1,000 years ago, in the land of Equestria, there ruled a benevolent royal family, composed of King Radiance; his wife, Queen Midnight; their eldest daughter, Princess Celestia; and their youngest, Princess Luna. One day, an evil centaur by the name of Tirek invaded the kingdom of Canterlot. Hard as they tried, the king's forces could not topple the nearly indestructible monster. At their request, the king and queen's royal sorcerer, Starswirl The Bearded, took his two daughters and fled the castle and the king and queen stood against Tirek; ultimately, they were slain; Tirek ruled over Canterlot. A few years past; Celestia and Luna grew to become adults under the watchful eye of Starswirl. Under his training, the two became talented sorcerers. During that time, Starswirl created a magic scepter and gave it to Celestia, as she was the oldest. Celestia learned to harness the magic power of the scepter and with her training completed, she rose to challenge the mighty Tirek. After a long and fierce battle, Celestia used all the magic within the scepter to imprison Tirek within Tartarus and save all of Equestria. As the eldest, Celestia assumed the throne as Queen. However, as years went by, Luna began to feel resentment and jealousy towards her sister's somewhat superior talents. Eventually, it overtook her, consuming her until Luna was no more; there was only now; Nightmare Moon. The wicked Nightmare Moon challenged her sister. Though Celestia tried to reason with, she wouldn't listen and Celestia had no choice. With the power of the scepter, Celestia banished her sister to the moon. Queen Celestia has ruled over Equestria ever since.
Starswirl had long since retired from his duties as a royal sorcerer and pursued a career in teaching magic to young prospects at Canterlot High. Of course, being a teacher wasn't always what it was cracked up to be. What with papers to grade, endless hours, not to mention those various hard-to-teach students; but at the end of the day, it wasn't much of a burden for the time-tested sorcerer. Especially when it came to one of his brightest and most promising students; Twilight Sparkle.
To say that Twilight was a dedicated student would be like saying a full grown dragon is mildly ferocious. The young, purple skinned, teenager who made her home in Canterlot, was always the first one to answer a question in class and the first one to hand in a completed paper; including one from an assignment that Starswirl hadn't even mentioned yet. In math triathlons, she was virtually feared throughout the high school community for her lightning fast equations. There was barely enough room on the shelves for how many trophies she had won in that department.
Starswirl of course, came in early as always to get himself ready for the day. And after setting up the seats, preparing his desk, his paperwork, and such; who should he sitting front and center with an enthusiastic smile on her face than Twilight Sparkle.
"Fashionably early as usual, Twilight," Starswirl chuckled as Twilight placed an orange on his desk. "An orange?" he asked.
"Well it's just that apples are so retro, I'd though I'd try something a little different, you know, radical," said Twilight.
The young teenager rapidly placed all her homework on Starswirl's desk, as well what she referred to as 'pre homework,' work that she did just in case Starswirl was gonna give homework on it.
Starswirl twirled his long white beard merrily. Twilight was a one-in-a-million student to say the least.
Outside, in the nearby field, another individual had taken the opportunity to come out early, but her reasons were more for practice than early work.
She jetted across the field, her rainbow colored hair flowing in the wind, sweat pouring down her blue skin from the massive effort she was putting in. Her name was Rainbow Dash; captain of the Canterlot High Chargers soccer team; as well as pretty much every other sports team that the high school had to offer. Baseball, basketball, football, whatever it was, she knew how it play it, and she settled for nothing but being the best.
Accompanying her was the team goalie, who try as she might, could not keep Rainbow Dash from scoring even one goal.
"Uh...Dash, maybe we should go home now. We've been out here since 4:00 in the morning. The game isn't until next week," said the goalie.
"My philosophy is, 'practice makes awesome' and as you know, for me, it's all about being awesome, even 20% more awesome than I already am," said Rainbow before she continued kicking goals.
She kicked those soccer balls with such force, that the goalie practically couldn't see them, until she finally decided that it would be best to take a water break. But before the goalie could even make it to the water cooler, Rainbow immediately decided the break was over and resumed kicking the soccer balls.
When it came to catering for Canterlot High's events, the Apple Family was the main provider.
There was Granny Smith, the wise, green skinned, old lady; who could tell you how long a snail could hibernate; Big Macintosh, a big guy with a big heart who was a man of few words; Applebloom, the youngest of the family, a most playful and energetic girl to say the least; and the middle child, Applejack.
Though she was the middle child, Applejack was the one who kept things in order at their farm of Sweet Apple Acres. If there was a job that needed to be done at the farm, Applejack would be there in a pinch. As she used her sturdy cowgirl boots to buck the apples off of one of the thousands of trees that surrounded the farm, her freckled face beamed with delight.
"Woo! That's the last of them. Hey, Big Mac, you finished bucking the rest of your trees?" Applejack asked.
"Eeyup," Big Machintosh said.
Applebloom decided to try her hand at bucking apples off of a tree, but was immediately stopped by her sister.
