//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Prophecy From the Future // by NgKQ //------------------------------// It was yet another lovely day in Ponyville. The townsponies were all in their usual daily business as usual. At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack was applebucking to increase supplies for her family. Twilight Sparkle and all of her friends offered their help as well. With that, they were able to harvest a large amount of apples to supply not only her family, but also the ponies of Ponyville. Helping too was Applejack’s sister, Apple Bloom. “Quite lovely, isn’t it?” asked Twilight. “Absolutely,” said Applejack. “With y’all guys helping around, my burden has been lightened than last time!” “Yeah,” agreed Rainbow Dash. “If it wasn’t you all who helped to cheer me for the Best Young Flyer Competition!” “And what’s more,” added Pinkie Pie. “You all have made Sugarcube Corner a merrier place! Mr and Mrs Cake loved it!” “And I can’t even thank you all enough,” added Rarity. “For helping me gather all fabrics and gems for my new fashions!” “Because we’re all friends,” said Fluttershy. “We would be ready if anypony needs help.” Everypony laughed. “Everypony, look!” Suddenly, Spike exclaimed, pointing to a particular direction. “Spike, what’s going on?” asked Twilight. Then they could not believe their eyes. A huge glow of light shone brightly at about a few hundred feet away. “Whoa…” cried Apple Bloom. “What in Ponyville is that?” “I’m not sure,” said Applejack. “Might be a meteor strike?” “Meteors don’t strike at the day!” chided Rarity. “And how could it destroy all of your trees?” “We’d better get to there to see what’s going on!” declared Twilight. “Right, let’s go!” said Rainbow Dash. Everypony all rushed to the direction where that glow came from. “W… what if it’s a creature attack?” asked Fluttershy nervously. “Pooh! No creatures would ever make that glow!” replied Pinkie. “I feel that we’re almost there. Speed up your hooves, guys!” encouraged Twilight. When they reached there, they were surprised further. At a tree sat a pink Alicorn pony in fear, being surrounded by wolves. She had three magical stars as her cutie mark, with a somewhat stylish mane and tail. “A… a princess!?” exclaimed Rarity. “How could some royal pony end up here?” inquired Rainbow. “Could she have lost her way?” asked Pinkie excitedly. “We can’t talk all of that now! We need to save her!” cried Spike. “Good point, Spike,” agreed Twilight. “Let’s go, everypony!” In no time, the main characters were in action. First, Twilight managed to distract the wolves by throwing a stone towards the pack. Enraged, a wolf charged towards them, but Rarity got the better of it by landing a powerful kick to the wolf, sending it back into the pack. The wolves all stared at them in horror. “Get lost from here and leave her alone!” shouted Rainbow. Instantly the wolves scurried away, not wanting one of them to be the next victim of the ponies. “Phew! That got it done,” sighed Rarity with relief. They all rushed to aid the Alicorn pony, who was still too frightened to move. “Hey, are you alright now?” comforted Twilight to the shivering pony. A while later, she managed to calm down. “Thank you all for saving my life,” the Alicorn pony said at last. “Great pleasure, Sugarcube,” replied Applejack. “I wonder what’s your name?” asked Fluttershy. “Uh, well…” began the pony. “My name is Melody Aurora, but everypony calls me Melody,” she said with a mild smile. “Melody… what a nice name!” complimented Rarity, and the rest introduced themselves. She only blushed. “What brings you here, Melody?” inquired Rainbow. “Well, actually,” answered Melody. “I came here for a mission.” “A mission?” asked Apple Bloom. “What for?” “I need you all to accompany me to see Princess Celestia,” continued Melody. “Then only I can tell you all what it’s all about.” “You’re thinking what I’m thinking, Melody,” smiled Twilight. “Come on, everypony, off to Canterlot!” *~*~*~* They reached Canterlot at dusk, and under permission from the guards, they managed to enter the palace and find Princess Celestia, along with her sister, Princess Luna, and told them all what happened. “So, Melody Aurora,” said Princess Celestia after listening to Twilight and her friends’ story. “What do you have to tell us?” “Well uh, Princess Celestia,” began Melody. “First of all, I’m from the future.” “The future!?” gasped everypony. Celestia remained silent. “W… what do you have to tell us about the future?” asked Applejack nervously. “In about 30 years’ time,” continued Melody. “Equestria will be suffering from a very, very dark age. It’s ruled by an evil queen by the name of Myra.” “Queen Myra?” asked Twilight. “Yes. She’s very, very powerful that it takes an enormous effort, even using the Elements of Harmony would take a long time to defeat her.” “How… powerful is she?” asked Princess Luna. “She has such great power that she could control all of Equestria,” continued Melody. “Not only that, she can even dominate the whole universe!” “This… is… scary…” shivered Fluttershy. “Don’t make me mad…” said Pinkie Pie, frightened. “If anypony wants to take over this whole world, everypony’s gonna be… DOOMED!” “Uh…” cried Rarity and she fainted. “Princess Celestia,” said Twilight. “Since Melody’s from the future, and she told us what’s going to happen, what are we gonna do?” “Relax, Twilight,” comforted Princess Celestia. “I’ll be explaining now.” Everypony all sat up and began to listen. “Melody Aurora, thank you for warning us this future threat. I will be warning all of Equestria on this matter,” said Princess Celestia. “What if they don’t believe that?” asked Spike, feeling unsure. “Don’t worry. I am the leader of Equestria. They always believe in my words,” reassured Princess Celestia. “Well, let’s hope that we can get this done,” said Rainbow Dash. “Otherwise everything would go haywire like how Discord appeared!” “You are right, Rainbow Dash,” said Princess Celestia. “Discord may be powerful, but with this new threat here, we need to have some extra backup.” “Well, I guess that’s it,” concluded Twilight. “Hold on a moment,” said Princess Celestia suddenly. “Can anypony volunteer to help Melody for a place to rest?” “Oh, yeah, we almost forgot!” exclaimed Apple Bloom. For a moment, there was silence. Then Fluttershy raised her hoof. “Your Highness,” said the shy Pegasus. “I’ll go.” “Good. Melody, you will be staying with Fluttershy,” decided Princess Celestia. “I’m sleeping with you?” asked Melody excitedly, with her hooves over Fluttershy. “Well, I feel like everypony’s unsure whether they can let you live with them for a while,” explained Fluttershy. “But I am actually willing to let you stay with me.” “You’re with Fluttershy?” asked Pinkie. “Gee, I’m really envious about that!” “I guess that’s all,” declared Princess Celestia. “I will inform the mayor about this. And by the way, good luck you all.” “Good night, Princess,” bade Twilight. As everypony left the palace, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were whispering to each other. “You know what?” asked Rainbow Dash. “I was feeling something peculiar about Melody.” “What?” asked Applejack, surprised. “She looks almost like Twilight!” revealed Rainbow. “What!? Like Twilight?” exclaimed Pinkie. “I think she and Twilight might be related. Shall we ask her?” “Not so fast, nelly,” said Applejack. “She needs some private space, y’know.” Rainbow Dash pondered for a moment. “Yeah, you might be right,” she sighed. “It’s too early to say, though.”