Deep inside the woods there lay a small campfire, still smoking lightly as if it had just been put out. “Why did we have to put out the fire again?” asked a voice.
“Because my dear, I thought I heard a noise, but it was just a bird,” another voice replied from the shadows. Out of the darkness a group of cloaked, hooded figures emerged. Simultaneously they removed their hoods revealing who was underneath.
The first was Prince Blueblood, spoiled nephew to Princess Celestia and Luna. He currently sported a dark brown cloak with a comically large hood and wore a saddle bag that was draped along his left side.
On Blueblood’s right, was Sturdy Step, the mare he was currently dating and got roped into this. Not that she had a problem with what they were doing. Sturdy was a unicorn who had a stark white coat with a matching mane to boot along with her trademark blue headband on. Her cutie mark resembled two dumbbells. A third-generation professional boxer and winner of nine championships in a row. The two had literally bumped into each other when he was leaving one of her matches after it was over. Blueblood had congratulated her on her eight (at the time) victory in a row before offering to buy her dinner in congratulations. Sturdy was (naturally) very surprised at the offer but nevertheless agreed (albeit hesitantly, probably due to the fact he was the prince). For a bit they both silently regretted this spur-of-the-moment decision because of how awkward it was but after a bit of talking they eventually opened up to each other. After the meal was concluded, they had decided to keep seeing each other.
On Blueblood’s left was Enterprise Pursuit. Enterprise was a middle aged unicorn stallion who sported an extreamly thick black mustache, a dark gray coat and black mane. Underneath his dark brown cloak, he often wore a light grey suit vest with a gold pocket watch complete with a gold chain. Not to mention the fancy golden monocle he wore on his right eye. His cutie mark was a pile of gold coins. Enterprise was about as tall and well build as the previous caption of the guard, Shining Armor. Enterprise owned a vast number of stores and factories that made carts, normally the ones stallions pulled in big cities. He served as mentor of sorts to Blueblood, teaching him how to handle a business and finances.
Lily Shine, Enterprise’s wife had a cream coat and a styled orange mane. Her cutie mark resembled a Lily on it's stem. Much like her husband, the unicorn was pretty tall as well. Probably a product of her occupation. She was a supermodel who shared a rivalry with Fleur de Lis. She was (usually) extremely kindhearted and caring to all, though, (in Blueblood’s opinion) she was a little bit of an airhead and kind of ditzy at times. Maybe it ran in the family because that was how she described her second cousin who worked as a mailmare.
Jet Set and Upper Crust were the final two that were present in the group, but for some reason they wore tie-dyed robes. When asked why they said it was because it was a relic of their wild teen years in the university as hippies (a fact they managed to hide well now that they had an image to uphold as nobles). The two of them were fairly high up there on the nobility scale, due to the fact that Upper owned multiple hotels throughout the kingdom and Jet owned a company that made airships.
Now you may be wondering: Why are a group of nobles out randomly in the middle of the woods? Let’s find out.
“Did you bring the book?” asked Sturdy, glancing at Blueblood.
Blueblood nodded, while lighting up his horn. A soft glow surrounded the saddlebag, opening the flap, revealing a large book inside. “Got this right out of the restricted section of the library,” Blueblood said “the librarian didn’t bother telling me not to go in there because I’m the prince. I always have access to any part of the library,”
“So we all know why we’re doing this right?” Asked Upper Crust
“Yup, it’s because the Princesses constantly ignore our requests to expand our businesses, and now our competitors are starting to take advantage of that!” replied Enterprise, his mustache flaring slightly as he huffed indignantly. He nodded to Upper Crust and Jet Set as they shared similar sentiments “We’re all starting to lose profits!”
“She won’t let me rent out the entire castle do photoshoots!” wined Lily Shine.
“Auntie won’t give me an extra 3,000 bits a week so I can get my mane done properly at a salon every day,” complained Blueblood as he opened the book and started flipping through the pages. “Once she sees us after we cast the spell on ourselves, she won’t be able to ignore us anymore. We’ll literally be the biggest things in the kingdom,”
“Yes, we’ll go to the castle last, after we pay a visit to our businesses around Equestria and make sure our competitors know, up close and personal, that we don’t appreciate them taking away our profits,” declared Jet Set, stamping a hoof.
