The Adventures of Princess Althea

As Althea slowly fell asleep, she imagined her kingdom go crazy, searching for her. She knew they needed her songs of hope to help them after the Attack of Dawn, a war that almost demolished the whole nation. As she imagined that she started crying and praying that everything was alright.

"Please let them be safe. Let them all be calm and that my sisters wont be hurt." She prayed.

She was scared for her sisters because they needed her to protect them. It's been that way since they were born. She cried herself to sleep and had dreams of her kingdom burning down, her family and all the guards trapped inside. People screaming. Crying. Trying to escape.

Althea woke up in sweat, still crying. She could still hear the screams and cries. She toppled slowly back to the bed. Breathing hard she tried to think of happy thoughts and go to her happy place.

"Good morning." Someone said. It was a yellow and pink Pegasus. "H-Hi...I didn't mean to bother you...Twilight would like to see you..."

She left the room, leaving Althea alone with her thoughts. She got up and looked around the room for some clothing. None was seen. She went out into the hall with yesterdays clothes on. There was an assembly of colorful ponies. Four Alicorns, including Twilight, two Pegasi, including the one she saw earlier, and two normal ponies.

"Ah, you're awake." One of the Alicorns said. "Come follow us. We shall talk over brunch. You sure slept for a while."

They walked through the castle, into a dining hall. Althea took in all the decorations. There was sandwiches and drinks. She sat down closest to Twilight, being the only "pony" she knew.

"Oh, I guess I haven't introduced you to anypony yet." Twilight said. "Well, That is Princess Celestia." She pointed to a white Alicorn with flowing rainbow hair.

"That is Princess Luna." She pointed to another Alicorn that look like the night sky.

"And that," She said pointing to a pink Alicorn with tri-colored hair. "Is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Just call her Cadence."

"I'm Rainbow Dash!" Said a blue Pegasus with rainbow hair.

"Oooh! I'm Pinkie Pie!!!" Said the pinkest thing Althea has ever seen. "Yes you are." Althea replied.

"I'm Fluttershy..." Said the pony that woke her up.

"Howdy! I'm Applejack! If you ever need apples, you can count on me!" Said another pony.

You know all of the ponies already so I'll skip to the good part!

"Ok, so now that you know everypony," Cadence said. "Let's get to who you are and why are you here."

"Well my name is Princess Althea of Fantia" Althea said. " Here's my story:"

"I was walking on a blazing hot day in Fanatia in the Dragon Woods, when hissing voices chased me to a pond. I wanted to take a drink when I was pushed in. Then I woke up on shore with Twilight here standing over me."

"Did you try going back?" A pony named Rarity asked.

"Yes, and I almost drowned." Althea said.

Luna, who was paying close attention to Althea's story, suddenly spoke. "Did you see who was speaking to you?"

"No. I told them to show themselves but they just laughed and chanted tauntingly at me..." Althea said. She looked like she had just seen a ghost.

"Hmm.... Maybe you should tell us the whole story. Not just a short version of it." Celestia said.

That took up most of the day.