//------------------------------// // Ein // Story: Zombies: Richtofen // by Enderstorm //------------------------------// - - - - - - - -1 Hour to Sunrise- - - - - - - - It was a normal, peaceful night in Ponyville. Everypony made sure that tonight, the second Summer Sun Celebration hosted in Ponyville, would go very smoothly. No interruptions this time. Twilight would make sure of that. And if anything happens, Twilight would cover it up wth invisibility and silence spells. Out of sight, out of mind, right? "Twilight..." said a smooth, comforting voice. Twilight wheeled around ready to hammer in to the pony brave enough to stroll away from the preperations, only to find Princess Celestia standing there. Twilight exhaled a silent breath of relief. Wait a minute... "P-P-Princess Celestia?" Twilight started to panic. "You're early! This puts off my schedule!" Twilight started to hyperventilate. "Now everything is-" Twilight was interrupted by the warm touch of a magically enchanted golden horseshoe on her shoulder. "Twilight, calm down. I always like to be a little early if I can spend a little time with my most faithful student." assured Celestia, nuzzling her student. Twilight visibly calmed down a little, and took a deep breath ready to continue the conversation. Calmly. "But I need to org-" Twilight was once again interrupted by her mentor. "I'm sure we can find somepony to fill in for you." Twilight, realising that she was defeated, agreed to spend time with her mentor. "Wow, I just realised how little time we've spent together lately." Twilight thought to herself. Suddenly a dark blue alicorn with an even darker flowing ethereal mane burst through the doors to the town hall and stopped for a few seconds to catch her breath. "Sister!" Luna loudly exclaimed. "What is it, Lulu?" asked Celestia with half genuine concern and half annoyance for being interrupted with one of the rare moments she gets to spend with her student lately. "Something evil is transpiring on the moon as we speak!" Luna exclaimed in half annoyance with her sister for calling her Lulu in public and half urgency because her moon was potentially in danger. "On the moon..." Celestia trailed off before asking her sister again. "Are you sure, Lulu?" Luna blushed a bit, shook her head, and looked at her sister in annoyance for calling her Lulu. In public. "Yes, We are sure, sister!" Luna frantically exclaimed, disregarding the fact that she just used the 'Royal We' which slipped past her when she was stressed. Celestia thought to herself. "On the moon. It sounds very unlikely, nopony can breathe on the moon except Lulu and I. And this could be a prank to get back in the spirit of modern times. I swear, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are the most..." Celestia shook her head while chuckling mentally before continuing. "Lulu, I think you should lie down. The stress of lowering the moon in front of others is getting to you. I shall handle the moon while you ta-" Celestia never got to finish that sentence before she and Twilight was struck by the Royal Canterlot Voice. Both sisters forgot Twilight was even there. "SISTER, WE COMMAND THOU TO LISTEN TO US! OUR MOON IS IN DANGER AND THOU ART TREATING US LIKE A DELUSIONAL PONY WHO BUMPED THY HEAD!" Luna stopped, looking around. Twilight was cowering in Celestia's lap, who was giving her the we-talked-about-this look. Luna hung her head in shame and continued, in a quieter voice. "We apologise, We art just... scared." - - - - - - - -45 Minutes to Sunrise- - - - - - - - The news of something evil happening on the moon sent Twilight into a panic. Spike, trying to get a bit of sleep in before the Summer Sun Celebration, was woken up by the frantic pattering of hooves and the sound of a unicorn teleporting. But the last sound is what concerned Spike. Books. Hitting the floor. Being thrown around. Twilight never ever, ever treated books that way. So what could have caused Twilight to go into a panic this big. Spike wasn't going to just sit here and do nothing! He had to help her big sis! Looking at the magical hourglass next to his basket he noticed the time. On second thought, maybe he would sit here and do nothing. Twilight's perfectly cabable of- Spike shook his head. "Get that thought out of your head, Twilight needs you!" Spike raced downstairs and was immedietly hit by several books, which sent him rolling into a wall. He stood back up and got Twilight's attention. "Hey, Twilight! What's wrong?" Spike asked. Twilight looked like a mess, with a dishelved mane, and small, red, bloodshot eyes. "Oh nothing Spike! Everything's just peachy!" Twilight said through clenched teeth. Spike just stared at her with a bemused expression. "Twilight, I can see something is wrong. C'mon, I'm your brother! You can tell me!" Spike was pretty much pleading. Twilight just sighed and looked at her hooves. "Princess Luna belives there is something evil happing on the moon, and wants me to find it out, what with both princesses busy getting ready for the celebration." Twilight suddenly got an idea, and mentally facehooved for not thinking of it earlier. "Spike can you go get the telescope from the attic?" Spike simply saluted and ran off. Twilight conjured up a quill and ink well. It was a simple spell she learnt, after being so engrossed by a ten page report to Princess Celestia. Poor Owlowiscious didn't have much feathers after that. And it saves alot of time, money and sofas. They really didn't need more sofas. Twilight called her owl over and told him to go get some parchment. After about half a minute of 'hoo'ing, Owlowiscious flew back with five sheets of blank parchment in his talons. "Thanks, Owlowiscious." "Who?" "You. Thank you." "Who." ... "You." "Who?" Twilight just groaned and facehooved. "Yeah, he's a real conversationalist." Called Spike from the stairs. Twilight chuckled and called out "Spike, I need you to write a letter to each of the girls telling them to meet me here!" "On it, Twilight!" Spike called out, as he chucked the telescope away somewhere. - - - - - - - -28 Minutes until Sunrise- - - - - - - - "What is it we're doing here again?" Asked Rainbow Dash. "I don't know, darling, but Twilight made it sound very urgent and important if she pulled us away from our duties! We all know how Twilight gets about making everything perfect for the Princesses." Replied Rarity The group 'mmhmm'ed and nodded in unison. "Well Ah don't wanna just sit 'round here! Ah wanna get inside an' help mah friend." AJ then proceeded to knock on the door. A slightly less dishelved Twilight answered the door, and before she could explain the situation a horrified Rarity latched herself onto Twilight before dramatically shreiking "Oh, Twilight, now I understand why you needed us so urgently. You were just desperate for somepony to tend to your mane! Well worry no more, I shall-" Rarity's impromptu rant was ended short by Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash staring at her with bemused faces. Fluttershy was afraid that Rarity would hate her if she made any faces and Pinkie Pie was too busy bouncing on a trampoline which she produced from... somewhere. "What? Her mane is a mess!" Pouted Rarity. "My mane is fine, thankyou. As I was about to say, Princess Luna felt as though something evil is happening on the moon-" BURP! "It's from Princess Luna!" Came a well-timed voice in the background. "Bring it here Spike!" Twilight called out. Twilight unrolled the scroll and began to read it. To the Elements of Harmony, Twilight has no doubt summoned you to her library already, so that will make this letter easier. My sister banished me to the moon for ten minutes, so I could see what is going on up there. It appears somepony, or something, has build a facility on the moon. I detected a strange substance leading from an underground cavern, so I looked. There was a strange pyramid with four glowing red vials surrounding it. The magical signature is very strong in the pyramid. Where the magic is directed is a nearby planet we did not notice before. By the time you get this letter I will already be back. It seems that the moon is not in danger as I thought. The best we can do is just enjoy the festivities. Your friend, Luna