Pinkie Pie's 'alicorn party' for Twilight lasted until the wane hours of the evening at Twilight's treehouse in Ponyville. Eventually, the guests dwindled until only a few remained including Twilight and her friends. Soon, she'd have to move in to her new home in Canterlot so this was probably the last time the house would see this much activity. She had to admit, she was going to miss it.

"Okay, tomorrow we have GOT to see you try these things out and show me what you can do with them!" Rainbow Dash said, enthusiastic about Twilight's new wings.

Rarity interjected. "They'll be plenty of time for that later Rainbow Dash. Twilight, you simply MUST tell me where you got this new outfit from!"

"I'm not really sure where it came from Rarity. Both the gown and the wings just kind of... appeared." Twilight explained. Both were going to take some getting used to but she was sure there were some books on the subject. She'd have to pick some up the next time she was in Canterlot.

"Well, if yer gonna be a princess, ya might as well look like one." said Applejack, simplifying the circumstances regarding Twilight's recent transformation.

"I've never seen a pony become an alicorn before. It didn't hurt did it?" Fluttershy asked timidly.

Twilight shook her head. "Not at all. It was like waking up. It felt completely natural." she assured her friend. A few more of Twilight's guests said their good-byes, congratulated Twilight and departed.

"Thanks for coming! After party's going to be at Sugarcube Corner if you guys are interested! It's gonna be a JAM!" shouted Pinkie Pie out the door at the guests. The fact that her joy for her friend could not be contained was not a surprise. "So whaddya guys wanna do now? Crank it up and blow the roof off this joint?!"

Twilight smiled. "I think I'm going to hit the hay now Pinkie. Thanks for coming you guys." Twilight shared a hug with her friends, one of the warmest she'd ever had. They released her and made their way out.

"Tomorrow Twilight, bright and early I want to see you in the air!" Rainbow Dash said as she left.

"Some party huh Twilight?" Spike asked as he cleaned up things from the living room.

"Wouldn't be a party if Pinkie Pie wasn't here. I bet her after party will last until morning." Twilight said as she helped Spike clean up.

"Probably but I don't think I'll be able to stay up that late." another pony in the room remarked. Twilight and Spike both turned to face him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know anypony was still here." Twilight said to the gray-maned blue unicorn.

"It's quite all right, I was late to the party. I just wanted to see the new princess in town is all. Congratulations by the way." he said with a smile.

"Thank you, I never expected anything like this would happen. I hope I'll make a good princess." Twilight said.

"Oh, I'm sure you will. How did you become a princess anyway?" the unicorn asked.

"Well, I'm not sure how it happened exactly but it all started when Princess Celestia asked me to work on StarSwirl the Bearded's Spell." Twilight explained.

The blue stallion put a hoof under his chin in thought. "I'm a student of magic myself. Would you mind if I took a look at this spell?" he asked.

Twilight levitated a book off her shelf and turned to the relevant page. "It was Starswirl the Bearded's spell, he just never finished it."

The unicorn looked over the book intently. "How did you finish it?"

Twilight started to say something and then realized she didn't know the answer to that question either. "I... I'm not sure. The words just came to me after everything happened." Twilight decided she'd have to ask Princess Celestia about these specifics later.

The blue unicorn still stared at the spell in question. He silently mouthed the words to the spell as he read them and then stopped. "I'm surprised they still teach anything about Star Swirl the Bearded."

"He's one of the best-known unicorn magicians in all of Equestria. I've studied all his work. I... I even dressed up as him once for Nightmare Night."

"Ha, that's pretty funny..." the unicorn said. He paused for a moment and seemed to consider something. "You know, he worked forever on this spell."

"I know. Princess Celestia told me it was his-" Twilight started to say.

"-his masterpiece. Yes, that's right. It was supposed to be HIS masterpiece, not yours." the unicorn turned away with the book.

Twilight was perplexed at what he said, she didn't know what to make of it. "He didn't complete it. I only just finished it yesterday.

"How did a novice unicorn who can't even use age magic complete what he couldn't complete in over two-hundred years?!" he asked, looking at the book again.

Spike began to back away from the two of them. Twilight was shocked at his accusation. Age magic? How did he know she couldn't use age magic? "How do you know that?!" she asked.

The unicorn closed the book and turned back to her, his face lit with rage. "I wrote this book, every word of it except the last half of the last spell! Those should be MY wings, that should be MY crown and that should've been MY coronation!!" he shouted at Twilight.

Twilight backed away herself a few steps, unsure of what was happening. "Who are you?" she asked, her voice almost a whisper.

The blue unicorn stared right back at Twilight and declared: "I am Star Swirl the Bearded!"

Author's Note

I love ending a chapter like this. Not an entire story, no, just a chapter.