My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Fan-Fic by RoverZero1983
Opening notes.
This Story (of mine) will reveal parts of Equestria that have never been revealed before.
New characters, new enemies, New Powers, Twilight Sparkle falling in love, The existence of Humans in their world, New allies, a secret that both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will reveal to all of Equestria, the ponies befriending a human that will have a big impact on their lives and their world and an evil so powerful that not only would it make Discord, Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra tremble in fear but Twilight Sparkle and her friends will have to fight for their lives like they have never fought before. Maybe even to the death!?
It also has characters and certain fragments from various other Anime that you might recognize but they are my versions of these characters so that their origins are of my original design.
Chapter 1- The Arrival of the fallen stars.
In the middle of the night in the North-western mountains of Equestria a hole opens in the sky shooting a beam of light to the ground And emerging from the light is a tall dark figure.
Unknown figure(name will be revealed later)- "Well it seems that Equestria has changed since that last time I was here, but of course that was over 1500 years ago and I was in a different area at them time. Oh what do we have here?"
A trio of manticores approach the figure and begin to get an uneasy feeling when they begin to talk to him.
Lead manticore-"Well well, it's been a long time since we've seen one of your kind around these parts. I thought your kind disappeared along with the rest of them? Well that does not matter. Soon you will be gone just like the rest of them!"
As they prepared to attack them the figure smiles and says.
Unknown figure-"The 3 of you will do for now as my pawns. It's about time I had some fun around here."
He points his finger at them and shoots a red light into their chests and the manticores begin to clutch their bodies and yell out in pain!
Unknown figure-"Don't resist. Let my power seep into your body and then you will be under my absolute control. Soon I shall have all the power of Equestria added to my own and then I'll be one step closer to becoming a god, but first I'll see how far that power has come along since I was last here."
As he watches as the manticores begin to surrender to his power he issues an order to them.
Unknown figure-"Manticores! I want you to seek out the ones who currently wield the Elements of Harmony and see how much they have grown in strength by fighting them in combat and feel free to use excessive force if you want to, but if Princess Celestia is the one who still wields them then be sure not to kill her. I want to be the one to do that myself."
Manticore trio-"Yes master! We shall obey you!" Then they fly off.
Unknown figure-"Be warned Celestia. I will get what I want even if it means killing those precious to you. I won't hold back!"
One Week Later.
Two ponies, An Alicorn named Bruno and his little sister, a unicorn named Lyra wander through the valley from their 3 year long journey through Equestria hoping to find a new place to call home.
Lyra-"Bruno, Are you absolutely sure about finally settling down in this town? We've been through almost all of Equestria since we left home."
Bruno-"Yeah I'm sure. According to the information I've been hearing from town to town, there's a group of ponies with special powers that live in this town called Ponyville and I've also heard there's a unicorn who is said to be almost as smart as me and that she's a student of Princess Celestia as well."
Lyra-"Well I hope you're right big brother because I have no intention of traveling anymore unless it's to take a vacation! It's been one thing after another in our lives. First is our big brother Vince goes to Hoof caverns and ends up disappearing. Then Dad leaves after he and Mom had that big fight and then Mom died and then you using that power to try and bring her back to life only to end up being pulled in that weird place and when you came back you ended up losing your right arm and back left leg. If it weren't for you finding HIM in that strange world and having him replacing your arm and leg you would have surely bled to death. After all that I just don't know what I would have done if I had lost you too."
Bruno-"Don't you worry Sis. I'm 100% sure on this. Ponyville will be our new home and I can assure you that I have no desire to do THAT again for as long as I live and it's a good thing I found HIM and decided to bring him along with us. His special Abilities are worth studying to help Equestria out. Hey look We're almost there. I can see the town just over the ridge."
Lyra-"That's great but I'm getting tired Bruno. I really need to rest a bit."
Bruno-"I'll tell you what sis. If you want You can get on my back and I'll fly us the rest of the way there."
Lyra-"That would be nice".
As Lyra rests on her brothers back, Bruno flies the rest of the way to Ponyville and when they arrive they were given an unusual welcome as the other ponies just stare at them.
Bruno-"Huh, I was not expecting this kind of welcome. Hey sis wake up, We're here."
Lyra- "Oh, so this is Ponyville. I pictured it a bit bigger than this."
Bruno-"Oh hello there. I'm looking for whoever is in charge here. Can anypony help us out?"
Mayor-"Well hello there! How may I help you in our fine little town? Wait a minute. You're an Alicorn aren't you? I always thought that Princess Luna & Celestia were the only ones I was aware of in all of Equestria."
As the Mayor continues to ask a bunch of questions. Rarity, Applejack and Twilight Sparkle come in to intervene.
Twilight Sparkle- "Mayor please! I know you get excited when Newcomers come to Ponyville, but there's no need for you to get to personal with them even if one of them is an Alicorn."
Applejack-"I agree. Where are your manners Mayor!"
Rarity- "Besides we need to show them around out town and then we should...Wait a second! Those cutie marks! I've seen those before."
Twilight & Applejack- "You have?"
