//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Out Of The Woods // by Melody_Dreams //------------------------------// A long time ago, an old unicorn saw and fortold of a prophecy. He saw a great deal of terror and tragedy in the long to come future. Hoping to warn his future generation, he set to writing what he saw. Each day a new sentence of the prophecy would uncover it's self. For ten nights the unicorn would toss and turn seeing the images move through his mind, only to be forgotten and replaced by words by his awakening. Looking to what he had written, he realised that, that night the final piece of the puzzle would show. So on the eleventh night, the final sentence danced across his mind and the next morning he rushed to finish. But just as he was about to write, a shiver ran down his whole body and he dropped dead. Out of the shadows a pony, or was it something else? Creeped in to the room. Looking at the powerful mage who's life he had just taken, the creature gave a sickening smile. " Ah Starswirl, you foolish old geezer, you never did think that I'd find you." A scrappy voice came from the minitor. He bent down to look the unicorn in his dead and lifeless eyes. Tired then turned his gaze to the scroll that layed on the desk with roughly 10 sentences. He looked down at the symbols and frowned as he tried to read it. Angry he turned to the pony he had just killed and bitterly spok," Then again you always did think ahead. Only you would write it in Røğluē tongue." Frustrated he looked around the room to see if the writer had written the prophecy in a translated version. However, he was soon interrupted by the sound of hoofsteps coming closer. Cursing under his breath Tirek quickly grabbed the unfinished page and fled to the window and hid beneath the balcony. He soon heard an all too familiar voice from an all to familiar queen. "Starswirl? Are you busy? I haven't seen you in nearly a fortnight are you alright?" Celestia's voice echoed through the door. Soon the door opened and the worried alicorn made her way to her dear friend. Screams carried through the night as the poor monarch found Starswirl the Bearded dead at his desk. Soon guards were rushing into the room to bear witness to their ruler crying over the dead stallion before her. But before long sorrow turned to anger and she was barking at the guards to find the culprit to this crime. " Sweep the whole castle if you have to , but mark my words that the pony who has killed my old friend will suffer!" Fearing their ruler's wrath, the guards scurried out the door to find the murderer. Seeing the chaos that came from his crime, Tirek smiled at his beautiful diversion. Now for the real reason that he came all this way. Creeping in the shadows the evil creature drifted through the halls without so much as making a noise. He had planned all this perfectly, it was not going to fail. He would get his revenge on the king and queen, Sombra and Celestia if it was the last thing he'd do. Looking at the windows of the corridor Tirek stopped to scoff at the third one to the right. There in coloured glass was a depiction of Celestia and Sombra touching horns and locking Tirek away in a cage in tartarus in a frail state. Snorting at the image Tirek continued in his original direction, however not before spitting at the tacky glass picture. Not only had those two defeated him in battle and humiliate him, but they gloated about it too. With new found rage he swiftly made his way to his destination, the Princesses room. It was wide spread knowledge in the kingdom of Equestria, that the king and queen had not one, not two, but six daughters. The youngest and farthest from the throne was Princess Pinkameana Dain Pie, or as most called her, Princess Pinkie Pie. Even at only a couple of months old, the pink ball of energy was definitely the most rambunctious out of all her sisters. Next in line were the infamous opposite twins, Princess Rarity and Princess Applejack. Not only were they an opposite race and colour but their personalities were also completely different. While Rarity was a white coated unicorn with a seemingly elegant and graceful personality, Applejack was a rough and playful earth pony with vibrant orange colours The public was quite surprised at how different the two sisters were, but after the initial shock came to love the adorable baby fillies. Standing third in line was the lavender unicorn, Princess Twilight Sparkle. Already quite powerful at such a young age, the small pony was greatly respected in the magic society even if she could barely say hello. Second was the amazingly fast blue Pegasus known as Princess Rainbow Dash. She seemed to have gained a bit of her mother's rainbow mane but was anything but calm and understanding like the snow white alicorn. She was brash and did everything competitively. And finally, the heir to the throne and first in line was Princess Fluttershy. The adorable baby Pegasus was the kingdom's pride and joy. She was out of all the daughters the calmest and sweetest, and even though she was so young, Anypony could see that she would grow up to be a beautiful mare. Fluttershy was the rightful heir and was the next queen to ascend to the throne. She was surprisingly close to her younger sister Rainbow Dash, despite the large difference in personalities. So Tirek wasn't too surprised to open the door and see the sisters in the bed they shared, hugging each other. Almost gagging at the sweet action, Tirek moved to take the eldest princess when she started waking up. Quickly shushing her, he was relieved to see that she was back in deep sleep. He forowed his brow in how he would take the small pony when he realised what he had done wrong. Grinning with a evil smile he knew how to get Fluttershy. Sure it wasn't what he had planned, but it didn't seem to damage his plans, so why not? The minitor slowly scooped both of the pegasi in his grip and was happy to see that all he had too do was make sure that they didn't stop hugging. Feelings quite smug he was once again interrupted by the sound of hooves outside the door. Before he could leave out the window, the door opened to show a nursing maid. Seeing the two Princess in his arms, the maid screamed for help, only to find he had disappeared. Less that a minute later Queen Celestia sat at the side of the bed crying at the loss of her two daughters. Next to her, shedding silent tears was her husband, King Sombra. Celestia had not only lost a dear friend, but her two eldest daughters as well. The other Princess also started crying, wether it was to morn their sister or another reason only they would know. Soon when her tears had run dry Celestia closed her eyes thinking about how all of this could have happened when her husband's deep and calming voice broke the silence. " Don't lose hope Celestia, We will find them." As if it was the first words she had ever heard the alicorn repeated it in her mind over and over. Finally she stood up. " Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, just hold on, we're on our way."