//------------------------------// // The Attack Begins // Story: The Rise of a New World // by SilverwingPegasus //------------------------------// "Yeehaw! What a great day for applebucking!" an orange mare exclaimed. "Eeyup!" replied a red staillion. It was a beautiful, sunny day out on Sweet Apple Acres. The Apple Family was busy working the farm. Applejack and Big Macintosh were bucking the apple trees. Little Apple Bloom was tending the pigs in the pen. Granny Smith was busy baking apple treats for the apple stall at market. Everything was perfect. For now that is. Meanwhile, a silver pegasus was stirring inside of a lone hut, dwelling within the Everfree Forest. Silverwing, was finally waking up, after a day of sleeping. She moaned as she awoke. "Ugh... My head... What happened...?" she groaned as she woke up. She sat up, and looked around. Slightly dazed, she examined her surroundings. It took a few minutes for her to remember where she was. "Oh, yeah. That's right. That happened." she said as she put a hoof to her head. As she got out of bed, she tried standing. It took a bit, but she did regain her balance. She looked around, and saw neither Zecora or Twilight nearby. "Hmm, I wonder where they went off to." She walked to the window, and looked outside. It was dark over the forest, because the trees overhead blocked out the sky. She then walked to the door, and opened it. As it opened, she walked outside. She stood just outside the door, and yelled for the two missing ponies. "Twilight? Zecora? Where are you two?" No answer. "Hello? Anypony out there?" she yelled again. Still no response. "Hmmm... I should really stay here in case they come back. But I need to find Twilight to go see her friend. What to do?" "Aaaaaahhhhhh! Help me!!!!" a sudden scream was heard nearby. With no second thoughts, Silverwing ran towards the scream. When she got to it's source, a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail lay on the ground. She wasn't moving. "Are you okay miss?" Silverwing asked. No reply. She was unconscious. Suddenly there was a roar nearby. Silverwing ran to the helpless pony, and hoisted her up on her back. "Huuurrrgg! This is so much harder without my abilities. But I must save this pony." She struggled to get her on her back, but was able to do so. She ran as quickly as she could back to Zecora's hut. When she looked back to see if anything was following her, what she saw shocked her. Pony eating plants were chasing after her. It seems they attacked the yellow pony, and wanted to finish the job before Silverwing arrived. She ran as fast as she could, but the plants were closing in on her. She wouldn't be able to out run them. She know she had to do something to save this pony. She stopped, and put the pegasus down. Then Silver turned around to face the plants. Without her powers, she'd never be able to beat them, but maybe she can hold them off long enough until help maybe came. She'd never studied these creatures before, but now was a good time to. Though, she needed to be careful. She was still a bit weak from the day before. There were three of these things, and they seemed very hungry. They closed in on her, and all at once, the grabbed at her, with tentacle like vines. She was able to dodge, but barely. She lured them away from the pony, using herself as bait. She taunted them, wagging her tail, and shaking her flank to gain their attention. She was being every bit as sassy as she could, to get them away from the passed out pegasus. It was working. Then the pony awoke briefly. She weakly turned to Silverwing. "H-here.... Use this Silverwing..." she said before passing out again. As she fainted again, a silver and green orb rolled out of her hoof. Silverwing, knew what it was, and dashed towards it. The second she touched it, it burst, engulfing her in light. Silverwing, just regained her strength, and powers. She materialized her daggers, and dashed with lightning speed at the plants. She quickly cut them down to size. They were no more. Mere trimmings now. She de-materialized her daggers, and went to the pony. She lifted her on her back, and took off into the sky. She raced into the forest looking for a way out. However, she came to a bridge which overlooked a chasm. Across the bridge were some old ruins, of what looked like a castle. Just as she was about to step onto the bridge, a slender figure materialized in front of her. This figure as tall, and had a body made up of all kinds of things. It was quite chaotic to put it. She jumped back, and got in position. Then quickly noticed who he was. "You're Discord, spirit of chaos! Friend to Celestia." She said. "Ahh, you must be that wayward pony Twilight spoke of. Silverhoof was it?" he replied. "Silverwing." "Bah. No matter. Oh dear! Is that Fluttershy?" "I don't know. Is it?" She asked. "Indeed it is. We need to get out of here now." She nodded. Discord held the ponies, and teleported them to Ponyville. Twilight's castle to be exact. They had appeared outside the castle doors, Fluttershy held by Discord still unconscious. They opened the door, and walked in, 5 silhouettes standing in the hall silently. "I see you have finally arrived, Silverwing." Twilight spoke as she stepped forward.