//------------------------------// // Prologue & Chapter 1 // Story: Legend of the Alicorns // by Zelda Spectrum //------------------------------// I have decided to add a music system for this story to help with reading experience. This system is completely optional and is not completely necessary to enjoy the story so if you prefer to read without music, then ignore the music links. Here’s how it works: ********* The blue stars contain the link for the site for the music. Right click the link and hit “open link in new tab” ********* The black stars mean to stop the music until another blue one comes up. Idea inspired by [Mindblower]. Be sure to check out his stories too. Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything in this story. Copyrights of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic belong to Hasbro. Prologue: Legend ********* A long, long time ago, the land of Equestria was ruled in a state of chaos. It was ruled by a Draconequus named Discord who sought to make life miserable for earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns alike for his own entertainment. One day, the two alicorn sisters, Celestia and Luna, decended from the heavens to challenge Discord. Wielding the Elements of Harmony, the sisters defeated Discord and sealed his spirit away to keep him from returning. With peace restored, the alicorns returned to the heavens. Since that day, the three tribes have lived in peace and worshiped the alicorns awaiting their return if Equestria ever fell into chaos again. ********* Chapter 1 ********* “Twilight! Rainbow Dash! It’s time to get up!” Twilight Sparkle awoke on top of her bed still in her blacksmith garments. She had spent yet another night helping her master, Iron Hoof with another task of forging a weapon for the royal guard. Twilight sat up in her bed moaning and rubbing her eyes, she was not looking forward to another day of work after having so little sleep. When she looked up, she noticed Rainbow Dash’s bed was empty. She walked over to the window and looked outside to see Rainbow Dash flying in the sky performing some tricks. “Rainbow Dash, come on down here, it’s time to start for the day!” she shouted. Rainbow Dash groaned and flew back towards the cottage. “Do we seriously need to work today; they’re having the Alicorn Festival in Canterlot today.” Rainbow Dash replied, “I was hoping we’d get the day off today.” “I doubt it. You know we don’t usually go anywhere unless we are sent to deliver something we’ve forged. Plus, the only holiday we get off is Heart’s Warming Eve.” “But this year the Wonderbolts will be there!” Rainbow protested, “That’s why I was up there this morning! I was going to show them my super cool new moves!” “No excuses!” Twilight said, “Now get dressed so we can get started.” Rainbow Dash grumbled silently to herself as she put on her blacksmith garments and followed Twilight downstairs. The cottage they stayed in was very nice, though it wasn’t very decorative. The rooms were very plain with typical furniture. The armory was the only part of the cottage that had any decoration; swords and spears were hung on the walls and in the corners were some mannequins clad in newly polished armor. Their teacher, Iron Hoof, was sitting near the forge working on another weapon. “Good morning Master Iron Hoof,” Twilight greeted her mentor, “what should we get started on today?” Iron Hoof turned and smiled at the two mares. He was a grayish-blue earth pony with a gray mane, tail, and beard; he had a hammer for his cutie mark. “Ah, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, good to see you two are up.” Said Iron Hoof. “I actually have an errand I need you to run as soon as possible.” Iron Hoof pause in his work to pick up a sword that was wrapped in a giant cloth. “I need you two young fillies to deliver this sword to Canterlot Castle. As you know, the Alicorn festival is having a Sword Master Tournament; the winner will receive special permission to touch this sword and the sacred Crown of Celestia.” “But the ceremony isn’t until this afternoon,” Twilight stated, “and the train ride to Canterlot is only half an hour. Why do you want us to leave so early?” “Because I think you two deserve a little break.” Iron Hoof answered. Twilight and Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened in amazement, they had not had a break from work since they helped the town in Winter Wrap-Up a few months ago. “You two have been working very hard and stayed up late to help me with any important projects I needed to complete.” Iron Hoof continued, “I think it’s about time I rewarded your hard work.” “Thank you so much master!” said Twilight with a smile on her face. “Woohoo! Wonderbolts, here I come!