//------------------------------// // Ch.4 The Wonderful Island of Chenarus! // Story: DayP // by Thunder Seethe //------------------------------// DayP The six friends appeared after a large flash into the island of Chenarus. They appeared on the coastline, near the ocean. The six had no idea what an ocean was, as they were only used to rivers and ponds, so a large mass of water surrounding the land was new to them; but not to Twilight. She had done research of this land already, or at least as much as she could from her scrying mirror. They didn't really pay much attention to the water as much as the sounds of distant gunfire, and large structures made of metal. "Pinkie!" Everypony said in unison; except Pinkie. Pinkie giggled, "Sorry!" Twilight could have sworn that this island looked a lot more destroyed from her scrying mirror, but it actually looked pretty nice. Now all that was missing was some type of commercial pony saying, "Welcome to the wonderful island of Chenarus! Where all of your hopes and dreams can come true! We have Zeds, more Zeds, and even MORE Zeds! Feel the need to run a marathon? No problem! If you're unarmed and spotted by a Zed, well you're in for a marathon! Enjoy your stay, and remember, the Island of Chenarus is always open for you." She moved a bit more above the hill they were on to get away from the mysterious large body of water. She got a clearer view of a paved road, and a few large hills. In her scrying mirror, she heard large explosions. Perhaps, maybe this place got slightly better since yesterday. "So uh, Twilight... Now that we're here, where do we start? You know... bringing back harmony and stuff." Fluttershy said quietly, and indefinitely less enthusiastic than Pinkie, but who is ever more enthusiastic than Pinkie? Twilight was still observing her surroundings, and almost ignored Fluttershy's question, but decided to answer vaguely without looking back. "Now, but I don't know exactly what to do." "Well, ya' mentioned something about creating a new civilization and stuff right? Why don't we start by gathering up people and you know, making their civilization?" Applejack suggested. "Sure, but we should probably get out of the open. From my understandings, most of the people here aren't as friendly as the ponies in Equestria." The other ponies nodded in agreement, and they made haste to the nearest mountain off towards the right. It started as a small hill, but if you followed the ridge, it broke off into a steep mountain with an abundance of trees that patch up the mountain half way to the top. Twilight was constantly casting a spell that would trigger any living thing, including the Zeds. This could help looking for any survivors, but unfortunately, that would also mean they could run into Zeds, or possibly bandits and rogues. Not to mention, the only ranged spell Twilight knew of didn't involve shooting jolts of magic from her horn to do damage to a specific enemy - well, unless Pinkie decided to use her as a Gatling Gun. Twilight was still unsure of how that even worked, and thus, didn't learn the spell to shoot out jolts. With good reasoning as in Equestria; full of harmony and barely any true enemies, the was no need for violent spells. Her lack of intelligence with aggressive spells, was made up for with alteration, illusion, and most importantly; teleportation. Though she hadn't spent much time on teleportation itself, thus being limited to certain distances, she was good at taking groups with her, and getting far enough away from the enemy, so that he or she or it would give up. Most unicorns have spells related to their talents. Such as Rarity, who uses levitation with specific accuracy as she threads the needles, or needs to levitate an abundance of cloth. Not to mention her ability to bring her drama chair out of seemingly nowhere. But, since Twilight's special talent is magic, she had many more spells; needed or not, to use throughout her life. Not to mention her mentor is Princess Celestia herself, and her inspiration is a master of spells; Starswirl the Bearded. It wasn't much longer till they reached the foot of the mountain. Rarity already started complaining about her mane getting messy, but was quickly hushed by Applejack as she rolled her eyes in annoyance. the trees weren't very thick, and judging by the clouds, it wouldn't be just cloudy anymore. Rainbow predicted that the sunlight would last for no more than thirty minutes, and offered to move the clouds a bit. "No, we don't know exactly how the weather works in this world. For all we know, the clouds containing electricity may or may not be strong enough to severely injure you." Twilight warned. She could tell Rainbow Dash was disappointed that she couldn't even do weather duties while they restored harmony. Deep inside, she knew that Twilight was just trying to keep her safe, and since this was an alien environment that Twilight probably studied, she should probably listen to her instead of complain. They made their way up the smaller hill in no time. Pinkie was unusually quiet, and it was beginning to worry Twilight and the others. Still, they tried to ignore the phenomenon and move on. Stealthily. Just over the hill, she could see more buildings, this time wooden and concrete, and a two buildings with small towers. They both had the same layout. The vents, and the black roof, including building design remained the same. One of those buildings were connected to a large brick building with no vents on the top, but had the same color roofs as the others. She assumed that was a Power Plant since there was a large silo connected with a white and red color scheme near the top portions of it. Twilight looked at her friends, beaming with curiosity. Her friends all knew what she wanted to do; look inside the Power Plant. Before deciding, her friends looked at each other unsure whether or not this was a safe idea, or if it would get them all killed. Nonetheless, they had no food, no water, and it was only a matter of