Prior to Princess Luna's Banishment

Twilight slowly fell upon the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, along with the surrounding villages and forests which inhabited the Everfree Forest. Faint lights could be seen from the various huts in the multiple villages as many a ponies slowly found themselves within the realms of slumber. One would think that tonight would be a rather peaceful night for the citizens of Equestria. That was until a rather loud yell could be heard radiating from the castle.

"Princesses! Princesses!"

The cascading sound of hooves could be heard from every corner of the castle as a guard pony quickly ran through the halls at speeds that would put most pegasi to shame. The hooves sped along, as if the very doors to Tartarus had been opened and the foul creatures from the realm were preying upon the peaceful realm of Equestria. The hooves came to a skidding halt in front of the doors which led to the royal dining room. With two strong, earth pony, hooves the doors to the dining room were thrown open with a resounding bang as the golden armored figure called to the two goddesses.

"Princesses! Horrible news!"

His eyes were met with the scene of the two rulers of the small nation of Equestria, both of which were currently in the motion of eating their food. For the pristine white coated mare, she was about to take a rather size-able chunk of cake from what would have been her desert. The very fork, which hovered in the air in front of her open mouth, quickly dropped to the plate in front of her along side the slice of cake that it had carried. The mysterious black coated mare turned her gaze to the guard, her mouth open as if she had been discussing something with the mare which sat across from her before the guard had rudely burst through the doors. The guards pony seemed to quiver slightly at their gaze as he had just realized that he had interrupted their dinner and breakfast.

"WELL, GENERAL SPEARHEAD, OUT WITH THINE NEWS." The dark coated mare, known as Princess Luna, bellowed out in her Royal Canterlot voice. The very walls seemed to tremble from the strength behind her words while the white coated mare, known as Princess Celestia, slowly dabbed at her muzzle with one of the napkins upon the table.

"Y-Yes Princess... W-We hath re-re-receiveth word that the demon h-hath been spotted around th-thine castle walls." The guard pony sputtered, shaking in place as his ears slowly seemed to lower for he knew what was surely to come in response to his comment. Lately word had spread among the various villages that a demonic being has been seen traversing the landscapes. Many different descriptions on the being had been given to the guards which all returned back to the castle to be reviewed by the princesses. Many had accounted seeing a strange outline with teal colored stripes, while some mentioned the demon was merely nothing more than smoke. Yet one description on the demon had always been the same, those piercing yellow eyes with a wide white toothed grin which seemed to stretch from one point of the sky to the other. Though nothing harmful has happened in relation to this being, many still feared the possible implications that such a strange creature could bring. What if there was a possibility that it was looking for a hearty meal? What if it was looking to overthrow the crown? Every time they tried to catch the being, it would disappear as if it almost never existed. Tonight was an exception as many guards had located the strange glow of two yellow orbs dancing along the outside of the wall. This fact only seemed to intrigue the two princesses as they quickly stood from the floor pillows which they had been resting upon.

""SISTER, WE MUST INVESTIGATE BEFORE IT HATH A CHANCE TO ESCAPE! GENERAL SPEARHEAD, TELL THE GUARD TO REMAIN CALM AND LET US DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM!" Luna bellowed, the guard cringing once more at the volume. The two goddesses in front of him seemed to become enshrouded in white and black light before they disappeared from the room, leaving a rather confused and blinded guard. Then with two quick blinks of his eyes, he quickly did an about face and quickly ran from the room.

Outside the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters

Two yellow orbs slowly danced along the outside of the walls, which surrounded the castle, that had drawn the attention of this rather peculiar creature. Two small pin prick sized dots seemed to dance along the inside of the yellow orbs as a strange humming sound seemed to radiate from the two spheres which slowly rotated, floated up, floated down and floated all around. Every once in a while a dark outline would appear which would take on the form of pony before fading. Other times it took the form of various different creatures ranging from a feline to a manticore to even a cockatrice. Each time it would appear it would once again disappear only to leave the two yellow orbs behind. It's dance went unhindered for a while until finally it stopped as two bright lights appeared in front of it. In the wake of the light stood two regal looking ponies, both of which appeared to be in a rather upset mood, as they glared down the two sets of eyes which stopped to look at them.

