A man with a white cloak stood at a half circular workstation. Surrounding him were many glass vials and alchemical ingredients that ranged from rare to all too common. He stared at the most recently completed vial that sat on a tripod with a purple cork in the top to stop the pink liquid from escaping. Slowly the Alchemist lifted the potion, off of the tripod, and into his hands. As he undid the cork, a small pink cloud floated off of the lip of the vial. The Alchemist brought the potion over to a box; which contained a small spider. Taking a small drop from the vial, he fed it to the spider. Smiling in satisfaction as the spider started to glow pink. Picking the spider out from the box, he moved over to a small station that had been prepared for his experiments.
Placing the spider onto the table, he picked up a scalpel and brought it towards the spider, aiming to cut off one of the spider's legs, only for the blade to be stopped by the pink aura surrounding the spider. His smile grew ever wider as he fervently wrote down the results of his latest test in a notebook. His curiosity got the better of him as he suddenly slammed the notebook down on the spider in an attempt to crush it. Lifting the notebook up slowly, the man observed that the spider was still standing in the same spot. The attempted crushing of the little spider had instead left a small dent in the table. Nodding in satisfaction, the Alchemist picked up the notebook and left the room, quickly scribbling down a note about the spider’s performance against the notebook.
Entering one of his strongholds larger rooms, the man walked up to a white pony in gold armour, who was currently talking to a very amused Alicorn. Noticing his presence, the Alicorn ended the conversation with the other pony, turned towards the man, and spoke; “Ah, Frozen, how goes the research?” The man lifted up the notebook, which became enshrouded in a golden aura. “It was a success? Congratulations FrozenFire_! You are the first person to create a shield potion.” The man beamed at the praise from the white Alicorn before turning towards the golden armoured pony.
He lifted out a blue coloured potion and held it out to the armoured pony. Cautiously wrapping the potion in a magenta aura, the armoured pony lifted it up so as to read the label. “What is a ‘Mana’ Potion? What is it supposed to do?” Asked the armoured pony questioned. The white Alicorn gave the Alchemist a curious stare, watching as he made the motions of drinking it. “Now why would I want to do that?” The armoured pony queried. The Alicorn chuckled at the armoured pony, before chiding him; “Shinning Armor, it’s been a few months and you still don’t trust him?”
Shinning Armor shook his head a frown clearly evident upon his face. “Sorry Princess, but no, I don't.”
The Princess sighed. “Even though he took us into his home and provided us with food. Not to mention the fact that he stopped those creatures from entering this building, stopped them from attacking us on multiple occasions, and has even given up his voice to save us. Through all of this, you still doubt his loyalties?”
Shinning Armor looked at the mute Alchemist, before sighing to himself. “I’m sorry Frozen; this world is getting to all of us. For the Princesses sake, I’ll trust you.” Shinning Armor took a swig of the potion; the effects began immediately as he felt a burst of magic course through the entirety of his being. Feeling like he could power the shield around the castle seven times over and still have energy to spare, Shinning Armor looked to the Alchemist as an overjoyed expression spread across face.
“It’s like a recharge for magic users! This is brilliant Frozen!” Shinning Armor exclaimed with glee. The mute Alchemist merely straightened his white robes and accepted the praise from the stallion. The Alchemist looked at the armoured pony with a half-smile.
The door opened as another man walked into the room. This man had a rather interesting appearance; he had a mechanical claw where one of his hands used to be. And glaring out from his scared face was a red mechanical eye. Several extra mechanical arms were connected to his back and attached to his only remaining human arm were miniature versions of the Tesla Coils. Where his leg used to be there was only a mechanical limb which, every so often, hissed as a small amount of steam spurted out of one of the joints. He walked up to them momentarily bowing his head out respect of the Princess. “Frozen, the Tesla Coils are still running fine. And the cannons are prepared to fire upon the hoard below should they move within firing range. The Plasma generator is overworked and the Scientists are working on a solution to the problem.” The man's clawed hand spun and clacked together a couple times before he continued. “Also, the clouds seem to be moving in a type of formation. We don’t know if this is due to a coming storm, or if Discord is involved in it. The guard thought it best that you be informed.” FrozenFire_ waved a hand in the air, causing the Mechanist to stop. After a few minutes, he nodded and the Mechanist completed the telling of his news.
“There also appears to be movement beyond the armies influence, one of the unicorn guard sensed a strong magical presence surrounded by four others. This may mean that more survivors have arrived, but it may also herald the arrival of Herobrine. Do you wish to send the scouts to find out what is happening?” The Mechanist asked before falling silent as he waited for further instruction. Frozen motioned for him to carry out the plan he had suggested. “It will be done my liege.” The Mechanist intoned as he bowed to both Frozen and the Princess before leaving the room.
