Chapters My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
"Hurry up! Go on! Can't you go faster?!" Nightingale screamed at the top of her voice to the guards pulling the chariot once again, yet this time to Fillydelphia from Ponyville. "I must get there as quick as possible! So step on it!" Nightingale squeaked as the chariot was pulled faster, but that wasn't all. Her vision began to turn all fuzzy. "Sweet Spectrum, not now..." She muttered under the breath.
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"My dear, Twilight. There is more to a young pony's life than studying. So I'm sending you to supervise the preparation for the Summer Sun Celebration in this years location, Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete. Make some friends!" The baby dragon enthusiastically said to the lavender unicorn. A faint sigh escaped her muzzle. "Look on the bright side, Twilight." The purple dragon said as an attempt to cheer his friend up, "The princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?"
Suddenly, Twilight sat up." Yes. Yes it does. And you wanna know why? Because I'm right. I'll check on the preparation as fast as I can. Then get to the library to find some proof on Nightmare Moon's return."
"Then... When will you make friends like the princess said?"
"She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty. But the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.
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"Nightingale! Nightingale, we're here!"
"Huh..?"
"OH MY SPECTRUM! NIGHTINGALE! COCOA POP! IT'S YOU GUYS! GIRLS! GIRLS COME! THESE ARE THE PONIES I WAS TALKING ABOUT!"
"B-bubble Lime?!" Nightingale exclaimed in disbelief of finding her as soon as they got there.
Cocoa Pop giggled. "Instead of us finding her, she found us!"
"So! Let's begin! This is my bestie, Sky Breeze, but we call her Sky, or Breezie!" Bubble Lime said with a big smile on her face.
"Actually, Bubs here is the only pony who's allowed to call me Breezie." Sky said while she and gave Bubble Lime and hoofbump. Nightingale saw that Sky was a turquoise pegasus pony who had plum colored eyes. She had a long silky dark yellow mane with some think pink strips, a braided tail, and a few freckles on her face. Her cutiemark had the sun behind a grey cloud with a lighting bolt shooting out of it. Before she could say a word, Bubble Lime moved on to the next mare.
Before her was a light orange earth pony with a wavy beige mane tied into a high ponytail. She had a short wavy tail, and brown eyes. Her face was surrounded with freckles. Her cutiemark was a heart made out of what could've been brown sugar mixed with of course, cinnamon. "This is another one of my friends! Cinnamon Crush! We call her, Cinni, or CC!" Bubble Lime was overjoyed until she remembered something, "OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!"
"Uh... Ohmygosh what?" Sky said as everypony was looking at her.
"I forgot to say that CC and I might be cousins!" Bubble said, her face glowing bright.
"Uh... How are you two related..?" Nightingale asked confused. The two of them looked nothing alike.
"The Crush family is a fourth cousin twice removed by the Lime family!" Bubble Lime happily said.
"Okay..." Cocoa said, "Now, who are the other two?"
"Oh! This is Ivory Lace, and Bunnyflower!"
Ivory lace was a unicorn with an ivory coat. She had a bright reddish-pinkish mane which was wavy at the front, and swirly at the back. She had beautiful amber colored eyes, and her cutiemark was a heart made of amber wrapped around lace fabric which matched the color of her mane. She was a very pretty and eye-catching. Ivory had many stallions had found her attractive and tried to hook up with her, but they never succeeded.
"It was something all of us laugh about." She had told her. Her accent was very posh and fancy. Nightingale found it hard to believe she was from Fillydelphia. She also found out that her nickname is Ivy. She didn't expect that.
Bunnyflower on the other hoof was a white pegasus with a ruffled pink mane with lots of layers. She had the same shade of pink for her eyes, and she had a light pink cutiemark of a bunny's pawprint. Not only that, but she had a hair clip of a bunny in her mane.
As the day passed, Nightingale and Cocoa Pop learned a lot about the ponies they've met. Bubble Lime was a huge scatterbrain. She had a terrible memory, and she always lost her stuff. But she was always happy and cheerful, and would do anything to wipe a frown off the face of anypony. And she was the best baker. She stays with Mr. and Mrs. Cupcake at Sweet Delights.
They saw that Cinnamon Crush was really down to earth who loves being outdoors, and really strong. She also runs her family's spice farm, Spice N' Stuff. She is pretty stubborn and responsible, but she'd always put her own needs aside if her actions were causing any trouble. She is terrible at lying. She could never keep a secret, and if she didn't tell the truth, she'd live with the guilt until she lets it out to somepony.
Sky Breeze was a really sporty pony. She's always causing mischief and is really competitive, being as fast as light on both land and air, her strength nearly matches Cinnamon's. She's pretty active, but pretty lazy as well. A thrid of her day is normally spent napping on a cloud, and she's the captain of the Ponyville weather team. She may be rude and aggressive, but no matter what, and no matter the situation, she'd always help anypony, even if she didn't like it. And no matter what, everypony knows she's the real althlete.
