Author's Note

Ignore missing text, some of it won't make sense currently. Chapter is currently being edited.

Prologue & Chapter 1

Prologue

"Wake up!" As the Pegasus regains consciousness he hears the voice calling out to him. "Wake up!" Suddenly the pegasus is awaken by the mysterious voice that seems to fill the void of the unknown destination. He begins to realize that the floor is filled with water and a blanket of fog covers the entire area.

"It's about time you came to." The startled Pegasus's eyes focused on the faint figure closing in toward him. "Stay back! That's far enough!" The mysterious figure starts to chuckle silently as it gets closer. "Final warning!" said the frightened Pegasus. Just as the mysterious figure took another step the Pegasus charged blindly towards the mysterious figure. Right before the Pegasus got any closer, a glare from the mysterious figure's eyes and horn pierced through the thick fog making the Pegasus freeze where he stood.

"Why can't I move!?" As the figure came closer, he began to see what was doing this to him. The Pegasus stared on in awe as he sees what appears to be a white Alicorn with a jet black mane and dark red eyes that dawned black markings around them, they are unlike anything he had ever seen before.

"Do not be afraid, Sunny" said the Alicorn. "Wh-who are you!? And how do you know my name!?" Sunny struggled to reply. Suddenly the Alicorn's horn lit up releasing Sunny from his frozen stasis, dropping him to the ground. "My name is Purgatory."

Soon Sunny starts to realized that he's not standing on the grasslands of Equestria anymore. Here he stands in a foggy graveyard of some sort, there are no sounds of wind and yet it still feels so cold. "What is this place?" Purgatory looks around and replies, "This is Limbo...and as of right now...you're not among the living anymore."

Chapter One: Origins

"Walk with me", Purgatory says as he turns and begins to walk into the graveyard. Not aware of where he was being led was a thought Sunny wasn't comfortable with, but the thought of staying in this awful place sounded even worse. So he reluctantly followed this Alicorn. "How much of your life do you remember?", the Alicorn asked as they continued to walk through this dark landscape of tombstones. Sunny glanced toward him and confusingly uttered, "I...I'm not sure. Does it really matter at this point?" Purgatory barely glanced at the Pegasus as he began to reply, " without your help. So I'm gonna ask again, how much do you remember, and how far back?"

Sunny then struggled to think about the first memory that he was aware he had. He thought back long ago before any of this had even happened. All to back when he was only a filly, to the day he had first met Celestia and Luna...

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It was almost 17 years ago. As far as knew, I had been living in an orphanage ever since the day I was born. I never knew anything about who my real parents were, or what had happened to them. The closest thing to a parent I had was Miss Tangerine, I don't think any of us ever knew her first name. We honestly never cared what her first name was. We had a name for her, we all had our names, and that was all we needed. We were happy, pure and simple.

Miss Tangerine always took excellent care of the house and us fillies. She would awaken early in the morning and would cook us breakfast so that she could get a head start on her cleaning. Almost everyday, from dawn until dusk she would make sure everything was clean and that we were all feed and happy. She never had any children of her own. I believe that to her the orphanage was how she could escape the depressing thoughts of having no kids to call her own. She loved us like we was her own, and we loved her just as much she loved us. There wasn't much that even the Princesses themselves could have done to make us much more happy than we already was.

I had awoken one morning anxious to get the day started. I trotted down into the kitchen to get some breakfast and to wait for my best friend, Bugs Lee to wake up. Bugs was a pegasus like me, we had been best friends probably as long as either of us had learned how to talk. He was about my size with a sky blue coat and light brown mane.

By the time I had woken up, Miss Tangerine had already finished the study and had since began cleaning the downstairs hallway. Bugs got up more or less about 30 minutes after I did. We were almost always the first ones up. "Hey Sunny, what did Ms. Tangerine fix us today?", he asked as he made his way down the stairs and to the table. "Oatmeal, Toast and Eggs", I replied already chomping away at my share of food. "Sounds good." He took a seat and began to chow down as we began to talk about what we had planned to do today.

