Twilight's head was throbbing with pain. She slowly opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw.
She saw a beautiful land with homes that appeared to be made of crystals. She looked around and saw crystalized ponies walking in the streets and in the middle of the land was a huge castle that gleamed in the sun. Her eyes widened in shock.
"What is this place?" She mumbled to herself while standing up.
"You are in the Crystal Empire." Somepony behind her said.
She turned around to see two ponies standing behind her. One was a pink alicorn mare who’s mane was purple, yellow, and pink. Her eyes were also purple and her cutie mark was a crystal heart. She wore a little golden crown with three little purple beads on the top and a purple gem in the middle of it.
Next to her was a white unicorn stallion with a mane that was multiple shades of blue. His eyes were also blue and his cutie mark was a blue shield with a pink star in the middle of it.
"Wait where?" Twilight asked
"The Crystal Empire." The pink mare said again. With a sweet smile.
"Oh ok" Twilight said a bit nervously "who are you?" She asked the ponies.
"Oh, right." The mare began "I am Princess Cadence." She said, shaking the teenage mare's hoof.
"And I am her husband, Shining Armor." The stallion said putting his hoof around his wife.
"Okay." Twilight said. Wow these ponies are so nice. She thought to herself.
"So now we would like to ask 'who are you?'" Shining said.
"Oh me? I'm Twilight." She said
"Where did you come from?" Cadence asked.
"Oh uh..." Twi thought for a moment before looking down "I don't exactly know." She said sadly
"Why not? Shining asked with concern.
"I don't know why I can't remember. I just can't." She sighed and looked at the ground.
"Can you remember anything besides your name?" Cadence asked hoping to be able to help the young mare
"Well I know my special talent is magic." She told them pointing to her cutie mark. "Oh and I am 18. But that's it."
Cadence gasped "Oh that is horrible." She said putting a hood on the young ponie's shoulder "If you want to, you can stay with us till you can remember."
"Really?" Twilight asked excitedly. Cadence nodded. "Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She cried out while jumping up and giving the princess a hug.
It was then that Cadence noticed something in the young mare's back.
"Oh my goodness" she gasped "you are an alicorn."
Shining armor saw that cadence was right and his jaw dropped. And when Twilight noticed her wings she stared in disbelief.
"How is that even possible?" Twi muttered.
The royal couple shrugged
"I don't know." Shining stared.
"Neither do I," Cadence said before she noticed the time. "Oh Shining we have that meeting we need to get to." She gasped.
"Oh yah." He thought for a moment before calling out "Flash!"
In an instant a yellow pegasus guard with a blue mane and eyes, and golden armor on came and stood ready for his orders.
"Please escort Twilight to the castle and help her to a guest room." Shining ordered.
"Yes sir." The guard saluted then walked to Twilight.
"Please follow me." He said as he began to walk away. Twilight quickly followed him to the castle while the royal couple went the opposite direction.
After a few minutes of silence Twilight felt the urge to break it.
"Uh I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?" She asked curiously.
"Flash Sentry" was all he said
She liked that name and it seemed like a good name for a royal guard, especially one that is kind of cute... Wait what?
"Okay. Uh, how long have you been a royal guard?"
"Well I was a guard in Canterlot for a while, a few years actually. But not really a guard who worked in the castle. I mostly made sure that ponies followed rules and stayed safe. I never got to meet the royal family. But oh well. Anyway, I came to the Crystal Empire just a few months ago."
"Okay." Twilight nodded "Do you enjoy being a guard?"
"Yah. I always dreamed of being a guard when I was a young colt. And now I get to and I have never regretted it." He answered truthfully.
"Well good for you." Twilight said with a smile
"Okay now I'd like to know about you." Flash told her as they continued to walk.
"Well what do you want to know?" Twi asked a bit nervously.
"Where are you from?" He questioned
"I have no idea." She mumbled
"So you're an orphan?" He wondered
"Again no idea, I know almost nothing about myself." She frowned and looked at the ground in sadness
"How is that even possible? To know almost nothing about yourself despite being like eighteen or something?" He asked in disbelief
"I just don't know. I think I had a family and a home and a life. But I can't remember anything about it." She looked like she was going to cry soon and that might be bad.
"Okay, well do you have any hobbies?" He wondered
"Well... I guess I like reading, and trying new spells and stuff."
"Oh cool."
And by now they were at one of the guest rooms in the castle
"So, this is where you will be staying while you are in the crystal empire" He said as they entered the room
Twilight gasped at their surroundings. The room was pretty big and was obviously made of crystal. There was a queen sized bed and next to it was a night stand. On the other side of the room there was a vanity and next to it were some book shelves with a few books on them then on another wall there were doors to a little balcony that looked over the empire. And in the middle of the ceiling there was a small crystal chandelier.
"Wow this room is amazing" she marveled.
