//------------------------------// // Humble Beginnings // Story: Sisters Of Fate // by BronyPolo //------------------------------// "STOP CALLING ME RARITY!" The little girl screamed at the top of her lungs. The screach was aimed at her sister, who was manageing to distrupt her new dress drawing. "Thats your new nickname! Because your such a rare 'little girl!" Her sister jeered sarcasticly. "Hope you like it!" The other girl was sitting atop the garden wall, giggleing at her sister bellow.The garden was biggest place on the family grounds, and an old brick wall encircled the grassy square. "Whats YOUR new nickname then?!" The girl questioned "Uhhh... Dash! Cus' im as fast as, er, a thunderbolt!" "I wouldent want a name like 'Dashhh' anyway... Rarity's much nicer!" The girl, who's new name seemed to be Rarity, huffed in frustration, and tried her best to ignore her sister whilst she continued to draw on a small peice of paper amongst the leaves of the garden with crayon and pencil. "Whatch ya' drawin?" 'Dash' asked "i bet its something like a flower, or a dress!" "No..." Rarity tried her best to hide her drawing away from her annoying sibling, when their other sisters joined them. In total, there were six sisters who lived in the cottage next to the chapel, all around 5-7 years old, and they spent most of their time, and lives so far, together. The other 4 sisters walked into the enclosed garden through an old iron gate, when Dash had an idea. "Hey, me and 'Lady Rarity' here are coming up with nicknames! Mines Dash!" Rarity tried to protest, but Dash cut her off. "Do you guys want one?!" "Oh, oh, oh, i do, i do!" One of the girls skipped her way up to the wall and looked up at Dash with big blue eyes. "Can mine be... Uh..." The girl glanced toward the little pink dress she was wearing, when the idea came to her. "I know! Pinkie! Call me Pinkie!" "Pinkie...? Isn't that-" Dash was interupted immediatly by the excited little girl. "YAY YAY YAY im Pinkie! Call me Pinkie from now on, ok?" "Uhhh, fine... What about you sis'?" Dash pointed to the girl standing at the back of the garden, behind the others. "Uh... Im fine, just call me by my name..." "Nah, dont be a spoil sport! Well call you... Shy!" Shy seemed to squirm a little at this new name. "I'd like it if you called me by my real name..." Shy said quietly, but one of the remaining 'un-named' sisters shouted over her. "What a' bout me?" "I dunno... What do you want?" Dash questioned her. "Howa' bout... Jack!" Her sisters looked at her in suprise. "Jack?! Isn't that a bit... Boy-ey?" Dash said, slightly mockingly. "Nah' i like it! Kinda makes me sound cool!" Jack said, proudly. "Well, that just leaves me it seems." The remaining little girl said as she stood in the centre of the garden, the grass and flowers all in a circle around her. Her other sisters stared at her curiously, all pondering an appropriate name. "Smarty pants?" Dash suggested. "How about Brainy head!" Pinkie sqeauled excitedly. "No, and no. How about... Twilight?" The deciding sister said. "Its from a book i read! Its the-" "Nice, i like it! Twi!" Dash exclaimed. "No, Twilight." Twilight corrected her loud sister. "I think Twi is mighty' better, er, Twilight." Jack said to her. "But... I want Twilight." "To much of a mouthfull, silly!" Pinkie said. "Yhea, go with Twi." Dash demanded. "NO, i want Twilight!" "Uh, pick whatever name YOU want... but i think Twi is better..." Shy muttered. "Even I think Twi is a much more pretty name!" Rarity agreed. From then on it was decided, amongst 5 of the girls, that their sister would be name Twi. They laughed and played in the garden for the remainder of the day, no doubt in their minds that these names would stick for as long as they lived. Few things remained the same between the six little sisters in the years to come, but those names would stay, between just them, for eternity. It would not be long before all six would be changed forever, and go down in the pages of history for the part they would play in the upcoming tale, a tale of war, heroism and a rift made and broken between Equestria's sisters of fate. It is said that before this world, there was nothing. A mere continuous strand of complete blankness that most people call 'the sea'. No light or dark and no sun or moon existed. But, it is also said, that amongst this nothing, two orbs of substance floated aimlessly, and for millions of years the two lifeforms remained apart, both unaware of each others existence. Both of these life forms were capable of thought, and they were both sad. They knew nothing more than what they knew then. They knew nothing of what was before, or what was to come. Without any other kind of feeling for millions of years, the two orbs were left to be lonely, with nothing but their thoughts and imaginings. Its was by the slightest chance that the two found eachother amongst the nothing. At first, the two orbs seemed curious of each other. Neither had experinced contact of any kind before. In time, for whatever reason, the two orbs decided to float together in the sea, and formed the first and strongest of freindships. Their warmth to each other caused the orbs to take form. One orb formed into the most beautiful of women, her hair eradiated golden and her robes were woven from pure light. This lifeform was capable of creating light, and was forever known as Celestia. The other orb took a different form and became that of a small girl, her long locks of raven hair resmebeld the blackest of nights and her robes consisted of woven darkness. This lifeform was capable of creating darkness, and was forever named Luna. These lifeforms created an unbreakable bond and knew nothing else to call each other but