“Sooo.....” I trailed off, taking a sip of my tea. I glanced to my sister who just kept her eyes anywhere but the two ponies. Nightmare and Twilight were sitting across from each other, each just staring. Twi still had the gauntlet and the sword, now strapped to her back.

Nightmare said she needed a minute to compose herself, and Twilight agreed, and decided to brew some tea with the set Nightmare kept around. The silence seemed to drag on and on and it was driving me up a wall, but none of us knew how to breach it. This...monumental bombshell.

Twilight, and apparently Shining Armor, were Nightmares direct descendant! Not Lunas. Not Celestia’s. Nightmare Moon.

I frowned and shrunk in my seat as both ponies fixed me with almost matching stares, like it was taboo that I break the silence. I winced and slowly placed my cup down, looking back and forth between the duo with worry. The duo were just silent, grabbing their teacup and drinking in unison. It was...unnerving. Now that they were face to face, I could easily see a resemblance, and that should be very difficult since Nightmares genetics were a thousand years old in Twilight.

Silence re-entered, Sora managed to give me a nervous stare and mouthed ‘what now?’ I frowned and shrugged my shoulders. I can’t even imagine what was going through Nightmare or Twilight’s minds. I know I would be going crazy if I found out I was related to, like, Joan of Arc or something else that massive.

I watched in rapt attention as Nightmare leaned forwards, narrowing her eyes. Twilight didn’t flinch, not even as Nightmare reached forwards and began to turn her head around.

“You certainly look like her.” The Alicorn muttered. Twilight rose an amused brow as Nightmare relinquished her face, crossing her arms over her chest.

“And you look a bit like my grandmare on my dads side, so at least we know which side you’re related to.” Twi replied. Nightmare giggled a bit as Twi took another sip of her tea before sighing. Twi and I rose a brow as Nightmare frowned with soft eyes as she took a proper look at Twilight’s prosthetic.

“You, have been hurt quite a bit.” The Alicorn muttered, before laughing a little. “Heh, a true Nocturna through and through though, becoming so strong in spite of this. Especially with the darker side of magic.”

“I guess.” Twi shrugged before looking at her hand. “It certainly took a while to get used to. Even now, sometimes I feel like this has been a dream and I’ll wake up again right before Discord escapes. Never to meet Nat, Sora, her family, Edward and everyone else.” She chuckled a glanced to me and my sister. “It’s been pretty surreal this past half year.”

“Tell us about it.” Sora and I spoke in unison. We all giggled a bit, before something clicked in my head. “Wait, Nocturna?”

“Yes. My name. Before I ended up with the title of Nightmare Moon, and after I managed to split from Luna, I decided to take the name of Nyx Nocturna.” She replied, surprising us. “I just thought the name fit, right? Besides, considering your reactions only my loved ones and truly loyal advisers knew my name.”

“I mean, I can see it.” Sora muttered. I nodded as the two relatives shared a moment of happiness with one another. “So, what happens now?” Sora questioned.

“Not sure.” I replied, standing and stretching my back. “But I think we should head back to town. Celestia is going to be raising the sun in a couple hours, and we should be home before the others realize we have been gone in the first place.”

“Yeah, you got a point babe.” Twi said, taking all the cups to Nightmare, or I guess Nyx, kitchen. “But, what do we do about grandmare Nyx?”

“I have to stay here.” We turned to the Alicorn who frowned and rolled her eyes. “Don’t give me those looks. I know if I randomly showed up in a town I would cause a panic and more trouble for Luna. Besides I can’t actually leave.” She frowned. “For some reason my spirit and magic is tethered to the castle, so I can’t even leave the gorge let alone the forest. For all intents and purposes, I’m just a ghost stuck haunting the castle.”

I frowned as we made our way through the old building. “That really sucks. Do you have any idea why that is?”

“Aside from karma making it so I just replaced one prison for another?” She replied sardonically. “My best guess is that something happened with the Element’s of Harmony since I wasn’t just destroyed, or turned to stone, or sent back to the moon.”

“Maybe. What about the Tree of Harmony?” I asked as we made it to the lobby.

“I went down the gorge into the cavern a couple times to check, but nothings happened to me. Although I did sense some odd disturbance a couple months ago.”

“Uh, that was probably me.” I said. “I like to go down there from time to time to think. The place is just really relaxing.”