Rarity-"I recognize those marks from a piece of artwork I've seen in Canterlot. The Gold Star mark means that they are from the Legendary "Star Pony Family!"
Applejack-"Star Pony Family? Where do I know that name from?"
Twilight-"Oh I know where that name comes from. Princess Celestia told me that the name belongs to one of the few but great noble families in all of Equestria. One of the things they are known for is their very talented art work and mastery of powerful magic spells and that they sometimes help the royal family with diplomatic affairs in Equestria. However I heard from Princess Celestia that a few years ago because of a civil dispute among the family they broke-up and the one who was supposed to take over the family just left and was nowhere to be found and because of that action the family just fell apart, and as for their so called cutie marks, the Gold star on them is technically not a cutie mark but a birth mark which is a mark that they are born with and as for their actual cutie marks the only mark I see on him is a comet and what looks like a sunflower with crystal petals on her. Huh I wonder what those marks mean?"
Rarity-"Now who's getting too personal, Twilight!
Twilight-"Whoops. Sorry about that."
Bruno-"Well your friend there is not wrong about what she said a second ago, but we don't know much about about our family history and as for what she said about the family breaking up. The one responsible for that was our father. He only told us and our older brother about where he came from if we promised that we never ever go there."
Twilight-"Why is that?"
Bruno-"It's because that what he told us was a family secret and that they want to protect their family bloodline by selfishly marrying off their kin to those suitable for the survival of the family name and bloodline. In fact if our father had stayed behind he would not have met, fallen in love and married our mother and we would not have been born."
Twilight-"Wow!"
Lyra-"Brother please! You can tell them our life story another time. Focus on what we need to do first. I apologize for my brother. He tends to talk way too much. Any way we were wondering if there was a place we can buy here in Ponyville to live in? Ever since we left our home of Horseshoe Bay almost 4 years ago we've been traveling around most of Equestria.
Mayor-"Well the one in charge of finding homes here in Ponyville went on vacation last week and won't be back until tomorrow evening, but there is a lovely INN nearby that you are more than welcome to stay at until he returns and I'll let him know about your desire to find your a new home that morning."
Bruno-"So 2 days huh? Sure, that will be alright for now. Thanks for your help Mayor! Also Can you point us to some place where my sister and I can get a bite to eat. I'm Starving!
Twilight-"Actually there's this little cafe that Applejack, Rarity and I are meeting our friends at in a little while. Do you and your sister want to join us? My friends and I would like to get to know you two better and I'd be interested in hearing about your travels around Equestria. Oh where are my manners. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is Applejack and this is Rarity."
Bruno-"Well it's a pleasure to meet you and yes I would like to join you for some lunch. In fact since you were so nice to us with this welcome, Lunch will be my treat and don't worry about the bill. I've got lot a money that my sister and I have earned from our travels to treat you and your friends too."
As Bruno, Lyra, Twilight, Applejack and Rarity meet Spike, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie at the cafe, the nine of them begin to talk for a bit about themselves and until the table they were at breaks and they witness something they never seen before.
Horte Cuisine(Cafe owner from "The ticket master")- Oh I'm so very sorry about that table. It's about time I got a new one but I don't know if I have enough money to replace it."
Bruno-"That's OK. I'm thankful that we all ate our lunches before it happened and as for replacing it, you let me take care of that.
Rainbow Dash-"Hold on a minute! Do you even have the money to buy him a new table?"
Twilight-"I know you and your sister have a lot of money and I can see you are a very nice pony for wanting to help others but you'll just end up spending your money and then overtime it's gone."
Bruno-"First of all, Rainbow Dash, I have LOADS of Money that will last me and my sister for at least the next 15 years thanks to a combination of our parents saving up since before we were born, doing odd jobs during our travels and making some clever and lucky bets on the Wonderbolts, and as for You Twilight, I'm going to fix this table with something that looks like magic but isn't magic. First gather all the pieces for me.
Applejack-"Wait just one minute! There are only 2 ways to fix something like that and considering how badly the table is damaged you need magic for that."
Bruno-"That's true but Just watch and see!" As Bruno claps his hooves together he touches the broken table a strange light covers the table and like magic, it's fixed!
Twilight-"HOW DID YOU DO THAT? I've never seen a magic spell like that one ever."
Fluttershy-"I agree, What was that?"
AppleJack-"Oh please. That was magic Hooves down!"
Bruno-"Actually that was not magic at all. It was something I learned called ALCHEMY."
They all say with shock-"ALCHEMY?"
Spike-"What in Equestria is Alchemy?"
Twilight-"Wait! Where do I know that from?"
Applejack-"Yeah. Enlighten us if you please."
Bruno-"OK. You see Alchemy is not magic but Science. Alchemy is the science of understanding the structure of Matter, Breaking it down and then reconstructing it into something else and there's a rumor that it can even turn lead into gold. However for alchemy to work it still must follow the natural law of Equivalent exchange."
Rainbow Dash-"Equivalent exchange? What does that mean?"