sister. The two sisters were in such bliss at their freindship, they decided they wanted to create others to experince it with them. Both of them used their miraculous powers of light and dark alone in an attempt to create two more orb like lifeforms to join them. This resulted in the creation of the sun and the moon. The two sisters were proud of their creations as these orbs of light and dark gave the sea of nothing a shadow, and a reflection. In the end, the sisters decided to create one more orb by combining their powers. The thing they created from this combined effort, to them, was perfection. A new orb created of their endless imagination formed and was forever known as Equestria. The two sisters decided they would guide this new world on its own path and became it protectors and deities. The habitants of Equestria grew to take a form simular to the sisters, and made their world as the dieties wanted, in hapiness, love and freindship. In time, the dieties ceased to communicate with Equestria's inhabbitants and mearly watched from a distance to let the planet grow on its own. The humans, as they identified themselves as, were always greatful to the sisters and created temples of light and dark throughout the known world. The sisters were so happy and proud of their work, they decided that it was best to leave it be and mearly control Equestria's sun and moon. Celestia used her powers to pull the sun around the world, creating day on one half at a time, where Luna used her powers to pull the moon around Equestria, creating night for the other half. ...And so, Eqestria was forever happy, in the bliss of freindship and-" "DIVE-BOMB!" Dash screamed as she jumped from her top bunk into the pile of pillows in the center of the small room. "Dashie! Dont-" Her father tried his best to calm them to sleep everynight with that story, but it rarely worked. He mearly observed once again, as the room fell into anarchy. Three bunk beds stood against the walls of his daughter's room, and now all of the little sisters climbed out and down from them in a hurry to jump in with Dash. He smilled slightly as the girls laughed and played. Their father had relucantly taken to the names they invented for each other over a year ago, afterall, their orginal names were of Canterlot origin, and Celestia knows they were a mouthfull. He was quite proud of them for coming up with a simplier means at their young age, but he would never let them know that. By the time the father had snapped his attention back to his daughter's, they had started a pillow fight, and it took all of his effort and at least half an hour to put them back in their beds. "Daaaaaady, can you read us another story? We promise well listen this time!" Pinkie groaned. "No. I always try to read you a story but you always interupt-" "But you always read the same story, the one about orbs and light." Shy said, comfortably in her bed. "Its about light and dark, and you need to know how our world came into creation. I think its important to you girls at your age." "But it's sooooooooooooo boring!" Dash moaned "Cant you read us the one about the Wonderbolts and their flying machines again?!" "I wanna' hear the one about the farmer and her magic apples!" Jack stated. "That one's best i've ever heard!" "No... The one with the cute animal's is better... Its got a nice song for us to-" Shy said, before being interupted by a loud squeak "Yhea, the one about the aligator with no teeth! Its makes me giggle everytime!" Pinkie exclaimed "I'd prefer it if we read the one about Sir Spike and the princess again..." Rarity requested. "Twilight... Which do you want to read?" Until then Twilight had sat on the edge of her bed smiling. Her father had taken to calling her by the name she wanted, Twilight. "I really dont mind daddy... all of those stories are really fun!" "But there is one you want to hear in particular, isn't their?" "Well..." Her father was proud of all of his children equaly, but Twilight's studies and growth were exceding his expectations. A brilliant mind was budding in this child of his. "I really would like to hear the story about Celestia and Luna again." Her father smiled. As the other children began to protest, he turned to look out of the small, circular window he was next to, looking toward the stars. The moon seemed unusualy beautiful tonight, but Luna's habits were not easy to chart. Sometimes she would create beautiful skies for the world to enjoy, and on other nights she would pluck the stars out of the sky itself, leaving it blank and bare. He found himself glancing toward the chapel they lived next to. It wasn't a chapel at all in fact, but thats what people called it now days. The building was actualy of larger size than a chapel and made of stone. Nobody had been in there in years after it fell into ruin. He knew it wasent safe for him or his children and their mother would have agreed. He'd made it clear to the kids to never go near the place, and they knew the dangers there. He was happy that they wern't curious about the building, and his warnings had paid off. The place had been passed down to him by his father from his father, and probaly his father before that, and only his ancestors knew what was in there, before it was sealed off. A few minutes later his children seemed to lose their energy, and he caried and tucked them all into their beds. Before leaving the room be blew the candle by the doorway out and wished his beautiful angels a goodnight. Looking back to them brought a tear to his eye. They all reminded him so much of their mother... As the door shut behind him, the room remained silent for a few minutes, until a hushed whisper shot through the air. "Jack... We