Equestria: The Lost Age.

Equestria: the lost age

Chapter 1: An unexpected guest

Twilight Sparkle was in her room looking out at the marvelous night that Princess Luna had laid out.

"How long has it been? A month? A year?" She thought to herself.

It has been so long that she had lost count. She would leave for long periods at a time before but only for a day or two. The last time she say her, she said that she would be gone longer than usual but she would return one day. Princess Celestia said that she had returned to her own world were she belonged but Twilight still felt bad that she might not see her friend again. Her thoughts were interrupted when Spike let out a great big snore. He was getting bigger and would need his own room soon. She decided she should get some sleep, she had a long day a head of her.

Princess Luna walk through the halls of canterlot castle. She made her way to the Star Swirl the Bearded section of royal archives. She new knew what she was looking for and that she didn't have much time to find it.

"Where is it." She said in frustration.

She knew it had to be here, she had checked every where else. The only place left other then here was Princess Celestia room.

"Could she have moved it before I got here?" She thought to her self. "But why? Could it be that even after all these years she still doesn't fully trust me?"

Her time was almost up so she quickly did one last sweep of all the books and scrolls before heading back to lower the moon so her sister could raise the sun.

Twilight woke up to the smell of Spike cooking breakfast. She got out of bed and went down to the kitchen to see what he had made.

"Morning Twilight." Spike greated.

"Morning Spike, what's for breakfast?"

"Hay-bacon and I also made some toast if you'd like some." He said putting the food down on the table.

"No thanks Spike, I'll just have the hay-bacon, then I have to go. I promised Applejack that I would help her with the apple harvest today, then I have to go help Fluttershy with her bunny census." She said eating her breakfast.

"Wow Twilight, where do you find the time to do all this?" Spike asked sitting down.

"You know I'd do any thing for my friends Spike, now if you excuse me I must be off." Twilight then gets up and goes to the door. "Oh. and Spike," she said turning to the teen dragon. "I moved some stuff from the basement so if you want you can have it as your room."

"You mean it Twilight? Thanks." he said happily.

Twilight smiled and then left to help Applejack.

"133...134...and..135. I think that's it Fluttershy." Twilight said to the shy Pegasus mare.

"Oh thank you Twilight, I just don't know what i would do with out your help." Fluttershy said in her usual soft quiet voice.

"No problem. I'll just go put this list in your shed and be on my wa-"

"STAY OUT OF MY SHED! Um...I mean don't go in there please." Fluttershy yelled before going back to her usual way of talking.

"Um..ok, here then." Twilight said handing her the list of bunnies. "Well I got to go back to the library and help Spike move his stuff to his new room." She said tuning to leave.

"Oh that's nice of you, here give him this." Fluttershy said handing Twilight a small feather. "It's one Philomenas feathers. she dropped it last time Princess Celestia asked me to look after her."

"Thanks Fluttershy, I know he'll love it." She said putting the phoenix feather in her saddle bag. She then left and walked back to her house.

By the time she got back it was nearly dark. She opened the door to the library and walked in.

"Spike." She called.

"Down here." Came a replay from the basement.

Twilight walked down the stars to the basement to find Spike on a bed reading a book on gems and other precious stones.

"Hey Spike, you've definitely been busy." She said looking around seeing all the stuff he had brought down.

"Yeah, well I was excited to finally have my own room so I started to bring stuff down after you left." he said.

"Well anyway, Fluttershy wanted me to give you this." She said handing him the phoenix feather.

"Cool, a phoenix feather." He said excitedly. When he got up to thank her a magazine fell out of the book he was reading and fell to the floor.

"What's that?" Twilight asked with a confused look on her face.

"Uh...nothing" he said trying to hid it under the bed.

Before Twilight could say anything a loud familiar sound was herd from up stairs.

"Did you hear that?" Spike asked. Twilight nodded with a smile.

"That sound can only mean one thing." Twilight said as she raced up stairs. "She's back."

"Oh thank Celestia." Spike said when twilight was all the way up. He then put the magazine under his mattress and went up stairs.

Princess Celestia was preparing to go to bed after lowering the sun when she felt a great disturbance in the flow of Harmony.

"What was that?" she said looking out her balcony. "It felt like it came from Ponyville. Well im sure that what ever it is It's nothing my faithful student and her friends can't handle untill morning." She said turning back into her room. She then got into bed and went to sleep.

"I don't under stand." Twilight said looking at the figure passed out on the floor. "When I herd that sound I was sure she had come back."

"Well he dose share a resemblance to her." Spike said looking at him.

"Well we can't just leave him there." Twilight said. "Put him on the couch, I'm going to him get a blanket and pillow. Maybe he can explain what's going on when he walks up." Twilight said going to a closet pulling out a blanket and pillow.

"I hope so." Spike said putting him down softly on the couch. "Well I'm going to bed, night Twilight, see you in the morning."

"Night." She said before he headed back down to his room. "Who are you?" Twilight said looking at him well putting the bag he had with him next to the couch. She then went to her room and went sleep.