Bruno-"It means that if you want to create something you must give up something of equal value. That's what I learned when I read those books I got. Take the table for example, all I did was take all of the broken pieces and then I fused them back together an since the parts of the wood looked a bit rotten I used my alchemy to re-adjust it's atomic structure and made the wood even harder than it was before. I could not make the table bigger than its' original size with out thinning it out and I could not turn it into metal or stone since the table is made of wood with some nails in it to keep it together."
AppleJack-"Um, Did any pony understand that at all?"
Twilight-"Wait! I remember Reading about that in a book called 'Ancient forms of Magic'! The book basically described how the process was done by what Bruno just told us except that you needed to draw a circle with certain markings. I Was very interested in knowing how to use it but when I asked Princess Celestia if there was any more information on it she said..."
Princess Celestia(in a flashback)-"I'm sorry Twilight, but all information about Alchemy is not to be found anywhere in Equestria. It used to be found within the Library of the Grand Palace in the country of Amestris but when I went to search for them in the palace I wasn't able to get back into the palace and when I went to look in the other 5 libraries within the city of Heliopolis they turned out to be of no use to me. I'm sorry Twilight but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help you with that."
Twilight-"I asked her if I could go there to look for my self she told me that she looked everywhere for those books and that there was no point in traveling that far for them and that I should move on to something else to read about."
Pinkie Pie-"Hold on! Amestris? Wasn't that the country that the humans once lived in?"
Applejack-"Pinkie Pie, Almost every pony in Equestria knows that."
Rainbow Dash-"Well DUH! We all learned that when we were in school."
Fluttershy-"Oh I would have loved to meet an actual human but it's a shame that they're none around to meet."
Twilight-"Yes. I remember reading in the history books that the humans that lived there were very friendly and were very spiritual and had very good relations with those that lived in Equestria and that some of them practiced alchemy too and if I remember from what Princess Celestia told me there was a massive palace in the center of the country that the rulers of Amestris, Prince Danny and his two Sisters Princess Megan and Princess Molly lived in while ruling the country at that time which was just after their father 'King Lujon' had passed away. Also Princess Celestia told me that the humans always had some sort of festival there twice a year every year. Once at night during a Lunar Eclipse and another during the day of a Solar Eclipse in honor of Both Princess Luna and Princess Celestia for raising the sun and moon. However about 1500 years ago during the festival of the lunar eclipse after Luna & Celestia did the eclipse for them, they had sensed a weird feeling coming from there. Then the following day when they went there they noticed that all of the humans and I mean ALL OF THEM suddenly vanished without a trace! Princess Celestia & Princess Luna searched all over Amestris to see if any human were even still alive but all that they found of them was nothing but their clothing on the ground as if they had been sucked out them. Also she and Luna made an awful discovery. Ten villages looked like they had been attacked just before the eclipse because they saw a massive amount of blood on the ground of each of them and ever since then she declared that until a single human was found that Amestris was off limits to every pony in Equestria."
Spike-"Why would Princess Celestia do that?"
Twilight-"She must have done that to protect them in case any pony did go there and they ended up with the same unknown fate as the humans. As for you Bruno. How is it That you can use Alchemy and how was it you got the information to use it in the first place?"
Bruno-"Well you see it's a bit of a long story and uh- Hey sis why don't you go and introduce your self to those 3 little ponies over there?"
Lyra-"Um OK but I don't know who they are."
Applejack-"Well that one with the red bow is my little sister AppleBloom and the unicorn is Rarity's little sister Sweetie Belle and the Applebloom there is Scootaloo. I'm sure you will like them and they will like you too."
Lyra-"OK!"
Fluttershy-"Why did you send her over to them like that?"
Bruno-"Look, What I'm about to tell you about has something that I did not want my sister to relive again and it does involve How I know Alchemy and why my brother is not with us so pay attention. For as long as I can remember both my sister, brother and I were always home-schooled because our father and mother wanted to keep the truth about our connection to the Star-Pony-Family Kept a secret in the event any of our relatives were seeking us out for the reason I had mentioned to you earlier and over the years being home-schooled really was not half bad and as for how I know alchemy that happened a little over 5 years ago when a package had arrived for us and in it were these 20 books on Alchemy and its' many uses but my father thought it was somewhat strange that these books would come to us out of the blue. He noticed that there was no return address on the box but a note that said 'Use this information that I've gathered wisely to help Equestria to your hearts consent'. My father decided to give it a try and so far out of all of us I was the only one who was able to use it and it turned out to be very useful and I've been using it to help out others in the town I was living in at that time."
Twilight-"Those books just came to you out of blue like that? Did anypony in your village see who was it that brought them to you?"
Bruno-"I'm sorry to say that no one in our town saw who brought them."
Pinkie Pie-"Well that was nice of him or her to bring you those books like that."
Bruno-"I guess you're right on that Pinkie Pie."
Rainbow Dash-"You mentioned an older brother right? What happened to him though?"
