My Little Pony: When Friendship Shimmers - Rewriting Fate

by RobtheMorpherPony

Rating: teen
Tags: Dragons, Profanity, Adventure, Slice of Life, Crossover, Sunset Shimmer, Main 6, Drama, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Other, Original Character, Digimon, Final Fantasy
Length: 28064

What if Sunset never went through the mirror and instead met a young Twilight Sparkle?

For two weeks, Sunset Shimmer; personal student of Princess Celestia; had been struggling. Her thoughts distracted by the disappearance of her brother Sunburst. Sunset had thought she had been a good Big Sister to her brother, but apparently, he had thought otherwise.

It was one day while she had been dwelling in the thoughts around her brother, that she came across a young Twilight Sparkle. After a quick conversation with the unicorn filly, Sunset decided that fate was giving her a second chance to be a good big sister.

But fate wasn't only having its eye on her. For Sunset's fate wasn't the only thing being rewritten. For forces beyond comprehension have decided that a sudden end to a life not only was to be undone, but the victim was to be given a re-do in an effort to undo their own death; a death that should not have happened.

While trying to plan out the "Season 0" of this re-rewrite, I quickly realized that I could tie this story in with my other stories. Long-time viewers would know I like to insert my own OCs into the mix to tie them all together into one big, connected multiversal timeline. Of all the OCs I've shown off, one from What if Emziko was Cannon? was one who showed up with no explanation, or fanfare.

But when I was planning out this re-reboot, I knew I had the opportunity to give said OC a backstory in one of my fics, and that I also had the opportunity to do it in a very unique way. That when combined for my desire to give this re-reboot a title that would pop more than just calling it something along the lines of "My Little Pony: When Friendship Shimmers - The Re-reboot", the pieces fell into place pretty quickly.

As such, the subtitle of this fic was born; "Rewriting Fate" clicked into place so fittingly, as the topic of "When Friendship Shimmers" was already about rewriting Sunset Shimmer's fate in the FiM generation. It made it easy for this re-reboot to throw the OC from What if Emziko was Cannon? and their backstory into the mix as well to really sell the idea that this time, fate is being rewritten for more than Sunset alone.

Now first of all, you do NOT need to read What if Emziko was Cannon? to enjoy this story; in fact, this story can be enjoyed totally stand-alone. You also don't need to read this story to enjoy What if Emziko was Cannon? what-so-ever; this story won't even enrinch that story because the OC from the Emziko story that's getting a backstory in this one, I do not have any plans to bring them back in the Emziko story a second time. In fact, until this project is finished, I don't plan on the OC from the Emziko story that's getting a backstory in this fic to appear in a different fic from the Emziko story.

And second of all, there is one headcannon I'm being upfront about, and that headcannnon is that Sunset Shimmer and Sunburst are siblings in some compacity. Of course, just like in the original re-boot, they will be halfsiblings. And for those who were fans of the original reboot and know the other headcannons I used, I ask that you do NOT spoil them for the new readers of this story. If I see any comments spoiling the headcannons from the original re-boot, I will delete them no questions asked.

Finally, even if you have read the original re-boot, I ask that you give this re-reboot a fair shake, especially because I am going to do my absolute best to clean up a lot of the continuity that was confusing people within Season 0 as well as knock out all of the backstory for this version of Sunset early as well. And that's ontop of having everyone come to grips with the new parts of the continunity. Yeah I'm giving myself a tall order here, but I think I'm capable of delivering it all.

I guess if there's only one other thing to note, while there is mention of death within Season 0, no one is planned to die in this re-reboot. The only time death is actually present...well, that will be the set-up to the new version of the story coming to fruition. You can probably already guess which OC is getting a back story based on the tags.

Published 2024-12-01 16:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2025-01-08 14:06:02 UTC

Season 0: Episode 2 - Home

Pre-A/N: This chapter contains sensitive subject matter. When the sensitive subject matter pops up, a warning will be given before hand.

It was the day following Sunset's playtime with Twilight Sparkle. The orange mare had told her teacher that she wished to check on her mother due to not hearing a peep from her for two weeks straight.

"If I recall, your hometown is a two days journey round trip. At least, by train." Celestia said.

"By train is the only way; I'd nearly exhaust my magic reserves teleporting there and teleporting back. You told me to be careful with that, remember?" Sunset asked.

"I do remember saying something to that effect yes..." Celestia said. "But, that's why I decided to call in a bit of a favor." Suddenly, a black cat creature wearing purple gloves came into the room, seeming a little long winded.

"Geez, this castle never gets any easier to navigate." The black cat said before turning to look at Sunset. "Ah, you have to be Tia's student. Sunset Shimmer right?" The cat asked.

"That's correct..." Sunset said. She never knew her mentor had a nickname. Must make this cat a really close friend or something... The unicorn thought to herself.

"Name's Alli; seems you're going to be seeing me a lot in the future since your Tia's student." The Black Cat said.

"You have to be really good friends with the Princess then..." Sunset said.

"Eh...it's complicated actually. Anyways, seems your mentor wants me to give you the two-way fast travel today." Alli said.

"Fast what?" Sunset Shimmer asked; after doing so, Alli grabbed one of Sunset's hooves.

"Don't worry, you'll understand shortly." Alli said and then suddenly things warped all around the duo.

Before Sunset knew it, she and Alli were in Sire's Hallow, and it took Sunset a few moments to get her eyes readjusted.

"Wh-what just happened? That wasn't a teleportation spell..." Sunset said.

"Nope. I just took you on the railways through the Digital World." Alli said. "I'm sure Tia's going to explain this to you in-depth later, but the whole reason Digimon can be seen around Equees is because your planet is in very close proximity to the place where Digimon come from in the first place. That place is called the Digital World. Equees and the Digital World share a very similar wavelength, so it's very easy for Digimon to come and go throughout Equees with ease. It also allows us to easily ride the railways of the digital world to get from one location to another in Equees quickly not unlike your teleportation magic."

"Wh-what?" Sunset was a little confused.

"Like I said, your mentor will probably explain things more in-depth. You have other things to be worrying about." Alli said.

"My mother...sorry, I got distracted because of that digital warp..." Sunset said.

"Yeah...speaking of, I should probably go inside with you." Alli said. Sunset didn't really see the need for such a thing at face value, but once she was inside, the reason became clear.

Sensitive Content Warning! If you are someone who is sensitive to the concept of malnutrition, feel free to skip ahead past the following segment.

"M-mom!" Sunset said and rushed over to her mother; Stellar Flare looked like she hadn't eaten in two whole weeks.

"Yeah...not gonna sugar coat this: Her life signs are dropping. If she doesn't eat something soon, she's going to end up dying from being so malnourished." Alli said.

"I-I'll go grab some food out of the fridge from the kitchen. I'd hate to ask, but can you stay with her while I grab it?" Sunset asked.

"That was my plan in the first place." Alli said.

Sunset acted quickly, rushing into the kitchen and then grabbing a few things out of the fridge. She then quickly returned and began to forcefeed her mother. "How did this even happen in the first place? How did she let herself starve like this?" Alli asked.

Sunset took a moment to answer because she knew, deep down why. "S-she must have heard about how Sunburst went missing..." Sunset said and managed to get the last of the food in her mother's stomach.

This Concludes the sensitive content segment of the chapter. All those who skipped ahead can resume reading at this time.

"I've already notified Celestia. It's easy to send a letter when you use the Digital Railways." Alli said.

Just then, Celestia teleported into the house. "What is going--OH SWEET MOTHER FAUST!" Celestia announced. "We have to get Stellar Flare to Canterlot Hospital at once!"

Sometime later, at Canterlot Hospital

A doctor came into the waiting room where Sunset, Alli, and Celestia were waiting. "Boy Sunset is lucky that she got to her mother in time; any longer then today and she would've starved to death." The Doctor said. "She's resting now, we got her on a balanced food schedule. Of course, getting her recovered from such severe self-inflicted malnutrition is going to include more than just getting her well-fed. She'll have to take mandatory mental therapy and undergo physical rehab." He explained.

"Seems you made the right call with checking on your mother Sunset." Celestia said. "Don't worry, I'll cover the bill."

"I'm choosing not to think what would've happened had I had chosen to take the train..." Sunset said.

"Yeah, that's probably for the best." Alli admitted. "At least your mom's going to be fine now."

"Thank you Alli." Sunset said. "I guess I can understand why your such a good friend of the Princess now..."

"Like I said earlier: It's complicated. But don't worry about the details right now. When the time comes, I promise to tell you the full story~" Alli said, ending her statement with a wink.

"I'll hold you to that." Sunset said.

Author's Note

Malnutrition is a very serious condition, and this story is not trying to make fun of such a condition. I would also not recommend force feeding anyone you see whose suffering from Malnutrition a bunch of food like Sunset in this chapter. I am asking that you neither take the malnutrition scene in this story out of context nor should you think I am poking fun of malnourished individuals. That is not the purpose of the malnutrition scene in this chapter; it's meant for story telling purposes only.

Season 1: Episode 1 - When Friendship Shimmers Part 1

Twilight was woken up by Spike, Ray, and Sunset shimmer from the bed she had ended up taking last night. As Twilight began to wake up, her mind started to catch up to where she was right now.

The night before...

"So Alli, why are you even here?" Twilight asked.

"Well, because Tia wants me to take the two of you to Golden Oaks Library tonight." Alli said. "Which means, you're getting an express lane via the digital railway!"

"What's the digital railway?" Spike asked, curious.

"Oh, trust me, you'll find out soon." Sunset said.

"Thing is, I think Celestia forgot that only one pony can be taken via the digital railways with the help of a digimon like me at a time." Alli said.

"So, your going to be making four trips?" Sunset asked.

"Nope, there only going to be two trips made." Alli said and then a second Black Gatomon appeared.

"That's because two digimon means two of you can be taken at a time." The other Black Gatomon said. "Name's Marina, I'm Alli's older sister."

"That's funny, I don't remember you saying you had a sister." Ray said to Alli specifically.

"In Alli's fairness, there probably wasn't a lot of time for me to get introduced." Marina said. "So, which two are we taking first sis?"

"We'll be taking Twilight and Spike first, since they've never been taken through the Digital Railway before." Alli said.

"Fair enough; that'll give them both more time to adjust to the jump." Marina said.

"Wait, you've taken the railway too, Ray?" Twilight asked.

"You bet. Let's just say, I wanted to explore a little of Ponyville a year ago." Ray said.

"Sunset had lessons, which is why I didn't introduce my sister then." Alli said.

"Now that you mention it, I do vaguely remember not seeing Ray around for a day last year." Twilight said.

"Yep, that'd be when." Ray said.

"Enough chatter, let's get moving~" Marina said. "...Sorry, that came off a little rude. I apologize."

"I think you were fine sis." Alli said.

back to the present...

As the group of Sunset, Twilight, Ray, and Spike came out of the Library, Twilight then remembered why they had spent the night at the Library. "As much as I hate to admit it, you were right about the Digital Railway being something you have to experience firsthand to describe." Twilight said.

"I tried to warn you." Sunset said. "Ray has the list of the things we need to check on for the preparations. I will say, that we probably see if we can get to know a few of the locals along the way."

"Actually, I believe Princess Celestia encourages you both to make some friends." Ray said.

"Not exactly sure why she's encouraging that, but if there's one thing I've learnt about Princess Celestia, it's that she doesn't say something like that without a very good reason." Sunset said.

"Fair enough..." Twilight said.

"...I know that look Twilight; what's going through your mind." Sunset said.

"It was something I read the night before in regard to the Mare in the Moon." Twilight said.

Before Ray could even think to insert his foot in his mouth, Sunset cut him off. "Why are you bringing that prophecy up all of a sudden?" Sunset asked. Twilight then gave a look that basically said "take a guess" and at that, Sunset realized. "Oh right...because this year's summer sun celebration just happens to coincide with that one-thousand-year limit." The Orange Unicorn stated.

"Well, if you ask me, all the more reason to make some new friends; in the off chance the Princess can't stop Nightmare Moon." Spike said.

"I was honestly thinking the same thing." Sunset said. "Though there's also the chance that the Princess stops Nightmare Moon, and we don't have to lift a hoof to help."

"Maybe; but I doubt the Princess would've emphasized making new friends if she was sure she alone could stop Nightmare Moon." Ray said.

"...You may have a point, Ray. Let's try to keep that to ourselves then, shall we?" Sunset asked.

The two ponies and two dragons began to head through Ponyville, and tried to approach a pink earth pony...who instantly gasped and ran off. "...Okay now that was weird..." Twilight said.

"Not to mention rude. I just hope the rest of Ponyville isn't like that." Sunset said. The four managed to get to a place called Sweet Apple Acres where the food was being prepared, and they came across an orange earth pony. "Hey there, I'm Sunset Shimmer; we're here on behalf of Princess Celestia to check up on the food prep." Sunset said, offering a hoof to shake.

The earth pony didn't just accept said hoofshake, but practically shook Sunset with such strength, it looked like the orange unicorn was vibrating. "Well, howdy there Sunset; name's Applejack. Ah can downright guarantee that we have more than enough food for the Summer Sun Celebration." The earth pony said.

"It's...very nice...to meet you too..." Sunset said, trying to recover from the force. And I thought Shining Armor had great arm strength; Applejack could easily beat him in an arm wrestle. She thought to herself.

"Say, before you leave, why don't you stay for some food? Don't worry, we've got more than enough." Applejack said.

"I suppose it couldn't hurt to get something. After all, we did all miss breakfast this morning." Twilight said.

A growl coming from bellies of Twilight, Sunset, Ray, and Spike confirmed that. "...I knew we forgot to do something this morning..." Sunset said with emparrassment.

"Hey, no one's perfect; not even the Princess." Ray said. "You and I have both seen the white alicorn make her own fair share of mistakes."

"If you ask me, if ya don't make mistakes, ya ain't going to learn anythin'." Applejack said.

"That sounds like sound advice; I'll have to keep that in mind." Sunset said. I honestly don't know what the personalities of the ponies are for the rest of Ponyville, but so far, I think I like Applejack the most.

"Ugh, I ate way too much pie..." Twilight said.

"Well, at least we can safely say the catering is well taken care of." Sunset said.

"Speaking of which, did you notice that filly. What was her name again? Apple Bloom?" Spike asked.

"Her name was Apple Bloom, yes." Ray said. "Don't tell me you're still looking for one of those younger fillies for girlfriend material."

"We did just pass a school on the way back into to town so we can talk with some pony named Rainbow Dash." Sunset said. All of a suddenly, a cyan pegasus crashed right into her; knocking Sunset into some nearby mud.

"Heh. Excuse me." The Pegasus said. "Here, let me get that for you." There was then a series of events where the Pegasus made it rain on Sunset before proceeding to whirlwind around the unicorn which made her mane all messed up.

"A perfectly cared for mane...ruined by mud, rain, and wind." Sunset said.

"So, are you Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.

"That's me. Glad you know me." The pegasus commented.

"What exactly were you doing?" Twilight asked.

"I was practicing some stunts I want to show off to the Wonderbolts. I hear they're going to be at the Summer Sun Celebration, it's been a dream of mine to get in." Rainbow Dash said.

"Really now? Because the sky still has some clouds in it, and last I checked, the Wonderbolts don't tolerate slackers." Sunset said.

"I could clear these skies in ten seconds flat; but what does a unicorn know about the Wonderbolts?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"The current captain of the Wonderbolts; Spitfire; just happens to be my cousin." Sunset said.

"Dang. I didn't know Spitfire had a cousin. Now I'm really sorry for laughing at you after the blow-dry." Rainbow Dash said.

"It's fine; I can get it fixed later." Sunset said. "More importantly..."

"I pick up what you're putting down; watch closely." Rainbow Dash said before she quickly cleared out all the clouds.

Sunset's jaw dropped. That ten seconds statement wasn't a boast...it was a fact. She thought to herself. My cousin is fast, but not that fast...

"See, told you I'd do it." Rainbow Dash said.

"I um...think I'm going to have a chat with my cousin about you. She usually visits me once a month, and I think I just found something to chat with her about outside the usual banter..." Sunset said.

"You'd really do that for me? Despite the blow-dry?" Rainbow asked.

"I told you, I can fix my mane later." Sunset said, and then pointed to the sky. "But that...was something even my cousin would say was top tier." She added. "Name's Sunset Shimmer by the way."

"We should probably get going to town hall now." Twilight said.

The foursome headed for Town Hall, where they found a white unicorn hanging decorations. As soon as they saw her, Spike looked in awe of her.

"...Don't tell me you find her attractive." Ray said to Spike.

"How can I not? I really hope she has a younger sister." Spike said. "My dragon smell is picking up a faint whiff of something that I can't exactly explain."

Ray paused before he gave a little sniff. "...Huh. What do you know?" Ray asked. I can easily recognize the scent of a claimed mare by now, so this must be Spike's first time smelling it.

"All done, now--" The white unicorn shrieked when she turned to face the foursome.

"Oh um...sorry. Do you know where I can find some good Mane Care products?" Sunset asked.

"No need to waste time finding any! I'll fix you up at my boutique free of charge!" The White unicorn said. "Name's Rarity; Rarity Belle to be precise."

"It's nice to meet you, but I--" Sunset wasn't able to argue as Rarity practically dragged the amber unicorn away with magic; forcing Twilight and the two dragons to quickly follow after.

Sometime later, Sunset was astonished. "...Huh. I would like to apologize to you Rarity; you got my mane back to just the way I usually keep it." She said. "I didn't think any pony could easily copy the way I do it."

"I won't argue: It's a very 'you' mane style." Rarity said. "And I had a feeling; something I'm very good at in my work as a fashonista."

"What's going on down here?" A new female voice said. It was then that a unicorn filly that was a different shade of white from Rarity came into the room.

