//------------------------------// // Act 1: Part 1--Chapter 5 // Story: The Land of Equestria Saga Acts 1-5 // by derrick1714 //------------------------------// Unused Series 2 The Land of Equestria Saga Act 1 Part 1 Chapter 5 Starlight’s Realization Starlight quickly got off the train and galloped as fast as she could, all the while her mind began to race with horrible thoughts, thoughts that it might be too late to stop Nightmare Moon. As Starlight turned a corner she teleporting past another corner, and then teleported again past some guards, while she continued towards the throne room. After turning and galloping down the main street of Canterlot she finally got to the double doors, Starlight was out of breath and ready to faint from the galloping and extreme magic use however she remained conscious. With a flicker of her horn Starlight pushed the doors open, and braced herself for Nightmare Moon. After a minute Starlight opened her eyes, and saw an empty room. She quickly trotted forward to the throne room, and once she push the doors open Starlight saw nothing. Starlight looked around some more and finally saw a note taped to the throne. As she levitated it to herself and opened it, she saw a message left by Slappy. “Well if you’re reading this I managed to trick you, which in itself is rather easy. Now you may be wondering why I sent you all the way here, well I'll tell you. I was always beaten, and always underestimated the heroes. Every time I was free, I was locked away again. However I have learned from my mistakes, and have taken the government down slowly. Only Twilight Sprinkles and her friends remain, and once they're gone you'll be next Starlight. Then the world, Love your friend Slappy/your future murderer.” Starlight read it again and realized her mistake, she broke the one rule that you should always follow. “Never trust a dummy.” Starlight said, as she galloped back to the train. When Starlight got to the ticket booth she took one step before collapsing from using so much of her energy, however before she passed out she teleported one last time only a few feet into the luggage cart. Discord chewed a few pieces of popcorn, and then threw the bag at Slappy causing it to expand and eat him. Discord smiled at Twilight, Celestia, Luna and Cadence and said “Well I for one think we buttered him up good, and he’s really sacked now.” Discord started to laugh, and didn't even notice the faint glow from the bag. “No one laughs until I tell them to.” Slappy thought as he turned another dial causing the wand to start firing a working laser beam out of the green bulb, cutting a circle Slappy escaped and put it back on his puppet setting. Celestia heard a giggle, looked back and yelled. “Get down everyone.” However it was too late, and Slappy’s twisted magic hit Celestia, Luna, and Cadence as well as Discord. Discord and Twilight watched as the magic faded from Discord's body; however their attention was then drawn to the other three princesses. Slowly Celestia’s cutie mark faded and a new one started to appear, after 30 seconds Celestia had Slappy on her hip. Celestia’s coat then started to lose its color and turned grey, while Cadence and Luna also started to lose their color. Once all three princess were grey their Slappy cutie marks glowed green, and strings of dark magic flew from above and wrapped around the princesses. As the strings curled around their prey Twilight looked on in horror as Slappy started to laugh, while Discord used his fully restored power to create more popcorn. Once the strings had finished their job they disappeared, and left three alicorns with no way to move. Slappy smiled and said “Well that was quite the show, however I'm surprised no one exploded.” Discord chuckled while Twilight nearly choked on the thought. Slappy turned a dial on his wand, and then said into a small speaker “Today’s the day Equestria gains a new dictator, tomorrow all of Equestria will be mine but today I will continue to set up my board.” As Slappy talked the princesses spoke every word only one word behind, and when Slappy finished so did the princesses. Slappy turned the dial off and said “This little scientific wand is perfect, and with the added magic of three princesses plus Discord's magic it has more power than anyone. In other words no one can reverse what I've done, including neither of you.” Discord glared at the dummy, and then poofed the popcorn away while Twilight could only blink and stare. “Your little toy is nothing compared to the king of chaos, so let’s prove you wrong dummy.” Discord snapped his fingers and saw the princesses do nothing; Discord disappeared in a cloud of smoke and then reappeared in front of Celestia. “Hello Sunny, it's time to wake up buzz kill.” Discord waved his lion paw in Celestia’s face, and then slapped her. Twilight watched with mild curiosity, while Slappy started to laugh again. Slappy pressed a button and the princesses fell to the ground, while Discord looked on in disbelief. “This can't be true; I refuse to believe your stolen magic is stronger than me.” Slappy smiled and said “Okay prove it by protecting The Mane 6, if you can get them to safety then I'll believe you.” Discord smiled and made Twilight's friends appear beside her, and then a bubble appeared around them. Twilight then looked over to see a table with some tea on it, along with cupcakes. Before Twilight could say anything Pinkie dived into the cupcakes, and everypony laughed including Discord. However Slappy wasn't happy being forgotten, so he set his wand to setting 7 and blasted straight through the bubble. Slappy giggled and said “Now for more puppets.” Discord snapped up a shield but was too late, Twilight watched as Rarity and Applejack slowly became puppets for Slappy. Discord opened a portal by slicing the air with a talon, and quickly tossed Rarity and Applejack through. “Unless you’d rather be puppets, I suggest you escape with me.” Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, Spike, and Fluttershy nodded and jumped through. However as they went through Slappy fired off 4 more shots, and as the portal closed Slappy smiled. Meanwhile inside a cave overlooking most of Equestria Spike looked at his friends, and then too Discord as The Mane 6 became nothing more than puppets. “Discord can't you do something?” Spike said as tears started to build up inside his eyes, Discord looked at the baby dragon and then Fluttershy. Before Discord could say anything Spike sobbed out. “When did Ponyville get a cave?” “Okay fine let’s see here first it just got a cave a moment ago, and hold on a second.” Discord said as he pulled a meat thermometer out of his nose, and placed it in their ears. The meat thermometer ran all the way to hot and then cold, back and forth it went with all The Mane 6. Discord punched it into the mountain wall and said “Well this doesn't look good.” As Discord turned the thermometer in the wall, a piece of the mountain moved back to reveal a chainsaw. Spike fainted, while Discord quietly put it back and pulled out a book on dummies. Starlight awoke to the sound of the locomotive, and quickly galloped out. As she looked around she saw she was at the train station, and was only a couple of minutes away from Twilight's castle. Starlight galloped past several ponies, and finally got to the castle tired. “Okay I seriously need to rest; I've used too much energy.” As Starlight approached the door she saw a note, once she finished it she ran inside while the note fell down having been read by both Starlight and Twilight. Starlight galloped into the cutie map room and was sent spiraling down, her hope was crushed the second she saw Celestia, Luna, and Cadence grey. Slappy came out from behind a chair and said. “Well if it isn't my old friend, I should think you for this. Sense if you hadn't had the spell in your diary, then I wouldn't have been able to use it to do this.” Slappy gestured to the princesses and laughed. Starlight looked at the cutie marks and saw the insane dummy on their hips, and watched as Slappy tapped his wrist. Slowly the princesses rose up, and started to dance. Slappy tapped his wrist again and they fell to the floor, once Slappy had finished he straightened his suit and spoke again. “With this no earth pony, pegasus, unicorn or alicorn will be able to resist my whims. So now it's time for the one who started this, to see the end results of her greatest mistake and my greatest attack.” Slappy pointed his wand at Starlight, and smile while firing a bolt of green energy at her. Starlight felt it pass right through her, and watched it hit the wall behind her. Slappy looked at his wand then back to Starlight, and then shot another bolt with the same result. “You can't turn me into a puppet Slappy, that's my spell that you've edited. However my safe guard still exists, and so the spell is useless against me.” Starlight smiled after saying that, until she remembered the princesses and then her smile slipped into a saddened expression. Meanwhile Slappy stomped his foot, and shouted. “I've underestimated far too many heroes, and I won't ever make that mistake again.” Slappy then lunged at Starlight with the tip of his wand, a dark shade of red. Starlight quickly dodged the attack, and watched as the red tip touched the floor, and incinerated a one inch hole in it with one touch. Slappy realizing he missed rose up, and then ran at Starlight while Starlight galloped out of the room. Starlight made a quick turn and fired a freezing spell; however Slappy used his wand to deflect it. Starlight made a quick turn down a hall, and found it was a dead end. “Come out come out wherever you are Starlight, I promise it won't hurt, much.” Slappy said, and then started to laugh. As Slappy drew near Starlight prepared a counter spell, however the second Slappy’s foot came into view a portal opened under Starlight's feet. By the time Slappy looked down that section of the hallway, there was nothing there. Meanwhile far away in a mountain Starlight looked up to see Discord and Spike. “Ha I knew I smelled a unicorn there, however this doesn't look like Starlight.” Discord then pulled a piece of paper from his mouth, and pulled a 2 year old like drawing off the paper. “HeLlO Im StArLiGhT NiCe ToO MeEt YoU.” the colorful Starlight drawing said, while the real Starlight stared at it and was ready to blast it to pieces. Discord smiled and said “Now that looks like Starlight.” Discord chuckled and then hovered over to Fluttershy, while Spike dried his tears and got ready to yell. “THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT.” Spike yelled, and sobbed. Starlight shifted her focus away from the horrible imposter, and saw The Mane 6 in six beds. All their coats were grey, and their cutie marks were of Slappy. Starlight took one look at them and then fought back tears, while Spike continued to cry. Discord meanwhile poked the living drawing, and watched it pop. Spike and Starlight both watched as confetti rained down from the drawing, Discord then placed a paper on top of the confetti and then hit it with a hammer. Discord then handed Starlight the drawing, only now it was just paper again. As Starlight stared at it, Discord turned to Spike and said. “Wow you live with the princess of friendship, and you’re treating Starlight here badly. Even though, she’s your only hope to save everyone, especially Fluttershy.” Discord made three chairs appear, and motioned for Starlight to take a seat. Meanwhile elsewhere Slappy returned to the cutie map room, deciding now was the time to advance his plans. Cause if there's one thing a hero is known for it's causing plans to fail, and heroes never stay dead for very long. Slappy sat down across from the princesses. “Yes now is the time Equestria gains a king, and for me to gain my new slaves hahahaha.” Slappy said as the princesses could only watch him laugh, and wait for Twilight to save them. Chapter 6 The Alicorn Dummy’s out now!!!!!