My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 12

Reunion

Starlight pulled herself out of the freezing water and onto a block of ice big enough to hold her and 4 others, coughing up water like there’s no tomorrow. “AGH! Mmm…” she coughed heavily, bringing up a slight bit of blood with this volley. “oh, gods! My insides hurt.” she groaned. She wasn’t the worst off. Bass laid on his back, coughing like her but with more water coming out. Starlight looked to him. “What…” she hacked again, finally clearing the water out of her system. “What was wrong with you?”

“mmmmm…..” Bass moaned. He rolled onto his stomach and cleared his lungs of water. “Um…” he said with a sore throat. “eh… you didn’t want to be taken by either of those Alicorns, did you?”

Starlight had forgotten that. Not only did her cousin Glade show up to arrest her for something she didn’t do, but this mysterious black Alicorn she never met before. He kept talking about a ‘master’. what master? “n-no. I-I didn’t.”

Bass sat up and rubbed his throat. “So… when were you going to tell us you were a Alicorn?”

Alicorn… Starlight was hoping nobody would ask that. “I… was hoping you wouldn’t find out. This wasn’t something I wanted to talk about.”

“Why?”

The Alicorn sighed. “cause my life… I think I was a mistake.”

“Mistake?”

“you know that Alicorns are only born into the royal family, right? Well… I was born to a librarian who was… taken advantage of in the Gryphon Kingdom.”

“oh.” that would be a good reason for mistake. “so… this journey… is to find your origins. Why you were born a Alicorn?”

“Why I was born at all. Even my aunt Celestia said that no Alicorn has been born outside the royal family. And none of them have power over time.”

Bass wasn’t sure he heard that right. “wait, did you say time?”

Starlight slowly nodded and showed him her Cutie Mark. “for the first time in our planets history, I was born with complete dominion over time, Though I haven’t been able to fully master it. I can’t make giant leaps though time, if you’re going to ask that.” she sat back down with a sigh. “there must be some reason for all of this. Why am I a Alicorn? Why do I have power over time? I just… I need to know. And maybe my father, my real father, knows the answer.”

Bass shrugged. “if you say so.” he looked back to the city, which laid a few dozen feet above them. “so, who were those other Alicorns?”

“the one in the armor was my cousin Glade Yggdrasill, son of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. The black one… I don’t know who he is.”

“You don’t?”

“no. he told me his name is Chaos Gun but that’s about it. Other then that, he came out of nowhere.”

“you sure?”

Starlight nodded. “As far as I know, there’s only 8 Alicorns in existence right now; me, Glade, Woona, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Cosmos, and Erys. This guy came out of nowhere. I don’t know where he came from but I have a feeling he’s very dangerous.”

“You can’t do this!” the cop captain yelled.

During the incident with the unknown Alicorn known as Chaos Gun, Glade saw that the cops have indeed grown corrupt, which is what the escaped citizens said to Celestia in Canterlot. Thanks to him and his forces attacking the citizens while attacking Chaos Gun, Glade and his troops placed them all under arrest. They are currently ransacking the captains office to see what would’ve triggered this violent change.

“Yes, I can.” Glade said. “anyone who’s willing to injure or even kill the people around them is something that must be investigated. Now, until we know what caused this change, you and your co-horts are to be…”

One of his soldiers opened a drawer and found some incriminating. “sir. You’re gonna want to see this.”

Glade turned around and saw his subordinate holding a small green shining crystal. It bore a striking resemblance to a crystal from one of the murals, the one about the Winter War. He used his magic to grab it and show it to the captain. “Where did you get this?” the captain stayed quiet. Glade angrily frowned and shoved it in his face. “Where did you get this?” the captain didn’t budge. “Okay then.”

Glade smashed the crystal on the floor, shattering it into pieces. The captain fell into a mini-trance. His eyes flashed for a moment then fell back to their natural brown color. The captain fell over but was quickly caught by a soldier.