Normally, when Spike was looking at fillies, Ray would berate the purple dragon for looking; except Ray was staring too. Okay, whoa. Just whoa. If I wasn't aware that Spike would want this filly himself, I'd be more than willing to take a chance on her. Ray thought to himself.

"Um...hi there. What's your name?" Spike asked, playing it cool.

That actually made Ray snicker a little. Well, I can't say I never taught Spike anything~ Ray thought to himself.

"Oh this? This is my sister Sweetie Belle." Rarity said.

Sunset looked hard at Rarity suddenly. That was obviously forced. Nice try, but you can't fool me. Sunset thought to herself.

Twilight noticed this. "Um, as much as we'd love to stay and chat, we're here from Canterlot to check up on preperations, so we'll be going now."

When Rarity opened her mouth, Sunset put a hoof in it. "Don't. Even. Start." Sunset said. "Let me just say for the record as someone who practically grew up in Canterlot, the city life isn't exactly as glamorous as you think it is."

"I...I understand." Rarity said. "It's just, I've always wanted to open a store in Canterlot."

"...That's actually sensible. High traffic at least." Sunset said. "I've seen some of the fashion stores in Canterlot but--" That's when on her way out she saw them: Rarity's hoofmade dresses. Sunset began to drabble incoherently.

"...I think Sunset just broke. We best go now." Twilight said, and dragged Sunset out of the building.

"By Sweetie Belle." Spike said.

As soon as the four left, Sweetie Belle spoke up again. "...I think Sunset knows you forced that sentence." Sweetie Belle said.

"...I think you may be right." Rarity said.

"Geez, I thought it wouldn't be possible, but what do you know: Rarity had a younger sister, a filly Apple Bloom's age no less! Maybe give or take a month." Ray said.

"I know we live in Canterlot, but if Spike really wants to have a go with Sweetie Belle, I may have to ask the princess for a transfer." Twilight said.

"While that is very nice of you Twilight, I'm not so sure Sweetie Belle is Rarity's sister." Sunset said.

"Ray and I could smell something from Rarity. I'm just not sure what." Spike said.

"What you were smelling; Spike; was the scent of a mare whose lost her virginity." Ray said.

"Wait, how does Ray know what that smells like?" Twilight asked.

"Honestly, after spending so long in Canterlot, I've grown used to that smell. I could smell it on a lot of the wives of any male nobles, and even a couple of the female nobles." Ray said.

"Well, all that's left now is music and..." Sunset was saying when she heard something. This forced Twilight, Spike, and Ray to follow Sunset as she led the group to a yellow Pegasus who was using some birds to sing. The quartet just stopped and let the music play out for a while, before the yellow pegasus started talking with a red bird of the group.

"Um...excuse me, but would you mind lowering your voice mr. red bird; it's a little too loud for the composition." The pegasus said.

Sunset blinked. Huh? I didn't hear...wait... She had to rewind her brain a little. H-how did she catch that? And I thought Rainbow Dash was impressive.

Speaking of Rainbow Dash, the cyan pegasus suddenly flew by overhead, and without saying anything to the quartet, she then gently tapped the yellow pegasus's back. "Huh? What is it Rainbow?" The yellow pegasus asked.

"Hate to interrupt your musical, but you have other visitors." Rainbow Dash said. "They're here to check on how the music's coming along."

"Oh! Thank you Rainbow." The yellow pegasus said.

"See you later, Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said before flying off.

"Huh. So, would your name happen to be Fluttershy?" Sunset asked.

"Um...well, yes. it is..." Fluttershy said.

Realizing quickly what kind of mare Fluttershy was, Sunset smiled and gently began to comfort the pegasus. "Breath. Just breath." Sunset said.

The amber unicorn helped Fluttershy through a breathing exercise for a bit. "That actually helped. Thank you." Fluttershy said after.

"No problem. Name's Sunset Shimmer by the way." Sunset said.

"It's very nice to meet you, Sunset." Fluttershy said.

"And this here, is Twilight Sparkle." Sunset said. "Judging from what I was hearing and just witnessed, you got a real good handle on the music."

"Oh. Thank you very much." Fluttershy said. It was clear, Sunset was doing wonders for the Yellow Pegasus already.

"Since you got a good handle on the music, I think we can safely go back to the library now." Sunset said.

"Yeah, it was a pleasure to meet with you." Twilight noted.

On the way out, Fluttershy noted Ray & Spike. "Ooo! Baby Dragons. Hi there. My name's Fluttershy."

"Oh, well, I'm Spike and this is Ray." Spike said.

"Pleasure meeting you." Ray said.

"Oh my goodness, they are very polite and they talk too." Fluttershy said.

Sunset couldn't help but notice how all the anxiety Fluttershy was displaying before suddenly melted away. Starting to wonder if she's a pony that can talk to animals or something. Sunset thought to herself.

"You simply must tell me everything in your lives up until now; absolutely everything!" Fluttershy said.

...Okay maybe it's just that animals make a switch flip in her head or something. Sunset thought to herself.

To be continued...

Author's Note

This episode has been reformatted and is now much longer then before.

Premonition: Sunset's Dream - The Ruined World

Author's Note

This is the only chapter in the story with actual death.

Premonition: Sunset's Dream - The Ruined World

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A massive beast was looming over all of Equestria, as ponies, moogles, and digimon alike all weeped over a dead female moogle. A few moments ago, everything had seemed so bright and cheerful, until a Bangaa had slit the through of the female Moogle who was now dead. It was a grusome sight to behold. As soon as that had occurred, the massive beast magically appeared and began terrorizing the landscape. Their first act was to kill the Bangaa that had killed the female moogle. But their rampage did not end there; laser beams were being fired out of the beast's mouth, destroying homes and taking the lives of many.

"How...how did all this happen?" A pony asked.

"Is there any way we could've stopped this? Any way at all?!" A digimon exclaimed.

Suddenly without warning, it felt like the entire world was being reset to an earlier point in time...

Canterlot Castle
Sunset's Room

Sunset suddenly sat up while being soaked in a cold sweat, with her mentor Princess Celestia looking over here as she did so. "Sunset, did you have a nightmare over your brother again?" Celestia asked her student.

Sunset wiped her forhead with a hoof. "No. That one...that one was different." Sunset said. "There was this beast that was destroying the entire landscape, killing all sorts of creatures and destroying all sorts of homes."

"Geez sis, sounds like a crazy dream." A yellow dragon said. This yellow's dragon's name is Ray, Sunset's adopted dragon brother.

"I wonder if it was really a dream at all." Celestia said. "Could you have the same ability as me?"

"What sort of ability is that, Princess?" Sunset asked.

"The ability to forsee the future. If what you shows signs of coming true, then you need to do whatever you can to prevent it from fully awakening." Celestia said.

"R-right..." Sunset said. "I only wished I could've done the same with my brother."

"Are you still thinking about the fight you had with him? The fight in regards to 'Glim-glam'?" Celestia asked.

Sunset nodded. "There's a part of me, that wonders why the last thing I did, was get in a heated argument with my brother. If...if I had known he was going to run away...maybe...maybe I could've done something that would've prevented it."

"We can't change the past, my young student, only the future." Celestia said. "Now, get some rest. While you won't have any lessons tomorrow, and it is the weekend, I would appreciate it if you got some air away from the castle for a change. It may just help clear your mind."

"...That sounds better than nothing." Sunset said before she went back to sleep.

But what neither the princess nor Sunset realized, is that what Sunset dreamed about, was the original future for what would happen to all Equestria. Fate was beginning to intervene, and soon, many fates would be rewritten; and a death would be prevented.

Made by RobtheMorpherPony

Set in the Friendship Is Magic universe

Published on Fimfiction

Protected by LeoKingdomProductions

Introducing Sunset Shimmer as the Emotional Big Sister

Twilight Sparkle as the Studious Magic User

Ray & Spike as the Dragon Duo

Staring Rose the Moogle as "The Long-Range Sniper"

And the Main Six as The Heroes of Equestria

MY LITTLE PONY
WHEN FRIENDSHIP SHIMMERS
REWRITING FATE

Season 0 Prologue - The Truth behind the Opening

Author's Note

Forewarning is that not every chapter will feature ponies. After all, Season 0 is going to do more then just clean up the continuity; it's also going to provide as much background as possible for this fic to really drive home the "rewriting fate" aspect of the whole thing.

Season 0 Prologue - The Truth behind the Opening

Several Hours Before Sunset woke up from the "nightmare" she witnessed...

A lone female moogle began to open her eyes, as she was drifting in what seemed like complete nothingness.

"Seems like things didn't really work out for you, huh?" A male voice cut through the silence that surrounded the moogle before a purple pig-like thing with wings appeared.

"Uh...did I die, kupo?" The moogle asked.

"Well, aren't you observant? Yes, you died and no, this isn't a dream." The winged pig-thing said.

"Then where exactly am I?" The Moogle asked.

"See, here's the thing about your death: It wasn't supposed to happen. Under normal circumstances, a death is a death and not even Furio undoes deaths. Thing is though, you weren't supposed to die. At least, not like that." The pig-thing said.

"Huh? What do you mean, kupo?" The Moogle asked.

"What I mean is that while every mortal dies eventually, your death caught Furio by surprise since you needed to live so that that Behemoth isn't able to basically destroy everything." The pig-thing said.

"Wouldn't that be chocked up to the whims of fate, kupo?" The moogle asked.

"In this specific case, no. This was not the fate that you were supposed to have. It's very rare when this happens, but there are times when something that isn't supposed to happen happens anyways, and it causes a lot of mess to clean up." The pig-thing said. "But with your situation, the solution is very easy: Your entire planet is getting a complete re-do. And you get to go back knowing that some creature is going to kill you in the future. That way, you can start making plans when you're an adult so you can prevent your own death."

"Is there a catch to this, kupo?" The moogle asked.

"The catch is that in exchange, when you do die from old age like you're supposed to, you'll have to work for me." The pig-thing said. "The name's Shallor, I'm the Shadow Lord; and your future boss."

"I suppose, given the circumstances, it's nice to meet you too, kupo." The moogle said. "The name's Rose."

"Huh...that's funny..." Shallor said.

"What's funny, kupo?" Rose asked.

"Oh, nothing you need to concern yourself with. In-joke you won't be getting for a long time. Anyways, Furio is just about done re-winding your planet's timeline to the point where you were just about to be born. You won't be hearing from me after this, nor will you be hearing from Furio. And neither of us can help you once I send you back into the womb." Shallor said.

"T-then what am I supposed to do, kupo?" Rose asked.

"Like I said, you're going to be re-starting your life with the knowledge that someone is going to kill you in the future and that's all the help Furio and I can reasonably give you. We're already bending over backwards giving you this do-over to begin with, and frankly, you should appreciate that." Shallor said. "If this was just any other death that would mess things up, Furio would have said 'screw it, destroy the universe and start over with it', but your skills as a sniping flintlock piqued my interest. So, you better be appreciative."

"R-right. I suppose I'll have to prevent my own death naturally then...just unsure how right now." Rose said.

"How you go about preventing your own death is up to you. How your death gets prevented doesn't matter; what matters is making sure it doesn't happen." Shallor said. "Seems we've run out of time. Furio's all done, so it's time to send you back."

"Wait, I still have more--" But Rose didn't get to finish before everything went white.

Season 0: Episode 1 - Meetings & Ambitions

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Season 0: Episode 3 - Digital Side of things

Author's Note

As stated before, not every episode will focus on the ponies. After all, there is more to this story than the shenanigans the main six get up to. This time, it's the Digimon side of things.

Season 0: Episode 3 - Digital Side of things

Things open to a panning shot of various buildings. Were it not for all the varying digimon around with not a single pony in sight, one could've easily mistook these buildings for things ponies made.

"So did you hear about the boxing tournament happening tomorrow?" A digimon with boxing gloves asked another one; clearly there were conversations going on as the panning shot zoomed past them.

"Just set the table in the living room for now." A white cat digimon with yellow gloves was saying; the reciever of the message could not be seen quick enough before the camera panned past the house.

"We're expecting clear skies today here in Digital Capital with a chance at rain tomorrow morning." A forecast could be heard from an open window.

Finally, the camera soon focused on a large castle structure before panning down to the ground level of the castle. "Watch your tongue soilder; if Empress Alli heard you, who knows what she'd do to you." A similar digimon with boxing gloves was saying to an orange reptile looking digimon.

"Hey, last I checked, Alli prefers us to speak our mind wherever possible. And I'm just saying, she should stop visiting Equestria. It hasn't been the same since Princess Celestia banished her sister to the moon." The reptile digimon said.

"Ahem." A female voice caught the attention of both digimon; the owner was revealed to be Alli.

"E-empress Alli! I-I can explain..." The reptile digimon began.

"When will grunts like you learn that the situation is complicated?" Alli asked, but did not wait for an answer before she continued. "Your too low on the totem pole for the details grunt; so stop thinking above your station."

"M-my apologies Empress Alli; it won't happen again, I swear!" The reptile digimon said.

"Good. Because I'd hate to turn another grunt into a mindless slave for me to play with. Now back to work; both of you!" Ali said.

"YES MA'M!" The two digimon said and went back to guard duty as Ali entered the castle.

Alli smirked as she headed inside. How typical. The usual threat of being a mindless puppet always keeps the latest editions in line. As if I'd actually ever use Cat's Eye Hypno on unwilling subjects. She thought to herself. But the threat is enough to keep the newbies from stepping out of line too far.

"Ah Empress Alli; it's great to see you again." One of the digimon on the ground floor said. "Are you going up to your throne room?"

"Where else would I be going?" Alli asked and entered an elevator.

"You should know, that Shallor is paying a visit to your advisor right now..." The digimon said; it was a very large cactus digimon.

"Wonder what Shallor wants with Lars." Alli said before she hit a button to go to her throne room.

One elevator ride later, and Ali was at her throne room where Shallor was talking with a pig-like Digimon similar to the Shadow Lord in shape, but clearly not the same Digimon.

"Well, it's great to know things are going great here. Oh, and speaking of Ali." Shallor said, just as he noticed Ali come in.

"E-empress Alli, your back so soon?" The other pig-like digimon; who was most likely Lars based on Ali's interaction with the cactus digimon; said.

"Of course." Alli then looked at Shallor. "What business do you have with Lars?"

"Hey, I may be the Shadow Lord, but even I need a day off here and there." Shallor said. "Not every apperence of mine has to be business."

"With you, I expect business." Alli said.

"Gee, you picked that up from Rob didn't you?" Shallor asked. "Well, you can relax; I've already got my attention pre-occupied with something that's more of a long-term project."

"What are you up to this time? This another one of your Shadow Guardian Scounting missions?" Alli asked.

"In a way." Shallor said. "But I don't need to bore you with the details. You have a kindgom to run." He added before he vanished in a puff of purple smoke.

"He's up to something; I just can't tell what it is just yet." Alli said.

"Relax Empress; whatever the Shadow Lord is up to, it's obviously got to be big or else he wouldn't be so secretive." Lars said.

"That's what worries me. I just hope it has nothing to do with the return of Lulu." Alli said.

"Speaking of Princess Luna, do you trust Princess Celestia's plan on making her not be Nightmare Moon?" Lars asked.

"If there's one thing I've learnt not to underestimate Tia on, it's her long-term plans. She's certain that Sunset Shimmer is capable of wielding that element." Alli said.

"Ah. That new one that appeared after Celestia saw no other choice but to use the elements of harmony to banish her sister to the moon is the one your talking about, yes?" Lars asked.

"See, this is why you're my advisor, Lars." Alli said, using a paw to rub under Lars's chin.

Lars smiled in bliss as she did so. "Do you...want to take this conversation behind closed doors, Empress?~" Lars asked, a sense of flirtatiousness in his statement.

"You really know how to spoil me huh?" Alli asked. "Yeah, I guess I could go for that."

Lars smiled as he followed his empress into the bedroom. It's no secret that there is a romance between Lars and the Empress; it's the wost kept secret in the Digital Capital.

What many don't know, is that Lars also has a huge hypnosis fetish, and often willingly lets himself get hypnotized by Alli before the two get very passionate with one another.

And today, that was going to be no different~

Season 0: Episode 4 - The Moogle Elder

Author's Note

There's a lot of build-up that's being done in the background, and this episode will be no different. This is yet another episode that doesn't focus on the ponies. I know there are probably going to be at least one person who'll be upset that two episodes in a row are being dedicated to non-pony characters; however, please understand that these episodes are important to the greater narrative that I'm trying to go for here.

Season 0: Episode 4 - The Moogle Elder

While today Sunset was enjoying more time playing with Twilight Sparkle, it is in Goug that the important things are happening. The Moogle Theif who happened upon a recently deceased Moogle Animist was heading through the upper district of Goug, which you may remember, is the district built on a flying city made possible through technology.

It is in this Upper District that the majority of Moogles live, and while there is a government to Goug, all respect on particular Moogle. Now known as The Great Moogle Elder, the respected Moogle was the first official head of Goug's government. Even in this day and age, all respect The Great Moogle Elder whose name is Mog. Yet, hardly anyone calls Mog by his birth name anymore, choosing to refer to him as The Great Moogle Elder instead.

The Moogle Theif who currently wore the clothes of a Moogle Animist was heading for the home of The Great Moogle Elder. If anyone can help me find someone who can traditionalize me for cheap, it has to be The Great Moogle Elder. The Disguised Theif thought to himself. He knows everything after all...

The disguised Theif had made it to The Great Moogle Elder's home, when suddenly, a Moogle Chocobo Knight spotted him. "Halt, are you going to The Great Moogle Elder for information?" The Chocobo Knight said. This particular Chocobo Knight was riding a Red Chocobo. Unable to speak to the Chocobo Knight due to the fact he was clearly a skilled one by being able to tame a Red Chocobo, the disguised Moogle Theif nodded. "Well, I'll be out here to help you should you need. Do be quick coming out though, I got a patrol to do, kupo." The Chocobo Knight said.

The disguised thief was a little confused as to why he would need help, and entered the house of The Great Moogle Elder.

