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// Chapter 2 part 1: A History Lesson 
// Story: Destiny Unknown 
// by keyblade255 
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	"alright. First things first, our world is called Equestria. Now Equestria has a long and complicated history and if you haven't noticed yet im not the kinda pony to sit around and tell long stories." Lightning Dash says." So here is all the important stuff. There are four kinds of ponies that live in Equestria. There are the Earth Ponies, like yourself, The Pegasi, like me, Unicorns, im sure you'll meet some later, and then there are the Alicorns. They are....were special, They were god like ponies that had both horns and wings, not to mention they were immortal. In all of Equestria's history there have only been two Alicorns at any one time who ruled over all of Equestria. The current Alicorns are Princesses Celestia and Luna, who control the powers of the sun and moon respectively. The reason i keep saying were, as if they don't exist anymore is a complicated and before i can tell you that story, I have to tell you this one."
"Let's travel back a thousand years ago. The Bearers of Harmony, the six ponies you saw in that picture, who wielded the Elements of Harmony that supposedly could banish any evil force that threatens Equestria,  were hero's of Equestria. they had saved it from certain doom countless times. That was great and all but they were still normal ponies and eventually grew old. The last time they ever saved the world...well nopony really knows what happened. Some evil force was coming and they set out to stop it. A few days later a giant beam of light was seen coming from the far eastern edge of Equestria.  After that the bearers were never seen again and the Elements of Harmony were never seen again. Ok fast forward to about five hundred years ago. Everything was relatively  peaceful...well that was until a  Evil Cult, who worshiped Discord, the god of Chaos and Disharmony, Appeared, seemingly out of nowhere and tried to take over the world. And when I say nowhere I literally mean Nowhere. One minute everything was calm and quite in our capital city of canterlot." she says, pointing out the window with a hoof at a shining city perched on a cliff. "Then all of a sudden there was a gigantic army just outside the city gates!" 
"what happened?" I asked, getting caught up in the story."
"They attacked of course. Normally  Celestia and luna, along with the royal guards would have had no problem fending off the attack. But it seems as if the cult planned their attack at the perfect moment. Luna had been away on the far side of equestria on diplomatic business,leaving Celestia alone to guard Canterlot. At first it seemed like Celestia and the Royal guards were winning, the cult falling back in retreat...that's when things went horribly wrong. The Cult member all began to chant a horrible incantation that was said to be heard throughout all of Canterlot.  By the time princess Celestia realized what they were doing it was to late. The Cult summoned a gigantic Demon right out of Tartarus itself that immediately began destroying everything. Celestia immediately engaged it in battle. The battle was Epic and lasted for hours. Eventually Celestia realized that she couldn't win and that their was only one thing that she could do to save her people. In a huge wave of sunlight that used all of her power, Celestia destroyed the demon and scattered the cult to the edges of the earth. Unfortunately the spell was so power  that it used up all of her energy reserves and began eating away at her life force itself. By the time the spell had finished she was nearly dead. Luna returned a few hours later to a destroyed city and a dying sister. Celestia died a few hours later, leaving Luna to rule Equestria by herself and the responsibility of controlling the sun and the moon. She's been ruling over us since. According to most history books, don't get me wrong i don't read much, i blame school for most of what im telling you, Luna was awkward at first and often was unsure about her own decisions. though if you ask me she really has grown into the role. Now a days she's a kind and gentle ruler who always puts us, her people first. and that's really all there is to it." Lightning dash says. she jumps of the couch and stretches.
"so what now?" I ask.
"Wana go down into ponyville? We can get a great view of the moon rise from the town Square."
"moon rise?" i asked a bit confused. "isn't it the moon just rising?"
Lightning Dash laughed "Not exactly, its when Princess Luna raises the moon. Trust me it's really cool."
"Alright then." I say following her off of the couch.
"Lets go then." she says, opening the door and walking out into open air for a moment Lightning Dash hung in midair and then she plummeted straight down towards the ground.