//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: The Deadly Present [NEVER FINISHED] // Story: Azure Island: Eclipse of Destruction // by Chaos Knux //------------------------------// DISCLAIMER I do not own any of the ponies, they are all owned by Hasbro/The Hub/Lauren Faust. But I DO own Shandra. Coat Rack owns Knockout, Dr. Ryan Maxwell, Neo, and Violet. This Disclaimer shall only reflect content in the Chapter it appears atop, when further disclaims are needed, and they will be, they will be added on. No profit is being made from this work. If profit is made from this work, find whomever you paid, punch them out with brass knuckles, and take all their cash. No profit is being made from this work. Streets of Ponyville, July 12th, 2011 After fleeing from the library our heroes find themselves in the dark streets of Ponyville, tired, scared, and hungry they made their way through the town to get to the Carousel Boutique. But upon getting within a few blocks they see a thick cloud of smoke and fire fill the air, as a loud explosion rang through the air followed by a insane laugh. The racket caused lights to start to turn on in the once quiet town, and the streets were soon filled with ponies looking into the wall of flames and smoke in the sky. “WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT!?!” Knockout yelled jumping at the sight of destruction he saw flash through the night sky. “Oh no!” Twilight gasped looking to the flames in horror. “That’s coming from the block where the Carousel Boutique is located!” “BLAST IT ALL!” Applejack yelled while kicking a stone on the road. “We failed to save Rainbow Dash at first, even though we managed to get her back thanks to Knockout’s forgetfulness. And now we are going to lose Rarity, what ELSE could go wrong!” The group quickly made their way though the crowded streets to the Carousel Boutique to see what caused the destruction, upon reaching it they saw two large spotlights shining through the thick smoke. The lights swept the crowd for a moment before they locked onto the group, then a voice crackled over a extremely loud speaker from behind the smoke. “Oh look who decided to show up for the closing of the Carousel Boutique!” The voice that was none else than Pinkamina giggled. “I’ve been waiting so long to show you guys something I’ve been working on, of course, Knockout already knows a TINY bit about this, but not all of it!” “WHAT THE HAY KNOCKOUT! Are YOU the one behind this!?!” Applejack said angrily glaring at Knockout. “No, I am NOT behind this! I was accused of this before, and I still have no clue what she is talking about!” Knockout barked back, but was interrupted by Pinkamina. “Oh don’t be silly AJ, he’s telling the truth! But just wait till you guys see this present I have for you all!” Pinkie said with a insane tone in her voice, the following sight sent everypony who was in the streets into a panic fit save for the heroes. They was to busy trying to figure out what they what they was seeing was real, or fake. From behind the smoke and the fire marched a two story robot modeled after the pink party pony that Twilight and her friends used to know, eyes locked onto the group with two rocket launchers sticking out of it’s side. “I would like you to meat my ultimate party gift to everypony, MECHA PINKIE PIE!” “WHAT THE- HOW ON EARTH DID- PINKIE, HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE THAT!?!” Twilight yelled over the panicked screams of the ponies in the streets. “Does it really matter, Twilight?“ Shandra responded, “It’s already been made, and it’s going to hurt everyone in this crowd!” “Ugh! Can’t I get a few more seconds of sleep?” Rainbow Dash murmured while lifting her head up, upon smelling the smoke she slowly opened her eyes and jumped at the tall machine in front of her. “Whoa whoa, what?! What is that thing?” “We can explain later, right now we have to find a way to stop it!” Knockout said grabbing his battle axe and charging forward, only to have his coat bitten by Applejack to keep him from running off. “Now just wait one second there eh-kid-na, y’all really think that axe’ll do it any harm?” Applejack said through her closed mouth while pointing to the axe. “That’s like tryin’ to take on a manticore with a stick!” “Silly, you call THAT a weapon? Let me show you a real weapon!” Pinkamina said, one of the cannons on the side of the robot quickly turned to the group of heroes. “THIS is a real weapon!” “Uh... guys?” Shandra started. “May I make a suggestion?” Knockout asked interrupting Shandra. “Run!” “Sounds fine to me!” Twilight said as a rocket was shot from the robot landing near the group, they all quickly started to make their way though town when Twilight ran into a white unicorn with a purple mane. “Rarity, you’re alright!” Twilight said after the two had bumped into each other. “Why wouldn’t I be, darling?” Rarity asked getting up from the ground, dusting off her dress. “Well, your house just got leveled, for one thing.” Shandra