MLP: Friendship is Adventure

My Little Pony: Friendship is  Adventure

Once upon a time… in the mystical land of Equestria, there lived twin siblings, a brother and sister, whose magic rivaled the power of even the Princess of the Sun.

The Princess personally taught these twins in the hopes they would use their magic for good. The younger sister used her magic to bring the warmth of spring to Equestria.

The brother was tasked with bringing the cold winter.

But as they carried on their duties, the brother became bitter. The ponies rejoiced and celebrated the sunshine and gentle rainfalls of spring brought to them year after year by his sister while they shunned and complained of his peaceful winter and beautiful snowfall.

One fateful season, the brother unleashed a volley of blizzards upon Equestria, refusing to cease winter and make way for spring. His sister and their teacher tried to reason with him but the resentment had frozen his heart, transforming him into a hateful frozen horse, Frostfright!

He swore to freeze the land with endless winter, even threatening his own sister to stay out of his way before setting his sights upon the throne. Storming the castle, he soon stood before the Princess of the Sun, demanding she step down from the throne or he would destroy her.

The princess would not, and sadly engaged her former student in an epic duel. However, her love for her old student hesitated her blow, and Frostfright took advantage of her sentiment to injure her. Before the final blow was struck however, Frostfright sensed his sister’s arrival.

She had chosen to side with her mentor and stepped forth to oppose her brother, empowered by a long-forgotten magic - The Spirits of Adventure!

Wielding the power of the Spirits of Adventure, she defeated her twin, and sadly imprisoned him atop the highest and most desolate peak in the land.

With her mentor’s blessing, the sister thereafter took on the duty of bringing about all the seasons and the balance of harmony was restored to Equestria.

“‘Spirits of Adventure’…” muttered the young reader, having just completed the story. A young adult unicorn he was, with a sapphire blue coat, turquoise eyes, his mane was black at the roots while the ends were a darker blue, the colors matched his tail, and he was carrying a saddlebag which held a few books. His cutie mark was a cyanish-white crescent moon facing up and surrounding a five-point star encircled by five twinkles.

“I’m certain I’ve read about those somewhere …but where?”

Deciding to investigate the subject further, the unicorn started making for a brisk trot to his apartments.

“I know I’ve read about the Spirits of Adventure somewhere!”

Unfortunately, he was so deep in thought he almost crashed into somepony.

“Hey!”

Breaking out of his deep thought, he noticed a pegasus pony, clad in golden armor, with an orange coat and sapphire blue mane.

“Honestly, Midnight, you gotta watch where you’re going!”

“Oh, uh, sorry, Flash,” apologized the unicorn called Midnight. “I guess I was so deep in thought I…”

“Ah, forget it,” the guard called Flash waved it off, “say, why don’t we head over to Joe’s? I heard he’s added a few new items to his menu!”

“Well, uh!” Midnight gibbered nervously. “Actually… I kinda have… an errand to run, so… rain-check?”

“Whatever, brony,” Flash shrugged and carried on, Midnight sighing in relief as he hurried on, not hearing Flash say, “That guy’s gotta come out of his shell if he’s ever gonna make some friends.”

Midnight found his way to the tower where his apartment was, and teleported to his floor. Seeing his door, his eyes glowed as he concentrated upon the lock, hearing the tumblers re-configure at his command, and the door opened, revealing a cozy environment. One wall was a floor-to-ceiling bookcase, crammed with books, tomes, scrolls, knickknacks, antiques, another side of the room was a homely kitchenette, next to a door that read ‘Keep out: Dangerous materials inside’. His bed was by the bay window, the sunshine streaming through the windows, which confused him for a moment before he realized…

I closed the curtains this morning!

Keeping his cool, he scanned the apartment for signs of an intruder, when he heard the shattering of glass, coming from his workroom. The room that had the warning sign on it.

“Uh-oh!” he muttered as he approached the door, charging a spell into his horn in case this intruder was violent.

He took a deep breath, steeling himself for whatever villain dared violate his private sanctuary! When…

SLAM!!!

“…you ok? Midnight?! Big brother, wake up!”

Groaning as he slowly regained consciousness, Midnight became all too aware of an aching pain in his nose as well as a very familiar voice.

“Twinken…!” he groaned, holding himself up with his forehooves, realizing he was on his rump, and was massaging his aching nose. He checked his hoof and was relieved to find it free of bloodstains, so at least his nose wasn’t broken.

Next to him was a young unicorn colt, his coat a deep sky blue, his mane styled back in a messy yet endearing way, colored a Brandeis blue, his flank blank of a cutie-mark he had yet to earn, while his eyes were ruby red. The colt looked very apologetic, as well as sheepish, as he brought his brother an icepack.

“Sorry! I was… rearranging your test tubes but I… broke one. So I was hurrying out to grab a broom and dustpan when…”

It didn’t take much to put two and two together, as Midnight groaned while mentally enchanting the icepack to have a pain-killing effect on his nose.

“Twinken… How many times have I told you to stay out of my workroom?! You know there’s dangerous stuff in there you shouldn’t mess with!”

