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After Adrian helped me up, Spike, Elune, and I head to the Archives to begin my lessons on elven magic. While I am upset I'll never use my pony magic again, learning a whole new kind of magic is exciting!

"So what are we learning first?" I ask Elune.

She looks over her shoulder with a raised eyebrow. "We shall begin by getting you to tap into your mana pool. From what I have been told, unicorns gather it from the atmosphere with their horn correct?" she replies and asks.

"Yes, our horns act like magical muscles able to store the magic around us and then manipulate it into what we need it to be," I reply while Spike helps me walk as my legs feel so strange now.

"I see. We elves use our hands and eyes as the focus for our spells or through staffs to enhance them. Unlike the humans whose magic is blunt and brutish, our magic has a myriad of uses. Portals spanning miles and even dimensions, the ability to grow flora at a rapid pace which allows our alchemists a near unlimited supply of reagents. We can also enchant objects or living things with benefits such as increased strength, agility, and intelligence or hexes to weaken, slow, and addle the mind," Elune explains to me.

"What about these runes Adrian told me about?" I ask her.

"Ah yes, runecrafting is a delicate art that requires years of study. You need to make sure the runes you'll be using for the spell or enchantment are perfect with no imperfections as that could result in a serious backlash. Runes are used mostly in the Reymorian army's weapons and armour. They add elemental effects or resistances, protections, and enhancements. The dwarves have their own variation of runes but they act more like triggers or seals," she replies as I take all this information in.

"Wow, this is all so fascinating!" I say with glee as we just arrive at the Archives.

"Yes it is, and you are acting like a human child who just received a gift on their birthday... No matter, we'll work that out of you as we progress," Elune says and opens a portal where she pulls out some books and crystals.

"What do you mean by that?" Spike asks with a frown.

"What I mean is her current attitude is unbefitting for an elf. We are a regal race and take matters seriously. While you're enthusiasm is all well and good, it'll get in the way of you fully understanding your new magic," she replies.

"So what you're saying is that she needs to act more like you?" Spike growls out.

"Don't get snippy with me lizard! If she wishes to learn our magic then she must respect our ways," Elune retorts with her own frown.

Spike growls deeply with a snarl as smoke comes out of his nostrils.

"You want me to be somepony I'm not!?" I ask her aghast.

"You are an elf now and I shall not have you embarrassing our race with your immature antics," she replies and narrows her eyes at me.

I just stare at her with wide eyes.

"And who are you to tell her to change!?" Spike demands angrily as he lays one of his large wings over my back. Oh how I've missed him over the days he was away, it just wasn’t the same in Ponyville without him.

"I am a high-elf of the Haluran Council and it is we who decide who is allowed to learn the elven arts of magic. If she will not follow our ways then I will not teach her," Elune replies with a scowl of her own.

Before anyone could say another word, Discord appears in a puff of pink smoke wearing a doctor's apron with gloves on his paw and talon. "Alright, what's going on here? I was just about to do some delicate quantum space time manipulation when I felt an unusual flux of chaos..." he demands.

His sudden appearance makes me jump with a yelp. "Discord! What are you doing here?" I ask him as I try to calm myself down.

Though before he could reply, Elune blasts him with a bolt of golden magic into a bookshelf. "Foul beast! I know not what kind of twisted magic birthed you, but I shall not allow you to taint my magic with your dark mana!" she yells at Discord.

Discord literally pulls himself out from under the books piled on top of him and is no longer in his doctor outfit. "Well I never! Madam, I am the Aspect of Chaos! One of the twelve Aspects of Terra!" he roars out in anger and snaps his talon's fingers.

Elune glows and is suddenly turned into a white earth pony mare with a blonde mane and tail, a small chest and slender frame.

The elf turned mare then gasps and looks horrified. "I demand you change me back this instant or you shall suffer the wrath of the fae elves!" she demands but then trips over her hooves.

"Not until you calm yourself down, missy!" he replies and looks to me. "Now then, what seems to be the problem to cause the chaos that it did?" he asks me.

Spike glares at Elune who is trying to stand back up. "She wanted Twilight to change her personality so she'd act more like an elf. Kinda reminds me of the stuck up nobles personally," Spike replies for me.

"I see, and why is she demanding this?" Discord asks while stroking his goatee.

"She won't teach Twilight elven magic unless she does so she doesn't humiliate the elven race..." Spike tells him and snorts smoke at Elune.

"I see. Well then, I have a better idea," Discord says and snaps his fingers again. A green and gold book that looks similar in design to Adrian's spell book appears on the table. "While Starswirl learnt human magic, he also studied the magics of the other races as well. This is all the knowledge he gathered on Elven spells, enchantments, and runes back then," he tells me and snaps his fingers again as another book appears. "And this one contains the more modern spells and such, written by yours truly!"

