"And the next day, as the mountains loomed above them, and the battle
drew even closer-"
"Oh shut up! I can only stand it for so long!" Autumn Skye began rubbing her temples with a look of pure frustration. "Who wrote this?" she snatched the book from Rainbow Dash and Sunsparkle angrily.
"I did." A white mare peeked out from behind the shelves. He mane was brightly colored and was braided and pulled up lest it trail on the hard floors of the royal library. There was an air of something tropical about her, the sort of mare who one could picture somewhere surfing rather than writing historical narratives.
"Well that explains one thing, like lack of attention to detail perhaps!" Autumn Skye threw it down on the table, tipping the rainbow berry juice. Aloha Pearl rescued the book from it's watery fate with a quick snatch and held it tightly to herself.
"Don't destroy that! It's a historical document!"
"Well it might as well be fiction for all the fact it provides!"
"Oh?"
Autumn snatched the book back and proceeded to read it aloud. "Here, one page one, it claims that Majesty and her fold are northern, yet this is a false statement, they are western, as the rest of the book claims. This is only one of numerous errors. Including the fact that there are so many characters that just show up and disappear. Mace for instance, did not disappear, but is now living happily in the capital city!"
"It was hard keeping track of all those war heroes!"
"And what of Silverswirl, hm? She was abducted by a rogue stallion, as Silter assumed before and kept for three days against her will before escaping! Flipping through this, you claimed five!"
"That's what she said in the interview!"
"You bloody interviewed her while she was reviving from surgery! She was on pain killers!"
"Well, I had a deadline you know!"
Autumn Skye rolled her eyes, "Deadlines? Your only excuse is a deadline? And what about Lieos? You claimed that helping some young ones escape the battle she was mortally wounded-"
"Well she was!"
"And as she lay dying in the woods the rainbow of light itself came to her and granted her an immortal life for her deeds!"
"That's what happened!"
"Tell me Aloha, is there proof of this event?"
"Er, no, but we all know-"
"No, there is not. Therefore it is not a fact. Ideas and theories are best saved in a book of fiction."
Aloha nodded sullenly and Autumn Skye laid down the book, "I'm going for a short walk to clear my brain of all your influences." with that and a flip of her tail the blue mare exited the library.
"Hmph. My novel was perfectly fine."
"I'm sure it was Aloha, but I must get the Princess to her next lesson."
"Yes, yes, of course."
Rainbow Dash nodded and left quickly, all to aware that Autumn Skye would soon be back, and this time with the knowledge that he was the editor of that particular book...
"Uncle Rainbow Dash?" Sunsparkle began as they walked on a quick pace down the hallway, "Can you tell me the rest of the story?"
"Of course, let me see.... Where do you want me to start?"
"The battle, after Lieos died and Silverswirl got back, after all of that." they had stopped now and Sunsparkle was watching her uncle intently.
"After the battle then?"
"Sure."
Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and began to finish the tale he had begun just this morning.
"After the battle our herd, now much larger. Stood among the ruins of our old life, our enslavement, and began anew. Majesty led us from there to a nearby valley which seemed so magical and had somehow escaped the grundle's wrath. This she said, was rightfully ours, here we were to begin our own reign.
Soon as the castle was erected, the real development began. Ponyville became our capital city in the center, and all around were small towns. Hybrids who were results of not slavery, but of mixed marriages even, journeyed here and started new lives. You've seen Aloha right? She comes from the southern sea."
"Momma says she's gonna have a baby soon."
Rainbow Dash looked at Sunsparkle with a look of surprise on his face, "What? No wait, don't tell me, I'd rather not be told about all this castle gossip." Sunsparkle nodded respectfully.
"To finish my tale: We were no longer outcasts, but a breed all our own, a new generation."
"Oh shut up! I can only stand it for so long!" Autumn Skye began rubbing her temples with a look of pure frustration. "Who wrote this?" she snatched the book from Rainbow Dash and Sunsparkle angrily.
"I did." A white mare peeked out from behind the shelves. He mane was brightly colored and was braided and pulled up lest it trail on the hard floors of the royal library. There was an air of something tropical about her, the sort of mare who one could picture somewhere surfing rather than writing historical narratives.
"Well that explains one thing, like lack of attention to detail perhaps!" Autumn Skye threw it down on the table, tipping the rainbow berry juice. Aloha Pearl rescued the book from it's watery fate with a quick snatch and held it tightly to herself.
"Don't destroy that! It's a historical document!"
"Well it might as well be fiction for all the fact it provides!"
"Oh?"
Autumn snatched the book back and proceeded to read it aloud. "Here, one page one, it claims that Majesty and her fold are northern, yet this is a false statement, they are western, as the rest of the book claims. This is only one of numerous errors. Including the fact that there are so many characters that just show up and disappear. Mace for instance, did not disappear, but is now living happily in the capital city!"
"It was hard keeping track of all those war heroes!"
"And what of Silverswirl, hm? She was abducted by a rogue stallion, as Silter assumed before and kept for three days against her will before escaping! Flipping through this, you claimed five!"
"That's what she said in the interview!"
"You bloody interviewed her while she was reviving from surgery! She was on pain killers!"
"Well, I had a deadline you know!"
Autumn Skye rolled her eyes, "Deadlines? Your only excuse is a deadline? And what about Lieos? You claimed that helping some young ones escape the battle she was mortally wounded-"
"Well she was!"
"And as she lay dying in the woods the rainbow of light itself came to her and granted her an immortal life for her deeds!"
"That's what happened!"
"Tell me Aloha, is there proof of this event?"
"Er, no, but we all know-"
"No, there is not. Therefore it is not a fact. Ideas and theories are best saved in a book of fiction."
Aloha nodded sullenly and Autumn Skye laid down the book, "I'm going for a short walk to clear my brain of all your influences." with that and a flip of her tail the blue mare exited the library.
"Hmph. My novel was perfectly fine."
"I'm sure it was Aloha, but I must get the Princess to her next lesson."
"Yes, yes, of course."
Rainbow Dash nodded and left quickly, all to aware that Autumn Skye would soon be back, and this time with the knowledge that he was the editor of that particular book...
"Uncle Rainbow Dash?" Sunsparkle began as they walked on a quick pace down the hallway, "Can you tell me the rest of the story?"
"Of course, let me see.... Where do you want me to start?"
"The battle, after Lieos died and Silverswirl got back, after all of that." they had stopped now and Sunsparkle was watching her uncle intently.
"After the battle then?"
"Sure."
Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and began to finish the tale he had begun just this morning.
"After the battle our herd, now much larger. Stood among the ruins of our old life, our enslavement, and began anew. Majesty led us from there to a nearby valley which seemed so magical and had somehow escaped the grundle's wrath. This she said, was rightfully ours, here we were to begin our own reign.
Soon as the castle was erected, the real development began. Ponyville became our capital city in the center, and all around were small towns. Hybrids who were results of not slavery, but of mixed marriages even, journeyed here and started new lives. You've seen Aloha right? She comes from the southern sea."
"Momma says she's gonna have a baby soon."
Rainbow Dash looked at Sunsparkle with a look of surprise on his face, "What? No wait, don't tell me, I'd rather not be told about all this castle gossip." Sunsparkle nodded respectfully.
"To finish my tale: We were no longer outcasts, but a breed all our own, a new generation."