My Little Pony:

Friendship & Courage

Chapter 1 "Living Legend Part 1"

"In a time before our own, before pony's came together as one and before their great kingdoms where formed, there existed an incredible and mighty civilisation built on magic and wonder...they were called: The Aura's."

"The Aura's were a proud and special breed of pony's, resembling the Earth breed of pony yet able to harness the power of magic without the use of a horn or other magical assistance, with this power, the Aura's built massive cities and kingdoms made of gold and pure white marble which spanned the length and breadth of this land as far as the eye could see."

"The Aura's devoted themselves to magical knowledge, due to their own unique form of magical power they soon began achieving amazing feats of magical ability which was admired by the other pony breeds of the world and under the Aura's careful watch, the world was at peace, however, as is the way of peace, it unfortunately doesn't last."

"For it is said that on a cold and dark night, when the moon and the stars where absent from the sky, the Aura's, their kingdom, and every strip of their existence suddenly and mysteriously disappeared without a trace."

"The years passed in the lands, with the three breeds of pony we know today soon forming the kingdom of Equestria as we know it alongside the fabled Crystal empire to the north, the two kingdoms vowed to follow the Aura's example of eternal peace and prosperity to the best of their ability, however they never forgot the Aura's and never forgot the mystery surrounding their disappearance."

"There is a prophecy the two great kingdoms managed to derive from the Aura's disappearance, a gift left behind by the Aura's as a precursor to the future: During the age of peace, when life is full of hope and friendship, darkness shall descend upon those who carry the power of harmony, in this time of despair and anguish, a being shall arise with the power of unsurmountable courage and stand with the powers of harmony against the darkness, and the Aura's shall return."

Princess Celestia smiled as she closed the storybook she was reading "If only such a story was true" she said with a slight laugh as she got up from her bed and walked over to her bedroom window.

Princess Celestia was the current ruler of the kingdom of Equestria; she was a grand white coloured Alicorn pony with a long flowing multi-coloured mane and tail, large elegant wings and a cutie mark that symbolized the sun, she was revered as a kind and wise princess who kept Equestria and its pony's safe and in tranquillity and she certainly tried to live up to this reputation.

"Princess Celestia!" the sound of knocking on her bedroom door drew the Princesses attention.

"Enter" she replied turning to face the door as it opened, an Equestrian royal guard walked into the room before taking off his helmet and bowed his head in respect.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you my Princess" he began looking back up at her "But it's time for your speech to the ponies of Canterlot"

"Oh yes of course" Celestia replied with a nod before walking past the guard who replaced his helmet on his head before following, as a Princess of an entire kingdom, it was Celestia's duty make speeches to the populace on certain occasions "Will my sister by attending the speech?" Celestia asked as she strode down the long decorative hallway of the palace, nodding to various other guards along the way who stood to attention in response, Celestia's sister was of cause Princess Luna: younger then Celestia by a few years yet just as regal and respected.

"No I'm sorry Princess, I'm afraid Princess Luna has refused to attend due to being…well" the guard cleared his throat a little thinking of how to put his words "not a morning person" Celestia laughed a little and nodded.

"I expected as much" she replied, soon Celestia could hear the noise of the crowd outside of the palace waiting for their Princess to appear on the palace balcony above, ponies of all shapes, sizes and breeds from Unicorns to Pegisi where awaiting the Princesses speech with anticipation and when Celestia walked out into view the crowd erupted in cheers which easily drowned out the ceremonial trumpets played by a band of royal musicians.

Celestia smiled as she looked out at the crowed below her, smiling and waving to them with a warm expression, soon the crowd quieted down to allow the Princess to speak, Celestia's unicorn horn then began to glow a light golden colour as she began to speak.

"Ponies of Canterlot!" she began, her voice was amplified thanks to a spell she had used moments before "I welcome each and every one of you to the ceremony of the sun!" the crowd cheered and clapped their hooves in response to her words, Celestia waited for the crowd to quiet down again before continuing "I am honoured to be here today as your Princess, but more importantly, I am honoured to be here today to serve as your protector of peace, justice and harmony throughout our great land of Equestria and beyond!" the crowd cheered and clapped louder as Celestia looked to the sky and spread her wings, her horn began to shine with a dazzling light and all eyes turned to the horizon, where after a few moment shone the first rays of sunlight as the sun itself rose up, shining down on Canterlot much to the applause of the crowd who watched in wonder "Have a nice and wonderful day!" the Princess concluded before waving to the pony's and walking back inside off the balcony as the trumpets sounded in response to her departure, as she made her way to the palace throne room, Celestia watched the town from the windows she passed "That reminds me" she said to herself " I must send Twilight a letter about her studies".

