You're Still Beautiful.Part 1 of 5

Long ago, during the Age of Discord.
At some moment after the death of the Crystal Empire Queen, and before the rise of the Shadow King.

 The three Pegasus ponies flew down to only thirty meters high,a disposition in V.The Pegasus what lay ahead had violet eyes, the aqua-clear with mane and tail color of honey. His cutie mark was a golden sun with a long sword superimposed. His name was Solar Justice. The right had lavender eyes, the beige, brown mane and tail. His cutie mark was a blue flash and your name, Blue Lightning. The left had green eyes ice, the turquoise blue, light gray tail and mane.His cutie mark was eight small white stars, connected by lines, forming the constellation of the Eagle. It was called Star Chaser. All carried swords in golden sheaths fixed by straps on their backs.
- It is just ahead, Lord. Beside that dead tree. - Says the right pony.
The group flies down and stands still in the same place, flapping wings. Below them was a swamp with a sandy area around. The blue pony moves his head back and with his teeth, removes one of the saddlebags a wooden box with beautiful stars in low relief. He drops near the tree and soon it disappears, swallowed by quicksand.
- It's done! That false gift is lost forever! Never bring disgrace to someone! - He says, quite angry. Let's go now! We have to find a maiden, a curse to break and two villains to punish!
The trio disappears in the sky. Centuries pass. Then, a few years after the discovery of Harmony Elements, Discord wanders the place and just a whim, turns the entire area north of the river in a beautiful prairie with a few hills in the vicinity and a large firm ground, where the most varied could be built types of dwellings someday.
Later, already in the Second Age of Equestria, site characteristics attract the attention of travelers ponies that there founded a community called Ponyville ponies.
However, under the slopes of the threat contained in the box lies dormant underground, like a landmine after the end of war: just waiting for the chance to go into action again, and make a new victim.

Modern Era

It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon. Rarity was walking alone, carrying a pair of saddlebags on the back. On the right there was a picnic basket with food. On the other, with bottle, cups of tea and a towel.
The graceful unicorn pony had finished delivering various costumes for ponies were going to a high society and exhausted party, chooses to go relax in unaccompanied field because it was Saturday and Sweet Belle had gone out with her friends from the club of Bela Manufacturer Cupid, Spike was busy helping Twilight (Whose duties had increased since its transformation into alicorn princess), and its Opal cat had refused to leave the house to accompany her on the trip to the field.
Rarity climbs to the top of a hill, where you use your magical power to take the picnic baskets of saddlebags, extend the towel on the grass and put the food on it. So is dedicated to quietly enjoy the meal she had prepared for herself. Then saves everything and starts down the hill in the warm afternoon sun.
Is so distracted by the scenery around, she do not notice the small triangular lump out of the ground and step on it. Its weight makes the hidden object under the ground to rise suddenly and jump out. This makes Rarity off balance, rolling down the hill.
Dizzy from the fall she looks around but sees no one. When standing, uses magic to remove everything that was in the saddlebags and see if something was broken. Dismay, she discovers that the picnic basket had been shattered, but the expensive tea set was unharmed, thanks to the box where she had placed.
When trying to discover the causes of his fall, he notices a small hole on the hillside and fallen below an object in the midst of land and use his magic to bring it up close to the face, realizes that it is a wooden box with some stars appearing amid the mud that was stuck in it.
- Looks like I found something interesting, perhaps even a treasure! Well, I'll take it home and clean. I cannot wait to open and see what's inside!
Then use magic again to put the box inside the saddlebag with a broken picnic basket, and returns to Ponyville.
Later, inside the Carousel Boutique, Rarity plays the broken basket in the trash and washes the box that was found. Then discovers it was a finely ornate case with stars. Opening it widens his eyes, saying,
- Grandiose Celestia! I do not believe that someone threw something so beautiful!
Inside the box was a paste with gold chains and which had at the center of an emerald-shaped diamond size of a hen's egg. The jewel of the edges had an equally golden frame. Elated, go to the room to display the precious find for Opal, your pet cat.
- See this, Opal! You do not think it will be wonderful for me? - She asks while Levite the necklace. But the white Persian cat, who was playing with her stuffed mouse widens his eyes, feeling a shiver of fear that makes mewing aggressively, arching her back.
