//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: The Three Tribes. // Story: Into the Beginning: The Life of Writing Glory // by Chaos Phantasm //------------------------------// The Life of Writing Glory By Chaos Phantasm ===================================================================== Chapter 3 The Three Tribes ===================== Writing Glory starts writing odd Runic symbols and saying things in the language that would become the first Equestrian language, she spent hours and hours at it until she realized that the stars are not giving off light on this world, the world had begun to freeze, Ice has begun to kill the plants, trees and grass. The fausticorn watched in horror as this terror of cold froze the land, she then remembered the warm heat of the stars and opted to create a stable sphere of light that would ignite the skies, making them blue, and melting the snow. Writing Glory stood up and ignited her horn, the tip of it started to glow yellow, it caught fire. After a few minutes she threw it into the sky where it traveled miles through space before exploding, permanently destroying the snow, and making the world even brighter. Writing Glory baths in it's light for a while before returning to her writings. She finally finishes within a year. though she would have gotten this done sooner if the night had light, instead of a star. Writing Glory pulled rocks together and began to make another gigantic sphere, however this one was smaller then the planet, it was a moon, though no light came off it until the light of the sun from the other side had worked it's way around the world, to reflect off this new sphere that sat in the night sky. This night the moon was born. Though she had created a language, Writing Glory lacked creatures. She walked up to the top of the mountain, cleared the clouds away from it's summit, and looked down at the valley below, she then lifted her left leg, spread her wings out and lit her horn, taking all the Knowledge and idea's she has, her horn sends out billions of streams of light to every corner of the globe, within 3 millenniums they would create, life. During the Long wait, the alicorn had begun to explore her world. She discovered that she could walk on clouds, and had also discovered insects of all sorts. many things that shouldn't have been here. It wasn't very long until she had the pleasure to drink water for the first time. She wrote notes about the things she saw, the things she tasted and the different things that she saw or touched. She had even created a funny plant called "Poison Joke". Eventually she decided to build a place to live. She flew back to the top of what is now known as "Mount Canter" and starts using her magic to build a monastery albeit crude and poorly made, but still livable. She creates a table. a bed, multiple chambers for different things. and a large room that is built right where the magic was strongest. It is here that Writing Glory waits for life to come to Equestria. 3 millenniums pass. and Writing Glory hasn't aged a day, her size is stuck at the same height of Twilight Sparkle. She steps outside and flies down the mountain and decides to fly around. But very shortly she spies something odd. a mass of ponies had arrived to set up settlements, Writing Glory landed and approached them. Everypony stood and watched as this odd creature walked in their direction. All of the ponies, Pegasus, Unicorn, and Earth Ponies, were astounded by this Hybrid. The Pony in charge, a unicorn female who calls herself... "I am Princess Platinum the 2nd. rightful hair to the throne of the unicorns. who might you be?" "My name is Writing Glory. I am the creator of this world, and it's inhabitants." Everypony just laughs and begin to set up the settlement. Writing Glory looks at the ponies feeling very disrespected. "How could you be the almighty creator of Equestria, let alone the world? It's impossible and you are foolish to even think that you are the all-maker." "I can prove I was the first, up on that mountain, I have a monastery built by me for me, If you have any Unicorns. Or other ponies that are capable of carbon dating the time It was created. I can prove I was the first here." The princess merely snickers and walks off, leaving Writing Glory angry, she retreats to her monastery on top of the mountain, little did she know that Princess Platinum's adviser, Clover the Clever was watching her as she disappears into the clouds above. She grabs her tools and sneaks away from the camp and begins her climb up the mountain. hoping to befriend the fausticorn. ~~~ Though it took hours, Clover the Clever finally makes it the summit, although the mountain is the highest mountain in the world. It is easy to breath, it is rich with oxygen and the air is warm. Though what takes Clover back is the amount of powerful magic that keeps renewing itself up there. As a Unicorn, Clover could see the purple stream that came from the sky, and kept descending downward into the back of the monastery where the energies could be focused. Clover the Clever musters up the courage to walk forward toward the monastery getting closer and closer, the front door opens, welcoming the lavender Unicorn into the monastery. Clover, steps through the doorway, the door slowly closes behind her causing Clover to jump and look behind her. The sounds of hoofsteps get her attention, she looks toward the staircase to see the same alicorn from before descending them. "Hello, did that Princess send you up here to