Music of Freedom
Chapter 1: A Morning of Surprises
Previous ChapterNext ChapterStrong winds whistled around me, rain pounded a fast and steady beat unto the ground. I shivered and tried to feel around for a blanket. Instead I cut myself on something VERY sharp. I opened my eyes, and I was just more confused. In front of me were black mirrors with a purple and silver tips. As usual, I needed to know what they were. I poked at them and nothing happened. They felt cool and ice smooth. I looked into the mirror and noticed that my hair was messy, and I looked more…animated? WTF mate? I poked some more, forgetting all about my cut. All of a sudden I heard a grunt and the mirrors shifted. I jumped back and discovered that those weren't mirrors. Those were scales, GIANT scales that belonged to a dragon. Not just any dragon, but a total rad dragon that looked fierce and undoubtedly furious. I looked behind me, hoping to be able to escape. Instead there were many trees with very dark moss. Their branches reached up high and tangled at the tops. Vines thickly covering any free space. I looked back at the dragon and then back at the trees. I finally decided that the dragon would have eaten me by now, if it knew I was here. I decided to do everything against what I believed in and went up to the dragon and nudged its head. I noticed that I was wearing some kind of magenta mitten with a light green tip. I looked down and my brain paused, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! OH MY GOODNESS I'M A FUCKIN HORSE! I HAVE HOOVES, I'M ABNORMALLY COLORED!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!?!?!?!" I didn't notice that the dragon was awoken by my screams. Out of no where I felt a solid object cover my mouth. I looked down and saw that it was a black claw. I slowly drew my eyes upward, awe shiznicks. The dragon was looking at me with an angry expression. "Will you shut up already," it growled. I nodded my head, to scared to refuse. It released my mouth from its claw. "What the FUCK is happening?" I admit was starting to get really scared. I wasn't a human anymore and I was talking to a dragon. I mean like seriously? Did I not just look into its scales and see a human version of me? Animated, but human. I looked up at the dragon. She was looking off into the distance. Hesitantly, I touched the dragon..with my hoof. It looked down at me and let out a heavy sigh. "Discord happened. He brought us here. We are in the Everfree but we must go to the Dragonlands and then Aussaddle Castle. It is not safe for us here."
"Wait..what are you talked about we, and Dragonlands, Everfree, Aussaddle Castle, and what did Discord do?"
"Dragonlands is where I was born, I have my own cave there, and the Everfree is dangerous for a dragon because everything is so crowded. Aussaddle is where your sister, Queen Ivy Dawn is waiting for you. We are in Equestria, but we must go to Dragonlands which is also in the land of Aussaddle," I was starting to get confused. Like REAl confused. "Discord brought us here because you are a princess and I am your guardian. We have to help your failing country and help out at the Dominion."
"Aussaddle? Like Australia? How am I a princess, why are you my guardian? Since when did I have sister, much less a royal sister? When you say Dominion, do you mean like from Griffin the Griffin? With all those slave miners? You also didn't answer my first question."
"Malishka, I am Malishka," she tried to continue but I was not going to let her. "WAIT! As in Malishka, a medium sized Black Lab/ Australian Shepherd mix? As in MY dog Malishka?"
"Yes," alright well I turned into some princess of Aussaddle and my dog turns out to be a dragon, I have to help save and create a different world. Yup, I must be dreaming. I pinched myself and closed my eyes. I waited a few moments before opening them up again. Nope, not a dream, not even close. The dragon err Malishka waited patiently for me to overcome my shock. "I am your guardian, so I must protect you and always stay by your side. Hence why I said we. That should cover your first question. Now to answer your other questions, yes Aussaddle as in Australia, you have been a princess but you were thrown into the human world because… well that's classified for now. As I have told you, I am your guardian, as was Bim and Charrik. Fortunately, we have different names here, because the ones you gave us sucked."
"I thought they were fine," I crossed my arms and looked away.
"Anyways, I am known as Alexandria, and my nickname is Silent Death Flight. I am feared, because I am mostly black dragon. Bim is Spyro and Charrik is Shadow. Spyro is a purple dragon, he is very wise and old. Shadow is the most fierce dragon. Most BLACK dragons even fear him, and black dragons are the toughest dragons that come. They are also your guardians, although Spyro would make a better advise then a warrior now. Now moving onto your next question. Yes, there is only one Dominion, but many places like the Dominion. We must save them." I looked over at my dog/guardian/dragon with wide eyes. I was only sixteen and she expected me to take on princess responsibilities along with saving the world? I can't do this, I'm only a kid. Well teen, BUT STILL! "How am I supposed to save the world, and be a princess, and how am I supposed to do all this without knowing magic and stuff?"
