Hi! I decided to start a new story focusing on my theory of Equestria's history. I give to all of you who got the Harry Potter (which I do not own) reference I made with the title (Hogwarts: A History) a free, non-existent cookie. Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or are any way associated with it. I hope you enjoy!
"Hmmm…. Why doesn't it all line up?" A purple pony princess pondered.
The six ponies, plus Spike, were gathered under the roots of the Golden Oak Library, putting together a history project they were working on for the Ponyville Days Festival.
This year's pony was Bon Bon, and she thought it would be wonderful if everypony added they're own sweet contribution.
So here they were, staring at all the unfinished presentation.
"How could this be happening!?" Twilight Sparkle wailed.
"Calm yerself down Twiligh'. We still gotta couple-a months." Applejack reasoned, pressing a piece of paper down on the glue.
"Yeah, Twilight. The mayor thought everypony could use a bit more time to prepare after the Trenderhoof fiasco. We have tons of time. No sweat." Rainbow Dash smiled.
"But we still have tons of holes in our project! And we've looked through every history book there is! I even called Moondancer to see if she had any books we didn't! Uggghhhhhh!"
Twilight Sparkle moaned.
"Um, Twilight?" Spike timidly approached her.
"What!?" She snapped.
"Uh- Maybe we could call- um Princess Celestia?"
He flinched, expecting the worst.
Instead, Twilight got out her parchment and quill.
"Great idea Spike!" Her eyes lit up as she wrote at top speed.
Dear Princess Celestia,
My friends and I have been working on an in-depth history presentation for the Ponyville Days Festival. It was great when we started, but then we began to notice gaps in history that were tiny at first, but now are huge! For example, who ruled Equestria after the first Hearth's Warmings Eve? How did Sombra rise to power? How did you and your sister come into the picture? We would really love it if you could explain. Reply back as soon as you can!
Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle
"Aaaaaaand, send!" Twilight Sparkle levitated the letter into Spike's claws.
"Okay…" Spike blew his emerald green fire at the letter, and no sooner had it disappeared than all seven had been teleported to a dark room.
"Princess Celestia?" Twilight called out nervously.
"Hello girls." Celestia murmured from the darkness. "and Spike." She quickly added.
"Where are we?"
"The Canterlot Caves. I needed a place of absolute privacy, and Chrysalis gave me the idea after her attack." The princess lit up her horn, it's yellow glow illuminating the dark cave.
"I'm sorry to say that me and my sister have been lying all these years."
"WHAT!?" All seven shouted.
"Instead of the ponies sharing in our pain, we erased their memories, and Luna herself rewrote history. You see, ponies cannot just forget a great tragedy.
I destroyed every shred of evidence, every clue that led to the real past, and replaced them with fake relics."
Celestia sighed.
"Truly, in Equestria's beginnings, my brother, Solaris, ruled alongside his wife, Cosmosia. Solaris lived in the city of Atmanetis, and Cosmosia lived in the Crystal Empire.
Starswirl the Bearded actually never existed, it was the clever disguise my sister made for our brother, so neither of us had to take credit for his creations.
That spell you fixed was not finished not due to lack of friendship Twilight, but lack of hope. He worked on it for years, but never really got it right.
Our story begins in the Crystal Empire….."
Sombra was a young orphan earth-pony who lived in the Crystal Empire. He loved the architectural beauty of it, and vowed that one day, he would buy a shop and make little crystal trinkets for a living, and give half his money to the orphans.
He had his cutie mark, which was three black crystals, representing that he loved to work with crystals, which was what he did in his spare time.
His name, Sombra, was a mystery. It was somewhat common to have a parent who made up a word for their child's name, and it would have meaning after they contributed to the world.
Nevertheless, he was just an average colt, who had little friends, but was happy with life.
One day, the Queen called to him after the special Crystal Heart ceremony, his favorite day of the year.
"Yes, Your Majesty?" He had trembled before her, his nose touching the ground in his low bow.
"Rise, my friend. I decree that you shall be part of the Orphan Transport, and will be moving to Atmanetis tomorrow."
"Really?" He yelped in joy.
"Truly." Queen Cosmosia smiled.
"Who else is going with me?"
"No one." She smiled wider. "I figured you would want to turn over a fresh leaf."
Sombra sqealed. He couldn't wait!
"I'm sure your Crystal Trinkets will be quite the thing there." Cosmosia bid him farewell.
"And do tell me how it goes."
Back in his room, Sombra was packing his things.
A whole new city… Wow.
I hope this is a good start. Anything that didn't make sense will make sense in due time. Reviews are appreciated!