//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Chosen 4 // Story: World of Unowns // by FandomPlays1234 //------------------------------// Twilight groaned as she slowly got to her hooves. "What happened?" she asked. Looking around, she found herself in a world she has never seen before. Around her was nothing but the color blue as well as clocks of all shapes and sizes floating around her. Looking down she noticed there was no ground or floor and yet she seemed to be standing on something, or was she floating she couldn't tell. "Um hello anypony here?" she called out. No response. "Spike, Cadence, Starlight anypony?" she asked. Yet there was nothing but silent. "Hello?" she called out again. "So you're finally awake," a voice responded. Twilight looked around but saw nopony there. "Um hello is somepony there?" she called. "Yes I'm here," responded the voice. "Um do you think you can help me?" Twilight asked. "What is it that you need?" responded the voice. "I've been separated from my friends and I've got no idea where I am," answered Twilight. "Yes of course," answered the voice from behind. Twilight turned around to see a giant creature standing behind her. The creature was standing on all fours and had several pieces of metal hanging around it's body like pieces of armor on a knight. A giant piece of metal was sticking out from it's waist area and a metallic crest with a shiny blue gem engraved in the center was easily the most noticeable part of the creature. It had multiple glowing blue veins running up and down it's body and it's piercing red eyes stared down at Twilight with such intimidation. Twilight gulped as she slowly took a step back. "Hello there young one," said the creature. Suddenly Twilight found herself trembling unable to stop. "It's fine young one there is no need to fear me," said the creature. "Who are you and what do you want from me?" asked Twilight. "I am Dialga the creator and ruler of Time," answered the creature. "As for your second question there is nothing I want from you," Twilight slumped relived yet still terrified,"Where am I?" she asked. "You are in the Time Realm," answered Dialga. "Where are my friends?" asked Twilight. "Your loved ones are safe," answered Dialga. "They are with my comrades," "Your comrades?" asked Twilight. "Ah yes you're confused aren't you?' asked Dialga. Twilight nodded. "Well then I suppose I have a lot of explaining to do," said Dialga looking down in embarrassment. "There is a lot to take in so are you ready?" Twilight was still confused, but she realized that this Dialga was the only one with answers so she had no choice but to listen. Twilight nodded ready for whatever information she was about receive. "Very well then," said Dialga. "Starting from the beginning," Starlight slowly raised her head and blinked looking around at her surroundings. "Where am I?" she asked. Looking around she found herself in world with nothing but pink around her. Chunks of land were floating around in random sides as if the gravity was being distorted. "Sleep well?" asked a voice from her left. Starlight turned towards the voice to find a giant bipedal creature standing next to her. Or was it floating she couldn't tell, but she noticed that this creature had random pink markings or veins that ran across it's chest neck and tail. A giant pink jewel glowed brightly on the center of it's shoulder and two giant wings sprouted from the creature's back the pointy blade like tip on top of the creature's head made it look like it was wearing a helmet from the medieval times and it's menacing red eyes sent shivers running up her neck. The creature looked down at her and asked," Beautiful isn't it?" Starlight screamed and jumped back pointing her horn at the creature. "Who are you and where are my friends?" she growled. However not even fazed by her threatening position, the creature stared back out onto the horizon,"I'm Palkia the creator and ruler of Space and dimensions," answered the creature. "As for your loved ones," Palkia looked back down at Starlight. "There is no need to worry they are safe," Palkia answered. Starlight eased down on her magic as she looked up at Palkia,"Where am I?" she asked. "You are in the Space Realm," Palkia answered. "Space Realm?" asked Starlight. "I understand that you must be confused and scared about what is happening right now so I'm going to tell you this one time," Palkia looked back onto the horizon before looking back at Starlight,"Are you ready for what I'm about to tell you?" Starlight not wanting to have to argue with the Deity of Space nodded her head. "This all happened not so long ago," Palkia began. Scratching his eye with his claws, Spike opened his eyes and blinked to see where he was. What he found was completely shocking. The place was almost dark where no light came in and multiple chunks of land that was floating around seemed completely out of this world since there were mirror versions of the same exact pieces of land right beneath the original. Almost everything looked reverse. "What in Equestria!?" screamed Spike jumping back. It was at this point where he realized gravity wasn't normal either. He was floating around like he was in space and where he had intended to land ended up being a cliff. Completely missing his footing he slipped and fell off only to land on something beneath him. "Careful there buddy," a voice called out. "You don't wanna die when you just got here," The thing beneath him flew up to the piece of land he was standing on and gently dropped him down. "Phew thanks you're a big help," said Spike turning around. Spike froze upon what he found behind him. A large creature with a grey body and black and red stripes with no legs hovered behind him. The creature had yellow tipped spikes poking out from several places on it's body with four more on it's tail two on each side. The creature had six black tentacle like features emerging from it's back with red points on the end of each tentacles with three on each side. It's head and face was covered by a yellow helmet/mask like feature only exposing it's grey face and menacing red eyes. Spike stepped back completely freaked out by what he saw,"M..M..MONSTER!" "Hey wait!" the creature called out as Spike ran off. As Spike ran the creature flew over his head and settled in front of him scaring Spike half to death. "Will you calm down already," the creature asked. Spike fell backwards and covered his face with his claws,"Don't eat me please I don't taste good!" "Since when did I say I was going to eat you?" asked the creature. Spike looked up and pointed a finger at it still terrified,"Who are you and where am I?" "I am Giratina ruler of the reverse world," said the creature. "Who and what now!?" asked Spike. "Giratina ruler of the reverse world where you currently are now," answered Giratina. Spike looked around his surroundings before