My Little Pony: Equestrian Quest

by KHXhero

Prologue: Equestria and the Dream

Prologue: Equestria and the Dream

Equestria... a place in which the three pony tribes, Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth ponies roamed for almost eternity, ever since the dawn of time, probably before our world... Now some of you probably know about it, but if not it's time you knew how the founding of Equestria came. It was a troubling time, for the three tribes. The Pegasi were the stewards of the weather, but demanded food that could only be grown by the Earth ponies, and the Unicorns demanded the same, in return for magically bringing forth day and night. Soon, mistrust between the tribes festered, until one day, it came to a boil. A mysterious blizzard overtook the land, toppling the tribes' precarious peace. The blizzard led to famine, due to the Windigos... creatures that were causing the storm by feeding off of hate. Soon, the tribes, well, the Leaders' assistants created the magical Fire of Friendship which drove off the windigos and ending the snowstorm. The three leaders then decide to join forces and found a country shared by all the three tribes, naming it Equestria.

Equestria, was, well still IS a place of peace, and happiness, a world which all of us in our world today wish to be like, but ironically, I don't think we're getting close to that yet. But as I was saying, Equestria was peaceful, that is until Discord, the Master of Chaos wrecked havoc among Equestria... But then, two magical princesses, the two sisters; The eldest, Celestia, the Goddess of the Sun and Day, and the youngest, Luna, the Goddess of the Moon and Night, defeated the evil Discord, turning him into the stone. And then there was... well to sum up the rest of the events, the two sisters ruled Equestria, then there were other events after that, such as the Great Celestia/Luna Rift, the coming of Nightmare Moon, Nightmare Moon's return a thousand years later, the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony, the defeat of the Changelings and King Sombra and the Newest Princess Twilight Sparkle... It appears we all know about Equestria. But the biggest mystery of all, what if Equestria wasn't the only land in the whole world. What if there were other places, other lands, that were far out from Equestria, inhabited with ponies and other creatures... like us? And hey, what if someone actually went to them?!

It was a cold stormy night, somewhere in the streets of Canterlot, there was a tall cloaked pony, galloping her way in the streets. It was the middle of the night, no other pony was about, no pony outside, except her. The pony, was carrying something on her back, which was covered by the cloak. She soon came close to a house, and then suddenly hid within the bushes... She then placed something on the steps, carefully placing a box in front of the door. She then rang the doorbell and then took off galloping. The door opened, revealing a blue skin adult unicorn colt with a darker blue mane, known as Night Light.

"Hello?" Night Light asked, and then he looked at the ground, seeing the box.

"Well what in the name of Celestia?" Night Light asked as he brought the box covered with a clothe inside the house, and placed it on the living room table. Coming into the room was a white unicorn with some light purple and white lines in her hair, known as Twilight Velvet.

"What was it honey?" Velvet asked.

"Some pony placed a box on our doorstep." Night Light said.

"And you had to bring it in?" Velvet asked.

"Well, yes, since we might have some use for it." Night Light said. "Did you take Shining Armor to Kindergarden?"

"Yes, I did." Velvet said. "He was so excited when he got there." She then hugged her husband.

"Can you believe it?" Velvet asked. "Our little boy finally starting Kindergarden?"

"Yeah... it's so shocking, but also amazing... our son is growing up." Night Light said.

"Oh... I wish we could make another foal..." Velvet said.

"Me too." Night Light said. Velvet then moved her head, as if she was listening.

"Did you hear something?" Velvet asked.

"Hear what?" Night Light asked.

"No listen... what was that?" Velvet asked. They kept quiet for a minute and then heard the noise again. It was the sound of a baby crying.

"Oh, that's just a baby crying honey." Night Light said.

"Oh." Velvet said, but then, both of them stopped for a second, and looked at each other.

"Baby?!" The two said in unison. They then looked at the box they brought inside. They slowly removed the cloth covering the box, and they couldn't believe their eyes... It was a small little baby pony... Baby ponies are mostly known as Foals, just to clarify. The foal had a beautiful lavender skin, and her mane and tail had blue with a bit of violet and pinkish red in the middle, and she had purple eyes, and a horn on her forehead. It was a unicorn foal alright, and it was crying.

