Unused Series 2
The Land of Equestria Saga
Act 1 Part 1
Chapter 6
The Dummy Alicorns
Discord watched as Starlight and Spike sat in their chairs, and then poofed a screaming head onto a table in front of them. Starlight screamed, while Spike fell backwards in his seat. Discord then poofed it away, while Spike stood up and fixed his chair. Once everything was calm, except for the low moans from the mane 6, Discord motioned to Spike to speak first. As Spike sat in his chair he started to cry but held the tears at bay, and spoke in a growl.
"This is all you fault Starlight, if you hadn't created or at least hadn't written that spell in your diary Twilight and everyone else would be okay. Twilight had gotten the remote, she had freed the magic and when we thought we had won. Slappy pulled out his wand, gloated and fired." By the time Spike finished he was in tears, and his voice had become nothing but a whisper.
Starlight leaned her head down and through a sob said "I'm sorry Spike, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for my past to creep into the future, I knew that dummy was trouble but Twilight was busy and when she returned she thought I was having a mental episode. Then when Slappy returned from Canterlot he lied to me and told me Nightmare Moon was back, I fell for it and wasn't there when Slappy attacked."
Now Starlight was crying and continued "By the time I realized his deceit I was too far away, I hurried back and found Celestia, Luna and Cadence on the floor grey. Seeing them grey and with Slappy’s face, It was like my nightmares had come true. Like my two greatest mistakes the town and ruining time mistake, and now Slappy has brought my town mistake back. However once I got there he tried to use the wand on me, but my spell was made to not to affect me. So he tried to lunge at me and use his wand as an instant cooker. I was running from him, and had gotten trapped when you two saved me."
By the time Starlight had finished, Discord had blown his nose enough to make the Leaning Tower out of tissues. Starlight looked at Spike, and together they stopped their crying and hugged. Discord then poofed beside them and said “See friends need to talk about their problems, at least I think that’s what Fluttershy had said once. Anyway now that that's settled let’s move on to our next problem, Slappy the ventriloquist dummy.”
As Discord spoke Slappy’s name a cloud fizzled over Equestria, and for only a second Slappy appeared on the clouds magic screen. Then Celestia finally flickered on screen, and looked as though she was sick and had been crying. Before the ponies of Equestria could voice their worries Celestia spoke, and as she spoke The Mane 6’s cutie marks began to glow.
“My little ponies I am fine, my grey color is merrily a cold I have caught. However the reason I am speaking to you, is because the time has come for Equestria to gain a king.” Once Celestia spoke the word king, all over Equestria ponies began to jump with excitement. They all knew that the crowning of the first ever king was the beginning of a new era, and nopony could wait to see the lucky stallion.
Celestia continued “Come to Canterlot tomorrow, the service will begin at the Canterlot chaplet at about noon. I look forward to seeing all of you there, all my little ponies.” With the last sentence spoke the clouds dissolved, and before anypony in the cave could speak they heard laughter.
Starlight, Spike and Discord all turned around to find the Mane 6 out of their beds. All 6 have creepy smiles, while tears fell out of their eyes. As they cried Twilight stepped forward, and then they all spoke as one.
"Thought you were smart didn't you Discord? Well I'm the one pulling the strings, literally hahaha.” Twilight then created a hologram of Slappy still laughing, once he had stopped he continued. “So anyway you, Spike, and Starlight are to surrender to me. Otherwise all of Equestria will become my puppets, hahaha.
Discord stood his ground and said “You're going to turn Equestria into your puppet theater even if we turn ourselves in; I'm a master trickster so you can't fool me.” Discord then snapped his lion claws causing a chair and cup of chocolate milk to appear, as Discord took a seat the book on dummies burned.
Slappy smiled and said “This game of ours will reach its finale, and when it does I'll be the new king of chaos.” Twilight then created a spell around her puppet friends, and waited for Slappy’s command. “Remember Discord, I'm no dummy.” Slappy continued to laugh as his hologram vanished, and with it the Mane 6 as well.
Discord drank the cup and then threw the solid chocolate milk at the meat thermometer in the wall opening a small door, Spike and Starlight then watched as marionette jumped out of the opened door. It walked towards Discord, until Discord snapped his other hand and caused it to dissolve. Spike and Starlight stared at the dissolved marionette, until Discord finally got up and spoke.
“Slappy is truly a worthy opponent, his madness rivals my own. However I'm the true kind of chaos, and that marionette won't be the only thing dissolving soon.” Once Discord finished speaking, Spike spoke up.
