Dividedby Phoenix PastelChapters500 Years Later... Part 1500 Years Later...Part 2A Big SuccessFound ItPrologue500 Years Later... Part 1The ball was sailing through the air. Screams of imaginary fans rocked in her ears. She reached out, tiny light-pink wings flapping as hard as she could flap them...Her gold and yellow mane was whipping around her eyes... And the ball was in her hooves! Now real screaming filled her ears! A colts voice cheered out, "She did it! We've won the game!" More cheers rocked the air, along the collective "awws..." from the other team. The filly who had caught the ball did a celebrity fist pump in the air. "All right!" A light-blue unicorn filly with a curly white mane ran up to her. "You did it, Aurum! We won!" The filly gloomped her in a hug. "I know that, Cloudie! You think I did that victory dance for nothing?" The blue filly laughed. "Course not! What kind of friend is that?!" The two rolled in laughter. "Aurum Sky? We need to leave now! Errands and whatnot!" A mares voice tinkled out. The two fillies turned around as a pink pegasus mare with a two-toned blue mane in a ponytail trotted over to them. "Okay, Mama!" Aurum answered, smoothing back her two-toned gold mane, of which her mother promptly messed up again. "Mama!" The mare laughed. She looked down at the other blue filly, and also ruffled her curly white mane. "We have to go, now, Cloudcandy. I'll hope to see you soon," she said. Cloudcandy looked up. "I'll see you soon, Mrs. Rosy Sky!" Rosy Sky smiled and walked away, Aurum in tow with her purple ball held under her wing. "Where are we going, Mama? Didn't we already buy groceries last week?" Aurum asked, looking up at Rosy Sky. Without looking down, her mother answered, "We ran out of gold glitter, so I need to get more, and I also ran out of Cloud Paint, so we need that too." Aurum looked down and answered,"Ok." She smiled as she started to think. Her mother was a photographist, taking pictures and making her own frames out of art supplies and old frames she found at the Goodmare. She really had a passion for it, her cutie mark being a wooden photo frame with a dark-pink camera partially overlapping it. Aurum silently sighed. While it wasn't uncommon for foals her age to not have a cutie mark, she still yearned for it badly. A few other foals in her class already had their cutie marks, and she did not feel like being the last in her class to get one. oh, well, she thought. its not the end of the world. The next day... BRIIINNG! Went the morning bell, startling the half-asleep foals. The class went quiet as a bright-green earth-pony mare with a light-brown mane in a bun walked into the room, her cutie mark of 3 pencils clearly seen by the class as she walked behind the big mahogany desk at the front of the room. She spoke with a husky, gentle voice. "Good Day, class." The fillies and colts responded with a big "Good day, Mrs. Greenrose!" Mrs. Greenrose smiled, and looked down at the attendance chart. She frowned. "Does anypony know where Soil Sport is?" The class looked at each other and shook their heads. "Well then, I guess I'll-" Mrs. Greenrose only got that far until a brown colt with a messy, striped dark brown and green mane ran into the classroom, on his flank a trio of hoofballs that soon went up in the air as he tripped on his own hoof as he ran in too fast. The class giggled. Mrs. Greenrose sighed. "Soil, why are you late again?" Soil Sport stood up and brushed his mane back, the scent of stallion's shampoo washing over the fillies sitting behind where he stood. They blushed as they caught the scent. "My dad let me use his shampoo this morning. I kinda got caught up in my shower because of it," He said, smoothing his hair back again. Mrs. Greenrose raised an eyebrow. "One more tardy and you will have a 30-minute detention, young stallion. Understand?" Soil nodded, and trudged back to his seat. "Now then, on with todays lesson," Mrs. Greenrose started. "We will finally be starting our History Unit, beginning with the history of the Celestial Empire, which is of course the name of our fair empire. I will start this by telling you the beginning of our Empires history. I understand some of you may know this, but I will be telling this for the ones who don't know. Alright?" The class nodded. "The Celestial Empire and the, ahem, Lunar Kingdom, Began 500 years ago when Queen Celestia and Luna had a disagreement, Queen Celestia wanted the improvement of magic and Luna wanting the improvement of technology. This started to grow as ponies took sides and fights broke out between the populace. This was too much for Queen Celestia and Luna and they snapped, having a fierce battle named the Great Battle. The battle lasted for 2 months and 2 days until the the landscape was no more and Mt. Equestria was the last monument standing. Neither side won, and the two sides ended with a truce, and both took the survivors that where still alive and the bodies of the dead and split Equestria in half. The Celestial Empire took the North, and we are still here today." The class applauded Mrs. Greenrose as she finished. "Now, any questions?" A colt raised his hoof. "What is Equestria?" He asked. Mrs Greenrose answered,"Its the name of the kingdom 500 years ago before it split after the Great Battle." Aurum Sky was interested at this point, which was quite rare. There is another empire below us? , she thought. I wonder what its like?... Author's Note Hello! ^.^ Author here! I just wanted to clear a few things up. Aurum Sky is a light-pink pegasus filly with a two-toned gold mane, and Cloudcandy is a light-blue unicorn filly with a curly white mane. I know I didn't present them well, but I can't think of a way to fix it. The next chapter will be about the Lunar Kingdom. Probably not going to be published soon, though. Edit: i edited stuff 500 Years Later...Part 2"Onyx?"... "Onyx?!"... "ONYXES BLACKSTAR YOU GET YOUR FLANK DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!" An audible sigh is heard from the upstairs bedroom. The rich purple unicorn colt who was currently being yelled at pulled away from a large, silver telescope. He blew his long, black bangs from his eyes, and trudged downstairs. He was greeted by an angry light purple unicorn mare, obviously trying and miserably failing to keep her anger in. "Onyx, what have I told you about listening to me the first time?" She sighed. "Go get washed up. We have somepony important coming to our house tonight." The colt, named Onyx, sighed once more and nodded. "Yes, Mum." He turned around and trotted back upstairs. "And stop sighing!" His Mum yelled up to him. Another sigh is heard, followed by a giggle. She rolled her eyes, chuckled, and walked to her room. Onyx came to his bathroom and walked to the sink. He tried using his unicorn magic to turn on the faucet, failed, and resorted to using his hooves. He soaked a towel and wiped his face, his purple fur getting soaked, and dried himself. He then proceeded to flex in the mirror, chuckling afterwards. He ran to his room and threw on a black bowtie just as the doorbell rang a melodic tune. Onyx's mother opened the door. A large stallion was in the doorway, with perfectly groomed dark gray fur and a black suit jacket with a moonflower tucked in the pocket. His deep navy blue mane was smoothed back professionally and perfectly. "Ms. Amethyst Star. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I hope we will be good friends in the future." "My name is Darkness Blue. As you know, I am Onyx's new therapist. I hope I will do my job well." He smoothed back his mane nervously. "Now, where is the little tyke?" "I'm right here!" Onyx cried out as he walked down the steps. When he got to the bottom, he realized he was right in front of a huge stallion. He nervously gulped as he caught sight of him. "Ummmm... hi." He looked over at his mother, who was wearing large, snow-white pearls. He started staring at them to calm himself down. His mother caught notice of this. She sighed and ran a hoof through her light purple and silver mane. "I'm sorry, he is a little bad at social situations." Darkness smiled. "Its alright. Happens to all of us." He looked at Onyx with a gentle smile, and walked towards him. He was now so close to Onyx that Onyx could see his cutie mark- a dark blue heart with a unlocked gray lock and chain wrapping around it. Onyx relaxed a little. "Um... Its nice to meet you Mr. Blue." Darkness smiled. "Just call me Blue. And what is your name?' Onyx relaxed a little more. He started to like this stallion- he could see kindness behind his large gray eyes. "Onyx Star, sir, uh, I mean, Blue." Onyx stammered. He didn't get why he was nervous, he hadn't liked a stranger this much since- oh. He started thinking about Ms. Blueflower, his old therapist. He had liked Ms. Blueflower, whom he had called Flower. She was fun and had a great sense of humor, until her father fell down the stairs of an office building and she had to go take care of him, leaving poor Onyx behind. Now Onyx was sad. He looked up at Blue, who in turn was looking at him with concern. "Is everything alright, Onyx?" He asked, lifting up Onyx's chin with a hoof. Onyx nodded. "Ok, then." Blue said, concern in his voice. He turned to Amethyst, and said, "I am afraid I need to leave. I have a meeting at 5:30. It was a pleasure meeting you and Onyx. Goodnight!" He shook Amethyst's hoof and walked out the door. Amethyst looked at Onyx and sighed. "I know its hard, losing your father and Ms. Blueflower. I know you loved them. But be strong. Be strong for me, for you, for the Lunar Kingdom." She took his hoof and kissed it. "I'm sure Blue is a great stallion and therapist. Just give him a chance, alright?" Onyx nodded. "Good. Queen Luna would be proud of you." She walked to the kitchen to start dinner. Onyx sighed, and walked up to his room to look out his telescope. Dad, where ever you are, he thought, Please be alright. He walked into his room and looked out his telescope once more. ... The next day... "So, Onyx, can you tell me about your father?" Bue asked, looking at Onyx as he tried to levitate a pencil. He gave up and answered, "He died about 2 years ago when a Starapple cart ran into him head-on. I saw it happening, I could've saved him...." He put his head in his hooves as tears threatened to fall. "Its alright, its alright. Can you go on?" Blue asked soothingly, rubbing Onyx's back. Onyx nodded. "He was great. He bought me my telescope that I have and showed me star charts... His favorite constallionation was always Orideon, it was the first constallionation that he showed me..." Onyx buried his head in his hooves again and choked back a sob. "I'm sorry." Blue could only really say that. He had dealt with cases like this, but this was new. This colt was still overly distraught over his fathers death, and from what he had been informed, it had been over 2 years. He gave a small, sad smile and wracked his brain for a way to cheer him up- wait, didn't his mother say he liked astronomy? "What is your favorite constallionation?" He decided to ask, hoping that would cheer Onyx up. "Gemanei, its my zodiac sign." Onyx smiled a little and looked up. Ah ha! Blue thought. Astronomy does cheer him up! Blue then started talking about his favorite constallionation, Canter, and the two talked and debated for a long time, even when Amethyst brought in some mooncake. Author's Note Lololol, can u find the puns? i edited this so have a little pun hunt A Big SuccessOne Year later... Aurum Sky woke up with a thump. "Owww..." Aurum groaned as she picked herself up from the floor. She rubbed her head where she had landed on the hard floor of where she lived- cloud floors were expensive. She looked over at her flank. Still nothing. She sighed as she trudged to the bathroom with bags under her eyes- mornings were not her thing, especially on weekends. She walked to the sink and put her front hooves on the sink counter, reaching for the handles. The water turned on with a sploosh and she splashed some water on her face and dried it. A few minutes after combing her messy mane she walked downstairs. Her mom was at the table eating a bowl of cereal. "Good morning, sweetie." "Good morning, Mama." Aurum trudged to the pantry and pulled out a box of Honey Creams cereal, and poured herself a bowl before going to sit at the table. She sighed as she realized she forgot a spoon, and got up to get one. Her ears pricked as she heard the sound of hoofsteps knocking on the tile floor as she opened the silverware drawer. "Good morning, beautiful," said her father and he walked to the table and kissed her mother Rosy Sky, making her giggle. Aurum rolled her eyes as she walked back to her cereal, spoon in hoof. Her father looked at her as she started eating her cereal. "Good morning to you, too, Aurum. Are you ready for today?" He asked, smiling broadly. Rosy Sky looked at him with disdain. "You know not everypony likes waking up in the morning, right, Thunderblue?" She asked, giving him an are-you-serious look. Thunder chuckled nervously. The blue pegasus stallion with a gold mane was known to be the first one up among the two anti-morning ponies- it had become a joke in this family. It was even his cutie mark- an electric blue sun on top of a golden lightning bolt. Aurum looked up and smiled as she started to wake up with excitement about today. Today was her first game of Solball! She was ecstatic about her first performance, the first time all those Tuesday after-school practices would pay off. Today would be her moment. She grinned happily. "Yep! Im soooo excited! Im sure we'll win! Thunderblue chuckled. "Well then, eat your breakfast and hurry upstairs to put on your uniform. The game starts in a hour." Aurums eyes widened as she whipped her head aside to check the clock, and started hyperventilating as she saw it was already 10:13. She shoved her cereal into her mouth and sped upstairs, yelling a "Thwanks Daddey!" as she took flight to go faster. She landed in her bed and tumbled to her Cloudwood dresser as she threw on her Solball uniform- a blue jersey with a 12 on the back and a bright blue and green viper head on the front, for her team was the Sky Vipers, a type of snake known to cause anypony who was bit to float uncontrollably into the air. She shuddered with delight. Aurum always wanted to have a pet snake. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Focus, Aurum!, She thought. Ok. Do your best. You will win! She took a few deep breathes before brushing and tying her mane into a ponytail, and ran downstairs to her parents. Rosy grinned as Aurum ran down to her and Thunder. Thunder gave Aurum a quick noogie as he and Rosy turned and spread their wings to go to the field. Aurum followed suit, giving her dad a dirty look, and took flight after her parents as they flew to the game. Aurum squealed in delight as the Solball field finally came into view. She had practiced here many times before, but to see it on game day gave it a whole new light. She smiled uncontrollably as she and her parents landed infront of her coach, Spectrum Rush, or, Coach Rush. Coach Rush, as she was known, was a lithe, pearly white Pegasus mare with the colors of the rainbow as her mane, styled short in a pixie cut. Her cutie mark consisted of a crystal prism reflecting out a ray of rainbow colors. Aurum smiled. She loved her coach, almost idolizing her, for her great amount of speed and agility that came with her pointed wings. Her wings buzzed excitedly as Coach Rush looked at her, a smirk on her face. She spoke in a crystal clear voice full of confidence. "Hey, there, Aurum. I'm expecting some real action on the team. You up to it?" She put a hoof behind her back and pulled out a blue brayball hat and plopped it on her head, a blue whistle on a white ribbon also coming down over her neck. Aurum didn't notice this, however. The pink filly was much too excited. "LETSGOLETSGOLETSGOLETSGO!!" She screamed, bouncing with enthusiasm and practically flew off her hooves. Rush laughed and turned to the field. "Hurry up, then. Game's about to start." Aurum squealed and bounded after her, shouting a "Bye, Mama and Daddy!" as she ran away. Rosy chuckled as Thunder pulled her to the stands. ... The game was about to start. Aurum was in position, a line up and down the middle line, she being in the spot 4 ponies away from the end. Aurum was excited as she looked at the 6 other ponies on her team, her gaze then switching over to the other team- The Red Hawks. The tension was thick as the referee raised his whistle- And the game was on! Falcon Jem, a ruby red Pegasus with a black mane, kicked the ball to Aurum and ran forward. Aurum caught it and ran to the other teams goal, all four of her legs pumping with energy until a blue earth pony rammed into her and she dropped the ball. Another blue earth pony grabbed it and ran away. Aurum grit her teeth. Solball was a game of running. The two teams where supposed to kick and carry the ball to the other teams goal to score, and the first to 4 points won. The players could grab the ball out of the others hoof, but that was it, get the ball to the other teams goal. All had to stay on the ground, so it would be fair, but the game was simple and required teamwork. And Aurum loved it. She tore down the field to the ball. One goal scored for the Vipers. The Red Hawks scored. Aurum passed the ball to a purple unicorn named Velvet Hooves and scored a point. The teams got a break and Aurum flicked some water at a nearby Red Hawk. The game resumed The Vipers scored another point due to the other teams goalie being distracted by a butterfly. And they where down to the final few minutes. Aurum was sweating at this point, and she locked eyes with the other team. the whistle was blowed and Aurum kicked the ball to a teammate. She rammed a green pegasus out of the way and nearly caught the ball as another teammate passed it to her, before a magenta earth pony intercepted it. She ran after her, her heart pounding. 5 minutes remained. Aurum watched as Velvet from before caught the ball and threw it to her. 4 minutes. Aurum pounded down the field, as a gray unicorn jumped in front of her. 3 minutes. She swerved to the right and dropped the ball. Her parents leaned forward in anticipation, biting their hooves. 2 minutes. Aurum grabbed the ball just before a minty pegasus did and tore down the field, barely registering her teammates running beside her. 1 minute. The goal was right in front of her. She could taste victory... 30 seconds... And Aurum delivered a last, powerful kick before the game ended. The ball whistled past the goalie's hoofs and landed square in the net behind him. The game was over. Aurum's teammates screamed and cheered as they crowded around her, chanting her name as the parents grinned until their face hurt. Aurum was elated, thinking that nothing could be better than this, until a bright flash blinded her. FLASH! She blinked and looked at her once-blank flank. Instead of a patch of pink fur like there usually was, there was a golden sun with wavy rays in alternating yellow-and-orange colors. Aurums face split into an impossible grin, her eyes sparkling. "I GOT MY CUTIE MARK!!" She yelled and danced with delight as her proud parents laughed and grinned with absolute pride and joy clear on their faces. The entire team was happy and proud, and Coach Rush was so proud that she treated the entire team to milkshakes at Soneighc, Aurum grinning the entire time. It was the best day ever. Author's Note So i finally updated. I hope this lives up to standards. Found ItOne year later... Onyx Star was not having a good night. He sighed and pulled away from his silver telescope. The tip of it poked out of the window, reflecting off thousands of tiny stars, and grand, undiscovered planets in its mirror. He had been searching for something new for months now, and had had no such luck. He brushed away his long, black bangs. He had been needing to get a manecut, he observed, and cantered down the stairs where his mum waited. He stopped, for on the wall to his left, there was a picture- a gray stallion with dark gray and black hair on the left; a lavender mare with a purple and white mane was next to him, on the right;then, on the bottom, was him, a deep purple colt with a black mane. Onyx stroked to painted wood frame and held his gaze to the gray stallion, also known as his dad. His dusty blue eyes of his father were filled with love directed at his wife and son, visible even through the unnatural stillness of the photo. Onyx felt tears threatening to fall from his green eyes and quickly wiped them away. Onyx may had cried like a filly last year, but not this year. Onyx had vowed to never cry again. And he fully intended to keep that promise. "Onyx! Are you coming or what?" His mother shouted, shocking Onyx out of his stupor. He shook his head and tore his eyes from the photo, and raced down the hallway yelling "Coming!" to his mum. He did not have plans to show up late to the show of the century. He found his mum waiting at the door, front hoofs crossed, wearing her white pearls. They where scratched and damaged from use, but Onyx had never seen her without them. He didn't blame her, however. The milky white beads where, and still, a favorite thing. He couldn't imagine his mother without them; they where a part of her, a vital piece. He smiled up at his mum and she smiled back as she opened the door. Later... Onyx was in awe. He gazed around the huge, domed building that was the home of astronomy, the dome ceiling arching up into a great, masterful painting of the stars and constellations. The entire building was made of limestone and black granite, creating a sense of power and beauty, and honer. Onyx felt like a little bug under the eyes of the arches and walls of the place, and felt a giddiness as he and his mum drew closer to the large doorway at the end of the hall. Amethyst looked down at her giddy son, and smiled. He had been longing to go to this place, she thought, and smiled at his glee. It had been his lifelong dream to experience the grand Meeting of the Stars, and see the Lunar Kingdom's greatest astronomers, and, of course, Queen Luna. The duo passed under the great, carved doorway that was the entrance to the meeting room, and gasped at the sight. The meeting room was a large amphitheater, with hundreds of seats carved out of pure black granite, with little orbs of soft white