Ponyland.
That's how this magical place is called.
As the name already implies, it's a place full of and inhabited by ponies. No matter if they're pegasi, unicorns, sea ponies or earth ponies, they all live in piece and harmony in the Dream Castle, a big light pink castle with several towers (each containing a blue cone shaped roof), lots of windows and a drawbridge.
Every day for these ponies is a new adventure. Even the easiest of the tasks becomes a journey and a life changing lesson for everypony in Ponyland.
There's also plenty of ponies in here we could talk about, but let's just focus on our seven protagonists:
First of, we have Twilight. She's a unicorn with a light pink coat, a white mane with a dark purple streak, purple eyes and a blue tail bow. Her Cutie Mark is five pink stars. She's considered by everypony in Ponyland as a motherly pony who with everyone, but she's specially protective with a little filly named Ember, or Baby Ember as everyone else calls her. Twilight also has the power to teleport with her magic by saying 'I wish, I wish, I wish'.
Next, we have Firefly. She's an adventurous, danger-seeking pegasus pony pink fur, a purplish blue mane, purple eyes and two purplish blue lightning bolts as a Cutie Mark. Again, she's the adventurous type of pony, and she was a key helper when Scorpan and his dragons kidnapped some of her friends, because she brought a human girl named Megan, and along Twilight and two other mares, they managed to reach the Midnight Castle and save their friends from Tirek.
Moving on, there's Applejack, one of the mares that helped Megan, Twilight and Firefly to rescue their friends in the Midnight Castle. She has an orange coat with a yellow mane and tail, as well as green eyes and a blue bow on her tail, and her Cutie Mark is five red apples. Her friends, and sometimes even herself, describe her as silly and clumsy, as well as quite unlucky. But above anything, she loves apples and applesauce, a lot.
Then we have Glory. She is a white unicorn with light blue eyes, and a purple mane with a blue streak. She wears a pink bow on her tail, and her Cutie Mark is a purple shooting star. It's hard to describe her personality, but she's usually kind and generous with anypony... yet, she's not the kind of gal you wanna make mad. In other words: mess with her or her friends, and start praying for your life.
Next is Posey. She's a yellow earth pony with green eyes, pink mane and tail, a green bow on her tail and her Cutie Mark is six pink flowers. She's the gardener of Paradise Estate, she's very motherly to all the baby ponies, she loves flowers and other pretty things, and she's always willing to help anyone in need.
Now we have Surprise, a white pegasus pony with purple eyes, yellow mane and tail, a purple bow on her tail and red four balloons as her Cutie Mark. She's very giddy and excitable, and she's laughing most of the time, to the point she once scared the other ponies for fun as she laughed. Still, she cares deeply for her friends, coming to save them on multiple occasions that they needed help.
Finally, we have Gusty, a white unicorn with a lavender bow and a green mane and tail with a red streak on them. Her eyes are teal and her Cutie Mark is composed of five maple leaves. Unlike most of the other ponies un Ponyland, Gusty is very grouchy, impatient, and sometimes rude. However, she is very brave, loyal and often she's the first to take action or charge. She can make hurtful commentaries at some of the other ponies, like when she remarked Wind Whistler had no feelings, or when she said Shady was bad luck. But she still cares very much about her friends, and often tries to help them.
The list of ponies in Ponyland is pretty big, but there's no time nor budget to keep talking about them.
One day as any other, these ponies, along with many others, were outside of the Dream Castle, playing around and mostly enjoying the peaceful day.
But that peace didn't lasted forever, unfortunately. A white portal opened up suddenly in front of the ponies, and they all started to ran away to safety, since they didn't knew for sure if the portal was dangerous or not.
The problem, however, is that Firefly literally flew towards the portal instead of away from it.
"Firefly!" Glory called out. "Wait! Don't go there!" she added, and then she began to run to follow the pegasus.
"Glory, wait!" Twilight shouted as well.
The unicorn decided to follow both Firefly and Glory, and then Applejack, Posey and Surprise.
Gusty saw all of this and groaned in annoyance. "Why do I always drag myself into this stuff?!" she complained out loud, before following the group of mares that wanted to stop Glory, who wanted to stop Firefly at the same time.