Meanwhile in the massive spanning Everfree forest below the mountain where Canterlot was situated, one could clearly hear the sounds of a pony lost and confused stumbling around in the dark.

"Where am I?" Soul asked himself as he tripped over yet another tree root; he had been trying to find the path thru the Everfree for almost 2 hours and it didn't look like he was making any progress, Soul was quite an ordinary looking pony at first glance, he had a dark grey coloured coat with a black mane which hung over one side of his face slightly and a matching black tail and his cutie mark was in the shape of a blue symbol that resembled a capital letter "A" with a matching blue star just underneath it "Is it morning yet?" he asked himself as he ducked under a low hanging branch "I know there's a village around here somewhere" Soul pulled out a map from his backpack as he walked and stood up on his back legs to read it as he walked, however this was a bad idea, a moment later Soul lost his footing on a slope and began to fall all the way to the bottom where he landed with a crash, he groaned in annoyance as the map landed on his face before getting up and shaking off his dizziness.

"Hey…" said a quiet whispering voice in the distance which was so quiet Soul barely heard it, however he quickly looked around in confusion.

"Uh…hello?" he replied not sure where the voice was coming from.

"Hey…" the voice repeated, only slightly louder, Soul frowned as he tried to pinpoint where the voice was coming from.

"Is somepony there?" he asked, trying to look thru the darkness of the forest.

"HEY!" the voice shouted into his ear from right next to him, this caused Soul to jump in fright grabbing onto a tree branch above him.

"What the?!" he exclaimed as he looked down expecting a dark creature of the Everfree, instead he saw a very nervous looking pony looking up at him, she had a fair coloured coat with a pink mane and tail with a symbol made up of three butterflies as a cutie mark.

"Hey…" she said very quietly again "Um...I'm sorry if I scared you Mr" she continued with a very nervous and barely audible tone, Soul carefully let go of the branch with his back legs and dropped down to the ground which made the nervous mare back away slightly.

"That's ok" Soul replied with a smile "you just startled me a little, my names Soul, what's yours?" he asked.

"Um…my name is…" the mare began, however her voice got steadily softer as she spoke until she wasn't saying anything, Soul raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"I'm sorry what was that?" he asked.

"I-I said my name is…Fluttershy" the mare repeated, with only a minor rise in her tone, Soul however caught the last bit this time and smiled to her again.

"Nice to meet you Fluttershy" he said, Fluttershy made a small smile.

"I-it's nice to meet you too" she said after a while "I saw you fall down that slope, you're not hurt are you?" she asked, Soul shook his head.

"No I'm fine, I'm tougher then I look" he said with a smirk, Fluttershy smiled a little more and nodded in response.

"You also seem lost, would you…like some help finding the village?" she asked, Soul blinked a little then nodded happily.

"Yes I would, thank you" he said, Fluttershy smiled and nodded.

"Then please, follow me" with that Fluttershy turned and began making her way thru the forest undergrowth with Soul following at her side, they walked for 10 minutes thru seemingly endless forest but Fluttershy seemed to know where she was going regardless, after a while she glanced at Soul.

"Are you new to this place?" she asked, Soul nodded.

"I've been travelling for a while" he replied " I left my godmothers farm a few weeks ago because I wanted to find somewhere to settle down in elsewhere, so far no such luck" Fluttershy nodded a little.

"Ponyville is close by, I think you'll like it, it's a small but nice place" she said, Soul nodded with a smile, Fluttershy then wore a confused expression as she looked at him " you say you lived with your godmother, what about your mom and dad?" Soul looked back at her with an equally confused expression.

"I'm not sure" he said "I've been living with my godmother ever since I was a kid, she told me my mother had left me in her care but I can't remember her nor my dad at all" Fluttershy now looked on the edge of tears.

"That's so sad" she said, Soul smiled to her not wanting her to get upset.

