Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale

by TheothersideofSunny968

Tales of the Black Knight

Another day had passed, and Twilight Sparkle found herself ready to fall right sleep as she plopped into bed. She had been staying in the Canterlot castle guest room suit, just right down the hall from Luna's room. Spike had fallen asleep hours ago, not long after dinner. He was able to gorge himself on the many gems that were offered to him. Canterlot was in no short supply of them. Twilight, on the other hoof, was often too tired or had too much on her mind to eat hardly anything. Lucky for her, her number one assistant forced the purple alicorn to have at least a few small meals a day.

Since the night when Twilight found that bookmark and the book that told of when Sunny acquired the armor of the Black Knight after waking up Garganda, the her mind was racing with curiosity. All the books the bookmark referenced were in her library, true, but Twilight couldn't just rush back to Ponyville to grab her books and leave Princess Luna here on her own. Lucky for her, Canterlot had some of the books on the list. It just bothered her to read them out of order. But Twilight's curious side overpowered her OCD, and she planned to read up on whenever she could. After a long day of royal duties, settling disputes in Canterlot's royal court, attending meetings with the Canterlot royal guards, and overseeing various events, Twilight really needed to sit down with a good book.

A smile broke across Twilight's face as her tired but restless eyes fell upon one of the books she asked Spike to grab for her; 'Tales of the eastern Snow lands'

Flipping to the page the book mark noted, Twilight began to read about the 'Frost Beast of Frozen Troff'...

Over 1000 years ago

There he stood, the prince from the Crystal Empire, dawned in his favored black armor, climbing up the mountain side of the mighty peak that overlooked the town of Troff. Wanting to aid his fellow pony as well as strengthen the bonds of the nobleponies, Soleggiato leaped at the opportunity. His own guards offered to aid him, but the prince turned them down. The prince claimed he could do it all on his own, and if needed, there would be ponies in town he was sure to aid him. It wasn't that the prince didn't think the Crystal guards were competent. It's that something about the whole ordeal didn't sit well with Soleggiato.

Earlier as the prince traveled through the town, he noticed the ponies in town were rather... tired looking. Bags hung under their eyes as they dragged their hooves through town, even occasionally bumping into one another and not having the energy to say anything. They just kept moving. The town prospered on a mine at the base of a large mountain. The mountain was rich with ore of all kinds, bringing great wealth to the town and it's lord. But the mining seems to have awoken something atop the mountain.

As Soleggiato pressed on despite the raging storm, he thought about his meeting with the Lord of Troff. He was an elderly earth pony stallion with a rough looking beard. Truth be told, he was the Lord's uncle who took to the thrown after the accident. Apparently, in the dead of night, a large hairy, ape like creature broke into the castle, attacked and gobbled up the prince!

The guards were able to fend it off before it took anypony else, but the prince was gone. Immediately, the Uncle took his nephew's place and began his rule. Again, something didn't sit right. Soleggiato could sense something wasn't right. That's why when news hit the Crystal Empire, Soleggiato took action.

About halfway up the mountain, the prince in black armor now come face to face with a large, bipedal beast, covered from head to toe in white fur, with blue skin where there was no fur and large blue lips.

Both pony and beast froze when they saw each other. Soleggiato did not want to start an unnecessary fight if he could avoid it. His father always warned the prince about jumping to action to early. As the prince felt before, something was off about the whole ordeal. The creature may have gobbled up the young lord, but maybe it could listen to reason.

"Are you from Troff?" The creature asked, trying to speak over the howling winds.

The armor clad unicorn prince was shocked to hear the creature speak in such a regal tone, much less speak at all. "Ugh... I was sent by them, yes."

"Please, follow me..." the creature said and began leading the prince into a small cave, hidden by a blanket of snow.

Inside the cave, Soleggiato was surprised to have found the young lord, who the beast supposedly 'gobbled up', resting happily in a makeshift bed. The young lord had cuts and bruises all over his body and face that appeared to already be healing.

