Chapter 1: Where It All Began

        A unicorn mare was sleeping peacefully on the soft white sand bed of an unknown island. When she opened her eyes, she lifted her head and looked down at the sand. She stretched her hoof and started moving the sand with small strokes. The mare was intrigued with her surroundings, and wanted to know more. She gazed down at her side, she turned and watched behind, and she put a hoof to her head and felt her mane and its smooth feeling. She also felt the warmth of the sun above. Her mind then processed and understood everything she saw like it had been already experienced.

She didn’t know how or why, but she had full knowledge of what everything around her was and what to call it by. Her mane and tail were the colors of the early morning sun. Her coat was was a beautiful pale orange, and her eyes matched the colors of her mane and tail.

She trotted about the beach and smiled as she galloped giggling, watching at all beautiful scenery. The sand texture was soft which gave a cushiony feeling under her hooves in which she galloped around in circles smiling and expressing her joy for what she had felt. She gazed up at the clouds and stopped her galloping. She watched as the clouds moved madly about the skies. Some moved horizontally, others moved vertically, and a few others moved diagonally through the skies.

"Hmm... The sky doesn't look well at all.” she said as she looked at the sky in its entirety. The oddest occurrence for her was that the Sun had shone down on one side, and the Moon had shone down on another.

She rubbed her head and trotted off into the jungle. She was aroused by the varieties of leaves, trees and birds the jungle had offered. Going through and stepping on giant leaves, she was intrigued with the crackling and swishing sounds that were made as she traveled about the area. The further she traveled, she only noticed more birds and interestingly shaped trees that were embellished all about the area.

After traveling for sometime, she came upon a forest. She was quite confused as she scanned her surroundings. Trees floated about the air, and chunks of earth were levitating about the forest. The forest even lacked the level of oxygen for proper breathing in some parts.

“What could this all mean?” she thought as she walked about the forest despite its confusion.

She traveled for hours through the forest and noticed more and more things that just didn’t seem in order. Her instinct told her that not everything was in its proper order.

Upon further traveling, her energy started to wane. She fell to her side, and as her consciousness was fading she thought of why was she so tired.

“It feels so, peaceful here even though it looks out of order.” She look over at tree that was fully grown and straight and the ground below wasn’t levitating. “I guess it’s not so bad after all.”

Just then as she was about to fall into a deep sleep, her eyes narrowed over at a creature who laid on its side near a tree surround by bed of flowers. She got up from the surface her slumber and walked over to the pony. When she got close, she realized it was a stallion.

“Umm... Hi?”

The stallion heard the words of the mare, opened his eyes, and rose to his hooves. He had the mane and tail of the night sky. His coat was dark blue, and his eyes were as the stars in the night sky. He looked at the mare and then scratched his head. He looked as though he was trying to remember why he was here as well.

“Hello,” the stallion replied. He looked around then gazed back at the mare. “I don’t know… why am I here?”

“I don’t really know,” the mare said looking down at the ground. “I don’t have answer for that,” she said as she laid back on the flowers and looked up at the night sky.

The stallion sat back on his haunches and watched down at her. His starry eyes gazing upon her eyes of morning light.

“Umm, why exactly are you here? My name is Astrim by the way, what’s yours?”

“Astrim, what a nice name that is… my name… my name is Lucena…?,” the mare said as she laid back on the ground and gave out a sigh of bliss. She felt so relaxed and so free.

“Lucena… So Lucena, where do you come from?”

“Come from?”

“Yes,” Astrim replied as he looked up at the night sky.

Lucena put a hoof to her chin and thought for a moment. Then she arose and sat on her haunches.

“I don’t really know… All I remember is that I woke up on the beach, then decided to do some pioneering, and then met you.”

“Well, I want to fix this whole mess, but… when I got this place felt like drifting off into dreamland,” Astrim said as he laid back down on his back and gave off a sigh of happiness.

