Chapter 1: UniqueSKD
UniqueSKD was currently working on another YouTube video. He was making an animation about CastleMania hoping to finish it by March. He was working hard at his animation due to his nature to finish anything he started. Whether it was called stubbornness or determination depends on who one asked.
Unique truly did live up to his name. Unlike other ponies, he was born with a defect in his lower body that caused him to walk on two legs instead of four. His friends were fine with it, and the ponies in Equestria had seen much stranger things. Unique was a white Pegasus who had a blue crest in the center of his chest. The tips of his primaries were the same color blue as his crest. His mane and tail were a dark brown and his eyes were baby blue. UniqueSKD lived in Manehatten in a hotel room that no one, except his friends, knows the location of since YouTubers do like to keep their location a secret. getting crushed by one's own fans was not an enjoyable experience.
Today, However, was not any ordinary day. He planned on visiting a very good friend over in ponyville. Her name was twidashloverxox. She was a Purple Alicorn who went by the name TwiDash. Somehow, none of the ponies in ponyville connected the dots between the names of two different Element Bearers being used as one name. She had decided to pretend she only had wings because she enjoyed flying with Unique and didn't want to attract attention. After all, who wouldn't be surprised to see a fifth Alicorn princess?
Now. Back to the subject at hoof. He finally decided he better get going before it was to late. The last train for ponyville would be leaving in a few moments and he had to get there quickly. He grabbed his backpack, jumped out the window, and flew towards the train station. As he flew he reflected on his life. He'd had so many adventure and so many stories that writing them down was the first thing he thought when he retired from saving the world and stuff. He wasn't that old but he had been fighting for years and now that there were other ponies around who could kick some flank he could finally relax. Of course he didn't stay still for very long, such is the way of every fighter. He got into a few more fights and kept at it now and then. For a pony that spent the majority of his life fighting, his current life was pretty calm.
Unique looked down upon the crown of ponies beneath him. The mix of colors created a rainbow bringing a small bit of beauty to the city.
Unique looked forward and saw the Train Station. He flew downward and landed right in front of the ticket box. And elderly mare who had a look on her face indicating she had been doing this for hours spoke in a bland tone, bordering on annoyance, "Where to sir?"
Unique smiled and responded in a British accent, "Ponyville please, and might I say, you look simply divine."
The mare was apparently not used to be complimented like this and blushed, "Uh... um... yes of course. Uh... one second." She turned around, grabbed a ticket, and gave it to Unique. Before he could reach into the pocket that ponies magically had in their sides, she stopped him and winked, "Just go already. Nice stallions like you are rarely met."
Unique smiled and headed for the train while whispering to himself, "Still got it." He got onto the train and went to his room on the second class car. He was in second class because he knew he mustn't draw to much attention to himself even though he would have loved it. He laid down and fell fast asleep.
Unique woke up slowly, his eyes still hazy, but his ears were being assaulted by some awful noise. It sound like thousands of fingernails and claws scratching against a chalkboard. After a few seconds his eyes adjusted and he could see what was happening. What he saw, however, was not what he had expected. The room he was in was similar from what he went to sleep to but it had stains on the fabric, places it was ripped and shredded, and the light had somehow gone out leaving an eerie light to shine through the window. He stood up and followed the sound. He opened the door to his room and was met with something he was entirely unprepared for. There wasn't any train. His room and a few others were simply free rolling on the tracks. If he had taken another step he would have ended up under the small structure of what once was a train.
Suddenly a jolt on the tracks cause him to be launched upwards. Since he had not fully exited his room he hit his head on the ceiling and was knocked out.
Unique woke up to a the feeling of something poking him in the back. He rolled onto his back and opened his eyes. He was back on the train, The real train. He looked at the source of the poking and found a little colt poking him.
The foal asked a simple question, "Um. Mista? are ya dead?"
Unique chuckled at the little colts question and responded, "No lad. I'm not dead. Just did hit my head is all. I'm dandy."
"Oh. Ok then." The colt trotted off to another location and left Unique to wonder what just happened. he thought to himself I guess it was just a dream and I began to sleepwalk. After all, that was the most obvious answer. He headed back to his room but found that sleep was somehow eluding him now. He didn't feel like going through another sleepwalking accident again.
A few hours later he finally got to ponyville. He unloaded his stuff and set to finding the place he was supposed to TwiDash. They had agreed to meet at a fountain that existed right in the center of the little village. He traveled a ways until he found the location. He sat down and began winking at every mare who looked his way, except for a few. Unique had a strange sixth sense about certain things, one of which told him whether or not a mare had a stallion already who might buck anypony in the face who looked at her from behind.
