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// Intro 
// Story: The Journey 
// by LunaticHell 
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Intro (?)
This is the story of a stallion who would travel the world to do the most extraordinary deeds in equine history. 

He would fight in the Canterlot invasion, find rare and valuable treasures in the dangerous places, help repelling the changling attack on Manehatten, save the mailmare's life, stand by the side of the Doctor with hooves and battle the very gods themselves.

Loved by everypony, he is the ultimate warrior, big, strong, powerful, an all powerful alicorn and right now he...


Intro
...fell out of his bed with a big 'bang'.

It's a bright and peaceful morning in Ponyville, the sun already illuminating the bedroom of the young earthpony stallion, as he tries his best to rise from his slumber, which he continued for a couple of minutes despite his recent fall...

"Luna knows what the deal with those weird dreams is." I thought to myself, rubbing my sleepy face.

A muffin breakfast later and I was trotting, making my way to the local concentration of knowledge, the golden oak library.


In front of the library I noticed two ponies engaged into a eager discussion, one was a pegasus with light blue hair and a rainbow colored mane...let's just say it would be hard to find a second pony to make everything look slow. 

The other one had a horn and wings, need I say more? Horn? wings? in front of the golden oak library? Yes, it was Twilight Sparkle, having a talk with one of her best friends, Rainbow Dash. I must have caught them in the middle of said talk.

The princess, looking up to her air-born friend, said "You do know what happened last time you tried to pull that stunt off?" while raising an eyebrow. Rolling her eyes, the Rainbow mare said "That's why I'm asking you to supervise it this time."

"I don't kno-" the alicorn stopped in the middle of her sentence, when she noticed the earthpony "And you are?" she asked, still her eyebrow raised. "I was here yesterday, my name is S...", I was interrupted by the princess, who gave me a happy smile saying "Oh, you were the stallion who asked for the book 'flora of the everfree', right?"

"Yeah, I am trying to find the nightbloom, would be a nice present for Luna's birthday, don't you think?" I asked her, trying to smuggle some additional information out of her.

"The nightbloom? Oh, our town's tailor Rarity is currently trying to get a hold of one of those, ask her about it, she'll gladly help you."

Twilight said while putting the book in my saddlebag using magic, before adding "I would tell you more about it, but I gotta stop a certain pegasus from breaking her wings...again.", with these words said she hurried after the rainbow mare, who already was on her way to whatever she had in mind..."

"Well, I gotta get my cloak fixed anyway, so I wouldn't make a long way around, visiting the tailor." I thought to myself, trotting to the tailor. Upon arriving at the shop, the polite smile of a white unicorn greeted me, the of a professional shopkeeper, that she gives free of charge. 

Her look instantly fell on my mane, she started by saying "I know exactly why you're here and it's high time for you to get rid of that ugly manestyle, whatever did you think when you looked in the mirror this morning, darling?"

Rolling my eyes, I reached inside my saddlebag and gave her an old and ragged cloak "Look, I know my mane is not in the best condition today, but this cloak here is the reason I came here.", I said with an added sigh.

Rarity tipped her chin, her eyes still fixed on my mane "You're sure you don't want help with...that?" she tried to ask as politely as you could ask while also trying to not show too much disgust.

"With me being on my way to the everyfree forest... I doubt the restyling would last long in there...", then I added "...you know anything about the everfree forest?"

With a slight shock in her face she asked me "What makes you think I know the least bit about that dangerous, chaotic and totally uncooth place?"

"Nightbloom?" I interrupted her. 

Rarity was still for a very few and, as I want to add, relieving seconds, when she said "Nightbloom? Well...if that is what you are looking for... you know I could use the strength of an earthpony to accompany me to the forest..."

I nodded "okay?" 

She continued "One, who could carry all my equipment..."

I raised an eyebrow "Wat?"

She still continued "One, who would be able to carry my makeup, provisions, my tent..."

I raised both eyebrows "WAT?"

She was not done, yet "Oh and you better give me a hoof in storing all the things on the cart for me, as a gentle stallion, that shouldn't be much of a problem to you, yes?"

I...I...couldn't say no...I feel used and a bit violated...