I'm No Legend

by Short Stories


What Exactly Caused All This? [Backstory; 15-12]

When Chrysalis attacked, it seemed like another ordinary one-versus-six type of thing. A quick blast from the violent, reforming rainbow they summon when battling baddies and she'd be gone again; only to return six months later with yet another battle plan. It was obvious that without her changeling army, now under the rule of King Thorax, she was practically useless against the mares.

This time.

This time was different.

Definitely different.

The whole scenario started out with Spike leaving for the day to go and help Ember with a current dragon problem she didn't know how to handle. "I'll be back by the end of the day", he had promised his guardian as he boarded the train, "and I'll try to remember to bring you that lava rock sample you wanted." Rainbow and Twilight waved goodbye to him as the train left the station until said train was out of sight. The cyan pegasus then turned to the lavender alicorn, saying something about how she was starving and wanted to grab a hayburger before heading back to the castle.

Aside from this, all of Twilight's senses were focused on some type of - what could only be described as a black blob - contrasting with the nice light blue sky the pegasi had prepared for the week.

"Uh..." Rainbow waved a hoof in front of her face, trying to get her attention. "...Twi...?" She looked at her friend with concern, trying to see what she was staring at. Luckily, it didn't take long; pointing a hoof at the menacing shapeless blob, she screamed "what in Equestria is that?!"

Around them, a couple townsponies that overheard them glanced upward, their gaze stuck once caught on the mysterious sky blob. They seemed fretful, some huddling around each other as a type of protection. Once Twilight saw and heard them cowering in fear, her neutral face turned into a frown.

"What is it?"

"What does it mean?"

Cries came out from different directions, now more ponies around the train station than before, trying to see if anypony else knew what it was. "Princess Twilight will know!" Somepony cried out. She remembered that voice from about a year ago and attempted to hide a scowl; she decided she didn't like this pony who repeatedly brought unwanted attention to her.

Nevertheless, ponies gathered around the station area where Twilight and Rainbow stood, questions galore shooting out at them.

"Is our world ending!?"

"Is it the end times?!"

"Is this the start of the apocalypse?"

"Did I leave my oven on?" All eyes turned towards Angel Wings, who took the day off from Wonderbolt training due to a sprained wing. "What?" She asked, "it's an important question!"

Rainbow nudged Twilight in the side, motioning upwards with her head. "Ahh." Twilight muttered, getting the message. "Uhm... I understand that this.. object? Is threatening by it's appearance, so Rainbow and I will fly up and investigate." She spread her wings, eyes still on the crowd, and flew up, Rainbow close behind her. She could hear cheers for her bravery, but she mainly just did it because she was curious herself--not that she'd actually say that out loud, of course.

"Whaddya think it is?" Rainbow asked, catching up easily.

Twilight shrugged; best she could. "I don't really know; there's a number of theories floating around in my brain."

Rainbow slowed down, still facing her friend. "Oh, really?" She dodged a blue jay, "like what?"

"Well, it could be a type of UFO with aliens from another land. I've heard of these strange ones--fives tiny hooves attached to a larger hoof, they don't have any fur except on top of their heads-- and even some don't have any there. They walk on two legs instead of the usual fo-"

"Your describing humans, aren't you?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah."

"You've been through that portal multiple times."

"Yeah, but I still don't understaAAAAAAH!" A weird aura grabbed Twilight by the middle just then and pulled her inside the UFO. It took Rainbow a second to recover from shock, but she eventually started pounding on the blueish blackish crystal with all her might. "Let go of my friend, you crazy, filly-napping machine!!"

The arm started to go after her.

Alarmed, she dashed away in search of the other four.


"Is that what that thing is?" Pinkie asked; beside her was Applejack, Fluttershy, Starlight and Rarity, Rainbow had just finished frantically filling them in on what happened. She had a hot air balloon ready for those without wings and, after answering a couple clarifying questions, they were off towards the floating crystal, Rainbow pulling the balloon as Fluttershy once did to save her from Discord's curse.

It was no use, though.

The aura grabbed them all, rendering them motionless, bringing them inside the contraption.

They don't remember much after that. Just that they were dropped inside their tiny boxes and the crystal ship moving so fast that they all got slammed against a wall and knocked unconscious.

Spike came back at the end of the day, as promised. He was shocked to discover Twilight went to bed early [there was a note on the door from Big Mac saying he found her in the middle of the street passed out, maybe from exhaustion, and decided to bring her home]. Nevertheless, he placed the lava rocks that he had gathered in a small bag in a corner by his room and, him exhausted himself, passed out on his little cot.

Only to be awoken eight hours later by a ground shaking cry of his name.