"Whats on the agenda today, Bugs?", I asked with half of my mouth full of warm cinnamon oats. "I'm probably going to spend most of it finishing that book I had checked out about reptiles, what about you?" "Tonight is the banquet at City Hall, I'm going to ask Miss Tangerine if I can go.", I answered with excitement for the upcoming event. "Do you think she'll let you go?" "I severely and deeply hope she does. I've always wanted to go. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will be there. I've never seen what they actually look like, just those portrait like pictures in the old history books.", I said while thinking about how fun the banquet would be. "I heard they were taller than an average-sized house, and that's why they live in a castle.", Bugs said sounding almost serious. "They are not, how else could they be the guests of honor at City Hall?" As we're talking and carrying on, Prissy and Carla had finally awoken and had entered the kitchen. "Good Morning" we all said at each other. They usually talked to each other more than they did any-pony else. Always had conversations about the same things everyday: Stallions, Idols, and Cutie Marks.

"Good Morning, my little ponies", Miss Tangerine said as she entered the kitchen gathering the things she needed to begin dusting. "Good Morning, Miss Tangerine." "Every-pony else must still be asleep", she said thinking out loud. "Miss Tangerine?" "Yes, Sunny?" "You know that banquet going on at City Hall tonight?" Miss Tangerine then turned to look at me, giving me a funny look, "Yeah...?" "Could I possibly go to it?", I asked nervously putting on my most innocent looking face. "Please?", I exclaimed. She stood there and stayed silent for a moment. You wouldn't have believed that I was nervous but inside I was a complete wreck. "You know that look won't work on me.", she said blankly. I then dropped my head thinking that she was telling me I couldn't go, "OK..." "As long as your back before it gets too late, I guess you can go.", she suddenly added. My eyes immediately lit up with thankfulness and excitement. I then ran up and hugged her tight exclaiming "Thank-you-thank-you-thank-you!" over and over again. "Just be sure to keep out of trouble." "I will", I said as I finished eating breakfast.

I had gotten cleaned up and ready to leave just as the sun was going down, Bugs would have went but he claimed banquets just weren't his thing. As I made my way to City Hall I kept imagining over and over how it was going to be. The expertly made snacks, the soothing and peaceful music being performed by the Royal Orchestra, the finest musicians in all of Equestria; but most important of all...Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were going to be there. I had imagined that they were the most majestic and elegant ponies you could ever see. Ever since I first picked up my first history book I have always wanted to see them with my own eyes. I would sometimes read the same book over and over again due to how much I wanted to meet them. Celestia, the bearer and guide of the Sun; and Luna, the Princess of the Night who sees all through the glare of the moon. The anticipation had me feeling levels of excitement I had never felt before, I couldn't wait.

My thoughts had me occupied to the point that I was at City Hall without even realizing it. The building itself was well taken care of, baring a white color with most of the front consisting of a massive window. Through the window you could see all the glow and sparkle from the lighting and fine jewelry that all the guests were brandishing on this night. I began making my approach to the door, my excitement growing more and more with every step that I took. The line at the door wasn't extremely crowded but there was plenty for it to take some time to get in. These two big pegasi in gold armor were standing on either side of the door, keeping watch over every-pony that was entering. When I had reached the door and began to enter, one of the pegasus stopped me and spoke to me: "Whoa little filly, where are your parents?" "I don't have any, I'm from the orphanage down the street", I quickly replied. "Sorry, no fillies without supervision allowed", he said in a blank uncaring tone. "Oh please let me in, I won't be any trouble I just want to join the fun.", I pleaded. "Sorry, kid. Can't let you in." As he finished what he had to say, I felt defeat and disappointment wash over me. I could have stood there and begged but that wouldn't have done me any good. I turned and began to walk away, but just as I passed the window I happened to glance in and my attention was immediately captured by the buffet table. They had the biggest selection of treats I had ever seen in one place. Fresh green lettuce with carrots, mushrooms, and radishes...it was truly a sight to see. I didn't even notice that the pegasus at the door was calling me.

