Well, this is it. Here's the story of what became of Twilight Sparkle and all of Equestria. It's kinda a Parody from Trolls World Tour (which I also do not own). But, in a way, it really isn't. I'll let you decide. I also included a part inspired by a quote from Animal Farm (which I don't own as well).
I do not own My Little Pony: Make Your Mark series or its characters.
Also, I've left an important message at the end of this chapter. It's vital that you read it!
Accordshy flapped her wings once more as she explained the entire story through the paintings on the walls. "Let me tell you how it really went down.
"It all began a thousand or so moons ago, when all three pony kinds as well as all sorts of different magical creatures lived together in harmony. The reason for this peace was due to its kind, selfless ruler, Princess Twilight Sparkle. Havin learned about the magic of friendship through the ponies she'd became close with during her time living in a small town called Ponyville, she wished to spread it throughout her land and even took the role as the Princess of Friendship. After being given the thrown of Equestria by her mentor, she served to dedicate her life to create harmony through her kingdom and beyond. Even after many of her friends passed on overtime, including my mother."
Accordshy suddenly saddened. "I hadn't hatched from the egg she'd laid before her passing. But Pops told me how gentle, kind and compassionate she was. He also said that she had told him to name me Accordshy, for she hoped that I would be" she air quoted "less chaotic than my pops. Therefore, naming me the opposite of Discord. Don't think it had much of an affect though." She chewed on an icing covered brick. "Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah!
"The princess had hoped to pass down such responsibility of maintaining harmony throughout Equestria to her successor, a young spirited unicorn named Luster Dawn. Now, Twilight had been wise to have chosen Luster Dawn as the future ruler of Equestria. For that pony would have been an excellent and kind-hearted leader. Her only mistake was putting too much trust in an earth pony, who is now called Opaline.
"You see, Opaline was once an earth pony called Gem Fire. But unlike most earth ponies, Gem Fire was astonished by the magical abilities of unicorns. Ever since she was a filly, she was fawned by the magic unicorns could do. Instead of tending to her duties at the rock farm her family ran, she spent most of her time observing the magic unicorns casted in her town. How they were able to levitate objects, control the elements, and so much more. She often wished that she was able to preform such magic. So she tried to learn as much about magic as possible through long studying and observations of how unicorns use their magic. She soon began research on Pegasus magic. And then she turned to alicorn magic, what she would eventually desire the most.
"Don't get me wrong. Gem Fire was a hard studier at magic and it quickly paid off for her. For when she was still a filly, she had managed to make her own magic happen by mixing formulas with unicorn magic she'd collected from unicorns who preformed spells nearby. She was so good at creating her own form of magic that her cutie mark appeared while she was demonstrating a spell that only unicorns were thought to achieve. Once she had accomplished what no earth pony had ever done before, her mark of a unicorn horn with pegasus wings lit. Everypony had been amazed, including Twilight Sparkle herself. The princess had witness it first hoof and had been so astonished by Gem Fire's use of powerful magic that she had asked her to attend Celestia's School of Magic.
"During her time there, Gem Fire spent her entire time studying everything there was about magic. And the more she studied, the more she learned. The harder spells she practiced, the stronger she became at controlling different forms of magic. As she grew, she became probably the most magical earth pony at the school. But something nagged her. Pegasi used their magic to control the weather and unicorns could do basically whatever they could to solve any problem with their magic. But what about earth ponies? They had no magical abilities what so ever. When she found out that no earth pony had ever been able to achieve alicorn status, she feared that ponies like her were not getting the recognition they deserved. But she vowed to help change that perspective. One that would soon lead her down a dark path.
