The sight of the sunrise over Equestria was beautiful, even more so when you could watch it from a cloud.
This was her earliest memory, a young yellow furred fiilly with a soft pink mane and tail, sitting on a cloud with her mother before the older pony went to work and the filly prepared for school. As the years went by watching evolved into talking, swapping stories about their respective lives at school or work, and mother and daughter became even closer.
On the second day of flight camp the now gangly filly invited a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane to watch the sunrise. Watching.evolved into talking and a bond was formed that would last a lifetime.
Years later she sat upon a cloud as a fully grown mare and watched the sunrise with an enemy that was now a friend. Watching evolved into talking, she laughed when he molded nearby clouds into animals and made them dance.
This morning she awoke and rounded up her sieven dearest friends- five ponies, a baby dragon and a draconequs to watch the sunrise.
We can't move, We can't feel. But we can see! We can hear! The pony princess of the sun blinds us with her light. The princess of the moon shies away from us, hidden in her night. For them the stories we hold are recent, of battles won, of ponies lost. We stand in their garden of peace as remains from times long past. We are statues and though our tales forgotten, our purpose, we have never lost. From the Everfree to fair Canterlot where now reside, we whisper to the ears of the sun and moon. Whether we stand in glory, awe or fear we wear our pasts with pride! Rember Princesses, Remember what we lost and what we gained. Be we a memory of victory or loss never forget the stories we once told! For if history is forgotten, it will forever repeat and only we, statues or stories long since ended, can look on in what once was.
Hey, the name's Rainbow Dash. Yeah I bet you've heard of me right? The fastest flier in all of Equestria? I am awesome with a capital 'A'.
It's cool being the best there is but sometimes, it's not all that fun. Sure I like flying fast and I love doing a sonic rainboom, but what's not cool is leaving my friends in the dust. I've said and done some stupid things without thinking and I may have upset a few ponies I care about. I just want to say I'm sorry. I'll admit I've done some dumb things but its not like I really meant any of it, most of the time anyway. I'll try to stay the right kind of awesome, I never leave my friends hanging and I plan to keep it that way.
Um, my name's Fluttershy. I know I can be a very timid pony but I just helping all kinds of animals and my friends are supportive. Even though I don't do much aside from taking care of animals, I don't mind, it's nice... Oh I'm not saying I'm ungrateful or anything, it's just, when somepony asks me to help them with something, I get a little nervous. What if I can't help them? Or I say the wrong thing or do something mean?
I treated my friends terribly once, I was so mean, but since then I've done my best to help anypony who asks and even if I'm not always heard, that's ok, because there are ponies who will listen to what I have to say and I can trust them to not get angry if I say something wrong. I have friends who want me to be the best I can be.
There was once a time where the princesses were much closer to their little ponies. They danced, played and lived in merriment alongside all the different types of ponies.
One day the elder sister hired the best chef in all the land to cook for a banquet she had prepared. On the night of the feast, seat beside her sister, the sun princess watched in awe at the dazzling performance the chef displayed in her honor.
The younger sister had contributed her magic too create a beautiful night sky for the guests, but as she the gathered ponies fawn over the elder princess over the food that been presented, she felt insulted. Throughout the celebration nopony looked up at the stars above. Enraged, the princess of the night yelled at her sister and banned the chef from entering the castle.
The sun princess fled the scene in tears and barricaded herself in her room. Hours soon passed and the time for the older to raise the sun drew near. A few ponies pleaded with their princess to perform her duty, yet she refused. The sky remained for many days while the elder sister hid in her room. Eventually three ponies decided to do their best to draw her out from her solitude. A pegasus tried to scare the princess out with the loud noise she created with her aerial tricks. All it did was frighten the princess, so a unicorn tried another approach. She used her vast knowledge to sing praises to the princess.
The adoration was ignored much to the unicorn's dismay, so the earth pony tried to coax their ruler out by telling jokes. The laughter and good will created by the three ponies finally prompted the sun princess to leave her chambers. Curious, she asked the trio what they were doing and the earth pony answered that were telling jokes because they couldn't have party in the dark. The princess, her earlier sadness forgotten, raised the sun to bring joy back to her subjects lives and decided to throw a party for the three little ponies who cheered her up.
At the party the two sisters met face to face and apologized to one another for their wrong doings, they vowed to take the feelings of the other into account from now on and peace returned to the land.
It was slowly proving to be one of the coldest winters on record in Ponyville. Firewood prices had only increased as the supply just couldn't keep up with the demand and coal imports from the Dragon Realm was expensive as it was hard find.It was during yet another cold day that ponies fled to the warmth of restaurants, cafes and businesses to escape the chill in the air.
Applejack was not one of those ponies. She trudged through the snow with barely a grimace as she hauled a sled piled with various kinds of preserved food through town. The task at hoof kept her motivated to ignore the bone chilling winds and her movement kept her hooves only slightly numb even with the added benefit if winter boots.
Finally she caught sight of her destination, The Golden Oaks Library. Applejack let a sigh and freed herself from the sled and knocked on the front door.She was soon greeted by her friend Twilight and the unicorn was more than happy enough to lend a hoof with the supplies. As Twilight levitated the cans in a single file towards her kitchen, she asked Applejack if her family had been faring well with the cold. Applejack did admit the rise in firewood prices would make thing rough, but it wouldn't be the first winter the Apple family had endured through, nor would it be the last.
Twilight looked gradually more concerned as she listened and as soon as the unicorn had finished putting away the food, asked her friend to wait for a moment.After walking into a closet Applejack was sure had not been there previously, Twilight returned with a large sack in her telekinetic grip. Twilight explained that she often had a surplus of coal and usually saved some for either an emergency or to sell at the market. Applejack was rather surprised that her friend had such a luxury item in excess and out of curiosity, asked Twilight where she got the coal. Her reply was not one Applejack had been expecting.
