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// Prologue 
// Story: Pony and the Yak 
// by Majestical4729 
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On a faraway land, a huge castle nested right in the middle of a large forest filled with natural green leaves grown on the branches of the trees, making it an amazing sight. But not all was good about the castle, as only the surroundings and outside of it were beautiful, while on the inside, things were no where near good.

"This is no dinner!" an angry voice roared, tossing a plate full of food on it onto the floor, ruining and wasting the dish.

"I'm so sorry your majesty..." a pegasus mare apologised, "I did the best I can you know..."

"Best?! The best?! That food's nowhere near the best! Find something better!" the earth pony mare roared.

"Right away, your majesty!" the pegasus saluted, quickly picking up the plate and dashing off into the hallway nearby.

As soon as she was out of the yak's sight, she bumped into her fellow Pegasi castle servants who were all about the same age as her and the bossy brown earth pony mare.

"Another dish rejected, Silverstream?" a male blue pegasus asked the pegasus mare who just recently tried serving their boss.

"I am afraid so, Gallus..." Silverstram sighed in a sad tone.

"I'm already getting sick of going through this day after day!" an orange pegasus complained.

"Sorry Smolder, but with this personality, there's no way that that mare can be reasoned with." a cyan pegasus informed her.

"It felt like it was forever we've been serving her like this, Ocellus!" Silverstream complained to the cyan pegasus,  just before they all heard a knock on the large doors that served as the entrance and exit of the castle.



"Some creature! Get whoever that's knocking on the door to stop!" the pony-in-charge demanded.

"Right away, your majesty..." Smolder saluted, before flying towards the door.

On the other side of the door, was a hooded stranger who stood on four legs.

"I am so sorry to come so unexpectedly tonight, I just hope that staying here for a while is alright..." the stranger told the pony who opened the door.

"You just spoke in rhyme..." Smolder pointed out, a second before the mare who ruled the castle marched forward and rudely pushed the servant aside, then told the stranger in a cruel tone, "Sorry, but this castle has no room for temporary guests!"

"This castle is actually big enough for hundreds more..." Ocellus pointed out, only to receive a cold glare from the mare, causing her to back off.

"If you're not letting me stay for free, I surely will pay. But all I can give you is this rose that  I brought with me today." the stranger informed, showing a beautiful red rose.

"A ROSE?!" the mare asked in a harsh, loud tone, "All you give Yona is a rose in exchange to stay as a guest of Yona's?! NO THANKS!" 



Yona then slammed the doors on the stranger and turned away from the said doors, which suddenly burst open the very next second. All the creatures gasped as they saw the stranger remove her hood and revealed herself to be an enchantress.

"I gave you a chance, but you rejected. You are a lot colder, than I expected. As punishment for your personality, you and all around you shall lose their outer beauty. Your castle will now look scary, the forest around shall now on be thorny. Your servants are now creatures... and you, young mare, will forever be a yak. Unless you can love some creature and have them love you back."

As the enchantress spoke, everything went through a magical transformation. Gallus, Silverstream, Smolder and Ocellus turned into a griffon, hippogriff, dragon and changeling respectively, while Yona's shriek sounded deeper and deeper as she transformed from a mare into a yak.