//------------------------------// // Season 1 Episode 2 - A new start // Story: Cyclonestorm // by Sweetlilkitten //------------------------------// As sun rises, everyone is somehow at work. Some plants food, some bring furnitures they bought from nearbies, some just standing by, appreciating the landscape. Princess Esperanza, walking aside of Ethan reaches the little made-up lake made for people to grab their needed water, or drink. "I'm so glad we are settling nicely. We might soon hope for a diplomatic rendezvous with Twilight to set relations with Equestria." The alicorn says. "Yes. And I'm so glad ponies and deers getting along. The population finally starts to rise again. But we have still a problem. We might work on our form, titles, and denomination of our new unified country." The deer says. "Yes. Lets think about it. Our nation could be some kind of democratic kingdom maybe." She proposes. "I think yes. I hope you know what you are doing, because I only know ruling basic aristocratic nation." He says, unsure. "It's okay. I'll help you. The task is simple. Everytime the people are fighting, you try to stop them by showing them how much the other is important for them. Voting, and letting the people choose their laws is the best way to rule a happy, nice place." She explains. "But how the people know to make goods and sell them if everyone are friends and share everything?" He retorts. "Wouldn't that block the economy?" "No. Because that is only for the lowest, must and necessary products. If someone is dying of hunger, you won't just expect them to have magically more money. But if someone take care of them, they will eventually produce and consume products just like everyone else. That way economy is always rolling!" She explains. "Oh. I understand." He says. "Towels for fighting against cold in winter costs lower prices but a nice and unique dress with gemstones costs much?" "Mhm." She nods. "Great!" He grin. Aurora Sunshine, green coated and purple-pink maned unicorn, opens the door of a house in Ponyville. When she walks inside she explores the house, like she was expecting something, but nothing happens. "Um. Mommies?" She asks without any responses. "Hmm." She thinks. When she opens the door to the kitchen a party cannon shoots confettis all over the place. "Welcome home!!" Everyone shouts. "Mothers!" She have a big grin. A green coated licorn and a purple-pink maned pony hugs her. "You are finally home!" They both says. "Bonbon was missing you so much!" Lyra smirks. "Yes but Lyra wanted to see you so badly. She was planning events and activities for the two next weeks already!" Bonbon smirks too. "Hehe. Yeah!" Aurora says, embarrassed. "But I'm not sure I'll stay more than one week." "What? Why?" Lyra asks. "Your friend Luster Dawn needs your help discovering friendship with you." "Yes. What will she do without you?" Bonbon adds. They walks to the table and grab a piece of cake. Everypony goes walking and speaks with some others. "I made new friends. I'd like to stay with them for a while." She announce. Bonbon and Lyra loses their smiles a bit. Lyra spot her plaster. "What?" Ask Bonbon again. "Hey darling are you hurt? Is everything okay?" Lyra asks. "What happened to you?" She gesture at the plaster. "This? Oh nothing. We just survived an attack of carnivorous creatures called Lingotas but Esperanza could manage to stunt and discourage them from reaching closer to us which let all of us escape." She explains. "I'm sorry. What?!?" Bonbon asks again. "How can you explain all of that like it was nothing?" Lyra and Bonbon hugs her. "You mean we could have lost you?" Lyra have some tears. "Like you could have never returned?" "Um. Technically yes, but actually the Princess and Valentia would have done everything for us to get there." She says. "But does Luster Dawn knows about it?" Bonbon asks. "Does Twilight knows that?" "No, no. In fact I'd like you to keep this kind of a secret. I wouldn't want to bring the spotlight on them, they are only starting recovering from all of that." She says, hoping they will not shout that everywhere. "Why? Does they are at risks?" Lyra feels concerned. "Well, not exactly as before we disembark, but still living a dangerous live outside of Equestria." She tells them. "Can't they come here?" Bonbon asks. "No. They are all bounded together and won't be able to merge into local population. They are ponies and deers. Even the ponies are really different from us. We just need to coexist at a distance that that is possible. I would feel so bad for them if more troubles are going their way." She says. "Their political views are.. Kind of different, least to say." "What?" Lyra tries to guess in her daughter's eyes. "Like, they