The Story Keepers mixed with My Little Pony.
Disclaimer: My Little Pony belong to the Hub and Lauren Faust while the Story Keepers belong to Focus on the Family Entertainment. I own nothing.
On Earth, during the year 1064 AD, the crystal emperor King Sombra unleashed his fury on the Christians for the crime of proclaiming a king higher than emperor.
Setting the city of Canterlot on fire, Sombra placed the blame on the Christians and launched a new campaign to wipe them out. Families were separated and children were left homeless as thousands were sold into slavery or worse, thrown to the Manticores.
Escaping the panic of the fire and dodging the advancing soldiers, a group of foals found shelter in the gentle care of Celestia and Luna, a local teacher and her sister.
There, the foals discovered an amazing, secret network of daring mares and stallions who risked their lives to help one another and to tell the stories of the great story teller. The one called Jesus.
So awaiting the day when their parents would return, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Applebloom embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. Their mission was to keep the stories of Jesus, from over 1000 years ago, alive.
This is their story. They are…
The Story Keepers
Breakout Part 1: Rainbow Dash
If the torch still burns,
We will make it through the darkness…
Mrs. Apple sent her children Applejack and Applebloom off with their newly found friend, Fluttershy, as several soldiers arrived. She prayed to God that they would see each other again. Her husband had already been sold into slavery just a few days ago.
We will keep our voices strong.
We will be heard…
Applejack, Applebloom, and Fluttershy rushed through the streets as Applejack noticed some guards and pulled the two back. Applejack had green eyes with an orange coat and yellow mane. Her five-year-old sister, Applebloom, had orange eyes, a yellow coat, and a red mane. Fluttershy had blue eyes and a pink mane with a yellow coat. Applejack hoped that they could find a safe place before the soldiers found them.
Now it's up to us to tell…
The stories…
Now it's up to us,
To carry on his word…
As the foals rushed off, they arrived at an elegant building on the other side of the mountains as an alicorn with a white coat and a rainbow mane with pink eyes looked out.
"Fluttershy, any idea who that mare is?" Applejack asked.
"Uh-uh." Fluttershy said.
"I'll see." Applebloom said as she walked up to the mare as she turned to Applebloom.
"Can I help you kids with anything?" The mare said.
"Yep." Applebloom said as she brought her to Applejack and Fluttershy.
"Uh-oh." The two girls said as the mare walked down, but to their relief, she smiled.
"My name is Celestia. Where are your parents?" Celestia asked.
"Our parents were taken to be slaves." Applejack said as Applebloom looked down sadly.
"Mine were still in the house when Sombra's soldiers set Canterlot on fire." Fluttershy said sadly.
"Well I'm sure they're all gonna be okay." Celestia said. "Until we find them, you can stay here."
We'll march on and on,
And proudly keep the stories.
We will hold the torch,
And keep its burning flame!
And we'll pass on all the truths
And the glories!
Inside Celestia's house, they met another alicorn mare with an indigo coat, blue mane, and sky blue eyes who walked up to Celestia and a younger unicorn, about twenty with a violet mane with a pink stripe in it and a purple mane as well as purple eyes.
"Who are these three?" The alicorn asked.
"They're foals who got separated from their families." Celestia explained. "I promised they could stay here until we could find them."
"And you believe them, Celestia?" The unicorn asked.
"Twilight Sparkle." Celestia said. "They're just foals, and they need a home."
"Celestia's right." The other alicorn said as she bent down. "Hello. I'm Celestia's sister, Luna."
"Hi." Applebloom said.
"Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said with a sigh.
"Good t'know." Applejack said. "So… Anythin' we should be aware of now we're here?"
"Yes." Celestia said. "We're Christians."
"Oh, like Mama and Daddy." Applebloom said.
"Right." Luna said. "In fact, Celestia's been preparing to tell a story at one of our meetings."
"About who?" Applebloom asked.
"About Jesus." Celestia said. "I'll give you guys a sneak preview since you'll be living here, and I need to practice. You see, when Jesus was a young boy well over a thousand years ago, he went to Jerusalem with his parents for the pass over feast…"
And we'll carry on…
Yes we'll carry on…
His name . . .!
()()()()()
A few weeks later, Celestia was in the middle of a friendly market place in Ponyville selling some produce Luna had grown in her spare time.
"Fruits, vegetables, and grain!" Celestia called out. "Fresh fruits, vegetables, and grains!"
"Hey Celestia!" A friend of Celestia's named Flash Sentry said. "I'll take four apples."
"Over here, Celestia!" A pegasus named Soarin called out. "I'll take five!"
"Four apples and five!" Celestia called out.
"Four apples and five." Fluttershy repeated.
