A brown book with a golden pony on the front was lying on the ground and mysteriously opened by itself, the narrator beginning to read.
Narrator: Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest (Aqua) used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger (Elise) brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Larxene. [lightning crack]
Narrator: She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon...
"...and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since." A certain black unicorn with brown eyes, dark brown hair, a necklace with a gold bead, three bracelets on her front left foot (black white, black), and a white sparkle for a cutie mark had just finished reading the same book. She said, “Hmm... Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard of those before... but where?”
As she was thinking about, she put the book back in her bag and began to walk to the library. Until three ponies stopped in her tracks. The white pony with teal hair said, “There you are, Kiana! Peach is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard. You wanna come?” Kiana looked back at her book bag and said, “Oh, sorry, girls... I've got a lot of studying to catch up on.” She looked back and nervously smiled. She galloped past them, the white pony sighing and saying, “Does that pony do anything except study? I think she's more interested in books than friends.” “I know I've heard of the Elements of Harmony.”, Kiana said to herself while still galloping to the library.
Inside the library…
A blonde dragon with blue eyes and a smile on his face was holding a present and was about to exit the library until Kiana slammed the door open, thus hitting the dragon. “Ow!” The dragon yelled. when the door slammed into his face. Kiana called out, “Ven! V-en!” She looked down to see the dragon was on the ground. “Ven?” Ventus groaned, the present now stuck in his tail. Kiana said, “There you are. Quick, find me that old copy of Predictions and Prophecies. What's that for?” She asked him, wondering what the present was for. Ven looked at his tail to see that the present got stuck when he fell. He pulled it out of his tail and said, “Well, it was a gift for Peach, but...” A teddy bear (now with a hole in its body) came out of the box and squeaked. “Oh Ven, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing.” Kiana said, moving some books out of the way in search for Predictions and Prophecies. “But we're on a break!” Ven said. Kiana used her magic to grab some books from the shelves but said, “No, no, no... no, no, no!” She grunted, still holding the books and said, “Ven!” Ven, who was on a ladder looking for the book as well, finally found it and said, “It's over here!” Kiana grabbed the book with her magic while Ven was still holding onto it. He fell with a whack. Kiana looked at the title and said, “Ah!” dropping the other books. She took it from Ven’s hand and went up to the stand to look for the Elements. Ven got up and saw the books that Kiana dropped. He sighed and began to pick them up. Kiana was going through the pages saying, “Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha! Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?” Ven, who was on a ladder putting the books back into their places said, “Mare in the Moon? But that's just an old ponies' tale.” Kiana went through the pages again, this time looking for Mare in the Moon. She said, “Mare, mare... aha! The Mare in the Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal!” She gasped and said, “Ven! Do you know what this means?” She said, while Ven was trying to put the books back. He said, “No-- whoa!” He fell off the ladder and landed on Kiana’s back. He gave an “Ow!” when he landed. Kiana, who had a pen and paper, said, “Take a note please, to the Princess.” She straightened her tail, letting Ven jump off. Ven grabbed the pen and paper, saying, “Okie dokie.” He began to write when Kiana said, “My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!” But Ven didn’t know how to spell it, so he said, “Hold on. Preci... preci...” He looked at Kiana with a confused look. She then said, “Threshold.” But Ven didn’t know how to spell that word either, so he said, “Threh...” he looked at her again with a confused look. Kiana said with a nervous tone, “Uh, brink?” Ven soon gave a really confused look. She sighed and, “Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen!” She said. Ven continued to write while Kiana said, “For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Vanessa, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Kiana.” Ven wrote Kiana’s name and said, “Got it!” Kiana smiled and said, “Great! Send it.” Ven said, “Now?” Kiana said, “Of course!” Ven had a worried look on his and said, “Uh, I dunno, Kiana, Princess Aqua's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow.” Kiana looked up at the sun and said, “That's just it, Ven. The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!” Ven didn’t know how to spell that word, either. So he said, “Impera... impera...” and was about to give her another confused look, until she sighed and yelled, “Important!” Her yelling made Ven crash into a shelf. He gave a “Whoa!” when he crashed. Ven got up and said, “Okay, okay!” He inhaled and used his green fire to send the message. He said, “There, it's on its way. But I wouldn't hold your breath...” Kiana rolled her eyes and said, “Oh, I'm not worried, Ven. The Princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor she's never once doubted me.” Ven felt something and belched out a reply from The Princess. Kiana smiled and said, “See? I knew she would want to take immediate action.” Ven cleared his throat and said, “My dearest, most faithful student Kiana. You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely.” Kiana smiled and said, “Mm-hm!” ...but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books! Kiana gasped.
In the air…
Kiana and Ven were riding a golden chariot pulled by white Pegasus horses clad in gold armor. Ven was reading another letter sent by The Princess to Kiana. Kiana was still upset over what the Princess said in her first letter. He read, “My dear Kiana, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends! Ven said with enthusiasm and looked at Kiana with a smile on his face. Kiana just rolled her eyes and sighed. “Look on the bright side, Kiana. The Princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?” Ven said, trying to lift her spirits up. Kiana smiled and said, “Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Larxene's return.” “Then... when will you make friends, like the Princess said?”, Ven said, getting his hopes up. But his hopes went downhill when Kiana said, “She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.” As soon as the chariot landed on the ground, the royal guards whinnied. “Thank you, sirs.” Kiana said. They nodded and huffed. A yellow pony with green eyes, a small brown belt on her front left foot, and brown hair styled into one large curl on the back of her head and two more on both sides, was trotting towards Kiana and Ven. Ven saw her and said, “Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about.” The pony stopped in her tracks to see Kiana and Ven. Ven looked at Kiana and said, “Come on, Kiana, just try!” Kiana looked at the pony with a nervous look and said in a nervous tone, “Um... hello?” The pony jumped into the air and gave a prolonged gasp. She went over Kiana and Ven. Kiana and Ven ducked and got up, looking at the pony with strange looks. Kiana said, “Well, that was interesting all right.” And walked away. Ven sighed.
