Before it ever was...

Princess Celestia read the letter over and over and over again.

"Dear Princess Celestia,

A alicorn has arived at Ponyville. He has no memouries of who he is, or where he came from. I wish to inform you that I will use him for the 'project.' If you wish otherwise, please inform me so. If not, we shall carry out the plan on the set date.

Your fathiful student,

Twilight Sparkle."

When she had first read this she thought it was a joke. Then she thought, "When does Twilight joke?" She immediatly sent for a portal to Ponyville.

"Why are we doing this again?" Luna asked.

"Because." She replied. "When was the last time you saw another Alicorn?"

"Well..." She said.

"You and I both know alicorns are skilled in the arts of magic, and if he is, by a slim chance, more powerful than us we need to get on his good side."

"And what about the..."

"Oh." Celestia blushed. She hadn't thought about using him for (I bet your wondering what they're talking about).

"Let's just find out if he's a threat to Equestria first." She said. "Then... we'll see."

Luna smirked. She hoped at least this mysterious pony was cute. They both steped into the swirling mist and landed in the town square.

"Ughh." Celestia said. They didn't make portals like they used to. The portal was supposed to lead them directly into the library, but they landed a few hundred feet away.

...

Prince flew over the trees of the forest. He had snuck out of Zecora's hut long ago. The cut on his face had long since healed, but he still shivered at the thought of someone cutting themselves (or in his case others) for sexual pleasure. His dragon eye glowed slightly in the moonlight. He could still see his chocolate brown iris looking back at him from the floor. Even Zecora didn't know why his eye fell out.

"Why does crazy shit seem to follow me?" He asked out load.

He settled down on a branch and wraped his soft wings around him. He listend to the sounds of the night. The hoot of owls. The howl of wolves. He loved it. The night was his domain. He loved the peace it offerd him. The chill of the night tickled his snout. He sneezed.

...

Twilight Sparkle paced back and forth across the room. Prince had left town almost as soon as she sent the letter to the princess. She only had a few hours left at the most before the princess would come and find out he had left. She could only imagine how she would punish her.

"I think your over reacting." Spike yelled from the kitchen.

"Spike!" She yelled. "What have I told you about midnight snacking?!"

He emerged sucking on a ruby. "I told you I get hungry." He whined.

"Just go back to bed befo-" She was interupted by a knock at the door. She instantly froze in place, pionted for spike to go upstairs, and trotted to the door.

"Your magesty." She said bowing as she opened the door with her magic.

"Umm." Said a pony. "A simple 'hello' is good enough for me."

She looked up to see a grey alicorn standing in the doorway.

"Oh, I thought you were someone else." She said. "P-please come in."

...

Princess Celestia and luna were aproching the library, when they heard a flapping of wings. They turned in time to see a shadowy figure fly to where they were headed. They gasped. It was just as Twilight described. He was a small grey alicorn with no visible cutie mark. He walked inside of the library his figure highlited from the candle light.

"T-that was..." Celestia stamered.

"...An alicorn." Luna finished. They both looked at each other and quickly glided to Twilights house.

...(Bum, Bum, Buuummm)...

Prince walked into the library for a second time. Since his party had only been in the lounge room, he explored the halls of the coridors. He picked up a book titled "The War of the Ember," and began reading. It wasn't anything special, just an adventure about some owls, but he did find it entertaining.

"I'm actually expecting someone." Twilight said.

Prince didn't even glance up.

"Hello?"

She got right next to him. "Hello!?"

He jumped. "Oh I'm sorry. Do you need me to leave?"

"N-no." She replied. "I actually want you to meet them."

*silence*

"Hello!?"

"Huh?" He looked up from the book. "Sure, who is it?"

"M-my teacher." She quickly said.

"What kind of lessons do you take?" He asked.

"Oh just wildlife, astronamy,...anatomy, etc..." She said.

"What was that last one?"

She turned. "Astronamy?"

"Huh." He said unconvinced.

There was a knock on the door. "Excuese me."

As Twilight left, he wonderd what the teacher was like, but then went back to the book almost instantly. He teared up as the character "Coryn" was slashed by another owl, cutting off one of his wing.

...

Princess Celestia sat impatiently outside of Twilights house. When the door was finaly opened she didn't stop to greet her, but just shoved her out of the way. Luna casually followed behind followed by two guards.

"Where is he!?" She snaped.

"I-in the f-fiction section." She gasped.

Celestia galloped over to the fiction. Luna apologized to Twilight, and then followed. The fiction section wasn't hard to find. She was surprized to see that her sister wasn't there. Probably over looked it in her hurry. The grey pony had his back turned to her. She troted over to him.

