Forgotten Tales

He cautiosly approached the sarcophagus and took the sword next to it. Almost instanly, his vision flashed and soon after, he found himself in a completely different. He couldn't move or speak and all he could do was watch.

It was night and he was standing at some sort of balcony, staring at the land before him — mountain ranges covered by snow. Someone else appeared behind him and his body turned around without his command.

"Olivia, why are you up so late?" asked a mare in royal clothing. "Princesses like you need their beauty sleep. Tomorrow is your twenty-first birthday, everyone from all around the kingdom will come. I think each and every guest will want to see you at your best."

"I know, mom. I was just... looking at the night sky," From this point, it became clear that Silver Thunder was only witnessing some sort of memory from the perspective of this 'Olivia'."Shame something as wonderous as this only shows up during the night, isn't it?"

"Oh, a real shame it is," said the mare and walked to Olivia's side. "Our astronomers say that every small, white dot, is a world yet to be discovered and visited."

"You think there's someone out there," asked Olivia. "Wondering what it's like down here?"

"No one knows," said the mare. "Some say we're alone and some say we're not. Both of these theories are equally frightening."

The mare leaves and Olivia heads back into her room, laying down, covering herself with a blanket and closing her eyes. An undisclosed amount of hours later, loud noises wake her up and a soldier runs into her chamber.

"Princess, you need to come with me," he said. "Now!" She jumps to her hooves, but is still a little dizzy from her disturbed sleep.

"What? Why?" she asked. "What happened?" The sound of a catapult was heard in the distance and a big rock crashed into her chamber. The soldier quickly pushed the Princess out of the way of it's trajectory, but died in the process. She gasped and covered her mouth with her hoove in horror, horrified of his death. Fearful and shaking, she approached the door and cafefully opened it.

By the looks of it, an unknown attacker was attacking Castle Everfrost and after seeing soldiers barely able to keep the barricaded double doors fortified, it was more than obvious that even the Everfrost Palace was under attck.

Then, there was a sudden halt. Before the soldiers at the barricade could catch their breath, the double doors burst open, knocking them away. A single figure was seen behind them - Princess Celestia, donning golden armor and wielding her oathblade.

"Attack!" she shouted, pointing her sword forward and a large number of similiarly armoured soldiers ran in. The other soldiers were no match for them, but to their luck, there was still the Royal Guard. They kept their line for a couple of minutes but even they were no match for Celestia. The few who remained regrouped and fled into the King's chambers, along with Olivia. However, they didn't go inside. Instead, they locked the doors with the best charm they knew and fought valiantly to keep it that way.

The royal family stood together, unarmed, waiting for the outcome of the battle outside. After a while, all sound stopped. "Is... is it over?" asked the Princess.

"I don't know dear, I hope so." replied the queen. Seconds later, the door burst open and sent a powerful shockwave through the room, tossing the family away like ragdolls. Olivia ended up at the balcony while the rest of her family was knocked unconscious.

She got up and saw Celestia infront of her, her blade at her neck. "It's over now." Celestia lifted the sword with her magic but before she could strike, the Queen appeared from behind and attacked her with a sword.

Celestia countered the attack, disarmed the queen and stabbed her through the chest. She then tossed her like a ragdoll next to Olivia.

"MOM!!!!" she screamed. "NOOO!" The princess kneeled to her and held her hoove, crying.

"I... love... you... Olivia...." After those words, the queen was gone.

Celestia lifted the Princess with her magic. "It's funny how much you resist, yet in the end, it's all in vain," antagonised her Celestia. "You or your kingdom of criminals can't run forever." She forcefully torn off the Princess' horn via magic, causing her to scream in pain and then turned her around and showed her a watery pit full of rocks below surrounding the castle. "The pit beneath this castle will become your tomb."

Before she could end the Princess's life, Celestia was hit from behind by a ball of ice. She let go of the princess and turned to her would-be attacked. The attacked turned out to be the King, who was holding a spell tome to defend himself and his daughter.

"No more," he said. "It ends today." Celestia smiled and begun casting fire balls. The king dodged all but the the last and was blown away. She laughed, as if celebrating her victory, but much to her suprise, the king stood up to his knees and took out a scroll.

"By the Order of Mystics and the power of winter," he read the scroll and a an icy ball formed around Celestia. "The effects of forgetting and teleportation to aid in our defence." Celestia's magical bond with her sword was cut, causing her to drop it.

"You think you can stop me?" She begun casting an unknown spell with her horn and the ball started cracking.

"You are banished! Celestia, the tyrant, begone, forget about this place and never return!" The ball begun imploding, but before the spell could be carried out completely, Celestia channeled some sort of spell onto the ground. Then, she disappeared. Afterwards, there was silence as the fighting stopped, the attackers unabkle to remember where they are or why they are fighting the remnats of the Windigo Kindgom.

Then, out a nowhere, a crack appeared around the balcony. Before the King or Olivia could react, the balcony collapsed and took her down with it.

The king jumped afte,r her but couldn't target her with any of his magic, almost as if she was enchanted. Not even levitation proved helpful, as both her and the remains of the balcony plummeted down the pit at an impossible speed. Shortly after, both her and the balcony fell down into the water.

The memory ends with the vision of a pony being burried underwater. It then cuts to the few surviving members of the Royal Guard and the King using their magic to get her out. As they finally bring her ashore after hours of trying, the king mourns the loss of both his wife and his daughter at the hand of Celestia. Blamed for an event almost two-thousand years ago, with this event, the Windigo Kingom has fallen.

The last vision shows the the king from a third-person perspective burrying his daughter on Sorrow Island, giving her the honours of a warrior and burrying her alongside Celestia's blade. The memory sequence then ends and Silver Thunder is once again holding the sword. If he ever gets back from Sorrow Island, he'll find be asking his superior, Celestia, a few questions.