Chapter 22: The Left Hand of the Devil
Rainbow Dash turned off the tap and the spray of water cascading down her mane and back slowed to a drizzle. The sliding glass door opened without an irritating squeak and she stepped out onto the soft carpet. She shed most of the water clinging to her lean body with a quick shake, splattering moisture against the walls of her cloud home. A fortunate bonus for having her domicile constructed out of such materials, however, was that excess moisture was quickly swallowed by the fluffy walls. Call it lazy, but Rainbow called it efficient.
Rainbow quickly rubbed a towel through her mane and coat to absorb the excess water and draped it over her withers. With a nudge, she opened the door and entered the living room.
Several blankets lay neatly folded on the couch, the location of Fluttershy throughout the night when she finally calmed down. Rainbow had volunteered her spare bedroom adjacent to her own, but Fluttershy politely declined the offer. Rainbow had caught her mumbling a half-hearted excuse under her breath before saying she wished to sleep on the couch.
“I do not snore like a wildebeest,” she grumbled.
Like the rest of her house, the wide rooms and halls were supported by classical Ionic pillars designed by the Kolonos, the forerunners of the pegasi tribes. Random pieces of clothing, equipment, or toys belonging to the pegasus lay scattered across the floor and random pieces of furniture. Rainbow made a hasty attempt at cleaning her house when her impromptu visitor crashed for the night, but Fluttershy did not mind the mess. She never did.
Speaking of the Element of Kindness, she was nowhere to be seen.
“Fluttershy?”
“In here, Dash,” came a voice from the kitchen.
Rainbow trotted towards the kitchen. “Come on, Fluttershy! We gotta tell your mom about what happened last night.” The night that rendered the cream-colored pegasus a sniveling, bawling mess. Fluttershy’s vice-like grip refused to let go until she had finally cried herself dry over the course of ten minutes while Rainbow calmly rubbed Fluttershy’s spine in an attempt to soothe the distraught mare. She had never before witnessed her in such a frightened mood, even on those scant few times she stayed with her on Nightmare Night.
Rainbow’s heart went out to the cowardly mare. So much could easily frighten Fluttershy. It took Rainbow Dash half the night in order to convince Fluttershy to meet with her mother, and the other half to get her to explain what happened.
She had been followed. No, not followed - hunted. Hunted for sport with only the dying light of a lantern to protect her. It was enough to make her sick.
“I will find you...” she swore. Fluttershy was her oldest and first friend during her days in Cloudsdale. Nopony was a gentle, sweet, and caring as Fluttershy. Nopony would openly and willingly open her doors as quickly as her without complaint. Nopony would care for a filly she discovered out in the rain, cold, wet, and shivering, a memory of a forgotten friend from a bygone era.
Rainbow smiled; nopony deserved the Element of Kindness more than her friend.
Rainbow entered her kitchen only to find Fluttershy had taken over. Freshly-cooked scrambled eggs and squeezed orange juice lay ready on the pearly counter, heat and condensation clinging to the tableware respectfully. Fluttershy, however, had not touched her portion.
Papers lay spread across the table and the floor, all with various shades of inks splashed across the pages. Fluttershy was reared on her hind legs and drawing a picture. Seeing the paper strewn across the floor, Rainbow commented, “I thought I was the messy one, Fluttershy.” Fluttershy smiled softly.
Her creative skills far outstripped Rainbow Dash’s by a huge margin, but her drawing skills weren’t up to par with, say, her knitting and stitching skills. That did not matter, however; what she was capable of was more than enough to recreate her memory in ink. Fluttershy had used Rainbow’s time in the shower to sketch a rough drawing of what she had seen last night.
Fluttershy’s snout was wrinkled in concentration as she gripped a set of colors in her forehooves and one in her teeth. She was laying on the finishing touches as Rainbow’s hooves thumped softly on the fluffy cumulous.
“Almost done?”
“Mm-hmm,” she mumbled.
“Good; we gotta get outta here. I hate being cooped up for too long.
Fluttershy added the last slashes of shading and set them down on the table.
“That is one fugly monster, Fluttershy.”
Fluttershy didn’t respond. Oh, she agreed, but she knew full well why. The previous night was burned into her eyes, not even allowing sleep to take her when she had finally calmed down. Every shade of darkness and splash of color was created to the best of her ability. Rainbow Dash wasn’t sure what to make of Fluttershy’s picture. A bipedal body cloaked in filament threads of shadows, toned muscles to put Big Mac to shame, blue pants and a green shirt that would put Rarity into a coma, and a pair of white eyes.
Eyes that pierced through the shrouded darkness. Eyes that glowed with the radiance of the sun.
Minecraft/MLP:FIM crossover.
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Edited by: Material Defender, Maverick Frond
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Herobrine... you glorious evil bastard you.
Yep... their boned...
AAAAaaand I see where this could be an issue for our lovely 'miner'.