"Sir, a knight has finally come to aid you" the beast spoke.

The young lord forced his eyes open and saw Soleggiato removing his black hemet, allowing his orange mane to fall freely into place. With a smile, the lord spoke weakly. "Thank Celestia you came..."

The young lord explained everything that happened to Soleggiato as the beast, named Charles the yeti, served ice berry tea. The young lord explained that his uncle had been planning something for quite some time, but the young lord never would have guessed that he would attempt to attack him in the dead of night. The guards most loyal to his uncle attacked the young lord and through him in chains. The uncle's plan was simple; to make it appear that the young lord couldn't handle the responsibilities of his throne and ran away, leaving his uncle to rule, while the young lord spent the rest of his days in a secret dungeon underneith the castle!

But that was when Charles broke into the castle and saved the young lord. Charles and he had been good friends for years, since the young lord was a little colt. They would meet in secret and play togeather. Most ponies were too afraid of yeti to even think twice about meeting with one. But as Charles showed the young lord, you can't judge a pony, or yeti by his looks.

It was then that the prince, Charles and the young lord began working in a plan to take back the town of Troff.

The next morning, as the sun rose and the lord Uncle stepped out into his balcony to make his public announcement to extend the hours at the mining tunnels from 18 hours to 20 hours, he looked down in horror as his guards lay tied together in chains with the towns ponies standing and staring angrily back at the uncle lord. Amongst them were Soleggiato, Charles, and the young lord in the yeti's arms, still unable to walk on his own.

The three of them had snuck into the mines late that night and began informing everypony of what had happened, and that their young lord was mostly ok, but who had 'really' attacked him. After seeing the young lord themselves, as well as being introduced to the well mannered yeti, the towns folk began to rally together, urning the attention of the guards who were loyal to the uncle lord. That was when Soleggiato cast a spell to bound them in chains before the had a chance to even raise their swords against the townsfolk.

The lord uncle, a coward himself, tried to run but was intercepted by the new trio of friends. As the young lord yelled out for his uncle's arrests, still being held safely by his yeti friend, prince Soleggiato cast his chain spell once more on the uncle. The uncle pleaded for his nephew's mercy, and he received it.

As the uncle had forced the town's ponies to work long, grooling shifts, the uncle was tasked with the same. For the next five to ten years, the uncle would work 18 hour work shifts in the mines, and spend the rest of his time in a cell in the dungeon. He would be fed well to keep up his strength, and would be working along side his no longer loyal guards, who were taked with a similar fate as he.

The town of Troff thanked the prince in black armor for his help, and the prince waved goodby to the townsfolk, young lord, and the yeti who became the town's sheriff.

Twilight could hardly believe what she was reading. She had never run into an actual yeti! And if she did, she didn't think she could keep her composure as well as Sunny did.

Still excited, Twilight grabbed the next book that she could, and flipped it open to the page she had marked; 'A prince visits the swamp! , by Raft Rider."

1000 years ago....

I remember it all like it was yesterday, back when I was but a colt running a raft in a small town near a large swamp. I'll never forget the summer of the fire locus nor the prince who came to save us all...

Traveling on a make shift raft, the prince from the Crystal Empire made his was deeper and deeper into the swamp of the supposed witch, Baba Yaga. I myself, just small colt who had lived in the swamp all my life, was offered to take him to the witch for a few bits. The prince obliged and through in a Crystal berry muffin he had brought with him, seeing how skinny I was. After I gobbled the muffin up, enjoying every bite, I took the prince aboard my vessel.

The swamp's mist made it impossible to see anything more then a foot in front of us. Prince Soleggiato was unsure of how I could properly navigate until just moments before the raft hit something, I told the prince simply "we're here..."

Gathering himself, the prince thanked me and gave me another bit to stick around. I nodded, but told the prince I would need to navigate him through the mist or he ever wished to find Baba Yaga.

