//------------------------------// // Sacred Pages // Story: My Little Caboose: Blue is Magic! // by DarkWing //------------------------------// "Come child, and search for your name and find out when your time will come." The Necronomicon urged slowly. "Ya know when we'll pass away?" Applejack asked quietly. "I know many things. Those that have passed, those that are going to pass, and those that are going to come into being. I also have spells to revert those that have passed, which I am believing to be what you are seeking." "Well what are we waiting for?" Rainbow Dash asked, reaching for the book. "Let's find the spell and-" "No!" Twilight yelped, slapping Rainbow Dash's hoof. "Ah, you know of my curse." The Necronomicon chuckled darkly. "Did he just say curse?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Supposedly when you read the words of the ancient scripture there are only two outcomes." Twilight explained slowly, keeping her eyes glued to the dangerous tome. "The first one is you die. The second outcome is that you are driven to insanity and lose grip on reality forever." "It is so pleasant to hear my reputation has not diminished due to my time being tucked away." "Why are you here and not somewhere where nopony could get you?" "I am bound by the laws of the world to not leave this room." The Necronomicon sighed, looking among the other tombs. His eyes went back to Twilight after a few seconds and the face smiled. "That is unless somepony were to break Celestia's spell." "No." Twilight said firmly. "We're in here to find a spell of resurrection, not to free evil spirits." "Then by all means search the wing. You will find no notes on any spells of necromancy. I am the only tome in here that can be of aid." "He's lyin'." Applejack grunted. "C'mon girls, there must be somethin' in here that can help us." "My pages contain truth, nothing more, nothing less." "Why are we talking to this silly book if we can't even use it." Rarity scoffed. "We would hardly be able to make a dead pony read this." Rarity turned towards the door but stopped when somepony spoke up. "What about Church?" Rainbow Dash asked quietly. "I'm sorry darling, did you just imply that Church isn't alive?" Rarity asked, dumbfounded. "In a way he isn't." Twilight coughed. "Wha-" "That's not important." Twilight shrugged off her friend’s confusion. "I'm still not sure about this though." "I can sense pain in your voice." The Necronomicon said suddenly. "You long for someone that cannot love you back, and by bringing back someone in their lives you hope to raise yourself in their eyes." "No, Church is just a friend." Twilight shook her head. "I see. You can either leave and live with the death of whoever it is that has past, or take me out and I can reveal how to bring said pony back to life. The choice is yours." Twilight looked back at the others, who stared back at her with blank expressions. "Ah want t' say we should just move on..." "So do I..." Rarity said quietly, stepping away from the bookshelves. "But we're this far already, and if you think this is the right thing to do I'm behind you one hundred and twenty percent." Rainbow Dash said, walking up to the Necronomicon. "What I want to know is why it is so ready to help us?" "Being trapped for thousands of years does that to you. I would say I long to go for a walk after being trapped for an eternity, but you know, no hooves and all make's that sentiment moot." "Let me get one thing clear." Twilight said after weighing her options. "If we are to take you out, we are not going to allow you to bring anything into this world." "Very well." The Necronomicon said grudgingly. "Now for the matter of taking me out, while leaving the others in." "I'll try to cast a spell that can take you through the door, but I fear that my magic may not be strong enough to bypass it..." "Celestia has not returned since she first cast the spell, and around what I believe to be two months ago I felt the spell lose some of its power." "Two months ago?" Fluttershy asked. "That must have been when-" "Yes, I think that's it as well." Twilight nodded. "But why would that cause her to lose power?" "That, I do not know." The Necronomicon said, deep in thought. "I'm still not sure that putting a spell on it to bypass Celestia's spell would work, even if it's power had been diminished." Rarity said. "I sense that you do not believe her to be as powerful as you once thought." The Necronomicon said to Twilight. "Maybe not as powerful, but still more powerful than any unicorn could hope to become." Twilight insisted. "You try to hold hope that you are not being deceived, but-" "What would there be to lie about?" Twilight asked as she began working on a spell to bypass the door. "Everyone has secrets dear Twilight Sparkle." Twilight shot a beam of magic at the tome and it began to give off a faint purple glow. "Ah, I feel that this will work." The Necronomicon said darkly. "Now, bring me forth so we may change the ways of the universe." "Twilight, this is your last chance, you can stop with the spell and leave if you want." Rainbow Dash whispered to Twilight. "No, we need to do this." Twilight whispered back. "Don't forget, we're the Elements of Harmony, we have the power to stop it before it gets out of hoof if it comes to that." "I yearn to see Equestria for what it is now, nothing more." The Necronomicon promised. "I may be the book of death, but I do not wish for destruction." "I suppose that will have to suffice." Twilight said, placing the Necronomicon into the satchel she had brought with her. "We'll go talk to Church about this, and if he decides he doesn't want to do this we will return it back here." "Twilight, are ya sure ya can hold it?" Applejack asked. "I replicated Celestia's spell, so he is now bound to me and is unable to use any magic to free himself." Twilight said, slowly stepping up to the door. "I just hope that the spells won't clash." Twilight placed her horn through the doorway. And then her head. Eventually she edged through the door and let out a small sigh. "Now's the part where we really can't be seen."