The Origin of Friendship

This is the story of the end. The end of the infinity crux. The end of light and dark and the beginning of colour. The breaching of the divide.

The infinity crux started thousands of years ago…the time when the subjects of light and dark were created by the Dusk and Dawn of a newborn world: Cavallor. Their very existence upset the balance of the Universe…after all, light and dark cannot exist without each other. Without light, the Universe would sink into depression. Without darkness, there would be no point in living in the light, in living without purpose.

After the meeting of Solitaire and Sonata, the Universe righted itself once more. The endless expanse of celestial bodies, life and existence blew back into being. Cavallor returned to its former splendour with a bang. The subjects of both light and dark began to mix, to change. It was a slow process at first, but after a few years, they were no longer the subjects of black and white. They were the subjects of colour. And they all lived under the golden age of the twin rulers: Solitaire Dusk and Sonata Dawn.

As the world changed, and so did their subjects. The ponies of black and white became vibrantly coloured, marked by their talents and by their life’s work. Symbols, later dubbed cutie marks began to appear as more and more ponies started to discover their own talents and unique personalities. The once flat planet became three dimensional, asymmetrical, and vibrant. It was a world coursing with life and death.

Both Solitaire and Sonata grew to love their world and to love each other even more. They came to see each other as sisters. Many marvelled at the perfection of their ever-growing friendship which would come to last a lifetime.

As time went on, the two decided to forget everything about their past as a tribute to their new world: Equestria. As a token of this commitment, both mares changed their names. Solitaire became known as Luna…and Sonata as Celestia.

And so it was that the two friends went on to rule the world. The world ruled by light and darkness, by Dusk and Dawn. The world where people are happy because they fight. The world where people fight because they are happy. The world where Friendship is Magic, where shadow and light accept each other for what the are…

The world born of the first friendship.