At length Fuchsia, an earth pony traveller, came to a lake. Exhausted by the long trot she enjoyed a horsish roll in the water to cool herself down and wash the dust out of her short fur. Once she was cool she began to take in her surroundings and saw that the lake was ringed by rounded river stones caked in a film of sediment.

As Fuchsia gazed at the water she was shocked to see movement far out into the mirrored length of the lake surface. Like an enthusiastic pony she immediately splashed into the shallows to take a closer look... but as the ripples quieted she saw nothing more. Disappointed she returned to the pebbled shore, only to realise that as soon as she had retreated the shape returned...

Fuchsia decided to stay out of the water and observe. Her large eyes were rewarded with lithe shapes swooping out the water, looking almost like ponies with 2 finned appendages and a long tail. Fuchsia's own tail wagged sympathetically as the balletic beings completed their dance and the large Equestrian sun slowly settled. It was with a start that Fuchsia realised it was already evening and she decided to sleep then and there beside the shore, swooping through the shallows in her dreams.

The Great God Bird

You walk into sweet a family scene. Queen Galaxia and Woona (a 6 year old Luna ) are nestled together on a chaise lounge, illuminated by lamp-light. Celestia is sitting dutifully on her haunches, looking at her mother intensely.

"They called my mother Sunburst a God because the ponies lived among the ruins of the Gods back then. The ancient ones had built large buildings to Her glory in the ruined lands, full of stern faces and beautiful stained glass." She smiles as you walk in, and gestures for you to sit beside Tia. "When your grandmother flew down to Earth, her magic ignited into a spectacular auroa, and they all bowed to her and called her the Great God Bird. They begged her to rescue them, and She did with the help of your grandfather Eclipse, although it cost them both their lives." the two young fillies gasp in shock and sadness."Anyway, when the scattered pony tribes arrived in Equestria they remembered the name, and it stuck."

"What about Eclipse!?" Woona cried indignantly. "Can't he be called a God Bird too?" she pouts.

Galaxia chuckles at the pouting filly. "All ponies love them both, but love for him is a quiet love they express by looking beyond the stars to his beautiful black coat." She sighs in the bittersweet knowledge that they would soon rejoin their Celestial Parents, knowing their immortality had faded after she had birthed her two beautiful daughters.