The mane six's daughters become alicorns to help save Equestria.
Set eighteen years after my Twilight/Shining Armor trilogy.
A grave evil is brewing.
Twilight's daughter, Lilac Sky, wakes up on her eighteenth birthday, and discovers that she has become an alicorn. Apparently, there is a legend, that six young mares, well, five young mares and one young Kirin, will wake up on their eighteenth birthdays, finding that they have become alicorns, in order to stop a demon. These young mares, Lilac Sky, Cloud Storm, Apple Tart, Apple Seed, Fudge Sundae, and Ruby Gleam, the Elements of Chance.
Rated teen for swearing and violence later one, the dark tag for evil.
A/N: So yeah. This is my extension of the Twilight/Shining Armor trilogy which can be found on my page, but you don't really have to read them first, even though I would appreciate it immensely if you did. Also, I'm editing stories for two beyond awesome dudes, Muffinz and YellowFoxMuffinz. Their stories are "Sisters at Heart" and "Tale of Four Fox Tails" They are very well written stories, and I suggest reading them. Now, on to the story!
A light blue unicorn with a mauve-colored mane sat up in her bed and rubbed her emerald eyes from their sleep. She stretched for a moment and then looked around her bedroom. She had lived in the castle in Canterlot for her entire life. The unicorn lived in the palace with her mother, aunt, uncle, cousins, and the princesses of the sun and moon. Her father had died before she had been born. The blue unicorn, known as Lilac Sky, was the daughter of the late head Manehatten librarian, Orion Skystar; and the Ponyville librarian and Element of Magic, Twilight Sparkle.
Lilac Sky looked around her bedroom, which she'd had since she was born, and locked her eyes on the same picture that she always gazed upon first thing in the morning. It was a picture of her parents together, taken on the day that they discovered that they were having her. It was technically the only picture with all three of them in it. Lilac smiled and then looked upon her alarm clock, sitting right beside her bed. Her eyes widened. "Oh shit." The clock read 10:45 am: Almost forty-five minutes after she was supposed to be up. She tried to get out of bed, but her back was hurting immensely. She cried out in pain as she got out of her bed.
She trudged over to her vanity and levitated her brush up to groom her mane. She smiled, as she could see her own emerald eyes staring back at her now. One of her cousins, Princess Twitterheart, knocked on the door and opened it slowly. "Happy eighteenth, Lilac!" She practically sang out in joy. Her eyes opened and drifted towards her younger cousin. Her eyes widened, and she backed away slowly. She ran out the door, down the hall and into the throne room.
Lilac was confused. "What the buck was that about?"
"Language young filly!" Lilac's mother walked into the room. Her expression softened from stern to joyful in an instant, though. "Happy eighteenth birthday." Twilight Sparkle walked over to her daughter and gave her a hug. She broke the embrace, and then went wide-eyed. "Um, darling?"
"What's up mom?"
"Please don't panic, but..."
"What's going on mom?"
"Look in the mirror," was all her mother could say. Lilac Sky turned toward the mirror again and this time, she took a close look. On her back, rested two pale blue wings. She took a deep breath.
"This can't be happening! I'm an alicorn mom! Woo-hoo!" She opened her new wings and took to the sky like a natural. She soared around the room so easily, that Rainbow Dash would have had her jaw opened in shock.
Twilight scratched her head, confused. "But this makes no sense! How is this possible? Lilac, get down from there!"
The new alicorn landed gracefully on her bed, as though she had done it a million times before. "Sorry mom, I'm just so excited!"
"I realize that sweetie, but come on, we're going to go see Celestia and Luna to see what they make of this." Lilac Sky nodded and followed her mother down the hall on the way to the throne room, but ran in to the aforementioned princesses on the way there.
Celestia began speaking. "Twitterheart has informed us of the recent turn of events. Come along with us." The white alicorn and her sister led the mother and daughter down the hallway, and into a sealed room. "There is no need for alarm, however, there is something that I believe the both of you need to hear."
Both of the solar sisters inserted their horns in to holes in the door, which Luna then opened. As soon as mother and daughter were comfortable, Luna began speaking.
"There is a legend, that six young mares, two unicorns, two pegasi, and two earth ponies, will wake up on their eighteenth birthdays, as Alicorns. A grave evil will then be awakened, and the six young mares will be the only things that can stop it."
"What about the elements of harmony?"
"C'mon Twilight, you guys are getting too old to fight bad guys, dump all of the responsibility on your kids!"
"Gee, thanks Aunt Tia. Well anyway," Lilac began, "How evil exactly are we talking here?"
"Remember the whole Discord thing?" Celestia asked, and Lilac nodded. "About ten times worse, times twelve, plus one."
"Damn."
"Twilight, your friends, how old are their eldest daughters?"
"Well, Rainbow Dash's, Cloud Storm, is seventeen, as is Fluttershy's, Apple Tart. Pinkie Pie's, Fudge Sundae, is fifteen. AppleJack's, AppleSeed, is fourteen, and Rarity's, Ruby Gleam, will be sixteen in two weeks."
"So there are four years to prepare. Not a bad amount of time."
"Wait, if all of my friends and I are going to become Alicorns, does that mean that we will become immortal?"
"I hope not," Luna said, "It's a terrible thing. You watch your friends and family die. You can not become attached to someone, for they will pass as well. You can't take the risk of falling in love."
"That's not true, Aunt Cadence is an alicorn,"
"Yes, but she is half-unicorn, like Twitterheart. They are mortals, their life span will just be longer than average."
"Oh."
"Anyway, Luna, have about ten rooms prepared, five extra families will be staying here for a while. Twilight, start sending letters."
"Hold on Celestia. Ruby Gleam is a kirin, not a true pony, are we sure that it will work the same way?"
