//------------------------------// // Village // Story: MinePony: Crafting is Magic // by IMNOTHERE889 //------------------------------// "Wait, what?" It can't be possible... Derpy perked up slightly. "Ah said, ah found a village. Full o' otha ponies. Most of 'em ah didn't recognahze, but there were some faces ah could make out." Maybe...? She perked up even more. "Well, what are we waiting for!? Lets go!" Derpy was about to gallop out the door, but winced when she pressed her weight on her shoulder. '"Or, whatever pace you choose is fine. Eheh...." -------------------- It was a beautiful day in the forest. The sun bathed the land in heavenly light and welcoming heat, making everything warmer and brighter. Invisible birds were chirping, and leaves were being rustled every so often by an unkown force. The two ponies walked in silence, just enjoying the nature aeound them. But, Derpy was curious. Her memory of the night was still foggy, and she was curious to find out what the heck happened last night. "So," Derpy started, "What happened last night?" "We were attacked bah zombie ponies. Ya got shot bah a skeleton pony. Ya blacked out as soon as ah pulled tha arrow outta yer shouldah." "I see..." Derpy murmured. "What else happened?" "Ah ran off ta find sheep. Ah also went ta find sugarcane so ah could make paper to use as makeshift bandages. When ah found sheep ah Took their wool an' made a coupla beds. Ah bandaged ya right up an' put ya in one bed and ah went ta the othah." "How far is it to the village?" Derpy asked while lifting up her left foreleg and shaked it lightly. "My shoulder is killing me." "Not too far off, naw. Ah'm pretty sure that its around this bend..." Big Mac said said as they rounded a bend. Then, right there, at the edge of the forest, was a village. The houses were made out of wood, and there were a couple of small carrot, potato, wheat, melon and pumpkin farms. A lot of ponies were out and about, either tending to farms, walking from house to house, or chatting with other ponies. Derpy and Big Macintowh made their way to the village, and they could hear ponies quieting down and whispdring to each other as they passed. "I didnt think that we would get so much attention," Derpy whispers to Big Mac. "Maybe its because o' yer bandages," Big Mac says, "Ah don' think its evrtyday that they zee a coupla ponies walk inta town, one of 'em with bandages on." A hooded pony was walking towards them, the features of it barely showing. A slight light purple glow was coming from the top of the pony's head, but the glow wasn't bright enough to illuminate it's features. It bumped into Derpy, making her stumble. The hooded pony managed to stuff a piece of paper into Derpy's bandages. "Wh- Hey!" Derpy said to the pony after the collision. She looked at her shoulder and pulled the paper out using her teeth. She unfolded the paper and read what was written on it. Meet me at Sweet Cider Bar tonight. It had no name saying who it was from, or even a signature. Derpy read over the letter again, and just shrugged. "What'd it say?" Big Mac asked. Derpy gave the paper to Big Mac and he read over it. He nodded slightly after finishing. "Ah guess we should do what tha pony says. She maht know what's goin' on," Big Mac states. "How do you know that pony was a mare?" "Ah could tell 'cuz o' tha way she walked, an' ah could see 'er muzzle. It was a shade o' red a tad lighter than mah own. An' her muzzle was one fer a mare." "Aha, I wonder how you saw that and I didn't." Big Mac let out a hearty laugh, a tad louder than what he usually sounds like when he speaks. "Ah've gained an eye fer things like that." Big Mac said. "Well, what should we do while we're here? We've got a lot of daylight to lose." Derpy was right, it was an hour after sunrise. Lots of time until this meeting. "Maybe we can talk ta some o' tha townsfolk. These two seem curious..." Big Mac said as two ponies came closer to them. One pony had a dark mane, with an even darker mane. The second was a zebra. "Octavia? Zecora? Is that you?" Derpy asked. "Octy, you look different. New manecut, I see?" ""That is not a new manecut, Derpy. It is actually what happens when a starterman tries to steal your mane," Octavia said, "and I told you not to call me that." "Call you what? Octy?" Derpy said, her lips forming into a smirk. "STAPIT!" Octavia exclaimed. "Calm down, Octavia, Derpy might end up being our savior!" Zecora said, trying to get Octavia to calm down. "I highly doubt it!" Octavia said, turning around and stomping off like a foal that has just thrown a temper. Zecora sighed. "Ever since Equestria changed, She has just been acting strange..." "I understand, Zecora. It wasnt your fault." "An' besides, ya have us." "I am so glad that we are friends. Friendship seems to never end." And so, they just talked for a few hours. Zecora explained how the village works, what she knows about the whole situation. Before they knew it, the sun was setting. Torches were in fact placed arouns the village, giving it a warm glow, but that doesnt stop the monsters from waltzing in. The three headed into the bar, and they saw that it was filled with the other ponies from the village. They were all murmering to each other about something. Derpy tried to hear what they were saying. Are you sure that these ponies know whats going on? Names werent said. I dunno, but we came here to find out, right? Derpy scratched her head. Were they talking about the hooded pony from earlier? Was there another one like her? Her thoughts were interrupted by Big Mac saying something. "We should find a table an' siddown," he said. "Uhh, okay," Derpy replied. Zecora remained silent. They all went to a table and sat down. Soon after, they were approached by a stallion with a crew cut mane and slight stubble. "Anythin' ya want?" He said in a gruff voice. "Uhh, what do you have?" "We have milk, and milk, and milk, and water. So what will it be?" "I will have milk, It keeps my fur soft as silk," Zecora anzwered. "Ill have the same," Derpy says. "Jus' water fer me," Big Mac replies. The stallion nodded and walked over to the bartender. Soon after, the stallion comes back with the drinks. He placed them on the