Derpy Hooves, a grey coated pegasus mare with a dull blond mane and tail, trail of bubbles cutie mark, and golden eyes that looked in two separate directions at the same time, was fly with a satchel of mail. The mailmare landed outside the Cake’s house. A structure that looked like a giant cupcake. As she was dropping off a few letters, a shadow fell over her.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY DERPY!!!” shouted the pony behind her causing her to jump ten feet in the air. After picking herself off the ground she turned to her assailant. The pink coated earth pony mare with a dark pink mane and tail that looked like cotton candy, a cutie mark of three balloons two blue and one yellow in the center, and crystal blue eyes, had a smile from ear to ear. She held out a cake sized muffin with a candle on it. “Here you go, your favorite flavor birthday muffin,” she said beaming.
Derpy took one look at the muffin, then at the mare, and then at the muffin again. And, all was forgiven as a smile graced Derpy face. “Pinkie Pie, you startled me. But, thank you. Oh! You have a letter,” she said as she pulled out said letter.
As the pegasus flew away Pinkie shouted, “Don’t forget, your party is twenty-minutes after you get off, just like you wanted.”
Pinkie started bouncing into the house as she read the letter. When she got to a particular part she stopped in mid-air and reread the portion, at least two more times. She then looked up and said to no pony in particular, “oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!” By this time gravity was sick of waiting so it reasserted itself on the pink pony. “This is the best possible thing, EEEEeeeevvver!” In a boutique that looks like carousel a alabaster unicorn with an indigo mane and tail, turn to the direction of the bakery. She quickly shook off the feeling as being unimportant.
“Better tell the Cakes I be able to work today.”
“Twilight! Twilight! Twilight Sparkle, I need your help. This is very important I have an emergency,” shouted Pinkie Pie as she slammed the doors to crystal castle wide open.
There was some crashing, something smashed, quite a few things falling, some language not for foals, and lots of clanking of hooves on a crystal flooring. Aviolet coated alicorn mare with a mane and tail of violet shades that had a stripe of magenta, a cutie mark of a starburst surrounded by five white stars, and violet eyes, came crashing though a side door that led into a long hallway. “Pinkie, what’s wrong? What’s the emergency?” said the alicorn, slightly out of breath.
“Um, Twilight, why didn’t you just use the main staircase?” asked Pinkie as she tilted her head slightly.
Twilight blushed slightly as she looked sheepish, before she began stuttering in embarrassment, “I-I-I… kind of got, um, l-lost…”
“Oh! Okie-dokie-loki,” smiled Pinkie.
A second past and Twilight shook herself out of it before turning to Pinkie, “wait a minute, didn’t you say you had an emergency?”
Pinkie just at her waiting…
“Pinkie!” Twilight exclaimed expectantly.
Pinkie looked at her wrist while Twilight got more and more impatient, “What? You said ‘wait a minute’.”
Twilight’s only response was a face hoof. “Okay! Can you please tell me what the emergency is?”
“I received a letter from my grandmother that requires the princesses’ and Discord’s immediate attention.”
“Um, I don’t know how to put this delicately, but aren’t both your grandmothers,” Twilight swallowed hard. “Dead.”
“Well, duh,” Pinkie answered unperturbed by the question. “This is my several times great grandmother, but we just call her grandma. I pretty certain she’s older than Granny Smith. In fact, according to my pa, there’s a legend she older than the Royal Pony Sisters, and Discord.”
“I’m sure that’s just a joke your family tells to give her a hard time,” Twilight said, though it almost sounded like she was trying to convince herself. “You never know, with the legends of her family. Ponies are still scared from that mirror pool.” She let out a sigh before turning and calling, “Spike, I need a letter to the Princesses.”
“Be there in a moment, Twilight,” called a voice from a few floors up. A few moments later, a dragon with purple scales, lime-green underbelly, and emerald green spikes and irises, arrived down the main stairs. “Okay, Twi, what is the letter?”
“Dear Princess Celestia,
Pinkie Pie has an emergency that requires yours, your sister’s, and even Discord’s immediate attention. I apologize for the inconvenience, as she claims a letter from her grandmother has important information.
Sincerely Twilight Sparkle,
Element of Magic of the Elements of Harmany, and Princess of Friendship
Shortly after the letter was sent…
While awaiting the arrival of the three immortal, Rainbow Dash, a cerulean pegasus mare with magneta eyes, a rainbow lighting cutie mark, and a rainbow colored mane and tail, had spotted Pinkie Pie hurrying to the castle and was curious. Now she waited.
