Myths & Legends in Equestria

by Johnothon

Revelations

The old earth pony breathed the cool night air deeply as a slight breeze wafts through the clearing making the fire behind him dance like gleaming gems casting grand shadows in its wake, he closed his eyes as he began to pull the memories from his mind “It has been six years now since I, once again, left me humble hearth here in quiet little Ponyville, and as always I return with news from the world but I’m eager to get to my stories this time so questions will have to wait for later” as his last words enter the waiting ears of the crowd an audible Awwww comes from the normally bubbly pink mare who now sits there with a rather sour look on her face “But I was gonna ask about the Tigers” “Don’t you fret filly I’m still going to tell all of you about my manic misadventures” Oss replies in a joking manner, before the expression on his face turns to a quizzical one “Heart Warming Eve was not long ago, and I would like to first off apologize for not being here, my schedule prevented me from making it home on time, Second, I have been waiting a long time to tell this special story about the events leading up to that particular holiday, does anypony know what happened back then?” Derpy who was sitting in the back raises her hoof and speaks in an a clear manner “The Alicorn War” Everypony imminently turns with shear confusion expecting to see any other pony but her to have answered that question, even Oss was taken aback by the wall-eyed pony’s response “Um…Yes, that’s….that’s right” the storyteller regains his thoughts and clears his throat to get the attention of the now distracted ponies before he continues

“The Alicorn War, now I know not many of you even know what that is, but that’s why I’m here, you see it was long ago before ponies ever settled their first homes” Twilight’s ears wrap around every word as she is amazed at the thought of learning about the time before ponies, and more importantly the mythical and mysterious alicorns “long ago the alicorns were numerous and all lived in the ancient pony homeland in the north, when one day they began to notice that their powers were waning for an unknown reason, some of them thought that they should delve into more chaotic forces to compensate for this” His face turns to a very serious glare “the rest looked on this idea as an insult to their very existence, the resulting schism cause horrible tremors in their ,until now, peaceful society” a dead silence came over the crowd of ponies as they were awed and terrified by this revelation “Those alicorns that wished to stay true to their pure and stable virtues cast out their brothers and sisters who succumbed to their more chaotic nature, and these alicorns became twisted and maniacal, revealing in discord and fueled by hatred.”

“The outcast alicorns did not take this action kindly; they saw it as an act of war and retaliated against their former comrades” his voice turned somber as he gazed into the fire “the fighting was fierce and many ponies both good and bad wear lost, some say that you can hear the screams of their war even to this day” the wind whipped through the clearing with fury echoing with the sound of faint and distant howls. Oss’ ears perk up in reaction to the wind, he whispers to himself in a slightly surprised manner “Wow that was good timing” he turns back around to face the now jittery group of ponies as he continues his tale “the pure alicorns’ power was nearly gone when they banished the few corrupted alicorns who survived to a shadowy realm beyond time itself, the pure needed to recover but for some reason the earth which had sustained them no longer could support them so they decided to abandon it” confusion over comes the crowd as whispers of how? And what? Spread amongst them when Twilight speaks up with concern “but Oss, sir, the Alicorns didn’t abandon us Princess Celestia and Luna are still here and they look over us and keep us safe” Oss smiles softly “I know miss Sparkle, and you shall understand when I finish” Twilight blushes a little in embarrassment. Oss starts again “But a small group of they said that one day they may be able to return… the most vocal of the group being our beloved Princess” Oss’ words grow hollow as Twilight closes her eyes as her mind pictures the scene

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The remaining Alicorns gather around the large table in the main hall of what was left of their cloud fortress “We must return one day, it is our duty to protect this land!” The young stark-white Alicorn shouts as she slams her hoof on the floor while she is echoed by many other united voices, an older bright-silver Alicorn steps forward through the crowd with two others in tow and his very voice shook the walls with pure power “Enough! There will be no more of this childish display Celestia” “Oh!? So I’m a child now is that it White Star, Just because I refuse to abandon our ancestral home? I Say-” He stops her statement by roaring once again “I said enough!” the Alicorn to White-Star’s left chimes in “You would do well to respect your elders little miss sunshine” snarks the light-purple mare. A stout brown Alicorn steps forward from behind Celestia “Your one to talk Scorphia, the only reason White-Star lets you follow him around is Orilon likes to stare at your giant flanks, not because you actually say anything of worth” Scorphia shrinks away in shocked embarrassment covering her backside with her wings as Orilon, the dark-blue Alicorn on White-Star’s right, tries to repute this statement in vain for the laughter that now fills the hall nearly drowns him out “How dare you insult a lady like that Astrum!” “Oh yeah she a lady alright, Lady of the night maybe” Astrum says under his breath, Celestia pushes his shoulder and whispers “Be polite” before he can respond Luna steps forward and speaks up “If we are done arguing, I say we deal with the matter at hand like adults” a quick hush came over the assembled ponies as the gravity of the situation comes back into focus