Bruno-"Well my older brother Vince. who is also an alicorn like my father and I, had always liked to explore the areas around where we lived and he was good at it. One day about a year later he decided to go and explore Hoof Caverns west of where we lived with his friend Rocky, but after a few days Rocky came back and told us that something weird happened in the caves and that he just vanished and believe me those caves are that deep enough to get lost in. My father went to the caves with everypony he could gather from our town to look for him and there was no trace of him in every twist and turn there was and since there was only one way out they assumed he just up and left but what Rocky told my father was that they saw a path that was not on the map and so my brother went down ahead of him but when he caught up to him he ended up at the end of the path all he saw was a wall. So when he retraced his steps and brought our father to the point where he marked where the path was all that they found was a wall where the path used to be and it look liked it was never there to begin with and all that they found of him was his vest all torn up and his lucky compass next to it. After my father returned from the caverns after 2 weeks of searching he broke the bad news to all of us and our mother did not take it well."
Fluttershy-"Oh my goodness!"
Twilight-"I can't believe something like that happened to you and your family!"
Bruno-"Well it doesn't get any better from here. One night, A week later Our mother and father were arguing about how there was the chance that somepony from his family may have abducted him in the caverns but they were also arguing about us moving to another area of Equestria to hide us but Mom did not like the Idea and it was kind of hard for us to forget that awful night. They were arguing with each other for over 4 hours and when it looked liked things were going to get worse my father decided to leave so he could cool off and try to look for our brother one more time. He said that he would be back in a week but 2 months had gone by and he still had not come home. The worst thing was that our mother had been ill for a couple of weeks and when we asked the doctor that was near us to check her out he had told us that it was bad news. Our mother was dying and that there was no cure for her sickness and that she had this for over 3 months and that she had only a couple of days left to live but She managed to last for 2 more weeks hoping that our father and brother would come home to say goodbye, but eventually she just gave up and my sister and I just watched as she died peacefully in front of our eyes. Her last words before she died were-"
Ruby Tree-Heart(Bruno's mother)-"Please Don't blame your father for this. There was nothing he could have done even if he was here and don't worry about needing money because your father and I since before any of you were born have always put a little money aside everyday for an emergency and promise me you will take care of your sister and live your lives the way you want to live them. That would make me very very happy."
Fluttershy-"That's horrible. I'm so sorry for what you and your sister had to go through."
Bruno-"Thanks but I'm afraid what comes next is much worse. You see before I could even learn Alchemy my father decided to look and all of the books and of the 20 of them he only let me read 3 of them because he saw stuff in the rest of them that he thought would be to risky to try and so he locked them in a trunk in his bedroom closet. About 4 days after mom died I decided to have a look at those other 17 books and after a week of reading them I made 2 discoveries about all those books. The first was that they all came from Amestris because, and this is the second reason, one of the books had mentioned a form of alchemy called 'Human Transmutation' which I discovered is a form of Alchemy that is said to bring the dead back to life. It showed what was needed to perform the transmutation including the chemical ingredients needed for making a human."
Fluttershy-"Did you say bring the dead back to life? That sounds scary!"
Spike-"That sounds cool!"
Rainbow Dash-"Wait! Ingredients? What do you mean by that?"
Twilight-"I agree. This is something I'm not familiar with."
Bruno-"Actually I should explain this part. You see after reading those books I discovered that if you were to break down the structure of what the average adult human was made of on a chemical level, such as what their hair, skin, blood, flesh, bone and organs are made out of then this is what they are made up of. Water 35 liters, carbon 20 kilograms, Ammonia 4 liters, Lyme 1.5 kilograms and I'm not talking about the fruit, Phosphorus 800 grams, salt 250 grams, Saltpeter 100 grams, sulpher 80 grams, florine 7.5 grams, Iron 5 grams, silicone 3 grams and trace amounts of various other elements and that includes the last traces of protein found in their eye-lashes and in case you were wondering all of those ingredients can be bought on a foals allowance. Humans can be built cheap and I don't mean to sound so blunt about that."
Twilight-"I never knew that."
Spike-"Well how do you like that. There is something Twilight doesn't know even after all of the times she was reading those books, even for fun!"
Twilight-"Now Spike, it's not like I know everything in the world. Even I have been wrong on a lot of things in life."
Spike-"That's true."
Twilight-"Hold on! Your formula states that it's only meant for humans and not for equine. What did you do next?"
Bruno-"Well I decided to use alchemy to make a statue of a human to compare the size of the average adult human to the average size equine by standing on my back legs and I discovered that there was a slight difference in our overall size but that was a rough estimate of the size of the average human but because of that I was able to calculate and re-adjust the formula to match that of the average adult equine as close as I could so that I could use alchemy to bring our mother back to life. The next night I told my sister about my plans to resurrect our mother and she was somewhat shocked by what I said. As I prepared the ingredients I decided that to make sure that it would work properly I had no choice but to, and did this with regret, dig up our mothers remains for the transmutation. I decided to cover her under a blanket so Lyra wouldn't have to see how bad her body looks after several weeks in the ground. Then I activated the transmutation circle and so far it looked like it was going smoothly until it backfired and then something that looked like a giant eye formed in the circle and I ended up dragged into it. Thankfully I was able to keep my sister from being dragged into it too."
Twilight-"OH MY GOODNESS! Do you remember what happened afterwards?"
