Chapter 12: The Book
After burying Scootaloo, Twilight pulled Luna and Celestia over to speak with the two of them. "Princess Luna, Princess Celelstia, do you know of a way to create a portal to other worlds, possibly other dimensions?" Twilight looked over to Scootaloo's grave and then back at Celestia and Luna.
Celestia and Luna looked at each other and nodded. "I shall explain sister; you go and comfort our subjects." Celestia nodded and walked off. "Princess Twilight Sparkle, let us talk in private. Shall we speak in the library?" Twilight nodded and the two quickly flew off to the library. Once they arrived, they went up stairs into Twilights room and then sat down on the bed. "Twilight, when I was guarding the night thirteen weeks ago. I felt an odd energy signature and when I asked my sister, she hadn't known what it was that I spoke of. I took it as some new unicorn using his or her magic carelessly. It's also possible that a baby unicorn used magic for the first time. It was after all a weak feeling but never the less a feeling."
"This doesn't make any sense though Princess Luna. What does thirteen weeks ago have to do with the strange portal that they came through?" Twilight asked confused and wondered why her questioned had been ignored.
Luna stared out the window in the direction of Trixie and her home. "It's simple, that odd signature I felt, I hadn't realized until after hearing about these new ponies arrival, that it was the book." Twilight cocked her head though Luna couldn't see her doing so. "All the spells, incantations and so on in this book are temporary but some have permanent effects. My sister and I know of only one book that can create a portal like the one that brought those ponies here. It's a book of evil no matter which way you look at it. It uses ponies." Twilight stopped Luna right there.
"Hold on a minute, you're acting as if this book has a brain and" Luna cut Twilight off.
"Yes I am, because it does. This book has two things that it never changes, title and two spells. This book is found for the ponies who feel that they are unlucky. The book has three levels of spells. Foal, Filly, Stallion, they are the three levels of magic. The foal spells give off a weak energy signature and then uses that energy to trick Princesses into believing exactly what I believed thirteen weeks ago. The second and third signatures would give the book away but only the third gives away its position. The problem is that since it was a foal level that had been used first, that's the signature it will continue to give." Luna looked over to Twilight who began speaking.
"I don't understand; why didn't I feel anything then, I could have stopped this whole thing from happening?" Twilight worried as she spoke but also became frustrated. If she had felt something, she would have done something to figure out what it was. She could have avoided this whole thing.
"Firstly you did feel something Twilight, it just wasn't recognizable. It was only a small surge as I said and for a new Princess, even for you, it is nearly impossible for you to know that something was felt. Now if a Filly strength spell would have been used, you would have known. Secondly, you wouldn't be able to stop it. The book is only visible to the one who uses it until that pony dies. When we had found out about the portal, we worried until you said that it disappeared after these new ponies came through. This spell had only ever been used once in ancient times. The caster died shortly after said pony cast the spell, that's when the book appeared. The spell to reverse the evil was cast almost immediately; the book was thrown into a fire. The book was thought to be destroyed but now we realize that it wasn't truly destroyed." Luna looked back out the window.
"Let's find the book and reverse the spell or do something." Twilight wasn't sure what to think and what's worse is that she now realizes Rainbows pain. She couldn't help but feel guilty about making her friend pay for the mistakes she made while under the spell of an evil book.
"If the caster is dead, we will be able to find the book and reverse the spell. It's an easy enough spell to cast even for the weakest of Alicorns." Luna turned back to Twilight with a smile, then out the window and back to Twilight. "My sister and I should be able to find the book."
"Wait a minute, why do you say Alicorn, Princess Luna?" Twilight wondered.
"It is only an Alicorn that can cast the spell, I guess you can say that it's a hopeful fail safe for the book. If all the Alicorns die before reading or finishing the spell, it can't be reversed and Equestria will be forever doomed. The book will grow in strength the longer this spell goes on. If this goes on for to long, the book will start to use its own spells on the world. This is only known to us because of the warning it gives on the first page of the book. It too though, is only visible to Alicorns. We must find this book quickly and dispose of it once and for all." Luna began walking out of the room.
"How, you said that it was once thrown into a fire and that didn't destroy it? Surely if there had been a known way before, it wouldn't have been thrown into the fire." Twilight asked walking away with Luna.
"I'm unsure but we must find a way. If we can't, we must lock up the book in high security. So long as the caster of the reversal spell doesn't use it or die, it will be invisible too all but the caster. My sister and I have a place for it in the castle but you must cast the spell so that it will not tempt my sister and don't worry, it can't tempt you so many miles away from it. There is also one more thing, it corrupted me before Nightmare Moon. It is because of the book that my jealousy turned me into Nightmare Moon. Now no more talk, we must find the book." Twilight nodded and ran off with Luna.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed and please review, thank you.