Twilight Sparkle heads out to find earth, which is said to be a perfect place. However, she will soon find out that not all things are what they seem...
Earth. A place in which everything is perfect. At least, that's what the legend says.
Twilight Sparkle and her friends are going to learn everything is not how it seems. They've called it many names before, but all of them mean the same thing. Utopia.
Entering Earth, Twilight and her friends find out that they couldn't be more wrong about it.
“Humanity, a word lost in Equestria. Legends say that these so called “humans” lived in a Utopian society, a perfect place. With no problems, they were able to become into flawless, spiritual beings, and left this world.”
Twilight Sparkle was doing her everyday check of the library, making sure ever book was there, in it’s right spot. “Well Spike, I believe that covers every book, now let’s go get some tea shall we?” – Twilight said. “Uh, Twi there is another book here, it seems old.” – Spike said, picking up an old, dusty book. “What do you mean? I have it right here, every book is accounted for, there couldn’t be any book out of it’s place.” – Twilight said, frantically. “Here, let me see it.” Spike start walking towards the purple unicorn, but she had already used her magic to grab it from his little dragon hands. “Boy, sure glad I could help” – Spike sarcastically said to her, but Twi was to busy studying the book to notice. “Hm, where could this have come from? I’ve never seen it before” – She started to dust to book off, and instantly dropped it. “Spike, where did you get this book?” – She said, nervously. “I found it buried while I was searching for gems” – Spike said, his voice breaking up a bit. “Why, is it something bad?” “Huh? Oh, no reason...” – Twilight said, chuckling anxiously. “Now, if you excuse me, I have to write a letter to Princess Celestia” As she said that, she grabbed the book and ran to her bedroom, leaving Spike alone.
“Dear Princess Celestia, I recently found a book, well Spike did, but I can’t read it. It seems to be in another language, one I have no knowledge of. Strange, considering that I have a complete understanding of all languages known to pony-kind. I would like to get your help on this.
Yours truly, Princess Twilight Sparkle”
“That should do it, now to send this to Princess Celestia.” – Twilight said to herself. Her horn started lighting up, a light purple glow covering her horn and the letter, before the letter disappeared in thin air. “Well, it’s a good thing I learned to send letters without the help of Spike, he said it took a lot out of him” – Twilight began saying, before being stopped by a bright white glow of another letter appearing, this time written in royal yellow.
“Dear Princess Twilight, If this book you found is truly what I fear it is, then I would like to have a word with you. Come to the palace as soon as you can, and bring the other elements of harmony. Come prepared, and bring the book with you.
With the help of Spike and the other mane 6, Twilight was ready to go to Canterlot. In fact, all of them were, physically at least. They had no idea what the book was, or why Celestia feared it. If someone as powerful as her was terrified of it, who knows what it may contain. “A-Are you sure P-Princess Celestia wants all of us to go?” – Fluttershy peeped, each word breaking “Y-Yeah, maybe some of us could stay here in case something bad happens” – Rainbow Dash said, siding with Fluttershy. “Now, Rainbow, Flutters, are y’all telling me y’all are scared to go?” – Apple Jack spoke up, glinting at the two ponies. “Me? Scared? No way. I just think some ponies should stay in case a monster comes rampaging through the city” – Rainbow said, with false bravery. “No need, with my brother and his men helping Ponyville, I think the town should be safe.” – Twilight said. “Besides, Princess Celestia said all the elements of harmony should go.” “Come on Dashie, it’s going to be so much fun!” – Pinkie said jumping around, oblivious to the worried faces of her friends. “Now darling, let’s not get too ahead of our self's, this might not be a fun mission.” – Rarity said, calming her pink friend. “Girls, I don’t want to rush you or anything, but the train for Canterlot leaves in five minutes” – Spike said, intruding.
With heavy spirits, the Mane 6 and Spike got their luggage, and jumped into the train. “Train 314, leaving Ponyville to Canterlot is now departing. Be sure to get on the train!”