“Luna and I did the same thing when we were still one.” Nyx said with a nostalgic smile. She then perked up a bit, catching our attention. “Hmm, answer me this. How are you three with combat?” The three of us turned to each other.

“I mean, we studied, my interdimensional aunt Luna taught us quite a bit about dark magic and combat, and we spar, but we have never really had any formal training for extended periods of time.” I answered. Nyx nodded, before smirking.

“Alright how about this? You three can come by every now and then, and I’ll train you three how to fight properly. And while we do that, we can also look for a way for me to leave the castle.” She turned to Twilight. “Besides, you need to learn how to wield that sword like a proper fighter. No descendant of mine is going to be a novice in swordplay!”

Sora and I blinked a couple times before we glanced to Twilight, who had a hand on her chin, before glancing at her new gauntlet and taking out her sword. She thought for a moment, before smiling mischievously and nodding. She then began to giggle.

“Ehehehe, I can only imagine my brothers face when I beat him in a duel.” That surprised us, but then Sora and I began to think about it as well and began to laugh along with her.

“Hoo boy Shiny is in for it next time we see him!” Sora said. I nodded before something else popped into my head and I frowned.

“And, we could use the training to prepare for the Changeling invasion during his wedding.” That made my marefriend and sister stop laughing and get serious. Nyx looked between us, surpised by the sudden shift in mood.

“Oh right, that.”

“Um, can somepony fill me in here?” The Alicorn questioned as we made our way outside.

“Long story short, a large army of Changelings will be invading Canterlot during my brothers wedding to my old foalsitter Cadence, Alicorn Princess of Love. The changeling queen Chrysalis is going to replace Cadence to make sure things go her way. From what Nat and Sora told me, after I tried and failed to expose the faker, she sent me to the old mines under Canterhorn Mountain where I found the real Cadence, we fought off the changelings, get captured again, Cadence and Shiny use their love for one another to cause a massive wave of magic that launches the changelings away.” Twi summarized.

“Um, ok? If you know all of this, why don’t you just let things take their course?”

“Because that was the original timeline. This is a very different world since Twi has so much more magic and confidence. Plus that fact my sister and I are here already changes things. Long story short, we need all the power we can get to be prepared for anything.” I explained.

“I see.” The Alicorn rubs her chin and nods, before smiling. “Well then, I guess I won’t be pulling any punches with you three. So prepare yourselves for some intense training.” Twi, Sora and I smirked before we turned to the Alicorn.

“As you wish, Mistress.” We all said with smirks. And then we began to laugh at Nyx pout.

“I am already beginning to regret this decision.”

“Again!”

I took a deep breath as Twilight and I stood across from one another, a sensory blade held firmly in both my hands as Twi clutched her own blade. With a nod, the two of us rushed forwards, clashing blades. Mine shattered after two or three hits, but I just summoned another one as Twilight kept up her firm defence, pushing me as I jumped, slashed and moved about.

I managed to get behind her to slash at her back, but she twirled and blocked with her crystal mail arm, before catching the blades and crunching them in hand. She then went on offence as I reinforced my blades with more magic, making them last longer as I blocked and dodged around my marefriend.

Sora stood on the sidelines, sitting legs crossed as she meditated and worked on her magic, the burn marks on one side and frost on the other showing her progress to changing back and forth. She also had her aura surrounding her, the pink and silver energy constantly in motion as she flexed the energy.

Twi and I kept up the spar, slowly speeding up as we went back and forth between who was defending and who was attacking. Before long, we locked blades, before Twi pulled back and tried to punch me. I managed to block with a swirl of wind, before the burst of air sent up both back. We both flipped back to our feet/hooves, and got back into our stances.

There was a snap of the fingers, and Twi and I collapsed on the ground.

“Gods....dammit.” I muttered, trying to get my breath back as my adrenaline cut off. Twi wasn’t in much better shape, barely able to get her coat off and face planting into it. Sora was silently snickering at mine and Twilight’s condition.

“You two have come far.” I managed to turn to Nyx as she said that, sipping some tea with a smirk. “Before your forms were rather rusty and full of holes. Now you two can compare to my captains of the night guard a thousand years ago. Most impressive for only a couple months worth of official training.” She paused for a second. “Then again, you three did have a head start thanks to Natali’s Displaced family.”

