Equestrian Spirits: A Historical Journal

The Creation of the Races.

It is told that Aeolus and Hex became jealous of their sister Terra. She had another pony like her that shared the same appearance as she did. They had accepted Tidal as one of them. But they believed it was time for them to have another to call their friend as well. Aeolus was the first to approach the Regal Mother. He requested of her to create him a Pegasus that he could fly throughout the skies with. She saw a storm cloud in the distance and using her magic created a pony from within the cloud. She called him Typhoon. He was a grey Pegasus with black braided hair. At first even with wings he couldn’t fly.

The Regal Mother explained to Aeolus that even though he wasn’t a unicorn, he and Terra had magic within themselves that they could use to fulfill some wants and desires. She explained that because Aeolus was the first natural born Pegasi, she had given him the ability to fly, an ability he could now bless upon others if he wished to do so. So Aeolus looked to Typhoon, and with a golden glow in his eyes he bestowed upon him the ability to fly, and fly they did, all throughout the sky that day. Racing through the clouds, flying all around the planet as they pleased. Aeolus finally had a friend of his own.

“Wait a second, I thought Typhoon was a Unicorn? Why is it saying he’s a Pegasi? And he couldn’t fly even though the Regal Mother created him? I’m confused… ” Spike questioned.

“Well Spike I think she didn’t give him the ability to fly at first so she could teach Aeolus how to use his own magic… and as far as why he is a Pegasi, I’m not sure what will happen… but I have a feeling we are gonna find out soon.” Twilight replied, she cleared her throat and continued to read on.

Hex now seeing Aeolus with Typhoon, and Terra with Tidal, demanded that Starlight make a friend for him as well. Starlight, who was busy raising the sun and moon, controlling the weather, and the passing of the seasons grew tired of hearing his Unicorn son complain. In a fit of anger he hastily created a Unicorn from out of a nearby shadows. The Unicorn looked much different than Hex, a coat as black as night, and a curved red horn on his head. He named the Unicorn Sombra.

“WHAT?! Sombra was a creation of Starlight? I can’t believe this!” Twilight was astounded. She continued to read without waiting for a reaction from Spike.

The Unicorn came into creation very happy, and wanting to play with his new friend. But Hex was not satisfied. He wanted a pony that looked like him and not to be created from darkness but to be created from something full of light. He completed neglected the black Unicorn. Sombra was heartbroken. He one night heard whispers in his dreams… whispers that convinced him to flee deep into the mountains to the north of the great family’s home.

Hex was very skilled using magic, seeing he had been practicing for hundreds of years. So it was no trouble for him to mimic Starlight’s creation spell. He captured some light from the sun during the day, and light from the moon at night. He combined the two and used the creation spell. But what happened next he did not expect. His using of the two lights created not one Unicorn, but two, a white mare with a yellow mane and a black stallion with a purple mane. Hex named them Sol, and Nocturnal. He was incredibly excited to see that he had more than one friend to play with, and planned the next day to show them off to Aeolus and Terra to make them jealous.

The door to the library swung open and Applejack yelled out a powerful “Howdy Twilight!” She had a big smile on her face for a moment, but her joy turned to confusion when she saw Twilight and Spike, jaws open, staring at a book. “Um, Twi? Are you ok?” she asked. Twilight was still stuck on the names Sol, and Nocturnal. “Twilight?” Applejack asked one last time. She started heading back towards the door.

“Uh… ok then I guess I’ll just be headin’ off… I just wanted to bring ya’ll some apples… those storms have been watering our trees plenty and they taste a might good…” Nopony looked at Applejack as she dropped her saddlebag and with an annoyed look went out the door. “Well you’re welcome.” She muttered as she slammed the door behind her.

Spike looked up. “What was that?” he turned around and saw the saddlebag full of apples “ooooo yum!” He ran over, stuffed a few in his mouth and then brought one to Twilight. “Hey Twilight wake up” He snapped a claw in front of her face and she finally reacted.

“Ahhh!” she shouted and looked at Spike angrily… then she looked back at the down at the book. “Sol and Nocturnal… that sounds so much like…” She trailed off, her mind ran at a million miles a minute trying to take in all this surprising information.

“I have to keep reading… I have to know” She said. Spike sat back down and munched happily on the apples, as Twilight began to read again.

When Starlight was busy in the sky, summoning clouds for a light rain Hex brought his two friends Sol and Nocturnal over to the others. Sol and Nocturnal were said to be excited to meet some other ponies, but Terra and Aeolus did not give them a warm welcome. The Siblings believed it was unfair for him to have two friends and they only had one. Aeolus left in anger and flew into the sky, formulating his own plan to have create more Pegasi without his parents knowing. Typhoon tried to calm his friend to no avail. Aeolus used nearby clouds and formed them into Pegasi, he used the magic within himself and gave them life, and the ability of flight. He continued to create more and more to Typhoon’s horror until the sky was full of new Pegasi. He gave each one a different name, too many to have been recorded. Each one a different gender, with a different personality. His light amount of magic able to give them flight and their own souls, free to live as they wished.

Meanwhile Terra had begun to do the same. She molded earth and clay into ponies and gave them life. Tidal however was supportive of her decision and wished for her to be happy. When Hex found out about this development he too began to use pure and powerful magic to form Unicorns instead of the lights from the sun and moon, which would take too much time having to wait for each night and day. Sol and Nocturnal stayed incredibly unique with appearance and personalities that matched the powerful stars that helped create them, but like Aeolus and Terra’s creations, Hex’s Unicorns too all had different appearances, names, and personalities.

Soon there was a large number of each species of pony. The siblings had hoped to try and create more then each other, but soon their parents were the only ones that realized but they had lost all amounts of self-control. The Regal Mother and Starlight descended upon all in anger. They were disappointed in their children taking advantage of the gifts they gave them and decided a punishment was in order. Starlight wanted his children to understand the burden he had and decided to split it among them.

He gave Aeolus full control of the sky, wind, and weather. He gave Hex the Sun and Moon and the duty of raising and lowering them, and gave Terra control over the Earth’s development. The Regal mother decided to go a step further, and ordered that the three species went and lived with their own kind, far from home.

As the siblings shamefully went separate ways with their subjects Starlight and The Regal Mother gave them one last punishment. Using their magic they put a symbol on each their bodies, and told them that the pictures represented their duty and new purpose in the world. The marks were to be a symbol of shame and disgrace, always reminding them of their failure. The ponies then led their species to live their lives separately.

Typhoon felt betrayed, he believed Aeolus no longer wanted him and that was his reason for creating more Pegasi instead. While sleeping one night… far from the Pegasi encampment. He heard dark whispers in his dreams. They called him to the mountains. When Aeolus and the other Pegasi had their attention focused elsewhere, he fled to the north searching for a real friend who understood how he felt. He searched for Sombra.

As Twilight finished the chapter she looked down at her cutie mark. The purple star and sparkles surrounding it used to always make her happy… now she was conflicted.

“The first cutie marks ever given… were given as punishment. And then it grew to be a blessing.” Twilight got up and trotted to the nearest window, Owlowiscious flew onto his small birch, closing his eyes to sleep.  Twilight looked up at Canterlot. Her home since birth, where she learned all she did about magic and its history. And in just a few hours she learned that she either nopony else knows the truth… or if she alone had completely been lied to all her life.

“Spike… take a note please. I have some questions for Celestia.”