They saw that Bunnyflower was shy and timid. Practically as frail as a flower! But she was kind and spoke soft and gently. She loved nature and everything that inhabits it. She started a small animal hospital at her cottage that was found abandoned near the edge of the Everfree Forest. Getting scared easily, she often stays close to Sky in "scary situations" since the two have known one another since they were fillies.
Lastly, they saw that Ivory Lace adored fashion. She has a boutique called Magnifique Chique, and she also loves to make things for everypony. Various gifts were given by Ivory. She would even make one-of-a-kind creations and send them off to charity. She doesn't like sports and getting dirty, but she doesn't mind sauntering around town to feel the crisp breeze in her mane and admire the scenery of the
town.
Nightingale couldn't believe it, "How are Sky and Bunny friends, they're total opposite! Same with Bunny and Bubble! And Ivory, Cinnamon, and Sky!" Nightingale said to Cocoa Pop.
"That doesn't mean you can't be friends. They all have different personalities! And sure they fight, but that's what a real friend is. The ones you can count on. The ones who will be there for you when you need it." Cocoa replied hoping that Nightingale will change her ways and make more friends.
Nightingale sighed in response with a small smile on her face as she watched the five ponies chatter and laugh away.
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Seven: Telling Tales
"So, you gonna tell them?" Cocoa Pop asked Nightingale.
"Wait... What?!"
"Come on! These ponies are trustworthy, truthful, happy, giving, and kind!"
"And how do you know that?"
"Well... Bubble Lime finished all her cake and Ivory had one more left so she gave it to her. Cinnamon looks like she's about to blow. I think she's been keeping in secrets and hates letting them out. I'm sure she's the one who would stay true to her word. and Bubble Lime is so... Bubbly! Bunnyflower is actually pretty sweet and kind. She sings and gets animals to come to her, and treats them fairly and justly. And Sky, she keeps saying "No prob!" or "I'll be there!" and "You can count on me!" so many times!" Nightingale stared at the girls before her. She did smile earlier. Would it hurt to tell them? No, it wouldn't. So like that, Nightingale coughed and spoke up,
"Uhm... girls?" All the mares look up at Nightingale with a smile,
"Wassup?" Sky said in her usual cool tone.
"You see... Bubble Lime found me in Ponyville, but... There was a good reason for that..." Nightingale slowly said while taking "Diary Of A Princess" out her saddlebag, "It's this..."
"Diary Of A Princess? Darling, what does a book do that makes you want to go to Ponyville?" Ivory said.
"Yea... For once, I'm with Ivy." Sky said.
"Uhm... Girls. I really think we should let her finish. She wanted to tell us something, but even if it doesn't make sense now, it could make even more sense if we wait for her to tell us everything..?" Bunnyflower quietly said.
"Ahm' with Bunny on 'tis one. Y'all just wait for Nightingale to tell us!" Cinnamon said with a toffee treat in her mouth.
"YA! LET'S WAIT!" Bubble Lime said running around the table on her back hooves with her front hooves up in the air (Basically like a human.). After she ran around the table five times, Sky extended her hoof to stop her.
"Bubs." She said in an annoyed tone.
"Yea?"
"Sit down!"
"Okie Dokie Lokie!" All the ponies looked at Nightingale happily. Nightingale took a deep breath and then opened the book to the first page.
"You see this? This is a spell. It helped a unicorn student name Twilight Sparkle become a princess. She used to the first half to make her friends switch cutiemarks by accident. She found a away to fix it, and ended the spell. With all the work she did, the ruler of that time, Princess Celestia brought Twilight to this place where the she became and Alicorn Princess." Nightingale nervously gulped. She imagined all the ponies to be laughing and calling her a weirdo, but that didn't happen,
"Don't stop there!" Sky exclaimed.
"The story was just getting good!" Bubble whined, "Keep talking!"
"Yes, dear. I would very much like to know what happens." Ivory said in a desperate tone.
"Ya, Nightingale! Keep on readin'!" Cinnamon said.
"Uh... That is, if you want to keep reading... B-but if you don't that's fine..!" Bunny squeaked. The responses made Nightingale smile.
"I guess they do care." Nightingale thought, "I'm glad I told them"! With that, Nightingale continued. She told them about the visions, and how the entire story came together. She told them about the elements and, and told them things she didn't even know. "Must be knowledge
flowing through me." She muttered under the breath. But deep down, she was glad she knew this information. She was sure that she, Cocoa Pop and these ponies could solve the case on why nopony else remembers the Elements Of Harmony, Princess Twilight, and why Rarity and Rainbow Dash aren't remembered in history. Rarity should be known as one of the biggest fashion legends, and Rainbow Dash should be known to be the best Wonderbolt of all time. But nopony knew their names, "I'm sure that the seven of us can figure this out!" Nightingale said with a determined look on her face.
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Eight: Just Some More Info
After more reading, the gang decided that it would be best to go into the castle and find some evidence on the Elements. Nightingale was glad that the five mares believed every word she told them. She smiled at the thought and then turned to her friends. Friends? Yea, they were her friends.
"Alright girls! We've got to catch the train for Ponyville and do research!" A slight groan could be heard from Sky, but Nightingale brushed it off, "Is everypony packed and ready to go?"