At Sweet Apple Acres…
Ven was going over the list of preparations. He said, “Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist. Number one, banquet preparations: Sweet Apple Acres.” They saw the entrance to Sweet Apple Acres and went in. When they got in, they heard a “Yeehaw!” coming from somewhere. They saw an orange pony with brown hair that stuck out on the sides and two strands of hair on both sides of her head draped over her shoulders and bright green eyes. She also had on a sky blue beaded bracelet on her front right foot and a necklace with a sky blue bead. She had on her head a light brown hat. The pony was charging at the tree, but quickly turned around and use her back feet to kick the apples out of the tree. The apples fell into the buckets. The pony did a pose. Kiana sighed and said, “Let's get this over with...” She and Ven walked toward and Kiana said, “Good afternoon. My name is Kiana.” She felt a hoof grab her hoof. The ornage pony said, “Well, howdy-doo, Miss Kiana, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Olette. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends!” “Friends? Actually, I—“ Kiana said, shakily. Olette said, “So, what can I do you for?” She let go of Kiana’s hoof, but Kiana’s leg kept moving up and down. Ven stopped her leg and snickered. Kiana glared at him. She cleared her throat and said, “Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?” “We sure as sugar are! Would you care to sample some?” Olette said. Kiana said, “As long as it doesn't take too long...” Olette grabbed the ringing stick and rung the triangle. She shouted, “Soup's on, everypony!” Kiana and Ven looked to see several colored ponies coming their way. They were pushed to a table. When the dust cleared, Olette appeared right next Kiana and Ven and said, “Now, why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?” Kiana said, “Thanks, but I really need to hurry—“ Olette started to say the names of the ponies, “This here's Apple Fritter. Apple Bumpkin. Red Gala. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp...” She took a deep breath and said the last of them, “Terra, Vanille and Granny Aerith.” Olette said, stuffing a dark pink apple into Kiana’s mouth. Olette turned to the old sleeping pony and said, “Up'n'attem, Granny Aerith, we got guests.” The old pony was dark pink and had long silver hair that was styled into a braid down her back, a red bow to keep the braid in place, with curls on either side of her face and green eyes. She woke up with a snort and said, “Wha..? Soup's on? I'm up, here I come, ahm comin'...” She got out of her rocking chair and slowly walked to the table. Olette put her hoof on Kiana’s shoulder and said, “Why, I'd say you're already part of the family!” Kiana spit out the pink apple and nervously laughed. She soon said, “Okay, well, I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way.” “Aren't you gonna stay for brunch?” said Vanille, who had bright red hair tied in curled pigtails and green eyes, looked up at Kiana and had a sad look in her eyes. Kiana said, “Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do...” Everyone sighed disappointedly. Until Kiana changed her mind and said, “Fine.” Everyone was soon happy and cheered.
In town…
Ven said the next thing on the list, “Food's all taken care of, next is weather.” Kiana followed behind with a very full stomach. She said, “Ugh... I ate too much pie...” Ven looked up in the sky and said, “Hmm, there's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Kanixa clearing the clouds.” Kiana looked up and said, “Well, she's not doing a very good job, is she?” Until a dark purple Pegasus pony with light brown hair that fell to the right (her bangs parted to the left) and brown eyes (like Kiana’s) slammed straight into Kiana. They landed into a mud puddle. Kiana gave a “Nng.” The Pegasus got up and sheepishly laughed and said, “Uh, 'scuse me?” and sheepishly laughed some more. Kiana just gave a “Nnnn.” The Pegasus laughed and said, “Lemme help you.” The Pegasus grabbed a raincloud, put it above Kiana’s head, and jumped on it 6 times. She looked under the cloud to see Kiana drenched. Kanixa sheepishly laughed again and said, “Oops, I guess I overdid it. Um, uh, how about this?” She swirled around Kiana four times while saying, “My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry! No no. Don't thank me. You're quite welcome.” She looked at Kiana to see that her mane was poufy. Kanixa couldn’t hold in her laughter so, she just burst out laughing and fell to the ground. Ven saw Kiana too, and burst out laughing as well and fell on top of Kanixa. Kiana, ignoring their laughter, said, “Let me guess. You're Kanixa.” Kanixa got up, making Ven fall to the ground, and said, “The one and only. Why, you heard of me?” “I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear.” She sighed and continued, “I'm Kiana, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather.” Kanixa had rested on a cloud and said, “Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing.” Kiana got curious and said, “Practicing for what?” Kanixa sat on her cloud, pointed at a poster with three ponies in the front and four ponies flying in the back, and said, “The Wonderbolts! They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!” She did a somersault in the air and landed on another cloud and rested on it. Kiana said, “The Wonderbolts?” Kanixa replied, “Yep!” “The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?” Kiana said. “That’s them!” Kanixa replied again. “Pfft! Please. They'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day.” At this, Kanixa sat up and turned to look at Kiana with a not impressed face. Then she said, “Hey, I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat.” Kiana gave a “then do it” face and said, “Prove it.” Kanixa then cleared out all the clouds by kicking them with her feet. When she saw the last clouds, she said, “Loop the loop around, and wham! What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging.” A sheep bleated in the distance. Kiana and Ven had shocked looks on their faces. Kanixa chuckled and said, “You should see the look on your face. Ha! You're a laugh, Kiana. I can't wait to hang out some more.” Kanixa flew away, Kiana not looking shocked anymore. Ven then said, “Wow, she's amazing!” He touched Kiana’s poufy hair and laughed. Kiana gave a “Rrgh.” And walked away. “Wait! It's kinda pretty once you get used to it!” Ven said, catching up with her.
