Dragon Riders of Equestria

by Jake Shadow Wings

Rating: mature
Tags: Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Human, Twilight Sparkle, Main 6, Princess Luna, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Other, Romance, Adventure, Sex
Length: 1636

Twilight Sparkle's Destiny is beyond the ken of mortals. Set down in a time when the gods were plotting together, only the dragons can help her find her future.

The story starts with the era of the gods. They create the mortals and eventually madness gets to Chaos's lead creation Discord. With the loss of all he's know Discord must be stopped by the Alicorns. Then it jumps forward to Twilight Sparkle and her destiny. She is the one who will bring about a new age. She is the first of many, and for now the only Dragon Rider.

Published 2016-01-26 04:30:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-01-26 04:30:02 UTC

Chapter 0: Then and Now.

Dragon Riders of Equestria

Legalities: I don’t own My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, or any of the characters. I only own original characters and the plot. This is not anthro or a HIE though there are elements of an HIE in the beginning and may have a recurring human who appears to help guide the ponies but otherwise no HIE. This will be a first person from chapter one on with the epilogue being in third person. That all said it will contain hot steamy scenes and gore. So Mature content warning no like no read.

Chapter 0: Then and Now.

A long time ago the world was ruled by primal deities. These deities were creatures that had more strength than a dragon, more power than an alicorn, more speed than a Pegasus, and more cunning than a human. All this put together created a force that scarred the multiverse and led to the birth of the sentient races. There were seven of them, Chaos, Harmony, Love, Death, Life, Spirit, and Time. Chaos made the Draconequus who went to spread chaos throughout the multiverse. They were beings of pure chaos, so they didn’t have a finite life span which angered death who’d made a pact with her relatives that all creations would fall under her domain. Life however pointed out that they first had to be in her domain for her sister’s to hold sway and the Draconequus were not yet in her domain as beings of pure chaos. They did however fall under Spirit’s influence.

Spirit convinced his brother Chaos to make them alive and so the Draconequus slowly changed from one dimensional spirits to living beings with their own personalities. One eventually stepped up to lead them and was named Discord by his father. He and his mate Eris were the leaders of the Draconequus. However when his mate passed Discord went mad and became vengeful deciding to take it out on life, death, and even spirit’s creations. Before this though, Harmony, Life, and Spirit created their own children. Harmony created the Alicorns and races of the planet Equus.

Life created humans, and the non-sentients that inhabited many worlds. Spirit created the angels, Dragons, and other greater beings. Finally Death put a limit upon the lifetimes of all creatures in one way or another. However it was through the efforts of the other six’s mother that these creatures were truly able to grow. Love the mother of all the gods gave the ability to love to her children’s creations and from love grew the other emotions that mortals have. This is what led to the fall of Discord. Through the loss of his late mate Eris he fell into madness, further maddened by the loss of his children and his own kind scattering throughout the multiverse.

This led to Discord settling on Equus and toying with the lives of the mortals there. He even usurped the true rulers of Equus the Alicorns and Dragons. The dragons just seemed to vanish while the Alicorns fought back until only two were left. These two were guided to their ancestor’s grove by the champion of time, a human by the name of Serenity Chronos. Serenity was a human who had been hand selected from a point in the distant future of earth because she could travel through the time stream safely. She warned Celestia and Luna, the two alicorns who were destined to stop Discord, that this was just the first of many challenges they would face.

Celestia swore she didn’t care but Luna listened and became friends with Serenity. Discord had been playing with the two alicorns’ charges as if they were playthings and this angered them greatly. Serenity said she would return one day, but in the mean-time with the elements of harmony they could stop the dastardly Discord. Afterward they ruled for a thousand years together before Serenity reappeared, this time Serenity was covered in bruises, cuts, scrapes, and her clothing was in tatters. She said she didn’t have much time and warned them that Luna would slowly feel ignored by her sister. Luna who already had such feelings asked why she could not stay and Serenity replied “Because as a guardian of time, I am not allowed to rest in any time stream for too long, even those that are currently at peace.”

