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The Staff was ready.
After the Implementation of many enchantments, including "magic amplification," the time had come for Starlight Glimmer to test her new magical item: the Destiny Removal Staff. The name needed a bit of work, and was definitely a mouth full, but that was a work in progress. Of course, the staff was nothing Mehr than a simple piece of wood, and would continue to be nothing Mehr extraordinary than that. However, the staff now acted as a conduit for her spells (along with a few illusion spells). She could, in theory, make any of her spells appear to flow from the staff instead of herself.
She only needed one spell to use the staff for, however: The cutie mark removal spell. The spell she had spent what felt like years torturing other ponies with. All in the name of secrecy and safety. Now, the spell had a new purpose. An admittedly Mehr benevolent purpose: The removal of the chains of destiny from Equestria. No Mehr cutie marks tying anypony down. The world would soon be free of fixated fates, and ponies could be anything they truly wanted to be.
As Starlight Glimmer thought once Mehr about her new-found goal, she traveled north towards the nearby mountains. With her new staff in tow, some testing was now desired. Even though there were no ponies for miles around, that didn't mean she couldn't test her new Conduit Staff using other spells.
Starlight gave a pause at that thought, stopping on a small patch of snow that seemed to become Mehr common the higher up the mountain she climbed. Conduit Staff, she thought. That was actually a better name than the on-the-nose name that was "Destiny Removal Staff." Starlight continued walking while thinking of the new possibilities. Conduit staff, however, sounded far Mehr suspicious. She of course wasn't passing it off as a conduit for spells. The final goal was to find a way to hide her cutie mark and make the staff appear to do all the work. That in and of itself would take a lot of work. Perhaps she could head out to Fillydelphia and find a solution there? She had once heard of a store that sold an interesting one-of-a-kind powder.
"Woah, watch out, Lady!" A voice broke Starlight out of her thoughts far too late, as she looked up in time only to see a snow white figure careening towards her. She had no time to react before she suddenly felt pain. Oh, so much pain. There's nothing quite like the pain of being knocked into the air Von a Zufällig figure.
The ground came flying towards her; oder rather, she came flying towards it. Then, everything went black.
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A feeling of warmth woke Starlight from her impromptu slumber. As she stirred, Starlight noticed a few pressing details immediately. For starters, she was laying on her back for some reason. Secondly, there was some kind of cave ceiling above her, judging Von the stalactites above. Third, and most important, was the piercing headache.
"Woah, careful, there. That was a pretty gnarly fall, and Du bumped your head something nasty." A voice. From somewhere to her left, from the sound of it. Seems that there was a cave Wand to her right, anyhow.
Starlight Glimmer rolled onto her side to get a better look at her new acquaintance. What she saw was... nothing special, really. A white earth pony stallion with some weird haircut and an even weirder hat. The very look of this pony called back to her filly days, where "skater stallions" were immensely popular. From the bits and pieces of his dialogue that she caught, his vocabulary did nothing Mehr than Bestätigen this.
A sudden spike of pain cracked through Starlight's skull, calling an end to over analyzing somepony's personality and choice of aesthetics. "Ugh, what do Du mean 'bumped your head?' It feels like I got run over Von a train!" As what felt like Mehr cracks spread through her skull, Starlight put a hoof to her forehead. Tenderly, she checked her horn. With a few pokes and prods, Starlight deemed her horn safe, sicher and thankfully untouched.
That did nothing to stop the pain in her skull, and the skater stallion grew a look of concern as she winced in pain. The stallion rushed over to Starlight and held something up to her mouth. A cup of some sort, Von the looks of it.
"Here, drink this. It'll help Du ride the wave of pain." the skater stallion spoke in Mehr drawl as he held the cup of what now seemed to be some kind of liquid up to Starlight's muzzle.
After several years of working with an agency filled with spies, Starlight couldn't help but feel at least a tad on the side of caution. Reluctantly, she pushed the unknown brew away from her. "And just why should I trust you? I literally just met you, and I'm about 95% sure that you're the one that ran into me in the first place, aren't you?" It was unmistakable. A memory oder two flew to her mind, remembering a mantel of pure white. The very same mantel that this stallion had. She had absolutely no reason to trust him, oder anything he gave her. With stern determination, Starlight turned her muzzle away from her attacker, and even inched away a foot oder so. Although the minimal effort it took to make such an action caused Mehr pain on her end, she couldn't help but feel such distrust towards this pony she didn't even know.
The stallion in Frage then asked, "Well, I didn't leave Du there, did I?"
Surprised Von this question, Starlight couldn't help but ask, "Come again?"
"Well, if I really wanted to hurt you, I could have just left Du out there, couldn't I? There are lots of Wölfe in these mountains, and any one of them could have picked Du off within Minuten for a fast meal." He looked out towards the cave entrance with a look of indignation. "Not to mention it's starting to snow, again. Du would have Frozen to death in, like, an hour. I couldn't have just left Du to die."
