Prologue
My name is Sunset Shimmer, I was a Unicorn Pony/now turned Alicorn in the magical land of Equestria. When I graduated from college, I went to the portal to visit my old friend Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship and Princess of Equestria to hang out with her and see how Equestria has turned into a friendship utopia of all of her and her friends' achievements to all creatures. But when I returned home, I have realize that all of the ponies I know and loved are long gone, along with Twilight and her friends, and when I returned to Equestria, it was not the land I once knew, the landscape was different, and I learned that the three pony tribes have been divided and they’ve all lost their magic. I needed to know what happened to this land and figure out how to fix it, that’s when I bumped into a new generation of ponies who still remembered the true history of equestria. Hitch Trailblazer: The Earth Pony Sheriff who at times don’t have much hope but always be there for Sunny and her friends and is like a magnet to animals, kinda like both Applejack and Fluttershy combined as one, Izzy Moonbow: The Silly Unicorn who at times can be funny, reminds me of Pinkie Pie so much, but always find ways to keep the smiles to her friends, Zipp Storm: The Pegasus Princess who is a little rebellious and doesn’t like lying to her own kind, but always wanting what’s best for them and helping other ponies, reminds me of Rainbow Dash and her royalty, Pipp Petals: The Pegasus and young sister of Zipp Storm, unlike her sister, she wants the popularity and sometimes fame to her people while making videos for her so called ‘Pippsqueaks’, reminds of Rarity and a little bit of Fluttershy back in the day since I saw how scared she is, and lastly and my personal friend/student/sister figure is Sunny Starscout: The Earth Pony/Alicorn who heard tales of Twilight and her friends from her father, who still believe that the three tribes can be friends and brought them together and now became the new princess of friendship just like I have become an Alicorn to carry on the magic of Friendship Twilight once did to keep her legacy living. After our wild adventure and bringing the three tribes together again thus restoring the magic, I decided to stay for awhile longer with Sunny and her friends, so that I can teach them more about friendship to carry on Twilight’s legacy, find out how this all happens in the first place while figuring out what happen to Twilight and the others, while also to stay for Sunny’s case, to not only teach her about friendship and stories of Twilight, but also to look out for her, since she is like a sister to me and I’m basically the only thing she has close to her family who knows Twilight and the others from ancient Equestria, and I grew fond of Sunny since then, been teaching her how to master her new alicorn magic, teaching her more about friendship that I learned from Twilight and from my own ways while telling her some stories of Twilight’s time and my own at that, and being there for her when she’s down, and I would be there for her as long I drew breath from my lungs.
In the plains near Maretime Bay, there were nothing but lovely flowers, green grass and the nice wind breeze that was pleasant.
And then a shadow flew over, making some winds blow by, and by looking up in the sky is Zipp Storm, who is flapping her wings with pride, she looked behind her and shouted “C'mon you two! Get those wings flapping if you wanna fly with me!” she stated as she flew forward.
Behind her are two certain ponies who are practicing their flying are no other than Sunny Starscout and Sunset Shimmer, the two alicorn ponies and the Princesses of Friendship, Old and Young. Down below are three other ponies, Hitch, Izzy and Pipp are having a picnic together with Hitch’s animal crew are next to him, Pipp is livestreaming the picnic on her phone for her Pippsqueaks while Izzy is munching on her homemade sandwiches.
Today is a nice day for Sunny, Sunset and their friends to have a friendship picnic together, and it is also a perfect day for the two alicorns to practice their flying lessons, with Zipp being the more experience flier than any pegasi in Equestria due to her practicing her gliding, she is best suited to teach the new alicorns how to fly.
Sunset is doing better at her flying, proven since she just did a loop de loop besides Sunny since she is following her instincts on how to fly. While Sunny is not doing much better since she was born an earth pony before becoming an alicorn, she is having trouble balancing as she nearly toppled from her flight path.
Sunset saw this and flew close to Sunny, helping her regain her balance. “Easy, Sunny, just let your instincts take over, and make sure to keep your wings flapping, don’t want you toppling to the ground like a rock tripping in a lake.” Sunset joked with a smile as she flew ahead of Sunny while gaining altitude.
Sunny looked up to Sunset with a wide smile as she laughed a little at her joke. “Oh, I will catch up to you, Sunset, you just wait till I catch up!” she replied as she flew high to catch up to her.
Sunset laughed as she was being chased by a young Earth Pony turned Alicorn while following Zipp’s flight lessons as they turned this into a race and to have fun with each other.
