Chapter One: Professors of the Past
Twilight Sparkle was looking over some books when she found something very interesting and fascinating as well too. She glanced over the section just to make sure, yes, it was true, it was real, and she just thought that it was a myth and legend instead. She just had to tell some pony about this right now, but who? Surely Celestia wouldn’t believe her, but then again, she just might.
“SPIKE! WHERE ARE YOU EXACTLY BECAUSE I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW!”
“Relax Twilight, I’m right here for you,” he said coming on down.
“Alright good, take down a letter to Celestia and just say that I need to talk to her right away very urgently,” she said trotting around the room very nervously right now. “Is that really it and all?” Spike said as she wandered around now.
“Yes, that’s all, I would rather let her confirm my suspicions instead.”
And with that said a letter instantly came back to Twilight.
“She says that she’s very busy right now but can come if you will explain.”
“Fine then, let me write this time,” she said scribbling very fast.
And with that said she sent off her next letter and then another one came back, “She says that she’s coming over right now, wow, that was very fast.”
“Well if I am right then we don’t have very much time at all.”
And with that said she waited until Celestia could come over to her.
“Twilight, I am so very glad to see you, but is it true? Did you find it?”
“I think that I have,” she said smiling and showing her the book right now then, “This is a new one that I just recently found in the library.”
“I thought that you didn’t have any new books Twilight,” Spike said.
“I don’t, but this castle does for some strange mysterious reason,” she said.
And with that said she turned to the section of the book, “There it is.”
“Beautiful,” Celestia said, “You know what this means right? You’ll have to gather every scientific and adventurous pony around and ask all of them for some volunteers to go on an epic dangerous quest filled with peril, but I’m sure that they’ll be more than enough so you’ll have to pick the very best, and of course the whole entire expedition will be paid for by me naturally.”
“Well of course, and I just want to thank you for your kindness right now.”
“You’re welcome Twilight Sparkle, anything for my favorite and best student.
And with that said she smiled and then said, “I must leave now, royal duties and matters and stuff like that and all, but I will wish to hear of your constant progress, so let me know when something changes, and as always, good luck.”
And with that said Celestia suddenly left as quickly as she came.
“Okay, what’s going on here exactly?” Spike said very confused right now.
“I’ll explain to you and every pony very soon enough,” she said, “But for now I just need you to trust me and help me with this slide show presentation.”
And with that said she went to work trying to ready her findings.
And with that they eventually finally were ready to present to a class.
And very soon enough they had one, and her friends there as well too.
“Well hello there every pony,” she said smiling very lightly right now at her incredible discovery, “Today I will challenge everything that you believe with my latest new discovery, because I think that I have finally found the lost city.”
Suddenly there was a murmur among the crowd, “Now then, I know most of you believe that this is merely just a myth or legend, or that if it is not then it can never be found or recovered, but I think that I might just have a way to disprove your concerns,” she said pulling out her book and turning to a page, “Spike, display the contents on the big screen for every pony to see.”
And with that said he did so and they gasped at what they saw there, very old ancient symbol that had no meaning and made no sense, “So it’s true,” one pony said with wonder. “Yes, it is, and you’re going to find it for us,” she said.
They gasped, the prospect of journey and adventure was just too much for them to take in at once, “Now then I’m asking you since me and my friends could be called to solve a friendship problem any moment, but you won’t ever be busy. But don’t worry, this trip is fully funded by me and the princess, anything that you could possibly ever need just ask and it will be done.”
“Who did you have in mind for the journey?” some random pony said.
“Whoever is the best, smartest, quickest, strongest, and wisest too.
And that means that you’re going to be tested by all of us, but in the end it will only be six that can go on this very epic mighty journey and quest, now then before be begin or start are there any more questions from you still?”
“Yes, actually, this all sounds very great, but what does that say up there exactly?” a pony said pointing to the symbols which read like this.
Stay very far away from this city if you want to live, do not ever come here for your own safety, do not put yourself in danger or peril or harm either instead, for my many treasures which while I hold right now will eventually fade away as do all things eventually do, for time eats away at all gold turning it into dust at last. Stay very far away and never come here for your own safety, this is your first, last, and only warning, there will be no more second chances for you now.
“I don’t know exactly, it defies even my understanding and Celestia’s too, but I’m sure that maybe one of you can figure it out eventually,” she said,
“And what if we don’t, what then?” some pony else said now then.
“Then you’ll just have to guess like I did, now from what I can make out in the book the city should be somewhere south of here, and that’s all that I can give for right now since the book is so very old and not details, sorry every pony.”
And with that said they all groaned, “Now then, I know that you have all had experience with history in the past, but one of the ponies that will be joining you hopefully is going to be an expert on adventure and danger and peril, I can’t say who she is yet exactly because I have to protect her identity, but if you do pass all the tests and trials then you will know her identity.”
“Out of curiosity what are these trials exactly?” one pony said now.
“I’m very glad you asked, because we’re going to test and train your speed, strength, intelligence, mind, body, and everything else starting right now.”
And with that said suddenly her friends smile while the class groaned.