The train still chugging along the tracks, most of the Mane 6 were sleeping, with Twilight being the only one awake on the train, with books up to her neck, reading each one at the same time. “Darling, I know you’re worried about this book, but you need your rest.” – Rarity said in between yawns. “I can’t sleep. I need to learn about this language. There seems to be no information about it. It seems that it just died off, as the book is ancient, some of it’s pages are close to tearing off.” – Twilight said, her magic picking up book after book. “Twi, everyone here is curious about it, but Princess Celestia will answer our questions. She has lived for thousands, maybe even millions of years, she knows everything.” – Rarity said, assuring her purple friend. “Hmm, maybe you are right.” – Twilight said, putting the books down. “Let’s just hope that it isn't something too bad...” – She said before falling asleep. Rarity smiled at her sleeping friend, before getting into a comfortable position and falling into deep slumber.
With the ponies all rested, they got out of the train. With their heads up, they started walking towards the big castle of Celestia and Luna. It wasn't long since Twilight had visited here, becoming a Princess herself. It flooded back memories to her, of her childhood, the changeling attack and wedding, all of it rushed into her head.
They soon entered the castle, royal guards around every corner, providing the best protection for her highness. “Ah, there you are, my little ponies. How good it is to see you.” – Celestia said walking towards them. “It’s good to see you as well Princess” – Twilight said, her face gleaming with happiness as she saw the tall, white alicorn in front of her. “Such an honor to see you again” – Rarity said, bowing. “Please, don’t bow. I am but another pony, I feel no need for royal treatment” – Celestia said, picking Rarity up. “Oh please, you know you love it when ponies treat you like that.” – A voice said behind Celestia. She looked back, and saw her little sister Luna walking towards her. “Luna, I thought you were sleeping. I didn't expect you to be here” – Celestia said, blushing a bit at her sisters comment. “Well, I couldn't miss the opportunity to see something this important.” – Luna said, looking at the other ponies. “It is great to see you Luna” – Twilight said smiling. “Yeah! It’s super duper mega ultra-“ – Pinkie started saying, before being interrupted by Apple Jack. "What my friend’s trying to say, is that it’s wonderful seeing y’all Princess at the same time” – Apple Jack said embarrassed by her pink friend. “While it is great meeting all of you again, we really must get down to business. Twilight, did you bring the book?” – Luna said, interrupting the ponies. “Huh? Oh yeah! It’s write here. It’s written in a strange matter, I can’t make any of this out.” – Twilight said, picking the old book from her bag and handing it to Luna Luna got a quick glimpse of it, before dropping it. A look of worry and terror in her face. “N-No... It can’t be true, it’s just a myth, a legend. It isn't real...” – Luna said, each word breaking with fear. “Luna, my sister, what is wrong?” – Celestia said, a worried look on her face by her sister’s reaction. “T-The book... it’s about... the humans” – Luna said shaking, the last word coming out as a horrified whisper. “U-mans? What’s that?” – Rainbow Dash said in a confused voice. “It’s pronounce humans, and they’re a myth. The legends goes like this.” – Twilight said, clearing her throat,
“In a time long past, no pony knows exactly how long, there used to be a species known as the humans. They were a race of perfection, living in an Utopian society. The humans were advanced infinitely beyond us. Each of them was an example of a god. No other species could even come close to them. However, they weren't satisfied. They wanted more. They became obsessed with spiritual transcendence. One day, they reached it and disappeared. Everything about them was gone, no evidence was left.” – Twilight read from a book she was carrying. “B-But, if they are just legends... why is the book important?” – Fluttershy peeped up, shyly asking. “Because it is not a myth.” – A voice boomed through the caste. “Discord! Show yourself. What are you doing here?” – Celestia shouted, showing anger in her voice. Suddenly, a chill started going around the ponies. A loud cackling, followed by a loud thunder. In front of them now stood a large Draconequus. The god of disharmony himself, Discord. “My, my. A bit touchy are we today Celestia?” – Discord said, mocking her. “What are you doing here? I thought you were in the Ever-free Forest!” – Twilight said, while the rest of the ponies were in shock. “Well, you started talking about myths and legends. Considering I am one, I feel that it’s appropriate