The Everfree Chronicles
The Legend of the Light (Prologue)
Some say that long ago, around the time the Mane Six were born, a light shone down from the heavens and illuminated a small area of the Everfree Forest. It was really a small light to light up such a small area, and it seemed to be coming from the stars. With the white light sparkling like a weak beam of magic, the ponies that looked up in the sky that night saw the ray gently forming around the middle of the Everfree Forest. Some of the younger Earth ponies who looked out their windows were astonished with how pretty the beam was to their innocent eyes. The young pegasi looked out their windows and wondered why there was a beam of light going through the clouds. Even the griffons who saw the beam were moved by the beautiful ray of magical starlight, but didn't bother to comment on it afterwards.
The creatures in every area were in awe of the light, but within that light, a figure came down. Nobody really knew what exactly the form looked like because its color blended in with the beam of magic, but it had something in its possession. It was a dark color, contrasting from the white ray that it was in. It was encased in white magic, only part of its face and a small curved horn showing to those who saw it. A closer look showed Navy blue fur and cornflower blue (with a small part of aqua near her horn) mane that was exposed from its white blanket. Its small muzzle was nestled on the form of the white creature that protected it, softly rubbing its nose on it. Slowly, the two descended from the stars and landed in the illuminated area that the magical ray created.
The white figure was clearer to the forest animals that were staring at the white light that invaded their home. It had the shape of a pony with a long mane a tail the color of light cream, and its long horn and large wings made the animals hide in the bushes surrounding the area. The alicorn descended on its hind legs first and slowly cradled the small dark figure to the ground with its forelegs. The dark-furred figure was a baby pony with black freckles and a white blanket. It opened its small wings, and the alicorn smiled to the baby.
"Do not fret, little one. You must learn about life on the ground for us. But I need to make sure your magic works first."
With her horn, the alicorn touched the baby's short horn and waited to see what would happen. After a few moments, the baby's horn glowed a periwinkle aura. Soon the magic spread to its entire body, and its tiny wings started dissolving until the baby alicorn looked like a baby unicorn.
"Good job, little one." The white alicorn looked at the Navy-colored baby with her silver eyes and chirped, "You learned the spell that makes your wings go away whenever you want to look like a normal unicorn. You're going to be a powerful mare someday, I can just feel it."
The white alicorn beamed with pride as she nuzzled the baby with her snout. "Your magic is solely based on your luck, but I think you already know that. Your mother could do the same magic, but she is the Mare of Luck, after all. Too bad your father has the power to give others bad luck, but you seem to be a mix of both. Hopefully you have your mother's luck and hardly any of your father's."
The baby seemed to recognize the words the alicorn spoke and cooed softly.
"That's right," the white alicorn grinned to the baby, "your parents are alicorns. That means we're technically gods, but we don't call ourselves that. We haven't done much lately to deserve that title, but we are trying to gather information from the ground since our healer told your Uncle Seer to stop overusing his magic to see the whole world. His power can go only so far, so we need eyes on the ground to oversee how the ponies are doing in Equestria. We haven't really kept in touch with Princess Celestia after she sent Princess Luna to the moon, so we need you to tell us how Ponyville and the surrounding areas are doing when you're of age. But for now, you must survive in the Everfree Forest. Because your uncle's power doesn't reach here, and nopony wants to enter Everfree Forest because of the creatures, I have decided to take you here."
Looking at the area, the alicorn shivered and frowned, "I must say, this is probably my worst idea..."
The baby opened its large blue eyes and looked up at the white form. To her, the alicorn was very blurry and far away. The baby cried out softly, wanting to see a face or a familiar figure. It reached its small hooves to the sky, tears forming in her eyes as she began to cry.
The white alicorn picked up the baby with her magic and held the baby in front of her face. The baby then proceeded to brush her hooves against the alicorn's cheek constantly as it stopped crying.
"You know me, huh?" The alicorn smiled, "I'm the master of calm, Ablakela. It may be a mouthful, but you won't remember my name in the future anyway. You'll only know it now."
Ablakela lifted the baby's head with her snout as she continued, "You are special, little one. Very special indeed. You are an alicorn with a powerful stream of magic inside you, and I know you're going to use it wisely when you're older. You're intelligent in that sense."
She let go, levitating the baby in front of her as she nodded, "I know you can do it. You're my sister's daughter, and you're also on your way to becoming one of us. You may be a mortal once you leave the forest, but once you learn about your past, you will become immortal as well. You can keep your wings forever instead of just an hour like your new spell can do. You can be whatever you want, but you will always be my favorite niece."
With her magic, Ablakela started rocking the baby back and forth, trying to lull the baby to sleep.
"You'll do great things someday. Just you wait."
She hummed a lullaby to the baby, and when the baby closed her eyes, she lowered her to the ground.
Before Ablakela ascended back into the stars, she whispered in the baby's ear, "Good luck... Navine..." She opened her wings and raised her head to the sky, rising up to the sky where she stood. She looked down as she flew, watching Navine sleeping in the grass where she lay. She hoped for the best, for she feared the baby would get eaten by Timberwolves or get attacked by a Cockatrice. However, she felt in her heart that the baby would be fine.
As the forest animals stared at the baby sleeping in the forest, the ponies who looked up at the sky saw the white alicorn ascending back into the heavens, the beam retracting from its area with the tip of Ablakela's tail. As the beam left, so did the glow that surrounded the area where the baby was. The darkness of the night soon took over, the ponies who looked at the Everfree noting the change. Everypony was still afraid to enter the Everfree Forest, so nopony investigated the Everfree and found the baby. Instead, the baby became one of the few to enter the Everfree and survive.
The ponies who saw the light started to create a legend of this heavenly light, saying the light tried to eliminate the evils in the Everfree but failed. Others speculated that the light left a creature in the Everfree that was trying to combat the evils in the Everfree. Either way, they weren't going in the forest to investigate, for they all feared what would happen to them if they did investigate the forest. They didn't want to risk their own lives and the live of their families, so the Everfree remained untouched.
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As the moon hit the baby's blanket, a mark appeared under her dark blue-specked hooves. The mark was a periwinkle pentacle, but instead of a pentagram in the middle (the shape in the middle, not the star itself; the star's triangles were protruding from the replacement shape), there was a white-colored square with two dots on it. The animals were confused as to what it meant, but her relatives in the sky knew exactly what the mark meant.
(A/C) So that is the end of the prologue! Do you guys want me to continue the story of Navine? Should I keep the title as it is? Do you guys want to read how Baby Navine fares in the Everfree until she gets out of the Everfree? Please review! I haven't written anything since I wrote the introduction to Denblue and Snowblue.
Speaking of Snow and Den, do you guys wants me to continue their story? I have been working on Chapter 2, which will probably be better quality than Chapter 1, but I don't know if you guys want me to continue the seemingly-Jekyll-and-Hyde-story. Should I continue both stories?