My Little Pony: The Next Generation

by Song Thought

Prologue

BOOM! BAM!

That's all everyone in Canterlot could hear, followed by the screaming of fellow citizens. The blue skies morphed into a black, red color from the fire and explosions. Some buildings started to crumble as the floor below them started to shake. The beloved city was being destroyed.

Ponies tried to run, but something seemed to hold them down, like, they were losing energy while they were running for cover. It was very suspicious. For the past month or so, ponies looked like they were being less active and more easily tired each passing day. It happened so subtlety, that it took weeks for ponies to notice the abrupt change in each other's energy. But today, everyone became tired in mere minutes. No one seemed to know why, until the attack.

The only ponies that were not harmed by the sudden draining of power were those found in the Canterlot castle, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't chaos in there.

While everyone was screaming, there was one earth pony mare who only stood at a balcony and stared at the city she grew up in fall apart. Her purple and blue mane was blowing in the wind this was all creating while her blue fur rustled along as well. Her dark purple eyes were deep in thought. She thought that this was somehow her fault. Not only her’s but her sisters and her friends. Just then, she saw something approach her.

A unicorn stallion around her age came out of the smoke. He had dark magenta fur and a long, silky, black mane. His eyes were a bright red and had a look of pride. There was one thing that stood out. Tied around his neck was a bottle containing a black substance. The earth pony noticed it was the same thing she was wearing, but her's was teal.

Just then, the earth pony spoke, "Who are you and why have you come destroying my city?"

The unicorn scoffed, "Your city? I thought there were three of you. My name is Dark Magic, and my crew and I have come here to get that" he pointed at the alicorn's necklace. "And wait, where are my manners?" he bowed down in a very sassy mannerism, "It is an honor to be in your presence, Dark Jewel," he let those last two words sink in, "or do ponies call you that? I've been told that everyone calls you D.J, but I think that's just confusing. Considering you share names with the daughter of Queen Chrysalis and killed her mother," he paused for effect. "Oh wait, that is you!"

D.J was indeed very angry now, "Please leave now or there would be further consequences."

Dark Magic smirked, "Wait a minute, what? I'm sorry, am I talking to Rainblossom? Because you sure sound a lot like her. Where's that spunk? Where did that rebellion go? Or did you throw that away, along with your chances of becoming a good queen?"

D.J was pushed over the edge. She summoned the royal guard along with her sisters. Dark Magic also called for the rest of her team: six other ponies about his age with the same necklace but with a different colored substance for each of them.

"You wanna fight? Fine let's fight," muttered Dark Magic to himself.

While the others were fighting, there was something else going on around the castle. An adult unicorn mare was running through the castle with one pegasus colt and two fillies, one being a unicorn and the other being an alicorn, following closely.

"What's going on? Where are we going?" asked the colt to the mare. The other two looked up for an answer as well.

The mare hesitated for a moment before giving the best, and most logical, answer she could while still running, "I'll tell you later! Getting somewhere safe is our priority right now!"

Soon enough, the mare found a trap door in the kitchen. One by one, the young ponies went in, the mare being the last to enter. They all huddled into a corner and hoped that this will all be over soon. The mare looked at the foals only to find them looking at her, still waiting for an answer to their previous question.

“Listen, there’s no better way to put this but we’re in danger. It seems like someponies have come to take over and rule Equestria,” she noticed the looks on the foals changed into frightened expressions. She wanted to calm them down a bit.

“It will all be over soon, I promise,” she turned to the colt, “How’s your eye doing?” she asked.

The colt had a bandage around his head, covering his left eye. “It’s okay. It doesn’t hurt as much as it used to,” he responded. None of the others decided to focus on most of the left side of his body, which had missing fur and burns everywhere. Instead, the eldest mare wrapped up the wounds with more bandages.

Just then, the youngest filly perked up, as if she seemed to just realize something important. “Where’s my mommy? She should be here with us! Where is she?” she asked everyone.

The unicorn mare looked down at her with a look of reassurance, “She’s fine. She went to go hide too. We’ll see her when this is over.” She lied. She didn’t know her mother was. Last she saw her was when she was ordered to take her child, along with the other two foals, somewhere safe.

It was about another half hour of pure chaos until everything went silent. Was the battle over? More importantly, who won? They could be hiding from the opposite force right now. The children seemed excited and were about to open the trap door but were quickly stopped.

“Come back here! Don’t open that door until we know it’s safe!” she whispered with the impression of yelling. The children backed away; a bit hesitant at first.

They waited in silence for a bit until, “Hello! Is anyone there!” someone called out. All four ponies recognized the voice. The mare stepped forward a bit, “Yes! We’re right here!” she yelled back, hoping this wasn’t an imposter.