At the town hall…
Ven said the next thing on the list, “Decorations. Beautiful...” Kiana then said, “Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This oughta be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed.” Then Ven said, “Not the decor, her!” A purple unicorn with the same hairstyle like Kiana’s (not the poufy one Kiana has right now), only black and yellow eyes, was busy trying to choose the right decorations for the town hall. She was oblivious to their presence. She pulled out a yellow ribbon, a blue ribbon, a green ribbon, and another ribbon but said, “No, no, no, oh! Goodness no.” Ven looked at her with hearts in his eyes. Then he said, fixing himself up, “How are my spines? Are they straight?” Kiana looked at him, rolled her eyes while smiling, walked to the pony, and said, “Good afternoon—“ The purple pony almost looked behind and said, “Just a moment, please! I'm 'in the zone', as it were.” She pulled out the yellow ribbon again, then she pulled out the blue ribbon. Then she tied a red ribbon into a bow on a pole and said, “Oh, yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why, Vanity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help yo—“ She yelped and said, “Oh my stars, darling! Whatever happened to your coiffure?!” Kiana looked at her mane and said, “Oh, you mean my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, and then I'll be out of your hair!” “Out of my hair? What about your hair?!” Vanity said, walking behind Kiana and took her to fix her mane. Kiana asked, “Wait! Where are we going?! Help!” But Ven was too entranced by Vanity that he couldn’t help.
At the Boutique where Vanity works…
Vanity was trying to figure out what to put Kiana in. But she said, “No, no, uh-uh. Too green. Too yellow. Too poofy. Not poofy enough. Too frilly. Too... shiny.” Then she found a black dress with an emerald in the front and some jewels on the side. Vanity was satisfied and said, “Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from.” She pulled the ribbons on the dress really hard to make it tight. Kiana said, in a wincing tone, “I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to—“At the word Canterlot, Vanity said, “Huh?” while letting go of Kiana making both of them crash. But Vanity got up and said, “Canterlot?! Oh, I am so envious! The glamor, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I.” Vanity said, getting close to Kiana’s face, until she saw the jewel in the front of the dress and said, “Emeralds?! What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!” She ran off to get the rubies. But Kiana wasn’t taking any chances, so she galloped away saying, “Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!” Ven just sighed at Vanity.
On the way to where a certain Pegasus is…
Ven was still entranced by Vanity. He finally said, “Wasn't she wonderful?” Kiana looked at him and said, “Focus, Casanova. What's next on the list?” Ven cleared his throat and read the last thing on the list, “Oh, uh, music! It's the last one!”
In the distance…
A pink pony with the same mane as Kanixa’s and brown eyes, was doing a fanfare using birds. Until she heard one bird singing a bit off. She said, “Oh my. Um, stop please, everyone, umm. Excuse me, sir? I mean, no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off.” The bluebird nodded, promising to sing with them. The pink Pegasus then said, “Now, follow me, please. A-one, a-two, a-one two three-” Kiana said, “Hello!” The Pegasus gave out a yelp and the birds flew away. The Pegasus turned to see the unicorn below her. Kiana said, “Oh my, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful.” The Pegasus flew to the ground softly, but didn’t look directly at Kiana. Kiana smiled nervously, then said, “I'm Kiana.” The Pegasus still didn’t say anything. “What's your name?” Kiana said, inching a little bit closer to the Pegasus. The shy Pegasus, in a very quiet tone, said, “Um... I'm Aura.” Kiana couldn’t hear her, so she said, “I'm sorry, what was that?” Aura, in an even quieter tone, said, “Um... My name is Aura.” Kiana inched a little bit closer to Aura saying, “Didn't quite catch that.” Aura just inched back and squeaked. The birds finally came back. Kiana then said, “Well, um, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!” Aura just squeaked again. Kiana backed away and said, “Oookay.” Aura looked back at Kiana, only to see Ven. Kiana then said to him, “Well, that was easy.” Aura gasped and said, “A baby dragon!” making the birds go away again. She flew to him, only to move Kiana out of the way, Kiana landing with a thump. She said, “Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!” Ven turned to Kiana and said, “Well, well, well...!” Aura then said, “Oh my, he talks. I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful I, I just don't even know what to say!” But Ven was grabbed by Kiana’s magic who said, “Well, in that case we'd better be going.” She placed Ven on her back and began to walk. Then Aura followed behind and said, “Wait, wait! What's his name?” Ven said, “I'm Ventus. Call me Ven.” “Hi Ven, I'm Aura. Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?” Ven said, “Well, what do you wanna know?” Aura said, “Absolutely everything.” Kiana groaned, knowing this would be a very long talk. Ven said, “Well... I started out as a cute little purple and green egg...”