"I believe so, after all, she takes after her mother more than her father."
A/N: Wow, I was not expecting such positive feedback on the first day alone. Glad that everypony likes it so far. Anyway, Chapter One, this is it.
A light blue Pegasus with a crimson mane rubbed her eyes. She threw a pillow at her younger brother, a cyan pegasus with a green and orange mane named Flamesoar, who had come in to wake her up. The budding mare rolled out of bed and into the kitchen. Her father, Soarin, was inside making coffee. She grabbed a mug on her way into the foyer. This young mare, who went by the name of Cloudstorm, shuffled through the morning mail, until she found something interesting. She grabbed the pile and brought it into the kitchen, where her mother, a cyan mare with a rainbow mane and tail, was entering with a six month old colt on her back.
"Hey mom, we got a letter from aunt Twilight."
"Can I read it?"
"Go away Flamesoar, it's for me and mom!"
"Well maybe I want to read it too!"
"Well maybe you ca-"
"CHILDREN! Will you please stop bickering?! Soarin, can you please take the baby?"
"Sure. Flamesoar, sit down," The light blue stallion said, taking the young colt from his wife, "Dash, Storm, just take the letter back upstairs, and come down when you're done."
A peach colored Pegasus stretched her wings as she awoke. She walked over to her mirror to brush her pink and orange striped mane, tiptoeing quietly, as not to wake her younger sister, Blossom. She quietly stepped down the hall and into the farmhouse kitchen, where her father and aunts were making coffee. About that moment, her cousin Apple Seed, a light brown earth pony mare with a curly blonde mane, walked down the stairs as well. The peach colored young mare, known by the name of Apple Tart, waved to her cousin.
"Mornin everypony!" Seed said, walking into the kitchen. Seed's father was unknown. Some dude that her mother had hooked up with. The adults sleepily mumbled their 'good morning's and went back to the broken coffee maker, which the girls' aunt Applebloom was trying to fix. A pale yellow Pegasus mare waddled down the stairs as best as she could. After kissing her husband lightly on the cheek, she went to check the mail, but was stopped by her niece and daughter, beckoning her to sit down. As the two older fillies sifted through the mail for anything good, they found an interesting note from their aunt Twilight. It was addressed to both fillies and their mothers.
The girls took the pile back to the kitchen, and gave their mothers the letter.
A rich brown filly with a poofy white mane (which for some reason had a red circle near the top) rolled out of bed full of energy. She bounced down the hall and into the kitchen of the bakery she and her parents lived in. After her "adopted" grandparents' children went away to culinary school, they left their bakery to the filly's mother and moved to Manehatten. The aforementioned filly, known as Fudge Sundae, but addressed by her friends simply as "Fudgie", stepped into the kitchen and got to work baking muffins and breakfast pastries, and then put on a pot of coffee.
Her mother, a solid pink mare, bounced in right after her, a young, three year old filly trailing behind her. She saw her oldest daughter working and smiled. "Wrap up a blueberry muffin and a cup of coffee. Mrs. Hooves will be here with the mail soon." Fudgie nodded and hopped to it, wrapping up a steaming muffin and pouring a rich brown liquid into a paper cup and snapped the lid on it. Then, she got back to baking, taking a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls out of the oven.
A bell rang over the door, and Fudgie, instantly knowing who it was, ran the paper bag and cup over to the blonde, googly-eyed grey mare. In return, the older mare handed her a bit and the day's mail. Fudgie shuffled through it and found a letter for her and her mother. She read the first few lines, her eyes widening. She took it back inside the kitchen. "Hey mom, we got a letter from aunt Twilight. You might wanna read this.
An ivory scaled Kirin with a green mane was refusing to get up, as she needed her beauty sleep. Ah yes, she took after her mother very much. Then again, she also took after her father. She moaned. "Urgh! Daddy, I do not want to get up!"
A purple and green dragon stood in the doorway. "Come on, please? It's your mother's birthday and I need your help to cook."
The young, horned Kirin sat up and moaned. "Fine,"
"Thank you princess."
"Yeah yeah." She responded, waving the subject off with her hoof.
The young dragon-mare walked downstairs with her father. She levitated a pan over to the stove and got out two eggs. She set out two pieces of bread on a fire resistant tray and instructed her father to work on toast whilst she prepared eggs. Instead of his usual red flame emerging from her father's mouth, instead, tiny green ones appeared, along with a scroll, Canterlot University's seal keeping it closed.
"That's weird, why would aunt Twilight send a letter when we live just around the corner?"
"I don't know princess, but it must be important." He looked over the scroll, "It's addressed to you and your mother." He said, handing it to the ivory Kirin, known as Ruby Gleam. He then set back to making toast, which he then buttered and placed on a tray. Ruby had become distracted, reading the note, so he set about making eggs and juice as well.
A purple Kirin filly about ten years old wandered down the stairs, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, which lit up. "Awesome, breakfast!"
"Not for you princess, it's for your mother." The young Kirin pouted. Her older sister whized past the both of them, frazzling the young one's mane and causing her father to drop the tray. Ruby ran straight into her mother's room, who was just beginning to stir.
"Mom! You have to read this!"
"Huh?"
"A letter from aunt Twilight! Lilac's an alicorn and Luna and Celestia need all of us to come to the castle and I don't know what's going on and-"
"Ruby darling, calm down and let me read that thing."
"What does it say?" Five mothers asked this question all at once, and in response, five daughters read it aloud.