This further saddened Luna and eventually Celestia was forced to turn against her sending her to the moon after she tried to cause eternal night. Celestia wept for days afterward but only the reappearance of Serenity could soothe her. Serenity told her that as Starswirl the Bearded had said Luna would one day return. It would be up to a mare with a heart of stone that was slowly opened to the world to fix Luna’s problem. This mare was already known to Serenity but she couldn’t tell Celestia who it was without altering the time stream for the worse. Celestia accepted her advice as she had not done before and took her words to heart. Over the years many candidates met Celestia’s gaze but none lived up to it.

Meanwhile the world turned on. The dragons left the lands inhabited by the mortal races, the gryphons caused wars, and the Minotaurs and yaks moved to the frozen north. Equestria prospered and all lived in Harmony never knowing that soon enough their world would be thrown into a time of darkness from which six mares would rise, but one would change the destiny of her race as well as that of the world.
That was then. Now our story picks up with the tale of a young mare named Twilight Sparkle. Her heart has been hardened by the world as she finds herself watching the world get worse. She speaks with her parents who show her love allowing light to shine in her heart and her Big Brother Best Friend Forever, or BBBFF Shining Armor. He watches out for her and even gained his cutie mark for shielding her from bullies. Twilight doesn’t tell her parents about the trouble she has at school despite being the brightest filly in her class, the harsh treatment by older kids, or anything. She feels she shouldn’t burden others with her problems so shoulders on alone.

One day however she watched Celestia raise the sun and on that day she decided she wanted to study magic and do that. She wanted to become able to help everyone no matter the darkness that filled her heart. On that day after being separated from her family, she met Serenity. Serenity smiled at the filly Twilight and said “Come to my office.” Twilight, who knew better than to go with strangers, couldn’t resist the tone of power in the woman’s voice. Serenity closed the door behind Twilight and sat down across a desk from the little filly without touching her. Twilight stared and Serenity said “You have questions, and I have little time to answer them.”

Twilight nodded and started to speak when Serenity held up her hand and said “You’ll forget all this as soon as you leave so let me tell you some things that are important.” Twilight lowered her hoof and nodded for her to go on. Serenity said“Here are some things about your future that you’ll remember only when the time comes, filly. Starting with this, you will one day be forced to choose between friendship and hatred. I can’t see which you will choose, but know that depending on your answer the world will be in peril. Years later you will be forced to travel from your home, alone. You won’t have anyone beside you, not even you’re son. Yes you will have a son, but no he will not be a pony. Your heart will be broken. I know you wanted to hear that, but one day you’ll find true love. You’ll eventually leave here and never return, but not before fulfilling your dream and gaining another. You’ll form bonds, break hearts, and be heart broken, however you’ll eventually find yourself in a position where you’re on top of the world.

‘You’ll eventually be challenged by the gods themselves and asked to do things you’ll believe beyond your ability, but you may find a way to surpass it all. Your brother will eventually see you as both his equal and his superior, but all this is far in the future. The next step in your life is waiting. Go out there young filly and take the world in your hooves and show them that you are the one they will one day turn to.”
Serenity opened her door and Twilight slowly walked out forgetting everything she’d been told but that one day she’d have to make a choice. She didn’t remember what that choice was, but she knew that it would affect more than just herself. As she walked the office she’d just been in vanished. She found her mother and was pulled into her embrace and finally broke down realizing that it had been a long time since she felt safe like she was in her mother’s embrace. Her BBBFF and her father watched on consolingly then the family of four headed home where Shining read to his LSBFF.

Author's Note

Well here's yet another story. This one starts off slow, but the background is important, The things that I revealed play a part, but if you think I spoiled the story you're wrong, the little Serenity revealed is nothing compared to what Twilight will really face. And don't forget that though you the reader remember it Twilight does not and as such she has no idea even the slightest thing she'll be facing. That said just don't read the spoiler.