Once Firefly was near the portal, she couldn't felt but gasp in amazement at how big it was.
"Firefly!" Glory's voice called out, and Firefly turned to see her unicorn friends, who was panting exhausted as the other mares joined soon enough.
"Hey, girls!" Firefly called out by waving one of her hooves in the air. "This thing looks amazing, doesn't it?!" she asked with a smile.
"No, it doesn't!" Twilight said with worry. "We have no idea of what it is! It could be dangerous, you know!" she pointed out.
"But how we'll ever know if it's dangerous if you all want to run away from it?" Firefly asked confused.
"You stubborn idiot, come down here before something bad happens!" Gusty called out with a frown, but also worried about Firefly's attitude and about the portal.
However, the portal suddenly glowed brightly, and some kind of gravity began to pull Firefly towards the portal. Firefly tried to fly away from it, but her wings were not strong enough to move her away.
"Firefly!" Surprise cried out, before opening her wings and fly as fast as she could towards her friend.
Then, she grabbed Firefly's hooves and began to pull her back slowly from the portal. At first, it seemed to work, since Firefly could now fly on her own and pull herself away as well... but then, the gravity from the portal became stronger, and now both Firefly and Surprise were bein dragged towards the portal.
Twilight immediately moved and grabbed Surprise's tails with her mouth and began to pull, while the white pegasus grabbed Firefly from her hooves again. Soon, Applejack joined Twilight by grabbing the unicorn's tail with her mouth, and then Glory did the same with Applejack's tail, with Posey being the last one and making the same thing with Glory's tail.
The four mares on earth began to pull the two pegasi away from the portal, or at least tried because now it seemed like they were dragged towards it as well.
Gusty frowned and groaned again, before moving towards the rest of her friends, grabbing Posey's tail with her mouth and using all the strength she could to pull the rest as well.
"If we get out of this..." Gusty spoke with anger as she kept pulling from Posey's tail. "Please let me smack Firefly for being such a reckless pony!" she begged in grunts.
"Oh, definitely!" Twilight replied.
"Absolutely!" Glory stated.
"Please do it." Applejack said in-between grunts.
"Can't say she didn't asked for it." Posey said calmly, but also grunting in effort as she kept pulling.
"Yeah, go ahead!" Surprise said as well.
"Hey!" Firefly complained, although deep down she knew she deserved it.
Unfortunately, the gravity from the portal was stronger, and soon enough the seven mares were screaming in fright as they crossed the portal, that closed as soon as all the mares' sight was lost.
Where did they go remains a mystery... at least for now...
Welcome, once again, to Ponyland!
Despite not being magical like other worlds, this land is still full of surprises.
This Ponyland is a society of anthropomorphic ponies, centered in a group of seven protagonists as well. They live like humans as they attend school, frequent the local ice cream shop, enter talent contests, and why not? Even roller skate.
Unlike the previous world, male ponies exist here, and some of the girl ponies began to show romantic interest in them, even going on dates with them.
Our protagonists here are known as the 7 Pony Friends:
First, there's Starlight, a pink pony with golden-yellow hair and blue yes, known as the sensible and responsible leader of the group. She regards school teacher Miss Hackney highly, and aspires to become a teacher herself. Her mother owns the Rainbow Beauty Salon and an ice cream shop, and her Cutie Mark is a yellow star that is surrounded by four blue stars.
Next is Sweetheart, a white pony with dark pink hair and purple eyes that dislikes letting anyone down, however, she occasionally finds herself in the middle of fights between her friends. She tends to see the good in ponies, including ones that seem bad like Teddy, whom she likes. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up, and her Cutie Mark is a big red heart that is surrounded by three little orange hearts.
Now we have Melody, a dark pink pony with sea-blue hair and blue eyes. She's the lead singer in the band The Rockin' Beats. She has a somewhat shallow personality and likes to gossip. She occasionally acts spoiled and puts her own interests ahead of those of her friends. She sometimes offers beauty advice to the others, and aspires to become a famous rock star. Also, her Cutie Mark is a yellow microphone that is surrounded by several music notes.