“Well, it would appear that we have some uninvited guests, don’t we Frozen.” He stared at the window, his eyes glazed over as he stared out the window. He opened a notebook and wrote a sentence down for the princess; ‘We shall see princess, we shall see.’
V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Beyond Herobrine’s Army V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V
I walked towards the cave wherein Steve had parked the wagon. Inside there were a few torches on the side of the wagon, lighting up the interior of the cave. I brushed some dust off my jacket and sat down at the cave's mouth.
Rainbow walked towards me and sat down on her haunches. “So how do we get a message to everypony inside?” I looked at the rainbow mare next to me and smiled.
“We’ll I think tha-” I started to say before I was interrupted by the sound of a bow creaking right beside our heads. Two men appeared with bows in hand pointed at myself and Rainbow Dash. I hummed in admiration. “Seems you boys, have been hooked up with some high grade invisibility potions.”
They made no move to acknowledge that I had said anything, their eyes trained on myself and the mare beside me. I looked over to find Steve, Twilight, and codelord in the same situation. “So boys, now what happens?”
Suddenly, another man appeared out of nowhere. He had mechanical limbs attached to his back, his arm and one of his legs had mechanical replacements, and one of his eyes had also been replaced. I whistled as he moved towards me. “Not every day you see a Mechanist alive and well, congrats on that.” He grunted at me. “Stand and state your business here.” He ordered.
Standing up and brushing the dust off my legs, I smiled at him. “Heh, I thought one of you guys would recognise me, I guess not.” I stuck my hand out. “The names Admin Walker, this here is Rainbow Dash, that over there is Steve, Twilight Sparkle, and codelord.”
His eyes turned to slits. “Bullshit! You sure as all hell aren’t Admin Walker. He’s dead.”
I pointed at the symbol on my shoulder. “Don’t you remember, on everything I built, on everything I made, I put this symbol.” I pulled out one of my daggers and held it out to him, hilt first. “Check for yourself.”
Taking the dagger in a mechanical arm, he inspected the blade, his eye curiously going from one end of the dagger to another. “This is one of his daggers alright. Still, that doesn’t mean you couldn’t have just found one.”
I sighed again, his leg hissing out some steam as I shook my head. He continued speaking; “Alright boys. We got a teleporter set up nearby, follow the lord’s orders and let’s get them inside. Oh, and he wants them to wake up later.”
The guards each took out a potion, pulled rags over their faces, and threw the potions on the ground, where they exploded into clouds of green smoke. I took a whiff of the air.
“Chloroform how qua......” I landed face first on the ground and fell asleep.
V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V
FrozenFire_ stood on top of the largest tower, directly in the centre of the above ground fort. The Pile Driver, one of the first massive cannons that the Mechanist had built, stood behind him. Casting a dark shadow over the future battlefield, he smiled as a runner came through the trapdoor.
“My lord, the scouts have returned! The Mechanist has arrived back with the intruders. He says that one of them claims to be Admin Walker, sire.”He turned to face the runner, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. “My lord, the Mechanist has separated him from the rest of the group and taken him to a holding cell. The rest are being guarded in your quarters.”
He waved a hand and dismissed the runner, turning back to face the hoard below. A there was a brief flash of white light and the Princess appeared next to him. “I heard about the intruders.” The Princess began, taking a moment to look at the Alchemist. He waited for her to continue. “I wish to meet them before you do anything, some of them may be my subjects, and I do not wish harm to befall them.” He nodded towards the Princess and she disappeared in a flash of white.
Frozen mentally sighed to himself and brought his hands to his head, trying to sooth the headache that was beginning to make its presence known. He grabbed his staff that was lying against the railing; a crystal orb on the top of a metal rod. Waving a hand over the orb, an image of the intruders appeared. Two of them were ponies while one was a resident Minecraftian, and one was...... was that a pig? What was a pig doing inside the fort?
He rubbed his temples and tried to fight off the pain, this was so confusing. First he appeared inside his castle, and then these annoying ponies appeared who were so distrusting of him, even when he had offered his castle as a refuge for all those who had been brought here. Then Herobrine appeared and tried to recruit him. When he refused the bastard severed his vocal cords and cut out his tongue. Then Herobrine sent assassins tried to murder him, then hoard below him, and now this? It was all too much.
He screamed out in silent rage and smashed the butt of the staff against the floor, causing several cracks to spread out in all directions. Again he sighed mentally to himself. What did he have to go through just to get some peace and quiet? All he wanted to do was brew his potions and further his knowledge of magic and science. He leaned against the staff and stared at the setting sun. Today marked the third month here. A celebration was in order, for surviving this long in the harsh world they had been thrust into.
