//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Adapting // Story: My Little Pony - Legend of the Harmonia // by The Hero of Harmony //------------------------------// It was a wonderful afternoon in Ponyville, as the citizens of the small, quiet little town were going about their business. Just in the outskirts of the town, rested a large tree made of dark blue crystal, with a purple castle resting at the top of it, the entrance being at the base of the trunk, a balcony on the left with a pink banner that had an etching of a starburst, with a giant light blue crystal starburst that glistened in the sun, as the castle itself sparkles beautifully. Resting on the balcony of the castle, a young lavender alicorn with a purple mane and a streak of pink, purple eyes and her cutie mark being represented by a pink starburst with white sparkling stars around it, was sipping some tea and reading a bunch of books. Her name is Twilight Sparkle, and she is the Princess of Friendship and this was her castle. While reading, she hears the distant whistle of the train that was leaving Canterlot, which can be seen clearly from Ponyville as it rested on the cliff side of a mountain. As she continues, she hears footsteps running toward her. "Twilight! You out here?" Called the voice. "Out here Spike!" She replies, still reading her book. Out came a small purple baby dragon with green eyes, green spikes that went from his head to his tail, and green fin-like ears. This is Spike, Twilight's number one assistant and closest friend that has been with her since she was a filly when she hatched him from an egg. "Twi...Twilight...sorry to bug you now, but you got a letter from the Princess!" Spike holds up a scroll, catching his breath. "Hmm? From the Princess? Let me see!" Twilight closed her book as she turns around, levitating the scroll and opening it up to read the contents. She always gets excited when she receives a letter from her former teacher, as she writes to her on a daily basis to share her experiences of being the Princess of Friendship, and Celestia always wrote back to her with her response. My Dearest Twilight, I have written this letter to inform you of a visitor that has come to Equestria. He will explain something of dire importance that I, regrettably, am unable to explain to you at this moment. He goes by the name of "Silver Guardian" and I have explained important information to him and that you would expect his arrival. He has just left Canterlot not to long ago and should be in Ponyville within the hour. Gather your friends, and try to welcome this visitor and help him adapt to life here. I trust that you will you and your friends shouldn't have any trouble warming up to him, as he is a very kind and gentle 'pony'. He will answer any questions that you might have, so do listen to what he is going to share with you. I look forward to hearing from you again my faithful princess. Sincerely, Princess Celestia "A new visitor with information the Princess couldn't share with me personally? Hmm..." Twilight ponders for a moment, "...If the Princess has trusted this stranger with information she gave to him, and says he is an open pony, then I suppose we should go by her word. Though...I wonder why she put some emphasis on him being a pony... " She looks to Spike, "The train that left Canterlot not too long ago is likely going to stop at the station soon, we should go find the girls and go to the station to greet this new pony!" Spike tilts his head, "But don't you find it odd the Princess just told some random pony about things that she would have otherwise shared with you up front, and that we are expected to listen to this random pony?" Twilight looks to Spike, nodding slightly, "You are right Spike. It is pretty odd that she couldn't just fly down here or just tell me the information in the letter, but like I said, if this stranger has the Princess's trust, then he must be a reliable pony! Besides, it would be nice to make a new friend if possible." She giggles. "Come on Spike, lets go get the girls!" Twilight said as she runs back into the castle, with Spike nodding and chasing after her, "Wait up!" |------------***------------| On the train ride from Canterlot, Logan was sitting in his seat as he watches the world pass by, with great interest. A world, that was mainly inhabited by ponies of many colors, very vivid and colorful landscapes, and where the Sun and Moon were controlled by the two rulers of the land. "This has to be one interesting place, I mean it is almost like home. Only take the humans out and place small horses of various