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash as she flew back up stairs. Twilight walked over to Iron Hoof to take the blade. “What kind of sword is this?” she asked, “I’m sensing a lot of magic in this blade.” “It is a special sword for the queen, Lady Platinum herself,” Iron Hoof answered, “so don’t unwrap it yet.” “Thank you again master.” Twilight said as she made her way back upstairs with the sword. Once upstairs, she folded her garments putting them back in her closet and grabbed her saddle bag containing some bits for the train ride and the festival itself. She then walked downstairs with the sword on her back and trotted outside where Rainbow Dash was waiting for her. “C’mon Twilight, we haven’t got all day!” Rainbow Dash said impatiently, “The train to Canterlot leaves in fifteen minutes and I don’t want to miss any of it”. ----------------------------------------------------- ********* As the train came to a stop at the Canterlot Station, Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared in awe at what the Alicorn Festival had to offer. There were decorations everywhere, crowds formed around many different areas where certain activities were taking place, and the restraints were nearly filled with hungry ponies. When the stepped off the train, confetti and streamers suddenly exploded in front of them, startling them both. “Surprise!” they were both greeted by a pink earth pony with poofy hair and three different colored balloons for her cutie mark. “Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie and welcome to Canterlot’s Alicorn Festival! Were you surprised? Huhhuhhuh wereyawereyawerya?” “Very!” Twilight finally said, “Though a simple ‘Hello and welcome to Canterlot’ would’ve been just fine.” “Well, that’s silly; I mean what kind of welcome would it be if I just said that? I mean duh, bor-ring. Ya that’s what festivals are usually like and since the Alicorn Festival was in Canterlot this year I thought maybe I could make the welcomes more exciting and give everyone a surprise when they arrived; I mean who doesn’t like a good surprise, am I right? Anyway, so that’s when I decided to…” As the pink pony continued to talk in a very fast tone, Twilight and Rainbow Dash sighed with irritation as they walked along the streets of Canterlot. “Oh I almost forgot,” Pinkie Pie exclaimed suddenly appearing in front of them, “I’m going to give you the grand tour of the Alicorn Festival; doesn’t that sound like fun or what?” Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked at her with a little irritation and confusion. “Wasn’t she just behind us a second ago?” Rainbow whispered to Twilight. “I thought so too.” Twilight whispered back. “Well c’mon! There’s a lot of stuff to enjoy here and little time to enjoy it all!” said Pinkie Pie suddenly sprinting ahead. Twilight and Rainbow Dash hesitated to catch up. “Over here is the storyteller who tell the Legend of the Alicorn Sisters who descended from the heavens to save us in our time of need and-ooohhh look at that!” she sprinted off again. “Woohoo! Cupcakes, candies, and pies oh my!” said Pinkie stuffing her face with sweets at a desert table. It was covered with lots of sweets from sweet candy to mouth watering cakes. Before the two visitors could take a bite of the treats they had picked up, Pinkie suddenly exclaimed “Oooohhh look over there!” and sprinted off. She led them to an arena where two unicorns were dueling each othere with Mana Swords. The swords were embedded with gyroscopic balls on the hilt of the swords so the unicorns could use their telekinesis to wield them with ease. “They always have a competition here at the festival to see who the greatest warrior is!” Pinkie explained with a lot of enthusiasm. “The winner of the tournament gets to touch the Crown of Celestia, which keeps the spirit of mean old Discord sealed away, during the award ceremony over at Canterlot Castle!” Rainbow Dash was happily watching the competitors duel in the tournament when Pinkie suddenly shouted, “Ohohoh; we can’t forget about that place!” running of yet again. Dash let out an irritated sigh. “Do we seriously have to follow her? This tournament is getting awesome!” “Come on Rainbow,” Twilight