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// Book 1: On Present Troubles Part 1 
// Story: On the Origins of Equestria 
// by Bearycool 
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Book 1: On Present Troubles

Part 1: The Letter
Of present troubles, they were first divided
For they knew naught of themselves or each other
Or of their destiny which was foretold
Long ago in the times of the Ancients.
Yet in prophecy were they to be united
And the Regal Queen of day knew this to
Be so, and thus took one under her wing.
Of this First Mare lies the beginning
And also heralds so the ending
For one produces the two, two produces
The three, the three creates the four and five
And in the fifth the sixth shall be found.
                    Now the First should be described by her color
Of velvet and purple and twilight flank
Where in the moonlight it seemed to sparkle
And of those features her name was Twilight Sparkle.
                    The Second should be described by her beauty
Eyes like that of sapphire in glory light
Flank as white and as rare as a diamond
And of those features, her name was Rarity.
                    The Third should be described by her softness
Her flank is a light cream color
Her voice as soft as velvet
Her person like that of a butterfly
And in it, she was named Fluttershy.
                    The Fourth should be described by strength
Her duty is to farm the apples of the land
And to till the earth with all her might.
To this end, she was named Applejack.
                    The Fifth should be described by her speed
In her tracks, she creates lighting  and awe
in a quick snap she creates the arc of a rainbow
her flank is baby blue, like that of the sky.
of her speed and light, she was named Rainbow Dash.
        The Sixth should be described by her feelings
pink and sugary is the look of her flank
hyper is her attitude towards the Darkness
insane are the depths of her eyes and person
of these features, she was named Pinkie Pie.
        Their journey begins at the conjoining
paths on the road of Glory Gold; which is life.
They saw one another, not knowing their
paths were made to be one road long ago.
On that road, they were to meet a fate that
would bring about their new destiny; which
is the Elements of Harmony 
taking up residence on their souls
and combating the Ancients of old.
To do such a task, they were commissioned 
without knowledge to do six different task.
One task to show the truth of truth; honesty
One task to show the heart of light: kindess
One task to show hope of the earth; laughter
One task to show the gift; geneorsity
One task to show the boundless sky; loyalty
In all of this to show the light of lights
which is the flame of friendship and love.
        On all of this, the regal queen of day knew this
and of this, she prophesied in secrecy. 
With secret knowledge and words, she said:
        “The times are soon at hand
the One born from the Other has come to 
my household and presented to me the
glimmer of hope that darkness cannot swallow!
Before her, there was someone like her;
indeed, it could be summarized they are same!
Look, she has come again to rid night once
more from this land of light in a new form!
Out of her shall five more come again
which are in reverie to the past five
of the six old mares, who found this land
by their own blood, sweat, and tears!
Before the foundation was placed, they were called;
and I was called also, to bring them together
on the path which is called Glory Gold.
This is the prophecy; on the millennial 
mark of this world, my blood shall come again
and try to bring about the end like before!
Yet Harmony shall bring her down
and in turn, cleanse her of her past sins. 
Oh how I have waited  for this moment
to come, so that  I may know my sister
for the rest of eternity and on.”
        After the prophecy, the queen saw that
a letter pop out of thin air and knew
that the letter was from Twilight’s scribe
and when she opened it and read, she said:
        “Ah, it is sooner than I expected!
the day that has been predicted is about 
to show itself to the world of Light
and the prophesied letter of the First
has herald on this regard!
I must make haste, and bring the Six together
so that Harmony may be retained!”
Because of this, she took a quill and
with her magic wrote on blank parchment
which would be the words of a letter
 to Twilight in order to begin her journey.
Then, in heavenly breath, she blew the letter
it into the nether on its journey to Twilight.
        “It is finished!”
And of this, the story of all begins!