The inside of the house was like walking into a different world; everything inside the house was giving off the vibe of something otherworldly. There was even a red carpet leading up to where The Great Moogle Elder chose to sit as if he was expecting the disguised thief.

"You come to my house, kupo. You may approuch, for I have been expecting you, kupo." The Great Moogle Elder said. Nervously, the disguised thief approuched The Great Moogle Elder and was now in a much bigger part of the current room. "You already know who I am; I am Mog, the one everyone refers to as The Great Moogle Elder, Kupo." Mog began. "And you are Malzone, a theif born in the slums, kupo."

"Wh-how did you--" To say the disguised thief was caught off guard would be an understatement.

"I know everything in this city, kupo; you honestly shouldn't be so surprised." Mog said. "So tell me Malzone: What is it that you want from me?"

"I-I need to know someone who can traditionalize me for cheap. Since you know everything, you would know the perfect person for such a task." Malzone said.

"There is no need to search for someone to spend Gil on, kupo. I can traditionalize you myself." Mog said. "I will also teach you a few animist abilities personally as well; these two things combined will take three months training to undergo, kupo."

"Th-that's incredible. But, there has to be a catch. You wouldn't be offering such an opportunity for free." Malzone said. "What is your price?"

"I do not deal in gil, kupo. The reason why I know everything, is because I always trade the things I know for things others know. Information for information, a true exchange of goods for services rendered." Mog said.

Malzone realized why the Chocobo Knight was waiting outside now: Mog must always seek information so that he stays ten steps ahead of the curve on everything. "So then, what information do you need me to get?"

"You won't need to get information, because in exchange for the knowledge I shall bestow upon you, I am going to take from you the identity that you came into my house with." Mog said. "The thief known as Malzone will cease to exist, and I will bestow upon you a new identity once everything is said in done. The moogle you were before you came in here will be discarded, and a new moogle you will become."

Malzone was speechless. This was everything he wanted and more. "I accept." Malzone said without even a hint of hestitation.

"I had a feeling you'd agree, kupo." Mog said. "So, let us get started then kupo; we have a long three months ahead of us both, kupo."

Season 0: Episode 5 - Family Meetings

Sunset Shimmer was leaving Canterlot Hostpital when Princess Cadence came up to her. "Princess Cadence, what are you doing here?" Sunset asked.

"Well, it's just that Twilight's Parents asked me to come fetch you." Cadence said.

"Huh? Why would they want that?" Sunset asked.

Sunset wasn't sure why she expected Twilight's parents to be two different pony species, but perhaps considering it was Canterlot, the orange unicorn should've expected Twilight to be come from two unicorn parents. "So you must be Sunset Shimmer; Twilight's been talking a lot about you." The female adult unicorn in the room said. "I'm Twilight's mother, Twilight Velvet."

"And I'm her father, Night Light." The male adult unicorn said

"Hello again, Sunset." A white unicorn who looked to be around Sunset's age spoke up.

"Hello Shining Armor." Sunset said.

"...Shining Armor, you know her?" Twilight Velvet asked.

"Why he knows me isn't important to why you wanted me to come here, now is it?" Sunset asked, having stopped Shining Armor from saying anything.

"Straight into the point I see." Night Light said.

Shining Armor looked at Sunset Shimmer confused, but then quickly realized why she did that. Guess Sunset must want my little sister to like Sunset for Sunset. The unicorn soldier thought to himself.

"We were just wondering if there's any reason why you've been playing with Twilight so much." Twilight Velvet said.

Sunset looked like she was deep in thought for a moment. "...Perhaps, it's better to simply show you then to explain things." Sunset said.

Now Shining Armor looked confused again, but decided that Sunset had her reasons and let the orange unicorn lead the family to Canterlot Hospital.

It was at the hospital where the entire family of Twilight Sparkle was now visiting Stellar Flare, who was currently laying in bed.

"Sparkle, remember yesterday when you asked if I had any family? Well, this here is my mother, Stellar Flare." Sunset said. "There's no need to worry, she doesn't have something that could get you sick, so it's okay to be close to her."

"If she's not sick, then why is she in a hospital?" Sparkle asked.

"Twilight, ponies can be in the hospital for things other than being sick." Velvet said.

"Well, actually you could say in a certain way, when she was administered to the hospital, she was sick; just not something that could be spread from one pony to another." Sunset said.

"You mean she wasn't contagious?" Sparkle asked.

"Basically, yes." Sunset said. "She's still sort of sick now, just not the traditional kind of sick."

"What do you mean?" Velvet asked.

"The reason why she's in the hospital right now still, is something that Sparkle isn't old enough to know." Sunset said.

"Oh..." Velvet understood right then and there that, the reasoning was something not safe for a pony as young as Twilight to know about yet.

"So, if you mind me asking, where's your dad?" Night Light asked.

"The stallion who is my bio-father doesn't deserve to call himself my dad. Not after what he did to mom." Sunset said. "And let's just say, the full details on that are something that Twilight is too young to hear as well."

"Wow, it must be something super bad or something." Sparkle said.

"Heh, you are a lucky filly to have a father like Night Light. Even my step-father wasn't a great father to me either." Sunset said.

"Your mother re-married?" Velvet asked.

"Yeah. But that's a story for another point in time." Sunset said. "My mom still need to recover, and there are things Twilight Sparkle is too young to hear."

"Princess Cadence, would you mind taking Twilight to the park while Sunset fills us in." Velvet asked.

Some time later...

"...I...I see..." Velvet said after Sunset got done saying things.

"Not sure where my younger brother is; there's been no sign of him in Canterlot." Sunset said. "If only I had been a better older sister, I doubt he would've run off in the first place."

"It's not your fault Sunset." Night Light said. "Sometimes, ponies are just beyond help."

"I still had an argument with him the night before he vanished." Sunset said. "How can I not blame myself?"

"So, out of curiosity, is Sunburst the reason why your mother is in the hospital?" Velvet asked.

"Well, knowing Sunset, it probably is." Shining Armor said. "In fact, Sunburst is how Sunset and I know each other."

"What do you mean?" Night Light asked.

"Shining Armor was the one who discovered Sunburst's trashed room." Sunset said.

"He trashed his room before he left?" Velvet asked. "What was your argument even about?"

"He was complaining about 'Glim-Glam' again; he had been complaining about that his whole time in Canterlot." Sunset said. "And frankly, I was getting upset over him bringing it up, that I...I basically told him off."

"I can't really blame you; if my little sister was bugging me about a specific toy for that long, I know I'd be upset enough to tell him off too." Shining Armor said.

"Except I no longer think Sunburst was talking about a toy." Sunset said.

"...You're starting to realize he may have been referring to a pony, aren't you?" Velvet asked.

"Yeah. Just wish I knew what kind of pony he's referring to." Sunset said.

"I'm sure you'll find that Glim-Glam one day, Sunset." Night Light said, putting a hoof on Sunset. "You can trust me on that."

Sunset smiled. "Sparkle really won the jackpot in terms of who her bio-father turned out to be."

"Still don't know why you're hanging out with my sister so much..." Shining Armor said.

"You may be her big brother, but Sparkle needs a big sister model in her life." Sunset said. "I failed with Sunburst, I won't fail with Sparkle. That's my word, and I'm sticking to it."

"Well, I don't want you anywhere near my little sister for that reason. I have half a mind to tell Twili everything tonight." Shining Armor said. "In fact, I know I will."

"Shining Armor, you will do no such thing." Velvet suddenly raised her voice.

Sunset was put off a little. I recognize that tone of voice from my own mother. This is the tone a mother takes when she means business. Rest in peace Shining Armor... She thought to herself.

"B-but mom--"

"No buts!" Velvet said. "Or would you rather I pull you out of the royal guard for breaking your younger sister's hopes and dreams?"

Shining Armor wilted at that. "...N-no m'am..." Shining Armor said meekly.

"In that case, whatever you know about Sunset, you are keeping to yourself. Do I make myself clear young man?" Velvet asked, but not in a way that made it clear that she was merely asking.

"C-crystal clear..." Shining Armor said.

"Good. I'm glad we understand one another." Velvet said.

Wow, seems Twilight Sparkle doesn't just have a great dad, she's got a great mom too. Sunset thought to herself.

"And Sunset?" Velvet asked.

"Y-yeah?" Sunset said, still a little put off from the tone from earlier.

Velvet smiled. "Feel free to come by any time you want."

Sunset smiled. "Thank you, Velvet."

"I consider you a part of this family now; I have a good feeling my little Sparkle will be in great hooves with you." Velvet said.

"Same here!" Night Light said.

"...Twilight's really lucky to have such great parents." Sunset said.

"Now, what do you say Twilight gets back home, and we enjoy a family evening together?" Night Light asked.

"I was thinking the same thing." Velvet said.

"...Super lucky..." Sunset finished.

Author's Note

This is the last episode before a time-skip is going to occur. Not much else of note is going to happen prior to when Twilight Sparkle witnesses Princess Celestia raising the sun in three months' time.

Oh, and that won't be the only event going on at that time.

Season 0: Episode 6 - Eventful Day

The following three months held no special importance outside of Sunset Shimmer doing her best to be there for Twilight. Even going so far as to help Twilight with magic. There was one time, Sunset said that she was part of Princess Celestia's School for gifted Unicorns, which did intrigue Twilight a little, as she was eager to learn magic. It wasn't long after that when Twilight started calling Sunset her BSBFF or "Big Sister Best Friend Forever" despite the two not being related at all.

As the days went by, Sunset knew that the Summer Sun Celebration was coming soon. "Hey LSBFF, got something for you." Sunset said the day before the Summer Sun Celebration was to begin.

"Oh! Is it a new magic book?" Twilight asked.

"Something even better. I was able to reserve you a spot for the big event tomorrow." Sunset said, handing over a ticket stub.

"What's going on tomorrow?" Twilight asked.

"I'd tell you, but trust me, it's going to be worth the surprise. Let's just say, you're going to witness something amazing." Sunset said with a wink.

"Must be something super special if you won't spoil it." Twilight said.

"Isn't tomorrow the Summer Sun Celebration?" Velvet asked.

"Summer what now?" Twilight asked.

"Velvet, let your child experience the wonder for herself; don't spoil her~" Sunset said.

Velvet couldn't help but giggle. "Well, alright; but only because you have your reasons~"

The very next day was when Twilight would be witness to Princess Celestia's public display of magic which left Twilight in awe. As such, the young unicorn wanted to get into the Princess's school for gifted unicorns as soon as possible.

However, the day of the Summer Sun Celebration, said festivities weren't the only event happening on that day. For in Goug in the home of The Great Moogle Elder whose name is Mog, Mog was sitting on a higher elevation with a clothless Malzone in front of him.

"You have come far in your lessons, kupo." Mog said.

"Thank you, kupo." Malzone said.

"The fact you have come as far as you have, kupo; well it proves to me you are ready, kupopo." Mog said.

"Thank you, kupo." Malzone said.

"Now, one last thing remains, kupo." Mog said before he stood. "Do you agree to keep within you the heart that you've grown here under my tutalge?" He asked.

"I do, kupo." Malzone said.

"Then rise and accept your new Animist Jacket, kupo." Mog said. Malzone stood and put on an animist jacket; a brand new one Mog personally crafted for the former thief. "I now hearby cristen you with the new identity of Zalmeno the Animist, kupopo!" Mog stated. The newly minted Zal opened his eyes, and one could just tell the difference: They shone with a brand new brightness, one that showed that he had matured into someone new. It was at that moment a title card appeared.

Dreaming Moogle
Malzone the Thief

Then the title card burned away, only to be replaced by a brand new one.

Reborn Moogle
Zalmeno the Animist

Zalmeno looked determined as he spoke. "Thank you for everything elder." Zalmeno said.

"Your dream is closer to your reach now, kupopo; all you need now is the right opportunity, kupo." Mog said.

"I'll make sure I make good on any opportunity I see, kupo." Zalmeno said. "I only have one question, kupopo."

"You need only ask, kupopo." Mog said.

"What do you plan to do with my old identity, kupo?" Zalmeno asked.

"I plan on sitting on that information for a while, kupo. Someone is bound to ask about Malzone in the future, and that information is something I would only trade for information about the Knight's Order, kupo. I have been suspecting corruption within their ranks for some time now you see; I want to know if my suspicions are correct, kupo." Mog explained.

"I hope not, kupo." Zalmeno said. "After all, getting on the good side of the Knight's Order is the only way I can become a Moogle Knight, kupo."

"I didn't say to stop following your dream kupo." Mog said. "I am simply telling you to be careful about the branch you encounter, kupo."

Nodding in understanding, Zalmeno then left the house of The Great Moogle Elder.

The following day in Canterlot, Sunset approuched the house of Twilight's family.

"Sunset? What are you doing here?" Velvet asked. "I honestly wasn't expecting you today; after all, doesn't your mom get out of the hospital today?"

"She does, but her recovery won't end after that." Sunset said. "That being said, she'd understand me prioritizing Twilight right now, as I've got something just for her."

"Really? Is it a new book?" Twilight asked.

"Nope, something even better~" Sunset said.

"Why am I having a serious case of Deja Vu?" Velvet asked. That's when Sunset revealed she had an acceptance letter directed by the Princess herself.

"Wow, I didn't expect the application process to go that fast." Night Light said.

"I may have pulled a few strings. Especially because technically, Twilight would be a late application. But, I've pulled some strings and managed to get her in on the early tests." Sunset said.

"What's so special about the early tests?" Shining Armor asked; as even he didn't know.

"The early tests are about displaying your current feats of magic. And knowing Twilight, that'd be more her speed then the written exams which are the late tests." Sunset said.

"Oh my gosh! H-how long before the tests start?" Twilight asked.

"You'll have about one week. But don't worry; I plan on using that week to teach you a personal favorite spell of mine~" Sunset said. "The very same spell I used when I got into the Princess's school."

"Oh wow; it must be something super special then~" Twilight said.

"You could say that~" Sunset said.

Author's Note

Before anyone comments about how Malzone is clothless, this does not exactly mean he his nude; Moogles do have fur to cover up any bits that would make them appear NSFW.

Season 0: Episode 7 - The First Sonic Rainboom

The following week saw Sunset training Twilight in the spell Sunset promised. It actually only took Twilight three days to get the spell down pat.

"Wow, you're a natural." Sunset said. "That spell took me a week to master, and here you are mastering it in three days."

"I guess I just have a really great BSBFF!" Twilight stated.

"I seriously can't take all the credit for this; you deserve some credit yourself." Sunset said.

"So, are there any other spells you can show me?" Twilight asked.

"There are, but I should save those for another time." Sunset said. "Even if you've managed the cast the spell once, you need to make sure you can do it constantly."

"Sounds fair." Twilight said. "That way, I don't forget it."

"That's the spirit." Sunset said.

The week continued to go by, and the day of Twilight's exam was upon the world of Equees. Twilight would proceed to try the spell on a dragon egg, though it would not work. This caused the purple filly to start using other spells in an effort to hatch the dragon egg.

At this same time, Zalmeno was walking in the forests not too far from where Goug was located, only to discover a group of species wearing a specific kind of clothing. "Th-the knights order, Kupo." Zalmeno said. He then noticed they were fighting some kind of giant chicken-like monster that was wearing them down and fast. "They ain't going to last much longer if I don't do something, kupo." Zalmeon then used an animist ability to summon a Chocobo Stampede on the giant chicken-like monster.

"An Animist? Here?" One of the members that was a lizard-like entity said.

"I won't let some monster get the best of the Knight's Order, kupo!" Zalmeno shouted.

"Interesting..." A strange looking pig-like being said. "Let's see what this Animist can do." They added.

During the battle that ensued, Zalmeno did recognize all the species present in this group of the Knight's Order. The one that just spoke last was known as a Seeq. The lizard-like entity was a Bangaa. There was also a Gria and she was a Raptor. One of the members was a Moogle Knight, and the only other notable member there was the Nu Mou that was a Scholar.

Still, Zalmeno did not question why a Scholar was with this part of the Knight's Order, so the Animist continued to contribute to the fight, though the giant chicken-like monster still had the upper hand.

Meanwhile, Twilight was beginning to lose all hope in hatching the dragon's egg; not realizing that the test was designed to judge how upcoming students deal with failure. Just as she began to be downcasted, a large rainbow explostion happened, making her magic surge out of control. Sunset, who was there with Twilight's parents, shielded Velvet and Night Light from the magical surge which not only caused the dragon egg to hatch, but it also caused the resulting dragon to become massive enough to break through the ceiling, as well as making the judges get turned into objects.

But this was not the only result of this Rainbow Explosion as all across the planet of Equees, this rainbow explosion was effecting the lives of five other ponies; one a rock farmer, one a fashionista in training, one a farmer in Manhatten, one that was surrounded by animals, and the cause of the rainbow explosion winning a race because of it.

It also effected Zalmeno, who had picked up the sword the Moogle Knight had lost during the fight, and rushed at the Giant Chicken Monster, and as he did so, the rainbow explosion supercharged the sword so that when it struck the Giant Chicken Monster, the Chicken Monster was too wounded to continue the battle so it fled.

But the most damming thing this rainbow explosion did, was that it caused a crystal that was flying through the skies of Equees to split in two, and one half of it landed within the streets of Goug, only to be found by a familiar female moogle who was very interested in the crystal. The other half of this crystal would land high in the mountains far away from any civilization that currently existed in Equees.

Meanwhile, Twilight's magical surge was brought under control thanks to Princess Celestia, who also managed to restore the judges back to normal. It was there that the Princess revealed to Twilight her new cutie mark, as well as deciding to make Twilight Sparkle her second personal student.

"Wait, whose the other personal student?" Twilgiht asked.

"Well I honestly didn't want to say anything...cat's out of the bag now..." Sunset said.

"Sunset?" Twilight was confused.

"I wanted you to like me for who I am." Sunset said.