“Still, we still have a long way to go before we’re ready.” Twilight said as she managed to get up. I followed suit a second later, walking over to a nearby bench as she passed me some water. I raised the bottle above my head and shivered as I felt a blast of cold air pass my hand. I then took the cap off and sipped the now ice cold water, turning to my sister with a nod as she lowered her arm.

“Not bad Sora. You managed not to freeze it solid this time.” I praised, sipping my water. My sister smirked before taking out a small skewer from a case, with undercooked chicken meatballs stabbed on it. She narrowed her eyes, before lighting up her other hand and torching the skewer with a burst of rainbow fire for a couple seconds before she stopped, revealing a dark and cooked meatball skewer. She smirked again before munching on her snack.

“Your control has been skyrocketing lately Sorano. I have to say I am impressed.” Nyx said, looking to the moon with a smile.

“Thanks Nyx.”

“So what now?” I question, putting my stuff away. Twi tapped her chin before shrugging, picking out some dirt from her prosthetic.

“Not sure, we should probably head back to town. Spike has been wanting to see how much I’ve improved with my standard unicorn magic.” Twilight said, sheathing her sword and putting on her coat from Ed. I nodded and grabbed Sora, who just yawned and hopped onto my back. We waved to Nightmare again, before we took off into the night sky.

“So, how much longer do you think it is going to take before my brother tells me he’s getting married?” Twi questioned as we made our way into Ponyville from above.

“Who knows? No offence to you Twilight, but your brother isn’t very active minded at times.” I replied as we made our way to the library. Twi and I nodded to Owlowiscious as she opened the window for us. I looked to my back as I heard Sora lightly snoring and placed her on the bed before tucking her in as Twi and I quietly made our way to our room.

I sighed as I stripped off my clothes to the minimum before flopping onto the bed. Twi followed suit a second later, making sure not to hit anything with her left arm. She still hadn’t found a spell to give her arm full sensory connection to her nerves so she can feel. Ed’s random arrival with that Kairi Displced a couple weeks ago defiantly helped in increasing our repertoire of abilities, but just allowing Twilight to feel with her crystalmail is proving to be a task and a half.

I yawned and decided to actually get into the bed, holding the blanket up for Twi to crawl in, the unicorn sleepily moving in and nuzzling onto my chest. Apparently she likes sleeping on my boobs better than sleeping on a pillow. I just rolled my eyes and let her do her thing, the two of us beginning to tangle ourselves as we held each other. I smiled as I allowed my eyes to droop into sleep.

“Oh don’t be scared little friends. Twilight is really wonderful with magic.” Fluttershy said to her animal friends before she turned to my marefriend with a surprising glare. “Anything happens to them Twilight, and so help me!”

Twi just raised an amused brow and lowered Fluttershy’s hand from her face. “Relax Shy, this is just a simple levitation test.”

“Seriously Flutters, Twi has been making leaps and bounds with her magic lately, even with her injury. If anything replacing her arm just made her stronger.” Sora muttered, sipping some water. Fluttershy had the decency to blush sheepishly at that. The four of us plus Spike were all outside of Fluttershy’s cottage, a group of animals all waiting for Twilight to do something.

Said unicorn stretched her arms as she walked up with a confident smile. “You have nothing to worry about Fluttershy. This is going to be fun. Right guys?” She turned to the animals, who all clapped and jumped in excitement. I could still see the pegasus next to us was scared so I just pat her shoulder.

With a grin and narrowed eyes, Twi lift her left arm, her horn and hand glowing with her magic as she surrounded all the animals with her magic, levitating them into the air. Fluttershy was biting her nail with fear, while Twi was just smiling, levitating the animals around into a figure eight and like they were dancing in the air.

After a few minutes Twi gently lowered the animals back to the ground, wiping a bit of sweat from her forehead. Fluttershy was kneeling on the ground covering her eyes, but Sora and I tapped her head and she looked at all her animal friends as they were crowding around Twi with excitement. She managed a sheepish smile as the animals all left for their burrows.

“That was great Twilight! Your magic has really improved a lot since we came here. Princess Celestia is going to love seeing your progress!” Spike cheered. I saw Twilight’s smile twitch a bit, likely thinking about Celestia.