couldn't even stand in Canterlot for 10 seconds." She says. "Oh. I see." Bonbon says. "Anyways we hope you will see us regularly." "Of course. What could I do without you, mommies." Aurora replies, hugging them. "You are my family." "Your trust will not be dishonored, your majesty." Clearcoat bows in front of Twilight Sparkle. She nods in sign of mutual respect. Suddenly, Gallus opens the door and Luster Dawn and Aurora Sunshine runs in the room. "She said it was really important, I couldn't retain her." He explains the interruption. "Princess Twilight!" Luster Dawn shout, requesting her attention. "You need to listen to us!!" "Hmpf." The precious rich deer roll her eyes. "I'm sorry for that, miss Clearcoat." She excuse that happening. "Princess you have to trust us, the ponies and deers that came on the continent, they aren't enemies!" Luster Dawn explains. "Please Princess I beg you to let them free!" Aurora thinks about how Esperanza shared some energy from the cube of their nation to her, to save her and reduce the damages of her injury. "If they weren't truly kind, I wouldn't be standing up today!" She moves a big her leg in plaster. Only the middle of her leg is in it so she can move it a little. She does walk with difficulties, but yet she can. "I need to know the truth kids. And who can I trust. A grown-up doe with arguments or two young mares screaming in their entery in my throne hall." Twilight says. "If you can bring enough proof, and maybe the concerned by this or diplomatic delegates, I could seek for a in-close agreement. For now, I can only see what is happening. And it is happening that a group of ponies are suddenly building a village without seeking any landowners, and wielding armors and swords." "But Princess we need you to-" Aurora tries to add. "Enough." Twilight says firmly, not in a angry way but yet cold enough to forbid their whining replies for an instant. "I will do as any leader will do in that situation. I will place guards on the Smokey Mountains, and along the exit of the White Tail Woods, we cannot afford to have an unarmed border since we don't know their intentions." Luster Dawn can't trust this is true. Aurora have sweats for the refugees she's been aside. "You were supposed to be the Princess of Friendship..." Luster says, heartbroken. "Listen. When you'll be older, you will understand." Twilight says. "You heard enough of royal affairs that isn't your business right now. Go to ponyville, and study magic." She orders her. "I don't wanna!" Luster retorts, loudly. Even the guards outside the room have wide eyes for a second. "I'm not interested in magic, I've told you that already! I want to have friends and take care of them!" Luster says then she quite regret to have shout at the princess. "Listen now, if anyone reports me to had seen you outdoor of ponyville all the way up to the western frontier I can assure you, I will make sure you stay at ponyville and order special guards to survey you all the time!!" She uses her Canterlot voice, and Luster Dawn is impressed and fearful of her tone. Her whole body trembles a bit in the event. But Twilight regain a quiet, common tone. "Now for the last time, you are my best magic student, and if you plan on staying such you'd have to address me as Princess Twilight Sparkle, I am your teacher and I plan on keeping my things as I commanded them in the first place. Are you okay with that?" Luster Dawn lowers her head, sadly. She let out nothing but a sigh of disappointment. "I didn't heard that one. Will you be okay with it?" She asks. "Yes, your majesty." She bows reluctantly, not angry, but just sad at this point. Luster and Aurora exits the room and the castle. Twilight take a deep breath and sigh. "I'm sorry for that. She tends to not understand things the first time we told her." Twilight says. "Oh I understand." Clearcoat smiles. "I know youths can be a little... Stubborn." She let out a quiet giggle of satisfaction; Twilight seems to trust her rather than her student. "Luster Dawn?" Aurora says. "I think I didn't understood everything there. What just happened?" "Nothing." Luster says. "I don't remember of it already." "Come-on." She insist. "What's going on with the Princess. Shouldn't you be happy to study at Ponyville? Why are you two so cold with each other?" They walk outside of the gates, along the bridge, and follow the road down to ponyville. While walking they see around, pegasus working around in the clouds, ponies working the ground, and licorns helping someponies in need of it. There is also griffons, hippogriffs, changelings and yaks working or playing around. "I'm not sure." Tries to explain Luster. "At first she wanted me to study friendship. But maybe because I was too much