Equestrian Spirits: A Historical Journal

The Founding of Equestria

All three races of ponies had grown quite a dislike for one another. The Pegasi and Unicorns began to bully the Earth ponies. In demand for keeping the weather under control, and raising the sun and moon, they asked for a portion of the food grown by the Earth ponies. Feeling like they had no other choice to keep their world in balance they agreed to those terms, causing further resentment and bitterness. The Unicorns and Pegasi started competing to see who would get larger spoils of food, often leading to arguments between the two races.

Twilight heard a knock at her door once again, she turned and looked towards the door, then looked at Spike, then back to the door again.

“I have to go get that don’t I?” Spike sounded as monotone as monotone can get. She smiled and nodded her head. Spike rose and stomped over to the door, as soon as it opened he was completely trampled by Improv.

“Twilight! We gotta throw Aeolus a party!” He said, exasperated.

Twilight’s ear flicked up at hearing this. “A party? Today?! Ugh Pinkie picks the worst times to throw these things. At Sugar Cube Corner? What time?

Improv looked down sheepishly. “Well… For the kinda party we had planned we were kinda hoping we could… use the library?”

“WHAT?!” Twilight couldn’t believe what she was hearing, here she is trying to learn about the history of the spirits and her friends wanted a party to be thrown at her place, tonight.

Ugh. Why do I put up with these ponies sometimes?

“Ok fine. Only since Aeolus…” She thought hard about what she was gonna say. She didn’t want to reveal Aeolus’ true identity to the Unicorn just yet. “… Is new to town and probably would enjoy it.”

The Unicorns smile was ear to ear. “AWESOME! Ok cool come on in guys!”

Behind Improv came Vinyl Scratch, Ponyville’s local disk jockey, and A big black and blue Griffon that Twilight had never seen before.

“So Gryph you and Vinyl set up over here, and I’ll get to work on the decorations.”  He looked at Twilight with a heartwarming smile. “Thanks Twilight I’m sure Aeolus is gonna love this party!” He ran out of the house, leaving the two others in the library to continue set up.

Twilight sighed and shook her head, before levitating her book and pillow to go upstairs to her room. “Spike you coming? I have a feeling it’s gonna be loud down here in a little bit.”

Spike weighed his options. “Well actually Twilight I kinda want to help Improv set up this party! Let me know all the good stuff that happens!” He ran over and hoof/claw bumped Vinyl and started talking to the Griffon. Twilight continued her quick journey up the stairs.

She got up to her room and gingerly placed the book on her bed, then climbed onto it, being careful so she didn’t mess up the sheets. Her horn lit up, and the book opened. It flipped through a few chapters, till she found where she left off at in chapter 4.

There are no records indicating what the various Spirits did during their absence from the world, but the pony races below them had many complications. There were various murders between the three races, for them, each one blamed the other.

“Murders? That wasn’t ever mentioned during Hearths Warming Eve!” Twilight’s thirst for knowledge wasn’t quenched with such little information. She continued reading.

The Unicorn and Pegasi, the main targets of the murders began to blame the Earth ponies, who under the weight of the two other races barely had enough food to support themselves. One day a terrible rainstorm started, it slowly was destroying the homes the Earth ponies created for themselves. They begged the Pegasi to get rid of the storms, but they only agreed to for a bigger share of the delicious food the Earth ponies grew. After the Pegasi received their bigger portion the Unicorns refused to Lower the Sun and raise the Moon until given an even bigger share then the Pegasi received. The Earth ponies had no choice but to give in. That night when the Moon was lowered the temperature dropped dramatically. A massive blizzard rolled in, in only two nights every single crop of food grown by the Earth ponies was consumed by the blistering cold. The cold reached the Pegasi high in the sky, and the Unicorns behind their stone castle walls. Finally the king of the Unicorns, King Topaz sent letters out to the leaders of the other races. Demanding a meeting, he then sent his daughter and heir Princess Platinum to convene with the others.

Twilight smiled, her mind wandered back to a few years before, when she and her friends reenacted the founding of Equestria. Rarity was Platinum, Twilight played Clover the Clever, a servant of King Topaz but a student to the great Unicorn Star Swirl the Bearded. She looked down and saw a small illustration of the meeting, noticing her and her friends did in fact bear a slight resemblance to the original founders.

The Earth ponies sent Chancellor Pudding Head, and the Pegasi sent their head military leader Commander Hurricane. The meeting between the clans was… Quite short. Nothing was accomplished as the ponies simply argued, and blamed each other for the blizzard, and lack of food. As the leaders went to their respective homes each one came up with the idea to leave the frozen wasteland that was once their home, and search for a new place to live. After travelling for weeks each pony found their ideal home, but it just so happened this ideal home was the same for each. They immediately began to fight once more, and within mere hours of arguing snow began to fall around them. Realizing what was happening the leaders and their assistants were forced to flee into a nearby cave, hoping to hide from the blizzard that was now stealing their new perfect land from them.

Throughout the night the pony leaders continued to argue and fight over the most trivial of things. Little did they understand the more they fought, the colder it got. This was the work of Typhoon’s Windigos. Ponies made from ice and snow that fed off the hate between ponies, giving them more strength. The Windigos sealed the entrance to the cave, and entered through a hole in the ceiling. As the ponies fought and argued it became colder and colder.

The creeping cold went down the walls, searching for the source of all the hate, and it soon found its target. Before the very eyes of Smart Cookie, Clover the Clever, and Private Pansy their leader and rulers froze in place. They together huddled together for one final moment before they too froze. They shared conversation and laughter, which weakened the Windigos power. It was in this moment, that Clover the Clever discovered the magic of friendship. Her spell broke the ice that encased them and warmed the room around them. The three very different ponies began to bond, and sing, and love one another. The magic of friendship became too much for the Windigos, with the absence of hate they starved to death and faded, as did their cold wind.

Twilight closed her eyes, remembering the first song.

“The fire of friendship lives in our hearts… As long as it burns we cannot drift apart…” She opened her eyes, a small twinkle shining in both.

The rulers of the races thawed out, witnessing firsthand the magic of friendship they declared that they would no longer fight. But instead would unite. When Clover the Clever used her magic to thaw the ice, she had a vision. Two ponies would soon rise against a great evil, and rule over all ponies. They would be the embodiments of the Sun and Moon. Together the ponies left the cave and saw before them a beautiful green land. They called it Equestria. All Unicorn, Pegasi, and Earth ponies soon had relocated here and lived in absolute peace and harmony. Patiently awaiting for prophesy that the great Clover the Clever had foreseen to come true.

They patiently awaited their Princesses to come.