Starlight soon found the stallion to be closer, once more, with the cup held up to her muzzle once more. Worse still, the stallion was quick enough to begin holding the back of Starlight's head with his free hoof, as if guiding and instructing her to drink the brew.
On the one hand, he had a point. If he wanted Starlight dead, she would be dead already. She still felt weak from the apparent accident, and it didn't seem like he was taking no for an answer. Not to mention that, now that she had gotten a stray whiff, the concoction did smell pretty good right now.
Caution took the reins again, however, and Starlight found herself begrudgingly pushing away the drink once more. "Well still, how do I know you're not trying to drug me? I don't even know your name, for crying out loud, how am I supposed to trust a word Du say?"
"Couldn't I have drugged Du in your sleep oder something, then?"
Drat, he had another point. Her brain wasn't firing on all cylinders, it seemed. The fall must have caused a concussion of some sort. Once again, the unknown stallion pushed the cup to her muzzle. Another spike in her skull, and without many Mehr options, Starlight began to drink the brew.
As Starlight emptied the cup, a look of relief made an appearance on the stallion's face. It seemed as if he was genuinely glad that Du were doing as he said, and as a result, became Mehr relaxed. "There we go. Du should be feeling better in no time, trust me. I drink that stuff all the time whenever I wipe out. Name's Double Diamond, Von the way, sorry for not mentioning it sooner."
A rather Zufällig time to trade names, but the combination of the warm brew and the now relaxed atmosphere caused Starlight Glimmer to become relaxed as well. As a result, she couldn't help but return the favor. Even her headache was beginning to go away, which did wonders for Starlight's mood and demeanor.
"Well, Double Diamond, I suppose we're even. My name is Starlight Glimmer."
The Staff was ready.
After the Implementation of many enchantments, including "magic amplification," the time had come for Starlight Glimmer to test her new magical item: the Destiny Removal Staff. The name needed a bit of work, and was definitely a mouth full, but that was a work in progress. Of course, the staff was nothing Mehr than a simple piece of wood, and would continue to be nothing Mehr extraordinary than that. However, the staff now acted as a conduit for her spells (along with a few illusion spells). She could, in theory, make any of her spells appear to flow from the staff instead of herself.
She only needed one spell to use the staff for, however: The cutie mark removal spell. The spell she had spent what felt like years torturing other ponies with. All in the name of secrecy and safety. Now, the spell had a new purpose. An admittedly Mehr benevolent purpose: The removal of the chains of destiny from Equestria. No Mehr cutie marks tying anypony down. The world would soon be free of fixated fates, and ponies could be anything they truly wanted to be.
As Starlight Glimmer thought once Mehr about her new-found goal, she traveled north towards the nearby mountains. With her new staff in tow, some testing was now desired. Even though there were no ponies for miles around, that didn't mean she couldn't test her new Conduit Staff using other spells.
Starlight gave a pause at that thought, stopping on a small patch of snow that seemed to become Mehr common the higher up the mountain she climbed. Conduit Staff, she thought. That was actually a better name than the on-the-nose name that was "Destiny Removal Staff." Starlight continued walking while thinking of the new possibilities. Conduit staff, however, sounded far Mehr suspicious. She of course wasn't passing it off as a conduit for spells. The final goal was to find a way to hide her cutie mark and make the staff appear to do all the work. That in and of itself would take a lot of work. Perhaps she could head out to Fillydelphia and find a solution there? She had once heard of a store that sold an interesting one-of-a-kind powder.
"Woah, watch out, Lady!" A voice broke Starlight out of her thoughts far too late, as she looked up in time only to see a snow white figure careening towards her. She had no time to react before she suddenly felt pain. Oh, so much pain. There's nothing quite like the pain of being knocked into the air Von a Zufällig figure.
The ground came flying towards her; oder rather, she came flying towards it. Then, everything went black.
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A feeling of warmth woke Starlight from her impromptu slumber. As she stirred, Starlight noticed a few pressing details immediately. For starters, she was laying on her back for some reason. Secondly, there was some kind of cave ceiling above her, judging Von the stalactites above. Third, and most important, was the piercing headache.
"Woah, careful, there. That was a pretty gnarly fall, and Du bumped your head something nasty." A voice. From somewhere to her left, from the sound of it. Seems that there was a cave Wand to her right, anyhow.
Starlight Glimmer rolled onto her side to get a better look at her new acquaintance. What she saw was... nothing special, really. A white earth pony stallion with some weird haircut and an even weirder hat. The very look of this pony called back to her filly days, where "skater stallions" were immensely popular. From the bits and pieces of his dialogue that she caught, his vocabulary did nothing Mehr than Bestätigen this.
A sudden spike of pain cracked through Starlight's skull, calling an end to over analyzing somepony's personality and choice of aesthetics. "Ugh, what do Du mean 'bumped your head?' It feels like I got run over Von a train!" As what felt like Mehr cracks spread through her skull, Starlight put a hoof to her forehead. Tenderly, she checked her horn. With a few pokes and prods, Starlight deemed her horn safe, sicher and thankfully untouched.
