Long and Forgotten

                                                                               Day One

Day One

"Good morning," said Twilight while she was walking down the hall of the castle. "Hmm...I don't know what I'm going to do to- day," Twilight  thought to herself. "I know I'm going to see if Princess Celestia needs me to do anything."

Twilight  came to the big throne room doors, but when Twilight entered the throne room Princess Celestia was no where to be found. Twilight Sparkle came back out and asked the guards, "where is Princess Celestia?"

"She's out in the garden, your highness," one of the guards said to Twilight.

  "Thank you, Maxine," said Twilight. After Twilight Sparkle, left Maxine said,"how did she know my name?"

Twilight went to the garden, and she saw Princess Celestia, sitting alone, looking at the flowers. Twilight said," Good morning, Princess Celestia."

Celestia answered," Good morning, Twilight."

Twilight asked eagerly, "do you need me to do anything? Go anywhere?"

"Yes, Twilight, I do" replied Celestia.

"Yes? What is it? asked Twilight.

"I need you to go visit your parents, Twilight Sparkle. Stay there over the weekend," demanded Celestia.

"Yes, right! Aw-" Twilight stopped mid-sentence. "Wait, what? You...you want me to visit my parents?" asked Twilight.

"Yes. They miss you, and you have not seen them for a very long time," said Celestia.

"Alright... I will go, Princess." Then Twilight left, went to her room to get ready to leave for her parent's place. But she was wondering why Princess Celestia wanted her to go home to her parents in the first place. "Well, it's true. I haven't seen my parents for a long time now, so I guess I'm fine with doing this," said Twilight.

                                                                   Later that Day...

Twilight left the castle that evening and traveled to her parent's house. She knocked a hoof on the door and waited for an answer. The door open then, and Mr. Sparkle stood there. He bowed and said, "Good morning, Princess Twilight!"

Twilight laughed and said, "Oh, dad! You don't have to bow!"

"Yes I do, Twilight! You're royal!"

"Well I don't think you have to. Anyway, I'm here to visit. I haven't seen you for a long time," Twilight said as she hugged her Father. "And I missed you," Twilight added.

"I missed you too, Twilight," Mr. Sparkle replied.

"Well, come in and see your Mother. Honey,Twilight's here!" shouted Mr. Sparkle. Mrs. Sparkle came down stairs.

"Oh, Princess Twilight! Good morning," she said with a bow.

"Mom, you don't have to bow. And you don't have to call me Princess, either. Just Twilight."

"alright princ- I mean Twilight!" Mrs. Sparkle said. "So what are you here for, anyway?"

"Just visiting," Twilight said, when all at once there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Mr. Sparkle offered.  He answered the door, clutched something in his hoof, and came back.

"Here's a letter for you, Twilight," chirped Mr. Sparkle. Twilight took it and read:

"Dear Twilight,

This is Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy . We want to tell you that we are coming to visit you! We'll see you a day or two , Twilight.

From,

Your Friends Forever.

                                                                                  Two Days Later

"Wow! Mom, Dad, this has been the best weekend of my life! Twilight yelled happily.

"Our's too, Sweetie," Mrs. Sparkle said.

"Well, we still have about 3 hours to do something fun,"  Mr. Sparkle chimed in.

"You're right, Dad. We do still have 3 more hours until I have to go back to the castle, so let's go have some fun! Twilight cheered.

"Good idea, you two," Mrs.Sparkle said.

After some thought, Twilight said, "let's have a picnic."

"Okay, so we're going to need a picnic blanket, spoons, plates, folks and cups," Twilight listed.

They all sat down once everything was set up in their backyard.

"Sweetie, want a peach?" asked Mrs. Sparkle.

"Sure!" Twilight answered, then she remembered something. "Wait, I forgot something in my room. So, Mom and Dad, be right back," Twilight stated.  (or brb to some of us.)

She went into the house and went to her old room. She was getting an object from a drawer when something else caught her eye. She looked under her bed and found a book. She opened it and was greeted with a face full of dust. However,  Twilight ignored it and she started reading. The more she read, the more her eyes widened and her jaw fell open.

She had never read anything like it.

The book had her parents names in the cover, and in the middle of the book she found a picture of her parents. They sitting   with a filly between them.

She wanted to find out what this was.

She went back outside a moment later and sat with her Mom and Dad. She said, " Mom, Dad I found this book and it has you two in it, and a picture of you to sitting with a filly," Twilight reported.

Mrs. and Mr. Sparkle looked at each other. "Honey, it's time you know something," Mr. Sparkle said.

"Know what?" Twilight asked.

Mrs. Sparkle finally said, "I'll tell half, and you tell half, alright?"

"Alright, I'll go first," Mr. Sparkle said, before looking at Twilight.

"Years ago, before you or your brother were born, you have-or had- an older sister.  We named Starlight Sparkle. We lost her 7 years after she was born. How we lost her... your mother will tell you that part," Mr. Sparkle said.

"Well, we were visiting Ponyville. We had business down there. But Starlight wanted to come with us, so we let her come...and that was a big mistake..." Mrs. Sparkle stopped and started crying.

"I'll finish, dear," Mr. Sparkle volunteered with a sad smile.

"We were down in Ponyville all day and we were fine until nightfall. We were going back to Canterlot, but we were attacked by bandit Ponies. I tried to fight back, but I failed to protect my family. I got hit really bad, and they were about to do the same to your mother, but guards came to save us. They hit, kicked, punched and arrested one of the bandits. Little did we know that one of them had your older sister Starlight in his hooves. She was crying, of course, being a filly, she would cry anyway.

"The bandit...he tied a rope onto a spear and threw it onto a mountain side. Then he jumped off the edge and was in the air for a moment, but the rope snapped and he and your older sister fell down into the darkness. Some of the guards went down where they fell and only found the bandit's body. They didn't find your sister, and we were so sad.

"One year later your brother was born. Shining Armor already knows about this. So that's what happened," Mr. Sparkle said. (Chapter 2 coming soon)