Destined

Prologue

It had been said that destiny is the like the flow of the river downstream; constant, eternal, and unwavering. But that is not entirely true. The course of destiny was never so smooth as a river's course, and never so calm. Destiny was like rainfall. How the drops would collide in air, no one could be certain. Their wind-driven dance in storms is never set in stone. Chaos abounded in the miles between cloud and ground, going off course and then realigning, scattering only to group together again...no one can say where a droplet will go once it is free from it's cloud. But, of all things in the world to be sure of is that rain will always fall. Once in the land of Equestria, there lived a poor peasant stallion who lived with his second wife. Along with his wife, he lived with his two filly sisters but was determined to keep that part hidden. For he had never told his wife about them. One fateful night, one of the fillies let out a cry in the middle of the night causing the mare to awake. She found the two fillies, one sound a sleep and one a crying mess, before her husband would awake, she snatched the crying foal and ran out the door of their home. The next morning, the stallion found no pony, but only one of his sisters, which he sworn on his live to keep safe. and happy. The young filly developed many skills such as reading and advanced magic, and from watching village ponies she as given a small profit of bits. Though one day, her brother lost her job and the filly's profit wasn't big enough to feed her. He knew what had to be done. He sailed with his sister on a weak, hoof built boat to the other side of Equestria and arrived at a beach at midnight.

"What are we doing here so late at night?" the young filly asked.

The stallion picked up his sister and placed her in the sand, causing her to sink just a bit. "Something that must be done. And just know that I'm doing this because...I love you...Now, I took us here because I was told they have lovely flowers here. And there's a mare back in Ponyville that I want to impress, so could you run over to those bushes and get me a small bouquet?"

The filly nodded quickly and happily as she galloped through the sand and over to the bushes of colors. There was a large variety of colors; red, blue, magneta, teal, beige, every color you could ever imagine! She used her magic to take two of each color and a small vine from a tree to hold the bouquet together. She turned around to face the shore, only to find that the boat was not where she had left it. A small knot formed in her stomach as she ran to the every edge of the water. The knot had now become a tangled mess as her magic faded, causing her bouquet of rainbows to float out to sea.

"No...please, no..." She said between her silent cries.

"Destiny..." a gentle voice said in the darkness.

The filly looked up from her hooves and looked at the forest which surrounded the beach. And in the darkness, stood a white alicorn, levitating a lamp with her yellow magic aura. "Who are you?"

"I am Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria and I was called out here by destiny. Come, you can live in the palace."

The filly stared at the alicorn, carefully defining every word she said. It all happened so fast; her arrival, her abandanment, and now she was being offered to live in the Canterlot Castle?!

"But, my brother...what if he comes back?"

"What if he doesn't?"

Those words hit Twilight like bullets as she looked out to sea. She could see the very small silhouette of the boat in the far distance. Then she looked back at Celestia, who was waiting patiently for her decision to be made. Twilight finally ran into the arms of Celestia and began to cry again.

"I know...my dear princess..."