“Yeah, me too. It really puzzles me how funny order can be in certain areas,” Lucena said as she looked up at the night sky through the trees of the forest. “I don’t like seeing the sun and moon dividing  the sky.”

“Well that will not be solved by sitting here,” Astrim said looking up at the divided sky.

“So are you going to help me then?” Lucena asked as she looked over at him.

“Sure, why not?” Astrim replied as he looked back at her.

Lucena slowly rose to her hooves and a little smile adorned on her face.

“Ok, well let’s go then. The sooner the better.”

“Well then, I’m right behind you,” Astrim said with a smile.

Lucena started galloping off further into the forest, and Astrim followed. They traveled about the forest and the deeper they traveled the crazier and more confusing it looked. They didn’t see other creatures at some point. All they saw were trees, plants and small chunks of earth were levitating awkwardly about the areas. The clouds were heavy with rain but didn’t pour. They floated about the sky without any control. The wind patterns also got more confusing. They traveled through in all different directions with great force.

After a certain point, there no more trees, but large chunks of earth that hovered about. The chunks appeared as though they were rooted from the land below and some sort of sorcery was keeping them afloat. Heavy sound waves were heard no to far off from them. One wave sent them off their hooves falling back on the loins.

“What could be causing these terrible waves to come about?” Lucena asked as she rose to her hooves.

“I don’t know, but when we find out, we will know,” Astrim said as he also rose to his hooves.

They made their way to the area where the wave of sound came from. As they neared the area, two other ponies were seen facing each other. One was an earth pony, and the other was a pegasus. When they reached the site, they looked at them both standing over a chunk of floating earth staring at each other.

“Umm, what are you guys doing?”

The pegasus mare frowned and grunted. Her mane was green and brown in some areas, and her eyes were green also. Her coat was a pale brown.

“Well, what does it look like we’re doing?”

“I don’t know. It just looks like you two are staring at each other.”

“Very good. Looks like someone is learning,” the pegasus mare said.

Astrim eyes narrowed. He took a deep breath and then continued.

“Alright, I could see that… Why are you guys staring at each other so intently?”

“Well dear friend, we are have a contest to see who could control this piece of land we’re standing on better,” the earth stallion replied. His mane and tail were of bright red, and his eyes were as blue as the clear skies. His coat was dark brown.

“Yeah… Do you know where that last huge sound wave might’ve come from?”

“Oh, well came from us my friend. Our powers are mighteous indeed. You should probably run while you still have the chance.”

“What do ya mean?” Astrim said frowning “What could possibly happen with you two-”

A powerful sound wave explosion from both their powers causing massive damage to a great part of the forest. Astrim and Lucena stood up on their hooves and glared at the two ponies.

“Okay, that is enough. You two must stop what you’re doing now. We should all be trying to figure out how to get this place back in order. It’s not normal as you guys already see.”

“And just who are you?” asked the pegasus mare as she furrowed an eyebrow of disapproval at the unicorn mare.

“I am Lucena.”

“Ooh Luceena… I’m sorry, are you the queen of this world?”

“Never said that.”

“Well then go and figure it yourself.”

Lucena was very irked at the thought of those words. She stomped her hoof.

“Take look around, take a look at the sky! Doesn’t this whole world look out of order to you?!”

“Well I don’t care! If you haven’t notice… I didn’t create the world, neither did I put it like this.”

Lucena grunted and stomped her hoof again, and the earth trembled.

“Your lack of thinking angers me.”

“Is that a challenge I see?”

Lucena’s horn lit up a bright orange. Astrim cut in between them both.

“Stop! Why can’t we settle this in more civilized way?”

“STAY OUT OF THIS!” the both mares cried.

“Ok, no problem,” Astrim said as he trotted back to the side.

“The kind fellow is right, I think we should settle this like-”

“SILENCE!” both mares shouted back and immediately hushed the earth pony.

The two mares glared at each other. Even though Lucena’s horn was lit, she didn’t care enough to think of how was she able to make her own horn light up. All of her focus was on the mare that stood in front of her.