Accepting the my offer, Soleggiato followed me through the muddy lands and up a small hill, where atop of it stood three mares in dark cloaks. One in a dark green cloak, one in a dark blue cloak, and the middle one in a dark red cloak. All of their cloak's hoods shrouding their muzzles in darkness. Leaving the prince, I waited just far enough to where he thought his conversation would be private. But I was in perfect ear shot. If there was anything I knew about Baba Yaga, it was the show was never dull.

As the prince approached them, he bowed his head and asked "which of you three is the great witch Baba Yaga?"

All three looked up and began to chuckle.

"Why, if it isn't the Black Knight himself!" The one in the dark Blue cloak stated.

"Is he? I thought he was the Apple farmer?" The one in the green cloak responded.

Taking a moment to look at Soleggiato, the mare in the dark red cloak added "Hmmmm... he's not yet the golden prince. Look at his eyes, still too dark. The elements have not yet worked their magic into him."

Clearing his throat, Soleggiato spoke once more, ignoring the mare's banter. "I seek the witch, Baba Yaga. Are any of you three her?"

And once again, all three mares laughed.

"She is 'all' three, young prince!" The one in the dark red cloak answered.

"I believe he is aiding the village that suffered from the drought and the fire locusts" the one in the dark green cloak answered.

"Ah yes" the one in the dark blue cloak commented. "Very, very poor harvest."

Annoyed, the prince's tone grew deeper. "If you knew of their suffering, why did you not aid them you selves?"

"'You' needed to come to 'us' for the answers, not the other way around" the one in the dark red cloak responded, seeing the prince's frustration. "We will tell you how to deal with them, but first, you must pay the price..."

As the prince began to pull out a large bag of gold, the mares laughed at him once more.

"Gold and gems are worthless to us" the mare in the dark blue cloak stated.

"Then what do you want?" Prince grew more and more annoyed by the moment. The laughter wasn't helping.

"Relax, dear prince" the mare in the green cloak cooed.

"Answer our questions three, then not only will we provide you with what you seek, but what you will need" the mare in the red cloak stated.

"Answer three questions" the prince repeated. "I'll do my best. What do you want to know?"

The three witches mumbled amongst earth other for a moment before turning back to the prince. The one in the dark Blue cloak was the first to ask her question "why did you come seeking he great witch sisters, Baba Yaga? Why not simply ask somepony like Star-Swirl the bearded, or another great wizard for aid?"

This brought a small smile to Soleggiato's muzzle. "It should please you to know that the 'great wizard', know as Star-Swirl the bearded, acknowledged that the witch, er, witch sisters knew more then he did and could solve this problem better then he."

"I'm afraid he lied to you" the witch in the green cloak responded.

"The wizard is working on something, crafting something powerful. He didn't want you snooping around when you came looking for his aid and simply used your hatred of him against you" the mare in the red cloak responded.

"He knew you would come here seeking us, and that would keep you out of his beard for the time being" the mare in the dark blue cloak added.

"WHAT?!" The prince couldn't believe it at first, but had a strong feeling to listen to the sisters.

"Do not worry, young prince" the mare in the dark red cloak added. "The wizard won't be successful in his endeavors for many years. Until then, it is best to pretend you know nothing of his actions and watch from afar."

Taking a deep breath, Soleggiato turned back to the witches. "... you're second question? Provided the first was worth the answer."

"The answer was for you to have, a gift like the others to follow" the mare in the blue cloak stated.

"Now, tell us prince, if my sisters and I were to transform into owls, would we still be the three Baba Yaga sisters?" The mare in the dark green cloak asked.

The prince raised a brow at the question, wondering if it was a trick of some sort. "Ugh... well, yes?..."

"You sound unsure" the mare in the dark red cloak stated.

"It's hard to say" the prince began to explain. "You technically would be, ugh, owls, yes, but I suppose deep down you would still be the mares you were.
And I suppose you could always use magic to change back, right?"

The three sisters chuckle to themselves lightly before the one in the dark green cloak continued. "You will do well to keep that in mind. No matter 'what' you are, you could always go back to 'who' you are, so long as you know 'who' that is."

