have to leave to this land by tomorrow so I'll need to be wide awake for my departure". She stood there, her head slightly tilted with the expression of a confused mare, "So you're goin' off to some fancy new land?" she bumped his side with her forehoof and smiled, "I'm sure you'll do fine, Flux.". She hovered into the air and then did a loop, "You're a pretty capable stallion, No pony's gonna mess with ya". Her loop was perfect, no movement off course and moving in a perfect 360 degree flip like she had done it a million times already. Rainbow Dash landed and Motion Reflux rolled his eyes, returning his almost blank stare towards her, "You're like a sister to me, Dash, being the first pony I've ever become friends with and all." He gave her a hug and she awkwardly returned the hug, patting his back and trying to crack a joke, "Hey, maybe you'll find your true element when you meet some new friends!" but he returned the joke by laughing, "Ha! You know there's only the Elements of Harmony, Dash. I don't think there is any other elements in the universe!"

They let go of each others small embrace, he waved goodbye to her and she said, "See ya later, Flux". Rainbow Dash went and flew away back home at a steady pace and just as she exited Motion Reflux's view he turned and began his walk back to Twilight Sparkle's library. Tomorrows going to be a huge day... he thought to himself as he walked, the words echoing in his head until he reached the door of the library. He entered and walked to the bed, it sat a small distance across from Twilights bed. He got into his bed, pulled the covers over himself and fell into a dismal sleep.

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He woke up, his body shaking; he looked around and saw that he wasn't even on the bed anymore. Infact... there wasn't even a bed! He studied his surroundings, It looks like Twilights place... he thought but neither Twilight Sparkle nor her bed was there across from him. Oddly, the room began to darken slowly like a darkness was overwhelming it. Words began to flow out of the darkness, all jumbled up and unreadable give or take a few words that were out of the loops of other words. Hate, Alone... were the first two words he spotted. He looked around even more, the words flowing down the walls like a puzzle without an answer. Stubbornness, Sadness... were the next two words he spotted out of the confusing mass of white letters. The last word he spotted confused him the most because it seemed so out of place, he repeated to himself the word in the phrasing of a question, "Love?". Without him noticing, the room he was in had turn completely white albeit a shadowy darkness filled ceiling. Suddenly a door opened and out came Princess Luna, she looked around wondering why it was so blank and empty. "Motion Reflux, what has happened here?" she had asked, standing infront of the colt who was sitting on completely blank space. He took a second to even hear what the princess of the night had said but finally replied, "Is this a dream..?" in an innocent tone.

Princess Luna nodded her head, "Yes, this is a dream, but why is your dream so empty..." she gave him a concerned look, "...dreams like this don't happen anymore in Equestria, the dreamscapes I have visited in ponies dreams were always so filled with color and memories..." Motion Reflux stood up and was about to reply but Luna raised her hoof signaling not to speak, "...your dream doesn't have any kind of memory, nor does it have color and emotion; This must have something to do with sis asking me to..." she planted her hoof on the ground, stopping mid-speech and closing her eyes, ranting, "Yes, that must've been why.." He asked, "Princess; If I may ask, what did Celestia ask you to do..?" but she shook her head gently, turning and making her way out of the dreamscape, "She's instructed me not to tell you, Reflux... if her knowledge is true, there is something special that is going to happen to you in this 'other' land..." She said other like she knows what it is... he thought to himself, Luna still speaking "...I don't know what my sister has in plan for you, Motion, but I know that she's always right about these things... even if her plans aren't always the best...". Princess Luna was at the door in the dreamscape, she turned and bowed her head, "Goodbye, Motion Reflux". She then turned back and exited out the door which was then sealed off by the white void surrounding it.

~

Motion Reflux woke up, he looked around and noticed every single thing back where it belongs, except he still woke up off the floor rather than his bed. He shook his head twice to wake himself up, he finally stood up and looked out the window. Well, it's already daytime. he streched a bit and made his way to the front door. By the door he saw Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna talking to each other; he saw Luna nod her head and Twilight Sparkle tilt hers afterwards. He couldn't hear a word they were saying but the conversation lasted a few seconds which ended up with...