At the library where Kiana is gonna be…
Ven was just finishing explaining the story of his life saying, “…and that's the story of my whole entire life! Well, up until today. Do you wanna hear about today?” Aura, filled with excitement, said, “Oh, yes, please!” Until Kiana turned around and said, “I am so sorry, how did we get here so fast? This is where I'm staying while in Ponyville and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep.” “No I don't-- whoa!” Kiana threw him off her back and said, “Aww, wook at dat, he's so sweepy he can't even keep his widdle bawance!” She smiled nervously at Aura, Ven glaring at Kiana. Aura picked up Ven in her arms and said, “Poor thing, you simply must get into bed...” She flew into the library, until Kiana pushed her out and said, “Yes, yes, we'll get right on that. Well, g'night!” And slammed the door right in front of Aura. Kiana walked to Ven, who said, “Huh. Rude much?” Kiana looked at him and said, “Sorry, Ven, but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now, where's the light?” Someone flicks the light on and a bunch of ponies appear. Kiana and Ven gasp. Eveyone shouted, “Surprise!” One pony blew a trumpet. Another pony blew a kazoo. Kiana groaned. The same pony that they had met earlier said, “Surprise!” A party whistle blew off. The yellow pony said, “Hi, I'm Selphie, and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Huh huh huh?” Kiana said, “Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet.” But Selphie said, “Well, that's silly! What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring! Y'see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all "hello" and I was all [deep gasp], remember? Y'see I've never saw you before and if I've never saw you before that means you're new, 'cause I know everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville!” Kiana just groaned. She walked to the table with punch and accidently grabbed a hot sauce bottle and poured it into a drinking cup. And drank it. Selphie kept talking, “And if you're new, that meant you haven't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, then I had an idea, and that's why I went [deep gasp]! I must throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville!” The same ponies that Kiana and Ven had met earlier appeared behind Selphie. “See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!” Until Kiana choked on the drink and turned around. Her mouth was steaming hot. Olette asked, “Are you all right, sugarcube?” The sound of a train whistle blew off from Kiana and she jumped into the air with steam coming out of her nose and galloped away to her room. Selphie just said, “Aww, she's so happy she's crying!” Ven saw that Kiana had poured hot sauce in her drink and said, “"Hot sauce". Ooh...” Selphie moved Ven’s hand that was holding the hot sauce and poured it on a cupcake. Selphie threw the cupcake in her mouth. Kanixa, Aura, Olette, and Vanity just grimaced for a little bit. Selphie saw them and said, with her mouth full, “What? It's good!”
In Kiana’s room…
Kiana could still hear the sound of disco music. The clock was ticking as well. She just groaned and looked at the clock. Until the door opened and the music got louder. Kiana turned to see Ven with a lampshade on his head and said, “Hey Kiana! Selphie's starting "pin the tail on the pony"! Wanna play?” She said, “No! All the ponies in this town are crazy! Do you know what time it is?!” Ven said, “It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. Everypony has to stay up, or they'll miss the Princess raise the sun! You really should lighten up, Kiana. It's a party!” He closed the door. Kiana mocked Ven. Then Kiana stopped and said, “Ugh, here I thought I'd have time to learn about the Elements of Harmony but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend-making has kept me from it!” She looked out the window to see the stars going near the moon. She got out of her bed and said, "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night." I hope the Princess was right... I hope it really is just an old ponytale...” She heard the door open and Ven said, “C'mon, Kiana, it's time to watch the sunrise!”
At the town hall…
Everyone was gathering to see Princess Aqua raise the sun. Kiana was at the front. Everyone was quietly talking, except Selphie, who went next to Kiana saying, “Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited-- well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went [deep gasp] but I mean really, who can top that?” Aura began the fanfare. The Mayor said, “Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!” Everyone cheered, except Kiana, who looked up at the sky to see the silhouette of Vanessa disappear. She was now worried. The Mayor said, “In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria...” Aura then said to her birds “Ready?” The Mayor then said, “Princess Aqua!” Aura began the fanfare and Vanity opened the curtain, when she said, “Huh?” Everyone was wondering where Princess Aqua was. Kiana said, “This can't be good.” The Mayor said, “Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!” Selphie said, “Ooh, ooh, I love guessing games! Is she hiding?” She looked up and down. Vanity walked to where Princess Aqua was supposed to be and said, “She's gone!” Everyone gasped. Selphie said, “Ooh, she's good.” Then she gave out a yelp. Everyone else gasped to see a cloud of black smoke come out of nowhere. Kiana said quietly, “Oh no... Larxene!” The black cloud of smoke transformed into a dark pony whose mane was about jaw-length. Her mane was bright blonde. And it was slicked back and had two long strands styled into distinctive antennae-like strands. She had cyan eyes and was clad in a black coat. She looked down menacingly. Ven fainted and fell off of Kiana. Larxene said, “Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little sun-loving faces.” Kanixa, now angered, said, “What did you do with our Princess?!” She was about to get her, until Olette got her tail and said, “Whoa there, Nelly...” Larxene gave an evil chuckle and said, “Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?” Selphie, being as silly as she is, said, “Ooh, ooh, more guessing games! Um, Hokey Smokes! How about...Queen Meanie! No! Black Snooty, Black Snooty—” Olette stuffed an apple into Selphie’s mouth to stop her from talking. Larxene went to Aura, who didn’t look at Larxene in the eyes. The birds flew away when Larxene got close. Larxene then said, “Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?” Then she went to Vanity, and used her hoof to flick Vanity’s chin. She said, “Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?” That's when Kiana said, “I did. And I know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon – Larxene!” Everyone gasped. Larxene said, “Well well well, somepony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here.” Everyone looked at Kiana to see if she had the answer, but all that came out was, “You're here to... to...” She gulped. Larxene gave another evil chuckle and said, “Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!” She laughed evilly and a swirl of her aura created a tornado. Kiana looked up in fear.