"Eeyup!" Cinnamon said as she tightened the strap on her saddlebag,
"I'm ready too!" Sky said, "I'm just helping Bunny fasten her saddlebag."
"Ivory and I are ready to go!" Bubble sang followed by a nod from Ivory,
"And I've packed everything you and I would need for the trip!" Cocoa smiled,
"Thanks, Cocoa." Nightingale said, "What would I do without you?"
"You wouldn't be able to do anything!" Cocoa joked
"I'm ready." Bunnyflower said,
"Alright then gang!" Nightingale spoke, "Let's get to the train station and make in to Ponyville!"
After a small train ride, all the ponies ended up in Ponyville.
"Oh... I've visited Ponyville many times before, but not once have I ever though about this castle being part of the up most importance." Ivory said as they entered the castle,
"Yea, especially since you had a vision of six ponies and one dragon seeing a map appear in the middle of the room." Sky added,
"Come to think of it, how'd y'all think it happened." Cinnamon asked. All faces turned to her confused, "Ah' mean why did it happen?" All the faces were still confused. Cinnamon rolled her eyes, "What Ahm' tryin' to say is, why did the elements exist? Why did all 'em ponies need to be erased from history? And why is this all happenin' now?" Now everypony understood what Cinnamon was trying to say. They were all trying to find answers in their heads, but with no avail,
"I think we now understand, Cinnamon. However, these questions are the reason we're all here. I'm sure we can find out the answers." Nightingale responded,
"Yea, I've been scared and confused about all of this. The best thing we should do is stick together." Bunnyflower suggested,
"I'm all in with ya, Bunny!" Bubble claimed.
~Story Pause~
"WHY CAN'T I BE IN THE STORY AND TELL THEM?!"
"W-what?! P-pinkie Pie?! What are you doing here?!"
"I'm always with you, duh!" *Squee
"But you- Then- How? But..!"
"Oh forget it! Can you just put me in the story now and let me tell them everything?!" (cute face)
"What but... But... OH FORGET IT! *facehoof
"So... Can I?!"
"W-what?! No!"
"Aww... Why not?!"
"Because in this story, YOU AND THE REST OF THE MAIN CAST ARE DEAD!"
"Then why can't I come in a spirit? Twilight already got it! That's no fair!"
"You can't because you're meant to be the spirit that stalks- Don't you make me spill the beans on this story, Pinkie!"
"Aww... But, Fangy..!"
"Pinkie, no! And don'cha ever call me 'Fangy' ever again"
"But-"
"I said no! Now go back into your cage!"
"Aww... But what if I gave you a cupcake?"
What... What?! I don't want some cupcake! They make me sick ever since the incident!
"It was a fan-made 'incident'!"
"No risks..."
"Aww..."
*sigh "Pinkie Pie sure is... A hooful you could say. Anyways... Back to the story!"
~Resume~
"Ya ya ya! We just gotta get looking. If we find anything, we'll alert one another, now let's go!" Sky said as she dashed off (Get it? "Dashed"? ..... No..? Nevermind...) Everypony went ahead and did the same.
~Many hours later~
"I found something!" Nightingale exclaimed. Everypony gathered around to see what it was, "Hey, where's Sky?"
"Oh, she's sleeping in a pile of books! I'll get her!" Bubble pulled out a giant megaphone,
"Bubble, no!" Ivory screamed as Bubble Lime was about to yell into the megaphone,
"SKY!!!!!" All of a sudden, Sky appeared next to Bubble Lime in a flash (Get it? Flash? Anyone? The Flash? ..... I GIVE UP!) Nightingale rolled her eyes and showed what she had found,
"The Journal Of The Two Sisters!" Everypony looked at Nightingale ready to hear what she would say, "When we all read 'Diary Of A Princess', we found out that Princess Twilight and her friends found the elements in Celestia and Luna's old castle. Well, 'The Journal Of The Two Sisters' shows Celestia's and Luna's perspectives of them living here. There's even a map. If we can follow it to where the elements were found, we can get more answers!"
"B-but... Isn't that castle in the Everfree Forest?!" Bunnyflower reminded, "It's just not natural there!"
"I'm sure that if Princess Twilight and the rest of her friends were able to go there all the time, we can too!" Sky said trying to comfort her friend,
"Eeyup! And Ahm' sure everythin' will be just fine." Cinnamon added,
"But it is icky and dirty over there..." Ivory said,
"It's a forest for Spectrum's sake!" Sky grunted. Both her and Ivory were looking at each other coldly,
"Alright, y'all, break the stares!" Cinnamon said. Nightingale and Cocoa Pop giggled at the sight. Were they always like this? They were pretty sure. Even Bunnyflower and Bubble Lime had smiles on their faces. Bubble Lime came to their side,
"Yep! Always like this!" She whispered loudly. Everypony looked at her and Ivory and Sky looked at each other and erupted into laughter.
"Okay, Let's just head out." Nightingale said,
"And don't worry Bunny and Ivory, Nothing will happen to you two." Cocoa Smirked. All seven of them were in giggles and ponies looked at them as if they were crazy! Which they were.