"Dear Rainbow Dash and Cloudstorm,"
"Dear Fluttershy, AppleJack, Apple Tart, and Appleseed,"
"Dear Pinkie Pie and Fudgie,"
"Dear Rarity and Ruby Gleam,"
"Something interesting happened this morning. When Lilac awoke, she had become an alicorn, on this, her eighteenth birthday morning. By the time you read this, a day will have passed. Celestia and Luna have informed us, that there is a legend that relates to this occurrence. You see, when all of our oldest daughters turn eighteen years old, they will become alicorns, and on the day after the youngest, which on this case is AppleSeed, a grave evil will become incarnate, and only they can stop him. When I asked about the Elements of Harmony, the princesses wouldn't give me a straight answer, simply saying that we were too old." Each of the daughters snickered at that remark, and all of the mothers tried to protest. "I took great offence to it. Anyway, when Lilac asked about his power, he was referred to as 'Discord times ten, times twelve, plus one.' The princesses would like for all of you to pack up, the entire family, and stay in Canterlot until then, so about four years. Please do so, this is very important.
Sincerely- Twilight Sparkle"
All of the mothers let it sink in for a moment, then screamed, "FAMILY MEETING!" Well, except Fluttershy, as AppleJack was loud enough for both of them. All at once, nine sets of hooves and a booming set of claws ran, and you could faintly hear it in Canterlot, which Twilight did.
"Ah, they got my letters. Good."
"We have just received a letter from Twilight," Rarity explained to the other two members of the family.
"'An there's sumthin' that y'all need to know."
"So-something has popped up and uh, all of us need to uh, spend the next few years in um, Canterlot..."
"Something's happening, and everybody, the whole extended family, needs to be there, and we have to make it to the palace by sundown tomorrow. Do I make myself clear?"
"I'll see if Bon-Bon can take over the shop while we're gone, but Caramel, you'll need to stop in periodically to check up on it."
"Okay," Was the reply to Rarity.
"Alright then, we'll uh, go pack." Came the response to AJ and Fluttershy.
"Mom yes mom!" Was the response to Dash, complete with salutes.
And of course for Pinkie, it was rounds of "Okie Dokie Loki!"
Two Days Later
Five families stood on the platform at the train station. They had just been dropped off in Canterlot, and were waiting for Twilight to pick them up, as she had said. When the lavender unicorn did show up, there were rounds of hugs, and then about ten carts pulled up to take them to the palace. Luna, Celestia, and Lilac were there to greet them. After even more hugs, everypony (and dragon) went inside the castle.
As Celestia and Luna led everybody into the same room that they had discussed everything in previously, Fluttershy kept becoming increasingly uncomfortable, and it was noticeable. The yellow Pegasus kept shifting her weight as she walked.
"I'm sure you're all wondering why you're here." Celestia began.
"Pinkie Pie," Dash said, "Stop being a 'do as I say not as I do' parent."
"Well then, if all of you are done bickering, there is something that I have not told anybody."
"Yes Princess?"
"This grave evil, his name, is Geolo. His goal, to destroy all ponies and replace them with evil beings called Krigoes. He will stop at nothing to take over."
"Why us?" Seed broke the silence after a few moments.
"It's all your parents' fault."
"Gee, thanks Celestia."
"Oh no prob Rainbow." (trolololololol)
"How long do we have to prepare?"
"Four years, until the day after Seed's eighteenth birthday."
"Where will we be staying?"
"Excellent question Fudgie dear. Twilight, Lilac, if you could please show our guests where they will be living."
A/N: Sorry it's a short chapter. My best friend was put in the hospital today and so I didn't have a lot of time to write. In case you are wondering, Yes. Fluttershy is pregnant, I just couldn't figure out how to put it into words. So yeah. Chapter three will be up hopefully tomorrow, and I promise it'll be longer than this.
A/N: hey guys, sorry that yesterday's chapter was so short, my best friend had a really bad asthma attack, and I was with her in the hospital most of the day. She's fine now, and so I can write again. Yay! So yeah, story, here it is!
"That's Ruby and Amethyst's room, and that's Seed, Tart, and Blossom's, That's where aunt Fluttershy and uncle Mac will be staying..." Lilac Sky dragged on, showing everypony to their rooms. Rainbow Dash pulled her over after a while.
"So kid, your mom says you took to those things like a natural!"
"Well, I'm a pretty decent flier, but I wouldn't call myself a natural."
"Come on, your mom said your first time flying would have made me look twice."
Pinkie popped out of nowhere. "Actually, the author, twilightsparkleisbestpony, said that you would make Dashie's jaw drop!"
"What in Equestria are you talking about aunt Pinkie?"
Fudgie and her little sister, Sprinkles, also popped out from nowhere. "Makes perfect sense to me Lilac, can you not hear? Is there water in your ears? Sometimes I can't hear when I've got water in my ears, so I shake my head like this!" Sprinkles then proceeded to shake her head furiously in a dog-like manner.
"What were we talking about again?" Lilac asked, confused.
"No clue kiddo." Rainbow Dash responded, ruffling Lilac's mane.
Three Months Later
"Well, today is my last day as a Pegasus."
"Yup, tomorrow you'll wake up with a horn on your head." Rainbow Dash said to her daughter, giving her a hug.
"Happy birthday Storm." Fluttershy said to the blue Pegasus, with a month old foal on her back, whom proceeded to yawn and curl up in a ball.
Storm smiled, taking the tiny pink filly, who had an orange mane and tail, and had been dubbed as Meadow Lark. "I guess I'm just a little bit scared that the transformation will hurt." She admitted.
"Well my back was pretty sore," Lilac Sky told the soon-to-be-alicorn, "So your head will probably hurt like hay tomorrow morning."
"Watch your language when there are foals in the room Lilac!" Her mother reprimanded.
"Sorry mom."
"Well Cloudstorm, make a wish." The light blue, crimson maned young mare took a deep breath and blew out eighteen candles on the cake.