“Thanks Spike. I do have to be at my best at all times, especially since she is bringing a bunch of delicates from Saddle Arabia. I’m surprised she is trusting me with the entertainment.” Twi muttered that last part.

“You really shouldn’t be Twi.” I said, laying my arm over her shoulder. “You have so much unique magic it is only natural for the princess to ask you.” I reassured before looking forwards and pushing Twi out of the way of a rainbow blur. Rainbow turned around as she saw she missed.

“Twilight, Nat, Sora come quick! It’s an emergency!” She yelled, hovering in the air before zooming off. I looked to the others and shrugged my shoulders before we made our way into town. The run was silent before we came to the town centre and saw a crowd of ponies surrounding something.

We managed to shuffle our way through the crowd in time to hear a zap of magic before we heard Rarity scream. We managed to make our way through and saw Rarity wearing a very ugly dress of bright green, brown, orange and hot pink frills.

“Oh, you beast! This shade of brown should only be used for accents!” She wobbled on her hooves before AJ ran up and caught her, tossing her over her shoulder as Pinkie ran up.

“Come on Applejack. We gotta get her in a nice soothing pink. Stat!” Pinkie said as they ran off. Twi, Sora, Spike and I walked up looking over the crowd.

“What the hell is going on here?” Twilight questioned with a frown.

“Well well well.” We turned to a mare with a grey cloak covering their person. She raised her hood to show a familiar face. “If it isn’t, Twilight Sparkle.” Trixie said with a grin as her eyes flashed red.

“Trixie?” Twi muttered before glancing to me. I just shrugged.

“She isn’t supposed to show up until after the invasion. At least in the normal timeline.” I whispered to her.

“What’s she doing here?” Spike questioned with narrowed eyes. Rainbow flew above up before glaring at Trixie.

“You call that great and powerful?”

Trixie didn’t respond verbally, but just used her magic, the aura and her eyes turning blood red as she blasted Rainbow, the puff of smoke showing one of RD’s wings bigger than herself. She wobbled around, nearly slamming into Snips and Snails, before I decided enough was enough.

With a wave of my hand, the wind whipped around and caught Rainbow before lowering her to the ground. She looked to me with a grateful grimace. “Thanks for the save Nat.”

“No problem RD.” I replied before jumping as I saw Trixie zap Sips and Snails so their horns were stuck together. Ok, that’s a lot weirder in real life than on the TV.

“Stop picking on everyone Trixie.” Twilight demanded, her hand glowing. Trixie looked nonplussed, but did raise a brow at her glowing hand and lack of glow on her horn.

“We have some unfinished business. My magic has gotten better since I was here last. And I am going to prove it.” She pointed to Twi with a confident smirk. “Me and you. A magic duel. Winner stays. Loser leaves Ponyville, forever!”

“Forget it!” she glared, before it melted into a grin, confusing the others. “At least, for that last part. I would never abandon my home without a legitimate reason beyond a silly bet. However, if its a duel you want, I am more than ready to oblige.” That caught Trixie off guard.

“Um, what.”

“Yeah that was really stupid of you.” Trixie finally took notice of me and my sister as we walked up. “Twi has gotten way more powerful since the last time you have met. And she doesn’t even need that amulet to do it.” I pointed to said amulet around the other unicorns neck, catching her off guard.

“Wha-how do you-?”

“Know about the Alicorn Amulet?” Sora finished, once again surprising Trixie. “It’s surprising what things you can learn if you know where to look.” Trixie looked between the three of us in surprise, before clearing her throat and attempting to take control of the situation.

“So, you accept my challenge for a magic duel?” Trixie questioned Twi with a glare. Twilight placed a hand on her chin, looking like she was thinking hard, which caused a couple chuckles from the crowd, before she grinned.

“Yup. Meet me at the park in one hour.” Twi said before the three of us turned and began to walk away, leaving Trixie to gawk at our lack of respect. After a moment, she growled and teleported away in a flash of red as the crowd made their own ways to the park.

Once we made it to the library, there was a beat, before Sora and I burst out laughing, Twilight trying and failing to hold in her own giggles.

“Oh, oh did you see her face! Priceless!” Sora yelled, rolling on the ground.

“I know! You totally stole her thunder babe! That was great!” I yelled, barely catching myself onto the couch before I fell. Twi I nodded, managing to keep herself steady as she made her way to her books.