I talk too.” – The god said, scaling towards the Princesses. “Discord, what do you know about this so called “myth”?” – Luna said, backing up. “Well, I know a lot about it, but I’m not sure I want to say it after being treated like this...” - Discord said, with his hand over his chin. Celestia and Luna both lighted up their horns with power. “Well, maybe you would like me to repeat the question... What do you know about the Humans?” – Celestia said, both angrily yet calm at the same time. “Alright, if you’re gonna get all magic on me,I’ll tell you.” – Discord said. “Just as precious little Princess Twilight said, the Humans lived a long time ago. However, she got something wrong. Humans didn't disappear. They’re still alive. The book holds the secret on how to get there, but there is a problem. Humans have been alone for so much time, I don’t know how they will react to newcomers in their utopia. I can translate the book, if you want.” – Discord said, the last line with cockiness. “Well, it seems we have no choice. Discord, you will translate this book, while we try to find the Humans. Right girls?” – Twilight said turning back. She was responded by 4 “Yeah!”’s and one, soft “not really” from Fluttershy. “Oh come on Fluttershy! This is the adventure of a life time, finding a lost utu-otu... city!” - Rainbow Dash said. “It wont be the same without you” “W-Well, if you put it like that...” – Fluttershy started to speak, before Pinkie started to. “Then it’s settled! We shall leave and find the Humans!” – The pink mare said excitedly whilst dancing. “Hold on every-pony. This mission is going to be dangerous. I believe that it might not be the best idea for you to take on.” – Celestia said, interrupting Pinkie from her dancing. “I agree with my sister. You ponies aren't ready for something of this magnitude.” – Luna said siding with her sister. “Oh please! We are ready to tackle on anything! Plus, the chance to find an ancient civilization is just heart-pounding! – Twilight said, each word getting more vivid and excited. “Plus, it’s not like their going to be alone, they have me!” – Discord butted in, before looking down after Celestia and Luna gave him a stern look. Celestia sighed, then said. “Well, if this is what you ponies want, I can’t change your mind. Just promise me you will be safe, and if anything goes wrong, you will come back here immediately.” “Oh Thank You! Princess, we won’t let you down. – Twilight said, before her and the others got out of the castle, running with excitement. “Well, I should be going with them...” – Discord said, grabbing the book, before being stopped by Celestia. “Discord, if anything happens to them and I find out it’s your fault, I swear... You won’t want to know what I will do to you.” “Don’t worry Celestia, they’re going to be safe, I promise...” – Discord said running away. “Be careful too Discord” – Celestia called out, which made Discord stop for a moment, before joining the Mane Six.
Charles was walking down the dark streets of Sernia. His black robe covering most of his body, making him blend with the shadows of the alley. He needed to find food. Sernia was the only place to find it. Well, at least some that wasn’t rotting. The place was covered with robots, most of them for security. The upper class didn’t want anyone else in their city. They covered it with a force-field, with only one entrance, which you needed to be a pure-blood human to enter. However, Charles had found a weak point in it, and used it to go at night and steal food. He had been doing it for a couple of weeks. The upper class had so many they barely noticed the stolen food, even if he had taken enough to feed a family. Mostly everyone was asleep, the only “people” up were Borgs. They were humans implanted with robotic augmentations. They didn’t need to sleep, eat, breath. They couldn’t get disease, and it was insanely hard to kill one of them. Borgs were mostly used to guard the city. They were ruthless if they found an “unpure” as they called them. Those were humans who had mutated over the years, which Pure-bloods hated. They were tossed out of the main city, and were put into the dump. There, they created their own society, Alkiria. They lived of the scraps of the people of Sernia. Charles kept looking for a place for food, and eventually found a home with dinner still there, mountains of it. He climbed through a window, and started getting more and more in his bag. “There, that should be enough” – He whispered to himself. Even though he had taken enough food to fill his large bag, it barely seemed as if he had taken any. He started getting out of the building, making sure none of the food spilled out, or to get any attention on himself. He seemed to be safe, there were no Borgs around. “Must be my lucky day” – He said under