Chapters 500 Years Later... Part 1
The 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!"
"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.
"Where are we going, Mama? Didn't we already buy groceries last week?" Aurum asked, looking up at Rosy Sky.
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.
"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.
"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.There is another empire below us? , she thought. I wonder what its like? ...
Author's Note
Hello! ^.^
The next chapter will be about the Lunar Kingdom. Probably not going to be published soon, though.
Edit: i edited stuff
"Onyx?"... "Onyx?!"... "ONYXES BLACKSTAR YOU GET YOUR FLANK DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!"what have I told you about listening to me the first time?" She sighed. "Go get washed up. We have somepony important
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.huge
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.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.
Amethyst looked at Onyx and sighed. "I know its hard, losing your father and Ms. Blueflower. I know you loved them. But be strong.
Just give him a chance, alright?" Onyx nodded. "Good. Queen Luna would be proud of you." She walked to the kitchen to start dinner.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
"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?
One 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."
"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.loved it.
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.
3 minutes.
2 minutes.
1 minute.
30 seconds...ever.
Author's Note
So i finally updated. I hope this lives up to standards.
One 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 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.
"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.
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.
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,
The meeting came to a close as the trumpeters played End of the Line, a popular Lunar Kingdom song. Queen Luna stood up.
"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.
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.
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!
The party afterwards was spectacular.
A 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.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.
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!"
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!