"It is a foal!" Night Light said.

"How did it end up in here?" Velvet asked. "Oh, somepony must've left her here in the box on our porch."

"What kind of jerk would just leave his or her own Foal on our doorstep?" Night Light asked. Velvet slowly picked the baby foal up with her hooves.

"You poor thing." Velvet said, and then felt her forehead. The little foal's forehead's was burning hot.

"Oh my she's burning up!" Velvet said. "We need to take her to the hospital!" Soon the two went to take the foal to the hospital... An hour later, they were in the hospital, waiting outside the room. Soon, a unicorn doctor came out of the room.

"How is she?" Night Light asked.

"She's alright." The doctor unicorn said. "Good thing you brought her here when you did, otherwise that fever of hers would've taken her life. How did you even find her anyway?"

"She just appeared in a box upon our doorstep." Night Light said.

"Some pony must've abandoned her there... how terrible." Velvet said.

"Are you sure?" The doctor asked. "Because we used a DNA test to see who she belonged to... but, there's no pony in the system that matches the foal's."

"So you think.... she came from somewhere faraway?" Night Light asked.

"Yes... that's what we think." The doctor said. "We recommend that you find this foal a home."

"Can we see her?" Velvet asked.

"Yes..." The doctor said as he used his magic to lift the little foal and place into Velvet's hooves... The foal was sleeping sounding... and peacefully. Velvet couldn't help but smile.

"She looks so peaceful..." Velvet said.

"She sure does." Night Light said, and then he looked at Velvet, who then looked at him. He was looking at her, with a weak smile. She knew what that smile meant.

"Night Light, I know what you're thinking." Velvet said.

"Let's keep her." Night Light said.

"Oh I don't know Night Light." Velvet said.

"Oh come on." Night Light said. "She's adorable. We can't just leave her here. Besides, you said you wanted a daughter."

"I know but-" Velvet said. But then she stopped. He was right. They already have a son, who just began kindergarden. And they decided that they wanted another child, a daughter most likely. They tried for a long time, but they couldn't. And now, a little female foal just appears in a box on their doorstep. This was probably a gift, almost like a gift from Princess Celestia herself, their golden opportunity to have a daughter. Velvet looked at the sleeping infant, and smiled.

"Oh ok." Velvet said. The two then headed outside. Although the sky wasn't clear, itwas wasn't raining anymore... The storm passed while they were inside the building.

"She's so beautiful." Velvet said. "What should we call her?"

"How about we name her after me... or something unique." Night Light said. "Maybe, Violet... or Hope?"

"Doesn't sound unique enough." Velvet said.

"How about Twilight?" Night Light asked. "Twilight... Sparkle?" Velvet looked at her husband and smiled.

"Yes... Twilight Sparkle is a perfect name for her." Velvet said. They soon got into the taxi, and they headed home... Unknown to them, a cloaked shadowy pony was hiding in the alley of Canterlot... seeing the taxi drive by. She made a smile and then took off out of Canterlot, flying into the sky, revealing herself to be an Pegasus, until she made it into the Everfree Forest... She slowly made her way inside, but then was grabbed by a shadowy figure, and covered her mouth.

"Where is it?!" The voice said with a wicked female voice.

"Let Me Go!" The pegasus shouted as her hood was taken off, showing her with a Unicorn's horn, making her Alicorn, and with almost the same color that the little foal had, but much darker color, and then flew past the cloaked pony, who then gave chase after the pony. The two flew high into the air, deeper into the Everfree Forest. But then the Alicorn was grabbed by the cloaked figure, and they both fell into the area of the Badlands. The Alicorn attempted to get up, but couldn't, and she was held down by the cloaked pony.

"I Won't Ask Again! Where Is It?!" The wicked pony asked with her green eyes glowing.

"She's safe... Far From You and that monstrous Tyrant!" The Alicorn said.

"Oh is she?" A male voice asked. The alicorn then leaned her face upward to see a shadowy figure above her, and then was horrified.

"You...." The Alicorn said... Then the figure raised his spiked sword into the air and swung it downward. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Soon, everything changes from that dark stormy night to a beautiful morning. At Rainbow Friendship Kingdom, in which Twilight Sparkle opens her eyes from a dream she had, though it felt like it was so real. But it was a dream. Only a dream. She then moved her head a little bit, and then closed her eyes.

