April 15, (excatly 15 years ago.)
Princess Cel
I can't believe it! My baby has been born! Right now, I am resting in my room with my sister, Princess Luna. I haven't named my baby yet. He has that twikle in his eyes. Could he... no, it can't be. Anyway, I'm thinking about Zane. I don't want to give him a too big of a name, though. I want ponies to be able to say it! How about Nathen? Cute, smallish, and just like his grandfather. I've got to go now. I'm going to meet Nathen!
6-year-old Zane
I woke up with a headach. I felt like I had just erased a painful memory. How odd.
present
"Jay!" I smiled. "Here we go again," Jay sighed, getting out of bed as slowly as possible. "You stole my toothbrush!" Kai yelled. "What!? Why would I want your smelly, nasty, and green toothbrush?" Jay snapped back. "My toothbrush was not that!" "It was last night," Lloyd started. Jay and Kai turned to look at Lloyd, like bad guys with guns on those old horror movies. "Did you?" "It was gross! I had to wash my hands eight times to even get the smell off a tad after I threw it away!" "But, my toothbrush, I just got it yesterday." Sensi Wu suddenly became part of the equation. He walked in with the mistaken Kai's toothbrush. He didn't even seemed to notice us, as he placed it away. But when he blinked, well, that was a different story. "What are you doing up at this hour?" I glanced at the cloak. 10:34. In fact, I didn't even know why Kai had been up. Kai blushed as red as fire. "I-I wanted to brush them now?" he asked more than said. After a few minutes of stare pressure, though, the truth came out. "There's this really cute girl, but she can only come out at night because of her parents-" "What did she look like?" Cole asked suddenly. "What?" "What did she look like?" "Black hair, green eyes, and that cute perfume," Kai and Cole finished together.
"Shes cheating on us!" Sensi sighed. "No, no she's not. Her name is Athasea, correct?" Kai, Cole, and now Jay, nodded. "She's a monster. No worst than that. A beast. She lives on souls. And she wants Zane's." "Zane's?" "Zane's" "Mine?" "Zane's?" "How come not mine?" We all looked at Jay. "What? she's cute!" "But yes, Zane's. That's why you have to go home Zane." "But Seni, the winter forst isn't safe?" Cole started. "Not there! Zane, there's something I've never told you..."
"What!? Zane a prince? Okay, what's next? I'm Santa Clause in hiding!" Even I felt afraid by the look Sensi gave Kai. "And you 4 , Lloyd, Kai, Jay, and Cole, must go to protect him," Lloyd's mom said, walking in. "How?" Jay asked, excited. "By helping Zane reach his true por-" "No, not that how! How do we get there?" Sensi smiled. "There's one way.