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// Prologue: The Sacrifice of a Friend (Updated 12/11/21) 
// Story: Destiny's change 
// by ChiefKitsune 
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Deep in the Ever Free Forest ~ 18 months ago

The lavender alicorn stared in horror as the evil Wa-tue-se cackled, he watched the despair settle in on her face.  Before gloating, "That's right Princess you must choose to either save your friends or stop me." Wa cackled once more his manic grin stretching his face.  

Twilights eyes darted around the large camber they were in often settling back on the tied up group of mares in the corner of the room along with the baby dragon.  As plan after plan formed and was discarded in her search for a way to save them and stop the crazed stallion.  Before her eyes caught sight of a runic circle behind the evil stallion and a plan formed in her mind.  'I can save them all and stop this madman all at once,' Her gaze flicks to Spike and a sad look graces her face.  'For you Spike my greatest joy in life, I will do anything to protect you.' And with that thought her face grew grim and determined as she lowered her head and glared at the stallion.

Without so much as a warning, she charged at him with her head low, her powerful strides eating up the distance before she tackles him and they both fly back onto the runic circle as a few lines get crossed changing the spell from a simple escape teleport to something else.  Turning back to her friends and Spike with a sad look she mouthed out 'I love you all' just before the runes flared blinding them as Princess Celestia breaks down the door leading a whole company of guards ponies.

But everything stops at the sight before them, laying halfway out of the runic circle in his attempt to flee was the front half of Wa-Tue-se his hind legs and twilight nowhere to be found save for the dust floating down in the air as the stallion begins to scream in pain at being cut in half.  The chamber fills with his horrid screams before soon they vanish as he expires from the loss of blood.

But that was not what held the ponies' attention, it was rather the dust statue in the shape of their brave friend that was being blown away in a soft gust of wind showing she no longer lived and that there was nothing left of her but dust.  That's when they realized that she had given her life to save them and protect Equestria, making the greatest sacrifice she could to protect her loved ones.




Cosmadrome, Earth

A silver floating cube was making his way down a line of rusted old cars idly scanning the odd skeleton humming a tune, before moving on.  Ghost was this little cube's name and it had been searching for a very very long time for his Guardian, and as he was about to give up finding them in the Cosmodrome in old Russia.  A strange pull began to bring him to a strange ledge on the side of the road where he found a strange pile of bones that didn't look human.  But the light coming from them was enough and with a happy call, Ghost said.

"I've finally found you! Guardian!"