"SO THOU FINALLY REVEAL THINE OWN SELF TO US!" Luna announced, pointing her black hoof towards the two eyes which only silently stared back towards the Princess. The two dots located within the two glowing orbs seemed to focus on her for a brief moment before glancing over towards the alabaster mare standing next to the dark one.

"Luna please try to contain thine Royal Canterlot voice. We shant wake the populous or we might have a situation on hoof." Celestia said, magenta eyes turning towards the cyan which only gazed back towards her as her comment seemed to cause a slight blush to come to Luna's cheeks.

"We are very much sorry, dear sister. We find it hard to control the voice at times." Luna said, her eyes gazing down towards the ground before they quickly went wide and quickly darted back to where the yellow orbs had once been floating. The pair of 'eyes' had decided to take the small window of opportunity to disappear, which only irked Luna.

"Sister, it hath disappeared!" Luna exclaimed.

"Mmm... I care to disagree wholeheartedly. I have not disappeared, but merely changed location." A soft voice rang out, both sets of pony eyes quickly darted half way up the wall and were met with the yellow orbs once more. Only this time a line seemed to slowly appear beneath the spheres which quickly pulled up into a grin and opened to quite the white pair of teeth. "I see that my presence has brought both of you out from inside your castle. I guess it would only be so long until the both of you would seek me out, what with the way your dear little ponies seem to react to my presence." The voice spoke, the grin only seemed to pull wider before both pairs of eyes and mouth once again disappeared.

A strange sensation ran over Luna, almost as if four paws seemed to slink around her form, which only caused her to shiver in response before looking to Celestia for help. Celestia on the other hand was only staring at Luna with wide eyes and mouth wide open.

"What is wrong, Sister?" Luna asked, shifting slightly on spot while Celestia merely pointed up towards Luna's head, which caused the Moon Princess to gaze up past her ethereal mane only to be met with an empty head which caused Luna's own mouth to drop. "WHERE HATH OUR CROWN GONE!"

"Oh me, oh my, where could your crown have gone?" The voice responded, two eyes once again opened along side the twisted grin, which only helped paint a portrait beneath the black crown adorn with a crescent moon on it's head. Slowly a feline styled head slowly came into being beneath the crown, a large styled head painted in purple which bordered around the yellow eyes and white teeth. Upon it's head rested Luna's crown which had a pair of ears poking from atop it. "You really shou-"

The feline was quickly cut off when a streak of dark blue darted at it, this in turn caused the feline to once again disappear and resulted in the princess crashing head first into the castle wall which cracked under the force of her collision. The Lunar Princess found herself on the ground, mind reeling with stars slowly revolving around her head while Celestia merely looking on in shock.

"GIVE US OUR CROWN BACK YOU CRETIN!" Luna roared, rising to her hooves once more as she quickly shook the stars from her eyes, quickly lowered into a fighting stance and took on the appearance of a bull ready to charge. Celestia, herself, felt a slight weight on her back which only caused her to turn her head, only to see the deranged being resting upon her back.

A tail slowly flowed, banded in various shades of purple, along side a plump body with four stumpy legs which ended in paws. The creature merely looked up towards Celestia with that deranged grin before turning it's eyes towards the princess which had violently attacked the wall. "I'm truly sorry, but I have no possible idea what you mean." It spoke, the grin only pulling wider as it seemed to disappear in a cascading rainbow of colors which caused Celestia to raise an eyebrow. Her head turned towards her sister which the sight only caused her eyes to widen in horror as her sister barreled into her. Both princesses were sent flying, sprawled out onto the ground in a tangled mess of hooves.

