//------------------------------// // Prologue: Change of fate. // Story: Fall Of Equestria: Grail Warriors. // by Neutral Boy //------------------------------// "Of what worth is a king who fails to protect the powerless?" -Saber. Name, Sergeant Blank Blood of the Special Forces. Year, 1010. Journal Entry, #50. Many years ago, long before the birth of Equestria, there lived a mighty continent called The Boris Valley. My descendants of the Blood family has served under the great grandparents of the Goddess Faust. While some of the Blood desendants had wanted peace, others chose to bring chaos, destruction, and anarchy through the lands. Then one morning, something appeared out in the distant oceans. A glowing giant sphere is shown among the lands, along with multiple figures of masters and servants who claim to only come in peace. At first, none have believe them, but were proven wrong when those strange creatures wanted to prove themselves by exchanging knowledge of building places, craft weapons, and bonding relationships. Since then, Faust's great grandparents have made peace with these strange warriors by maintaining order and to help reform peace among each of the different species. That is, until a dangerous force have appeared from the deep ocean. An unknown force have invaded the Boris Valley in order to obtain more territory and cease the giant sphere called the Holy Grail. So the great grandparents, humanoid warriors, and every other species joined forces to drive off this powerful force. Many weeks later, they were successful in defeating this force. Unfortunately, it came at a great cost of lives, including all the humanoid warriors and the disappearance of the Holy Grail. Every species have paid respect to honor these good heroes who died honorably to protect everyone. Years after the great victory, young Faust is born as my descendant is assigned to protect her. One night however, Faust has discovered an ancient relic along with other ones found later on. No pony couldn't figure out on where these came from, but a few had thought it was from the Holy Grail. Faust, her parents, and many ponies didn't figure out on how to unlock the secrets. The only thing they did find is written on the relics. "Who shall ever find the true fate wielder, can command thy warriors in thee time of need." With no other details and leads of unlocking them, goddess Faust buried the relics in different locations. The remaining few were buried near a pure tree that would eventually grow to be called the Tree of Harmony. Years later after the sad passing of Faust, young goddess sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, were in charge of keeping peace of Equestria. A lot of changes and battles have passed by, including Tirek & Scorpan, Sombra's tyranny fallen along with the whole Crystal Empire, Discord's era of chaos, rising of Nightmare Moon, the first Sonic Rainboom, return of Nightmare Moon. awakening of the new Elements of Harmony bearers, Discord's returns, Changeling Invasion, the Crystal Empire's return, and the ascending Alicorn named Twilight Sparkle. Also I did forget to mention that I joined the Lunar guard as a special force for Princess Luna. Sure there may have been some ups and downs, but my family clan still loves. Everything went very peaceful in Equestria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . until "THEY" showed up. Several years ago, Equestria's beautiful lands were greeted by these barbarian scums. The ones who I'm specifically referring to are the Caribou, led by King Dainn Stonehoof and his bucked up off-springs. Ever since they arrived, both my mind and gut were telling me that something's very off and to always keep my guard up. Of course, even my family and the Princesses didn't believe me when I told them that the Caribou shouldn't be trusted and they possibly could destroy Equestria into ruin. Sad thing is, I was right all along. Whatever Dainn's manipulative words told the other four races of Minotaur, Griffon, Zebra, and Diamond Dogs have joined his forces and has taken almost all of Equestria. Every pony tried to fight back, but none didn't stand a chance as all of our lands have fallen. The Princesses and the former element bearers were put into slavery under the Caribou's new order and sickening entertainment pleasures. Only myself and my remaining special forces were still fighting alongside the Resistance against our powerful enemies. We did manage to free some captured slaves, but my left arm got cut off by a Minotaur's axe blade before his whole head chopped off by one of the resistance fighters. I gotten pitched up after losing most of my blood and we all thought we're losing hope of Equestria's freedom. The next thing however, my mind got an idea as I later dig up those relics near the Tree of Harmony. I didn't know how exactly, but one of the books I read back in Canterlot told me there could be a clue. A rare symbol of some kind that perhaps it's telling me to search for some pony outside the Equestria border lands to the seas beyond who has the key to unlock these relics and drive off these invaders. So later on, I decided to split up from my group as I got chased by the enemies and ended up inside the castle of the two sisters. In one of the rooms, I barricaded myself so that I can enchant a ritual portal to somewhere that'll help aid me in Equestria's freedom. I'm putting my journal in a safe hidden spot since my whole body feels like it's getting heavy as I might not live for much longer. Even if this would be my last duty as a true soldier, I'll find some pony out there all day and night to help unlock these relics until my whole body collapses. If any pony finds my journal, tell the Princesses, former bearers, my family, and my cousin Prince BlueBlood that I died honorably for Equestria's peace and freedom. 'crack' 'crack' 'BOOM' The barricaded door blows open revealing three Caribou, four Zebras, and two Minotaurs. All has witness a portal already open and suddenly closes. Each of them search the area and spotted a ritual centered in the room. "Crap, we're too late. The resistance fighter made a portal to who knows where." One of the griffons check behind the empty bookshelf before slamming it to the ground. "Make sure to check every other place, I'll go inform the council." Unaware to the enemies, two ponies in the trees is spying on them and heard the details. "Guessing he manage to escape his pursuers, even in his damaged state." "You think he might find some pony out there to help us against our enemy?" "I hope so, we better report this to my commander at once before we're spotted." Meanwhile. . . A lone mare figure is seen dancing and playing songs with her flute in the grass field. The outfit dress she wears is a mix color of purple & yellow. Both her mane & tail has a color of white while her colored eyes is red. She keeps dancing around and sometimes hops, enjoying the soothing sounds of calming music. However, a sudden rumble shifts as she stops and wobbles to balance herself. Once the rumbling stops, she hears birds flying away from the trees to somewhere else. A figure is standing next to one of the trees as she recognizes someone and runs over to the figure. Eventually, she stops and bows to the figure. He takes off his hood as it's revealed to be a tall stallion. He takes out his sword and points it to the mountains as he mutters words to the dancing mare. "It has begun. . ." Elsewhere, on the planet Earth. . . A human boy about 5 feet tall looks out his house window to see some rain pouring down. "Aw man it's raining outside today." He checks on his watch that it's about 5 pm before the sun sets. "Oh well, I'm sure Mr. Shirou won't mind if I deliver some pills to him." He changes his used clothes to some cleaner ones. Once that's done, he grabs an umbrella before locking up everything in the house and proceeds to walk outside while holding his umbrella in one hand as it opens up to cover his body. As the rain continues to pour down, he whistles in a gentle tune from hearing his favorite music. Some time later, he arrives inside at a store to pick up some groceries and pills for his neighbor. "Thank you and come again!" One of the check out employers said. "Okay!" Once that's done, he heads outside and pulls out his umbrella again. Upon walking further away from the store, his ears heard someone faintly calling out for help. "Looks like someone's hurt, I better go check it out to see if someone's hurt." Walking a bit faster, he turns to an alleyway as the voice is closer. A few more turns, he arrives and pauses to see something he never expected in all of his life. He see an injured alien creature on the ground heavily injured and missing an arm. "What the hell. . . ?"