Well hello. I should probably make some introductions.

My pen name is Hardrocker21 and I've been on fanfiction for about 16 monthes now. This here is actually my first MLP fic and it's an idea I've had for a while now, but never actually knew how to bring it out. But here I am now and I'm gonna give it a shot. Wish me luck folks.

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP

Humanity.

What is the exact meaning of the word? Many see it a word meaning kindness and caring for others. Other times it is seen as a meaning for dominance. How arrogant human nature can get. How cocky they can be. Humanity on Earth is a prime example of this. However with Earth there are times when they learn from their own nature and strive to fix their mistakes. In Equestria however, there is a different story.

Thousands of years ago humanity did exist in Equestria and thousands of years before that, had lived in peace with their pony counterparts. However as one could expect, human nature began to take over their very beings.

Desperate times came and many struggled for survival. Thousands of years in the past the crops that the humans grew failed and food supplies dwindled for them. Even the food that stocked for the very problem. Used to, humanity was respectful to all of nature around them. They hardly ever ate meat, unless it was for very special purposes. And this was no exception. When winter came, humanity needed to hunt for their survival and much of Equestria understood. It wouldn't have been too bad for Equestria if the humans had stuck with smaller prey, but as the winter wore on and grew worse, more meat was required.

Ponies who headed towards human settlements to bring them some extra food had started vanishing, never to be seen again. All contact with these human settlements ceased as well. Almost like everyone and everypony had just vanished. The ponies didn't return and the letters from the humans ceased.

The winter was long and hard and once it was past, some of the king's Royal guards had been sent to investigate what had happened to these settlements. The king didn't expect much to be found. The worst he expected was half of the human settlements to have perished in the winter. However when his guards had returned, they brought even more horrifying news to the king.

It was the last thing that had been expected, but sadly had indeed happened. The ponies who had arrived at these human settlements had all been captured, slaughtered, and eaten by the humans that they had been trying to help. The sad truth is that as humanity continued eating the meat that they needed to survive, had started using it as their main diet. The food that the ponies had brought to them hadn't been so much as touched.

All of the ponies of Equestria was shocked and outraged by these vile acts and many demanded that the king bring severe penalties to the ones responsible for the slaughter. The king wished to do so, but he didn't blame the humans for their acts. He blamed the failed crops and the harsh winter that had them to do these things. He decided to show some sympathy and had asked the human leader to come to Canterlot itself to try to get a reasonable apology for the acts and try to have him explained why this evil had been done. But sadly it wasn't to be. The human leader, a wizard named Rhamses was too proud and too far gone to be reasoned with.

Even when winter was past, ponies were still being hunted and slaughtered mercilessly. This angered the king and he demanded it stop or there would be consequences for the humans. Even the human leader, Rhamses, refused to speak with the king and he then cut off all ties with the royal family and prefered humanity fending for itself. Things only got worse from there, when the humans left their settlements and started going for pony settlements. The threat of war was becoming apparent.

After some time, the king was finally left no option. It was a choice that he never wanted to make. He just hoped it was a choice that his subjects could forgive.

(Canterlot Castle. Throne room)

Inside the castle throne room, a lone white alicorn sat and peered out of his window. Far off in the distance he could see some fires burning and he shed a silent tear as he watched. This was all just so hard on him. He couldn't keep it all in. He made sure that not of his subjects were around as he silently wept for what he had done. It was too much for him much to bear.

The doors to the throne room burst open and two royal guards as well as a human walked in. The human itself was a tall creature that walked swiftly. He had blonde hair and he had a rugged look to him. He wore a light armor of metal on his upper body, top of his arms and the front of his legs as well. He had a holster on both of his sides. Within each was a small ax with a metallic sheen to them. He could see the tears that the king had shed and the king quickly wiped them away as the warrior saw them.

"My lord? You are troubled are you not?" asked the human warrior.

The king sniffed and said, "I... I am. I.. have a lot on my mind right now."

The warrior nodded and said, "I understand. I do as well."

The king turned to the two guards and gave them a quick nod. They both nodded back and they silently left the room leaving the king and human warrior alone. The warrior walked up next to the king and looked out to see the still burning fires far off in the distance.

The king sighed and said, "I never wanted it to come to this Cassius. I just wanted to help them. I never wanted to kill them. They were your people after all."