"Hey Motion, you're awake!" exclaimed Twilight Sparkle, she motioned with a hoof for him to join in the conversation mid-way. She said to the princess, "So you'll be escorting him to this new land?" and Luna answered, "Yes, I'll take him as far as my sister permitted before I let send him on his own with a map." the princess turned towards him, "It's not that long of a journey from here in Ponyville, Motion; Tia said I have to make sure you get there, she couldn't do it herself because of how busy she is". Twilight asked, "Luna, I saw you and the Princess Celestia talking together earlier and I heard her say something about the return of an old set of something..." she tilted her head, "All you did was nod your head but I still need an answer to what this something is!" Motion Reflux sat not knowing how to enter in the conversation, so he just listened in as Luna whispered in a quiet voice into Twilight Sparkles ear, covering her mouth with a hoof so he couldn't tell what was being said. Twilight Sparkle covered her mouth with a hoof in surprise, not knowing how to respond anymore.

They both nodded and Luna exited out the door to talk to her sister who is right outside. Twilight Sparkle turned to her friend and said, "I really can't believe what the princess told me, Motion... This task is truly going to be an adventure through friendship like mine, I'll tell Rainbow Dash that you've said goodbye because I know she'll be wondering why you didn't." She motioned with a headtilt telling him to go see the princesses. Motion Reflux nodded and said, "I'll see you later Twi, maybe we'll see each other again someday." and then he walked out the door towards the two conversing princesses.

Princess Celestia caught that he was walking towards them and with her eyes Luna saw knew the same thing. They both stopped talking and Luna turned towards him, he bowed infront of them both and stood back up. Celestia was the first to set up the conversation, "Motion, my sister has told me about what was happening in your dreamscape and now I know completely that I've made the right decision; You already know what the Elements of Harmony are, right?" and all he did was nod, Princess Luna stepped into the conversation and said, "An old set of elements has been felt in a cosmic field, elements that only arrive every 500 years-" Celestia raised a hoof towards her sister telling her to stop so she can speak, "These elements are special because of that and because of how devastating they can be; their essences being planted within special ponies." Luna planted a hoof, wanting to speak and so she did, "As with the Elements of Harmony, there is one elusive element that does not follow with the rest, being born at a random interval of year after the old one has passed on; All the documents about these elements were lost through time and the knowledge my sister and I keep are limited, but we know that world is changing once more.

"It is very rare to feel the full set of these elements and it can cause a massive lash at the workings of our world." But why are the elements so destructive...? he thought to himself... "You'll find out why soon enough, Motion." answered a smiling Celestia like she knew what he was thinking. Luna rolled her eyes and said to her sister, "That's not very princess-like thing to do, sis." and Celestia turned to her sister and whispered something into her ear, she then turned to Motion Reflux and said, "You two may depart for the outskirts of Equestria now, may your trip go well."

Celestia departed back to Canterlot, she didn't bring a carriage this time around so she flew back very majestically. "Let's go, Motion." sternly said Luna as she hovered up into the air and slowly began to fly, he saw this and quickly followed with his own flight and followed beside the princess.

As they made their way through the sky towards the boundaries of Equestria, he asked, "Hey Luna, didn't you say you were going to give me a map?" and there was a quick reply of "Yes, but I lied so that Twilight didn't have to worry. The path we're following is quick easy as you just keep moving forward until you hit a land of snow that is unapparent and unnatural to be there." and she said all of this while looking forward and flying, her face focused on her task. Motion Reflux flipped 180 degrees and began to fly upside down, Luna looked over and cracked a soft giggle hidden under a hoof, "Motion, May I ask you a question?". "Sure" he replied and she asked, "Why did you decline your invitation to the Wonderbolts?" and he said answered, "I don't like organized flight and being a groups. I might've been good at flying but it wasn't my all-out favourite thing to do." he flipped over to fly properly again, he chuckled slightly "I guess I picked up a bit of laziness from Dash."

The flight seemed endless even though she said it was short, then Luna flew down and landed and Motion Reflux followed by landing beside the princess. "Here's where you'll be off by yourself Motion, just keep straight and you'll arrive there." she gave him a soft smile, he nodded and immediately hugged Luna farewell. She returned the embrace with one foreleg and then he pushed away. "Goodbye Princess Luna, I'll look up to your moon and your sisters sun everyday." he smiled and began his journey past the boundaries of Equestria. Luna waved goodbye, a heroic smile on her face as she saw him walk away from her view. She turned and took flight back towards Canterlot to tell her sister that her task is complete and that Motion Reflux has begun his adventure through friendship.

Author's Note

Through procrastination and the sifting through ideas the first chapter is finally done. I hope it's enjoyable to all even though my vocabulary is short and my grammar is less-than-ideal.