//------------------------------// // Feburary 15th-16th- On These Our Days // Story: Equestria Legends Online: Tales of a Midnight Dream // by Kaffeina //------------------------------// ELO Tales of a Midnight Dream ]February 15th On These Our Days I deflected the sword strike and swung stopping Noon right at the pony's neck while holding the other with Dawn. I pulled my weapons down and looked at the two ponies. The clearing we had chosen was one of the many near Ponyville, it was filled with yellow flowers and had a nice, flowery scent. "You guys need to pay better attention," I said as I put my weapons up. I had been trying to train these ponies for the last two hours. They were an earth pony with a coat of dark green, and a unicorn with a coat that was pure white. "Yes ma'am!" They said saluting. I groaned. It was bad enough with the gender BS, but now I'm being treated like a superior officer. "Whatever. Just remember what I taught you and you might live," I turned to leave. "Hey, wait!" called out the smaller pony as he ran up to me. He pulled out some bits and another item. I took them, and no not out of force, but as payment for my training, which annoys me due to the fact I could be exploring by myself, but it was my best source of income. Anyways, yes. I charge. I headed back into town. In the past three weeks Ponyville had not changed much. It still had the old look but the atmosphere had changed to a more serious tone.Then again the Elements still had not been found. It was kind of sad really. I arrived in town to no one being there, literally, no one. Confused, I wandered around towards the plaza, and found a notice. Element Boss Found! Players Report to Plaza by- Event Begun I groaned. I had missed the boss fight, just brilliant, I though as I entered the plaza. Suddenly Discord appeared next to me. I jumped sky-high which made me nearly have a heart attack. I swear. Discord was TRYING to kill me. "Oh, dear me, I thought everyone had left. Ah well. You can't do much. I'll let my friend come in," said Discord before vanishing. I looked at the place where the Chaos Program had been. Suddenly a box appeared. Congratulations! You have been entered in Event- ?????? I groaned. This could not be good. After that I heard a loud roar. Sub-Boss Appears! Dragonlord Zeta Undead My eyes widened in shock. I thought I killed this thing! Then I noticed the Undead status. "Fu-" The creatures claw slammed into my side. My HP slide down slowly. Thank Celestia for my levels. I pulled myself up. The dragon swung and I flew out of the way. Dodging the dark blue dragon's claws I swung and sliced my blade right between it's eyes. The thing roared again and swatted me into a mailbox, which shattered into blue code. "Pitiful Pony! I am a creature made by Lord Discord. You could never beat me!" The dragon reared up and spewed white hot flames at me. I would have likely wet myself if it weren't for the fact that I could die. The house behind me blackened and a wall turned to ash. Great. A freaking talking dragon that can incinerate walls? I'm screwed. My original armor would NEVER stand up to anything like that. I equipped my Draconic Armor and dove again. This time the creature jumped upwards and sprouted wings. Shooting upwards it spun and dove directly at me and smashed its blade into my side. The force of such a blow sent me flying into the town hall. I pulled myself up to see the Dragon laughing. "AH HAHA! This is the best you've got? I get more of a challenge from my pinkie claw!" Throwing myself upwards I zoomed into the clouds and dive bombed the dragon. I didn't do a Sonic anything-boom but I got pretty darn close. The force of my blow sent the dragon reeling. "There you go! That's a challenge!" He slammed his claws down where I had been, destroying the top half of a building. The dragon proceeded to flap his wings at my and I desperately tried to stay standing. Knowing that if I didn't attack now I would lose I threw myself into the air above him, slashed at his face and he sent me flying upwards. I spun myself around. Come on, just one more attack! I dove getting hit in the side and spinning. I activated my ability and swung one last time. Congratulations! You have defeated Dragonlord Zeta Undead! Event ?????? Complete! Rewards: -Dragon Scales -1,000 bits -10,000exp -?????? I lay my head on the ground. Really? All that trouble for only 10k experience. Screw you too ELO. Screw you too. I lay down and passed out. Meanwhile... Discord watched the screen in front of him