Prologue

It was a warm spring day in Washington DC and school had just ended. Students walked out in droves at chance to head home and have some fun. But one child headed away from the others and was immediately stopped. "Orpheus Boran," a voice spoke behind him filled with malice, "Look at you. Heading off to the hospital, I suppose your weak little mommy would love to see you trapped in there."

A pale teenager with raven blue hair with lightning blue eyes named Orpheus, turned around to see a group of 6-7 boys with one standing in front. A dreaded feeling swept through him, already guessing what was about to happen. "What do you want Jerome? I don't have time for this." As Orpheus spoke he couldn't help but think Great, now I have to deal with these crap bags again.

"Oh, I think you do," Jerome said. "After all it's not like your mommy's dying. Oh, wait, she is." Orpheus can feel his anger raise as the rest of Jerome's gang laughs at this.

"SHUT UP," he screams he then remembered that volume wouldn't help him here. "You know nothing about what's going on," he continues coldly. He turns to continue heading to the hospital but two of Jerome's gang got between him and the path to the hospital. "So, you think your going to stop me."

Jerome walks up behind him with a cocky smile. "Yeah, we will." The two in front of Orpheus try to grab him but he spirits between the two and books it to his destination. "Damn it guys you were supposed to grab him before he runs not after." Orpheus can hear Jerome telling his gang off, cause once Orpheus started running, no one could catch up.

After running a few minutes he slowed down to find himself right the hospital. As he walks all eyes are immediately on him. His mother is a well known diplomat so a kid going to see her everyday it was easy to think they were family. "Room 315, Orpheus" the receptionist tells him.

After climbing up 3 flights of stairs he makes his way to room 15, and the door opens as he approaches and a doctor steps out. "How is she?" Orpheus asks.

"Not good," the doctor answers, "her cells are deteriorating to quickly. Chances of her surviving this are slim."

After what felt like an hour he finally asked "Can I see her?"

"Yes, she asked for you just before you showed up. I'll let you two have some time alone" he says and turns to leave. Orpheus then opens the door to see his mother wired up to multiple devices.

"Orpheus, there you are," his mother says, "You know you don't have to visit me everyday."

"The house gets lonely without you," Orpheus didn't have any siblings, and his father died when he was young. He pulls up a chair and sits down next to his mother's bed.

"Orpheus, I fear that… my time is… running out," his mother struggles to say.

"Don't talk mom, save your strength" Orpheus says.

"I need to say this Orpheus, but I don't have the time to do so. Listen carefully," she starts, "In my room, on one of the shelves there is a book called "The Tale of the Two Sisters," I need you to pull it out of the shelf you will open a hidden compartment. In their will be a small chest which it's context will explain everything."

"What are you talking about mom?" Orpheus asks, wondering where this is going.

"The truth I had little choice but to hide from you. But, always remember that I love you and… your… sisters…" the devices start a long beep and the monitors flatlined, but they needn't have bothered. Orpheus already knew his mother was gone. A doctor came in and noticed the monitors, telling Orpheus that she was sorry, but he had to leave, visiting hours were over.

Numb with grief he barely heard her but turned to leave anyway. After 10 minutes of walking he arrived at his house grabbing the key that was under the welcome mat and went inside. "WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR" Orpheus screamed with rage and grief. Without his mother he most likely going to be thrown into the orphanage once the lawyers showed up to grab anything in moms will. Then he remembered what mom told him to find and went to his mother's room finding the book she mentioned, 'The Tale of the Two Sisters' was a story about two sisters, the elder, raising the sun and the younger, the moon, but the younger sister grew jealous of her sister and the elder sister was forced to trap her younger sister in the moon. After pulling the book off the shelf a small opening popped open in the wall, That must be what she was talking about, he thought.

Inside was a small wooden chest that contained a crystal, photograph and a note written in his mother's handwriting. The picture was strange to him, showing 5 horses, 3 of them black/blue and the other 2 white, all with wings and all but the youngest had horns. Looking at the note it read…

Orpheus, if you are reading this then it likely means I am no longer with you. This also means I most likely didn't tell you about your past. You see the land that is mentioned in the "The Tale of the Two Sisters," Equestria is real. And the two sisters are your own, Celestia and Luna. No doubt you're wondering why we were hear this whole time and not with them. When you were born, an evil king saw you as a threat to his regime and sought to kill you and took you one night. Me and your father raced after him and managed to get you back and your father opened a portal to this world to protect us, what truly happened to your father is a mystery to me, I just know that he didn't survive. One more thing, names are a little different back in Equestria so it's only fair for you know your real name, your real name is Night Storm. I hope if you decide to go back you'll use that name, but I understand if you want to stick with your current name. If you choose to return just hold the crystal in your hand and say, "I ready to return," then close your hand around it. I wish you the best of luck no matter your decision. Love, your mother, Bright Star

Orpheus, or was it Night now, didn't know what to think. Sisters, the truth behind his father's death. He grabbed the photo and got a better look at it, wanting to figure out who's who. "I'm guessing to the large black one is my father," he said to himself. "The two smaller ones have to be my sisters, and the baby… could that be me?" He pondered it over, on one hand- return to his place of birth and home, but leave all he knew behind, or stay with the few friends he barely was able to make, which was still shaky, and get thrown into the orphanage if he wasn't lucky. After about half an hour he came to a decision, grabbed the crystal, the book and the photo, but burned the note with a fireplace lighter, he didn't want to leave a trace of what he was. Orpheus looked at the crystal and followed his mother's instructions. "I'm ready to return," and closed his hand around it.

Suddenly a blue light erupted from the crystal and sent what felt like a bolt of lightning through him, but he held on. "Equestria here I come" and vanished.

A/N: Thanks for reading the prologue for this. Just so you all know this is my first ever fanfiction and I'm not the best of writers so any advice is greatly appreciated. I'll post the next chapter as soon as possible, but until then I hope you enjoyed.