//------------------------------// // Zwei // Story: Zombies: Richtofen // by Enderstorm //------------------------------// - - - - - - - -10 Minutes to Sunrise- - - - - - - - "Well, come on girls, let's go check up on the last minute preparations ." Twilight said enthusiastically. A little too enthusiastically... "Ah gotta go haul th' apples to th' town hall." Said AJ. "Ok, Applejack. We'll see you there." Twilight looked up. "Rainbow, why are there still clouds?" Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck with her hoof while chuckling awkwardly. "Heh, guess I forgot to bust 'em. I'll do it now, in ten seconds flat." Rainbow took off into the sky and 9.99 seconds later she landed with a smug grin. "What'd I tell ya? Te-" Twilight cut her off. "Ten seconds flat, we know. Now, we better get going if we want to get a spot near the front!" Rainbow grumbled something about 'eggheads' and 'letting awesome ponies finish their awesome one-liners', then took off for the town hall. And made it there. In ten seconds flat. - - - - - - - -4 Minutes to Sunrise- - - - - - - - Luna could hear some voices in her head. Two angry voices arguing. Most of it was cut off. Ze process has begun! Now I control the... ...you fools! Why did you listen to him... ...I must inform you, that ze Earth, nor it's people vill... ...I tried so hard to varn you... ...is open, I vill finally be reunited with my dearest... ...even if your wretched daughter is still alive, she has my... If you are so eager to re-enter the physical world, Richtofen. I vill grant you zat vish! The voices were giving Luna a severe migraine, and she couldn't take it. The voices were getting harsher, until they finally stoped when Luna passed out. Meanwhile, Celestia was getting ready to raise the sun. She felt Luna pass out and felt a pang of worry. She called her student over and told her to go check on her sister. - - - - - - - -2 Minutes to Sunrise- - - - - - - - Twilight didn't know why Princess Luna was passed out in the top floor of the town hall. She was supposed to be getting ready to lower the moon, not take a nap! The Princesses were immortal alicorn goddeses, they could stay awake if they needed too! Then Twilight noticed the strange purple glow around the moon goddess, and stopped panicking. Maybe somepony wanted to trick everypony into thinking that Nightmare Moon was returning? Twilight settled on that theory and ran a magical scan on the Princess to link it with another unicorn. But Twilght couldn't find anything. Only a strange new magical element. Then she heard a voice. Just one. With a slight Germane accent to it. Curse you Maxis! You and that stupid girl. You are always ruining MY FUN! - - - - - - - -Sunrise- - - - - - - - Celestia couldn't wait for Twilight to wake up her sister any longer. So her horn glowed a silvery white while she set the moon on autopilot. Celestia stepped onto the podium and leapt up in the air, and spread her wings majestically. Her horn glowed golden-bright as she ascended higher and higher in sync with the sun. When the sun was at its peak, something sparked in the moon. Nopony could see it, since the moon was out of sight. But that spark grew bigger, and brighter, and purpler, until it launched off the moon, and into Equestria's orbit. - - - - - - - -10 Minutes to the Strange Purple Comet's Arrival- - - - - - - - By now everypony could see the purple ball of energy heading towards Ponyville. And while everypony was running around panicing, Twilight was not. She was in her library zipping around, taking notes, looking through telescopes, making observations, and overall exhausting herself out. Spike tried, and failed, to get Twilight out of her room and outside to calm everypony down. Lucky he had matured a bit and now has thicker scales. Otherwise he would be in hospital by the sheer force of the shockwave Twilight sent out. Now, Twilight didn't mean for it to be that powerful. But she didn't have time to think about that. She needed to calculate the time before the comet hit. Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy were waiting outside of the door to the Golden Oaks Library for Spike. They had all gotten an urgent letter from the dragon about Twilight not coming out of her room. Spike opened the door and had a look of relief on his face. "Am I glad you girls are here! Twilight seriously won't come out of her room!" Much to Rarity's horror, Applejack barged in and got ready to buck Twilight's door down if need be. "Well, Ah'm going up there! Ah ain't gunna sit here while muh friend works her flank off! We need her to-" Applejack's... battle shout... was interrupted by a voice. "Ahh, there you are girls! I did some calculations and figured out two things! We need the Elements of Harmony, and we have about two minutes before that purple thing hits, and creates a crater the size of the Everfree." Everypony, save Twilight and Pinkie, had their jaws so low they could feel the floor. Fluttershy fainted on the spot, and not five seconds after, Rarity collapsed on a conjured sofa after dramatically proclaiming "THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE THING!" Rainbow Dash, having recovered before anypony else, flew up in Twilight's face. "Are you saying that we have two minutes to live before WE GET SQUISHED BY A COMET?!" "Actually, one minute. And, it's not a comet. It's just a ball of compressed, potentially harmful, purple energy!" Answered Twilight, a hint of childish glee in her voice. Applejack, next to recover, quickly spoke up. "Well ain't that just fine and bucking dandy?!" "Don't worry girls, Twilight has it under control!" Answered Pinkie. "An' how do y'all know that, Pinks? Usually anything that comes out of that mouth is mule crap!" Applejack retorted, with major irritation in her tone. "I know 115 reasons why Twilight can handle it! And none of them have anything to do with mules! Or crap!" Replied Pinkie. 'WHOOSH' 'SLAM' "What in th' hay?" Pinkie, Rainbow, Applejack and Twilight rushed outside to find an olive green stallion in a crater pulsing with purple and blue energy. The stallion stirred and slowly came to. He looked down at his hooves and stared at them with wide, blue eyes. He then aimed his head at the sky and shouted. "FUCK YOU, MAXIS!"