Many many years ago in the time of the two sisters who ruled Equestria . There was a third princess Who was kept hidden for her safety and the safety of others. It was prophesied that an allicorn with a destiny bare and a mark not yet to be earned will one day inherit the moon and stars. But if not hidden or kept safe from the darkness of the world her power could destroy all of Equestria and the moon and sun may never rise again. So after finding this allicorn as a filly in the woods outside castle grounds Luna brought her to her sister with a hope that she could care for it. But after hearing the prophesy from the prophetess when she saw the filly and learned her name Celestia commanded that the filly be hidden and kept away from the outside world. And knowing that it meant that she could not be with the child Luna was heart broken and begged that her sister let her keep the filly. Celestia though she loved her sister and wanted her happy she was still the ruler of Equestria and she had to do whats best for her people. So with a heavy heart the young allicorn was taken into the woods to stay with a unicorn named Starswirl the Bearded. But for Celestia that wasn't the hard part she had to earase her sisters memory of the young filly. Luna knowing this was very upset and was ready to fight her sister to keep her memory but Celestia had already won and Lunas memory of the sweet allicorn had slipped away.
Present Day
Artimis was very confused when she awoke that morning. Though confusion is no stranger to her she still struggled like any other pony would when confused. She tried to remember what she did yesterday which is a very hard thing to do for Artimis ever since Starswirl the Bearded had disappeared she was given to her new care taker by princess Celestia herself. Of course she hardly ever saw the princess though she visits once a year her visits are short and simple so when she was with the princess for those few short days it was kinda awkward. Artimis was relieved when the princess brought her to the home of the strange zebra named Zecora. Zecora was asked by the princess to move to the everfree forest so that Artimis could stay well hidden. Though the zebra's home was small it had a few little rooms including the bedrooms where Artimis spent most of her time.
Zecora (though she often speaks in riddle and rhyme) Made it very clear that Artimis was not to be in the front room for long periods of time. Zecora had many visitors they often came for advise, cures, potions, information and to learn something new. Artmis crawled out of bed and went into the room she guesses you could call a lounge room where Artimis reads, eats, and plays games with Zecora. She was greeted by Zecora with one of her morning rhymes "Life is worthless without friends like you Who are rare and very few And never let you feel blue Here's a toast to our friendship and the beautiful morning dew Good morning to you" Artimis smiled "Good morning Zecora" she responded "the day is new and I have nothing to do I plan to play a game with you unless you have work to get to." Zecora said this as she handed her a bowl of herbal soup it was a common breakfast Zecora would give her it was very warm and had a unique taste. Artimis took a sip of the soup "alright Zecora how about a game of liars dice!" Zecora grinned "A game of Liars dice would be nice but a card game would double the fun twice"
Hours later Artimis was losing at a game of cards to the clever Zebra "you have to be cheating" Artimis complained "Your thinking needs a readjust .To win total concentration is a must." Artimis giggled as the zebra used her common rhyme Zecora had said the rhyme before to a purple unicorn named twilight sparkle who stayed with Zecora for a short while. Artimis thought for a minute then put her cards down off to the side. "Zecora?" The Zebra then looked at her with concern "If it's a question that you wish to mention then I will give you your answer with your attention." Artimis sighed "How am I so important to the princess that I need to be hidden?" The Zebra was unsuprised at the question. Artimis has asked similar questions before and Zecora had always answered them. "There is a prophesy that frightens her so. wether you will save or destroy she does not know. So for your safety and her kingdom she hid you and pulled back your freedom."