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// Prologue 
// Story: Derp Souls 
// by Jork 
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I own neither My Little Pony or Dark Souls just in case you thought I did.



Derp Souls


Prologue


“In the age of Ancients,
the world was unformed, shrouded by fog.  
A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons.  
But then there was Fire.  
And with Fire, came Disparity.  
Heat, and cold,  
life, and death.  
And of course...  Light, and Dark.  
Then, from the Dark, They Came, 
And found the Souls of Lords within the Flame.
Nito, the first of the dead,
the Witch of Izalith, and her Daughters of Chaos,
Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights,
and the furtive pony, so easily forgotten.
With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons.
Gwyn’s mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales.
The witches weaved great firestorms.
Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease.
And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the dragons were no more.
Thus began the Age of Fire.
But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain.
Even now, there are only embers,
And ponies see not light, but only endless nights.
And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign.”

“Okay, enough of the talking Mr. Dark Souls, let’s get started.” Ditzy Doo did a double check of her supplies for what she planned on being a long night: “Bowl of muffins filled, glass of apple juice and accompanying carton stocked, lets do this!”  
As Ditzy looked over the character creation menu, she remembered what she had heard that a Pyromancer was a good class for beginners.  With her class selected, she started fiddling with the various sliders, trying to create a reasonable facsimile of herself, though without her walleyes.  As she finished her in-game preparations by choosing a master key as her starting gift, she started her adventure in Dark Souls in earnest.


3 days later


“Hey Pinkie Pie, I got a package I need you to sign today!”  Shouted the gray mailmare as she walked into Sugarcube Corner.  “If you could ju- OH GOD!”
“Sure, I’ll sign for it!”  Came the response from the pink party pony who had suddenly appeared beside her.  “OH, I forgot, Twilight wanted to see if she could help you with your eyes, she said she found some old spell in a book of hers that-.”
“I told you Pinkie, I’m fine with my eyes the way they are, even if I can only focus one, I’m able to see almost as well as any other pony.”
“Oked-dokey, just offering!  I’m heading off to Twilight’s place to help her get something big together for Princess Celestia’s birthday party!”  And with that, the pink party pony was off.  
With her deliveries finished for the day, Ditzy Doo set off for home, she was looking forward to playing some more Dark Souls.  As she made her way to the post fffice, there was a loud bang and then saw a strange rainbow colored bubble expanding from the Library.  As it washed over her, Ditzy collapsed in a heap.