//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Origins // by THE MIGHTY PINKIE //------------------------------// Long ago before hearths warming eve lived a small race of alicorns, they were extremely powerful, wise and lived much longer than most ponies. with their power they controlled the workings of the solar system around them and the earth they lived apon. there were certain families of alicorn's that controlled different elements of the earth around them, some controlled the weather, another controlled volcano's and the workings of the earths plates and another controlled the ways of bee and butterfly pollination and the producing of fruit and honey. They were not gods by any means however and only did there part to keep the world in check, they were still flawed and did not control the universe itself or create it. A certain family was the ruling family as they controlled the sun, the moon and the stars. the female alicorn was the keeper of the sun and the aura controller, keeping the worlds magnetic atmosphere in check, as well as controlling the sun. her name was Luciana Shining Light. The male alicorn was the bringer of the moon and the tiny stars, also controlling comet rotations and meteors, his name was Astro Star Slash. The couple lived happily in the castle in a beautiful enchanted forest, in which some of the other alicorns lived. most alicorns however lived in their own kingdoms and places around the globe, such as the crystal alicorns in the far north and the honey kingdom filled with pegasi able to pollinate in the west. Every alicorn knew each other and as such the world was united for a long time. Luciana and Astro were gifted with a little filly, she had a light pink flowing mane and an enticing white coat, they named her after the heavens above them, a beautiful star to shine their lives and bring joy. Five years later they were gifted by another filly, a tiny one colored with the shades of night, she was named luna. She would become a symbol of hope amid the darkest times. As the young fillies grew up their parents taught them all sorts of magic, as well as prepared them to take over the their jobs as bringer of the night and day. The sisters lives were filled with joy and love, every day they would explore the forest around them, sometimes joining their parents on diplomatic trips throughout the land. ~~~ "Luciana?" Luciana snapped out of what she was thinking and glanced round at the stallions voice she had just heard. It was her husband Astro. "Oh yes" "Are you okay, you seem out of sorts" "Oh yes i'm fine i was just daydreaming" She wasn't fine, she was just informed by one of her soldiers that an impending attack by the chaos bringers will be ariving within three days and had yet to have informed Astro about it. She was racking her mind of a way to tell Astro but came to a realisation that he must know. "There is something i must tell you dear husband" said Luciana releasing her smile into a stern face Astro stopped smiling as well as he saw her face, he knew there was a problem "And what might that be?" "i have just been informed that an impending attack is about to threaten our land we hold dear" Astro stood up straight and began to quickly walk out of the throne room and said "I must alert the the kingdom to evacuate and to alert all the soldiers we have to interc- before he could finish however Luciana used used her magic to shut the doors tight, they gave off a loud bang that startled the the alicorn. Astro turned around confused, Luciana was still sat down looking through the window of the throne room. "L-Luciana?" "it is not just a simple attack" she said, her voice was sharp and stern, just like the way she would speak to her daughters when they have misbehave "it has come to my attention that we are about to be attacked by... The Chaos Bringers" Astro was frozen still hanging on the words of her dear wives words, he had remembered the last time he had met one of the chaos bringers, it was a single draconequus. he had lost his brother to the beast while destroying it at the same time. Luciana knew this and this was the reason she did not tell him until now but she knew he must be told. Luciana stood up and walked towards Astro, she could see that he was tearing up so she hugged him. Astro came to his senses and hugged back "dont worry luciana i knew this would happen eventually, but i quite hopped that our daughters would be old enough when the time came" Astro said with a lump in his throat "I have not told Celestia or Luna yet they are too young, i do not want them exposed to this so i have told them to stay in the library for enough time so we can deal with this. Luciana said "i asume you Celestia gave you a little grief" Astro chuckled as he said it Luciana only smiled at her husband, she saw he was holding back tears but also had a confident look on. Luciana and Astro stopped hugging and both sat down at the window both knowing that they have not got long to prepare