Prologue

The War Lost in Time

Written by Willson

Prelude

The darkness was always there… I could feel it. Always Festering and Brewing… waiting for something, or a right time to act against the inhabitants of this land. I… didn’t know … what was to come… or how devastating it would be… It was too late to stop it. But now I have to fix what has happened… what I have… no it’s wasn’t my fault… but now I have to stand up against this darkness… and what matters most is to stop it from spreading farther. I will risk my life to keep this realm from falling into eternal darkness… I will succeed or die trying, for it is my job… my duty... to find a way… to fight this evil and right all that has happened, and bring back those who have fallen to this evil… and bring them back to the light.

Twilight stood with her five friends as they gathered with everyone one else for the final part of the party. Looking towards Applejack, she was talking with Rainbowdash about how cool the party was and what they liked most about it. Next to Rainbow dash pinkie pie was jumping up and down enthusiastically as usual. Fluttershy and Rarity stood watching content with themselves, well while Fluttershy was looking around more though nervous about what, she didn’t know. All together they were one of many small groups waiting at the edge of the party waiting for the newly wed couple to come down to their waiting carriage. Twilight though was the most enthusiastic because her brother was the one who had gotten married and after what had happened early today, was glad for this whole wedding to be finally over.
Listening to her friends talk she almost missed her brother and Princess Cadence appearing out of the crowed and making there way to them. Quickly standing up more she greeted them hugging her brother and Princess cadence before letting them into the carriage. The two exchanging words.

The hundreds of other ponies stood on the cobbled stones of the great castle of Celestia one of the great princesses of Equestria. The castle itself was a beautifully built masterpiece with many kinds of stones built into it from all across Equestria. THe grand tower in the center reaching far into the sky. Other smaller lesser towers breaking off of the main castle and hanging over the castle walls a little. The main castle walls made up of white stone and golden trim around the tops. Around it the town of Canterlot surrounded by a secondary wall. Far above, the sun setting behind the great castle towers.

Twilight stood there thinking now, how, or what was going to happen now that her brother Shining Armor and his new bride Princesses Cadence were going to affect the world of Equestria. Whether they would greatly change the world or only be there when they are needed like Celestia, Twilight didn’t really know. Thinking this over as she waved goodbye to the newly wed as they were carried away in their carriage the carriage a dark mahogany wood cut from the finest tree’s in Equestria painted pink Cadence's colors drawn by two guards in dazzling gold armor.

The two waved as they were drawn away down the mountainside that the castle was built on built long ago high atop this mountain peak. Though Twilight did wonder where Princesses Luna and Celestia had gone earlier for pressing matters unknown to the six or for a meeting Twilight knew they did have though’s quite often. The groups of ponies slowly drifted off from the party, heading home to bed or to other parties across canterlot the couple lost in the distance. The main six of waited and watched for some time before heading for their own beds.

“Wasn’t that party awesome” Rainbow Dash said ecstatically, fluttering her wings in excitement.

“I guess” Fluttershy said quietly, barely audible over the crowds of other ponies talking as they were leaving.

Twilight listened, but didn’t pay much attention to it, not while she thought over why and where the princesses went that was so important and if it would affect her and her friends later on. She felt something wasn’t right, that something was wrong… but she didn’t know what it was.

“Do you guys … feel… cold?” Twilight said shivering a little bit. But how could this be, when they were in the middle of June. She looked about wondering how this could be, how could she be… this cold.

“We made it… quickly let’s get in here”

“Quickly I hear guards coming” another said but a female voice this time.

A door could be heard opening and closing a low sounding rumble as it was put back into place “We're in...lets hope she's still here…” movement could be heard as two sets of hooves could be heard progressing forward into a dimly lit room with rubble scattered over the floor like confetti. The walls dull with age and weathering as well as tattered banners across the walls unrecognizable. The two looked up and there on the ceiling cracked with new vegetation growing across it, were these green sacs six of them all glowing slightly in the dim light and a pony in each one, in a trance of sleep. they stopped under one, one of the biggest ones… Twilight Sparkle sleeping soundly inside.

“She's been in there for some time so she might be… confused to what has happened but she also will be weak from being in there for this long of a time period…” a male said his voice slightly echoing off the vast ceiling.

“How are we going to get her down?” the female voice inquired.

