Hey guys! For those who know of me, I apologize for being idol for so long; life has been horrible to me lately. And for those who don't know me; you're in for a crazy ride.

Welcome to my first – and definitely not last - My Little Pony fanfic! :D Okay, before we get this started off, I just want to let you all know I thank you for taking the time to check out my work.

I'm also gonna thank Hasbro and those peeps who came up with the amazing idea of MLP from the very start. AND I'm going to thank Lord Lycaon, a fellow FanFiction brony, for helping me along the way with his wise words of wise wisdom. Truthfully, I'm nervous that I won't finish this, but you guys won't allow that, right? …RIGHT?! *Eyes twitch.*

I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or any of the characters displayed in the franchise; they're all owned by Hasbro and probably some other company-thingies. I Really wish I did, though… :c

Well, without further ado, I give to you my masterpiece in progress. Enjoy!

It was a magical morning in the city of Canterlot as the recently crowned princess Twilight Sparkle opened her eyes. Hearing the sound of the birds chirping happily across the sky and smelling the fresh summer air from her window, she let a weak smile form upon her face as she sat up in her large, luxurious bed, her hair sticking out like a brush on the top of her head. Not knowing this, she let out a yawn and stretched as she made her way out of bed, rubbing her eyes as well. As her hooves gently tapped against the shiny marble floor, she slowly stepped over to her window, where she got the perfect view of her home town.

Looking down from the window, she saw the streets of Canterlot were full of life. She could see almost everything from her point of view, which was a reserved room for her in her mentor and teacher, Princess Celestia's castle. There were foals all over town, giggling and playing happily, reminding Twilight of the past she never had. She always used to study and whenever – before she could go back to memory lane, a knock on her door was heard. It was her number one assistant, Spike, a baby dragon who Twilight brought into Equestria alone (yes, with her magic). "Hey Twilight, you awake?"

She turned to the door and spoke back to Spike, actually a bit relieved to hear a voice that wasn't screaming. The Crowning Celebration the day before was the biggest party ever, and truthfully, it was going to be a while before she could attend another party. "You can come in, Spike," she groggily replied.

The baby dragon entered the room with bloodshot eyes, stumbling slightly as he closed the door behind him. "Best. Night. Ever." He nearly fell onto the cold, shiny floor until Twilight caught him with her magic, a sparkly light pink aura surrounding him as well as the lavender alicorn's horn that was hidden by her hair.

While using her magic, she raised Spike into the air and placed him over her bed. Dropping him onto the soft, warm sheets that welcomed him to paradise, she turned around and stepped to her dresser and gasped as she looked in the mirror; her hair was horrible! She quickly took a comb with her magic and began running it through her dark purple hair. "The Ceremony went well, I guess…" She tried to start off a conversation as she combed out her hair, allowing her horn to come into sight.

Spike nodded, "I mean, why not? I got to dance with the most beautiful creature in Equestria last night." His eyes turned into hearts as he spoke about his crush Rarity, a white unicorn who specialized in fashion and dress making. Now falling into a trance of love, his voice became dreamy, "She even kissed me…"

Twilight rolled her eyes and sighed, "I'm glad you had a great time Spike, but I'm sure Rarity didn't kiss you." After finishing combing her hair, she turned around and looked towards the baby dragon who was stretched out across the bed, preparing to fall back to sleep.

The dragon groaned, "Okay fine, she didn't kiss me, but that doesn't mean she won't one day." Hope filled his heart as he imagined the one day that he'd make his move and Rarity would finally accept him as a handsome, manly dragon and take him as her own and love him and kiss him and -

"But Spike, if you think about it, she'll never kiss you." Twilight was always at the ready to stop Spike's childish dreams, but still, Spike's love would never fade for Rarity.

"What?! She definitely will!" Spike sat up in defense for his own feelings, folding his short purple arms across his faded green underbelly.

"Ah-ah, no she won't. You're just a baby dragon, Spike." She said matter-of-factly, closing her eyes as she did so.

"Will so!" The dragon slammed his hands on the blankets, making barely a sound with them. What he didn't know was that he started a very childish argument.

"Will not!"

"Will so!"

"Will not!"

"Will –" Spike's answer was cut off by the sound of knocking at the door.

Twilight gasped slightly and turned towards the door, clearing her throat, "Um… Come in!" The baby dragon laid back down and closed his eyes; he was done arguing. He was going back to sleep.

A white stallion dressed in golden armor opened the door slowly with a light blue magic aura that came from his horn. With a light, raspy voice, the male spoke, "Your highness." He took a bow towards Twilight.

With a confused expression, it took her a while to remember that she was a princess. She blinked a few times and realized the fact that one of Equestria's most elite soldiers were bowing to her. To her! "Uh… Rise… Guard?" She obviously had not known what to call him; maybe that was something she could ask Celestia when she started learning how to be a princess.