Shaking his head, Frozen gathered some magic into the staff and tapped it lightly against the stone below him. A flash of blue magic later and he had teleported to the dungeons.
He nodded to one of the guards, and they opened the entrance to the dungeon. He walked down the barely lit corridors of the dark dungeon, red light reflecting of the damp floors. He walked towards the guarded room and noticed the guard twitching. His eyebrow raised in confusion, until he too heard it.
~Yes! It goes on and on my friends!
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they’ll continue singing it forever just because!
This is the song that doesn’t end!
Yes! It goes on and on my friends!
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they’ll continue singing it forever just because! ~
He smiled in amusement as one of the guards finally snapped and started hurling profanities into the cell, which only made the prisoner laugh at the guard. Frozen mentally chuckled to himself as he walked towards the guards, the one guard who hadn’t snapped yet stood at attention while the other had his back to him, still shouting profanities to the person inside.
Frozen tapped the top of the guard's helmet with his steel staff, causing the guard to gulp audibly, he smiled at him as the guard turned to face him. “M-my lord, I-I was just talking to the prisoner!” The guard pleaded. Frozen shook his head and waved a hand, dismissing the guards. They saluted and left.
He opened the door and walked inside to find the prisoner tied to a chair. The prisoner's back was to him and on a table lay the prisoner’s inventory; a white Alchemical bag and two other colours of Alchemical bags, a pair of twin daggers in sheaths on a belt, a jacket with a symbol of a MineCraft grass block with a red sword and pick crossed over the top of it, along with a bow, a stack of arrows. Lastly, a black travelling cloak was laid out over the table top. Frozen nodded in admiration of the prisoner’s inventory, it was well organised.
The prisoner coughed to get his attention and he noticed the blue hair and the pair of red wings attached to his bare back. He had a good physique, medium build, toned muscles, with tanned skin. He was wearing black jeans with black combat boots on. “As much as I LOOOVE sitting here in a damp chair in a dark cold dungeon, I would love some hot coco, a warm bed and some clean clothes.”
V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V
I sat staring at the wall, waiting for the person who had entered my cell to respond to my sarcasm, when he didn’t reply I felt... sad, yet another person without a sense of humour. I sighed, but upon hearing the tap of metal on stone, I realised that the man or woman was walking around me. A few seconds later the man with blue and red hair entered my vision. He had a white science cloak and the T-shirt he wore underneath looked to be on fire. He wore blue pants and bright blue shoes. His eyes were different colours, one red and one blue. The pair of gloves that wore made it seem as if his fists were on fire. His smiling face was covered in stubble. Leaning on a steel staff topped with a small crystal ball, his smile widened.
“Oh, so you do have a sense of humour?” A nod from the strange man made me continue. “Well, it’s good to see you again Frozen.” His eyes turned to slits as I stared at him; “Oh come off it Frozen, I thought you would remember me from the war, but I guess I have to remind you.” I stood up, surprising Frozen and causing him to backup into the wall. Swatting the dust off my pants, I stuck out my hand. “Admin Walker.” Frozen’s eyes widened in shock as he remembered me, he stuck his hand into my own. We shared a strong handshake and I moved towards my gear.
“Been a long time Frozen, you have no idea the kind of crap I went through to get here.” Frozen rolled his eyes and motioned to the pony guards outside. “Yea I figured you had it harder than I did, with all this 'Herobrine’s army' business.” The Alchemist nodded as I continued;
“Well let’s see; first off, I appeared near the Obsidian Fortress. Next I met up with Steve and Twilight Sparkle, that’s Princess Celestia’s student. After that I went for a night flight, met Herobrine, had my Admin powers stripped from me, got chucked off a skyscraper-of-a-tree and impacted on the ground, met Rainbow Dash; fastest flier in all of Equestria, met your brother-turned-pig; codelord.” Frozen's eye held a look of mirth upon hearing the last part. “Defeated a hoard of zombies with naught but my own two daggers, travelled over two kilometres to get here and then I got captured by your goons.” I finished, putting all of my equipment back on.
Turning to face him, I had a confused look in my eyes. “By the way, who the heck is that Mechanist? He’s interesting.”
He had an amused smile on his face, pointing to his throat he made a slitting motion and cutting motion where his tongue used to... oh.
My face grimaced in mock pain; “Ouch man, that must have hurt.” He shrugged. Digging out a purple vial and pointed to the label on it. “You made a potion of Painkillers? Smart.” He nodded. “Well, I’m going to go find the gals, want to come?” Again, all I got was a nod from him. “Well let’s go then!” With that we walked out of the dungeon and began heading upstairs.
