"just w-who are you?" I asked quivering in fear as I looked up so simply see the orb floating next to me.
"for now… that is unimportant my little pony." It pulsed as it spoke to me once again. This time in a complete sentence unlike the few words it was talking to me about. "there is no need to be afraid of me. You simply wish to know what is happening to you correct?"
"y-yes." I answered as I stood up straight. Still quivering I began to follow the light as it moved away from me. The feminine voice humming lowly, easily heard in the quietness of the large room.
"your situation is very unique. Only happens with those whose souls are so entwined among the alicorn race." She spoke as tendrils once more came out of the orb and began to grab books seemingly at random as they were opened before some were put back while others were placed to the side. "its only happened twice, until now that is."
"what is happening exactly?" I asked bringing up the courage to ask a question.
"a transitioning." She spoke in a soft tone. "if I remember correctly you were told about this by Celestia were you not? About created alicorns that is."
"y-yeah. I believe so." I remembered the talk faintly. "but I cant remember all that much about it. I don't think she went to in-depth about it however."
"then allow me to sum it up a bit." she then spoke up as she placed a stack of books all the way up to my head next to me. "created alicorns are one of two variants, the other being natural born, created alicorns are made by those of higher powers, usually by immortals who know how to properly gift their traits to create their own avatars, which help the world stay in balance. Are you with me so far?"
"yes." I answered as I began to look at the titles of the book stack next to me.
"excellent. Now then over the years these deities disappeared, their avatars, the created alicorns, went with them not long after. There is only a few of them around I believe if I remember correctly. I think only 2 or 3."
"you… think?" I asked surprised by what she said.
"I don't really interfere with the world all that much with exception with a few times ponies have come to me for help." She answered. "I do what I can to help but there is a limit to my abilities."
"then… why did you come to me?" I then questioned.
She chuckled, or at least it sounded like a chuckle. "all in due time. But as I was saying they disappeared not long after one another. The natural born's had quickly noticed this and yearned to realize the what before the why as to what happened… but came up with nothing in the end. While the entire population of created had disappeared not long after… the three tribes came into the picture. The alicorns had no idea where they came from or how they came to be… all they could find out…" the orb went quiet as she seemed to hesitate about what it wanted to say as it paused and simply floated there. It seemed to also grow… dimmer… in the area.
Yeah things definitely looked darker. "w-what was it?" I then asked.
"they realized their extinction was imminent…" my eyes went wide as I tried to process this information. "it takes a lot for alicorns to reproduce naturally. Large amount of magic that was easily obtained due to it emitting from the entire population of the Created. But with them gone and birth rates going down drastically it caused them to fully realize the situation, so they hid themselves from the world as they watched the planet evolve around them."
"but why?" I asked confused as to why they did that. "certainly they must have had a good reason."
"because the rules of the world changed with the introduction of the tribes. For what reason only the deities of those traits could explain but could not, they had to go with drastic measures to find a way to fix things." As she talked I realized something.
"didn't you say that a transitioning only happened twice before?" i asked confused.
"that is correct."
"then how was it there was an entire population of these created back then?" I asked.
"because what is happening now is different from back then. By a major amount in fact." She began as she pulled out a larger book. She floated it in front of me and opened it to show large pictures accompanied by text. I couldn't… understand the text however. "the created of this time used to be regular ponies but were gifted with the parts by deities that had chosen them. But back then there was no catalyst for them to exist… they had to have some… help."
"help?" I asked confused as many pages flipped until it landed on a section of pages that caused my eyes to widen.
"there were a few among the alicorns that could communicate with them. They specified what they required… what they needed to ensure the world stayed stable… and so a spell was created for those who couldn't contain them naturally… so a spell was created… during its creation chaos reigned everywhere as those traits couldn't be kept in a balance. once it was finished they created the first true created alicorn, using the essence of other alicorns casting the spell to create their future personalities foals were made… this is the predecessor of the Maternity Spell you could say."
"so the first created alicorns…" I started.
"were created purely with magic…"