"...I was right before: You really are the best BSBFF ever~" Twilight said. The ponies all began laughing, sans the judges who just decided to leave the room.

Author's Note

Before anyone says in the comments that I spelled Seeq incorrectly, I didn't; in FFTA2, Seeq is indeed spelled without a "u" thus making it the only english term that ignores the "never wright 'q' without 'u'" rule.

Season 0: Episode 8 - Rainboom Aftermath

Sometime later that night, Twilight was going home when she was suddenly approached by a trio of unicorn colts.

"Well, well, well; if it isn't the cheater." One of the colts said.

"Cheater?" Twilight was confused.

"Oh, don't play dumb." The second of the colts said.

"Yeah, the only way you could've hatched that egg is if you were cheating." The third colt said.

"You have no proof that I cheated!" Twilight said.

"Your right about that part, we don't." The first colt said.

"Which is why we're going to make sure you learn your place." The second colt said. Suddenly, before the trio could approach any further, a mortar shell suddenly landed right in front of them.

"W-what's a mortar shell doing here of all places?" The third colt asked.

"Look out!" The first colt said, as a second mortar shell landed in front of the colts.

"D-did the royal guard get artillery support?!" The second colt exclaimed just before a third mortar shell landed in front of the colts.

"I think it's best we bail!" The third colt said before the three colts suddenly bailed.

Twilight blinked. "...The royal Guard doesn't have any form of artillery." She said before she decided to head on back home.

On a cliff face far outside Canterlot's walls, stood two figures blurred by the camera's angle.

"Interesting..." One voice said. "Seems your all heart after all." It was at that moment the noise of a twig snapping could be heard. "...Well, isn't this interesting..." The same voice said. The scene was cut before anything was revealed.

The three colts' plan ended up getting told by a unicorn named Moondancer who had informed Princess Celestia that she had overheard the three colts planning on physically abusing Twilight. That enabled Sunset to push Twilight into making friends with Moondancer, and the two were hitting it off quite well.

As Princess Celestia was punishing the three colts severely for their plan; which would amount to the three of them being required to pass the written exam to get into the school; in a hall full of several different races a ceremony was being held.

"Zalmeno, you have demonstrated courage and bravery in your efforts to assist the Knight's Order against a strong foe." The Seeq that Zalmeno saw leading the branch he came across said. "Allow me to properly introduce myself: My name is Garrison, and I am the current head Knight in The Knight's Order." He added.

Leader of TKO
Garrison the Lanista

This caught Zalmeno a little off guard; he didn't expect to be assisting the head of The Knight's Order. "You have no reason to be alarmed. It's still in progress, but The Knight's Order is being restructured. Currently, my squad is the only fully active squad. After I bested the former leader in honorable combat, I took it upon myself to rid The Knight's Order of any corrupt Indvidual. And I will continue to do so." Garrison stated.

"You, might want to tell the Great Moogle Elder that sometime, kupo." Zalmeno said.

"Should've figured Mog would still be around somehow. That magical moogle's been around for ages." The Nu Mou that was part of Garrison's squad said.

"Indeed; I wouldn't have put it past someone with as much knowledge as Mog has to have found a way to live forever." The Bangaa that was part of Garrison's Squad said.

"So, are all these who are in your squad those you've cleared, kupo?" Zalmeno asked. "If...you don't mind me asking that is, kupo."

"Not at all; infact, I can say that you are correct in guessing as much." Garrison said. "I've got a lot of squads that need clearing of any corrupt Indvidual though. Could take me several years to do..."

"I can help, kupo!" Zalmeno said. "That is, if you'd like the assistance, kupo."

Garrison gave a hearty laugh. "I like you already. There is much investigation to be had. If you're willing to lend a paw for a good few years, then when everything is said and done, I see you as a Moogle Knight."

"I'd be honored, kupo!" Zalmeno said.

Author's Note

This will not be the only update today: An epilogue will also be posted today as well. I just need a couple of hours break first.

Season 0 Epilogue: Behind the Empress...

While things were happening in Equees, the digital world was seeing something that wasn't punishment nor was it a hall outside the borders of Equestria.

The Digital Capital was once again seeing it's typical share of things, but inside the castle, Empress Alli was with Lars as they rode an elevator. Only, instead of heading up, the elevator was heading down.

"It's that time of the year again, isn't it Empress?" Lars questioned.

"I always regret coming down here. Even still, this is just part of the deal that was agreed upon so she would leave me alone." Alli said.

Soon, the elevator doors opened up, and up ahead was only a single cell. Unlike the other cells contained within this castle, this cell was special as it held one particular prisoner: A much more menacing looking digimon than any other.

"Well, look whose come down to visit. Has it really been a whole year already? Time sure flies down here~" The Digimon said; their voice laced with venom.

"...It's nice to see your doing well, mother." Alli said. "At least you've been eating the meals you've been given."

"Not the best, but I'll take what I can get." Alli's mother said.

"These are your rules in regard to prison food, not mine. I'm only keeping them because I can see where the idea of punishing the inmates here comes from, even if it was turned on it's head because of you." Alli said.

"Admit it, despite all your efforts to get out from my influence, you enjoy the torture~" Alli's mother teased.

Lars suddenly glared. "How dare you talk to Empress Alli that way?! She's nothing like you!" Lars said.

"And whose this I see with you? Have you finally decided to get a playmate?" Alli's Mother asked. "I wonder, have you been using your hypnosis on him?"

Lars looked pensive but then...

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Alli had yelled so loud, that her own mother was suddenly taken aback by it. "Every year...every year you keep trying to push me; to see how far you can take me." Alli said. "Well, this year, you've hit the limits on what I can tolerate. Congratulations on that I suppose..." Suddenly Alli was glaring at her own mother. "...Dilerance..."

"Now I'm hurt; you'd dare call--"

"YOU ARE NOT MY TRUE MOTHER!" Alli suddenly interrupted Dilerance. "Valarie, she's my real mother. You may have been the one who gave birth to me, but it was Valarie who raised me like a real mother should." Alli said.

Dilerance was speechless. Here was her own biological daughter, basically denouncing Dilerance as her mother. "E-empress Alli..." Lars said.

"I was trying my best to see if we could ever truely be a family again." Alli said. "The three of us, you, me, and my sister. Yet, ironically, despite all your tactics, you failed to get me to stoop to your level."

"Who's to say the three of us still can't be a family again?" Dilerance said.

"I do." A female voice said. Suddenly, a second Black Gatomon approuched the cage.

"M-Marina? Y-your out of jail? How?!" Dilerance was confused.

"Because unlike you, I've spent the time in jail reflecting on all the things we did to Alli; to my sister!" Marina said. "And when she visited me last year, I apologized for the way I was to her. I wanted to start over with her, be her sister for real."

"You can't be serious!" Dilerance said.

"But I am. I have a life now. A real, proper, and happy life. Hell, I've even got a boyfriend. Not some toy to use to make babies, but a genuine proper boyfriend!" Marina said. "I wouldn't be surprised if in the coming months, he decides to propose to me. I'd say yes in a heartbeat. And you know why?" She suddenly looked like she was serious. "Because I LOVE the life I'm living; and I wouldn't trade it for the world."

Marina then left, leaving Dilerance completly speechless. "It's so funny. You were the one I took over Digital Capital from. You had all the control, but now, it's all gone." Alli said. "I'm no longer the only one whose escaped from under your thumb, Marina has too."

"H-how...w-why..." Dilerance had clearly been defanged completely.

"See, I don't need to impose stricter rules on you for your little push just now, Dilerance." Alli said. "You've become punished enough from seeing both your daughters escaping your evil ways." She then smiled. "And that's a reality you'll never escape from."

Alli and Lars then left the special cell, all while a completely defeated Dilerance was left to stew in her own thoughts of failure.

Author's Note

If somehow Fimfiction decides that the picture of LadyDevimon is a NSFW image, then I will update this epilogue to link to the page for LadyDevimon in the DigimonWiki here in the author's note section.

Season 1 Prologue: Party & Cermony

Several years would pass in Equees and the Digital World. These years would see Sunset doing her part to encouraging Twilight to make friends with Moondancer, which is relevent because right now, Twilight is at Moondancer's birthday party with Spike having brought a little something for Moondancer. Spike being the name of the dragon Twilight managed to hatch from the dragon egg.

"Twilight, did you get anything?" Moondancer asked.

"Sadly I wasn't really able to find anything. I'm sorry." Twilight said.

"That's fine actually." Moondancer said. "Because I'm happy that you actually attended this year."

Moondancer's statement might have come off as shocking, but the truth of the matter is, Twilight hadn't come to Moondancer's birthday party the past two years. Sunset practically begged Twilight to go this year, despite Twilight's nervousness around new ponies.

As Twilight continued to enjoy the party, meanwhile across the land of Equees at the HQ for The Knight's Order, a cermony was taking place.

"As the leader of The Knight's Order, I, Captain Garrison hereby knight our newest member Zalmeno into a Moogle Knight." Garrison said, passing over the outfit of a Moogle Knight onto Zalmeno who gladly took the outfit.

"Newbie certainly earned it, I'd said." The Nu Mou of Garrison's unit said. "He's got the heart of a knight for sure."

"Agreed kupo." The Moogle Knight that was part of Garrison's unit said. "Something about him is a little familiar to me though, kupo."

"Is that so?" The Bangaa of Garrison's unit asked.

"I just can't exactly place him right now, kupo." The Moogle Knight said.

Zalmeno was changing into the new outfit. "As part of my thanks for helping me sort out The Knight's Order, I shall appoint you to my personal unit effective immediately." Garrison stated. "As such, allow me to introduce everyone: First, there's the Nu Mou Scholar Hark."

"That would be me yes." The Nu Mu said. "Part of my duties is to provide intel on the various beasts we encounter."

"Hey, no interrupting." Garrison said. "We also have the Bangaa Defender known as Charles, and a veteran moogle knight known as Cinnamon."

It took a lot of willpower for Zalmeno not to jump out of his clothes right then and there. Cinnamon?! What are the chances I'd find him here again of all places?! Zalmeno thought to himself. It's the same Moogle Knight that I fought all that time ago, kupo.

Cinnamon was looking at Zalmeno. I swear, it feels like I've seen this guy before, kupo Cinnamon thought to himself. But there's no way I could've encountered him before; it'd be hard to forget a moogle that's got the spirit of a knight, kupo.

"I've also got your first mission, Zalmeno." Garrison said. "Rumors abound the slums of Goug about a crystal having landed there three years ago. We don't know any more than that."

"Is there anything special about the crystal, kupo?" Zalmeno asked.

"I have determined that the crystal is very likely a behemoth's crystal." Hark said. "If one of those beasts were to find it's way onto Equees, the results would be catastrophic to say the least."

"Indeed." Garrison said. "We can't allow that crystal to fall into the hands of evil. Therefore, your first mission is to determine where the crystal is, and if need be, convince the current owner of it to part with it."

"I will make sure I succeed at my mission, kupo!" Zalmeno said.

"Good, the fate of the world depends on you finding that crystal." Garrison said.

Back with Twilight, Sunset was soon rushing up to the party. "Sunset, where have you been? You've almost missed the entire party." Moondancer said.

"Yeah, well, I wish I could stay." Sunset said. "Princess Celestia would like Twilight and I to go to Ponyville to oversee the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration happening the day after tomorrow. As such, we need to leave tonight."

"Aw...I had a feeling this would happen at some point..." Moondancer said.

"It'll be fine; I'll make sure if nothing else, Twilight writes you a letter detaling everything that happened." Sunset said.

"How exactly are we going to get to Ponyville in the middle of the night?" Twilight asked.

"HELLO!" It was Alli. "You must be Twilight Sparkle. Name's Alli."

"It's nice to meet you." Twilight said.

"I should hope so: Aren't you the ruler of Digital Capital?" Moondancer asked.

"That's correct. My official title is Empress Alli." Alli said. "However, I don't mind the two students of Tia addressing me simply as 'Alli'."

"Okay, you have to be super good friends with Princess Celestia to want us to not call you 'Empress Alli'." Sunset said.

"Like I told you before, it's complicated." Alli said. "But don't you worry, the time for me to uncomplicate the complications is fast approaching."

Twilight wasn't sure what Alli meant, but deep down, Twilight had a feeling. She didn't want to say anything on the event she was wrong, but there was a chance that Alli had some relationship to Nightmare Moon; or at least, to the pony who became Nightmare Moon.

Season 1: Episode 2 - When Friendship Shimmers Part 2

Fluttershy ended up tagging along all the way to Golden Oaks Library. "And that's everything that's led up to today." Ray said.

"You two are such polite dragons. I wish the adult dragons would take note." Fluttershy said.

"Well, we're here at the Library." Twilight said.

"Oh...Um..." Fluttershy said and then headed inside before them.

"...Okay, that's wierd..." Sunset said. "Wait, I thought we left the light on when we left?"

"We did. And I forgot to turn it off." Twilight said.

"Well if that's true, why are the lights off now?" Sunset asked.

"Oh dear, I hope we didn't get in trouble." Twilight said. After the quartet entered, the purple unicorn flipped the lights on. The moment she did...

"SURPRISE!"

A whole bunch of ponies suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and one very familiar Pink Earth Pony rushed up to the quartet. "So, where you surprised? Were you, were you?" The Earth Pony asked.

"Very surprised." Sunset said. "Didn't we see you earlier today? Why'd you run off like--"

Sunset didn't get to finish her statement. "Well you did. And I saw you, and then I realized I never saw you before. So if I never saw you before, that must make you new to Ponyville. And if your new to Ponyville, I figured the best way to make you feel welcome was a 'Welcome to Ponyville Party', so here we are!" The Pink Pony said. "By the way, name's Pinky Pie."

Sunset could feel her eyes spiral. ...Did...anyone else catch up with how fast this pony was talking? The amber unicorn thought to herself.

It took a while for Sunset to recover from the dizzy spell trying to keep up with Pinkie Pie's motor mouth caused, but the Amber Unicorn was soon into the party. "Boy, this party's going on for quite some time. Shouldn't every pony be getting some rest by now?" Twilight asked.

"Actually, from what I understand, they have to stay up for an extended period for the Summer Sun Celebration." Spike said.

"Yeah, they did that in Canterlot too." Ray said.

"But then why was Sunset insistent I turn in at six PM before waking me up at like three AM?" Twilight said.

"Because I knew how early the celebration was going to start. You were a growing filly back then." Sunset said.

"...Heh. Yeah, that's you. Always looking out for me." Twilight said.

"Hey, I wouldn't be a good Big Sister figure if I didn't." Sunset said. Twilight couldn't help but smile at that.

Sadly, Twilight's fears about Nightmare Moon turned out to be well founded as when it came time for Princess Celestia to appear, she was missing. And then that was when Nightmare Moon appeared. After Nightmare Moon exited the Town Hall, Twilight made a dash for the Golden Oaks Library. While Sunset followed her, so did Rainbow Dash who had noticed Twilight. Soon after Rainbow Dash went in after the two unicorns, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy also soon went in the library too.

"All right, what's going on? How on Equees did you know Nightmare Moon was coming?" Rainbow Dash asked Twilight.

"Whoa there, sugar-cube, give the mare some breathing room." Applejack said, yanking Rainbow Dash back.

Twilight sighed. "Before coming here, I read up on Nightmare Moon, and how signs were pointing on her returning this year. With Princess Celestia missing, our best bet on getting rid of Nightmare Moon is to find something called the Elements of Harmony."

"Elements of Harmony, a reference guide." Pinkie Pie suddenly stated while getting out a book.

"Where did you find that?!" Twilight exclaimed, shocked on how she could've missed it.

"It was under 'E'~" Pinkie Pie said in a little bit of a sing-song voice.

Twilight decided to just shrug that off as she opened up the book. "It says here that there while there are seven elements of harmony, only five were originally known: Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty. It's also saying that when Nightmare Moon was banished, a seventh element was discovered known as Empathy with the last element being unknown." Twilight said. "There's more: The book's also saying that the last known location of the Elements is the Everfree Forest."

That made the Ponyville residents feel a little doom. "Did you just say the Everfree forest?" Rarity asked.

It wasn't long before the group of seven was now at the edge of the Everfree Forest. "So, this is the Everfree Forest then?" Twilight asked.

"It is. But, let's not worry about that." Pinkie Pie said. "We have elements to find."

Twilight was about to say something when Sunset stopped her. "Something tells me, we might need all the help we can get." The amber unicorn said.

"Well then, let's do this thing." Applejack said.

"Indeed, I would hate for my sister to be forced to live in an eternal night." Rarity said.

"Okay, you can cut the forcefulness." Sunset said.

"Huh?" That caught the other ponies off guard.

"I'm really good at being able to read emotions, and whenever you call Sweetie Belle your sister, I can just tell it's forced. My ears can't lie." Sunset said.

Rarity looked pensive a little. "...Rarity, have you been hiding somethin'?" Applejack asked.

"Trust me, you'll feel a lot better when you let your true feelings out." Sunset said.

"I...I suppose it is probably about time I explained it." Rarity said. "Truth of the matter is, I'm actually a few years older than I appear."

"How in Tartarus did you disguise your age so well?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"She's a fashionista; you're telling me that someone like Rarity wouldn't have found a way to make herself appear younger than she actually is?" Sunset asked.

"...Well now that you've pointed that out, I guess I can see the logic." Rainbow Dash said.

"And I'm willing to put good money on the fact that while Sweetie Belle may not be your sister, she is your daughter." Sunset said.

"Okay that part, I'm not even sure how you managed to figure that much out." Rarity said.

"Ray did mention that he knows the smell of a mare whose been claimed." Twilight pointed out.

"Yeah, that's what really tipped me off." Sunset said. "So, where is Sweetie Belle's dad?"

"I'm...afraid you won't be able to find him." Rarity said. "On the account he died a couple of years before Sweetie Belle was born."