his breath. As soon as he said that, he started running off. He could still put an excuse if he got caught. Borgs weren’t too bright, and his mutations didn’t reach to his face, which was the only thing unconcealed. Even so, he had decided he would be better off not getting caught by any Borgs. He had reached it, the weak point. The entire force field was impenetrable everywhere except just this one point, where one could pass through without setting off any alarms or getting blocked. No-one else knew about it except for him, as he had hit it with some rocks, making it look just like any other part a structure. As he was passing through it, the smell of the food he was carrying was instantly drowned out by the stench of waste and bacteria. Alkiria was right next to the advanced city of Sernia, it wasn’t much. Most of it relied on outdated technology, some of it rusting and decaying. There was radioactive waste filling the area, which was the reason of the mutated humans, which had decided to call themselves Futurekind, as they decided it would be what all humans would eventually evolve into. The Futurekind were people mutated, allowing them to perform abilities the Pures could only dream of doing. They had become immune to any poison the radiation might give them, and instead used it as a way to make themselves better. The mutation left a skin pattern, which looked almost reptilian, but was blue instead of green. Charles eventually found his home, an old house made out of broken bricks and bad wood. It wasn’t pretty, but it held. He went inside with the food, and sat it down on the table. “Hey everyone, I got some food for us to eat!” – He called out. As soon as he did, everyone came to the table. The “family” consisted of 6 people, including him. There the twins, two girls, one named Marisa, the other Sherry. These two were the only ones actually related out of all of us. They were around 8 years old, both of them mutated mostly in the arms, allowing them to extend them to a large state, stretching the muscles and bones inside. The next one was a 11 year old boy, Devin. He was pretty small, appearing around the same size of the twins even though being a couple of years older than them. His mutations were the smallest, only in his legs and lungs. They allowed him to run at superhuman speed and for an incredible amount of time without getting tired. There was also Alex, a 15 year old girl. She was insanely tall, towering over everyone around her. The mutation had caused her to grow to this size, and gave her superhuman strength and durability. Even with this, she was a of kind nature, preferring to not fight if given the chance. There was Jordan. Well we don’t know his exact name, and he doesn’t remember it either. He was the second oldest, coming around 19 years old. He was blind, the mutation mostly grew on his face and neck. He couldn’t see, but the mutation had reached his brain, allowing him to “sense” the things around him to see. This not only made him an excellent hunter, as it allowed him to sense things hidden things, but it allowed him to warn us if anyone else was coming. Lastly, there was Charles. He was around 23 years old, at least that was what he remembered. His mutations were the worst, almost reaching full mutation, in which a human becomes completely mutated and is no longer classified as a person anymore. Most of his mutations were under the neck, his face seemed completely human. His mutations allowed him to “power up” parts of his body, allowing him to grow stronger, faster, more durable, or anything he could imagine. The downside being that it took a big toll on him, injuring his body, so he barely used his mutation abilities. They weren’t an actual family, save for the twins. Once a Pure becomes infected, he is forced to leave Sernia, to like in Alkiria. They can never come back, leaving behind their actual family and friends. It was a brutal thing to do, but the Pures found it required. They didn’t want anything to interfere with their obsession with staying as human as possible. The people who were kicked out went to a “family”, which were Future kind. They cared for themselves as an actual family. There were usually two adults in every family, though there were some with more or less. The twins were the first ones to start eating. They grabbed whatever they could and started gobbling it up. The rest of the family eventually started eating, which Charles being the only one who wasn’t. “What’s wrong Charles? Aren’t you going to eat as well?” – Alex asked, her face full of bread. “No, you guys eat. I’ll eat later on. It’s more important that you get your strengths up. Tomorrow there’s going to be another dump from Sernia. We need to get there early.” – Charles said, sitting down on a nearby table, taking his robe off.
