Chapter one: Earth and Sky
Chapter one: Earth and Sky
When Creation began, when Time and Space began, there was Earth and Sky.
Earth in his hands alone held all living things, gave them homes, food, life and love. Sky, one who rose and set the Sun and Moon and gave all living things beautiful days and nights that lifted the soul and let the mind soar. From on high did she watch as Earth nurtured life, protecting them, providing for them. From bellow Earth had his breath stolen with every setting sun and rising moon, Skys beauty was out casted by her love of dreams.
Space and Time held no affection for either, for they could not love like two beings so close to the wonder of life that they would not allow Sky to join with Earth, they held her prisoner in their icy grips, just as they locked Earth away in his very body. Until Twilight.
When both Sun and Moon shared the open spaces of Sky did she break free of Space and Time and before they could stop her she dove into Earth. With a mighty heave she pulled him from his prison, his body and broke his chains. So much power such an act called for that Sky found it impossible to return to the void with Earth so they may be together in the heavens.
This was Space and Times final punishment to Sky, for breaking her vow to watch over Sun and Moon from on high, she would be forever bound to Earth, shapeless, nothing but soul energy in purity.
Earth, spirit himself but not powerless fashioned a body for Sky, that of a pony, one of her favorite creatures of Earth. When her soul entered the clay sculpture it cracked, and shattered, and before Earth stood the first unicorn. With access to magic once more, focusing her soul energy Sky once again rose and set the celestial bodies.
Earth created another clay pony for himself so the two may be with one another both physically and spiritually. As the clay fell Earth found himself in the body of a normal pony, only to find that his magic, his soul energy was transformed into something that could carve the ground and plant life. With his soul he shaped and changed pony kind. Soon the land was full of pegasi and unicorns, there was life, love, and finally Earth and Sky made home on an island.
Not just any island, but one fashioned by Earth and enchanted by Sky to float above the ground, miles in the air, so close to the heavens. So close, so very close, and so very, very far.
Sky soon gave birth to a filly, this filly with her white coat and multihued mane seemed to float in the Suns light. When Sky rose the Sun this young foal would be awaken and instantly start giggling as she was doused in the warmth of the Sun. One night, after her second child was thrashing around inside her Sky did not awake for the rising of the sun. And yet did she find herself in the Suns light, being warmed.
Standing not far away, was her first born, lifted by the Sun’s rays, spinning gracefully the foal was set down to face her mother. When she was born she wore no horn on her head, nor had she been graced with wings on her back, but here she was standing before Sky with horn alight and wings spread. Celestia of Sky and Earth became the first Alicorn, Alicorn of the Sun. The Suns champion, as further proof upon both flanks sat the Suns eternal emblem.
When Celestia was a foal of five winters her sister was born. Under the light of a new moon, with no stars in the heavens, Lunista of Sky and Earth was born. With her first wails, her first breaths of the world the Moon suddenly shone in its fullest. When Lunista opened her eyes an explosion filled the night with more stars than even Space and Time could count, for they tried. Unlike her sister, Lunista, Daughter of Moon, was Alicorn at birth. The Moon had her champion, just as the Sun, and upon her flanks stood a thumbnail moon on a blackened background.
Lunista was all her sister was not, where Celestia was bright as the midday sky, Lunista was as darkly beautiful as a deep night, her mane and tail deep blue with the stars twinkling inside. A perfect mirror of her star filled nights.
Earth, saw that his time was ending, that he and Sky were no longer needed in this creation. For the ground was nurtured and protected by the ponies of the Earth. The sky was cared for and maintained by the ponies of Sky. The Alicorns of Sun and Moon, now over seventy winters old, obviously they had gained their parents immortality, rose and set the celestial bodies.
With one stomp of his hoof Earth raised a mighty city from the ground, in the center of this city on the edge of a mountain stood a large castle. He named this the city and castle of Canterlot. Earth and Sky stood on the tallest balcony and proclaimed that this land, that Equestria was now under the loving rule of their two children, and that they were leaving.
The two Alicorn sisters were shocked as their mother and father stepped back and turned to them. With a sudden light Space and Time appeared before the family, nothing but soul energy floating before them. With Space focusing on Earth and Sky and Time watching the sisters they spoke as one.
They proclaimed that though Earth and Sky had turned against them, that they have watched them live their lives here. And seeing as their roles were no longer needed offered them their rightful place in the heavens. If they left with them, they could never return to this Creation, cursed to be observers such as themselves, Space and Time. With tears in their eyes and love in their hearts Earth and Sky bade farewell to their beloved daughters.
In a flash of light, Earth and Sky were gone. Their bodies of clay shattered, turning to dust, while their souls found their place amongst the stars. After nearly two hundred winters, Earth and Sky were home.
Many winters pass, Celestia and Lunista seasoned rulers of Equestria find themselves in the brace of war.
The great Draconic war.
