1: A tale of ten thousand years
Chapter 1
A tale of ten thousand years
"Has it really been ten thousand years Celestia?" Luna sighed, as she walked up to her older sister. "How much longer do you think immortality will last?"
"It has Luna." Celestia sighed as well, looking down on the ponies below. "After the first few, time seemed to slow down."
"Yes, things were much faster before."
"Perhaps if was because we were younger."
"Perhaps."
"Maybe you just notice things more." Discord chuckled, appearing out of Luna's ear. "And I still remember when you used to call me uncle."
"Your still mad Discord."
"Luna called you Celestia!"
"Were old Discord..." Luna sighed, shaking her head. "We've long stopped calling each other by other names then our own."
"We stopped about two thousand years ago I think."
"No matter, let's get to the flash back already..."
"But I don't want a foal-sitter!" Luna cried, as her's and Celestia's parents were dressed for a summit. "I have Tia to watch me!"
"Yes, but she's only a few years older then you. She's still practically a filly like you." Aurora, their mother said.
"But I have my cutie-mark!" Celestia pleaded. "Why do I need foal-sitter too?"
"Listen," Deacon sighed, shaking his head. "As your mother said, you both are still young. And Celestia, yes you have your cutie mark, but that doesn't mean you're old enough to watch your sister."
"AWWW" Both Celestia and Luna said, attempting to 'cute-face' their parents.
"You know," Aurora sighed, opening the door. "We aren't affected by that."
"Especially seeing as your mother invented it..."
"What was that dear?"
"Nothing..."
"I swear..." Celestia mumbled as she sat on her bed. "This new foal-sitter sucks."
"But she is nice."
"Nice?" Celestia chuckled, shaking her head. "She sent us to bed! It's not even dark out yet!"
"I know..." Luna sighed, looking out the window net to her bed. "But she gave us juice! Mother and Father never give us juice!"
"They don't give you juice because the sugar makes you hyper Woona."
"I know Tia..." Luna smiled, giggling. "That's why I like it."
"Say, I have an idea..." Celestia chuckled, a devious smile forming on her face.
"Oh?"
"Why don't we..." And so, the two young mares began to discuss the efforts of their latest prank on a foal-sitter.
This time, the two young fillies had caused their new foal-sitter to submit to madness in only a couple of weeks. The two fillies, Celestia mostly, had grown proud of the many pranks and general discord they caused. Lunamaria, on the other hand slowly grew further and further away from pulling pranks as the pranks grew more intricate and crazy. "Are you sure Tia?" Luna asked, as Celestia was setting up a prank for their new foal-sitter. "It seems a bit much."
"Yeah, well I heard the new sitter is going to be a Changeling... What ever that is." Celestia chuckled, as she laid down a few various objects for the prank. "Besides, I think it's brilliant."
"Changelings are a race similar to our own Tia, haven't you been listening to Uncle's lessons?" Luna asked, a worried look on her face as Celestia laid down a rather dangerous looking object on the floor near the main entrance. "They are bug-like and feed of of positive emotions for food."
"No, actually I've been sleeping in Uncle's lessons." Celestia chuckled, looking around. "They're boring and don't involve fun things."
"Hello little fillies." A voice said, undecernable to tell where it came from. "Why don't we play some games?"
"Who's there?" Celestia asked, as Luna and her shadows seemed to move on their own and merge into what looked like a pony. "Who are you?"s
"I am of no face." he shadow said, seeming to laugh. "I only seek to play."
"Is that so?" Luna said smiling. "Play what?"
"Oh nothing too much, just a little game of tag." The Shadow said, still chuckling.
"What's your name?" luna said smiling. "Father said we can't talk to strangers if we are alone, they might be foal-nappers... What ever that is."
'Me?" The shadow said, sounding surprised. 'oh, you may call me The Teacher. It's what I go by here."
"Well then Mister Teacher, it's nice to meet you." Luna smiled, puffing out her chest at the ingenious idea she had. "So, what kind of tag?"
"Just plain old regular tag. It's the funnest is it not?" Teacher asked, chuckling again.
"Sure then." Luna said smiling.
"Are you sure dear?" Aurora asked, as they walked back to their home. "Aren't the protection spells enough? Do you have to seek out Starseeker?"
"Yes." Deacon nodded, sighing softly. "If what our children say they saw, was indeed there. "Then I must."
"I understand that, but do we really need to?"
"Yes."
"Where did you say we are going daddy?" Celestia asked, as the left the house.
"To a friends place, he lives in a different village." Deacon said, nodding. "He's called Starseeker."
"No he's not. Not anymore."
"Oh... is that so?" Celestia said, chuckling.
"Yes, Starseeker is a dear friend of mine."
"His name isn't Starseeker, it's Rourke of the Chaos. I know him."
"Is that so..." Celestia mumbled, more listening to The Teacher then her father.
Author's Note
Well, here it is. The long awaited, possibly, Prequel to ANE.
The story of how it all began, begins.