"A lesson well learned, sister" the one in the red cloak commented before turning to face Soleggiato herself. "Final question; who are you? And what do you want out of life?"

Raising a brow at them, the prince asked "isn't that technically 'two' questions?"

"Two sentences" the mare in the dark blue cloak commented.

"One meaning" the one in the dark green cloak added.

"Can you or can't you answer?" The mare in the dark red cloak asked, her tone becoming more deep and echoed through the woods.

Taking a deep breath, the prince answered "I am Prince Soleggiato Cavelere, prince of the Crystal Empire, Son of it's current King, King Sombra. And I want to help the ponies in the town to fix their drout and their infestation of fire locusts..."

This time, all three mares sighed in response, disappointed the the prince's answer.

"... you still have a lot to learn" the mare in the dark blue cloak responded.

"Much, much to learn" added the mare in the dark green cloak.

"Your lineage and royal status don't define 'who' you are" the mare in the dark red cloak declared. "Nor do your short adventurous quests mark what you want out of life. We all know you mean well and wish to aid the townsfolk, but once that is done, and they no longer need you, you will simply leave them to head back home, without a second thought."

"Who you are is defined by your actions, hopes and dreams" the mare in the Blue cloak began to explain. "A greedy pony will do whatever they can to satisfy their greed, just as a kind and generous pony will seek only to give with little in return."

"That is how both questions are one" the mare in the dark green cloak clarified.

"But do not worry, young prince" the mare in the dark red cloak continued. "One day, you will find out 'who' you are and what you truly want. But only by doing one thing; accepting honesty into your heart..."

"No more walls to keep ponies away from you..." the Blue cloaked mare stated.

"No more hiding secrets..." the green cloaked mare continued.

"There will be somepony to show you the way who will offer you everything you've ever wanted, even if you or they know it. Just be honest with them when the time comes..." the mare in the dark red cloak finished before pulling out a large sack and tossing it to the prince.

Prince Soleggiato took the bag and examined it. He glared back at the cloaked mares. "What is this?! Chicken feed?"

"Sprinkle it on the fields" the mare in the blue cloak responded.

"Trust us, young prince" the mare in the green cloak spoke.

"We want peace and prosperity throughout the lands as much as you do, maybe even more" the one in the dark red cloak stated.

Looking back from the feed to the three witches, Soleggiato noticed the fog began to grow denser as it covered the three sisters.

"We will meet again, young prince... in a distant land... a long time... from now... farewell!" the three witches stated as they started to laugh again. When the fog lifted, the three witches were gone.

The prince took everything in, but a lot of what the three Baba Yaga sisters had said didn't make sense, like it was only a small portion of a much larger story. Regardless, Soleggiato couldn't leave the village as it was. He and I traveled back to the village and did as the witch sisters instructed, pouring the chicken feed all over the crops where the fire locust were.

The villagers, the prince, and myself all watched and waited for several long moments. Our patience was rewarded when a flock of crazy chickens came clucking like mad, but instead of going for the feed, the chickens went right for the fire locusts! The locus panicked and began to fly as fast as they could north of the village, high into the snowy mountains. As they traveled, the hot air created by their flapping wings started to melt a lot of the ice. The melted ice began to run and travel down hill, eventually becoming water that filled the dried up rivers that surrounded the village!

Needless to say, the prince and the villagers were dumbfounded to see that crazy trick actually worked. I wasn't too surprised, not after seeing what other crazy answers the Baba Yaga sisters offered other ponies. Since that day, everypony in that town kept chickens and bags of chicken feed well stocked in their house.

Twilight paused for a moment to take quick notes on the notion that if there was ever a fire locus swarm in Ponyville, to just ask Applejack and Fluttershy for some chickens and chicken feed. She put the note right next to the cure for cutie pox and how to get rid of parasprites.

