The Prologue Part 1 - (Rewritten)
Author's Note
here is the first chapter... again but Rewritten hope you enjoy.
The Prologue Part 1 - (Rewritten)
Heroes Of Harmony - The Prologue Part 1 - Ripple between worlds - (Rewritten)
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Was all that could he heard throughout the land, as a man in black and gray armour and known by many as the dark king roared out in anger and pain. as he looked into the night sky to were the spinning vortex had gone rocketing off through, tearing a hole within the sky before disappearing all together he then clenched his teeth in pain as he held on to his arm or what remained of his right arm, as his hole arm looked to have been shredded within a blender.
As it had happened when he had tried forcing his arm through the spinning vortex in a last ditch effort to grab what was held within, but he was failed when his arm was almost immediately torn into by the vortex. he then felt his arm being shredded forcing him to it pull out looking down at what remained of his arm seeing it just hanging there unmoving, as the blood began pouring out as he know all the bones and muscle's in his arm had been shredded beyond repair and the arm would most likely have to be amputated all together.
He then heard breathing from behind him, and turned around to see who it was, he then stopped as he saw who was standing behind him, it was a woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes she had cuts and bruises all around her body and her clothing looked to have been torn and battered showing that she had been in battle, as soon as he saw her he saw red, as his eye's then landed on the one, that had caused all this as, she was the reason for the fall of his ones great empire that was thought to be untouchable by his enemies, she was also reason for the know lost of his right arm and with a burst of wind from beneath his feet he shot out towards her and with one hand he grabbed and held her by the throat, holding her as he began squeezing down on her throat. "ANNA" He roared out in anger and rage seeing her.
The woman now known as anna fell to her knees as she then grit his arm with both hands as her eyes began to water, anna tried to fight back but was unable to as she know that there was nothing she could to stop him as she had no magic left in her body to fight back with, as the last two spells had left her weakened vulnerable even after levelling hafe the castle on top of the dark king, she know that it wouldn't kill him but only slow him down, she could only hope that her last spell worked and that she had finished the incarceration before she had been blasted into the wall but more importantly she hoped that the many sacrifices that got her to this point weren't all in vein.
Anna's face slowly began turning red as she began struggling to breathe under the dark king grip around her throat and with the lack of oxygen anna's eyes slowly began to roll into the back of her head, seeing this the dark king then loosen his grip around her throat, but only just enough for her to breathe, anna filling the grip around her throat loosening began coughing as she began taking in deep breathes of air, her eyes then slowly opened as she then looked upon him, seeing the anger and rage in his eyes and seeing that she was still conscious the dark king then pulled her closer meeting his face before her asking her deep growl.
"Were did you send him, talk" His eyes then began glowing red, as anna after hearing that looked over to were the shuttle had been and seeing that it was gone she then smiled as a single tier of joy running down her face at knowing she did it and that lives of all her friends sacrifices together to this point weren't in vein as they had accomplished there mission and that her son would forever be safe, she then turned and looked the dark king dead in the eyes showing him no fear within them as she spoke.
"Somewhere...far...away...form...you" She choked out in a raspy voice, as she then smiled at seeing the anger and rage in his eyes, at knowing her son was safe and forever out of his reach and with nothing left for to fear of lose she then listened her grip around his arm holding them out to him as she embraced her soon to be death at his hands. "So...do...your...worst...monster...i'll...get...nothing...from...me" She spoke as she then spat in his face, angering the dark king even more as he then slowly began to squeeze back down on anna's throat.
"Then you will die" He said watching as anna's face then began to turning red her eye's watering as they then rolled into the back of her head, as anna's arm's then fell to her sides within anna's mind she began thinking back on her life and the people within her life as she began seeing the faces of her family and friend flash before her eyes before stopping on the face of a small infant within her arms her son her baby the one she and many gave there lived for. 'if i had only one regret living this world behind, it is that i'll never get to see grow, see you take your first steps, hear you first words, i just hope that the world i sent you to will except you, and i hope someone there can give you the love and happiness i couldn't, goodbye my baby boy' Anna then smiled. "I...love...you" Anna choked out as her body then fell limp, the dark king dropped anna's body letting it fall to the ground limp as he walked to the centre of the room he was in breathing heavily as his plans of immortality and becoming the god of this world all gone and all because of the woman that layed behind him, and filling his rage boiling he let out a roar of rage.
Meanwhile in another universe
(Location canterlot castle...)
