The Unknown History and The Magical Future

“Everything you can imagine is real.”

― Pablo Picasso

The Struggle for Control was the war in which Princess Luna, and Princess Celestia fought with Discord for control of all of the Known Land. The war takes place only a decade or two after Equestria is founded, with the banishment of the windegos, and the peace made between earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi. The two princesses realized that as long as Discord ruled there would be unrest and unhappiness.

Though before the war the princesses tried peaceful resolves, they proved to be of no avail. Thus, the alicorn princesses declared a war on Discord and all those who fought against them for chaos. Some of these creatures were dragons, diamond dogs, hydras, parasprites, windegos, mantacores, ect. Before the ponies moved to Equestria they lived in an area for centuries that was rich and fertile until the windigos froze over the entire area, thus gaining the name the Arctic North. Neighboring this land was a lifeless wasteland known as the Barren Lands.

In the Barren Lands lived an ancient race of ponies that had evolved over time into strong magicians. After announcing the war the two princesses fought their way back through the cold of the Arctic North, to reach the Barren Lands. It was there that they convinced four of the ancient Malhornesi to come back with them and assist them in the their struggle for control over chaos. The first generation of Malhornesi were unicorns with secondary horns, stripes, and extremely daunting magical gifts (That rivaled, if not surpassed the power of an alicorn's magic). They had a life span that mirrored that of the alicorns, nearly immortal. Also, these Malhornesi could only breed once in their life and only after they reached the age of one thousand. These four volunteers were to breed the two alicorn sisters an army worthy of the new Equestria.

Yet still during the war the Malhornesi continued to move along the evolutionary chain. The second generation of Malhornesi were ponies, but with stripes, wings, spiral horns, supreme magical abilities, no secondary horns, and advanced physiology. They had life spans of only several hundred years, but they possessed paramount strength, rivaling that of a dragon's.The second generation of Malhornesi was able to breed three times throughout their lives, and the breeding could only take place once every 500 years. Yet the advanced breeding continued to create more soldiers for the Army of the Alicorn Sisters throughout the war.

Towards the end of The Struggle for Control the third generation of Malhornesi were created. The third generation of Malhornesi had life spans that USUALLY last as long as an Earth pony's, and their strength, speed, and mind sets were similar but slightly more advanced that of an Earth pony's. Also, they all had a pair of secondary horns, wings, and distinct skin textures. In addition to this, the third and final generation of Malhornesi could breed at any time throughout their lives, and as many times as they wanted, similar to the Earth ponies' reproductive system. Plus, their cutie marks and destinies were colossally amplified (So much so that they sometimes can affect their lifespans, strength, speed, or mind set). For example: if one such (third generation) Malhornesi's representation was of happiness, then they would remain in a state of joy no matter what happened. Or if one possessed the ability to craft, then their products would be magnificently effective, and unbreakable.

Starting out only as four ponies, the numbers grew, near the end of the war there were around 100 first generation Malhornesi, around several thousand second generation Malhornesi, and tens of thousands of third generation Malhornesi. In the ancient army of the Alicorn Sisters the second generation Malhornesi were commanders of large groups of third generation Malhornesi. The first generation Malhornesi were not required to join the armed services but they were permitted to volunteer. One or two second generation Malhornesi would be assigned large numbers of third generation Malhornesi to lead. But if a Malhornesi commander died in combat then a previously chosen third generation Malhornesi would fill their place until their regiment returned home and received a new commander or if they came in contact with another regiment with a second generation leader, in which case their regiment would join the one under the command of the second generation leader. The first generation Malhornesi who volunteered in the service would be placed with the regiments that went into battle the most to aid by using their magical abilities. Also, high ranking officers in the Army of the Alicorn Sisters would be given sacred warrior names, such as: Padme, Priscilla, and Pandora.

Very early in the war Discord having discovered the homeland of the Malhornesi, went to the Barren Lands and committed genocide upon nearly their entire race. He kept one alive though, the one whom he could not overcome, the oldest of the race of Malhornesi, Metus.  By the end of the war all of the once great Malhornesi race were dead, all except for Metus and about five others.

The five others only survived because during one of their battles with the Lord of Chaos he grew angry and blasted the fifth and seventh regiments deep into the unexplored parts of the Barren Lands, where they would search for thousands of years for a way out.