lights serenely floated around the room, casting a soft light. The middle of the amphitheater was a large circle table with several chairs, 24 in all, with one large throne at the head of the table. Onyx grinned an impossible grin as he and his mother sat down. The buzzing of the other Lunar ponies was silent to him, for all he could hear was his own thoughts racing by, saying the names of every astronomer, every star, every little detail. His father would have loved this. Then suddenly, the room darkened, and a bright, solitary light shone on a entrance at the back of the theater, and trumpets started to play as the astronomers walked out single file to their chairs. Onyx knew them all by heart as he silently named them all. There was Shining Grace, the unicorn who had discovered the Mare's Tail cluster, and Black Matter, the earth pony who had discovered and coined the term "black matter" , and so on. Onyx shivered with glee as each one took their seats. Then, the room darkened once more, and the trumpets started a new song, as her majesty herself walked out. "Presenting her royal highness, our very own head of the Meeting of the Stars and sole ruler of the Lunar Kingdom, Queen Luna!" Every pony in the theater suddenly stood up and bowed as the moon queen walked to her seat. Her flowing hair of stars and galaxies billowed and swirled around her figure, making her seem serene and beautiful. She was a gorgeous shade of dark blue, and wore finely carved black regalia that perfectly complemented her curves and muscles. Onyx grinned with delight at seeing his beloved queen as he rose from his bow and sat down. He had idolized her since the day she had came through his town for the Celebration of the Night, the day that the Lunar Kingdom had made the night forever. It was a great day for Onyx, he recalled, for it was the day that Onyx realized that he wanted nothing more than to be an astronomer. It was unfortunate that he had not gotten his cutie mark on that day, too. The orbs of light faded back on as Onyx and his mother sat down. Onyx was still grinning like a madpony, his mother noticed. She looked back at the stage as the Queen stopped at the great table, and looked to the audience. "My subjects, today we witness the great Meeting of the Stars, in all of its glory! Let us give us a hoof for our great astronomers, the ponies who have dedicated their lives to studying and understanding our glorious night sky, to their success!" The audience cheered and stomped to the Queen's words, and Onyx was sure he was the loudest. The meeting continued on, talking about the events and discoveries of the past year. Onyx paid close attention to all of the information, especially to a new supernovae that had happened, named STYU 783, discovered by a pegasus named Nova Hunter. The meeting came to a close as the trumpeters played End of the Line, a popular Lunar Kingdom song. Queen Luna stood up. "As the Meeting of the Stars comes to a close, I am delighted to announce the beginning of the Show Section! Any young fillies or colts who would like a chance to be given a full scholarship to the Novae University may come and line up now. I wish you best of luck!" "This is your chance, Onyx." Amethyst whispered to her son. Onyx looked up and nodded as he pulled several rolled up papers out of his mane. He carefully balanced them in his blue aura as he walked down the stairs with the other fillies and colts, who where just as eager as he. He got in line, and with sudden dread he realized he was 34th in line- last. His ears flattened as he shuffled forward. He barely could hear the other's presentations over his beating heart- though he did barely hear a quite loud filly shouting about why Pluto, is, in fact, a planet. Soon, it was his turn. He gulped to calm his nerves as he stepped up onto the small stage, and carefully unrolled his papers onto the easel behind him. He turned to the astronomers watching him, took a deep breath, and pointed at a diagram that he had drawn. "My name is Onyx Star and I came here today to show you my discovery." He paused to take a breath, and carried on. "This diagram shows all of the coordinates and actualities of what I have dubbed MBD, or My Big Discovery." He pointed to a different diagram, which was two pictures labelled Before and After at the top. "These pictures may not look like much, but if you look at where I have circled in red, you may see a difference." The astronomers leaned in to see. Sure enough, the picture Before had nothing but a small speck surrounded by stars, and After had a larger, white dot surrounded by stars. "I have reason to believe that this is the discovery of a new planet. First, this is a 10 month difference. Second, MBD only shows up at exactly 5:00 in the evening, when it is the brightest from the light of the Celestial Empire." Onyx continued to list his reasons and discoveries, before finally ending at, "In conclusion, I firmly believe that MBD is, indeed, a planet." The astronomers sat there for a moment, slack-jawed. How could this 10-year-old colt had found all of this evidence with nothing but a telescope, a camera, and some paper? It didnt make sense. Suddenly, Queen Luna stood up. "Onyx Star, I am truly amazed. You are, in fact, the youngest colt to ever had discovered a true, if small, planet. I commend you for this." Onyx's brain stopped. It was true? It was a planet, after all? "Onyx, congratulations on being the first and only winner of the Novae University scholarship this year. And, congratulations on discovering the new planet, MBD. Or, in your honor, Onyxes. I have no doubts that you have succeeded in your venture of a new planet. Give him a hoof, everypony! The crowd exploded into uproarious applause. Onyx looked up to his mother and grinned through his happy tears. Nothing could make his day better than this, his entire life was complete! FLASH Onyx blinked and looked at his flank. There, in the midst of purple fur, was a black crescent moon surrounded by 3 blue stars. Onyx's grin grew even wider and he jumped in the air with joy. "I HAVE MY CUTIE MARK!" The party afterwards was spectacular. PrologueA barren wasteland, covered in massive craters. Bushes turned to dust and trees into firewood. Nothing is left, just a few charred bricks and hills bashed in with holes with any grass blown apart. A mountain, once known as The Guardian of Equestria, or Mt. Equestria, stripped of its glory and dignity and replaced with all the sadness and anger of the world. And two very angry horses. One the lightest of pinks, the other the darkest of blues, with wings that once shone, and now caked with mud and blood, and a once spiraling, graceful horn, now cracked and burnt at the tip. Ethereal manes that once shone with pastel rainbows and starry nights now covered in dirt and crazed with tangles hung from their heads, limp as a dishrag. Each standing at the top of Mt. Equestria, the pink one spoke first,"Never, Luna! Never will I back down! This has gone on too long for me to!" "And neither shall I, Celestia! This war will end, with me on top of your corpse and my sword held high above me, glinting with starlight!" The blue one cried back. The two were neck at neck, muzzle to muzzle, neither wanting to back down and lose, and yet neither wanting to land the final blow first. Quite a dilemma, really. Author's Note First story on here! Criticism is welcome. Hate is not. And if the story is confusing, that's to be expected. This is only the prologue, and everything will be explained later in the story.