Discord had caught up to the others, who were waiting for him. “Hey Twilight, so did you find out anything about the book?” – Spike said, rushing to them with the pony’s bags behind him. “Well, we found out a bit. We learned that it’s written in a language called “English”. The only person here that can read it is Discord, so he will be guiding us to find out about them.” – Twilight said, grabbing some bags to help him. “D-Discord? H-He’s here?” – Spike said, looking around. “Don’t worry Spike, he’s a good guy now.” – Rainbow Dash said, comforting him. “No need to be scared.” “Me? Scared? No way. It’s just, he can’t be trusted. You know?” – Spike said, with false courage. “Don’t worry Spike, everything will be alright, Discords a good person now, isn't that right?” – Fluttershy said softly, calming Spike down. “Yeah Spikey Wikey, I’m a good guy!” – Discord said, before picking him up and lifting him over his head. “L-Let me go!” – Spike wailed, flailing to get loose. “Discord, put him down this instance!” – Twilight screamed, anger in her voice. “Alright, jeez. Can’t you ponies take a joke?” – Discord said, putting Spike down at the ground. “Y-Yeah, and don’t you ever do that a-again.” – Spike said, dusting himself off. “Now, now ponies, we aren’t gonna get anywhere with y’all bickering” – Apple Jack “Yeah darlings, AJ is right, we need to start finding out about these humans” – Rarity said, siding with her friend. “You girls are right.” – Twilight said, lifting the book and giving it to Discord. “Read. Now” “You could say please you know” – Discord started saying, before seeing the annoyed look of Twilight. “Alright, fine.” Discord proceeded to grab the book floating in front of him by the purple alicorn’s magic, and started to flip through it. There was complete silence for what seemed to be 4 minutes, with the occasional “Interesting” coming from the mouth of Discord. Discord put the book down, and stared into the eyes of the ponies in front of him. “Well? What did it say?” – Rainbow Dash exclaimed with anxiousness. “What did what say?” – Discord asked innocently with a hint of sarcasm. “The book Discord. The one you just finished reading.” – Rainbow Dash responded, a look of frustration on her face. “Ah yes, the book. Quite interesting stuff in here. I couldn't translate it all, but the most important thing the book said is that the humans live in another world.” – Discord said. “Another world? So all this time all of this was worthless?” – Twilight called out worried. “What are we going to say to the Princesses?” “Well, I never said it was worthless...” – Discorded piped out. “But you said it was on another planet” – Rarity pointed out. “Oh! Is there a big spaceship hidden somewhere ready to take us?” – Pinkie shouted out, after a long time of her being quite. “No, but there is a portal to the planet they live on.” – Discord said, calming the pink mare down. “Portal? Like a door?” – Apple Jack asked confused. “Sort of. A portal is a connection between two distant places, which makes it so you enter on one side and can come out millions of miles away in a mere second.” – Twilight answered her orange friend. “Exactly. There is one in, but it would take some time to get to it. It’s all the way in the Griffon Empire.” – Discord said, interrupting the purple mare. “Oh hey, I have a friend there. Maybe she can help us.” – Rainbow Dash said thinking out loud. “Gilda? I’m not sure she’d want to help after the last time we saw her” – Pinkie Pie spouted out. “Either way, I doubt she’d know where the portal is. It says here it’s in the Cave of Crystals.” – Discord said, reading words off the book. “The Cave of Crystals? I have never heard of this cave, does it even exist?” – Twilight asked trying to remember if she had ever read anything about it. “I think so. It says here it does, but I’m having trouble figuring it out.” – Discord told her, searching around the book frantically, trying to find any answers to his own question. “I don’t think we should trust him, he could be leading us to a trap. A secret cave in the Griffon Empire? Sounds very suspicious" - Apple Jack said. “I know, but it’s our best chance at finding this new world.” – Twilight reassured her friend. “Do you believe that there might be new species of animals never seen here in Equestria?” – Fluttershy peeked out, her voice bringing a new one to the conversation. “There might be. It’s an entire different place. Who knows what we might find” – Twilight said. “So you mean we could find... Zombies!?” – Pinkie Pie shouted, in a ghoulish manner, frightening her yellow friend. “Pinkie, don’t scare Fluttershy.” – Twilight said, calming the yellow Pegasus down. “And I highly doubt we shall find zombies” You could hear a slight “Sorry” coming from the pink mare. “Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s get going!” – Apple Jack spouted, heading for the train.
The entirety of the gang (Excluding Spike, who decided to stay behind) had gotten their tickets, and were ready to board the train. Rarity had gotten curious, and decided to stop Twilight before she got on it. “Twilight, dear, do you think we should trust Discord? I know the Princess’s said so, but I don’t feel like we should” – Rarity said, her voice filled with concerned for her friends. “Not sure Rarity, but he’s the best lead we’ve got. I just hope Celestia didn’t make a mistake...” – Twilight said, reassuring her friend, before both of them getting on the train.
On the train, everypony had trouble getting sleep. Each of them was up late, thinking about the potential wonders or dangers Earth would have to offer. The one with the most trouble was Rarity. She was already having problems, as she had recently started developing feelings for a friend of hers, and she didn’t know how to tell her, or how she would react when she found out. All Rarity could do was wait, for the right time, to tell her...
