The Prince Returns (Author's Story...with Helpful the Selfless and Sunny the Dragon)

I just got bored, so why not? So lemme see... It all started when I wa--

Ooo! Is the story where you fell off the cliff!?

Helpful! Let the man talk! He wants to share with everypony his story, so don't interrupt.

Sorry...

Sunny? Helpful? How'd you get in here?

Through the front door...

We're gonna give you a hoof, er...claw, um... Y'know what I mean...

Well, I appreciate that, Sunny. Thanks. Anyway, I was just 15 years old when it all began, watchin' ponies, y'know. It was then I began to daydream and stuff...about new adventures...

And then I was born!

Heh. Not quite, Helpful. Y'see, I had several different, but scrapped adventures of a pony named Blaze Wing, but it just got boring after a week or so and I then turned to the Mane 6 entering my world.

Cuz you had a crush on Fluttershy!

Well...yeah... Anywho, later on, after I finished the story, I had the idea to where they missed me and had me come into their world...but I was a pony...

And then I was born?

Well, yes and no. I had amnesia and I had to work to get a livin'. Basic life stuff. Besides I was an Earth Pony.

Did you look like me?

Correction. You look like me.

AWESOME!

But you're not me. Y'see. I recognized the fact that making a story like this would be selfish and dishonest. So I made a different plot line, and soon you were born, Helpful.

I was born!

Yes, you were. I took the time writing the story and drafting it into a small notebook, and soon I had found the internet.

Explains why we're in this place.

Yeah, found it to be fun. Anyway, during this, I had developed Helpful's character design, and your design, Sunny, to help make it easier for the read to grasp what you look like.

Which isn't really hard. I mean...I look good.

Can we not talk about that?

Heheh. Sure, Helpful. Anyways, the plot line was actually based on Evanescence lyrics.

You mean like Amy Lee!?

Yeah...is that a bad thing...?

*shrugs*

Well the songs are good, but do you even know what she did to her first band?

Yes, Sunny. We share the same thoughts. I chose Evanescence because it helped me concentrate on certain scenes of the story. Like the final battle. That was based on the song Tourniquet. The relationship between Merciful and Applejack, Bring me to Life and Whisper. The dark past between Merciful and Envious, Haunted, and Going Under. Both perceptions of Helpful of Fluttershy during Helpful's death scene, My Immortal. All of these songs helped me concentrate on fulfilling this story. It always entertains me to listen and remember the story as time goes by.

Well, that's not bad then.

Yes.

So how was Sunny born?

Sunny was made during the time I was trying to copy your persona toward the Mane 6. I needed another baby dragon--

*Clears throat*

I mean, wanted another baby dragon to create a sense that Helpful at least has some Twilight in him, which was hard to do to create you, but your appearance in the story was a pain to make.

Mm-hmm.

Why are you crossing your arms?

Cuz I'm gonna hit you in a second.

Oy vey... Anyways, I was actually able to finish her backstory in one day. As for Merciful, I had the idea of creating the antagonist to have some special connection to Helpful, make the plot a little interesting, and then I made Envious. Next thing I know, I'm making a darker version of Friendship is Magic part 1/2 in just one month. I wanted Merciful to be the dark and calm guy that looks emotional and sad, but at the same time, he's got this. And he's like Luna when she returned from one thousand year, clueless of today's ethics, which can lead to a lot of funny stuff.

Like that time when he gave fifty sheep to the Apples for Applejack's hoof in marriage. He was stuck outside their fence waiting for Applejack to come out. *laughs*

*whacks the back of Helpful's head*

Ow! What did you do that for?!

For your brother's sake.

Anyways...after finishing the story in less than a year, I was amazed and excited to see a bunch of attention at first, but then I realized that there wasn't anything special about it. Very little attention. Which was depressing, really, but that told me that I could improve and get more watchers, and get popular myself! Sooner or later, one of my stories will be up there on the screen. Til that day comes, I'll keep writing.

I think that's about it for now. See y'all later!

Haha! Sure! Bye, guys!

Come back again for some dinner!

Dinner?

I got some ingredients for an apple pie in the fridge.

Um...sure...