The Creation of Equine Rule

by FlutterMike

Rating: everyone
Tags: Discord, Princess Celestia, Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Adventure
Length: 5134

This story explains te founding of all of Ponydom in a detailed historical document.

Published 2012-02-19 05:18:24 UTC
Last updated 2012-02-19 05:18:24 UTC

Chapter 1: Pre-Equine Times

The year in which the beginning of the end of humanity is uncertain, but we estimate their existence of inhabitance to be around the few thousands. Humans still desecrate the planet earth with their inability to reason and their egotistical ways are the cause of it. Many of these humans have potential, but the majority is becoming engrossed further down the path of uncertainty. The human’s mind is like a simple piece of computer software, it follows its own programming but in reality is a puppet to the programmer. Unfortunately, too many of this race is embellished with following society’s cruel ways to turn themselves to cruelty. On the date of uncertainty, the human race’s ways can’t stay isolated anymore; and so The War broke out. There were many of wars in human history, but none could withstand the groundbreaking, destructive power of this nuclear abomination. Nuclear terror rained all around the world. The underground bomb shelters were too powerless to withstand these vicious metal beasts. And so, over the estimated course of six months, human kind had been completely eradicated. How unfortunate for the animals to have to suffer for lack of human compassion. Indeed the humans believed that hatred can be justified with more hatred. This simple mistake is what led them to their obliteration. With Earth left to nothing but barren wastes and ash, came the spawning of a new quartet of entities. These formed from the cause of universal destruction many billions of years before human time; at the very creation of Earth as a matter of fact. They are known as The Four Ponies of the Apocalypse. Their names consist of War, Pestilence, Famine, and the final destination, Death. Due to the complete devastation of life on Earth, it is their duty to recreate the planet’s living beings. In this event, the Four Ponies are given the task to choose which beings shall be in existence, how they reproduce, and what their goal is. These ponies first had to create a divine being to create life, for they had no authority to reanimate life forms via their own power. They are only the choice makers and they cannot create life because they are only existent through the eyes of themselves. With this, they have power to spawn one being that is not physical, but spiritual. With their final choice of a dominant being they are now ready to spawn the spiritual entity. In the past the Four Ponies had created dominant beings that had failed to complete their given goals. Now they plan to use their own figures as dominance and all the other animals before as co-dominant beings. “The human race had failed to accomplish the simple goal of attaining harmony, so now they will cease to exist.” says Death. “I concur with this, but what if these beings react in the same way? Although we are very civil, these beings have physical mentality, which may corrupt their thoughts and utterly their goals.” Asked War in desperation. “I say there shall be no such perfect being, but one that can complete The Task is the closest that can occur.” Implied Pestilence. As they discussed back and forth, they had decided to go ahead with the plan in the intention to create equine rule. With this being followed, the creation of the first divine Alicorn was spawned.