"One day, when Twilight Sparkle visited the school, Gem Fire walked right up to her to announce that she was researching on how earth ponies could gain magical usage. Twilight of course listened with interest to what this talented pony had to say. For she too had worries about earth ponies not being able to have magical properties as unicorns and pegasi do. Both of them agreed that it would help better Equestria if all three pony kinds had magic. This way, nopony would be judge because of their lack of magic. That was why Twilight asked Gem Fire to go straight to Ponyville and asked that she meet with her successor, Luster Dawn so that the two ponies could work together to find the solution. Of course, Luster Dawn agreed to help, for she believed that all ponies should be treated equally and if earth ponies had magic, they too could be considered as powerful as unicorns or pegasi. Together, Gem Fire and Luster Dawn pledged to never stop looking until they found a way to help earth ponies gain magic. While this pledge to help earth ponies that both Gem Fire and Luster Dawn shared brought up a good friendship between those two ponies, no creature thought that one would end up betraying the other.
"After moons of searching, Gem Fire and Luster Dawn finally figured out a solution. When Gem Fire mentioned how she wished a unicorn could just infuse her with magic, Luster Dawn came up with a brilliant idea. The very next day, they traveled straight to Twilight Sparkle's castle to speak to the princess herself. Luster Dawn proposed that if a being were willing to infuse some of their magic to a non-magic creature, then that non-magic creature could gain magic of their own. Course, she didn't believe that just any magic being could pull off such a difficult spell. But she did think that a powerful alicorn could achieve in perfecting it. That was why she begged her teacher to consider their theory through experiments using her magic. Twilight Sparkle merely nodded and said that she would look into it and would inform them of what she discovered.
"Course, Gem Fire pleaded Twilight to infuse her with magic so that she may gain the powers she had always wanted. But Twilight refused, explaining that it would be too risky to experiment such powerful magic on an earth pony without further investigation. Seeing how disappointed her friend was, Luster Dawn tried to assured her that their princess would work hard to help their cause. Little did she nor Twilight know, Gem Fire refused to wait. Behind Luster Dawn's back, Gem Fire started her own experiments of magic. She wanted to test their theory in a very different way. For if nopony was going to give her the magic she wanted, she was going to take it.
"Knowing that other creatures possessed magic, she'd decided to travel far and wide to collect pieces of theirs. She stole flames from the dragon lord, a feather from an elder griffon and pirate parrot, siliva from the leader of the changlings, fur from both a diamond dog and a feline, horn shavings from a mighty yak, a scale from a kirin, a hint of magic potion made from a zebra, and a bit of magic from the hippogriffs' magical orb. With those items, she broad a mixture that would make her powerful. Once she infused herself with most of it, her hooves glowed and the plants around her began to grow instantly. She almost couldn't believe it. She had magic!
"Thrilled by what she had accomplished, she rushed to tell Luster Dawn. But after explaining her whole story, her unicorn friend trembled in fear. Gem Fire had stolen personal items from creatures they were at peace with. This was not what she had wanted. Shocked by what her friend had done, Luster Dawn begged Gem Fire to admit her mistakes to every creature and apologize for her doings. Gem Fire believed that Luster Dawn was merely jealous by what she had discovered and left to further use her new found magic.
"Fearful of her friend's outcome by using magic she may not be able to control, Luster Dawn rushed to get help. She first informed her teacher of what Gem Fire had done. Shocked by this, Twilight informed the other creature leaders of Gem Fire doings. When they'd all arrived, Luster Dawn pointed them where Gem Fire had gone, to showoff her new powers to the creatures of Ponyville. They'd all arrived just in time to save a kirin from an attacking plant that Gem Fire had accidentally grown. Twilight used her powers to absorb Gem Fire's magic and placed in within a crystal that had been given to her long ago by a friend. Gem Fire tried to defend herself that she knew what she was doing and that she had discovered how earth ponies can gain magic. But Luster Dawn stepped forward to say that this was not the way. No pony should steal the magic of other creatures just to have some of their own. Equesteria was built on friendship, harmony and unity. And that was when she spoke the words that would change her life forever. With pride, she yelled 'all creatures are equal! And none are more equal than others!'
