In a large field of grass there ran two small alicorn fillies that were Night and day to each other. Next to them was a small unicorn with a slightly larger changeling that snickered as the unicorn tumbled every now and again. Above all of them was a miss matched creature that floated lazily above them. All of these wondrous little creatures were under the ever watching eye of two large bipedal creatures. They didn’t call themselves by any name, so let us assume that they are just called guardians. They both wore a simple white T-Shirt and plain blue jeans, but don’t let that confuse you they are quite powerful as they terraformed the world around them to make it more habitable.
They watched over this wondrous group to make sure they reached their adult hood and kept them safe from danger while teaching them how to hone their abilities.
These guardians did not make these creatures, rather they found them. These guardians scoured the world for signs of life and to help it flourish. As these two wandered the world they helped plants live but never found other animals. As they wandered around the landscape they stumbled upon a large crater in the middle of the fields they had created.
They looked to each other with glints of curiosity in their eyes. With a nod to each other, they walked over to the crater with great caution. As they looked around the crater they saw more than just the singular one. Around the crater was several other smaller craters with piles of ash around or in them. They turned to each other and nodded again before looking inside of the first crater.
Inside made their eyes glint with surprise and slight happiness. Inside the crater was a small group of strange, but living creatures. Their very first sight of other animals. The first guardian jumped into the crater with a loud thump. While the second stayed above to make sure it was safe.
The first one walked over to the pile of creatures before doing the most scientific approach possible. It poked the pile of creatures with it’s finger.
The small pile fidgeted at first before the white one slowly raised it’s furry head and yawned as it looked around. When it saw how it was in a crater in front of an unknown creature, it began to backpedal away from the guardian. The guardian simply let out a hearty chuckle as the creature backpedaled away.
“Life! We have finally found life!” The first Guardian shouted up in a deep male voice. “Sentient at that!” The second whooped in joy at the top of the crater and slid down into it to stand next to the first.
“What shall we do with the white one?” The first Guardian asked. “Shall we let it fend for itself or take it with us?”
“It doesn’t seem to know how to defend itself or what to do, let’s take it with us, as well as the other creatures, they seem to be alive.” The second said, in a sweet almost musical female voice.
“What if they are hostile?” The first asked. The second laughed.
“If they were hostile, the white one would have attacked you.” The second guardian pointed out.
“Point. Shall I grab the white one?” The first asked.
“I do not think it is wise to grab a creature that is scared, let it get some trust and see if it follows you on its own, I will see if the little one will allow me to take its sleeping friends.”
“Well alright. But be careful. Last place we went to had giant carnivorous plants. And those weren’t hostile until you touched them.” The first deadpanned. The second nodded and got to her hands and knees, so she wouldn’t intimidate the white creature with her height. As she got close to the pile of creatures as well as the white one she noticed that the white one had a horn and wings, as well as the dark blue creature in the pile. One of the creatures had mismatched body parts and another just had a horn while the final one looked like the first two only it’s legs and horn had a series of holes riddling the appendages along with a set of fangs.
“Shall I go look for shelter for the night?” The first asked. The second looked away from the strange creatures.
“Yes, go look while I try to coax this strange creature to trust me.” She said, looking back at the pile. She brought her hand over to the white creature and it shied away.
“Careful. We don’t know what these things can do.” The first said as he climbed out of the crater to find a cave or such to shelter the new creatures in. “I will be back soon.”
The second cooed and shuffled closer to the scared white creature, the animal confused by the cooing walked closer, allowing the guardian to pet it and look it over, “Will you allow me to hold your friends you came with? I will not hurt you, I wish to take care of you.” She said softly to the white creature.
Before anything else could be said, the small pile of creatures slowly began to come too, one by one they rose their heads and looked at their surroundings. As they looked upon the guardian, they all appeared to have different reactions. The mismatched and the holed one looked upon the Guardian with a great curiosity, while the dark blue one and the one with nothing but a horn ran and cowered behind the white one.
Now with a renewed vigor the White one took a defensive posture in front of the dark blue and horned creatures. It gave a small snort and hoofed at the ground trying to be as intimidating as possible. The second guardian watched in amusement, and brought out a carrot she had grown from the ground from a pocket in her jeans and showed it to the white creature.
“I will not hurt you, I am here to help you, do not be scared.” She cooed, showing the angry creature the carrot. The white one still did not relinquish her defensive stance, but carefully and slowly walked up to the Guardian and sniffed at the carrot, all the while never taking it’s eyes off of her.