“I really don’t have a reason to be mad at the princesses, but I would love to walk around the kingdom and say hi to my itty-bitty little fans,” Sturdy Step said, prancing happily “Oh I’d just love to scoop them all up and give them a big ol’ hug! And once we do this, I’ll literally be able too at every town and city.”
Lily Shine smiled a bit “I wouldn’t mind going for a little stroll around the kingdom and say hi to the little ones. Wouldn’t you dear?” She asked Enterprise.
“Of course not honey. It would be fascinating to see Equestria from such a different perspective. It’s not often we get to literally look down at everypony.”
“I don’t mind splitting up,” Upper Crust said “Jet and I will walk to and around the cities and pay our competitors a little visit, Enterprise and Lily will go for their stroll around the kingdom and deal with any business they have to get out of the way, Sturdy will walk around the kingdom and meet fans, and Blueblood you will deal with Canterlot mountain and distract the princesses until we get back and make our demands for them. Stall them, maybe make a few demands of your own while you’re waiting for us.”
“But won’t my aunties be able to overpower me if they try to use any spell on me?” Blueblood asked with a hint of worry in his voice.
Upper waved her hoof dismissively “Nonsense, you’ll be a giant Blueblood, which means your magical prowess will have increased 1000-fold as well as your durability. I doubt once you grow your aunts will be able to leave much of an arcane scratch on you,”
“Ok,” Blueblood said relieved “Is everypony ready?” The gathered nobles nodded, eager to continue. Blueblood ignited his horn and the book started to glow brighter, wisps of blue arcane smoke began to ooze out of Blueblood’s horn and latch themselves onto the nobles present.
All at once the nobles began to shudder at the foreign feeling, similar to when your leg falls asleep, and you feel pins and needles. Only this time it was all over their bodies. And slowly, their height began to rise.
A family of birds were sleeping peacefully in the topmost branches of the huge trees. It was calm, peaceful, and tranquil. It wouldn’t be that way for long.
RUMMMMBLEEEE
The birds awoke with squawks of fear and flew off as fast as they could as slowly beneath them, and closing the distance fast, six figures began to rise. First, they closed the distance to the branches, then the top of the trees, and continued to rise with the tree line continuing to shrink around them.
The internal shuddering eventually stopped as the six titans looked around them, observing their new surroundings. The camp where all this had started had been reduced to a speck on the ground, barely noticeable with the equally tiny, still open book, laying on the ground. The tree line, once standing tall and mighty, had been reduced to the same size as moss around their colossal hoofs. All around, in the distance and beyond lay the structures of extremely miniature sized towns, cities, and even tinier denizens, all of whom were blissfully unaware of the six titanic nobles at the moment. And in the distance, once arcing high and proud into the sky, now standing at stomach height, was Canterlot mountain. Nestled snugly into the side of the mountain was the diminutive form of the capitol.
“I can’t believe it, it really worked!” exclaimed Sturdy Step happily as she flexed her muscles, trying to get any lingering soreness out “We’re Huge!”
“I’m surprised nopony has noticed yet,” Enterprise remarked, the colossal business stallion glancing at the teeny towns in the distance before leaning down to examine the puny trees. Far, far, FAR down below the little critters of the forest looked up in awe as the clear blue sky was replaced with a gargantuan, hazel brown eye. The eye blinked once before withdrawing back up into the heavens.
“This feels so invigorating!” Upper Crust exclaimed as she began to walk around the group, taking in the new landscape. “I can’t wait to get started!” Each step shook the world and consumed the green landscape, her dull yellow hooves making crater sized hoofprints in the ground and leaving behind the crushed, brown dirt.
“Oh my gosh this is going to be so much fun!” Sturdy Step said happily “I can’t wait to show my teeny-weeny fans the brand new supersized me! Well, I’m off. Can’t keep them waiting for long. Bye everypony!” And with that she directed her attention to the first town and set off with a spring in her step, sending more tremors along the ground as the titanic boxer strolled off to see the miniature town.
“Well, my dear I think young Sturdy has the right idea, I do believe it’s well past time we deal with our, little, problems,” Jet set said with a small smirk while adjusting his pince nez. “Shall we start with Manehattan? I’m pretty sure my competitors have quite a few airship warehouses there that need to be flattened.”