"Hey, filly!" I quickly turned to face him, not knowing if I should have been worried or not. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna want to have a word with you.", he commanded. I immediately froze in place, feeling utterly shocked that Celestia and Luna had asked to see me specifically. Me! But then another thought then entered my head: What if I did something wrong? What if I was in trouble? "I'm a dead pony", I said to myself as I followed the white pegasus. He led me through the crowd passing right by the buffet table that decorated the center of the room, making me want to cut and run, and start eating everything that wasn't tied down. I had skipped dinner, thinking that I would be able to eat here at the banquet. So I was pretty hungry, now I just had to see if I was going to be able to actually stay or not. The pegasus took me to this big table in the back of the room, and sitting there behind the table were these two tall mares that had both horns as well as wings. One was white with bright pink shoulder length hair that had a sun for a Cutie Mark. The other was dark midnight blue color with shoulder length hair as well, only it was a sky blue color and she had a crescent moon for her Cutie Mark. In that instant I mentally face-hoofed, this was Celestia and Luna that I was beholding! What the hay was wrong with me? I immediately lowered my face almost touching the floor, pleading: "I am so sorry for interrupting, your majesties. I just got distracted by the food, I didn't mean to upset any-pony." I had never been more ashamed in my life just then. But instead of hearing an angry Princess demanding that I leave and never come back, I heard the two most sweetest sounding voices: "My little pony, its all right, you didn't interrupt anything", Celestia said. "If you wanted some food, all you had to do was ask", Luna added. I slowly raised my head to see that neither of them had any shred of anger showing on their faces, and the worry immediately left my head. But unfortunately it didn't take away how nervous I had felt. "Where are your parents?", I heard one of them ask. "I don't have any, I live in the orphanage not too far from here", I answered trying my best not to sound like how I was feeling. "We are very sorry to hear that", Luna said. They stayed silent for a moment, hoping that they didn't bring about depressing thoughts. "Would you like to come sit with us?", Luna finally asked. I immediately wanted to shriek out of pure excitement, but I kept my cool and held it in. "I'd be honored your majesty.", I said as I made my way around the table.

I took a seat between Celestia and Luna. A pony dressed in very elegant clothing trotted to the table and introduced himself, "I am Willy, I will be your butler for the evening. What can I get for you, young sir?" Immediately without second thoughts I said: "I want the most delicious cake you have!" "Very well, sir." He came back a few moments later with a miniature size cake, which had white frosting decorated it with blue and yellow sprinkles, and a very creative icing design. "Your cake, sir", but I had already started digging in by the time he called me 'sir'. Before long I started hearing giggling coming from either side of me. I poked my head up from the cake to see every-pony staring at me. I then glanced at Luna and Celestia only to find out that the giggling was coming from them. They were trying their best to hold back their laughter but they weren't able to keep it all held in. I then gulped down what I had been chewing and cleaned the frosting off of my face, feeling more embarrassed than I thought I could be. "Sorry", I muttered quietly in shame. "That's all right, there's nothing wrong with being hungry", Luna said. "What's your name?", Celestia asked. "Sunny", I replied still feeling embarrassed over the whole cake incident. "What time do you need to be back home?", I heard Luna ask. "Before it gets too late" I still couldn't get over what was happening to me, I was sitting with the Princesses of Equestria! The very same Princesses that control the sun and the moon, I had never been more excited. To this day I still can't forget that night, it was the night that would lead to the life I once had before I had woken up here in this purgatorial realm.

Later on after the banquet had come to an end, they offered to give me a lift back to the orphanage. When I said I could walk, they insisted on giving me a ride. We got on this beautiful white and gold carriage being pulled by two stallions in the same gold armor that the pegasus at the front door were wearing. The Royal Guard, the protective and faithful soldiers of Celestia and Luna. Some were wearing dark armor and had bat wings, those were Luna's guard. We pulled up to the orphanage not long after we left City Hall. When we had entered we were greeted by a very surprised Miss Tangerine. "Sunny, glad to see your ba--; she stopped mid-sentence when she had seen that I was being accompanied by none other than Celestia and Luna. She then immediately lowered her head and exclaimed: "Welcome your majesties, welcome." "We were just bringing this little pony home. He had a wonderful time at the banquet tonight.", Luna said. "Thank you, your majesties.", Miss Tangerine said raising her head back up.

I had then turned to say bye, but I wound up reaching out and hugging them both. "Thank you...for everything.", I said. "It was our pleasure, little one", Luna replied. ""Maybe we'll see you again someday", Celestia said. "Bye", we all said and went our separate ways.

When I had gotten settled in my room, I got to thinking about what all had happened earlier that evening. Celestia and Luna didn't even know who I was, I didn't even look like I had money, and yet they still saw fit to invite me to sit with them. They were more than I imagined they would be, sweet, kind, and all around the most generous ponies some-pony could ever meet. Thinking about all they had done, all that they had done for me...I knew then what I wanted to be. I wasn't really sure how I was going to do it, but I just knew deep down that one day....I would be in the Royal Guard.