“Thanks for the cheering. Now, I just need to find that book on the amulet. I know I saw it a couple days ago.” Twi muttered, levitating several books around herself, before cheering as she found it. Twi began to study the contents of the book, noting everything down, while I went and grabbed Twilight’s gear. I figured she didn’t need her sword or gauntlet, but she should still look good.

Walking up to the park, I saw that Pinkie and Applejack had set up some bleachers and an apple juice stand around the park. Sora and I walked up, looking around the area and saw Trixie walking in a circle around the tree, grumbling to herself and glaring at any ponies that got too close. I heard an alarm ring from my pocket, which meant it was an hour. Trixie and the others noticed me as I walked up with a grin.

“Oh, its you two. Whatever you are. Now, where is Twilight. Did she chicken out?” Trixie mocked, but I just rolled my eyes. I held my hand out to the side and Pinkie appeared, a microphone in hand, which she handed to me. I tapped it a couple times to test it before nodding.

“Fillies and gentlcolts!” I began, catching everyone’s attention. “Welcome and a fine afternoon to everypony. Today, we are here to witness a duel between a master of magic and a magician!” I smirked at Trixie’s glare and the laughter from the crowd. “On one side, we have the magician, Trixie Lulamoon!” All of the boos, all the yells! I laughed to myself as Trixie ground her teeth together. I cleared my throat, turning serious as the wind began to pick up.

“And next to me, the defender, the unicorn you all love, the Element of Magic herself and my beautiful marefriend, Twilight Sparkle!”

I mentally smirked as I used my magic to make the wind pick up, causing some to cover themselves from the dust and dirt, before I looked up, causing the crowd and Trixie to follow suit, their eyes widening in surprise. Twilight was hovering a dozen and a half feet in the air, her hooded coat from Ed on as well as a pair of simple black slacks and a long sleeve, black and purple striped shirt. Her tattooed face was blank as she lowered herself onto the ground, before she suddenly twisted her neck with a loud crack.

Trixie shivered at the crack, seeing Twilight not flinch at all at what she did. Said cloaked unicorn just grinned like a cat that caught a canary, before she stretched her arms out.

“Well, now that I am here, how about we get this over with.” Twi stated more than asked. I nodded and rushed over to the tree nearby for cover. Trixie shook her head and gave a haughty smirk, full of confidence as her eyes flashed red again. I glanced back and forth, seeing Twi lower her stance and pull back her arm, confusing Trixie for a moment, while I smirked.

“And....begin!”

Trixie went to talk, only for her eyes to widen and to dodge left as Twi almost blasted her with a kinetic blast. She went to complain, only to teleport away as Twi appeared before her and tried to punch her, striking the ground and causing a small tremor.

“Hey! What are you doing?!” Trixie demanded, a little scared at Twilight’s sudden attacks.

“What? This is a magic duel right? A fight.” Twi responded in a ‘no duh’ tone.

“What?!” Trixie yelled, before she had to dodge several energy bolts from Twilight’s hand. She growled to herself, eyes turning red before she tried to blast Twi back.

“Solid Script Guard!” The word appeared out of thin air, easily stopping Trixie’s attack. That caught her off guard, long enough for Twi to write again. “Solid Script Thunderbolt!” The word Thunder appeared above Trixie, who began to run around, barely dodging bolts of electricity. She couldn’t move in time to avoid a haymaker to the face, feeling her teeth rattle as her opponents fist felt like it was made of rock.

“Damn, Twi’s going in!” Rainbow exclaimed, munching on some popcorn. The others nodded, seeing the ferocity of their once nerdy friend as she launched spell after spell against Trixie, who was just trying to avoid being creamed, let alone fight back.

I was just leaning against the tree, watching my marefriend put Trixie through the ringer with her own powers. I’ll be the first to admit, this level of dominance is really hot.

“Hey sis, your nose is bleeding.” I jumped and immediately dabbed at my nose with my sleeve, sending a glare to my sister that was undoubtedly ruined by my blush I could feel. She just laughed at me and jumped up to a branch before leaning back to watch the show.

“Solid Script Bullet!” The word appeared before launching a stream of magic bullets at Trixie, who just managed to raise a red shield in time, though she did nearly get hit by a stray bolt flying past her neck. Trixie’s eyes were constantly red now, but her expression was one of worry, annoyance, frustration, and most of all, fear.