"As much as I appreciate hearing the truth about Rarity, we have elements to find." Rainbow Dash said. Just then, the cliff face the grounded ponies were on gave way, causing most of them to start falling. "Fluttershy, help me out here!" Rainbow Dash said. Only Sunset & Applejack managed to avoid falling, with Sunset barely hanging onto the broken cliff.

Applejack noticed and slid down to Sunset. "Applejack, what do I do?" Sunset asked.

Applejack then noticed something. "...Let go." Applejack said.

Sunset was going to question, but she noticed something in Applejack's eyes. "...You can see Rainbow and Fluttershy below huh?" Sunset asked.

"Eeyep." Applejack said. Sunset let go at that and was caught by the two Pegasi, with Applejack finding her own way down more safely.

"That could've ended a whole lot worse than it did." Sunset said.

"If you ask me, honesty is the best policy." Applejack said.

The group continued onward, only to encounter a Manticore which was acting quite viciously. Twilight thought she could reason with the manticore, but ended up getting a furry fist. However, Fluttershy said very faintly for every pony to wait.

"Wait." Sunset said, just after Rarity also got furry swipped at. "Fluttershy, what's going on?" Sunset asked. In a bizare display of what Sunset could only describe as the ultimate beast taming, Fluttershy took out a thorn that was in the Manticore's paw, and then the Manticore was licking Fluttershy like a kitty. "...Bwah?" Sunset was shocked.

"Fluttershy, how on earth did you know about the thorn?" Twilight asked.

"I didn't. Sometimes, we all just need a little kindness." Fluttershy said.

The group continued onward from there, which was when they encountered a deep section of the forest that had very little light. When Sunset decided to provide some light, the trees around them had such scary faces that it scared them all. All of them except Pinkie Pie, that is. "Pinkie Pie, what are you laughing at?" Sunset asked.

After the impromptu giggle fest; which Sunset had to admit she did need; the group continued through the forest, before coming across a flooding river. It was within this river that the group met a sea serpent whose mustache had been damaged, and his tears was why the river had become flooded. In a display of what Sunset could only describe as Rarity's fashonista roots taking center stage, Rarity cut off part of her own tail to repair the sea serpent's mustache. "You know, you didn't have to do that Rarity, the mustache would've grown back." Sunset said after the sea serpent used his body to help them across the river.

"Perhaps it would have, yet he would've had to go a terribly long time until then." Rarity said. "Besides, thanks to my generosity, the sea serpent helped us across."

"...Okay fair enough; I'll give you that one." Sunset said.

The group then found a broken bridge which Rainbow Dash was able to fly over to try and fix. However, in the process, it seemed Nightmare Moon tried to play into Rainbow Dash's ego and conjured up something called the Shadowbolts to try and coax Rainbow Dash onto the corrupted alicorn's side. However, Rainbow Dash proved to be too loyal to her friends, and fixed the bridge anyways, all while practically telling off Nightmare Moon. "I'd never leave my pals hanging." Rainbow Dash said.

"No pony even had to talk you out of it either; you practically did that yourself." Sunset said.

"Hey, well...there's something important I need to tell some pony once we're done. And I'd rather talk with them about it first." Rainbow Dash said. "It's a bit of a Pegasus thing."

"You don't need to say any more." Twilight said. "I only question what brought that on."

"Rarity coming out about her relationship with Sweetie Belle." Rainbow Dash said. "There's some pony I've been neglecting to say anything to, but after Rarity owned up to being Sweetie's mother, I...I feel like I need to have a talk with some pony whose special to me. Not a daughter like Rarity has, but still some pony special."

Applejack began to open her mouth, but Rarity stopped her. "If that's what you need to do, then don't let us stop you." Rarity said.

"Trick is going to be finding the right place and time to inform them." Rainbow Dash said.

"Yeesh, sounds like it's a delicate situation." Sunset said.

"It is." Rainbow Dash ensured the others.

Applejack looked at Rarity before the later started to whisper into AJ's ear. "I have a good feeling it relates to the Pegasus filly Sweetie Belle is friends with." Rarity whispered.

"Ah...gotcha..." Applejack said simply. She then took another look at Rainbow Dash. And here ah thought I'd seen every side of Rainbow. Turns out ah haven't. Applejack thought to herself.

The group of seven ponies have made it inside a ruined castle where the elements were said to be stored. They did manage to find them, though they were all stones. "I'm no egghead, but I'm only counting six of these elements." Rainbow Dash said.

"The book mentioned that a spark would reveal the mystery element." Twilight said. "I have a spell in mind, but it's kind of dangerous."

"Like tartarus am I letting you do such a dangerous spell alone; I'm helping you out." Sunset said.

"I don't know if that's possible; after all, the spell took me a week to be able to cast, and I only found it in a book by Starswirl the Bearded." Twilight noted.

"Oh..." Sunset said. "Still, I have to try." Just then, Nightmare Moon appeared, and lifted up the elements to magic them and her away. Twilight lept at the corrupt alicorn and got teleported alongside the elements. "! NO! NOT AGAIN! THIS CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN!" Sunset practically cried out.

"Whoa, what're you on about suddenly?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"There's no time! We have to find her...we have to find Twilight!" Sunset was pratically panicking so hard, she didn't even think of the elements. And frankly, in her mind, she couldn't care less about the elements right now; the only thing on her mind was finding Twilight. If something happens to Twilight...if Twilight ends up going missing...then Velvet will be devestated... Sunset thought to herself, remembering the state she found her own mother in after Sunburst went missing. "No...not again...I won't let another mother starve herself nearly to death over her missing child! We must find Twilight!" Sunset said.

"Hey, you think the flashing lights are where she's at?" Rainbow Dash said, pointing out a nearby castle spire where flashing lights were going on.

"That must be where Twilight is!" Sunset said and rushed off. The others followed close behind her.

Meanwhile, Twilight had been trying; and failing; to activate the elements while dodging Nightmare Moon. However, the corrupted alicorn seemingly broke the in-active elements, and thought her victory was guaranteed now. "Ha! So much for your precious elements. Now the night will last forever, and you will never see Celestia again!" Nightmare Moon said triumphantly.

"I can hear them, there in here!" Sunset's voice was heard coming up to where Twilight & Nightmare Moon were.

In that instance, Twilight had a realization. "Do you really think you can destroy the elements just like that? Well, you can think again, Nightmare Moon, for the representations of the elements..." In the middle of Twilight's speech, Sunset and the rest of the group of ponies came into the room. "...Are right here!" Twilight began; each of the inactive elements began to have it's pieces swarm the various other ponies. "Applejack who was able to assure Sunset as she dangled from a cliff represents the element of Honesty; Fluttershy who tamed the manticore represents the element of Kindness; Pinkie Pie whose happy nature helped us face our fears represents the element of Laughter; Rarity who sacrificed her own tail to restore a sea serpent's beauty represents the element of generosity; Rainbow Dash who refused to abandon her friends represents the element of Loyalty; finally, Sunset Shimmer whose been able to read and relate to many emotions throughout her life represents the Element of Empathy." Twilight explained.

"You don't have the mystery element; the spark did not work!" Nightmare Moon said.

"That's what you think Nightmare Moon. For a different sort of spark happened when these ponies came to me. I realize that they are my friends!" Twilight said. Suddenly, a seventh element; one not even broken; appeared from nowhere. "And that spark that led me to that conclusion has drawn out the mysterious last element: The Element of Magic!" Twilight said.

All at once, the elements that weren't the two Sunset & Twilight had suddenly became necklaces around the ponies. Meanwhile, the two that Sunset & Twilight had became crowns and once that was done, a magical beam of rainbow light engulfed Nightmare Moon.

To be concluded...

Author's Note

This episode has been reformatted to combine part 3 with what would've been part 4 and then some so that I don't end up with a situation like I did with the original rewrite where the first three episodes got taken over by the Nightmare Moon plotline. Possible even more.

Though it seems despite my best efforts, the Nightmare Moon stuff is going to still bleed into Episode 3. However, if viewers were curious about Valarie; the Digimon Alli name dropped back in the Season 0 epilogue; well, your patience is going to be rewarded.

Season 1: Episode 3 - Nightmare Moon Aftermath

The group of seven ponies began to pick themselves up after that rainbow blast. "Oh wow, these necklaces are pretty." Fluttershy said.

"I must say, they fit us quite nicely." Rarity stated.

"I'm not usually one for accessorizing, but I think I can make an exception for this." Rainbow Dash said.

That was when the sun finally rose and in popped Princess Celestia. "Well done Twilight & Sunset. Seems I was right to trust you." Celestia said.

"I had a feeling you wanted us to make friends in Ponyville for a reason." Sunset said. "I've known you long enough to know you wouldn't say something like that without a motive."

"The motive behind this one, isn't for my own personal benifit." Celestia said, as she walked over to a an alicorn who almost looked young. "It's been far too long, my sister."

"Wait, did we just uncorrupt the pony that became Nightmare Moon?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'd have to say we did." Sunset said.

"Thank Faust too." Alli had suddenly appeared. "Also, hi Sunset."

"Alli, your here?" Sunset asked.

"Of course I'd come here." Alli said as she suddenly ran over to the alicorn who was purified. "Been far too long, Lulu."

"E-empress Alli?" The blue alicorn asked.

"Lulu?" Rainbow Dash was confused.

"Her proper title is Princess Luna, and Empress Alli here was Luna's only real friend prior to her becoming Nightmare Moon." Celestia said.

"A little basic, but yeah; that is why I'm able to call Celestia 'Tia' and Luna 'Lulu'." Alli said. "And seriously Tia, you can just call me Alli; you don't have to stand on ceremony with me."

"I'm surprised you managed to not get reborn for a thousand years, Alli." Luna said.

"Sometimes being the Empress of Digital Capital has it's perks, such as not getting reborn." Alli said.

"Reborn? Am I the only one whose wondering what that means?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"For once, I'm just as clueless as you are dear." Rarity said.

"Ah right. You don't know." Alli said. "See, Digimon can't age physically. In fact, we don't have an age limit on how old we can be. And most of the time, when a Digimon is wounded, it's never serious."

"There are times when a Digimon becomes so severely wounded, that their body vanishes, and it causes their consciousness to be reborn into a Digi-Egg; the form all Digimon take when they first come into the Digital World." Celestia added on.

Alli nodded. "Thing is though, when that happens, the memories of that Digimon when they get reborn like that...they get erased. Only a few memories from their old life get carried over, such as the name they were given when they were first born." She explained. "But things like the names of any friends they had in their previous life, or the life they lead during it, those types of things are lost forever."

"And some Digimon suffer a total memory erasure. It's rare, but it happens." Celestia said.

"So yeah, Digimon don't die like most creatures on Equees. Even if there's a fate worse than death essentially for us." Alli said.

Just then, the sound of wings flapping brought the ponies attention to a newcomer: A new digimon. "Ah, I was hoping I'd get to see you here." The digimon said. This one was flying with leaf wings and was mostly pink.

"Valarie!" Alli suddenly said. "It's so good to see you again~"

The digimon giggled as she flew over to Alli, and pet the black gato like a cat; Alli even purred like a proper cat too. "It's very good to see you've been doing well. Honestly, I should visit you more often."

"I'd never turn down an invitation to see you again." Alli said. "As far as I'm concerned, your always welcomed at the castle."

"I may just move in then~" Valarie joked.

"I wouldn't even complain about it either~" Alli joked back.

"Can some pony give me context here?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Ah, my apologies." Valarie said. "You see, Alli's biological mother was a digimon no one liked. As soon as Alli's Digi-Egg was made by the one who is Alli's Biological mother, I took the egg and fled the castle."

"Valarie practically raised me like her own child. And as far as I'm concerned, Valarie is my real mother." Alli said.

"So, what happened to Alli's bio-mom then?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"When she was cornered, she struck a deal with me." Alli said. "It basically makes it so in exchange for her agreeing to leave me alone, I have to visit her once a year and the day I have to visit her was non-nogiciable."

"Speaking of, that day is in a few weeks from now; a few days after the Grand Gallaping Gala if I'm not mistaken." Valarie said.

"Ugh. I was hoping you wouldn't remind me." Alli said. "But what can I do? If I don't keep up the deal, I'd hate to see what that witch would do to me and my sister."

"Ah yes, I've met with Marina a few times now. I was wondering if it'd be okay if I started treating your sister like my own child too." Valarie said.

"Go for it. Then Marina will know why I love you so." Alli said. "As if you would need permission from me."

"She's your sister, and your the empress." Valarie said.

"Yeah. But your basically my real mom." Alli said.

Valarie giggled at that. "Speaking of things, I doubt that Twilight over there would want to leave her new friends so soon."

"How did you know?!" Twilight was shocked to say the least.

"That's Valarie for you~" Alli teased.

Valarie giggled with Celestia joining in. "Well, if that's the case, I think I know the best course of action." Celestia said. "I think it'd be best if you sent me reports on the things you learn in regard to friendship for as long as you stay in Ponyville."

"I...think I'd like to move too." Sunset said. "From what I can tell, Ponyville is a high traffic area."

"Ah. I see. I understand." Celestia said. "This is about Sunburst isn't it?"

"Whose Sunburst?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I do have a biological half-brother. His name is Sunburst. And about two weeks before we met Twilight...he went missing. Not a single pony has heard from him since then." Sunset said.

"The royal guard searched everywhere in the castle, but they could not find him." Celestia said.

"Yeah. And judging by how Ponyville appears to be a high traffic area compared to Canterlot, eventually some pony will come through who will know something." Sunset said.

"Sounds like a good enough reason for me." Applejack said.

"Guess we're both going to move to Ponyville then." Twilight said.

Author's Note

At the time of writing this update, it is currently December 18th, 2024. Christmas is exactly seven days in the future at the time of making this. That means that for me at least, there are only three days left before I take that week off during the week of Christmas.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that I live in America where we celebrate the holiday of Christmas on December 25th. While not every household celebrates the holiday of Christmas here in America, I am still taking the week away for various reasons outside of celebrating Christmas.

Season 1: Episode 4 - The Sniping Thorn

The following day after an impromptu party curtesy of Pinkie Pie saw the group of seven ponies plus Moon Dancer assisting Sunset & Twilight with moving from Canterlot to Ponyville. Moon Dancer was understandable, especially after learning from Sunset about Sunburst; and Twilight promised to keep Moon Dancer up to date.

As this was all going down, in the slums of Goug, we see Zalmeno doing his part to gather information about the crystal that landed there. However, it is in the trade alley where Zalmeno is approached by three Bangaa. "You. Figured we'd find you here at some point." The obvious leader of the trio said. "So, Garrison went and made you a Moogle Knight it seems. A nobody like you doesn't deserve that monicker."

"Last I checked kupo, Garrison is in charge of the Knight's Order." Zalmeno said.

"Tch. If you weren't helping him with his investigation, I highly doubt the three of us would've gotten kicked out of the Knight's Order." The leader Bangaa said. "Compared to me, you were a nobody. You practically got a free pass into the order all because you assisted in the one battle."

"Last I checked kupo, I did more than that: I helped Garrison clean up the Knight's Order, kupo." Zalmeno said.

"Oh, you must think you're so special because you got fast tracked but you're not. And today, I'm going to prove it." The leader Bangaa said. Suddenly, a morter shell it the leader square on. "What the..."

The other two Bangaa began to look around. "I-I don't see a Cannoneer or even a Flintlock anywhere close to us..." One of the Bangaa said.

"B-but that can't be right...there's only one way that's possible..." The second bangaa goon said. Another morter shell hit the first bangaa goon. "IT'S THE SNIPING THORN! SHE'S GOT US IN HER SIGHTS!"

Several morter shell hits followed suit. "Gah, I thought the Flintlock who can hit from a large distance was only a myth. Seems you got lucky all over again furball!" The leader Bangaa said. "Seems the three of us must retreat."

The trio then retreated to avoid getting hit by more cannon fire. And that's when a female Moogle with a big hat carrying a cannon soon came up to Zalmeno. "Yeah, take that you crooks, kupo." The female Moogle said.

"I don't understand; what's The Sniping Thorn doing in the slums?" The Moogle who was running the shop Zalmeno was in front of asked.

"I was exploring kupo." The Moogle Flintlock said.

Zalmeno took a good look at the flintlock's cannon. "That's quite the cannon you've got there, kupo."

"Thanks; I crafted it myself out of this crystal I found three years ago, kupo." The Moogle Flintlock said. "It's done wonders for damage like you wouldn't believe, kupo."

Crystal? So then...she's the one who found that crystal. Zalmeno thought to himself. "I was actually referring to the scope that seemingly is on the cannon, kupo."

"Oh that? That's my own personal modification, kupo. You would not believe the distance I get thanks to that scope, kupo." The Flintlock said.

"So, what are you planning on using this cannon for, kupo?" Zalmeno asked.

"Same thing I just did here: Helping others, kupo." The Moogle Flintlock said. "By the way, my name's Rose, kupo. What's your name?"

"Me? I'm Zalmeno, kupo." Zalmeno introduced himself.

"Hmm...I think I'll just call you 'Zal' for short. You don't mind, do you kupo?" Rose asked.

"I can't exactly stop you, kupo." Zalmeno said. She's way too pure. I highly doubt she's evil.

"And you know what you can do, kupo?" Rose asked. "You can do a 'you scratched my back, so I'll scratch yours' situation."

"What exactly does that mean, kupo?" Zalmeno asked.

"Well, see ever since I found that crystal, I've been feeling like some one's been after my life, kupo." Rose said. "And since you're a Moogle Knight, I think I'd feel much safer with you looking out for me, kupo."

"Well, I suppose I can do that, kupo." Zalmeno said. "A Knight must always be willing to help a citizen in need, kupo."

"Great. Just let me finish my shopping kupo, and I'll gladly take you to my house. It's up in the main part of Goug, kupo." Rose said.

