Equestria, one of many universes inhabited by ponies in this world, only the power of friendship and magic conquers all, but where does all this power come from? This power comes from a little town smacked dab in the middle of Equestria called PonyVille, where ponies of every kind live in peace, from the earth ponies healing the ground to the Pegasus controlling the sky in perfect harmony.

But there is one place that is not in perfect harmony, on the far edge of town a two-story house was in chaos from the yelling of three siblings, twins to be exact the sister a unicorn, the brother a Pegasus, and their little sister, every day their morning starts with the parents leaving to their jobs since they could not afford a proper foalsitter asking two of their closest friends, Carrot Top and Derpy Hooves to take care of them while they worked.

''Carrot Top Night Stars throwing food at me again!'' Star Dust complained. ''He's getting food all over me.''

''It's just a little piece.''

''Food that is getting all over my coat, little is not the size your ego is in,'' said Star Dust.

''What's an ego?''

''Your brain! Night Star I told you this weeks ago.''

''Are you calling my brain small!''

''Small enough that I need a magnifying glass to look at it better,'' Star said pushing her plate away from her obnoxious food throwing brother.

''Midnight, are you done in the bathroom yet?'' called Carrot Top.''Your foods getting cold.''

Getting up in the morning was slow for Midnight, her size was smaller than the average filly, smaller than her siblings, getting up and down tall places was a bit of a challenge when you stand at only four inches tall.

''Coming.'' Midnight said climbing off the stool she stood on, a regular Pegasus would fly off down two sets of stairs but everything to her was a giant jungle gym, with large objects to climb over and under.

''I can't believe we got kicked out of school. Said Night Star.

''We didn't get kicked out we got expelled.'' corrected Star Dust. ''If you hadn't picked a fight with that student we wouldn't be missing the new semester.''

''He picked a fight with me first, I was nearly defending myself and defending our little sister.''

''You don't haft to defend me, I could have handled it on my own,''said Midnight, this was the eighth time
Her siblings had gotten into a fight for her sake. In school she was repeatedly teased by her lack of small wings, she was not disabled just that her school recommended she go take flying lessons but mom denied all of them, for she believed letting the child learn how to fly on their own was the best way to build a ponies self-confidence.

''By calling you names cause you have small wings, I'm glad they didn't call you blank flank.'' Night Star said he picked up his fork flicking food across the table.

''Night Star manners please.'' Carrot Top said, a knock came from the front door, Carrot Top stopped washing the dishes to go open it, a loud dizzy voice came inside with the flapping of wings, Derpy Hooves slid on the floor in her post office uniform, her hat laid tilted on her head.

''Hi, Derpy,'' said Night Star, unlike Midnight Derpy was the one who taught Night Star how to fly in the best effort way possible.

''Sorry if my routes took so long, I had to go back home to bring you guys the muffins I made,'' Derpy said bringing in a wrapped up box with orange ribbon. ''Doctor Hooves left the first batch in the oven, so I made a fresh new batch for all of you.''

"That's nice of you Derpy, um I don't think they need so many sweets in the morning.''

''Carrot Top sweets are fun to eat in the morning,'' Derpy said.

''Not every pony can eat that many sweets as you can,'' Carrot said pulling off Derpys saddle bag. ''Unless your like Pinkie Pie.''

''Pinkie can be the best eater at cakes, but I'm the best eater at muffins,'' Derpy replied.

''Whats the letter for mom for?'' asked Star Dust picking up the envelope for mom off the floor. "Theirs no name on here, who send the letter?''

''I'm not an expert on letters, all I know is that the letter came from one of her friends on the other side of PonyVille.''

Being expelled wasn't all that bad for them, spring break was tomorrow meaning more time for mom to look for another school to put them in, Midnight never liked Mrs. Cheerliee's school anyway, too small for thirty-nine students, she, Star Dust, and Night star were just extra weight that was not needed.

''Their mom said that we should take you guys out to PonyVille with me today, said you needed fresh air.'' Derpy Said.

''Carrot is taking Midnight to the EveryFree forest for the first time, and I got you and Star Dust.'' Derpy said taking off her uniform.''We're going to the park.''

''What! She gets to go to the EverFree forest and I haft to go to PonyVille, with him.'' Star said stamping a hoof on the wooden floor.''I'm staying here.''

''No your not mom's orders,'' said Night Star, mocking his sister the way she does whenever he procrastinate about something.

''I'm older than him by a second, I can watch myself for one day.''

''If you stay here I'm telling mom what happen to her earrings you lost last summer.'' Night Star said staring at Star Dust intensively, this is another one of their (twin) moments, where one twin threatens the other, a perfect balance in who's right and who's wrong, all one pony has to do is say something to the other to break the balance that was going between them. Star Dust grunted in defeat, Carrot Top grabbed her own saddlebag she brought to the house.

The EverFree looked scarier in real life then what it did in the books, the sun was gone except the moon, a forever eternal night casting its forever shadow. Everything here either moved or flew away, the sounds made Midnight flinch.

''Here we are, the end of the trail, I could take you to the castle of the two sisters but Twilight has it blocked off.'' she said trotting off onward onto the trail, ''she and her friends are restoring the history there, maybe even turning it into a museum.'' Midnight closed out Carrot Tops talking to look at the darkened forest, Midnight remembered Mrs. Cheerliee telling the class about the dangers of the EverFree, well now she knows why, the trees here were larger, more ancient like than present, a forest stuck in time. There is a good side to this place, dad once told her the EverFree is enchanted, if you look hard enough, you'll find something no pony has ever seen.

''There it is the castle of the two sisters, isn't it amazing,'' Carrot said. Way off over the bridge an old castle in ruins blended with the rest of the forest.

''Carrot Top do you ever see things here.'' Midnight said anxiously.''Like, things that do not exist.''

''Lots of things don't exist, I've seen plenty of those in PonyVille.''

''Do you tell any pony?'' Midnight replied.

''No, no ponies gonna believe that I saw a big flash in the EverFree.'' Carrot Top sighed.'' They'd all think I'm crazy.''

''What was the flash tell me Carrot Top please.'' Midnight said.

''Okay, i was 18 years old, I just graduated high school, had a house, nice area, one night I woke up looking out my window, a bright red flash shot into the sky, the ground shook, I was being shaken like a rattle, I ran for the front door to go look outside, no pony was up, next morning I knew they weren't going to believe about the flash, sure they would have felt the ground shake, though, they didn't feel the earth shake like I did, now I keep it a secret, I'm no ordinary carrot farmer, I met Derpy a year later and she told me about the flash too and then we met your mother etc.''

''Sounds cool, did you tell mom about the flash too?''

''No, she never saw it.'' Carrot Top said. She reached into her saddlebag taking out the box of muffins Derpy made, handing one to Midnight while staring at the old castle.

''Don't tell your siblings I gave you the muffins,''Carrot said.

''They think I'm having the best time ever, I'm really being spoiled.'' Midnight said, she looked on wondering how her siblings day been going, she knew Star Dust if she were there would not be happy, and Night Star causing trouble.

Author's Note

listen to music while u read:3