Chapter 1: An unexpected occurrence
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Dreams. Dreams were usually good things, memories of the day compiled into an alternate and more positive reality, where anything could be possible. But for one certain Alicorn dreams would become nightmares tonight.
A white filly stood stranded on a high cliff, shivering from the cold wind blowing up from a dark abyss. Tears poured down from her eyes, and her light pink mane disheveled.
"Mommy! Daddy!" she cried, obviously distressed. She slowly trotted to the edge of the cliff, quickly turning her head left and right at the slightest sound. Just before she peered over the edge a dark form rose from below, causing her to fall over backwards in fright. She screamed in terror as she beheld the monstrous creature. Its hairless skin shone dull gray. Massive appendages protruded from its body, ending in razor sharp claws. Two large bat wings swooped back and forth, kicking up dust from the cliff face.
And then there was its head. Two horns curled around the top, and a massive jaw lined with large teeth sat open like a cave on its face. The worst thing of all were the eyes. Pure black, even darker than the night, and absent of emotion. The creature screeched so terribly it rippled through the young filly, sending her hooves to her eyes as she herself continued to scream in terror.
"Help! Help!" she sobbed. Nopony answered. The creature preyed down on her, its massive jaws teeth bared. She tried to run, but there was no way off the cliff, except for the blackness below. Just before the creatures claws closed around her, time stopped.
Princess Celestia awoke suddenly, eyes wide and gasping for breath. She slowed her breathing by closing her eyes again and taking deep breaths. After calming herself down she got out of bed and trotted outside to her balcony to check the time. The moon was still high in the sky, nowhere near the time when she needed to raise the sun.
The dream still disturbed her greatly, just like all the others had in the past few nights. She didn't know what it meant, but it couldn't be good.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence", she told herself, "but then again… No, enough is enough, I must consult Luna on this."
As if on cue, the princess of the night burst into the room. The worrisome look on her face was proof she saw her sister's dream "Sister! Are you okay?"
"It's alright Luna, it was just a dream", Celestia replied calmly, trying not to look as upset as she really was for her sister's sake.
But Luna was not buying into her sister's ruse. "This is the third time you've had that dream. It must mean something."
Celestia pondered on her sister's theory for a tense moment before answering: "That is a possibility Luna, but I would not like to believe it. What could it mean though? Tirek has not escaped from Tartarus again has he?"
Luna quickly shook her head. "No, I checked recently, he is firmly secured."
Celestia thought about this for a moment while6 gazing up at the night sky. Tirek had very nearly absorbed all ponies' precious magic. If Twilight and her friends hadn't stopped him… she didn't even want to think about what might have happened. Besides it seemed wrong to ruin her sister's beautiful night with such thoughts.
Suddenly Luna flinched and fell to one knee, breathing heavily. "Luna!" Celestia exclaimed.
"Something's…Wrong…" Luna strained herself to say. Her teal green eyes widened as she looked past her older sister. Celestia, curious at her sister's sudden alarm, traced Luna's gaze. What she saw made her eyes shoot open even more than Luna's.
In the darkness of the night, a huge, blazing comet lit up the sky. This particular comet wasn't simply shooting past like most others. It was heading straight for earth (Perhaps Equestria would be better placed here?).
Faster than either of the princesses could react, the flaming comet roared over their heads, barely missing the top of Canterlot Castle. With a massive 'BOOM!' it impacted with the earth, paving a trail of fire in its wake.
Without warning, the door to the bedroom burst open, and two very worried looking unicorn guards rushed in. "Your Majesties! Are you all right!" One guard cried.
The voice of the guard snapped Celestia out of her shock. She looked seriously at the two guards. "We're fine. But we have a serious problem guardscolts." She nodded to the grounds below the mountain, where the comet landed and thrown up a huge layer smoke and dust. The guards' mouths hung open in pure bewilderment.
"Heavens! A meteor! I-I'll get a sky chariot and Pegasi for a search at once Your Majesties!" The two guards bowed hastily and quickly left in a hurry.
Celestia started after them, intending fully to investigate this matter personally. However, she heard Luna get up behind her.
"Tia, I'm coming with you." Luna stated firmly.
Celestia just shook her head. "No Luna, you are too shocked from this disturbance of your night. Stay here, please."
Luna stamped her hoof in annoyance. "No dear sister. I will find out what has befallen my night. It is my duty."
Celestia sighed, and hung her head in defeat. "Very well, Sister. I suppose it is your right", she conceded and together they headed out.
After finally getting two sky chariots, the princesses and two unicorn guards set off for the impact site of the meteor, arriving within minutes. The meteor itself had torn a massive trail through the ground, fire blazing around the edges. The princesses and guards quickly stepped out of their chariot.
The superior officer, a captain, turned to the Pegasi. "Stay with the chariots, this shouldn't take long."
"Yes sir!" The four answered in unison, giving a quick salute, before the captain turned to the princesses.
"Stay behind us your majesties. We'll go first. Private with me." The second unicorn guard rushed to the captain's side, while the two princesses walked behind. The group advanced slowly along the impact crater's trail, the flames still roaring around the sides almost singing their fur. It didn't take them long to reach the meteor. But the two unicorns stopped by the edge.
"Let us go first your Highnesses. We'll look for any dangers," the captain insisted. With a nod of her head, Celestia allowed it, and the two Guards walked slowly into the smouldering crater. Luna thought to herself about how a rock could affected her or, more accurately, the night.
"Princesses! You need to see this!" the captain's voice rang out from the crater urgently. The sisters exchanged glances, and flew through the smoke barrier to find the guards with their swords drawn. Luna gasped when she saw why exactly they had their swords unsheathed. It wasn't a meteor that had caused this crater, it was…a unicorn.
It was one of the strangest unicorns she had ever seen. He was huge! rivalling even Celestia in his size. His coat was pure white, but singed badly. His mane was a beautiful shade of gold and, like his pelt, was caked in grime. The strangest thing of all was his flank, for it was blank. This puzzled Luna as a pony his age should surely have discovered his hidden talent long ago.
His face was scrunched up in a painful expression. How he had survived an impact of such a magnitude after blazing down from the sky was impossible to tell. She turned to see Celestia was just as shocked as she was.
"How..." she started, her words catching in her throat.
"What do we do Your Majesties?" the captain asked seriously.
Luna answered first. "We cannot just leave him here. Take him to the castle and get him a doctor."
"Yes Your Highness!" the two guards answered. Their horns glowed with magic, and they slowly lifted the large unicorn from the ground. With him in their magical grasp, the stallions hurried back to the chariots.
Luna faced her still shocked sister. "How could this have happened?"
"I… don't know Luna… this has never happened before…that poor unicorn…" Her voice trailed off.
Luna felt pity for the unicorn as well, as well as curiosity. So many questions floated through her head, but one in particular stood out from the rest. "Who is he?"
Well this certainly is an unexpected occurrence in itself, me writing an MLP story! To all my previous readers, I shall try to get out the next chapter of LightHeart soon, but unfortunately, I have a bad case of writers block on that story.
Also a big massive shout out to Mr MegaTJ who has helped me profoundly in this chapter as a beta. Thanks Mega!
But thanks for reading and leave a review if you can.