“Why won’t you care, just for a little bit, about your surroundings?” Lucena said as she huffed and stomped the ground once more.

“Because like I said before, I didn’t make it the way it is!” the mare said. She stomped up two boulders. The mare then stood up on her hind hooves and punched both boulders  and sent them spiraling towards Lucena. Lucena’s horn lit up, and she quickly disappeared and reappeared in another spot. Astrim was amazed at what Lucena performed.

“Wooh, how did you do that?”

“Do what?” Lucena responded with a perplexed look on her face.

“You just disappeared and reappeared, It was simply amazing!” Astrim said as hopped about in a circle.

“I don’t really know… Oof!”

Lucena fell to the ground after being struck by a rock to the face. The mare flew over and stood over Lucena. She put a hoof on her neck and started to choke her. Astrim quickly knock her hoof aside in total shock.

“Get off her! Why did you do that?!”

The pegasus mare responded by the frenzied throw outs of hoof-punches. Astrim dodged them all, turned around, and knocked her back with a kick from his hind hooves.

“Knock it off! Who are you, and why are you doing this?! This just doesn’t make any sense.”

“Well tell that to her, she’s the one that started it.”

“No I didn’t whoever you are!” Lucena spat back. She spit some blood down at the ground.

“Hey, that’s Vulcanaria too you missy! I don’t care about this place, and I don’t care about you! If you want to fix the way it looks, then do it all by yourself!”

“Ladies, that’s enough now,” spoke the earth stallion as he made his way to them.

Lucena teared up. She turned around as tear dripped from eyes and quickly galloped back into the forest. Astrim glared and grunted at Vulcanaria. He then ran off into forest after Lucena.

“Lucena, wait!” Astrim yelled.

The earth stallion looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

“What?”

“You know what.”

“It wasn’t my fault!”

“Look, no matter how much you say you don’t care about this place. The fact is if we don’t find something to ensure its order, it’s only going to get worse, and you know that.”

“Well what do you want me to do? It’s not like she knew what to do herself anyhow.”

“You’re probably right, she may not have. But we could’ve at least offered some additional help instead of rejecting her. That is all I’m saying.”

Vulcanaria dropped down to the ground. Her anger was washed down by thoughts that made her feel gloomy. Silence filled the air and she could feel was the presence of the earth stallion that stood behind her. She closed her eyes and tried to hold back the tears from flowing, but she couldn’t.

“I’m sorry alright… I’m sorry for rejecting her. I… I just didn’t know what to do, how could I help with what I don’t know?”

“I’m glad you have said this, but I’m not really the pony you should be saying this to.”

Vulcanaria stood up and looked at the stallion.

“I know… I’m going to go tell her that now. See you later, Vulganaris.”

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Astrim galloped across the forest calling out to Lucena, but he didn’t hear any response. He continued further as he struggled hoping over levitating grounds, and on some levitating trees.

“Lucena, where are you?”

“Lucena?” Astrim yelled as he looked all about the forest.

He galloped a little further and slipped on a rock which sent him tumbling down a long slope. When he hit the bottom of the slope, he slowly ascended to his hooves and scanned the area.

“Wow, that was one tumble,” Astrim said as his whole body shuddered a bit.

He was quite surprised to see a small white animal with long ears hopping about the forest. As he tried nearing the animal, it hastened its hops and scurried into the bushes.

“Odd… but interesting. I have to find Lucena, but I would really like to know just how many of those furry little animals are there.”

Astrim started to paste about in back and forth as he thought of what he would would decide to do.

“I have to find Lucena… but I want to see that furry animal went.”

He then looked up the long slope. His ear slopped, and his expression of excitement washed away leaving him crestfallen.

“It’s gonna take forever going up that slope. I think just follow after that small furry creature.”

With that in mind, he stopped pacing about the area and continued through the bushes and deeper into the forest. He noticed something different as he traveled about that part the forest. It was more alive. Small creatures would either crawl, hop, or fly about the forest. Everything seemed to be in a certain order. It was like as though it was supposed to be that way.