"And within an instant, a glow appeared from her that blinded every creature. When it died down, they saw that Luster Dawn had sprouted beautiful wings. She was an alicorn. Twilight smiled proudly and spoke that Luster Dawn was now a princess. The Princess of Equality for her passion of standing up for other creatures and seeing them as the same as any pony else.
"In that moment, every creature had forgotten of the trouble that Gem Fire had caused. Instead, they were all excited of the newest princess of Equestria. Everypony, except for Gem Fire. Angered and betrayed, Gem Fire turned hatred towards Luster Dawn. She blamed that pony for ruining her plan to seek magic and hated that Luster Dawn was now an alicorn. She knew that if anypony ought to be an alicorn it should have been her. She was so angered that she rushed back to her house. Twilight had taken the magic she had infused herself with, but not the tiny bit of it that she had left in her jar. With it, she knew that she could get her powers back. But she felt that it wouldn't be enough. She wanted to show that she, an earth pony, could be just as powerful as anypony even an all mighty alicorn. So much that she wanted to be more powerful than the newest alicorn princess. But for that, she knew that she would need more magic. Very powerful magic that could match an alicorn. That was when she knew what she had to do to gain both power and vengeance.
"On Luster Dawn's princess coordination, everypony and every creature arrived from all over Equestia and from afar to see the Princess of Equality. Even the Princess of Light, Flurry Heart had come all the way from the Crystal Empire to meet her. Both Twilight and her pupil stood proudly on the castle's ledge. As Luster Dawn gazed out towards the crowd, she could not see Gem Fire anywhere. While she was sadden that her friend hadn't come, she was reassured by Twilight not to worry about one thing and to focus on her achievement. For she knew that she would pass down the responsibilities of Equestria to the right pony. That day would mark the beginning of a bright new future. However, it was not meant to be.
"For just as Luster Dawn was about to announce her vows as the Princess of Equality, a hooded figure came down from the castle's roof. They moved so quick that nopony saw what they were about to do before it happened. The hooded figure took out a long blade and in a quick flash, they cut off Luster Dawn's horn! It wasn't just the tip they'd cut off. No, they cut the entire horn clean off. Luster Dawn fell down hard and Twilight had to catch her. The crowd stood in shock by what they'd witnessed. This was not how they'd expected this coordination to go. The only one who tried to do anything was Flurry Heart. She flew straight towards the hooded figure to try to stop them. But they threw potions at the princess that blinded her. And instead, the figure leaped towards Flurry Heart and cut off her wings. The poor princess fell onto the ledge and Twilight had to catch her as well. The hooded figure stood before the shocked crowd and revealed themselves to be none other than Gem Fire.
"She announced that she knew how to take the magic of any creature and make it into her own. And with the horn and wings of an alicorn, she would be unstoppable. With that, she dripped the last bit of the magic she'd brood onto the horn and wings she's taken and pressed them against her. In a flash, the horn attached itself to her and the wings did the same. Her light blue mane and tail turned silver, the horn curved and her amber body was transformed into a purplish coloring. Casting flames of fire from her new wings, the earth pony who was once Gem Fire was no more. Instead, this new alicorn announced to all that she was Opaline Arcana, Queen of Equestria. Despite now having the powers of all three pony tribes, she desired more. She stated that as their alicorn queen, all magic was hers to own. No other creature was allowed to have it. So, with her new found magic, she began to cast a spell to absorb every magical power from every creature there.
"Every creature was so shocked in fear that none of them dared to make a move. Except for the queen. After moving the two injured princesses to safety, Twilight Sparkle rushed straight towards Opaline. With a swift of her magic, she threw a large ball of light at the evil alicorn that blindsided her. While Opaline was down, Twilight seized the moment to shout to every non-pony creature that their magic was in danger. That they needed to leave Equestria right then if they didn't wish for Opaline to steal their powers. At first, the leaders refused to leave their pony allies behind to fend themselves from this wicked pony. But Twilight told them that this was something she needed to do alone and that every other creature's safety was more important than her own. Trusting the queen, each of the other leaders ordered their subjects to run, hopeful that the battle would be over quickly.