"It's ok" he responded quickly "I'm sure my parents had a reason for leaving me with my godmother and she's been a great mom, though I do wonder sometimes if-" before Soul could finish a bright light shone in front of him, he looked forward to see a break in the tree line.

"Here we are" Fluttershy said with a smile as she ran forward a little out of the tree's looking back at him "Come on Soul" Soul smiled and ran after her happy to be finally out of the forest, soon he and Fluttershy came to the entrance of the village of Ponyville, as Fluttershy had described it was a small yet nice looking village with ponies of every breed calling it home.

Soul smiled as he walked with Fluttershy down the main street of the town, passing homes, shops and other ponies that smiled and said hello every so often.

"This place is great" Soul said happily as he walked, Fluttershy smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Ponyville is a place for all pony's great and small" she replied "come on there's somepony I want you to meet" Soul eagerly followed Fluttershy as she lead him thru the main square of the town and down another street, as they walked, Soul couldn't help but look around like a kid in a candy shop, however he suddenly bumped into someone which made him snap back to attention.

"Oh I'm sorry" he said quickly looking to the pony he had bumped into, she was a pink coloured pony with a matching puffy mane and tail that to soul resembled cotton candy, the pony's cutie mark seemed to be made up of Balloons, wanting to be friendly Soul smiled to her "My names Soul, I'm kind of new in town, it's nice to meet-" before Soul to finish the pink pony sprung into the air and gasped loudly before taking off at a run down the street, leaving a very confused Soul in the dust " what was that?" he asked himself.

"Come on Soul" said Fluttershy from ahead of him which made him snap back to reality and he quickly caught up with her, still confused as to who he had just met.

Soon Soul and Fluttershy came up to a large tree which stood a little away from the main town area, Soul saw it had been made into a large home.

"Who lives here?" he asked looking to Fluttershy, she smiled and walked up to the door and knocked three times with a hoof.

"You'll see" she replied as Soul walked up next to her, a moment later the door opened and Soul saw a small purple creature that looked like a dragon standing in the doorway.

"Oh hello Fluttershy" the dragon said with a smile, he then looked to Soul and wore a slightly confused expression "and hey there…uh" he put a claw to his mouth in confusion.

"Oh right, silly me, I'm sorry Spike" Fluttershy said making a nervous laugh "This is Soul, I met him in the Everfree forest, he might be coming to stay in Ponyville" Spike looked to Fluttershy then to Soul then smiled.

"Oh, well welcome" he said "the names Spike" he offered Soul a hand, Soul smiled back and offered his hoof which Spike shook.

"Nice to meet you Spike" Soul said with a nod "Um…sorry if I sound rude but, are you a dragon?" he asked, Spike smirked and folded his arms acting cool.

"That's right!" he said loudly "I'm a pure 100% real dragon, pretty cool huh?"

"Spike who are you talking too?" came another voice, Spike looked back into the home then stepped aside as a pony walked up next to him, Soul saw that she was a unicorn pony with a purple coat, a matching purple mane with a stripe of pink in it and a purple coloured tail with a cutie mark made up of purple and pink stars.

"Hello Twilight" Fluttershy said happily.

"Fluttershy!" Twilight replied before the two embraced in a friendly hug "I didn't expect to see you today"

"Yes, so sorry for showing up uninvited Twilight" Fluttershy said smiling to her friend, she then looked to Soul "I wanted you to meet a new friend I met in the Everfree forest" Soul smiled to Twilight who looked at him slightly puzzled.

"Hi" Soul said waving a hoof a little "My names Soul, nice to meet you" Twilight tilted her head a little and walked up to Soul which made him step back a little.

"You're not from Ponyville are you?" She asked as she stepped around Soul as if examining him, Soul watched her a little nervous before nodding.

"Um, that's right, I travelled here from my home in the Macintosh Hills where I lived with my Godmother…is something wrong?" he asked, Twilight was now standing in front of him again and looked at him with a curious expression.

"I dunno, something about you seems odd…" she frowned slightly which made Soul look uneasy, however Twilight suddenly smiled happily "I'm just being silly!" she then exclaimed "welcome to Ponyville" Soul sighed a little in relief and smiled back " Would you two like to come in?" Twilight continued "I'm in the middle of reorganising but I can spare a few minutes" Twilight then turned and walked back inside her home with Spike, followed shortly after by Fluttershy and Soul, the inside of the home was literally covering from floor to ceiling with bookshelves filled with books, whatever didn't fit on the shelves was piled high in the corners.