They all heard hoofsteps approach their hiding spot. With magic, the door was opened. They were all relieved to find the queen on the other side of the door. The small alicorn filly was especially excited.

“Mommy!” she yelled as she quickly made her way out of the hiding place. She greeted her mother with a hug. Her mother was also excited and thankful that no harm was brought to her daughter.

The rest of the ponies made their way out of the hiding spot to be rejoined with the others. The queen looked at the unicorn who kept her child safe, “Thank you. You have no idea how happy you made me and my sisters,” she said.

“It was no problem, your majesty. Excuse me for asking, but aren’t you already happy? You saved Equestria... again!” the unicorn said. Disappointment seemed to cloud the queen’s eyes. She looked down for a moment then looked back at the unicorn.

“Yes, Equestria is safe, for now.”

“What do you mean ‘for now?’ What happened?”

“The battle didn’t end the way we expected. Yes, Equestria seems like it survived another attack, but we never caught the threat. They’re still out there doing Celestia knows what.”

“But you will catch them, won’t you?”

“Yes, but until then, I have to worry about the safety of Equestria. My sister already sent out medical help for the ponies who were injured throughout Canterlot. How do I know these ponies won’t go attacking the rest of Equestria? They did mention something about the Elements of Harmony.”

“I mean, they want to take over. So, the elements are surely involved in this plan of theirs.”

“I agree. I need to inform the other element bearers about the matter. I also need to work out a way the elements can stay out of the wrong hooves.”

“What you need is rest, your majesty. We all do. It’s been a hectic day, to say the least.”

The queen looked at the scenery around them, “That I can surely agree on.”

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It was the next day, and Ponyville was recovering from an attack made from the same force that threatened Canterlot. They also seemed to end in a draw. No one seemed drastically harmed while these villains got to escape. The elements went untouched also.

It soon became dark, and Princess Twilight Sparkle was still awake. She sat at a table in her crystal castle and was reading a letter she was given earlier that day.

Dear Element Bearers,

I am writing this to you because Equestria is in grave danger. There have been findings of loss of energy spreading around Canterlot since my child turned four. The mystery to this loss of energy was solved just yesterday when a group of ponies attacked Canterlot. We can only assume they want to rule over Equestria. They also mentioned the Elements of Harmony and how much they wanted them. It pains me to do this, but for your and your family's safety, you must stay inside your area of land from now on. Members from this group of ponies can be anywhere, and now one should be fully trusted, so we also recommend that you don’t talk to anyone that you don’t personally know. My sisters or I will contact you when we start to take action on defeating them once and for all.

With all due respect,

Queen Dark Jewel

Twilight cringed when she saw how the letter was signed. She was so used to referring to her friend as D.J instead of Dark Jewel. She even thought it was her real name for about a year. Twilight was also surprised that D.J referred to herself as queen. She didn’t even like to be called a princess when she first got the title.

Times have surely changed since they last saw. Her child was now four. The last time Twilight got to see the little bundle of joy; she was only a month old. Now she was old enough to attend a school, but that won’t be happening any time soon, a public one at least.

She then thought of her children. A six-year-old alicorn filly and a two-year-old pegasus colt. How was she going to break the news to them? She thought about how she was as she started to make her way towards the top of the castle. Her husband would be around a lot longer to help take care of the kids.

She had to be quiet when walking because it was already very late, and her kids were already asleep. She finally made it to a room at the top of the castle. The door to the room was white and not crystalized. Above the door was a sign with the cutie marks of the element bearers. Twilight concentrated hard and, with a magic spell, the door was opened.

The inside of the room was very similar to the door. White and lifeless. But, like the door, there was something that stood out. At the end of the small room, there was a tapestry of Twilight and her eight friends. They were so different, but they appreciated each other. The elements were also sewn into the tapestry.

Twilight went closer to the elements to get a good look at them, what she found was shocking. The elements were cracked, rusted, and their colors were faded. They looked like they barely contained any power. This was because Twilight and her friends barely spent time together anymore. They had their own lives and families to focus on and slowly drifted apart. Who knew a split could put all of Equestria in such danger.

“This is why those ponies were so eager to get the elements,” Twilight thought to herself, “they’re so weak, anypony could get their hooves on them.”

She made her way back down the castle to the table she was previously sitting at. She then looked over the letter once more and got a paper, ink, and quill. She wrote to D.J about her discovery and agreed to contact her once they take action.

They didn’t take action until that day.

That day, ten years later.

Author's Note:

And the story begins. I feel like I needed a prologue to provide some backstory instead of shoehorning it all into the story later. This attack will, of course, be referred back to in the actual story.
I hope this provides enough information for parts of the story. I also can’t wait to write more about these characters.

Comments

[My Little Epona]

Huh. This is a little bit confusing.........but good so far! I can't wait to see what happens next!