"Twilight?" He said. "How many books can I check out at one time?"

"Well, that would be an awnswer for her, not me."

He turned his head, saw she was an alicorn, and droped his jaw.

...

Celestia galloped as fast as she could over to one side of the library and back. She passed the fiction section at least twice without noticing. She had to get to him and convince him to join her. If he was powerful, then she would trick him. Once under her control, there would be nopony to challenge her. Finnaly she found it. What came next was a blur. First was luna was knocked down, second was the alicorn flying past her, and finnaly she grabed him out of the air with her magic.

"Let me go!" He screamed. He pointed to Luna. "She tried to kiss me!"

She glared at her sister. "I thought I told you to wait!"

Luna winced.

Celestia the brought the small pony close and hugged him. "Its alright now." She said. "We're going to take you to a beautiful palace in the sky. Doesn't that sound nice?"

"Are there others like us?" He had calmed down and relaxed in her embrace. She smelled like a fancy soap.

"No." She said. "Its only us."

"Why?" He asked. "Why aren't there others?"

"I don't know." She cooed. She grined at luna. She was obviously doing a better job than her. "Come, we are going home."

"Home." He copied. He followed them into the lobby. There was a swirling mass in the center. He froze. In his dreams, he had seen something similar, but it was much bigger and darker. The two princesses steped in and dissapeard. He waved goodbye to Twilight and followed. He caried a book close to him as he steped into the mist.

...

The next thing he saw was a grand ballroom. Its decorations were that of a giant sun painted on banners. A giant chair graced the center of the room. In it sat the large pink pony from before.

"Umm." Was the only thing that came out of his mouth.

She smirked and said, "Your room is any you choose."

He saw that the room had several doors. But, there was a couple of. Slightly larger ones close to the throne. He noticed there was an even larger door behind the throne.

He picked on on the left of the giant door and opened it. Inside was Luna. She saw him and winked. Almost instantly, he slammed the door. The rest were empty. He chose one two doors away from Celestia's room and the oposite side of luna's room.

He droped down onto the light blue bed and fell into a deep slumber.

...

He saw something... He was flying toward his look alike... He wasn't alone... Black as the night... He was engulfed by the large black portal....

Princed woke in a cold sweat. His heart raced around his chest. He sat there panthing. Then, the silence was broken by the sound of a door opening. After a few moments his door opened too. Luna glided into the room, and landed at the foot of his bed. She closed the door with magic behind her.

"Why don't you like me?" She asked.

"What?"

"When I tried to kiss you. You ran away." She had been slowly climbing onto his bed. She was almost to his hooves. "I just thought you were the most handsome pony in all of Equestria."

He blushed. "Let's just say that my first day has been rough."

"Oh I'm so sorry." She said. Almost to his belly. "Is there anything I can do?"

"Maybe I mis-judged her." He thought. He felt her press against his waist.

"Hey!" He screamed. She had forced herself on top of him. He tried to buck and kick his way out. Too late. She held his small frame close to her. Her body pressed against him. His only form defense was the sheet that seperated them, but that was not going to hold for long. She was already trying to remove it. He had to think quickly. He tried curling into a ball while wraping himself in the blanket. Surprisingly, it actually worked. She pulled and tuged on the ball, but it was wraped to tight. In furry of being defeated, she levitated the ball, and then hurled it at the wall.

"Ooff."

Prince tumbled out of his shield. The half unwraped pony lay on the floor infront of her. The wind had been knocked out of him. He only clawed at the blanket gasping for air. His eyes were wild with fear.

Luna grined. He was compleatly defensless from her. She took one step, then another, slowly creaping to him. Prince suddenly jumped to his feet and ran passed her. Aiming for the door before it was opened by Celestia, and bumped into her.

"Thank goodness I'm saved!" He cried out when he saw her. "I'm sa-"

She knocked him unconcious with a blast of her magic. His limp body fell to the floor with a soft *whump.*

"No your not." Celestia said as she carried him to his bed and tucked him in. Once done, she grabed Luna and led her out of the sleeping pony's room.

Once the door had closed she smacked her across the face. She leened over her crumpled mass and said, "why don't you ever listen?" Smacking her a few more times.

...

In his dreams, Prince flew over the lands of Ga'Hool with Soren, Gylfie , Twilight, and Digger. He was the new king of the tree. The only word to describe it was; paradise.

"Wha?" He said as the sky turned dark.

Each of the owls turned to him. Their faces becoming horribly disfigured. They all screached one word in unison. Forming an unearthly howl.

"PEMBROKE!"