Bruno-"Actually yes I do remember. After being pulled into that eye from the transmutation circle I woke up and found myself in some unknown world where it was white everywhere like it was some kind of void. I wandered around for what I thought was a few days because my sense of time felt weird in that place, but overall I kept track of the time in my head and than I found several of these things that looked like giant doors and I figured that one of these doors might be the way back home and so I decided to keep looking and after what felt like almost a week I managed to find the door that brought me back home."
Fluttershy-"Well that's good to know. At least you came out of it in one piece."
Bruno-"I wish that were true Fluttershy. You see something went wrong as I tried to get through the portal. It felt like that the weird looking arms that dragged me through in the first place were pulling back in but I was able to make it back but at the cost of my entire right arm and left leg being taken from me and pulled back into the portal. After I came back I had briefly passed out from the pain but woke up to see that my sister had managed to stop the bleeding and that she was crying and telling me that something went wrong with the transmutation and when I looked at where my mother was I saw something moving but when I got a closer look I saw that it didn't even look like our mother. It looked more like a deformed mass of flesh with some of the organs and bones on the outside of the body. Lyra told me she could even see it's heart beating outside its' body."
As Spike and the others were shocked to hear of what happened Twilight ponders something that Bruno had said in his story.
Spike-"Whoa!"
Fluttershy-"That's very disturbing."
Twilight-"Hold on a second! How is it you lost your arm and leg when I can see that it looks like you never lost them. I don't see any scars on you and if you were wandering around for almost a week in that place how is it that you are even alive? You would have starved to death after at least 3 or 4 days. 5 days tops if you are lucky."
Bruno-"Actually this part you are going to find very interesting. You see while I was wondering around that void I stumbled across an unusual looking object that look like some kind of weird plant with a weird white substance in a black like bowl with green leaves surrounding it but when I touched it, it started to change shape and then- well why don't I just introduce you to my newest friend. Hey Zetsu, Come out and say hello."
As the ponies wonder who he is talking to, Fluttershy spots something green coming out of the ground.
Fluttershy-"Wha-What is that thing!
Twilight-"It looks like a giant Venus fly trap."
Rainbow Dash-"Wait something's inside it!
As the leaves open up the ponies see sticking out of the ground a pony that's black on it's right side and white on it's left side with a mane and tail that looks like it's made of some kind of grass like material.
Applejack-"What in Equestria is that weird looking thing!"
White Zetsu-"Well there's no need to be rude like that."
Black Zetsu-"We have feelings too you know."
Fluttershy-"THAT THING CAN TALK TOO!"
Bruno-"Everypony say hello to my new friend Zetsu. He his a pony made completely out of plant life instead of flesh and bone like other ponies."
Twilight-"That's amazing! How did you find something like that?"
Bruno-"Well as I said I was wandering through the void I came across a strange looking object that looked like a black bowl with green leaves on the outside and a strange white substance inside of it and when I touched it the leaves suddenly closed and after it opened again it then took on the form of a pony and if it weren't for him I would have been dead a second time."
Twilight-"A second time?"
Bruno-"Yeah and if you thought Zetsu was a surprise then you will get a kick out of what else I saw while I was traveling in the void."
Pinkie Pie-"Oh what else did you see there? A monster with 10 heads and one body or a demon or maybe a living pony made entirely of cake frosting that had fruit for organs?"
Bruno-"Actually what I saw with my own eyes was something you might not believe. It was a human!"
They all say with shock-"A HUMAN?"
Twilight-"You're kidding? You saw an actual human in there too? What did this human look like? Was it an Amestrian?"
Bruno-"I'm not sure if it was an Amestrian considering I've never seen one but I can assure you that it was a human that I saw. In fact when I said that my life was saved a second time by Zetsu it was that human who saved my life the first time was in the void and it was that because I was starving after what felt like 5 days in there and collapsed on the ground. I felt my strength fading away until I saw the human. When got what little strength I needed to get his attention he spotted me he gave me food and water to revive me and actually he was very nice to me. As for what he looked like he was tall, had long black hair on his head, wore sunglasses, had a backpack, a small pouch on his waist and he was wearing a long black jacket and I also managed to see that he was wearing a locket around his neck and judging by what it looked like and I'm no expert in Jewelery, it looked like his locket was the kind that was made here in Equestria."
Rarity-"Equestrian jewelery on a human? How is that possible?"
Twilight-"Equestria and Amestris had always shared a lot of things with each other over the many years. I'm pretty sure that they also wore some Jewelery that was made here too and vice-versa. Wait you said that the human had a locket that was Equestrian made. That means that the human you saw was most likely from Amestris. That has to make the most sense."
Bruno-"Well You might be right Twilight. That is a strong possibility but I never asked if he was from Amestris."
Twilight-"Aw that's too bad."
Bruno-"Anyway after I regained my strength from the food he gave me we started talking for a bit and It turns out he was lost in the void and he was trying to find the door he was looking for too and he told me that the flow of time here is somewhat distorted because after I spent what felt exactly like 6 days in there because I kept count in my head it turned out that after I came back from the void Lyra told me that I was gone for 6 hours."
