The Origins Of The Everfree Forest

by Darkswirl


Chapter One: A Hole In The Wall

The Origins of the Everfree Forest

By Foxi Shandris aka Foxi Hooves

Chapter One: A Hole In The Wall

It was bound to be another beautiful day in Equestria. That was, if the princess could convince herself to get out of bed and raise the sun. A knock came at the doors to the royal chambers, and Starswirl the Bearded trotted in rather hurriedly. “Princess…” he said with a sigh. “The sun was supposed to be appearing over the mountains an hour ago.”. Princess Celestia grumbled rather childishly and reluctantly pulled herself out of bed, stumbling over to the balcony which overlooked most of Equestria. She gave a tired sigh as her horn started to glow pink, summoning all of her power to raise the giant red star. At first, it appeared to cautiously peek out over the mountains, as if unsure how it would be welcomed. With a little ‘encouragement’ from the princess, it soon was on a steady course across the sky. Princess Celestia smiled as thoughts of every pony rubbing their eyes awake entered her mind. Her joy turned sour when she realized that she couldn’t go back to bed, as she had many royal duties to attend to. “Princess, might I have a word with you before you take your throne?” Starswirl asked. Celestia turned to him and smiled, saying “Starswirl. I’ve told you many times before to call me Celestia; we’re old friends, why can’t we act like it?”. Starswirl blushed in embarrassment and continued. “Celestia, last week I felt a breach in the magic barrier near the Gryphon border. I sent a squad of soldiers over to investigate, but I still haven’t heard back from them. I’m worried.”. “A week ago? Starswirl, why am I only hearing about this now? If the Gryphons broke through we could be fighting a battle inside the castle at any moment!” the princess exclaimed. Starswirl dragged his hoof across the floor nervously and replied “I didn’t think much of it because the breach closed after a brief second; definitely not long enough to sneak an army in.”. Celestia closed her eyes, deep in thought on how to handle the situation.

“Starswirl,” she began worriedly. “I need more time to think. If the breach didn’t last long enough for an invading army to sneak in, then we have nothing to worry about; yet I can’t help but feel something terribly wrong is about to happen…”. Starswirl accompanied Celestia out of the royal chambers; the doors swinging shut rather heavily. As soon as they had gone, a lump in the bed next to Celestia’s started to move closer and closer to the edge until Princess Luna’s dark blue snout poked out from underneath the covers. Having sniffed around a bit, she climbed out of her bed and trotted over to the balcony. She simply stared out at Equestria before taking one look back at the door, then spreading her wings and flying off towards the Gryphon border.