Lilac pulled her over later, on their way to bed. "What did you wish for?"
"Well, for us not to have to do this, but if we must, for my head not to hurt so bad. Trust me, I had a hangover one time, it sucked. I don't want that to happen ever again." The girls smiled and bade each other goodnight. As Cloudstorm tossed and turned in bed that night, she realized that she could not sleep from the pain. She carefully lit a candle and took it over to her bedroom vanity. She looked in the mirror and noticed a tiny nub of a horn on her forehead. She smiled and continued to watch it grow for an hour. When it reached full length, she smiled, took a good long look at herself, and curled back up in bed, smiling.
"Did it hurt?" AppleTart asked Storm. Her birthday was coming up in three weeks, and she was nervous.
"A little bit, but not too bad. Kind of like a migraine."
"Are you kidding? When I sprouted these things, I wanted to tear my hair out from the pain!" Lilac said.
She had scared Tart with her rage, and it was visible. "Sky, you frightened her! Good going!" Storm yelled.
"Well excuse me for telling the truth! You were just lying to her!"
"I was trying not to scare her, but now you've gone and done it instead!"
"You're just setting her up for unbearable pain!"
Apple Tart shrunk back into her little private world, crying softly because of her two arguing friends. "P-please stop fighting... please girls?"
The arguing young mares paid her no heed, and kept bickering. Eventually, Luna had to step in and break it up. "Alright you two, ENOUGH! YOU ARE SCARING THE POOR THING WITH YOUR YELLING! NOW WILL BOTH OF YOU PLEASE SHUT THE BUCK UP?!?!" Lilac and Storm went wide-eyed. Lilac Sky had only heard Luna's royal Canterlot voice once before, and that was when Flickersky, her older cousin, had been pulling her hair, (Which, by the way, was no where near as bad as the punishment his father had given him,) and Storm had never heard it before, and it scared her shitless.
Neither of the ponies could say anything for a few minutes, and then lowered their heads. "Sorry..."
A few weeks passed, and Apple Tart joined the group of alicorns. Like Lilac had said, it had hurt like hay, and she was happy when it was over. She walked around, sporting her new horn, beaming with pride. And, she was tall enough that she could take both of her little sisters flying.
"Higher Tart! Faster!" Blossom and Meadow Lark sat on her back as she flew through the sky. Unlike Tart, Apple Blossom was not afraid of anything.
"I can't go any faster. I'm sorry."
"Oh. Okay." The three sisters continued to simply cruise around the sky, enjoying the breeze. "Hey sis?"
"Yeah Blossom?"
"Aren't you scared about this whole bad guy thing? I'm a little scared and I don't even have to do it."
"Well, sure I'm scared, but I'm doing it for you, and Meadow, and Mom and Dad, and everypony! And I'm doing it because I love you guys." Apple Tart told her sister, nuzzling her lightly on the cheek. "Besides, it's not going to happen for a long time, and we'll be ready."
They were silent for a little while. "Hey sis?"
"Yeah Blossom?"
"I love you. Please be safe. I already lost one sibling, I don't wanna lose another."
"I promise, I'm not going anywhere."
A/N: Sorry about the fluff at the end there, but it's physically impossible for me to write fics without making them fluffy. Anyway next chapter should be up tomorrow. Thinking of putting this on EQD. Love you guys!
A/N: Well, this is chapter four, and it is not quite as good as the others. I'm sorry I couldn't update recently, I had to go to my cousin's baby shower, three states away. Needless to say, I couldn't write. But I'm back now, so yay. Yeah, here you go...
Ow! My back hurts! Oh that's right... Well, time to get out of bed.
Ruby Gleam woke up on the morning of her eighteenth birthday, expecting feathered alicorn wings to appear on her back, like had happened to Lilac. She was not expecting what was really there. She rolled out of her bed, and walked over to her mirror, and on her back were two wings; err, two DRAGON wings. Her eyes widened to unimaginable measures. "Mu-mu-mu-MOTHER!!!!!
Rarity and Spike ran in the room, and Amethyst Shine woke up, startled. Rarity caught sight of her daughter and fainted on the spot. Amethyst just stood in shock. Spike caught Rarity, and his beam of pride stretched from ear to ear. Soon, everypony else filtered in, and their reactions were pretty similar to Amethyst's. Spike was still beaming. After a while, Celestia broke the silence. "Wasn't expecting that!" Everypony shot daggers at her. "What? I wasn't!" (I'll say it again: trolololol) Everypony face hoofed.
As the day progressed, Ruby became more and more adapted to her wings, and their abnormalities. The webs seemed to fascinate her, but not as much as they fascinated Twilight, and she spent most of the day studying them. It annoyed Ruby to no end. "Aunt Twilight, can I please go sleep now?" It was eleven that night, and Twilight still hadn't released her from her lab that she'd put in the castle when she first moved in.
"Sorry! This is just so interesting! My question though, is if you would have grown them anyway without all of this, so I've been studying the history of Kirin, but you and Amethyst are only the ninth and tenth in existence! It's so interesting!"
"That's great, but can I sleep? Please? It's late and I've had a long day. My back hurts and I just want some sleep!"
"Of course. Goodnight Ruby."
"Night aunt Twilight."
When Ruby Gleam got back to her room, she heard a gentle sobbing. She opened the door to see Amethyst crying in her bed. Ruby walked over to her little sister and wrapped a foreleg around her. "What's wrong?"
Amethyst wiped the tears from her eyes. "It's not fair, you get to be special, you get to fly, and I'm just a plain, ugly, hybrid."