"Only Discord dared to stay behind as the battle between the two alicorns continued. He said that he wished that he could have used his magic to help Twilight. But his friend had ordered him to stay out of the fight, for she feared Opaline may steal his magic as well. Still, Pops refused to leave long-timed friend alone. So he hid behind a building and watched as the great battle continued.
"While Twilight did a great job of keeping Opaline occupied while every creature fled, it wasn't enough to overpower her. For Opaline had the magic of two alicorns plus bits of the magic from the other magical creatures. She quickly managed to hold Twilight off. As she was about to push the great queen to the ground, Opaline announced that after Twilight was defeated that she would absorb her magic as well. Then, she would take the magic from every pony and other magical creature so that she would become unstoppable.
"But when all seemed lost, Twilight used all of her remaining magic to cast one final spell. Calling on every last bit of her magic, she began to form a large invisible bubble around all of Equestria. As the bubble was forming, Twilight used the last bit of strength she had left to push Opaline out of Equestria. But Opaline was still too strong for her and she fought her way passed Twilight. Luckily, Discord was there to help push the evil alicorn out. Once the two friends managed to get Opaline out of Equestria, Twilight closed the bubble completely. By doing so, the entire kingdom was hidden from the rest of the world, including all who were not within it.
"Angered that she was now cut off from Equestria, Opaline attempted to cast a power drain spell on Twilight. But nothing happened. For all of her magic was gone since she'd used up all of the power she had left from the jar. Yet, she remained in her new alicorn form since she had the horn and wings of alicorns. But without her magic, she was no match for Twilight or Discord. Feared by the all more powerful beings, she fled. But before so, she threatened Twilight that one day, once the invisibubble was down, she would return and claim all of Equestria's magic for herself.
"Had she had enough energy, Twilight would have flown after her. But she'd used every last ounce of magic she had left to cast the bubble spell. Too exhausted to move, Discord had to carry her to where the other creatures all fled to.
"Far from Equestria, the ancestors of the Twilight Counsel fled to hide from the power hungry alicorn. Eventually, they found this place where no pony would ever find them. No pony, except for Twilight. She took a huge risk creating that invisibubble around Equestria. For it prevented her as well as every other creature outside of Equestria to never step hoof within it. And no pony within the bubble could ever step out from it. But she believed that it was a risk worth taking. For Equestria and the magic inside of it would be protected for generations to come."
It was then that Zip couldn't help but interrupt. "Wait, so there was magic still in Equestria at the time?"
Accordshy nodded and continued with the tale. "Shortly after arriving here, Twilight explained to my pops and the other leaders that there was still a source of magic left in Equestria. She explained that after hearing about Luster Dawn's and Gem Fire's research on how earth ponies could possess magic, she really had looked into it. After long thinking, she decided to create crystals that were similar to those that were a part of the Tree of Harmony, which had given she and her friends powerful magic long ago. But she wished for these crystals to represent more than harmony. She wished for all pony kinds to treat one another equally so that no pony would be judged based on their amount of magic. She wanted these crystals to represent unity.
"But after Opaline had risen and the invisibubble formed, Twilight had to change her plan. Still having the three crystals in her possession, she knew that they were the keys to help keep unity and friendship within Equestria. So, she cast one last spell. One that would cost her so much, but she believed it was worth the sacrifice.
"With every last bit of magic she had left, Twilight infused the crystals with magic that she hoped would give earth ponies their own magical abilities. But by doing so, Twilight gave up all of her own magic. While she remained an alicorn, just like Opaline, she had no magic left.
"Luckily, Discord still had his and it was as powerful as ever. So Twilight begged Discord to do her one final favor, to transport each of the crystals to Equestria for all three pony kinds. She explained that the crystals would ensure that magic remained active in Equestria while keeping the invisibubble over all the ponies within it. She also said that when the time was right, earth ponies will have their own magic. But that time would be decided by the crystals themselves to see if the earth ponies were worthy of magic of their very own. Discord did as she requested and the crystals were transported into Equestria. However, Discord could not bring himself to inform Twilight of what became of Equestria during her absence."