A mare could be seen walking the halls of castle, as she made her way to her bedroom to tern in for the night, all the while stopping to say hello to any of the guards or maids that she would pass by, all of them bowing down to her in respect with her doing the same as she greeted all her little pony's, but to many of her subjects she was considered a goddess among them, and with a beauty that was unrivalled by most as she was a beautiful mare that appeared to be in her early thirties she had a pure white coat, purple eyes and had long flawing mane and tail that always looked to be flawing in an unknown breeze wherever she went, her hair and tail consisted of fore different coloured streak through out it that being blue, green, purple, and pink she also had a horn and a pair of giant wings that were slightly bigger then a normal Pegasus wings, witch made her an alicorn and upon her head sat a golden crown with a purple gem that sat in the canter of it, and with a matching necklace and two golden armbands to go with it, this was Celestia, Princess of Equestria and ruler of the sun.
Upon reaching the doors to her room, Celestia then Stopped just out side the doors to her room looking at the two guards who had been standing guard out side of the double doors to her room, Celestia then gave both of the guards a smile and a nod as she then stepped past them wishing them a good night as she did, upon entering and closing the doors to her room, Celestia then let out a long sigh of relief as she locked the doors behind her, Celestia then leaned her back against the doors to her room as she let out another sigh of relief.
"What a day, sweet faust nobles are quite a hand full." Celestia said rubbing her temples, as she was little angered at having spent the last three hours of night court listening to two nobles, arguing over paying shared property taxes stating that they shouldn't have to pay the amount owed to the land saying that it was unfair to them, thank faust if it wasn't for her friend and fellow Nobel iron-blood who decided to stay back and feel in for her young assistant raven inkwell who had already been working a double shift that day and seeing how exhausted she was, was given the the rest of the night off as well as a room in the castle to stay the night see that she was to tired to walk home, 'hmmm maybe i should give the mare a raise seeing that most of the nobles, are quite troublesome to deal with, yes i think she'll like that.' Celestia thought to herself with a smile that grow even bigger when she thought back to the rest of the night thanking iron-blood for staying back and helping her, as if it wasn't for iron-blood stepping in when he did, Celestia would have lost it at them two nobles.
As she couldn't help but let out a small charcoal as seeing the two nobles faces drop when Iron-blood with pages in hand then got up and preceded to point out a few flaws in there plans by pointing out the amount of tax they owe and the amount of det that would be owed if they didn't pay it, and buy the end of it, the two nobles saw that there was no winning and left the courtroom with there tails between there legs, and with that night court was officially close for the night Celestia and iron-blood then parted ways, Celestia just smiled at how he was able to show them nobles up and show they even they weren't above the law. 'may faust watch over his soul' Celestia thought before frowned little, 'I just hope that his son blue-blood has his fathers heart, but yet again, i wish i could say the something to many of the other nobles who for there ages ack like children' Celestia then slowly made her way towards the canter of her room, once there Celestia's then lit her horn up and with a flash of golden light Celestia body was then surrounded by it once the light died down, Celestia saw that instead of wearing the purple dress and golden yellow jacket she had been wearing before hand, she was now wearing something much more comfortable, as she was now wearing a light blue nightgown that sat abet tight against her body the gown also had no sleeves that know revealed an orange and yellow sun shaped cutie mark that sat on her right shoulder.
Filling much more comfortable and free to move around, celestia felt a lot more relaxed, celestia then preceded on removing her golden armbands and necklace, before removing her crown before teleporting them over to her bed side table, celestia then rolled her head and shoulder back and forth as she felt her cramps loosened as wearing all that gold really did a number on her shoulders and neck, but at least the day was finally over and the fact that tomorrow was going to be Sunday made her night even better, as day and night court were closed on Sundays, and the best part of it all was that she wouldn't have to deal with any of the nobles for a whole day.
Celestia then frowned at what tomorrow would also be, as it would be her sisters birthday, celestia then turned and made her way over to her rooms balcony, to were she had been standing for almost an hour now, gazing out at the night sky or more importantly the moon that had the image of the mare in the moon, celestia then began remembering the incident that happened almost a thousand years ago with great sadness in her heart.
"Oh Luna, how i failed you." Celestia said sadness within her voice, as she began thinking back to all those night's ago as if it were only yesterday, heating herself for being blind back then to seeing her sisters pain and sadness, blind to seeing her sister cry's for help as her subjects shunned her in favour of her, but what she heated more was herself for not seeing her pain that had slowly began turning into anger and hatred towards her and by the time she noticed the signs, she was already to late, her sister the one who she promised to protect was consumed by the darkness turning her into the nightmare.