“The only way we can, by breaking the sac” with those final words a thin line of bright ice blue matter jumped forth and cut the sac open, releasing all the fluid and the occupant…

In this season it should not feel… quickly felt that she was slipping backwards… no falling! She was falling … into a hole!! “Rainbowdash! Fluttershy help!” but it seemed as if they didn't care and disappeared from view as she fell into this anomaly that had appeared underneath her. Her friends, they were quickly replaced as well by a pitch black world around her. She flailed about fear showing in her eyes as she fell trying to stop herself or slow her down but all it did was make her panic even more.

After sometime she didn't know how long she had been falling down or how far but as she looked down it seemed to keep going… endlessly. By her guess she had been here for almost half an hour doing nothing but falling. She began to think of how this… whatever it was could've happened to her of all ponies, and not to anypony else.

When she did find the bottom of this… pit quite soon after her last thought she hit it hard, knocking the wind out of her and buckling her knees throwing her to the ground even harder and causing her head to whiplash. She tried to keep her eyes open but they began to get heavier and heavier as the hit had brought her skull and brain into contact and causing her to begin to black out but before she closed them completely she saw one thing out of the darkness what looked like a pony coming towards her.

“Quickly we need to make sure she’s ok” the male said as they came towards the crumpled form on the floor surrounded by goo and what was left of the shell.

“Do you think she’s ok” the female said concerned for Twilight.

“I can't tell from here we need to bring her over to the wall and sit her up… quietly we don't want to make to…” Crash!…

“Sorry…” a female voice responded after stumbling into a small but large chunk of rock and falling foward to the ground.

“Mhm… let's just hope no one heard… ok, help me with her…”

She woke shivering, slowly opening her eyes, “Ohh.. my head” she slowly pushed herself up onto her knees looking about but it was to dark for her to see. She tried to move herself up more but before she could even stand her knees buckled and she fell back down in a fit of pain causing her to cry out. She looked down at her hoof a worried look upon her face. Again she slowly tried to get up but when she put some weight her right hoof she cried out falling back to her knees.

“I’ve sprained my hoof badly… I won't be able to move anytime soon… but I can still look around” she turned her head looking again at her surroundings, but all she was able to see was just more darkness all around her… she was engulfed in it “ What am I going to do now?” she looked about wondering what should she do then she stopped when something caught her eye. A light seemed to pierce the veil of darkness, slowly at first then growing from a mere speck to a shining doorway.

Twilight had to look away as the light became too intense to look straight at as she looked away she saw movement within the light so she turned back towards the light and squinted hoping to make out who was approaching.

“Hello Twilight” A light female voice said from out of the doorway that was now dimming to a morning sunrise, a female pony came out of the light towards her. Standing in front of Twilight was a cute mare unicorn, a bit taller than she, short cut hair, sharp and beautiful, it was a light mix of blue and white. The mare turned a little revealing her cutie-mark, a star in the middle of her caf and 3 smaller stars surrounding it, all in the shapes of shooting stars.

“Wh...who are you?” Twilight asked in awe.

“A friend” the newcomer said, the mare walking forward.

“Were…”Twilight looked about “am I? the mare did not seem to notice the question but stopped in front of her and looked down and smiled.

“Not where…” Twilight looked up into the mare's eyes and saw sadness, the mare’s eyes betraying the other wise comforting smile ” A place, a place no pony wants to be my young Twilight”

“How do you know who I am and am… am I…am I” Twilight stuttered

“I know who everyone is my little one… and no your time has not come and it won't for a long time” she smiled and chuckled looking down at Twilight. Bemused at Twilight's uncertainty as she should be, for this place is no joking matter.

“Then why am I here?”

“To bring your mind back to your body, to bring you back to the reality of the world beyond this one” she motioned towards the darkness around her. The mare slowly turning to her right and left as she talked.

“What do you mean?” the mare just smiled, ignoring the question and then turned away from Twilight walking, no sauntering back towards the door of light, stopping right before it.

“You will find out sooner or later Twilight, but now you must return to your world...” the mare pausing as if thinking what to say next, a look of puzzlement crossing her face, but it quickly disappeared returning to it’s sad but comforting smile. “...Someone's waiting for you, someone who would really like to meet you” then the mare stepped through the portal as it began to recede into the darkness leaving Twilight alone once more in cold darkness.

