Dusk

Dusk

CHAPTER 1

Long, long ago Queen Sparks and King Eclipse ruled the lands of Equestria. Their three daughters lovingly looked up to them and longed to rule the kingdom one day, just like their parents. Their eldest, Princess Celestia, practiced daily in order to successfully raise the sun like her mother. Their youngest, Princess Dusk, was given the important task of putting up the stars at night along with beautiful constellations. This left Princess Luna in charge of preparing to raise the moon one day like her father. Every night after Luna helped her father, King Eclipse, raise the moon, the youngest would race up as fast as she could, practicing decorating the sky with stars. One night, the youngest princess went up to display the stars on her own for the first time, but an evil spell was mysteriously cast, causing her to be trapped inside a star. The other sisters, along with the Queen and King, grieved for years, until they realized, they could not rule the kingdom unless the put the past behind them. They hired a powerful unicorn to create a spell to make them, along with all the other ponies in equestria, forget all about the younger princess. The young yet powerful unicorn cast her spell easily upon the two younger sisters but the spell went terribly wrong on the King and Queen, causing them to vanish. Princess Luna and Princess Celestia took over the kingdom and have ruled it ever since. This is where our story begins.

“Look at the stars, aren’t they gorgeous?” Cadence whispered to Shining Armor.

“Yes,” he replied, “but not as beautiful as you.” Cadence smiled and her cheeks turned rosier than usual as rubbed her nose on Shining Armor’s cheek. A shooting star shot by as quick and a bolt of lightning,

“Make a wish,” Cadence said as she shut her eyes tight.

“Help!” a young voice called from the distance. Cadence opened her eyes quickly as she worriedly looked over at Shining Armor. The rose, heading towards the cry for help. A young filly was sprawled on the damp grass. “Where am I,” she asked. Shining Armor and Cadence stood in awe, unable to mutter a word. She was a small unicorn filly, but they had no idea how she ended up right outside of ponyville late at night. The young filly stood, showing a pair of wings, she was an alicorn.

“What’s your name sweetie,” Shining Armor asked.

“My name? My name is Dusk, princess of the stars.” Princess Cadence glanced at Shining Armor before saying,

“One second honey.” Shining Armor turned around with her and began quickly asked, “Do you think she is alright?” Cadence worriedly glanced back at the filly. The alicorn was young, she was white with a light blue mane and turquoise eyes that shimmered in the dark. Cadence turned back around and knelt down next to her.

“I am Cadence, and Shining Armor and I were just spending the evening in Ponyville. We are going to take you to our friend, Twilight’s house, she will take care of you, ok?” The filly was confused but nodded. That filly was I.