//------------------------------// // Untitled AU (T) // Story: A Collection of Unfinished Stories // by LunaEclipsed15 //------------------------------// Timeline- For this story, we need to establish an age difference within the universe. If you do not want to be spoiled for what’s to come, don’t read, although it should be pretty obvious. I’m going to assume that ponies mature much faster than humans. Let’s say that a pony reaches adulthood at about age thirteen or fourteen. A twelve year old pony is the same age as a 16 year old human. In the first Equestria Girls movie, we can assume that the girls are in their junior year, the beginning of it. We know this as the Holiday Comic takes place after Rainbow Rocks, meaning that RR must fall between the Fall Formal and Christmas. We know that Sunset had been in the human world for at least three years, as evident by the three pictures we see in the first movie and in My Past Is Not Today. Friendship Games must take place before the end of the school year, as we see Sci-Twi stressing over the last day of school in season 2 of the webseries. Legend of Everfree serves as the summer in between the two school years. FG has to be their junior year, as it takes place before Schedule Swap. In Holidays Unwrapped must take place the winter break of their senior year, with Spring Breakdown following. So all that to say that Sunset had been in the human world for three years at the beginning of the first movie. Now to Princess Twilight. Based on what Celestia says in the first movie, we can guess that Twilight didn’t know who Sunset was, meaning that she had already left Equestria before Twilight became Celestia’s student. We can say that at age two or three a pony is old enough to test for Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. We’ll say a pony also is old enough to get their cutie mark at about age three or four, based on the CMC and that most ponies their age already have their cutie marks. Twilight and Sunset look about the same age, but they clearly aren’t. Sunset has to be older, considering she studied with Celestia for a period of time before Twilight. Going off what we know about Sunset in the human world, she had been there for three to four years. I’ll be generous and say that she left Equestria when she was nine years old, the equivalent of a thirteen year old human. Shortly after she left, Twilight stepped up to study with Celestia. Based on what we see in the show, Twilight was maybe four or five when Celestia took her under her wing. If Sunset had been gone a little less than a year when Twilight became Celestia's student, that puts her at just four years old when Sunset leaves. If Sunset was nine when she left, there’s a five year difference between them. Now, we see that Twilight and Sunset appear the same age in EGQ, but for this story that doesn’t really matter, as the human world isn’t important. So this story takes place when Sunset is 12 in the pony world, the same age she would be in the first movie. If Twilight is five years younger, that makes her seven. We’ll say that a pony is fully grown at age seven or eight, but doesn’t finish mentally maturing until thirteen. This works much like the way humans are. Girls stop growing around thirteen or fourteen, with boys continuing to grow until adulthood. I’ll say that mares and stallions work the same way. To explain key events in this story, first I must talk about the Ancient Alicorn Civilization. This is very closely based on the theory The Brony Notion created in his talk about Flurry Heart. Once upon a time there was a race of alicorns. These alicorns lived in a civilization separate from Equestria, and mostly stayed uninvolved. That is until Discord began to take over. When Equestria went into distress, Celestia and Luna were sent to restore peace and order in Equestria. The mares controlled Discord, befriending him and helping guide him back onto the right path. But because of their interference, Equestria became dependent on the royal sisters. In this civilization, nopony is born an alicorn. Ponies are born either unicorns or pegasi, and gain their wings or horns when they get their cutie marks. Going off of this information, here is the timeline. Over 1000 years before season one- The Royal Sisters are sent to Equestria in order to restore peace among the ponies. The mares befriend Discord and Celestia forms a romantic bond with him. Luna finds comfort from her insecurities in him and they become very close friends. When Discord decides he wants to take over Equestria again, he has one last night with Celestia. You can guess what they did. Very soon after- the sisters are forced to use the elements of harmony on Discord and turn him to stone for one thousand years. Because of this, Luna slowly goes off the rails and becomes Nightmare Moon. Despite her best wishes Celestia is forced to use the elements once again against Luna and imprison her on the moon. A few days after that- Celestia discovers she is pregnant with Discord’s child. She places a freeze spell on the foal, to stop growth in order to wait for the right time for them to be born. 12 years before Nightmare Moon’s return- Celestia decides the time is right and a unicorn filly is born. Celestia hides her child from the world until she is old enough to understand the danger that is presented in being the heir to the royal throne. Celestia places a spell on her to prevent her from obtaining her wings, as she is related to the ponies of the alicorn civilization. Seven years before Nightmare Moon’s return- Twilight Sparkle is born. Sunset’s power begins to grow and become almost out of control. She eventually could become stronger than Celstia herself. Three years before Nightmare Moon’s return- Twilight becomes Celestia’s student. 2 days before Nightmare Moon’s return- Twilight is sent to Ponyville to make friends. Nightmare Moon’s return- Twilight and her friends use the elements to return Luna to her original form. Celestia hides Sunset from her sister, keeping her away from the castle at all costs to prevent Luna from becoming angry at her due to Sunset's existence. The story- This story takes place in between Luna being reformed and Discords reformation. One year after Nightmare Moon’s return: Discords reformation- the plot of the show is followed with the exception of Twilight becoming a princess. Prologue- Once upon a time, in a magical land called Equestria, a civilization of ponies fell to ruin.