Down at the picnic area, the three ponies down below are watching the scene unfold as they see the two alicorns having fun with each other as they watch on with a smile.
“You know, ever since we brought the three tribes together and the magic was restored, Sunset and Sunny seem inseparable since they’ve become Alicorns and became the new princesses of friendship.” Pipp stated.
“Well, what do you expect from those two?” Izzy replied with a smile. “Ever since Sunset came into our lives, she’s been teaching us the value of friendship, telling stories about Twilight and her friends, and been teaching me and Sunny about how to use our magic properly while Zipp is teaching them how to fly.” she added.
“Well, they are like sisters in their own way, I mean, the word ‘Sun’ is in their first names.” Hitch said with a smirk as he snorted into laughter a bit but stopped as he saw Pipp and Izzy looking blank at him, even his animal crew. “Come on, that was a good one.” he said with a frown.
The three then heard laughter as they looked up and saw Sunny and Sunset laughing as they are tackling each other in mid flight, they spun around each other a bit before they landed on the ground in a soft crash landing, as they land, they’ve toppled across the grass plains as they laughed, as they stop rolling, they laid next to each other on the group, laughing it out.
“Ahahaha! I almost had you, Sunset!” Sunny laughed as she looked over to her mentor/sister figure.
Sunset smiled back at her. “Yeah, almost, don’t worry, you’ll topple me next time.” she snorted as the two laughed again.
Zipp flew down and looked over the two alicorns with a smile. “You two are getting good at flying though, keep practicing and you both will get the hang of it.” she stated as Sunny and Sunset got back up from their laughing fit.
“Let’s stop for today, that’s enough flying lessons after that.” Sunset added as Sunny used her magic to make her horns and wings disappear, over time, Sunny found a way to transform between her Alicorn half and her Earth Pony half so she can hide her stats from some pony. Sunset was still amazed since she found that there was a spell to turn back and forth between an Alicorn form and the pony’s original form. “I still can’t get used to you transforming between your earth pony half and your alicorn half Sunny. It’s amazing to have that spell.” she commented with a smile.
Sunny smiled at Sunset comment. “When you said that an alicorn spell is permanent, I figure I make myself more earth pony since that is my true form, and not sure if I can live up to Twilight’s legacy as the new Princess of Friendship as you have, Sunset.” she replied with a shy look.
Sunset then placed her wing over Sunny as she smiled at her. “Hey, from what Twilight told me, even though she wasn’t ready when she first became a princess, it took some time for her to adjust to her new stats while she just sprouted her wings.” she stated. “And I understand that you aren’t ready, but don’t worry, your time will shine as Twilight once did.” she finished with a smile.
Sunny smiled back as she hugged Sunset in return. “Thanks, Sunset, when you came back to Equestria, it’s great to have one of the Guardians of Friendship and a pony who is from ancient Equestria to keep up the dream.” she said.
The four ponies looked at the other two with smiles, seeing how those two have bonded since Sunset first came to Maretime Bay. It brought joy and a dream come true to Sunny when she first saw a guardian of friendship in her life and brought back the friendship and the magic.
Sunset and Sunny broke the hug as the two came to their friends as everypony enjoyed the rest of their picnic time.
Later on, the Mane 6 returned to Maretime Bay, seeing that not only the Earth Ponies, but the Unicorns and Pegusi were enjoying their event together. Sunset smiled at the sight of Equestria returning to the land it once was as she remembered.
“Isn't it great to see the three tribes together again, and not have anyone cowering in fear and paranoia to each like we’re monsters to each other?” Sunset said as she and her new generation friends walked through town.
“Isn't it great? This is a sight that me and my father dreamed of ever since I was a kid and have been trying to bring them together to bring friendship to all.” Sunny replied with a smile as to see her and her father’s dream became a reality and spent years trying to make it real and now it has.
Hitch then replied. “I may have been not as open minded as the two of you, besides Izzy and Zipp of course, but after seeing how things are including that quest, we had to find the crystals, I have to believe it to see it.” he stated as he reminded them of their first adventure together to bring back the magic and bring the ponies together again. “Though, I joined in the group while trying to track Sunny, I guess I was caught in the crossfire of the event at the time.” he added the moment of their time in Zephyr Heights that Hitch was unfortunate to join the group due to ‘certain’ events at the time.
