I know I said originally I wouldn't post stories when writing my main series, Summer Twilight, Zecora's Returned Love, and Starlight Summer, but seeing how chapters on Starlight Summer are getting much longer in length and thus taking longer for me to write and the fact that I have other ideas for Fanfiction I decided that this is the kind of break I needed, a different idea while I still work on my current project. So with all of this in mind, enjoy the Prologue.
WARNING!: IF YOU HAVEN'T READ SUMMER TWILIGHT OR STARLIGHT SUMMER NONE OF THIS PROLOGUE WILL MAKE ANY SENSE! PLEASE READ UP ON THEM AND RETURN AFTERWARDS!
(Alright, but seriously, all harshness being played for laughs aside, you have been warned. Thank you.)
The thunder crashed and lightning flashed on a surprisingly cold summer night, Twilight had gone to Canterlot to help Princess Celestia and Princess Luna with the preparations for the Grand Galloping Gala, leaving Summer and Spike to handle Starlight and Solina. Summer was busying herself with a new song after putting Solina down for bed so that Spike could take one of his seven hour bubble baths, it surprised Twilight some of the time that he still did this but then again if he enjoyed it, who was she to judge.
Summer was almost finished writing out the melody when she felt something wrap around her back hoof. Confused she looked down to find Starlight, mane a mess and Candy not far behind clinging to her mother's leg out of fear.
"Starlight? Is everything okay?" Summer asked, feeling concerned for her daughter.
She was about to answer when thunder suddenly crashed, causing the twelve year old to hide in her mother's chest while Candy whimpered, huddling close to the two of them in a similar state of fear. Summer had nearly forgotten how afraid her oldest was of storms, causing her to hug her close to try and calm her down.
"I'm sorry sweetie...it'll be alright I promise." Summer soothed, smoothing down her daughter's mane softly.
Each time the thunder would crash or the lightning would flash the young filly would flinch and hide more in her mother's chest. She felt slightly ashamed for being so afraid when she knew that the weather wasn't something that she herself could stop, unless she wanted to try what her aunt Rainbow Dash had tried to stop winter, but she didn't think that was a very wise idea, knowing how that ended for her aunt.
Summer suddenly had an idea, moving and grabbing a book that was nearby, "How about a story to help ease the mood until the storm calm down?"
The young alicorn was hesitant at first, believing herself to be too old for that method to help much, but when thunder crashed loudly she nodded as she clung to her mother tighter for a moment.
Summer smiled and nodded, opening the book and flipping through the pages until she found a story she thought was fitting.
"Here's one I don't think I've told you before," Summer told her daughter softly, "It's called 'Shimmer and Sparkle' A tale of a Princess, cursed by an evil creature. A lonely and shy Peasant forced to go on a quest to rescue her."
"That...that does sound nice," Starlight commented as she slightly looked up at her mother, "how does it start?"
The characters will be listed by their roles in the story, sort of like how they do in the show, please note ahead of time the characters that the mane six and other My Little Pony characters will portray may not act exactly like the characters that play them. But they will still have their traits and personalities, only in different forms. This will also be included in characters played by my OC's. Names of some characters may also be changed in any of the stories in this particular series, as well as the type of pony they are, depending on the context of the story being told.