"Wow!" Soul exclaimed as he looked around, Twilight smiled turning to them when they got to the centre of the room.

"Sorry the place looks a mess" she said, Soul however was already over at a book shelf looking at the book titles, which he saw where all mostly magic related and smiled as he took out a book and opened it, Twilight noticed this and smiled also "Are you into magic?" she asked, Soul looked to her and shut the book.

"Well kind of" he said as he put the book back and walked back to the others "All the unicorns I've met have been so cool with how they use their magic, too bad I was born an earth pony" Twilight nodded in understanding.

"Maybe I can lend you a few once you settle in, even if you can't use magic I'm sure you'd still enjoy reading about it" Twilight said, Soul nodded eagerly.

"Um…Twilight, Soul" Fluttershy said making the two look at her, Spike was now carrying books around the home putting them away while the others spoke "I just remembered…I need to…um…well…I need to head home and feed Angel and the others" Fluttershy continued looking a little sad again.

"Well that's ok" Twilight replied "I can show Soul around a bit more" Twilight smiled to Soul who nodded then looked to Fluttershy.

"Thanks again for helping me out of the forest Fluttershy" he said " I hope I see you again" Fluttershy nodded with a small smile and walked to the door before waving to Soul and Twilight as she ran off, Soul and Twilight waved back as they watched her go.

"Well" Twilight began which made Soul look at her "If you're gunna be staying in Ponyville I guess I should introduce you to the others" Soul looked a little curious.

"Others?" he asked, Twilight smiled to him before looking up at the next level where Spike was busy putting books away.

"Spike watch the home while I'm out ok?" she said, Spike nodded as he worked.

"Yeah yeah I got it" he said, Twilight smiled back to Soul then walked out of the home with him.

Twilight smiled as she walked alongside Soul on their way thru Ponyville, Soul was smiling also, happy to have made new friends in a new place so quickly, he glanced at Twilight as they walked, still curious as to why she had been so puzzled with him a moment before but his curiosity soon left him as Twilight came to a stop in front of a very ornate and dazzling looking home, Twilight then smiled to Soul before walking to the door.

"Let's hope Rarity isn't too busy" she said as she knocked, the door opened a moment later and a beautiful white coated pony with a swirling purple mane and tail with a cutie mark in the form of diamonds appeared in the doorway, she was wearing a pair of red lined glasses and looked a little annoyed, however when she saw Twilight she smiled happily.

"Twilight darling!" she said with a very posh sounding accent before hugging her.

"It's good to see you too Rarity: Twilight replied hugging back.

"What do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Rarity asked, Twilight was about to speak however Rarity's gaze fell on Soul and in a second she gasped as if in horror making Soul jump a little.

"Oh my!" she shouted, before Twilight or Soul could say a word, Rarity grabbed Soul and quickly pulled him into the home.

"HEY!" was all that Soul could say before Rarity had him up on a podium and was moving around him with a measuring tape.

"Darling you simply cannot walk around looking like that!" she said in an almost scolding tone as she quickly ran over to her sewing machine and began working at it, Soul watched with utter confusion as Twilight walked up to him rolling her eyes.

"Sorry about that" she said "I forgot to mention that Rarity has a serious eye for fashion"

"Oh" was Souls only reply, still stunned over what had happened, soon Rarity smiled walking back over to the two and threw what appeared to be a black coat onto Souls back.

"Perfect!" she said using her magic to make a mirror appear in front of Soul, who looked at his reflection still confused, he then noticed the coat.

"Um, thank you" he said smiling a little, Rarity smiled back.

"Now that we've got that horrible business out of the way, who might you, be?" she asked draping her measuring tape around her neck.

"My names Soul, I'm new in town, nice to meet you" Soul answered as he looked back at her having finished examining his new coat "I don't know what I did to deserve this new coat but thanks a lot" he continued, Rarity smirked a little.

"Well I can't have a friend of mine walking around town looking like a riff raff now can I darling" she said with an over the top posh laugh, Soul just smiled and laughed back not knowing what to say, Twilight was silently giggling to herself in response to the two.

After saying goodbye to Rarity, Twilight and Soul continued their walk around Ponyville with Twilight leading the way, Soul was still admiring the coat Rarity had given him.