- What happened to you, stupid cat? Now it does not matter. - Retorts Rarity, while putting the collar on the neck using magic. Then examine the box more closely and discovers a small parchment. When it unfolds, we see that something had spoiled the role, leaving most of the unreadable text except the final part. Unable to contain his curiosity, I read what was written and before long, your body begins to glow. She says:
- I feel something weird with me ...
Opal's eyes widen, arching its back and cringes at the bottom of her home. On the outside, the citizens of Ponyville hear a bass sound, whose intensity is increasing rapidly. They look at each other and in various directions, trying to figure out the cause.
- What is happening?
- It looks like a boulder rolling down the mountain!
- I think its thunder!
- Impossible! There's no storm cloud in the sky!
At that time, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were entering the city. The front would Scootaloo on your scooter, using the wings to speed, as he pulled Sweet Belle and Apple Bloom on skis, all wearing their colorful helmets.
Suddenly, part of the Carousel Boutique is destroyed. Tiles and pieces of walls fly everywhere. The ponies were nearby perplexed look for the cause of all that and they panic, beginning a disorderly stampede while screaming:
- A HUGE DRAGON IS IN PONYVILLE!
- EVERYPONY, RUNS FOR YOUR LIVES!
The Cutie Mark Crusaders look up, looking at the white dragon with large curved spines purplish back and a long purple mane. The monster was higher than the boutique and had his hands on his head, like someone dizzy after taking a blow. Sweetie Belle question:
- A huge dragon is destroying my sister´s boutique? But because are doing this? And where this monster comes from?
- We'll think about this later! LET'S HANG OUT HERE! - Responds Scootaloo, while she turn around, initiating a desperate escape. The dragon sees that and get to go behind the trio, with past that make shudder ground, being heard in the distance.
In the community of ponies, terror was indescribable. Adults grabbed their children and locked them inside the house, praying to Celestia for their lives. Many ran away, while others hid in any appropriate place they could find where they were huddled, trembling with fear. For the Pretenders, the situation seemed hopeless yet.
Apple Bloom quickly looks back and says, afflicted:
- The dragon is still behind us!
- But why? - Question Sweetie Belle - We are so small! He will not be able to fill his belly with us!
- Maybe he likes more than potrinhas, to think that we have softer meat! - Responds Scootaloo - What a great reason to keep away!
While still behind her younger sister, Rarity listen to the cries of "Dragon" coming from everywhere and without understanding that she was the cause of all that pandemonium says to herself:
("Why all this hysteria? All these ponies were crazy? There's no dragon here in Ponyville!").
In her palace, Twilight Sparkle was reading a book while listening to run, shouts and rhythmic bangs that made the ground tremble. Surprise stops reading and asks herself aloud:
- What´s all this mess?
Spike, who was near, says:
- Wait a minute I'm going to look!
When the baby dragon arrives at the window and watch the ponies run from disorderly way. Shortly after, see Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweet Belle pass at high speed, with the huge white dragon behind. Desperate, back with the mistress, saying:
- TWILIGHT! It has a huge dragon are in Ponyville! And he's chasing the girls!
The alicorn princess knew the assistant and friend was referring to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, her amazement is so great that she is speechless.
Bad news spread quickly. Mayor Mare is informed in her office on the dragon by an assessor on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Comes to the balcony of the town hall, which was on the second floor and see the size of the dragon, whose head rose above all the houses in the town, she almost faints with shock. Distressed, calls the Academy of Wonderbolts, being met by Captain Spitfire. After hearing the desperate story, the official goes to the microphone and makes the call:
- RED ALERT! RED ALERT! A GIANT WHITE DRAGON IS ATTACKING PONYVILLE! ALL WONDERBOLTS AVAILABLE TAKE OFF NOW!
Soon ten Pegasus in their blue uniforms beautiful takes off the base, and head for Ponyville at full speed.

Meanwhile, in the small community of ponies, the white dragon was getting closer to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Scootaloo was starting to get tired, because he had never run so fast for so long. I was terrified, but a detail intrigued: the dragon was huge. If fly, going much faster and certainly would have reached her and her friends. So why not do it? Would be with injured wings and thus unable to fly? That was so mean he wanted to prolong the pleasure of the hunt chasing them that way? There was something very strange in all this.