Twilight-"That's...um...well I have no words for what you just described."
Rainbow Dash-"What happened next?"
Bruno-"After I thanked the human for helping me he gave me some more food to keep me going. As for Zetsu's role in saving my life. After my arm and leg were ripped off when the portal opened again and he came through it. It turns out that he has this power where the white substance can be used in medicine such as to close and heal deep wounds and even replace lost limbs. Here I'll show what I mean."
Bruno uses his magic to change the surface of his right arm and left leg to the white matter that shows where his arm and leg were replaced and they were shocked beyond belief.
Rainbow Dash-"Whoa!"
Spike-"That's cool!"
Bruno-"In case you want to know how this is done. After part of his body was used to replace and heal my body the new limbs took a couple of days for it to get used to my flesh but overtime the material formed the nerves, bone, muscle tissue, blood vessels and skin needed to become fully useable for walking again and it can even be used to repair damaged internal organs too."
Twilight-"That's amazing! I had no idea that all of this could come from a failed use of alchemy. Think of the many uses in medicine this could do to help pony-kind every where!"
Black Zetsu-"We are more that happy to help anypony out but remember that we are living beings and not tools to be used on a whim."
White Zetsu-"Oh come on now. We were released from there for a reason. I see no harm in letting them study us if it means we make their lives much better than before."
Spike-"Hold on! Did I just hear 2 different voices coming from him just now?"
Rainbow Dash-"He's right, but it looks like I can see a mouth on the white half and not the black half."
Bruno-"Yeah you can hear 2 different voices from him. Although he is physically one pony he seems to have 2 distinct personalities. One on each side."
Twilight-"I must say out of all of us you and your sister are the ones who have experienced stuff so strange and wonderful it makes what my friends and I have done look like something out of storybook. Wait! According to what you said about alchemy, you need to draw a circle to preform it and all you did was clap your hoofs to use your alchemy. Was there something in those books that made you able to do it like that?"
Bruno-"No. In fact the reason for how I can do alchemy like that is because of what happened when I tried to bring our mother back to life. When I was pulled into the portal I saw a lot of images passing me by and my head felt like it was filling up with all this information in the world I've never even known about and it happened again when I was trying to get back home. If I had to describe all the information I obtained in 2 words then I would call it 'The Truth'."
Pinkie Pie-"The truth? The truth about what or who or why or when or where?"
Bruno-"Just 'the truth' is all I can say, but before I was about to go through the door back home a strange white entity with a shadowy aura around it appeared in front of the door and it body was in the same shape as my body. As I went over to talk to it one of the doors suddenly appeared behind me and the entity revealed its' identity."
"Flashback to the void"
Entity of the void-"Well what do we have here? Judging by your body shape and wings and horn you must be a pony from Equestria and it seems you have found the right door that you have been seeking for a long time."
Bruno-"Who are you and how do you know about where I'm from?"
Entity of the void-"Oh I'm so glad you asked. Well I go by many names here. I am known as the World or the Universe or the Truth. I am all. I am one. I am God and I could even be you!"
Bruno-"God? Me? What is that supposed to mean!? Wait! Am I dead?"
Entity of the void-"Relax you're not Dead. In fact you are far from it. Besides by opening the portal you have dared to knock on the door and if you want to use that door to get back you need to pay a toll but I won't take the toll until just before you reach your destination. Til we meet again Bruno and you have a safe passage home."
"End of flashback in the void"
Bruno-"As the Door opens up, I see the eye from the transmutation circle inside it and the strange black black arms that dragged me into the void pulled me into the gate and as I passed through the portal to get home I was able to feel 'The truth' coming into my head again. After I awakened from the pain of my arm and leg getting pulled back in it was also how I figured out what went wrong with trying to bring our mother back to life. You see I had all the right components but one. It needed a soul for the dead to come back to life and that's why the transmutation had backfired."
Spike-"Why is that?"
Bruno-"It's because of what I said earlier. Alchemy is based on the law of equivalent exchange. You can't transmute a life form from a soul that no longer exists in this world. Believe me when I say I found that out the hard way."
Twilight-"How unbelievable! To think that you saw not only a human and the plant pony Zetsu you saw a being that was pretty much described as a GOD in that place. I wish I could have met that thing too."
Bruno-"Trust me Twilight. You do not want to go through all that just for seeking Knowledge like the kind I got. The toll the entity was talking about was giving up a physical part of your body. In this case my arm and leg because I saw my arm and leg breaking apart and going back into the void and for a brief second I saw my arm and leg becoming a part of the entities body too."
Spike-"Yikes. Looks like you should stick to reading books to get the knowledge you want Twilight."
Twilight-"In this case Spike you might be right."
Applejack-"OH MY! What happened after that?"
Lyra-"Yeah brother, tell them what happened next."
Bruno-"Lyra! Well you see uh-"
Lyra-"Look I know you sent me away so I don't hear what we went through to protect me, but that was over 4 years ago and though I'm still sad that our big brother, Father and Mother are gone, I've moved on past that so we can start our new lives."