“Wait! Who’s waiting… and Who are you!” but the mare was gone nothing remained…not a speck of light was left behind except for what seemed to be a green lightning bug that stood vigilantly over Twilight for some time. Twilight stared back at the green lightning bug with ample curiosity going so far as to reach out to it. When she did it moved quickly down towards her, Twilight flinching returning her hoof to her side. It floated lazily down after the instant burst of speed and came to rest on her nose. “What are you…” looking at it she had an itching feeling growing slowly at first then gaining momentum like a herd of cows gaining speed in a stampede. Trying to stifle the oncoming sneeze she swallowed and hiccuped, the hiccup a high pitched pep like when you have an old rusted door swung open quickly when you know if you let it, it will yell out in an ear piercing screech. With that Twilight began to feel dizzy, the darkness becoming an abnormal darker black, witch you would think would be almost impossible, but even now it was happening to her. Then a sudden THWACK, Twilight getting hit with an even brighter light than before, the force of it almost as if a cow had just steam rolled you on it’s way past, flattening her onto her back “Not again…”

“She’s coming to!” the mare’s voice high and excited.

“Good... she still remains with us... she’s tougher than she looks…” the male responded.

“What's that supposed to mean? Twilights the toughest Pony I know…”

“ That’s what I’m worried about…” The stallion shuffling his feet returning some warmth to them” Okay, you stay by her side… and please, please don't try to make so much noise this time… ok?

“Have I ever let you down? the mare said with some sarcasm mixed in.

“Suuuurrre...” the male responded a pause in his voice as he pondered something then found what he was looking for and continued”… I’ll be back, I’m going to check for any of those pests they call warriors, make sure they haven’t noticed us yet”. The stallion's hoof beats could be heard echoing through the hall for a while until it began receding as he turned into the hall disappearing.

Twilight stirred…slowly groaning her whole body aching every part of her crying out in agony. Slowly the pain began to subside, give back her senses first to come back was smell. The smells she could sense were just as agonizing as her pain. The scent of molding cloth and moss concocting together with the stale air made her gag reflex go from oh what a nice day to, OH GOD WHAT IS THAT!

Next was her sense of taste, breathing in slowly she tasted the stale air causing her to gag the slight taste of bitterness reaching her tongue. Swallowing quickly she was left with only a gross aftertaste to contend with. Either then a slight breeze and the flapping of cloth there was not much to hear. Then her sense of touch came back to here in an almost instant heat wave as her nerves were finally realizing what was happening and beginning to freak out sending consistent messages to her brain. Her brain even though so powerful was flooded and for a few minutes Twilight couldn’t think about anything else but pain. Slowly that subsided leaving her cold and empty. Then she finally began to feel her true surroundings, feeling around she felt something cold and hard resting against her side… it felt like stone but she was unsure. She moved a little bit to see if she could still move but when she did pain quickly washed back over her and under her breath she cursed herself for being so weak physically.

Atlast after sitting, or laying there for twenty minutes she was able to open her eyelids, though ever so slowly, straining against her will. When they became slits she could only see gray, gray light seeping in squinting in the dim but bright light she opened them more. Revealing a lot more then was there previously. It revealed to her that she was indeed laying on her side on a stone floor covered with moss what was left of the floor was only visible in patches of clear space yet to be conquered by the encroaching moss. Over her head tattered banners slowly waved in a small breeze that she could tell was coming from the multiple boulder sized holes in the wall who was also covered by vines and in some places stone statues and pillars emerged but as they did, they disappeared into more of the viny mass. She couldn't recognize where she was at the moment but from what she could tell at least she was safe.

But she probably shouldn’t have said that because as she did a notable movement of hooves could be heard behind her. COming oh so closer by the seconds, Twilight tensing waiting for what horrors may come next but just as before she should probably stop trying to guess what was going to happen next. With that who ever was coming had stopped, directly behind her, leaving Twilight quite cold with fear, scared so much that her body shivered uncontrollably. What she didn’t expect was a gray figure to appear before her and look directly at her. Twilights eyes level with two greenish yellow eyes and a yellow mane slight obscure one of the eyes. But as the other being moved around to her front she was met with two eyes but one slightly off center.

“Twilight?”

“ Du...du...Derpy!?!?”

Author's Note

One thing that really needs work is the story. I will update this at least once a week so please be patient.