"King Dius I understand your lament. I feel it as well. Yes it is true that they were my people, but you have to think of the benefits as well. They weren't my people anymore. They had fallen into desperation and they reverted to their natural instincts. So much so that there was no going back. They were feral. There was no chance for any peace to be made with them. We had no other choice and you did right. It was a necessary evil," Cassius explained and then he walked away from the window.

King Dius was done looking out the window and walked back with Cassius.

"So what will happen with you now Cassius? You have no more home and you have no more like you. What will become of my friend?" Dius asked.

Cassius sighed and kneeled down to the floor.

"I'm not sure. There is no where for me to go. No one for me to hold and love. If I had stayed in the village when winter began, I would've died before becoming like them," Cassius said sadly.

"You can stay here in Canterlot. Everyone here knows and respects you well. You'd be a welcome addition here," Dius said trying to give the warrior some support.

Cassius let out a laugh and said, "Yes I could. But what would become of me? I'm afraid that my fate is sealed and I'm sorry my lord."

Dius sighed again and went back to the window. By now the fires were starting to die down and any signs of life were disappearing from them. It was at this point that a slicing sound came from behind the king and he turned to see the sight that he wasn't hoping to see.

Cassius was lying on the floor with one of his axes lying on the floor next to him. A small amount of blood was the blade of the ax and some on the floor too. The blood itself was coming from a wound on Cassius' neck. Dius quickly rushed over and examined Cassius as he lie there bleeding.

King Dius put a hoof to Cassius head and shed more tears now.

"Cassius? Why? Why would you do this to yourself?" Dius asked sadly.

Cassius gagged as he continued to bleed and groggily said, "It's for the best. Just take care of your people. Make.. sure that.. they don't... follow... my... people."

After a couple more gasps Cassius' head tilted to the side and his movements ceased. Cassius' life was no more. King Dius looked down at Cassius in sadness and shook his head. He went back to the door to get his guards who saw the sad sight as well.

One guard trotted over to the king and placed a hoof on his shoulder and said, "Your highness I'm... I'm really sorry about Cassius. He was a great warrior and a good friend. He deserved to die a more honorable death. Not this way."

Dius shook his head and said, "He died honorably enough. We'll give him a good service. But after that we shall never bring mention of him or his people again. It'd be best to forget that humans ever existed in Equestria. "

"But sir. You just expect us to forget this scar in our history?" asked the second guard.

King Dius nodded his head and said, "It'd be best if our descendents never know of our evil act. No one ever mention humans again in Equestria. Destroy any writings on them and make sure everyone understands to never mention them. Under penalty of torture. Is that understood?"

The two guards nodded and King Dius motioned for them to remove Cassius' body and out of his sight. True to his demand, no one spoke of the humans again after the memorial for Cassius. All scrolls about them were destroyed as well as any artwork of them. The king stayed true to his intention. He wanted his descendents to know nothing at all about humans ever living in Equestria or that such creatures even existed at all.

(Elsewhere)

As King Dius mourned Cassius, Chief Rhamses was not quite done yet. He managed to hobble from the remains of his burnt out home with his spell book tucked under one arm and a crystal ball under the other. He clutched his stomach as a big gaping wound bled out there. He walked a few feet and tumbled to the ground. He could see all the dead and burning buildings of the village. He looked around in pure disgust and looked in the direction of Canterlot. It couldn't be seen from where he was, but he had been there enough in his life to know where it was.

"Think that you have won King Dius? You'll never destroy us for our magic is stronger than yours. We will be back. I put a curse on me and my people and our land. Should our resting place ever be disturbed by unicorn kind, me and my army will come back. We will storm Equestria and we will slaughter all of your kind. Our deaths shall be avenged. I swear it," Rhamses said and placed his hand to the ground.

His magic flowed out of him and into the ground. It spread everywhere and into the bodies of the dead. He wished that he could revive them himself, but his magic wasn't strong enough for that. He would need the magic of a powerful unicorn to be able to pull that off. But for now he could only spread his magic as best he could and wait. Wait for the chance for his kind to return.

As soon as his spell was cast, Rhamses let out a few shuddering gasps and then slumped to the ground. He chuckled a little bit and looked to the night sky.

"And now we wait," Rhamses said and left this world as darkness overtook him.

Well that's the first chapter. And I swear that the next chapter will be more like MLP. Just got to give it a little time and patience. And for anyone who doesn't understand what was going on here, let me explain.

This chapter was mainly to set the story up and I will go into more explaination with these events as the story progresses. Again just need to give it time.

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Hope you folks enjoyed and see ya next time.