“You let her go you monster”
“I think not I need Toroko for an...Experiment.”
King was busy dreaming about something, yet all he could remember were voices. Try as he might he could not remember any visuals. Suddenly he heard his name being called
“King...”
“Toroko?” King said to himself. Suddenly everything went white.
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“King please get up.” Fluttershy was trying to shake the Mimiga awake. He quickly got up and looked around his surroundings. He noticed that his companions Kitty, Fluttershy, and Erdrick were still OK. Their surroundings were cold and damp and full of stones... Kinda like a pitch black cave. Erdrick was shivering from fright.
“Don't tell me that you are afraid of the dark.” Kitty told Erdrick.
“No...OK maybe.” Erdrick said that last part to himself.
“If it makes you feel better. I am afraid of the dark as well.” Fluttershy tried to make Erdrick feel better about his phobia. Suddenly they heard footsteps coming towards them.
“Oh ye gods, A hell spawned beast approaches.” Erdrick yelled. He then gave a battle cry and ran towards the sound.
“No...Wait...” An old man yelled, which was soon followed by a loud BANG. Erdrick came flying towards them. He then landed in front of Fluttershy.
“Is that any way to treat an old wizard that just saved your lives.” The old man said. Soon they all saw what he looked like. He was an old bearded man who was covered in a cloak and hood, the hood hid his facial features except for a his long grey beard which went down to his knees.
“I have called you here for a reason.” He said.
“Wait could that reason be to show us a way to save my friends, cause everyone I know and love has been turned to stone and had their souls ripped from their bodies.” Fluttershy said.
“Wait is that what happened?” The old man said responded. “ I was calling you here to ask you to remind Celestia of a our millennial poker game. You see she hasn't responded to my letters and from what I am hearing I can see why she hasn't responded to me.”
“Wait let me get this straight Celestia has a millennial poker game with an old wizard who lives in a cave.” Fluttershy's brain started to hurt as she tried to wrap her head around what she just heard.
“Well yes, also I am not any old wizard...” The wizard paused for dramatic effect. “ I am Sarda. The wizard who did it. I can control the cosmos as I see fit I can...”
“Yeah yeah, chuckles we get it.” Kitty interrupted. “We get that you have untold powers beyond normal mortal recognition.”
Sarda glared at Kitty for a bit.
“Any way from what I have heard...” Sarda continued. “The world is in turmoil as this evil that I Sarda the wizard who did it, sealed away mainly because he called me a doody head, but also because he was an evil that must be stopped otherwise the world as we know it would become a shitty place. What with the eternal damnation, and fire and brimstone, and whatnot.”
“So, with all you wisdom, surely you could give us some pointers to point us in the right direction, or at the very least give us some weapons that could no doubt aid us on our journey.” King said to Sarda.
“By pointers you mean throw you in a vast unforgiving world, and let you wander it for all eternity, and by supply you with weapons you mean you have to buy then yes I can help you with that.” Sarda told the four warrior.
“Wait you mean to say that you are just going to put us in a world that would most likely kill us, with no info on how to survive said world, and with no weapons.” Fluttershy said with panic.
“Spot on my dear. Have a cookie.” Sarda produced a chocolate chip cookie from his robes and gave it to Fluttershy. “But if it makes you feel better I can tell you what those orbs are for.” Sarda pointed towards the basket of orbs, that Kitty held. “Those orbs are what's left of these crystals that I used to seal away that evil that got loose. They can defiantly help you on your journey, just let me take those for a bit.” Sarda grabbed the orbs and started to tinker with them. He then produced four necklaces and gave them to the four companions.
“Do you like them, I took up jewelry making as a hobby recently what with being in this cave for all eternity.” Sarda told our four hero's. “Granted I can walk out of this cave anytime I want to, but who is going to keep an eye all those silly mortal universes if I leave.”
“Bah jewelry be for women. I be a man.” Erdrick said, beating his chest.
“You are also a man who is afraid of the dark, put it on, or I will turn your lungs into taffy.” Sarda glared at Erdrick. The viking blushed from embarrassment, and quickly put the necklace on.