“Starlight I'm sorry, I'm just scared that Slappy has us beat. I didn't mean to hurt you.” Spike had a tear roll down his cheek as Starlight tried to speak.
“I'm the one that owes you an apology Spike, because I did unintentionally cause this mess. However I know that together we can fix this, together we can bring Slappy down.” Starlight looked towards Spike, and then over to Discord long enough to see him rip a hole in reality.
Discord turned around to face Spike and Starlight, after he looked back at the tear he spoke. “This is too much, I can't stand all this I'm sorry, no I'm sorry. It's enough to rot your teeth out, and I mean it.” Discord then opened his mouth and watched as several teeth fell out, once a good pile of black teeth were gone Discord continued. “I'm going to save Fluttershy myself, and beat the dummy. He'll never know what hit him.”
Starlight jumped in front of Discord and said “Discord we need your help, only with your help could we possibly defeat Slappy. While also saving Equestria, and freeing the Mane 6. This is the only way we can effectively right everything, Fluttershy isn't the only pony trapped in Slappy’s wooden hands.” Discord mulled the thought over, and then finally shook Starlight's hoof.
“Okay what now Starlight?” Spike asked as him and Discord looked at Starlight. While Starlight started to sweat, and began to feel the pressure and guilt of leading.
After 3 minutes Starlight finally spoke “Discord you’re the king of chaos, what do you suggest?” Discord and Spike looked at each other, while Starlight’s breathing returned to normal. After a moment Discord smirked, and motioned for Starlight and Spike to come closer.
Once they were closer Discord spoke in a whisper. “It's time for a good old fashion castle raid, with a little madness thrown in.” Discord’s smirk turned into a full blown Smile as Starlight and Spike looked at each other, and then back to Discord.
Slappy watched as the sun rose from the bottom of the sky, and turned to look at puppet Celestia raising it. “You’re very good at that Sunny, however once I'm done with this world the sun and moon will be a forgotten memory.” Slappy turned back to watch, and then started to laugh as the events of the previous day ran through his head. “Well Its time for us to head to the chaplet for my crowning moment, Equestria will meet its new ruler and I'll finally win hahahahaha.” As Slappy began his walk, ponies of all different shapes and sizes headed towards the chaplet.
Starlight opened her eyes and saw Discord had successfully transported them to Canterlot Castle, meanwhile Spike noticed the end of his tail was gone. “MY TAIL, What did you do to my tail Discord?” Spike looked at Discord as he blinked and stared at the mutilated tail.
“Oh silly me I forgot to expand the width of my spell, here give me a second.” Discord then snapped his lion fingers, and Spikes tail was back to normal. Discord then turned to Starlight and opened the door, as Starlight and Spike walked in Discord said. “I haven't seen one puppet, how odd.” Discord then walked in himself, and saw the Mane 6 in the pathway.
“You had to jinx us didn't you?” Spike said as Discord shrugged his shoulders, and watched as a screen appeared above the Main 6. Twilight activated a spell, and the TV turned on.
Starlight whispered to Discord and Spike. “Be careful, they're under Slappy’s spell and can't control anything but their eyes.” Once she finished the screen began to show a picture, and in it Celestia was in front of a crowd with her sister and Cadence off to the side. All three had what appeared to be their cutie marks, however every few minutes the fake cutie marks glowed green.
Celestia addressed the crowd, and began “Me and my sister have ruled Equestria for many moons; however we have never had a king. Today that changes however, and Equestria gains a new king.” Celestia started to cry, while the ponies in their seats cheered and waited for the reveal. Celestia continued after the cheers died down, while Luna and Cadence began to cry. “Our new king isn't like us, he comes from another reality. One where instead, of hooves they have hands. However he isn't a human like the creatures of that reality, he's what they call a ventriloquist dummy. We have those here, however not one that looks like the creatures known as humans.” The crowd began to look around with curiosity, and some with fear.
Celestia continued. “So without further delay, welcome our new ruler.” Celestia walked to her sister and Cadence, as the curtains were pulled back. Everypony was shocked to see the ventriloquist dummy lying in a chair, all messy like he was thrown. A few ponies began to get up, until a creepy giggle began. It got louder and louder, until the dummy rose up and continued to laugh his creepy dark laugh while almost everypony screamed.
Discord, Starlight, and Spike watched as Slappy waved to the camera. Then the screen fell, and Twilight spoke saying “Now for the party games to begin, hahahahaha.”
Next Time- Chapter 7 The Equestrian Puppets!!! (Out now)
“This is only the beginning my puppets, this is only the beginning.”