Moving on, there's Bright Eyes, a bluish pony with orange red hair and yellow eyes. She loves to learn things, and she tends to think things out logically whenever there is a problem. She wants to be an environmentalist when she grows up, and her Cutie Mark is a notebook and pen.
Patch is a peach pony with dark pink hair and yellow eyes as well, who is a member of the soccer team. She acts like an adventurous tomboy and is constantly looking for something to do. She enjoys practical jokes, and she wants to join the circus when she grows up. Also, she has a patch of pink cloth as her Cutie Mark.
Next is Clover, a lavender purple pony with rose-pink hair and pink eyes that tends to be accident prone. She frequently bursts into tears because of her ineptitude, but things generally work out for her in the end because of either luck or because her friends help out. She is very superstitious and gullible, and she wants to become a ballerina when she grows up. Her Cutie Mark is a clover leaf.
Finally, we have Bon Bon, a yellow pony with burgundy purple hair and blue eyes. She enjoys food and cooking, but she hates getting dirty. She wants to become a fashion model when she grows up, and her Cutie Mark is a piece of blue candy.
We also have the male ponies, as well as adult ponies with important roles around Ponyland, but again, the time and budget is limited, so we must keep going,
An apparently normal day as ever, the 7 Pony Friends were having a picnic away from the city.
Everything was going well so far: they chit chatted within each other; they ate, they even played some games around the field they decided to make the picnic. Yeah, everything was fine...
But then, a massive white portal opened up out of nowhere, startling the 7 Pony Friends, but surprisingly not scaring them.
"Whoa!" Patch exclaimed in awe at the sight of the portal.
"What is that thing?!" Clover asked, surprisingly not at the edge of tears as any of the others could usually expect from her.
"It seems... like some kind of portal." Bright Eyes pointed out, placing a hoof on her chin.
"A portal?" Bon Bon questioned confused.
"A portal to what, exactly?" Melody asked, just as confused as her friends.
"Honestly, I can't tell." Bright Eyes admitted as she shrugged. "I can tell it's a portal by the size and color, but I can't say for sure where it came from, nor where it leads." she added with concern, but also with a dangerous light of curiosity on her eyes that could tell she wanted... no, she needed to know where this portal takes.
"Bright Eyes.... no." Sweetheart said with a warning tone and a frown, but her warning just made Bright Eyes grin.
"Oh no..." Bon Bon deadpanned.
"Oh yes!" Patch said with a grin as well, but a deadly glare from both Melody and Sweetheart made her gulp and smile sheepishly, also shutting her mouth before winning a smack from any of her friends.
Bright Eyes really wanted to move forward and see where this portal could lead her, but when the portal suddenly glowed brightly and her friends and her were being dragged by it, she immediately regret it.
Her mind began to think, almost working like a machine as the engines there moved as fast as they could while Bright Eyes tried to find a solution to sabe her friends and herself from whatever was happening... but she couldn't find a solution fast enough, because they were all dragged into the portal, and soon enough they disappeared from Ponyland.
The portal closed, and the only thing left now was silence and the unfinished picnic of the 7 Pony Friends. Where did they go? Well... you're about to find out...
If you tell me you have no knowledge about Equestria, I know you're lying.
Equestria is, with no doubt, the biggest land in every existent world. This magical land is home of not only ponies, but many other talking creatures as well, like dragons and griffons. This world, however, does not limit itself to Equestria: this is a vast land with many other kingdoms, such as the Crystal Empire, Dragon Lands, Mount Aris, Changeling Kingdom, and a long etcetera.
It's pretty hard to say when was the last time this land had peace and harmony, since they used to be on constant danger almost every day. Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, King Sombra, Discord (before reformation, of course), they're just a few of the long list of villains that tried to conquer or destroy Equestria in the past.
However, the ponies always had hope when a crisis like this arrived, because they counted with the help of 6 ponies that always faced danger with the power of friendship! And no, this is not just talkery, because friendship is the most powerful magic source in Equestria.
Now, these 6 ponies I'm talking about have lots of nicknames: Guardians of Friendship, Guardians of Harmony, Elements of Harmony... Yeah, the list keeps going, but they're better known as the Mane 6.