"Four and five wrapped and tied." Luna said with a smile as she held up a package of four apples and a package of five and handed them to Applebloom.
"Get ready, Celestia!" Applebloom called out as she passed them to Twilight.
"Cause here they fly!" Twilight said as she tossed the apples to Celestia, which she caught easily.
Celestia then went up to Flash, glad to have an excuse to talk to them.
"Hey Flash." Celestia said. "I like the new shirt."
Celestia then whispered, "Meeting tonight at the school."
"Here you are Soarin." Celestia said again as once more he whispered to Geordi. "Meeting tonight at the school."
Celestia tried to go to market once a weak as a way to have an excuse to talk to his friends naturally and inform them of the meeting times.
"Perfect for the foals." Celestia said as she took a pastry sample from the Cake family and ate it. "I'll give you twenty bits for the box."
Celestia then leaned in to the Cakes, and whispered, "By the way Mr. and Mrs. Cake, meeting tonight at school."
While Celestia was talking with Cakes, a young pegasus filly with a blue coat and rainbow mane with red eyes, juggling several balls, walked into the road in front of the cart the gang was using as several pieces fell off and the filly quickly grabbed them.
"Why don't you learn how to drive?" The filly asked.
"Well why don't ya stay outta the road?" Applejack asked.
"Hey, that's are our bread." Twilight pointed out as the filly began juggling them.
The ponies laughed as Applejack was unable to catch them when Celestia showed up to keep things calm.
"Nice juggling little filly." Celestia said. "What's your name?"
"Rainbow Dash." Rainbow Dash said. "You know, if you really wanna see something awesome, I could juggle some of those oranges in your truck."
"Well," Celestia said with a smile. "I think we should see this."
Rainbow Dash was given the pastries and easily juggled them.
"Wow." Fluttershy said. "How are you doing that?"
"Easy." Rainbow Dash said with a smile. "It's all in the wrists and timing the tosses just right. Here, let me show ya."
()()()()()
By evening, Rainbow Dash handed Fluttershy two small bean bags as she began to successfully juggle them.
"Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy called out excitedly, with her voice barely breaking above a whisper. "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!"
She'd never really done anything like this before. She'd always stuck to animals.
"See?" Rainbow Dash said with a smile. "You're doing great, Fluttershy."
Suddenly, Fluttershy missed count and the bean bag hit her on the head.
"Well nopony's perfect." Rainbow Dash said with a smile.
"Fluttershy!" Luna called out.
"Celestia and Luna are really nice." Rainbow Dash observed wistfully.
"Yeah, they're great." Fluttershy said as she thought of how Celestia and Luna selflessly took her, Applejack, and Applebloom in, something she doubted many others would have. "Celestia's the greatest mare in Equestria, and you should hear her tell a story."
"Oh, my parents are great too." Rainbow Dash said with a smile. "We have a family circus act and travel the whole world."
"Wow." Fluttershy said in awe. "Where do you live?"
"Oh," Rainbow Dash said. "Well, do you see that big white villa? We live in an even bigger one just behind it."
Fluttershy looked at a large white house as she gaped at the idea of what Rainbow's house must look like.
"Fluttershy, time to go sweetheart." Luna said with a kind smile.
Fluttershy went onto Celestia's cart as it drove off when she turned to Rainbow Dash.
"Hey, why don't you come over to our meeting tonight?" Fluttershy asked. "And bring your parents. Celestia's gonna tell some stories about Je-"
"Fluttershy, are you crazy?!" Twilight said as she pulled Fluttershy over to her. "Inviting a stranger to hear our stories? She and her parents could be spies for Sombra."
"Twilight." Fluttershy countered calmly. "Rainbow Dash isn't a spy. She's our friend."
Rainbow Dash waved good-bye as the cart went back to Celestia's house.
()()()()()
That night, at the Ponyville school, everyone Celestia had told of the meeting arrived, making the secret sign of the fish to prove they were Christians. Once it was proven, Twilight would invite them in and get rid of the sign if it was made in any lasting way.
As everyone was there, Celestia cleared her throat.
"Friends of Jesus, I want to thank you all for risking so much to come here." Celestia said. "You know, some things never change. For example, when Jesus was teaching in Galoplee, the Ronans who occupied the city were so suspicious of gatherings; ponies had to leave the city to hear him speak. One day, Jesus and his disciples had gone across-"
Celestia stopped when there was a sudden knock on the door.
Twilight walked over to the door and saw the pegasus filly from that evening.
"You?" Twilight asked.
"Is Fluttershy here?" Rainbow Dash asked as Fluttershy got up on Twilight's back and peered through the hole.
"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked.