A brown book with a golden pony on the front was lying on the ground and mysteriously opened by itself, the narrator beginning to read.
Narrator: Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest (Aqua) used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger (Elise) brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Larxene.
[lightning crack]
Narrator: She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon...
"...and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since." A certain black unicorn with brown eyes, dark brown hair, a necklace with a gold bead, three bracelets on her front left foot (black white, black), and a white sparkle for a cutie mark had just finished reading the same book. She said, “Hmm... Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard of those before... but where?”
As she was thinking about, she put the book back in her bag and began to walk to the library. Until three ponies stopped in her tracks. The white pony with teal hair said, “There you are, Kiana! Peach is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard. You wanna come?” Kiana looked back at her book bag and said, “Oh, sorry, girls... I've got a lot of studying to catch up on.” She looked back and nervously smiled. She galloped past them, the white pony sighing and saying, “Does that pony do anything except study? I think she's more interested in books than friends.” “I know I've heard of the Elements of Harmony.”, Kiana said to herself while still galloping to the library.
Inside the library…
A blonde dragon with blue eyes and a smile on his face was holding a present and was about to exit the library until Kiana slammed the door open, thus hitting the dragon. “Ow!” The dragon yelled. when the door slammed into his face. Kiana called out, “Ven! V-en!” She looked down to see the dragon was on the ground. “Ven?” Ventus groaned, the present now stuck in his tail. Kiana said, “There you are. Quick, find me that old copy of Predictions and Prophecies. What's that for?” She asked him, wondering what the present was for. Ven looked at his tail to see that the present got stuck when he fell. He pulled it out of his tail and said, “Well, it was a gift for Peach, but...” A teddy bear (now with a hole in its body) came out of the box and squeaked. “Oh Ven, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing.” Kiana said, moving some books out of the way in search for Predictions and Prophecies. “But we're on a break!” Ven said. Kiana used her magic to grab some books from the shelves but said, “No, no, no... no, no, no!” She grunted, still holding the books and said, “Ven!” Ven, who was on a ladder looking for the book as well, finally found it and said, “It's over here!” Kiana grabbed the book with her magic while Ven was still holding onto it. He fell with a whack. Kiana looked at the title and said, “Ah!” dropping the other books. She took it from Ven’s hand and went up to the stand to look for the Elements. Ven got up and saw the books that Kiana dropped. He sighed and began to pick them up. Kiana was going through the pages saying, “Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha! Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?” Ven, who was on a ladder putting the books back into their places said, “Mare in the Moon? But that's just an old ponies' tale.” Kiana went through the pages again, this time looking for Mare in the Moon. She said, “Mare, mare... aha! The Mare in the Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal!” She gasped and said, “Ven! Do you know what this means?” She said, while Ven was trying to put the books back. He said, “No-- whoa!” He fell off the ladder and landed on Kiana’s back. He gave an “Ow!” when he landed. Kiana, who had a pen and paper, said, “Take a note please, to the Princess.” She straightened her tail, letting Ven jump off. Ven grabbed the pen and paper, saying, “Okie dokie.” He began to write when Kiana said, “My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!” But Ven didn’t know how to spell it, so he said, “Hold on. Preci... preci...” He looked at Kiana with a confused look. She then said, “Threshold.” But Ven didn’t know how to spell that word either, so he said, “Threh...” he looked at her again with a confused look. Kiana said with a nervous tone, “Uh, brink?” Ven soon gave a really confused look. She sighed and, “Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen!” She said. Ven continued to write while Kiana said, “For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Vanessa, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Kiana.” Ven wrote Kiana’s name and said, “Got it!” Kiana smiled and said, “Great! Send it.” Ven said, “Now?” Kiana said, “Of course!” Ven had a worried look on his and said, “Uh, I dunno, Kiana, Princess Aqua's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow.” Kiana looked up at the sun and said, “That's just it, Ven. The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!” Ven didn’t know how to spell that word, either. So he said, “Impera... impera...” and was about to give her another confused look, until she sighed and yelled, “Important!” Her yelling made Ven crash into a shelf. He gave a “Whoa!” when he crashed. Ven got up and said, “Okay, okay!” He inhaled and used his green fire to send the message. He said, “There, it's on its way. But I wouldn't hold your breath...” Kiana rolled her eyes and said, “Oh, I'm not worried, Ven. The Princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor she's never once doubted me.” Ven felt something and belched out a reply from The Princess. Kiana smiled and said, “See? I knew she would want to take immediate action.” Ven cleared his throat and said, “My dearest, most faithful student Kiana. You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely.” Kiana smiled and said, “Mm-hm!” ...but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books! Kiana gasped.
In the air…
Kiana and Ven were riding a golden chariot pulled by white Pegasus horses clad in gold armor. Ven was reading another letter sent by The Princess to Kiana. Kiana was still upset over what the Princess said in her first letter. He read, “My dear Kiana, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends! Ven said with enthusiasm and looked at Kiana with a smile on his face. Kiana just rolled her eyes and sighed. “Look on the bright side, Kiana. The Princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?” Ven said, trying to lift her spirits up. Kiana smiled and said, “Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Larxene's return.” “Then... when will you make friends, like the Princess said?”, Ven said, getting his hopes up. But his hopes went downhill when Kiana said, “She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.” As soon as the chariot landed on the ground, the royal guards whinnied. “Thank you, sirs.” Kiana said. They nodded and huffed. A yellow pony with green eyes, a small brown belt on her front left foot, and brown hair styled into one large curl on the back of her head and two more on both sides, was trotting towards Kiana and Ven. Ven saw her and said, “Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about.” The pony stopped in her tracks to see Kiana and Ven. Ven looked at Kiana and said, “Come on, Kiana, just try!” Kiana looked at the pony with a nervous look and said in a nervous tone, “Um... hello?” The pony jumped into the air and gave a prolonged gasp. She went over Kiana and Ven. Kiana and Ven ducked and got up, looking at the pony with strange looks. Kiana said, “Well, that was interesting all right.” And walked away. Ven sighed.
