Seasons of Magic
Introduction
The Princess watched the horizon. Her eyes searched for a puff of smoke, her ears waited for the sound of steel rolling on the train tracks.
She glanced over to the letter she had received. She read over the tattered parchment; it had been discovered in an elegant jewelry box several months ago.
"To the Equestrian Officials," the letter read, "It would be an honor if you would receive the ambassador of the Sacred Forest, the Great Prince himself, near the time of your Hearth's Warming celebration. The kingdom of the Sacred Forest would like to establish unity between our twin races, the tribes of Equestria and the unicorns of the Forest."
The Princess was baffled by the discovery for a variety of reasons. Someone had actually managed to contact the Princesses in such a strange manner, and from a country she had never even heard of. What seemed most amusing of all was that, for being from such a mysterious place, the letter showed proof of a fair knowledge of Equestria, even being written in its language.
The Princess almost jumped at the sound of her name. A royal guard had appeared beside her.
"Princess Gaia, the train has been checked into the Crystal Station and is heading this way."
"Is he onboard?"
"Affirmative."
The Princess folded up the letter, levitating it to her assistant. "Has Princess Celestia been told?"
"Affirmative, Your Highness."
"Is she ready?"
Of course she was. Nobody was as excited as her. The Princess had tried to convince her that the letter was a joke, to no end. In fact, she seemed to muse about her future encounter with the far-off prince. What would he be like? Would he be handsome? Did he have an accent?
The guard thought for a moment. "Princess, an incident did arise at the Crystal Empire."
She flashed her gaze to him.
"The Prince brought someone else. He claims she is a noble in his land."
She let out a sigh of relief. "That was to be expected."
The guard took a step back. "She claims to already know Luna and Celestia..."
Her ears tipped up. The train whistle blew overhead.
"… And, well, she knew a lot about her. Shining Armor told me to emphasize, a lot."
The train edged over the horizon, puffing smoke into the clouds.
***I do not own the rights to MLP: FiM. This was meant to be a roleplaying campaign, but I tranformed the script into a story.. All OC characters may be used freely as long as you report their use to me.***