First off, we have Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic. She used to be a purple unicorn with purple eyes, cobalt blue mane and tail with a pink and a purple streak, and her Cutie Mark is a pink six pointed star with 5 white sparkles around. Emphasis on used to be, because she became an alicorn after passing through a series of tasks entrusted to her by her mentor, Princess Celestia.
Her personality can be described as an organized mare that always tries to fix 'regular problems' with facts and logic. She loves to read and research in general about anything, but she tents to loose her cool on certain circumstances. At first, Twilight used to be an asocial pony that had little to no time for her friends, since she preferred to study for hours than spent time with her friends.
Eventually, she learned the importance about friendship, to the point that she couldn't imagine a life without her friends that were always there to support her. In fact, once she became ruler of Equestria after Princesses Luna and Celestia decided to retire, her first decree was to create the council of friendship, so she could still see her friends every moon. Now days, she's been ruling Equestria for a few months, and while it took her time to adjust, everything's going well so far.
Next is Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty. She's a light blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail and pink eyes. Her Cutie Mark is a cloud letting out a rainbow lightning. She's a very self-centered pony, competitive and, sometimes, she's also a little brat since she likes to make fun of others just to kill some time.
But no matter what, Rainbow has demonstrated multiple times to be a loyal friend. She was tented to betray them in multiple occasions, and yet she always choose them above anything or anyone else. She's also a brave pony that almost fears nothing, or that's what she says, but she has shown fear multiple times. She's a member of the Wonderbolts right now, and she aspires to became the captain one day.
Now we have Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter. She's a pink earth pony with pink poofy hair and tail, as well as blue eyes and two blue balloons and a yellow one as her Cutie Mark. Positivity, randomness and lots, lots of parties and confetti are the best words to describe her. She's happy pretty much all of the time, but you better not make her mad: her randomness gets way worse when that happens, and some could even say she becomes some sort of maniac.
Laughter is her element because she can always provide a good laugh, even in the worst of the situations. However, she tends to feel insecure sometimes, like when she's assigned to do a specific task she's entrusted with, or when her friends show signs of feeling overwhelmed by her actions and her attitude. And still, she cares a lot for them, to the point she has been a key fighter against some of Equestria's biggest foes.
Moving on, there's Applejack, the Element of Honesty. She's an orange earth pony with yellow mane and tail, both tied with a red hair tie, and she has green eyes, as well as a cowboy hat that used to be from her dad, and her Cutie Mark is five apples. Applejack is a brave, reliable, strong, mature, and hard-working pony, although headstrong about doing things on her own. She always speaks in a country accent, which means that she hates/dislikes anything fancy or 'girly'.
She's the most honest mare in the group, and she hates lies, even tho she have lied before. She has a lots of crashes with Rarity because of how opposite they are in terms of hygiene and appearance. She also crashes a lot with Rainbow Dahs in a competitive way, but sometimes their competitiveness reaches a dangerous point that can put themselves and others in danger. And even so, their still the best of friends that learn to recognize their mistakes.
Next is Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness. She's a yellow pegasus with pink mane and tail, blue eys and three pink butterflies as her Cutie Mark. As her own name implies, she's a very shy pony, and she always speaks in a low tone, to the point that anyone barely hears her when she tries to gain everyone's attention. Yet, when she's mad, you better be prepared to be destroyed physically, mentally and emotionally at once, because she's the opposite of 'kind' when she's not happy.
However, that rarely happens unless her friends or any creature gets hurt, because she's usually the sweetest and gentle pony in the world. She loves animals with her heart, even having her own sanctuary where she takes care of all kinds of creatures, and she even teaches some ponies about how to take care of them with the help of Discord. Overall, Fluttershy appreciates her friendship with all the manes, specially with Rainbow, since they've known each other since they were fillies.
Rarity follows up, and she's the Element of Generosity. She's a white unicorn with purple main and tail, blue eyes and her Cutie Mark is three diamonds. She has a 'fancy' way of talking, and she use to refer to any of her friends as 'darling'. She has an immense love to beauty, and she's really obsessed to always feel prepared for the occasion (that is, being dressed if the situation requires it).