“Okay, all pegasi with me, earth ponies with Applejack, and unicorns, you come with me,” Twilight said as each group divided up about equally roughly.
And with that said the whole entire class started to train hard and long too.
But eventually they started to narrow it down over the coming few weeks and after some much needed time it finally came down to their final six now.
“Well, you passed,” Twilight said once she saw them, “And while I wish you good luck on your journey and quest just as I did for your trials know that there might be some very hard dangerous times filled with peril ahead of you, and the future will be hard, but it will all be worth it in the end.”
And with that said she slowly handed out some more papers and copies of the books to the six who had passed and then said, “You’re completely on your own from here out since we will have to stay here for our duties, but if there is anything that you need or want to know just ask and it will be done before you go, oh, and also, I think it’s time to introduce you to the famous adventurer I mentioned earlier, so may I proudly present the epic mighty Daring Do!”
And with that said a sort of gray mare that looked almost exactly like some other pony in the room for color designs and styles (*cough* Rainbow Dash, *cough), and she had a hat with some many holes on it and came flying on in very fast. “Daring Do? I thought that she was just a fictional character,” some pony said. “Well she’s not, and she’s the coolest epic amazing awesome adventurer other than myself that I have ever seen,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Hey, you know that I am the best so don’t try to deny it,” Daring Do said.
“Yeah, fine, whatever you say,” Rainbow Dash said smiling very deviously now.
“Well then, I think that now that we have our final last ponies that you should get to know each other a bit before the epic might trip and journey, and then after that you can appoint a captain or leader although I’m sure Daring Do would be the very best for the job,” Twilight Sparkle said smiling right now.
“Yes, yes I am,” Daring Do said doing one of her custom poses now.
“Well just get to know each other and appoint a leader and I think that you’ll be just fine, anyhow good luck to all of you,” she said as she and her friends slowly left the room. “Well now what do we do?” one of the ponies said.
“Well it’s quite obvious if you heard her, we introduce ourselves, my name is Professor Kronos Past, but please just call me Kronos,” a silver stallion who was a unicorn said stepping up in front of the whole
entire ‘crowd’.
“And my name is Helena Wells,” a white unicorn mare said stepping up now.
“And my name is Mr. Whooves, but please, just call me The Doctor instead,” a brown stallion with an hourglass cutie mark said stepping up now.
“Why call you that?” Kronos said.
“Because I like it, and it’s my second or third or fourth profession,” he said.
“I’m not even going to ask what the others might be,” Kronos said.
“My name is Marco Thatch,” another brown stallion said now.
“My name is Professor Maximillian Arturo Henry Alfred Wayne Albus Jones, but you can call me whatever you want since I have so many names, but most ponies just either call me Max or Professor Jones instead,” another brown pony said stepping forward with a plain and simple brown fedora on his head.
“My name is Quentin Mallory,” a very young white stallion said stepping up and forward right now and he looked very nervous too as well.
“Yes, and my name is Mortimer Killian,” a black stallion said stepping forward, “And I will be your military and strategist advisor on this trip and journey too.”
“Why are you even here? I thought that there were only supposed to be six.”
“Yes, six ponies to be tested, I was not, I was chosen before all of this, and the Princess Twilight Sparkle
decided to change her mind at the very last minute.”
“Alright, fine then, but who do you think should be our leader?”
“Well me and Daring Do of course, who else would it be?”
“I think that any of us could be leaders,” Marco Thatch said.
“Yes, you could, all except for the boy of course,” Mortimer said.
“Hey, I’m not a boy, I’m just a very young stallion instead,” he said.
“Yes Quentin, we know, we just don’t care at all,” Mortimer said.
“Very well then, I think that we should hit the road, I mean we have all our nerds and geeks, and I know the whole entire list of supplies, so how about we meet here again in three days when I have everything?
Because this journey is going to be very long, two to three weeks by my calculations,” Daring Do said.
“Or months depending upon how the weather is, but anyhow, good luck to all of you for this trip and journey, I will be here with Daring Do to advise her, and should you have any questions, comments, or concerns, just ask us and if they are important enough then we shall take them to the princess ourselves.”
And with that said they all left very slowly and went on with their lives now.
Mortimer then turned to Daring Do after they left, “Do you think that they already know what great treasures that this lost city holds within it?”
“Probably only the gold and silver which every pony focuses on,” she said now.
“But not me, I focus on knowledge, power, and strength, and just imagine how many books we can recover, how much information that we could gain, gold and silver are the least valuable when you compare it to knowledge instead.”
“Yes, indeed, and they’re all scientists and scholars, so they will also probably focus on that, but you know what our real true mission is,” she said.
“Yes, we can’t let them find anything dangerous to them, or allow anything to escape,” he said, “Although I don’t know why the princess requested us.”
“That’s because she knows our values and morals, or at least she thinks that she does, but she has no idea of what we really truly want or wish for, and by the time that she does it will be too late, for we will have our power and also strength and also the whole entire knowledge of the city as well too.”
“Yes, we will,” and with that said they smiled very deviously as they worked.