//------------------------------// // Hmm. // Story: Tremors // by Crimson_Lance //------------------------------// Zecora had finally reached the bridge before the ruined castle. From where she was, she saw that the wall facing the ancient moat had collapsed. However, she sensed more was amiss here than a simple structural failure. She walked back, then held her staff parallel, then ran forward. a few feet from the edge, she stabbed her staff into the ground and leaped, pole vaulting over the gap. She settled, then strapped her staff to her back and looked down at the disturbed earth. "Such marks in the ground! If not a scuffle, then a disagreement most unsound." She continued to follow the tracks; they lead to a mound of gravel, possibly from the fallen fortifications. It was in front of the moat. "Perhaps a fight is not the result to fear, but simply just one wishing to get out of here." She shrugged and pole vaulted over the gap and trotted to her hut. ----- As Luna returned to her chambers, Celestia continued through her slice of Prench Vanilla cake, she heard somepony in her throne room scream "prune juice". Quite startled, she jumped a bit in her seat, tossing the cake up. Said ballistic sweet treat was impaled on the Destroyer of Cake's horn. She looked around, wonder just where in Mother's name did that come from. Her surroundings offered no clues but the smell of lemons. She mentally chalked it up to Discord and made a note to have a friendly chat with him along with "Mr. Hammer." Tea time ended and the audiences continued. Little did she know, the cake still made its berth on her horn... ----- Ponyville was a town of oddities. It was primarily its major draw in tourism, save Sweet Apple Acres and its legendary Cider and Zap Apple treats. With the coronation of Twilight Sparkle and the building of her palace in Ponyville, it was no surprise that ponies poured in from everywhere, just to get a glimpse of her highness. Even the occasional minotaur and griffon passed through here. To add one strange event more to the list would be the Princess of Friendship herself rolling a pinkish-purple sphere of magic through town, with the elements of Harmony behind, Generosity on the back of Honesty and Kindness on the back of Loyalty. Laughter was seen dancing on the ball of magic. -A moment before- Rammus was knocked out by the concussive force of Twilight's point blank blast spell. She smirked at Pinkie, who had gotten the zipper off somehow. "I took a page out of your book that time, Pinkie. I'll admit it, it felt pretty good." "See? It's no fun being so serious. Like, remember that time when you had that friendship repo-" A bubble of magic not-unlike the ball that Pinkie was backpedaling on enveloped the cotton candy colored confectioner. It floated down to an annoyed Aspect of Magic. "That day. Never. Again." Her magic bubble dissipated and Pinkie landed on her legs. Rainbow Dash and Applejack had a good natured chuckle at that day's events. "Oh Celestia, Twilight," Rainbow Dash prodded. "You were so worked up, we all got homework." "And Ah still rib Big Mac about havin' that doll-" Applejack's face sobered slightly. "You want it back?" Twilight shook her head. That Princesses' "summit" a few months back, Luna had the choice of movie to watch. She had chosen a movie from the "Foal's Play" series of horror. To this day, Twilight shudders at the sight of any doll. "No, he can have it..." ----- "An enemy has been slain." Rammus spun on his back in a victory dance in front of a dying Wu Ju Master. He then curled up into a ball, rolling into a mute, floating, green haired musician, scoring another kill. "Double Kill!" Suddenly, a barbarian with a great sword charged out of the bush behind him, raising his blade for a killing blow, only for Rammus to spin around and say, "Heh, you mad." Furious at his puncturing taunt, the warrior slammed down at his foe, only to hit Rammus's shell in his defensive curl and snap his blade in half after a few dozen blows. He then beat on the carapace, impaling his arms with each blow. His arms gone, he slammed his head down in a headbutt, eventually passing out. "TRIPLE KILL!" A boom resounded from behind a wall of trees as a short, blue, and decidedly female yordle plummeted out of the sky and right behind Rammus. The rocket jumper's impact made a shockwave that slightly disoriented him. A skeletal mage was making its advance. Then... "For the unliving." A pair of silver and green obelisks appeared on either side of Rammus, trapping him. A spear flew out of the bush and struck the rocket jumping yordle, pinning her through the foot. A noble looking soldier was rushing up to the fray. The lich mage had gotten closer to the fray, seeing that Rammus was suppressed and Tristana was whaling on the tanky armadillo. "Sing me a lullaby." Thoroughly taunted by Rammus, the mage was pulled in to attack Rammus. Then, the ground began to tremble, then quake intensely. "Demacia!" The soldier had slammed his lance into the ground, making the earth around all four combatants cage them all in. "Go for the Penta, Rammus!" Rammus's tremors rocked the yordle and frail, skeletal lich, both of whom eventually succumbed to the shards of rock jutting up beneath their feet and constantly being thrown around in the impromptu cage. "Quadra-kill!" "Mo'kay." The lich fell, but his spirit rose from his bones and continued to cast spells. An eerie red light appeared above the soldier and Rammus. "Share... my curse!" The red light suddenly turned pinkish-purple, and the lich's face became Twilight Sparkle's cold visage. ----- The bubble began to shake violently, causing Pinkie to fall off and Twilight to wince at the sudden explosion of force inside. Their charge was causing the bubble to quake, with some of it force reaching the ground and triggering tremors around it with a strength of a 1.2 on the Richter scale. Twilight, on a knee-jerk reaction, sealed the spell with a stasis charm. The ball of magic held, and eased Twilight's mental strain. "Applejack, Pinkie, get that ball! Before it-" KER-CRACK! The ball rolled through the marketplace, a rumbling, rolling, and rampaging wrecking ball. Stalls were flattened In its path. Thankfully, Big Mac set up the family stall on the cart today. With practiced speed, he hitched the cart to his yoke and missed the great lavender ball by mere inches. In its wake was the pained cry, ----- You were startled by the appearance of Twilight Sparkle in your dreams. You awake to find yourself creating tremors inside of a large glowing mass of magic. The ball was rolling through a town, with ponies chasing you as you were incased in it. You increase your speed by rolling with the ball through town, tremors leveling practically anything nearby, while your Powerball flattened anything else. "Nevermind that Fae sorceress's 'embiggining' spell- this is amazing!" Soon, you find yourself rolling in the Everfree forest- well, more like rolling through the Everfree forest. The ponies in pursuit are nothing more than pastel colored blips on the horizon. Suddenly, a large mechanical-in-nature, bipedal construct obstructs your path. It has a VERY familiar pink color scheme. "I put the 'me' in 'mecha'. That was humor. Other ponies find it to be funny and silly~"