At Sweet Apple Acres…
Ven was going over the list of preparations. He said, “Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist. Number one, banquet preparations: Sweet Apple Acres.” They saw the entrance to Sweet Apple Acres and went in. When they got in, they heard a “Yeehaw!” coming from somewhere. They saw an orange pony with brown hair that stuck out on the sides and two strands of hair on both sides of her head draped over her shoulders and bright green eyes. She also had on a sky blue beaded bracelet on her front right foot and a necklace with a sky blue bead. She had on her head a light brown hat. The pony was charging at the tree, but quickly turned around and use her back feet to kick the apples out of the tree. The apples fell into the buckets. The pony did a pose. Kiana sighed and said, “Let's get this over with...” She and Ven walked toward and Kiana said, “Good afternoon. My name is Kiana.” She felt a hoof grab her hoof. The ornage pony said, “Well, howdy-doo, Miss Kiana, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Olette. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends!” “Friends? Actually, I—“ Kiana said, shakily. Olette said, “So, what can I do you for?” She let go of Kiana’s hoof, but Kiana’s leg kept moving up and down. Ven stopped her leg and snickered. Kiana glared at him. She cleared her throat and said, “Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?” “We sure as sugar are! Would you care to sample some?” Olette said. Kiana said, “As long as it doesn't take too long...” Olette grabbed the ringing stick and rung the triangle. She shouted, “Soup's on, everypony!” Kiana and Ven looked to see several colored ponies coming their way. They were pushed to a table. When the dust cleared, Olette appeared right next Kiana and Ven and said, “Now, why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?” Kiana said, “Thanks, but I really need to hurry—“ Olette started to say the names of the ponies, “This here's Apple Fritter. Apple Bumpkin. Red Gala. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp...” She took a deep breath and said the last of them, “Terra, Vanille and Granny Aerith.” Olette said, stuffing a dark pink apple into Kiana’s mouth. Olette turned to the old sleeping pony and said, “Up'n'attem, Granny Aerith, we got guests.” The old pony was dark pink and had long silver hair that was styled into a braid down her back, a red bow to keep the braid in place, with curls on either side of her face and green eyes. She woke up with a snort and said, “Wha..? Soup's on? I'm up, here I come, ahm comin'...” She got out of her rocking chair and slowly walked to the table. Olette put her hoof on Kiana’s shoulder and said, “Why, I'd say you're already part of the family!” Kiana spit out the pink apple and nervously laughed. She soon said, “Okay, well, I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way.” “Aren't you gonna stay for brunch?” said Vanille, who had bright red hair tied in curled pigtails and green eyes, looked up at Kiana and had a sad look in her eyes. Kiana said, “Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do...” Everyone sighed disappointedly. Until Kiana changed her mind and said, “Fine.” Everyone was soon happy and cheered.
In town…
Ven said the next thing on the list, “Food's all taken care of, next is weather.” Kiana followed behind with a very full stomach. She said, “Ugh... I ate too much pie...” Ven looked up in the sky and said, “Hmm, there's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Kanixa clearing the clouds.” Kiana looked up and said, “Well, she's not doing a very good job, is she?” Until a dark purple Pegasus pony with light brown hair that fell to the right (her bangs parted to the left) and brown eyes (like Kiana’s) slammed straight into Kiana. They landed into a mud puddle. Kiana gave a “Nng.” The Pegasus got up and sheepishly laughed and said, “Uh, 'scuse me?” and sheepishly laughed some more. Kiana just gave a “Nnnn.” The Pegasus laughed and said, “Lemme help you.” The Pegasus grabbed a raincloud, put it above Kiana’s head, and jumped on it 6 times. She looked under the cloud to see Kiana drenched. Kanixa sheepishly laughed again and said, “Oops, I guess I overdid it. Um, uh, how about this?” She swirled around Kiana four times while saying, “My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry! No no. Don't thank me. You're quite welcome.” She looked at Kiana to see that her mane was poufy. Kanixa couldn’t hold in her laughter so, she just burst out laughing and fell to the ground. Ven saw Kiana too, and burst out laughing as well and fell on top of Kanixa. Kiana, ignoring their laughter, said, “Let me guess. You're Kanixa.” Kanixa got up, making Ven fall to the ground, and said, “The one and only. Why, you heard of me?” “I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear.” She sighed and continued, “I'm Kiana, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather.” Kanixa had rested on a cloud and said, “Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing.” Kiana got curious and said, “Practicing for what?” Kanixa sat on her cloud, pointed at a poster with three ponies in the front and four ponies flying in the back, and said, “The Wonderbolts! They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!” She did a somersault in the air and landed on another cloud and rested on it. Kiana said, “The Wonderbolts?” Kanixa replied, “Yep!” “The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?” Kiana said. “That’s them!” Kanixa replied again. “Pfft! Please. They'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day.” At this, Kanixa sat up and turned to look at Kiana with a not impressed face. Then she said, “Hey, I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat.” Kiana gave a “then do it” face and said, “Prove it.” Kanixa then cleared out all the clouds by kicking them with her feet. When she saw the last clouds, she said, “Loop the loop around, and wham! What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging.” A sheep bleated in the distance. Kiana and Ven had shocked looks on their faces. Kanixa chuckled and said, “You should see the look on your face. Ha! You're a laugh, Kiana. I can't wait to hang out some more.” Kanixa flew away, Kiana not looking shocked anymore. Ven then said, “Wow, she's amazing!” He touched Kiana’s poufy hair and laughed. Kiana gave a “Rrgh.” And walked away. “Wait! It's kinda pretty once you get used to it!” Ven said, catching up with her.