Sometime later, Garrison arrived to meet Zalmeno at Rose's place in Upper Goug otherwise referred to as the Flying District. Zalmeno explained the events leading up to Rose bringing the Moogle Knight to the Flintlock's place.

"Hmm...I see your conundrum." Garrison said. "Despite having live up here for so long, she's not like the rest of those who do. She's very pure, and not really much of a threat." He added. "And we also have to consider the fact that she gave you her assist; not a lot of Upper Goug residents would do that all willy nilly. The fact that all she wants in return is some protection, means she's very pure."

"So what do we do, kupo?" Zalmeno asked.

"It's very likely that the Behemoth who lost that crystal half is hiring assassins to reclaim it. As such, the mission has changed slightly: Protect this moogle with your life, for if she dies and the Behemoth gets that crystal half back, the world as we know it, is doomed." Garrison said.

"Understood, kupo." Zalmeno said. "I won't disappoint, kupo!"

"I highly doubt you ever will." Garrison said and then left with the other Moogle Knight in the unit with him.

The two got some distance away before they began talking. "So, what are you thinking, kupo?" Cinnamon asked.

"I think I need to talk with that Moogle Elder Goug has. I couldn't find any data on Zalmeno's record. As in, there didn't seem to be any data to find. If that Moogle Elder knows everything, he'll know who Zalmeno really is." Garrison said.

However, Garrison's conversation was overheard slightly by the Bangaa Leader that Rose scared off. He was now alone. "Who the heck doesn't have any sort of record? Well, I'll find out first, and when I do, that nobody moogle is going down." The bangaa said. "It just sucks because my group ran into the Chocobo Patrol; and only I was able to escape getting jail time."

"Have you found him yet, kupo?" A Chocobo Knight could be heard in the background.

"Cripes, it's the Chocobo Patrol again!" The Bangaa then fled all over again.

Season 1: Episode 5 - Meetings

Rainbow Dash arrived at Princess Luna's personal chambers. A couple of hours ago, Twilight had summoned the rainbow maned Pegasus.

"What's so urgent that you had to send Sunset to find me?" Rainbow Dash had asked her purple unicorn friend.

"Well, it seems Moondancer came by with a message for me to tell you to head for Princess Luna's personal chambers. Apparently, Princess Luna is summoning you specifically." Twilight said.

"Isn't Spike the one who usually gets these royal messages?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That's for Princess Celestia, Princess Luna is tied to my dragonfire like Princess Celestia yet." Spike said.

"It's something to do with a spell Princess Celestia put on Spike to allow for quick message sending." Twilight said.

"Well, why couldn't Ray have gotten the message then?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Because Princess Celestia only put the spell on Spike." Twilight noted.

"...Okay fair enough..." Rainbow Dash said.

That had been the end of that conversation, so here Rainbow Dash was, sitting in Princess Luna's office.

Meanwhile in Goug, a familiar Bangaa was now in the Slums of Goug, and he approuched a Moogle Theif that had been there for a while. "Hey, aren't you Mazool, former Lieutenant in the Knight's Order?" The Moogle thief asked. "Guess you decided that you wanted to beat up on some lowly thieves to try and earn favor back."

"I was hoping you would know something about that Zalmeno moogle. I'm trying to dig up dirt on him." Mazool said.

"Don't know much about him. I saw him wearing this old looking Animist outfit as he headed up to the Flying District from here. I didn't see him again for three whole weeks. The next time I saw him after that, was when he was accompanying Gareth & Cinnamon. Cinnamon managed to find out from one of the merchants that you took a bribe once to overlook the fact that a thief stole something from a rival shop." The moogle thief said.

"Wait, so your saying it's Cinnamon's fault I got kicked out? And not Zalmeno's?!" Mazool was frustrated.

"Pretty much. That was the last time I saw him before the other day when you and your buddies were harrasing Zalmeno. That's all I know, I swear." The Moogle Thief said.

"So you know nothing about Zalmeno's past? Nothing at all?!" Mazool was now even more frustrated. All that asking, and what did he have to show for it?

"Wish I could say more, but dude is an enigma. He most likely got that old animist outfit from his uncle or something. Strange thing is, before he showed up, I remember this one Moogle Thief known as Malzone went out of the city and never returned. I'm willing to bet Red Hawk killed Malzone." The Moogle Thief said.

"Whose Red Hawk?" Mazool asked. "I've never heard of a clan of that name, let alone a person."

"That's because Red Hawk isn't a person, their a Chocobo. A red one that's super ultra strong. Red Hawk has this posse of Yellow Chocobos with him, the majority of them female, and they pray on a lot of us Moogles if we're alone too far outside Goug's City Limits." The Moogle Thief said. "No one here in the slums even bothers to try and slay Red Hawk, and those in the Flying District don't bother trying to hire anyone to deal with them. Far as the upper class who live in the Flying District are concerned, Red Hawk is more of a threat to the slums then it is to the Flying District, and most of those aristocrats don't care what happens down here, so long as it's legal or doesn't threaten their status."

"...Well, that's just not going to fly for very long. As of today, you're working for me. And your first job, is going to be helping me find something in Zalmeno's past I can use to show that nobody who the real big man of the hour is." Mazool said.

Back in Canterlot, Princess Luna arrived in her chambers. "Rainbow Dash, your early. I wasn't expecting you for another few hours at best." The lunar princess said.

"Well, I tend to be very quick." Rainbow Dash said.

"I suppose since your here now, I may as well talk with you." Princess Luna said. "After all, it concerns your future."

"What about my future?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Tell me, do you know how long it takes for one to even get into the Wonderbolts? I know you're interested in them, because while I am no longer Nightmare Moon, I do share memories with her. Part of that, is knowing about the Wonderbolts, how they operate, and the fake Shadowbolts that were created to try and sway your loyalty." Princess Luna said.

"I know you're one of the royal sisters and all; and I respect that, I really do; but is there a point to telling me all this?" Rainbow Dash asked. Princess Luna, surprisingly, giggled. "Did I say something funny?" The Pegasus asked.

"Forgive me, it's just been so long since I last spoke with a pony who so openly spoke their mind, that I couldn't help but find the fact you weren't afraid to hurry things along amusing." Princess Luna said. Rainbow Dash just stared. "Right, to the point it is then: The reason why I wanted to talk with you, is because I wish to make you an offer. Shortly after the Grand Galloping Gala, I have plans on creating the Shadowbolts for real. Now, I know when I was Nightmare Moon I promised you the captain position but..."

"You don't need to say anymore. So long as you aren't asking me to leave my friends, and you want me to earn my way into the Shadowbolts; even if that means I won't be captain; that's fine by me. I prefer earning things anyways." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well spoken, Rainbow Dash. It appears my instincts were right about you and the kind of Pony I took you for being." Princess Luna said. "We shall talk again at the Grand Galloping Gala. And speaking of, I managed to convince my sister to give tickets to you and all your friends. However, for you specifically, I asked her to also include for you, the ability to bring one pony from Ponyville of your choosing."

Rainbow Dash's eyes went wide. "That's...actually perfect. Thanks for that. You've done me a solid you have no idea I needed doing." She said and then rushed out of the room.

"...Just as I expected. This is a mare of action, not publicity..." Princess Luna said. "Sister...how could you have let the Wonderbolts get the way they are now?"

Author's Note

In case you're wondering why this is nothing like what we see in the cannon MLP:FiM universe, you best check this blog post out if you haven't yet: Back to writing - Fimfiction

Season 1: Episode 6 - The Cat & The Griffon

A few days later after Twilight & her friends got their tickets for the grand galloping gala (with Rainbow Dash getting her special plus one guest ticket), Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash did a bit of a prank fest around Ponyville towards their friends. Funnily enough, their friends did get a bit of a kick out of it. The only one of the main six who got spared from the pranking was Fluttershy. And that was thanks in part to the yellow pegasus being at home with all her animals.

Well, all her animals, and a particular guest: Marina, Alli's older sister. Rainbow and Pinkie Pie had been eavesdropping on a conversation and considered it rude to prank Fluttershy & Marina while they were having a conversation. And a serious one at that.

"I really have to give Valarie respect for raising my sister. And heck, Valarie even went so far as to consider me a daughter too. Compared to my actual mother, Valarie is the mom I should have had." Marina said.

"So, who is the biological mother of you and Alli anyways?" Fluttershy asked.

"Her name is Dilerance. She's been locked up in a special cell at Dark Castle. Dark Castle being the palace at Digital Capital where Alli and I live." Marina said.

"And from what I understood, Digital Capital is in the Digital World correct? I'd love to swing by for a visit." Fluttershy said.

"That might be a real possibility, as Alli is working with both Princess Luna and Princess Celestia on a way that will allow ponies to come visit the Digital World." Marina said. "Equees is so similar in wave length to the digital world, that you'll probably see a few digimon randomly pop in form time to time."

"I just hope there aren't any dragons..." Fluttershy said.

"Don't worry, some digimon may look scary, but I can only think of one digimon who is outright evil." Marina said. "That digimon being my own mother, and like I said, she's in a special cell."

"Is it wise to put her in jail?" Fluttershy asked.

"It's part of this deal Dilerance struck with Alli: In exchange for handing over authority of Digital Capital and agreeing to never antagonize Alli ever again; Dilerance would be put into a special cell and Alli has to visit Dilerance on a specific day once a year." Marina explained.

"I...suppose that's a fair trade." Fluttershy said.

"Sounds fair on paper if you ask me, because as part of the deal, Dilerance got to choose the day Alli has to go visit mom on." Marina said.

"Well, it can't be that bad. What day did Dilerance even choose?" Fluttershy asked. Marina then motioned for Fluttershy to lean towards the Black Gatomon, and after Fluttershy did so, Marina whispered into Fluttershy's ear. Even though Rainbow Dash & Pinkie never heard what Marina told Fluttershy, they could tell from Fluttershy's reaction that it wasn't a good thing. "Th-that's so terrible. If Pinkie Pie found out..." Fluttershy said.

"Only five individuals even know about that tidbit: Me, Alli, Valarie, Lars, and Dilerance." Marina said. "Alli likes to keep track of who exactly knows about that tidbit, so you need to promise it doesn't get back to the party focused mare. I fear the poor dear wouldn't be able to handle the news."

"O-of course. I understand." Fluttershy said.

The duo of pranksters soon left after that. "What do you think is so secretive about the date Dilerance chose for the meet-up date that Alli feels the need to keep such information on a tight lesh?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I don't know, but dang, she's been good to keep such a thing from me. Heck, I wasn't even able to find out when her birthday is. A lot of information about Alli's personal info is more well-hidden than my emergency cupcake stashes." Pinkie Pie said.

"...Why do you have emergency cupcake stashes exactly?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"When I need a cupcake, that is an emergency~" Pinkie Pie said.

The following day was when Rainbow Dash's old friend Gilda the Griffon showed up. And after they did so, they went about messing with Pinkie Pie a little too much for Pinkie Pie's liking. So, Pinkie Pie began to secretly spy on Gilda, when the griffon came about on Fluttershy who was with Marina. Gilda started getting her mean on, but before Pinkie Pie could formulate anything, Rainbow Dash came up, Gilda changed her tune a little. But after Rainbow Dash left, Gilda went back to her usual mean self.

Pinkie Pie was already forming up a plan to expose Gilda, however she noticed a look on Marina's face, at which point the Black Gatomon got between Gilda and Fluttershy. "Got a lot a nerve doing what you're doing. You and me, are going to have a private conversation." Marina said and led Gilda a ways away from Ponyville. Pinkie Pie followed to see what was going down, only to get shocked at what followed.

"You think you can intimidate me, punk?" Gilda asked.

"Don't have to. I'm sure my little sis wouldn't mind I'm pulling from my past to teach the likes of you a little lesson in what ponies call 'humality'." Marina said. "My sister, however, would consider what I'm about to do to you torture, considering she went through the same things you're about to, only ten times worse."

"You think you can scare me? Your bluffing." Gilda said.

"...Pinkie Pie, I know you're watching this. If you value your innocence, I suggest getting back into town." Marina said. Pinkie Pie jumped literally and decided to do just that. Clearly, she had a feeling, whatever Marina was about to do, wasn't something she'd want to see.

Sometime later, Gilda had decided she'd rather go back to Griffonstone, and Marina even divolged Gilda's true nature to Rainbow Dash. "I can't believe she would be that mean behind my back to my new friends." Rainbow Dash said.

"Don't worry, I tought her a little lesson in humality. Safe to say, she won't be trying that again soon. Don't worry, I didn't do to her anything she couldn't handle." Marina said.

"What did you do to Gilda exactly?" Twilight asked.

"Trust me Twilight Sparkle, it's better you don't know." Marina said. "For the sake of your innocence, I hope you never have to know."

"...I'll take your word for it..." Twilight said.

Season 1: Episode 7 - The Lilac Unicorn

Everything was seemingly fine in Ponyville when suddenly, a lilac colored unicorn appeared out of nowhere in a flash of light, and alongside her, was a Digimon that was clearly stone based.

"And here we are: Ponyville, latest residence of the pony you saw three years ago." The digimon said.

"Th-that was kind of disorienting..." The Lilac Unicorn said. "Are you even sure this is where they are?"

"Positive. There's only one amber unicorn that I know of in Equestria, and they live here in Ponyville." The Digimon said.

"...My request was specifically to take me to the amber unicorn in question." Starlight said.

"Well, she's currently in this library in front of us." The digimon said. "I'm not strong enough to use the Digital Railway indoors. Only a Champion level digimon can deal with using that warp for indoor places." The digimon said.

"That...sounds like an unfair advantage." Starlight said.

"It's limited that way because this one Rookie Level Digimon warped a pony into a bathtub; making the pony who was already in the bathtub file for a lawsuit. As a result, both Empress Alli and Princess Celestia made it so only Champion Level Digimon can use the Digital Railway indoors." The Digimon said.

"Seems like it's unfair that the one digimon ruined it for every other rookie digimon." Starlight said.

"Well, not much for it. That whole thing happened two years ago." The Digimon said. The digimon accompanied the Lilac Unicorn into the Library.

"Oh, I don't think I've seen you around before." Twilight said.

The Lilac Unicorn was staring at Sunset. "...Can I help you?" Sunset asked.

"S-sorry. It's just...you look like Sunburst's Twin..." The unicorn said. "Forgive me, my name is Starlight Glimmer and--"

"Back up..." Sunset said. "Did you just mention Sunburst?"

"Y-yeah, that's right." Starlight answered.

"Then, would he have happened to nickname you, Glim-Glam?" Sunset asked.

"While I'm not sure how that's important, that is what he usually called me." Starlight Said.

"So, then it was a pony he was talking about the day before he went missing!" Sunset said.

"Wait, Sunburst is missing?" Starlight asked.

"Yeah. He's been missing for over three years now. No pony; or even the digimon; have seen where he's vamoosed to." Sunset said. "I'm Sunburst's older half-sister, Sunset Shimmmer."

"Wow, after all this time, a clue of some kind." Twilight said.

"If...you were hoping I would know where Sunburst is...I'm afraid I don't know any more then you do..." Starlight said.

"Oh..." Sunset said. "Let me guess, you haven't heard from him since our mom decided to enroll him in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns without his permission?"

"Well...I guess as his mother...she wouldn't need his permission." Starlight said.

"...That may be so, but...geez, now I'm really beating myself up." Sunset said.

"Why would you be beating yourself up?" Starlight asked.

Sunset sighed. "Because the day before we went missing, I was having a fight with him over you. Now that I know it was a pony he was wishing was at the school with him, I just feel so...so stupid..." The amber unicorn said.

"I...doubt it's all your fault..." Starlight said.

"Well, I'm still going to find him. One way or another, I have to." Sunset said. "Because now, I got two reasons to find him: You, and my mom."

"I just wish there could be a lead or something." Twilight said. "I wonder though, if there's a chance he's left Equestria's borders entirely."

"If that's the case, I may never find him..." Sunset said.

"Well, don't give up; something's gotta turn up sooner or later." Twilight said.

"...Thanks Twilight." Sunset said.

"Forgive the later introduction, I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said. "And I have a feeling, your going to get something special."

"Well...I suppose I could move to Ponyville. At least, I found some pony related to Sunburst." Starlight said.

"Yeah, Ponyville gets tons of Ponys who come and go all the time. So, something's bound to turn up. At least, that's what I've noticed." Twilight said.

The noise of a shower being turned off was heard, and then Marina entered. "Just so you know, I'm done with the--" Marina then laid eyes on the Digimon that was with Starlight. "...Oh, hello Gammo."

"What the--WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?!" The digimon with Starlight exclaimed.

Alli suddenly popped in. "Hey sis, just thought you might want to--oh..." She looked at the scene. "...Guess it's a little too late to tell you Gammo's around Ponyville..."

"Empress Alli, what in the void is Marina doing outside of prison?!" Gammo exclaimed.

"Geez, how far out of the loop have you been Gammo? I've been out of prison for three whole years now." Marina said.

"Marina wanted to make an attempt to be a proper sister towards me. So far, she hasn't done anything I wouldn't approve of." Alli said.

"Y-you can't seriously be trusting Marina of all things. Have you forgotten what she and your mother did to you?" Gammo asked.

"...How could I forget..." Marina said. "Seriously, looking back on that now, I wasn't really a good sister back then huh?"

"Hey, you've gotten better since then sis. You've even got a boyfriend now." Alli said.

"Empress Alli, you can't trust her. I beg of you, throw her back into jail before she hurts someone; whether they be pony or Digimon, or whatever else." Gammo said.

"Kind of too late for that, since I did approve of her for dealing with a bit of a mean griffon problem that was going on here." Alli said.

"You can't be serious; you actually allowed her to hurt someone on purpose?!" Gammo exclaimed.

"Hey, if I didn't, that Griffon was going to do something to one of the ponies here; and a fairly gentle one at that." Marina said. "So don't get on your high horse."

"I-I seriously can't believe you believe such an obvious lie." Gammo said.