The captain groaned and shook held his head in pain. “Wha… what happened?” he calmly asked.

That explains it. The captain and the rest of the officers must’ve been corrupted by that crystal. “what’s the last thing you remember?” Glade asked.

“un… I remember you arriving in town, then I… attacked that mystery pony.”

Glade turned to his lieutenant. Seems that crystal erased the horrid stuff they did. Maybe. “what else do you remember?”

“un… I treated the citizens like slaves, but that’s not me. I never acted like that.”

Glade used his magic to pull the crystal shards up into view. He assembled to pieces to resemble what it once was. “what do you remember of this crystal?”

“Un… my dad found it lying in the ground 18 years ago, around the time the Winter War ended.”

The end of the Winter War… from what his mother Cadence told him, the final battle of the war was a battle against Dark Chrysalis. the Humans, Ponies, Gryphons, and the newly pacified Light Chrysalis and her Changelings fought against the dark half of Chrysalis who had encased herself inside a massive crystal monster. The descriptions of the monster had it having the same colors as the crystal he had just found.

“hmm… it’s likely your father found a remnant of Dark Chrysalis’ giant crystal armor. When she exploded, one of the shards must’ve landed here.”

“yeah. That must’ve been the case.” the captain groaned again. “it’s odd. We were under it’s spell but it didn’t start glowing that green shine until a few days ago.”

A few days ago… that’s when Starlight ran away and the museum was ransacked. There must be a reason for all these things. It can’t just be coincidences.

Once the ice block they were riding on got close enough to shore, Bass jumped off first and helped Starlight off as a guard would a princess.

“Bass, Please. I may be a Alicorn but you don’t have to show me any preferential treatment.” Starlight insisted.

“Sorry.” Bass nervously chuckled. “force of habit.” Starlight chuckled. “but… I had a feeling you were one.”

“You did?”

“yeah. The day after your ‘inauguration’. the only time people have ever seen over-sized Unicorns is though a growth spell. And those only last for a few hours. Plus, you kept wearing Saddle-Bags. If I didn’t have you pegged, I could’ve sworn I was losing it.”

“then why didn’t you tell anyone?”

Bass shrugged. “who could I tell? All my friends are busy trying to stay alive and I couldn’t tell the cops. You saw how they acted.”

Starlight lightly shrugged. And if she had Filigree’s ability to send letters via magic breath or even bothered to try and learn how to do it as a Alicorn, she could send a message to Celestia warning her about this.

A squawk came up from above. The Phoenix Zel flew down towards them, carrying Starlight’s saddlebag’s in it’s claws. “Nice timing, Zel.” Bass called out.

The Phoenix hovered in front of Starlight, who used her magic to take her saddle-bags. “thank you, Peewee.” the Phoenix happily squawked and flew over to Bass and landed on his back.

“Peewee? Who’s Peewee?” the pony asked.

“yeah. He was my uncle Spikes pet. We all thought he was dead when he was sent flying away in a wind-storm 6 months ago. I can tell it’s him because of that purple scale around it’s left foot. Who knew he was sent all the way to Baltimare?”

Bass looked back to the Phoenix and chuckled. “I didn’t know either. Thought I think I should--”

Bass was suddenly interrupted when he was rammed from the side. He and his assailant rolled in the snow. His assailant got up and pinned Bass to the ground. “Stay away from Starlight.” Soarin’ Cloud said.

“Soarin’?!!” Starlight exclaimed in surprise.

“Stay away from my sister!” Goldie yelled as she and the rest of Starlight’s friends got in his way. The guys of the group helped Soarin’ pin Bass to the ground.

Starlight was stunned to see all her friends here. They came all this way for her? She felt honored by that. “What are you guys doing here?” she remembered what they were doing to Bass and ran over to him. “Get off of him.” she used her magic to pull her friends off.

“Starlight! What are you doing!?” Marian exclaimed. “He kidnapped you!”

