Once upon a time there was a time when the three types of ponies lived together in peace. It was not always like that however. Before this peace each of the 3 types of ponies were very weary or hatefully towards one another. It was thanks to one very special pony that the peace was created and maintained. She was also the sole known alicorn in the world. Due to the respect and loyalty from all types of ponies she became the first princess of the pony land.
But then one day she disappeared without a word. No pony knew where she went or what had happened to her. Soon all ponies began to suspect each other. Soon their suspecisions turned to undeserved guilt. Arguments and fights broke out and just as fast as the peace was created it was destroyed and all 3 types separated from each other, hating each other even more so than before.
Hundreds of years passed and still there was no clue on what happened to the princess. All that was known was that she was gone and no pony has ever been able to create the peace she once did again. But to some it was believed that if the 3 types can truly unite and make peace the princess would once again appear.
One of these ponies was a small but extremely smart earth pony named Twilight Sparkle. She didn't have many friends so she would often read to herself and learned a lot about the history, culture, and traditions of all types of ponies. Because of this she did not hold any discriminatory thoughts. It was also because of this that other ponies didn't understand her well and refused to make friends with her. So day in and out all she did was read and run the library she owned in town but then one day all that changed.
Out of nowhere a unicorn walked into town. Since Twilight lived in an all pony town it was very unusual to see a unicorn. Many of the townsponies didn't know what to do so they just stared at the unicorn. This included Twilight.
The unicorn was tall, thin and had a pure white coat. Her purple mane and tail were long and wavy. And even from a distance her cutie mark was still very visible. It showed 4 diamonds that got smaller as they went from her flank down to her leg.
The unicorn walked around town with no trouble at all. Twilight, being very curious about the unicorn, closed the library and began following the unicorn to see what she was doing in town. The unicorn didn't do anything unusual however. She went into some of the shops, that allowed her in, got something to eat, also at a place that allowed her, then just explored the town. The only thing remotely abnormal about her was that she kept trying to talk to ponies despite many of them ignoring her.
"I wonder what she is doing? Making small talk? Asking for directions? Does she need help?" Twilight asked herself. After some time she finally decided to go talk to the unicorn. As Twilight walked to her the unicorn saw her and began walking her way. Once the two of them met Twilight was about to ask who she was. Twilight stood about a head shorter than the unicorn.
"Hello there?" Said the unicorn very politely. "My name is Rarity and I was wondering if you could help me with something?"
Twilight replied a bit nervously. "Sure. Oh...I am Twilight Sparkle. What do you need?"
"I seem to be a bit lost. You see I took a trip to Rainbow Falls but I seem to have taken a wrong turn somewhere and ended up here. I was hoping somepony could lead me in the right direction."
"I can try to help. Where do you live?' Twilight asked.
"In a small town called Ponyville." Rarity answered.
"Ponyville? Never heard of it. Sorry?" Twilight said feeling a bit bad.
"Don't worry about it darling. Ponyville is quite a small town so it is no surprise you haven't heard about it," Rarity said trying to cheer her up.
"Well, I might not know about it but maybe you can find it on a map. I got maps of all over. One should be able to help you." Twilight offered.
"That sounds like a good idea." Rarity said with a smile.
"Great! Follow me."
With that Twilight led Rarity to the library while asking Rarity many questions about just about everything.
"So what kind of town is Ponyville?" Twilight began.
"Well, like I said it is quite small but it is a wonderful place to live. It really is like no other town." Rarity answered.
"What makes it so special?" Twilight asked wondering how this town was so different from others.
"Unlike most towns, that just house one type of pony, Ponyville consists of all 3 types of ponies."
"And everypony gets along!" Twilight said completely shocked by her answer.
"Quite well actually. Ponyville is a place for ponies to live together in peace. However since not many ponies accept that way of thinking there are not many ponies in Ponyville. Quite sad but it is what it is?" Even with that last statement Twilight could tell Rarity was disappointed that not more ponies were as accepting as others.
"Well, it sounds like a wonderful place. Is it far from here?" Twilight asked.
"To tell the truth, I am not sure, but I will be happy to show you where it is located once we look at a map." Rarity offered.
"Great! I would love to visit someday." Twilight said with a bit of a sad look.
"Why so sad dear?" Rarity asked.
"Oh nothing. I just would love to visit but I am not sure I ever will." Twilight admitted.
"And why not?" Rarity said confused. "Not like anypony is stopping you."
"True but I am not sure I can handle the world like you do." Twilight said sadly.
"How do you mean?" Rarity said still confused.
