Moon's Blade and the Crystals of Chaos

Chapter 1:
The Nightmare

There I stood. In a dark, yet familiar room. In front of me was a huge crystal, surrounded by magic runes. I did not know what it was, but I had seen it before. In fact, I did not realize it by then, but it was the same nightmare I've had the last few weeks.

I took a step toward the crystal. I had a sword in my hooves, and I knew I'd have to use it when 'it' would appear. I walked closer toward the crystal. The more steps I took, the harder it became. At last, I couldn't move at all. Suddenly a black figure appeared in the crystal. It was hard, but I looked behind me. There it was. The same shadow that had been haunting my dreams for weeks.

"What are you?" I asked, scared of the shadow.

It did not answer, but I somehow knew it didn't know that either. It looked at me for a few seconds, then it quickly headed for me, trying to eat me in one try. But then. Then a blinding light appeared out of nowhere. Six symbols surrounded the beast and drove it back inside the crystal. After that, the crystal shattered in several pieces and everything started to blur.

I woke up in my bed. I looked around me, but everything seemed the same. I were in the same old house I used to live in. It was morning, and the sun was shining through my window. It was a nice day, the weather was fine and the birds flew around. I washed myself and decided to take a walk outside. If I had the chance, I could consult the village elder about the nightmares I had.

I'm Moon's Blade, a male dark blue pegasus from White Peak, a mountain in the far North-Western corner of Equestria.

The mountain only had one village, which was mainly populated with unicorns and pegasi, because it was impossible to reach by an earthpony. The only way to get to the village is through a cavern or by flying up the mountain. The cavern had an ancient elevator, built by unicorns thousands of years ago, and thus they could only be operated through the magic of unicorns.

Climbing the mountain was almost an impossible task. Not only were there steep cliffs, but there were many avalanches as well as a lot of bad weather. And the worst of all was that there were a lot of aggressive dragons around. They did not harm the village, because the village had its own guardian, Naga, a friendly dragon that lived here for ages. Most other dragons feared him, but there were some stubborn dragons that did dare to try to attack the village, but they were either burnt to ashes or had their eyes clawed out by Naga.

I decided to walk around for a bit. The village, being high up in the mountains, was covered in a thick layer of snow. In the very back of the village was Naga's lair, and in front of it was a shrine, where an ancient sword was kept. The sword was once given to a hero by the mare of the moon, but it currently rests there until the time comes that its power is needed again. In fact, I were named after that sword.

I took a look at the shrine. The door was sealed off, as usual. I kept looking at it for a few seconds. A small, unusual flower caught my eyes. It had seven petals with the colours of the rainbow. I plucked it and then turned around.

I went to the house of the village elder, Wise Knowledge. I knocked on his door to see if he was there. The door slowly opened and I went in. A grey stallion with a silver mane stood there, staring at me. After a while he spoke.

"Can I help ye?" he said slowly.

"Uhm, yes, it's about a nightmare I've had for several weeks now. It really starts to bother me." I responded hesitantly. I explained the whole story to him, and without a word, he started searching through some bookcases.

"A crystal... A crystal..." He mumbled.

After a while he shouted "Aha!" and picked a book. He opened the book and read through a few pages.

"The crystal you described is the same as this book describes it," he said and started reading.

"The Crystal of Chaos was created by Discord. It was made to spread chaos amongst the citizens of Equestria, increasing Discord's power. However, after the defeat of Discord, two mares attempted to use the Elements of Harmony to destroy the crystal, but instead of doing so, the crystal shattered in 7 pieces, which flew to different places. After that, nopony knew where they were, but one thing was for sure. The danger the crystal possessed was not gone entirely, and it was just a matter of time until the pieces themselves would spread the chaos."

I were intrigued by the story, and somehow had the feeling I had to do something with it. My feelings were quickly confirmed by Wise himself.

"You know what that means," he started, "It's you who must seek the crystals and finally destroy them."

I nodded slowly. "The location where the crystal was split up, was near a village called 'Ponyville'. You must go there and search for clues," Wise continued, "But I doubt it will be a safe travel, so there's something I have to tell you."

I were surprised by his words. He asked me to follow him.

We stopped in front of the door of the village shrine. Wise used his magic to break the seal on the door.

"Thousands of years have passed since the sword was put in this shrine. My very ancestors sealed the door and passed the unlock spell on to their children," He said, "But not only the spell was passed on, but the entire story. And if there's one thing I certainly don't doubt about that story, then it is that you carry the blood of the hero himself."

I were shocked, yet surprised.

"So today," Wise continued, "your adventure will start. It will be dangerous to go alone and unprepared, so take this sword. Only you can carry it, but you need to grow in power in order to use its full power."

I drew the sword from the pedestal it has been resting in for ages. It felt heavy, but I were used to carry swords around. I've been practising sword fighting for several years, just in case something like this might happen. In my hooves I carried the sword I could only dream of. The very sword I were named after. Moon's Blade.

Outside the shrine Wise confronted me. "There's no time to lose," he said, "who might know what when the crystals will cause trouble? You must head to Ponyville this instant!"

I were slightly confused by all the sudden events that had occurred. Wise handed over a map.

"You'll need this in order to find your way around," he said, "I'll eagerly await your return."

I walked toward a cliff. "Goodbye, crazy old man," I said, "Goodbye, lovely village of mine..."

I took a deep breath, took a step backward, spread my wings, ran toward the cliff and jumped. I were on my way to Ponyville, where my biggest adventure would start. Who knows what might happen there. Who knows who I might meet there.