We Happy Ponies - Concept Teaser Trailer

We happy ponies: concept teaser

Equestrian Broadcasting Company presents…

The Morning News

With DJ-PON3

After a few seconds, along with an extremely cheerful violin and brass rift, an ageing white unicorn faded into view. Her formerly electric blue hair was streaked with grey, contrasting against the bright red curtain, only slightly dulled by the technicolor screen. She was wearing a completely white mask, her red eyes and wide smile being the only part if her face uncovered, as the mask was perfectly molded to her face and muzzle. The mare rattled some papers on the desk in front if her before looking up at the camera.

“Goood morning, Equestria!” She announced in an almost unnaturally chipper tone of voice. “I hope you all had a lovely rest and are ready to tackle this new day! The weather unicorns have prepared us a delightfully sunny day with practically no rain in sight!”

The scene on screen shifted to various shots of earth ponies and unicorns trotting down the streets of Canterlot and Ponyville, which were decorated in rainbows, all of them with a wide, cheerful smile on their faces and all of them, without exception, with the same white masks, molded to their muzzles as if they were just painted on.

“Exactly, my little ponies!” DJ-PON3’s voice narrated over the pittoresque images. “Everypony in Equestria is doing exactly what he or she should be doing: smiling, playing, frolicking and, of course, taking their Joy!”

As if on queue, a blue and white unicorn mare, that had been trotting down the street carelessly just a moment earlier, fished a small pill bottle from her saddlebag using magic. She uncapped the bottle, pulled out a pill and swallowed it effortlessly, as if she had done it ten or twenty times each day. Her smile somehow grew even wider and she continued on her way. The scene quickly cut back to DJ-PON3, whose eyes narrowed slightly.

“What about...you?”

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Olive Branch, who had been watching the broadcast on a TV in a store window, was startled back slightly, managing to limit her gasp of shock to a quick exhale. She looked around to see if anyone had noticed her bizarre reaction and saw a masked and ageing red and cream earth pony looking at her suspiciously, narrowing her eyes.

Olive reacted fast, putting on a fake smile underneath her own white mask and waving gently at the mare, making her know that all was well. The mare smiled and waved back, before continuing on her path as if nothing had happened.

Holding back a sigh of relief, Olive glanced once more back at the TV, before deciding to walk away once more. Her Joy withdrawal was putting her severely on edge and another sudden movement from DJ-PON3 was sure to make her sn-

“Yes, I’m talking to you!” A TV screen suspended over the sidewalk Olive was walking down suddenly pivoted 45 degrees, making her yelp in surprise, attracting the eye if several onlookers. “You’re not off your Joy, are you?”

Olive covered her mouth with both hooves, but the damage was done. She was far too stressed to fib her way out of this situation. Ponies were already getting closer and closer, their faces full of concern morphing into hateful sneers, all while DJ-PON3’s morning monologue continued.

“If you don’t take your Joy, ponies will think you’re a downer!” The DJ’s chipper voice contrasted with the mob of angry ponies approaching Olive, some of whom had taken baseball bats and metal pipes with their magic, brandishing them threateningly in the air. DJ-PON3 chuckled. “And we all know how Equestrians deal with downers…”

Olive’s ears flattened as she frantically searched around for an exit. As she backed up away from the horde of Joyful lunatics, she noticed a partially open window behind her. Seizing her chance at escape, she clamped her hooves underneath the window to open it all the way, slid her way inside the house, and slammed the window shut behind her.

Out of breath, she faced the window, cringing at all of the hooves and bats and pipes banging on the glass, as well as the cries and shouts of the townsponies. The window wouldn't hold for long, so Olive took note of the living room that she had dropped into.

A couch or two were facing another technicolor TV, which was also tuned into DJ-PON3’s morning news. “In fact, I often get a lot of questions about what to do when faced with a downer.” Continued the DJ, as Olive grabbed a cricket bat that was leaning against one of the couches in her mouth and headed towards the kitchen.

“See, my little ponies, the correct thing to do when you see a downer among the streets being swarmed by the law-abiding happy citizens of Equestria…” As soon as she entered the kitchen, Olive turned to narrowly miss a blow from a blue unicorn stallion’s frying pan.

Olive quickly dodged back and blocked a second blow from the unicorn. The force of said blow was enough to stagger her long enough for the stallion to snack her straight in the jaw with the frying pan, making her let go of her bat and sending her sprawling into the back door. The door’s hinges broke on impact and fell into the garden behind the house, taking Olive with it.

Through her daze on the floor, Olive could make out several figures looming over her, all wearing those creepy white smiling masks, one of which held a large shovel, as well as DJ-PON3’s voice coming from the TV inside.

“...is join in on the fun!” As she said this, the pony wielding the shovel brought it down upon Olive’s head and her vision went black.

We happy ponies

Coming soon…

This is an idea only for now. The intricacies of the story have not been figured out yet, but I'm just curious to see what kind of reaction a small little concept teaser could elicit. So tell me what you think :)

My goal with this story, if I go through with it, is to do something similar to Fallout:Equestria, where I emulate the feeling and setting of the game, yet with new objectives, characters and a new story.

This teaser will not be canon.