"I mean like before. Even though so many ponies made it clear they don't like you, you still go about your day like it was nothing. It looks like other ponies' opinions don't affect you. As for me I am scared of facing ponies like that." Twilight explained that with watery eyes. She hated that part of her but she was fully aware of it and admitted it.
"You say they don't affect me?" Rarity asked.
"It doesn't? Does it?" Twilight said now confused.
"It may not look like it but I do get hurt by what other ponies say. I just learned to get over it and learned to accept that there are ponies like that. But just like how there are ponies like that there are others that are not. Like you." Rarity said looking at Twilight with a smile.
"Really?" Twilight said in doubt.
"Of course. " Rarity said, keeping her smile. "In fact I meet many kind ponies like you on my journeys."
"Journeys? Plural?" Twilight said excitedly.
"Yes. I make trips like this often to get inspiration." Rarity said joyfully.
"Inspiration for what?" Twilight said.
"For my shop. I own a clothing and accessories shop and whenever I feel like I need a new inspiration I go on a trip to someplace new to find it." Rarity explained.
"That is amazing." Just then Twilight noticed that the library was just up ahead. "Oh there is the library." Twilight said running up to the door, unlocking it, and opening it to reveal a huge room filled wall to wall with books. When Rarity walked in she was stunned.
"Wow that is a lot of books. How are we going to find…" But before she could finish her sentence Twilight interrupted her.
"Here are all the maps. This one should hopefully show where Ponyville is?" Twilight said unrolling a huge map that seemed to have just about everytown Rarity could think off.
"How did you find this so fast?" Rarity said. She found it hard to believe Twilight found the exact map that fast even if she ran the shop.
"I know where EVERYTHING is here. I spend so much time reading and organizing I can tell you what isle, row, and book number you are looking for.
"Impressive." Rarity said in shock.
"Thanks. So where is Ponyville?" Twilight said trying to hold the map open. It was so big she had a hard time with it to where she eventually got other books and placed them on the maps corners to lay the map flat.
"Well lets see." Rarity examined the map and randomly pointed to places while mumbling to help herself. Twilight couldn't hear her too well but she let Rarity finish. After a minute or so Rarity said, "If I am right Ponyville should be around here." She pointed to a spot on the map that was mostly just forest.
"It is in a forest?" Twilight asked.
"Yes it is. And it looks like to get there I will have to take the road through a mountain. That is not going to be fun." Rarity said out loud.
"But it looks like there is another way here." Twilight pointed to the map at a fork in the road that appears just before the mountain.
"That maybe so but see that town there?" Rarity said pointing to the town that was on that road.
"Yes? Twilight said confused.
"That town is known for being quite hostile towards non-earth ponies. I once tried to go through there and I ended up having to go around the town." Rarity said with a look of anger on her face. "I never want to go there again. Those ponies are too stubborn to get any sense through them."
"That sounds difficult." Twilight said feeling sorry for her.
"It was but the past is past. Now besides the mountain it looks like it should be quite easy to get home. Thanks for showing me, Twilight."
"Not a problem. So when are you leaving?" Twilight asked wondering what Rarity was going to do now.
Rarity looked out the window and saw it was getting quite dark. "Well, the sun is going down and it is dangerous to travel at night so I guess I will have to find a place to sleep tonight and then I will leave tomorrow."
"How about you sleep here? Twilight offered.
"I couldn't ask you to do that. You have already done so much for me." Rarity said.
"It is no trouble at all. I live upstairs and I have a guest room so it is perfect." Twilight explained.
"Well...If it really is not too much trouble then I accept your kind offer." Rarity said politely.
"Great! Let me show you to the guest room then."
Twilight went to a door that was located in the back of the shop and opened it, revealing a flight of stairs. Rarity followed her up and once at the top she saw a small living space that had a table and some chairs, sofa, an arch that led to what looked like a kitchen and 2 other doors. Twilight walked to one and opened it up.
"This is the guest room and if you need anything I am literally next door." Twilight said knocking on the other door that was apparently her room.
"Thank you." Rarity said walking to the room and putting her things on the bed.
"Oh before you sleep do you want something to eat?" Twilight asked.
"No thank you. I am quite tired from my trip and would like to go to sleep now." Rarity said with a small yawn.
"Oh ok. Well, if you need anything. Like I said I am right next door?"
That night Twilight thought long and hard about what Rarity said about leaving to go traveling. Twilight was still scared but she also really wanted to explore the world she read in books. Eventually she fell asleep thinking about it.