Once upon a time, hidden within the depths of a society which knows no fear, the truth on how there utopia came to be. For it is not how it seems. For they had to hide the truth in order to keep the populace happy and ignorant. Back before their history was recorded, before they were a 'United' group there were only two, before that one, for three species of pony did not just come out of the blue.
Let us start at the beginning. One the sun did not need to be directed, it moved on its own. There were two major landmasses in the world, both disconnected from each other by an ancient and powerful ocean, wild with currents and winds so strong no mere creature alone could pass it, nor live in it. On one continent lies lush plains and forests allowing for much life to grow, which one sentient creature grew out of. A creature known today as the pony, more specifically the earth pony. Nothing special, except the ability to adapt to its rich environment and make food for itself. They were fat and happy, unlike the other continent.
The other landmass was a rocky wasteland, very few plants littered the coast line of the frozen deathtrap. Nasty predators, and of course large aquatic creatures that can eat a full grown pony in one bit! This is where another pony species resided, on the outside they were more fit and masculine than the other species, they also happened to be omnivores, due to lack of proper plant nutrition. During different seasons they migrated from place to place searching for food, making them very territorial and willing to fight for their lives if need to.
This is how the world was sustained before magic, or for short, BM. The world went through drastic change, volcanoes popped up, blacking the skies, landmasses shattered, sending ponies this way and that. All this to welcome magic, a source of infinite power on which today many have mastered, at least so they think. With this power give off the sun was thrown off course and with it the world. So the sun with its few satellites drifted randomly through the universe, being pushed this way and that my magic flares shot from the world. Before that was solved though, many species on the planet adapted.
The barren continent later to be known as the united Provinces was split in three, one large with two smaller landmasses by the bottom. Magic had split them, so no longer they could migrate, by foot, though magic gave them a greater ability, flight. Magic acted sort of like radiation, messing with DNA to change something's structure, though it did much more beautiful things, also maybe combining a few different creatures to do so.
Evolution, magic, whatever you call it gave them two massive appendages growing out of their backs to deal with the new problem. The wings have the same structure as birds but in a way to carry a much more heavier weight, they have a gland, hidden within the bones of the wings, that contains a stimulant, like adrenaline. It gives immense power to the wings, allowing for takeoff, and to land, hopefully.
Ones with the wings took the airways and travelled much faster than ever before. Though not all of the ponies on the barren continent had wings. Those on the main land unfortunately died off, though the islands had much for fertile land and the ponies on those adapted to farming. Due to the calories farming offered their intelligence went skyrocketing, like those ponies living on the other continent, but also lost the ability to eat meat.. They built massive cities in which they lived happily till the pegasus decided they wanted the easy life as well. So the pegasus used their frightening power to gain a advantage over the earth ponies. The earth ponies soon accepted them as one of them and progresses in making a society well worth it. Also the pegasus were smarter than the earth ponies, given the better diet of meat and grain.
While a seas away the lush and bountiful continent's south side was decimated, islands skyrocketed off it. On these islands magic ran rampant and formed lush, thick jungles were many of the strange creatures today were made. Dragons, zebras, and even the all mighty minotaur's. Yet the most noticeable is probably the griffons, another very sentient species, very like the pegasus.
The lush continent turned half into a deserted plain with little forests while the top half was turned into a lush mainland paradise. The ponies in the plains grew long legs and taller bodies to migrate. This eventually became Saddldia, ruled by the horses. The creatures in top half were not really effected, but with magic they saw a future, a powerful new resource. Then came the unicorn , a creature unmatched by knowledge and a will to learn and know more. The tip of the continent became the frozen north, lied the Crystal Kingdom. Ponies made from pure magic essence, a true miracle of nature.
The unicorns helped form small government powers and school systems which were build within earth pony already successful towns and cities. Life on both continent was peaceful again, for a short time though as the unicorns thirst for knowledge and the pegasus wanting to travel the two species meet.
The pegasus soon became bored of their land and home, no longer needing to move around to survive. They set out on warships through the now timid sea. Before though I talk about how they meet, I forgot to mention the pegasus had given up on the hope of magic. To them it did not concern them, and that made it false and un-real. So image how they felt when they reached the unicorns homeland. Very strange conversation indeed.
The unicorns wanted to know more about these strange pony like creatures so they helped them fit into society. After years they adapted to their ways and with magic then granting them the ability to control weather, this is where modern stories pick up. The pegasus soon downgraded on meat eating because it was 'wrong' in some eyes, though they did not lose it completely. Also they lost a lot of their physical mass and capability. Hey a perfect world does not need much of fighting for survival. They also soon forgot of their homeland, never wanting to go back to work for life and death.
Though back in the barren or now called the United Provinces they had merely declared them as lost to the oceans depth and made the 'Un-breach able ocean' sound like death, they never attempted it again. The unicorns did try something though, a ship called the beacon of light tried to reach the United provinces. Though they did not take the unicorns well as hoped, they were executed. So of course Equestrian history eliminated the even slight chance of death and made it never happen.
One world living in pure magic bliss while another industrious working against the world and each other, other self-sustaining. Though what would happen if two very different worlds were to meet, what if one were to depend on the others knowledge to help it through a dark time. What if magic itself stopped?! Though that will never happen, the whole magic stopping thing, but dark times do rise and one nation needs help from the other. This is the story of StormHeart the Hated.