"Woah, woah, woah there, sugarplum, I've told you before that applebucking is too dangerous for a little girl," said Applejack.
"I'm not a little kid! I can buck apples on my own!" said Applebloom.
"Hehe, not until those little crawlers grow a few inches," Applejack said, pointing to Applebloom's legs.
In a small huff, Applebloom went to pick up a basket of apples that had already been bucked, but was once again stopped by her older sister who grabbed the basket and stacked it on top of one she was carrying.
"Um...maybe you should let Big Mac help you with that, Applejack," Granny Smith said, seeing that Applejack was struggling.
"Eeyup," said Big Mac.
"Nah...I got this," said Applejack.
"Stubborn as a mule, that Applejack," Granny Smith.
"Most definitely," said Big Mac.
As Applejack carried the two baskets of apples into the farm, Applebloom crossed her arms in frustration. She knew she meant well, but she couldn't help but feel Applejack a just a bit too overprotective of her at times.
As the morning sun rose, the sounds of chirping birds could be heard through the woods, from blue jays, to cardinals.
A young, light yellow skinned teenage girl, with light pink hair, approached a group of the birds with a bag of bird seeds in her hand, laying some seeds across the ground for them.
"That was a wonderful performance. Though you were a little off-key-I mean, not to be rude or anything," the girl said softly, pointing to the blue jay as the birds ate the seeds.
The girl's name was Fluttershy. As her name suggested, she was rather shy and timid. She wasn't one for talking loud and being the center of attention, but she loved animals. More often than not, she could found at the nearby Canterlot Animal Shelter, helping the animals there.
One of the birds perched themselves on Fluttershy's shoulder. Fluttershy giggled as she gently stroked the bird with her finger as other animals, such as squirrels, bunnies, and deer, gathered around her.
Suddenly, a growling sound echoed through the forest. Fluttershy and the animals meekly turned around to the see a huge brown bear slowly coming towards them. The other animals scurried, the land animals hiding behind trees while the birds hid in the trees.
Fluttershy also hid behind a tree, shivering in fear.
The bear ferociously growled as it shook a tree that the squirrels were hiding in, causing them to nearly fall out.
Scared as she was, Fluttershy could not stand idly by. With resolve, she marched towards the bear and gave it a hard slap on the face, causing it to whimper.
"You should be ashamed of yourself! Picking on poor, defenseless animals like that! Especially when they're so much smaller than you! Now you apologize to them this instant!" said Fluttershy.
The bear quickly acquiesced as the other animals came out of hiding.
After the bear apologized, Fluttershy handed him a honey cake.
"Good boy," Fluttershy said, petting the bear as it enjoyed the cake.
The other animals gathered around Fluttershy again as the bear licked her on the face.
The school bell rang and the students of Canterlot High rushed in. All except for one in particular who stood outside.
She was a rather beautiful, purple haired, teenage girl. She covered her pure white skinned face from the sun.
"Oh dear. Why does it have to be so hot? This will ruin my complexion!" the girl said.
Her name was Rarity. A perfectionist at best who loved everything fashion and hated anything that could mess up her good looks.
Spotting three grey skinned, gruff-looking guys, Rarity whistled out to them, to which they immediately replied after she batted her eyelashes at them. Two of them used their big hands to cover her face from the sun, while the shortest one opened the door for her.
Rarity expressed her gratitude by petted the three boys on the head, to which they responded by tapping their feet like dogs.
"Who says boys are completely useless?" said Rarity.
Yes, indeed, Rarity was a girl who knew how to get what she wanted.
Suddenly and unexpectedly, multicolored confetti spread across the hallways, along with balloons and streamers.
The crowd stopped in their tracks as a light pink skinned girl with curly pink hair bounced around the walls with a party blower and started to sing.
Welcome students, this is your good friend, Pinkie Pie,
I bring news that's better than a cupcake in the eye,
The Chargers as you will be having a big game,
But having nothing else to do afterwards would be lame,
So join me for the after party, you don't wanna miss,
They'll be cake and ice cream, fun and dancing, it will all be bliss,
You're gonna have a good time and if you don't, I say,
I'LL RIP YOUR SPINE OUT OF YOUR CHEST AND TAKE YOUR TEETH AWAY!
The crowd froze in shock for a moment.
"Haha! Just kidding!" Pinkie said with a giggle as she handed out the invitations.
In the school cafeteria, during lunch period, Twilight was catching up on her studies for her astrology class. Meanwhile, Applejack provided apple juice for the cafeteria; and Rainbow was bouncing around her soccer ball with her fellow teammates.
Rarity looked on in disgust at the team's uniforms. "Oh! Those colors are so garish," she said.
Fluttershy was handing out flyers for the animal shelter while Pinkie was energetically figuring out how to decorate the cafeteria for the after game party.
Meanwhile, a giant stage had been set up at the far end of the cafeteria. The students, with the exception of Twilight who was too wrapped up in her book, gathered in front of the stage as two boys came out.
