Chapter 1: The Prediction

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville, and the 6 representatives of the Elements of Harmony were out having fun. Pinkie Pie was setting up a party, but nobody understood her explanation as to why. Rarity was out finding gems, Applejack was just finishing harvest season, Fluttershy was tending to her chickens, nobody knew where Rainbow Dash had zoomed off to, and Twilight Sparkle was in the library with her pet dragon, Spike.

Twilight had been ventured out with her friends lots of times in the past weeks, but a lot of her time was spent in the library because, if she was completely honest, she was bored. She knew that it was a good thing that the whole of Equestria wasn't being threatened, and that she and her friends weren't out stopping a major force for evil, but that couldn't stop her from wishing something would happen. She was about to express this feeling to Spike, when a paragraph from the current history book she was reading caught her eye:

Equestria is not the only world in the universe.

Many worlds have grown and evolved over the years.

But while many worlds will interact with Equestria,

One worlds fate will be shared more than most.

After the moon and the sun are split then reunited,

a fourth princess found, and the ancient chaos redeemed

the following Solar Eclipse will be dire.

The newest princesses greatest challenge is ahead, as help must be given,

to a world that does not know it needs it.

For unless evil is defeated within that world at the hour all seems lost,

an army of Metal will come to Equestria, and all will be lost.

By the time Twilight had finished reading, her mouth had dropped wide open, her previous thought not forgotten.

"This is what I get, for wishing something will happen,"the young Alicorn scolded herself. She immediately searched for a solar chart, sending books soaring everywhere as she did so, and upon finding one, immediately found the date of the next eclipse.

"Three Days?!" Twilight exclaimed.

Spike's head popped out from the next room. "Is something wrong?"

"Yes," Twilight wasted no time in stuffing the book in her bag, "I need to see Princess Celestia right away. Tell the others to come too."

Spike opened his mouth to ask why, but Twilight had already teleported away. Spike looked up at Canterlot Castle in the distance, then ran off to get the others.


Meanwhile, over at Canterlot Castle, Twilight sprinted down the hall and burst though the doors to the throne room to find Celestia and Luna talking.

"This is an unexpected visit indeed," Luna stated, "What brings you here?"

"I think we have a problem." Twilight then proceeded to read the prophesy. Celestia and Luna looked quite shocked. After a moment of thought, Celestia spoke.

"This is indeed a grave matter that must be addressed. The prophesy makes it clear that you must help, and I believe if the three of us combine our power, we should be able to create a portal to transport you and your friends to the world in question." A small smile appeared on Celestia's face. "They are coming with you I assume?"

"Of course! I couldn't do this without them." Twilight looked out the window. "I just hope they get here soon. What I'm curious about is if we bring the Elements of Harmony?"

Celestia thought for a second, then nodded. "I believe you should. You may need all the help you...", her sentence was interrupted by Rainbow Dash shooting thought the doors and skidding to a stop just short of the three princesses.

"The others are gonna be here soon, I went on ahead to make sure you're ok!" Rainbow blurted out. She opened her mouth again, but was interrupted by Princess Celestia.

"I know you have a lot of questions for Twilight, but first let the rest of your friends arrive. The explanation may take a while." Celestia said.

Rainbow Dash visibly struggled, and managed to suppress her curiosity, but the moment Applejacks head poked though the door, Rainbow Dash didn't waste any time spouting questions. When everyone had truly entered the room, Twilight explained the situation again, repeating the prophesy as she did so, then asked her friends if they could help.

"Are you kiddin? You can always count on my help!" Applejack stated proudly.

"Oh yeah! I wouldn't miss this!" Rainbow Dash

"Of course!" Pinkie Pie happily exclaimed "Other worlds sounds fun! We can see hedgehogs, and eggs, and devils rays, and..."

"I will come, I simply must support you!" Rarity interjected over the top of Pinkie being Pinkie.

"I'm coming too!" Fluttershy added softly.

Celestia smiled at the support. "Are you ready, Princess Twilight?"

Twilight looked around at all her friends, and their smiling faces.

"I'm ready!"


After note:

Well, that's the start of the story. I hope you like it so far. There was one thing I could never work out, and that was how they were going to open the portal to another world. Solution: Skip it. It's one of the less important things.

Copyright information:

Sega! I am going to write this story! And I am going to use your characters! No copyright law in the uinverse is going to stop me!

And I also use My Little Pony characters, none of which are my own.