“Well, Hitch, you did follow me to Zephyr Heights after the whole Unicorn thing to Izzy and Sunset in Maretime Bay a while back, so I can see why.” Sunny commented about their first encounter with Izzy and Sunset's first step into Maretime Bay.
“Well let’s be glad your ‘Sheriff of Maretime Bay’ disable all those Anti-Unicorn and Pegasi traps after that wild adventure, we don’t have to worry about green goops and metal traps anymore.” Sunset stated about the traps.
Hitch snorted. “Don’t worry, I have Sprout and my trusted ponies disable those traps after we befriended the three tribes and brought them together,” he stated.
Sunset and her group walked by the ponies, the ponies of Maretime Bay wave their hooves at the heroes that brought them together, the Mane 6 waved back at them, since their wild adventures and brought back the magic and friendship, the mane 6, especially Sunny and Sunset due to Sunny being the one to bring them together and Sunset being a Guardian of Friendship, they have become celebrities of known areas in Equestria like Bridelwood and Zephyr Heights, Maretime Bay was one of them.
Sunny covered her face with Sunset’s wings, Sunset looked at her with a chuckle, seeing this coming.
“Don’t worry, Sunny, it's over now.” Sunset comforted the little Earth Pony as they walked past the crowd.
Sunny uncovered her face with a smile and a blush on her cheeks. “Sorry, just not used to being famous yet.” she admitted to her friends.
“Why not, Sunny, you and Sunset have become stars in all of Equestria! Even my Pippsqueaks are boomed whenever I have videos or photos of you two.” Pipp stated as she took out her phone and selfie, Sunny and Sunset together as she snapped a photo, and then she posted them for her Pippsqueaks on the web, and a second later, her photo page just got tons of likes and great comments from her Pippsqueaks. “See! Even my Pippsqueaks like you two.'' She showed them as they both smiled amusingly at Pipp’s live stream videos and photos.
“Not everypony can enjoy being famous, Pipp.” Sunset reasoned with the little Pegasus, “Even though we may be alicorns and the rest of you are celebrities, we like to be like everypony else. Besides, Twilight and her friends may be famous, but they need some time to themselves as well, and sometimes being famous can be not cool.” She told them as Twilight once mentioned to Sunset that time about their friendship journal and shared it to everypony in Ponyville but ended up in disaster.
Pipp then thought of what Sunset just said. “Well, when you put it that way. I understand, but still, it’s nice to have my Pippsqueaks back after this outcome!'' She is happy that her Pippsqueaks returned after the followers forgave her and her family for being liars on telling them the royalties can fly.
Zipp rolled her eyes with a smile at her little sister's antics. “As long as you're happy and not lying to them, I’m okay with that.” she stated as her sister smiled at her.
Izzy hopped while singing to herself. “I just loved being together with you guys, sure brings warmth in our hearts.” she called out.
Sunset smiled at Izzy, “It sure is, Izzy. Being with you guys sure reminds of Twilight and her friends back in the day, when they brought the magic of friendship to all in Equestria.`` She smiled fondly at the new generation ponies as they smiled back to each other, Sunset may know that Twilight and her friends and most other familiar ponies that she knows may be gone, they will always be with her as their spirits live on. Sunset then spoke out, “C’mon you guys, let’s get some supplies that we may need to redecorate Sunny’s Lighthouse, the outside maybe finished but we need to finish up the inside as well if we wanna make the lighthouse a beacon of friendship since the magic returned and the three tribes together again.” she called out.
The others smiled and followed Sunset to the store that has the supplies they need to redecorate Sunny’s old home. Over time, the Mane 6 been redecoration the lighthouse with some new makeover to make it more like a beacon of friendship and for all to know, Sunset took liberty of staying at Sunny’s place while staying in Equestria, which Sunny agreed all to instantly to let a Guardian of Friendship to stay in her own home, Sunset even brought the Mirror portal to the lighthouse as well, so she can go back to the human world to grab her things and tell her human mane 6 the friends the news, which they understand and since knowing the time difference, Sunset can come back and visit them sometimes but can’t stay long after now learning how much time has passed in Equestria since the last time Sunset visit, which is why her human friends would still be around while she stay in Equestria to train the new generation and stay with Sunny to look after her and her friends, and figure out clues on how Equestria came the way it did and what happened to Twilight and her friends along the way.
The group walked out of the store with the supplies they needed for the Lighthouse as they walked down the streets to redecorate their new home, wondering what adventure awaits along the way.
End of Prologue.