Stars: Prologue

First of all, this story is dedicated to my parents, for encouraging me to write. Thanks guys!

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            Against the silver sheen of the bright full moon, a unicorn sat, waiting near a circle of stones. Almost silently, another pony appeared out of the woods. They looked at eachother and the first nodded.

"Quickly, we must get this finished,"

         Nodding again, he stood up. The stallion approached the centre of the circle. There, he placed a bowl filled with oil, a single dragon scale, and a tuft of white pony fur. He then lit his horn and produced a small spark of magic, lighting the bowl and almost instantly the fire turned blue, then black, a colour unheard of any fire, even magical. The pony outside the circle then entered as  the magic flame flickered, careful not to disturb the bowl. And so, the ceremony began.

These were forbidden spells, not to be cast under any circumstance, but these two ponies were not ones to care. This spell was to be cast in a location of utmost secrecy, and the spell was not in any book known.

No, this spell was to serve a one time purpose.

"Tonight, a spell shall be created to extinguish the Sun. Tonight, we shall bring the beginning of the end of Harmony's rule!"

          With those words spoken, the unicorn brought upon the most magic he could create from his body and used some from the earth pony next to him, creating a large, black sphere out of pure arcane energy. He levitated it to the absolute centre of the stones, and willed the magic from the bowl to merge with the ball, creating a beam of purple energy between the bowl and ball.      

Then, the pony next to him grabbed a black, shining gem from his saddlebags, holding it into the beam of magic connecting the two objects. It was sucked in to the beam and stayed there, hovering. With that done, he grabbed a knife with a blade made of pure, untainted sapphire, and nicked his left side. Not even flinching, he drew a drop of blood from the wound and caught it with the knife. He then held the knife in front of him, slowly drawing closer to the box.

"Fool, move faster. We haven't much time before the celestial alignment!" the unicorn barked. Nodding quickly, he stuck the blood into the bowl. 

          The beam suddenly and violently turned a dark shade of red, surprising the earth pony and knocking him back, the ball and bowl merging into a shape. A radiating, red sphere hovered in front of them, quivering.

"Careful, if we screw up now it will ruin the whole spell, not to mention what other things could happen with a spell this dangerous and unstable. We must handle this sphere with extreme care," the unicorn whispered to the beside him. 

"Isn't it finished, father?

Haven't we done everything?" Inquired the pony. 

"No, does that look like a destruction spell to you?" Spoke the unicorn pointing at the unstable sphere, obviously annoyed.

."Oh, no... I didn't know what it was supposed to look like, I apologize," The unicorn sighed and carefully picked up the ball with magic.

            Slowly, he brought the sphere into a spin and let it go above the stone circle. 

"The alignment! It has begun!",The unicorn gleefully yelled. 

The sphere began to soak up the moon's energy and turn white, spinning a lot faster now.

*Crunch*

"Father?"

"What?!"

"What was that?" 

"STOP!!" 

"What!?" The unicorn turned around sharply and was greeted by the sight of 6 of the Royal Guards, spears up in his face. 

"NO!!!!!!" This cannot be! How did they find us!!??!", The unicorn cried.

"That does not matter. You are hereby under arrest by order of the Canterlot Royal Guard. Shut down this forbidden magic and come with us, NOW." A guard sternly said. 

"NO, THIS MAGIC IS UNSTABLE, STOP!!!! STOP OR YOU COULD KILL US ALL!"

A screeching sound filled the air, prompting three of the guards to cry out in pain and the rest to cover their ears. Then, the sphere shot into the air and the night was still again, as dark and quiet as it has always been.

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End of Prologue