"Hey! That's not true. You're special. There are so few of us, that you should feel nothing but special. You're unique. You're beautiful! And, this is what Twilight and I were going over just now. We were wondering if I would have grown wings anyway, and if you will. And there's no need to feel alone, because I will always be here for you!"
"I love you Ruby."
"I love you too squirt, and if there's anything you need, just ask, okay?"
Amethyst snuggled against her big sister. "Okay. There is one thing."
"What is it?"
"I need to know something."
"What is it?"
"Why do you have to do this?' Amethyst looked up at her with large, watery eyes.
"Because I love you, and I love mom, and dad. And because I care for all of Equestria. And because It needs me." Ruby sniffled as she explained the situation.
"But why you?"
"Because of Luna, and Celestia, and Discord."
"Huh?"
"Over a thousand years ago, Discord put a spell on Luna, which made her turn evil and want the night to last forever. Celestia had to seal her away in the moon for a thousand years, and when she escaped, Mom, and aunt Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Apple Jack, and Pinkie had to become friends in order to wield the elements of Harmony in order to stop her and turn her back into good. Then, since all of us were born, we have to stop the bad ponies because we are a part of them. That's why."
"Oh. Please be careful though."
"We will. And I promise, I will come back to you."
"How much longer until the bad pony comes?"
"Two years. The day after Seed turns eighteen."
"Hey sis?"
"Yeah?"
"You look silly with those dragon wings!" Amethyst started laughing and Ruby started with her. They fell on the bed in a fit of chuckles, until Dash yelled from the next room over.
"KEEP IT DOWN!"
"Sorry Dash!" The girls continued to giggle softly for a few minutes, before falling asleep.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, I got distracted cause I was writing this while watching Big Bang Theory. I'm such a dork. Don't blame me for the short chapter, blame Jim Parson's hilarity. I love all of you guys!
A/N: Hi there. Some of you are going to hate me for this chapter. I'm really sorry, but there has been no drama yet, and the story needs to pick up. I apologize for the tears I cause, here's chapter 5.
Fluttershy coughed violently. She had been bed ridden for a few days, and was getting worse. Dash, Tart, and Blossom never left her side. She'd had a fever for three days, and was progressively getting worse. The girls tried to stay strong for Meadow Lark, but it was getting hard. Twilight had been rushing around for a cure, Lilac following her mother's suit. Rarity was taking care of the yellow pegasus, and was doing well, but it wasn't enough. Then, finally, Twilight figured out what was wrong.
The purple unicorn walked in Shy's room with a heavy heart. "I've figured out what you have, and the cure, but you're not going to like it." The disease was called "Monounrescalpia", and the cure was, "blood of the first born." Twilight said. "It will cost Tart's life."
"I'll do it!" Apple Tart was quick to her hooves. "Besides, maybe if I do, the evil creature won't arrive!"
"It's too late," Celestia said, standing in the doorway, "The transformation has occurred, so it will count."
Fluttershy touched her hoof to her daughter's cheek. "It's fine Tart. I'm not worth all of Equestria." There was a tear in her eye as she embraced her oldest daughter, and then her middle daughter.
"I love you mommy, please don't go! Please, Meadow needs you!"
"I know Blossom, but I don't have a choice. I love you." Mac entered with Meadow, just before Shy closed her eyes, and held her as she did. Pinkie, Fudgie, and Sprinkles' manes all deflated, Dash and Storm ran from the room crying, Soarin, Flamesoar, and a now three year old Comet went after them. Rarity burst into tears, with Spike holding her, Ruby and Amethyst rubbing up against her. Twilight and Lilac clung to each other, softly sobbing. Apple Jack bawled over the loss of her sister-in-law, and Seed over the loss of her aunt. But Tart, while her father and sisters cried, stood silently, with no emotion in her eyes, or on her face.
A week had passed since Fluttershy had passed on. There was a huge procession for the holder of Kindness' funeral, and it felt like all joy had disappeared from the Castle, especially in Tart's heart. "Why? Why did she have to go?" Apple Tart had been calling this out for a week, holding her sisters close and crying with them.
After a few weeks had passed from the funeral, things went more or less back to normal, ponies still cried, Tart and Blossom the hardest, but business went on as usual and Fudgie was approaching her eighteenth birthday, and as the first earth pony to transform, was preparing for twice the amount of pain as the other groups had experienced. On the night before her birthday, however, she discovered that there was no pain that she could feel, because her heart was already so heavy.
Fudge Sundae's transformation was the only joy they had experienced in a few weeks, albeit Pinkie trying to get every pony to smile, saying that Shy would want them not to cry. Then, suddenly, one day, every pony woke up smiling, because they realized that they shouldn't be mourning Fluttershy's death, but rejoicing in her life. And that's exactly what they did that day.
A/N: Sorry for the shortness, I couldn't get over the fact that I just killed Fluttershy, and felt like I needed a hug, but kept writing until I couldn't anymore. I love you guys, and I apologize for the tears I caused.
A/N: I PROMISE I WON'T KILL ANYPONY THIS CHAPTER! I already feel really guilty for killing Fluttershy, so this chapter will hopefully make up for it, but probably not. Again, I'm really sorry! This chapter I bring you... da da da da! Body swap! Enjoy!
Celestia woke up with a realization. The two earth ponies were transforming last, Seed on the very last day. They would not have time to master wings or magic, so she walked downstairs on the morning after Fudgie's transformation with an idea. She sat at the front of the table, and waited for everypony to filter in for breakfast. As soon as all were sitting at the table, she told them about her idea. "This morning, I made a realization. Apple Seed will not have time to master flying and magic, so my idea is that we do a body swap on her and one of the others, temporarily, so that she can learn how to fly and cast spells."
