Equestrian Lore: Ancient Lands

        In today’s world, we all know The Everfree Forest as a mysterious place. Many equines had said  that it doesn’t work like Equestria. Other’s say that everything in the forest is independent. It doesn’t need any equine intervention whatsoever, and that it just isn’t natural…

Others say that its far too dangerous, and is filled with far too many creatures…

It was written into history that in the year 11,000 B.B this forest was first discovered by Empress Seasonaria. She traveled many different places for the purpose of exploring when she had flown over a beautiful forest.

She was simply amazed watching about the forest, from the beautiful flowers to the magnificent trees. Looking at all the colorful life of the forest made her day. Upon looking at this beauty she decided to called it the “Forest of Harmony”. She named it that for its harmonic way of life. The sight only made a hard heart grow soft., and the musical sounds of the forest only made one’s countenance rise. She invited her husband to the beautiful forest, and told him that they should both keep this forest forever shining with beauty.

Empress Seasonaria kept the temperature for all life of the forest normal, never to be too cold or too hot. She also played and talked to all the kind creatures of the forest. Emperor Seasoris took care of the water for all the life of the forest by passing through it making the little clouds from his feet spread throughout the forest. The little clouds would mix with the moisture of the air and create a mist that watered the ground of the forest. Empress Seasonaria would use the mist to properly give all plants and trees and equal amount of water, and had kept any plant from drying up.

For thousands of years, Empress Seasonaria and the creatures shared a bond with each other, and it grew strong. She decided to plant a seed storing all of her love for the forest, and the bonding of her animals within it. The plant grew by the strength of their ever increasing friendship. And so they kept this process for a millennium.

After the “The War of the Mighty”, she was no longer there to take care of the beautiful forest. But by then, the plant had grown into a tree which is known today as the “Tree of Harmony”. This tree was the nourisher, provider, and protector of the forest. It had grown fruits, but not fruits that one could eat. These fruits were of stone, and one that was able to master that element of Peace or Harmony would acquire its power to protect and help all those who lack those elements.

The forest was protected for quite some years before “The War of the Cursed Olympians” which was an epic battle between the army of Princess Celestia and Luna versus the “The Dark Rulers”. The “Forest of Harmony” was unfortunately the main battlefield of that war. This forest was exposed to extremely powerful magic leaving damaging scars of that war to this very day. The effects of their magic filled the forest. It turned all of the inhabitants that were exposed to the  mutated air, both deceased and living, were turned into fiends…

The air of the forest was so cursed that Both royal sisters couldn’t easily go back to the “Ancient Castle of Royal Pony Sisters”. Every living thing that inhabited the forest were either mutated or very hostile. The plants would start growing on their own, and the clouds would start moving at their own pace. The Royal Sisters were no longer in control of this forest.

The “Tree of Harmony” was greatly scared by the effects of the war. Most of the fruits of  harmony crumbled and broke away from its branches. But the ones that remained kept the forest from expanding its great horror upon the rest of the land.

Princess Celestia didn’t want her subjects to ever go to that place. In fact, she was the pony to tell the tale of the forest and also gave its name “The Everfree Forest”. She ordered for her castle to be built on the nearest mountain. She still sleeps in the highest tower to keep watch of the forest lest it grows out of control to overtake the land…

Few brave travelers went through the forest and back, and told the villagers of all the beautiful lands beyond that forest. Other went missing, but despite the lost, some villagers believed them, but even to this very day it is preferred to travel around the forest than through it. For their are many mysteries and secrets within the forest that travelers try to tell, but really have no idea about.

Villagers tell their young these tales, so that none would be to curious to venture out into the forest. After all curiosity was always affiliated with killing the most dared adventurers…

The forest still exists to this very day, it is located just outside Ponyville. Now with the remaining elemental fruits of harmony used by six protectors, the forest is now in danger of expanding throughout the land, and it is now up to the bearers of the fruits of harmony to stop it in its tracks.