The Elements of Nature

by Dashie23

Chapter 1: A perfect day.

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The sun was shining, and a young filly named Blood Burn was going for a walk. Her black and red mane looked beautiful in the sunlight, as the deep red fit well with her coat. She was going to see Princess Twilight to take a bit of magic study. Blood Burn , while being a unicorn, was still learning magic. But she had been very focused on learning anything she could, and had neglected almost all but some basic magic. Her mother, Beating Heart, and father Burnt Ash had decided that Blood Burn had to learn more magic. After all, magic was a very useful skill, and that could be what her special skill was. So Blood Burn was walking over to the castle that lay smack dab in the middle of Ponyville. As she walked, her friends, the fillies Plum Fool and Sweet Grass and the colts Arctic Blast, Bolting Thunder, and Silver Night, walked by her sides.

Silver Night, while being a unicorn of the same age of Blood Burn, had a good sense for magic and was the son of Princess Luna and High Luster, and as such, wasn’t studying from Princess Twilight.

Plum Fool was a silly Pegasus pony, the daughter of Derpy and Grape Vine, but was a proficient flyer.

Sweet Grass, daughter of Braeburn and Fluttershy, was less shy than her mother, and was proud of her Apple family heritage, though she was a little upset about no wings from her Pegasi heritage.

Arctic Blast was a pony from the Ice Glades in the north, and had been found by Rainbow Dash as a foal and raised as her son, so he had lots of speed from her flying lessons.

Bolting Thunder was an earth pony who was a child of Spitfire and Flash Sentry before Flash had married Twilight Sparkle, but was oddly an earth pony, although a child of Pegasi.

As they walked, all the ponies of Ponyville seemed to be happy. Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were drinking coffee at Clip Clop Café, all very quiet. Fluttershy noticed the group of fillies and colts walking nearby, and flew over to them.

“Hello, all. I hear you’re headed over to see Twilight at the castle. I hope you all learn anything you can. And Sweet Grass, I packed a healthy nutritious lunch for you!” Fluttershy said, rather happily.

“Aw, Mom! But Dad already packed me a lunch. See?” said Sweet Grass, holding up her Filli-Second lunch box.

“Yes, but he also puts in whatever you want him too. You need to eat healthy if you want to grow stronger.”pointed out Fluttershy as the rest of the group chuckled to themselves.

“Alright, fine.”said Sweet Grass as her mother tucked a brown paper sack into her saddlebag and kissed Sweet Grass on the forehead.

The group walked onwards to the castle. Bolting Thunder was lightly teasing Sweet Grass.

“Hey, Sweet Grass, did mommy pack you a diaper too?” He snickered.

“Shut up. At least my mom isn’t a jerk.” Said Sweet Grass.

“Well, yo mamma’s so…”

“Finish that sentence, and you will be swallowing Mom’s egg tofu salad down your nostrils.”Sweet Grass said.

“Dude, yo momma jokes are a pathetic way to talk smack.” Arctic Blast said.

“Guys, can we stop this? We’re near the castle.” Blood Burn said, a little annoyed with her friends, but smiling all the same.

Sure enough, the castle door stood open, with Princess Twilight Sparkle standing there, her husband, Prince Flash Sentry, by her side.

“Welcome, my fellow pony friends. I see that you are ready to learn now. Come in and we’ll eat before we start learning.” said Twilight, as her guards held the doors open for the fillies and colts. Plum Fool flapped her wings, too excited at the prospect of meeting a princess, and accidently slammed into a guard, pushing him into the moat that had been constructed.

“Oops, my bad. I just don’t know what went wrong.” Said Plum Fool as she galloped on into the castle.

Twilight’s dining hall was very beautiful, comfortable, and fuctional. Blood Burn, being the main reason her friends had come to the castle, sat at the head of the table with Twilight and Flash. Between the royals lay a young purple Pegasus foal in a cradle.

“This is my son, Prince Shimmering Scout.” Said Twilight to the group of friends.

“He’s beautiful!”said Blood Burn.

“ Yes, he is. He’s got quite the appitite, just like his father.”giggled Twilight as Flash shoveled some of Applejack’s apple cake down his throat.

“What? Applejack is a great cook.”said Flash through a mouthful of cake.

“Flash, where are your manners? You’re a prince.”

“Sorry Twi, but I rarely need to make an appearance in public. So I never need em.”

“But it’s still nice to have them so Scout learns his sooner rather then later.”

“He won’t need them to eat Applejack’s cake.”
The colts and fillies giggled at the playful argument. Even little Scout smiled at his father’s sillyness.

“So, let’s get to training. Silver Night, do you need magic instruction?” asked Twilight as they all finished lunch.

“I have a lot of study of it, but I could use a touch up.” Said Silver Night, adjusting his mane.

“Okay, then, go to the magic practice room with these two unicorns. Plum Fool and Arctic Blast, I understand you need flight education?”

“Well, Dash taught me some, but not a lot.” Admitted Arctic Blast, looking rather sheepish.

“Then report to the track with Flash and Rainbow Dash. Earth ponies, what are you here to learn?”

“I came to learn botany.”said Sweet Grass.

“ And I came to read some of the historical charts, see if I can track down some questions I have.” Said Bolting Thunder.

“Okay then. Sweet Grass, the botany room is with Applejack in the greenhouse. And I will accompany Bolting Thunder to the scroll room. Everypony, let’s go.”said Twilight Sparkle, as she got up from her chair. “And, please, put Scout in the nursery for a little while.”she said to one of the servants as she walked away with Bolting Thunder, on to the scroll room.