Taking a small break to get a cup of hot chocolate, Twilight thought about how many thing's she and her friends have done, wondering if anypony's written about them. Then the purple alicorn remembered that book Sunny originally brought to her a while back, that special edition of the elements of harmony. Not only did it have all of their accomplishments, but the life lessons that Twilight hoped would help future generations. Smiling and sighing, remembering all her and her friends had done together, Twilight returned to the guest room she was staying in, wanting to continue her reading for just a little longer.

Picking up the next book in line, Twilight's eyes skimmed over the title; 'Tales of a popper turned Knight, by Fife'

It was many years ago that I lived with my sister and her child on the street. Poor and hungry, I am ashamed to admit it, but I took to being a thief. I was too young to do any real work, my sister was often too sick to work, and our parents were nowhere to be found. Life was hard. It was harder since our small town seemed to always be in a civil war. There was poverty, the sick, and destruction everywhere as a result of it.

I learned quickly the arts of my trade; silence, swiftness, a quick hoof, and how to act to both seem innocent and to avoid conflict. The times where I got caught were far and few between, I was one of the best thieves in town. Not something I was ever proud of or would openly boast about. I only stole what my sister, nephew, and I needed to survive, nothing more.

Then one day, a carriage came into town, made of what appeared to be Crystal, bringing with it several heavily armored guards and inside a prince. Stepping out of the carriage, the yellow unicorn prince looked over the town with his green eyes and sneered.

'Another stuck up prince like all the rest' I thought. 'To turn his nose up at those less fortunate, how would he know our-'

At that time, my thoughts were interrupted by cannon fire. I thought I would be struck by a big iron cannon ball for sure, and held by eyes tightly, waiting for the inevitable pain. But as moments went by, and I felt no pain, I gained the courage to open my eyes. I saw a magical green shield had covered me, protecting my from the canons!

And not just me, but the other homeless ponies of my home town as well! The poor ponies of Cobble Stone had been protected during the battle, but by who?
Looking around, I saw the guards who just arrived had begun fighting with the revolutionists of the town, fending them off. But they were all earth ponies and pegusi, who was the one creating the shield? That was when I looked back at the prince, the one who turned his nose up at us. It was him! Only later did I realize that he wasn't turning his nose up at us, he had smelled gunpowder and glared out to see where the enemy had stationed their cannons!

Later that night, after the battle was over, I had gone over to the camp where the new guards and the prince had set up camp. I begged to see the prince who had saved my life. He happily obliged and had shown me around his tent when he noticed my wondering eyes falling upon his many suits of shinning armor and wide array of weapons.

He had shown me a suit of black armor that had a spell out on it that made it impervious to dragon fire or harm from a dragon. But one problem with it, I discovered when I tried to put on it's helmet, was it wouldn't let me. The prince stated that only a pony who Garganda, some giant dragon, deems worthy can wear 'that' armor.

But my interest was quickly recaptured by another suit of armor, one of pure gold! I had never seen so much gold in my whole life! Bits in our town were rare, we normally bartered with silver or bronze rather then gold coins. The prince continued to talk to me, showing me around and all his weapons, but I kept turning back to look at that one suit of armor. The golden one. The one that could put my sister and nephew up in the biggest house in town and keep us well fed for years!

That night, after the prince had fallen asleep, I did what I needed to do. I stole the suit of armor and attempted to take it to the next town over to sell it. Only half way there, I was caught by the prince's royal guards.

Tying me up and taking the stolen armor from me, the guards wanted to bring me to the town's own guards, but thought it best to bring me back to the prince. I lied to them when they first found me, telling them that I was given the armor as a gift from the prince. They laughed and knew I was lying.

When they dropped me off at the hooves of the yellow unicorn prince, they told him how they caught me at the edge of the town with his golden suit of armor, and that I had the nerve to say he gave it to me.

What came next I will never forget, at this very moment my entire life changed simply because of this prince's, this pony's choice.

"That is right" the yellow prince told the guards. "I had given him the suit of armor, telling him how much it cost. I told him he could either go and cash it in for a large sum of bits for he and his family, or, he could join the royal guard, and urn a good amount that he could send back to his family."

