Day 7 of being kidnapped.
*sigh* I still can’t comprehend what’s happening to me. It’s been a week now since I left my world- And I still don’t understand how I got here.
A week ago, while I was exploring, a swarm of creatures that I’ve never seen before attacked me. They spit this... Gross, green, creepy gel on my body, and I wasn’t able to get myself free. I got tired, and I slept- And the next thing I saw when I woke up, was a bunch of the same kind of creatures staring intensely at me...
Among them, a large one of their kind appeared. She introduced herself as a Queen of the Changelings. She was rude- I’ve never seen someone like that. Someone? Something? Somecreature? I don’t even know. I still don’t know anything about this mysterious tribe. They are fierce- And I’m scared and not bothered to ask them. They don’t want to answer me. How rude of them to hiss at their guest! Okay, I’m a prisoner to them, but still, treat me with slight respect! It’s not like I’m asking them questions that will bring them danger!
*sniff* I feel so alone... When will someone- Anyone, come to rescue me? My magic won’t negate my lack of living standards for long... I don’t know what to-
“What is that?”
Queen Chrysalis entered through the prison door into the now unlocked caving. She noticed her captured victim writing on something. The victim, a young girl, immediately hid it behind her back and turned to the queen.
“N-Nothing!”
She innocently smiled back.
“You better not be doing anything behind my back, little one. Or else.”
“No! Why would I want to make my situation any worse, am I right?”
Chrysalis tilted her head as she slowly stepped toward her, and circled around the girl.
“Hm? I don’t believe this situation you’re having is bad. You are helping us take over Equestria.”
“*sigh* Against my own will.”
Chrysalis gave her a stare.
“*eeps* My apologies!”
“Thank you,” Chrysalis relented, “I need your love magic on the front line. 5 minutes. And don’t be late.”
“Yes, your highness...”
Chrysalis left after a huge slam on the door. The girl let out a tiny sigh and continued writing on her journal.
*sigh* The Queen has always been talking about War. Something along the lines of invading the rest of the Kingdom of Equestria, I don’t know much. But, it’s clear that these changelings are taking advantage of me in some way- And they’re sipping my magic away, drop by drop... *grunts* hurts me just thinking about it...
Today, I’m fed up. I need to get to the front line to ‘Supply her majesty’s troops with the power of love’. I’m not sure why would she want to do something so cruel. Not that I know the rest of this Kingdom of Equestria is a bad thing and she's doing something good, but by their greedy personality, there’s no way. Anyway, I’m done with this. I need to get out of here- I don’t wanna die!!
Alright. Letter in my handbag I brought with me, thank heavens I did that before going on that adventure! Wish me luck...
~Ally
**Bang bang bang**
Changelings let out growls outside the cave in the new Changeling hive, signaling it’s time for Ally to go. Ally sighed and followed them.
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“Everypony! Retreat! Hurry!”
The mane six were evacuating the city of Canterlot. The capital of the Pony Nation was once again suffering from a sudden seige by the Hostile Changeling horde. Despite the attempts by the Royal Guard and of course, The Elements of harmony, in trying to defend, the horde was multiple times bigger and stronger than the ponies have ever known before. It was absolute chaos as the changelings steamroll through every last pony that was not fast enough to escape the looming force.
Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer were staying behind with the princesses to defend. Magic beams flashed everywhere, but unlike the last invasion a few years ago, these changelings were different. They were capable of repelling attacks- Not just intimidating pawns anymore.
“*grunts* There’s so many of them this time!” Starlight said, “We can’t do this!”
Twilight just blasted out another large chunk, but the raging force would not die down. “Princesses, I stand by my friend on this one- We need to fall back and do this another day!”
Celestia looked at her. “If we don’t defend, Canterlot will be in Chrysalis’ hooves!”
Luna shook her head. “And if we stay and defend, we’ll eventually be completely done for!”
Twilight and Starlight hesitated to leave, seeing their Capital city just get perished just as suddenly as it had started. Celestia only had seconds to make the decision- And even she had to admit to their defeat. The group retreated to escape the attack before they get captured by the Changelings. They wouldn’t want to risk being enslaved and having their love drained away.
But, as Twilight ran close to the train station, noticed something in the bushes. It was a letter. A letter in a place like this. When she grabbed it with magic, it read, ”Top Secret”. She knew this must be an important message.
“Twilight! Come on!” Starlight yelled.
The princesses teleported it back to her castle, and continue running off.
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A few days later, and meanwhile...
In a whole other world, far away from Equestria, everything was peaceful. It was completely unknown among the pony kingdom- A world they never knew existed.
It was a very unique planet- It was special for a magical creature living on it, known as Puyos.
