Author's Note
Once the entrance closed, the girls looked around the room. The further wall was lined with shelves that held hundreds of books. On the right side of the room there was a small fireplace with dozens of cabinets around it. On the left side of the room there was half a dozen cots set up, along with a small chest at the foot of each cot.
"Feel free to make yourselves at home." The stallion said before chuckling lightly to himself. "I apologize for the mess, I wasn't expecting guests to drop in."
"There are almost as many books in here than in the royal library." Twilight said as she walked to the bookshelves to examine them.
"I assure you that the royal library has no books like mine." The stallion said, temporarily forgetting about the antidote. "Mine contain spells that are far too powerful to be held in a place with such poor security."
"What kind of spells?"
"I have recorded knowledge of hundreds of runes and how to cast them, as well as thousands of wards that each serve a different purpose. Some are meant for healing, some for self protection. I even have a few wards that gravely alters the body of any who enter. You should be so lucky that I just had the anti-magic ward in the tunnels and not that one."
"Why?" Tucker asked. "I've had my body altered before."
"You have?" The stallion asked curiously.
"I wasn't always a sta- well actually I was always a stallion, just not in the literal sense."
"Ah, you simply transformed. I've seen those before." The stallion nodded before grinning darkly. "But I'm afraid that this ward turns your skin inside out.'
"It must have taken ages to research all those wards." Twilight noted inquisitively.
"I don't see why it would have seeing as I invented each of them." The stallion said with a smile.
Twilight's jaw dropped and she began to grin wildly.
"Something the matter?" The stallion asked nervously.
"Are you Starswirl the Bearded?"
"Starswirl the..." The stallion started, but trailed off and looked at the ground, seemingly thinking very hard. He suddenly burst out with laughter and smiled. "If I were so wise. I have gone by many names, but that one is not one of them. I have met him though, if that counts for anything."
"You've met Starswirl the Bearded?" Twilight asked excitedly. "You have to tell me what he was like! Was he as smart as I think he was?"
"Probably smarter."
"Oh my goodness, this is amazing." Twilight gawked. "Please, tell me more. I'd love to hear more about him."
"In due time." The stallion promised as he made his way to a small wooden cabinet. He opened it and started to look at the potions that were on the inside, looking for the antidote to the timberwolf infection. "It certainly is nice to meet a fellow unicorn with an appreciation for the fine arts of magic that isn't as ancient as me."
"You don't look that ancient." Fluttershy said kindly.
"I thank you for the compliment, but I can assure you that I really am ancient."
"How ancient are we talking?" Tucker asked. "Like star ancient, or Church's sex life ancient?"
Tex struck Tucker on the back of the head, causing him to fall over.
"Son of a bitch." Tucker grunted.
"Let's just say that I knew Celestia since she was a child."
"What? That must have been several thousand years ago! Regular unicorns can't live for that long." Rainbow Dash said slowly, eyes narrowing.
"I assure you I am far from a regular unicorn." The stallion sighed sadly.
"How old are you?" Rarity asked curiously. "If you don't mind me asking, that is."
"I wish I could remember the exact date." The stallion said with a troubled expression, but he chuckled lightly when he brought out a small vial with a yellow mixture inside. "Here we are, one antidote for the fair mare."
"Thanks." Tex grunted as she slowly took the vial out of the stallions hoof. She brought it up to her eyes and began to swirl the vial. "So this is the antidote, huh?"
"Yes."
"So you wouldn't mind drinking from it to show that it isn't really poison?"
"I don't have much of the antidote, so I am not willing to waste any on myself unless I need it. It is either you trust me or you don't, and if you don't I would ask you to give the vial back."
Tex narrowed her eyes and popped the cork out of the vial. She put her muzzle over the mouth and began to sniff the mixture. The scent burned her nose and caused her to gag.
"It does have a potent smell, doesn't it?" The stallion chuckled.
"That's one way to put it." Tex grunted before downing the vial in one swig. She dropped the vial and began to sputter, quickly scraping her tongue with her hooves.
"But the taste is even more potent than the smell. In hindsight, I probably could have mentioned that."
"Do you think?" Tex hissed as she continued scraping her tongue.
"You have to excuse me, it has been several millenia since I have talked to anypony so I tend to be forgetful."