"It's not a lie. I watched the feeds." Alli said.

"Grr..." Gammo was clearly frustrated. "The feeds could've easily been tampered with. I wouldn't put above this...this abomination to do such a thing."

"That's enough Gammo. Continue to push this avenue, and I will ban you from Digital Capital. I will not allow this badgering of my own sister to continue; so unless you have proof she's actually done something illegal, you will cease throwing baseless accusation at Marina at once. Do I make myself clear?" Alli asked, though it was more like a command.

"...Fine. You've made yourself crystal clear." Gammo said. "I'll back off for now, but when I do find proof of Marina's Illigal activity; and I know I will; then you'll see how I was right the whole time." Gammo then left the Library.

"I would like to apologize to you three; I didn't mean to get Gammo worked up like that." Marina said to the three ponies.

"It's not your fault, Gammo's the one at fault here." Twilight said.

"Yeah, that was more so on his part." Sunset said.

"...So, what even did you do to your sister that makes Gammo so distrusting of you anyways?" Starlight asked.

"For the sake of your innocence, it's better that you don't know." Alli said.

"Heh...yeah what my sis said." Marina said.

Author's Note

What Dilerance and Marina did to Alli is meant to be up to the reader's imagination; so please do not ask me what it is they did, because I will not tell you, and it will never be revealed as part of this story. Part of the appeal of it is it never being delved into.

Season 1: Episode 8 - The Great Moogle Elder Departs Part 1

Author's Note

I think it's about time to include another Moogle Centric Chapter, don't you?

...If you're disagreeing with that statement, then too bad; I'm the one in the driver's seat for this story.

Season 1: Episode 8 - The Great Moogle Elder Departs Part 1

This time, we shift our focus elsewhere on Equees to the city of Goug; and in particular, we are seeing events in the Flying District. The majority of the Moogle Population lives in the Flying District; in fact, 90% of Goug's population lives in the Flying District. You'd think that with such a high population living in the Flying District, that a concept such as The Slums wouldn't even exist. Well, the fact that the flying city is flying is not a cheap production: Housing Costs in the Flying District are far higher than anywhere else on Equees. It's why those who are deemed too poor to afford the housing in the Flying District are sent down to the Slums in the first place. Most folk who live in the Flying District tend to be snobbish and unfriendly towards those who live below down on the surface of Equees. Only the rich even live in the Flying District after all. As such, all the Moogles who live down in the Slums call the Flying District by another name...

"Welp, here we are: Aristocrat Estate..." The Moogle Thief accompanying Mazool. As the Bangaa had learned, the Thief's name was named June.

"Ugh...I think I feel a little sky sick from the way we got up here." Mazool said.

"You wanted to avoid the Chocobo Patrol right? Well, then that was the only way up here outside of the magical teleporter." June said.

"Let's just find this house of the Great Moogle Elder." Mazool said.

"No worries, I know exactly where to go." June said, and thus the male moogle thief led the way to a particular street of the Flying District. It was on that street the duo found a pathway leading to a lone house. "Here we are: The House of the Great Moogle Elder. If anyone knows the truth behind Zalmeno, I can't think of anyone better to ask then the Great Moogle Elder."

"So, does this Great Moogle Elder have an actual name?" Mazool asked.

"Well yeah, he does. It's just that no one calls him by his actual name anymore. The last time anyone did so was over a thousand years ago." June stated.

"A-a thousand years?! How can anyone live for that long?!" Mazool had to stop himself from letting his jaw drop.

"Hey, if anyone could figure out how to live for such a long period of time, I wouldn't put it past The Great Moogle Elder. That's why in Goug, we have a saying: If The Great Moogle Elder doesn't know about something, it'd be the end of the world as we know it." June said.

"That's...kind of bleak..." Mazool said. Just before the two went towards the house, they spotted Garrison and Cinnamon heading inside the house. "...Oh great, those two beat us here. I can't be seen by those two."

"Well, I know the perfect place to hide nearby." June said.

Meanwhile, Garrison & Cinnamon had entered the home of The Great Moogle Elder. The elder in question, Mog, looked up at the pair who had come in. "Ah. I see two members of the Knight's Order have come to visit me today: One a unit commander, and the other a fellow moogle, kupo." The Elder said.

"Hello Elder, kupo." Cinnamon said.

"Wow. You certainly look old; much older than any Moogle I've ever seen. I think the fact you've lived for over a thousand years is a testament to your wisdom." Garrison said.

"You humble me, kupo. To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit, kupo? For I doubt you have come here just to chat with an old moogle such as myself, kupo." The Elder said.

"You would guess correctly. Dang, you are as good as Cinnamon says you are." Garrison said.

"Sir, focus kupo." Cinnamon said.

"Right. I was hoping you would have information in regard to Zalmeno's personal record, for it seemingly doesn't exist." Garrison said.

"I had a feeling someone would come looking for that one day, kupo; I just didn't expect it to be the Knight's Order itself." The Elder said. "That being said, the information you are looking for won't come easy, kupo."

"So, what is it that you want in return? I've got a few valuable trinkets with me." Garrison said.

"Your possessions hold no value with me; for it is information I want, kupo." The Elder said. "It is an equivalent exchange: I am willing to exchange the information you seek for information I deem is worth an equal price in value."

"Huh. I guess that's how you stay in the know around Goug: Folks trade you information for information they seek. It's no wonder your so wise." Garrison said.

"Please don't drift off topic, sir." Cinnamon said. "What do you wish to know in exchange oh great elder?" He asked.

"What I wish to know, is the specifics of the Knight's Order; specifically in it's current structure." The Elder said.

"Ah, an easy one. About three years ago, I went on a mission to restructure the Knight's Order from the ground up; I doubt you'd be able to find a single trace of corruption." Garrison said.

"You say that, and yet you allow Cinnamon to continue to serve the Knight's Order, kupo." Mog said; and after saying such, he opened his eyes.

Garrison gulped. In all his time as part of the Knight's Order, he's been known to be fearless, even in the face of the greatest of dangers. And yet, here this Moogle Elder was, staring at him as if the moogle was staring into Garrison's soul. "Cinnamon's background didn't show any criminal record." Garrison said.

"Perhaps you weren't aware then...of this..." Mog said, before a report was magically manifested into the room, and magically given to Garrison.

Garrison took some time to read through the file in-depth. "...Cinnamon, you took a bribe while guarding a bridge?!" Garrison's tone was dead serious.

"H-hey now, I may have took the bribe, but I still put the criminal in jail afterwards, kupo." Cinnamon said.

"I don't care. Under no circumstances is anyone allowed to accept a bribe in this organization. You are so being fired when we get back to the Knight's Hall." Garrison said.

"I see. You take this anti-corruption angle seriously, do you Captain Garrison?" Mog asked.

"Zero. Tolerance." Garrison said.

Mog laughed. "Well, then my fears about the Knight's Order are unfounded so long as you are in charge, kupo." The elder said. "Very well, then I shall tell you what I know."

To Be Continued...

Season 1: Episode 9 - The Great Moogle Elder Departs Part 2

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Season 1: Episode 10 - Fortus Vile Part 1

At the same time as when Garrison was getting info about Zalmeno, in Ponyville Sunset Shimmer was called to the home of Filthy & Spoiled Rich, a wealthy earth pony couple. It was during the small party Pinkie Pie had planned to expose Gilda's true nature to the wider ponyville population, not realizing Marina beat her to it. Seeing the pranks Rainbow Dash managed to sneak into the party made for a great laugh out of every pony though, as it was all harmless fun. All the same, during the party, Sunset Shimmer had met a pink earth pony filly named Diamond Tiara who had no cutie mark. And now today, the amber unicorn was being called to the mansion owned by Flilthy & Spoiled Rich.

"Sunset Shimmer, please, do come in." A pink earth pony mare said, answering the door instead of one of the maids or butlers.

"Wow, I think only a select few noble houses in Canterlot hire maids, butlers, or even both." Sunset said.

"This...is not about some appeal to the nobility for this visit, Ms. Shimmer." The adult mare said, as she led Sunset to a table where a brown earth pony stallion was waiting.

"Ah, I recognize your face from one of the advertisement buildboards. Filthy Rich, right?" Sunset asked.

"Indeed, that is me: Owner of Banyard Bargins, an establishment here in Ponyville." Filthy Rich said.

"Guess that makes this mare your wife, Spoiled Rich." Sunset said.

"Guilty as charged." Spoiled Rich said. "Now, about why we called you here Ms. Shimmer--"

"You can just call me Sunset if you prefer; this isn't a formal visit Spoiled." Sunset said. "As for why I'm here, I have a good guess: It's about your daughter, Diamond Tiara, isn't it?"

"Err...well, yes, it is about her. We're tried as much as we can to help her get her cutie mark, but alas, we have hit a brick wall figuratively speaking." Spoiled said.

"What my wife is saying, is that we've run out of ideas. We were hoping, if our daughter spent some time around you, you might help her find her cutie mark." Filthy clarified for his wife.

"I'm not sure how much help I can be there. Have you tried letting your daughter mingle with some of the other foals at the school? They'd probably provide better insight then I could..." Sunset said.

"Well, to be more preciese, this isn't just about helping her find her cutie mark." Filthy said. "It's about keeping her out of the crosshairs of a different rich pony foal."

"A very huge tormentor, and while we know his name, we can't do anything to him. His family is very influential in Equestria, despite immigrating into the country from lands far to the south; beyond any known civilization." Spoiled began. "A very successful family, as though they own no stores, or even a business, their wealth is seemingly bottomless. It was their concept of a trade fair that allows them to rank in the cash hosting the fair in Canterlot once a year."

"The Trade Fair? The same one that Canterlot is host to? That Trade Fair?" Sunset asked.

"Yes Sunset Shimmer; that Trade Fair. The concept was thought up by a particular family, and Canterlot pays them a huge sum to hose the trade fair on an annual basis." Filthy said.

"So then, who exactly is the problem?" Sunset asked.

As the adults were chatting, Diamond Tiara was trying to cut through the woods to get back home without running into Fortus Vile. The filly had risked going out to pick up a few things to try for a cutie mark, and was now on her way back home. She could only count her luck that she didn't run into a particular pair of ponies while sneaking out.

"How predictable can you get?" A male voice rang out. Suddenly, a male maroon colored unicorn colt joined by a gray earth pony filly jumped out at Diamond Tiara. "We had a feeling you'd try to cut back through here on your way back home."

"To be fair, that was your idea, Fortus Vile." The filly said.

"You were the one who informed me Diamond Tiara snuck out of her home, Silver Spoon." The colt who had been identified as Fortus Vile said. "If anything, this was a group effort."

Diamond Tiara gulped. "P-please don't bother me." Diamond Tiara said.

"What's in the bag, Blank Flank?" Fortus Vile asked.

"N-none of your concern, Fortus Vile." Diamond Tiara said.

"I'm willing to bet, it's stuff she thinks she can get a cutie mark in, don't you think?" Silver Spoon asked.

Diamond Tiara felt ill; and couldn't stop herself from making a face. "Looks like you hit the mark on the head, Silver Spoon." Fortus Vile said. "Ponies like you who don't have a cutie mark at our age are pathetic."

"J-just let me go back home." Diamond Tiara said.

"Nope. Can't let you do that. Not unless you hand over the bag first." Fortus Vile said.

"B-but I need what's in it." Diamond Tiara said.

"Correction: You want what's in it. If you needed what's in it, I'd let you keep the bag. But you don't need what's in it, you only want what's in it." Fortus Vile said. "And since you don't need what's in that bag, you can hand it over."

"Best do what Fortus Vile says Blank Flank; you don't want to keep being pathetic, do you?" Silver Spoon asked. Suddenly out of nowhere, a bunch of rotten apples were being thrown at both Fortus Vile and Silver Spoon from various direcitons. "Gah what in Tartarus?! We're surrounded Fortus Vile; we have to get out of here before one of those hit us." Silver Spoon said.

"This isn't over, Blank Flank; you hear me!" Fortus Vile said. He and Silver Spoon both bolted shortly after that.

Just then, a lone yellow earth pony filly came out. "You okay there?" She asked.

"Oh. I know you. Apple Bloom, right?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"That's me." Apple Bloom said.

"So...who else is with you? There were like, thousands of rotten apples flying." Diamond Tiara said.

"No pony else helped me; I did that all by myself." Apple Bloom said. "It's an apple family secret technique~" Diamond Tiara was stunned to say the least. "After all..." Apple Bloom showed off that she didn't have a cutie mark just like Diamond Tiara didn't have one.

"I-I didn't think there were more like me..." Diamond Tiara said.

"Here, I'll help you get back home." Apple Bloom said.

To be continued...

Author's Note

While I am keeping the fact that Diamond Tiara starts as a blank flank in this re-rewrite the same as the original rewrite, eagle-eyed fans of the original rewrite might notice that I chose to make Fortus Vile a unicorn over an earth pony in this re-rewrite. This was done because I do still plan to have Fortus Vile hit on Sweetie Belle later in the story just like the original rewrite, but part of me found it awkward that an earth pony colt was hitting on a unicorn filly at a fancy restaurant, regardless of financial wealth. This change should make that scene less awkward feeling for me at the very least. I doubt anyone complained originally, but I felt awkward doing things that way. So, this is mainly here to prevent me from feeling awkward.

Season 1: Episode 11 - Fortus Vile Part 2

Diamond Tiara had proceeded to inform her mother and father about what had happened when she got back. Sunset was a little tense about what would happen, but her fears were unfounded.

"I suppose I can't exactly blame you for sneaking out; Fortus Vile pratically makes your life a living nightmare day in, and day out." Spoiled Rich said.

"It's great that you have an ally in Apple Bloom now; especially since Sweet Apple Acres is the entire reason for Banyard Bargin's continued success, and Apple Bloom just so happens to be related to Granny Smith & Applejack." Filthy Rich said.

"I always did wonder where you got that strange jam from on an annual basis." Spoiled mentioned. "Honestly, I've never had anything quite like it before."

"It's known as Zap Apple Jam, and it's very special alright. The apples that are used to make the jam only occur once a year, around two weeks following Winter Wrap Up." Filthy responded.

"Speaking of which, the Running of the Leaves happens about three weeks after the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala yes? I wish we could've attended this year, but one of those digimon said it wouldn't be wise to do so. And frankly, I'm taking him at his word." Spoiled mentioned.

"I wonder if it was Lars; Empress Alli's advisor and lover." Sunset said.

"Wait, Lars is romantically involved with Empress Alli?" Dimaond Tiara asked.

"...That information is literally the worst unkept secret of our time." Spoiled said. "I hear even Princess Celestia knows about Lar's relationship with the digimon empress."

"And I can confirm that the sun princess does in fact, known of Lars's relationship with Alli. Last friendship report, Twilight mentioned that little tidbit, only for Princess Celestia's response back being that she already knows about it." Sunset said.

"Wow, Lars must be really bad at keeping it a secret." Diamond Tiara said.

"It's so obvious though if you look at the way Lars acts around Alli." Sunset said.

"Yeah, of all the things I've seen, the way I've witnessed Lars act around Empress Alli clearly shows that the Patamon is in love with the black cat empress." Filthy said.

Suddenly a letter was tossed into the room through the open mail slot in the door. "...It's an invitation to Fortus Vile's Cutcenera tomorrow." Spoiled noted.

"...Well crap. Talk about a rock and a hard place: If I don't go, Fortus Vile will just oust me even worse..." Diamond Tiara said.

"But if you do go, there's a chance he'll oust you at the party and embarrass you." Spoiled Rich said.

"I'm afraid, that's a change I'll have to take..." Diamond Tiara said. "I don't want to give him any more ammunition than he already has."

Irony can be a cruel, cruel mistress at times; or it can be some pony's best friend. Because while Spoiled's fears were right on the money and Fortus Vile did try to oust Diamond Tiara & Apple Bloom at the party, it was thanks to Sweetie Belle and a Pegasus filly named Scootaloo that the embarrassment never happened, and in fact, it made every pony at the party start defending the four markless fillies.

Empress Alli was even at the party, and she was enjoying a particicular snack. "Digital Chip Cookies; I didn't think they had these in Equestria."

"They don't; I had to get them from Digital Capital store bought. But, since this was your first ever Cutcenera, I had to have some just for you." Pinkie Pie explained.

"Here sis, want to try one?" Alli asked her sister Marina.

"Mmm...why not?" Marina asked and sampled one. "Huh. That's actually very good, I'm shocked. No wonder you like these so much."

"Just wait until you try Valarie's homemade Digital Chip Cookies. She's making some for after my visit with mom the day after the Gala." Alli said. "Seriously, why did the gala have to take place the night before you-know-when?"

"Probably something to do with Princess Luna or something if I had to guess." Marina said. "This will be Lulu's first gala since her return."

"Fair enough point." Alli said.

The four markless fillies however were bounding and even came up with a neat little group name of "The Cutie Mark Crusaders". But not all was smiles and rainbows around, for Gammo was at the party, and he was not only making sure Marina didn't leave his sight, but he was continously giving her the evil eye. You may be fooling your sister; but you ain't fooling me. Gammo thought to himself. Sooner or later, you'll slip up and reveal your true nature. And when that happens, I'll make sure to convince Empress Alli to make sure you never see the light of freedom again.

Author's Note

There is only one other episode outside of the two-part Season 1 finale of this story, and it's going to focus on the Knight's Order. It will be important to the overall plot later, but you won't see why it's important until Season 5; so if you want to save reading the next episode until season 5, you are freely safe to skip it for the time being. The only thing of real note will be; if you couldn't guess from the background episodes concerning The Great Moogle Elder & his departure from the living world; is Cinnamon's dismissal from the Knight's Order. But there will be more to the next episode then just that; the rest just isn't important until season 5. The only thing that will affect the immediate future of this story's plot is Cinnamon's Dismissal from the Knight's Order as it'll get brought up during part 1 of the two-part Season 1 finale. As such, you can safely save the next episode until it's more relevant to the plot, as the main take-away that's relevant to the current season; that being Cinnamon's Dismissal; is safely re-affirmed in Part 1 of the two-part season 1 finale. Everything else included in the following episode won't be relevant until season 5.

