They agree, as Beqanna has always known they would.
So it takes from the four of them (Firion, Leilan, Flower, and Volos) the very smallest piece of their soul.
They take from the rest of the horses in Beqanna as well - those living, those who have lived, and all those who will ever live. A bit of them that is intangible and so infinitesimal that they might never even be aware of its absence, a bit of them that Beqanna’s magic had given them in the first place. They had already taken it from those who chose the cliff path, that missing piece of themselves that did not reassemble on the beach.
And with those pieces, Beqanna (for the fae before them is the magic of their world embodied) reweaves the broken veils between the worlds. Next, with the aid of their souls, Beqanna reaches out to the moon where she rests in front of the sun, and the moon listens. The Monster magic had kept her still and content (though she is rarely anything else), but she will move for her cousin the Sunrise.
The sun blazes brightly in relief when he is freed (too brightly, and Beqanna must siphon off the light, breaking it into pieces small enough for the world to handle). The world is alight, as bright a noonday as had been stifled by the Eclipse. The light is the end of the monsters, though a handful remain in the shadowy depths of the forest, and in the darkest hollows of the land where no light reaches.
When the magic is finished, Beqanna returns the magic to them.
But it has changed.
It returns to Firion, Leilan, Flower, and Volos like four individual suns. So bright that they must close their eyes lest they be blinded. When they open them they stand on the Beach, and the lights have grown dim, and taken on the shape of an animal. They recognize the animal as part of themselves, and the moment they do, they feel the magic of it settle into them.
The four have found themselves on the beach along with those who had perished on the cliff - Reave, Kaenros, and Amarine. Three glowing orbs become animals for that trio as well, settling beside them and restoring what had been unknowingly taken.
For their bravery, Reave, Kaenros, Amarine have been given a Companion.
For their willingness to sacrifice themselves, Leilan, Firion, Volos, and Flower have been given Magic and a Companion.
For their suffering, every character who has posted during the Eclipse has gained a 0 space glowing or light-related trait (sparkling, glittering, glowing tattoos, glows in moonlight, etc). This also applies to foals who were due this season but have not yet been born.
So it takes from the four of them (Firion, Leilan, Flower, and Volos) the very smallest piece of their soul.
They take from the rest of the horses in Beqanna as well - those living, those who have lived, and all those who will ever live. A bit of them that is intangible and so infinitesimal that they might never even be aware of its absence, a bit of them that Beqanna’s magic had given them in the first place. They had already taken it from those who chose the cliff path, that missing piece of themselves that did not reassemble on the beach.
And with those pieces, Beqanna (for the fae before them is the magic of their world embodied) reweaves the broken veils between the worlds. Next, with the aid of their souls, Beqanna reaches out to the moon where she rests in front of the sun, and the moon listens. The Monster magic had kept her still and content (though she is rarely anything else), but she will move for her cousin the Sunrise.
The sun blazes brightly in relief when he is freed (too brightly, and Beqanna must siphon off the light, breaking it into pieces small enough for the world to handle). The world is alight, as bright a noonday as had been stifled by the Eclipse. The light is the end of the monsters, though a handful remain in the shadowy depths of the forest, and in the darkest hollows of the land where no light reaches.
When the magic is finished, Beqanna returns the magic to them.
But it has changed.
It returns to Firion, Leilan, Flower, and Volos like four individual suns. So bright that they must close their eyes lest they be blinded. When they open them they stand on the Beach, and the lights have grown dim, and taken on the shape of an animal. They recognize the animal as part of themselves, and the moment they do, they feel the magic of it settle into them.
The four have found themselves on the beach along with those who had perished on the cliff - Reave, Kaenros, and Amarine. Three glowing orbs become animals for that trio as well, settling beside them and restoring what had been unknowingly taken.
For their bravery, Reave, Kaenros, Amarine have been given a Companion.
For their willingness to sacrifice themselves, Leilan, Firion, Volos, and Flower have been given Magic and a Companion.
For their suffering, every character who has posted during the Eclipse has gained a 0 space glowing or light-related trait (sparkling, glittering, glowing tattoos, glows in moonlight, etc). This also applies to foals who were due this season but have not yet been born.