500 Years Later... Part 1The ball was sailing through the air. Screams of imaginary fans rocked in her ears. She reached out, tiny light-pink wings flapping as hard as she could flap them...Her gold and yellow mane was whipping around her eyes... And the ball was in her hooves! Now real screaming filled her ears! A colts voice cheered out, "She did it! We've won the game!" More cheers rocked the air, along the collective "awws..." from the other team. The filly who had caught the ball did a celebrity fist pump in the air. "All right!" A light-blue unicorn filly with a curly white mane ran up to her. "You did it, Aurum! We won!" The filly gloomped her in a hug. "I know that, Cloudie! You think I did that victory dance for nothing?" The blue filly laughed. "Course not! What kind of friend is that?!" The two rolled in laughter. "Aurum Sky? We need to leave now! Errands and whatnot!" A mares voice tinkled out. The two fillies turned around as a pink pegasus mare with a two-toned blue mane in a ponytail trotted over to them. "Okay, Mama!" Aurum answered, smoothing back her two-toned gold mane, of which her mother promptly messed up again. "Mama!" The mare laughed. She looked down at the other blue filly, and also ruffled her curly white mane. "We have to go, now, Cloudcandy. I'll hope to see you soon," she said. Cloudcandy looked up. "I'll see you soon, Mrs. Rosy Sky!" Rosy Sky smiled and walked away, Aurum in tow with her purple ball held under her wing. "Where are we going, Mama? Didn't we already buy groceries last week?" Aurum asked, looking up at Rosy Sky. Without looking down, her mother answered, "We ran out of gold glitter, so I need to get more, and I also ran out of Cloud Paint, so we need that too." Aurum looked down and answered,"Ok." She smiled as she started to think. Her mother was a photographist, taking pictures and making her own frames out of art supplies and old frames she found at the Goodmare. She really had a passion for it, her cutie mark being a wooden photo frame with a dark-pink camera partially overlapping it. Aurum silently sighed. While it wasn't uncommon for foals her age to not have a cutie mark, she still yearned for it badly. A few other foals in her class already had their cutie marks, and she did not feel like being the last in her class to get one. oh, well, she thought. its not the end of the world. The next day... BRIIINNG! Went the morning bell, startling the half-asleep foals. The class went quiet as a bright-green earth-pony mare with a light-brown mane in a bun walked into the room, her cutie mark of 3 pencils clearly seen by the class as she walked behind the big mahogany desk at the front of the room. She spoke with a husky, gentle voice. "Good Day, class." The fillies and colts responded with a big "Good day, Mrs. Greenrose!" Mrs. Greenrose smiled, and looked down at the attendance chart. She frowned. "Does anypony know where Soil Sport is?" The class looked at each other and shook their heads. "Well then, I guess I'll-" Mrs. Greenrose only got that far until a brown colt with a messy, striped dark brown and green mane ran into the classroom, on his flank a trio of hoofballs that soon went up in the air as he tripped on his own hoof as he ran in too fast. The class giggled. Mrs. Greenrose sighed. "Soil, why are you late again?" Soil Sport stood up and brushed his mane back, the scent of stallion's shampoo washing over the fillies sitting behind where he stood. They blushed as they caught the scent. "My dad let me use his shampoo this morning. I kinda got caught up in my shower because of it," He said, smoothing his hair back again. Mrs. Greenrose raised an eyebrow. "One more tardy and you will have a 30-minute detention, young stallion. Understand?" Soil nodded, and trudged back to his seat. "Now then, on with todays lesson," Mrs. Greenrose started. "We will finally be starting our History Unit, beginning with the history of the Celestial Empire, which is of course the name of our fair empire. I will start this by telling you the beginning of our Empires history. I understand some of you may know this, but I will be telling this for the ones who don't know. Alright?" The class nodded. "The Celestial Empire and the, ahem, Lunar Kingdom, Began 500 years ago when Queen Celestia and Luna had a disagreement, Queen Celestia wanted the improvement of magic and Luna wanting the improvement of technology. This started to grow as ponies took sides and fights broke out between the populace. This was too much for Queen Celestia and Luna and they snapped, having a fierce battle named the Great Battle. The battle lasted for 2 months and 2 days until the the landscape was no more and Mt. Equestria was the last monument standing. Neither side won, and the two sides ended with a truce, and both took the survivors that where still alive and the bodies of the dead and split Equestria in half. The Celestial Empire took the North, and we are still here today." The class applauded Mrs. Greenrose as she finished. "Now, any questions?" A colt raised his hoof. "What is Equestria?" He asked. Mrs Greenrose answered,"Its the name of the kingdom 500 years ago before it split after the Great Battle." Aurum Sky was interested at this point, which was quite rare. There is another empire below us? , she thought. I wonder what its like?... Author's Note Hello! ^.^ Author here! I just wanted to clear a few things up. Aurum Sky is a light-pink pegasus filly with a two-toned gold mane, and Cloudcandy is a light-blue unicorn filly with a curly white mane. I know I didn't present them well, but I can't think of a way to fix it. The next chapter will be about the Lunar Kingdom. Probably not going to be published soon, though. Edit: i edited stuff
500 Years Later...Part 2"Onyx?"... "Onyx?!"... "ONYXES BLACKSTAR YOU GET YOUR FLANK DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!" An audible sigh is heard from the upstairs bedroom. The rich purple unicorn colt who was currently being yelled at pulled away from a large, silver telescope. He blew his long, black bangs from his eyes, and trudged downstairs. He was greeted by an angry light purple unicorn mare, obviously trying and miserably failing to keep her anger in. "Onyx, what have I told you about listening to me the first time?" She sighed. "Go get washed up. We have somepony important coming to our house tonight." The colt, named Onyx, sighed once more and nodded. "Yes, Mum." He turned around and trotted back upstairs. "And stop sighing!" His Mum yelled up to him. Another sigh is heard, followed by a giggle. She rolled her eyes, chuckled, and walked to her room. Onyx came to his bathroom and walked to the sink. He tried using his unicorn magic to turn on the faucet, failed, and resorted to using his hooves. He soaked a towel and wiped his face, his purple fur getting soaked, and dried himself. He then proceeded to flex in the mirror, chuckling afterwards. He ran to his room and threw on a black bowtie just as the doorbell rang a melodic tune. Onyx's mother opened the door. A large stallion was in the doorway, with perfectly groomed dark gray fur and a black suit jacket with a moonflower tucked in the pocket. His deep navy blue mane was smoothed back professionally and perfectly. "Ms. Amethyst Star. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I hope we will be good friends in the future." "My name is Darkness Blue. As you know, I am Onyx's new therapist. I hope I will do my job well." He smoothed back his mane nervously. "Now, where is the little tyke?" "I'm right here!" Onyx cried out as he walked down the steps. When he got to the bottom, he realized he was right in front of a huge stallion. He nervously gulped as he caught sight of him. "Ummmm... hi." He looked over at his mother, who was wearing large, snow-white pearls. He started staring at them to calm himself down. His mother caught notice of this. She sighed and ran a hoof through her light purple and silver mane. "I'm sorry, he is a little bad at social situations." Darkness smiled. "Its alright. Happens to all of us." He looked at Onyx with a gentle smile, and walked towards him. He was now so close to Onyx that Onyx could see his cutie mark- a dark blue heart with a unlocked gray lock and chain wrapping around it. Onyx relaxed a little. "Um... Its nice to meet you Mr. Blue." Darkness smiled. "Just call me Blue. And what is your name?' Onyx relaxed a little more. He started to like this stallion- he could see kindness behind his large gray eyes. "Onyx Star, sir, uh, I mean, Blue." Onyx stammered. He didn't get why he was nervous, he hadn't liked a stranger this much since- oh. He started thinking about Ms. Blueflower, his old therapist. He had liked Ms. Blueflower, whom he had called Flower. She was fun and had a great sense of humor, until her father fell down the stairs of an office building and she had to go take care of him, leaving poor Onyx behind. Now Onyx was sad. He looked up at Blue, who in turn was looking at him with concern. "Is everything alright, Onyx?" He asked, lifting up Onyx's chin with a hoof. Onyx nodded. "Ok, then." Blue said, concern in his voice. He turned to Amethyst, and said, "I am afraid I need to leave. I have a meeting at 5:30. It was a pleasure meeting you and Onyx. Goodnight!" He shook Amethyst's hoof and walked out the door. Amethyst looked at Onyx and sighed. "I know its hard, losing your father and Ms. Blueflower. I know you loved them. But be strong. Be strong for me, for you, for the Lunar Kingdom." She took his hoof and kissed it. "I'm sure Blue is a great stallion and therapist. Just give him a chance, alright?" Onyx nodded. "Good. Queen Luna would be proud of you." She walked to the kitchen to start dinner. Onyx sighed, and walked up to his room to look out his telescope. Dad, where ever you are, he thought, Please be alright. He walked into his room and looked out his telescope once more. ... The next day... "So, Onyx, can you tell me about your father?" Bue asked, looking at Onyx as he tried to levitate a pencil. He gave up and answered, "He died about 2 years ago when a Starapple cart ran into him head-on. I saw it happening, I could've saved him...." He put his head in his hooves as tears threatened to fall. "Its alright, its alright. Can you go on?" Blue asked soothingly, rubbing Onyx's back. Onyx nodded. "He was great. He bought me my telescope that I have and showed me star charts... His favorite constallionation was always Orideon, it was the first constallionation that he showed me..." Onyx buried his head in his hooves again and choked back a sob. "I'm sorry." Blue could only really say that. He had dealt with cases like this, but this was new. This colt was still overly distraught over his fathers death, and from what he had been informed, it had been over 2 years. He gave a small, sad smile and wracked his brain for a way to cheer him up- wait, didn't his mother say he liked astronomy? "What is your favorite constallionation?" He decided to ask, hoping that would cheer Onyx up. "Gemanei, its my zodiac sign." Onyx smiled a little and looked up. Ah ha! Blue thought. Astronomy does cheer him up! Blue then started talking about his favorite constallionation, Canter, and the two talked and debated for a long time, even when Amethyst brought in some mooncake. Author's Note Lololol, can u find the puns? i edited this so have a little pun hunt
A Big SuccessOne Year later... Aurum Sky woke up with a thump. "Owww..." Aurum groaned as she picked herself up from the floor. She rubbed her head where she had landed on the hard floor of where she lived- cloud floors were expensive. She looked over at her flank. Still nothing. She sighed as she trudged to the bathroom with bags under her eyes- mornings were not her thing, especially on weekends. She walked to the sink and put her front hooves on the sink counter, reaching for the handles. The water turned on with a sploosh and she splashed some water on her face and dried it. A few minutes after combing her messy mane she walked downstairs. Her mom was at the table eating a bowl of cereal. "Good morning, sweetie." "Good morning, Mama." Aurum trudged to the pantry and pulled out a box of Honey Creams cereal, and poured herself a bowl before going to sit at the table. She sighed as she realized she forgot a spoon, and got up to get one. Her ears pricked as she heard the sound of hoofsteps knocking on the tile floor as she opened the silverware drawer. "Good morning, beautiful," said her father and he walked to the table and kissed her mother Rosy Sky, making her giggle. Aurum rolled her eyes as she walked back to her cereal, spoon in hoof. Her father looked at her as she started eating her cereal. "Good morning to you, too, Aurum. Are you ready for today?" He asked, smiling broadly. Rosy Sky looked at him with disdain. "You know not everypony likes waking up in the morning, right, Thunderblue?" She asked, giving him an are-you-serious look. Thunder chuckled nervously. The blue pegasus stallion with a gold mane was known to be the first one up among the two anti-morning ponies- it had become a joke in this family. It was even his cutie mark- an electric blue sun on top of a golden lightning bolt. Aurum looked up and smiled as she started to wake up with excitement about today. Today was her first game of Solball! She was ecstatic about her first performance, the first time all those Tuesday after-school practices would pay off. Today would be her moment. She grinned happily. "Yep! Im soooo excited! Im sure we'll win! Thunderblue chuckled. "Well then, eat your breakfast and hurry upstairs to put on your uniform. The game starts in a hour." Aurums eyes widened as she whipped her head aside to check the clock, and started hyperventilating as she saw it was already 10:13. She shoved her cereal into her mouth and sped upstairs, yelling a "Thwanks Daddey!" as she took flight to go faster. She landed in her bed and tumbled to her Cloudwood dresser as she threw on her Solball uniform- a blue jersey with a 12 on the back and a bright blue and green viper head on the front, for her team was the Sky Vipers, a type of snake known to cause anypony who was bit to float uncontrollably into the air. She shuddered with delight. Aurum always wanted to have a pet snake. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Focus, Aurum!, She thought. Ok. Do your best. You will win! She took a few deep breathes before brushing and tying her mane into a ponytail, and ran downstairs to her parents. Rosy grinned as Aurum ran down to her and Thunder. Thunder gave Aurum a quick noogie as he and Rosy turned and spread their wings to go to the field. Aurum followed suit, giving her dad a dirty look, and took flight after her parents as they flew to the game. Aurum squealed in delight as the Solball field finally came into view. She had practiced here many times before, but to see it on game day gave it a whole new light. She smiled uncontrollably as she and her parents landed infront of her coach, Spectrum Rush, or, Coach Rush. Coach Rush, as she was known, was a lithe, pearly white Pegasus mare with the colors of the rainbow as her mane, styled short in a pixie cut. Her cutie mark consisted of a crystal prism reflecting out a ray of rainbow colors. Aurum smiled. She loved her coach, almost idolizing her, for her great amount of speed and agility that came with her pointed wings. Her wings buzzed excitedly as Coach Rush looked at her, a smirk on her face. She spoke in a crystal clear voice full of confidence. "Hey, there, Aurum. I'm expecting some real action on the team. You up to it?" She put a hoof behind her back and pulled out a blue brayball hat and plopped it on her head, a blue whistle on a white ribbon also coming down over her neck. Aurum didn't notice this, however. The pink filly was much too excited. "LETSGOLETSGOLETSGOLETSGO!!" She screamed, bouncing with enthusiasm and practically flew off her hooves. Rush laughed and turned to the field. "Hurry up, then. Game's about to start." Aurum squealed and bounded after her, shouting a "Bye, Mama and Daddy!" as she ran away. Rosy chuckled as Thunder pulled her to the stands. ... The game was about to start. Aurum was in position, a line up and down the middle line, she being in the spot 4 ponies away from the end. Aurum was excited as she looked at the 6 other ponies on her team, her gaze then switching over to the other team- The Red Hawks. The tension was thick as the referee raised his whistle- And the game was on! Falcon Jem, a ruby red Pegasus with a black mane, kicked the ball to Aurum and ran forward. Aurum caught it and ran to the other teams goal, all four of her legs pumping with energy until a blue earth pony rammed into her and she dropped the ball. Another blue earth pony grabbed it and ran away. Aurum grit her teeth. Solball was a game of running. The two teams where supposed to kick and carry the ball to the other teams goal to score, and the first to 4 points won. The players could grab the ball out of the others hoof, but that was it, get the ball to the other teams goal. All had to stay on the ground, so it would be fair, but the game was simple and required teamwork. And Aurum loved it. She tore down the field to the ball. One goal scored for the Vipers. The Red Hawks scored. Aurum passed the ball to a purple unicorn named Velvet Hooves and scored a point. The teams got a break and Aurum flicked some water at a nearby Red Hawk. The game resumed The Vipers scored another point due to the other teams goalie being distracted by a butterfly. And they where down to the final few minutes. Aurum was sweating at this point, and she locked eyes with the other team. the whistle was blowed and Aurum kicked the ball to a teammate. She rammed a green pegasus out of the way and nearly caught the ball as another teammate passed it to her, before a magenta earth pony intercepted it. She ran after her, her heart pounding. 5 minutes remained. Aurum watched as Velvet from before caught the ball and threw it to her. 4 minutes. Aurum pounded down the field, as a gray unicorn jumped in front of her. 3 minutes. She swerved to the right and dropped the ball. Her parents leaned forward in anticipation, biting their hooves. 2 minutes. Aurum grabbed the ball just before a minty pegasus did and tore down the field, barely registering her teammates running beside her. 1 minute. The goal was right in front of her. She could taste victory... 30 seconds... And Aurum delivered a last, powerful kick before the game ended. The ball whistled past the goalie's hoofs and landed square in the net behind him. The game was over. Aurum's teammates screamed and cheered as they crowded around her, chanting her name as the parents grinned until their face hurt. Aurum was elated, thinking that nothing could be better than this, until a bright flash blinded her. FLASH! She blinked and looked at her once-blank flank. Instead of a patch of pink fur like there usually was, there was a golden sun with wavy rays in alternating yellow-and-orange colors. Aurums face split into an impossible grin, her eyes sparkling. "I GOT MY CUTIE MARK!!" She yelled and danced with delight as her proud parents laughed and grinned with absolute pride and joy clear on their faces. The entire team was happy and proud, and Coach Rush was so proud that she treated the entire team to milkshakes at Soneighc, Aurum grinning the entire time. It was the best day ever. Author's Note So i finally updated. I hope this lives up to standards.
Found ItOne year later... Onyx Star was not having a good night. He sighed and pulled away from his silver telescope. The tip of it poked out of the window, reflecting off thousands of tiny stars, and grand, undiscovered planets in its mirror. He had been searching for something new for months now, and had had no such luck. He brushed away his long, black bangs. He had been needing to get a manecut, he observed, and cantered down the stairs where his mum waited. He stopped, for on the wall to his left, there was a picture- a gray stallion with dark gray and black hair on the left; a lavender mare with a purple and white mane was next to him, on the right;then, on the bottom, was him, a deep purple colt with a black mane. Onyx stroked to painted wood frame and held his gaze to the gray stallion, also known as his dad. His dusty blue eyes of his father were filled with love directed at his wife and son, visible even through the unnatural stillness of the photo. Onyx felt tears threatening to fall from his green eyes and quickly wiped them away. Onyx may had cried like a filly last year, but not this year. Onyx had vowed to never cry again. And he fully intended to keep that promise. "Onyx! Are you coming or what?" His mother shouted, shocking Onyx out of his stupor. He shook his head and tore his eyes from the photo, and raced down the hallway yelling "Coming!" to his mum. He did not have plans to show up late to the show of the century. He found his mum waiting at the door, front hoofs crossed, wearing her white pearls. They where scratched and damaged from use, but Onyx had never seen her without them. He didn't blame her, however. The milky white beads where, and still, a favorite thing. He couldn't imagine his mother without them; they where a part of her, a vital piece. He smiled up at his mum and she smiled back as she opened the door. Later... Onyx was in awe. He gazed around the huge, domed building that was the home of astronomy, the dome ceiling arching up into a great, masterful painting of the stars and constellations. The entire building was made of limestone and black granite, creating a sense of power and beauty, and honer. Onyx felt like a little bug under the eyes of the arches and walls of the place, and felt a giddiness as he and his mum drew closer to the large doorway at the end of the hall. Amethyst looked down at her giddy son, and smiled. He had been longing to go to this place, she thought, and smiled at his glee. It had been his lifelong dream to experience the grand Meeting of the Stars, and see the Lunar Kingdom's greatest astronomers, and, of course, Queen Luna. The duo passed under the great, carved doorway that was the entrance to the meeting room, and gasped at the sight. The meeting room was a large amphitheater, with hundreds of seats carved out of pure black granite, with little orbs of soft white lights serenely floated around the room, casting a soft