sipping a glass of chocolate milk. "This could get quite entertaining," he said. "Indeed it could," came another voice, "Indeed it could." "So do you think she'll work for my plans?" he asked. "I do," came the voice as Discord tossed the milk, without the glass, backwards causing an explosion. I opened my eyes to see the sky had darkened, and everyone had returned. It looked like they thought I had fallen asleep on the bench, which is slightly accurate. In the mean time I climbed off the bench and made for the tavern, which I had already booked my room in. Sitting on the bed I opened my inventory and pulled out the unnamed object. It was a silver crescent moon and looked to be equip able as a necklace. I put it on and a notification popped up. Necklace Equipped! ????? Abilities- Lunar Reign- Information Unavailable I looked at the necklace. Weird. Must be a glitch item. I left it equipped and pulled up the map. The best place for me to go to get it appraised would be Canterlot. I looked at the time- 23:38. Well. I've had a long day. I climbed all the way into the bed and passed out. I equipped my armor and made for the edge of town. As I did I noticed that people were staring at me, probably because of my armor. This didn't concern me or anything at, in fact, it was boring. I had been using my original armor for quite a while because I wanted to upgrade the Draconic Armor I got from Steel Heart's. When I say upgrading I mean reinforcing, increasing aptitude and so on. The armor was pure black with my cutie mark on the front. Apparently, from Steel Heart's information, the armor was only usable by me. When I arrived at the edge of town I auto-equipped my health items so that I could use them if I needed them. Of course being solo meant I carried far more HP items than most so I would have to stop every once in a while to re-equip certain items. I stepped out of Ponyville's town boundary and headed on my way. After several hours of walking I heard the sounds of swords. In the middle of a small glade stood five ponies. 2 of which seemed to be injured and nearly done. The other three were grinning like full-blown over-confident idiots. "Who are you?" yelled the stallion pony, he had a white coat and orange mane that looked as if he had just woken up, and his cutie mark was a shield wrapped in flame. Meanwhile the mare had a light blue mane and her coat was pink, and her cutie mark was a music note surrounded by a rainbow. "No one specific. We're just Haters here to take out you stupid bronies," at the word bronies the "Hater" spat at the other pony who stepped to avoid the spit wad. The "Hater" clashed swords with the pony again. Annoyed I stepped towards them. "Mind if I have a go?" I asked the pony. Panting he responded, "Be my guest." I grinned. "Who the hell are you?" came the voice of the Hater. I rolled my eyes. "Why would I tell you that?" "God! I hate bronies, you're all too sarcastic, girlish, weirdoes," he said. I frowned. "Oh come on. We're not all that bad." He swung at me and I casually deflected the sword. I grinned. "Oh ho ho. A challenge. Sounds fun," I shot upwards and dove straight at him. I honestly expected him to sidestep but he just looked around and Dawn went trough his chest protruding outwards. "I'll see you-" he burst into code before finishing. I frowned. "That's disappointing. I thought he'd be more fun," I said. The other two Haters looked at me in shock. I turned around and leaned forward. "Boo!" The closer one ran off while the other charged. I sidestepped and kicked him in the rear smashing him into a tree. The idiot was knocked out cold. "So, what's up?" I said to the ponies standing there looking at me. "Erm uh, I'm Flare Tingle," said the stallion, "And this Aurora Sounds," he gestured to the mare, "thanks for helping us out." "Not at all, but we should probably leave. The other one likely went for reinforcements." "Oh right. By the way, How did you get past his armor like that?" "My player ability is Dusk. With the right weapons armor is nearly useless against me." "Whoa. That's awesome," he said. "I know. Now we should be there in a few more hours." The forest in that area was calm and bright unlike where would pass through, which, while I wasn't concerned, would likely pose a challenge for the other two ponies. I frowned, annoyed. This meant I'd have to take the long way. Damn slow passengers. We carried on for quite several hours attacking mobs, and collecting items, before I stepped out into the road that lead to Canterlot. I motioned