Everypony thought this was a good idea, and nodded. When Celestia asked the girls for volunteers, Lilac's hoof went straight in the air, eager to help, besides, it would be an interesting learning experience to temporarily become an earth pony. Celestia approved, besides, Lilac had been an alicorn the longest, so it made sense because she did not need any more practice flying. When everypony had finished eating breakfast, Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Apple Jack, Lilac, and Seed walked into Twilight's lab, and the princesses prepped for the body swap spell. Twilight and AJ prepared their daughters for the change, and the sisters' horns began to glow in a combination of gold and blue, and the colors swirled around their horns.
The swirl of colors shot like a laser towards the girls. The twenty-one year old light blue alicorn felt a strange sensation coursing through her body as she felt her horn shrink back into her head, and her wings into her back. She looked down, through the layer of gold and blue, and noticed that her coat had turned a light brown hue, and the mane falling in her eyes was a golden blonde. Next to her, a seventeen-year old earth pony was growing taller. Like a whole hoof taller! A strange sensation, mixed with pain was felt on her forehead and back, as she grew wings and a horn. Her mane was everywhere as result of the blast of magic, and was quickly turning a brilliant mauve, and the color of her hooves went from brown to blue.
The blast of magic faded away as the transformation ended, and the girls shook their heads, as finally, their eye colors changed to match the body they were in. Their legs felt like jelly from the blast of magic, and took a minute to re-steady them. Twilight produced a mirror for both of them, and it kind of scared them. Lilac felt like a midget, and felt weird without her horn and wings. Seed felt like she towered, and thought it was awesome to finally be taller than her mom. Her head and back were pretty sore, and suddenly her vision was blurry. "Hey Lilac, give me your glasses."
"Oh yeah, sorry. Forgot about that." Lilac hoofed herself her glasses, as she no longer needed them. (Didn't I mention that Lilac got glasses a while back? Oops, I meant to...) Apple Seed fixed the dark blue glasses on to her face, and straightened them out. She blinked twice, getting used to them, and looked down at them on the bridge of her newly blue colored nuzzle. She looked at her friend, who was in her body, and grinned at how much taller she was now.
"Hi shrimp!" Seed said, grinning even wider. "What's it like down there?" She asked, giving herself a noogie.
"Just remember, this is temporary, and when I turn back, I will make your life a living hell!" Lilac growled, mimicking her mother's own, and took Twilight herself, aback.
"When did I teach her to do that?"
"Probably all the millions 'o times you've done it around 'er..."
"Thank you oh so much Apple Jack..."
Seed was a fairly decent flier, and took it pretty naturally, like Lilac herself had. Her magic came more slowly, but as her new body was used to performing it, it wasn't very hard to learn. Lilac, however, was trying to get used to lacking both. If she wanted to get something, she had to do it manually, instead of levitating it. If she wanted to get somewhere, she had to walk, and it was getting annoying. She pleaded with Celestia. "How much longer until I can have my body back?"
"When Apple Seed masters magic and flying. It shouldn't take more than another month, I promise." And so another month passed, when Apple Seed had mastered both arts, and so the two young mares prepared themselves to go back in their own bodies. They stood in front of the solar sisters once again, and waited for them to perform the spell. Again, the blue and gold streams of magic swirled together, and the two mares felt the same surge as before, err, but in reverse. Lilac grew, and felt her horn and wings grow back into place, and watched her vision blur.
Seed missed being taller instantly, and it felt like something was missing from her forehead and back, as she went back to being a dark brown earth pony. She gave the spectacles back to Lilac, and shook her head. Lilac had a vicious grin on her face, and it scared Seed. "What's with the face?"
"Time to make your life a living hell!" Lilac looked completely psychotic, and Apple Seed started running. Lilac powered up her wings, and zoomed after her down the hall. As the chased each other around, Luna looked over at Celestia. "What just happened?"
"No idea..."
A/N: I'm sorry this one was so fluffy and short. I figured, after the heavy tones of last chapter, this one might be better to have on here. Anyway, next chapter will be Seed's birthday, and after that, the darkness begins. In all honesty, I'm not sure how I'm going to write that... yeah. Again, I'm kind of busy for the next few days, but I'll try to get the next chapter up soon! I love you people! Okay that was weird, but I mean it. One more thing, about the romance tag. I am a full fledged AppleDash shipper. Don't hate! However, as I needed both of them to be straight in this story, I couldn't ship it. Drat! But, that doesn't mean I can't ship their daughters... that's right, I'm throwing that in there. Wow, this author's note is getting long. If you read the whole thing, put the word "Elvis" somewhere in your comment. Again, love you guys!
Chapter 7 A/N: What up people! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been really busy. And really lazy. This one is mostly filler, with the origins of AppleSeed included. Oh yeah, and Lilac is just as big of a troll as her mother. So here you go, time for the chapter!
Lilac and Seed had been in their own bodies for three months, and as promised, Lilac made AppleSeed's life a living hell. She had picked up a thing or two from her aunts Dash and Pinkie about pranking. Sneezing powder on her pillow, black mane dye in her shampoo bottle, (which took two hours with Rarity to get out) and switching lemonade for pickle juice. Then, one night, she stole her diary, and then ran all the way back to her bedroom. She used her magic to pry open the lock, and opened it to the first entry.
"June thirteenth, 2035," Lilac began, "Today, I lost my aunt Fluttershy. She was very special to me. This was her final gift to me, from my last birthday, and I feel like it would be bad not to use it in her memory. Afterwards, when I was crying, one of my closest friends, CloudStorm, came in to sit with me. Okay, I'll be perfectly honest. She's my marefriend." "Holy crap!" Lilac exclaimed, "We have been together for two months, and no pony knew except Fluttershy. She was very loyal and kind, and I don't know how we'll survive without her. She didn't care that we were, ya know, fillyfoolers. She didn't discriminate, she only loved and tolerated it. I'm sorry, I'm getting tears all over the pages. She was so special, and I'll really miss her. She told us something when we told her though. How I was conceived. When our moms were younger, right after aunt Twilight got married, my mom had a huge crush on aunt Dash. A pretty big shock to me. Then, Dash started going out with my uncle Soarin, which made her upset that she would never love her in return."
