//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Beginning of the War // Story: The Beginning of the Two Sisters // by AlaskanBabe //------------------------------// Far, far before Equestria was united by the two sisters who brought harmony throughout the land. Before even the Great War of Pony World arose, there was a small peaceful universe ruled by winged unicorns (also, sometimes called Pegasus Unicorns) or, nowadays, what we call them as Alicorns. They were considered “Gods” in the pony world. Most of the winged unicorns lived on a floating island which was called Unicorn Topia. Right under Unicorn Topia, there was the Maneland where three differents types of ponies lived on. Maneland was home to everypony who were known as the Earth ponies, the Pegasi, and the Unicorns. They lived peacefully with very few problems, but that was before a long and dark terror came creeping out from the Badlands. Apparently, a crack from the Badlands had open a portal from another dimension. Other creatures, came crawling out from there home and spread like wildfire in Maneland. The monsters was excited to find new land since there home was being overcrowded and they decided to rule the land of Maneland. Of course, what they wanted was not going to happen if that meant destroying Maneland. As soon the winged unicorns realized what was happening to Maneland, they decide to defend their homeland. Even if that meant causing a war to happen. King Cosmos gathered his best guards throughout the palace and even went down to Maneland to gather more ponies to help defend their home. While King Chronos was creating a defense plan, Queen Galaxia was creating a secure place for her little ones, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. “My dear Galaxy, you’ll take care of them won’t you?” King Chronos question his wife, before leaving to prepare for battle. “Of course, my Knight in Shining Armor…” Queen Galaxia uttered. “I will not let them harm even a hair.” King Chronos nodded his head in response. “Little ones, listen to your mother!” he practically commanded them as he stared down to them. “Of course, daddy!” They both responded giving a quick salute to their father. “Be careful…” Queen Galaxia said. She give her husband a quick nuzzled before he responded. “You too, my dear Galaxy.” He walked out the palace not even turning his head to look back, because he knew that this would probably be his last moment with his family. For he knew absolutely nothing about these creatures he was going to fight. The only thing he did know was to hope and pray to return to his lovely family. He flew out of the Palace with haste heading to the barracks. While doing so, another pony was rushing to catch up with him. “Your Highness,” a fellow Alicorn announced, bowing his head as he flew next to the King, “The troops are at their posts.” “General Diamond Ace, do we have any clue what we are facing?” The King asked. “I’m afraid not yet. These strange creatures are just a mystery to us. They are something that we have never seen before…” General Diamond Ace disclosed. “But I swear, we will not let them destroy our home even if that means that we’ll have to risk our lives.” “WE SHOU GET RID OF THEM AS WE SEE FIT!” King Chronos declared. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meanwhile... “Come on, Celestia and Luna!” Queen Galaxia commanded. “Yes, mother!” Celestia proudfully said without knowing what was going on. Luna walked very slowly behind her mother and looked worried while doing so… Like she had a feeling something bad was going to happy to her father. Queen Galaxia took them to a tall tower within the Palace. The tower was meant to be a guest room for a fellow royal member or at least for someone memorable. But Queen Galaxia did not care... she knew that it was the only place in the Palace where she could ask Celestia to put a protection spell around, temporarily keeping her fillies safe and sound. “Girls, under the bed now…!” she yet again commanded them. This time Celestia got suspicious “Mother, wha-...” “Shush.” Queen Galaxia cut her off. “I know that you may not know exactly what’s going on right now,…” She took a deep breath trying to calm her voice, “... but please believe me that this is for your own safety, my fillies.” she finally said, forcing herself to smile in front of the girls to reassured them. They both nodded in response to their mother. “Celestia, do you remember that protection barrier spell that I taught you a little while ago?” Queen Galaxia asked. “Umm… yes, Mother.” Celestia answered back. “Good, do you think that you can do it? Create a barrier around this room.” she said. Celestia hesitated, “A-around this entire room?” “Yes, my dear filly. Just a temporary barrier, ok? Until you see a purple aura outside of that window… then you can let it go. Do you understand, Celestia?” her mother asked. “Mh-hm.” Celestia responded. Queen Galaxia took another deep breath, “Good… and Luna, try to keep your sister motivated. Remember, just make her keep the barrier up until you see the purple aura in the background, ok?” She looked at Luna in wait for her responds. All Luna could do was just nod her little head. She obviously knew that something terrifying was coming. For being a little filly, Luna was legitimately smart. She could just feel it in the atmosphere that an evil force was on their way. “Ok… I’ll be back.” Queen Galaxia quietly said to her daughters. She flew out of the room and took off into the sky, flying directly above the Palace. Her horn radiant with a bright purple light coming out of it surrounding the Palace with it. She cast a strong magical protection barrier that only an Alicorn could break. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Sister!” Luna outcried. “Yes, Luna? What is the matter?” Celestia turned her head towards Luna while still trying to concentrate with her own barrier magic. “You can stop with the magic spell…” Luna said who was still covered up with her filly blanket. Celestia let the spell down and looked outside. A purple bubble was surrounding the entire palace. “Wow…” “It’s so big!” Luna exclaimed. “Yes, it truly is.” Celestia responded, giggling at her little sister who was so easily amused. “Where do you think mommy and daddy are at?” Celestia paused. “I honestly have no clue, Luna.” She took a deep breathe in. “I’m sure they are alright though.” Luna stared at her older sister, kind of looking uncertain. “Mh-hmm,” she said while nodding her little head. They both crawled out from under the bed and stared out in the sky hoping that their parents would return to them as soon as possible. “You know what,...” Celestia started, “... let’s play a little game to past time, ok?” She opened the closet door that had some board games on the top shelf. She used her magic to lift all of the games down and set them on a table near by. They both agrued on which one to play until they finally decided on a game and were distracted with. To Be Continued...