Puyos are magical in that world. It grants its people to be able to do extraordinary things with magic. It’s the one thing that solves pretty much everything on their planet. Magic from popping Puyos is what helps them to survive.
Puyos aren’t really a mythical creature, per se. To normal people, it looked like round blobs of jelly with intimidating eyes. Its magic cannot be utilized until it is popped. By arranging the same color Puyo in a linked group of four, they will disappear with a pop. Rumor has it that popping a bunch of Puyos in a chain large enough can potentially send so much magic for people to teleport and thus travel between worlds.
The Puyo world usually doesn’t have a lot of problems. But a group of people still fight against many threats. Why?
Because the problem lies in a completely different place. Most of the time.
In the town square of Primp Town, a signature area of the Puyo World, a Girl was having fun with her little buddy. The girl was about 16-years old- And she always looked fantastic. Her clothes were mostly blue and white- Blue skirt, blue boots, a white shirt, blue wristbands, and sometimes even a blue chestpiece when she’s in a Puyo Battle! Her hair looked awesome in a ponytail, too.
“*giggles* Hey, that tickles!” She cried as her friend tickles her. “Stop it, Carbuncle!”
Carbuncle, or Carby for short, as she calls him sometimes, was a very interesting creature. He looks strikingly like a yellow-colored rabbit. Long ears, stubby arms and legs, a small tail, and very distinctively, a hexagonal gem on his forehead. No one knows why, but he can only speak in some mysterious language that only his friend understands, for no reason.
The two have had their adventures together. They also have two other friends- One lives in Primp Town as well, while the other is in a whole other place away from the town. When a Puyo adventure comes about, the four seem to always find their way back together. They’re like best friends and they’re the Puyo Squad, after all. They returned from their last adventure just around a few months ago, where they explored yet another planet and brought peace to said world.
As the two were having fun, a letter dropped from a portal in the sky.
“Huh?” She asked. “I wonder... What is it this time?”
She takes hold of the letter. Carby sits close to her.
Dear Adventurer Arle Nadja,
The following is a redirected message from someone we assume you know. We recognize neither you nor the sender of this letter, but we hope you can find it useful.
Hope we could meet you soon and talk about this matter. It would be great to have more people on our side!
Sincerely,
Twilight Sparkle.
Princess of Equestria
“A redirected message?” Arle wondered. “But why from a place I’ve never heard of?”
Carby nudges her to continue reading. When Arle realized who was the one who sent the message, and continued reading, she almost had a heart attack.
“Ally!?” Arle gasped. “Hold on! I gotta read this!”
Hi, Arle.
How’ve you been? Good? I’m certainly not...
I know you guys left me on a happy note that day after we brought peace to my world. Yet, I’m not too sure about that one. I’m really scared right now...
I got kidnapped. I don’t know why or how. I just did- And now I’m in this whole other world called Equestria. From what I’ve seen before, it seemed... Very interesting. A world with mythical creatures I’ve never seen before. While I really hope we can explore more there, I don’t think we’re doing that at all. Just pains me thinking about it...
If you’re really reading this, I’m so glad it found its way to you. I really need your help. I hope whoever found this letter brought it to someone I can trust.
To whoever received the letter, please, I beg you, I am an innocent girl held hostage by the Changeling tribe... I don’t think I can get out of here until the Queen is overthrown. The person to redirect the message to is on the envelope. Please...
Sorry, Arle. Just needed to give the recipient a heads up. I know you’re not going to somehow find where I am exactly- The universe a huge place. I just wanted to write to you to see if there’s any chance you and your friends can help. This world I’m in also has its own magic- I hope they have sent this to you.
Will you help me? Please?
~Ally
Arle gasped. When she was on her latest adventure, Ally was her best friend. She met her out in the woods when the quest first began, and they got along fast. Ally was a very silly girl- She had a very funny catchphrase and she thought love was the solution to everything. She was great friends with the Puyo Squad while they were in her world. Separated by the distance between their worlds, they thought they wouldn’t hear from each other again.
Until this letter came about.
All of a sudden, thunder strikes were heard, and the clouds turned grey. Arle and Carby look around in a panic to process what was happening. The strikes seemed to all be hitting the same spot of the Town- And it was not too far away from the Town Square.
With great curiosity and a hint of fear, they rush towards the source. The lightning strikes were all zapping the exact same place- A portal to a whole other world.
Equestria.
Arle and Carby look at each other, then turn back to the portal. Gingerly. The girl walked to the portal and put her hand through it. Felt pretty weird. To her absolute surprise, Carby was blown by a gust of strong wind straight into the portal. Arle gasped and tried to reel him back in, but before she could, the portal pulled her in as well.
Little did she know, that her friends would suffer the same fate. And so, their next quest begins.