“A little romp around the city? Well, I see no reason why I can’t let loose for a bit and let off some steam,” Upper said, a similar smirk slowly began to creep onto her face. “That’s the spirit dear! Let us go and have some fun.” Jet set said while putting a foreleg around her and the two set off, heading towards the city in the distance.
Lily Shine turned to her husband with a smile “I think we can put off on dealing with our competitors for a bit honey. Let’s go for a walk around the kingdom! I rarely get to see other parts of Equestria because I’m always cooped up in Canterlot doing so many of those silly exclusive shows.” Enterprise Pursuit smiled and nuzzled his wife “Of course my dear. As I said before, I’ll admit, I’m quite fascinated to see things from a different perspective.”
The two turned to their last member Blueblood, who was busy squinting down at their speck sized camp site “We’re off lad, see you in a few hours.” Enterprise said before trotting off with his massive wife. Blueblood nodded, not taking his eyes off the ground “Bye guys. Now where is that book? I can’t see it.” After a few more minutes Blueblood sighed and shrugged, his search yielding nothing “Well, might as well go pay auntie a visit. I’m sure she’ll be more willing to hear me out now.” Blueblood thought as he turned around and began to walk to the mountain, stepping over Ponyville as he went. He could almost see the tiny capitol trembling at each one of his mighty steps.
Meanwhile back at the campsite, the book laid discarded next to two pairs of tie-dyed robes, still open. Underneath the spell, in fine print that Blueblood didn’t see, was the following:
Warning: The spell is incomplete; the use of unfinished magic will yield uncertain results. Must be casted with EXTREAM caution. The incomplete spell only lasts for a limited time before self-terminating.
It was a normal day in Canterlot, merchants selling their overpriced goods, long lines at museums and shops, as well as ponies pulling carts to and fro. One family in particular; one stallion, his wife, and two foals; a filly and colt, were enjoying their morning at an outdoor café in celebration of the foals passing their music lessons with flying colors. The stallion smiled and sipped the coffee he was drinking. All was well.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The family quickly dove under the table as the capital was assaulted by short, rhythmic earthquakes. Each occurring in succession before suddenly stopping. After checking if his family was alright, everyone slowly made their way out from under the table. “Earthquakes?” Thought the stallion, putting a hoof to his chin “I can’t remember the last time there was an earthquake in Canterlot. In fact, how come there were so many and so short? They almost reminded me of-”
“What’s that over there?” His filly asked innocently, cutting off this train of thought. The stallion looked around at his daughter and saw that she and her brother were pointing straight up. The stallion and his wife looked straight up as well.
And felt their hearts drop into their stomach.
High above them, they didn’t see the sky and the sun peeking out from behind some clouds. The sky had been replaced with an eye. And enormous, gargantuan, blue eye.
They eye continued to stare down at the now silent and fearful population of Canterlot as they caught onto the immense presence in the sky before the eye withdrew a little and a new object took at place. The stallion’s blood ran cold as he (and everypony around him) realized what it was: The grey underside of the titan’s hoof.
All at once panic erupted in the streets as the giant hoof lowered itself towards the capitol. Everypony thought they were doomed to be squashed before the hoof changed directions and moved towards the side of the city. Then under it. And before anyone realize what was going on, there was a resounding CRACK as the city, palace, and denizens was lifted into the air. Canterlot sat perfectly in the center of the giant’s hoof.
Blueblood examined the capitol as he raised the entire city towards his face, taking in every detail. Faint high-pitched squealing filled the air as the gnat sized ponies were scrambling around, running back to their shops or running around in circles in the streets. Blueblood smirked at the display before turning his attention to the tiny castle. Before, he always used to think that Canterlot castle was one of the most exquisite pieces of architecture in the kingdom. But now he stood bigger than the mountain the castle rested on, with said castle in the frog of his hoof. From way up here it just looked so unremarkable. Small, fragile and pitiful.
And speaking of pitiful:
Blueblood squinted his eyes and was able to make out several multicolored specks residing in the highest tower of the castle. Standing there, all with their jaws dropped was Princess Celestia and Luna along with Celestia’s student Twilight, her 5 friends, and Spike. All of whom were visiting that day.
Blueblood chuckled, his laughter shaking the miniature city and castle on his hoof and said, “Hi down there auntie,”