said flatly. “WHA-HA HA! WHAT IS THAT THING!” Rarity yelped jumping back at the sight of new creature. “And what kind of style IS that you are wearing!” “We would LOVE to explain, but we should REALLY be getting out of town.” Knockout said, pointing to the deadly machine marching up to them. “And I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to die today, or night.” “What ever do you mean?” Rarity asked, looking up into the eyes of the Mecha Pinkie for a moment, before fainting and falling to the ground. “Uh... she do that often?” Shandra asked the nearest pony, who happened to be Rainbow Dash. “Waaay to often...” Rainbow Dash said flying off the wagon. “And if we need to get out of here quickly, then we better get Rarity on this wagon and get somewhere safe!” “If we all have our Elements of Harmony, we should make our way to the temple in the Everfree Forest to get them powered up! It’s our only hope of stopping this thing!” Twilight exclaimed to the group. “And it’s a good thing you wore yours to whatever it was Rarity, other wise it would have been blown to bits!” “Oh man, I left mine at my house!” Dash said looking up to her house off aways. “I’ll go get it, you guys can go on ahead!” “Are you SURE Rainbow, I don’t have any more of that medicine to use on you if you die again.” Knockout pointed out. “It would be best to have someone go with you.” “I could go.” Fluttershy spoke up while walking up to the group, “After all, only pegasi can walk on clouds.” “Are you sure sugarcube? Maybe Twi can use the spell she used for the Young Fliers Competition again.” Applejack said, looking at Fluttershy with a worried expression. “I don’t want you to get hurt or anything.” “Oh friends, come out and play!~” Pinkamina called out as she launched her machine into the air and in a attempt to land on them. “Do you think this cloud-walking spell will work on me?” Shandra asked with urgency in her voice. “I don’t know... I have never tried the spell on your type before, only us ponies.” Twilight said unsure while watching the machine fly into the air. “But I guess I’ll have to try it, or get us all flattened.” Twilight’s horn began to glow as the group’s feet slowly began glow, Within a few seconds a white flash covered them all causing them to vanish to a building a few feet away from where Pinkamina landed. “What the, I thought you were going to let us walk on clouds!” Knockout said looking at Twilight with a confused look, but quickly changed when he heard the loud crashing of the robot’s landing. “Oh...” “Okay, now that we are safe I can perform the other spell!” Twilight said, her horn gave off another flash causing the other’s feet to flash at the same time. “Okay, we are all set! Lead the way Rainbow Dash!” The group quickly made their way from Ponyville to Rainbow Dash’s home, while the Mecha Pinkie was getting up from its uneven landing. Upon reaching the destination Rainbow Dash went into her home and began to look around frantically searching for her Element. “Come on, I KNOW I put it in here somewhere!” She said looking in her trophy room, after moving aside a few trophies she found a box, a smile quickly formed on her face. “Found it everypony, let’s get to the temple and charge these things up!” She called as she met with the others in her living room where they were helping her look for her element. “I STILL don’t see how these will help, unless you think giving them to Pinkie as a present of some sort will calm her down.” Knockout said as he joined the group eating a banana from the kitchen in his hand. “So are we ready to go?” “I’m sure these ponies have a legitimate reason for gathering their jewelery., Knockout. They know what’s what in this world, we don’t. For all we know, bananas on this planet are poisonous!” Shandra scolded Knockout, making him gag on the fruit. “Hey, Knockout! Who said you could walk into my kitchen and grab a snack!” Dash asked looking at him with a annoyed look. “I don’t even know what you are, or why you are even HERE and you just walk in and get a snack?” “Um... girls?” Fluttershy spoke up holding Rainbow Dash’s box that contained her Element. “ I think we have bigger problems...” “What do you mean Fluttershy?” Twilight asked as she walked over to Fluttershy , looking into the box she gave off a gasp. “Dash, your Element has been stolen!” “What, stolen! Who in Equestria would want to steal my-” Rainbow Dash was quickly cut off by a rocket that flew in through a open window and blew up a section of her house’s wall. “Okay, I think we know who MIGHT have stolen it.” “We gotta get out of here, gather around girls!” Twilight said as her horn began to glow. “I am not sure if I can get us all the way to the forest, but we’ll see!” “Hey, I’m a guy!” Knockout said as a white flash covered the area they were just at, followed by a missile impacting the area blowing the floor up. ... ... ... ... [At this point the authors stopped caring and quit. See next “chapter” for the Full story intended.]