Elune now looks enraged. "Where did you get those! All books containing our magic are at the Haluran Council Archives!" she demands but trips again.

"If you must know I learnt all about your magic and secrets while I was on Terra over the last thousand years," he replies with a smug expression.

"Impossible!" she shouts as she uses the desk to balance herself.

"Hardly, I just sat in during the classes at your precious Archive, invisible to even your magic," he replies and turns to Twilight. "So what'll it be sparkle? Become like her and learn from her," he says pointing over towards Elune. "or do what you do best and let books guide and teach you?" he asks with a grin.

I look from him to the books on the table and start to drool. All the elven knowledge both modern and old, by Starswirl and the Aspect of Chaos themselves!

Discord chuckles and looks back to Elune. "It would seem she's made up her mind," he tells her.

"You will pay for this humiliation!" she yells at him.

Discord just roll his eyes and snaps his fingers making her disappear in a puff of pink smoke. "The elves can be so annoying... and that's coming from me!" he says and sighs. "I'm warning you now, Twilight. Don't get involved with the elves, think of them as Canterlot's nobles but ten times worse," he tells me seriously.

I nodded slowly before I slowly walk over to the books and gently stroke the binding of the old cracked leather tome. A shiver goes down my spine as I gently pick it up and open it to the first page.

"Well then, if you need a tutor, Sparkle. Just give me a holler, I'd be happy to help you. Toodles!" Discord tells me in a much happier tone and vanishes.

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This is all so fascinating! I've already figured out how to access my mana and I’m delighted to discover the elves have their own form of levitation. Although it can only lift one object at a time, it is still nice to have a familiar spell again.

I practice with the levitation spell on a quill and it gently rises up into the air. "You're getting the hang of that quickly," Spike says to me while shelving a few books.

"I know! From what I've learnt already, the elves have many different spells with many different functions depending on how it's used!" I reply and use my eyes as my focus to move the quill around.

The Archive's doors open and in comes my five friends who look tired. "Rough day?" I ask them all. Spike just stares sadly at Rarity before sighing and getting back to shelving books back to where they belong.

At first they look confused and look around. "Yeah... Where's Twilight?" Rainbow asks me while Pinkie is giving me an odd look.

I tilt my head and frown. "I'm right here..." I reply with a confused expression. Oh right, I'm not a unicorn anymore and they were out when I was transformed.

They all look at me wide eyed. "Yeah right... Twilight's a purple unicorn, you look like a pointy eared human." Rainbow says and attempts to cross her arms but forgets her left arm is missing. She sighs and settles for resting her right hand on her hip.

"I'm an elf now actually," I reply as I get up and walk over to them.

"Elf, human. Both the same really," Rainbow says as Rarity goes wide eyed.

"Erm, Rainbow darling? I think she’s telling the truth..." Rarity tells her while pointing to my mane.

The others gasp and swarm around me asking questions. So over the next ten minutes I explain to them what happened.

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Life appears to have settled down for now over the last two weeks.

The gryphons attempted another raid on Trotsburg, a small village on the border, but fortunately the town managed to evacuate and take refuge at Las Pegasus. We also sent a force of two-hundred guards with some human mages with them as well to retake the town and slaughter any gryphons there.

They returned victorious with forty-four gryphons killed and only fifteen losses, without their shields or barriers, and our new weapons from Terra, the gryphons don't seem much like a threat anymore.

Rainbow has adjusted to her new job as a Canterlot weather pegasus, though she did tell me she misses her position as weather Captain of Ponyville. She also managed to save her cloud house from Ponyville where it is now parked near the Castle, she’s even taken in the little orange pegasus I saved named Scootaloo since her parents were… killed.

She's also now used to her missing arm but sometimes gets the sensation that it's still there. Something Twilight told me was called phantom limb syndrome. I've been doing research in a way that could help her and I've discovered something the elves and dwarves are working on together on Terra.

The dwarves have managed to make large stone golems and the elves with their runecrafting have managed to make them into artificial soldiers that can follow basic commands, which are still in development. With this there may be a way to make Rainbow a new arm, but that's still just a theory.

Pinkie Pie's mood has been fluctuating all over the place, happy one minute and a sobbing mess the next. She misses her job at Sugarcube Corner and the Cake family she worked for. She tells me they're fine and are looking to set up a new bakery once Ponyville is rebuilt, but I'm told that may not happen for another year yet.

She also says she's having fun at Joe's place at the moment but it just isn't the same.