colors and types and boom!" He thought to himself, as he chuckles lightly. "The only thing missing are a few Pokémon, I can see Pontya and Rapidash roaming this land, and even Keldeo, now that I think about, it looks almost like a pony, minus the...what was it, cutie mark? Yeah, that's it." He shakes his head, realizing how silly that idea would be. Then again, it wouldn't seem too out of place, problem would be if the world's balance would teeter because of creatures form one dimension, some how made their way here to this dimension, which could cause time and space itself to go crazy, which would be the case of Dialga and Palkia came here and left Earth, it would be like the Distortion World, but on a grander scale. He looks out and sees the castle that rested just outside of the small town of Ponyville, which made him more interested. "Wonder how these ponies are gonna react when I tell them everything Celestia and Luna told me. Wonder if they will buy it, then again I am an outside who just answered the call for help and ended up here. Then again, would have happened eventually, given how I am traveling the Rift." He sees a clock that read "1:43 PM". "So the train should be arriving in 17 minutes...might as well take a power nap while I wait to get there." He said quietly, as he goes and closes his eyes. |------------***------------| At Ponyville Train Station, Twilight and Spike were standing on the platform waiting for the train to come. Waiting with them, were three other ponies that were watching for the train too. "So Twi, what do you know about this fella we are waitin for?" The orange mare asked. "Not a clue Applejack. Celestia was vague about our visitor, but said that he is going to answer any questions we might have, and explain what Celestia told him." Twilight explained. "But wouldn't it just been easier for the Princess to just tell you this important in person, Twilight darling?" Asked the white unicorn mare. "I know, Spike and me thought about that too Rarity, but you know how the Princess can be. But if she says that we can trust this mysterious pony, then I will have her word for it." Twilight said as she looks to her friend. "OH OH! YOU THINK HE LIKES PARTIES!? HE HAS TO LIKE PARTIES! I NEED TO THROW HIM A WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA PARTY!!" The excited, hyper, bubbly pink earth pony shouted excited, smiling brightly as she hopped around. "Oh Pinkie, I'm sure he'll love parties. Celestia did say that he was a pretty open and nice pony, so who knows he can be our new friend!" Twilight clapped her hooves together, excitedly, which made Pinkie gasp, the fact this pony could be their new friend, and do fun stuff together. "Heh, never seen ya this excited for a visitor Twilight." The orange earth mare chuckles at Twilight's giddiness. Twilight blushed as she looks the other way, "Heh..." She then heard the train in the distance, which prompted the girls to look as they see the smoke from locomotive slowly make its approach to Ponyville. "It's almost here! Let's give our new guest a nice warm welcome shall we?" Twilight looks to the girls, excited, as they nod, just as eager to meet this pony for the first time. |------------***------------| The train was making its slow approach to Ponyville Train Station, as the sleeping stallion stirs from his 17 minute power nap. "Ugh...hmm?" "Now approaching Ponyville Station..." "Wow, that was a fast 17 minutes..." He gets up from his seat as he stretches, moving his head around. "Phew, alright then." The train begins to slow down as it stops completely in front of the platform. The ponies that were on board got up, as they begin to board off the train, the young Guardian following behind. As he gets off the train, he smells the air, and relaxes, "Now that is nice country..." He looks around as he notices 4 ponies and a baby dragon looking toward him, realizing that one of them was an alicorn. He then approaches them and stops and smiles lightly. "HI!!" The pink pony gets up to his face, smiling wildly, hopping in excitedly. "Are you the new pony??" The stallion was taken aback from the pink pony's hyperactive and giddiness, before he chuckles, "Well, that depends. Am I being expected?" The young alicorn then walks up to him, "Well, are you by chance Silver Guardian? Princess Celestia sent a letter, saying we are expecting that pony, although she was rather vague on what he looked like." He then smiles, as he took a bow, "I am that pony, Your Young Highness. I am Silver Guardian." Twilight eyes brighten up, and giggled at the same time, "You don't have to be