"Uhhhh...." Twilight moaned as she moved face up.

"What is with that... strange dream..." She thought. "It's already the sixteenth time I've had that dream for the past 3 weeks...."

"Twilight?" a voice said behind her. Someone was moving her a bit too. She slowly turned her head to see a little purple baby dragon with a green underbelly and oval horns and spines. It was her assistant... or I should say, number one assistant, Spike. Feeling a bit better, she yawned and sat up on her bed, moving the covers a bit, allowing her to spread her wings a bit.

"Morning Spike..." Twilight said. "You're up early today..."

"Twilight, I only woke up an hour and a half ago." Spike said. "You overslept... on the most important day of your life."

"I did?" Twilight asked. "What Time is it?"

"It's 10:00 AM." Spike said. Twilight never overslept that long before. Hearing this shocked Twilight.

"OhMyGosh!" Twilight shouted as she quickly got out of bed, galloped into the bathroom, trying to fix up her mane.

"I Can't Believe I Overslept!" Twilight shouted. "I Never Oversleep! OhMyGosh, I can't let Princess Celestia wait on Me!"

"Twi, you do know what day it is right?" Spike asked.

"The Day Princess Celestia Is Coming To Visit For A Meeting?!" Twilight asked as her comb was stuck in her mane. Then Spike held up a calender, showing today's date, which was marked with two words: Twilight's Birthday. Twilight looked at the calender date, with a bit of confusion.

"Oh... Today's my Birthday?" Twilight asked.

"Well yeah, it's your birthday today." Spike said. "You're already a year older than you were last year."

"Oh Yeah!" Twilight said. "I almost forgot."

"At least you didn't forget like Pinkie Pie forgot about her own birthday." Spike said.

"I think I should take a bath." Twilight said. To Spike's notice, Twilight was somewhat feeling a bit uneasy, probably from getting worked up for nothing... again, or was it something else?

"Hey Twi, are you ok?" Spike asked.

"Yes I'm fine." Twilight said. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, you were moving around in bed this morning... were you having a dream?" Spike asked.

"Oh... that... don't worry Spike, it's nothing really." Twilight said as she turned on the water.

"Are You sure?" Spike asked.

"Yes." Twilight said.

"Are you absolutely positively-" Spike said.

"YES!" Twilight shouted. "Why doesn't anyone understand Yes all the time!?" Spike was a bit startled by Twilight's response, but he's used to this most of the time.

"Um... I'll just leave ya to your bath." Spike said as he walked out of the door and closed it, only to see a pair of eyes staring at him, startling him.

"WHOA!" Spike nearly jumped, but to his relief, it was only Owloysius, who was on the tip of the chair, looking at him.

"Ok, seriously, you need to stop that." Spike said to the Owl.

"Hoo." Owloysius said.

"Uh, you of course." Spike said.

"Hoo." Owloysius said.

"You." Spike said.

"Hoo." Owloysius said.

"I Said You!" Spike said, only leaving himself to grumble in frustration. Twilight heard the whole thing outside. She couldn't help but chuckle. She then turned the water off as the tub got full, and she gently placed her hooves into the tub. She winced a bit as she got inside the hot water, but luckily she slowly sank into the water feeling relaxed. As she rested her head on the side of the bathtub, she began thinking about the dream she had... Sometimes, she has some dreams that can sometimes turn into a reality, which rarely happens. Like the time when she had a crazy dream, and after she woke up, something bad began to happen, like when Spike began to mature into a greedy monster. It rarely happens, but this dream wasn't like the other ones she's had. This one felt like a nightmare, and that something was wrong... like the history was messed up in someway... Her parents were there, she was there, and some other alicorn was there. Before she could think about it more, she realized that she was sinking more into the water, right where her face hit underwater. She lifted her head out of the water. She sighed in relief, since she was lucky she didn't even choke on bits of water. She just looked at the ceiling as she used her magic scrubbed herself with a brush. She finished washing herself as she began to drain the water, and get out of the tub, wrapped a towel around herself and finished drying herself off. She then opened the door and left the bathroom. She just took a deep breath and let it out, and looked around.