One was a light orange boy with short, aquamarine hair. The other was shorter with teal skin and short, brown hair. Both of them were wearing black top hats and tuxedos.
As the crowd gathered, from behind the curtain, a hand came out and knocked both Snips and Snails on the head.
This made the two remember that it was their cue as they took out two spotlights and pointed them to the center of the curtain.
Just then, a voice introduced herself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, be prepared to have your senses tingled and your imaginations broken as you witness the most incredible, spectacular, breathtaking display of magic your eyes have ever seen! Courtesy of none other than the one, the only; The Great and Powerful Trrrrrrixie!" the voice announced.
From out of the curtain, a light blue girl with white hair, wearing a blue cloak a light pink sorcerer's hat, emerged as the two boys threw confetti in the air; some of which got in her eyes.
Trixie was an aspiring magician who much like Twilight, though not as engaged in science as her, showed a great degree of talent with magic and did not hesitate to show it off.
"Uhgh, here we go with this again," Rarity said in annoyance.
"Students of Canterlot High, The Great and Powerful Trixie will now perform a magical spectacle never before performed! Using this magic saw, I will cut both my assistants, Snips and Snails, into three separate pieces!" Trixie said.
Snips and Snails applauded until they realized what Trixie had just said. But it was too late as Trixie used a levitation spell to lift them up and place them each in a separate box.
After making a saw appear of out thin air, Trixie proceeded to cut both of the boxes as she previously said, into three separate pieces.
"Oh please. That's your magic trick? Boring!" said Rainbow Dash.
"Oh ye of little faith, The Great and Powerful Trixie is always full of surprises," said Trixie.
Using her magic, Trixie took the three separate parts of Snips and Snails and started rearranging them. She used many different combinations; Snips' head, Snails body, Snips' legs; to Snails' head, Snips' body, and Snails' legs.
"Hey! I gained a few pounds!" said Snails.
"Hey!" said Snips.
Trixie gave a bow as the audience applauded. Pinkie jumped up joyfully and applauded.
"Well, I hate to admit it, but that was pretty good. She may be a showoff, but the girl's got some talent," said Applejack.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You have witnessed only a taste of the great power of The Great and Powerful Trixie! For Trixie is the most talented sorceress at Canterlot High! Nay, in all of Equestria!" Trixie boasted.
As Trixie took another bow, Snips and Snails also took a bow, which caused Trixie to fall off the stage and head first into a trash can which made the audience burst into laughter.
"HAHA! Looks like The 'Great and Powerful Trrrrrixie' is also the most disposable sorcerer at Canterlot High, nay, in all of Equestria!" Rainbow Dash snickered.
From inside the garbage can, Trixie growled in anger. "You will pay for insulting The Great and Powerful Trixie! But first; Snips, Snails; get me out of this can! I have to go to the bathroom!" Trixie said.
Horns trumpeted as two majestic, white horses carried a gold a white carriage to the entranceway of a beautiful white castle situated on the side of a mountain.
As the carriage stopped, a short, stout man with short, blond, wavy hair stood next to it as dozens of royal subjects stood on both sides of the entranceway. "Announcing, Her Royal Highness, Queen Celestia!" the man announced.
From out of the carriage stepped a beautiful woman with fair, white skin and flowing multicolored hair, wearing a gold crown and a white gown.
"Hey! That rhymed!" said Pinkie Pie.
Me- Wait a minute, Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie- What?
Me- You're not supposed to cut me off!
Pinkie- I was just pointing out the rhyme you made.
Me- Well quit it! This is leading up to an emotional scene.
Pinkie- Oh! You mean where Queen Celestia stands out on the balcony and reflects on-
Me- *Places duct tapes over Pinkie's mouth and tosses her back to Canterlot High* Oh, that Pinkie.
Anyway, the stout man instantly pampered the queen; dusting off her dress, straightening her crown, and dusting off her shoes before bowing on his knees.
Celestia was flattered and at the same time, felt a little awkward.
"You missed a spot!" Celestia said, looking down on her shoes. "This is unacceptable! I have half a mind to throw you in the dungeon for the rest of your miserable life! And while we're at it, shave off his head too!"
The man cried, begging for mercy from the queen who revealed that she was only messing with him. Wiping the sweat from his face, the man escorted the Queen into the palace.
Early in the night, Celestia took the time to brush her hair in front of the mirror. Unfortunately, as she looked into the mirror, a sad face reflected back at her. But this was no different from any other night, pretty much every night for the past few hundreds of years, for every night reminded her of her sister, the sister she was forced to banish to the moon; Luna.
The heartbroken queen slowly walked out to her balcony, looking up at the full moon. A small tear rolled down her cheek as she could only think and wonder how Luna was doing up there. Every night, she looked up at the night sky with regret; regret for what she had done to her sister.
"Luna, my heart aches for you, dear sister.," said Celestia.
Unbeknown to the queen, a strange formation of stars in the night began to take shape. Not realizing this, she continued.
I pray every night that we may meet again. I can only hope that day will come to pass