"Okay, this is getting pretty juicy! I hate acting like Aunt Rarity, but this is good!
"So, my mom got upset and went to Ponyville's local bar. She went home with my dad, and then a few weeks later, she found out that she was pregnant. Needless to say, this came as a shock to me, as my mother had never seemed like that kind of pony. Your know, you never realize what you have until it's gone. I took her for granted, and she had to leave way too young. Why? It's not fair! I'm sorry, but this is really overwhelming."
"December twenty-fifth 3035, This is the first Hearth's Warming eve and my first entry since aunt we lost aunt Fluttershy. This year, when we went to see the pageant, I kept imagining our moms acting the leads, like they had told us they'd done. Aunt Fluttershy truly was the perfect Private Pansy. CloudStorm and I stayed up all night talking, until we heard Lilac sneaking her coltfriend into her bedroom." Lilac blushed, "They heard?"
"They kept us even later, and after he left, we couldn't help but burst out laughing. Then, I fell on top of her, and we did the one thing we were anxious to do. I kissed her for the first time. It was nice, she tasted like cherries. After almost a year of dating, I finally got my first kiss. Oh wow, I'm blushing right now."
Ruby Gleam chose that moment to burst into her room. "Hey Lilac, whatcha reading?"
"Seed's diary. Wanna read it with me?"
"Did you even have to ask?" The Alicorn-Kirin came up to her friend's bed, jumped on, and asked her what had happened so far.
"Seed and Storm are dating, and they overheard me at Hearth's Warming."
"Lilac, darling, I think all of Canterlot heard you."
Lilac blushed. "Shut up and read the damn diary."
"February fourteenth, 2036, Today is the first Hearts and Hooves day that I've been in a relationship. It was interesting. We heard Lilac and her coltfriend, whose name is Night Star, again," Ruby snickered and Lilac blushed, "and we went out to dinner. We got plenty of stares, since she's an alicorn, but it was fine otherwise. The food was delicious, and the movie we went to see, 'Forever in Your Hooves', was fine too, though a little sappy. She tried to hide the fact that she was crying at one point. I leaned into her, and rested my head on her shoulder. That's when something horrible happened. Somepony called us fags. It upset me, and Storm looked just about ready to kill him. He told us that we deserve to be locked up in a mental institution, and then be burned alive. An usher came in to remove him from the theater, but he wouldn't budge, yelling at us. Two security guards came in to restrain him, and then Storm took me back to the castle. And after holding me in bed for a little while, we did it for the first time."
"Wait, that was last night." Ruby pointed out.
"I guess it was. Huh."
Seed burst into the room. "You. YOU stole my diary!" She jumped, attempting to tackle Lilac, who flew away. "I'll KILL YOU!"
"No you won't! And what's this about your marefriend?" Lilac stuck out her tongue and flew off.
Seed turned to Ruby. "And now, you will help me find her so I can kill her."
Ruby shrugged. "Okay." The girls looked at each other with matching devious grins, and ran off to catch her.
A/N: Instead of the huge monster chapter today, as I have no clue how I'm gonna write that, I decided to add a new, major plot point. There will also be a huge reference. First person to guess it gets an Internet cookie. Alright, chapter eight, on your mark, get set, go!
A month had passed since the diary fiasco. Seed hadn't actually killed Lilac, but came pretty close, but Luna kept them apart. "Honestly, you are twenty one and seventeen years old. Will you please act your age?"
"SHE STARTED IT!" They both had yelled. Luna facehoofed and walked away, head down in embarrassment. A few days later, though, AppleSeed pulled CloudStorm aside. "I think it's time we told them. It's been almost a year."
"I guess you're right."
"Hey," Seed looked up at her, "I love you."
"I love you too." And then they kissed. That night, when everypony gathered around the table, they kept standing while everypony else sat.
"Um, guys," Seed began, unsure of how to break it. However, she didn't have to because at that moment, Lilac bolted from the table and ran. She flew straight to her room, not stopping. The group of girls looked at each other, and went to check on their friend. Twilight tried to go as well, but somehow Spike managed to convince her to stay.
The other young alicorns, and the soon to be one, went upstairs and knocked on Lilac's door, and went in when there was no response. "You okay in here Sky?" Storm asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little upset stomach is all. My entire lunch was cheesecake."
"Okay then. Why don't you come back downstairs?" Tart asked her friend.
Lilac wiped her mouth as she exited her bathroom and entered her bedroom. "Okay." The girls walked downstairs, and immediately, Cadence, Twitterheart, and Twilight began fussing over Lilac who shook them off and convinced them that she was fine.
"Well, um, like Seed was gonna say, we have something to confess..."
A round of spit takes later, AppleSeed and CloudStorm found themselves confronted with rounds of "D'AWWWWW"'s and congratulations. Glad that they were being supported, they finally were able to sigh in relief.
"How long have you been together?" Dash asked her best friend's and her own daughters.
"Um... almost a year." Storm confessed.
"Now why did y'all think you'd need ta hide sumthin' like this?"
"'Cause we weren't sure how everypony would react..."
"Guys, we love you no matter what, and we'll always support you!"
"Aww. Thanks dad." Storm said.