The guards were shocked, I was shocked. The prince just lied to his loyal guards to help a poor, dirty, little thief like myself.

Turning and looking at me, shooting me a small smile, his eyes full of understanding, the prince continued. "I assume you couldn't decide and wanted to go tell your family of my offer, but to prove it to them, you needed to show them the armor. And of course, you couldn't wait till morning, and borrowed the armor to show them."

He turned back to his guards, thanked them for their efforts and upholding their duty and to have some cider from the town on him. After dismissing them, the prince turned back to me. I couldn't look him in the eye, couldn't speak, could barely breath. This prince, this pony had saved me from being sent to prison for at least twenty years! He had saved me.

"My offer still stands" the prince said, his smile never fading. "I see great potential in you. For one so young, you've seen and done much that I wouldn't never have dreamed of doing when I was your age. Your life has been tough, but I offer you one of those two ways to make your life better, for you and your family."

"Why?...." I asked the prince. "Why would you help me?"

Still smiling, the prince just said "sometimes, all we need is a single generous moment to do something great. My father showed me that, and taught me that lesson many years ago."

That day, I was given another gift, a small sack of gold bits that would keep my sister and my nephew off the streets and well fed until my paychecks came in. It was on that day that I said goodby to Cobble Stone, a town who's civil war was stopped in one day thanks to the valiant efforts of the Crystal Empire and it's prince, and set out to joining them. On that day, I became a Crystal guard in training...

Twilight could barely believe what she had read! There was possibly a guard here who's life Sunny had saved, and helped to improve his life so drastically! Even lying to his guards to help a poor colt he knew nothing about! Twilight couldn't stop reading, she kept on going and grabbed the next book; 'A tale of two princes by Curtain Call'

Over 1000 years ago....

In the settlement that would grow to be manehatten, there are many tales one could tell of how the town came about, but none more true then this one. For one thing the loud and busy town is known for is it's many, many theaters. One theater in particular started it all. Before the tall towers were built, Manehatten was mostly a small trading post. Ponies from across the seas would come and trade with the ponies of Equestria. But back then, the boats were very slow, and trading happened only once or twice a week. So not many ponies stuck around.

Then it happened! I giant boom! Somepony had the idea to set up a theatrical stage to keep ponies around for at least a few hours at a time. Shows of all kinds would be performed by the very first Manehatten theatrical society! Comedies, tragedies, plays about romance and betrayal! When ponies stuck around, other businesses were needed, such as restaurants for when they got hungry and inns for when they wished to stay over night. Eventually homes were built as well for the owners of the shops and their families. But as time went on, other ponies sought to take control of the biggest money maker in Manehatten.

The Hoof Stomper theater was the theater that started it all, and was the target of a local gang who wanted to control the money flow of what would be a growing city. The owner, a mare by the name of Hoof Stomper, was troubled by damages done to props and the set, as well as threats done to her cast members. The poor stage director was beside herself. She could either sell the theater and all it's rights to the gang, or stand her ground and lose not only her theater and friends, but possibly doom any future Manehatten could have had!

One day, as Hoof Stomper was looming over the many 'business' letters the gang had written her, somepony burst into her theater, claiming to be a great actor. He brought with him several of his fellow actors to aid Hoof Stomper after hearing of her dilemma, claiming they wouldn't be threatened by some gang of hoodlums.

Feeling a spark of hope, Hoof Stomper began writing a new play, one that would surely pull in a great crowd! One about a reluctant hero from the swamp who goes off to save a princess and ends up making friends along the way and falling in love! The idea was so original, that Hoof even went as far as to add in the names of the various shops around town to help publicize their businesses! It was all going to work out perfectly!

Or so she thought.

That night night, there had been a huge fire, and the entire theater was practically burned to the ground! Hoof Stomper could only watch as her hopes and dreams went up in flames. The gang had won. Or so the director thought.