The vagaries of the foal are abruptly interrupted when the scooter slipped in a puddle of oil, too clear to her noticing. Scootaloo and her friends begin to spin out of control and hit the curb of a sidewalk, is thrown forward, still holding the handlebars of the scooter. Because they are holding the support, her friends also go along with it.
The three spend over a park bench. The scooter Scootaloo collides against the blue metal pole on a blue horizontal metal pole. The impulse causes Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom start to spin around the pole and the strings connected to the scooter is wound around them. When they stop, their heads and the tips of the back hulls are the only parts of their bodies that fall outside the tangle.
When they saw the dragon come near, the desperation of her friends approach the peak.
- We cannot escape! It's the end, friends! - Says Scootaloo
- He will swallow us alive! - Sweetie Belle says.
- This is not choose turn us in a barbecue! - Says Apple Bloom - We are tied up in that tree like apples on a stick!
The huge dragon forwards them, but instead of attacking, she says:
- Finally I reached you Sweetie Belle! Because you and her friends ran that way to see me? And how they were so small?
But the three fillies did not respond. Indeed, not paying attention ace Monster words were terrified, screaming and crying incessantly. Twilight lands at that time with Spike mounted on it and says:
- DO NOT DARE TOUCH THEM MOVE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW OR I ...
The horn of purple alicorn glowed, indicating that she was about to cast a spell. But before she does this, a sweet voice says:
- Wait Twilight, let's try it another way. And says:
- Please miss dragon, don´t  eat these fillies!
- Dragon? What are you talking about, dear? Here is no ...
Rarity stop talking because the post was on the edge of a small lake in the middle of a park. When looking at the water surface, we see three colored helmets, recognizing them as the sister and girlfriends club used. Hovering in the air with their wings, I was Fluttershy. And next to her was a huge white dragon!
Widens her eyes and see the dragon do the same. Tries to touch her face with hooves and realizes that her legs had become hands. Nor had more horn. And after his beautiful mane purple huge thorns of the same color, curved back.
- Great Celestia! What's the matter with me? - She says to herself in a whisper.
Despite the emotional shock, Rarity remembers something very important ("My beautiful brand! If they to come, will know who I am!"). Turns the neck pointing to the back while saying:
- If you all calm down! See my ...
But in doing so, Rarity realize that their beautiful brand had disappeared!
Twitching the hands while moving her head back, with a cry of despair is so high that makes the windows of all Ponyville tremble. Then, without understanding what had happened to her in order to give some kind of explanation or prove who Rarity was chooses to take flight. The air displacement of huge wings is so strong that Twilight and Spike roll tens foots back, while Fluttershy is thrown on top of a nearby tree. When Twilight can get up and join Fluttershy who had come down from the tree, the white dragon was long gone.
The pony uses magic to free the three potrinhas and when all are on the floor, they question:
- You all are fine, girls?
Still too frightened to be able to talk, they nod their heads affirmatively and sometime later, calmer, they begin to exchange views:
- Why she did not eat us? - Question Scootaloo her friends.
- Maybe it was a full the tummy full filled. - Responds Apple Bloom, risking a guess.
- Full tummy? OH no! We saw her leave the Carousel Boutique! If she ate my sister? - Sweetie Belle exclaimed, horrified at the possibility that had imagined.
- Settle down all of you! Let's not jump to conclusions before investigating the scene. They want to come with me? - Twilight question.
- Yes, we want to! - answer Scootaloo, excited at the prospect of an adventure.
- So are we! - Add the other two.
As I walked away from Ponyville Rarity crying, shedding tears of melons size. It had been transformed into a huge monster and cruel, that terrified everyone, including her owns little sister! I could never work in the boutique, or see her friends again. Her life was ruined forever!
It is then that the anguish of the unfortunate former pony is interrupted by a painful impact on her left. Looking around, she sees two ponies with blue uniform and aviation goggles diving with outstretched front hooves. Seconds later, she gets another whack on the back. She recognizes the time: Wonderbolts!
She should have been considered a threat Ponyville, and famous team should have been called to fight it. And they were doing a good job of it: dipped in pairs to attack and moved away quickly after the kick, probably to prevent "dangerous monster" hit them with their jaws, claws, tail or blowing flames.
