Forever Is a Long Time

by Hoosier Brony

Chapter 1: Initiation

Rapid Quill gathered up his supplies. Today will be a productive day, he thought. As he carried his load of scrolls, quills, and plenty of ink over to Twilight Sparkle’s library, he kept thinking to himself about his new character, Beaming Justice. Beaming Justice was a strong pegasus who lived over one thousand years earlier, and Rapid Quill was very excited about writing a story about him. The only problem was that he needed a little help with the details, and that was where Twilight came in.

He knocked on her door, waiting patiently for the purple pony to answer. Instead, Spike, her assistant, opened the door. “Rapid Quill? What are you doing here today?”

“Spike! Don’t be rude,” Twilight said, stepping around the dragon. “Come on in. What can I help you with?”

“Well, I’m writing a new story and I needed your help. It involves the struggle between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna back before she became Nightmare Moon. I know you’ve had many encounters with the Princesses and I was hoping you could help me with the details.”

“Well, I’ll see what I can do,” Twilight said, leading Rapid Quill to a table. “Why don’t you tell me about your story, and I’ll help with whatever you need?”

So Rapid Quill began, writing as he told his story:

Beaming Justice was a strong, brave pegasus who worked his way up the ranks of Princess Luna’s court guards. Coming from Cloudsdale, much was expected from the pegasus. He graduated with top honors out of flight school, having set many records most pegasi believed to be unbreakable. When given the choice of which career path to follow, his parents beamed with pride as their son said, “I want to ensure the protection of our two Princesses.”

Only recently had Equestria seen the darker side of the world. The battle between the ponies and Discord had raged for many years. Chaos and anarchy had reigned over much of Equestria, and many brave ponies were lost to Discord’s persuasive ways. Some had turned on each other, friend killing friend; some had turned on the life they had, throwing away everything for a completely different, and unusually strange, pursuit. Equestria was a miserable place to live in, but there was hope.

The two sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna fought against Discord time and time again, but always walked away without victory. Discord was too powerful, even for their combined might, until the day they found the Elements of Harmony. Using the power of the Elements of Harmony, they were able to defeat Discord, lock him away forever, and bring peace and harmony to Equestria. These stories were often told to Justice while he was a foal from his grandfather, who had been but a foal himself during these troubling times.

No pony was surprised that Justice felt the way he did. Growing up, he wasn’t that interested in sports, instead playing with friends to defeat evil, be it dragons, hydras, or Discord himself. He trained every day to become stronger and help defeat the evils of the world. So it only made sense that he would want to join the Royal Guard.

Flying into Canterlot was like a dream come true for Beaming Justice. He immediately found the guard barracks and just sat in awe at the many sharply dressed and strong ponies training inside. He was noticed by the head trainer and, after a brief breathless introduction (which any pony who is meeting an idol can relate to), he was given a shot at proving what he could do. Needless to say, the young stallion was no match for the trained guards, even the wingless ponies. But his raw talent and persistence impressed the trainers. He was initiated into the program that very day.

Months of rigorous training helped to shape Justice into a strong, brave, and highly capable stallion. He could fly faster than any of the other guard pegasi and his accuracy with a spear was amazing. He moved his way through the ranks, even becoming a trainer himself, the trainer no recruit wanted. He worked his trainees hard, so hard some begged to be moved elsewhere. But the trainees who stayed under him quickly became some of the best guards on staff.

His exploits had caught the attention of the two sisters, who often visited the Captain of the Royal Guard for reports. Luna couldn’t help but admire the speed, agility, accuracy and attitude of Justice and demanded that he be promoted to her Chief Lieutenant immediately. When he was told of the news, Justice was so honored. As he was being fitted for his black armor, he was told he could hoof-pick his own platoon to serve under him. Most of his trainees by this point were well on their way to becoming the best the guard had to offer, so it was no question that he would pick his own students.

Under Luna’s command, Justice and his officers helped fight many vicious monsters that came out during the nighttime to torment the ponies of Equestria. Many battles were fought and not once did one in Justice’s command fall to the enemy. The success rate was baffling to the other guards, but there was one big problem. No pony outside of those directly attacked by the monsters knew of the exploits. When traveling bards would tell the tales, many ponies thought they made nice stories, but few actually believed. The exploits of Beaming Justice were nothing more than a good bed time story.

Rapid Quill stopped. “You see, I wanted to go into how Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon and the fight for Equestria between the two sisters. I know you can help me with some of those details, right?”

Twilight thought about this for a moment. “Well, I can help you with the details of Luna’s falling, and how Nightmare Moon was vanquished, but can it wait until tomorrow? We’ve been here for most of the day, and I have some things I need to do.”

“Oh,” Rapid Quill said, a little disappointed. “Yeah, I can come back tomorrow and work on this next part of the story. Thanks for agreeing to help.” As Spike led him out of the tree library, Rapid Quill couldn’t help but feel a little upset. Today was going to be a very productive day, he thought. But I understand; she’s busy. Oh well, I’ll just have to get the next part done tomorrow.

Comments

[Hoosier Brony]

Oh, don't know who Rapid Quill is? He's an OC from Writer's Block...

[Sorren]

Interesting. I'm not into this enough to follow it, but it's written wall so take a like.

[Chessie]

I dunno where you're going with this but... yeah, ain't badly written. Here's a like.

-Chessie

[FuntimeBrony]

i like it i'll follow it and like at the same time

[Hoosier Brony]

Thanks everyone for the support.