NOPE.
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.
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Just so you know, I recorded a live blog entry and read your posts. Forgive me for excessive swearing. I'm kinda drunk and sick at the moment.
And that's bullshit; I got the first post.
2234733 No worries! Looking forward to it.
2234733 Author comments don't count.
2234774 That... Is a damn good picture.
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You do not want an author's wrath, 6flyer. I am this close to scissor-kicking a first-poster in the ear.
Aw dammit I was gonna make a minecraft story with herobrine as the bad guy........... If I still do it will you say I copied?
2214361 DO IT. NOW. MY LIFE WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL IT IS DONE.
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I'm not the first to have him here. Go ahead and do whatever. Being first does not mean I have sole creative rights to him.
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dammit need to search more stories then............. and kk
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Saw that pic. Thought of this:
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Sorrypleasedon'tkillme.
Weeeelp. Poor Steve is now in so much trouble. I hope someone finds a way to get him pardoned or something.
2234591 Shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit!!!
Replace "game" with "story" and there you go.
shes going to mistake the craftier for herobine, right?
HEROBRINE!
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I'm drunk, not stupid.
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.... aw, Herobrine? Really?
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Let's say it was peer pressure for HIM.
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Now I have to find a way to bring in SCP-106 and kill everyone.
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sooooooo, no flutter freakout for no good reason?
2235189 ... I'm sorry, what?
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A line from my SCP story
Thrice-blasted Youtube embeds fail me.
Gods don't bleed.
Crafter can't tell the difference beyond golden armor? Can Fluttershy tell the difference in pupil luminescence? But can you see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?
All these answers and more, on the next chapter that is probably more than one thousand words. I'm counting on you, author.
Herobrine.
Ever does he haunt our servers, disguised as a griefer disguised as a hoax. No tale of the Cube World can ignore him, no traveler of its planes can escape him, and even Notch himself is powerless to stop him.
And now that he has come to Ponyville, mobs shall follow and blood shall flow.
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Hmmmm... Weird; I didn't put that in.
2235639 Ooohhh... Okay then, cool.
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CCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPP!
HEROBRINE! THIS IS NOT GOOD! IF HE'S HERE, THEN THAT MEANS THAT EVERYPONY IS GOING TO BE SCREWED!
All I can say is this: Equestria. May whatever god or deity that watches over you have mercy on all of your souls. Cause you're definitely going to need it.
(When I read the description of what Fluttershy drew on her paper, I immediately got goosebumps and my blood turned cold. Out of all of the creatures/beings ever thought up of, he is one of the ones that scares the crap out of me the most.)
And poor Fluttershy, I really wish I could be there to comfort her. Nobody or nopony should have to go through what she went through.
- Super-Brony12
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HIS WRATH BE UPON THEE, FOR THE CHAINS OF KINGS BIND HIM
SUBMIT, LEST THY PRIDE BE YOUR UNDOING
KNOW NOT THE PAIN OF THE INNOCENT OR CORRUPT
FOR HE HAS SUFFERED A THOUSAND DEATHS IN ETERNAL NIGHT
More satanic stuff for you. Plus, I'm not drunk anymore. Yes, HE is awake. Now the question is, who's going to stop him? What if this god really doesn't bleed?
A bonus chapter on a Friday... and now a main baddie is revealed. Herobrine.
You should have the ponies call him The Hunter, The Scorcher, or The Feared.
Perhaps the Crafter somehow calls him the Griefer, and the ponies misinterperate and call him The Griever.
All shall perish in his parchment-blank gaze. He is merciless, and he shows no remorse.
So.. We have Steve, an Enderman, your two characters, the Wither Skeleton, and now the great myth shrouded in a loss if coding, Herobrine, the Scourge of Overworld. This is turning out very nicely...
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What, Era'Doth The Destroyer not menacing enough for you?
Wait, two? I only made Brimstone an antagonist. To whom are you referring?
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No.... HERBRINE!!! EVERYONE IS SCREWED!
2237400 Oh, yeah. I forgot about the Destroyer. All I can say is that this story is shaping up incredibly well. Three quite original villains allong with two real ones and a fan-made epic villain would make for a pretty epic story. You write quite nicely as well.
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Who is the third? I've only introduced Brimstone and Era'doth. Unless are you counting the Endermen?
I love this story... when will be chapter 23?
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I'm afraid the answer is now "when it's done". However, I keep a story progression box on my main page. Check there regularly to see chapter progress.
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At what part is the wither skeleton involved?
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You see him in Chapter 11.
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Thank you for putting all this time and effort into this story.
I am not satisfied, but I am definitely intrigued.
2237630 Endermen seems to be more minion in this story. They only sent the Miner as a test, I believe you mentioned?
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Flying monkeys, if you will. And if you recall, Brimstone told Barricade that the Endermen released Era'doth from his prison.