“Rarity, wake up we’re here!” – A joyful, brashly voice woke her up. She had trouble opening her eyes, but once she did she saw that the pony who had woken her up was none other than Rainbow Dash “H-Here? What do you mean here?” – Rarity yawned out, barely awake. “The Griffon Empire, where else?” – The cyan mare said, flying above her. “Here? So early?” - Rarity said, taking her bags whilst getting out, before being blinded by the sunlight. “Early? What do you mean early? It’s the middle of the day Silly!” – Pinkie Pie shouted out, scaring Rarity, who gave out a big scream, attracting the attention of ponies around them. “Pinkie, what have we discussed about scaring Rarity?” – Apple Jack said, trying to hide the embarrassment of being looked on by ponies around them. “Oh, sorry” – Pinkie said, lowering her voice down to that of a whisper. “If you ponies can stop talking, I need to think, so mouths shut, brains up” – Discord said annoyed, looking at the book. “You know Discord, you could be a bit more nicer next time” – Rainbow Dash said, annoyed at him as well. “Yeah, Discord, just because you know this language no-one else knows, that doesn't mean you can behave however you want to.” – Twilight spouted out. Discord hadn't even noticed them talking, as he was too into the book, trying to figure out the new challenge before him. It said something about a path, but he couldn't figure out anything on where it was nor if it was still sturdy enough to pass through it. "Well, there seems to be a bit of a small problem" - The ancient God said, stroking his would-be chin. "And what problem would that be?" - Fluttershy asked worried. "Well, it seems as if the cave is exactly over there" - Discord said, and at the same he pointed straight towards a ginormous castle. Everyone was in awe, the castle was amazing! It has huge and the color of a bright white. It was almost blinding to look at, as it shined as if it was made out of pure gold. "Oh my! I have never before seen something of such grandeur before! It's something glorious to behold, something fit for royalty!" - Rarity said gushing about the massive castle in the distance. "It should be, that's where the queen lives" - Discord responded to the excited white mare. "The Griffon Empire doesn't have a queen, does it?" - Apple Jack asked in confusion "Gilda never mentioned her." - Rainbow Dash said, trying to be helpful. "Queen Zar." - Discord responded the two ponies in front of him. "Zar? That sounds like a boy's name!" - Pinkie blurted out, attracting some ponies and griffons around her. "Hehe, sorry for our friend. She's a bit... slow" - Rarity said, making a swirling motion with her hoove near her head. "Hey, I'm not slow" - Pinkie said infuriated. "Girls, stop fighting, this is getting us nowhere" - Twilight said calming both of them down. "Well, Pinkie was right, it should sound like a boys name. From what I have gathered, female Griffons who want dominance tend to chance their names into something more buff and scary sounding" - Discord said, motioning with his hands what appeared to be a lion. "Well, what are we waiting for? We should get there as soon as possible!" - Rainbow Dash exclaimed, flying straight to the castle, the other ponies straight behind her.
After a few minutes of walking and flying, the entire gang was just in front of the castle. It looked glorious so close up, the walls where whiter than anything else, and it shined like millions of stars. It was perfect, not one scratch, not one dent, nothing wrong about it. The edges of it were engraved in gold, and the size was huge. There were two big towers, each with a different flag, representing peace with other nations, with various guards on top of them. The guards themselves seemed bigger than any other Griffon they had seen while they were traveling here. The gate was huge, seemed to be pulled by two big, heavy chains. Once they got near it, two Griffon guards were guarding the entrance. "Who are you?" - One of them asked, his voice low and booming. "W-Well, I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, and these are the Elements of Harmony" - She said, pointing at the ponies behind her. "What do you want from us?" - The other guard spoke up. "We courteously ask permission to see the queen in terms of peace" - Twilight responded. The guards exchanged looks and went to a big lever like thing, and started pulling on it. In a few seconds, the gate was opened, with a large CREAK sound. "There, you may go inside." - The guards said in unison. "Thank you" - Twilight said. The six ponies and Discord bowed down, and ran inside, the gate closing behind them.
The inside of the castle made the outside seem worthless. There were emerald columns running up and down the entire hall, which had a velvet red carpet going through it. It was beautiful and huge. There were guards inside here as well, but so much more. There were at least three at every doorway, to ensure the maximum safety of the queen and the rest of the staff.
"Well, well, well. Who do we have here? A bunch of lost colorful ponies?" - A familiar, tomboyish, rebel voice came out from behind them, causing everyone except Discord to freeze in their tracks.
