Mare in the Moon
“Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponykind: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon, and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since.”
As the story ended, a purple unicorn with a dark indigo mane with streaks of purple and pink closed the book and used her magic to put the book back into her bag.
“Hm, the Elements of Harmony, I feel like I’ve heard of them, but where?” The unicorn inquired to herself.
“Twi!” An earth pony called out. She had a pinkish-orange coat with a dark purple-ish magenta mane with streaks of red, yellow and blue with rollerskates on. “Come on, we gotta get ready!”
“Sunny, we don’t have anything to do today.” The unicorn, now known as Twilight, said.
“Uh, yeah we do. Don’t you remember? I kept reminding you about it for the past 2 weeks!” The earth pony, now known as Sunny, said.
The unicorn still had a face of confusion.
“You know! The get together?”
“Oh, uh, right, that reminds me, I’ve gotta get back to the library to uh, research for homework? ” Twilight feebly lied as she tried to walk away.
“Twilight, it’s summer vacation, we don’t have homework.” Sunny deadpanned.
“Um, would you believe me if I said Princess Celestia gave homework to me herself?”
“Twilight, come on! You never come to these parties, even the Winter Wishday party your mom threw!” Sunny said.
“Sunny, you know that I had assignments coming up! I had to do them, and the party just happened the be around that time!” Twilight argued.
“You mean the diorama? Let’s face it Twilight, you make dioramas in one hour flat, and one about Starswirl the Bearded? You probably did it in thirty!” Sunny sighed. “If I help you with whatever you’re doing, then will you go to the party?”
“Fine,”
“Yay!” Sunny cheered. “So, what’re you doing anyway?”
The two ponies walked up to the old private library that Celestia had given Twilight. She looked up at the peering tower over her, she felt like something was wrong but brushed it away and entered the library with Twilight.
“Spike! Spi-i-ike!” Twilight called out, she turned back to Sunny. “How fast can you find books?” Once she said that, Sunny stepped back once.
“Uh, Maybe he’s here somewhere?” Sunny nervously said before trotting around.
“Spike! Spi-i-i-ike! Spike Sparkle, where are you!?” Sunny called out, before a light lavender with green, spiny plates that ran from head to tail stepped on the stairs from the second floor.
“Hi, Sunny! Are we going to the party yet?” The dragon asked as he walked down the stairs.
“Nope, you see, Twilight promised if I help her with... whatever she’s doing, she’ll come with us.” Sunny explained.
“Really? All right!” Spike said as he set foot on the first floor. “What’cha need Twilight? Need help with a new spell? Potions? Books?”
“Well, can you find that old book we got, what was it called again... Predictions and Prophecies, volume one, I presume?” Twilight said. Her horn lit up with magenta light as she grabbed books with her magic.
Sunny, going to all the books classified as “P”, started grabbing books from that section in a hurry.
“Potions and How to Brew Them, no. Parenting a Teen, nope. Princess Celestia’s Guide to Baking Pancakes of Each and Every Flavor Known to Ponykind: Recipe Books 1 - 26? Okay, 26 books is overkill. Starry Trotter and the Alicorn’s Crystal? This doesn’t even start with P!” Sunny said with an exasperated look on her face. “A History of Ponykind!? Arrgh!”
“Found it!” Spike was running towards Twilight with a copy of Predictions and Prophecies.
“Yes!” Twilight levitated the book from Spike’s claws and started flipping throughout the pages. “E, E, E, E... aha! Elements of Harmony, they are said to be incredibly powerful artifacts lost to ponykind, for more information, see “Mare in the Moon”, page 169.”
She flips to page 169, and reads the entry above. “The Mare in the Moon, a myth from olden pony times.” She continued onto the next page. “The Mare in the Moon was a powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, but she was defeated by the Elements of Harmony and was imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and will bring about nighttime eternal.”
“Nothing like hearing a story you’ve heard since you were a foal, huh?” Sunny said.
Twilight didn’t respond to that, looking like she was deep in thought. “Uh, Twi?”
After that, Twilight returned to her senses with a gasp. “Spike, Sunny, do you know what this means!?”
“Uhh, no?” Spike responded.
“Take a note please,” Twilight said, giving Spike a quill-pen and a scroll. “Ahem, my dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!”
“Hold on, uh, preci... preci...”
“Uh, threshold?”
“Threh... nope.”
“Uh, brink?”
“Okay, anything else you wanna put in your letter?”
“Right. For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she is about to return to Equestria and bring with her eternal night. Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.”
“Done,” Spike said, rolling up the scroll and wrapping it in a red ribbon.
“Great! Send it, please. Then we can go to that party, just like I promised.”
“Oh, now?”
“Of course, now. What, do I wait until I hear a message that says: “Send your letter to me now - Princess Celestia.”.” Twilight said sarcastically.
“Twi, Spike’s right. The Princess is busy, getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. It’s like, the day after tomorrow.” Sunny said.
“That’s just it! The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of of the Summer Sun Celebration! It’s imperative that the princess is told right away!”
“Fine,” Spike encases the scroll in dragonfire, a second later the scroll is gone from Spike’s claws. “but I wouldn’t hold your breath.”
Just after he said that, Spike burped up a scroll. “Huh, it’s like she had this on standby.”
“Well? Read it!” Twilight said. Spike unfurled the letter, reading the first few words.
“My dearest, most faithful student Twilight. You know that I value your diligence, and that I trust you completely.”