"We can't let her in." Twilight protested. "She doesn't know the sign."
At that, Rainbow Dash juggled two bean bags in the air fast enough to make the shape of the sign.
"Oh yeah?" Fluttershy asked. "Then what do you call that?"
Fluttershy opened the door and let Rainbow Dash in.
"She could be leading Sombra's entire army right to our door!" Twilight protested. They could be dealing with something severe if they didn't do something.
"Twilight, she's just a filly." Celestia said patiently. "And she's as welcomed as anyone."
"Where are your parents?" Fluttershy asked. "Couldn't they come?"
"Oh!" Rainbow Dash said as she thought. "They really wanted to, but they had a performance tonight for the Governor of Saddle Arabia."
"Oh." Fluttershy said, apparently accepting what Rainbow Dash said, but Twilight thought that Rainbow Dash's response took a little too much time to say."
"Now where was I?" Celestia wondered.
"Ponies in Galoplee had to leave the city to hear him speak." Applejack said helpfully.
"Oh yes." Celestia said. "Thank you, Applejack. Now, Jesus and his disciples had gone across the lake to be alone, but when they came ashore, there was a great crowd waiting for him. It is said that there were five thousand ponies there.
"'Lord,' Jesus' disciple, Simon-Peter, said. 'We should leave this place. We'll get no rest here.'
"But Jesus felt sorry for them since they didn't have a leader.
"'They are like sheep without a Sheppard.' Jesus pointed out.
"So, he began to teach them. He told them God loves everyone. The good and the bad. The honest and the dishonest alike. He loves our enemies just as he loves our friends.
"'Surely God doesn't love the Ronans!' A mare called out. You see what Jesus said was very brave as there were freedom fighters in the crowd who hated being ruled by the Ronans.
"'Love your enemies.' Jesus countered. 'Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who treat you badly. Do to others what you would have them do to you.'"
"'Lord,' One of Jesus' Disciples said after awhile. 'This is a lonely spot, and it's getting late.'
"'Send the crowds out to the farms and villages, so they can feed themselves.' Peter advised.
"Instead, Jesus said, 'You feed them.'
"'How?' Peter asked. 'It would cost a fortune to feed all these people.'
"'How much food do you have?' Jesus asked. 'Go and see.'
"They found a young colt who willingly offered his food, five loaves of bread and two oranges but nothing else.
"'All we have are these five barely loaves and two oranges.' A disciple pointed out.
"'Make the ponies sit down on the grass in groups.' Jesus advised, and they divided into groups of fifties and hundreds.
"Then Jesus took the food and gave thanks. He broke the food into portions and gave it to his disciples to feed the people, and everyone had enough to eat.
"'Gather up all that is left.' Jesus instructed his disciples. 'Let's not waste any.'
"The disciples did so and filled up twelve baskets with what was left over."
"Wow." The foals said.
"Celestia," Applebloom asked. "What happened to the colt with the bread?"
"No one really knows." Celestia said. "For all we knew he grew up and became a baker."
"Alright, that was an exce-"
There was a sudden pounding on the door.
"Open up in the name of Sombra!" A voice called out.
"I told you that boy was trouble!" Twilight shouted. "Quick, you all know what to do!"
Everyone hid in pots and Rainbow Dash hid in a rolled up carpet as Twilight quickly began grabbing some straw and began using a stick to mix it in with a fresh coating of mud for just such an occasion when several Changelings broke the door down as a Changeling named Chrysalis, one of Sombra's top guards, stood there.
"You there." Chrysalis said. "Where are all the Christians hiding?"
"Christians, ma'am?" Twilight asked with a laugh. "In here? I'll eat this mud if you find any Christians in here."
Chrysalis walked around and put her hoof on the carpet as a small squeak came from it, and Chrysalis undid the carpet to find Worf there as all the soldiers held their glowing horns to Twilight as she tasted the mud.
"You know, with a little salt, it wouldn't be all that bad." Twilight admitted.
"Search this place!" Chrysalis called out, and the soldiers found several of the Christians. Everyone made a run for it as Twilight used her magic to teleport to the guards and toss down several pots and the like, making them shatter on the guards as she rushed off.
()()()()()
Outside, Celestia did a quick head count.
"Applejack, Applebloom, Fluttershy, and Twilight." Celestia said with a sigh as everyone smiled. "That's everyone. Thank God we're alright."
They then heard a carriage roll off as they turned to see Rainbow Dash stuck in a cage.
"Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy called out as she rushed to him before being stopped by Twilight and Celestia, causing Carol to weep as the two looked sadly at each other. Who knew what Sombra was going to do to the filly?
Well that's the first chapter. Please tell me what you think.