Chapter One: Snow Bright and the Seven Apples
Equestrian Fairy Tales
Chapter One: Snow Bright and the Seven Apples
Once upon a time there was a unicorn named Snow Bright. She was a fashion designer and was well known for her tailored goods. She had a gift for turning ice and snow into beautiful, one of a kind outfits and accessories. When Rarity learned about Snow Bright’s special talent, she was not happy. She didn't want to admit it, but she was jealous of all of the attention that Snow Bright received.
She wanted to be the best fashion designer in the land so one day she gathered a basket full of apples from Applejack's farm. She placed a spell on them which would make the first person who came into contact with them unable to create new fashion designs. She gave it to Snow Bright as a gag gift at the annual Fashion Designer Meet in Manehattan. It was her way subtly telling Snow Bright to give up on being the best designer. The magic of the apples was so strong, that shortly after Snow Bright returned home to Ponyville after the annual meet up, they made her pass out in front of Sweet Apple Acres and enter into a deep sleep.
When Snow Bright woke up she was in a farm filled with seven mares. All of the local members of the Apple family like Applejack, Big Mac, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith were present. However, snow bright noted that Caramel, Apple Strudel, and Babs Seed were also at the farmhouse which she later learned was because they had just arrived in town for the annual Apple Family Reunion.
She wanted to thank them for their help by making each one a special accessory. However, when she tried to use her magic to create a special piece for each of the Apple family members, she found that her magic wouldn't work. This made her fall into a deep depression. One of the older Apple family members, Apple Strudel, decided that he should call Twilight Sparkle for help.
Twilight Sparkle visited the Apple farm and took note of all the symptoms Snow Bright told her she was experiencing. After running a test on the apples she received, she realized that a spell had been cast upon them. She gave Snow bright a potion that she put together in Granny Smith’s kitchen and had her drink it. This returned Snow Bright’s fashion abilities and made it possible for her to make a special gift for each Apple family member. For Apple Strudel, she made a new pair of lederhosen. For Applejack, she made a sparkly cowboy hat. For Big Mac, she made a fashionable yolk out of dark ebony. For Apple Bloom she made a pretty bow out of green satin. For Babs Seed she made a stylish baseball cap. For Granny Smith she made a pink knitted shall. And for Caramel she made pair of black, leather cowboy boots.
Finally she made a beautiful satin cloak for Twilight Sparkle as thanks for helping her break the spell. Everyone was very grateful for their gifts but they knew that Rarity still needed to be taught a lesson. They wanted to help Snow Bright so they hosted a fashion contest and pitted Rarity and Snow Bright against one another. Rarity felt bad about the apples so she agreed to compete against Snow Bright for the title of best local fashion designer fair and square.
Everyone in Ponyville was invited to the show. Each contestant showed off their best outfits. Mayor Mare acted as one of the judges of the fashion show, along with Twilight Sparkle, and the seven members of the apple family. At the end of the day, snow Bright ended up winning first place for her one-of-a-kind winter inspired couture. Rarity threw a small fit when she lost, but quickly got over it. She felt bad about giving Snow bright the basket of apples and asked Snow to forgive her. Snow bright humbly accepted her apology. The two later became good friends and opened a boutique together in Manehattan. But Snow Bright always sold less than Rarity because Rarity was still the best designer of them all.
Chapter Two: Mirror Mist in Canterlot Elementary School
Equestrian Fairy Tales
Chapter Two: Mirror Mist in Canterlot Elementary School
Once upon a time, there was a young filly named Mirror Mist who lived in Ponyville. She enjoyed taking books outside during the summer to read under a large tree. She often read under the tree with her sister Misty Blossom. Her cat Dinah often accompanied her as well. Dinah liked to curl up and sit in her lap when she was reading her books. On one occasion she fell asleep while reading the Grimm fairy tales under the tree and when she woke up, there was a grumpy looking bunny holding a watch standing in front of her and tapping his foot. She stared at it puzzled for a few minutes, until the cranky rabbit pulled her to her feet and pointed to a house in the distance.
She figured that the rabbit was trying to show her something, so she followed it to house that rested on the outskirts of the Everfree Forest. Mirror Mist recognized that the house belonged to Fluttershy and assumed that the bunny must belong to her as well. The bunny brought Mirror Mist inside and pointed toward a table where Fluttershy was setting up for afternoon tea. When she turned around and saw Mirror Mist she jumped a bit in surprise and said, “Oh my. I wasn’t expecting guests. What brings you here?”
Mirror Mist pointed toward the bunny and said, “He bought me.”
Fluttershy gave the bunny a stern look.
“Angel, what have I told you about bringing random people over for tea?”
The bunny shrugged and hopped away.
Fluttershy looked at Mirror Mist apologetically and said, “I am terribly sorry for all of this. Would you like to stay for tea just the same? I will be setting out the cake and refreshment soon.”