They seemed angry wasps, with blows coming from all directions. Rarity did not want to strike back and hurt them. But I had no desire to continue being used as a punching bag.
Looking up, she realizes an extensive layer of huge white clouds with some dark parts. Were strata-cumulus, the type of cloud as Pegasus Rainbow Dash and the Weather Patrol Pegasus did not like to see because they were huge and stretched for large areas and therefore dispel them was always a thorough job.
The Wonderbolts shared the same aversion to that kind of cloud, but for another reason: it was a great place to use an enemy to hide and make an ambush. Or a desperate pony turned into a monster and I needed an escape route, and thereby escape a fight that did not want to hang.
Rarity up straight, regardless of the painful kicks of Wonderbolts, and soon is before those clouds, so large that despite its new size, made her feel like a foal in front of a barn. Get in the middle of them and disappears.
The Wonderbolts get confused, assuming that the enemy would use that natural camouflage to then reappear above or below the attacks them. Dash, who watched it all the distance without interfering think the same thing, and is doing his own quest to warn if the dragon reappears. However, the minutes pass and nothing happens. The Wonderbolts realize they had won and return to their base while Dash, disappointed with that outcome, proceeds towards Ponyville.

Meanwhile in the small town, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Beautiful Brand of Cupid reach the Carousel Boutique. As might be expected, the place was a huge mess: walls and part of the roof destroyed, ruined clothes, smashed furniture.
-  Rarity will be furious when you see all this damage! -  say Fluttershy.
- I don’t care about any of that! - Says Sweet Belle, running from one side to the other - I want to see my sister! Where is she?
- We can help? - question a familiar voice behind them?
All they turn and see Applejack, Big Mac and Pinkie Pie.
- How did you come so quickly? - Twilight question.
- Big Mac and I came to town to sell some farm products when that huge dragon began making a mess, is not it, Mac?
- Yup! - Responds robust stallion.
- I also saw that huge monster running Ponyville scaring everyone with his size, and those past that seemed to thunder: TUM! TUM! TUM! - Adds Pinkie Pie before concluding - She seemed to be behind something, but do not know what it was!
- That was us! - Responds Scootaloo - She chased us all over town and almost ate us!
- WHAT? - Applejack said, running to her younger sister and began to examine it in the pursuit of injuries, even if it was only a scratch. - Did he hurt you, baby?
- Do not -responds the foal - Twilight and Fluttershy arrived in time and saved us!
- What a relief! - Applejack said, hugging his little sister.
- Now, please, help us to do a search! - Says Sweetie Belle - I and others have seen that monster out of here! Maybe with my sister on the tummyyyyyyyyy!!!
- Calm down, dear! - Says Fluttershy - Rarity is very smart, and must have got away with his magical powers before the dragon caught her.
The words pony-Pegasus calms Sweet Belle. Amid the wreckage, they find shelter from Opal, and shrunk in the background, was the Persian cat, trembling with fear.
- You all right, buddy? - Asks Fluttershy.
But the cat remains mute and trembling like a leaf, in shock. Twilight begins to worry. It is then that she hears Applejack say:
- Look! – I found this odd letter that´s half blurred, but which gives has to read a poem: "To my life has a new start, I with without waver have my body taken by mighty from Dart of the Heart!”
- Applejack! You should not have said those words out loud! - Says Twilight, distressed.
- Oh, and what's more in a little poem? - Asks hillbilly pony.
- This is not a poem, it's a spell! And since we do not know who did, or for what purpose we do not know what might happen!
Rainbow Dash speaks:
- If it's a spell, it should be defective, because nothing happened!
- It happened so! - Says Scootaloo - When Applejack began to speak the magic words, I saw the necklace shine!
- What necklace? - Twilight question.
- This one! - Replies the little Pegasus, pointing with his paw to the gold necklace with pendant diamond-shaped half covered by some pieces of wood. Twilight is the levitating objects and while scans, Spike adds:
- I also saw the necklace glow, Twilight. - Spike talks
- And me! And me! - Says Pinkie Pie, skipping.
The alicorn pony asks the other:
- Try to find it anything odd. Anything!