"Wow... it's already been months and I still keep forgetting we're living this castle." Twilight said.

"Yeah, I've been feeling the same way." Spike said as he came into the room.

"Thanks..." Twilight said.

"For what?" Spike asked.

"For agreeing with me about forgetting that we live here." Twilight said, and the two chuckled, as Owloysius hooed once more.

"So... I suppose Pinkie Pie's is planning your party again." Spike said. "Since she's the Party-type pony... and since you're a princess, I guess she's gonna make it more... surprising."

"Well, not really that much surprising." Twilight said.

"What?" Spike asked.

"I already told Pinkie Pie not to make my birthday party a special occasion, even though I'm a princess." Twilight said. "I just want it to be a wonderful, but normal party. You know, not out of control, not partying all night, just a regular party."

"Oh... Ok." Spike said. "You do know that we're going to Canterlot to celebrate it right?"

"Yes, I know." Twilight said. "Come on, let's go get our friends."

"Um... about that Twilight, they already left for Canterlot." Spike said.

"Oh... right." Twilight said. "I almost forgot about that. We're suppose to meet them this evening. Man, my dream must've made me forget all that."

"What was the dream about?" Spike asked, feeling curious about it.

"I don't feel like talking about it." Twilight said.

"Oh... ok." Spike said, and then looked at the clock, seeing that the clock was now hitting 10:27AM in the morning.

"Well, it's gonna be a long night coming back to Ponyville." Spike said.

"Actually we're just gonna stay at my parents' place this weekend." Twilight said. "That way we don't have to sleep on the train-ride home."

"Oh ok." Spike said. "So... who's gonna be there?"

"Most likely everyone we know." Twilight said. "All our friends are gonna be there, And you know what else, they even invited Ditzy to come."

"Uh... Don't you mean Derpy?" Spike asked.

"Spike, don't call her that." Twilight said. "Just because she has a derp face doesn't mean we can call her that." Then there was a boom at the window. The two turned to see a grey pegasus with yellow hair and crossed eyes. Yeah it was Derpy... or Ditzy Doo.

"Ditzy?" Twilight asked.

"Hello!" Derpy said, and then pulled out a letter from her bag. "Letter For Ya Princess Sparkle!" Twilight then took the letter with her magic.

"Um... Thanks Ditzy... and by the way, you can just call me Twilight." Twilight said.

"Ok! Happy Birthday!" Derpy called as she flew out the window, crashing into a couple of shops and houses. "My Bad!" Twilight opens the letter and reads it, and a shocked but happy face appears on her head.

"YES!" Twilight said repeatingly as she began jumping and hugged Spike.

"What does it say?" Spike asked as she hugged him.

"It's a letter from my brother!" Twilight said with a smile. "He and Cadance are coming to the party! YES!"

"Well, I don't know why you're too excited about it." Spike said. "I mean, you have the right to be excited, but why would he not come, especially since he is your brother after all."

"Well actually Spike, he wasn't sure if he and Cadance were coming this year." Twilight said.

"Why?" Spike asked.

"Because, Shining told me that Cadance was going to have their foal anytime." Twilight said.

"Whoa... Wait, Cadance is pregnant?!" Spike asked. "For How Long?"

"For about 10 months... She's already hit the 11 month today and- wait, didn't I tell you?" Twilight asked.

"Uhhh no you didn't." Spike said.

"Heh... I thought I did." Twilight said. "Anyway, I told them it wasn't gonna be a problem if they didn't come, but they said they didn't want to miss it."

"Wow, you're pretty lucky." Spike said.

"Guilty pleasure." Twilight said. "Now come on, let's get ready."

"Ok." Spike said. Twilight began going into the other room...

"Spaaaarkle...." A voice says behind her... Twilight turns around.

"Spike, did you say something?" Twilight asked.

"Uh, no." Spike said.

"Oh... must be hearing things." Twilight said. She then began to go into the Library room of the castle, hoping to wonder what books to bring with her on the Train ride to Canterlot... but little did the birthday mare know, that her biggest adventure was about to begin.

Author's Note:

This is my first MLP fanfic, which may contain some grammar errors, so please give me credit. I've been working very hard on this story.