"It was pretty nice of her to make me this" he said looking up to Twilight "Though I'm still confused as to why" Twilight smirked a little looking to him.

"Rarity hates anything she finds unfashionable" she replied "she did the same thing when I first met her" Soul laughed a little and nodded.

"LOOK OUT!" before either Soul or Twilight could react, something hard and fast smashed headlong into them knocking all of them into the ground with a crash, ending up in a pile of pony's with Soul on the bottom who now looked dazed.

"Did anyone get the number of that train that hit me?" he said, his head still spinning, Twilight shook off her dizziness as she got up, the third pony whom had crashed into them got up as well.

"Oh dang!" she said as she offered Soul a hoof to help him up "sorry about that, I misjudged the wind direction" once Soul had his vision back to normal he saw the pony was a blue pegasus with a rainbow coloured mane and tail and had a matching rainbow lightning bolt and a cloud for a cutie mark "hey" the pegasus continued "I don't think I know you"

"Dash this is Soul" Twilight said with a groan as she fixed her mane, Dash looked to Twilight then back to Soul again who nodded a little, Dash then smirked.

"Well nice to meet ya!" she said "names Rainbow Dash I'm sure you've heard of me wherever you're from"

"Um….I'm sorry no" Soul replied shaking his head "there aren't many pegasi where I came from" Dash frowned at this which made Soul quickly correct himself "But I'm sure your every bit as cool as you say you are!" he quickly added with a small nervous laugh, Dash seemed convinced and nodded.

"You bet I am!" she said walking to Soul putting an arm around him "I'll have to show you some of my sweet moves sometime, but for now I gotta go, I've got a little more work to do before the day is up, see you both later!" with that Dash flew away at a blinding speed and was gone before Soul to realise what was going on, leaving him looking like he was dazed again, eventually he looked to Twilight.

"What just happened?" he asked, Twilight however just laughed and pointed down the road.

"Come on, there's still a couple of people you need to meet" she said as she began walking, Soul soon got over his confusion and smiled as he followed her.

Soon the pair reached the outskirts of Ponyville; Soul soon began to notice a lot of crop fields and farming equipment behind white fences as they made their way down a dirt road.

"So who's this next pony I'm meeting?" Soul asked, Twilight smiled and kept walking.

"You'll see, it's just up ahead" she replied, Soul nodded and kept following her as they walked over a small hill in the road, on the other side Soul saw a large farm house area that made his jaw drop a little, the main farmhouse and barn was surrounded by a number of apple trees, next to the main area was row upon rows of apple tree acres that spanned for as far as Soul could see "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres" Twilight said as they walked thru the main farm gate.

"I haven't seen a farm like this in ages!" Soul said looking around.

"Well howdy there!" Soul and Twilight looked around to see an earth pony walking up to them, she was light orange in colour with a yellow mane and tail and had three apples as a cutie mark, she wore a brown cowboy hat and was carrying two baskets full of apples on her back which she put down as she walked over to them "Shucks Twilight if I had known you were a comin I'd of prepared a little lunch" Twilight smiled before looking to Soul.

"Soul this is Applejack, a good friend who along with her two siblings own Sweet Apple Acres" Soul smiled and nodded looking to Applejack.

"Nice to meet you" he said happily "I love your farm, it reminds me of where I grew up" Applejack smiled and tipped her hat a little.

"Well that's mighty kind of you to say so" she replied "Guess that means you're not from around these parts" Soul nodded slightly.

"I come from quite far away, I travelled here to find a new place to live, and I think I found just the place" he said " Which reminds me" he continued "I'm gunna need a job here, you know I pretty good at farm work, any chance you have an opening?" he asked, Applejack now looked at Soul with a hard expression narrowing her eyes slightly as if trying to read his mind, Soul looked a little nervous but kept her gaze thinking it to be some kind of test.

"Well I dunno" she finally said "I did just meet ya'll" Soul looked a little disappointed at this, however Applejack smiled "But who am I to judge!" she continued which made Soul look back up to her with a smile "Tell ya what Soul, why don't you come by the farm bright and early tomorrow and we'll see what your made off, you impress me and I may just give you a position here!"

"I'll do that" Soul replied happily nodding "Thank you Applejack" Applejack nodded in response.