Reappearing by her side was the lead actor, who addressed himself originally as Sunny, but now reintroduced himself as Prince Soleggiato of the Crystal Empire! And his fellow actors were none other then his most trusted Knights of the Empire! They had been tasked by Princess Celestia to deal with the hoodlums causing trouble for the newly developing city. Witnessing the gang set fire to the theater was all the evidence the prince needed, and he and his guards then put the gang in chains, ready to cart them off to Canterlot for their trial.

Only, not all was well.

The prince look a second me look at the stage and pain broke across his face as he put a hoof to Hoof Stomper's shoulder. He whistled and another guard brought out the props and costumes that they were able to save, which wasn't very much. It was then that the prince instructed half his guards to take the gang members to Canterlot for their trial, while the other half, along with the prince stayed behind. Hoof Stomper could hardly believe herself when she heard the prince's order. She could believe herself even less when she saw them beginning to work to rebuild the destroyed structure.

There was a show that night, but there was no way, even with magic and skilled craftsmen, to rebuild the entire theater by that time. The prince knew that, but he simply told Hoof that all they needed was a stage, right? That's what she started with, and that's what they'll start with again.

The prince and his guards, along with a few of Hoof's previous actors, put on the play that night, bringing some more business back to the small city of Manehatten. After the show, the actors gathered around for a picture to commemorate the efforts and the memory of all who helped make Hoof's dreams come true.

To this day, a bronzed picture of those ponies still stands in front of the theater, serving as a memory of those who never gave up on their friends or their friend's dreams.

"Twilight? What are you still doing up?" Spike's groggy voice finally reached the mare who was glued to her book.

Turning around, Twilighht was shocked to see her number one assistant standing there with his stuffed rarity under claw. "Spike you won't believe this! Do you remember that story Sunny told us about him getting that armor from Garganda?"

Rubbing his eyes, Spike walked over to Twilight's side to see what she was working on. Unsurprising to him, Spike found a pile of books in front of Twilight. "Yeah, why?"

"Well, I found a book that was actual documentation of him finding it! Written by Somepony who lived in a village and witnessed him approaching Garganda and ridding off with the black armor!"

"Really? That's kinda cool" Spike said with a yawn.

"Not just that! But I've found a tones of things that he's done in the past! Take this one here..."

As Twilight started to read, Spike began to nod off to sleep.

'Happy Troll endings'

1000 years ago....

Grazingfeild was a small town in the middle on nowhere, with a little of everything. A baker, soap and candle shop, carriage repair station, and farmer stands all around. Ponies traveled often through Grazzingfeild on long trips to pick up supplies or get their carriages fixed up for the long journeys. Nothing bad ever really happened in Grazingfeild. Nothing until one day.

Without warning, a giant troll appeared, angery, yelling the same thing over and over. "Want happy ending! Want happy ending Now!"

The townsfolk could hardly believe what was going on as the troll smashed stores, turned houses to rubble, and scared most of the visitors out of town. Most of them, except for one.

There was one visitor who was passing by with his group of fellow guards, and thought they would enjoy a home cooked meal at the local inn while their carriages were worked on. The guard in charge was an odd fellow with black armor that no pony had ever seen before. Whispers began to spread, appropriately calling him the Black Knight.

As the troll continued to destroy the town around him, the Black Knight's yellow horn began to glow green with his magical aura. He then disappeared and reappeared in front of the troll, just when he was about to smash a cabbage cart owned by a eater cranky old stallion!

The troll stopped and stared at the Black Knight, pausing long enough for the Knight to ask him "what is the meaning of this outburst?"

The troll then tossed vegetable stand held in his large hand aside, shattering it, then pulled a small book out from his loincloth's pocket. The troll opened the book and held it open to the Black Knight. "No ending! Story need ending! Want happy ending!!!"

But the page the troll opened to, the last page, had several pages torn from it. Looking at the book, the knight quickly deducted that the troll must have fallen asleep while reading it and some animals clawed the page's out to make a nest or something. Looking at the cover, the Black Knight unfortunately had never read the book. He asked to barrow the book to get the troll a new copy. He told the troll that if he behaved like a good boy, he would even read him the story.