Chapter 2: The First Creation

This divine Alicorn had been the first being to be created 2063 years after the bombs fell. (To ensure the end of nuclear radiation) This is where the history of Equine Rule truly began, in the year 1321 B.C. (Before Celestia) Her name was Cybele. Cybele was the being responsible for making life on Earth once again. Through the thoughts of the Four Ponies, she had to create Equine Rule and coexistence with all the other beings. Due to dissatisfaction in previous life form rule, a few changes had to be created to the lifestyle of such beings. These changes were intended to create more stability. These subtle changes are the beings’ reproduction processes. Due to disharmony in the past, no sexual organs had been processed. Now, reproduction is only attained due to the true magic of love. It occurs only when the two parents are truly in love with one another that this magical creation of life is spawned. Though there are still different genders, there are no such organs that may impose the horrid act of lust. Lust was as well a main cause of disaster in the Pre-Equine time. As another addition, life spans had been extended to infinity until disharmony is proven dominant. This will extend the learning capacity of the subjects. Now that the rolling stone had set motion, all life had been spawned within seconds. There were many races in creation: rabbits, dragons, hydras, frogs, birds, griffons, and of course, ponies. Of these ponies were three types to ensure different powers’ need to coexist. The first types were the traditional Earth Ponies. They specialized in strength and agility, and are often the ones who harvest the food for the other races. The next types were the Pegasus Ponies. They specialized in manipulating the weather to ensure that the Earth Ponies were able to get rainfall as well as sunshine to harvest their crops. They often do so by justifying cloud location and direction of flow. Finally, there are the Unicorn Ponies. They specialized in magic. They are the ones that are doctors and they also raised the sun and moon; they usually use their magic to aid the other races in maintaining harmony. For the next hundreds of years (860 approximately), all beings coexisted in perfect harmony; that was until the first act of disharmony had been achieved. In the eyes of a few uncivilized, selfish Griffons; greed had taken a grand toll on their minds. It was the horrid act of thievery which caused the ponies to retaliate. Retaliation between races caused the subtle creation of a discordant being. This discordant being’s name was Discord. Discord had been created through the act of discord itself, but luckily he is still embedding in the Earth and is not yet capable of any act of discordance. In fact nopony even knew of his existence until one night. There was a council held at the top of the Olympian Mountain of Evesica, where the pony races were debating on the current situation with the griffons. The three Pony Hierarchs: Princess Platinum, Commander Hurricane, and Chancellor Pudding Head had come to an agreement that the griffons shall be banished to a far away land on the Earth and are only to return in small packs. The three then sent a letter away to the griffon monarch, King Lionheart. “Tempting but inadequate.” King Lionheart said with the slightest implication of anger. As he finished the letter he had laughed at the foolishness of the ponies. He had decided to send a return letter, it wrote,

“Dear Pony Hierarchs of Evesica,
I have indeed received your amusing letter, your choice of tongue may be strong, but the sounds that are amplified are as simplistic as your race. You are so blind as to not realize that my army is a vast and restless formation of wild beasts that will turn your little limbs into dust. If you indeed wish to resolve this violently, so be it. Now I hereby say that as of this day, I declare war on you ponies.

Signed,

King Lionheart”

Now it had been official; the ponies were at national war with the griffons. This sparked consciousness in Discord’s soul as he had attained power to live but not to do any critical damage. He was sighted by one of the royals attending the council. The tremendous shriek propelled from the pony’s mouth had terrified Discord into hiding. Discord lay quite and alone in a drone of isolation as he wept on the thought of his appearance. Though very upset with his existence, Discord only grew with depression rather than wrath. Throughout all of the war he had felt that on the inside he had been prettier than that of the ponies and griffons. He had realized that he was a better being after all.