 Far away, the Academy and the headquarters of Wonderbolts, Captain Spitfire was in his office, examined the group's report had been sent to fight the dragon.
("They all say the same thing: the dragon was just taking shots without reacting These monsters are known for ferocity and aggressiveness The behavior of this particular specimen does not make any sense!").
Begins to read the reports again, looking for something that had called her attention on the initial reading. But there seemed to be nothing, beyond description Monster: white, with blue eyes, purple spines and a long mane of the same color, like a pony.
(" I've seen this color combination before! But when and where did it happen? ") And begins to force the memory, with the feeling that she had discovered an important clue.

 In Ponyville, Apple Bloom had found the necklace box.
Twilight realizes the sunken inside the box. Using magic put the collar on it and the fit is perfect. There was even a golden ring on the inside top cover, where the little scroll on which was the magic set. Sweet Belle says:
- I've never seen this necklace and this box here before! Also, when I left for the meeting of Cutie Mark Crusaders morning, Rarity did not say who would buy something so beautiful ... It should also be very expensive!
- Undoubtedly, we find something very important! - Twilight says while putting the case in the hands of Spike.
- NO! - Says Sweet Belle, angry - We find no clue about my sister!
Trying to calm the foal, Fluttershy says:
- I guess this means that the Rarity managed to escape in time. Must have gone or perhaps used magic to escape to somewhere far away, because who does not scare a monster like that?
- Monster? They're talking giant white dragon? - Says a voice from above.
 They all look and they spot Rainbow Dash, hovering in the air.
- Hi girls! I was taking care of some clouds when I saw the Wonderbolts attacking a huge white dragon on the outskirts of Ponyville! You do not know the show that lost! It was an incredible battle! Sensational! But what has happened here? It seems that this place was hit by a meteor!

Before anyone responds, the mayor Mare comes on site through the hole, along with a gray pony with uniform and cap of police, saying:
- Hello Twilight! What are you all doing here?
- Hello mayor! It is that Sweetie Belle and her friends saw the dragon attack the boutique of Rarity. Then, after the dragon left, we came here to see if she was okay.
- Yes, but she was gone, and we could not find anything except ... - the chatter of Pinkie is interrupted by Applejack giving him a hug and quietly, slapping her mouth with his paw, saying:
- Except a damn mess! It seems like a herd of cattle passed through here!
- Lady Mayor - says Twilight - could put guards to protect the site? With this huge hole in the wall anyone can come and pick up the belongings of Rarity!
- Good point, honey! Lieutenant Holmes, can take care of it?
- Of course, Mayor! - Replies the police-officer will put police officers to keep this site 24 hours a day, until it is repaired.
- We thank you very much, Mayor Mare! See you later!
While two policemen ponies come to garnish the boutique, Twilight and the others leave. The smart filly will saying to friends:
- We have to analyze this mysterious case step by step. Sweet Belle said Rarity not had this case and the necklace before today, and said he would not buy it, which means that someone gave a gift to her, or that Rarity found him somewhere.
Rainbow Dash flying next to the group, asks:
- What necklace is this?
Twilight looks around. There were several ponies around. Then along the other she enters an alley where there was no one, and then said to his assistant:
- Spike, show her.
Spike opens the box and Dash's eyes widen at the sight of the beautiful gold necklace with a large emerald in the center.
- It's a magical necklace! - Pinkie says - You say the magic words and it shines!
- Maybe you do more than that, Pinkie.
- And what might that be? - Dash question.
- I do not know yet. - Responds Twilight - But the parchment is on the inside cover mentions the name "Dart of the Heart," and I'm sure I know this from somewhere. Now Sweetie Belle, tell me everything that happened this morning.
- Well, Rarity was finishing an order for some chic clothes for rich ponies, and said she intended to relax at a picnic in the Magic Hills. But I had an appointment at the Club of Bela Cupid Brand, so I think she was alone.
- Magic Hills? Well gang, that's where we go!
Arriving on the scene, Rarity tells friends:
- Spread out and try to find where Rarity been. Perhaps we find a clue there.
The group spreads and after some time, Big Mac points to the case for a hole in the side of a hill and says:
- Eeyup!
All are just around the hole. Twilight tells to the helper:
- Spike, try putting the case in this place to see if that's where he was.
