Alright squaddies, TIME TO HERO UP! Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system. Now here we are with the newest chapter of The Solar Prince! Before we begin, I wanna thank my fellow Fanfiction author, etrigan the demon for allowing me to use an element of harmony that he's used before. But I'm still not so sure what the seventh element of harmony will be. I'll save that as a surprise for the next chapter. Also, I still need ideas for the pairing for Danny/Shadow Strike. If you would be so kind as to send in some requests for the pairing, that would be nice. And unfortunately, I won't be doing any traditional Danny pairings. Meaning that he won't be paired with a girl from the DP universe. So I apologize to any Danny x Sam fans out there. Now without further ado... Here's an opening song in this chapter for you guys!
Disclaimer: I don't own My Little Pony, Danny Phantom, or How To Train Your Dragon!
"Normal Speech"
'Thinking'
"Songs"
"Yelling"
Departing For Ponyville
Opening Song: Diggah Tunnah
Meerkat Chorus: Quick before the hyena come!~~~
Random Meerkat: Clear!
Meerkat Chorus: Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah. When you're done you dig a bigger tunnah! Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah
Quick before the hyena come! Dig!
Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah. You could dig and never get done-ah! Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah-
What was that?!
Quick before the hyena come! Dig!
Dig a tunnah is what we do. Life's a tunnah, we'll dig it too!
Diggah tunnah is what we sing! Diggah tunnah is everything!
Mud and clay is a meerkat's friend, always more around every bend! And when you get to your tunnels end,
Hallelujah let's dig again. Dig!
Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah. When you're done you dig a bigger tunnah! Diggah tunnah, dig, dig a tunnah-
What was that?! Quick before the hyena come!
Random Meerkat:Dig!
Narrative: The Banishment Of Nightmare Moon
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn magic to raise the sun at dawn. The younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus the two sisters maintained for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies.
But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned, and slept through her beautiful night.
One day, the younger alicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young ones heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness, 'Nightmare Moon'. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night.
Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to pony kind, the 'Elements of Harmony'. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her sister, and banished her permanently to the moon. The elder sister took on the responsibility of both the sun and moon, and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since.
"Hmmm, Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard of those before. But where?" A now sixteen year old Twilight Sparkle asked herself.
It has been nine years since Twilight and Prince Shadow Strike had earned their Cutie Marks, and both of them have progressed greatly. Twilight is now about as tall as her mother, maybe a few inches taller. And Shadow? Oh, he's definitely grown up quite a bit.
He's now as tall as his father, and has a well muscled build. His once tiny fangs and claws have grown to their full length and sharpness. Even his mane has grown in. It's black in color, and the size and thickness are about the same as his father's. (Basically, his mane is the same size and thickness as Mufasa's, but he has a mane that's the same style as Kovu's.) He also has tufts of black fur on the elbows of his forelegs.
Even Nebula has grown a lot bigger than he used to be. Turns out he was only half the size of a full grown Nightfury when he'd first met all those years ago. He's big enough for both Shadow and two others to ride, and he's now able to reach cruising speeds of up to 110 mph.
Twilight has really excelled in her magical training with princess Celestia. She even succeeded in hatching a dragon egg using only her magic. The little guy was purple and green, and had no wings. Twilight named him Spike. He's actually able to use his fire to send messages to the princess, and even receive them!
Shadow has actually been studying spells that utilize Dark Magic. He figured that since his special talent revolves around the use of Dark Magic, he may as well put it to good use. Shadow Strike can create armor made from bones that he creates using his Dark Magic, can make weapons out of shadows, and can even attack using black crystals. But unlike Sombra whose crystals are brittle and weak, Shadow's black crystals are strong enough to break through solid stone, and even repel minor spells.
However, because of Twilight's study habits, she's not exactly the best at making friends. But she has taken a romantic interest in Shadow, but is afraid to tell him because she's afraid he'll reject her. But that's not her main concern right now. She needs to find out where she's heard about the Elements of Harmony before.
As she crosses a bridge, she passes by a small group of unicorn mares.
"Hey, Twilight!" Said a light blue unicorn mare. "Wanna come with us to Moondancers party?"
"Sorry, no can do! Lots of studying to catch up on!" Twilight said as she galloped past them.
The mares looked at her retreating form in pity.
"Doesn't that girl do anything but study?" A light green made asked. "I think she's more interested in books than friends."
As she galloped towards the library, a roar got her attention. Twilight stopped in time for a certain Nightfury with a lion on its back to land in front of her.
"Whoa, Twilight," said Shadow. "Where's the fire?"
"Oh! Uh, Shadow! W-w-w-what fire?" Twilight stuttered with a massive blush on her face. "I, uh, I just need to get to the library, and check something out."
"Say no more, old friend." Shadow said as he helped Twilight onto Nebula's back. Once she had wrapped her forehooves around Shadow's waist so she wouldn't fall off, Nebula flew off towards the royal library. When they got there, Twilight burst in flattening Spike against the door by accident.