“Mhm,”
“But you simply must stop reading those dusty, old books!”
As Spike read that last line, Twilight gasped.
“I’m gonna take it we’re not gonna make it to that party any time soon.”
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Ok.
I want the chapters to be longer and fkr this story to not die out.
I have wondered about this scenario. Very interested to see how things go from here
Nice!
Ill be watching this story
btw you dont need the second person Tag unless its actually second person
Hey there. Thanks very much for getting this story started. Certainly appreciate the thought of G4 and G5 both taking place at the same time. Twilight and Sunny being childhood friends is a good touch and I appreciate the thought of Canterlot having a good mix of unicorn, Pegasus AND Earth Pony. Zephyr Heights replacing Cloudsdale is understandable (as is probably Ponyville being a mix of both its canon self AND Maretime Bay) and Bridlewood still being its own thing.
Since G5 has, thus far, a lot fewer villains than G4 (pretty much limited to Phyllis, Sprout, Opaline and Allura [the last of whom I could see being an additional villain alongside Sombra when the Crystal Empire {which would very likely be a mix of its canon self AND Starlight Ridge} returns]), it wouldn't be that hard to work them into the G4 timeline. Phyllis, for example, could easily be a recurring rival to the Flim-Flam Brothers (and one of the Brothers could even be Sprout's estranged biological father, which could lead to Phyllis's issues with unicorns). Opaline could end up becoming the main villain of the Season One finale (foreshadowed after Nightmare Moon's defeat [by having a shadowy figure making a comment about watching over this new group of Element Bearers and getting to know all about their strengths and weaknesses before she finally strikes]) - AFTER Nightmare Moon, but BEFORE Discord - and be a recurring villain afterwards (working with most of the other major villains at least once each before the final season - including occasionally working in disguises that hide her horn, wings or both to avoid calling premature attention to herself).
Sorry about that. Got a bit caught up in my thoughts. (sheepish grin)
At any rate, very definitely looking forward to more of this. Especially the story of how Sunny and Twilight first met when you get to that chapter.
Please do continue this. You've excellently blended the different tones of G4 and G5 in a way that works brilliantly, and from this first chapter alone you have an excellent handle on how Twilight and Sunny are different. I look forward to meeting the rest of the gang!
I love it. I CANT WAIT for more! Twilight and Sunny sound like Twilight and Sunny! And the story is brilliant I’m so hyped!
Oh my gosh I love this already. I especially like how you highlighted how Sunny and Twilight’s personalities differ.
Okay, this is really interesting! I'm really looking forward to seeing more!
Well now I'm hooked!
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TY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SECOND PERSON MEANS 😭😭
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WOW OKAY THAT IS ALOT (but i don’t mind 🥳)
Opaline MIGHT and just MIGHT be foreshadowed in season 1 but you’ll never know 🥰🥰 also Opaline is one of my FAVORITE VILLAINS and i did NOT think about the Crystal Empire- okay, that was a lie. I’ve planned out the whole series in a day 😭😭😭 I do not know how I did that in a day so that’s concerning. And I’m sorry but Sprout being a child of the Flim-Flam brothers- I love Sprout and I’m not gonna do my homie like that.
Also, Twilight wears glasses in this AU, idk why I need to say that but I wanted to put something here soo
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Thanks very much for the information. And yeah, I can understand why you would do it that way. After all, it's your story series. And, for the record, I definitely meant "working with most of the other major villains at least once each before the final season when most of them are going to be teaming up anyway".
And, on another note, I could see Zipp and Pipp also being Flight School friends of Rainbow and Fluttershy. As well as Hitch being a childhood friend of both Applejack and Rarity. And Izzy, Pinkie and Fluttershy being Misty's first three real friends. This universe's version of "Cutie Mark Chronicles" should definitely be good to see.
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You're very welcome!
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Honestly, only getting rid of Sprout's racism would work for this universe. Since Equestria never became what it did in G5, no reason for him to have it. That's assuming he, Sunny, and Hitch, even know each other here.
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This.
Play the music!
https://youtu.be/BCw-e8INW2s?feature=shared
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The, uh, rasicm isn’t exactly related to ponies if I may
Oh! Well, um, uh, it might seem crazy what I’m boutta say...
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............eh, not surprised.
If he can't be racist towards other ponies, then he'll be racist to non-ponies.
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You’ve got that right
So, I deleted that my and your most recent message because I realized i misworded it
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Ouch. DEFINITELY feeling for Spike (a dragon) in advance (and probably Sparky too for the same reason) and maybe for Gilda (a Griffon) and VERY definitely for Zecora (a zebra). And THAT's just Season ONE.
On another hand/hoof/claw, Twilight and/or Sunny verbally ripping into Sprout for his prejudice against Spike should be good to see. As well as Zipp and Pipp berating Sprout for the disrespect toward Gilda (if they're Flight School friends of Rainbow and Fluttershy, then they would probably be this to Gilda too).
Actually, Twilight and Hitch comparing notes on Spike and Sparky should be cute, particularly Twilight thinking of Spike as a little brother (as she was only a filly when Spike was hatched and she had a lot of dragon-care help from her family and possibly Sunny as well) and Hitch thinking of Sparky as a son (as he would be already a young adult when Sparky hatched).
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Oh, Sprout isn’t racist to dragons (mainly to the fact that he’s outright TERRIFIED of them to make even 1 mean comment)
Plus, Sprout is too busy with something in a... uh, far away land so he’d probably never meet Zecora or Gilda