Swift

by RhymesAreReason

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe
Length: 1109

War... War never changes. Somepony said that a long time ago, and we believed him. We believed that what we knew of war was he worst of it, that war doesn't change. He was wrong though. WE were wrong. It gets worse than whatever he saw. Much worse.

Equestria is at war. Considering the country's peaceful culture and outright rejection of violence it's surprising. But they didn't start it, they were pulled in. It's all because some rowdy gryphs decided to off some Zebra Prince or something like that. Who knew that one death could start the largest war ever.
I sure as hell didn't.
After that one death Zebrica went to war with Gryphonia. A simple war between two countries right? Wrong! So very wrong.
You see, both sides had allies, and their allies had allies and it goes on from there. And every single one joined up.
Not only are countries fighting, mercenaries and third parties are popping up from nowhere and they're all fighting. There isn't even a reason anymore. Its been decades since the war began and it's taken it's tole on the world. The Mountains have crumbled, the Saddle Arabians have divided and a whole slue of other things have sprung up… just too small in regards to others.
Over all it's a shitstorm.
And the shitstorm is only getting worse… If only I could actually do something.
Hurry my Aspects… Save them.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-11-15 06:50:29 UTC

Prologue: Hearth

Falling through an endless dark abyss really gives a pony time to think about how they got into this fucking mess, a chance to recount ones plights, you might say. Considering the fabled endlessness of death, I decided to think of my lives, starting with basics. It all started with her, oh how I love her, with her spells, and her wings... just wonderful. Her intent might not have to send all of us so far, but I guess it was because of that fucking Star, man he can be annoying when he wants to be. Although he does save us sometimes too, hmm. Too bad I can't thank him though. Anyways, back to the story. The only real way to start is at the beginning, with all of the Back-story.

Once upon a time there were three siblings, each one governing  a part of the tiny little world they found below them. Prima, the eldest, took control of the physics, how the universe around their toy operated, and how some parts of their toy acted and moved. She created the stars and sun, so that her brother's creations could gaze upon it and remember their "all powerful" goddess. She looked to belittle her siblings, proclaiming herself their better. At times she was calm, warm and benevolent. Others her personality shifted, becoming cruel, abusive, overall a tyrant. The eldest twin, Magus, controlled the mighty force of Magic, he created the living races of their plaything, creating some too terrible to describe, while others beautiful beyond belief. His creative mind allowed him to sculpt new laws for their world, laws that even Prima couldn't overrule. He cared for all of his creations, be it the laws or his wonderful pets, he always seemed to love everything equally. But not his brother. The youngest, named Scrybus, wrote the story, he created the personality of each and every creature his brother had designed, writing the overall narrative of their shared thing. It was he who created the cutie-mark, as a way to remember which characters went where and how they fit in. His direct control over their toy and by extension his siblings' realms of expertise, angered his siblings. Not being able to have fun with their toy without him, they decided to make his life horrible, teasing, pushing, the general bully attitude. Eventually their tortuous ways grew worse, eventually going so far as to threaten to destroy their wonderful toy. In response, Scrybus made the most prominent sentient race the docile equine, hoping to send the message his siblings neglected, that peace and Harmony with those around them was the only way to be happy. His brother however, retaliated by Breaking himself, sending his more chaotic nature into what Scrybus had taken to calling The Story, and reeking havoc across his brother's creations. Eventually ruling them. Their sister quickly changed that, she would not have anyone but herself possibly controlling their brother, she Broke herself into two, giving them almost her power when combined. Ironically, they used the other six pieces of Magus to imprison the first, forming a shaky alliance with each other, knowing that they would need to work together to stop their insane brother. The newly crowned rulers of Equestria had found that they were not the only Alicorns, infact there was a whole civilizationof them. Finding an abandoned Alicorn stallion, they discovered that he was an Aspect of the Story, a fragment of the evil god Scrybus. They had used a biology-change spell to turn him into a unicorn, just to spit in the face of their new enemy. They made him out to be a genius, in spite of his shyness, and gave him out to the crowd. He eventually became what he was renowned to be and a hero to boot. The baffled Princesses locked him inside the deepest part of the dungeon, and made it look as though he had simply disappeared. they attempted to find and destroy his research, but to no avail. His followers had hidden it away to study themselves. As the search for his research continued, they decided to search the modern-day Everfree Forest only instead of paper they discovered a filly, a very extraordinary filly. She was not only a pony, but also half dragon. Their scientific minds only knew that this was very very unlikely to happen and yet it did. They coaxed the filly from her hiding spot and started to raise her, her apparent inability to use her horn was astonishing, her wings were far too large for her small frame and her eyes were, unnerving. they eventually found that she was curious of everything, a bit too curious. Using Prima's innate ability to sense her siblings, they discovered that this extraordinary Kirin was in fact an Aspect of the Story, like Star Swirl. As soon as they learned this, they had ordered their new "daughter" to sleep in the dungeon. Her curiosity only grew, surrounded by gray every night. She eventually became a leading expert in theoretical magic and was used to design an artifact made out of two very dangerous materials, Sunstone and Lunashine. At contact Sunstone burns away the body, while making the mind blossom, while Lunashine rejuvenates the body, while simultaneously degrading the mind. Both materials have one thing in common though, if the right type of magic was poured into them they would increase the spell's power hundredfold, making them easily the most sought-after material for mages. She and a team of mages worked on constructing the two largest stones of the stuff, eager to see the result. Said result was the near extinction of a whole sentient race. After she had seen the atrocities committed with her creations, the Kirin made several attempts on her own life, but to no avail. One month after the destruction of Arcadia, another Princess arrived. Her name was Terra, and she could control the earth. Being a Component, she had accelerated ageing through fillyhood, becoming ever closer to the "lady in the basement" as she had called the Kirin, eventually being taught everything she could learn. One morning the Princesses arrived in the dungeon only to find no one. The four prisoners had been sent somewhere by Terra, in an attempt to free the Kirin. As a result of this, Terra was banished into the earth for over one-thousand years. And she awoke to the time of Princess Twilight Sparkle, with the Kirin nearby. The Kirin and the three other prisoners were sent forward in time, their memories locked, biologies  changed, and with a whole new life to explore... Let's start with walking