"Wow, several millenialijicallits sitting in old, dusty tunnels by yourself? Don't you ever get bored?" Pinkie asked.
"When you've been alive as long as I have, you lose track of loneliness and boredom." The stallion chuckled as he walked up to one of the bookshelves and began to look through the collection,
"I have an idea!" Pinkie gasped. "How about we throw you a party?"
"Thank you for the offer, but that will not be-" The stallion turned to see balloons tied to every surface, as well as a table that held treats and a bowl of punch in the middle of the room. "-necessary."
He looked up at the ceiling to see a banner that said happy birthday, followed by a name that had been crossed out.
"Sorry, I forgot that I only brought my birthday cannon with me." Pinkie said sadly.
"Do not worry about it." The stallion said, placing a hoof on her shoulder. "After all, it is the though that counts, is it not?"
"Yeah!" Pinkie said as she ran up to the table. "Would you like some punch?"
"I would love some." The stallion said as he turned to the others. "She is quite the friendly sort, isn't she?"
"Pinkie Pie is the friendliest pony I know." Twilight nodded.
"I suppose I should be glad that I'm being hospitable to a fine group of adults such as yourselves." He said as Pinkie ran up to him to give him a plastic cup filled with fruit punch. "Thank you very much. Pinkie, was it?"
"Yup, what's your name?" Pinkie asked.
"Sadly, I do not recall my name."
"You don't?"
The stallion shook his head.
"Well I'm going to call you Long Beard!" Pinkie smiled warmly.
"Long Beard it is." The stallion smiled back.
"So why haven't I heard of these tunnels before?" Twilight asked as she looked around the room.
"Because I never told anypony about them. When others see you as a monster, you don't exactly have many options in real estate on the outer world so you have to set out and create your own home."
"I was going to say you look downright fucking creepy." Tucker chuckled.
"That is not the reason they think of me as a monster. Appearances mean next to nothing compared to the actions I have committed."
"What kind of actions?" Twilight asked, trying to cover up the fact that she was beginning to grow fearful of the unicorn.
"Well you see, I am the writer of a rather important book in Equestria's history."
"That doesn't sound evil to me." Fluttershy said.
"If only you knew..." Long Beard muttered, shaking his head dimly. He slowly looked up to see Twilight staring at him with eyes that seemed to pierce right through him.
"It wasn't any of the books in here, was it?" Twilight asked.
Long Beard shook his head and sighed before putting the vial back into the cupboard.
"What was the book called?" Twilight asked hollowly, knowing in her mind she already knew the answer.
"I don't suppose you've heard of a book called the Necronomicon?"
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Creator of the Necronomicon? I wonder how this will play out.........
EDIT: Sweet Celestia I'm first for the first time ever.....it's party time
I guessed it, then I read it... But why is the chapter titled Author's Not- Oh! I get it!
What a twist!!!
This is getting quite weird. Oh and if you need any OCs just check out my blog (Don't really know if I already asked or not [What with all the comments you got I wouldn't be able to find if I did or not]). Tri-Stars would be another character close to being as old if not older then this Stallion and quite unique in his looks.
Are we going to have ourselves a deadite or zombie incident?
I still say it's the Director
Know what this story needs? A badass with an eyepatch. Hey York!
OOOhhh..
LOOK EVERYONE IT'S ABDUL ALAHZRED!
770734Yeah if york and everyone shows up this is going to be so funny the best part is Necy can bring any one killed back so no sad deaths like pikie pie or rainbow dash
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Assuming he doesn't go missing *cough*
wow at first i saw the title and was like 'authors note but authors seem to only do that when they won't be writing for a while' luckily that wasn't the case, great chapter.
:3, I see what you did there DarkWing
HOLY SHIT IT'S THE FUCKING PONY ABDUL ALHAZRED!
I can imagine it now............Next chapter: Everyone meets the writer of Ol'Necy and all of the guys will say at some point "He's fucked up. You're fucked up!"
Necky's writer!
Is it Necky or Ol' Necky?
Does it matter?
dear god,
What have we gotten our selves into?
That is not dead which can eternal lie indeed...
Before-reading-chapter: "Author's Note"? ...Oh. Shit. How long am I gonna wait?
When I start reading the chapter: Wait, wat?
After reading the chapter: Clever...
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Zombies would be nice...
he created the necronomicon? i thought that he was this worlds version of andy...