The white unicorn rose to his hooves and spoke, "Princess Celestia requires you in the main hall."

"Okay, can you tell her I'll be down immediately?"

"Of course, your majesty." The guard turned around and closed the door behind him as he left with his magic.

She turned around to Spike and spoke to the nearly sleep dragon, "Come on, Celestia needs us." With her magic, she took her royal tiara and placed it on her head.

Spike groaned and waved at her, rolling on his side away from Twilight, "She needs you, that guard said nothing about 'Spike the Dragon'."

Twilight sighed in annoyance as she rushed over to the bed and bit down on the baby dragon's tail, pulling him into the air. She ignored his cry for her to drop him as she opened the door with her magic and closed it the same way, entering the hallway. The princess shrugged off the weird glares she received from the guards patrolling the halls; she had a ruler to meet with.

… A whole three floors of carrying Spike later…

"So sorry… I couldn't… Make it… Here sooner… Princess… Celestia…" Twilight burst into the hall, dropping Spike onto the red carpet violently as she gasped for air.

The tall, white alicorn simply stared at the younger princess with wide, light magenta eyes. Thing like this; she just wasn't used to.

Twilight stumbled to the elder princess and dropped by her hoof and hugged it. "Forgive me…"

Shaking her head slightly, Celestia giggled and placed her hoof on Twilight's head, stroking her dark purple hair softly. "It's nothing dire, Twilight Sparkle; I just wanted to talk to you and Luna. You didn't have to bring Spike along, either."

Spike stood up from the floor and angrily shouted as he headed back towards Twilight's room, "Told 'ya! I'm going to sleep." Twilight looked back to Spike with a scoff and wanted to say something back, but she decided not to; rudeness in front of a princess wasn't a good impression, especially if you're not a cute, lovable baby dragon.

Celestia giggled slightly as the large door to the hall shut, its slam bouncing off of the walls and into the rest of the castle, "Oh Spike just gets cuter as he grows, doesn't he?"

Twilight stood and narrowed her eyebrows at her mentor, "No disrespect princess, but really? Of all dragons, Spike gets cuter?" Her voice was flat, showing her obvious anger towards the young dragon.

"You don't have to call me 'Princess', Twilight, you're one too, you know."

She blinked and realized that she counted as royalty too, just like Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. "I don't know why, but I keep forgetting that…"

"Don't worry; it'll sink in soon enough. Did you enjoy your Crowning Celebration?" Celestia gestured towards the other end of the hallway, suggesting that they should walk together as they talked. She turned around and began walking, turning her head back to look at Twilight.

The small, lavender alicorn followed right behind her as she answered her question, "Of course! I just wished you were able to be there…" Sadness trailed slightly at the end of Twilight's sentence, for she truly wished Celestia could be there for the party.

Celestia apologized instantly, "I'm sorry Twilight. I had gotten some news from another region far off. It was very important."

"Oh, it's okay, I mean, I still had a good time. I don't see how I couldn't have fun with my friends there! And Luna," Twilight practically burst out into laughter, finally reaching her truly open side with Celestia, "she's a party master! She danced, played games, did astonishing tricks with the moon, oh my…" The small princess stopped and stared to the ceiling with a smile, remembering the beautiful sights she'd seen that night. "It was amazing."

Glad to know that her star pupil enjoyed the most important night of her life simply made her happy. "Well it's good to know that you enjoyed yourself Twilight. I'm proud of you. I know you're going to be a swell princess."

Twilight blushed in embarrassment, "Oh, I don't know Celestia. What if Equestria needs me to be more than a princess or a friend? What if they need me to be a hero?" She stopped and looked her teacher in the eyes, worry trailing across her face. She was ready to be a princess, but she wasn't necessarily sure if she could reach the expectations her subjects would like her to reach.

"You already are," with a warm smile, Celestia let her wing extend from her side and gently wrap around Twilight.

Before the younger alicorn could say something back, the doors burst open once more, but this time it was Luna who had something to say. As she slid on the floor in her blue glass slippers, she yelled to Celestia, "Sister, I've news!" Her face was full of worry and dismay, assuring both princesses that the news was nowhere near good.

Celestia and Twilight turned around quickly, both staring at Luna with wide concerned eyes. The elder princess spoke. "What is it, Luna?"

"I know where the letter yesterday came from! I know who sent it!" Luna was about to jump out of her coat as she shouted.

The elder princess trotted over to her younger sister and took gentle hold of her chin with her hoof. She then stared Luna in her dark blue eyes and spoke slowly, "Little sister, calm down."