“See? It’s ok, you can trust me.” The guardian said, smiling. The white one slowly took the carrot from the Guardian before taking a small nibble from it and going back to the others and giving it to them.
“Well I’ll be damned.” The first said from up top the crater. “It worked.” The second one looked up at him.
“You just have to be patient, and not rush into anything to get them to trust you.” She said.
“That is what you said about the predators we found a year ago. Now look. They’re extinct.” The first one snickered as he jumped and slid into the crater.
“Well it doesn’t work for everything, you just have to hope sometimes.” The second said, watching the creatures eat the carrot.
“That’s nice and all, but we need to go now. The weather is starting to get a bit nasty thanks to these meteor showers.” The first said as he walked over and kneeled down.
“Ok, lets get these creatures to follow us, do you have another carrot to coax them out with? That was my last carrot.” The second said, turning to look at the first.
“Hmm. Well I did see a tree with fruit on it on my search. Could that work?” The first asked.
“It could work, they don't seem like creatures that eat meat.” The second said, smiling as she looked at the creatures, who by then had finished the carrot.
“Right. Well let’s see if this works.” The first said as he stepped forward a bit and held out his hand to the mismatched one and waited for a response. It was a bit curious as it almost slithered over to him and sniffed his hand a bit before pulling it’s head back and simply staring at him. “Swear to the maker if it bites me...”
“You won’t do anything to harm it, it will just be defending itself.” The second guardian said.
“From me doing nothing?” The first asked as he stared back at the mismatched one. “Well fine, but I won’t be too happy about it.” He turned his hand over and reached out a bit farther to try and pet the strange mismatched creature, but it pulled back before he could make contact. He sighed and was about to pull his hand back before the holed one trotted up and went under his hand. The first guardian raised an eyebrow before lowering his hand and gently patting the holed creature on the head.
It purred slightly at the affection and the first guardian smiled. “Heh, looks like we found the passively affectionate one.”
“I guess we have.” The second laughed, climbing out of the crater to look for the tree.
“Well come here little bugger.” The first said attempting to pick up the holed one. It fidgeted a moment as he picked it up, but calmed down as it felt the warmth from his chest as he held it.
“There you go... Now what about you all?” The first said as he gazed at all the other creatures, “Well first step is getting you out of this hole.”
“And I have the fruit to do that.” The second guardian said, sliding down the crater with some of the red fruit in her hands.
“Well I got one. But the others probably won’t be so easily swayed.” The first said as he gently patted the holed creature in his arms.
“Yes I know, but I think I have a trick that they might like.” The second said as she started to juggle the red fruit in her hands.
“... Well that’s one way I guess.” The first said snickering. His snickering didn't last long when the creatures, interested in the juggling started walking closer, “Well I will be a tree’s sister.”
“You can try but it won’t work.” The second laughed, watching the creatures come closer.
“Yeah yeah. Whatever, I’ll get this one out of the hole.” The first said as he began to climb out.
The second continued to juggle until all of the other creatures were sitting watching her, then she stopped and held the red fruit in her hands, kneeling down to look at all of them, “Come with me, I will keep you safe and fed.” She said, putting out a hand with the fruit in it.
“Hey! Hurry up! That meteor shower made the weather get funky.” The first said as he looked up at a storm cloud approaching. “And if I am correct, and I have no reason to say otherwise, that is going to be one heck of a storm.”
“Ok” The second said, slowly walking out with the creatures following after the fruit. The creatures soon forgot about the fruit when they saw the sky and just followed after the second guardian to safety.
“Come on this way!” The first said as he ran into a forest with the holed one clutched in his arms. The second walked after him, with the creatures running in front of her. Soon the first lead them all to a large cave entrance and gestured them all inside. “Go go go! That storm is starting to fall!”
“I can see that.” The second said walking in after the creatures and kneeling down to give them the fruit.
“Well no need to be sarcastic.” The first said rolling his eyes and setting the holed creature down.
“We need to give these creatures names.” The second said, watching the creatures eating the fruit out of her hand.
“Like what? We can’t exactly name them until we know what they are.” The first said sitting down and watching the creatures as well.
“The white and dark blue one look like baby horses don't they? Only with a horn and wings.” The second pointed out, petting the blue one.
“Well too small to be horse foals if those damned books taught us anything. Ponies possibly?” The first said.