I didn’t even need to use my telepathy to know Trixie was screaming in her head about how strong Twilight had become, clearly catching her off guard. The constant offence Twilight was taking was clearly taking its toll, Trixie was slowing down, breathing heavy, and I saw her eyes twitching in pain from a clear migraine from magical overbearing.

Twilight meanwhile barely had the faintest of hitches in her breath before she got it under control, and her hand was glowing a little bit from residual magic use, like the leftover heat from a bullet. She smirked to herself as Trixie lowered her shield, panting hard to get her breath back, red magic fizzling out from her horn, which was smoking a bit.

“So, are you going to surrender, yet?” Twi questioned calmly, hand on her hip. Trixie just growled like an animal, her eyes and the amulet around her neck glowing bright red, as an orb appeared on her horn which began to grow. Twi’s eyes widened a bit, before she frowned and adjusted her stance, legs shoulder length apart, while she crossed her arms above her head. My eyes widened as I recognized that stance.

“Oh shit.” I muttered, before turning to the crowd. “TAKE COVER!”

The crowd proceeded to hid behind the bleachers, Pinkie placing hard hats on several heads, while I grabbed my sister and flew into the air. Trixie roared as she launched the large orb of red magic towards Twilight, who just smirked in response. Time seemed to slow as the crowd saw the light bending towards Twilight, who seemed to have an orb of space itself above her head. Once Trixie’s spell was ten feet away, there was a pulse.

“ALTAIRIS!”

*****

“Seriously?! You know how dangerous that spell is Twilight!”

“Alright alright I heard you the first twenty times Nat! I got too into the fight!”

“Haha! That’s my descendant! You take no insults from those below you!”

“You’re really not helping Nyx!”

We had been having this argument for the past few hours after Twilight knocked Trixie out with her spell, which I know she weakened by an incredible degree, but that wasn’t the point! We did stop when Celestia showed up, and I managed to convince Trixie to help with the festivities, though she did have to take it easy from the magic overload of her trying to stop the Altairis spell. But, Sora and I picked up the slack with my wind and Sora’s fire and ice magics.

With a sigh, I stretched out against the bench I was laying on, before taking out the Alicorn Amulet. Trixie gave it to me before she left, once I showed her the book Twi had, seeing all the side effects of the magic. She didn’t want to run the risk of going crazy, so she gave me the amulet for safe keepings. I figured I could ask Nyx about it and maybe see if we could use it ourselves without the side effects.

I turned to the two ponies here, Nyx wanting to go through a quick spar with Twi before anything else. Sorano was back in town, sleeping because she didn’t really want to come out tonight. I agree, she shouldn’t be up this late at her age.

Another clang and a grunt later, I saw Twi laying next to me on the ground, clearly being thrown back from Nyx in the spar. I didn’t even look away from the sky as I grabbed her water bottle and placed it in her outstretched hand. She proceeded to drink some, while dumping more onto herself.

“So, what do we do with this?” I questioned, holding up the amulet. Nyx walked over and pulled it from my grasp, looking it over while rubbing her chin.

“Well, I would normally suggest destroying this since even Luna and Celestia couldn’t resist its corrupting effect, but I actually have a different idea.” Twi and I turned to Nyx as she sat on the bench. “This amulet was made by infusing large amounts of not just dark magic, but also a small portion of chaos magic from an old pony named Q. Never did figure out what happened to that old unicorn, but he was a good friend with Clover and Starswirl. The three of them are actually the ones who made this, with the intent on increasing the power output my normal unicorns so they could move the celestial bodies more easily. Remember this was before my sisters became Alicorns.

Anyways, from what old Swirly was able to figure out, is that the inherent nature of chaos, and thus chaos magic, is the reason behind the amulets corrupting effects. Normal ponies can’t handle the inherent nonsense and randomness from chaos. Which I think is the reason that Q disappeared. It was not long after that Discord first arrived, so Celestia and Luna both decided to try and destroy this thing, but before they could, it was lost, likely from Discord taking it.”

Twi and I nodded along, before Nyx lit up her horn. I blinked, and then looked around as I saw we weren’t at the castle anymore, but in a very familiar cave. I helped Twilight to her hooves as she looked around very quickly, noting the large staircase that reached to the top of the gorge we were in, and then in the cave she saw the light around the bend.