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Nine: Mystery In The Everfree
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Chapter Eleven: This Is A Filler For Something That Will Happen
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Chapter Twelve: Another Dumb Filler D:
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Chapter Thirteen: Don't Gotta Read This, Only Another Filler!
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Chapter Fourteen: Compassionate Bunnyflower
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Chapter One: An Unexpexted Appearence
"Read that. Read that. Read that too many times...Ugh!" Nightingale Swirl groaned as she threw the three books she had levitated on the ground.
"Is everything okay, Nightingale?" the midnight blue mare spun herself around to see an elder pale blue mare before her. She saw the worry in her muddy brown eyes.
"Y-yes Mrs. Chestnut." Nightingale sighed, "It's just, I've come here to the Canterlot Archives ever since I was a filly. I read every book and scroll here way more than once, and now finding something new just becomes harder and harder. And I'm pretty sure I've read just about every book and scroll on these shelves."
"Oh come now, dear. I've had plenty of trouble finding books I've never read before in the past as well." Mrs. Chestnut reassured. Nightingale only hung her head low and stared at the ground. Mrs. Chestnut put her arm around the young filly's neck and tried to rise her spirits up. "Tell you what. How about I whip us up some hot chocolate and we read "Down The Road" by the fire?"
Nightingales ears perked up. She turned her head towards the old pony who had a warm smile on her face. She looked at her mane. Oh how beautiful her mane was when she was younger. Mrs. Chestnut's brown and purple mane was faded in color. Nightingale remembered when they used to do in the fast when she was filly and Mrs. Chestnut was just a young teen. Chessy was her foalsitter, and the best one too! Whenever Nightingale was feeling down, she was Chessy would come here to the archives and read "Down The Road" by the fire while drinking hot cocoa. The memories were flowing back to her.
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"Wow, Chessy you make the best hot chocolate!" little Nightingale squeaked.
"Best batch of hot chocolate for the best filly in all of Equestria!" Almond Chestnut replied.
Nightingale giggled as Chessy ruffled her mane.
"Now let's get back to "Down The Road". What do you think will happen?" Almond teased knowing that the unicorn before her knew exactly what would happen.
"Chessy! I know what happens! Why do you always have to ask?"
"Just so you remember!" Chestnut winked and Nightingale inked back as the two of them giggled. Suddenly, a small smile appeared on Almond's face. "The Canterlot Archives sure are amazing. I hope one day I'll get to run it." Chestnut sighed.
"Don't worry, Chessy! You're one of the smartest ponies I know! You'll easily get the job! I just know you will!" Nightingale enthusiastically replied.
"Thanks, Swirly. Now how about we really get back to "Down The Road" this time?" "Ya!" Nightingale cuddled next to Chestnut and let her stroke her lavender and pink mane as she listened to the story.
When it was over, Chestnut asked who was Nightingale's favorite character. "Aqua, of course! My eyes are Aqua just like her name is Aqua! Not to mention, she's a super strong, kind, loving, smart earth pony! Just like you!"
"Aw... Thanks, Swirly. Wanna know my favorite?"
"Mmhm!"
"My favorite is Midnight Dream because she's a brave and smart filly unicorn who's talented with magic. Just. Like. You."
Both of them shared a laughed a walked back to Nightingale's house.
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"Swirly?" Mrs. Chestnut said breaking Nightingale's thoughts unaware of it.
"Oh! Yea. I'd love to, Chessy." Nightingale quickly replied. Almond Chestnut smiled as she went off to make the cocoa.
After they read the story and finished the cocoa Nightingale said she'll clean the mess she made trying to look for something new to read and Almond said that she had to get back to work. "Alright, clean up time!" An aqua aurora surrounded all the books and scrolls on the floor and Nightingale swiftly levitated then with no trouble it wasn't until something saw something on the shelf. "What's this?" Nightingale levitated it towards her and put everything back into their rightful spots. She then turned her attention to the small book before her. It read, "Diary Of A Princess".
"Huh? I've never seen this before. And I'm sure I've cleared every shelf here in the archives." Nightingale tired to remember a time she'd seen this book, but with no avail. She examined the cover. It was a lavender book with a hot pink star surrounded by five whites ones, and a white star behind the pink one. "Hmm? I'm sure I've seen this symbol before." Above the star, in golden thread the title was there. There was a strap with a gold button stuck to another. She opened the book and sneezed with the amount of dust within the pages. "Wow! It's like this book has been here for more than a century!" Nightingale quickly closed to book and galloped to the check-out.
"Mrs. Chestnut, have you seen this book before. Chestnut examined the book carefully.
"I'm afraid not. I've never seen it before. You can take it for free if you want."
"Thanks. But do you know what this symbol on it represents?"
"It looks very familiar, but I cannot remember."
Nightingale sighed. "Thanks anyways." She flashed a smile and trotted out the archives.
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Two: Leaving Canterlot
Nightingale galloped as quick as she could back to her room three floors below the Canterlot Archives with the book levitated next to her. "Who could this belong to? Why have I never seen this before? And why can't I remember where I saw this symbol? Even Mrs. Chestnut doesn't remember the symbol on this book. Scratch that, She's never SEEN this book before! How come?!" Nightingale began yelling to herself. Guards were looking at her confused as she sped past them, questioning what she was yelling to herself. It wasn't until Nightingale closed her eyes in trying to remember where she saw that symbol until she bumped into something. Or somepony...
