Guardians of Harmony: Rise of the Knights

by Postwarmonkey50


Prologue

“In the magical land of Equestria, we have four powerful Princesses.”

Four stained glass windows appeared, each of them having images of the four Princesses of Equestria.

“One for the day, Princess Celestia. One for the night, Princess Luna. One for family, which happens to be my sister-in-law once removed, Princess Cadance. And finally, there’s my beautiful wife, Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship.”

The imagery of the window showed Princess Twilight Sparkle.

“Yes, I know, it sounds weird at first coming from me. And I bet you’re wondering who might be the lucky stallion to be her special somepony. Well, her special somepony isn’t your everyday run-of-the-mill stallion. In fact, he’s not even a pony at all. So how do I know this?”

The imagery showed Twilight standing alongside a human while hugging her.

“It’s because I happened to be Twilight’s husband and the first human to get married to an Anthro pony. My name is Beau, but according to legend from a friend we made, I happen to be known as Achilles, the Knight of the Unicorn and to be honest, I’m not on Earth anymore.”

The imagery showed Beau and the rest of his human friends he made that came to Equestria.

“Where I am is, in fact, a world that happens to be inhabited by humanoid horses that only appeared in fairy tales. But don’t say that out loud. Last time I said that, I nearly got my butt handed. Trust me. Back then, I was sent to Equestria after I died because of the goodness in my heart, but what I didn’t realize was that fate had something in store for me that I never could’ve imagined.”

The imagery showed Beau and the other humans that came before Celestia’s lover.

“I was thankful that there were others who were in the same boat as I was. All who died like I did, and who came to Equestria and in time, they too had founded their own special someponies.”

The imagery showed Beau and the other humans with knight armor and shields behind them.

“From what we figured, we would be knights, but heroes? No pressure. Like Twilight, I ended up gaining amazing friends who are there for me no matter what.”

The imagery showed the humans spending time with their special someponies and children.

“Not only did we find our special someponies, but we also found a place to call home in this new world. And I always believe that as long as we have our friends, our future will always be brighter and a promise of peace and protection.”

Suddenly, the imagery of them began to crack as if heat was burning against the window.

“But as myself and my human friends had come to realize from what we had learned from our old world of Earth…is that some promises...”

The glass began to shatter, revealing evil yellow cat eyes that shined nearly as bright as the moon.

“...are meant to be broken,” said a new voice, causing it to chuckle in an evil tone.