It was a hot summers day, with only a few clouds (the Pegasi were responsible for that, of course!), and a nice gentle breeze.
“So this is Ponyville.” I said to myself, something I do often. “I can see why she recommended it.” I was still at the outskirts of the town, having walked from Manehatten. Yes, walked. Most ponies would take the train, but then again I’m not most ponies.
I could see the Treebrary and I decided to go there first. Or I would have, had a pink pony not popped up out of nowhere in front of me.
“Hello!” she said. “I’m Pinkie Pie! You must be new here, I haven’t seen you before, and I know everypony, and I mean EVERYpony in Ponyville! What’s you name?”
“Call me Greyhoof,” I replied to the crazy party pony. “And yes, I’m new here. Just came from Manehatten”.
“Oooh! Oooh! I know! I gotta throw a PARTY!! I always throw a party for my new friends!!”
“Thanks, but I’ve never really enjoyed parties.” I said , before she could dash off. “I guess I’m not really the partying kind.” With this, I think I broke her. She just kinda froze in place, mouth open. “Fine, I’ll try it. I just want to visit the library first.”
With this, she unfroze. “It’s going to take a bit of time to arrange, not long though! You should definitely visit the library, one of my bestest friends ever is there!” She than disappeared, the same way she appeared.
I made my way to the library, and knocked on the door. It was answered by a small purple and green dragon.
“Errr, hello? Can I help you?” he asked.
“I was just hoping to browse the library for a bit.” I replied. “Although at some point a Pinkie Pie is going to throw a party for me, completely unavoidable it seems.”
“Yeah, she can be like that. Especially since she hasn’t had an excuse for a party for a week or two now. Come in, I’ll get Twilight.”
I followed the dragon inside, and looked around at the bookshelves, which were cut into the sides of the tree itself
“Can I help you find something?”
I turned around to find a purple Alicorn behind me, wearing a crown that matched her Cutie Mark.
“Ah, you must be the famous Princess Twilight Sparkle. I am mainly interested in books on unusual forms of magic. It is one of my few passions.”
“We haven’t got a lot on that here, but I can get some from the library in Canterlot if you wouldn’t mind waiting a couple of days.” she said.
“That would be lovely, I was thinking of moving into Ponyville anyway. I haven’t decided yet though, but I imagine it won’t take long. I’ve been wandering too long, I need to settle down, and Ponyville seems like just the quiet, out of the way place I have been thinking of.”
“Wandering? Not a lot of ponies do that. Those that do, don;t usually stop. May I ask why? Sorry if I’m being too nosy.”
“Well,” I replied. “You are a Princess, not that I have ever bothered much with royalty, so I suppose you can ask. It is quite a tale though”.
Author's Note
First chapter up I do want your thoughts!
“My full name is Greyhoof Scrollseal. I am a unicorn, as you can see. And I’m not exactly from around here, and by that I mean I’m not from Equestria. You see, when the three tribes left and eventually founded Equestria, we were left behind. Not me personally, of course, but my ancestors. I prefer to keep the rest of this secret, I trust that you can keep secrets.”
“Yes, of course. Spike, please can you go out and get some groceries? It needs doing, and I think this needs to be a private conversation.” said Twilight.
”Yeah sure Twilight!” Spike replied”
“Please continue,” requested Twilight, after Spike had left.
“My ancestors didn’t follow the other unicorns, as they were sure there was noway that they would survive, and they didn’t realise the other tribes had left as well. You see, they guarded a vault of magical secrets”.
“What kind of secrets?” Twilight asked, looking puzzled.
“Dangerous ones. Knowledge of spells and rituals that could allow any pony to cause untold havoc. Powerful spells allowing one to control many minds at once with ease, the summoning of deadly creatures from beyond this world and more. It was decided not to destroy them, as with the knowledge of spell comes the chance of a counter-spell, in case the spells are discovered by another. As well as ordinary knowledge, just in case.”
“Wow.” Twilight said, looking shocked. “I can see why you want to keep that secret. But where are the spells now? You don’t appear to be carrying a library. And how did your ancestors survive?”
“My ancestors managed to use magic to allow crops to grow.” I replied. “It was very hard, and they never grew as well as they would if an earth pony had done it. And as for the vault, well, about three hundred years ago, my ancestors decided to scry to see if anypony had survived. After finding out that they had, they started work on moving the vault. It took over two hundred and fifty years to perfect the enchantments that would allow the vault to be accessed from anywhere. But only by us. It took a bit long to be sure that it was stable, and then the few of us that were left, including my parents, left for Equestria. I was born on the journey here. I grew up travelling around Equestria, my parents never were content in one place.”
“So where are your family now? I would have though they’d be with you.”
“Dead. Something to do with attempting to access the Vault to archive some new theories about counter-spells when a certain entity is changing the physical laws around does not mix. I only survived because I was a bit further away, bored.”
There was a knock on the door, and Pinkie Pie came in.
“Let me guess, the party is ready?” asked Twilight.
“Yup!” answered Pinkie. “And it’s gonna be a doozy!”
“Great.” I said. “I suppose I’d better come along.”