said while using her telekinesis to carry Rainbow away, “We’ll have plenty of time to watch the tournament. Let’s just finish the tour real quick.” Rainbow grumbled to herself as she was carried over to Pinkie Pie who was standing next to a tent that looked like a lottery. Suddenly, a brown earth pony came out loudly ringing a bell in his mouth. Twilight was caught off guard by this and accidently released Rainbow Dash from her telekinetic grim and dropped her on the ground. “We have a winner!” he announced. “Why, Miss Pinkie Pie, it seems you have just won the lottery; again.” He said with less enthusiasm. “Ooh, what did I win this year?” Pinkie asked hopping over to the table in front of the tent. “Well, let’s see here,” he started to pull out three items out of his bag and display them on the table. The first item was a heart shaped ruby in a golden necklace. “The first thing we have is the beautiful fire ruby necklace.” Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared at it in awe. “It is a beautiful piece of jewelry that will make you the most beautiful mare in Equestria.” The second item was a diamond ring. “Next, we’ve got a pure diamond ring that you can wear to look ‘fabulous’ as they say; it could even serve as a gift for your very special somepony.” Finally he pulled out a baby alligator in a glass tank. “Finally, we have this toothless baby alligator that could maybe be used as a pet.” “Awww, this little guy is so cute,” Pinkie said staring at the alligator, “I’ll take him!” The earth pony was surprised by her choice in prizes. “You really want that thing as your prize? What about the beautiful fire ruby or the bedazzling diamond ring? Surely those are better prizes than that little runt.” “Nah, I want this little guy. So can I have him, huhhuhhuh canIcanIcanI?” The earth pony sighed in disbelief “You are one strange pony Pinkie Pie.” He put the other two prizes back in his bag. Just as he was about to give Pinkie her prize, he turned to see the tank was empty and Pinkie Pie was already halfway to the train station with the alligator clinging onto her mane by its mouth. “Thanks a lot!” she exclaimed bouncing towards the train station. “What the-” Rainbow Dash stuttered in confusion, “How did she get over there so fast?” The brown earth pony grinned and shook head as he trotted back inside the tent. “If you’ve known Pinkie long enough,” he said, “you learn to stop asking those questions.” --------------------------------------- ********* Later that day, Twilight and Rainbow Dash were enjoying themselves at the festival when Twilight realized the time. “Oh dear! Rainbow, we need to head to Canterlot Castle! The award ceremony is going to start in half an hour!” “The tournament’s almost over,” Rainbow replied, “you go ahead, I’ll catch up.” “Oh, really,” Twilight remarked with a scheming grin, “I thought the whole reason you wanted to come here was to see the Wonderbolts at Canterlot Castle.” Rainbow immediately shot up into the air at the mention of the Wonderbolts. “Oh snap! I almost forgot!” she exclaimed, “Race ya there!” And with that, she took off toward the castle. “Rainbow! Wait for me!” Twilight yelled trying to keep up with Rainbow Dash. A while later, Twilight managed to finally catch up with Rainbow Dash at the castle exterior gasping for air. “What took ya so long?” Rainbow remarked sarcastically. Twilight gave Rainbow a look of bemusement as they approached the gate. Two guards who stood watch blocked their path when they tried to pass. “Halt!” one said. “Who goes there?!” the other finished Twilight tried to talk while still trying to catch her breath. “We…are…Twilight Sparkle…and Rainbow Dash…we were…sent by…Iron Hoof…to deliver…this sword…to the queen.” The guards moved aside when they heard the two mares were sent by Iron Hoof “Our apologies ma’am, we did not recognize you as his pupils.” One said. “Right this way, her highness is inside waiting for you.” The other finished. The two arrived in the castle courtyard and stood at the side of the castle entrance, waiting for the queen to make her appearance. At that moment, two pegasi walked out sonding the trumpets to declare the queens arrival followed by a unicorn with a scroll. ********* “Presenting her most Royal Highness, Lady Platinum!” The unicorn stepped aside as a white unicorn with a white-gold mane and garbed in royal garments stepped out into the courtyard. After she approached, another unicorn, one who did not look too