Tonameca
Hello everypony!
This is my first fanfic – well, the first that I'm publishing. It's modeled on Human in Equestria fics, but I changed some stuff a bit – for example, making humans the indigenous people of Equestria before the Ponies arrived.
I'm also proud to say that this fanfic will be featuring my own conlang – Tonamec (pronounced taw-nuh-mek). (Actually, there is very little Tonamec in this fanfic – I still need to come up with a lot of words and grammar and stuff)
But before I start this story, I want to say this:
First, there will be no swearwords, profanities, or any inappropriate language here.
Second, though I will include some romance (there's always got to be romance), there will be no sex scenes, signs of homosexual relations among any of the ponies (especially the Mane Six), or any sexual or adult jokes, innuendoes, or overtones at all.
Third, this fanfic will contain some Human x Pony romance – if you don't like this kind of romance, don't read this fanfic.
Fourth, please, no flaming – I'll take constructive criticism, but not flaming.
Oh – and before I forget, I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; that belongs to Lauren Faust and Hasbro. The only characters I do own are the Tonamec ones.
So, without further ado (and I think this is enough "ado"), here it is: Tonameca. (pronounced taw-nah-mek-kah)
Prologue: Five Hundred Years Ago
We all know the story of Equestria's founding. Once, the ponies were divided into the Three Tribes – the Unicorns, the Pegasi, and the Earth Ponies – who all hated each other. Then, the wendigos came and froze their homeland. So, the tribes searched for a new land – and they found one. However, the tribes still fought amongst one another, and the wendigos followed them there. However, when the tribes realized that they were all Ponies, their newfound friendship drove the wendigos away. The Tribes united and announced the formation of Equestria.
But this isn't the whole story.
The Ponies didn't know this, but Equestria was already inhabited. The indigenous people were strange creatures that looked like some sort of primate. They were very tall – twice as tall as a pony. They walked on their back legs, but their front hooves were shaped strangely – they looked almost like claws, with precisely five digits on each hoof; these digits could be used to grasp objects. The creatures were practically hairless except for a small mane on the top of their heads. For some strange reason, only the females grew it long; the males cut it short. The creatures had small eyes, no discernable muzzles, and no horns or wings. They had absolutely no magical abilities whatsoever. They called themselves the Tonamec, which meant "People of the Sun".
Despite their lack of magical skill, the Tonamec were a great people. They were extremely advanced in science, art, and mathematics, not unlike Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya on Earth. The Tonamec's capital and greatest city was Tonameca, which was deep inside the Everfree Forest.
At first, the Tonamec gave them no attention. Then, no sooner after Nightmare Moon's banishment, the ponies started encroaching on Tonamec land.
When the Ponies found the Tonamec, they denounced them as uncivilized and savage. When Ponies started taking Tonamec land, the Tonamec fiercely fought back, but to no avail. The Tonamec's bodies were very delicate and very susceptible to magic, so many Tonamec died when they were attacked by Ponies. The Ponies also brought deadly diseases which killed many Tonamec. The Ponies' Imperial Guard soldiers would routinely burn down Tonamec villages and towns, while the Tonamec would raid many Pony settlements.
The Ponies at this point were convinced the Tonamec were evil monsters. Finally, only five years after Nightmare Moon's, mounting tension finally led both sides to declare war. After hundreds of years of brutal fighting, the Ponies destroyed many Tonamec towns. The Tonamec, fearing for their lives, fled to Tonameca.
Though the Tonamec were still thousands strong, they were no match for the Ponies. When the Ponies defeated the Tonamec army, the Tonamec fled Tonameca as well. They went as far as the mountains, when the Ponies found them. Princess Celestia cast a spell that turned the entire Tonamec tribe into stone.
With the Tonamec out of the way, Equestria was free to grow and prosper – which it did. But the Ponies never found Tonameca. It was said that a unicorn wizard who was on the Tonamec's side cast a cloaking spell over Tonameca so that no one but a Tonamec could enter.
The Tonamec would remain stone for thousands of years, a time that would see the emergence and release of Nightmare Moon and the adventures of six certain ponies and their dragon friend.
But was this really the end of the Tonamec? Doomed to be stone forever? Never to return from their homeland? There was an ancient prophecy, found at the ruins of a Tonamec temple, that said:
The paths of the sun and moon will cross
And break away the deep-grown moss
With diamond glow, flesh and bone
Will return from ancient stone
The People shall reclaim their place
But hatred and fear shall rear their face
Our great People would be undone,
With hope we turn to the only sun
We turn to you, O Chosen One
Do battle with the Queen of the Sun
Find the Seventh, and the world will see
The Tonamec to be finally free.