Chapter 3: The Griffon/Pony War

The very night of the council in Evesica, the ponies had agreed on what tactics were to be used. The ponies had never seen acts of violence so indeed there had been confusion on how to proceed. They decided to us the Unicorn Ponies to enhance healing power and destructive forces. The Earth Ponies were ordered to the act of archery and close quarters combat since they were the strongest. And the Pegasus Ponies were to set horrid weather upon the griffon’s side of the battlefield to disrupt them. With these plans set, the pony army had set out on a war whose results were all but certain. Outmanned and outnumbered the ponies were confident, despite all odds. They believed that the magic of determination is what will aid them in advancing through this war for anti-greed. Little did they know that their very own creator, Cybele herself, was going to aid in their desperation. She induced them with the ability to find out their unique abilities through the magic of imagery depiction. In the eyes of Cybele the easiest way to know who you really are is to find out yourself. Through this she created the Cutie Mark. These markings are the visual encryption of a ponies own self being. The image that appears on one’s flank shows what their special talent is. The first battle against the griffons took place on the small island of Elir. As they were traveling towards the first battlefield on a different island of Earth, an unfortunate misinterpretation of currents had occurred. This had sent the ponies in an uncertain direction. As they conceived this mistake as a curse, it as well was a blessing from Cybele. Due to this miscommunication with nature, the ponies had discovered the land of Eddona. This was a distant island in which refugees from Zebrica had immigrated. The Zebras were incredibly skilled warriors and were to aid the ponies in battle. Because they as well were forms of equine, they had chosen to aid the ponies in battle. Cybele also had blessed the Zebra race with the ability to earn Cutie Marks because of their aiding in the war. And so the two races set off toward Elir to face their fate. A few hours had passed and the ponies and zebras had arrived on the shores of Elir. The griffons looked fierce and ready to destroy anypony that came near them. Though the ponies were engulfed by fear, they had been determined to face these intense foes. The Zebras had no fear for death; for they had believed in the ability of reincarnation. The Zebras’ optimism sparked confidence in the ponies. The Zebras’ aid is what just might enable the ponies to have a chance against all odds. As the ponies, griffons, and zebras lined up for battle, King Lionheart had been seen on his throne atop a hill. He looked so determined that he would win; not an ounce of fear even existed on his grim look. Then at that moment it appeared as if time had stopped dead. It was the feel that all time had slowed as the king had shouted with a deafening roar, “ATTACK!” It was that moment where the first battle in all of Equine Rule had begun. The battle had been fierce. The pegasi had endowed the griffons with fiery rain and lightning had struck all those who remained unable to avoid it. The griffons were brutal for they didn’t fear loss one bit as the stampeded the ponies. The Earth Ponies really showed their true strength and courage that day, for they were able to face and even defeat griffons face to face. Their strength in the ability to stay accurate in archery had also been proven to be a gracious tool in maintaining distance between them and the unicorns who were aiding the wounded so quickly. The unicorns’ brains were unable to save all of them due to magic overloads. This caused quite an unfortunate downfall in the ponies’ strength. And finally, the Zebras were the most ruthless ones on the battlefield. They looked fear in the eye and challenged it. They were aiding the earth ponies in hoof to talon combat for the most part as well as making potions for the unicorns. They had proven themselves a very loyal and needed ally to the ponies. The griffons now seeing a chance at failure had stepped up their game. They had now taken on the skies as they attacked the pegasi. This is what had caused the griffons to push forward an offensive. The pony army could sustain a line of defense no longer as the retreated to their boats and balloons. Do keep in mind that this was simply the first battle; the whole war awaits its fate. As King Lionheart chuckled at the ponies’ feeble attempt to overthrow his army, he secretly felt compassion towards his own troops. As he stared at the wounded griffons he realized that the ponies do have some power after all. This is the mentality that had weakened his emotional depth. Over the course of three centuries these battles raged on. The ponies had surprisingly won a rather impressive amount of battles. This actually warmed King Lionheart’s heart as he had decided to impose a peace treaty. It read,

“Dear my opposing foes,
I wish to enlighten you that you have indeed proven yourselves as worthy opponents. This, to my demise, fills me with joy rather than anger. With this, I shall impose a truce between our races in return for a second chance. We wish to not live in the same place, but to be granted the right to come and go as we want. We also admire your ability to reason and wish to abide by it more often. Because of your great ability to reason, I suppose you will accept this offer humbly.

Signed,

King Lionheart”
The Pony Hierarchs had let out a grand cheer as they read this letter. They had agreed on the offer the second they finished reading. The Zebras, on the other hand, felt as though they were surrendering. Against the ponies will, the Zebras had fled from the Ponies’ side and set back to Eddona. The war had finally ended. The Griffons then found land to the eastern hemisphere of Earth in which they claimed their own. They had named this place Gryphus. Peace can now be re-achieved for the ponies.