turning back to Giratina,"Where are my friends?" "Don't worry your loved ones are safe," answered Giratina. "But back to seriousness I know your confused and scared right now so might as well explain to you what's going on," Spike sat up still uneasy about this Giratina,"Ok," "There is a lot of information I'll be giving you so are you prepare to take it all in?" asked Giratina. Spike wanting to get out of here decided he might as well cooperate with Giratina and listen to what he had to say. Spike nodded giving Giratina the ok. "Alright it all started a while back," Giratina started. When Cadence opened her eyes she was instantly greeted by a blinding light forcing her to cover her eyes with her hoof. "What?" she asked. "Morning young one," a calm voice spoke up. Looking over to her left she found a tall white creature standing next to her. The creature was standing on all fours and had a large yellow ring wrapped around it's waist/stomach. "What?" asked Cadence slowly scooting away. "I apologize if I frightened you just now," said the creature. The calm tone in it's voice was soothing that Cadence felt her fears wash away. "I am the one called Arceus," said the creature. "Arceus?" asked Cadence. Arceus nodded,"Indeed," he answered. Cadence looked around to see nothing but light everywhere. "If your looking for your loved ones then you need not worry," Arceus said. "They are perfectly safe," "Where am I?" asked Cadence turning towards Arceus. Arceus looked up,"You are in my dimension young one," "I can feel it," "Feel what?" asked Cadence. "Your confused and scared aren't you," said Arceus. "I know you want an explanation for what is going on,"Cadence hesitated but nodded. "Very well then but it's a long explanation so Im going to ask you this once are you ready?" At this point Cadence didn't want anything else than answers. She nodded without hesitation. "Very well than let's start from the beginning," said Arceus. Cadence plopped down on the cloud she was standing on and prepared for what Arceus was about to tell her. "First things first," said Arceus as a small white orb hovered over to Cadence. "Tell me what do you see in there?"asked Arceus. Cadence looked in to see a group of black symbols resembling the English alphabet with eyes attached to it,"Um the Alphabet with eyes?" answered Cadence confused. Arceus nodded,"These are a type of creature called Unown," said Arceus. "They are little troublemakers that I keep an eye on so they don't do anything to ruin the balance of creation," "Balance of creation?" asked Cadence. Arceus nodded,"Time, Space, Dimensions, Distortions and our Reverse selves, they are all part of creation," "It is my duty as the god of this world to keep this in check," Arceus looked down,"But then something happened that changed everything," "I'm listening," said Cadence. "My comrades or I don't know who or what caused this but one day these Unown suddenly became corrupted in some sort of dark aura that caused them to go crazy," "These Unown corrupted by this dark energy soon went off to upset the balance of creation creating a distortion in 28 different worlds one of them being ours," "And I suppose that our world was another one of those 28?" asked Cadence. "That is what we considered at first but we were later proven wrong," answered Arceus. "What do you mean?" asked Cadence. "When the Unowns were first corrupted, they split off into these 28 worlds creating this distortion and corrupting these worlds with negative energy that soon took control of the resident life forms that lived in these worlds," answered Arceus. "Your world was somehow dragged into this mess but was somehow protected from this negative energy and only pulled you and your loved ones from your world as a result," "We weren't expecting this but you and your three friends were rudely dropped into our dimensions against your own will by this distortion," "Well is there anyway to fix this?" asked Cadence. Cadence couldn't see it but could tell that Arceus was smiling,"There are certain individuals in these 28 worlds that somehow resisted the negative energy and are currently creating a resistance to rebel against the negative aura," answered Arceus. "However although these individuals may have resisted the negative energy they are not immune to them," He looked over to Cadence,"That's where you and your friends come in you and your friends are the only ones who are completely immune to these negative energy," "Us?' asked Cadence. Arceus nodded,"We need your help, if you could go to these 28 worlds and find a certain resistance member from each of these worlds you can help their home spread the immunity," "However the culprit will eventually take notice and attempt to stop you," "Do you know where this negative energy is coming from?" asked Cadence. "We're working on that now," said Arceus. "But even as we speak more and more life forms are slowly becoming corrupted," "This is a serious and dangerous mission but for someone like you it shouldn't be too difficult," "What about my friends?" asked Cadence. "I'm afraid you won't be able to reunite until this is all over," answered Arceus. "Fortunately for you your wish to reunite with your loved ones should push your determination to find and stop the villain responsible for this," Cadence looked down scratching her chin thinking about what she should do, "This is the only way," said Arceus. "Please your our only hope," Cadence really didn't like the idea of having to go to an alien world, but her friends meant a lot to her if what Arceus said is true then the only way is to defeat the culprit who caused this mess. "Alright I'll do it," said Cadence. "We are most grateful," said Arceus. "I promise you that after this is over you will be able to reunite with your loved ones," "What happens if I need help?" asked Cadence. "Don't fret," answered Arceus. "I may not be at your side during your quest but I will be there to assist you," "Got it," said Cadence. "So where do I begin?" Arceus waved his "hoof" in Cadence's direction as a small glowing white orb hovered over to her. "Your first destination is here," answered Arceus. Looking in Cadence could see a small village and big castle in the distance. The castle had big yellow pillars and walls with red tips sitting on a large hill. Inside the village several tan colored creatures with black eyes walked around on what seemed to be mushroom stumps. Their stubby arms carried several different objects like bags and weapons. Just like Arceus had described the place was dark and gloomy as if negativity had settled in the place. "Ok seems a little awkward," said Cadence. "Don't worry you'll get used to it," said Arceus. "Now hurry we don't have a lot of time," said Arceus opening a portal to the world. "I wish you luck my friend be careful," Cadence nodded as she entered the portal preparing to start her quest.