At the town hall…
Ven said the next thing on the list, “Decorations. Beautiful...” Kiana then said, “Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This oughta be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed.” Then Ven said, “Not the decor, her!” A purple unicorn with the same hairstyle like Kiana’s (not the poufy one Kiana has right now), only black and yellow eyes, was busy trying to choose the right decorations for the town hall. She was oblivious to their presence. She pulled out a yellow ribbon, a blue ribbon, a green ribbon, and another ribbon but said, “No, no, no, oh! Goodness no.” Ven looked at her with hearts in his eyes. Then he said, fixing himself up, “How are my spines? Are they straight?” Kiana looked at him, rolled her eyes while smiling, walked to the pony, and said, “Good afternoon—“ The purple pony almost looked behind and said, “Just a moment, please! I'm 'in the zone', as it were.” She pulled out the yellow ribbon again, then she pulled out the blue ribbon. Then she tied a red ribbon into a bow on a pole and said, “Oh, yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why, Vanity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help yo—“ She yelped and said, “Oh my stars, darling! Whatever happened to your coiffure?!” Kiana looked at her mane and said, “Oh, you mean my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, and then I'll be out of your hair!” “Out of my hair? What about your hair?!” Vanity said, walking behind Kiana and took her to fix her mane. Kiana asked, “Wait! Where are we going?! Help!” But Ven was too entranced by Vanity that he couldn’t help.
At the Boutique where Vanity works…
Vanity was trying to figure out what to put Kiana in. But she said, “No, no, uh-uh. Too green. Too yellow. Too poofy. Not poofy enough. Too frilly. Too... shiny.” Then she found a black dress with an emerald in the front and some jewels on the side. Vanity was satisfied and said, “Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from.” She pulled the ribbons on the dress really hard to make it tight. Kiana said, in a wincing tone, “I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to—“At the word Canterlot, Vanity said, “Huh?” while letting go of Kiana making both of them crash. But Vanity got up and said, “Canterlot?! Oh, I am so envious! The glamor, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I.” Vanity said, getting close to Kiana’s face, until she saw the jewel in the front of the dress and said, “Emeralds?! What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!” She ran off to get the rubies. But Kiana wasn’t taking any chances, so she galloped away saying, “Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!” Ven just sighed at Vanity.
On the way to where a certain Pegasus is…
Ven was still entranced by Vanity. He finally said, “Wasn't she wonderful?” Kiana looked at him and said, “Focus, Casanova. What's next on the list?” Ven cleared his throat and read the last thing on the list, “Oh, uh, music! It's the last one!”
In the distance…
A pink pony with the same mane as Kanixa’s and brown eyes, was doing a fanfare using birds. Until she heard one bird singing a bit off. She said, “Oh my. Um, stop please, everyone, umm. Excuse me, sir? I mean, no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off.” The bluebird nodded, promising to sing with them. The pink Pegasus then said, “Now, follow me, please. A-one, a-two, a-one two three-” Kiana said, “Hello!” The Pegasus gave out a yelp and the birds flew away. The Pegasus turned to see the unicorn below her. Kiana said, “Oh my, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful.” The Pegasus flew to the ground softly, but didn’t look directly at Kiana. Kiana smiled nervously, then said, “I'm Kiana.” The Pegasus still didn’t say anything. “What's your name?” Kiana said, inching a little bit closer to the Pegasus. The shy Pegasus, in a very quiet tone, said, “Um... I'm Aura.” Kiana couldn’t hear her, so she said, “I'm sorry, what was that?” Aura, in an even quieter tone, said, “Um... My name is Aura.” Kiana inched a little bit closer to Aura saying, “Didn't quite catch that.” Aura just inched back and squeaked. The birds finally came back. Kiana then said, “Well, um, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!” Aura just squeaked again. Kiana backed away and said, “Oookay.” Aura looked back at Kiana, only to see Ven. Kiana then said to him, “Well, that was easy.” Aura gasped and said, “A baby dragon!” making the birds go away again. She flew to him, only to move Kiana out of the way, Kiana landing with a thump. She said, “Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!” Ven turned to Kiana and said, “Well, well, well...!” Aura then said, “Oh my, he talks. I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful I, I just don't even know what to say!” But Ven was grabbed by Kiana’s magic who said, “Well, in that case we'd better be going.” She placed Ven on her back and began to walk. Then Aura followed behind and said, “Wait, wait! What's his name?” Ven said, “I'm Ventus. Call me Ven.” “Hi Ven, I'm Aura. Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?” Ven said, “Well, what do you wanna know?” Aura said, “Absolutely everything.” Kiana groaned, knowing this would be a very long talk. Ven said, “Well... I started out as a cute little purple and green egg...”