"Miss Swirl! What's got you in a rush?" Nightingale shook her head as she opened her eyes to reveal a red pegasus with a green mane before her, the stallion's teal eyes staring down at her. Nightingale immediately blushed as she looked down.
"Solar Rays! I'm so sorry! The blue filly managed to squeak out.
"It's okay." Solar got up and held his hoof out to her. "Need some help?" Nightingale could feel her face get hotter.
"Err... Sure..." Nightingale replied, "And you know, you don't have to call me Miss Swirl. Just Nightingale." She said when she was back on all four hooves.
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind." Solar said with a smile on his face.
"How's being a royal in training going for you?"
"Oh, it's going great! I have a final test to determined if I can become a royal guard or not." A sudden frown appeared on the stallion's muzzle. "I'm actually kinda afraid I'll mess it up..."
"I'm sure that you'll do just fine, Rays." Nightingale tried her best to hide the massive blush on her face. It's not like she'd have a chance with Solar Rays. "He's training to become a royal guard! And I she does is study and have no friends or any connection to any other ponies! But I does study under the Princess of Equestria so... No! Snap out of it Nightingale! If Rays does like you, it'll be for who you are, not your social standard. He's not like those other stuck-up Canterlot Ponies." Nightingale ran in thoughts about Solar Rays. She really did like him ever since they met...
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Nightingale was running down the halls of Canterlot Castle towards the thrown room. "Princess Spectrum!" She exclaimed, "I'm here! What's the urgent emergency?!"
"Well... It's not the most urgent thing... I just wanted you to meet the royal guards in training." The princess replied nervously.
"Ooh, Princess." Nightingale said rolling her eyes with a slight smile on her face, "You're quite the troll."
"Thank you, Miss Swirl." Replied Spectrum, "Now, here we have Eclipse."
Nightingale observed the stallion. He was a unicorn with a purple coat with a curly white mane, and diamond blue eyes. He looked worried. "Hmm..." She though to herself, "I bet the other two will as nervous as this one. Maybe even more times infinity. Nightingale giggled at her remark as the princess introduced the next stallion.
"This is Fast Flight."
Fast Flight was a grey pegasus pony with a flat brown mane and magenta eyes. "He looks more calm." Nightingale observed, "And he shows no trace of worry on his face..." She thought.
"And here, we have Solar Rays."
The red pegasus looked like he was about to get sent to the moon. He looked so nervous. His bright teal eyes were twitching, and his green tail kept flicking back and forth. "He looks awful." Nightingale whispered to the princess and chuckled. "I'll see if I can help him. The other two seem stable, but he looks like he's about to collapse." Nightingale giggled to the princess.
"Okay." she replied back with a smile. "Guards in training are dismissed!" And like that, all three of the stallions scurried out.
Nightingale went out the throne room and saw Solar Rays and walked up to him "Hello there. I'm Nightingale Swirl." nightingale kindly greeted him and the two began talking.
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"Uh... Nightingale...?" The voice of somepony snapped Nightingale out of her daydream and back to real life.
"Oh! Solar Rays!" She said.
"I've got to go. See you another time?"
"Uh... Sure!" She said wanting to spend lots more time with him. "See you later. I've got some place to get to as well." And like that, Nightingale continued down the hall.
"You blew it again, Solar! When will you ask her?!" Solar Rays yelled at himself as soon as Nightingale was out of hearing distance.
Nightingale was in hallway where he room was. As soon as she got on the second floor, she stopped running and began to slowly walk. "Ah... Now, I can just find a book to see where this symbol is from. Cocoa should be awake from her nap by the time I get there and then I'll ask the princess what she knows about this symbol if I still have questions." Nightingale thought aloud to herself, "It's the perfect plan!" She said with her eyes beaming with clapping her hooves together. At that moment, Nightingale could hear giggles. "What in Equestria?"
Nightingale turned from the corner and saw three mares standing in front of her door with Cocoa Pop. "Oh no..." Nightingale murmured under the breath.
"Hey, Nightingale!" Cocoa exclaimed, "Come and join us!" Nightingale sighed.
"Hey, girls... Coming!" Nightingale walked over to them as slowly as she could. "What are you four doing here?" Nightingale questioned her four "friends" as to why they were here.
"Soft Song is having a get-together today, remember?" Scarlet Heart replied.
"Yeah! I sat on a two hour train ride to get here from Fillydelphia!" Star exclaimed.
"And you promised us AND Soft Song that you'll come." Starlight Wishes said with a stern look on her face.
"So let's go!" Beaming Rays exclaimed.
"Oh... Uh... I've got some important work from Princess Spectrum I have to complete..." Nightingale said with an unsure smile, "So bye!" Nightingale used her magic to teleport the mares to Soft Song's home.
"Hey!" Cocoa Pop exclaimed. Nightingale turned around to see her chocolate brown dragon assistant have a mad look on her face, "What was that for?!" Nightingale stroked Cocoa's beige scales.