Chapter 4: The Lunar and Celestial Balance

Now it is up to the ponies to regain the balance through this dreaded experience. In most ways the world had become more imbalanced due to the violent and evil ways of the warriors. One hundred and sixty years had passed since the end of the griffon war (Current Year is 1 B.C.) and the ponies still argue and feud here and there. They have cleaned up the barren wastes that were the battlefields together though. One thing the war was sparked is the slight increase in anger for Discord. He says, “I for one think it is a shame that their inner selves are accepted and that mine is thrown to waste because I am different on the outside.” Cybele saw this anger within Discord rising and required assistance. But first she must wait for the ponies to regain their own stability. One year had passed and the answer had been final. Cybele was to create an advanced reason of opposition working in harmony. She had spawned two new Alicorns to aid her. Each had taken a distant time to spawn, for they were Noble Beings. They are Luna, Princess of Night and the Moon. And Celestia, Princess of Day and the Sun. Celestia was spawned first, ten years later came Luna. These two Alicorns were immediately recognized as Goddesses, for they are the only physical Alicorn Ponies. Although in the presence of greatness, the three pony races refused to remain harmonious. The three races began to feud and fight over their petty differences. The Earth Ponies became envious of their inability to produce magic or fly. The Pegasi gained wrath for the retaliation of the other races. And the Unicorns became greedy by stealing the crops from Earth Ponies to create potions for their own selfish needs. Seeing all their subjects rant and rave, the two princesses held a council in Evesica. The sisters implied that harmony and reason were the only salvation from discordance. Though the ponies agreed to make peace, their words spoke what their actions can’t hear. All of the chaos and unrest that these ponies caused made the princesses themselves grow with anger. This could not happen; if it does it will prove that disharmony is dominant. If that happened death would reign upon all of life. Finally, in desperation, the princesses created five more Alicorns. These Alicorns took 387 years to spawn due to lack of power from the Princesses. (Current Year: 397) Of these Alicorns were Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty. These Alicorns wielded a weapon more powerful than any other before it. They wielded the spirits of the Elements of Harmony. These elements were intended to create a better future for all of Celestia and Luna’s subjects. And so they did. The Elements of Harmony set on a course all over Earth. They spawned a gigantic explosion of all colors that spread all around the world. When induced by this magic, all beings had felt a sense of peace and harmonious attachment. Peace had finally been achieved. Although they created peace, not all ponies were fond of each other. This gave Princess Celestia a feeling as if something were missing. But she can’t quite put her hoof on it.

