Escape

That's all that was going through her mind. Just escape. She rode her horse away from the burning castle, escaping the fires of war.

She had just lost her husband to the opposing army as they stormed the castle. She had managed to grab her baby boy after her husband told her to run, minutes before he was slaughtered. She wanted to cry, but she knew she had to escape with her boy. She had made it to the stables and had jumped onto her horse, Celestia, who was to be giving birth soon, and rode her out. However, one of the opposing soldiers spotted her as she rode through the fields, and managed to shoot an arrow at her. The arrow hit its mark, going right through her and her horse as she rode out of sight.

She rode and rode for what felt like hours, until she reached the forbidden woods. She and Celestia continued to ride into the woods, until finally they reached a clearing. Celestia looked at her master, noticing her wound and frowned. They were not gonna make it. The arrow that they were shot with was dipped in poison. Celestia watched as her master got off of her, only to fall to her knees. Celestia trotted over to her and nudged her.

"Master… Everything is going to be alright…" Celestia said as her master looked up to her and smiled.

"Your right… My old friend." She said as she held her boy in her arms. Suddenly a shadow loomed over them and they looked above them, with their mouths dropping. Right in front of their very eyes, the largest tree in the entire forest, moved, leaning over them.

"Who dares enter my forest?" The tree asked them, as the woman looked at it and bowed.

"Oh great one, my name is Rachael, and I and my horse Celestia have rode into your forest to escape the fires of war. Please, we have been mortally wounded. Would you please watch over my boy?" She asked the tree.

"Oh brave mother, you were right to come into my forest. I can sense a great destiny linked to this young boy. He will one day rise to be a great hero. But he will not go it alone Celestia. I sense you are with child, correct?" The tree asked her to which she nodded. "Your child will grow up with this young boy, and will be a loyal mare to the end. Together, they will defeat the dark one, and save the kingdom." He said as Celestia smiled at hearing this, only to fall over in pain as she felt the foal kicking.

"Its… Its time!" She said in pain. Rachael struggled to her knees and moved over to her horse and watched as the young foal began pushing against her mother's flesh to get out. Rachael looked at her old friend in fear. Celestia looked back and nodded, knowing she wasn't gonna survive much longer. Rachael gulped nodding back, and pulling out a knife, slit Celestia's belly open, where her young alicorn foal, light purple with a dark blue mane and tail with a pink and purple streak going down them, and what appeared to be a star on both sides of her flank.

"Shes beautiful." Rachael told Celestia and shown her the young foal. Celestia smiles grateful that she got to see her daughter before she died and kisses her foal.

"Be Brave… Be Strong… Twilight Sparkle…" She said with her dying breath before finally collapsing, passing away. Rachael held the young foal and moved over to her young boy who was fast asleep.

"Oh Great Tree, please watch over them in safety." She said to the Tree as he slowly smiled. "You have my word, I the Great Deku Tree, promise that nothing will harm these two under my watch."

She nodded and set the young foal next to her son, who stretched out , and hugged her, both still asleep, with the young foal's wings unknowingly gently wrapping around the boy to keep him warm. Rachael smiled at the sight before her and kissed her boy's forehead before running out of strength. "My son… I know two will do great things with your lives. I wish I could see you two save the kingdom… but it seems my time is near its end. Be brave…. Link"

9 YEARS LATER

A young child was running through the Kokiri Village, laughing as his companion ran after him, giggling after they had set up a prank. They jumped into the bushes and watched as Mido stepped out of his house only for a bucket of water to suddenly fall onto him.

"GAH! LINK! TWILIGHT! ILL GET YOU FOR THIS!" He yelled stomping back inside to change his clothes as Link and Twilight were rolling around in the bushes laughing their heads off.

"Hehe, that was great Link!" Twilight said whipping a tear of laughter from her eye. "Hey, do you think Saria would like to play?" She asked Link, her best friend in the whole wide world. Link sat up smiling stood up adjusting his belt.

"I don't see why not?" He said as they climbed out of the bushes. Link brushed some of the leaves outta Twilight's mane chuckling. "Man these things sure love getting stuck in there, don't they?" He asked jokingly as Twilight giggled rolling her eyes.

"Come on. Lets go see Saria! I know your dying to show her what you made!" She said motioning to his pouch. Link looked back there and nodded, and began walking towards Saria's house with her. Saria was just stepping out of her house when she saw Link and Twilight about to knock on her house.

"Oh there you are! I was about to come over to see you two!" Saria said as her fairy flew out from her house and landed on Twilight's head, to which the group chuckled. Link smiled and turned towards Saria.

"We were wondering if youd like to play today." Link said as Saria nodded her head.

"Sure! Sounds great!" Saria reaches back into her house and grabs her Ocarina, and follows Link and Twilight towards the clearing where they always played.