into it she asked me to study more magic than friendship." "Maybe she felt your place is better working on your magic skills?" Aurora guess. "I don't claim to be good at magic. In fact I don't feel that entitled to my horn." She admits. "W-what?" Aurora is surprised. "How could a licorn not like her own... corn?" She tries to deconstruct the words to understand better. "Sure, I'm not complaining of it, but I'm pretty sure I would do just the same without it." She guess. "You mean that if you could exchange your horn for wings or even nothing, you'd still be happy with it?" She asks. "Yes." She replies. "How?" She asks. "I feel I built myself around the fact that I have a horn and not with it directly." Luster supposes. "I feel like I did totally otherwise." Aurora tries to remember her life choices. "Do you think I became shy by nature of myself or something made me like this?" She asks, in lack of replies of that question in her own head. "I don't know. Frankly, it feel that if I could solve that question, I'd had solve any problems of mine already." She says. Suddenly they realize they are in ponyville, in middle of the main place, front of the townhall. Luster Dawn instantly gasps and have sparks in her eyes. "That's it! That's it!" She says, all amazed and joyful, quite impressive given she rarely is that expressive. "I know the purpose of my life now! Everything sticks in place!" "Yeah? What you wanna do?" Aurora asks. "I need to help people in their lives!" Luster smiles. "Thats it! I remember acquiring my cutie mark! It was a simple day like any at my own town, but this foal was crying. I made an firework with my magic. And then I always thought my way was to do magic. But no! It was making smiles! Helping peoples to know their lives and find their ways to happiness that made me get my mark! That's the true me!" "Yay! I'm so happy for you!" She smiles. "I have to study psychology, and good thing I just love studying." She is amazed. “Thanks my dear, I really appreciate you.” She kiss her on the cheek kindly and sprints towards the library of the castle of friendship. Aurora takes a little time to comprehend everything of what happened, then she blushes slightly. Twinklesprite grab a few flowers from the ground and gather them in a little basket she carry on her back. Suncream flies to trees and with an axe she cut a few branches that looks useful enough. Strawberry, with the help of few animals such as bunnies and marmots, can edit the terrain to make a part of the flowing river into a small pound that will works as a waterhole for the town. Esperanza & Ethan, with everyone gathered in circle around the townhall or palace there is in construction, have to make an announcement. "My deer people, we are so glad to say that, the founding day of Trotetia have officially started! Let's party and have a well deserved fun, as you ponies and deers had worked together so hard on our new city already." King Ethan says. "The ceremony will last all the daylight time. Tomorrow we will work on defense systems and recruit a new army." "We have to say in that matter that we wish everyone of you, dear people, act kindly and respectfully towards the natives of this continent. I will work out a way to form new unity league with every possible foreign powers, and reassemble the Crystal from every little energy parts I gave the deers. That way we would have a central monument, that will help us unite and keep us together in the same direction." Esperanza says from her little voice. The crowd applause and shouts happily. After that official announcement, Twinklesprite, Strawberry Jam, and Suncream reunite in a little cafe and drinks chocolates. "Friends! I found a gemstone cave!" Flowercorn suddenly comes in, making the friends stop their conversations. "Really?" Twinklesprite have a large grin. "Can you show us?" "Condition, we share its content." She proposes in exchange. "Of course. But we can give someone of us more if they need more. We are friends aren't we? We will find other ways to reward our group of us after." Strawberry says. "Yes. That's what I was thinking. I don't need gemstones. But I need massages for my muscles after my morning trainings." Suncream says. "I won't mind if you take my own part, Twinklesprite. I know you love stones." "I could give you massages!" Strawberry blushes. "I do have good hooves I've been told." "And I'll make you cute dresses, Strawberry!" Twinklesprite adds. They continue adding arguments but after a time they don't have any left. "And then I- I'll." Strawberry guess. "I'll talk with you kindly and gently!" Strawberry recognizes what she said and they all laughs and giggles as their eyes are only thin curved lines in direction of the sky.