Chapter 1: World Building (??? Side)
We all know the story of Equestria and everything that revolves around it. We all know the story of Twilight Sparkle, a purple unicorn who goes onto become an alicorn.
But what we never got to know, was if there was a dragon side to Equestria.
Well believe or not, there is one. There always has been. It's not only an alternate universe version, but a near perfect mirror.
The first difference, is that instead of being mostly by ponies, this alternate Equestria's primary species is dragons.
The second difference, is that the country isn't called Equestria.
It's called "Brimstone".
Brimstone is ruled by it's Dragon Lord Torch and his consort Celestia. At least it did, until shortly after Celestia gave birth to their daughter Smolder. Shortly after Smolder was born, Torch was struck down by the rebellious pony population, so with authority handed to her until Smolder was old enough to rule the country, Celestia had the pony who delt the finishing blow executed and the rest of the pony population banished from Brimstone's borders.
It should be known though, that Brimstone houses three different kinds of dragons: The magically gifted and brainy Magic Dragons; the super strong and aquatic traversing Water Dragons; and finally, the masters of the sky and agile Sky Dragons. Each dragon had their own kind of special breath ability.
Celestia and her sister Luna however, were unique in that they had the ability to use all three breath abilities, and had the perks of all three different kinds of dragons; being magically gifted like Magic Dragons, able to traverse water like Water Dragons, and having wings enabling flight like Sky Dragons.
Celestia had hoped dragon kind would accept that she would share responsibility with her sister Luna until Smolder was old enough. But the public began to shun Luna. This ultimately led to Luna becoming a fearsome demon dragon known as Nightmare Moon, who then proceeded to seal Smolder inside an Egg that could only be hatched by a dragon such as Celestia. During the battle with her sister, Consort Celestia called upon the power of the legendary artifacts known as the Medals of Honor which caused Celestia to imprison her own sister in the moon.
Celestia had all information regarding her sister hidden. And as for Smolder? She wanted to wait until a Magic Dragon who had the potential of becoming just like Celestia & Luna was able to hatch her, and free her from her cursed prison. Celestia knew she only had one thousand years to do so.
While Sunset Shimmer showed the most promise, she was unable to. Still, Celestia believed that Sunset Shimmer could be her daughter's salvation. However, one day Sunset Shimmer had helped a dying pony couple cross the border. This pony couple believed that there could be a way for the banishment to be lifted on their species, and wanted to plead their case to Celestia. However, it was during this, that ponies hunted them down and nearly killed them. They did have a baby colt, who ironically, was unlike any other pony.
Most ponies were known to either have wings, or not have wings. Yet this colt, this one had a horn. Such a miracle did not escape Celestia. Therefore, she took this as a sign. If this colt could prove to be the link between Ponies & Dragons at long last, then maybe, just maybe, everything could be fine.
Not long after that though, was when a Magic Dragon called Twilight Sparkle had the biggest magical surge Celestia had ever encountered. A magical surge that made her and her sister pale in comparison. Celestia was able to calm this dragon, and learn that her name is Twilight Sparkle.
With Smolder free from her imprisonment now, Celestia put forth a decree: Until Smolder was old enough to take the throne, she was to live in the nearby small town of Dragon Vale. The public accepted this, as Dragon Vale was a testimate to the unity of the three dragons tribes.
As a second decree, until Spike can act as a diplomate between Ponies & Dragons thanks to his unique characteristic of being the only known pony with a horn, Spike would act as Royal Chronicler, and Chronicle all of Twilight Sparkle's accomplishments as well as his own.
This is everything that happened a few years ago before the start of the first season in the Equestrian Timeline we know so well.
But little could either side known, that a change was about to occur with their respective Spikes. One was a dragon assistant to Twilight Sparkle, and is unique in his own right. Meanwhile Spike the Pony is a young pony colt whose horn makes him stand out amongst the ponies of his universe.
And these two spikes are about to learn about the mirror's world in a way that will change everything.
Two Spikes, one switch.
That's how it all begins...
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REALLY good detail on the world of "Brimstone" - especially the details of the three Dragon Types (Magic, Water and Sky) as well as Dragon Celestia being Lord Torch's widow and Smolder's mother (guess that means Ember is actually Garble's sister in this universe), how they found out about Pony Spike (a unicorn) AND how Dragon Twilight's magic surge was worked in to this Brimstone.
Well, on to the next chapter.
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I wanted the detail to feel similar yet different to standard Equestria. I certainly wanted the fact that until Brimstone's Spike, not a single pony from that universe had ever been born as what Equestria would call a Unicorn. In Brimstone, there is no tribal divide between Earth Ponies & Pegasi as they aren't called that. They are lumped together as being a Pony race rather then two separate races.
You know I was thinking of creating a series of stories set in a alternative timeline. Or more like a remake of the mlp history. More mature with a creative storyline. Want to discuss further in private?
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As much as I'd be interested in that, what I'm doing is not that.