"If there was only away, i could go back and undo everything I all those years ago i would." Celestia said looking down towards the ground. "But we both know i can't, even if i were use that spell to change the past it could doom are future" She said tearing up as she began remembering her sister's last words to her, the night before... before she banished her to the moon.
(Flashback)
"Sister throw need to carm down" Past Celestia said as she stood in front of her sister who was going on a tantrum over what one of there subject had said about her.
"NO SISTER, THROW SHALL NOT"
"sister throw are over reacting"
"IF THROW CAN'T SEE ARE PAIN, OR BELIEVE THE WORD OF ARE OWN BLOOD THEN OVER THE MANY LIES OF ARE SUBJECT'S THEN...THEN THROW WERE NEVER ARE SISTER" Past luna yelled tears within her blueish green eyes as she looked at the shocked face her sister before turning around and leaving, but not before hitting her were it heart. "THROW HATE YOU." Her sister screamed at her as she ran down the corridors her room leaving past Celestia standing there frozen as Those three words heart her more then any blade could ever do as she fell to her ness tears in her as she cryed.
(Flashback over)
By this point Celestia was on her ness like she had been many years ago, her arm wrapped around herself as she cried, wondering to herself that if she had only want after her that night instead of letting her go would thing have been different would she still be here along side her. "i'm so sorry" Celestia cried out looking away from her sister guilt and shame at what she had done to her. "I'm sorry Luna for not being there when you needed me, i'm sorry for being so blind to seeing your pain. I'm sorry for-."
Celestia was then cut off, when she then felt a wave of magic power overwhelm her, as she had never felt anything quite like it before in all her years, looking up at were she could sense the power coming from her eye's then widen in shock at the view she saw before her, as way up in the night sky she could see small cracks began to form, but before she could ponder any further on what was happening she then had to cover her ears as she then heard an ear ringing and loud boom across the sky almost like a lightning strike, she then watched as small cracks began to open up, until she saw what looked to be a rift in the fabrics of space and time.
Celestia then watched as the rift then began to change colours, at first it started of as black, before changing into blue, then a purple before a green before the colours then began to change rapidly before a burst of blinding white light shot out almost like a beam or light, Celestia then watched as something then come flying out from within the rift, as whatever it was then flu across and over her and the castle and just for a moment everything then went quiet before even a louder boom could be heard, indicating that whatever it was had crashed landed and from the direction it had crashed somewhere in or around the royal gardens, Celestia stood there her heart racing and her fur on end as she then looked back towards the rift were the thing had come bursting out from she then watched as the cracks within the rift slowly began to close in on it self, before disappearing all together living the night sky exactly how it had been just moments ago as if nothing had happened.
Celestia stood there frozen for a few minutes, her sadness long forgotten for the moment as she was lost in her own thoughts as to what she had just witness, as she then began wondering what that overwhelming power she felt was as it was able to rip a hole in the sky, something she thought impossible, Celestia know that this wasn't her sisters doing as she still had a few more years before the seal that had imprisoned her sister would break leading to her sisters inevitable return, Celestia was then startled from her thoughts when she then heard bagging on the doors to her room, snapping back to reality she then wiped her remaining tear stands away, Celestia then got up and made her towards the doors to her room, upon opening the door she was then face to face with the captain of the her royal guard he was a unicorn in his early-thirties with a greyish blue coat a dark phthalo blue mane and tail and was wearing a full set of blue colerd armor with gold trimming on the outside and in the center chess plate sat the simple of a crescent moon, upon seeing her he then bowed his head to her in respect before continuing.
"Were sorry to disturb you, your majesty at such a late hour but did you happen to see what just happened in the night sky"
"I did, i was on the balcony at the time when it happened, were anypony hurt during the incident, captain night-light" Celestia asked.
"No, none of night guards or maids in the castle were harmed and all have been counted for, but are abit shaken up." The one now known as night-light replied "And i've already dispatched a few guards into the city to help out in any way they can"
"That's good captain" Celestia said before sees that night-light looking away thinking about something. "Is there something on your mind captain"
"It's kinder heard to explain princess, it's best if you come with me and see for yourself" Captain night-light said Celestia nodding in understanding as she then stepped back into her room and with a flash of light the door then open revealing her to be wearing the same purple dress from before just with out the jacket as well as her golden igalia all except for her crown, closing the door behind her celestia and night-light then left, but as Celestia follow night-light she couldn't stop wonder to herself what had just happened moments ago as the power she felt was like nothing she ever felt before.