771339. Sarge engage zombie plan 13 kill grif and use him as bait as you advance towards future victories
this chapter almost tricked me. the name is miss leading in a way
What a twist!!!!!!
...
Called it.
My my my...
my my, Celestia is over 7000 years old? Thats ummmm...thats... well at least she doesn't show it. lol
Ah, that explains it. Dark magic tends to extend one's life greatly.
DUN DUN DUN!!!
The "said i shall now call Long Beard the Necroponymancer or is it sti;l necromancer" writer of Andy II the necronomicon brother of the bombonicon hooray LETS HAVE A DUN DUN DUN PARTY
770632 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- *gets hit by a car*
(On the grave stone)
RIP FyreGhost
Famous Sayings
"-Uuuuuuuuck."
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The plot is thickening so hard!
WAHT A
!!!!!!
*EPIC GENTLMAN FACE A-LA-PALM*
that guy owes me twenty bits!
Sweet mother of Celestia, A twist i sense!
773269 He probably knows Celestia's mother, too.
773662 Bow Chicka Bow Wow had to start out by saying that, also I agree with all the comments involving the other free lancers and the previously mentioned by me Doc characters who I would like to see in the story, ( I believe I forgot to mention Wash who has been left in the real world to fend off against the soldiers in the base,) also I feel sorry for the author we know all of the AI's even having seen Sigma in the trailer but we do not know anything about Theta so he is going to be difficult I imagine to write about. but great chapter
I'm very two-faced about this fic. The writing was atrocious at the beginning, but you've very much improved since then. I love most of the missions you made up yourself, but the copy-paste of the royal wedding was a bit irritating to read through. The most important thing about crossovers to remember is character, if you can't capture your characters well, the fic is dead. Some of your characters were good, some were less good. Caboose was irritating to me, he was mostly there to throw in some poorly-written random humor. Pinkie Pie paired with Caboose only intensified that irritation, the direct ship on the first chapter made me stop reading it altogether until now. Carolina was out-of-place, but I think that was intended.
I'm not giving you enough credit, however, as all the other characters were pretty great, I specking love how you did Grif and Sarge, their pairings make an absolutely magnetizing and adorable read. Church is a bit much sometimes, but he's mostly spot on. Tucker's great, RD is a huge bitch though...it's a bit irritating. Simmons definitely isn't bad, very true to the series with him.
All in all, a much better follow-up to the atrocity that is Season 9 then S10 could ever be.
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Yes, I admit the start was awful, but up until about chapter 12 I had only thought this story would reach around 30 or so chapters. I never intended for it to be a full fledged story like it is now so I did not put as much attention to the beginning as I should have, and that is a hard mistake to fix at the moment.
After all, that is what the start was. Just a comedy, never was really supposed to have an actual story.
When I finish the fic (which probably won't be for another 100+ chapters) I intend to iron out the beginning and make it less atrocious because as of now I simply don't have the time for anything other than a chapter a day.
As a side note for RD being a bitch, well... I've noticed that she is fairly irritable in the series, so I think it is safe to say if she were to watch one as arrogant and childish at Tucker, her nerves would be at their limit the majority of the time with him.
But again, thank you for the actual constructive criticism. As much as I like the compliments that others give me, I am glad that people can tell me straight what they find wrong.unappealing in my fic.
<random suggestion that won't be read> :emote:
Aha!! I knew you'd find a way to put Abdul Alhazred in here
772812 (me in car) WOO I GOT FIRST! *begins to party* -FUUUUUUUUUUUU- *BAM* crap did i just hit somepony?.................meh media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgxm24v7MQ1qbxzvz.gif
You just M. Night Shyamalan'd our asses!
NecronomiconNecronomiconNecronomiconNecronomiconNecronomiNecrNNecronomiconecronomicononomiconcon
832200 you forgot to say Necronomicon btw
One word... Groovy.
Holy... It's the pony version of Lovecraft (90% sure that's the authors name)
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUNNNNN~!
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT
*reads cliff hanger at the end*
OKEA! this guy made the NECROICCOM! THE THING THAT BROUGHT CABOOSE TO LIFE ASWELL AS THE A.I FRAGMENTS! *drops dead from a mindfuck explosion*
Anyone else think of Deadalus and the Labrynth of Greek Mythology?