-TERRARIA-
Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but to admire the skies of this world, unlike back on Equus the skies here felt so much... Bigger. Then again, she wasn’t surprised since Twilight informed her that the planet of Terraria was a bit larger then the planet of Equus. Therefore, both the landscape and the skies were no doubt going to offer more room and for a pegasus, that was paradise. After a few minutes of flying Rainbow Dash finally spots her main objective, one of the many Sky Islands. At first she thought the term ‘Sky Island’ was an exaggeration and assumed it was nothing but a rather large cloud with some structures built on it similar to Cloudsdale, she couldn’t be more wrong. Her eyes shot wide open as she yells:
“No way!, there’s actual land on a cloud?!, how is that even possible?!”, Yet, despite her disbelief the truth was plain to see. Before her very eyes was indeed a small forest and its foundation was made on a large cloud. Snapping out of her shocked state Rainbow landed onto the the floating landscape as curiosity got the better of her, as she trots her way through the small forest she soon sees a structure that could best be described in one word: Beautiful. From what she could see from the outside of the structure the bricks were made of pure gold in combination with a dark blue coloration, what caught her attention was the door. The very same door she purchased from Lucan The Merchant and used for her new home back in Home Town was now before her, it would seem she has discovered how The Merchant came into possession of one of these doors likely from another Sky Island.
“Woah, this place looks awesome. So this is where Lucan got his hands on one of these doors huh?, Rarity would be throwing a fit if she saw this.”, Rainbow says as she then walks closer to the door and begins to knock. “Hello?, anypony there?”
“...”, no reply nor any sound was made, this prompts Rainbow to knock again albeit a bit harder and shout a bit louder.
“Hello?!, listen I’m not going to hurt you I just wanna-”
[CREAK]
Finally, the door to the golden building slowly opens with a creaking noise and sure enough Rainbow was once again entranced by its beauty. The walls inside the structure had a very unique design in addition to being a darker coloration of gold compared to the outside. Much like the door, Rainbow also discovered where The Merchant procured her storage chests and the rest of her furniture. In addition, beautiful banners were hanging from the ceilings and two windows could be seen on either side of the building.
Rainbow instantly focused all of her attention on the blue chest before her, she chuckled to herself as this reminded the pegasus of her favorite book series written by A.K. Yearling, Daring-Do. She slowly opens the chest and what she finds inside amazes her beyond belief: A few Health Potions, some money, an enchanted balloon, some crafting materials, and most noticeably was a rather large blade. The blade’s pommel, grip, and cross-guard is dark purple and the emblem of a golden star sat at the base of the cross-gaurd. The rest of the blade took on a pink color from the rain-guard all the way to the point of the blade.
“Woah!, Rainbow Dash and the sky island of awesome!, that should be the next issue of-”
[CREAK] [CREAK] [CREAK] [CREAK]
Rainbow’s words were cut off as she could hear something walking on the roof of the golden building, her ears flickered about as she stores her newly acquired items in her inventory and slowly turns back around walking to the exit. Unknown to the rainbow pegasus a female entity watched her as it was perched on a tree positioned perfectly above one of the windows allowing the entity to look right into the structure and, most unfortunately, straight at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow happened to be looking out that very same window and her eyes met the creature’s gaze, the being was a female similar to The Nurse but with some major differences. Her arms were covered in feathers, likely acting as her wings as was most of her body and from the knee caps down to the beings feet was very similar to an eagle. Rainbow knew exactly what it was, a harpy.
Rainbow materialized her new found blade and looked upon it with a smirk as she says: “Well, let’s see what you’re made of...”
[CRASH]
Rainbow bursts through the door and gets on her hind legs using her wings to balance herself. She uses her front hooves to hold the blade but what she sees before her wasn’t just a harpy, but many harpies. Some were perched on trees while others flapped their wings in the air staying aloft.
“Aw hay, a harpy flock. Listen, back off now or I’ll make you sorry!”
“...”, No response but all that could be heard was the flapping sounds of the harpies wings.
“Last warning you flying chickens, leave!”
“...”
“Fine then bird brain, let’s get- Woah!”, Rainbow was cut off as all of the harpies fired at the pegasus with projectiles she was not expecting: Sharp feathers. Rainbow quickly dodges the barrage of feathers and takes to the skies, the entire flock gives chase.