Rarity finally found a place to set up shop where Fleur Lily and Blueblood have moved in with her. Her boutique is now up and running and she already has a few orders for dresses.

Applejack has been given some land at the base of Mount Canter near the Lapis Hive and has begun planting new trees and transferring the surviving trees from her destroyed orchard over, I’ll be over in the coming weeks to help her in growing them quickly. A farmhouse and barn are also being constructed for her and her family as well.

Fluttershy is living in a small cottage on the Castle grounds where she is now looking after the animals living there. She's even helping the staff's sick or injured pets as well. Out of all of them she seems to be the most settled after Rarity, though she told me she misses all of her old animal friends back at her cottage, but they fortunately got away before the invasion.

Spike has gotten over most of his depression about Rarity and has moved on from it. He's been helping Twilight learn more and more from those books by getting her the tools and materials she asks for. Even Celestia says the Archives have never been so organised before he took over.

I still think he'd make a great soldier, but if he doesn't want to fight I'll respect his decision.

Twilight herself is progressing remarkably fast. Those books Discord gave her are highly detailed and hold nearly over a thousand spells and uses for them.

I've also told her about the elf who was supposed to teach her, apparently Discord said she was sent back to Vaylen where she remained a pony for a day and then turned back into an elf. She returned to the Castle and demanded that Discord be punished for her humiliation and that the books be handed over.

I told her no as the books didn't belong to her or the elves as they were written by Starswirl and Discord. To say she was unhappy was an understatement, she even threatened to take them by force before I took on my fire aspect magic form and glared down at her, to which she ran as fast as she could back through the portal screaming in the elven tongue.

Just like how they worship Gaia as a goddess of nature, it seems to them Infernus is the king of the demons and is named the flames of death. Sufficed to say, she didn't come back again nor did any other elf.

Shining is coming along well with his element training, he can channel a single life element and has been practising it on injured guards during their training or on those injured in the medical wing. He tried to cast a barrier once... but ended up encasing himself in a small bubble shaped barrier for ten minutes. Twilight was there while practising her own magic and couldn't resist rolling him around while laughing.

For the first few days after the invasion, Mavis was having nightmares from the diamond dog and changeling attack on the Hive while she was there. Luna has been keeping an eye on her and even pulled Shella's mind into her dreams to calm our scared daughter.

I asked why she can't do that for me, apparently my resistance to pony magic only allows her to see and slightly influence my dreams, she can't pull me out... that upset me a little.

Cadence is getting closer to giving birth to our baby, just another month and a half to go! The second Princess egg Shella laid is also close to hatching, just a couple more days Shella estimates and we'll have a new daughter in the family.

My parents visited a few times where Jasmine and Fleur Lily played together when they could. Mom's shop is prospering well thanks to their expansion and the designs she trades with Rarity.

I continued my training with Infernus over the two weeks as he told me I need better control over gathering lots of mana together, the fact I passed out after reducing Chrysalis to ash was an embarrassment to him.

The Lapis Hive has expanded rapidly to accommodate all the newest changelings in the Hive. The changelings that used to be a part of Chrysalis' Hive are showing improvement to both their happiness and health, they've also completed their transformations and now look just like the Lapis Hive changelings.

The Ponyville residents that stayed there are also helping out with whatever they can help with while they wait for their town to be rebuilt.

And so life is going by calmly and smoothly. Celestia has finished her plans for invading Aires Peak and striking down the Elder Council of the gryphons thanks to the info gathered from Hagriff and the images drawn by Venna, they've been scheduled for release after the attack on Aries Peak.

I'm currently sitting on my throne and attending court with Celestia while Luna is helping Cadence to relax as she is getting more moody lately. I was wondering when her mood swings would kick in, I'm surprised it took this long.

Celestia right now is talking to a woman asking for advice about some kind of financial problem.

Shella is currently down at her Hive overseeing its progress. I'm not really paying attention to court as I play with Valiant who is on my lap.

After a few minutes, the Throne Room doors open up and in runs a guard. "Your Majesties! I bring news from the border guards! A blue dragon has been sighted entering Equestria!" she tells us.

Celestia gasps and walks down to the guard. "Can you tell me any details about this dragon?" she asks her.

"Only that the dragon seems to be female with blue scales and only an adolescent close to your height," the guard replies.

“And where was she last spotted?” Celestia then asks.

“The last report said she was just over Nieghagara Falls, at the speed she’s travelling I estimate it’ll take her two days to arrive,” the guard replies.

Celestia frowns for a few seconds. “Get the guards ready and warn the towns from Canterlot to Nieghagara Falls to avoid any contact with her,” she orders the guard.

The guard salutes and heads out the room to complete her order. Why would a small young dragoness come to Equestria?

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