She stopped nodded, taking a deep breath before continuing, the seriousness and urgency still tracing in her tone, "There was a colt, he had a dream and it was about the letter you were given yesterday."

Celestia was still confused, "What do you mean?"

"He…" Luna took a deep breath and prepared to tell the story of what she had saw in the colt's dream, "He dreamt about a battle - a battle between the civilians of his city and its ruler; Sir Blackheart."

"Wait," the elder princess suddenly interrupted Luna and turned to Twilight, "Twilight Sparkle, go to the main library and look for a book titled 'Darkadian History'. Hurry!" The name Sir Blackheart sounded too familiar.

With no hesitation, the young princess nodded and burst off into a full gallop to the doorway.

As the doors closed, Celestia changed her glare to her younger sister, who seemed oblivious as well as responsible to what was happening, "Continue, Luna."

The dark purple alicorn did as told, "The note... He sent it! He hopes he got it to us before it was 'too late'!"

Celestia went silent as she stared at the ground and began thinking of what all of it could mean. As she thought, it got quiet, and the hollow halls seemed to whisper. "Oh Celestia, what's on your mind today?"

The princess looked up with narrowed eyes and yelled, "Discord, now is not the time!"

The draconequus instantly appeared and backed away from Celestia, hiding behind Luna with 'fearful' eyes. "Luna, why is Tia being so mean to me?" Tears welled up in his eyes as he prepared to sob.

Luna turned around and kindly stared at Discord, her voice calm and relaxed, "Discord, as my sister said; this is not the time. The fate of Equestria could be at hand."

"Again?" He said blandly as he stood, his facial expression changing to nearly annoyed. He began flapping his wings, floating above the floor gently then. "Really?" Taking a toothpick, he placed it in his mouth and asked, "So, who is it this time?"

"Blackheart. He's awake." Celestia replied to Discord's question, her tone stern and somber.

"He's still alive?" Before Discord decided to come to the inner parts of Equestria, he built his miniature army of chaotic ponies. Blackheart was one of his most successful students.

"Most likely. Someone from Darkadia sent me a letter stating that his arrival would be coming soon. A young colt named Nightfall."

"That's... Interesting." Discord snapped and teleported behind Celestia, leaning against her back when he reappeared. He was acting like he didn't give a care in Equestria. Truth was: he didn't. "So how are we gonna stop him?"

Before either of the princesses could answer, Twilight burst into the room, the book floating right above her, the usual dark pink aura surrounding it. "Celestia, I have the book!"

Quickly, Celestia looked up and took the book with her magic, engulfing it with a bright gold aura. Letting the book float in front of her face, she opened it and flipped directly to the page that read, 'Evil Rulers'. She read aloud, "A long time ago, after Nightmare Moon was sent away…"

Luna looked to the ground guiltily, wanting to forget her reign as the pony she never wanted to be.

"… There were remnants of her evil that lurked within Equestria. These evils were consumed by a colt who craved for power and control. His name was Sir Blackheart, the second ruler of Darkadia, a region of chaos Discord created before he came to Equestria, which was much smaller than it is now. Being young with our magical experience, Luna and I could never go there, for its evil was stronger than our magic, so we were never able to purify it."

The draconequus smiled brightly and waved to his imaginary crowd, whispering enthusiastically, "That was me!" Saying this simply proved once more that he gave not one care.

Celestia closed the book and set it aside as she finished the story from memory. "Blackheart wanted more land, more ponies to control, so he came to Canterlot. I fought him off, but I couldn't banish him like how Luna and I did with Sombra; I was just one mare. I placed a spell on him that laid him to rest for a century and told my most elite squadron of royal guards to set him back in Darkadia. It was imperative that he couldn't escape, so I ordered the guards to make home there and after every 100 years, a descendant of the first guards would have to place the spell on Blackheart. It's been so long… I thought they had everything under control, but from the last letter I was given, something has gone wrong."

Discord suddenly appeared behind Celestia with a bright flash and ran his paw through her magically waving hair. "Did you think of that all by yourself?" His voice had a sense of sarcasm as he playfully joked with the princess.

Celestia shot the Spirit of Chaos a look of utter seriousness, causing him to draw his paw from her hair and step back some.

Twilight stepped forward, "But princess, what's there to worry about? Now that you and Luna are together, you can banish him away like Sombra or Nightmare Moon!"

Luna whimpered; the name 'Nightmare Moon' sending chills down her spine.

"You forget Twilight, we have to stay here; no one else can control the sun or moon while we're gone." Celestia looked to Twilight, trying her best to make sense of it all.

"But –"

She was cut off by another one of Celestia's sentences. "Darkadia is too far for Luna and I to go together and still control the sun and moon, and we will definitely not wait for Blackheart to return just to banish him."

