My Little Pony: The Power of Pure Love
Chapter 10
Neo Meets Fausticorn
Neo was following his lifelong friend Mew, a precious Pokemon creature he loved so much into a mountain cave, Neo walked into the cave and Mew kept telling him to follow it. Neo lost sight of Mew, but he kept on going, Neo came into a lair inside the cave, there was nothing in there but that was far as the cave went. Neo called out for Mew a few times but got no response, then a gentle female voice said, "Hello Neo." Neo spun around, not knowing what he just heard, then the voice said, "Do not be afraid, you are in no danger." Neo said, "Who are you, where are you?" The voice said, "I'm right here." Then a huge bright light appeared in the cave before Neo, Neo watched in amazement as the light appeared, then a tall white alicorn appeared in the light, at first Neo thought it was Princess Celestia, Neo said, "Celestia, is that you?"
When the alicorn fully appeared and the light was gone, Neo could see that it was not Princess Celestia, this alicorn was white with a dark red mane and her cutie mark was a feather quill and a small container of ink. The alicorn said, "No, I am not Princess Celestia, but I do look very much like her." Neo was amazed by this alicorn, she was beautiful, but Neo had never seen her before. Neo said, "Excuse me, but, who are the hell are you?" She didn't react to his cursing, but she calmly said, "Oh Neo, always cursing as usual, you haven't changed at all, but I understand," Neo said, "I'm sorry, but would you please tell me who are?" The alicorn said, "That's better, thank you for asking me nicely, I have many names, my name is Lauren Faust, some call me Mother Mare, some call me the Regal Mother, others call me Queen Faust, some even call me Harmony, but you may call me... Fausticorn." Neo said, "It's an honor to meet you Fausticorn." Fausticorn said, "I'm very pleased to meet you as well, I can't tell you how long I have been waiting to meet you." Neo said, "I take it you've heard of me."
Fausticorn said, "Of course I have, I've been watching you for quite some time, I've been watching you since you came to Earth in 1990 after you lost your homeland known as The Twilight Zone." Neo was listening to her very carefully, she said, "Ever since 1990, I've been watching you, I watched you travel from city to city putting on performances and entertaining 1000's, but I also saw how lonely you were and how desperate you were in need of friends, and so, I granted your wish." Neo got surprised and said, "What?" He was very confused, Fausticorn giggled and said in a gentle voice, "Oh silly me, let me explain."
Suddenly, Mew appeared giggling, Fausticorn said, "Hello Mew." Neo said, "You know Mew?" Fausticorn said, "Why of course I do, I've known Mew for years, you see Neo, Mew was only part of how you came to Equestria, it was actually me who made it happen, the day you came to Equestria, I opened a portal in the tunnel you went through and I sent you to Equestria, Mew only pinpointed your location to where the portal would open and only sent you through, making sure you and only you went through, and on January 1st, 2000, Equestria became your new home." Mew nodded in agreement, Fausticorn said, "I also have watched you since you came to Equestria and I've seen that you have made so many friends with so many ponies, including the princesses, and you have even helped various ponies accomplish goals and even changed their lives, and I am so very proud of you, and I know your father would be proud of you as well."
Neo said, "I've made the most wonderful friends anyone could ever have, and they are more important to me than anything else in Equestria, but wait, did you know my father?" Fausticorn giggled and said, "Why of course I knew your father, I knew both of your parents." Neo was surprised, he said, "But how?" Fausticorn said, "Back when your parents were alive, I used to travel through various portals to help others that were in need, and there were times when I came to the Twilight Zone to see your parents, your parents were excellent politicians, but they were always in need of help from time to time and they came to me for advice, your father was an excellent president and you have become a great leader just like him, especially back when you lead that rebellion of punk rockers and goths to fight against those gangs that were trying to hurt your friend Mickey Mouse and many other mutants, and I know you always had your sad times when your mother was never there for you when you needed her, but I see now that Princess Celestia has become your mother now and she really loves you and she cares for you very much." Neo said, "She's wonderful, I love her so much." Fausticorn giggled and said, "I know you do, your parents would be so happy to know that you have friends who love you and care for you."
Neo went over to Fausticorn and gave her a hug, she hugged him back and giggled sweetly. After they hugged, Neo said, "So are you a princess too?" Fausticorn giggled and said, "Me, oh heavens no, even though some see me as a queen, I was a princess a long time ago until I crowned Princess Celestia and Princess Luna the new rulers of Equestria, I was actually the very first alicorn in Equestria and I was also one of the founders of Equestria." Neo said, "Wow, I am actually meeting one of the founders of this beautiful land." Fausticorn said, "I now am an alicorn angel of heaven now, and I work for God himself, and I do all his work of spreading love, friendship and tolerance all around various realms, God created Equestria eons ago, and he sent me and the other founders there to start new civilizations of pony races and he wanted us to spread love, friendship and tolerance all around the land and to teach others to spread it as well, and even now, ponies are still doing that today, Equestria has never been grander, but there has been evil in Equestria, and even now, there is Tirek, stealing magic and becoming more powerful with the more magic he steals."
Neo remembered something and said, "Were you that alicorn I saw in the Crystal Empire the other day?" Fausticorn said, "Yes, that was me, I was warning you of what was happening and that Equestria was in danger." Neo said, "Fausticorn, do you know how to stop Tirek?" While they were talking, Mew was flying around the cave, playing like a child, Fausticorn said, "I cannot interfere with what's happening, only you and the power inside of you can defeat Tirek." Neo said, "You mean the alicorn magic I took from Twilight?" Fausticorn said, "No, you represent the element of pure love, you have done so many things in the past that represent that element, from sacrificing yourself for your friends to helping others hold onto their faith when things seemed hopeless, and that is pure love." Neo said, "I feel bad taking the alicorn magic from Twilight." Fausticorn comforted Neo and said, "I know how you feel, but I assure you, you did a very good thing, you were just trying to protect Twilight and you want to protect Equestria, and that is a sign of pure love." Neo said, "My friends are the most important thing in Equestria to me."
Fausticorn said, "Yes, and I know that with your abilities and the power of pure love in you, you will defeat Tirek, but I will train you and get you ready for your battle." Neo said, "You're going to train me?" Fausticorn said, "God sent me here to train you and to get you ready for your battle against Tirek, I will teach you how to use your element and you will learn that nothing is more powerful than pure love." Neo wanted to do everything he could to defeat Tirek and save his friends and Equestria, so he said, "I am ready, train me."
Fausticorn hovered in the air and began singing a song to begin his training ("Holy is the Lord" by Twila Paris), Fausticorn had a very beautiful voice and she sounded very much like an angel, she was teaching Neo that worship and loyalty to God is the starting point of learning how to use his element, and so Fausticorn began training Neo and teaching him how to use his element against evil and preparing him for his upcoming battle against Tirek and Hellraiser.
End of chapter 10, chapter 11 coming soon.
Author's note: I do not own Fausticorn, Fausticorn belongs to Lauren Faust.