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Ageless, or Celestia Plays Dice With the Universe

by Cynewulf

Chapter 1: I. A Letter

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There is a table beside the grand bed, and on it sits a letter.

Dear Celestia,


It still feels so strange not to write “Princess” before your name! But I remembered this time, and didn’t have to start my letter over.


I really don’t want to gush, but I’m so excited about my visit this weekend! This probably won’t surprise you at all, but there’s a part of me that is nostalgic for when I was just your student, combing the libraries and royal archives of Canterlot. Had I to do it over again, I wouldn’t have isolated myself. But the more I think about those days, I realize that even if I would change parts of my experiences, I wouldn’t throw them away for anything. Sometimes I felt so alive in and among those books in ways that that are harder to capture here in Ponyville.


Don’t get me wrong! I love Ponyville. In truth, it’s strange to think that I used to be a little homesick for Canterlot. There were days when I wondered how anypony could stand living in such a tiny little town. But now? Ponyville is just right, just the perfect size. It’s big enough to have community, but small enough to know your neighbors--and your neighbors are most everypony.


But I miss the seemingly endless library. Some days, when I was still your student in a much more immediate way, I felt like I could pursue my studies forever. It was like… like magic was a chase, I suppose. And that if I kept reaching out for it, kept running after it…


That’s silly, I know. My real point is that I’m so excited to be working together with you on an experiment! It’s like being in school again, and I’m very excited. Spike can roll his eyes all he wants to (he says hello, by the way!) but it’s not every day I get to help push forward the boundaries of science and thaumaturgy simply by being myself! I’m fascinated with what we’ll uncover about the magic that made me an alicorn. I’m not sure what all tests you’re running, though. Any that I can read up on? I’d like to make the experimental process go smoothly, if I can.


And as always, I confess that I’m eager to be of service. I know I’m not really a princess in the same sense as you and Luna and Cadance are, but I still try to take what duties I have seriously. I remember what you told me when I was young: a unicorn’s magic is meant to be a gift to all those around her. I didn’t really get it then, but now I do.


Nightmare Night is soon. Will Luna be coming back? Pinkie practically ambushed me this morning when I went to join Fluttershy and Rarity for lunch, asking if she would grace us with her presence. I figure that she would want to go to a different city this year, but if she is coming, let her know that Pinkie is prepared this year. She’d better bring her A-Game. A game? I’m not sure how to write that. Strange.


That’s all from me, Princess. It’s strange to write you so informally… but it’s really growing on me. Tell Luna that she should really write me back already. She’s been deciding her next move in our chess game for a week now, sheesh.


Your faithful student friend,
Twilight

Author's Notes:

my comment thread threat to write twilight and Celestia interacting and stuff after TNIP has occurred.


there was no rejoicing.

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