After traveling for some time, he reached a cliff, and the forest was bright as the vibrant colors of all the beautiful plants, trees and flowers were seen as he watched out into to the distance. He was stricken with amazement at what he saw. A beautiful pegasus whose mane and tail was like the beauty of the forest. Her eyes resembled the color and elegance of the shiny rivers that ran throughout. The pegasus’s coat and wings were alluring with its fallow brown color. She laid comfortably near the edge of the cliff along with many furry animals of all sorts, both big and small.

Astrim slowly trotted over to the beautiful mare.

“Hello?”

The mare looked straight at him. She was surprised as him to see that another pony exists.

“Sorry to bother your moment of silence, but we do have quite a problem with the forest being all chaotic and wanted to know if you could help us-”

“Help us eh, who is us?”

The loud roars of thunder came from a giant cloud above. Astrim watched as it descended upon him enshrouding the area with smoke. In the midst of the smoke opened two glowing eyes and the rest the figure became clear as he walked closer to Astrim. Astrim yawned in boredom, his eyes narrowed.

“Well, us meaning me and three others. And for the record that entrance wasn't impressing at all.”

“What do you want of us? What do we have to offer you?”

“Your abilities. You two would be great for helping us get the rest of the forest back in order.”

“Hmm... something is telling me not to trust you,” said the pegasus as he came ever so closer Astrim.

“Look I would like to talk more, but we need to get whole chaotic setting under control,”he said as he backed away from the pegasi.

“He’s right,” the pegasus mare said in soft tone of voice.

The stallion pegasus turned back and glared at the mare.

“So you believe what he says?”

“And Astrim is how you refer to me.”

“And what if I said I didn’t care about your name?”

“You just want problems, don’t you.”

“I’m Seasoris, and I will clear these skies when I want!”

Astrim and Searsoris glared at each other. The  The pegasus mare slowly walked passed them with her eyes closed.

“Are you two going to stare at each other all day, or are we going to move and get about putting order to our planet? I certainly don’t think staring into each other eye’s are going to solve anything.”

“Fine…” both stallions replied.

“Umm... if you don’t mind me asking, what is your name?” Astrim asked as he followed behind both pegasi.

“My name is Seasonaria. I have an idea of what my role and purpose is but not in its entirety. I still have plenty to learn, but I think I could help a bit with returning some order to the forest.”

“That’s great. The more help the better. At least that’s what I tell myself,” Astrim said smiling.

The three ponies kept trotting till they had reached the slope in which Astrim had tumbled down on. The two pegasi looked up and smiled. Astrim however glared up and then shook his head. He knew it would take him forever to climb such a steep slope.

“Uh... guys?” Astrim asked as the two pegasi turned back at him. “Think you guys could give me lift?”

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Back on the shores of the beach, Lucena sat there alone. She looked out at the beautiful sea and how beautifully the sun had shone down on its surface which gave it a mystical shine. Thoughts soon came back about what had happened with her and Vulcanaria. Tears started dripping down her cheeks.

“Why doesn’t she care about the world... Why is she so mean… Why can’t I just figure this out by myself?”

Because you can’t…

“Who said that?” Lucena asked as she looked all around her. All she heard was the whistling sounds of the breeze and the melodic sways of the ocean. The voice didn’t sound like any of the ponies she had met. She turned back at the jungle only to hear the voice again come from behind.

You can’t figure it out alone…

Lucena became afraid. Her senses heightened, and she started looking all about the beach watching and suspecting the worst she thought possible.

Don’t be afraid young one… Turn up to the skies, and you shall see who I am…

She looked to the skies and bright light had shone down on her. The light shining so bright covered the mare’s vision completely. Lucena close her eyes in fear of being permanently blind.

Open your eyes, my child…

When Lucena opened her eyes, she looked around only to find everything was white. She kept turning all about her. She kept her eyes open, and her ears up.

“Look up here my child.”