If anyone on Equus were to watch the current display of acrobatics they’d think this was a wonderbolt’s show as Rainbow Dash flies in circles, dives through the air, and performs various impressive feats however this is far from a show, Rainbow was doing this to save her life as she constantly tries to dodge the flock of harpies. Because of her current situation she didn’t have time to conjure her musket from her inventory, the flock of harpies were not far behind and to make matters worst they kept firing their feather projectiles. Rainbow noticed that their feathers grew back instantly because every time they’d fire a feather another would grow back and replace it, this made the pegasus a bit envious but now was not the time for admiring the very same beings who clearly want you dead. Having no other option Rainbow looked to the blade she currently held and looked back to the flock as she says:
“I don’t know much when it comes to magic like the egghead but please, for the love of Celestia, do something awesome.”, Rainbow turns around and flies straight towards the flock. She dodges some of their attacks however a few feathers manages to hit her, the pegasus’s silver armor was enough to prevent some of the feathers from puncturing her flesh but her exposed legs did take some cuts here and there. Regardless, she pushed on and came into contact with her first harpy.
[SHLINK]
The harpy was split in two and both pieces of the body falls to the earth below however, suddenly, a barrage of pink stars rained down from the heavens killing more harpies in the process. This shocked both sides as the harpy flock and the stunt pegasus stare at each other for a second. Then, Rainbow smirks and says:
“What do you call an awesome pegasus like me holding an awesome blade that can summon stars?.”, she then turns sideways as she prepares to swing the blade once more with her front hooves. “A badass!”, Rainbow swipes at the air in front of her but made sure to be facing the flock as every swing she made continued to rain down the stars above killing many harpies in the process. One harpy manages to reach her and goes to take a swipe, Rainbow barely dodges the attack as some of her mane was sliced away. This angers her as she shouts: “Do you know how long it takes to grow some of that back?!”, The pegasus spins around in a full circle and slashes the harpy’s head clean off of its shoulders causing the body to fall down to the earth below.
The battle waged on and Rainbow was beginning to feel exhausted from swinging her blade and summoning the stars however she now had time to switch out her newly acquired weapon for her trusty musket. She loved her new weapon but it was beginning to sap her magic reserves away, rather quickly too. She realized that this weapon, despite being a sword meant for melee combat, was also really meant for a wielder who excelled with magic. While Rainbow was physically capable her magic was nothing compared to that of Twilight, Starlight, or Rarity. Taking aim with her musket she fires away and kills more harpies however they in turn do quite the number on her as the flock takes turns taking swipes at their foe, needless to say Rainbow was very thankful for her new armor although she realized that if this continues the armor will eventually give in. Suddenly, Rainbow’s worst nightmare came true as she and the harpies froze in place when they heard a frightening roar:
[RRRRREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW]
The falling stars, the loud sounds of the harpy flock, and the loud noises coming rom Rainbows musket with every one of her shots has attracted the apex predator of the skies: The Wyvern. One word, just one word went through Rainbow’s mind as she stares upon the apex predator who was eyeing both her and the harpy flock hungrily:
“Nope!”
The pegasus shouts as she flies away from the wyvern. The harpies, in some vain attempt, tries to combat their new foe. As Rainbow was flying away she glanced back and saw something unexpected, the harpies weren’t fighting the apex of the skies blindly, they did it to allow the others to escape. Those who were being eaten and slaughtered by the wyvern were willingly doing so, despite being her enemies Rainbow couldn’t help but to show pity for them. Being the element of loyalty and seeing how far these harpies were willing to go just to save their flock mates, Rainbow couldn’t help but to admire their loyalty to their flock. She looks forward again and just to make sure she’d get away safely she uses her Sonic-rainboom.
[BOOM]
-TERRARIA, JUNGLE BIOME, UNDERGROUND-
[BING] [BING] [BING]
The sounds of pickaxes striking against the earth echoes throughout a tunnel network that Zecora, Gex, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy created starting from the surface. Fluttershy was acting as a light source for everyone as Zecora had given her one of her new potions: Shine Potion. Thanks to their connection to the earth as an earth pony Applejack and Pinkie Pie were leading the group. Applejack turns her head and says:
“We’re almost there y’all, just a little bit further.”
“I can’t wait to see what’s in that big place beneath us, it’s so big and massive and gargantuan and-”
“Please Pinkie that’ll be enough, I can never find out how your mouth never stops, I don’t mean to sound rash but we must dig fast.”, Zecora says as she cuts off Pinkie Pie.
“The pony of pink is a marvel indeed, her antics are unusual, her abilities are a surprise, is she perhaps an Eldritch being in disguise?”, Gex question's as he puts a hand to his chin in thought.
“Oh, um, Pinkie Pie is a very special pony, it’s best to just accept it.”, Fluttershy says as she continues to light the way for the group.
Finally, Applejack hits the last wall of dirt upon which some unknown light shines through. After she and Pinkie Pie clears the way the entire group stares on in shock and disbelief, everyone, except Gex. The ponies and Zebra stare in amazement at the marvel before them: An underground jungle with an artificial light source that looked like a sun yet it wasn’t a sun at the same time.
Gex looked on to the world before them and mutters:
“I never should have come back here...”
Unbeknownst to the lizard folk, Zecora managed to overhear this as she turns to look at him with a raised eyebrow.