Memories of an Era Long Ago...

65 Days until Ascension

Twilight’s palace was the perfect place to tell stories, especially around the Cutie Map. Twilight, her friends, and the Royals all sat around the table. The Pillars were there as well. Everyone brought their own chairs.

“So, the patient finally woke up, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!” Nocturne had just finished up his story. Pinkie and Rainbow burst out laughing. Everyone else were just plain confused.

“And that’s how I lost my medical license.” Nocturne said with a snicker.

"Wait, what?" Star Swirl and Twilight asked simultaneously.

"AAAAAAAaaaanyyyyyyway, moving on." Celestia said with the utmost haste. Clearly she did not like to dwell on this subject before everyone was driven mad over if Nocturne was an actual licensed doctor, or an absolute mad stallion. And to make matters even worse, Fluttershy and Mage Meadowbrook were absolutely terrified at the thought of a patient waking up with their skeleton missing, let alone that's how someone lost their medical license.

"So, shall I also tell you about the time Celestia got drunk?"

Celestia's face turned fully red. "Brother, I thought we agreed that this topic would be buried for eternity."

"She got up on the table and did a Discord impression. She wasn't half bad."

"CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY!" Celestia's mane changed from its normal colors to that of fire. A beam of solar magic hit Nocturne flinging him straight into the wall

"I deserve that." Nocturne groaned in pain.

Twilight was shocked. Celestia had never been... angry-angry before. Sure she may have gotten frustrated from time to time, but this, this was a whole new level. Everyone else except Luna, Star, and Sol were surprised.

"By the Primordials, would you two stop fighting, FOR FIVE MINUTES?!" Sol was not happy. His mane also flamed up but it wasn't as flamed up as Celestia's.

"Wait a minute. Who are the Primordials?" Twilight asked. "I swear I've heard the term in my studies but it's so faint in my memory."

Starswirl was eager to respond on this matter.

"The Promordials were beings of immense power who came into existance before the gods themselves. They are considered to be the creators of all magic. Some gods are shards of the primordials, like Sol and Star."

"Well, if they were so powerful, why don't we recognize them?" Twilight summoned a quill, some ink, and a stack of paper. She was eager to learn about this new subject. Starswirl smiled and thought to himself "She reminds me of me when I was younger."

"Well in that case," Sol said with a grin, "I guess it's time for my turn to tell a story." Sol's horn lit up and the room was enveloped in darkness

"In the beginning, there was nothing. The nothingest nothing that never not existed."

"What?" Everyone was confused.

"Yes, I know that doesn't make sense, but hear me out. There was one thing however, or should I say, one creature. The Architect. The god of all gods and all of existence. He found the empty nothingness extremely boring, so he created the singularity."

A little orb of light appeared in the middle of the table.

"Then, this singularity started to expand with the force of what you would call a massive explosion."

The little orb of light exploded outwards throughout the entire room.

"This event came to be known as 'The Big Bang' because the explosion was so big, that technically, it's sill happening. The Universe is constantly expanding, and thus, new things are coming into existence every day."

"Awesoooooooome." Flash Magnus and Rainbow went wide eyed at the explosion.

"It's like the Universe's largest party cannon!" Pinkie said with joy. "But why did the Architect create the universe? Did he make the Universe so he could make a children's TV show and sell merchandise for it?"

...

"Moving on," Sol was just damned confused. "The energy and magic from the massive explosion that gave birth to the energy was used to form the stars and planets, however, there was still some left over."

"So out of this leftover magic and energy came the Primordials?" Applejack asked.

"WOOOOOW. Give this mare a PHD for crying out loud. Like that wasn't the most obvious thing that father was building up to." Nocturne was being straight up sarcastic. It was here that everyone noticed Nocturne was hanging from the dent in the wall like a bat. His mark was now in full view. It was a crescent moon with a brown bat flying around it. It had the same black patches as Luna's mark, but the moon was facing the opposite direction.

"Son, as much as I love you, you're NOT helping."

"Love you too, dad!"

Sol was annoyed, but he knew that patience was a virtue. Otherwise, he would have gone insane many, many years ago.