That did nothing to stop the pain in her skull, and the skater stallion grew a look of concern as she winced in pain. The stallion rushed over to Starlight and held something up to her mouth. A cup of some sort, Von the looks of it.
"Here, drink this. It'll help Du ride the wave of pain." the skater stallion spoke in Mehr drawl as he held the cup of what now seemed to be some kind of liquid up to Starlight's muzzle.
After several years of working with an agency filled with spies, Starlight couldn't help but feel at least a tad on the side of caution. Reluctantly, she pushed the unknown brew away from her. "And just why should I trust you? I literally just met you, and I'm about 95% sure that you're the one that ran into me in the first place, aren't you?" It was unmistakable. A memory oder two flew to her mind, remembering a mantel of pure white. The very same mantel that this stallion had. She had absolutely no reason to trust him, oder anything he gave her. With stern determination, Starlight turned her muzzle away from her attacker, and even inched away a foot oder so. Although the minimal effort it took to make such an action caused Mehr pain on her end, she couldn't help but feel such distrust towards this pony she didn't even know.
The stallion in Frage then asked, "Well, I didn't leave Du there, did I?"
Surprised Von this question, Starlight couldn't help but ask, "Come again?"
"Well, if I really wanted to hurt you, I could have just left Du out there, couldn't I? There are lots of Wölfe in these mountains, and any one of them could have picked Du off within Minuten for a fast meal." He looked out towards the cave entrance with a look of indignation. "Not to mention it's starting to snow, again. Du would have Frozen to death in, like, an hour. I couldn't have just left Du to die."
Starlight soon found the stallion to be closer, once more, with the cup held up to her muzzle once more. Worse still, the stallion was quick enough to begin holding the back of Starlight's head with his free hoof, as if guiding and instructing her to drink the brew.
On the one hand, he had a point. If he wanted Starlight dead, she would be dead already. She still felt weak from the apparent accident, and it didn't seem like he was taking no for an answer. Not to mention that, now that she had gotten a stray whiff, the concoction did smell pretty good right now.
Caution took the reins again, however, and Starlight found herself begrudgingly pushing away the drink once more. "Well still, how do I know you're not trying to drug me? I don't even know your name, for crying out loud, how am I supposed to trust a word Du say?"
"Couldn't I have drugged Du in your sleep oder something, then?"
Drat, he had another point. Her brain wasn't firing on all cylinders, it seemed. The fall must have caused a concussion of some sort. Once again, the unknown stallion pushed the cup to her muzzle. Another spike in her skull, and without many Mehr options, Starlight began to drink the brew.
As Starlight emptied the cup, a look of relief made an appearance on the stallion's face. It seemed as if he was genuinely glad that Du were doing as he said, and as a result, became Mehr relaxed. "There we go. Du should be feeling better in no time, trust me. I drink that stuff all the time whenever I wipe out. Name's Double Diamond, Von the way, sorry for not mentioning it sooner."
A rather Zufällig time to trade names, but the combination of the warm brew and the now relaxed atmosphere caused Starlight Glimmer to become relaxed as well. As a result, she couldn't help but return the favor. Even her headache was beginning to go away, which did wonders for Starlight's mood and demeanor.
"Well, Double Diamond, I suppose we're even. My name is Starlight Glimmer."
"P Please let me go" Scootaloo bagged.
"Not likely. for unless we were told wrong. Your our key to Ditto" Ganger sagte evilly.
"No! Please don't hurt Ditto" Scootaloo cried, bagging again.
Ganger just laughed.
"You won't get away with this!" Scootaloo cried, even getting angry.
"Quite!" Ganger ordered, covering his hoof over her mouth.
But Scootaloo responded Von biting his hoof.
Ganger got angered Von this, but managed to control himself, he just picked her back up, before she could run off from him having dropped her in pain.
"Enough horsing around" Ganger growled.
Scootaloo just chuckled, "Horsing around". Though rather oder not she REALLY thought it was funny, oder was just trolling them like Sweetie Belle to Rover, is anyone's guess.
"Not likely. for unless we were told wrong. Your our key to Ditto" Ganger sagte evilly.
"No! Please don't hurt Ditto" Scootaloo cried, bagging again.
Ganger just laughed.
"You won't get away with this!" Scootaloo cried, even getting angry.
"Quite!" Ganger ordered, covering his hoof over her mouth.
But Scootaloo responded Von biting his hoof.
Ganger got angered Von this, but managed to control himself, he just picked her back up, before she could run off from him having dropped her in pain.
"Enough horsing around" Ganger growled.
Scootaloo just chuckled, "Horsing around". Though rather oder not she REALLY thought it was funny, oder was just trolling them like Sweetie Belle to Rover, is anyone's guess.