Mirror Mist politely declined and headed back home so her father and sister wouldn't be worried about her. But on the way back she noticed that the bunny, Angel, was hopping into the Everfree Forest.
“Hey! You shouldn't go in there. It is dangerous!” Shouted Mirror Mist, chasing after him.
Angel stuck out his tongue and continued to hop into the forest, with Mirror Mist chasing after him. Eventually he hopped into a large burrow checking his stopwatch as he went. Mirror Mist followed after him. As she crawled along she noted that it seemed like the burrow was almost going…down. Indeed before long, the burrow went deeper and deeper into the ground until it felt like she was heading vertical. All at once the ground broke underneath her feet and she felt herself dropping…somewhere. But where she was falling, she didn't know.
Around her were all sorts of miscellaneous household objects like bookcases, antiques, and clocks. She finally landed (notably without the other objects) on what appeared to be a sidewalk.
“Maybe I’m back in Ponyville.” She thought, surveying her surroundings.
But when she looked down she noticed that her hooves had changed into…claws maybe? But the claws were short and she seemed to have five of them.
“Curiouser and curiouser.” Said Mirror Mist, catching her reflection in a nearby puddle.
Her whole body had changed into a strange creature that walked on two legs. She wiggled her ‘claws’ and shook her new set of ‘hooves’ which seemed to be covered by a pair of dress shoes.
Around the same, another strange creature that looked similar to her, but older with long black hair took her hand.
“You are supposed to be in school young lady. Recess is over and you know you aren't supposed to go past the school yard. Come on then.”
Before Mirror Mist could protest, the lady took her into a building that looked a lot like the Ponyville school house. The lady with black hair dropped her off in a sixth grade classroom filled with other strange creatures that had the same claws she had and weird stringy manes.
The teacher of the class, Mrs. Adelson, gave Mirror Mist a look up and down and said, “I don’t remember you. You must be a new student. What is your name?”
“Mirror Mist,” she answered, still confused to what was going on.
“All right Mirror Mist, take a seat in front next to Cheshire.”
Mrs. Adelson pointed to a desk next to a young boy wearing a purple, striped hoody.
Mirror Mist did as she was told and as soon as she sat down she was met with a wide grin from Cheshire.
“Hi,” he began, still smiling, “My name is Cheshire. Cheshire Katz. But you can call me Chester.”
“Hello,” said Mirror Mist, more confused than ever.
Before she could ask any more questions, Mrs. Adelson started the class which turned out to be history. This proved useful to Mirror Mist as she learned more about the world she was in and also that the strange creatures around her were called ‘humans’.
After a few more lessons, the school bell rang indicating that classes were over for the day. The ‘children’ left the building, leaving Mirror Mist behind. She wasn’t sure what she should do so visited the school library, hoping to learn more about the world she was in by reading a few books. Chester noticed that Mirror Mist wasn’t leaving and followed her into the room.
“What are you doing?” He asked, the same large smile on his face.
“I’m getting some books for…a report.” Mirror Mist lied, hoping Chester wouldn't notice.
Chester shrugged.
“Suit yourself. I’m heading home.”
He turned to leave but before he walked through the door he said, “You can always ask me for help if you need it.”
Then he walked the rest of the way through the door leaving Mirror Mist alone in the library. Mirror Mist was about to check out the history section of the library when she saw Angel dart behind one of the bookshelves.
“Hey! It’s you!” She said, chasing after the rabbit.
He had crawled into a hole in the wall, partially hidden by one of the bookshelves near the back of the library. Mirror Mist followed him through it. She crawled for what seemed to be forever, until she felt like she was almost climbing upward. As she climbed, she could feel her body changing back into its original form.
Eventually, she emerged through an open manhole in the center of the road by Sugarcube Corner in Ponyville. She pulled herself up onto the road, relived to have found her way back home. She hurried back to her house, hoping that her father and sister were not too worried about her since she had been gone for most of the day. When she reached her house, she saw that her sister Misty Blossom was pulling some weeds out of the front yard.
“Sister!” She called, running toward Misty Blossom, “I’m home! I am finally home! I hope that you and father weren't worried about me while I was away.”
When she reached Misty Blossom, she gave her a big hug around the waist. Misty Blossom raised an eyebrow and said, “Worry? You were only gone for ten minutes. I figured that you were probably visiting one of your friends.”
Mirror Mist let go of her sister.
“Ten minutes? But, I was gone all day!”
“Uh, huh,” said Misty Blossom, rolling her eyes and returning to her garden work.
“Well you are back now. Do you want to help me with the weeding? It will go faster that way.”
Misty Blossom handed Mirror Mist a garden trowel and pointed to an area that needed to be weeded.
Mirror Mist simply nodded and began to help her sister tend to the garden.
“Perhaps it was all a dream,” she thought to herself, pulling out a row of weeds.
Somewhere behind her, Angel gave a mischievous grin, checked his stopwatch, and hopped off to return to Fluttersy’s home at the edge of the Everfree Forest.