light. The middle of the amphitheater was a large circle table with several chairs, 24 in all, with one large throne at the head of the table. Onyx grinned an impossible grin as he and his mother sat down. The buzzing of the other Lunar ponies was silent to him, for all he could hear was his own thoughts racing by, saying the names of every astronomer, every star, every little detail. His father would have loved this. Then suddenly, the room darkened, and a bright, solitary light shone on a entrance at the back of the theater, and trumpets started to play as the astronomers walked out single file to their chairs. Onyx knew them all by heart as he silently named them all. There was Shining Grace, the unicorn who had discovered the Mare's Tail cluster, and Black Matter, the earth pony who had discovered and coined the term "black matter" , and so on. Onyx shivered with glee as each one took their seats. Then, the room darkened once more, and the trumpets started a new song, as her majesty herself walked out. "Presenting her royal highness, our very own head of the Meeting of the Stars and sole ruler of the Lunar Kingdom, Queen Luna!" Every pony in the theater suddenly stood up and bowed as the moon queen walked to her seat. Her flowing hair of stars and galaxies billowed and swirled around her figure, making her seem serene and beautiful. She was a gorgeous shade of dark blue, and wore finely carved black regalia that perfectly complemented her curves and muscles. Onyx grinned with delight at seeing his beloved queen as he rose from his bow and sat down. He had idolized her since the day she had came through his town for the Celebration of the Night, the day that the Lunar Kingdom had made the night forever. It was a great day for Onyx, he recalled, for it was the day that Onyx realized that he wanted nothing more than to be an astronomer. It was unfortunate that he had not gotten his cutie mark on that day, too. The orbs of light faded back on as Onyx and his mother sat down. Onyx was still grinning like a madpony, his mother noticed. She looked back at the stage as the Queen stopped at the great table, and looked to the audience. "My subjects, today we witness the great Meeting of the Stars, in all of its glory! Let us give us a hoof for our great astronomers, the ponies who have dedicated their lives to studying and understanding our glorious night sky, to their success!" The audience cheered and stomped to the Queen's words, and Onyx was sure he was the loudest. The meeting continued on, talking about the events and discoveries of the past year. Onyx paid close attention to all of the information, especially to a new supernovae that had happened, named STYU 783, discovered by a pegasus named Nova Hunter. The meeting came to a close as the trumpeters played End of the Line, a popular Lunar Kingdom song. Queen Luna stood up. "As the Meeting of the Stars comes to a close, I am delighted to announce the beginning of the Show Section! Any young fillies or colts who would like a chance to be given a full scholarship to the Novae University may come and line up now. I wish you best of luck!" "This is your chance, Onyx." Amethyst whispered to her son. Onyx looked up and nodded as he pulled several rolled up papers out of his mane. He carefully balanced them in his blue aura as he walked down the stairs with the other fillies and colts, who where just as eager as he. He got in line, and with sudden dread he realized he was 34th in line- last. His ears flattened as he shuffled forward. He barely could hear the other's presentations over his beating heart- though he did barely hear a quite loud filly shouting about why Pluto, is, in fact, a planet. Soon, it was his turn. He gulped to calm his nerves as he stepped up onto the small stage, and carefully unrolled his papers onto the easel behind him. He turned to the astronomers watching him, took a deep breath, and pointed at a diagram that he had drawn. "My name is Onyx Star and I came here today to show you my discovery." He paused to take a breath, and carried on. "This diagram shows all of the coordinates and actualities of what I have dubbed MBD, or My Big Discovery." He pointed to a different diagram, which was two pictures labelled Before and After at the top. "These pictures may not look like much, but if you look at where I have circled in red, you may see a difference." The astronomers leaned in to see. Sure enough, the picture Before had nothing but a small speck surrounded by stars, and After had a larger, white dot surrounded by stars. "I have reason to believe that this is the discovery of a new planet. First, this is a 10 month difference. Second, MBD only shows up at exactly 5:00 in the evening, when it is the brightest from the light of the Celestial Empire." Onyx continued to list his reasons and discoveries, before finally ending at, "In conclusion, I firmly believe that MBD is, indeed, a planet." The astronomers sat there for a moment, slack-jawed. How could this 10-year-old colt had found all of this evidence with nothing but a telescope, a camera, and some paper? It didnt make sense. Suddenly, Queen Luna stood up. "Onyx Star, I am truly amazed. You are, in fact, the youngest colt to ever had discovered a true, if small, planet. I commend you for this." Onyx's brain stopped. It was true? It was a planet, after all? "Onyx, congratulations on being the first and only winner of the Novae University scholarship this year. And, congratulations on discovering the new planet, MBD. Or, in your honor, Onyxes. I have no doubts that you have succeeded in your venture of a new planet. Give him a hoof, everypony! The crowd exploded into uproarious applause. Onyx looked up to his mother and grinned through his happy tears. Nothing could make his day better than this, his entire life was complete! FLASH Onyx blinked and looked at his flank. There, in the midst of purple fur, was a black crescent moon surrounded by 3 blue stars. Onyx's grin grew even wider and he jumped in the air with joy. "I HAVE MY CUTIE MARK!" The party afterwards was spectacular.
PrologueA barren wasteland, covered in massive craters. Bushes turned to dust and trees into firewood. Nothing is left, just a few charred bricks and hills bashed in with holes with any grass blown apart. A mountain, once known as The Guardian of Equestria, or Mt. Equestria, stripped of its glory and dignity and replaced with all the sadness and anger of the world. And two very angry horses. One the lightest of pinks, the other the darkest of blues, with wings that once shone, and now caked with mud and blood, and a once spiraling, graceful horn, now cracked and burnt at the tip. Ethereal manes that once shone with pastel rainbows and starry nights now covered in dirt and crazed with tangles hung from their heads, limp as a dishrag. Each standing at the top of Mt. Equestria, the pink one spoke first,"Never, Luna! Never will I back down! This has gone on too long for me to!" "And neither shall I, Celestia! This war will end, with me on top of your corpse and my sword held high above me, glinting with starlight!" The blue one cried back. The two were neck at neck, muzzle to muzzle, neither wanting to back down and lose, and yet neither wanting to land the final blow first. Quite a dilemma, really. Author's Note First story on here! Criticism is welcome. Hate is not. And if the story is confusing, that's to be expected. This is only the prologue, and everything will be explained later in the story.