The troll got excited and looked around and wondered how the town became such a mess. Thinking quickly, the Black Knight told the troll that he made the mess and if he wanted a happy ending, to help the townsfolk clean up and repair what they could of the damages. Wanting a happy ending to the story that the troll loved so much, one he had read over and over, but never remembered how it ended, the troll went right to work, helping to repair shops and houses.

The Black Knight went over to his fellow guards and asked if anypony had read the book in question. But none of them had. The Black Knight then went to ask the townsfolk, asking if any had a copy of it or knew how it ended so they could rewrite the missing pages. But no pony had ever heard of the book, and the book store lay in rubble.

It was then that a mare in town, one who worked at the inn, stepped forward and offered her assistance. She may have just been a server at the inn, but she had a talent for writing. She asked if she could read the book then she would be able to come up with a decent ending.

Thinking this was a good idea, the Black Knight handed the book to the mare. But as the mare began to flip through the pages, her expression turned more and more grim. For the page's had been smudged and warped by what appeared to be sweat and slobber, leaving only
A few broken sentences on every page or so.

That meant there was only one thing to do, write an entirely new book. But such a thing would take weeks, maybe even months! Thinking quickly, he told the mare to go to everypony in town and have each of them tell one of their favorite breezietales, the server would find a chapter that it fits into and add it. The Knight didn't know what kind of a book it was before, but they were going to give the troll a story he would never forget.

When the town was cleaned up, mostly, say for a few heads of smashed cabbages and the occasional broken window, the Black Knight called the troll over and the server who helped to write the book, and he began to read her work. Everypony in town had slowly gathered to listen to hear the story. To everypony's surprise, the one troll wasn't the only one of his kind around. Apparently a few dozen trolls who had remained hidden in the surrounding forests had come out to hear the stories, all of them loving each tale told.

As he reached the last page, the Black Knight saw it was left blank, with a note telling him that this was his page. The ending was his to make what he saw fit. The yellow unicorn in black armor felt the strength and efforts of everypony in town, everypony who helped to make this book, and knew the ending it deserved. "Standing together, the princess, her friends, and the royal guards watched the sunset, no longer afraid of the dark, living happily ever after."

The trolls all paused for a long moment, the ponies nervous as to what they might do if they didn't like the ending. After a long silence, the main troll stood up, his face deadpan, then tears began to fall from his eyes as he applauded the reader.

"Good story! Happy ending! Happy ending for everypony!" The troll yelled, soon joined by his other fellow trolls and the townsfolk.

From that day on, the trolls promised to protect the town and all who live in or travel trough it, so long as once a day, somepony from town goes and reads to them a story they haven't heard before. Which isn't hard given the troll's memories aren't that good. To this day, seven books originally written by the inn server, are read to them. One for each day. And every week, the trolls forget and enjoy the story again when it is told in seven days. But one thing no pony or troll will ever forget, is the day the Black Knight came to town and stood up to the Troll on a rampage, and rather then attack and hurt the troll, made him pick up his mess and read him a story.

By the time Twilight was done reading the story, she turned to Spike only to see her number one assistant passed out asleep on the ground, cuddling with his little stuffed Rarity toy. Levitating the baby dragon up and gently putting him back into bed, she tucked Spike in and kissed his forehead.

"Good night, Spike" Twilight told him, before letting out a yawn herself.

Turning back to her bed, the princess of friendship decided it was best she too get some rest. She had a few more days in Canterlot to help Luna out before returning to Princess Ponyville, and she would need her strength.

Author's Note:

Hey everyone! I really liked doi this chapter, because it kind of gives you an idea of what Sunny was like before he was locked away for 1000 years. But more of the time will be seen with the next segment of chapters I do.

Just a little hint, if you watched and liked classic Doctor Who, you'll probably like them.

And again, thank you all for reading, it really means a lot to me