formal with me, just think of me as your everyday typical pony." Logan nods as he stands back up, "Sorry, force of habit. Only fair I be respectful to those with higher authority. I'm just that caring." He chuckles. "Well that is fine. Anyway allow us to introduce ourselves, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and yes I am a Princess too. It is wonderful to meet you, Silver Guardian." She holds her hoof out. He then goes and shakes her hoof with is, "Pleasure is all my Twilight." Twilight just smiles warmly, seeing how Celestia was right. He is a caring individual. "Howdy there! Name's Applejack! Nice to meet ya!" Applejack tilts her hat down as she greeted him, "Come by to Sweet Apple Acres, biggest apple orchard this side of Equestria! The Apply Family is always happy to meet new ponies!" "The name is Rarity darling, and my aren't a very handsome stallion."~ Rarity giggles as she bows her head down. Logan just laughed a bit as he returns the bow, "Charmed to meet you Rarity, and thank you for the compliment." "Hiii! My name is Pinkie Pie! And I love to make new friends and throw parties! I need to throw you a welcome party, and then a party to celebrate being friends!!~" Pinkie hops happily and carefree, to which Logan immediately smiles, and laughs. "Really nice to meet you Pinkie. Oh, that energy, gotta admire that spirit!" He laughs as he pats Pinkie on the head, to which Pinkie giggled a lot, "We only just met, and I can tell your gonna be LOTS OF FUN!! I'M SO HAPPY WE MET SILVER!!~" They all laughed, as Logan looks down at the purple dragon, "And who might you be, young one?" "Name's Spike! I am Twilight's number one assistant, and pretty much the only dragon here in Ponyville. Kind of a big deal." He boasted. "So there are dragons in this land as well... this place just fascinates me more." Logan thought to himself, before looking back at Spike, "Well good to meet you Spike. I'm sure we can get along just fine." "Well, we have two more friends that want to meet you too, but they are taking caring of a few things, so you can meet them later." Twilight explained. "Well I am glad to meet all of you then. So, I bet you have A LOT of questions. And yes, I do have the answers, but before we go into a Q&A session I think I need to explain to you why exactly I am here. Whenever your other two friends arrive, I can then tell you everything that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna told me. Sound good? He asked looking at the group. They all nod. "Awesome! Now then, where is there a place where we can then discuss everything you want to know?" He asked, still smiling warmly. "We can meet at my castle. It basically is where me and my friends go and have discussions on anything that is related with the state of Equestria, as well as our little meeting place." Twilight replied as she motioned her hoof toward the castle that sat in the distance, just on the other side of town. "Sounds good then. So in the meantime, who wants to give me a tour of this place? I always eager to explore new places!" He said as he clapped his hooves together. "OOH OOH! ME!! ME!! I'LL DO IT!!" Pinkie shouted, raising her hoof up happily. They laugh, "Well Pinkie, you give Silver the tour around town, and then we will meet up at the castle later. Me and Spike need to do some errands while were in town." Twilight explained as Spikes nods. "Same here, sugarcube. We'll meet up later then! Good to meet ya, Silver!" Said Applejack as he began to dash off into town. "And I need to go finish an order up dear. But I will be sure to see you all later then! Do drop by Silver, I might make a outfit for you. Something tells me, you would look gorgeous in a set of clothing!" Rarity giggled as she looks him over. Logan just chuckles, "Well, I wouldn't want to impose, but if you really want to make me something, I have something in mind, but I'll give the details later. Okay?" He said looking back at the white mare, who just squee'd in delight, "Of course! Tell me everything then! Ta-ta for now dearies!~" Rarity waves as she walks off back to her Boutique. Soon it was just Pinkie and Logan, the pink mare just excited, "Oh boy! Come on Silver! Let Auntie Pinkie Pie give you the grand tour of Ponyville!~" She said as she hopped off, with the young Guardian following behind her, chuckling at her randomness, and then says to himself, "I'm likely a few years older than you Pinkie...just met this pony and I already like her. She just brings my spirits up..." With that, the two head off into Ponyville, waiting to be explored by the distant traveler of the Rift.