A large black Pegasus stallion stood in a shadowy forest. He had a muscular build and had grey markings over his body, including his muzzle. His mane was red and swept back with a long black streak through the top, the same with his tail which had a black streak though the middle.

The moon was high in the sky, and the howls of a timberwolf could be heard throughout the forest. The trees swayed in the soft breeze blowing through the forest itself, and small dark leaves fell onto the dry floor.

The Pegasus was speaking with another stallion that was slightly smaller than him, and held no muscular features. He was a light brown pony with a long horn protruding from his head. He held a watch over his hoof and wore a suit with a bow tie, and held a monocle over his left eye. His mane and tail were a slightly darker brown, and black stubble grew around his face.

“We have to wait another year?!” He angrily shouted “I thought you said it would be finished by now?” He scraped his hoof in the dirt, which caused a small amount of dust to settle on his legs.

“I apologise, sir.” The unicorn looked scared “but we can’t rush these things! But when we’re done it’ll be perfect,” he promised.

The Pegasus took a step forwards and towered over the unicorn threateningly “if this experiment isn’t finished by next year then you’ll have a lot of explaining to do”

The unicorn nodded his head “I promise that they’ll be perfect for The Rebellion!” he took a step backwards, causing the Pegasus to stop his threatening pose over the pony.

He grunted “one year,” he decided “and no more!” He began his walk away from the unicorn, and took one final glance his way.

If he messes up again… he won’t have time to run

One year later…

“I trust our experiment was a success?” The Pegasus returned with a smile upon his face.

“Ah, yes!” The unicorn answered “would you like to see before we take them out?” He asked.

The black Pegasus nodded, and followed the pony into a small room with a metal floor with small lights hanging from the ceiling. The room was dimly lit, as the lights were small and cheap.

The Pegasus looked around the room and spotted a large tube filled with a glowing green liquid. Bubbles rose to the top every minute or so, and would eventually pop leaving the cycle to start again. But the most interesting thing inside of the tube was the body of two identical little orange Pegasi, which were the size of a six year old foal.

“So they’ll act like a six year old?” He asked curiously. “No teaching those things you would teach younger foals?”

The unicorn nodded. “These Pegasi are perfect in every way! And with them growing in a tube I’ve already managed to teach them skills as they grew.” The brown pony smiled “and it’s all thanks to you letting them grow for another year.”

The Pegasus looked back over at the fillies inside of the tube “the one on the right looks smaller than the other.” He pointed out. “Is she defective?”

The unicorns eyes widened. “No, of course not, sir!” He waved his hooves, “they can’t be exactly the same; that’s virtually impossible!” He explained.

“So there’ll be no difference in performance?” He took a step forwards, towering over the unicorn.

“I am absolutely certain they’ll match each other’s performance!” He promised, a small bead of sweat dripping from his face in panic.

The Pegasus nodded and took a step back. “Take them out then.” He waved his hoof in signal.

The unicorn nodded and pressed a single button, causing a large amount of smoke to appear around the tube. The green liquid began to empty from the tube, and the two filly bodies slowly floated to the bottom.

“So, do they just wake up?” The black pony asked.

The unicorn shook his head, and a small needle appeared in front of his face. Inside was a purple liquid, much like the one inside the tube.

“No, we need to inject them with this.” He took a few steps forwards and then slowly placed the edge of needle in the left pony’s foreleg, and then repeated it with the smaller pony.

The unicorn came to stand beside the Pegasus. “They’re your recruits, tell them to rise” he whispered in the black ponies ear.

He nodded in response and stepped closer to the little fillies that had just awoken “rise” he commanded in a booming voice.

The largest filly stood up straight away, and saluted. However, the much smaller filly weakly got to her legs and gave a much smaller salute. The black pony looked back at the unicorn “I thought you said she would match her performance!” He accused.

“Sir, the smaller filly is weaker now, but she’ll match her larger counterpart in a few more hours”.

The black Pegasus sighed and nodded. “Fine, we’ll wait for her to improve”

Author's Note

Right, so sorry the prologue is shorter than 1,000 words. I always have trouble making the prologues long for whatever reason. So please bear in mind this writing was from 1 month ago and my newer stuff might have improved.
I'll upload two chapters per day until I've gotten up to my newest chapter to post, then it'll be at completely random times like my other story.