"Spike? Spike?!" Twilight called looking for her assistant. "Where is he? SPIKE!"
"Uh, Twilight?" Shadow asked getting her attention. "Ya just flattened him."
She turned around to see Spike on the ground.
"Oh, there you are, Spike! Quick, help me find that old copy on predictions and prophecies." Twilight instructed. That's when she noticed the banged up present stuck to Spike's tail. "What's that?"
"Well, it WAS a gift for Moondancer, but..." Spike trailed off as he pulled a teddy bear with a stab wound out of the box.
"Oh Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing." Twilight said as she continued her book search.
"But aren't you guys on a break?" Shadow asked while Nebula scratched his head in confusion with a raised eyebrow. (If he HAD eyebrows...)
But Twilight was too busy pulling books off of shelves trying to find what she was looking for.
"No, no, no, nononono, no!" Twilight began to lose her temper from being unable to find the right book. "Rrrrrgg, SPIKE!"
"It's over here!" Spike said from the top of a ladder holding an old book. Rather than wait for him to come down, Twilight grasped the book with her magic and took it from Spike. He would've fell if Nebula hadn't flown up to catch him.
"Thanks, Nebula. I owe ya one!" Spike said in gratitude. Nebula responded with one of his gummy smiles. Twilight began flipping through the book at an alarming rate.
"Elements, elements, e, e, e, e, ah ha! Elements of Harmony, see Mare in The Moon?" Twilight said/asked.
"Mare in The Moon?" Spike asked. "But that's just an old pony's tale."
Twilight began flipping through the pages again.
"Mare, mare, ah ha! Mare in The Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria." Twilight read aloud. When she finished, Shadow placed a paw on the picture of Nightmare Moon.
"I remember mom telling me this story when I was a cub." Shadow said with a forlorn expression. "This is no myth. This is the story of my aunt Luna when she first became Nightmare Moon. And I know for a fact that she is no simple pony tale."
Twilight put a hoof on his shoulder, and read on. "Defeated by the Elements of Harmony, and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about night eternal. *Gasp!* Guys, do you know what this means?"
Spike: "No."
Shadow: "No, but I feel that we're about to find out."
Nebula: *Shakes head no*
Spike let out a yelp as he was pulled away from the ladder he was using to put the books away. Twilight set him down.
"Take a note to the princess, please." Twilight requested.
"Okey dokey." Spike said pulling out a quill and some parchment.
"Dearest Princess Celestia,
My continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster."
After a few mishaps in grammar, they finally managed to get the letter complete.
"Send it." Twilight commanded.
"Now?" Spike questioned.
"Of course." Twilight responded.
"I don't know, Twilight. I mean the princess is super busy with the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And that's like the day after tomorrow." Spike explained trying to reason with the unicorn. Unfortunately, she ain't budgin'!
"Spike, this is the fate of Equestria we're talking about. And as such, it is imperative that the princess reads this letter as soon as possible." Twilight offered as a rebuttal.
"Impera... Impera..." Spike said as he stumbled over the word.
"IMPORTANT!" Twilight and Shadow yelled in Spike's face, knocking him backwards.
"Okay, okay!" Spike grumbled at his friends. Their behavior was beginning to try his patience. He held up the scroll, and breathed his magical green fire on it. "There, it's on its way. But I wouldn't hold my breath."
Not long after sending the letter did spike begin to start having the symptoms of when he starts receiving letters. And he did so in a pretty odd way. He burped out a bit of green fire that curled into a ball, condensed, and materialized into a scroll.
"Its from the princess!" Spike said as he opened the scroll and began to read it aloud.
"My dearest student, Twilight Sparkle,
I feel you must know that I am very pleased with your progress with your studies, and how you have grown into such a strong unicorn..."
"Uh huh." Twilight said as she ate up the praise.
"...But you simply have to pull your head out of those old books every once-in-a-while!" Spike finished. Hearing that caused Twilight to gasp.
"Whoa! Didn't see that coming!" Shadow said to himself. He and Nebula looked at each other. "Did you see that coming, bud?"
Nebula shook his head no with a shrug.
One Hour Later...
"So, mom and dad want us to go to Ponyville so we can help with the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration?" Shadow asked. "This should be fun."
Shadow Strike, Twilight, and Spike were on Nebula's back flying to Ponyville. Celestia had offered the use of a sky carriage, but their son had respectfully declined stating that Nebula was big enough for all three of them to fly on without hindrance.
"Yeah," said Spike, agreeing with his feline friend. "And on a side note, you're also supposed to make some friends while we're in Ponyville, Twilight."
"Come on guys, the fate of Equestria does NOT rest upon me making friends." Twilight said being stubborn as a mule.
(SaurusRock625: No offense.
Mule: None taken.)
