Prologue
It has been several moons since Celestia, Drake, and Luna had retired from ruling Equestria. Twilight Sparkle now ruled Equestria and kept adding more land to it. Drake often visited Twilight every other moon, acting as a messenger between the retired princesses and Twilight. After several visits, Drake started to worry about Equestria's future. He noticed that there was no plan for an heir in the future and that Twilight's friends were advancing in age. And as the main six kept getting older, Twilight looked after them more and more, neglecting some important aspects of ruling. There were some issues going on between ponykind while Twilight looked after her friends. As the issue kept going unnoticed Celestia and Luna shared Drake's concern. When the issue got big enough for Twilight to notice, it was at the same time she lost the last of the main six, Fluttershy. At the loss of Fluttershy, Discord disappeared. Equestria spiraled out of control and Twilight had a hard time keeping it together. All three kinds of ponies got violent at the sight of another pony that wasn't one of their kind. With one last attempt, Twilight tried to keep Equestria together. She made three crystals, one for each ponykind. Going throughout Equestria, Twilight picked one pony from each kind to represent their kind. At first it worked, but as the crystals got passed down, the representing ponies got corrupted and power hungry. The Pegasi separated themselves and built cities on mountaintops to discourage any attacks from Earth Ponies and Unicorns. Unicorns left Earth Pony cities and started to live in forests and barren plains. Earth Ponies retreated among their civilizations, to avoid any form of combat. The Pegasi mined and found metal, and then proceeded to make armor and weapons. Unicorns made crude spears and spikes from tree trunks. Seeing Equestria on the brink of war and unable to do anything, Twilight quietly retired, setting the sun and moon on an automatic cycle. The Pegasi attacked first, driving several cities of Unicorns deep into unknown forests. As the attacks went deep into the forests, the Pegasi lost their flying advantage and were driven out. After weeks of battle, both Pegasi and Unicorns launched vicious attacks on the other. They destroyed many natural wonders and killed several innocent bystanders. After the vicious attacks, both sides found out that they no longer had any magic. Both sides then started to gather troops, determined to exterminate the other. During that time the Earth Ponies, desperate to stop the conflict and bring peace, mustered up an army bigger than the Pegasi and Unicorns combined. Unfortunately, the Earth Ponies were ill-prepared and were nearly driven to extinction. Earth Ponies fled for their lives, scattering in all directions. The battle also took a heavy toll on Pegasi and Unicorns, both who lost many soldiers. Both retreated to their secluded homes and waited for another attack, which never came. The Unicorn crystal swapped between many Unicorns before an unknown Unicorn ran off with it to an unknown wood with some followers. The Pegasus with the Pegasi crystal claimed to be the ruler of all Pegasi. Meanwhile, the pony with the Earth Pony crystal kept it hidden in the family for years. The pony was a descendant of the pony historian Drake befriended and an ancestor of Argyle Starscout, Sunny Starscout's father. The pony, along with a Pegasus and Unicorn, put aside their differences and secretly made a map of the three ponies' civilizations. The three shared stories of the once great Equestria Kingdom and kept the legend of the main six alive. Eventually as time passed, they all passed, and Sunny Starscout came along and brought magic back with her friends. And this is where the story begins.