After many bloody battles, much of their land is in ruins, many ponies lay still in pools of their comrades blood. Taking to the last battle the sisters over power and seal in stone the last Draconic, their power granted by six relics found in a part of their world that was unknown, unexplored, but never understood.
With their forces decimated the sisters started to rebuild. Thinking it best to gather resources from outlying lands Lunista gathered her Midnight Guard, her personal warriors and readied them for their expansion. In her way stood Celestia, and her warriors of the Sun, they greatly outnumbered Lunista and her warriors, and under pressure Lunista was forced to stay and rebuild without the much needed resources. Celestia no longer listened to her younger sibling. Equals no more.
In her heart did crawl, the ever waiting, ever patient darkness, Lunista of the Darkened Moon rose as The Nightmare Moon.
War savaged the land once again.
The War of The Two Sisters lasted but a short time, and yet it seemed to cause more bloodshed than even the Draconic war. With a last ditch effort on Celestias part the Relics of Peace were used against one of the only two creatures that could wield them, and as such Nightmare Moon was banished. Imprisoned on her beloved Moon.
To stone did turn the Relics of Peace, inscribed on these stone orbs was not their name though, at that moment the Relics became the Elements, the Elements of Harmony. Never again to be used by Celestia or Lunista.
Celestia, now alone, ruled over Equestria, she alone like her mother rose and set Sun and Moon. With every Moon Celestia would stare, and back down would stare Nightmare Moon. With sorrow and self-hate in her heart Celestia never forgave herself. She knew now what she had done, the trust she shattered, for ever more Celestia never slept peacefully, haunted by her sisters screams and cries for her.
All the while Earth and Sky, never to help, never to interfere wept as they watched their most beloved daughters writhe in anguish. Through their tears they saw a great darkness rear its ugly head, darkness older than Space and Time. Celestia and Lunista were blind to the stirrings, Space, Time, Earth, and Sky bound not to interfere, watched in horror as this….nameless evil set its sights on Creation itself.
Space and Time found a small chance, THEY could not interfere but a Champion could!
A champion that was not of THIS Creation, so with a joint spell, Space, Time, Earth, and Sky began searching alternate Creations for one who could hopefully contain all six Elements of Harmony. The only chance any of the Creations had of survival.
Earth and Sky found their Champion of Harmony in the form of a human man, not even seventeen winters old. Space and Time were skeptical but the signs were there. This man, this child, showed more love and tolerance than even they could expect from a race so young and violent.
Champion of Harmony?
Only Time could tell.
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Chapter Two: Talking Ponies, Sure why not?
Ya’ll still with me? I hope so, I love to hear from you out there, tell me how I’m doing and help me keep track so we can see this through together.
Disclaimer: Purely fan made, all characters and original story rights of MLP: FIM belong to Hasbro.
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Chapter Two: Talking Ponies, Sure why not?
“AWE COME ON!!!!” I scream into my mouth piece of my computer head set.
I watch in frustration as my level thirty three mage was vanquished by a level thirty two rouge. “That’s the game Stiles!” came the eager voice of my opponent and long friend, from his line.
I rage quit almost breaking my computer and get up for the fridge. It was well past midnight and with murder on my mind I started making myself dinner. I had let time slip, thirty minutes I had said, thirty minutes had turned to an hour, an hour to two….three….four…..five……
I bit into my burger placing my ear buds in, maybe that’s why I didn’t hear the shimmer of sound that comes with any form of magic; and also why I nearly choked when instead of my kitchen I was faced with a dark and empty void. With nothing else to do I continued to eat my sandwich for it may very well be the last good thing I’ll ever taste.
A sudden laughter filled the emptiness, so loud and deep that I felt more than heard it, pulling the headphones out I look around finding nothing, no light and definitely nobody that could have made that laugh. “Hello?” I call helpfully into the dark.
“Hello.” I turned and nearly ran smack into a horse.
No not a horse a very large pony, one about six inches taller than my six-five. “Whoa boy” I said reaching my hand out to touch him, only to fall flat on my ass.
“You don’t touch somepony without their permission you hairless ape” the pony said.
“………” I stare blankly at this pony as it offers me a….hoof, I take it only to cringe when instead of a hard hoof but a soft pliable…thing gripped me slightly and hauled me up.
“Nice to meet you in person Stiles, I’m Earth and this is my life mate, Sky” He said introducing a smaller pony that had walked in from the darkness.
She was much smaller than Earth, the top of her head only reached my chin “……..My pleasure?” I return with a grimacing smile.
“There, told you he wouldn’t ‘freak out’ as this race likes to say” said Earth, oh boy was he wrong but I wasn’t going to say anything, “I knew he was the one”
Sky smiled and rolled her eyes; “Yes darling, you are always right” she looked at me and shook her head slightly, I laughed, they seemed nice enough.
“Um….if you don’t mind….I’m the one for what?” I say pinching my arm hard enough to bruise, not a dream, maybe I’m dead.