table in front of them. "Uhh, don't you have glasses?" Derpy asked as soon as the drinks were on the table. "Sorry, ma'am. But in this place, glasses don't exist. A message keeps on popping up, it's always says 'Item name/Glass Cupitem/Glass Cup removing... Removed.'" "Hmm... It's just like with what happened with my wings..." "The land took away the special things they had since they were born, Wings from the pegasi and the horns from the unicorns." Zecora said. "I used to be a unicorn myself, but then that STUPID MESSAGE popped up when I tried to use magic," the stallion said, putting emphasis on 'stupid message.' After that, they just sat there with their drinks. Derpy and Zecora slowly drinking their milk, and Big Mac staring at his bucket. After a couple hours, Derpy spoke up. Everypony was becoming anxious, maybe this pony wont show up after all? "Hey, it's nearing midnight. I think that mare isnt gonna show." "Sorry, Derps, but if ya forgotten...." Big Mac said while motioning towards the window. Derpy then remembered the dangers that awaited outside, and stared into the depths of her empty bucket. "So, we're stuck here for the night..." Derpy says with a sigh. Just then, two hooded ponies walk through the door of the bar. One of them took to the stage and another to the bartender. It was that mare from before, Derpy could now see the light red coat, and a piece of a purple mane poking out at the front. The mane had a light purple stripe going through it, which was glowing slightly. Strange. Derpy lookedbdown and saw her hooves, the forehooves a shade of blue and the hindhoov3s a purple resembling the stripe on her hair. The other pony looked like a stallion from what she could see, and had a coat much like her own. He had parts of his mane sticking out, it being purple and yellow. The mare was talking to the bartender, but the words were blocked out by the crowd. The mare stomped a hoof on the ground after a few seconds, then went onto the stage to join the stallion. The mare pulled out a disc, and plopped down a strange block.she put the disc inside, and loud heavy metal music started playing. This made everypony shut up and cover their ears, including the three protagonists. She soon after took out the disc, and seemed completely unfazed by the music, as well as the other stallion. The crowd was groaning slightly, but they uncovered their ears, and decided to sit down and shut up. They all looked to the mare and stallion on the stage. The mare cleared her throat and spoke up. "Hello, ponies of... Uhm..." "Town Without a Name?" The stallion said to her. "Uh, okay. Hello, ponies of the Town Without a Name. I bet you're wondering why we're gathered her tonight," she said. The silence that followed made it possible to hear a pin drop. "Uhhh, anyway... My friend and I have important information about this place." The mare and stallion throw off their hoods. The mare had green eyes, and slight bags under them. She had a cutie mark of a Pony controller, and a tail that was kinda short. There were two dark spots on her back, and these spots are where the base of the wing is for a pegasus. Maybe she was a pegasus before, Derpy thought. She was also wearing a necklace with a green jewel in the middle, but it was severely cracked. The chains of the necklace appeared to be made out of faux gold. The stallion also had green eyes, and had a cutie mark similar to the mare, except was white instead of black. He also has these dark spots on his back, and had a short mane and tail. He was wearing what appeared to be a dog tag around his neck, but the inscription upon it was unreadable. The writing was just too small. "Our names shall remain classified, but we shall allow you to at least see how we looked. Anyway, to the info. The starterman has always been a strange creature, standing on two legs, extremely tall, teleportation skills despite the lack of a horn, but we have discovered something far worse than the buggers," the mare said, saying it with confidence in every aspect of her, as if she has said this a million times before. "It's called the Starterdragon. And if you couldnt tell, it's a dragon. It is the leader of the Starter race. It, and many other Startermen, can be found in an alternate dimension called the Start. We also found something else, but it must be... Summoned, using things from another dimension called the Lether. It's called the Slither, but nopony has survived long enough in the Lether to summon it," the stallion said with the same amount of confidence as his associate. Then they both say it together, "We believe that the Starterdragon has kidnapped Princess Celestia and the Slither kidnapped Princess Luna." Everyone in the room gasped and stared wide eyed at the two ponies on stage, including our protagonists. "You seem surprised," the mare said. "To end all of the strife, we just need to kill the two creatures. Now if we can just get volunteers-" the stallion started, but was quickly cut off by somepony in the crowd. "Wait, you expect US to FIGHT those things!?" "Err, well, only the bravest can fight them. We've lost too many ponies on the task to defeat these things, we can't afford to lose any more." The mare said. "If anyone is feeling up to it, tell us by the time the sun sets in five days," the stallion said. They both took what they had dropped and then walked out of the bar. All was silent from then on. Derpy looked outside and saw that the sun was rising. She made an audible, "yippee..." and got up. "We'd best get going," she said. "Eeyup, tha house needs furnishin' anyway," Big Mac said. "Can I come with you? I mean, only if you want me to..." Zecora said, looking down. "Of course, why?" Derpy asked. "Octavia might have kicked me out of her house, Just like a large field mouse." "Aha, well, of course you're more than welcome to stay with us!" "Ah jus' need ta fand more wool," "Yippee!" They walked out of the bar, and they walked to the square box they call home. Current Items (Derpy) 4 Paper 1 bucket 1 Map Current Items (Big Macintosh) ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 1 Bucket 1 Map Current Items (Zecora) 1 Bucket 1 Map Current Time Sunrise, Up and at 'em, Soldier!