The Unique Ones. The Beginning Saga.

Location: Neo Canterlot. Time: 2017 years after Nightmare Moon incident.

A pony wearing a brown cloak and a brown sun-hat stepped out of a sleek silver train. The pony walked out of the station and walked onto a bridge that lead to Neo Canterlot: a large city on the edge of a mountain and protected by a large glass sphere. He approached the entrance of the city. The entrance a large golden arc with two royal guards standing at the opening. The pony approached the guards. "Holt!" the one on the left said to the pony. "State your business!"

The pony looked up at the two. He had dark brown eyes and a yellow coat. "I'm here to see the new artifact Celestia and Luna are gonna show off in the castle." He said.

The one on the right loomed over to the one on the left. "Scan him to make sure hes not a changeling or something." The one on the left pulled out a device that resembled a price scanner. He held it towards the pony and wave it around his body. It started beeping and shined a green light. "He's clean." The guard then retracted the device and stepped aside. "Just don't steal anything or you'll be in shackles."

"Yes sir." He walked past them into the city. He looked around his surroundings. Large clean buildings with large letters that glowed with neon lights spelled their names. 'Canterlot Cafe,' 'Cinema Central Theater', and so on and so forth. He then stumbled upon a lone wooden stand in between 'McHooves' and 'Hayburger Queen'. The stand as poorly built with nails that stuck out of its uneven wooden planks. The entire thing looked like it could fall any second. A wooden board on top had the name 'Z's Potions' written it with black paint. A zebra stood behind the counter. Around him were bottles filled with different kinds of unknown liquid. They were filled with blue liquid, red liquid, green, yellow, purple, aqua, cyan, and many more. "Hello there sir!" He yelled with enthusiasm. "Welcome to my potion shop. I have potions for super strength, hyper reflexes, enhanced durability, fast healing, all made by me; Z! Short for Ziggy Zebra! What would you like?"

"Uh..."

He zipped out of the stand faster then a humming bird and rested his front left hoof on the pony's shoulder. "Maybe a love potion is what you need. Hmm? Looking for that lucky mare?"

"No. I mean... not yet..."

"Then maybe X-ray vision? All that waiting for the perfect mare can make you sexually deprived. You can use X-ray vision to look into the mare's bathroom and w-"

"We're naked anyways."

"Oh. Okay. Then how about super smarty potion?"

"Ignorance is bliss."

"Your right. Who needs to be a boring book pony anyways?"

"Look. I'll give you 100 bits so you can get some decent repairs on your stand. That thing's a health hazard." He gave him a small sack filled with the golden coins.

"Oh. Thank you." He took the sack. "I do admit I'm not the best at construction work." He gave the pony a bottle filled with blueish-green liquid. "Here. Have a health potion on the house."

The pony took the bottle and placed it inside a pocket on his cloak. "Thanks. I'll use it if i need to." He walked away. "Have a good day." He walked through the clean streets. Many ponies walked past him, all in a hurry to witness what their two princesses had to show them. He kept a calm pace. He'll get there eventually. The presentation wasn't going to start for at least another half an hour.

He walked past a open garage before he heard cranking a somepony yelling. "Stupid bolt!" He heard the pony yell. It sounded female. Around his age. He walked backwards and looked into the garage. The inside had a concrete floor and grey metal walls covered with tools and posters of vehicles hanging off of them. He looked forward and saw a half-built car being held by four rusty chains that hung from the sealing. He looked underneath the car and saw two tan hooves poking out from under it. "Get in there!" He heard the pony yell again. He then heard some sort of creaking noise. He looked up and say the two chains that were holding the front of the car were about to break. He quickly grabbed the pony's legs and pulled her away just before the chain broke, sending the front of the car crashing down into the hard floor.

He looked down and looked at the pony he just saved. She had a tan coat, a horn, a gear for a cutie mark, and a long, curly, dirty blond mane. He helped her up to her hooves. "Are you alright?"

The mare brushed her mane and nodded her head. "Yeah. Thanks for preventing me from becoming road kill." She gasped when she saw the condition of the vehicle. It's entire front end was crumpled into the ground and it's windshield was scattered across the floor. "Ah crap! My latest project! Oh well, I didn't have anything better to do with my time."

"There's a presentation in Canterlot Castle."

"Oh! I forgot!" She galloped off towards the castle. "Name's Bronze Gear! See you latter!"

He shook his head and calmly walked towards the castle. He arrived at the entrance about 20 minutes later. The floor was covered by a red carpet than stretched through the main hall and ended at a lite stage. He walked along the carpet and glanced at the the stained glass windows. Each window told a story from Equestria's past. One showed Princess Celestia defeating Nightmare Moon and saving her sister: Luna. Another showed Celestia and Luna fighting back the Wendigos who brought a vast ice strom behind them. There was even one that showed Celestia receiving the largest cake in Equestrian history.

He approached a crowd of around 30 to 50 ponies gathered around the stage. All chattering with both anticipation and enjoyment. He blended with the crowd, careful not to step on anypony's tail or block their view.

"Hey there stranger!" He looked over and saw Z standing next to him. "Fancy meeting you here."

"It's kind of obvious seeing how everypony gathered in one place."

"True, true. I brought a dear friend with me."

Bronze Gear poked her head out from behind Z. "Hi yah." She cheered.

"I told her how kind you were and then she told me about what you did in her garage. Thanks for saving my best friend's life by the way."

"Me and Z go way back into preschool. He was the first Zebra to attend Ponyvile Pre."

"That's nice." Said the pony. He wasn't really paying attention to them. He was waiting for the presentation to start.

A guard stepped onto the stage and blew a brass horn. "Attention citizens! Presenting their highnesses: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

The crowd stomped their hooves in applause as Celestia and Luna walked onto the stage. Celestia had a beautiful dress that matched her flowing aurora mane both with it's color and ability to move like the northern lights. Luna was wearing a dress that also matched her mane and had the same flow. "Thank you Sir Steel Shield." Said Princess Celestia with her calming motherly voice. Her mane covered her left eye for some reason. "We are gathered here to celebrate the 2017th anniversary of Nightmare Moon's defeat and my beloved sister's rescue from her dark influence." Luna bowed as the crowd cheered. "And we are here for another reason. Our excavation team found this in an abandoned castle west of the Everfree Forest." Four earth ponies pulled a metal table carrying a large object covered by a black sheet onto the stage. They then pulled back the sheet and revealed a large purple crystal. "This crystal was discovered inside the top on the castle. It is believed that it was used by Starswirl The Bearded to study magic. We also believe it can be used to increase our nations energy storage for another 1000 years. It just needs a little spark from a powerful unicorn. Or in this case, me and my sister Luna."

The crowd cheered again as Celestia and Luna approached the crystal. They pointed their long horns towards it and illuminated them with their gorgeous gold and purple ora. The lights zapped the crystal, resulting in it to glow in a dark purple light. The light in the crystal glowed brighter and brighter. "I-I can't stop sister!" Luna alarmed Celestia.

"I can't either!" Celestia yelled. The crowd gasped after hearing the frightening news. "Everypony! Get to cov-" Before she could warn them; the crystal exploded, blasting back the alicorn sisters and sending shards towards the crowd.