To be continued, in part 2
The Prologue Part 2 - (Rewritten)
Heroes Of Harmony - The Prologue Part 2 - What lies within
(Time skip 30 minutes location royal gardens)
Upon living the castle celestia and night-light soon found them selfs at the entrances to the royal gardens and arriving celestia was surprise at how fast area had already been closed off celestia then turned to night-light who a proud smile on his face "As you can see my guards work fast" Night-light said proud of his unit.
"Indeed captain" Celestia replied as two walked through the gates that led into the royal gardens, upon entering the gardens celestia's jaw then dropped only for a moment as she immediately notice the damages that had been done by whatever that had come out from what she was calling the rift, as all around her was nothing but broken trees doug up bushes bits of rock everywhere even some of the gardens stone statues were thrown around, one off them being the bottom hafe of a familiar dreconequus that looked to it top hafe buried under some uprooted dirt and in the centre of it all was one massive crater, it was only by some miracle that the castle wasn't hit seeing that the castle that wasn't to far from the crash site only a few minutes walk but what was a little strange to see, was seeing fifteen guards standing all around the crater and all armed and all pointing there spears down into the crater, she could still fill the power she felt before coming from what layed within the crater, she then turned to night-light for questions. "What's going on over there" Celestia asked, night-light then turned to were the guards were standing.
"That's what i wanted you to see" Night-light replied. "Have you noticed that most of the guard's standing by the crater are unicorns, it seems we unicorns can sense that overwhelming power, a lot better then the Pegasus or earth pony's " Celestia nodded as looking back to the fifteen guards she saw that nine were unicorns, four were Pegasus's and the last two were earth pony's, her eye's then landed on one female guard who was sitting down on a rock by a tree, and looked to be holding an ice pack to the left side of her head seeing that celestia then turned to night-light and asked. "The mare over by the tree, What happened to her" Celestia asked night-light who upon also seeing the guard then replied.
"My apologies Princess, she is one of are new recruits she was also with me and a few other guards, doing some over night training at the time she's also the one who saw everything" Celestia then nodded as she began walking towards her as she was wanted to know if her guard was alright seeing that night-light then followed behind, once close enough celestia got a good look of her she was a young earth pony with a gray coat with a long dark purple mane that was tide up into a pony tale she also had light purple eye from what celestia could see from a far.
"Hay, you okay" Celestia asked stopping just before the mare who upon hearing somepony talking to her looked up, and upon seeing who it was seeking to her, and seeing her captain sanding next to her, the female guard then shot up like a bullet on to her hooves, as she then selected with her right hand.
"Cap-captain, Princess my apologies, i didn't see you there" The guard said before noticing that she had both of her hands to her head, her face then begin turned red in embarrassment. "i-i'm sorry, your majesty captain" She said as she then dropped her right arm before bowing down to them her face turning even redder then before.
"At ease, please take a sit back down" Night-light said the mare nodding her head she as she did what she was talled.
"Could you tell us your name, and what happened here" Celestia asked terning around looking at all pointing there weapons out all aimed at whatever was in the crater she then turned back towards the mare. "If you would please" she said the mare nodding as she began.
"My name is clumsy dumzy doo but my frainds call me clumsy doo, i'm temporarily one of the night guards as im filling if for a friends" She began Celestia nodding.
As for what happened here, all i can tell you is what i remember" Clumsy doo said abit nervous while holding the ice pack to her head, as celestia see this then placed her hand on top of her shoulder to try and carm the mares nerves.
"Do it at your own peace" she said giving her a comforting smile.
"Well it all begain at around 10:50, me and some other guards arrived to the gardens just before 11, so we could start some night tanning with captain night-light"
"Then what happened"
"He wanted us to start off with some laps around the gardens to start off with, everything was fine nothing out of the blue, i was a little slower then the others so i was a little far behind everypony else but as i was jogging i then heard this lowed and ear ringing boom"
"i was with the others at the time, seeing that mis doo wasn't among us i told the rest to stat put as i went to go find her" Night-light said before letting her continue.
"i then stopping and looked up into the sky, i then saw the sky began to start cracking, then there were flashing colours before this blinding light, i the next thing i saw was what i first thought was a meteor, and it was coming right at me, so i jumped out of the way hitting my head on some rocks in the process, i then heard another boom coming from were it crashed landed it sent me flying back abit in the process"
"Then what happened" asked celestia.