"But right now let me introduce the others!" she said, she then turned on the spot and gave a shrill whistle, almost instantly two other pony's came up beside Applejack, one was a cute young filly with a bowtie in her mane, the other was a larger older pony with a red coat and a semi blank expression "This here's my younger sister Applebloom" Applejack began, Applebloom smiled to Soul who smiled and waved back " and over here is my older brother Big Macintosh, though we all just call him Big Mac for short"

"Eyup" said Big Mac.

"This here is Soul" Applejack continued "He's new in town, so none of your pranks little lady" she said frowning to Applebloom a little who whistled casually looking the other way "Big brother, Soul here says he grew up on a Farm of his own, what do you think about him coming to work with us?" Applejack asked, Big Mac looked to her then looked to Soul and was silent for a few moments.

"Could be handy" he replied finally, Soul smiled and Applejack nodded.

"Well that settles it, we'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning" she said nodding to Soul, Soul nodded back and opened his mouth to reply, but was suddenly hit with a water balloon which exploded, drenching him completely and leaving him with a shocked expression "APPLEBLOOM!" shouted Applejack as she took off chasing after her sister who was laughing hysterically.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Soul!" Applebloom shouted back at him as she made her escape into the apple orchards with her sister close behind, Big Mac simply watched the two for a moment before walking back to the farm house, leaving Soul soaked to the bone and Twilight trying desperately not to laugh.

After drying off, Soul and Twilight made their way back into Ponyville, Soul was looking less cheerful thanks to Appleblooms prank, his mane now hanging over his face.

"Cheer up" Twilight said to him as they walked back into the main square of the village "Applebloom was only playing around, besides I'm sure she got more than a talking to from Applejack as a result" Soul shook out his mane a little trying to dry it and nodded to Twilight.

"I know" he replied "At least I'll have a chance to get her back tomorrow" Twilight nodded at this.

"Now there's only one person left I want you to meet" Twilight started as they stopped in the village centre and began looking around "but where could she-"

"SURPRISE!" suddenly Twilight and Soul where showered with confetti and streamers from a cannon someone had set off, making Soul jump a foot, Twilight merely shook her head smiling, after Soul had recovered from his heart attack he noticed someone had put a party hat on his head, he also saw that there was now a group of pony's standing around him and Twilight all smiling at him, however the one directly in front of him seemed to be smiling the most.

"Uh" he began.

"Are you surprised?! I bet you were surprised! Even I was Surprised! It's so surprising and so exciting!" the pony began talking very fast and excitedly.

"Uh" Soul said again.

"Hi there!" the pony said gripping Souls hoof and shaking it rapidly "My names Pinkie Pie! What's yours?!" Pinkie then let go of Soul and stood waiting for his answer with a smile on her face, Soul shook his head a little and looks back at Pinkie and noticed she was the pink pony he had met earlier.

"Uh, my names Soul-" Soul said, however he was cut off by another cannon of confetti going off in his face.

"Soul!" shouted Pinkie, the crowd of pony's clapped and cheered "Welcome to Ponyville! Oh I just know we'll be the best of friends in no time!" Everything was a blur for Soul after that, someone had put music on and soon every pony in the area was dancing, talking and eating from a buffet table that someone had wheeled in while no one was looking, Soul stood in the centre of it all a little taken back by the instant party what was going on until Twilight nudged him which snapped him out of his trance.

"A little unexpected huh?" she said smiling as she took a sip from a drink she had gotten before handing Soul another, Soul took the drink and took a sip as well.

"A little unexpected yeah" he said looking around, Pinkie was jumping around now wearing a party hat as well blowing on party streamer "But why throw a party for me?" Soul asked Twilight.

"It's just how Pinkie welcomes someone to the village" Twilight replied " Don't worry she isn't always this excitable…most of the time" Soul nervously laughed at this and continued to look around at all the partying going on around them, for the next few hours Soul participated in the party's activities, ranging from "Pin the tail on the Pony" to "Blind Pony's Bluff", eventually the party began to wind down and pony's began leaving for home, all of them however said goodbye to Soul and a last "Welcome" before leaving with Pinkie thanking them one by one, Finally it was only Twilight, Soul and Pinkie in the area, Soul and Twilight both looked worn out but Pinkie was looking as cheerful and bouncy as ever.