“I know,” moaned Twinken, and Midnight sighed, hating to be the scolding sibling.

“Do the folks know you’re here?” Midnight asked as he got up and cast a spell that quickly took care of Twinken’s mess.

“Yeah, Mom dropped me off,” Twinken explained, as he dug into his saddle-bags and pulled out a note. “She wanted me to give you this!”

Taking the note with his telekinesis, Midnight gave the parchment a read.

‘Dear Midnight,

As you know, the Dawn of Spring Celebration is coming up, and your little brother has been released from school for spring-break. He has expressed a strong desire to spend time with you, and I would deeply appreciate you watching over him, at least for this week.

Make sure he goes to bed on time, don’t give him too many sweets, and please be patient with him.

All my love,

Your mother

P.S.

Perhaps we could have a family outing on the celebration’

Sighing, knowing what a ‘family outing’ meant, Midnight crumpled up the paper in his aura and threw it into a nearby wastebasket, before looking at Twinken.

“If I’m stuck with you for a week, at least make yourself useful, and help me find my copy of ‘Fantasmic Foresight’.”

The two brothers scanned the massive bookcase, Midnight levitating several stacks of books out, giving one to Twinken to search through as he did the brunt, checking each book’s title.

“No, no, no!” Midnight groaned. “I know it’s here, I just did my weekly alphabetizing!”

“Found it!”

Midnight looked over to see Twinken buried in a pile of books, only his hoof visible as it held up the tome he’d sought. Smiling, he telekinetically yanked it from Twinken’s grasp and skimmed the pages.

“Hmm, Spirits, Spirits, S, S…Aha! ‘Spirits of Adventure, see: Frozen Horse’?”

“Frozen Horse?” echoed Twinken, as he pulled himself out of the book pile. “Isn’t that just some old pony’s tale?”

“Bingo! Here it is!” Midnight cheered as he looked over the passage. “Let’s see… ‘The Frozen Horse, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who ambitioned to conquer Equestria, defeated by the Spirits of Adventure and imprisoned atop the highest and most desolate peak in the land. Legend foretells that before the five hundredth spring after his imprisonment, the setting thaw would aid in his escape, and he will curse the land with endless winter’!”

Gasping, Midnight grabbed his brother, smushing the little colt’s face between his hooves, braying, “Twinken! Do you realize what this means?!”

“Uh…” Twinken held up a hoof, about to say something only to yelp as Midnight dropped him

"There's no time to wait!" Midnight insisted as he conjured a parchment and quill and held them out to Twinken.

“Take a note.”

Sighing, Twinken levitated the items to himself, and Midnight began.

"‘My dearest teacher, Princess Florinda,

This message comes to you from your loyal apprentice, Midnight Blaze. I regret to inform you that, during my research, I have come to learn that we stand upon the very precipice of catastrophe.’”

“Cata- Hold on!” interrupted Twinken, as he scrunched his eyes, not sure how to spell the word, until he gave a shrug to Midnight.

“Disaster,” Midnight substituted.

Twinken looked at the note again but shook his head.

“Uh, doom?”

This time Twinken raised a brow, as though he were saying ‘Are you serious?’

“Urgh! ‘That something terrible is about to happen’!” Midnight conceded.

“Well why din’cha say so in the first place?” Twinken asked, “We would’ve saved a lot of time!”

The growling glare he got from his brother “encouraged” him to hold his tongue and continue with his writings, as Midnight continued.

“‘I have discovered, to my dread, that the mythical Frozen Horse is truly Frostfright! In a day hence, he shall return to Equestria and subject to us all Endless Winter! Decisive measures must be taken to insure this terrible prophecy is averted.

I am standing by for your response.

Your loyal apprentice,

Midnight Blaze'."

"'Midnight... Blaze!" Twinken finished up.

"Good, send it," Midnight instructed.

"Right now?" asked Twinken.

"Yes, right now!"

"Um, I dunno, Midnight," Twinken said with a shrug. "Princess Florinda is busy preparing for the Dawn of Spring Celebration, and it's like... the day after tomorrow."

"But that's just it, Twinken!" Midnight insisted. "The day after tomorrow is the five-hundredth spring since Frostfright’s imprisonment. The Princess must be made aware of the coming danger!"

"Well, alright," Twinken conceded, and cast the spell his brother taught him, turning the message into a hooful of silvery dust. Taking a deep breath, he blew it, sending it out as a shimmering plume as it zoomed right out the window

"I just hope the princess will have an answer," Midnight spoke, and not five seconds after he did than did a robin arrive, with a note tied to its leg, as it perched on Twinken’s head.

"Well, whattya know? Looks like she plans to take immediate action."

Twinken unrolled the note, and in a poof of magic, it transformed into a scroll, and read.

"'My loyal apprentice, Midnight Blaze,

I deeply appreciate your concern for the well-being of Equestria, and am glad to have a student as vigilant and clever as you. But you simply must take your muzzle out of those old books every once in a while.'"

"What?!" Midnight whinnied.