"Simple," she rose up to full height, which was like my two story house, "you use the power of music." Underneath her was my black bag, nice and dry. I REALLY wanted to get out of the rain. It was ice cold, and I did not like it one bit. I hesitantly walked towards my bag. I reached it and tried opening it. These damn hooves don't allow me to do anything. I looked up at Mish…urmm Alexandria hopelessly. She sighed and rolled her eyes, "You know what? Just hop unto my back. We'll take care of everything back at the castle." I laughed nervously as I clumsily climbed unto her back. I went more towards the neck, I wasn't about to mess up her flying. I felt us slowly rising up in the air. The only place I looked was down. The abundance of trees was overwhelmingly beautiful. Soon we were above the clouds and drying in the hidden warm sun. I decided to make chit chat with my ah guardian. "So..what made you decided to become my guardian?"
"To feel needed and to prove wrong to the ponies who think of all dragons as enemies."
"Good answer…I think. Umm…why am I coming to Aussaddle now. Why not sooner or later?"
"Because Twilight Sparkle of Canterlot is becoming an alicorn, a princess."
"Really? That's awesome! That doesn't really tell me why I have come now."
"There is a prophecy about you returning when a student of Princess Celestia's becomes a princess. You can read it once we are back at the castle, and there is actually quite a few prophecies." I looked down below us. There were only a few clouds but beyond them was mostly pointed mountains. "So while we a here, does that mean that you are gonna stay with me for awhile?"
"Yes, like I said, I am your guardian."
"Can you tell me a bit about Aussaddle?"
"Sure. It has almost the same history of Australia. Thing is though, there is a famine there because Diamond Dogs keep stealing our food, to give to the slaves. Also, without an official Dawn or Dusk here and the sun controlling itself, well we can not measure time or season. It's hard to know when to plant our crops, when to water them. It's just a whole clump of a mess."
"Doesn't Princess Celestia raise the sun though?"
"Yes, but she does not raise the Aussaddle sun. This world is quite large, around the same size as the Earth sun. So we have two suns and three moons. Princess Celestia can not control both suns unless both royals of Aussaddle are within this world."
"Who or what are the royals?"
"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are known as the Royals of Equestria. Queen Ivy Dawn and you, Princess Cara Dusk, are known as the Royals of Aussaddle."
"Why is Ivy Dawn a queen?"
"We were unsure of your return. She had to take the title of Queen Ivy Dawn. She was also supposed to find a student to replace you, but she has not found a student worthy yet."
"Why was my return, um an unsure one?"
"You were sent to the human world. It is easy to send ponies there, but in order to get them back, well Discord would be our only hope."
"I do recall it being him that talked to me at the cafe. Why was I sent away?"
"It is not my place to tell you."
"Did I leave anybo…any pony behind that was special?"
"Three, you left three behind."
"Who?"
"Well your sister, then there is your husband, and your foal."
"I-I-I had a husband…and a foal!?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was in such shock. "But, I'm only sixteen. How could I have possibly have had a husband and foal?"
"Sixteen in the human world, three thousand years old here."
"WHAT?!? I'M THAT OLD?!?"
"That's counted young for an immortal like you." Quick, had to change the subject. This was way to freaky. "So um, why is it when I look into your scales, I can see my human self?" I swear I think my dog/dragon let out a fire of relief. "Well when a dragon has certain types of dragons in her lineage, it causes their scales to show the true being of the one who looks into them."
"Then why was I a human when I looked into your scales?"
"Once a pony goes into the human world, their true being becomes a human. We have no idea why. After sometime in Equas, this world, you should have your true being shown as an alicorn." I sat in shock. I looked down at the ground again. I let my mind wander. It does that a lot when I have to much to think about. Oh hey, I'm dry again, and really warm. I looked down and the mountains I saw before have turned into these giant plains and we reached a large body of water. I could only take that as a guess for the Ocean. "Where are we now?"
"Leaving the west coast of Equestria. We should be at the Castlegrounds in around two hours.
Author's Note
Sorry the part where it's majorly spaced. I don't know how to fix that lol
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