A voice rank out from his left, "Hey Unique!"
The white pegasus spun around to look at the pony who's voice was all to familiar, "Hey TwiDash." He responded.
The black haired pony sat next to Unique and the two hoof bumped, "Haven't seen you in a while girl. Where you been hiding?"
"Oh nowhere really. I've just been trying out for the Wonderbolts!" TwiDash beamed, "They accepted me!"
Unique smiled. It always made him happy to see one of his friends so happy, especially his waifu. He had liked her the first time they met. The strange thing was, he had been with plenty of mares before, gone on plenty of dates, and even went to bed with a few, but TwiDash was something special. When he first met her, he decided to destroy the connections he had with the other mares. He was still a flirt but for some reason he could never talk the same way to TwiDash. He did enjoy seeing her blush though, and would purposefully compliment her when he knew others were looking, much to her annoyance.
TwiDash spoke, "So have you finished that new animation?"
Unique put his fore hooves behind his head and shook his head no, "No not yet. I'll have it done by March hopefully."
The two ponies sat and talked about other things until Celestia started to lower the sun. TwiDash looked at Unique concerned, "Um... where are you staying for tonight?" Unique looked at her blankly as she continued to speak, "You didn't actually think about that until I mentioned it, did you?" Unique simply shook his head. TwiDash continued her speech, "Well, in that case..." ,She stood up, "...your coming with me. You can crash at my place for tonight."
Unique smirked, "TwiDash! How could you possibly try and take advantage of our friendship like that?" ,he stood up put his hoof around her, "Seriously? Offering me a place to sleep just so we can get more intimate?"
TwiDash blushed widely and playfully pushed Unique off of her while he started laughing, "D.. don't say things like that. I... it's embarrassing."
After Unique stopped laughing and TwiDash stopped blushing the two headed for her place. Unique insisted that she not give up her bed for him and said he would sleep on the couch. TwiDash reluctantly accepted and went to her bedroom.
Unique lay on the couch and went to sleep.
Unique woke up to the sound of screaming. His eyes went wide open and focused on his surroundings. What he saw was not the house he had been in when he went to sleep but a version of it half destroyed as if it were on fire at some time. The roof was barely even there. The sky was grey with clouds and the sun couldn't be seen. He heard the scream a second time and jumped from the couch. He leapt for a hole in the wall and saw a horrendous sight.
Bodies.
Bodies of ponies lying on the ground. Many of them were mangled and torn apart. Some were only harmed a little but were obviously dead. Every face had a look of horror as if they were still facing what had killed them in the first place. Unique slowly lowered himself to the ground. He was unable to control his body movements. He stood there in frozen shock. The houses were either destroyed or on the verge of collapsing. After a few moments his thoughts went back to the scream. He had heard it from out here. The scream sounded again as a pink pony came bursting from one of the buildings.
"Pinkie Pie?!" Unique couldn't say anything else. He had met the pony once or twice when visiting. One difference was her hair wasn't poofy any more, it was straight. He was still staring until he saw who was chasing her: It was dark brown stallion who held a make shift spear in his mouth. He continuously swung at Pinkie forcing her to dodge the strikes.
Unique seethed in anger, "Hey! Leave her alone!" he wouldn't stand for somepony being treated like this. He flew at full speed towards the attacker and rammed into his side. The stallion hit his head on a rock and knocked out on the ground. Whether he was dead or not didn't matter at the moment. Unique caught his breath and looked at Pinkie who was standing to the side of the scene in fear. Unique stepped closer and she recoiled in fear.
"Hey." ,he whispered softly, "I won't hurt you." He reached out his hoof as Pinkie slowly walked towards him. When she got to him she wrapped her hooves around him to his surprise and didn't seem to want to let go. She cried into his shoulder a few minutes before calming down a little.
"What happened here?" , he asked, "When did this happen to Ponyville?"
Pinkie looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean by Ponyville? This village hasn't had a name in years." suddenly her eyes went wide, "Wait a minute. No way. Your UniqueTKO. Your the one who has been saving ponies all over Equestria, or at least what once was Equestria."
Unique looked Pinkie in shock, "Um... ok. I'll ask about that later."
Pinkie nodded her head slowly. The two sat there for a few minutes while Unique thought about something I feel like I'm forgetting something.
In sudden realization he let go of Pinkie and yelled, "Oh Buck! TwiDash!"