"There has to be a way…" The young, lavender alicorn stared at the marble floor and began thinking. Silence filled the hall. Even Discord knew not what to do. Suddenly, she looked up with a gasp, "The Elements of Harmony!" Little did she know her friends had left to Ponyville while she was asleep; they all had busy schedules. Applejack had her apple farm to tend to, Pinkie had multiple booked parties, Rarity had a new line of dresses to create, Fluttershy needed to care for her animals, and Rainbow Dash had to train at the Wonderbolts Academy. They had actually told Spike to tell Twilight that they had to leave early and that they were absolutely sorry (Rarity speaking) that they had to go so soon.

The draconequus groaned, "Oh, of course; those things!"

Celestia smiled brightly and ignored Discord, "Yes, that's perfect, Twilight! I'll have your friends meet you here as soon as possible."

Suddenly, a black mist flew into the room, catching everypony's attention. It abruptly stopped in front of Celestia and burst into a letter that was covered by a black aura. No one spoke as the elder princess took a deep, silent breath as she opened the letter, her gold magic aura consuming the crumpled sheet of paper.

She began to read the note that was sent from Darkadia and from the looks from it, by the same pony as well. "Princess Celestia, you must come at once! Sir Blackheart is awake, and he's destroying everything! Please, you must save us!"

Celestia let the letter drop as she looked to Twilight, "There's no time to gather your friends or the Elements of Harmony. I'm going to send you and Luna as well as a squadron of my royal guards to Darkadia. You and Luna will use your magic to defeat Blackheart once and for all when you arrive; you're the only two with magic powerful and pure enough to defeat him."

Twilight's eyes went wide with surprise as well as fear, she wasn't ready for something so sudden and important, "W-Wait, what about you and the moon and the sun?"

Luna finally decided to stand and stepped beside Twilight, agreeing with the younger princess, "Yes, who else can control the moon?"

"I can do it alone, I've done it before, remember?" Celestia replied.

Discord flew in between the ponies, his left claw and right paw behind his head as he backstroked slowly through the air, "Or I can help…"

All three princesses looked to him with grim faces and said in unison, "Discord."

"You must have forgotten that I changed day and night within minutes before I was reformed."

Twilight instantly gasped as she remembered the phenomena the draconequus performed, "That's right! Discord, you did change night and day like that didn't you?!" A smile crept upon her face as she came to realize that things were getting closer and closer to working out.

He smirked and snapped, causing the sun to slide away as the moon took place in the sky. Darkness covered Equestria and crickets began to chirp. Snapping once more, Discord summoned the sun, bringing light upon the lands again.

"Perfect! Twilight, Luna, pack your things and go to the town square. The guards will meet you there." Celestia demanded, causing both of the alicorns to rush to their rooms and prepare for the journey they were to encounter. She knew that she was making quick choices, which were always the worst, but she had faith in her student and as well as her sister. Now all she needed to do was put Equestria on its defensive.

Twilight immediately stopped as she heard Celestia call her name. "Oh, and Twilight, bring Spike with you; I'll need someone to send me letters on what's happening in Darkadia while you're there!"

"I will!" With that, the small alicorn left the room. As the doors slammed, Celestia sighed and stared at the floor.

Discord stepped beside her and chuckled slightly, "Remind you of old times, Tia?" He gestured to the entire hall with his paw as he landed beside her, his feet tapping slightly against the cold marble.

The princess sighed and smirked slightly, trying her best to stay focused on the situation at hand. "Discord…"

"When Luna was just a little filly and you and I were just so cute and cuddly together?"

Celestia blushed, "Not now…"

"And when –"

"DISCORD!" She stared deeply into the draconequus's eyes as she shouted with an undeniably angry tone.

"Sorry," he whispered. It was quiet again. Even though Discord was a spirit made for chaos, he knew when to stop joking around - especially with Celestia.

The princess began walking towards the doorway; it was time to gather the guards. Discord followed right behind her, thinking about who-knows-what. Before opening the doors, she stopped and stared straight forward, whispering faintly, "I missed you."

Discord said nothing as he remembered what he and Celestia had when they were in their prime. And he gave it all up for chaos. Sure, it was his title, but there was something inside that simply said that chaos wasn't better than that feeling he had with the Equestrian princess. When he first arrived at Equestria, he built a bond with Celestia and heard a voice that said the bond he made was much better than the chaos he loved to create. He ignored it and gave up the first friend he would've had.

Celestia left the room with royal tears in her eyes, but she held them there. There was no time to cry for a friendship destined to fail; she had a world to save.

Aaaand there! I hope you guys enjoyed it, and even if you didn't, review – unless you're stupid lazy; I can understand that. 'Till next time… – Your friendly neighborhood Frozen Agent.