His parents had to send their son away to keep him safe from the Emperor in order to save his life.
In the distant land of Equestria, after banishing Nightmare Moon to the moon for a thousand years, Princess Celestia suddenly finds a newborn human baby boy in a woven basket, causing her to raise him as her own son and as a prince of Equestria. When he grows up, Bowen is about to discover that being a prince is a great responsibility, even if it means finding another way to protect the ones you love the most.
Sweet Rose and Flying Hope are both owned by alejin. Permission was required.
This is based off of “Solar Son” by Sword Master and “An Unexpected Life” by alejin, but with some references to The Lion King, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Prince of Egypt, Man of Steel, James Cameron’s Avatar, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Barbie of Swan Lake, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Hercules, Mulan, Barnyard, How to Train Your Dragon, and the Marvel Character Thor, but there will be less violence and death in this one.
Question, how did the basket went thought the Everfree Forest and then somehow went up stream, then arrive to Celestia's royal garden high on top of The Canterhorn mountain, where the city is resting on it's side?
So... a waterfall in the Everfree took the basket to Canterlot.
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Canterlot, seen here on the side of a mountain. And before that, the river managed to go past desert-dwelling buffalo and tundra-based yaks at the same time.
Also, Caliburn is apparently to the north and south of Equestria.
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Suffice to say, you have some logical issues to address.
This looks spectacular! Looking forward for more to come!
I wonder who Bowen might have a crush on
Is Twilight or Sunset gonna be in this story?
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I was thinking about Flying Hope from An Unexpected Life by alejin, but I wanted permission, and I’m still waiting for a reply.
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Both of them, but I started with Sunset, and then Twilight.
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In case you don’t hear back from alejin or don’t have permission, you might want to stick with Sunset or Twilight just to be safe.
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But I thought Flying Hope would be an excellent choice, and I kinda made her go to preschool with Bowen in a future chapter
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There’s a chance you may not get permission
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Well, I explained everything to him, so I’m waiting. I also made Bowen raise kids with her after the events of the Crystal Empire attack, but have them adopt two colts and give birth to a filly, but I’ll explain later about what ponies they’ll be.
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Yep and Man of Steel and Disney’s Dinosaur
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If you loved the movie, I hear there's a book out now too!
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and that not to forget about the how the basket could get so high up on the stream to Canterlot passing through the Everfree Forest when we know on the maps that the city of unicorns is at a much higher elevated position then that
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I JUST GOT PERMISSION!!
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How did that happen? I don’t see any replies from alejin
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I sent him an private message
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Momentarily
I like the story so far. Keep up the good work.
Keep going . Love the story
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She doesn’t. I just thought it up
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No, it’s just an idea I came up with
What's a bowen?
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It’s his name
Is this a take off of Toy story 3?
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LOOOOOL
Are there more chapters for this story?
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Soon
How long is this going to take?!
I thought ponies are herbivores.
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The meat is for Bowen
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Well, if Bowen's gonna be raised by ponies, shouldn't he be an herbivore too?
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Humans are omnivores, so we need meat and veggies to survive, besides, most meats carry protein.
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Good Point.
Hey, GoebelTron, question...
In the future chapters, will Celestia tell Bowen that he was adopted?
Also, what are Celestia and Cadance talking about in their talk?
And when will you continue this story?
Soon?
Tomorrow?
Next Week?
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Eggs, dairy, nuts, and tofu are good alternate protein sources.
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I blame the eagle. It took the basket to the top of the mountain.
Awesome chapter, but poor Bowen, he must feel devastated to lose his second best friend.
I hope he meets the main 6 soon. 
anyways keep up the great work buddy. Your story’s are awesome. 
Bowen mockingjay...I like it!
Keep it up!
Press X to doubt.
Good chapter, thank goodness Bowen didn't actually end up helping Sunset do anything bad. (I was worried for a second there.)
Keep up the good work!
This line makes no sense being in the story. I mean obviously when they play chess one or the other would win. That's kinda the way it works, except in the case of a stalemate. It just feels like you think the reader is stupid. I'm not saying you do think that, just that it feels like it.
I don't get why you point out something that is so obvious. Since of course until they see each other again it's the last time he saw her. That is how it usually works.
when you gave the name bowen all i could think of was msytic force
thats the name of the red mystic ranger
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ehm i think cadance age is wrong in this one wasn´t she 7 years old when Celestia found Bowen?
That means she should now that Bowen is 5 years be 12 years old or not?
wonderful story, keep up the great work buddy.
That was so beautiful and ( Sniffle ).
awesome chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
Awww. The feels for Bowen are huge man! Great chapter!