Lucena eyes averted upwards towards the face of a giant white horse. Upon seeing this figure, she immediately leaped backwards. The horse creature made her way closer to the young mare.

“My child, why do thou fear me?”

“Wh- Who are you?”

“I am your Mother.”

“My Mother?!” Lucena responded gaping up at the giant celestial creature.

“Yes. I am your Mother, the first empress of all the galaxy. I was in control of the twelve realms of the galaxy but no longer. After the conflict I had with my brother, I had not the strength to fully control all twelve universal realms, so I sacrificed myself bringing about the birth of a new world. You are my children and from this day you will take my place in keeping the universe in perfect harmony.”

“So what happened to your brother?” Lucena asked as she sat back on her haunches.

“We used to rule the entire universe together. We both shared the control of both realms equally. He and I had an equal amount of power and space to rule the entire universe in harmony. But it wasn’t so long till the greed which he had build within himself took over and had consumed the one I once knew as my beloved brother. In order to save the universe from utter chaos I had to imprison him.”

“So where is he now, and… what is my role and purpose in this universe?”

“He is on a distant planet far away chained away to four other planets that bear no life.”

Her mother showed her the planet where the dragon was on. Lucena looked all around her and was quite confused at why the entire place was dark.

“Mother, why is it so dark?”

“Look above my child.”

Lucena looked up. Her pupils were dilated, and her ears flopped down. Her body began to shake uncontrollably staring up at the mighty, ancient dragon, the overlord of darkness.

His very presence made her experience fear in its truest form. He overshadowed them blocking the light of all the stars for thousands of miles. His aqua blue eyes radiated extreme levels of anger and hate. The chains wrapped about his limbs and scaly neck left severe burns and scars which had him struggling about in pain ever since.

The elder dragon stopped and scowled down at them with deep hate. He breathed through his nostrils blasting them with thick plumes of black smoke. Lucena put a hoof up to her mouth and started coughing as the area was cloaked with its breath of darkness. When the smoke had cleared, both stood amidst a giant eye. Lucena closed her eyes and clenched her teeth tight. Her body became stiff.

“Ah… Sister… How long has been since we’ve last met? Oh yes… Over ten thousand years…”

His voice was powerful and trembled the entire planet they stood on. The great alicorn trotted past Lucena and stood in front of her. She glared into the eye of the great dragon and spoke using the royal voice.

“Don’t waste your time in counting the years brother, this place is your home for all eternity.”

“Ah… I see you haven’t lost your voice of all the twelve realms…  And I take it that the little one is your offspring… The one who is now in control over the universe in your passing…”

“Yes, she and her fellow brethren now possess powers to protect the world and the universe from your evils.”

“Hmm… It won’t be long till I have retribution within my grasp dear sister. You will soon meet your true demise, and all of your offsprings will perish away with the bringing of my rulership throughout the entire universe. Your offsprings are worthless and they will only be extending the time of your own death. Mark my words sister… I will have my revenge,” the elder dragon said with his ever calm voice.

“Silence, you… you creep!” Lucena spat back as she breathed deeply. She arose to her hooves and glared up at him with all the bravery she had inside.

The elder dragon frowned at the small unicorn that was all but a tiny pebble to his enormous galactic mass.

“Hmhmhm… And you have the audacity to tell me when to silence!”

The unicorn stumbled backwards onto her lion letting out a small squeal for help. The alicorn quickly rushed in front of her and spread forth wings.

“That’s enough! We are done here brother.”

A white veil of light came about the alicorn and Lucena. As they were slowly being teleported from the plant, the dragon roared about the planet. His roar rung loud in Lucena’s mind, and she started shaking slightly. Her mind couldn’t take the trauma, and she immediately became unconscious.

Deep within her mind, she was surrounded by all these strong levels of evil. Each one snapping at her with their sharp and hideous teeth. They would come one after another roaring, laughing madly, and grumbling words of hate. All she could’ve have done was curl up and close her eyes tight.