"Back to the story. Yes, to answer Applejack's question in a less, snarky way, the Primordials were a result of the leftover magic and energy. Both of the Light and the Darkness. The Primordial's, at first, were like beasts. They went around wrecking the place, devouring planets, stars, sometimes even entire galaxies. The Architect decided that something had to be done about them. So, He created the first gods in order to deal with the problem. This conflict was known as the Divine-Primordial war. It shook the Universe to it's very core and resulted in new planets, stars, and galaxies while also resulting in the destruction of others. The war ended after all the Primordials were either imprisoned in planets, or outright destroyed. One such Primordial that was imprisoned was none other than what we know today as the Spirit of Harmony."

"Oooooooooh." The Pillars and the Mane Six said simultaneously. Nobody really knew where the Spirit of Harmony had come from up to this point. Not even Starswirl or Twilight who both tried to do research into it but came out empty hooved.

"Mum, as I like to call her, was bound to this very planet. It was around this time that she developed... how do I put this... some form of sentience, which would eventually develop into her consciousness. She recognized that this world was barren and lifeless, so she decided to do something about that. She shattered herself into the first generation of Equestrian gods. There was me, Star, my brother Hammer, and his wife Anvi. They'll be visiting within the next few days. Hammer is quite the character." Sol smiled thinking of all the fun he had with his brother when they were younger. The amount of shenanigans that they got into was too high to count. "It was through this shattering that the Elements were also created."

Twilight was a bit puzzled. "Then what about the other races? If it was only Equestrian gods, then where did the other races come from?"

Now it was Star's turn to explain. "After the Divine-Primordial War, the gods... didn't really get along well. There were a quite a few wars of rival gods battling each other for territory in the Universe. It was nasty business. Lots of unnecessary death. The gods of the other species, were refugees of those wars. Sol and I allowed them to come to this world in peace and create without them having to worry about their creation being destroyed."

"Like the Storm King and the hippogriffs?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes! Exactly like the Storm King and the hippogriffs! Very astute observation Fluttershy."

Fluttershy smiled happily at the praise. It's not every day one is praised by a god.

"And that's everything about the creation of this world." The vision of the Universe collapsed back into Sol's horn. The room became normal again.

Twilight was still a bit confused. "Wait, Lord Sol, didn't you say that the Primordials are both manifestations of Light and Darkness?"

"Yes, yes they are." Sol knew where this was going.

"Then those you described are the gods of light, are there gods of darkness as well?"

There was a long pause. Sol took a long breath in and sighed. His eyes dimmed, thinking of the one he was about to describe. "Yes. There is one. His name is-"

"Sheol." Everyone turned. It was Luna who had cut him off. Sol took no offense to being cut off like that. He knew this was a sensitive topic for Luna to talk about.

"He knows nothing of friendship. The only thing he takes joy in is making others suffer. He is cruel, unjust. He is a demon. A god of demons. He is the one who took advantage of my feelings and corrupted me to become Nightmare Moon. Before that, he plunged Equestria into an age of bloodshed. Millions died by his hand. Millions which I want to avenge. I still hear their screams. I still feel their pain. Not just those of this world, but of others. Others which share the same sentiment that I do. He murdered so many innocent lives. He killed entire families. HE TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME!" Luna's rage was about to flow over, she looked like she was about to turn. Darkness enveloped the room. But then, it receded as Sol spoke.

"Luna, that's enough." Sol sighed. "You may leave the room if you wish. I will not stop you."

Luna galloped out of the room with tears in her eyes, tears that only Twilight saw.

The Void Master sat in the command room on the ship, hearing calculations and preparations, aiding in that which was to be planned. Planning for every outcome. His brothers were reliable tacticians. Veterans of long wars and galactic conquests. And then, he felt something, something which caused him to shed a tear.

"Brother, are you alright? You seem very distraught about something."

The Void Master looked at his brother, Magnus. He spoke only this.

"Even when I am so far from her, It feels as if we're so close. She weeps for me...

...and I weep for her."

Author's Note

These next few chapters are gonna be a bit of a lore dump, however, it will be worth the read. Otherwise, if I chose to save the lore dump for later, when we get to the good stuff, you would all be confused and bored as hell. It's better to get it over with in my opinion. At least the Void Master made an appearance. And who are these brothers of his?

Void Master - Keanu Reeves
Magnus's Voice (0:35 and onwards. The big dude with wings and one eye)