//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The Beginning // Story: The Legendary Terrarian of Equestria // by TheDisplacerOfEquestrias //------------------------------// 3 days later... The reconstruction and repairing of Ponyville and Canterlot was a long one after the return of Lord Tirek... Alicorn Princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack, along with Spike the Dragon, Twilight’s adopted baby brother, and Discord, the reformed Lord of Chaos, were helping in the reconstruction and repair of Ponyville while the other three Alicorn Princesses of the country of Equis, Princess Of the Sun, Princess Celestia, also known as Princess Solaria, Princess of the Moon and Dreams, Princess Luna, also known as Princess Selena, and Princess of Love and the Crystal Empire, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, also known as Princess Cadance, helped in Canterlot... On the third day, one of the Pegasi Guards noticed something in the distance and called for Princess Twilight to see it... "You called, Lieutenant Flight Knight?" Princess Twilight asked, as she trotted over to the guard... "Yes I did, Princess Twilight. This is something you must see." The guard, a mare with a silver coat, dark grey eyes, an iron grey mane and tail, and finally, a Cutie Mark of a sword and shield with wings on her flank, said, as she handed over her binoculars... Twilight took the binoculars with her magic and peered into them, looking in the direction of where Flight Knight was looking... She didn't notice anything at first, but she noticed something in the distance coming up out of the ground and going back in, like a worm... She then noticed that wherever it went, the ground became purple and creatures began to appear from the ground, before going the opposite way that the giant worm went... She handed back the binoculars and said "Lieutenant, gather up a platoon of Pegasi Guards and head over there. Make sure it isn't a threat..." Flight Knight nodded and flew off to get a platoon... Twilight then flew off back to her new castle, the Castle of Friendship, to meet with her friends... When she got to the throne room, she noticed the others looking at the Cutie Map, but it had an arrow pointing down onto an area not far off from Ponyville... the same area Twilight saw from the binoculars. "Girls, what's going on?" She asked, as they all turned to her, before Rarity said "Oh, we didn't hear you come in, darling! Please, sit. You need to see this!" She did so and veered towards the location, as she said "What's the situation, girls?" Rainbow spoke up and said "We don't know... all we know is that this thing went crazy when it picked the purple stuff up..." There was suddenly a poor, as Discord appeared and said, serious, "Purple stuff, you say?" They nodded and pointed to the area the Cutie Map was pointing, as Discord peered towards it, before it clicked into his mind and said "Twilight, send a message to Tia... She needs to see this." She nodded hesitantly and wrote a letter to Princess Celestia... A couple minutes later, Celestia, Luna, and Cadance appeared in a brief flash of light, as Celestia said "Discord... what's going on?" Discord sighed and said "He's back, Tia." Celestia trotted forward and saw the purple ground on the Cutie Map, making her gasp... "Princess, what in tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked. Discord then set the Cutie Map back to over a thousand years ago... specifically, 1,111 years ago... They saw a battle take place, between a bipedal male in black, Purple, and red armor wielding a sword that was big for him, as he battled Celestia, Luna, and surprisingly, Discord... The male had a black beard and black eyes, and he also had odd, glowing dark red eyes, as his eyes momentarily flashed with dark magic, dark, tattered fairy wings coming out of his back, as he cackled, fighting the three with such finesse, such power, such strength! ... it made Rainbow GREEN with envy.