Chapter 5: The Rapture

Once peace had been maintained, the only piece of disharmony that existed was Discord. Discord had witnessed this sudden change in harmony and this brought fury in his soul. “It’s just not fair,” argued Discord, “that all of these ponies are able to create harmony in one simple wish. I have seen their true ways and I have waited through all of these years and I feel it is the time for action, not words. After my final rest, I shall self proclaim my place on this earth, and leave my mark on existence.” In order for Discord to achieve enough power from the fears and disharmony of other ponies, he required time. Because the act of disharmony in ponies was so subtle, Discord gained strength slowly. A year had passed and the time had come. Discord was to show himself to the world once more and was to impeach that he only wants to obtain harmony with everypony. Upon his arrival to Evesica, Discord had witnessed a feat he had never witnessed before. Beauty. He had the sudden urge to lose all evil within him and rethink his plans of unreason. This sudden urge caused Discord to become immortalized by his own thoughts as he perceived the first sight of splendor. He had seen Princess Celestia for the first time. Encumbered by emotion, Discord had developed the sudden urge to love every being he had ever seen. But the shyness within his mind had impeded his attempts to talk to Princess Celestia. Instead he pursued a new operation; he wanted to make all of her subjects realize that he was to be lovable and acceptable by their society. His first attempt was to speak to one of the leaders of the tribes. With fear imperiously overbearing his mentality, Discord decided to speak to the most reasonable, (in his opinion) Princess Platinum. As he approached her, before a word had even been produced from his decrepit lips, the Princess had shrieked in agonizing fear. Discord had had the last of his sanity removed at that moment in time. Hiding away in his pit of seclusion, he wept in pity. “IT’S JUST UNFARE, ALL THESE PONIES SURPASS JUDGMENT ON WHAT THEY MISUNDERSTAND! THEY ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO MISENTERPRET TRUTH AND FEAR IT!” Discord screamed in a fiery aura of wrath. This was the final judgment; Discord had reached the final stage of apparition. He had lost all thought of harmony; he had reached the stage of Lord of Chaos. With all his anger subdued within him, Discord set out on a journey to reign terror on all of Earth. And so he did; Earth fell under a bedlam as the blanket of chaos unfurled over the atmosphere. All of the ponies, zebras, buffalo, dragons, griffons, and all wild forms of life suffered from Discord’s actions. In retaliation, the five Noble Alicorns attempted to apprehend Discord. They wielded the Elements of Harmony; but Princess Celestia had studied the absence of a sixth compelling component. The elements were accounted as useless. Discord laughed at the inconsequential attempts to demolish him. Upon the Olympian Mountain of Evisica lay the battle between Discord and the five Noble Alicorns. The battle lasted about 2 days and then the final defeat was set in motion. Discord had been proven worthy as he defeated four of the five. In a final attempt to escape, Loyalty the fifth Alicorn, (Who fled from her duties) had been slain by the evil Discord. Now knowing the destructive power of Discord, Cybele hid Celestia and Luna away from Discord to keep the idea of harmony of ponies a reality. In doing so, she had faced Discord in person. With both powers so equally matched, the battle was undetermined. Then a glance at the pony tribes had been taken by Discord’s wandering eye; they were in opposition. They fought eagerly over resources; this discordance empowered Discord. Discord’s strength was at an all time high, and with one final striking blow, the fate of Cybele had been selected. Staring at the deceased, defeated body of Cybele, the ponies all felt a climax of angst. They fell into a pit of responsibility that was inescapable by all means. That was until Celestia and Luna returned. The pony tribes had then attained the courage to become friendly to each other to commence the dismantling of a common foe. Princess Celestia had obtained the knowledge on the Elements of Harmony. (She created them after all) She also taught Luna the ways of their power. With these five elements, the veiled sixth element, and the balance of opposites in play, the ponies were powerful enough to vanquish Discord. And so they did. The firearm of a thousand harmonious souls shot a wave of energy powerful enough to destroy any evil. The target had been precise; Discord fell to his knees. “Oh Celestia! Why have thou shrouded thyself to such ways?! Following a set example of your own blind subjects?! Why are you so faithful towards them?! What good have they done?!” pleaded Discord. “It’s not what they have done, but the potential of what they can accomplish.” impeached Celestia. The encasement of stone had started to consume Discord. “Celestia… I.” Before he could finish his final statement, Discord had been encased in stone. In front of the Princesses lay a waste of life, too entrenched in self emotion. With that, they teleported him to a distant land away from civilization. Then they spawned; the five know Elements of Harmony before their eyes. The spirits of Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty, embedded in stone. The Princesses then took the elements and set off to a remote resting place. Without the reign of terror from Discord, the ponies can retain harmony.