In a blinding flash three immortals appeared. Celestia, an alicorn mare with a white coat, magenta eyes, a cutie mark of a blazing sun, and ethereal mane and tail the colors of a sunrise, sat on her throne. She wore gold regalia adorning her hooves, neck and head. In the neck and crown pieces sat a single magenta jewel each. Luna, an alicorn mare with a dark blue coat, cyan eyes, a cutie mark of a crescent moon against a starless night, and ethereal mane and tail the color of a spring night littered with stars. She wore silver regalia on her hooves, an ebony regalia with the insignia of the crescent moon from her cutie mark around her neck, and an ebony crown upon her head. And finally, Discord, a creature with a serpentine body covered in fur, a reptile tail, a griffon’s claw, lion’s paw, a leg of a goat and dragon, a wing of a threshal and a peagus, and a the antler of a deer and blue goat horn on the head of a pony.
“So Twilight Sparkle, what is the emergency?” asked Celestia.
“Pinkie refused to be more forthcoming before you arrived,” Twilight indicated the pink pony.
“I have a letter for you three from my grandma,” Pinkie declared as everyone face faults.
“My little pony, is that really an emergency?” asked Celestia.
Pinkie simply pulled a small piece of paper out and read aloud.
“My Dear Pinkamena,
Read this letter to Celestia, Luna, and Discord as soon as possible.
Grandma
“Beg pardon, while you are a close and valuable friend, why does your relative address us with such infirmity?” asked Luna.
“But, that’s what it says,” she punctuated by showing them.
“Well, since we’re here might as well hear what the old lady has to say,” Discord said nonchalantly.
To my cute little Kinjakan, Gekkaja, and my adorable little Jusendo,
(‘no, it can’t be, she’s dead,’ thought the three immortals in dread)
To my little Kinjakan, I hear you not only have been reunited with Gekkaja, but also let Jusendo out of his little time-out. Also, I hear your student has recently faced one of Happi’s boys. It still surprises me that one of your ‘what that phrase, ah yes’ little ponies was able to finally convince that poor Pantyhose to change his name and make some friends. By the way, how’s your student’s studies?
To my little Gekkaja, I am terrible sorry I couldn’t have been there for you when you needed me most. I hope you can forgive me. And, I hope you are in good health.
To my mischievous Jusendo, I heard you have made some friends. I hope there treating you well, as I’m sure you have been on your best behavior with them.
I’ll be seeing you all soon.
Sincerely, War Party ‘Pie’
Celestia turned to Discord, an accusing glare in her eyes, “I thought you stripped her immortality and power and stored it in that accursed alicorn amulet?”
Twilight gasped in horror at the callous way her former mentor spoke of killing a pony.
“Hey, don’t look at me. Luna dug the cave in that forsaken mountain,” Discord finger pointed.(literally)
“But, but, Celestia buried said cave in molten rock,” Luna added to the blame game.
“You all took part in killing a pony?” shrieked Twilight.
“We, the three of us, also sealed the cave with our combined magic,” Celestia admitted shamefully.
“And, we were quite inebriated,” Luna attempted as an excuse.
“Not to mention, the harshness of her training,” grumbled Discord, unable to stop a full body shiver. The same shiver mirrored by Luna and Celestia.
Twilight couldn’t believe the nonchalant way these three continued to talk about this cold blooded murder of some random pony. As she was going to voice her complaints they were interrupted by uncontrollable giggling. They all turn to look incredulously at the now laughing pink pony.
“That’s… one of… her favorite… stories,” Pinkie barely managed to get out in her laughing fit. “But,… the way she… tells it… she got you all… a bit drunk… before she asked you nicely… the problem is… she got you all a little to drunk… and,… and,… and,… you couldn’t remember where you buried her.” She almost got herself back under control, then she looked at them, “Hahahaha, you should see your faces.”
Twilight just stared not understanding, “why?”
“Oh! That’s simple the founder and first grandmaster of her school of martial arts underwent a similar trial. So, she figured it would be a good test. Of coarse, she needed Discord to drain her magic. Something about it being an unfair advantage, even if she earned it.”
“Wait, wait, wait! Did you say War Party?” asked Rainbow Dash just now coming out of her shock. “As in THE War Party, the pony who defeated Ebony, the only dragon to unite the nomadic dragon tribes. The first and only pony to win every contest in the minotaurs’ decennial celebration of one hundred and fifty days of games. The mare who defeated an entire legion of griffons single hoofed. Mind you we had to surrender that land anyways because the pegasi mistakenly settled on one of their holy sites which caused the conflict. Wow, she was… wait a minute wasn’t that all like thousands of years ago?”
“Yes, yes it was. But, she was also the first to develop wme,” Celestia commented.
“Wme?” asked Twilight.
“Weapons of mass emotion,” clarified Luna.
“Okay… so, who is she, I mean to you three?” asked Twilight.
“Our mother,” answered Discord.