When Accordshy came to a picture showing earth ponies, pegasi and earth ponies separating, all six ponies felt the chills.
"Without their queen, ponies turned on each other. Both the unicorns and pegasi blamed the earth ponies for what Opaline did. Saying that earth ponies were always jealous because they didn't have magic. The earth ponies were defensive and called unicorns and pegasi arrogant with their powers. The two remaining princesses, Flurry Heart and Luster Dawn did all that they could to try to solve the conflicts. But since all of their magic had been taken, no pony bothered to listen to them. Outrages, arguments, accusations and fights emerged. Until every pony came to the same conclusion. That earth ponies couldn't be trusted. And so, all earth ponies separated from the other kinds of ponies and settled in what you all know now as Maretime Bay. Luster Dawn no longer had her horn and without her magic, her wings dissolved. So she went with the earth ponies. For she figured that if she no longer had any magic, the least she could do was help the ponies who she believed were the only few without magic.
"Little did any of them know, without unity with all three pony kinds, the crystals wouldn't work. So, shortly after the earth ponies left, magic dissolved. Unicorns believed that it was the pegasi that caused their magic to disappear while the pegasi blamed the unicorns for them losing their ability to fly. And just how the earth ponies separated, so did they.
"The pegasi all traveled high in the mighty skies to settle down in what would later become Zepher Heights. Fortunately, Flurry Heart went with them. Even though she no longer had her wings, the pegasi trusted her because her mother had been a once pegasus and since she was the niece of Twilight Sparkle. She quickly told the flightless pegasi not to get down just because they could no longer fly. That they needed to look for the light in their darkest time. All of the pegasi were so moved by her that they'd decided to make her their queen. She ruled over Zepher Heights for moons and passed down her leadership to her daughter and her daughter after her and so on.
"The unicorns all went into hiding in a deep enchanted forest, where they'd hoped that they would be safe and no earth pony could ever find them. That forest would later be called Bridlewood. But since they had no magic or pony to guide them during their darkest time, things took a deep downpour on them. Overtime, they got so depressed that many stopped caring and hoping. And as time went by, all ponies began to try to live without magic and each other. Pretty soon, most even forgot that all pony kinds were once friends.
"And as moons passed, without her alicorn magic, Twilight began to grow old. For an alicorn could live thousands of moons. Regular ponies, not so much. I was just a baby when Twilight's life ended. But my earliest memory was of her telling the Sparkle Counsel one important thing. That one day, magic in Equestria will be more powerful than it's ever been and earth pony magic will be activated for the first time in the history of Equestria. But when that happens, the invisibubble around Equestria will be broken, exposing all ponies to the world and to Opaline. That power hungry alicorn would be after all the magic in Equestria at any cost. However, she informed every creature that she placed one last spell within the crystals. She made it so that they could only be activated when a pony dedicated to create unity and harmony with all three pony kinds is found. Those crystals would give that pony true alicorn magic, making them the right pony to stop Opaline. And just before she passed, her final words to us were 'I am with you.'
"And so, each of the other creature kinds have been in hiding here, waiting for the invisibubble around Equestria to be removed and for some pony that would emerge to become the alicorn hero we all need. And that's where our story ends, for now." With the story finished, Accordshy flew back down to speechless ponies.
So now that our six young pony heroes know the truth of how Equestria was changed, what will they do now? More to come soon!
I came up with the idea of Opaline's original name being Gem Fire because her main element is fire and Opaline actual means gem. Therefore, I combined the two to create Gem Fire. What cha ya think?
And how about the parts about why all pony kinds separated or how the invisibubble was formed or what became of Twilight Sparkle? I tried to tie it all together to have it make sense based off of what we know so far from the Make Your Mark series. But what do you think?
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