My Little Pony: The Thousand Year Door - Introduction
Summary: Princess Twilight Sparkle gets a mysterious map from her mentor, Princess Celestia, telling about an ancient treasure. When Twilight goes to check it out, she finds Princess Celestia has gone missing, so she meets up with seven new friends and stops a large threat to Equestria to find her and the treasure. This story takes place in an AU.
In a colorful tree shaped castle in Ponyville, a lavender alicorn gathered the attention of all the fillies and colts in front of her, including her best friends. All heads turned to this alicorn, the pegasi lowered to the ground, and one pink pony shouted out "ATTEEEEENTION!"
The lavender pony gestured a hoof, telling the pink pony to sit down. She looked at the book on the platform in front of her and, after clearing her throat, began to speak. "Alright, fillies and gentlecolts, today, I'm going to tell you all the story of the Thousand Year Door."
"An awfully long time ago, in a strange and far-off land in Equestria, a big, buslting town thrived." The alicorn's horn lit up and a magenta aura surrounded the cover of the book as she opened it. "It was a town where all the ponies lived very happy lives. And it was said that the town was very prosperous. But one day, tragedy befell this blessed place. A great cataclysm struck the town and its ponyfolk."
The crowd of young ponies "ooh"-ed at that moment. The page turned and the light purple pony continued to read. "Darkness filled the skies, and the earth roared and shook. It was as if the very world had come to a violent end. And in but a single night, the town sank into the depths of Equestria."
The crowd gasped. Another page was turned. "Many moons passed. Stories of the town passed into the pages of fairy tales. And when the town's site no longer held relics of its past, ponies gathered at that spot and built a new town." Turning yet another page, the pony read, "But word soon spread among anypony who moved in that an ancient city lay deep underground and that a magnificent treasure rested there."
A yellow filly who wore a pink bow in her red mane commented on how this story sounded quite familiar. The alicorn overheard her and said, "Yes, this is the story of the fabled treasure of Rogueport*." She turned one more page. "This is where it begins, in the sea town of Rogueport."
The pink pony from before started to get excited as a squeal came out of her mouth. Her favorite part was coming up. "The tale of the quest for the legendary treasure and the Thousand Year Door...starts here!"
"YES!"
The scene transitioned to what looked like a run-down town. Old buildings and wall grafiti filled this place. A bunch of trouble-making looking ponies trotted back and forth all over the town. In the middle of it all, a tall, white alicorn with a colorful flowing mane walked to the center of town. She talked to herself, talking about her younger sister, Luna, and how she separated from her to a different area of this town, despite Luna warning her about all the trouble around. She didn't listen to Luna and said she wanted to take a look around the place and see what all there was too see. She looked around, saying, "Now that I'm here, I see this town has a rather...distinct flavor..."
Suddenly, a female voice spoke. "Oh, Missy... Missy..."
The alicorn, known as Princess Celestia, turned to the source of the sound, asking, "Do you mean...me?"
She trotted towards a hooded pony, who had a bunch of expensive looking things in front of her. "Yes, you, Missy. Won't you buy something? I have a wide assortment of knicknacks and doodads!"
Princess Celestia looked down at all the products. Nothing seemed to catch her fancy until she saw a small box. She moved closer and lowered her head a little. "That's a pretty box. What's inside of it?"
A yellow aura surrounded the box as the hooded mare picked it up with her unicorn magic. She explained that a map that shows the location of a legendary treasure was inside. She then said that the box had a magic lock on it and only one with a pure, noble heart could unlock it. She showed that she couldn't open it and Celestia showed a slight frown. This hooded mare said to the princess that if the box opened for her, she could have what's inside. The yellow aura around the box was replaced by a lighter yellow aura, indicating that Celestia took it. She tried to open it and, to her surprise, it opened as a light shined from inside.
Somewhere, in Canterlot, a gray pegasus pony flew down to a house and dropped something in its mailbox. "Mail call!" She called out as she flew off. Hearing her voice, a white unicorn stallion trotted outside the home and retrieved what she left in the mailbox. Returning inside, he called out to his younger sister, Twilight Sparkle, saying the letter was for her. A lavender alicorn came into the room. She looked at the letter. "It's from Princess Celestia!" She said. Her brother, Shining Armor, offered to read it to her. She nodded, and he began to read.
"My faithful student, Twilight, Princess Luna and I are on holiday, traveling in Equestria. In our travels, I came into possession of a mystical map. It's actually a treasure map. It was inside a box I got from a merchant in a town called Rogueport. But, since I figured it would be too difficult for me to go find treasure all by myself, I thought that you could come with me and we can both hunt for it! Will you join me? I have included the map with this letter, so please make sure to bring it with you when you come. I'll meet you at Rogueport (That means you MUST come!) - Princess Celestia"
Twilight was intriguied. Shining Armor told her that a there, indeed, was a map with the letter and he handed the map to Twilight. She observed the map and, without further ado, prepared to head out and meet up with her mentor.
And thus, Twilight Sparkle's journey started.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So, how do you like it so far? I apologize for almost copying the exact intro. I promise that as the story goes on, the dialogue will be spoken in my own words. Please favorite, comment, all that good stuff! Stay tuned for the Prologue!
*I am unable to come up with pony names for these towns. Unless I just absolutely know what could fit, these location names will stay the same (Ex. Rogueport, Boggly Woods (Boggly Everfree Woods could work, I guess, but we really don't need two Everfree's), Glitzville, etc.)