A lone object floated aloft through space. It was a metal mask, golden in color, depicting a humanoid figure upon the face plate. Within the helmet-like object, a spirit of a god-like being was trapped. After an evil being had stole his body, his spirit had been put in the mask, and then, it was ejected from the 40 million foot body of the being, flying fast out of the atmosphere. A single thought escaped the mask, reaching out to no one's hearing ears.

"I shall return," said the voice of Mata Nui, the Great Spirit of the Matoran universe, which existed within the giant metal shell of his old body. "I shall save you all..." the voice trailed off. After floating through the void for a short time, a small meteor, about the size of a car, came by, and the mask bounced off, thrown off course. Instead of flying towards Bara Magna, it was hurtling toward another planet nearby. As it entered the atmosphere, it could only think as to what could happen, maybe burn up in the atmosphere, or shatter on impact...

"Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle," said a purple equine, whose name was Twilight. A small green dragon, by the name of Spike, was writing with a quill on a parchment.

"Twi-light, Spar-kle! got it!" he said, as he rolled up the scroll. "Great! send it," she said.

Spike Immediatly got a questioning look. "Now?" he asked her. "Of course," she said, wanting the Princess to recieve her important letter.

"Eh, I don't know, Twilight," he said, "Princess Celestia's busy getting ready for the summer sun celebration. and it's like, the day after tomorrow!"

Twilight popped up in his face. "That's just it, Spike," she said, "the day after tomorrow is the 1000th year of the summer sun celebration!" she looked up, then back. "It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!" He began scribbling again.

"Impera- imper-" Twilight was now becoming mad. "IMPORTANT!" she shouted, causing Spike to fly backwards into the bookshelf.

"Okay, okay," he said. He took in a deep breath, and blew fire onto the scroll. It turned into a puff of magic, and flew out the window.

"There. it's on its way," Spike said, "but I wouldn't hold ur bre~ath," he said in a sing-song voice, taunting her slightly.

"Oh, I'm not worried Spike, the Princess trusts me completely," Twilight said,"In all the years she's been my mentor, she's never once doubted me," she finished, cockily. Spike's face puffed up, and he burped out another scroll. "I knew she'd want to take immediate action," Twilight said, as the scroll fell to the floor.

Spike picked it up, cleared his throat loudly, and began reading. "My dearest, and most faithful student, Twilight, you know i value your diligence, and I trust you completely. But you simply must stop reading those dusty, old books," Twilight gasped at this.

All at once, Spike stopped. "Hey, I don't remember a meteor shower being scheduled for today," he said, noticing a bright red streak flying across the sky. This was abnormal, as the Princess herself would have made an announcement about such an important astronomical event occuring, much like with the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration. Nonetheless, Twilight looked, and ignored it, still upset about the Princess' remark.

Little did she know, this was the Mask of Life, the very mask Mata Nui resided in at the moment. She had no idea that their lives would become entwined together. Mata Nui was destined to learn of the Magic of Friendship, along side Twilight, and a group of friends who would join her along the way, and Twilight would learn the Toa Code, and go far beyond what she would ever expect to become a hero to the whole of Equestria.

And these three words, would be their guide, through friendship, through hard and happy times, and against several of the greatest threats to ever grace the universe as a whole:

UNITY, DUTY, DESTINY!