for them to follow it and we passed under the archway into the city, I forgot to mention I had the Hater I knocked unconscious on my back. I made for the castle wanting to get rid of the fool on my back. Stepping into the entrance hall of the castle Aurora spoke up, "You never told us your name. Mind if I ask what it is?" Crap. Forgot I had my stealth stuff on. "Not at all. My name is MidnightDreams." All in all the sight of the room was awe inspiring. It was about 10x the height of myself, and pillars of white marble lay off to the side of the carpet in the middle. The room was lit by torch-like lanterns. I had gazed up wards before I turned to the pony who was manning, or is it ponying?, the front desk. Se had a light pink mane, and her coat was a light light blue. "Excuse me, I'm here to drop something off?" She looked up. "What is it?" I shook the Hater on my back at her. "Oh, down the hall. Door's marked "Interrogation"." "Thank you," I headed down the hall, and entered the door. "Interrogation. What are you here for?" a Stallion greeted. "Drop off. This idiot," I gestured to my back, "attacked me in the woods. He knocked himself out so I thought it best to bring him here." "Door on the left. Just set him in the chair." I nodded and passed into the steel gray room. At the center was a table, glass of water, and a chair. I wasn't surprised about its looks. I plopped him down and walked out. When I got back Flare and Aurora were talking to the desk mare. "So have you ever heard of MidnightDreams before?" "Yes. She apparently worked as a trainer in Ponyville by her own decisions." "Really?" "Yes. My information is quite accurate. Now if you'll excuse me I must get back to work." What work? You sit at a desk waiting for people to come in. I walked up to Flare and Aurora. "So where were you guys headed?" "No where in particular. We were just exploring," answered Aurora, "and planning to join a team. We've been in a group but not a team." I frowned. "A team why?" "They work out better, soloers die everyday, while teams last longer.." "Oh. Well I'd be willing to Team up with you guys. You seem trustworthy enough," I said. "Oh great. We can make it right now!" Aurora tapped the desk mare. "Yes?" "We'd like to form a team." "Click here," she motioned to a button type item. Honestly it was a completely ridiculous object. I clicked it. Would you like to make a team or join an existing one? -Join -Create I clicked create. Please Type Team Name Below -Team Wisp I finished typing. Would you like to create the Team: Team Wisp? -Yes -No I clicked Yes. After that I sent an invite to Flare and Aurora. Players Flare Tingle and Aurora Sounds have joined Team Wisp I exited the box and motioned for them to follow. We exited the building and entered the Canterlot Castle courtyard. It was amazing and had some large gardens in every corner complete with statues. "Oh! Should we get a home? I want a home," said the overly excited Aurora. I groaned. "Fine. How many bits do you guys have? I have 106,483 in my inventory." They both went wide-eyed. "Total? Together?" I nodded. "1,745." "Each?" "No. Together." I facehoofed. Wow. Way to pick them Midnight. Not only did the have less than tenth but that was total together! "Fine. I'll take the bill." I made my way out to the town hall and went up to the available homes. I paled. This would take an insane amount of my money, which I disliked very much. All of them were insanely expensive with the most being nearly 5 million bits. The least was 200,000. My inventory and bank barely had over 500,000 which I had earned from training people. I turned to Aurora and Flare. "Which one?" I gestured to the ones I could afford, hoping they wouldn't pick the 500,000 one. "We don't need anything special so go with that one," said Flare. I sighed in relief. Thank Celestia. I'd still have 200,000 bits. "Alright." I turned to the NPC, he had a brown coat and yellow hair, at the desk. "We'd like to purchase the home right here," I pointed at the same one Flare decided on. "Of course," said the NPC as a box appeared. Do you wish to purchase this home for 300,000 bits? -Yes -No I clicked yes. Congratulations! You have purchased a home. I walked out of the store and made way to our new home. We had purchased a smaller house near to the castle, it was very nice but. it was also very small. Don't get me wrong, it was a decent place but overall it lacked, oh what's the word, originality. The beds within the rooms were quite nice. It's going to be an interesting few weeks.