"Yah, lots of the rooms in this castle are amazing. You should see the throne room." Flash commented
"Do you think maybe you could give me a tour of the castle later?" Twi asked
"Sure." He said "It might be fun."
"Okay, I'll see you later then." She smiled.
he nodded and left the room leaving twilight alone.
She squealed "Oh my goodness! I get to have a tour from the cutest guard ever!" She squealed again, jumping up and down. then she paused for a moment and blushed at her behavior
"Where did that come from?" She asked herself "It's not like it's a date or anything... Is it?" She began pacing "I mean its only a quick tour. It's not like he wants to be your colt friend or something like that" she paused and thought for a moment "But it could happen." she smiled a little
"Oh whatever. I shouldn't worry about this, at least not yet. I only just met him so I don't think that it will happen any time soon. Unless... he likes me." she shook her head "A handsome guard stallion like him would probably have a mare friend by now."
"No! I need to stop worrying about this. But I can't!" she let out a cry of frustration and flopped onto the bed and continued her self augment for a long time.
Far away in a different part of equestrian there was a city of clouds and some were in that city there was a young cyan Pegasus mare with a rainbow mane, unconscious on the ground.
She laid still for a little before she began to slowly wake up.
She rubbed her head because it hurt so much.
"Where in the world am I" Rainbow mumbled to herself while taking in her surroundings. A huge city on the clouds, pegasi were flying around doing things.
She watched the ponies for a little while before standing up and flying around a little looking around the city. It was pretty big but she had never seen a place like it before. She continued to fly, taking in every detail in the city while making sure she didn't run into anything.
"Look out!" Three voices cried out from her left. She turned and saw Three pegasi flying really fast and instantly zoomed out of the first two's way but failed to dodge the third. It crashed into her and they both went tumbling towards a cloud.
"Ow" Rainbow groaned while trying to stand up
"Oops. Sorry." The Pegasus who had crashed into her apologized while helping her stand up.
She looked at him and saw he was a light blue Pegasus with a wild dark blue mane and green eyes and his cutie mark was a yellow lightning bolt with wings.
"It's okay, besides I think it was mostly my fault." Rainbow replied
Then the other two pegasi landed on the cloud. One was a yellow pegasus with an orange and yellow mane and orange eyes and a flame cutie mark. The other was a light blue Pegasus with a white mane and crystal blue eyes.
"Soarin are you okay?" The yellow mare asked the colt, Soarin.
"Yah I'm okay." He told his friend
"How about you?" The light blue mare asked the cyan Pegasus
"Yah it takes a lot more to get this mare down." Rainbow said, pridefully.
"Good to know." The yellow Pegasus nodded before turning back to soarin "Come on lets finish our race."
Rainbow's ears perked up upon hearing the word 'race'. She loved racing, a lot. And she was so good at it she got a cutie mark from it.
"Can I Join you?" She asked hopefully
The three exchanged glances and looked at the cyan Pegasus.
"Sure why not." The yellow Pegasus shrugged "If you can keep up." She said as all three took off at the same time
Rainbow smirked then followed flying extremely fast. So fast she caught up in an instant and was already waaaaaay ahead of them in a matter of seconds. She then landed on another cloud and waited for them.
It took about 30 seconds before they got there but they did get there. And when they did they stared at her in disbelief
"How were you able to do that?" The light blue mare questioned
"We are the fastest fliers in cloudsdale. How are you faster than us?" Soarin asked
"I don't know. Flying fast just comes naturally for me." Rainbow answered
"What's your name?" The yellow mare asked
"Name's Rainbow Dash." Rainbow said with a smile
"Cool, I'm Spit Fire." The yellow mare, Spit Fire, said before pointing to the light blue Pegasus mare "This is Fleet Foot."
"Sup" Fleet Foot said coolly.
"And Soarin." Fire finished
"Hi" He said a bit shyly with a small wave
"Nice to meet you." Rainbow said mentally noting their names
"Same" Spit Fire said
"So just wondering, Do you live in Cloudsdale? Or are you visiting?" Fleet foot asked
"Uh... I actually don't know." Rainbow chuckled nervously
"Really?" Fleet foot asked
"Yah, I might live here but I don't think I do. I probably hit my head extremely hard." Rainbow muttered
"'Well you're welcome to stay at our place for now." Spit fire offered
"Thanks." Rainbow smiled and they flew off
After flying for a little they arrived at a house made out of clouds. It looked pretty big.
They went through the front door and there was a big open area that had hallways leading to other rooms
"Okay, so that way" Fire pointed to a door on the left "Is the kitchen, over there" She pointed to a door on their left "Is our practice room/ gym. and this way" She began leading Rainbow to a flight of stairs "Is the way to our rooms." she led Rainbow through a hall and to a door at the end of the hall.
"This will be your room while you are here." Spitfire informed her as she opened the door.