"Did you enjoy your party?" Pinkie asked bouncing over to them "Oh I bet you did! Of course you did! How could any pony not enjoy it?!" Soul smiled waiting for Pinkie to finish before answering.

"I was great Pinkie" he said " I appreciate the effort you went to put this on for me, so thank you" Soul smiled happily and gave pinkie a small hug, however Pinkie instantly wrapped her front hooves around Soul and pulled him into an even bigger hug that began to chock him.

"I knew you'd love it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!" she began hugging Soul tighter who began gasping for air "As soon as I saw you I was like" she made a loud gasping noise similar to the one she made when she first saw Soul " and then you were all like huh?" Soul was beginning to turn blue in the face, luckily Pinkie let him go and Soul stood panting loudly for air.

"Thank you Pinkie!" he said quickly to stop her continuing for a moment "it was very nice of you" he continued forcing a smile still panting heavily, Pinkie didn't to mind however and smiled back.

"My pleasure!" she said "But unfortunately I gotta get back to the bakery and help Mr. and Mrs. Cake close up shop, but don't worry! I'll see you sooooon!" with a final wave, Pinkie bounced off happily humming to herself, leaving a still panting Soul and Twilight in the now mess covered village centre, pony's soon arrived to clean up the mess but by that time Soul and Twilight where long gone as well.

"Well that's everypony" Twilight said to Soul as they strode back down the road towards her home " I hope you enjoyed your first day in Ponyville, I understand Pinkie is going to let you use the spare room above the bakery until you get a place for your own" Soul nodded.

"Yeah, she's been very kind, though I hope she doesn't throw me a party every time I walk into the room" he replied jokingly, Twilight laughed a little and nodded.

"Yeah that wouldn't be the best"

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!" Twilight and Soul stopped in their tracks at the voice and looked ahead of them to see a pony standing in their way, Soul looked at the pony in confusion, Twilight however glared, standing in front of them was a unicorn pony who was blue in colour and was dressed in a witch's hat and cloak, she wore a smug smirk as she walked up to them, Twilight stepped back a little but Soul stood his ground not knowing who it was, the pony walked up to Soul and frowned a little at him "get out of my way you fool!" she demanded.

"Soul!" Twilight shouted, Soul looked back at Twilight confused then looked back to the pony in time to see her horn glow, Soul was then hit by a hard blast of magic and sent flying back into the ground behind twilight with a loud thud, the pain from the spell and from hitting the ground made him wince and cry out, Twilight ran to him looking worried but then glared at the pony.

"How could you Trixie!?" she shouted, Trixie laughed as Soul frowned getting to his feet and looked at her.

"Oh what's wrong?" she asked with a smirk on her face again "did I hurt you little friend?"

"Who is that?" Soul asked limping slightly; Twilight gave him a worried look seeing this but frowned back at the blue unicorn in front of them.

"That's Trixie" she began "Or the Great and Powerful Trixie if you take her word for it, she's a mean and nasty Unicorn who wants nothing more than to see others miserable" Soul frowned more at this, Trixie however didn't seem to notice or care and laughed again.

"That's not true" she said as her horn began to glow again "I just want to see you miserable!" Trixie then lowered her head aiming her horn at them before firing a large blast of blue magic, Twilight gasped and summoned up a magical shield and blocked the attack which deflected off into the air.

"Trixie stop it!" she shouted, Trixie however continued to fire off spells at Twilight, forcing her to jump back to avoid them and use her own magic to block with shields, while this was going on, Soul was watching from the sidelines with his teeth barred feeling helpless, he stood and watched as Trixie continued to barrage Twilight with spell after spell, Twilight was doing a good job blocking them, but it was clear she was getting tired.

"Leave her alone!" he shouted running at Trixie, ignoring the pain in his side, Trixie simply smirked at him, with a glow of her horn Soul was hit by an invisible blast of magic in the side of the face and was sent flying back again, hitting the ground hard, he gaged a little from the pain and winced, having hit on the same side as last time, Trixie laughed and walked over to him, standing over Soul a little as he shakily got to his feet.

"You think you can stop the great and powerful Trixie like that?" she mockingly asked laughing "what a joke! Your nothing compared to me!"

