Pre-Season 1: Shiny Introductions
The peaceful setting of such certain themes. Where the whole town is basically just built into a hill, island, or mountain, a nice colour pallet is formed with it's calm and welcoming blues and whites. You could see the town almost a mile away if you tried. Where the ponies are always so quiet without being provoked, the concrete soaks up the city's sounds and everything around for it's own good. That's what they think defines a peaceful city. To the point to where the night doesn't even seem to bug you, because of the beautifully designed light poles carefully scattered across the city, where every inch of it seems perfectly lit, even in the alleyways. Where there are tall buildings, the light from the sun is only to scatter the light like little fireworks. Even a bustling city can be called some of the best work of art. Yet the most mysterious of them all, is the often mistake of losing your way, which yet makes a lively stroll through the city. And yet would you have to worry? A pony could be just around the corner, where they would almost gladly accept such requests. That, is a perfect city indeed. Now what would make it unbeatable? It's rather the easiest you could ask, with friends around, you're never to drop any second just to get a joke across.
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Where the sun rises, the heads of ponies will follow with each second, burning with anticipation just to figure out just what they can do. Whether to make new friends, explore, or be the very best they can try to be. To discover something new, that nopony has ever heard of before, or achieve your best and boast for your own purposes. All these decisions are yours for the taking, yet with decisions comes with responsibilities, which some, were never even expected...
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This story starts where it should all begin. In the ancient themed city of Altamare, where the town is known for its calming vibes, it's rather the opposite from the ponies you'd expect to see inside such an area. But where you know are hooves clip-clopping there way through town, you know should be no other place like your own home. And where does it all begin? Inside a small house with a big backyard, near the edge of the entire town.
Corolla sighed with a smile as she drank the last of her coffee, "Oh well..." the chime on the bell rung when the mail-stal nudged it, "I guess we got ourselves some mail..." she put her coffee mug down and got down from her seat to walk over to the door, just as Myriad appeared from around the corner.
"I heard the door again." he lifted an eyebrow at Corolla. She looked back at her husband just before she opened the door.
"Of course you did. You need to keep those things in check you know." she stated semi-sarcastically as Myriad tried to look at his own ears, tilting his head forward causing them to fall over, yet he thought he could see them.
"Same for you. Now it looked like you were trying to obtain something?" he tilted his head to the right, and went between looking at her and the door. Myriad looked at her until she turned to the door, he then went back to his business. Corolla walked to the door and opened it. This was her favorite part of getting mail from the stallions, is the scenery that beholds itself. It was nearly noon, so the sun's white light was still shining on their doorstep. Yet blinding on the first walk out, she accepts it, it's normal. The blooming of every colour around her makes her self-acknowledged about the normalcy around her. Even if she isn't thinking about it on the spot. She bent down to grab it, she turned around and walked back in. When seeing Myriad around that corner sparked her interest.
"What are you even doing back there?" Corolla asked.
"Me?" Corolla awkwardly looked around.
"... Oh..." Myriad snickered, "Well, this ring that JetStream acquired interested me..." Corolla walked to the counter and put the box on the counter with her eyes half-open.
"Shouldn't you have asked JetStream to see it first? Although we are his personal authority figures, we need to at least know that JetStream could care, we both know we don't want him to get the wrong idea." Myriad smiled rolling his eyes.
"You can be such a buzz-kill sometimes." Corolla smirked.
"I'm your wife."
"Alright, alright... for JetStream." Myriad walked back into his room and placed it exactly where he saw it before he picked it up, he shook his head and turned to Corolla as he exited JetStream's room, "You know, where is the little guy anyway?" Corolla looked back toward the perfect box made of cardboard.
"He went outside with his friends almost an hour ago." she answered as she attempted to open the box.
"What's the mail's purpose?" Myriad asked.
"Well, the topic says to be some, Summer Sun Celebration, as it says." Myriad brought a hoof to his muzzle.
"Well, there are only... two days till summers longest day, who is it from though?" Corolla cleared her throat.
"Not to sound displeased, but it's from Princess Celestia." Corolla responded as she started to read through the letter, "... It's an invite..." Myriad laughed as he scratched the back of his head.
"Well, she seems to be in touch... almost." Corolla nodded as she read some more.
"You're right about that, it doesn't even look like her hoof writing." Myriad swung his fore hooves in an arch.
"Well there it is! That's proof of the princess! Not even able to write it herself, therefore she probably had some of the royal guard write down, exactly, what she had to say to whom these letters were getting sent to." Corolla had her left hoof in the air.
"... Why does it sound like you trying to crack a case of some sort?" Myriad shrugged, Corolla rolled her eyes and went back to the invite.
"Anyway, by what she has to say, she cordially invites us, along with JetStream, to join the Summer Sun Celebration. As we should know, the longest day of the summer will soon be upon us once again..." Corolla's eyes looked like they started to skim a bit.
"Isn't there anything more important on there?" Corolla looked up and giggled nervously.
"Not exactly, I think I'm supposed to be ahead of myself..." she sighed just before putting the invite down. When she did, she missed just the littlest bit of information.
"Where is the Celebration taking place?" Myriad asked.
"Ponyville." Corolla answered. Myriad smiled.
"Shouldn't be too foreign for him then, nor for me either."
"Guess we'll just have to wait for him." Corolla sighed, as she was ready to calm once again.
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Meanwhile, in a city far away from here, in Canterlot. Their own "preparations" were beginning to unfold. Where, in this city there were much more ponies and rolling hills due to such drastic changes of terrain. And out of all the talking and chattering you see ponies going around, one would rather be hidden with almost nopony to talk to except her own relatives. But instead of being hidden, this pony was rather out in the open, she doesn't see into talking to ponies above her books that she reads, which is tons of them. She was lying down with a book open in front of her, with one hoof over the other. And the birds chirping their song. The pony spoke, "... The elder took responsibility, with both sun and moon. And harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since..." she looked at the book closer, "Hmm, Elements of Harmony..." she looked up to the corner of her eye with her hoof on her muzzle in question, "I know I heard of those before..." she paused and crossed her hooves, looking into the empty sky, "... But where? ..."
This is truly the beginning of things to unfold, and it seems to be blazing ball of gas already.
~~~Chapter End~~~