Once upon a time, in a magical land called Equestria, an era of love and peace was upon all living beings, one of which in most dominance is ponies. Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies, young and old, lived together in harmony, under the rule of two royal Alicorn sisters, the elder who controls the sun, and the younger who controls the moon.
Everything was perfect for Equestria, but something terrible happened. The younger sister's bitterness corrupted her and transformed her into an evil being of darkness, Nightmare Moon, who intended to overthrow her elder sister and make the night last forever in Equestria. Having no choice, the elder sister used the most powerful magic ever known, the Elements of Harmony, to defeat her younger sister and banish her into the moon. She then took responsibility for the sun and moon, bringing peace for the ponies once again.
However, fate had a terrible plan for Equestria.
From the other side of the world came a large cloud of darkness that reeked of evil. As it floated over Equestria, creatures and demons of untold horror appeared everywhere on the land, and they started to destroy whatever stood in their way, including the unfortunate ponies. The elder sister tried all she could to stop the darkness, but many lives were lost and Equestria was in ruin.
Such destruction and horror brought heartbreak to the elder sister. But then, the Elements of Harmony reacted to something in a way she didn't think is possible. In the undiscovered western land of Equestria, a tip of a mountain was shining a golden aura, then it exploded in a shockwave, where something flew out of it, to the elder sister's awe.
In the sky was a figure whose trail of golden magic follows behind. It flew to the sun, and to the elder sister's shock, it looked like a large shadow of a pony entering the sun and then flying down out of it. The mysterious pony flew all around Equestria, and it's golden magic restored the land.
The pony then appeared before the elder sister, and to her surprise, it is a Stallion in wondrous colors of silver and gold, and his eyes are as pure yellow as the sun. On his head is a golden crown with a golden jewel unlike anything seen in the world.
He introduced himself as the Savior of Harmony, the legendary hero chosen by the forces above to defeat the darkness, and the wielder of the Seventh Element.
Together, they helped the ponies rebuild what was lost. During that time, the elder sister is in awe of the Savior's unwavering nobility and believing in every living being, that she fell in love with him, and the Savior reciprocated her feelings.
But it was not to last.
The darkness returned, biding its time in a barren land to gather its strength and launch a final attack on Equestria. The Savior knows what he must do. To defeat the darkness, he must bring the Elements of Harmony and his Seventh Element with him. The elder sister sadly allowed this, and the Savior flew towards his final battle.
With his army of allied beings from across Equestria the Savior lead them to battle against the darkness and its demons of evil. The losses on both sides were severe, thus the Savior made one last effort. By channelling the magic of the Seventh Element into the Elements of Harmony, a powerful spell was cast towards the darkness that sealed it into the ground of the barren land. The allied army celebrated their victory, but the combined magic of all the Elements left the Savior very weak, weak enough to be near his death.
The elder sister was heartbroken to see the Savior close to death, but he assured her that even if they are apart, they will always be in each other's hearts. He then explained that the spell used to seal the darkness was only temporary, and in a millennia the spell will be broken, leading to the darkness being free again to spread its wrath on the world. If that comes to pass, a new pony will take the Savior's place and the Seventh Element will connect with that pony, and the Elements of Harmony will connect with new ponies in the future.
The signs of a new Savior are these: he will fall in love with a mare who will be the new bearer of the Elements of Harmony, they will be separated by a tragic event, then they will reunite when the Element bearers long for love, and finally, he will be granted the powers of the Savior of Harmony only when the love the future bearers acquired are at their strongest.
To ease the elder sister's sadness, the Savior sang a song to comfort her. As he finished, his body and his Seventh Element start to fade into nothingness, and he said these last words, "My friends are my power, and I am theirs."
With that, all that was left of him was a silver feather, and the elder sister cherished it in memory of the Savior.
As generations come to pass, this grand event became legend, and it then became myth. No pony ever learned of this mark of history, and they continue to live in love and peace, being very unaware of the fate that will come back to haunt Equestria...and the world.
In a land far away, at an old house standing on a hill, in a bedroom a young colt and old unicorn are sitting on the bed. The unicorn is using her magic to levitate an ancient book for the colt to read. The colt has round lilac eyes, a grey coat, and a dark purple mane and hooves and the old mare unicorn has saggy pink eyes, an ultramarine coat and a periwinkle mane and tail. The unusual thing about the colt is that he doesn't have a tail, nor did it attempt to grow, but it didn't bother him a bit.
The colt looks up to the old mare excitedly. "Wow! That's still an amazing story as ever, Granny Ocean!"
"Oh, Zenith," said Ocean Swing, "you still get amazed by this story probably fifty times I've read to you."
"That's because its sounds so cool and real!" Zenith bounced excitingly a bit on the bed. " Do you think anypony will find that myth to be real? And that the Seventh Element exists?"
Ocean puts the book down on a desk beside the bed. "Who knows? Only time will tell."
"Isn't it better to prove something's real by your own hoofs?" asked Zenith.
"Why yes." answered Ocean. "But if you're willing to prove anything in life, you'd have to put everything you believe in on the line to see it through." Ocean looked at a clock above the window opposite the bed. "It's getting late. Time to go to sleep, my little pony."
Zenith giggled as Ocean used her magic to pull the blanket from under him. As Zenith lay down on his pillow, Ocean laid the blanket over his body.
"Good night, Zenith."
"Good night, Granny Ocean."
Ocean kissed Zenith's head softly and went to the door. Before she can turn off the light, Zenith lifted his head to look at Ocean. "Granny?"
Ocean looked back at Zenith. "Yes, Zenith?"
"Do you think I will find the right mare of my life to live beside with?"
Ocean smiled at his grandson's innocent and curious question. "As I said, only time will tell, along with showing that mare how much you care for her and everything in life."
Ocean then switched the light off. "I love you."
"Love you, too."
Ocean exited the room closing the door behind her, and Zenith snuggled to get comfortable in his bed. He looked to the window opposite from his bed to see the moon along with the bright stars in the night sky.
"One day, I'll find that mare of my life." Zenith said to himself. "I'll show her just how much of a heart of gold I have, and how much she means to me. Only then will I find my destiny in this world."
Zenith then closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Morning came on a forest. Under one of the trees lies a stallion who is wearing a white cloak with its hood over his head. Beside him is a purple bag. He seems to be struggling in his sleep.
As the sunlight's rays touch him, he immediately wakes up with a gasp and a look of fear on his face. He wipes the sweat off of his face with his hoof. "Ugh, I had that dream again. Gotta do something to get my mind off of that."
He picked up is bag, put it over his back and walked out of the forest. Some time passed, and he trotted to a top of a hill and saw what was on the eastern horizon in awe. The stallion saw a mountain and beside that is a castle built into it.
"Canterlot." muttered the stallion. "If that's where it is, then that must mean, Ponyville is nearby it. And it also means, somewhat south from there is the Everfree Forest, where the most legendary magic resides there, or so I've read."
The stallion sighed. "Hang on a while, Ponyville. There's something I gotta check at the Everfree Forest. When I'm done there, I'll be on my way to you, where I am certain you'll show me my destiny."
The stallion then galloped down the hill straight to his destination. It seems this ordinary stallion has a major role to play in the most extraordinary event Equestria may not experience ever again. Little does he know, his destiny will be his most amazing one.
TO BE CONTINUED...