time before they'll need it. They slowly nodded their heads, and the decision was made. They trotted down the hill half expecting one of them - specifically Rarity to slip and complain about her mane or coat, but luckily enough, none of that happened. It's only a matter of time. Twilight thought. Halfway down the hill, they heard a loud pop that echoed in the distance, and a large pile of dirt kicked up in the air next to them. Twilight was familiar of the pop, and already knew what it was. She was unsure how to handle this - exactly, so she did the next best thing. "Run!" Twilight yelped as she broke into full gallop, and the others followed shortly behind. Finally, after about five minutes of her silence, Pinkie yelled, "This is fun!" As she broke into a blur and was in the building before anypony else. Predicted. Twilight thought again, half satisfied that she knew it was going to happen before it did leaving a small smile on her face when she thought of her constantly hyper friend. There were many gunshots as they continued past the road, "Almost there!" Applejack called. The ground kicked up the loose asphalt in chunks which scraped Rarity's side. There was no cut, but she made a horrifying yelp as if she was attacked by an Ursa Major. Nonetheless, they made it to the white concreted building with three large red doors, and a back door, to which they promptly closed. They sat there both in fear, and wondering what exactly they were fearing, which made the next conversation. "Twilight, what was that?" Rainbow asked hesitantly, still unsure what to think. Twilight thought for a moment to possibly go into detail about the supposed weapon. Then, she remembered one that was long, and had a cylinder like attachment to the top. She assumed it acted like binoculars, as the weapon was high powered and made to be accurate at long distances. "I'm not sure of the exact name of it," Twilight started truthfully. "but I do know that it shoots projectiles in the shapes of pointed three dimensional cylinders, and is made to... Kill." Again, she and the others shuddered at the thought. "So... it's this thing. That shoots stuff out. That kills things." Rainbow concluded. She was unsure how she could trust the people if the first thing they did, was to shoot them with whatever. "Yes." Twilight confirmed. She also could see the worry in Rainbow's and the others faces, along with the doubt that went with it. Twilight was also beginning to feel downed, until she remembered that there were such thing as bandits and rogues. "What you and I just experienced, was a bandit. They are basically senseless killers who kill for the fun of it." "For the what of it?" Pinkie added. "How can that be fun? I know fun, and I also know what not fun is, and I know for sure that isn't fun!" Pinkie finished. Fluttershy was cowering in the corner crying, and Rarity immediately trotted towards her to calm her friend. She needed it herself too. "Pinkie, some of those people, are straight up monsters. However, there are still some good people here, and if it's possible, we can set up a new community, and I promise Pinkie. You will get to throw them a party before we leave." Pinkie's face lit up brightly with a large smile at the end of her sentence, hearing nothing but the end. "Pinkie promise?" She added. Twilight gave a soft smile and sighed as she recited the promise. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Going through the emotions as she said the words. Pinkie smiled happily in glee, and was ready to scream in her happiness, but was quickly hushed. Reminded that there was a bandit somewhere looking to kill. Rainbow just started wondering through the other corners refraining from taking the stairs to the tower since... a person was just shooting at them, and they clearly had the upper advantage. Around, she found some one oddly shaped thing that was part metal, part wood, and this lever thingy - two lever thingies. "Twilight?" Rainbow called from under the stairs of the tower. "What is this thing?" Twilight walked over to examine what she saw, and noted what she had saw earlier. A handheld weapon, that was also ranged, but made for shorter distances. It was a weapon, and as she got a closer look, she could see engraved writings on here, and surprisingly, it was written in the same language they spoke in Equestria. "Colt M1911" was plastered on the slide. "It's a... Colt - " "That, is definitely not a colt Twilight. Have you been like, hit on the head or something?" Rainbow interrupted. "No, but this thing has something written on here. Colt M1911." I'm going to just assume Colt is the brand name, and M stands for model, of the year nineteen eleven." She knew it was a wild guess, but she felt like it was right. Unable to use the weapon, they just lay it back where they found it for someone else to use. Just in case they were also in trouble. They grouped back in the main room and just waited for something, and didn't want to move just in case the bandit may be patient enough to just sit around and wait for them to come out. After approximately ten minutes, they started hearing distant thunder. They figured that if this place were to flood, they would be forced to go up on the tower and risk getting shot. So they decided to leave. They walked towards the back door of the structure, and just as they were to open it, they heard steps getting louder and louder as it approached. It was definitely running. Just as they were to open the door to check what was outside, the door swung open as something rushed inside and fell to the ground dead. Then, another charged in still alive, and panting loudly with sweat dribbling down his face. He was a lot taller than the ponies, which contributed to the threat that he was going to kill them. He looked back up, and back down and stared at the six multicolor ponies. Then, for the first time, they heard what a male human sounded like with an odd accent, different from Rarity's. "What is this capitalist pig dog shit?"