//------------------------------// // A New Friend, unlike any other... // Story: Majesty: Queen of the Castle // by Paradise Oasis //------------------------------// "EEEEEEEE! IT'S HER!" Wind Whistler shrieked, bouncing around like a lunatic. "WE FOUND THE CUTIESAURUS! WE FOUND THE CUTIESAURUS!" The other ponies could only stand there and stare in Disbelief. Here, out of the mists of legend, was a creature many thought was only a fairy tale. An orange dinosaur, with a blonde mane, and a long neck and tail. And, to everybody's shock, their was a cutie mark decorating her back hip and the side of her body; eleven blue bones, symbolizing how she had first brought everyone together. "I... I don't believe it... the ancient legends were true." Applejack muttered in awe, walking around in a circle, studying the curious reptile. "We ponies weren't the first, and now, you're here..." "Yes, I heard you out there looking for me." The cutiesaurus replied. "So I decided to take a chance, and come to you." "What... what is she?" Hollywood whispered to Majesty. "She looks like a dragon, but she's not as scaly." "She's what the humans call a dinosaur." Majesty replied, looking back at the reptile. "I've heard the present day humans call her kind... a Brontosaurus, I believe." The four mares trotted towards the dinosaur, bowing humbly before the ancient dinosaur. "Great cutiesaurus, we are truly honored to be in your presence." Princess Majesty greeted her humbly. "It is truly wonderful to be in the presence of the creature who first discovered friendship in this world, and earned the first cutie mark." "My noble pony friends, I am so pleased that you have come to see me." The reptile replied, mustering as much formality as she could. "But please, I would much prefer it if you were to call me Gertie." "Thank you... um, Gertie." Majesty replied, as she and the others stood up again. "Noble creature, we have been asked to invite you to Rainbow Falls, for a celebration in your honor." "Yeah, we know it's gotta be kinda lonely out here for ya." Applejack agreed. "So we wanted to come out an invite you so you can make some new friends!" "Why I thank you so much for your kindness." Gertie replied, smiling at the ponies. "But I already have so many friends out here in the forest." While they were talking, Majesty looked back to see Wind Whistler was simply sitting their, staring ahead wide-eyed like an excited fool in ecstasy. "Windy, are you all right?" The princess whispered to her wide-eyed friend. "We finally found the cutiesarus, you've achieved your great goal!" "Cutiesaurs....!" Was all the Pegasus could reply, her eye twitching wildly. "So... excited... can't.... think!" Shaking her head, the princess motioned for A.J. to guide their overly- excited friend along, as they moved to follow the already-moving dinosaur back into the wild. "Miss Gertie, I don't mean to question your words..." Hollywood spoke up, fluttering beside the cutiesaurus. ".... but, who else do you have to be friends with out here, besides the animals?" "Oh, I'm not the only one out here." The amused dinosaur replied. "I am not the only creature that has earned their cutie mark, then had to retreat to the wilds, after the rise of Ponydom." It was at that moment, that Wind Whistler finally recovered her senses enough to burst out in a stream of excited gibberish. "Oh my gosh, miss Cutiesaurus, this is soooooo awesome!" Windy exclaimed, flying around in excited circles. "How long have you been out here? How long have you been around at all? Where have you been living all this time?! I really really wanna knowwwww!" "My my my, you certainly are full of questions, aren't you, young one?" Gertie replied with another smile. "I have been out here far longer than any other creature. I was here when the first animal tribes began to spread across this world, I was here when the Penna birds built their mighty civilization." The dinosaur looked away. "I was here when friendship ponies took your first hoofsteps, and when you split into three tribes, and then became one again. I remember when the sun pony and moon pony walked this world, and and I remember the friendship empire they built. I remember how they died, and that empire fell." She closed her eyes. "I remember when the friendship ponies were driven away by you war ponies, and how their world gave way to yours. I remember all this and more, pony... I remember it all." The four mares looked on in awe, impressed with the ancient and wise dinosaur before them. The cutiesaurus carried an aura of wisdom and nobility that few other beings in this day and age possessed. For Majesty, the daughter and heir of the most powerful pony on the planet, it was incredible to see someone who projected such an air of authority, but radiating warmth and friendliness instead of the power and fear her mother projected. if the princess had to be a leader of ponies, she would prefer to be a leader like the cutiesaurus. "So.... who are these other friends out here you were talking about?" Majesty asked, as the ponies and the cutiesaurus came into a clearing in the middle of the forest. "I don't know of any ponies, or other races, out here." "As I told you before, there are others who attained the gift of a cutie mark, and they are here with me." As she spoke, several other forms began to emerge from the trees. "Each of them was the first to attain a cutie Mark among their tribe's, and they, too, sought the solitude enlightenment brought." Suddenly, the forms of several other Animals surrounded the ponies- An elephant, a moose, and a llama, among them- each with cutie marks on their sides. And none of the group of ponies was prepared for the ensemble of creatures who appeared before them now. "Wait,so all of these types of creatures have the potential to earn cutie marks?" Wind Whistler's jaw hung open in disbelief. "Okay, this whole thing just got waaay to weird, even for me!"