I looked to Nyx with a raised brow as Twi looked to me, but the Alicorn just grinned and motioned to follow. I shrugged to my marefriend, and we followed the ancient being through the cave. I grinned a bit when I heard Twilight gasp, seeing the Tree of Harmony for the first time can be pretty surreal. Especially for an element bearer.

I walked up to the magic tree and jumped, taking a seat on one of its lower branches like I always do when I come here. Twilight just walked up to the tree, almost in a daze, her stunned expression not being repressed at all as she gently laid a hand on one of the roots.

“Incredible. It’s so....warm.” She whispered in awe, before she turned to Nyx, who was calmly laying against one of the roots. “Why are we here?”

“Ah, one of life’s great mysteries. That is a good question my dear descendant.” I gave Nyx a ‘seriously?’ face as she managed to keep herself from laughing. I knew showing her those RvB clips was a bad idea. Nyx shook her head before taking out the amulet and tossing it to Twi. “Put it on.”

“Say what?”

“You heard me, put it on. If anypony can use that as intended, its you my dear.” Nyx clarified. I frowned before glancing to Twi. I was worried, who knew how that things magic would react to Twilight’s, as well as being so close to the-

My eyes widened as I looked to Nyx, who just smirked at my look. C-could that work? The magic from the Tree of Harmony fazing out the Chaos magic in the amulet so Twilight doesn’t get corrupted?

I looked to Twilight, who seemed to be having a debate with herself, but eventually she just sighed and placed the gem on her neck, clicking the metal clasp together on the back, and just waited.

I blinked a couple times, staring at Twilight. She kept her eyes closed, breathing calm. I glanced to Nyx, who rose a brow, before I looked back.

“Um, I don’t, feel any different.” Twilight finally said before she opened her eyes. I am pretty sure I blacked out for a moment, before I inhaled loudly.

“Twilight your eyes!” I took out my phone and set the camera to selfie mode, before shoving it in my marefriend’s face.

Twilight’s eyes had changed, not drastically, but noticeably. They remained the same shade of violet as before, but now her pupils had narrowed into slits like a cats and the pupils themselves had a red dot in the centre. That was very noticeable, and Twilight jumped a bit before taking the phone and looking her eyes over.

“Whoa. I look way more like Nyx now.” Twilight muttered, the faint glow of the Alicorn amulet and the red dots in her eyes pulsing in time with her heart. She blinked a couple times, before glancing to the tree. She tilted her head, her ears flicking around almost like they heard something, and walking up to the trunk.

“Twilight?” I questioned, not receiving an answer as Twi walked up. I glanced to Nyx, who looked just as lost as I was, and just walked over to Twilight as she looked at the tree. After a minute of just staring, Twi seemed to know what to do next, and laid a hand on the trunk of the tree, before closing her eyes.

Nyx and I watched as Twilight’s magic came to light, her horn and her hand glowing a deep maroon mix of red and purple, along with bits of gold and black near the ends of the the aura. I stepped back and jumped as the tree seemed to come to life, glowing brightly as the areas where the elements once resided pulsed in time with Twilight’s heart.

My eyes widened greatly as the magic surrounded Twilight’s form, rings of red, purple, gold, black and white surrounding her and spinning in different directions, creating a sphere of magic around her, before she began to rise into the air. I could barely see her lips moving like she was chanting and her eyes were pure white like when she was having a magic overload as a filly.

“Twilight!” I screamed in fear, and took a step. But Nyx grabbed me and shook her head. I was about to yell at her, before I noticed something. She was...crying. But she was also smiling. Her smile was wide with pride and joy. “Nyx?”

“She did it. heh, I guess Celestia knew she could reach this point.” Was all she said as she watched the orb Twilight was in begin to spin rapidly. I closed my eyes, barely feeling as Nyx magic covered me.

And in once more burst, we all vanished.

Author's Notes:

I LIIIVVVVEE!!!!

Yes I am very much alive, but writing has obviously been a bit of a problem for me lately. I am back to work five days a week for (mostly) the closing night shifts, and if I am not working at the restaurant I am installing and working on sprinklers or taking care of my grandmother.

Just letting everyone know I am going to be slow to update for a while before I can get my rhythm back, though, I do have a surprise in the works. So please, be patient and thank you all for the support.

Please everyone, be safe and healthy.