"After getting up out of the rubble, i then preceded on following the smoke and broken tree branches, i then came across the crater you see before you" she said pointing at the crater behind celestia and night-light. "But upon a closer look i saw that wasn't a meteor but something that looked metal i think, i could also fill this strange power coming from it, then somewhere around 11:40 i shot of a distress signal, soon after captain found me saw what it was, and tolled me to stay put as i'm guessing he went to find you and that all i remember"
"Thank you mis doo" celestia said with a smile "Once the doctor says your all good to go, i want you to take the next two days off" and with a nod from her, celestia and night-light then left and made there way over to the cater, celestia still the strange power then stepping past the guards that had been surrounding the crater, celestia for the first time that night saw what exactly the thing that had shot out from within the rift was.
As laying right before her in a hole of uprooted of dirt, was a small craft of some kind, it was arrow-shaped and had a large hatch on top of the craft, celestia and night-light then slowly walked down into the crater, know only a few step apart from craft and filling that strong overwhelming magic power she felt before she then placed her hand on top the metal craft, celestia closing her eyes she could feel the magic within the craft and something else within a moment later she then heard something coming from within the craft, taking her hand off the craft and stepping back celestia watch as the door hatch slowly began to open steam coming out as it opened, night-light and the rest of the guards then took a stand, and got ready to step in if needed, then celestia heard something coming from within the craft it was small and almost quiet but when hatch fullyed opened celestia's eye's widened as she then terned around ordered all her guards to stand down turning back her eye's widen in shock at what she saw before her.
As celestia thought she had seen everything, after all she had been around for well over a thousand years, and had seen many things along with her sister, they bare witness to rise and falls of kingdoms, had taken part in many of the bloodiest wars in equestrian history, defeated a chaos god, a power hungry centaur, a tyrant king, she even helped in defeated and imprisoning the father of all monsters as well as locking away all of his unholy spawns of chaos in what know known as tartarus. but what layed within the small and metal craft before her, was something celestia wasn't expecting.
As she then felt her heart skip a beat at the sight she saw before her, laying down inside the small metal craft before her, was a small infant of some kind she had never seen before, it's face was flat and had no fur anywhere on it's body that she could see all except for the top of it's head witch showed abit of brown hair and was wrapped up in a bundle of cloth
filling the cold air it then begin crying, seeing this, celestia felt her maternal instincts kick in, as she then rushed into the craft scooping the small bundle up into her arms, holding the small baby close to her chest, as she softly began hashing the it's cry's. "Shhh shhh, there there little one, It's okay i got you" She said softly whispering to the baby as it's cry's slowly began to die down until eventually it had stopped it's cry's and had falling asleep in celestia's arms, once it had fully fallen asleep celestia then turned to night-light looking up at him. "Captain, do you think you could find me another cloth i fear that it might a little cold" Celestia said looking down at the now sleeping bundle in her arms.
"You sure that this is a good idea your majesty" Night-light asked looking down at the bundle in her arms, "What about the dangers it may bring, we have no idea what this new creature even is, it may be harmless now but what about when it gets older, and what about the nobility what will they think"
"I don't think, will be in any danger here captain, and as for the nobility" Celestia said looking up at him. "i couldn't give a dam what they think, we should never judge a book by it's cover" Celestia said but what night-light said did make her think, celestia could still fill the power she felt before, but she couldn't fill or sense anything dark or evil coming from the baby.
Night-light thinking about his with and son, then looked back at the sleeping bundle in her, and not wanting to judge by appearances then nodded his head.
"Your right we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but what do we do about the hole in the sky, and the massive crater" Night-light said looking at the mess all around them.
"Leave the cover story to me captain, i'll come up with something, and as for the garden" Celestia said as she then looks around seeing the now opened area and smiled as she turned back to Night-light. "Well i always did want to put in a wildlife century to help out any and all animals in need"
"That could work, it also would save me the paper work" Night-light joked he then looked toward the craft. "What about that" Night-light said referring to the craft behind them.
"Bring it, and anything else you can find back to the castle, i believe there's still some information it can give us a bout were this little one came from"
"As you wish" Night-light said as he and celestia then began walking out of the crater, upon reaching the top of the crater some of celestia guard's eye's then widen, upon seeing the small infant up close as they had heard the crys, celestia and Night-light then parted ways with celestia and some of the guards walking back towards the castle, and night-light and a few guards staying behind to clean up the ness before them, while also and find anything they may have been apart of the metal craft, looking around and seeing all the damages before him night-light know that he wouldn't be going home anytime soon. "Sorry hun, but it looks like it's going to be a long night" he said as he and the rest of the guard's began there search.
To be continued, in part 3