"I'm sorry, but I found something and I need to check it out". Cocoa let baby pink fire escape her mouth and burned Nightingale's face.
"Cocoa..." She groaned as she fixed herself with magic.
"What was so important that we had to miss Soft Song's get-together?!" Cocoa snapped.
"This..." Nightingale said holding up "Diary Of A Princess".
"Oh... So this book is more important then hanging out with your friends... Even though one of them is your crush's sister..."
"Cocoa!" Nightingale said with a mad blush on her face,
"Kidding, kidding, kidding... I feel like I've seen this before. But I don't know where..." Cocoa trailed off on her words.
"That's why I brought it. Let's find out what it is!"
"Okay, but... What do I do with this?" Cocoa Pop held up a purple box with a yellow bow on it, "It's a gift for Soft Song."
"We don't need that." Nightingale levitated the present up on the night table, "Now come on!" She urged.
Cocoa Pop did nothing but let out a faint sigh. "Coming..." She said bluntly.
"No, No, No, No, No, UGH!" Nightingale let out a yell of frustration, "I can't find anything!"
"Me either." Cocoa's voice could be heard all the way from the other side of the room, "And it's all ready midnight!" hoofsteps (or clawsteps, anything you want) could be heard coming towards Nightingale. "I'm starting to think this is a lost cause." The small figure said.
"So do I, Cocoa..." Nightingale sighed.
"Have you read that book yet?" Cocoa yawned.
At that moment, Nightingale's ears perked up. "N-no..." She said, "But I'll start. I'm still concerned why it's called "Diary Of A Princess"." Nightingale opened the book and shook it to get the dust out. "What's this?" She said staring at a small piece of writing on the first page. "From one to another. Another to one. A mark of one's destiny singled out alone fulfilled." Nightingale's eyes both had a star twinkle in them for a second, and a hot pink aurora swirled around her horn.
"Uh... Nightingale...?" Cocoa said in worry. Yet, Nightingale didn't hear her and kept reading.
"From all of us together. Together we are friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end." The book began to glow hot pink as a hot pink bust of magic hit Nightingale in the head.
"Nightingale!" Cocoa Pop screamed in fright, "Are you Alright?!" But Nightingale couldn't hear as something from the past was playing in her head.
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All of a sudden, the lavender unicorn's element began to glow pure white, and a magic force came out pushing her friends aside. Then, magical auroras were around the other Elements of Harmony matching the color of the element. A sudden red bust of magic of the cyan pegasus's element flung out to Twilight. Then, the pink earth pony's element. Then, the country pony, white unicorn, and yellow pegasus had their elements fire at her. A white force field formed around the young unicorn. She was worried, but the smiled and put her head down as she disappeared in a flash, her cutie mark burnt on the floor where she was standing.
"What happened?!" The yellow pegasus questioned in fright. Screams escaped the muzzles of the pink yellow and white mares.
"Oh no!" the blue pegasus yelled.
"Where did she go?!" The orange earth pony asked unsure of what just happened.
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"Cocoa!" Nightingale exclaimed.
"What?"
"I don't know why, but somethings telling me that we HAVE to go to Ponyville. Right now!"
"Wait... What?! Why?" Cocoa Pop questioned.
"I... I... I don't know! Just start packing, I'll tell the princess I'll taking a break off studies."
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Three: A Bump In The Road
The wind blew Nightingale's mane all over the place as the charriot she and Cocoa Pop were sitting in sped through the sky. Nightingale looked down below to see a little town.
"That must be Ponyville!" Cocoa Pop exclaimed.
"It is, Ms. Pop. We will arrive shortly" One of the guards said.
"I wonder who we'll meet!" Cocoa said excitedly, "I hope I can make some new friends!"
"We are not here to make friends!" Nightingale whispered, "We're here to find out where this symbol came from! And why it gave me that vision of what looked like a pony dying!" Nightingale saw that Cocoa was looking down at the down. "Hey! Are you listening?!" Cocoa Pop said nothing, but she pointed to a big crystal castle in the middle of the town. "What in Equestria...?!" That was when it happened again...
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A lot of ponies gathered around the new castle that magically appeared. All of a sudden, the big doors swung open to reveal the lavender alicorn princess. "Each one of us has something special. That makes us different. That makes us rare..." She begun. It was then when the yellow pony spoke up once everypony was in the castle.
"We have a light that shines within us... That we were always, meant to share..!" Then the six ponies began to sing.
"And when we come together, combine the light that shines within. There is nothing we can't do. There is no battle we can't win, when we come together. They'll be a star to guide the way, it's inside us everyday... See it now... See it now... Let the rainbow remind you, that togeather we will always shine. Let the rainbow remind you, that together this will be out time." Then, the lavender alicorn sang one last line as five ponies and a dragon gathered for a picture,
"Let the rainbow remind you... That together we will always shine..."
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"Nightingale!"
"Oh! Sorry, Cocoa."
"Another vision?" Nightingale slowly nodded her head.
"Just tell me what you saw in both visions. Maybe we can figure it out." Cocoa said with a warm smile.