“What!?! No he didn’t!” she helped Bass up. “he helped me escape from danger when I arrived here. Speaking of which, what are you all doing here?”

“we’re here to take you home.” Windancer said. “a friend of my family, Hoofdini, brought us here to thanks to a teleportation shell. We arrived 4 days ago and searched though town for you. When we didn’t find you, we went out into the countryside to find you. That was 3 hours before all those explosions.”

“Star, please.” Sweet Song pleaded. “Come home with us.”

Starlight shook her head. “I… I can’t.”

“Why not?” Goldie pleaded. “Mom is really worried about you.”

She was? Starlight figured that she hates her now due to what she did to Halo. “She does?” she shook her head rapidly. “it still doesn’t matter. I’m going to find my father.”

“Halo’s your father, Star.” Peppy said. “it doesn‘t ma--”

“IT DOES TOO MATTER!!” Starlight yelled, much to everyone’s surprise. “He… he has to know… he has to know why… why I’m me.”

“What?”

“Why am I a Alicorn? Why do I have power over time? Why do I… why do I exist?” all her friends were very surprised and heart-broken to hear her Starlight. Usually, she’s cheerful. How long was she hiding this? “My real father must know the answer and I plan on finding out.”

“Starlight…” a sad Goldie said.

“Answer?” a mean-spirited voice yelled out. She only heard it once but Starlight recognized it completely. “the only answer you need…”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVX-4MqUF8Y

Rebellion - Asura’s Wrath OST

Something fell from the sky and exploded in front of them all, casting dark clouds over the area. Yellow eyes appeared out of it. One mighty flap of his wings and Chaos Gun cleared it away. “… is to how I will take you to my master!”

“You…” Starlight gasped as she backed in fear. Bass got into a defensive pose in front of Starlight. He wasn’t going to let this guy take her away, not after what he did to Baltimare. “What are… just who are you?”

Chaos Gun snickered with a smirk. His horn glowed a sickly green yet again. “your harbinger of destiny.” he reared back, gathered up strength, and shot towards Starlight and Bass.

He hit them with the force of a freight train and sent them flying into the cliff wall. Chaos Gun evilly smiled, spread his wings, and took to the air in such a display of force. He encased himself in darkness and slammed into the spot where the 2 hit, causing a massive rock filled explosion that shook the entire mountain.

Chaos cleared the smoke to find that they had disappeared. They should be pancakes right now.

“Looking for something?” Woona said in a joking manner. The dark Alicorn looked back to see Starlight and Bass on the ground, next to Woona. She must’ve teleported them away in time.

“Okay. If that’s the way you want to play it…” Chaos Gun teleported away in a violent display of darkness and fire.

He instantly reappeared in the middle of their group and evilly snickered. A powerful and violent force shot out from under him, sending everyone flying in different directions. A second wave followed, this one laced with dark energy. It sent them flying even further, as well as electrocuting them.

With the power of the Alicorn Amulet, Marian quickly regained herself and skidded to a halt. Her horn glowed and she fired a powerful attack at the monster. Chaos Gun twitched his head to the left, avoiding it completely. He teleported behind her and kicked her hard into the back. Marian rolled into Season’s Edge, who had just gotten up.

Power surged out of Chaos Gun and he loved every bit of it. “This sensation... Hahaha! It’s absolutely marvelous!”

He teleported all around the battlefield, kicking everyone hard in various points on their bodies.

When he arrived at Sweet Song, he… hesitated. Sweet Song closed her eyes and prepared for the inevitable. But it never came. Both she and him were stunned by this. He shook his head and tried to hit her again but he just couldn’t.

“How…” Chaos growled. “why can’t I…”

A combined magic blast from Woona and Erys sent Chaos Gun flying into the cliff. Sweet Song got up and ran to her friends side.

Chaos Gun cannoned out of the smoke and into the sky. He spun around a few times and stopped in a epic pose. He looked them all over but stopped when he got to Sweet Song. Why couldn’t he hit her?

