Harmony

Prologue

The train chugged happily along its path, most of its passengers asleep due to the late hour. However there was a small group of school fillies and colts awake being told ghost stories by their group leaders, and as the train went  through a dark tunnel, the foals all let out a loud scream. This awakened most everypony on the train who simply grumbled a bit before going back to sleep, all of them that is except for a light pink unicorn mare.

        “Ahhhh!!!”

She was scared awake by the sound of screaming foals. The first thought that came to mind was,’Where am I,’ which was soon answered as she took in her surroundings. The young mare then realized that she was in a train, and more specifically, in a sleeping compartment. ‘Alright,..’ That was strange. She couldn’t remember her name. Come to think of it, she didn’t even know where the train was going. Panic started to take control of her as she reached above her where she could only assume her luggage was. There was nothing… Sliding the curtains to her bed shut, she lit her horn, the dim glow emanating from it perfectly lighting the small space. Being careful not to bump her head, she stood up and examined herself. A light pink, almost white coat, a dark blue mane and tail with two stripes of cerulean, and two shooting stars on her flank, one of which was half the size of the other. She was obviously a unicorn, she had felt the tingle of magic as soon as she had awoken. Looking to the end of the bed she noticed three things: two wooden boxes, and a pair of saddlebags with her cutie-mark on each side. Levitating her saddlebags over, she rifled through them in search of identification. After a couple of minutes she was rewarded with a small stack of business cards. Picking one up in her magic, she read what it said.‘Okay, well at least I know my name and what I do.’With a sigh  of relief she lay back down to try and go back to sleep, but to no avail. Sleep would not come, and the giggling foals in the next car over did not help her with her attempt to sleep. The noise keeping her awake for the next couple of hours until she finally managed to drift off into a fitful sleep.

                                ~~        ~~Earlier that day~~       ~~

~*~*~Twilight~*~*~

        Twilight Sparkle was confused. She and her friends had finally managed to find the ‘keys’ to the box, and had used them, but nothing had seemed to happen. She, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie had sat watching the tree until the sun set. Upon Twilight’s insistence, the rest of them went home after the constant reassurance that she would be fine and she could always call on them if she needed help. Now here she was, sitting in a cave at ten o’clock at night.

After a couple more hours Twilight decided it was about time to return home and started getting up when the tree started glowing. She watched in awe as the tree put on a brilliant display of lights, becoming brighter and brighter, forcing Twilight to look away. As the light started to fade, Twilight chanced a look over, and was shocked at what she saw. There, in the fading light was an alicorn. Twilight almost mistook her for Celestia, but this alicorn was smaller, smaller even than Luna and herself. She had a multicolored mane and a white coat, and was bleeding from several cuts along her flank and numerous other parts of her body.  Her right wing hung limply by her side and her back left leg was splayed out at an odd angle. After a couple of minutes she spoke,”Please, tell my sister I am sorry.” With a flash of magic she was gone, and in her place were two small potions. The one on the left was in a clear bottle, filled with a clear liquid, while the one on the right was in a black flask. Picking them up in her magic, Twilight looked them over for any kind of label. The black flask was completely smooth with no apparent opening. Now examining the other bottle Twilight soon found an envelope on the bottom. Removing it with her magic she looked to the front of the small envelope, she read who it was addressed to: The Bearer of  the element of Magic. Opening it, she read through the letter.

Our dear element of magic,

We know not the hardships thou hast most certainly faced. Thou hast Our deepest condolences

and most sincere apology. The worst is yet to come my little pony. We wish to help prepare thee

for what is to come, under the assumption that  We are not there. The clear potion before thee

is a powerful one, but thou must take it all. It will help you against thine foe. Thou mustn't tell

anypony or anything.

Elder sister of Princess Celestia,

Ruler of harmony,

Princess Harmony

Twilight looked up in shock, looking at the potion, then rereading the letter several times. ‘I should go tell the girls… But the letter said not to…”Better sooner than later I guess.” and with that she uncorked the potion and drank it.