Season 1: Episode 12 - Gala Morning

Today was the day of the Grand Galloping Gala at Canterlot. The Main Six were already on their way there with transportation provided by Princess Luna. Even Empress Alli and her sister Marina had been invited. Gomma; due to having never met Princess Luna; was not invited to the Gala, but the Gotsumon figured he could at least provide additional security for the event. After all, he believes Marina has an agent that would sabotage such an event.

However, not all will be sunshine and rainbows today, because before we focus on the gala itself, we move to elsewhere on Equees to the hall of the Knight's Order.

"I can't believe you. Not only did you accept a bribe, but you personally went out of your way to put someone down who clearly has the heart of a Knight." Garrison said. "And for years, I considered you my closest ally; sometimes even my best friend. Any semblance of that has officially left my mind."

"C-can't we talk about this, kupo?" Cinnamon asked. "M-maybe instead of firing me--"

"If this was just about the bribe, then maybe; just maybe; I'd make you start over in the Knight's Order from the ground up. But alas, my reasons for firing you don't extend just to the bribe. You belittled someone who embodies the true spirit of the kind of Knight I'm looking for. And it is for those reasons, that you are officially being cast out from the Knight's Order." Garrison explained. "Turn in your access key and uniform on your way out; I-I can't even look at you right now."

Cinnamon was downcast. It was very clear, that what he did made Garrison ashamed. Deciding not to disgrace his former captain further, Cinnamon did as he was told without complaint. "I can only hope that, should we meet again kupo; it's under better circumstances." The former Moogle Knight said and left the building.

"...So, what now boss?" The Nu Mu Scholar asked.

"Well, luckily for me, I just received an invite to the Grand Galloping Gala. I have plans on making a recruitment effort during the event, and it should certainly boost our numbers." Garrison said and then got on his personal transportation: An airship that the Seeq had won at an auction recently. "Wonder why the manual for this strange looking airship warned me about throwing up after the first flight. I haven't flown in this yet, but this seems like the perfect opportunity to give it a test flight." Garrison said before pressing a button. The airship zoomed away faster than even the Seeq was prepared for, as when he arrived at Canterlot, when the Seeq exited the plane, he went to where no one could see him and proceeded to vomit. "...So that's why the manual warned me about throwing up after the first flight..."

Speaking of Canterlot however, there was one other thing going on in the gardens. "...I have to give you some credit Miss Valarie: Teleporting us to Canterlot Gardens was a smart plan; makes it more likely for me to get caught by the Royal Guard." A male voice said; it came from a strange looking figure that was standing over Valarie. "Alas, it seems your plan falls apart, for today is the day of the Grand Galloping Gala; security for the gardens doesn't exist on this day."

"Wh-why? Why have you attacked me?" Valarie asked.

"No special reason; I just wanted to get under Alli's Skin." The mysterious figure said, and then noticed something glint around Valarie's waist. "...Well well well, what have we here?"

"! No! Leave that alone! You don't know what that opens!" Valarie exclaimed as the mysterious figure took a key that was attached to Valarie's waist.

"Hmm...I think I know exactly what this could open. I guess now, I have something else I can do to get under Alli's skin. Oh, I simply cannot wait." The mysterious figure said, before he vanished.

Dilerance huffed as she sat in her cell. And that's when she heard a very eerie whistle. "...That's a peculiar whistle..." Dilerance said. That's when the mysterious figure suddenly looked over her in her cell. "Wait...aren't you--"

"Save it." The mysterious figure said before using the key that he got from Valarie on the cell door. The door opened. "After all, I believe what you crave the most right now is revenge: Revenge against both your daughters."

Dilerance was a bit confused. "While I won't deny, I'd love to truely break Alli into my true heir like my original plan dictated, why would I have any reason to get revenge on Marina outside of the fact she disowned me? I was already planning on having Alli; once she was broken; turn on her sister."

"Do you know who tipped off the rebels?" The mysterious figure asked. "Seriously, have you ever stopped to think why Marina was given a much lighter sentencing by your youngest daughter?"

Dilerance's eyes went wide. "...Of course, it's so obvious in hindsight." She said. "Thank you for this information. Don't think I owe you one though."

"Oh, you'll be causing enough evil to pay me back on your own." The mysterious figure said. As the episode began to end, an evil laugh could be heard; and it proceeded even after the entire episode went dark.

Season 1: Episode 13 - Two Gs at the GGG Part 1

By the time most of the guests arrived for the Grand Galloping Gala, it was already nighttime. The royal guard was double checking every pony's tickets as rumors about ticket fraud had come in through an anonymous source. The Main Six were right beyond a black unicorn stallion.

"Don't recall any Black Unicorns in Canterlot..." Sunset noted.

"I don't exactly live in Canterlot." The Black Stallion responded as the royal guard checked over his ticket.

"Well, his ticket's legit. You don't seem like a pony either of the two alicorn sisters would invite though." The royal unicorn said.

"I've been invited to make sure this is a Grand Galloping Gala to remember; I'm quite the master at what I do." The Stallion said.

"...Well, at least this gala won't be as boring then." The royal guard said.

"Oh trust me, gentlemen, it won't." The stallion said. And as he entered the castle, he was making quite the eerie whistle.

"...That's a peculiar whistle..." Twilight said.

"...I have a bad feeling about that Stallion." Alli said.

Sometime later, the Grand Galloping Gala was in full swing. During the event, Rainbow Dash pulled Scootaloo off to the side.

"So, what's on your mind Rainbow?" Scootaloo asked.

"Not exactly sure where to start..." Rainbow Dash said. "See the thing is, my parents only told me about this just before I left cloudsdale to search for Fluttershy. Told me all about how I apparently, have this younger sister that I never got to meet at the time."

"What do you mean you never got to meet your younger sister?" Scootaloo asked.

"Way mom explained it, is that they were hoping of surprising me on one of my birthdays with the big reveal that I had a younger sister. But then, they ended up losing the baby during a trip to the cloudsdale mall. I've been in there once, place is huge. Never again." Rainbow Dash said.

"What does that have to do with me though?" Scootaloo asked.

"Mom said she only managed to take one photograph as proof the baby even existed, and gave it to me in hopes I would end up meeting her while I searched for Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said. "Didn't think I'd actually encounter her in the same place as Fluttershy."

"Wait, who even is your younger sister?" Scootaloo asked.

"Do you want to see the picture I was given? It'll tell you pretty quickly." Rainbow Dash said.

"O-okay..." Scootaloo said, nervous. She took the picture Rainbow Dash offer, and to say she was shocked, was an understatement.

There, in the photograph, was what was obviously a baby version of Scootaloo. "Now do you understand why I felt it was important to save this info for an event like this?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"But...why wait until now to tell me?" Scootaloo asked.

"In my eyes, something as big of a bombshell as this, deserves to be saved for a special occasion." Rainbow Dash said. "The dominos just so happened to have lined up in just the right way for this to be the special occasion."

"...Yeah that does sound logical..." Scootaloo said. "But...the ponies who have been fostering me..."

"You don't need to turn your back on them kiddo. If anything, I'd like to think they should meet with your biological parents at some point. Of course, I'll make sure both mom & dad understand, that you shouldn't be forced to make a choice between your foster parents, or your biological parents. If they even try well, my loyalty to you comes first." Rainbow Dash said.

"...How did I get so lucky to have a sister like you, Rainbow?" Scootaloo asked.

Before Rainbow Dash could answer, there were some announcements going on. "May I have your attention, please." Princess Celestia said. "While tonight is all about celebration; what with my sister's return and all; there are a couple of announcements that are to be made tonight. The first come straight from my sister, Princess Luna."

Princess Luna took the mic. "In an effort to make sure our shared rule is as equal as possible, a new flying team is being created from the ground up. So allow me to introduce to you the pony to who I have entrusted training this new flying team, Night Wing." The lunar princess said, and at that moment, a navy blue pegasus mare came up to Princess Luna.

"Hey, I recognize her; that's Night Wing. I hear she quit the Wonder bolt reserves after being passed over for promotion twice." Rainbow Dash whispered to Scootaloo.

"I, Night Wing, will ensure that the Shadow Bolts are as every bit as revered as the Wonder Bolts are. Make no mistake, all the Pegasi Luna scouted; and you know who you are as all of them have been invited to this event; will be put through their paces." Night Wing said.

"Thank you, sister; and thank you Night Wing as well." Celestia said. "Now, onto our second announcement. Please welcome the current leader of the Knight's Order, Captain Garrison."

The Seeq in question took to the mike. "Thank you, Princess Celestia." Garrison said. "My announcement will not be long. Tomorrow morning, there will be a sign-up sheet at several locations throughout Equestria. This is because the Knight's Order is doing a bit of a recruitment drive. The details as to why, is need to know."

"Thank you, Captain Garrison." Celestia said. Suddenly, a monitor came out of nowhere. "...Strange, I don't remember installing anything like that..." The sun princess said.

The moniter then showed the Black Unicorn Stallion from before. "Good evening, Canterlot. I hope you've been enjoying your Grand Galloping Gala. But, I'm afraid there are a few guests you forgot to invite..." The stallion said. Suddenly, a bunch of undead pony zombies burst through the doors. "Namely, these guests~"

"Undead? Here?!" Alli was shocked. "That's no Unicorn Stallion; that's..."

Before Alli could finished, the unicorn stallion suddenly morphed into a mysterious entity, but one that both Alli & Rainbow Dash recognized. "Oh you've got to be kidding me..." Rainbow Dash said.

"After all, who better to invite the undead then I; the evilest undead entity ever, and the master of darkness who aligns with no one." The mysterious entity said.

Alli clenched a fist. "...Gorzon..." She said simply, finishing her thought from before.

To be continued...

Author's Note

Aren't I clever with episode titles?

Season 1: Episode 14 - Two Gs at the GGG Part 2

The Grand Galloping Gala; known for being one of the most anticipated events in all of Equestria; wanted to be visited by ponies the country over. And yet today, it's usual guest list now hosted a swarm of undead zombie ponies, and a mysterious figure Alli called "Gorzon".

"Who are you? And why are these undead ponies here?" Celestia asked.

"Why are there undead ponies at the Grand Galloping Gala? The better question is, why shouldn't there be?" The Mysterious figure asked back.

"What kind of twisted logic is that?" Celestia asked.

"Don't bother trying to wrap your head around him, Tia." Alli said. "That being is an undead shapeshifter that alligns with no one whose only motive is to destroy all mortal life; a true psychopath who calls himself the master of darkness."

The mysterious figure gave off a laugh, but one that was emotionless; making it sound very, very evil. "Psychopath? Are you sure your not referring to your biological mother, Empress Alli?" The undead being asked. "And what kind of introduction was that? I can do one better: I am the one who brings terror to the masses, an undead shapeshifter whose motives are as dark as a starless & moonless night. I am the master of darkness, the one, the only, Gorzon!"

Twilight and everyone else was doing their best to fight back against the undead horde. "I hate to admit it, but I think I like Alli's description a bit better." The purple unicorn stated.

"Aw...how boring." Gorzon said. "At least I've done my part to make this Grand Galloping Gala a night to remember. After all, whose going to forget the time a horde of undead zombie ponies attacked the Grand Galloping Gala?" He then gave off another one of his emotionless evil laughs.

"Geez, is he loco in the koko or what?" Pinkie Pie asked, as everyone started to make a dent in the undead forces.

"I think we're winning." Shining Armor who was there at the gala said.

Suddenly the undead ponies who had been seemingly defeated, rose again, and seemed fully restored. "...What in Tartarus?!" Night Wing exclaimed.

"Do you honestly think you can stop the undead? You can't. No matter how many times you defeat them, they'll just get right back up for me." Gorzon said.

"There's got to be some way to--" Shining Armor noticed something. "--Ahah!" He then rushed over, and used his hind legs to cause a sceptor to topple over; causing the jewel on top of it to break.

When it did, the undead horde turned to ashes. "...I was really, really hoping none of you would've found that..." Gorzon said. "Oh well. I've already done what I needed to do here tonight. You may have won the battle, but you will not win the war against me." He concluded.

"You are not going anywhere." Celestia said.

Suddenly, Gomma rushed in. "E-empress Alli, I-I just found Valarie outside in the gardens and seriously wounded."

Gorzon then gave off another emotionless evil laugh. "I was wondering how long it'd take for some creature to find my handiwork. Seems you'll be too preoccupied with Valarie now." The undead shapeshifter said. "But know this: You haven't seen the last of me." The monitor Gorzon had been using retracted.

"Valarie!" Alli exclaimed and quickly rushed out, followed by everyone else; Gorzon's emotionless evil laugh filling the castle as they headed outside.

Every one at the gala soon rushed to the Gardens, where Valarie was still laying. "Valarie!" Alli said.

"A-alli...I-I'm sorry you have to see me like this...I-I don't think I'm going to last much longer..." Valarie said.

Alli's eyes began to fill up with tears. "I'll make sure the one who did this to you pays for what they did Valarie."

"Y-you can't make a promise you won't be able to keep." Valarie said. "The one who did this...they were...The Reaper..."

Just then, Valarie's entire body vanished and turned into pure code. "Wh-what just happened to her?" Twilight asked.

"Did you forget Twilight? Digimon don't die; at least not like ponies do." Marina started. "When a Digimon suffers injuries as severe as what Gorzon did to Valarie, their bodies turn into code; and their consciousness is later reborn when their new self hatches from a Digi-egg." The Black Gatomon continued. "But when that happens, their memories of their previous life will be gone."

"I do have to wonder...why did Valarie call Gorzon 'The Reaper'?" Alli asked.

"It doesn't matter sis. We'll make sure Gorzon faces justice for this." Marina said.

Alli smiled. "Thanks sis. I am going to miss Valarie though."

"I know you will sis." Marina said as the camera began to zoom out. "I know you will."

Meanwhile, in an unknown location, Gorzon stared at a group of five torches. Each one was labeled with a different word.

BETRAYAL

SADNESS

GREED

CRUELTY

DECIET

The torch marked "Betrayal" was burning with an ethereal red flame, and in a few moments, the torch marked "Sadness" began to burn with an ethereal blue flame. "Two down, three to go..." Gorzon said as he looked at the pentagram centered within the five torches. "Once all five torches are lit, I can incite the incantation that will bring forth the collector of souls known only as The Reaper. And then, the mortal race will cease to exist." The undead being said and gave off an emotionless evil laugh that continued even into the end-credits for the episode; completely replacing the credits music.

Season 1 Epilogue - The Morning After

A few hours later, and it was now time for the sun to be up. Alli makred the place where Valarie's body had been digitized with a headstone.

"In memory of Valarie; trusted friend, loving foster mother" is what the tombstone read.

"Valarie's consciousness may be getting reborn, but it won't be the same when it does." Alli said.

"I don't think we've ever had a funeral without a body before." A white unicorn stallion said.

"...Prince Blueblood." Sunset said, voice laced with venom.

"Now now Sunset; there's no need for that hostility." Rarity said. "It's great to see you again, Blueblood, despite the circumstances."

"It's great to see you again too Rarity. How's Sweetie?" Blueblood asked.

Sunset wasn't sure what she was hearing right now. "Oh you know, kids." Rarity said. "I think she'd enjoy a visit from you at some point in Ponyville."

"What an excellent idea, I think I'll take you up on that offer." Blueblood said. He then turned his attention to the tombstone. "...Still strange how we are holding a funeral and yet, there is no body to bury."

"Niece of mine, I told you Digimon don't die like ponies do." Celestia said.

"Besides, this is important to Alli." Luna said.

"I did my best to do as you ponies tend to do." Alli said. "I hope I did it right."

Marina put a paw on her sister's shoulder. "You did well enough for her memory, sis."

"There is one other conern though: The key to Dilerance's cell; it wasn't left behind when Valarie's body digitized." Alli said.

"...Valarie had a key to Dilerance's cell?" Marina asked.

"It's the only copy of that key too. The only two people who knew Valarie had the key, was Valarie of course, and me." Alli said. "And that scares me."

Just then, something began beeping on Alli's person. "Isn't that your Digivice going off?" Marina asked.

Alli checked it. "Video message?" Alli was confused, but let it play.

Just then, a digital screen popped out of Alli's digivice, and showed Dilerance. "Oh no..." Marina said, worridly.

"Happy Birthday to you~" Dilerance's message began with her singing.

"...Wait what?" Pinkie Pie was confused.

"Happy birthday to you~" Dilerance continued to sing.

"Sh-she didn't..." Alli said.

"Happy birthday, Empress Alli~" Dilerance continued to sing.

"She would; the bitch..." Marina said.

"Happy birthday to you~" Dilerance finished her song. "And many more."

"Wh-what is she--" Pinkie Pie was still confused.

"Sorry we couldn't have our usual meeting on your special day, daughter of mine." Dilarance said. "But now that I know about Marina's betrayal to me seven years ago; the day the rebels defeated me; I not only plan on breaking you thoroughly this time, but I am so going to make sure your sister is digitized just like your foster mom was." The video message ended with Dilarance laughing.

"N-no...that-that means that today...today is..." Pinkie Pie was putting the pieces together.

"My birthday..." Alli said.

"And as Marina informed me...the day Dilerance decided to make the day of Alli's annual visitation to her mother..." Fluttershy said.

"So then...that's why..." Pinkie Pie said.

"Dammit...Dilerance has gone too far..." Alli said.

TO BE CONTINUED IN SEASON 2

Author's Note

The time as of writing this epilogue, it is Junuary 8th, 2025 where I live right now. In cannon, Alli's birthday is on Junuary 8th.

...Guess you could say, today has not been a very happy birthday for the Black Gatomon Empress.