V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Upstairs: Frozen’s Quarters V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V
Rainbow woke up to find herself in a comfortable bed. Confused, she got up, tearing the blankets off in the process. Looking around the room, she noticed that there were two other beds which had Twilight and Steve in them. The door opened and a very familiar purple and green dragon entered the room.
“Oh my gosh Spike! What are you doing here!?” Spike smiled at Rainbow Dash before responding.
“We were all brought here Rainbow, even the Princess is here.” Rainbow’s eyes widened at the good news.
“That’s awesome news! We can ask her to get us back to Equestria!” Spike looked down at the floor and sighed.
“The Princess already tried Rainbow, as soon as we were safe from the dangers of this world.” He looked her in the eyes and saw the pain behind them. “The spell didn’t work Rainbow; we’re stuck here until we find a different way home.”
Codelord groaned as he awoke, “Did anyone get the number of the Truck that hit me?”
Rainbow looked at him, confused by what he said. “What’s a Truck?” He shook his head to get rid of the dizziness. “Never mind, forget I said anything.”
Steve bolted upright; he went to reach for his sword only to find it missing. He looked around the room and relaxed as he saw Rainbow Dash and codelord not panicking in the slightest. Slowly, he got out of the bed and walked over to them and sat down at the table, where an assortment of foods and drinks had been placed.
The pig looked to Steve and smiled. “Are you alright Steve?” He got a nod from the mute Minecraftian before he looked at the bed that Twilight was sleeping in. “When is she going to wake up?”
Spike shrugged in response to the pigs question, “Twi’ was always an early riser, and she must be tired because of all the stress of what’s going on.” Everyone gathered nodded at the little dragon’s assumption.
The door opened again and a white Alicorn walked into the room. “Ah, Spike, I see that you've reunited with your friends.” Spike nodded and walked over to Twilight’s bed, where he sat in a comfy chair to wait for her to wake up. “Rainbow Dash, it’s good to see you again.”
Rainbow smiled at the Princess. “It’s good to see you too your highness. How is everything going?”
The Princess sighed and spoke. “Well, everything inside is going just fine, it’s what's going on outside that's a little bit tricky to explain. Please tell me how you ended up here.”
Rainbow looked over at the door before responding. “I think somepony else can explain that better than me your highness.” Rainbow said as she pointed a hoof at the door. The Princess turned to the direction Rainbow was pointing, gasping as she saw the person who was now in front of her.
He was just a few feet shorter than her and had blue hair and blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a symbol of a grass block with a red sword and pick crossed over it, a pair of black jeans, combat boots, a pair of dark blue fingerless gloves. Stretched out behind him was a pair of wings. The wings were nearly the same length as the Princess’s own, and had red feathers with black tips. Across his chest was a pair of iron daggers rested in two sheaths that were attached to an X shaped belt that went diagonally across his muscular chest. A charming smile plastered across his face as he casually leaned against the door frame with one arm while his other hand was in his pocket. Pulling his hand out of his pocket, he casually waved to the Princess.
“Evening Celestia, beautiful afternoon is it not?” Rainbow stared at him with a look of shock and slight admiration at his choice to disrespect the Princess’s title. This Princess only smiled back at him before kindly asking;
“And who might you be?” He scoffed and looked at the mute Alchemist beside him. “I thought you told her.” Frozen shook his head and smiled, indicating with his hand that he should introduce himself.
Shaking his head, the man walked towards the Princess. Sticking out his hand he spoke. “Name’s Admin, Admin Walker. Local hero, defeater of zombie hoards, tamer of the wolves of the wild, builder of the Obsidian Fortress. Hero to the free Peoples of Minecraftia, Hero of the Hoard Wars, and defeater of Herobrine’s previous reincarnation, but none of that really matters right now.”
Celestia was impressed with the amount of titles that he had, she spoke to him, while shaking his hand. “Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, Goddess of the sun.”
He cocked an eyebrow as they shook hands/hooves and smiled at the white Alicorn. “Oho! Goddess of the sun, that’s an impressive title. Well I might as well add my final titles in there for the sake of introduction.”
He cleared his throat and stepped away from her and towards the window. He stopped and turned around; the sun was at his back. The light shining through his red-black feathers, causing them shine as well. His blue hair also began to shine as it was framed by the evening light. “I am as I said Admin Walker, brother of Herobrine, and last Admin, or one of the last Gods as we were called, alive in this world.” He half smiled at her, making himself seem more impressive in the evening light. “It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Princess Celestia.”