Bruno-"You're right sis. I'm sorry. It's just after what happened that night it was so traumatic for you I thought that if you heard it again...well.
Lyra-"That's alright. As I said I've moved on past that and If you want to finish the rest of this then go ahead. I'll be OK with what you say next."
Bruno-"Well OK then. Anyway the deformed remains of our mother had died shortly after I came back through the portal and when I was able to walk again after Zetsu replaced my arm and leg he and I took my mother back to her grave to be re-buried and from then on I decided never to use alchemy to try and revive the dead even if I figured out how to perfect it."
Fluttershy-"That sounds like a good idea."
Bruno-"I couldn't agree with you more. Anyway, Three days later Lyra and I decided it was time that we leave our home and start new lives someplace else. After we packed up what we needed with this weird looking spell that I somehow knew, probably from passing through the portal, we decided that if we were serious about moving on we needed a reason to never come back here. So just before we left we said goodbye to our mother one last time at her grave, burned our house down to the ground and we never looked back. Ever since then we pretty much been through a lot of Equestria and after almost 4 years of traveling I thought it was time to settle down and find a new home for us."
Fluttershy-"So what made you decide to live in Ponyville?"
Bruno-"Well we thought about living in Cloudsdale but since my sister was not born with wings then it would be very hard for her to live on a cloud. We then thought about living in Canterlot but after remembering what our father told us about our families true intentions, we might run the risk of bumping into one of our relatives so we said no to the living there. However after hearing some interesting things that happened in this town I decided that this town was going to be our new home."
Rainbow Dash-"Speaking of Cloudsdale I am curious as to why your sister has no wings. I mean I know you two are brother and sister but how was it that she was born a unicorn and not an alicorn like you or your brother?"
Bruno-"Well after learning a bit about pony genetics while being home-schooled the reason for why my sister was not born an alicorn like our brother and myself is because our mother was an earth pony so the odds of one of us being born without wings were pretty slim."
Twilight-That would make the most sense."
Spike-"That's amazing! Well except for the part about trying to revive the dead and you losing your brother, mother, father, arm and leg, but everything else sounds really cool!"
AppleJack-"Tell us, during your travels around Equestria what places did you see?"
Twilight-"Yeah, I'd like to know more about anyplace interesting you and your sister have been. If that's OK?"
Bruno-"Well aside from the small towns we've been to there were some interesting sites Lyra and I saw. For example one night during a really bad storm we went to the 'Ariel ruins' for shelter."
Twilight-"The 'Ariel Ruins'? I remember reading that those ruins are so massive that it's like a small city and have been around since way before Equestria was even founded. Even Princess Celestia and anypony that ever studied it never figured out the origins of that place. That place is a real mystery even to this day."
Bruno-"Yeah I know. The next day After the storm passed while Lyra was still sleeping I decided to have a look around the ruins for myself and even after I had all that knowledge enter my brain from the failed transmutation, I was stumped about it too. In fact from what I could gather from looking around I may have realized that these ruins may not have had anything to do with this land at all. Anyway during our travels we had thought about checking out the ancient land further north of the "Crystal Empire" called 'Calima' but some kind of magic barrier prevented anypony from entering there at all."
Fluttershy-"You went to 'Calima'?"
AppleJack-"Isn't that the forbidden area?"
Pinkie Pie-"Why is it known as the forbidden area?"
Twilight-"Well if I remember from what Princess Celestia told me, she said that something from the sky had crashed there about 500 years ago and that when she went to see what it was, it was something REALLY REALLY LARGE and made of metal and all that was written on the side was a name that said "Archangel" and below the name it said 'Project SEEDS OF FAITH'. However Princess Celestia felt a strange and DARK presence coming from it and until she knew more about it she and Princes Luna placed a massive Barrier around most of Calima and deemed it the forbidden area of Equestria. She also mentioned that on that same night that something else had fallen out of the sky with it but it ended up crashing far out into the ocean and there was no reason to look for it at all since it sank in the deepest part that no one could ever get to."
Bruno-"Wow! So that's why no pony could get there. I can see why the Princess wanted to keep others away from there. Who knows what could have been inside that thing to begin with. Anyway that's pretty much everything interesting I can tell you about us. I figured we should get settled at the INN and wait until we are able to start looking for a new home."
Mayor Mare-"Yeah about that. I just found out that the Inn is fully booked until tomorrow. There are no rooms available at all. I'm sorry."
Bruno-"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO ROOMS! JUST WHERE ARE MY SISTER AND I SUPPOSED TO STAY NOW!"
Lyra-"Brother please calm down. I'm sure we will figure something out."
Applejack-"I know. Why don't you and your sister stay with us? Our place is big enough for the both of you to stay until you can find your new home."
Bruno-"Thanks and though I really appreciate the kind gesture but we couldn't impose on you and your family like that especially since we just met over an hour ago. We'll figure something out."
Applejack-"I insist and it's no trouble to us. We are more that happy to help out and you and your sister stay with us at Sweet Apple Acres and I won't take no for an answer."
Applebloom-"But sis, there's only one spare room at our place and the bed in there is not big enough for two."