Later, the next morning at three am, Lilac woke up sick again. She began to get slightly worried, and went through her mother's medical books to find an answer. After a while, she ran into the nearest room, which happened to be Ruby and Amethysts'. She tip-hoofed over to Ruby's bed and shook her awake. "Ruby. Ruby. Wake up, I need to talk to you!"
"What is it Lilac? It's four am!"
"I know, but I need to talk to somepony!"
"Urgh, fine, I'll meet you in your bedroom in a minute." Lilac ran back to her room, and Ruby pulled back the covers and went across the hall to Lilac's room. "What is it?"
"I got sick again so I did some research to match up my symptoms, and I came up with some possibilities. In order of likelihood, Colon cancer, Ingestion of chrysanthemum blossoms, appendicitis, or pregnancy."
"Um, in all honesty? The last one is the most likely. You might want to talk to your mom."
"Are you crazy? How would that even be possible?"
"Well you are very, ahem, active."
"But we use protection!"
"What kind? Magic? Rubbers?"
"Rubbers."
"Ever broken?"
"At one point..."
"Lilac, you have to talk to your mom. Like first thing in the morning."
"I'm an adult, I'll be fine!"
"Still, you might want to talk to her ahead of time."
And thusly, Lilac stood in her mother's bedroom the next morning, crying. "Aww, sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"Mommy, please please Please don't be mad at me!"
"Why would I ever be mad at you?"
"I think I might be pregnant." Lilac looked down at her mother with tears in her eyes, clearly upset.
Twilight held and rocked her for a straight hour, while she let her cry. "Hey. It's going to be alright. I promise. I'll take you to go see doctor Stable, and we'll go from there."
Sure enough, the results came back positive, and there was another round of crying, until one of Lilac's closest friends, a light blue, purple haired Pegasus named Skate, came to the castle as soon as she heard, and managed to get her happy and excited. She stayed with her while she told Night Star, and Lilac was grateful for her brief visit.
Lilac broke it to her extended family, and Night Star, who was completely supportive. All was happy, until the day before Seed turned eighteen, two months later. Their last day of happiness for a while. Her birthday passed fine and the flight and magic refresher courses went smoothly. The girls and their parents all crowded into that room, and Celestia and Luna prepared them. All of the younger children stayed in a magically sealed and protective underground room. The six new alicorns and their parents huddled, cried, hugged, and prepared for the worst. Then at precisely midnight, it began.
A/N: Dun dun dun dunnn! It begins! Who got the reference? No one? Let me give you a hint, (Doctor Sheldon Cooper) anyway, yup. Major plot point. That mare, seriously. Anyway, thanks for reading, and no, I won't be updating every day again, I just had a stroke of inspiration and started writing. Anyway, I love you guys, and if you read the whole author's note again, put the phrase, "Holy Celestia!" In your comment for another free Internet cookie. Bye people, I STILL LOVE YOU, WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? Bye!
A/N: This is where the darkness begins, and also, the death that you guys became frantic about guessing for. This chapter, will not be funny at all. And I apologize in advance for any sadness or anger I cause.
Tart latched on to her father tightly, afraid from the glowing red light outside. Storm and Seed held each other comforting the other. They were standing with their parents, and Storm kissed her marefriend on the tip of her nose, trying, and failing, to calm her. Ruby and Rarity were huddling close together in Spike's arms, Rarity running a hoof through her eldest daughter's hair in an act of comfort. Fudgie and Pinkies' manes had completely deflated. Lilac sat with a hoof laid gently over her stomach, surrounded by her mother, uncle, aunt, cousins, and coltfriend.
The red glow brightened, and the enormous shadow of Geolo, the king of the Krigoes, included equine legs, a bull's upper body, An eagle claw, a human hand, and the head of a changeling. (Try to draw that fans, I DARE you!) He rose from the ground, and then loudly stalked over to the palace garden. Celestia and Luna, along with the Elements of Harmony, looked at each other worriedly. Geolo tapped his eagle talon on Discord's nose and bellowed in an other worldly voice, "RISE MY SON!" They trampled through the streets of Canterlot.
Lyra ran as fast as she could away from.. From that thing! She held on tightly to her marefriend, Bon Bon. "I'm so glad you're still alive.." Lyra whispered to the other. They were hiding behind a cart, that was so conveniently turned over... They held each other for what seemed like moments until the cart was throw above their heads, revealing Geolo and Discord. "Bonnie, run!" Lyra pushed her love off of her, trying to ensure her safety. Bon Bon hesitated, but then saw that Lyra could stand a chance. She was strong. But Lyra did not stand a chance, she was too slow. She tried to run after Bon Bon, but the Krigoe King grabbed her hoof and tripped her. It then picked her up and eyed her for a moment, trying to decide how to kill this squirming thing in his hand. It settled on scratching her eyes out and letting her bleed out. But he wasn't going to do it quickly, oh no, he was going to make this particular pony suffer. He inserted his hand slowly downward into her left eye, relishing in the ear piercing screech she let out. In one swift motion, Lyra was gone. (Killed by a human hand, oh the irony.)
"Good luck to you all, please, do this for Equestria." Celestia encouraged the young alicorns. "Stay strong my little ponies, the fate of Equestria, is in your hooves." The six young alicorns met gazes, and nodded. Lilac kissed Night one last time, and was off, with the others.
A/N: I'm going to be perfectly honest: I'm stuck. I have writer's block something fierce. I apologize for the shortness in this chapter, but at least it's up. Love you guys, please don't be angry at me!
I've lost the will to continue this story. I have major writer's block and really don't have the time. However, A close friend of mine has offered to continue this for me. If some of you really want it, I'll tell her to go ahead, but I also feel as though no one cares. I'm sorry to those who looked forward to more, but just as you don't know what happens next, nor do I.