"That's enough" Soul said bravely frowning Trixie down, Trixie simply smirked again and hit Soul with an even harder blast of magic, this time knocking him into a wall of a home, Twilight gasped in worried then glared at Trixie again before firing her own spell towards her, Trixie deflected it with a shield and two began fighting again.

As Soul slowly got to his feet a second time, he frowned at the ground his teeth clenched, half from pain, half from anger "That's enough!" he said again looking up at the fight, Trixie was pushing Twilight back into a corner, laughing victoriously as she pressed on harder with her menacing barrage of magic, Twilight was beginning in falter do the constant hammering she was taking.

Finally, with one large blast of magic, Twilights magical shield shattered like glass, making her recoil as a result, Trixie grinned smugly as Twilight fell to her knee's panting, exhausted.

"So much for the amazing Twilight and her magical skill!" she exclaimed with a laugh as she began to charge another spell into her horn, Twilight frowned at her getting to her feet, not about to let Trixie have the satisfaction, Trixie laughed at this as she aimed her horn at Twilight intending for a point black attack.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" yelled Soul so loudly and suddenly, it made Trixie jump a little and whirl around to look at him, Soul was on his feet snorting angrily, his shoulders hunched and panting thru barred teeth, Trixie rolled her eyes.

"Why don't you be a good little pony and" Trixie was cut off by what she saw, Soul's eyes had begun to glow a light blue colour, soon his entire body was glowing with a faint blue aura which kept growing and growing until it was like a roaring fire all around him, Trixie watched with a confused frown, Twilight looked with a wide eyed expression just as confused, Soul then tensed and squeezed his eyes shut tight, suddenly the glowing aura around him exploded outwards in a giant eruption of energy, Trixie yelled out in shock as the explosion engulfed her and Twilight, the massive dome of energy then exploded further, sending a massive pillar of smoke up into the air and shaking the ground, the entire village felt the resulting shockwave, causing many pony's to run in panic, Fluttershy, Rarity, Dash, Applejack and Pinkie all heard and felt the explosion before seeing the massive pillar of smoke rising into the sky.

"That's coming from Twilights place!" Dash said with a frown before flying like a bullet towards it, the others all came to same conclusion and ran in the same direction.

When they reached the area, they found that the entire place had been blown up by the explosion leaving a large crater, thankfully, Twilights home had escaped any real damage and Spike was standing at the door looking as confused as everyone else.

"What happened here?" Fluttershy asked looking very shaky and fearful, the group all walked to the edge of the crater and looked into it, they saw Soul standing in the centre panting hard and covered in dust and black ash from the explosion, he was still slightly glowing with the blue aura and glaring up at the other side of the crater where Trixie now stood, however she was now looking worse for wear, she too was covered in dust from the blast and her hat and cloak where ripped and burnt as a result, Twilight was standing next to Soul and looked the least hurt out of the three, however she was now looking at Soul with shock and confusion above all else.

"What the hay did you just do!?" Trixie yelled down at Soul who didn't answer and continued to just glare at her.

"Twilight! Soul!" Twilight looked to see the others running down to them, Trixie saw this all and barred her teeth slightly and made an annoyed growl

"Darn it, you haven't seen the last of me! You hear me! I don't know how you did that new guy! But I'll get you back for this!" Trixie then disappearing in a flash of magic, Soul then looked to Twilight and winced a little looking only half conscious.

"Twilight" was all he managed to utter before falling on his side out cold, to the great shock of the others who all crowded around him

"Is he ok?" Rarity asked.

"What the hay happened here?" Applejack demanded frowning a little at Twilight, Twilight was still at a loss for words as she looked down at Soul worried.

"I…I believe Soul used magic to save me" she finally said, the others all looked at each other and to her with confused looks.

"But that's impossible" Dash stated "Soul is an earth pony he can't use magic!" seemingly at Dash's words, Souls cutie mark began to glow the same blue colour as his aura did moments ago, drawing everyone's attention to it, finally Applejack broke the silence.

"We need to get poor Soul to the hospital pronto!" she announced gently picking Soul up and throwing him over her back, the others all nodded in agreement and ran with Applejack back into the main town, Twilight however stayed behind watching them go, Spike ran over to her looking as confused as everyone else.

"Twilight what's going on? Are you ok? What happened?" he asked firing off questions, Twilight didn't answer for a moment then looked up at the sky.

"Spike…parchment and quill…I must send a letter to Princess Celestia about this.