"We are her!" A guard said as they landed.
"Thank you." Both stallions held their heads up in pride as they flew off back to Canterlot.
"About the visions..?" Cocoa Pop slowly said to Nightingale, only to get a frazzled sigh from the unicorn.
"Okay, Cocoa. These visions are really confusing, I can't tell what's going on."
"It's alright." Cocoa reassured, "Let's find a place to eat and talk about it."
After the two talked, they sat there quietly trying to analyze the visions. It was half an hour of thinking until Nightingale jumped out of her hey chair and started hopping in circles around their table and yelling "I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!" Lots of ponies turned their attention to the young mare. Nightingale blushed as a nervous smile came to her face.
"Are you okay, ma'am?" One of the waiters said.
"Hehehe... Yea... I just... got it...!" Ponies sat back down and Cocoa turned her head to Nightingale.
"So, you got what?"
"In each of my visions, I saw the same six ponies. And in the one with that castle, I saw a little dragon. I'm sure they're all important in some way!"
"That does explain a lot..."
"Also... That castle has a star symbol on it similar to this book. Doesn't that seem weird?"
"Hmm... Let's ask somepony." Cocoa Pop suggested.
"Excuse me, sir."
"May I help you?"
"Yes actually. Do you know how long that castle has been standing there?"
"That thing? Oh I have no idea!"
"Wait... WHAT?! Don't you live here?
"Yes, but nopony knows why it's here. Ponies say it was magically built over night." The waiter said with a warm smile.
Nightingale and Cocoa Pop were shocked. "Err... Thanks for your help anyways..." Once the two payed and walked to the main road on Ponyville, Nightingale spoke up, "We have to read the book, NOW!"
"Okay, okay, coming."
"I'm sorry, Cocoa. It's just... How can this castle be here in Ponyville with it's residents now knowing why it's here?!"
"I guess that's strange... Let's go!"
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Four: Things You Find Out...
"Here we are!" Nightingale exclaimed, "The castle!" The young unicorn turned her head towards somepony standing outside the big gates. "Uhm, excuse me? I'm Nightingale Swirl. And this is my friend, Cocoa Pop. Do you know where this castle came from?"
"Nope!" The tour guide happily said, "But you can look around. No charge!" He said with a warm smile.
"Thank you, sir." Nightingale said as she walked away. "I don't understand, Cocoa. These ponies don't know a thing..."
"Let's just find a place to sit down and read the book." The two of them walked in the castle, and the first thing they saw was a big round table with seven thrones around it. "Hey! That star on that thrown looks exactly like the one on the book!" Cocoa exclaimed.
"Too much..." Nightingale muttered under her breath.
"Hey! This table has all of Equestria marked down on it! How cool is that?!" Cocoa kept looking around the room, " And look at this! This looks like the roots of an Oak Tree!"
That was when it happened again...
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All the ponies were sat in their thrones, except for one. The lavender alicorn finally calmed down and sat on her respected thrown. Magical auroras surrounded the marks on the thrones and all beamed to the middle. A map appeared in a flash of light of which blinded the seven friends. When they all got their vision back, they did nothing the gasp in awe for the scene that was just placed before them...
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Cocoa Pop was still checking the room out when Nightingale was seeing the present again. It wasn't until then something caught her eye. "What are those gems?!"
Cocoa Pop turned her head up to the the gems dangling down from the roots to see that there were pictures of six ponies, and occasionally a dragon sewed within the gemstones. "Wow! Look at the cutiemarks of those ponies! They look just like the marks on these thrones!"
"It's more than that, Cocoa Pop. Those ponies... They're the ones from my visions!"
"Really?! And what about that dragon?"
"I saw him a couple of times in the background." Nightingale let out a faint sigh, "I don't like this, Cocoa."
"Me neither. Let's just do what we originally planned."
"Okay..."
And like that, the two of them sat down in a library with a mirror inside. A huge contraption was built around it with some book at the top. Both of them were very confused, but let it pass. Nightingale cracked open the book and began...
"So... I read that spell. So let us continue!" *cough* "The spell on the first page was the one that turned me into a princess... Well, more or less. The first part of the spell belongs to the great wizard, Starswirl Abearded. I casted the spell and switched the cutiemarks of my friends. Rarity had Rainbow Dash's cutiemark, Rainbow Dash had Fluttershy's cutiemark, Fluttershy had Pinkie Pie's cutiemark, Pinkie Pie had Applejack's cutiemark, and Applejack had Rarity's cutiemark. Spike and I realized that we had to show them what their true destinies were by helping the pony who got their cutiemark. When we were all back to normal, I realized something. It was out friendship. The Magic Of Friendship will live on, and it was that moment that proved it. I finished the spell and hung my head high, all my friends had no idea what I was talking about, but if I was happy about something, they knew it was something good! But them the elements zapped me, and they brought me to this place where I met Princess Celestia! I felt myself being lifted into the air, and a lavender aurora was surrounding me. I landed back on the ground, and I had WINGS?! It was then I was dubbed, Princess Twilight Sparkle."
"I think I'm beginning to understand..." Cocoa said in disbelief.