for the attack "i have notified the other alicorns around the forest and the surrounding regions, they should be joining us at the castle withing a matter of hours " Luciana said ~~~ "So why do you think mummy told us to stay in here" luna said, she was stood on top of a ladder getting a book from the bookshelf which read "the tale of the littlest pony" "She looked really worried" "oh it's probably nothing" shouted a fillies voice from down below, it was Celestia she was sat down at a table reading a book which read" Spells for beginners" "She has probably forgot to tell our tutor to come again, you now how forgetful she can be and told us to stay in here so she could find us again" Celestia was always trying to solve mysterys of her own ever since she met an author. "oh well i don't like her" Luna said as she jumped off the ladder and began to desend quite quickly, loosing her balance but immediately corrected herself then landed "she's always making us do boring stuff like study and stuff" Luna walked over to the table where Celestia was sitting and sat on a chair, she opened the book and began to read. Celestia was not reading the book, however she was deep in thought she knew what she just told her sister was not the truth, but said it just to not get her worried. In fact Celestia felt there was something wrong with her mother and the land, she felt it in her gut but dismised it thinking that it was nothing. Her father always told her to go with what he called a gut instinct, but this time if felt as if it was a dangerous matter and if she said anything her parents would be mad at her. she didn't want to make her parents upset Celestia closes her book an stood up "i'm just going to get a snack i will be back in a little while" she said with a cheerful tone "But mummy said to stay in here" Luna said as she looked away from her book "Don't worry, i won't be gone for long" Celestia said as she opened the door "oh, can you please get me a cookie" Luna said smiling her hardest in hope she would say yes Celestia only nodded as she left the library, her mind racking about what was troubling her mother. Instead of going to the kitchens, she instead walked to the throne room as that was where she just saw her father go a few moments ago. Celestia tip toed her way to the door of the throne room, trying her best to make the least noise as possible. She then put her ear to the door hoping she would hear something, but all she could hear were mumbles and a few faint words like "Attack" and something about cake ringers. Cake ringers? she said to her self as she pulled her head back in confusion. what are cake ringers? are they something to do with weddings? like if the cake would have the ring inside of it? Celestia snapped out of her daydream and put her head back up to the door. Only silence, she worked up the courage to knock on the door KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! "Enter!" were the only words she heard, she pushed on the door which slid open with ease, she then popped her head in with the biggest grin on her face as to not be scolded by her mother for leaving the library. She saw her two parents by the window looking at her, she saw there the are around her fathers eyes were red, he was obviously crying but did not want to mention it. "Hello tia" Luciana said as she opened her wing showing to go into her embrace Celestia walked fully into the throne room and walked straight up to her mother and father "Hello mother, hello father" Celestia said as she climbed in her embrace "didn't i tell you to stay with your sister" Luciana said with a smile but a stern voice Celestia looked at both her parents"well yes but... you looked worried before and i wanted to see if everything's okay" she said with a smile "Everything's fine darling" Astro said with a parted smile also joining in on the embrace "Are you sure, because before i came in i heard something about an attack and i was worried, does this mean somepony is going to hurt us- Luciana interupted her daughter by pushing her mouth ever so slightly shut with her hoof. "Shushhh! don't worry nopony is going to hurt us" Luciana asured Celestia was tearing up thinking the worse might happen to her and her family "we promise nopony is going to hurt you or your sister" Astro said looking at her daughter intently "me and your mother were just talking about safety precautions for our friends in the honey kingdom, they were worried about something small. As were you little filly you don't need to worry about us we are fine" "o-oh okay" Celestia said as she wiped the tears out of her eyes. Celestia put her head into her mothers chest as it felt better when she was upset to do this Luciana looked up to Astro they both knew of the impending doom of there kingdom but did not want to scare there daughter "i love you mummy" Celestia said breaking out of the shell in which she would try to be confident, but it wore off as she cried in her mothers arms. "I love you too"