Sometimes, Rarity gets carried away with her attention to detail, and she absolutely despises getting dirty. She also loves to be the center of attention, although she gets carried away with it sometimes. But even if she cares about her appearance quite a bit, being averse to stepping in mud or risking getting herself messy, she is not above getting her hooves dirty when it comes to helping her friends or creatures in need. For example: she literally ripped off her own tail and used to restore a sea serpent's mustache that got cut off.
Finally, we have someone that might not have an element, but he's still a hero too: Spike the Dragon. He's a pre-teen purple dragon with with green eyes and scales. He's known as Twilight's best friend and number one assistant, and unlike any other dragon, his fire breath has magical properties, although he uses it mostly to deliver letters to Princess Celestia.
At first, Spike used to have a crush on Rarity, even if he knew that she wouldn't feel the same way with him. It's hard to know if Spike still likes Rarity, but their really good and close friends, so that's not really important. Spike is occasionally sarcastic and sometimes laughs at others' misfortunes, even though he usually means well. He's also a fun-loving dragon, but he has an insecure and jealous side whenever he sees his spot as Twilight's number one assistant in danger.
Spike is often defensive about his masculinity and dismissive of things he considers 'girly,' although his outward disdain is often a front. He also loves to collect and eat gems, and he eventually grew a pair of wings after a developmental stage for dragons called the 'molt'. Overall, Spike is a very loyal dragon to her friends, and even if he often feel scared on certain situations, he always shows a braver side willing to fight if necessary.
Now that we have introduced our protagonists, let's move on to the day that things began to change...
Twilight was just having a nice and quiet breakfast with Spike on Canterlot's Castle's dining room. It was one of the few times of the day were Twilight could have some peace and quiet before starting all her duties of the day.
As stablished before, it took her quite some time to get used to her new life, but she has more or less gotten the hang of it, and with Spike as her royal advisor, she really hasn't gotten any problems ruling Equestria. After defeating Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow, Equestria has witnessed 6 beautiful months of peace and harmony...
But nothing lasts forever.
"Princess!" one of her guards shouted suddenly as he entered into the dining room, panting as he tried to catch his breath, and also kneeling in front of Twilight to show respect.
"Gael?" Twilight called out confused, while Spike had to punch his chest to spit a gem that got stuck on his throat, since he felt startled from Gael's sudden entrance. "What's the matter?" Twilight asked.
"I'm really sorry to interrupt your breakfast, your majesty..." Gael apologized, before removing his helmet and looking at Twilight with a concerned look. "But we got several calls from Ponyville, Appleloosa, Manehattan and... the Everfree forest." he explained.
"Several calls?" Twilight questioned, as she stood up and approached Gael, with Spike following up as he hold a bowl with gems. "From who? And why were they calling for?" she asked.
"The callers said they'd rather stay unknown, your majesty." Gael replied. "As for why they called... they all said something very similar. They said that weird looking ponies came out of a white portal and landed in the middle of the town, or city in Manehattan's case." he explained with a worried frown.
Twilight frowned as well after hearing that, and Spike raised and eyebrow. "Weird looking ponies?" the dragon questioned.
"I cannot give you all the descriptions, but I heard something about a 'low budget Applejack copy', and someone said something about a mare looking like a grown up Scootaloo, but with a rainbow streak on her mane and a different Cutie Mark." Gael replied with a look that clearly said he though those were weird assumptions.
"Hmm..." Twilight muttered, placing a hoof on her chin while thinking on what to do. "Call my friends immediately and tell them to see me on the Throne Room." she instructed to Gael with a determinate expression. "We must find out what's going on, and who are these ponies." she stated.
"As you command, Princess." Gael replied with another reverence, before putting back his helmet and then leave the dining room quickly to make the news spread around ASAP.
"What are you planning, Twilight?" Spike asked to her.
"If the callers said they saw some kind of terrible doppelgänger Applejack and a grown up Scootaloo, then something's clearly wrong, Spike." Twilight pointed out. "I have no idea if we're dealing with Changelings that aren't happy with reformation, or with something else. So, I need to investigate this deeply, and our friends will help me out! Now come on!" she stated, before opening her wings and boost towards the Throne Room.
Spike smiled and nodded with a determinate look, opening his wings as well and flapping them to follow Twilight.