//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Ponycraft Saga - Book 2: Burning Ocean // by Onyx Glitch //------------------------------// Epilogue Twilight drank one of her bottles of water then placed the empty bottle back in her bag. She stood up sword in mouth and began to make her way across the long bridge. On occasion she would pass two pig creatures standing on either side of her neither moving but both watching her carefully. Twilight began to notice the voices were becoming much quieter almost a muffled whisper. She reached the end of the bridge and stood before a door. The voices were almost inaudible beginning both a whisper and a mash of words speaking to rapidly to decipher. She took a long deep breath then opened the door; the voices stopped immediately and were replaced by clapping. “Congratulations Twilight” spoke a smooth and yet eerie voice. Twilight looked around the room it wasn’t very large and the windows were simple holes punched into the wall covered by red fencing. Each of the corners of the room had pillars of lava flowing through the floor to the sea below. Her gaze brought her to the center of the room. She looked at a familiar figure Herobrine she said to herself. He sat upon a throne made of nether brick and soul sand. “I was afraid you weren’t going to make It.” he spoke again; his mouth not moving. Twilight spoke up, “I came for my friends and to go home.” Herobrine broke into a demonic laugh. “What makes you think I will let you leave... let alone with the corpses of your friends?” Twilight’s heart sank at his words corpses of my friends? “No... y...you liar my friends are alive.” “Oh it’s true, I took great pleasure in killing them... would you like to know how they died? Twilight just stood still staring at him. “The blue one consumed by her never ending paranoia took her own life. The orange one’s guilt ate her alive and so did the spiders she gave herself to. The yellow one... oh did she scream and cry as she begged for mercy. The white one concerned only for her gems, and as she forgot her friends so did they of her. And finally, the pink one, her madness and loss of friends drove her to the depths of the darkest of my forests. Fear, greed, madness these are the great pillars that hold up this wondrous kingdom of mine.” Twilight screamed and charged at Herobrine sword in mouth. The sword connected to Herobrine’s head with a sick crunch; was that... Twilight began to ask when suddenly her sword shattered leaving only the hilt. Herobrine’s emotionless face turned into a grin as he backhoofed Twilight, sending her flying through the air back out on to the bridge. “You know I’m actually glad your obsession with me didn’t get you killed,” Herobrine said as a diamond sword materialized within his telekinetic grip. He has no horn how is that possible? Twilight asked herself. “... I would be ever so saddened if I didn’t get the chance to do it myself.” Twilight rolled out of the way as the sword pierced into the bridge. She quickly opened her bag, but before she could grab anything Herobrine slashed his sword again at her, if it wasn’t already gone the sword would have cut off her horn. Twilight attempted to grab her bag, but was kicked further away from it. “I don’t think so. You’ve lived far to long... you really should have just stayed with your friends, it would have made my day so much easier.” He said as he made his way to Twilight. As Herobrine raised his sword to make an ending blow, an explosion went off behind Twilight launching her past the knocked down Herobrine back into the throne room. Several more explosions sounded off. Ugh Twilight’s vision hazed from the dust kicked up from the explosion she saw several large silhouettes floating away. Huh? Twilight looked around her; the entire structure had become unstable. “Looks like some of my pets don’t understand leave the purple one alive, she’s mine.” He sighed, “No matter, you're still alive... I’ll deal with them later. Now, any last words before I finish what I failed to do last time?” Twilight slowly backed up; she felt something brush against her hoof my bag! She quickly turned around and pulled out her pickaxe. Herobrine broke into laughter. “What do you intend to do with that fragile piece of garbage... stab me again? It looks like a piece of ash would break it.” He lower his sword and motioned with one of his hooves, “fine go on, I’ll humor you... give me your best shot.” Twilight grinned and spoke through the pickaxe “You really should pay attention to your surroundings.” Twilight swung the pickaxe as hard as she could down into the cracking bridge. The pickaxe shattered and larger cracks begun to tendril from where it had struck. “Huh?” before he could react to what was happening, the bridge below him begun to shake violently and crack even more, then it collapsed into the lava below him following shortly behind. Twilight looked over the edge and watched as Herobrine disappeared into the lava screaming. When she was satisfied he was gone she fell on her back and broke into laughter. “It’s over... it’s finally over, he’s gone!” Her laughter slowed down “...wait how am I gonna get back to land without a bridge?” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear anypony who finds this page, This is a short timeline of the hell I’ve been through. My friends (Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy) and I have been in the strange world for who knows how long. We got stranded here after our cruise ship sank. We had waited together hoping somepony would come to rescue us. We truly believed it would happen... but there was no help, no rescue. We soon found out this place was dangerous and not just because of the monsters... slowly but surely, one by one my friends started to lose their minds... I left them to try and find safety away from them, but soon found my own mind slipping. I’m not entirely sure what happen after I lost my mind (I remember him (I can’t speak his name, namely out of fear) though... there every night) I woke up near a village with a broken hoof and coughing up water. Nopony was there in the village, but I did find a sign with a possible warning. Soon I found myself wandering an endless forest being followed by something that wasn’t there and finding more warnings signs. He’s always watching They burn He makes you do things He brings hopelessness and death He makes you forget Our insanity is his solace Eventually the signs brought me to a massive tree that housed a portal to another world (The Nether); I entered the portal. After wandering the Nether I came to a giant fortress, his fortress. I found a dungeon with numerous ponies locked up and tortured, I promised one of them (a colt) I would return to free them. I made it to his throne room and killed him by breaking the bridge sending him into the lava. After I killed him I returned to free the prisoners... the dungeon was empty all except for a photo (it was the colt and two older ponies, his parents I presume). I escaped the Nether through the portal I came from but instead of being inside the massive tree, I was teleported into a field. I still have hope somepony is looking for us... for now I will continue my search for my friends and begin other projects. Sincerely, Twilight Sparkle Princess Luna lowered the note and looked to her remaining guards. “Well?” Midnight Shine asked. “She was here, but has moved on. According to her note, there is a portal to another world somewhere in this tree.” Another guard spoke up, “so?” Princess Luna glared at the guard then sternly replied, “So we go through it... there may be another clue.” She looked back at the note, “we must find them, and then seal this world off from Equestria.”