Lucena felt something touch her head, and she immediately started screaming about and squirming. Lucena opened her eyes and realized she was again back in the zone of white. The alicorn came to her and embraced her with love, holding Lucena in her hooves, comforting her like a mother would a foal who had slept through a terrible nightmare.

“Are you alright, my child.”

“No Mother,” she responded as tears trickled down her face. “It was horrible. The darkness forces formed out of nothing into these horrid shapes and started eating away at my body. And. And.”

“Fear not my child, for I am with thee. I will never leave my children’s side. Never forget that.”

“Yes mother,” Lucena said sobbing into her chest. After some time, the alicorn pulled her forearms from around her filly and arose to her hooves. Lucena sat and looked up into her mother’s eyes.

“Lucena. I’m now going to show you how to control the sun. It is important for the balance of the world and the inhabitants there of. You must also be careful and aware of how much time the sun must stay above the sky.”

The mother alicorn walked a few inches away from Lucena. She opened her wings and slowly rose and stood on her hind hooves. Her eyes started to glowing, and she began levitating as a white aura encompassed her body.

“You must feel the powers of sun flow within you, my child. You must one with the nature of what you’re trying to control.”

“But how do I get the powers of the sun to flow within me, Mother?”

The mother alicorn took Lucena’s hoof into hers and smiled.

“Let me show you, Lucena. Arise, and that will be your first step to learning how to control the movement of the sun.”

Lucena’s horn lit up a bright orange. She tried to float just like the mother alicorn, but she somehow, no matter how hard she tried, rise off the ground.

“Ugh, it’s not working Mother. I can’t raise myself of the ground.”

“Relax and Focus. If you’re not in neither of those stages, you cannot unlock the connection to all other powerful forces in the universe. You must focus well and be at ease in order to do so.”

“Alright, I’ll try again.”

Lucena relaxed and focused as best she could, slowly breathing in and out. The mother alicorn descended back to the ground and sat on her haunches, and waited for Lucena to understand the connection between the realms and herself.

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Both Astrim and Seasoris laid on their sides trying to catch their breaths from a series of races throughout the forest and the jungle.

“Ha, I beat you... in that last one... my dark friend,” Seasoris said coughing afterwards.

“I you kidding me? I had you... in that last one… by far,” Astrim said as he glared over at Seasoris while trying to catch his breath.

“Are you guys done competing with each other yet?” Seasonaria said slowly approaching them from the forest. “Thank the heavens there is nothing on beach for you two to do other than-”

“Do you joke?” Astrim said as he got up and wore his competitive smirk. “There’s plenty for us to do here and beat this guy in.”

“So it’s another race I hear?” Seasoris asked as both stallions rammed their head together and had his eyes meet Astrim’s eyes.

“One more beating it is then.”

Seasonaria quickly wrapped them both around in vines and trotted passed them.She closed her eyes and trotted straight not looking them once.

“Try seeing who could get out of those first.”

Both Stallion glared at each other and struggled away at trying to free themselves from the vines, tossing the sand about.

“I’m. gonna. break. first,” Astrim said as tried his best to break free from the vines.

“No. You. foolish. Stallion. I. will. break. first,” Seasoris replied.

“Would you two please stop? You’re both acting really foalish right now,” Seasonaria said releasing them from the vines. She then pointed a hoof at the mare who levitated in the distance.

“Astrim is that your friend?”

“Lucena!” Astrim said as he raced across the beach to meet her.

“Look at the sun,” Seasoris said pointed a hoof at the setting sun.

“She is able to set the sun?!” Seasonaria said as she gaped at the sun which had now went down completely below the horizon.

Astrim reached in front of Lucena and started panting as she came down. Her eyes closed but she stood in front of Astrim. He trotted up and started to look all about her. He then stood straight in front her after finding nothing unusual about her.

“Lucena, are you alright?”

As he finished his question, she started to mumble a few words.

“I fully understand now, Mother.”

Lucena fell to her side and everything around her went into a blissful silence as her head hit sand…