"But mom gave you the duty of making some friends." Shadow argued as they landed in the center of Ponyville.
"But I'm already friends with you, Nebula, and Spike! Isn't that good enough?!" Twilight asked as she and her entourage disembarked.
"Well, look on the bright side," said Spike. "The princess and the king have arranged for us to stay at the local library. Doesn't that cheer you up?"
"Oh it does, Spike! Because once we've finished overseeing the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, we can conduct further research into the return of Nightmare Moon!" Twilight said.
"And when will you be making friends like mom asked you to?" Shadow asked as he fed a fish to Nebula. "I mean, come on! Maybe the ponies here have interesting things to talk about."
As he said that, an earth pony with a bright pink coat, a poofy mane and tail that looked like cotton candy and were darker pink, and three balloons on her flank as her cutie mark skipped up to them. The two balloons on the sides were yellow, and the one in the middle was blue.
"Come on Twilight, just try!" Spike encouraged. But Twilight seemed reluctant. Seeing this, Shadow knew he had to help.
"Here Twi, let me show you how it's done." Shadow said as he walked up to the mare. "Hi..."
The pink mare let out a loud gasp before zooming past the group almost as fast as a juvenile Nightfury.
"Well THAT was interesting alright! Usually ponies bow before running off." Shadow said while straightening out his crown.
"I'll say! She nearly knocked your crown clean off!" Spike said. Our heroes decided to just forget about the strange encounter, and get on to the preparations.
"What's our first stop, Spike?" Twilight asked her ever faithful assistant.
"First up, we need to go to the local apple farm, Sweet Apple Acres to check up on the food." Spike explained.
"Whoa, Nelly! That's gotta be more apple trees than any of us will see in our lifetimes!" Shadow exclaimed. And he would be right! There were acres upon acres of apple trees all over the place.
"Yee-Haw!" A voice cried out. The one unicorn, two dragons, and one lion looked to see an earth pony mare with an orange coat, green eyes, three freckles on each cheek, and a long blonde mane and tail tied in a ponytail with red hair bands. She was also wearing a stetson hat on her head. She ran up to a tree, and kicked it with her hind legs causing the apples to fall into baskets placed around the tree. She wiped the sweat from her brow with a satisfied look on her face.
"Let's get this over with." Twilight said looking irritated. They walked over, and Twilight began introductions.
"*Ahem!* Good afternoon. I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is-GAH!"
"Well howdy do there, Twilight! I'm Applejack. Boy howdy, we sure as sugar love makin' new friends here at Sweet Apple Acres!" The now named Applejack said as she grasped Twilight's hoof and started shaking it really fast.
"Frie-e-e-ends? A-a-actual-l-ly, we-" Twilight said as she was still shaking from the fierce hoof shake. That's when Applejack noticed Shadow.
"Whoa! Prince Shadow Strike!" Applejack said with a bow. "A'm so sorry, yer highness! I sometimes get a bit ahead o' ma'self."
"Now there'll be no bowing in my presence, Applejack." Shadow said having the farm mare stand up. "While I am here, I expect you to treat me as a friend, not as royalty. Okay?"
Hearing this made Applejack smile brightly.
"You betcha, pr- Shadow! So, what can I do ya for? Ah doubt this is just a casual visit." Applejack inquired.
"Actually, we're here to check on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And we hear that you're in charge of the food?" Twilight explained.
"We sure as sugar are! Would y'all care ta sample some?" Applejack asked/confirmed.
Before Twilight could turn down her offer, Nebula's stomach made itself known. Shadow chuckled at his dragon friend's sheepish look.
"Ha ha ha ha! We'll take Nebula's growling belly as a yes ma'am!" Shadow said.
Applejack took a moment to excuse herself before going off to ring a triangle shaped bell.
"Soup's on, everypony!" And just like that, ponies started stampeding over to a picnic area, taking our Canterlot entourage with them! The four of them sat at the table in a bit of a daze from what had just happened.
"Sorry 'bout that y'all. Lots o' mouths to feed today." Applejack said as she apologized. "Let me introduce ya to the family. This here's Apple Bumpkin, Apple Tort, Apple Crisp, Candy Apple, Apple Brioche, Apple Fritter, *GASP* Big Macintosh, Applebloom, and last but not least, Granny Smith!"
Said elderly mare was asleep in her rocking chair.
"Up an' at em, granny!" Hearing Applejack's voice made Granny Smith wake up with a start.
"Huh, what? Soup's on? Ah'm a comin'!" Granny Smith said as she slowly walked over.
"Why ah' reckon yer a part o' the family a'ready!" Applejack said.
'I'm NEVER gonna get to the library at this rate!' Was the only thing on Twilight's mind at the moment.
And that's it for this chapter! Longest one I've written yet! I hope you all like it! And please remember to send me ideas for the pairing! Remember, it can't be a girl from the DP universe!