happy, stepped out. “And presenting her royal highness Princess Rarity, the illustrious blah-la-blah, ya know, excreta-excreta, uh hooray everybody.” He said with very little enthusiasm. Another white unicorn stepped out and stood next to the queen. This one had a purple mane and three diamonds as her cutie mark. “Let the award ceremony commence!” the queen commanded. Four of the Wonderbolts walked out carrying a crested chest with a golden crown on top and laid it in front of the queen. Rainbow Dash tried to contain her excitement until she saw the crown on top of the chest. “What the hay is that?” Rainbow Dash whispered to Twilight. “That’s the Crown of Celestia!” she whispered back, “That sacred relic is supposed to be keeping Discord’s sealed in that chest.” “The winner of this year’s tournament is,” Lady Platinum announced, “Eris Bloom! You may approach the sacred crown!” As soon as the guards opened the door the let in the victor, Pinkie Pie hopped in franticly with Gummy still on her mane yelling, “My knees are pinchy! My knees are pinchy!” as she hopped into the castle’s interior. Most of the guards and Wonderbolts stood on alert upon hearing Pinkie while Twilight, Rainbow, the queen, and her daughter all stared in confusion. ********* A midnight blue mare with silver hair and garbed in a black cloak entered the courtyard and approached the chest. “Heh, heh, heh…” she laughed to herself, “It seems things are going better than I had planned. That chest must contain that which I seek. I shall relieve you of its contents immediately.” ********* When the guards heard this, they drew their spears and stood at the ready. Two of the guards charged at Eris, but her horn lit up and she swatted them away with her telekinesis and sent the two flying backwards. The Wonderbolts got ready to charge at her. “Hmph, annoying little flies!” she said, “Do not interfere with me! I am the victor; I have earned the right to touch that crown! I have waited too long to get that crown, AND I WILL HAVE IT!” Her horn lit up again as she charged a large sphere of energy. The Wonderbolts backed up a little, not knowing what would happen in one of them did so much as brush up against it. Eris released the sphere in their direction. It shot past them like a bullet and struck Celestia’s crown. As soon as the sphere made contact with the crown, the sacred relic split in two and the chest flung open. The ghost of a Draconequus emerged from the chest and circled around it while roaring loudly, striking away any guard or Wonderbolt it made contact with and knocking them unconscious. Twilight was able to put up a barrier with her magic just in time, but she was only able to shield herself as well as Rainbow Dash, Lady Platinum, and Rarity. Lady Platinum and Rarity were caught in in a mixture of surprise and fear at what they were witnessing. After a few seconds, the ghost disappeared without a trace “Who are you, and why are you doing this?” the queen demanded as the barrier came down. “Ah, Lady Platinum; so we meet at last.” Eris said with a smirk, “I can’t let you interfere with my plans. If I leave you now, you will only cause trouble later. I simply cannot let that happen.” She charged up another sphere made of dark matter and aimed it at the queen yelling “TO STONE WITH YOU!” The three mares jumped in front of the queen to protect her. “Over my dead body you brute!” Rarity yelled, snapping out of fear, “I’ll rip you to pieces if you hurt my mother!” Twilight put up another barrier while Rarity reinforced it and Rainbow Dash stood at the ready. However, when Eris released the sphere, it ripped through the barrier like paper causing the three mares to get knocked back unconscious and the sphere turned Lady Platinum to stone. ********* “ALL WHO STAND IN MY WAY SHALL SUFFER THE SAME FATE!” she yelled as she laughed maniacally. “Now, to find the treasure that awaits me in that chest.” She walked over to the chest, but to her surprise, the chest was empty! “What?! Empty!? There was nothing in here except Discord’s soul?! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!” She calmed herself and turned away from the chest. “Hmph, well, no matter; I know that the Alicorn’s Sword is somewhere out there. I’m in no rush; now that I have eliminated my competition, I can take my time searching for it.” With that she teleported away, leaving behind a stone queen and a group of unconscious ponies. End of Chapter 1 If one of the links is not working, let me know.