AN: still looking for OCs if anyone is interested they'll be used in the climax of the story or in fillers not much else I can say other than enjoy and that it's going to be a short but informative chapter so yeah lets just start

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I woke up at what I guessed was 6:30. I heard the sound of hooves cloping against the wooden floor of the library floor. I saw celestia up and trying to silently walk out the door. I decided to follow her out to see what she was doing.

She had started to charge up a spell she spread her wings and flew into the air. The sun started to rise, leaving only a silhouette of her body. She slowly glided down to the ground and landed. I was amazed seeing her set the sun was one thing seeing her rise it was entirely different.

"that was beautiful princess" I said startling her. She let out a yelp and jumped into the air. I chuckled as she was trying to compose herself.

"oh zack it's only you, you scared me. It's not often that something gets by me. Is there something you need?"

"yes actually I had a question"

"alright what is it zack"

"why me?"

"what do you mean?"

" I mean why out of all the humans you could have picked why did you try so hard for me?"

"well you see humans used to be able to use magic"

"wait what?"

"yes human used to be able to do magic. Humans actually offered us magic as a peace offering. Humans became my greatest allies while they were here. They were smart in battle and could use weapons my ponies couldn't. My ponies had the strength and they had the smarts, together we ruled the world in peace. But one day when we needed them the most they all vanished. I gathered all my ponies to fight the dragon army. Those were dark times in equestria."

"then how come humans can no longer use magic?"

"my only guess is that magic became inferior. Humans have a resistance to their own magic. So I think it just died out."

"it also didn't help that a religion was persecuting anyone who they thought had magical abilities." dam you Christianity

"what?" she asked surprised

"Christianity persecuted and burned alive anyone they thought was a wizard. Sad part is is that its the biggest religion practiced in the world for thousands of years."

"that's horrible why would they do that?"

"many believe people do bad things in fear of the unknown. Me I believe that people are just sick and demented"

"that's so sad"

"it is" after that it was quiet for a while. "so is there anything you can tell me about the darkness?"

"what scares me the most is I actually cant tell you much. One day the ground started shaking, Cracks started to form around the everfree forest. The darkness suddenly started seeping from the cracks and into the air. Whoever inhaled enough of it became either insane, lost control of their body, or in the worst cases died. The insane ones are easy enough to hold down luckily and we are conducting experiments, but we haven,t found anything that can help us stop it. We do know however that it is immune to our strongest magic, the elements of harmony."

"what are those?"

"they elements are strong magical artifacts that feed of the powers of friendship. They are kindness, loyalty, laughter, honesty, generosity, and magic. They are held by fluttershy, rainbow dash, pinkie pie, apple jack, rarity, and twilight respectively.

I took note of everything I heard that was important in the conversation. Basically all I got was humans could use magic and the darkness is immune to unicorn magic. "so princess do you think you could teach me magic?"

"i would send you to my student but she does not know human magic, and sadly I do not have the time to teach you. Not until I am able to find a cure for the darkness. Though my sister luna may be able to help you, she is not as strong as me at it but it,s still a good start. You will begin after nightmare night. You will accompany my sister for the day then return to canterlot as her student."

"thank you princess"

"your welcome now if you must excuse me I must tell luna of this event. Tell my little ponies that I am sorry for not staying and that I send my best for them. Goodby zack."

"goodbye, celestia" with that she flew of into the sky towards canterlot. I snuck back into the library for more sleep. I curled up onto the couch and closed my eyes slowly drifting to sleep... wait a minute she never answered my questions.

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AN short chapter I know and its really late too but at least it has major plot points