The dragon baby makes the attempt, and the socket turns out to be perfect.
- I think Rarity down the hill and stepped on a piece of kit that should be exposed after heavy rains that occurred in recent days. There, she took him with her. Now let my house. I have to search the library. I'm sure it was in one of my books I read something about the name mentioned in the parchment.
- The Dart? – asks Applejack.
- That's it!
While returning to the city, Apple Bloom question:
- Twilight, why they call that place Magic Hills? I no felt any magical in them!
- According some very old documents before Ponyville exist before there was only one large pool for the whole region. But when they founded the city, the pool had been turned that beautiful set of hills we saw today. No geologist was able to explain the causes of change, and concluded that the change must have been caused by magic. But the identity of who did this is a controversial issue: some say it was Celestia, Luna other, and some even claim that it was Discord!
- Like he was able to do something to benefit the ponies! - Applejack speaks - That guy knows only make mess!
Sometime after the extensive library Twilight of the castle, after examining several books, the purple pony exclaims enthusiastically:
- It's here! I found!
Again, all sit around it. While the book does levitate, she explains to the others:
- This is the fifth volume of a work of twenty volumes called "Chronicles of the Age of Chaos", and was written by a unicorn pony called Golden Scrool who lived during that disastrous time when Equestria was under Discord domain, which is why his work remained unknown for a long time, because the very Golden Scrool hid all his books in a cave, where they remained until the beginning of the modern era, shortly after Canterlot Foundation.
- That I did not understand! - Applejack said.
- Books are a way of organizing knowledge, so that the information and findings are not forgotten, preventing civilization from falling into barbarism. So Golden Scroll hid his books throughout his life, posing as hawker remedies: he feared being attacked by Discord.
- Discord! Tell me about that guy! - Says Rainbow Dash - When I think of all the confusion what he did! Including against us!
- Yes I know. But during the Age of Chaos many terrible things were the work of their own ponies, as the story about the Dart heart. Golden Scrool gave this volume subtitled "The Iron Star Curse"
The Pretenders get nervous and apprehensive at the words, but hide their emotions from adults to look not fearful. Twilight continues:
- It all started in Los Pegasus, who was then a community of merchants called Los Potros, very different from the exuberant city full of casinos and houses shows that it is today. There were some noble families whose members were trying to maintain their status at all costs. Listen to Golden Scrool wrote:
"Two of these families have decided to unite their firstborn to keep, thereby increasing its prestige." The fiancé was called Solar Justice and was a handsome Pegasus stallion by light aqua with violet eyes, mane and tail color of honey. His beautiful brand was a golden sun with a long sword superimposed. The bride Emerald Star was a unicorn pony by magenta, purple eyes, white mane and tail. His beautiful brand was a star with eight points, a shimmering green.
At first everything looked good, with Emerald demonstrating the kind and refined behavior expected of a rich maiden. But everything changed during a picnic on the banks of river Sapphire when a set of solar family called Niceheart (an earth pony with pink eyes, mane and pinkish brown tail, whose beautiful brand was a white full cup of green tea) stumbled, knocking a raspberry pie on the Emerald dress, messing it all.
Furious, Emerald cursed Nice Heart shouting, ignoring the pleas of Solar Justice to calm down and then hit her with a burst of magical energy, making the earth pony fall into the river that was very mighty, because of the thaw spring.
Stunned, Niceheart could not swim, and only not drowned because another land pony by mauve, dark brown eyes, mane and tail sky blue with white cherry blossoms in his side, jumped into the river and saved. Solar was impressed by that act of courage. At the same time he was furious with Emerald deplorable behavior and ended with the engagement there, saying, "I don´t wanna like wife someone who does not care about the lives of other ponies." To the surprise of everyone, Solar Justice soon began dating pony had saved the life of her maid. I knew that was called Cherry Blossom, the daughter of a family that manufactured and sold sweets. His parents and Emerald were shocked and tried everything to resume the engagement, but Solar was adamant in his decision. The unicorn pony pretended disdain for what happened, and no one suspected the terrible vengeance that she soon began planning against your ex-boyfriend and his new lover. The courtship went well, without the couple cared rumors that Solar Justice must be crazy or, under the effect of a spell cast by Discord.