“The young one is right, and I fear that if we do leave now we may never be able to return, We need something to anchor us to this world, What would you have us do young Celestia?” Proclaims the silver sided Alicorn “My lord, do you see that land down there?” says the alabaster pony as she points her hoof to where a wall once was but now only misty remnants remain “We need something to fix this land, this is what is causing all of our problems we have neglected the land that we thought was beneath us” She and White-Star trot over to the edge of the clouds and look over at the rugged and war-torn land “We have done great damage to this land elder, we must restore it to life if we are ever to once again draw from it our power” “I see… and how will we go about doing that young one?” Astrum steps forward and speaks proudly “I have the solution to that dilemma, Milord” he puts his head up as high as he can motions for White-Star to lean in closer as he whispers his plan to him “That is a bold and dangerous plan little scholar, so much could go wrong and then we would be trapped with even greater odds against us, You can’t expect me to go through with this!” “At least this way we have a chance” poses the Scholar as he steps aside to let Celestia convince him further “This is our only recourse Master White-Star, with this plan we have a chance to breathe life back into the land which we have ravaged, and may be able to set hoof back on this soil again one day.” The room grew totally silent as a light scowl came over the shimmering Alicorn’s brow and tightly shut eyes. His eyes shot open and they glowed with an intense fire matched only by the sun as his voice thundered with such power that the walls and floor cracked and chipped around him “Than it shall be so! Let we Alicorns leave on this world, our legacy: Ponykind!” he summoned three spheres from the land below above himself, One of earth and stone, one of air and clouds, and one of gems and pure magic energy.

His wings flare out as he calls out to the others “Come children lend your master strength!” all of the Alicorns, in unison, cast all of their energies in to their glowing lord, making him shine brighter than all the stars in the sky. The spheres began to take shape, the one of Earth and stone was imbued with the strength and willpower of the alicorns creating the stout and unshakable Earth Ponies, The one of Air and clouds began to take on a sleek and feathery form giving them the powerful wings, agility, and swiftness of the Alicorns thus making the Awe-inspiring Pegasi, the final sphere became an elegant, beautiful, mystic expression of the Alicorn’s primal link to the realm of magic, lending it their horns,and powerful manipulative abilities giving life to the regal Unicorns. The spheres are whisked away to the land below as White-Star collapses to his knees, many ponies immediately crowd around and prop him up, his voice weakly pipes up “These old bones…..grow tired….but it is done, soon….the land…..shall be brimming with l-life again….now open the gate…..let…us…depart” he achingly walks toward the last remaining wall as a few others concentrate their magic to make a shining portal open up and he enters with the rest of the Alicorns in tow. Celestia stops Astrum before he walks through the portal and worriedly asks “How long?” he looks at her a little confused “till what sis?” she glances over to the ground “you know….until they become what they are meant to be” he looks at her somberly “I can’t say, one-hundred, two-hundred years maybe but that’s just a guess” she quietly nods “I see…” she slowly trots into the portal glancing back one last time before it closes.

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The ponies sat enthralled by Oss and his story “And that is why the alicorns were not present in the events leading up to the first hearts warming eve” Dash harshly questions “Then when did they end up ruling us?” Oss stifles a smile at Dash’s brashness “Well soon after Equestria was founded, Discord manifested himself and ruled over the budding civilization with terrible chaotic power, until Celestia, Luna, and some other alicorns returned, discovered the elements of harmony that existed in the spirits of Ponies. And using them, Celestia and Luna cast Discord in stone, then the ponies were so grateful they made them their rulers and they led them into a new age of prosperity” The shadows dance in front of the fire as Oss starts to field questions from the rest of the audience “But you said “some” alicorns, where did they all go, did they just disappear?” says Pinkie Pie with one hoof under her chin tapping it as she thinks “Well yes and no, Celestia came back with about five or six others from what I have gathered, and what happened to them is questionable at best, but it would seem that most simply returned to wherever the Alicorns retreated to” Twilight again raises her hoof “And where exactly is that?” Oss pauses for a moment rubs the back of his head and speaks “Well…from everything I’ve learned it’s a place outside of normal reality, like a little pocket of time somewhere in space…Very confusing I think.” Oss stretches his legs as he groans slightly “Well I think that will be all for tonight, same time tomorrow everypony” the assembled mass rises and begins to dissipate, Twilight gathers with her friends as they begin to head back to town, so many questions race through her head as she tries to sort out the new information she just received she thought to herself I have to write to Celestia tomorrow.

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