“No you are not dreaming, and nor are you dead, you are….in a pocket of Space and Time, outside your world, and not in ours” Sky said pacing around me, she planted me squarely between her and Earth.
But I had not said anything….did she just smirk at me?
Earth must have noticed that I saw what she was doing and chuckled, “Not an idiot this one, he knows what you just did, but he did not see the others, he isn’t the best but he’ll improve”
I spin around noticing that two orbs of light were floating with me between them as well, “Okay this went from pleasant to concerning… can I go home now?”
“Sorry but no, I’m afraid that now that you are here there is no going back, for I sense your potential and that has sealed your fate you naïve creature of this barren Creation” came a voice from one of the orbs, I seemed to hear it before the vibrations in the air reached my ear, a time distortion I assumed.
Guess all those physics classes might have been useful for something…not really given where I am.
Laughing nervously I hold up my hands, then thinking about it I stuffed the last two bites in my mouth, “So because of who I am you will be doing what to me?” I’d already given the idea of running away up; I mean look….where in the hell was I going to go?
“Not because of who you are but because of who you will become we are taking you with us, to a place that needs you more than you are needed here” This voice came from EVERYWHERE, I could only stare at the remaining orb of light.
“space and time….” I whisper to myself
“What was that human?” Earth said smirking.
“Space” I said pointing to one orb, “And Time” I said pointing to the other, “A pocket of Space and Time you said….” I shake my head in disbelief, “This is so unreal it’s not even worth thinking about, bye” useless or not I was going to try to run.
No matter how much I moved I didn’t leave the center of them, they just seemed to shift along the darkness, always spaced equally away from me. Out of breath I sit down heavily, “Okay….I figured that was pointless”
“Then why try?” asked Time, he saw that logically it wouldn’t work so why bother?
“I speculated, I didn’t know, so instead of just believing it to be and giving up I had to try” I shrugged taking a deep breath, “My granddad told me that if you know you can you will, if you believe you can’t you won’t, so unless you want to die keep trying, for to stop is to die”
“You have made a good choice Earth” Space said, “He just might pull this off”
“Can you at least tell me what you want from me?” I ask getting up
“We need your help to save our world, we are bound by oath to never interfere with our Creation, but an evil has awakened that must be stopped and even our strongest warriors will not be enough” Time said, “We need a champion to combat this enemy for we cannot”
“Why should I care what happens to your world?” I ask, they pulled me from my life, I mean for God’s sake I have animals to look after, “Why should I care if your world faces destruction, it does not touch mine”
I do care, even though it’s not my home it is home to somebody, to somebodies, I would help but I was ticked, they could have just asked ya know? But I did get the rise out of Earth I was expecting.
“WHAT!!!!” he yelled stomping forward making the darkness boom, though he never got closer, I guess the same principals applied for him that applied to me, interesting. He stopped and slammed his front legs down causing a massive quake to knock me down, “HOW DARE YOU CONDEM OUR HOME TO THIS FATE!!!!”
“Calm down love” Sky said, “He did not mean it, he is frustrated, he has just been….kidnapped from his home, his life, his world by creatures he did not believe in, he will be forever the only of his kind in our world he knows this and yet he willingly goes with us, don’t you?” she asked looking at me smiling like a mother would to a child she knew too well to be fooled by his antics.
“it is my curse” I whisper as I silently say goodbye to my friends and family, “I love you all” I stand up and at my tallest I turn towards Sky, “Yes I will help, you need only tell me what I must do” I’m so afraid, so very afraid. What have I just condemned myself to….what awaits me beyond the void.
“Close your eyes and don’t stop, to stop is to die” Sky says solemnly.
Suddenly light blasts from behind my eyes, I see a white orb surrounded by darkness, and slowly three…auras make their way toward the pure orb, staining it, Blue, Red, and Green. As soon as the first of the auras touch what could only be my soul, my essence I buckled. It feels like I was cast into the center of the sun itself. I was burning. So much burning.
“Is this hell?” I think as I shout out in pain, never opening my eyes I watch as my soul is split evenly into three, as it separates something darts into the center and suddenly I grow cold.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU CANNOT BE HERE IT IS FORBIDDEN!!!!” Space and Time shout together their blue aura quivering with rage.
“It is not forbidden, I have a stake in this battle too you old coots” and with a sickening pull I watch as a sliver of each piece of my soul is pulled together and stained purple. Whoever it was vanished from my consciousness as suddenly as he appeared.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen, what now?” Space asked frustrated as I feel his massive soul withdraw from me.
“Just because we didn’t plan for it doesn’t mean it wasn’t supposed to happen” Time says, I only now realize that Time is a she, her aura to much alike to Skys as she and Earth withdraw as well.
“We will block the memory till the time is right, then we will let him be learned in the……….” Sky was saying but I lost it before I could catch anything else.
I was no longer in that pocket of Space and Time; I was on a precipice a strong wind blowing from all sides. I kept my balance for about as long as it took to breath and then I was thrown over and with a torn cry I fell through darkness and into light.