Chapter 6: The Founding of Equestria

Years had passed and the ponies had remained harmonious to one another. Nothing disharmonious had occurred. The Four Ponies of the Apocalypse viewed this as no such progression, for there had been no conflict, nor challenge. A simple task to test their friendship bonds was at hoof. Thus the four ponies had created creatures, known by study today by Starswirl the Bearded, as Windigos. As bitterness grows within the ponies, their hearts become colder; as their hearts become colder, the weather does also. One random day in the year 405, the storm of bitterness had begun. This storm brought coldness to an extreme measure. As the storm grew the pony tribes became uneasy. The uneasy ways of the tribes caused them to befall selfishness. The earth ponies harvested food to the other tribes, but only to receive favors in return. The unicorn ponies circulated night and day, but only to receive food from the earth ponies. The pegasi brought forward the weather, but only to receive food from the earth ponies as well. Rather than realizing that they require coexistence to survive, all they saw was what they get in return. These selfish notions implied the thought of the Windigos to make the storm colder and stronger. The weather brought extreme conditions between the tribes. The Earth ponies were freezing, the Pegasi Ponies were hungry, and the Unicorn Ponies were freezing and hungry. In attempt to resolve the issue, a council was held at the Olympian Mountain of Evesica. The Hierarchs of the tribes all met here once again: Leader of the Pegasi, Commander Hurricane. Leader of the Unicorns, Princess Platinum. And finally, Leader of the Earth Ponies, Chancellor Pudding Head. Instead of reasoning, each placed blame on each other. Their problems were unresolved and the storm grew colder and stronger. Upon their returns, the hierarch basically complained to their secretaries about how the other tribes were not implying peace. Commander Hurricane spoke to Private Pansy, Princess Platinum spoke to Clover the Clever, and Chancellor Pudding Head spoke to Smart Cookie. Although different in ways of dialogue the hierarchs had the same idea; they needed to find a new land. The three hierarchs and their secretaries went off to search for new land. Over some time Commander Hurricane had found land and decided to name it Pegasopolis. Simultaneously, Princess Platinum found land and named it Unicornia. Meanwhile, Chancellor Pudding head found land, and decided to name it Dirtville. Smart Cookie insisted that she name it Earth, she agreed and so they named it Earth. Coincidentally, the land each of them found was the same place! The first reaction of the hierarchs was to retaliate, the secretaries disagreed. The hierarchs fought anyway. But then, the storm returned. The six ponies were forced to share a cave in the distant mountain in this newfound land. Even in the desperation they were locked in, the hierarchs battled over territory within the cave. The Windigos saw this as an opportunity to entrap them in the cave. Locked in the cave, the hierarchs resorted to blaming each other for their unfortunate fate. Each of them became frozen in the ice that resembled the coldness in their hearts. Quivering in fear, Private Pansy, Clover the Clever, and Smart Cookie saw the Winigos. In the last act of desperation, it was Private Pansy that released her true feelings; she let the other two know that she didn’t hate them. The other two secretaries reacted the same way. The Winigos viewed this as a hearth’s warming. Then the power of love between the three had banished the Windigos. Freed from the ice, the three began to sing carols of harmony. The warmth of their love was strong enough to melt all of the snow, and even melt the hearts of the hierarchs. Thus this new holiday was called Hearth’s Warming. On this very same day, the new land had been renamed Equestria. The six then agreed that the land shall be run under the great rule of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Over time the rest of the pony races were migrated to their new home, Equestria.

Chapter 7: Nightmare Moon

The ponies have now proven themselves as almost perfect beings. They all loved each other for what they were and even vowed to all be friends forever. This was a new friendship; a friendship on a scale never before obtained. All danced and sang, hoof in hoof. Love had finally been claimed immortal. The ponies all lived in Equestria, which had already built a capital city called Canterlot. This is where the two princesses were kept; in their garden lays the encased Discord. Over the years, more towns were formed. These inlcude: Ponyville, Manehattan, Appleloosa, Cloudsdale, and many more. In celebration of complete harmony, the royal sisters decided to have a new feat. This was the foundation of the Summer Sun Celebration. This was made to announce the longest day of the year, as the sun shined as bright as the ponies’ hearts. In the year 435, the sisters made the first celebration. But Luna felt the slightest fragment of envy. All of the ponies loved Princess Celestia’s raising of the summer sun, but there had been no lunar related celebration. Away at night Luna wrote in her diary. She wrote,
“In all honesty, I feel ashamed to be envious of my own sister. This envy shan’t become succumbed towards me for I am tolerant. I won’t wish to tell her, for she may view me as immature or obscured. I only wish she knew.”
As night grew darker, she realized her envy grew. All of the ponies refused to embrace her beautiful night as they slept during that time. When morning came she tried to start anew, but then she realized that the ponies enjoyed her sister’s day far more than her night. That’s when Luna had the idea that she shall make the night eternal and then the ponies will be forced to enjoy it. One faithful night, Princess Luna had refused to lower the night and make room for day. Celestia insisted on reasoning with her, but the bitterness in the young one’s heart transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, with the help of all the other ponies’ friendship, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful elements know to ponydom: The Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister and banished her permanently in the moon. But it is legend that on the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration, due to star alignment, the stars will aid in Nightmare Moon’s escape. The elder sister then took on responsibility for both sun and moon and harmony has been maintained for generations since.

The End