“OK these necklaces shall help you but...” Sarda paused for a moment.
“Damn it will you stop pausing every few seconds.” King said impatiently.
Sarda glared at him, and then continued.
“Ahem, before I was rudely interrupted. I kinda forgot how these things work. Oh you may know how to work them in the future, but for the most part they are pretty much useless...” Everyone just glared at Sarda. “ Oh come on I'm an old man, who is probably senile. What would you expect.” Suddenly Sarda snapped his fingers and the environment quickly changed.
Everyone saw that they were high up in the air, and everything just froze for a single moment. Fluttershy looked down and froze in terror, her eyes wide with fear. And then everyone; except Sarda fell down.
Everyone was screaming in terror as the ground came rushing towards them.
“Wait why are we screaming.” Kitty suddenly realized something. “I just realized that our friend here...” She pointed her paw towards Fluttershy, who was still frozen with fear.
“So that means were going to survive then?” King said.
“Nay, I think not.” Erdrick started to explain. “You see how the lass, be frozen in fear.” He pointed towards Fluttershy. “That be something we Vikings call 'The Fear' it usually strikes at a very stressful moment, usually in the heat of battle. She be as useful as a rock in a pool of water.”
“oh my god...” King and Kitty said at the same time. And soon they continued to scream as they plummeted to their deaths.
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Sarda was busy looking into a large crystal ball when he realized something.
“I forgot to give them parachutes.” He chuckled. “Oh well to late now I guess...” Sarda then looked at his crystal ball some more. “Hmm... It looks like they are falling towards HappyVille, those overly happy freaks didn't get a natural disaster in...” Sarda then looked at a schedule. “around six millennium. Guess I got to do something about that.” Sarda then laughed to himself as he prepared a big disaster for the citizens of HappyVille.
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HappyVille was a settlement outside of Equestrian borders, the denizens of this very happy village consisted of Humans, and Ponies living together in peace. No one knew why there was a settlement like this outside of Equestria's borders, but then again no one really questioned it.
Everyone in the Village was gathered by a large brick dam celebrating their sixth millennium of no natural disasters. Suddenly dark clouds appeared above the dam, and some survivors of the incident that was going to happen in mere moments could have sworn they heard a voice say.
“Take this you overly happy freaks.” Suddenly a large lightning bolt struck the damn and it collapsed. Water came flooding out of the wreckage and soon this day would be known in their history, as the worst day in their lives.
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“We're all going to die!” Kitty meowed out loud.
“Bah take it like a man.” Erdrick said. “Us vikings are ready to die at the drop of a hat, plus I already died, and that's how I ended up here.”
Fluttershy suddenly began to regain consciousness.
“Ugh...What happened?” She said.
“We're falling to our...” Kitty tried to tell Fluttershy the predicament that they were currently in, when King intervened and sent her spinning away with a well placed punch.
“Look we are not going to die.” He said. “In fact I seem to see a lake coming towards us ; a lake I may add that swear wasn't there before. There may be a chance that we may survive.”
“Oh goody. I thought that we were finished because of Sarda's incompetence. Suddenly Fluttershy heard several countless screams. “Uh do you guys hear that?” she asked.
“Nah.” the others answered.
“Oh...OK I just thought that I was going crazy hearing the countless screams of others in fear and pain.” Fluttershy responded. Suddenly they landed in the lake with a loud SPLASH.
The four heroes quickly swam ashore, and decided to lay about in the sun to dry themselves off.
“I've been thinking.” Fluttershy suddenly started saying. “I mean the sun is still rising and Celestia is probably a statue as we speak. I am beginning to question everything now.”
“Hmm...your saying that your species actually thought that one very powerful individual actually rose the sun for you.” King responded.
“Well yes. I now realize that maybe we never questioned it before just because she could wield powerful magic. I am starting to think that if anyone ever questioned it she would do something horrible to them, yet now that I met you three, I realize that I may have never really known that there was a world outside of Equestria.”
“We like you to Fluttershy.” Her new friends said to her. Soon after they had dried themselves off, they quickly made their way towards the now setting sun. All they knew was that they had to explore the world to get back what was stolen from them.