“{Fall back, Chaos Gun.}” his master said in his mind. “{she’s already determined to continue her quest. Your part is over… for now.}”

Chaos snarled not at them, but at himself. Still, mission was accomplished, but… why couldn’t he hit that mare?

“This isn’t over!” he called out. “I’ll be back!” dark fire engulfed him completely. “you can count on it.”

End Song.

Once he was gone fully and completely, everyone breathed a sigh of releif. Nobody noticed that he hesitated at Sweet Song.

“Why couldn’t he…” she wondered. He hit everyone she knew, including the fillies, but why not her?

“Who was that guy?” Pound asked.

Starlight didn’t answer. She just looked at the spot where the Alicorn disappeared. Just who was he? What does he want? And who is his master? New questions added on to old.

Chaos Gun appeared in his master’s throne room, furious at him. “I almost had her!” he yelled.

Sombra turned to him with a disappointed scowl. “I needed you to insure she will continue, which you did. But you almost killed her in the process. And I need her alive.” Chaos scoffed and walked off to another part of the castle. Sombra stopped him when, “by the way… why didn’t you attack that mint-colored mare?”

Chaos Gun looked away from his master, not sure what to tell him. Why didn’t he hit her? He looked at his hooves, wondering why his attacks didn’t connect to her. That was a answer he was determined to find out.

After some time had passed, long enough for them to lick their wounds and get e drink from the river, Starlight set out on her own.

“Starlight!” Goldie ran in front of her sister and stopped. “Starlight, please come home.”

“If anyone should go home, it’s you Goldie.” she gently said as only a sister would. “you saw what that Alicorn was capable of. He didn’t hold back, even to you. This is far too dangerous for you…” she heard her friends approaching and turned to face them. “For any of you. That’s why I must go alone.”

“not a chance!” her friends all yelled. They all looked at each other and nodded. “We’re going with you.” they all said.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-xbOua5CyU

Link to All - Kingdom Hearts 3D: DreamDropDistance OST

Starlight was a little bit stunned when her friends shouted at her. “What…? But… but that Alicorn, he’ll…”

“ so what? Bring him on.” Sym said with confidence. “He fled today, didn’t he? Maybe someone among us scared him enough to force him to flee.”

“Yeah. And we are so not going to let you go this alone.” Fire Ruby said.

“You may be looking for the answers to your questions and that’s something only you can find out…” Filigree started. “… but you are our friend and we are not going to let you do this alone.”

“And we don’t care about your past. We only care about you.” Erys said. “whatever answers you may find, no matter who your father is or why you’re a Alicorn… we’re always stick with you. Though Thick and Thin, if need be.”

Starlight looked at her friends for a moment. Tears streamed down from her eyes and she lightly cried. “guys…” they all smiled and gave her looks of confidence. They were intent on coming, regardless of what she’s going to say. She happily smiled and wiped her eyes. “Everyone. Thank You. For Everything.” They all nodded to her, some with a smile. Starlight smiled back then turned her attention to her Baltimare friend. “Bass… thanks for everything… and I wish you the best of luck and…”

“Wait wait wait. You think this is good-bye?”

“un, yeah?” she asked in confusion.

“no no no. this isn’t good-bye. I’m coming with.”

“What?!!” She gasped. “but, but what about all your friends? What about Baltimare?”

“they’ll be fine. They’ve gotten into worse scenarios then this. Plus, with that soldier guy there, he might rehabilitate the captain and make it a friendly place again.”

Glade… right. She had forgotten about him. He is pretty stubborn so he might just pull it off. “Right. Of course he can.” she turned to her friends. “Everyone, I would like to introduce you to Bass Clef, my new friend from Baltimare. Without him, I don’t know where’d I’d be right now.”

“hi.” he said.

“h-hi.” some of them nervously said.

“So. Where to?” Pumpkin asked.

Starlight smiled. As if she had to ask. The Alicorn turned and looked to the horizon. “To the north!”