GeoSeries: Amethyst

By: Joei Write

Chapter 1

A Royal Prologue

Prince Amethyst GeoEron…just his name sent shivers down the spines of all the townsponies and royalty throughout the land. Even with so few years to his name, the Prince was more of a ruler in his short life than his parents ever were. He was a pony's pony, always going out and socializing with the commoners, or as he referred to them as all his trust worthy friends. Despite his royal status, he never accepted being called Prince, he always asked his friends to speak to him in a normal voice, and that no formalities were required, more than often, the Prince would ask his the people to call him by one of his many nicknames. Most ponies in his kingdom were nice and tranquil, but he was far more sophisticated than the strongest elders in the castle. As he was a member of the royal family, he, like all the others, possessed a horn and wings, enabling him to fly like a Pegasus, and use magic like a unicorn. Princess Celestia and her sister Luna would often visit their kingdom because of how friendly the ponyfolk were to them. A few weeks just out of his colt years, he disappeared from the land, no one knows why. His playmate in the castle was heartbroken, and the Celestial Sisters stopped coming to the land. The Prince took only one thing with him, his best friend. No one knows where he went, or how he managed to slip past the guards of the palace, but after his disappearance, the village ponies and the royal family was never the same. After many years of the Prince never coming home, it was assumed, but not socially accepted, that the young Prince was dead. It was soon after this that the events of Nightmare Moon took place, to which Princess Celestia banished her sister to the moon, and for the 1,000 years ever since, the Prince's legacy still lives in the hearts and minds of his people, despite him being thought to be dead for so long.

"Wow…" Twilight said after reading the excerpt from one of her books in the library on ancient rulers. "I really feel sorry for that guy, he sounded like he was so nice to his people. According to this…" And she read the little piece of information again, "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna both knew him, maybe they remember some things about this…Prince Amethyst GeoEron." Twilight had no idea how a boy could have such a strange name. "Spike…!" She called, and Spike slid down the ladder and walked up to her.

"Yeah Twilight…? What do you need?" He asked her.

"Take a letter to the Princess…" Spike grabbed a piece of paper and quill and was ready to write.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I have finally chosen my subject for the report you assigned me on old members of the royal family. I've chosen to do this assignment on Prince Amethyst GeoEron, the prince who went missing a 1,000 years ago shortly before you were forced to banish your sister to the moon. It says in the book I've read that you and Luna both knew him back then, so I ask that you give me any information on this Prince that you remember.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle

Spike finished writing down the letter and then breathed his sending flame out the window. It was odd because Twilight was expecting a response in only a few moments, but there was no answer. "Hmm…I guess she's busy. She'll get back to me later…" Twilight concluded and then turned back to the book, but then she heard the sound of stardust lingering into her room in the library and turned to see a mass amount of sparkling blue dust pouring in through the window and landed on the ground, which formed up into the shape of a dark blue pony, no pony other than Princess Luna.

"Greeting Twilight Sparkle…" Luna said as she collected the last bit of her travel dust.

"Princess Luna…" She said and walked over to her.

"I hath told thee to callith us…Luna…" Luna said in a quiet voice like Fluttershy had taught her to do back on Nightmare Night. But Twilight just gave her a stern glare after she use her Canterlot archaic terms again.

"Um…Luna…you're doing it again…" She pointed out raising her hoof and pointing to Luna's mouth.

"Oh…forgive me Twilight Sparkle…" She said realizing her mistake. "I seem to not be fully broken out of my former voice. I suppose that is likely of me, as I still haven't fully adjusted to this new world." Luna said and made a zipper motion over her lips and then winked at Twilight making them both laugh. Twilight then turned to Spike who was just watching without a care and told him,

"Spike…why don't you take a break for a while?" Spike just shrugged his shoulders and walked out of the main room in the library where they were. Twilight turned back to Luna and Luna readied herself to speak.

"Anyways, I have come to thee…to you…" She corrected herself again, "Because I wanted to be here in person to tell you that…" Her sight was diverted from Twilight when she looked over her head for a moment and saw the book she was reading. She stopped all her trains of thought and walked over to the book and looked down and read over the small portion on the Prince. Twilight noticed the sadness in her face as she read and soon she was starting to wonder if Luna knew more about Prince Amethyst than previously thought. "What is this Twilight? Why are you reading about this Prince?" Luna asked her.

"Well, your sister gave me my newest assignment and I have to write a report on an old ruler that lived a long time ago. This Prince sounded interesting to me…it even says you knew him back then before you became Nightmare Moon." Twilight explained, but Luna's expression only saddened more.

"Yes…of course…I knew him. One thousand years ago back when he and I were both fillies, I was his playmate." Luna told Twilight. Twilight got excited at what Luna had told her.

"You mean the playmate they talked about in the book was you? That's why you and Celestia went to visit their kingdom so often?" Luna nodded her head.

"Yes indeed, Prince Amethyst was my greatest friend. We stopped going to the castle after he went missing because I tried so hard to forget about him. That's because every time I did I only missed him more. If fact, now that I reflect on it, I think my sorrow for losing him was one of the things that turned me into Nightmare Moon. I cared about him so much…"

Twilight started getting jittery over all this information, and Luna even sounded like she was hinting at a romance she had with the young colt back then. "So were you two ever…you know…in a like like…sort of way?" But Luna denied it instantly.

"But of course not Twilight Sparkle, this would imply I had romantic feeling for this boy! I cared about him, but not so much that I would say I…" Luna stopped mid-sentence again, "I…" She sighed in depression. "I can't talk with you about this right now Twilight. I'll come back another time…" She said and evaporated into the dark blue mist and drifted out the window in a shining display of her transportation powers.

"My gosh…" Twilight said, after that she looked at the book and picked it up with her magic and ran out the door into Ponyville with a big smile on her face to find her friends. She had a great idea, and she needed her friends to do it.