At the library where Kiana is gonna be…
Ven was just finishing explaining the story of his life saying, “…and that's the story of my whole entire life! Well, up until today. Do you wanna hear about today?” Aura, filled with excitement, said, “Oh, yes, please!” Until Kiana turned around and said, “I am so sorry, how did we get here so fast? This is where I'm staying while in Ponyville and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep.” “No I don't-- whoa!” Kiana threw him off her back and said, “Aww, wook at dat, he's so sweepy he can't even keep his widdle bawance!” She smiled nervously at Aura, Ven glaring at Kiana. Aura picked up Ven in her arms and said, “Poor thing, you simply must get into bed...” She flew into the library, until Kiana pushed her out and said, “Yes, yes, we'll get right on that. Well, g'night!” And slammed the door right in front of Aura. Kiana walked to Ven, who said, “Huh. Rude much?” Kiana looked at him and said, “Sorry, Ven, but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now, where's the light?” Someone flicks the light on and a bunch of ponies appear. Kiana and Ven gasp. Eveyone shouted, “Surprise!” One pony blew a trumpet. Another pony blew a kazoo. Kiana groaned. The same pony that they had met earlier said, “Surprise!” A party whistle blew off. The yellow pony said, “Hi, I'm Selphie, and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Huh huh huh?” Kiana said, “Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet.” But Selphie said, “Well, that's silly! What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring! Y'see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all "hello" and I was all [deep gasp], remember? Y'see I've never saw you before and if I've never saw you before that means you're new, 'cause I know everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville!” Kiana just groaned. She walked to the table with punch and accidently grabbed a hot sauce bottle and poured it into a drinking cup. And drank it. Selphie kept talking, “And if you're new, that meant you haven't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, then I had an idea, and that's why I went [deep gasp]! I must throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville!” The same ponies that Kiana and Ven had met earlier appeared behind Selphie. “See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!” Until Kiana choked on the drink and turned around. Her mouth was steaming hot. Olette asked, “Are you all right, sugarcube?” The sound of a train whistle blew off from Kiana and she jumped into the air with steam coming out of her nose and galloped away to her room. Selphie just said, “Aww, she's so happy she's crying!” Ven saw that Kiana had poured hot sauce in her drink and said, “"Hot sauce". Ooh...” Selphie moved Ven’s hand that was holding the hot sauce and poured it on a cupcake. Selphie threw the cupcake in her mouth. Kanixa, Aura, Olette, and Vanity just grimaced for a little bit. Selphie saw them and said, with her mouth full, “What? It's good!”
In Kiana’s room…
Kiana could still hear the sound of disco music. The clock was ticking as well. She just groaned and looked at the clock. Until the door opened and the music got louder. Kiana turned to see Ven with a lampshade on his head and said, “Hey Kiana! Selphie's starting "pin the tail on the pony"! Wanna play?” She said, “No! All the ponies in this town are crazy! Do you know what time it is?!” Ven said, “It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. Everypony has to stay up, or they'll miss the Princess raise the sun! You really should lighten up, Kiana. It's a party!” He closed the door. Kiana mocked Ven. Then Kiana stopped and said, “Ugh, here I thought I'd have time to learn about the Elements of Harmony but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend-making has kept me from it!” She looked out the window to see the stars going near the moon. She got out of her bed and said, "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night." I hope the Princess was right... I hope it really is just an old ponytale...” She heard the door open and Ven said, “C'mon, Kiana, it's time to watch the sunrise!”
At the town hall…
Everyone was gathering to see Princess Aqua raise the sun. Kiana was at the front. Everyone was quietly talking, except Selphie, who went next to Kiana saying, “Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited-- well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went [deep gasp] but I mean really, who can top that?” Aura began the fanfare. The Mayor said, “Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!” Everyone cheered, except Kiana, who looked up at the sky to see the silhouette of Vanessa disappear. She was now worried. The Mayor said, “In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria...” Aura then said to her birds “Ready?” The Mayor then said, “Princess Aqua!” Aura began the fanfare and Vanity opened the curtain, when she said, “Huh?” Everyone was wondering where Princess Aqua was. Kiana said, “This can't be good.” The Mayor said, “Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!” Selphie said, “Ooh, ooh, I love guessing games! Is she hiding?” She looked up and down. Vanity walked to where Princess Aqua was supposed to be and said, “She's gone!” Everyone gasped. Selphie said, “Ooh, she's good.” Then she gave out a yelp. Everyone else gasped to see a cloud of black smoke come out of nowhere. Kiana said quietly, “Oh no... Larxene!” The black cloud of smoke transformed into a dark pony whose mane was about jaw-length. Her mane was bright blonde. And it was slicked back and had two long strands styled into distinctive antennae-like strands. She had cyan eyes and was clad in a black coat. She looked down menacingly. Ven fainted and fell off of Kiana. Larxene said, “Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little sun-loving faces.” Kanixa, now angered, said, “What did you do with our Princess?!” She was about to get her, until Olette got her tail and said, “Whoa there, Nelly...” Larxene gave an evil chuckle and said, “Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?” Selphie, being as silly as she is, said, “Ooh, ooh, more guessing games! Um, Hokey Smokes! How about...Queen Meanie! No! Black Snooty, Black Snooty—” Olette stuffed an apple into Selphie’s mouth to stop her from talking. Larxene went to Aura, who didn’t look at Larxene in the eyes. The birds flew away when Larxene got close. Larxene then said, “Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?” Then she went to Vanity, and used her hoof to flick Vanity’s chin. She said, “Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?” That's when Kiana said, “I did. And I know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon – Larxene!” Everyone gasped. Larxene said, “Well well well, somepony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here.” Everyone looked at Kiana to see if she had the answer, but all that came out was, “You're here to... to...” She gulped. Larxene gave another evil chuckle and said, “Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!” She laughed evilly and a swirl of her aura created a tornado. Kiana looked up in fear.
To be continued...
Edited by KingdomHearts25