The room was average size and made of clouds and had a cloud bed in the middle and a window on one side. There was a dresser and shelves and a few other things here and there.
"Okay." Rainbow nodded as she continued to look around.
"My room is next to yours" Spit Fire continued "Soarin's is across from yours and fleet foot's is next to his."
"Okay." Rainbow said again "And thanks for letting me stay here for a little.
"No problem" Fleet foot waved it off
"That's what we do." Soarin added
Rainbow smiled. These ponies were so nice the four of them would probably be great friends soon.
"Well we'll let you get settled while we make some lunch." Spitfire announced.
Rainbow nodded as the three pegasi left and closed the door.
"Man these ponies are nice." She smiled " wish I could remember who I was though. I mean seriously the most important things I can remember are I am Rainbow dash I am 17 I love to fly and stuff like that." She sighed sadly "I guess I will remember eventually... or not" She sat down on the ground and started playing with a little tuft of cloud.
Somewhere else in Equestria, not far from Cloudsdale, there was a little village full of all kinds of ponies living together in harmony. And on the outskirts of the village there was a little orange earth pony lying in the grass.
Apple Jack Slowly woke up to a throbbing pain in her head.
''Oh my head." AJ winced from the pain. After a moment she looked at her surroundings "Where in the wide world of Equestria am I?" The mare wondered out loud
"You're in Ponyville!" A little filly's voice answered her question
"Eyup." A deep masculine voice said
AJ turned to see a little filly a few years younger than she was. The filly was a yellow color with a red mane with a big pink bow in her mane and orange eyes. Next to the filly was a strong looking stallion who had a red coat. orange mane green eyes and an apple cutie mark.
"Ponyville?" AJ muttered. the filly nodded
"You are in Ponyville, a place where all types of ponies live together in harmony." The filly smiled and helped the older mare up.
"Okay." AJ nodded even though she was confused. Was she supposed to be there or somewhere else?
"I'm Applebloom. What's your name?" The filly asked getting into AJ's face
"Oh what a coincidence I'm Applejack." AJ smiled at the filly who gasped
"Oh my goodness! That means you must be related to us! Come on, you need to meet granny smith!" The filly began to drag a confused AJ towards a farm.
"Wait where are we going and who is Granny Smith?" AJ said as the surprisingly strong filly continued to drag her.
"We are going to Sweet Apple Acres! That's Big Mac and I's Home. And Granny Smith is our granny, she has taken care of us since our parents died." The filly turned sad after saying that.
"Oh I am so sorry about that." AJ said, putting her arms round the little filly.
"Oh it's okay I guess. I was only a baby then. I don't really remember them and even if I did, like Big Mac here, I would've learned to accept it by now." AB said. AJ nodded as they continued walking
"So I'm just going out on a limb here but I'm guessing your Big Mac." AJ said looking at the red stallion
"Eyup" was his reply
"Okay." AJ nodded and the trio continued to walk towards the farm
When they got to the barn in the middle of S.A.A. AB and Big Mac led AJ into the living room where an elderly green mare with a grey mane, She was probably Granny Smith, sat on a rocking chair.
"Hey Granny!" AB called as she entered
"Oh hello little filly." The elderly mare said while giving AB a hug
"Granny! We met Applejack here near the orchard and I was wondering' if we could let her stay." AB explained to her granny who looked over at the mare who was standing in the entryway
"Uh s to then I guess she can, if she doesn't already have a home." Granny said unsurely.
"Oh wait, do you have a home AJ!" AB asked
"Well no actually, I don't have a home or family that I know of." AJ said with sadness in her voice
"Oh well what happened." AB asked
AJ shrugged "I honestly don't know. I can't remember much about what happened before I woke up this mornin'" AJ explained
"Well what do you remember?" Granny asked with a bit of concern in her voice
"Well I'm Applejack, which yall know already, uh I'm sixteen I got my cutie mark from something apple related. And that's about it." AJ explained
"Aww that's sad. You can stay with us till' you remember, if you'd like to" Granny offered
"Really? That would be great! Thank you so much" AJ said happily
"But if you want to stay you have to work." AB said
"Okay. I am a pretty hard worker I can handle lots of chores, or working' in the orchards or whatever you want me to do." AJ told them
"Well then I guess ya can stay." Granny smiled
"Eyup" Big Mac nodded
"Come on, I'll show you the guest room!" AB said as she dragged AJ up some stairs and to an empty room
It had a nice bed with a night stand next to it and there was also a small vanity with a couple of brushes and combs on top and then on one wall there were a couple of windows looking over the apple orchards. There was also a purple rug in the middle of the floor and some other things in the room.
"Ya can get comfortable and I'll come get ya for lunch later." AB said as she left
AJ chuckled to herself "What an adorable little filly," she mumbled as she began to look around the room.