"Luna, thou really must control thine anger in these situations." Celestia said, wheezing softly as she slowly untangled her hooves from her sister and slowly rose back up. Luna followed in suit, before she felt a soft weight once again return to her head which caused both of her eyes to peer up. She almost squee'd in delight when she saw that her crown had once again returned to her. Her eyes, in turn, quickly darted around before meeting a pair of yellow orbs which once again gave way to a purple creature but this time it gave way to a rather peculiar looking pony. An earth pony in form with cascading shades of purple which adorned it's entire body.

"I hadn't realized that your crown was on my head, dear princess." It spoke, it's eyes looked up towards Luna, as it bowed down to both princesses with that strange grin that seemed to split it's head in half. It was a creepy sight for both of the princesses as such a grin wouldn't be possible for any pony to do. The sight itself was a strange an un-pony like appearance that caused both of the princesses to visually grimace, which only seemed to make the grin grow wider, if such a thing was possible.

Luna's horn began to glow slightly as she felt now was the time that she could finally destroy the thing that dared wear her crown before an alabaster hoof quickly darted out in front of her. Slowly the glow died from her horn as she turned her gaze towards her sister who slowly shook her head in response. She allowed her frustration with the strange creature to die before turning her cyan gaze back towards the, nearly eye assaulting, appearance bowing in front of her.

"Who, or rather, what are you?" Celestia asked, her voice was soft as her hoof daintily returned to the grass beneath them as the strange pony in front of them slowly rose from it's bow. Both of the princesses eyed the being closely as they waited for it to disappear once again, but were surprised when it remained tangible.

"I am everything and nothing. Though I go by the name of Cheshire." He said, his tail slowly lowered to the ground as he slowly rose up on it which only caused both of the princesses to raise their eyebrows. "Some say I am an embodiment of madness, some would say I am the embodiment of mischief." He said, his grin seemed to slip slightly but it still remained plastered on his face as he slowly rocked back and forth upon his tail.

"More than likely both..." Luna muttered, a quick nudge to her side caused her to glance towards Celestia who was giving her a firm glare which only caused Luna to lower her head in defeat.

"What brings thou to our kingdom, Cheshire?" Celestia asked, her glare slowly faded to a soft and gentle stare as she continued to watch the strange being rock around on it's tail.

"Well you see, I can't help but traverse my home." He said, throwing his four hooves outwards as if gesturing towards the sparse amount of woods which encircled the castle before he tucked his hooves back into his body and continued to slowly sway to and fro. This small announcement caused both of the princesses's eyebrows to rise up before once again look towards one another in surprise. This was the first time they had ever heard of such a being moving about the Everfree. Where Luna cared little for Cheshire, a spark appeared in Celestia's mind as she came up with a rather interesting idea. Maybe this being could be a little useful to the crown.

"Would thou mind accompanying us into the castle. We wish to discuss something rather important with thou." Celestia said, out of the corner of her eyes she could make out the surprised look on Luna's face which only brought a smirk to Celestia's muzzle. That small motion caused Luna to shake her head while Celestia once again focused on Cheshire who was slowly stroking his own muzzle with his hoof as he seemed to think about it.

"Well, if it is rather important, I would like to hear what you both have to say." Cheshire said, slowly lowering himself to his four hooves as he wandered to the princesses, who surrounded him on both sides, as they slowly lead him through the gates into their castle.

'Just what do thou hath planned, sister.' Was all Luna could think, as the gates slowly closed behind them.

Author's Note

Well here is the first chapter to what will probably be a story that will try to reach up to around 20 chapters or more in length. The main character, Cheshire, will have the general appearance of the Cheshire Cat but will act in a slightly more mature fashion. This chapter and the next two will be primarily based around back story before once again meeting the canon timeline where slight changes where occur. Hope you enjoyed this first chapter and hope you stay along for the ride!