insult me?" "Not at all your highness" Clover the Clever bows to the alicorn making things awkward for Writing Glory. "Why did you call me that?" "Because..." Clover the Clever stands and looks at Writing Glory. "..because you are the first being in the world, no pony in Equestria may believe that but i could tell form the start that you were the first, and you are deserving of the title of princess." Writing Glory stares at the deluded Unicorn and bursts into laughter. Clover looks on puzzled and confused. "What's so funny?" "It's just that you one of my own creations think that I am a princess, I'm nowhere near worthy of the title. Besides... it's not the title I made. You little ponies have been creating things I could never come up with." Writing Glory walks over to the magic pool and stares into it. "I have been alive for four and a half millennia. I'v spent all my time, creating, shaping, writing and watching, I've seen the forests grow, and mountains rise. I've flooded entire plains, and raised the sun and moon. Why would i be worthy of the title of princess?" Clover the Clever approaches Writing Glory and stands beside her. "We just arrived here in Equestria, we have very few settlements. That's why I say that you should be a princess, and govern all of us, so that we aren't a spread out bunch of ponies. When we are divided, we go to war when we feel we are threatened by the others, namely Pegasai and Earthponies. but as one whole nation, you could lead us to peace... all of us could live in harmony." Writing Glory sparks at that word. "Harmony?... what is harmony?? what makes up the harmony you speak of?" Clover he clever looks at Writing Glory and thinks. "Well there's, Honesty, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and Kindness. All of those elements together can create perfect harmony, but... nopony wants to live like that... we are forced to live together and fight each other if ordered to do so. we are lorded over by tyrants... we need a true leader..." Writing Glory looks at Clover and feels bad for her, she turns her head and looks into the magic stream to think. "If it's alright with you, i'll get to carbon dating the monastery" "Oh.. alright." Clover gets to work while Writing Glory stares into the abyss. Later that night, Writing Glory dreams of a crown. not a normal crown though. A crown of superb magical power, power that could mend friendship, save lives. A crown that could cure evil, banish darkness, and unite a nation. Toward the end of the dream Writing Glory witnesses a battle between a pink alicorn, and a midnight dark one. The pink alicorn is sealing the dark one away. The sounds of Princess Platinum's royal guards knocking on the door awake the fausticorn, she yawns and gets up. and opens the door. "Yes? how may i help you?" A young beaten and terrified colt comes forth and opens a scroll. "To W-Writing Glory of Mount Canter, h-her m-majesty... P-princess Platinum w-wishes..." The colt stops reading on accident for a mere moment but is still struck by the Unicorn guard beside him. "Keep reading you Earthpony filth" The colt tears up, Writing Glory is shocked at the treatment of this little one. The colt had been beaten to an inch of his life before the journey up the mountain, the little colt is unable to get up. Just before he can be struck once more, the guard is attacked by Writing Glory, they lock horns, due to the fausticorns triple strength she is able to push the guard back far enough to cast the Unicorn off the mountain with a powerful burst of magic, the Unicorn guard disappears through the clouds below. After that Writing Glory quickly runs back to help the little colt, she helps him up and helps him inside, she tends to his wounds and gives him something to eat and drink. "How could they be so cruel.... this isn't the race i envisioned. far from it..." She looks at the young colt, who is shivering and trying to get over the cruelty he was shown. Writing Glory goes to him and wraps a wing around the young colt, holding him close and keeping him warm. "There there, everything will be alright now, I promise you...." She nuzzles the colt gently. "...My little pony" ~~~ In the present day Twilight and Spike are both fascinated by the true origin of Equestria, but are both just as horrified and disgusted at how everypony treated one another so long ago. Twilight feels sick about it and can't help but think about the poor colt. "It'll be okay Twilight. i'm sure the little guy made it out okay." "I knew the Unicorns thought they were above all others... but... to think they actually.... did that to young colts... it's disgusting..." "Mother could never forgive the Unicorns for this outrage, nor could she forgive the Pegasi who supported this brutal treatment of the Earthponies. but i'll tell you two about that later. It's lunch time after all, why don't we go to the dining hall and get something to eat first?" Spike stands up and smiles, and hears his tummy rumble. "Sounds good to me, you coming Twilight?" Twilight stands up slowly. "I...I guess so..." Celestia looks saddened at Twilight. "If you are worried about that colt Twilight, I can assure you that mother nurtured him back to health. He lived a long happy life." Celestia smiles. This causes Twilight to smile and her tummy rumbles. Twilight giggles. "Lets go grab a bite to eat, shall we?" Celestia nods and with that, they leave the room and return to the castle for lunch. =====================================================================