"Come on! It's time for you to have the most fun you've ever had! And I Pinkie Pie will ultimately be the one to make it so!" She zipped out of the library, Aeolus in hoof. Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled at Pinkie's silliness. She looked down at the history book, seeing the picture of Aeolus… she was amazed by how important this pony was to the world, she then flipped a few pages and found Typhoon's info page again, his picture was very sinister, and frightening. He had to be stopped.
"Spike, it's time for a history lesson!" She said to him, excited to read and learn more about the history of spirits.
Spike simply sighed. "Ok Twilight." He brought a quill and parchment over, and prepared his claw for any and all notes Twilight would ask for. It was gonna be a long day.
Twilight lifted up the tome. It would be normally heavy but was now weightless thanks to her magic. She placed it on her book stand and brought a pillow over to sit down. Owlowiscious flew over and landed on her back with a "whoooo." Spike got a little closer as Twilight opened up the first page, the pages were more like parchment paper, and was easily the oldest tome in her library. As she used her magic to turn the page it crunched and cracked, threating to break apart. But after years of perfecting her magic she handled the book tenderly. The book's text was written in very fine cursive, but Twilight hard no problem reading the words. She read aloud:
"All throughout time many spirits have roamed the lands, seas, or skies of this planet, whether they be good or evil. This book is the ultimate guide the spirit's history and achievements, from their birth or creation, to their death or imprisonment." She finished. She looked at Spike and he looked back at her, they shared a quick "ooooooooooooo" before she turned the page and got to the table of contents. The chapters held within were:
History.
The Beginning.
The Creation of the Races.
The Separation and New Purpose.
The Founding of Equestria.
Discord's Revenge.
The Sun and Moon.
The Elements of Harmony and the Princesses.
Sombra.
A Jealous Night.
Spirit Guide.
Spirits of Magic.
Spirits of Nature.
Spirits of Balance.
The Lost Ones.
Final Entry.
Twilight looked at Spike and said "well looks like we should try and get as much of this read today, we need to learn all we can if we want to help Aeolus." Spike nodded in agreement. "Uh huh! Let's get started!" he replied excitedly.
With that, Twilight turned the page, and began to read the first chapter.
The Beginning.
Long ago, before the times of Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth ponies. There were three who lived throughout the cosmos of space. They were the Regal Mother, Starlight, and Discord. They flew about the vast and lonely universe, and soon decided it was empty and needed more life. So they combined their powers to create Earth. They gave it land, and seas and skies. The land wasn't consistent as some parts were colder than others, some parts were taller than others. But the world nonetheless was beautiful. The Regal Mother created many different creatures to live and flourish in the new world. She brought all creatures from the proud Griffons, to the smallest butterflies. Starlight created the Sun, to provide heat, and light to those living there and called its time in the sky daytime. Then he created the Moon to cool the planet and dim the light allowing all the ability to for all to relax and sleep and called it night time. He would raise the Sun for a while, then lower it to make a space in the sky for the moon. Discord tried to create things of his own, but his magic was chaotic and unstable, he made trees with leaves that would eventually fall, and mountains that would erupt lava from the summit. Though his creations weren't perfect his friends continued to love, and tolerate him.
Starlight had a love for The Regal Mother, a love she shared. They descended from space to live on their newly created planet. They created their own form different from all others on their earth. The first Ponies. They were very powerful, and needed ways to use these powers in their physical forms. They gave themselves a horn atop their head as a means to channel their magic, and wings on their back so they could fly through the sky when they pleased. Discord, as a surprise to his friends created his own form. A form consisting of many different parts from the different species living on Earth. He thought this would make his friends happy seeing that he used parts of their many animals to create his form. But they were disgusted. Starlight demanded that Discord leave and never return, believing his hideous form and magic no longer belonged in their perfect world. Discord flew away, heartbroken to see his friends treat him this way. He vowed that one day when they least expected it he would take their "perfect" world and change its form to one as chaotic as his own.
Together the two Alicorns had three children. They were the first born ponies. They were named Hex, who was the first Unicorn, Aeolus, the first Pegasus, and Terra who was neither.
Twilight stopped reading for a moment and exhaled sharply.
"Wow… I don't think I've ever read a history book that goes this far back… I always thought the world started with Celestia and Luna. Not this Regal Mother. Why haven't I heard of this before? How did Rainbow Dash know Aeolus was the first Pegasus and I didn't even know! And this Hex was the first Unicorn? I wonder how powerful he must've been… this is an amazing discovery Spike!" she looked down at the purple dragon whose jaw was dangling in shock. She groaned and used a hoof to shut his mouth.
He came to his senses and looked up at Twilight. "You know now that I think about it, with how many times I've cleaned this library, I've never seen that book before! I wonder how it ended up here…" he wondered.
Twilight shushed him and skimmed her hoof across the page till she found where she left off, then continued reading.
Terra was teased by her brothers for being different and not powerful. As years passed the three siblings lived their lives under the soft rule of their parents, but the young ones began to wonder what their place was in this world… It is said that one day while playing after it rained, Terra being the only pony without a horn on her head or wings on her back created another pony like herself from mud to be her friend. She called it an Earth pony. She played with her imaginary friend for days. One day Terra awoke to the sound of rain. She fled her family's home and ran to her Earth pony fearing it melted in the rain. When she arrived at its location not far from their home she found her friend, reduced to a small brown puddle in the grass. She became very angry and when she slammed her left hoof on the ground a small fissure appeared in the earth to her left, she threw her other hoof down and a small hill formed to the right of her. She cried until her Regal Mother came, she cried into the mane of her mother who knew of her imaginary friend that kept her company and accepted her even if the stubborn brothers would not. She channeled her magic onto the small puddle, combining the water with the dirt and giving it life, the Regal Mother called him Tidal. Standing before Terra was her Earth pony. He had a blue coat and even bluer hair that shined with hints of green. Terra excitedly played all day with her new friend. When they returned that night as Starlight lowered the sun and raised the moon, they were at first frightened by the new Tidal, but then they accepted him as their own. Nearly a hundred years passed. And the family lived happily, in harmony with the rest of the world. But for Aeolus and Hex. This wasn't enough.
Twilight heard a knock at her door that forced her to jump, she was so enveloped in the book she had almost blocked out everything else. Spike ran to the door and when he opened it there stood a blue unicorn.
"Hey Twilight I don't mean to come by unannounced, but I was wondering if you might've seen Pinkie? She wasn't at Sugarcube Corner and I was worried about her, that storm from last night was pretty bad." He asked the alicorn princess.
"Oh hi Improv!" she stood up to get a nice stretch in her legs for a moment before continuing. "Yeah she stayed the night with me, the rest of the girls and Aeolus last night. She ran into town with him not too long ago to show him around, take a look around town hall, she's gonna be wherever there are lots of ponies!" Twilight informed him.
"Aeolus? Who's that?" he looked at Spike questionably.
"Look just go into town and you'll find them both." And with that Spike closed the door on Improv. From behind the door there was a muffled "Thank you!" Spike ran back to Twilight anxious to hear more.
"Spike! That was very rude you should apologize!" She scolded him.
"No way Twilight this book is so cool, Improv knows I was joking, and besides I'm sure I'll see him later! Now come on keep reading!" he ranted.
Owlowiscious let out a "whoooo" in agreement.
Twilight rolled her eyes. She sat back on her pillow. "Fine, alright where was I?" she looked back down at the book, and found her spot, right at the beginning of chapter two.