"I'm not sure what's going on... But we have to find out more! One piece of information is good. That's what we have. But we must keep looking!" Nightingale firmly said.
"Then keep reading!" Cocoa exclaimed. And that's what they did.
My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On
Chapter Five: Off To Fillydelphia!
After Nightingale had read aloud parts of the diary, she and Cocoa Pop were in dead silence. They couldn't make up what was going on. Nightingale tried to process how it all could've happened. A unicorn turning into an alicorn? Elements of Harmony? There's a tree? A creature named Discord? Time Travel? Sunset Shimmer, and another world is out there? Another that is almost the same as this one? Nightingale looked at the mirror in the corner of the room. Ponies were crowded around it looking amazed. If only she could tell them all... And Starlight Glimmer? Time Travel? Nightingale and Cocoa Pop were having the same confused spinning in their heads.
"I think I would like to see this Tree Of Harmony." Nightingale said after what seemed like hours.
"But, Nightingale!" Cocoa exclaimed in shock, "That could be dangerous!"
Nightingale sighed. "I know, I know. It's just... I need to understand what's going on. These elements, how does nopony know them? How does somepony forget a group on ponies who were once the heroines of Equestria?!" Nightingale could've sworn that there was a a faint glow in the corner that looked like a pony and walked towards it. It look like a... Lavender alicorn?! She had a midnight blue mane with a thin streak of hot pink and purple on the side left side of her horn and at the bottom of her tail. Her cutiemark resembeld the same hot pink star with the five surrounding stars and one at the back of the hot pink, just like on the book.
"Nightingale! What are you doing?!" Cocoa asked in worry. But Nightingale didn't listen and she was sure she heard a voice come from the faint glow.
"You can do this, Princess." The glow said and slowly vanished, leaving poor Nightingale in shock.
"D-did you see that?!" Nightingale exclaimed to Cocoa Pop.
"Uh... See what?"
Nightingale shook her head. "Did you not see that glow in the corner?"
"Nightingale, I think you're going crazy..."
"Cocoa in the loco!" A high pitched voice said from behind the two talking ponies (yes I know Cocoa Pop is a dragon!).
Nightingale and Cocoa Pop spun themselves around to see a red mare with a long wavy and puffy mane that was green and yellow. Her eyes were bright pink. Her cutie mark had a bubble in the shape of a lime, and she wore the most welcoming smile they have ever seen "Hiya there!" The mare squeaked once again, "I'm Bubble Lime!"
"Oh. Well, Bubble Lime. My name is Nightingale Swirl, and this is my faithful assistant, Cocoa Pop." Nightingale replied to the earth pony's warm welcome.
"Well, nice to meet you! I've come here all the time because my mom and dad my three sisters still live in that rock farm right outside of Ponyville! I actually live in Fillydelphia. And even though I live there I still know the names and birthdays of everypony, and I really don't recall seeing you two here, and I was like, let me say hi! And I was like hiya! and you guys said high and now we can be friends! I can show you my friends back at Fillydelphia! There's my bestie, Breezie, then there's my maybe cousin, CC! And I can't forget timid little Bunny! And last but not least, Ivy! she's super fashionable! She always makes shiny sparkly things! And I can't forget everypony else over there! There's..." And Bubble Lime went on a talking rampage about Fillydelphia.
"Uh... Bubble Lime..?" Nightingale said, "Cocoa and I actually have someplace else to go, And-
"And we won't mind coming over to Fillydelphia straight after!" Cocoa Pop interrupted
"Oh, goodie! I'll tell all my friends!" And like that, Bubble Lime darted out the door screaming something from a giant megaphone that was deafening to anypony who heard it (WB Academy flashback anyone?), "I NEED TO CATCH THE TRAIN! DON'T FORGET TO COME!!!"
After they recovered, Nightingale turned to Cocoa Pop. "Why in Equestria did you tell her that we would COME?!"
"We hardly get out so why don't we just hang with her and her friends a bit..? Hehehe..." She chuckled nervously.
Nightingale sighed. "Fine... Now let's use the map in the book to find the tree, shall we?" Cocoa nodded her head and they both set off to the Everfree Forest.
After encounters with the timberwolves and finally seeing through the darkness of the forest, both Nightingale and Cocoa Pop made it safely (more or less) to the tree. In front of them was a tree that seemed to be made of crystal, and had five elements around it, and the marks of the princesses back then underneath the sixth element was stored within the tree. It brightly shined and and Nightingale was sure that she heard the voice that belonged to that glow earlier that day. "Princess! You can do this. You need other ponies in your life. I assure you, when this is done you'll realize and go back to Canterlot to apologize to those you've wronged."
Nightingale felt shaky. She didn't have another vision, but she got knowledge. It was all on the tree. She seemed to know how Celestia and Luna found it. She knew about the elements and how they got there. She was sure the little glow had something to do with it. "Cocoa Pop..." She whimpered, "W-we NEED to go to Fillydelphia. I really think that Bubble Lime and those other mares she mentioned can help us.
Cocoa Pop blinked in disbelief. "Okay... I'll get the guards to come..."