still doing this?" Dash whispered "Er, yhea, if you still think you can make the jump sis'?" "That jump? Please, our window is right next to its roof. Its like it was built for me to jump. And anyway, dident you get that wooden board from the cellar?" "Yhea, but i-" "What are you talkin' about?!" Dash and Jack screamed before they could muffel their cries with their hands. They listened out for their father before glaring at the sleepy eyed girl next to their bed. Pinkie stood next to their bunk with a candle in hand, illuminating her grinning face. "Pinkie?!" Jack whisperd sharply. "What are you doing awake sis'?" "What are YOU doing awake!" "We havent got time for this!" Dash dived from her top bunk and landed in the perfectly placed pillows, winceing at the noise. "Lets go Jack!" Jack joined her sister by the window. The windows wodden frame had be sealed many years ago, and Dash struggled trying to open it. "Budge, let me." Jack whisperd. Jack heaved silently with the window, but after much effort, it snapped open. The two sisters looked around the room cautiously, making sure their sisters werent woken by the noise, when they rememberd about Pinkie. "Are you gonna stay quite about this Pinkie? We cant have dad knowing, you know how he gets when we go near that place..." Dash said. "Daddy said its scarrrrrrry" Pinkie moaned "Why are you goin?" Pinkie asked, curiously. "BECAUSE, the way we see it, its our house, right?" Jack whisperd. "Uh, no, silly, this is our house!" "SHHHHH!" Both Dash and Jack hushed their sister, and turned their attention back to the window. Dash poped her head out into the cool night air. Looking toward the edge of the chapel roof, and then looking down, Dash began to doubt she could make the jump. It seemed further than she rememberd it in the day... "Well, you gonna do it?" Jack urged. "Uhhh- arent you coming across too? You may aswell put the plank across..." Jack heaved the plank that she hid under her bed earlier over the gap. Securing the plank, she turned to Dash once again and nodded her head toward the window. "Huh? Huh?" "F-fine, im going..." Dash crawled her way across the plank, hugging it tightly, her eyes closed. Jack giggled to herself before crossing in a simular fashion. The roof was a blanket of years old moss that led to a grand slope in the the chapels roof design. Only this small section was flat. What Dash and Jack planned to do after they got here was a mystery, even to them. Their father had given them warnings that kept them away in their younger years, but curiosity had gotten the better of them. "So..." Jack whistled, staring off into the night sky. She was nervous. Throughout her life she had grown up with a fear of the dark. When she was younger, her father would keep a candel lit by her bedside, just for her. "Over here!" Dash whisperd sharply. Dash was examining a section of the steep slope in the roof behind Jack. "Watch ya' found sis?" "This wood... Seems lose... If we could move it, maybe we could see inside!" Dash tugged at the wooden planks that covered the roof. The slope seemed to be covered in tiles, save this small square. "Need ma' help again?" Jack whispered, grinning. "Not this time!" Dash exclaimed as she suddenly yanked the board off. Placing the board to one side, she moved her head closer to the small hole, only wide enough to get a glimpse through. Both pairs of eyes sqeuzed up to the crack. The inner room was a musty black, and the sisters strugeld to make out shapes in the darkness. They could tell that the room was massive and must have took up most of the space of the chapel, but that was about it. "Hey, maybe if we moved-" "DASH! JACK!" Twilight was at the window shouting to her troublesome siblings to come back. This made Dash and Jack panic and their sudden movements suddenly made a small section of the chapels already weak roof caved in. Dash and Jack plumited down out of view, their voices echoing into the freshly ripped pit. "DASH! JACK!" Twilight screamed. Pinkie had woke her earlier, explaining something about Dash and Jack being 'a silly kind of crazy'. She bolted speedily across the plank to the edge of the pit. Looking down over the verticle edge. She could barley see a thing. "Girls! Are you ok?!" Their was no response. "Jack... Im... Scared... What..." "I dont know... What... They are... Just stay..." Their voices echoed through the dusty air. The girls had landed and rolled along the stone floor, and were now cowering somewhere in the dark. In the deepness of the main hall of the chapel they could see something. Two pairs of glowing eyes that peirced the darkness, staring directly at them. At least this is what they thought. The eyes were not staring at them, they were busy staring into the children who had feel through their roof, courisly. The girls couldn't move, either through fear or some kind of spell. The girls just sat where they were, cowering in eachothers arms. "GIRLS!" All of their sisters were on the roof now, screaming down the hole. "DASH!" "JACK!" The kids were to freightened to reply, their own eyes fixed on the ones glaring toward them. "Im coming down!" Twilight had hastily fetched their rooms single candle and match and, clutching them in her fists, she jumped feet first into the pit. "Wait for me!" Screamed Pinkie before hurtling herself downward. "Im... Im really not sure about this Rarity... Im... It really doesent look..." Cried Shy, backing toward the window. Rarity grabbed Shy by the arm and stared her in the eye "Our sisters are down there Shy!" Rarity shouted. Shy stared back for a while, uncertain of what to do, before nodding in fear. "We can do this..." Together, arm in arm, the remaining sisters took the final jump.