Greetings, everybrony. Some of you may not have noticed, but I decided to keep all chapters of Royals, Friends and Lovers in one place, that way, my userpage isn't clogged up and it'll be more organized that way. Plus, in between chapters, there will be the occasional one-shot, taking place in between stories and episodes from the actual show.

Now that I've cleared everything up, just sit back and enjoy...

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Royals, Friends and Lovers

Written by Zack Wanzer, et al

Prologue

Equestria; a magical land populated by three races of ponies – unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth ponies. There are also other creatures like griffons and dragons living in Equestria. It is a kingdom ruled by the two princesses Celestia and Luna.

Princess Celestia is the older sister, a pure white winged unicorn (known as an alicorn) with light magenta eyes, her mane and tail pale pink streaked with light cerulean, light turquoise, and very light cobalt blue, a stylized sun for a cutie mark, and she wore very pale gold shoes on her hooves and had a pale gold crown with a purple gem on her head. Wise and kind, she controls the raising of the sun.

Princess Luna is the younger sister, a dark blue alicorn with cyan eyes, her mane and tail moderate sapphire blue with grayish Persian blue aura surrounding, light sapphire blue eyeshadow, a crescent moon on a dark purple background for a cutie mark, and she wore pale sapphire shoes on her hooves and had a small black tiara on her head. She controls the raising of the moon.

Over a thousand years ago, Equestria was in utter chaos, ruled by a draconequus named Discord; his head is horse-like, has a deer antler and goat horn on his head, one long fang, different sized pupils, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. He had the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, the left leg of a goat, a bat's right wing, a Pegasus' left wing, a horse's mane and a dragon-like snake's tail with a white tail tuft.

In his reign of chaos across Equestria, Princesses Celestia and Luna used the most powerful magic down to ponydom – the Elements of Harmony – against Discord, turning him into stone, and restoring order to the land.

However, all was not well, as years went by, Princess Luna became bitter and resentful. The ponies relished and plated in the day Celestia brought forth, but shunned and slept through Luna's beautiful night. One fateful day, Luna refused to lower the moon to make way for the sawn. Celestia attempted to reason with her, but the bitterness growing in Luna's heart transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness – Nightmare Moon!

Nightmare Moon made a vendetta to shroud Equestria in eternal night, and Celestia had no choice but to harness the Elements of Harmony to banish her on the moon, leaving her to take on responsibility for both the sun and moon for a thousand years. The day of Nightmare Moon's defeat became known as the Summer Sun Celebration, celebrated at summer solstice, the longest day of the year, where everypony would witness Princess Celestia raising the sun. Despite the happiness and harmony in Equestria, Celestia knew the Summer Sun Celebration was a painful reminder that she had to banish her sister to the moon, only it wasn't her sister, but Nightmare Moon…

One thousand years later, Princess Celestia sent a light purple unicorn named Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville to oversee the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. Twilight also had purple eyes, a sapphire blue mane and rail with violet and rose streaks, and her cutie mark is a six-pointed pink sparkle surrounded by five small white sparkles. She was aided by her dragon friend and assistant Spike, a light purple baby dragon with green eyes and spikes, lime green ears and a very light gray underbelly.

As they oversaw the preparations, Twilight and Spike met with five other mares about her age; two Pegasi named Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, two Earth ponies named Applejack and Pinkie Pie, and a unicorn named Rarity, who Spike fell in love with.

Applejack is light gamboge with green eyes, pale blond mane and tail, freckles, wore a Stetson hat, and her cutie mark is three red apples. She lives and works at Sweet Apple Acres with her grandmother Granny Smith, older bigger Big Macintosh, younger sister Apple Bloom, and pet dog Winona.

Fluttershy is light yellow with cyan eyes, light pink mane and tail, and her cutie mark is three pink butterflies. She lives in a small cottage near the Everfree Forest and is an animal caretaker, most notably to her pet bunny Angel.

Pinkie Pie is light pink with light cerulean eyes, brilliant raspberry mane and tail, and her cutie mark is two blue balloons with yellow strings and one yellow balloon with a blue string. Her full name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, and she works at Sugarcube Corner for Mr. Carrot and Mrs. Cup Cake, living on the bakery's second floor with her pet baby alligator Gummy.

Rarity is pure white with azure eyes, indigo mane and tail, light cornflower blue eyeshadow, and her cutie mark is three lozenge diamonds. She is a fashion designer and seamstress for the Carousel Boutique, her residence in Ponyville, with her little sister Sweetie Belle and pet cat Opalescence.

Rainbow Dash is light cerulean with cerise eyes, her mane and tail red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, and her cutie mark is a blue-yellow-red lightning bolt with a white cloud. She is responsible for maintaining the weather and clearing the skies in Ponyville, and is a huge fan of the Wonderbolts.

At the actual Summer Sun Celebration, Nightmare Moon made her return after a thousand years of banishment, decreeing eternal darkness and capturing Princess Celestia. Not willing to live in darkness, Twilight and the other five mares set off to find the mythical Elements of Harmony – Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and the unknown sixth element.

The elements were found as six stones at the castle ruins where the two Princesses once lived, and upon confronting Nightmare Moon, Twilight realized she and her new friends were the bearers of the Elements of Harmony; Applejack for Honesty, Fluttershy Kindness, Pinkie Pie Laughter, Rarity Generosity, Rainbow Dash Loyalty, and Twilight herself had the sixth Element, ignited by the spark residing in the hearts of all six – Magic. Twilight's Element was represented by a tiara, while everypony else's was a necklace.

Nightmare Moon was transformed back into Princess Luna, abiet younger looking prior to transformation; grayish blue with light azure mane and tail, but her eyes and cutie mark remained the same. Reunited with Princess Celestia, Luna once again controlled the rising of the moon, and Twilight's new mission, decreed by Princess Celestia, was to make findings about friendship in Ponyville.

Since then, Twilight, Spike, and their friends, collectively known as the Mane Six, have had many misadventures, all learning a lesson in friendship along the way, two of their biggest capers being Discord's return and the recent marriage of Twilight's older brother Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza "Cadance". Not long afterward, there was the return of the Crystal Empire, where the Mane Six went to restore the empire by filling it with love and hope.

However, during their visit to the Crystal Empire, a newcomer had arrived in Ponyville; he was a bright yellow Pegasus with blue hooves, mane and tail, dark green eyes, glasses, and a paintbrush and palette for a cutie mark. What nopony would know, not even Twilight Sparkle herself, this stallion would one day have his name well-known throughout all of Equestria…

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And can you guess who this stallion is? If you've paid attention, I'm sure you can! This chapter mostly summarizes the events and flashbacks of the Friendship is Magic, Return of Harmony, Canterlot Wedding, Crystal Empire and Princess Twilight Sparkle duologies. In between the season two finale and the season three premiere is pretty much where the stories begin...