Pony Land was a magical place long before it would evolve into the Equestria we know today. So many things could not be simply explained beyond how the power of imagination, belief, and doing all that could be done to balance the ethereal world beyond the rainbow was paramount in a world of seemingly endless possibilities.
Prior to the little ponies taking home in Paradise Estate they lived in a wondrous place known as Dream Castle. One such pony was named Quackers for how much she loved the rain and just going, well, quackers playing in it.
One rainy day Quackers could swear she heard the rain outside calling to her. It was beckoning her outside to play. Eager to give in to her natural delight to play outdoors, Quackers put on her raincoat and ran outside as fast as she could possibly go.
There were many puddles to play in but the rain seemed to keep telling her to go further-and-further away from Dream castle. There was nothing to fear in Dream Valley so she just went with her eagerness to see what she was being guided towards.
To her delight she came across a large pond that lead into a small cave. The cave was being covered over by rainwater flowing from the stream that had formed itself above through the rocks.
“Play with us!” cried a mallard duck. “Be our friend, little pony!”
Quackers smiled and felt herself give out an involuntary ‘quack’ that made the ducks in the pond cheer.
“We knew you were one of us, little pony!” another mallard cheered. “Now use your magic to bring the wonder of the rainbow to our special place!”
“My power?” the Earth Pony wondered as she looked towards the falling rain. Something in her couldn’t help but see each drop as if it were a small fragmentof the great rainbow that separated their world from those of others.
“She’s doing it!” gleed some ducklings as they trailed their ecstatic mother from out from the cave.
“Doing what?” quackers quacked as she suddenly saw the raindrops turning all colors of the rainbow itself. The colored droplets filling the water with swirls of beautiful color that collected into two regions of the pond. One turned white from the colors gathering to create a whole other pony!
“Momma?” quacked the little one as she pulled herself out of the water. She looked exactly like Quackers! She had a white coat and multi-colored mane. She was just smaller and appeared to make a lot of quacking sounds.
“You did it!” the ducks in the pond celebrated. “We knew you’d be able to help us become friends with the little ponies!”
“But…,” trailed quackers as she admired the small miracle that was looking up towards her. “Who are you?”
“She’s ‘Baby Quackers’,” answered a duck mom. “She’s like you in every way except she now carries the gift of speaking duck.”
“Wanna’ play, mommy?” asked Baby Quackers as her lips appeared to make a sort of ‘duck face’. “I love you forevers, momma!”
Quackers, knowing of how their magical world was ever-filled with wondrous mysteries smiled at knowing how she now had a littleone of her own. So the two continued to play in the fading, rainbow rain before bidding the ducks farewell and heading back to Dream Castle.
Little known to Quackers nor Baby Quackers was that the second collection of colors got mixed up underneath the temporary waterfall. It’s colors were dominantly green and red and, as with Baby quackers, created a baby pony of their own. One with blue eyes, a duck symbol upon his haunches, and green coat. The ducks took this baby pony as their own and named him Quacky Pants.
Quacky Pants never ventured to Dream Castle nor Paradise Estate. Rather he followed the ducks from pond-to-pond until he came to a place where there were numerous lazy rivers, tiny ponds, and a great tree for him to make a home of his own out of. This home would grow to become a landmark for all sorts of water fowl and where a special duck named duck soup would eventually lead an adventurous Pegasus, named Sprinkles, to meet, marry, and bring to life their own special pony through their love of each other and all those birds they enjoyed caring for. This daughter would be Rainfeather.
One day rainfeather would meet with Quackers and Baby quackers. However not until she was much older and ready to go on her own adventures like her mom, dad, and the magical pony that gave her father life in the first place, Quackers.