AppleJack-"OH that's right! I completely forgot. Now what am I going to do?"
Applebloom-"Well there's that couch that's also in the spare room. It might be enough for one of them"
Bruno-"Well if you insist on us staying with you then you can give that bed to my sister and I'll sleep on the couch for the night. Problem solved and as a thank you for putting us up for the next 2 nights if you need me to help you out with anything just ask."
Applejack-"It's a deal."
Twilight-"I was also wondering if you get the time may I have a look at those alchemy books? I'd really like to research what it's all about."
Bruno(thinking)-"Hmm. After what Twilight said earlier I'm very interested to know why the Princess was searching for those alchemy books after the humans had vanished. It sounds like she was desperate to find those books but the question is WHY?"
Twilight-"Well Bruno?"
Bruno-"Sure but only if you can arrange for me to meet Princess Celestia sometime soon. I'm pretty sure that she would be very interested to hear about us too."
Twilight-"Consider it done. I'll write her a letter tonight and arrange for you both to meet her."
Bruno-"Thanks Twilight. If there's anyway I can repay you for this favor just ask me anytime but if you do mention to her in your letter that my sister and I are from the 'Star Pony Family' please be sure to tell her to keep that information a secret until I know for sure that any of our relatives decided to give up on searching for any of us."
Twilight-"I'll be sure to tell her that too Bruno so don't worry."
As Bruno and Lyra get settled in at Sweet Apple Acres for the night Twilight Sparkle begins to write to the princess.
Twilight-"Spike take a letter."
Twilight's letter-"Dear Princess Celestia, I'm not sure if anything in this letter has much to do with the lesson about the magic of friendship but you will get a kick out of this. Earlier today two ponies an alicorn named Bruno and his little sister a unicorn named Lyra who are both from the 'Star Pony Family' just came to Ponyville after traveling for almost 4 years through most of Equestria and faced a lot of hard times in their lives and get this, one of them can use Alchemy. It turns out that the alchemy books you were looking for ended up in their possession a few years ago and to this day Bruno is the one who has the books now. They are currently staying at the Applejack's place since the Inn here in Ponyville has no rooms available and well there's more I want to tell you about but Since I don't have much room on this letter to tell you all of the shocking and interesting things we saw today and I figured you would like to see it for yourself because Bruno asked that he meet with you as soon as you get any free time and that you keep the truth about his connection to the 'Star Pony Family' a secret from Canterlot. He will tell you the reason why. Anyway I have a good feeling that Bruno and his sister will fit in just fine here in Ponyville and I will be sure to do my part to make them feel welcome. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle"
Spike breathes his green fire on the letter and sends it to the Princess.
Spike-"Wow Twilight. I'm sure that when Princess Celestia reads your letter that mentions Alchemy she will fly out so fast that she might make dozens of sonic-rainbooms on the way here and that might make Rainbow Dash so shocked her jaw might fall off."
Twilight-"Oh Spike. I'm sure that she will be eager to see Bruno's Alchemy but she also has responsibilities to the rest of Equestria now come on let's get some sleep. Good night Spike."
Spike(while yawning)-"Night Twilight."
Meanwhile in the middle of the night at the Salt Lick Flats of the Haystack Desert way out west of Ponyville, the Trio of Manticores begin to question a pair of ponies that were camping out in the flats about the Elements of Harmony by holding them by their throat.
Lead manticore-"I'll ask you one more time. Where are the Elements of Harmony located and who wields them? Answer me or you will both DIE!"
Rocky(Pony being chocked)-"All I know is that the ones who hold the Elements of Harmony are a group of ponies that recently defeated Discord and that they currently reside in Ponyville, but that's 3 days away from here even if you fly nonstop and also I heard that Discord was released from his stone prison a while back and now he uses his magic with Princess Celestia to help out Equestria these days. I swear that's all I know. Please let us go!"
Lead manticore-"Very well."
As he releases them he gives the other 2 manticores with him an order.
Lead manticore-"KILL THEM!"
Other manticores-"Yes sir!
Sierra(other Pony that was choked)-"But you said that if we answered you that you would let us live?"
Lead manticore(now speaking with a demonic voice)-"Yeah well-"(Picture the scene shifting to the unknown figure from a nearby location that is speaking through the manticore)-Unknown Figure-"I lied!"
The other two manticores kill the two ponies by impaling them through their chests with the tip of their scorpion tails. Then they fly off.
Unknown Figure-"So Ponyville huh. I guess Celestia and Luna found others that are now able to wield the Elements of Harmony. Now this means I have no reason to hold back at all. I'm that much closer to becoming a god. Hmm. I sense the presence of someone other than myself who can use Alchemy and from what I can tell this one had also opened the 'Portal of truth' too. It seems to have gotten a bit more interesting. I'll have to look into it soon."
As he walks away a storm appears over where the unknown figure is and a flash of lightning reveals his face and that he's (adding another flash of lighting for dramatic effect) a HUMAN!
Ending notes of chapter 1
Who is this unknown human and how does he know about the "Elements of harmony"?
Is he an Amestrian or is he something entirely different?