“Sure.” The second shrugged, picking up the blue one and holding it at eye level, “You look like you're from the night sky.” She said smiling.
“What about this one?” The first asked as he picked up the mismatched one and watched it slither along his arm. He chuckled as it was slithering along his arm.
“It looks like multiple different animals combines, a pony, a bear, a lizard...” The second said when she looked at it.
“Bird, and goat too... Heh I know what he reminds me of!” The first said as the creature laid on his shoulder and sighed while closing its eyes.
“What does it remind you of?” The second asked curious.
“Chaos!” The first said with a smile. “You know, like a puzzle that can’t be finished!”
“Ok...I’m just going to guess that its species is dragonquuse.” The second said.
“You are probably right. Someday we need to go get those books again.” The first said as he looked at the mismatched creature. “Hmmm... Maybe Discord? Yeah that sounds about right for him.”
“Ok, what about her?” The second said, showing the blue pony to the first guardian.
“Hmmm... You said she is like the night right?” The first asked as he looked over the small pony.
“Yes, thats right.” The second said nodding.
“Well why not something night related? Like the stars or the sky itself? The moon maybe? Hmm. Ick... I don’t like the sound of that. It sounds overused.” The first said smacking his lips as if he ate something bitter.
“How about a different name that the moon goes by? Like...Luna?” The second said.
“Hmmm. Luna... That-” He was interrupted by a small giggle from the blue pony. He chuckled and looked back to the second guardian. “I think she likes it.”
“I think so as well, she is cute.” The second said, hugging Luna, “What about the white one? she seems to be Luna’s sister, she tried to protect her when I tried to get close.”
“Well... It is a possibility. But they are almost polar opposites.” The first said as he looked at the white one that was happily munching on a apple.
“So she can be named after the sun, Celestia. That suits her doesn't it?” The second asked, smiling.
“Well... I can’t think of anything. So yeah. Plus it does kinda fits her.” The first said. The second looked at the black holed creature.
“This one looks like a pony, but also looks like a bug, is there a species for that?” The second asked.
“Eeeeh.... I don’t think so. At least if I remember correctly. Maybe something in the old myths or such.” The first said walking over and picking the holed one up. “She reminds me of a butterfly for some odd reason.”
“Let's name her after a butterfly then, or one of those cocoons.” The second said, smiling, “She seems to like you.”
“Well... Maybe.” The first said smiling and watching the creature curl up in his arms. “Alright then. Let’s figure out a name for her... What are some good ones.”
“I don't know, monarch, Chrysalis, I think there are others but I can’t think of another butterfly species or cocoon name.” The second said, thinking as she looked at Luna in her hands.
“Well... She ain’t a monarch I can tell you that much.” The first chuckled out. “Well... Chrysalis sounds nice. It’s got a good ring to it.”
“Yes it does.” The second said, looking up.
“Hmm... What about that one?” The first asked as he nodded his head towards the Unicorn that was staring curiously at both of them.
“He looks like he would like a sombrero.” The second jokes, laughing.
“Pfft heh heh heh...” The first one chuckled as the unicorn giggled before falling backwards and letting out a small ‘Oof’. Then he got up and looked around before he crawled over to a nearby rock and hid behind it and pounced out of the shadow at one of the apples before he scurried back to the shadow and nibbled on the apple while watching the guardians.
“He is cute, and he liked my joke, maybe he would like to be named sombrero?” The second said, looking back at him.
“Maybe... Why don’t we shorten it a bit though? I feel like we are going to need to be able to shout these names for quite some time.” The first said snickering.
“I guess we will shout their names sometimes if they get into trouble, but sombrero is just as long as Celestia if not longer.” The second pointed out stubbornly, smiling as she watched the unicorn play like a puppy.
“Still though...” The first said as he watched the unicorn as well. Then he snapped his fingers and smiled, the snap making all the creatures in the cave look up at him. “Hey, what about Sombra! That might work.”
“Sure, it sounds good.” The second guardian said, sitting down and putting Luna on her lap. The first nodded as he looked around before he looked outside to see the storm raging outside.
“Glad we found em when we did.” The first said.
“Yes they were lucky, and so where we because we found some animals that did not want to kill us.” The second said, hugging luna and lying down with her on her stomach. The first leaned against the wall with Discord on his shoulder and Chrysalis in his arms while Sombra and Celestia curled up next to the second Guardian.
“I’ll see you in the mornin’.” The first said yawning as he closed his eyes and sighed.