//------------------------------// // Part 1 of 3: Origin of Captain Alicorn! // Story: Shazam: the Origin of Captain Alicorn // by cornholio4 //------------------------------// The Rock of Eternity, a plane of existence that exists outside the planet that Equestria was on. About a thousand years ago the demented chaotic mischievous Draconequus that was known as Discord the spirit of Disharmony and Chaos ruled Equestria in a state of unrest. Princesses Celestia and Luna used the power of the Elements of Harmony to trap him there for the rest of his life. Discord was immortal so he was cursed to stay there for literally all of eternity; he was reduced to using his chaotic powers to try and amuse himself. He got bored pretty quickly. Recently he watched as Equestria had a new age with ponies gaining powers from sources and becoming what was known as superheroes. Now what ponies did not realise was that there was an age where Equestria had superheroes before. There was Hawkstallion, Hourstallion, Starfilly and the Atom who were among the heroes apart of the Justice League of Equestria but they retired when they felt Equestria no longer needed them. Now there was a new breed of superheroes that Discord was watching come to life in Equestria that Discord was taking note off. There was Twilight Sparkle the student of his old friend Princess Celestia, who using an alien power ring became known as the Green Lantern. There was the unicorn mare Rarity who became a vigilante known as Mare Do Well wanting to take revenge on crime for the murder of her parents. There was Applejack a farm earth pony who discovered she was an alien and became the hero Supermare. Pinkie Pie who spent five years on an island training her pie throwing skills and when returning to Ponyville became a vigilante known as the Pink Pie-Er, who nopony made the connection Discord did not know. Rainbow Dash who after attempting a Sonic Rainboom during a lighting storm gained the power to move at supersonic speed even faster than what a normal Pegasus, even Dash before could move. She became the hero the Dash....Discord thought that ponies must be really getting stupid if they did not make THAT connection! Fluttershy who spent five years on the island Pinkie Pie was trapped on and was trained by the Amazon tribe who had lived there, managing to win the tournament to determine their champion and after being given the power of their gods she went back home to Equestria as Wonder Mare! There was also Trixie Gold a mare who had came from the future thanks to a being called the Hunter, a pony who Discord found peculiar. A particular day came when Discord got a vision of the possible future when a great evil would destroy all life on the planet and turn it into a barren wasteland. Being the spirit of Disharmony, Discord actually enjoyed watching this before a terrible realization hit upon him, a world without life was a world without chaos and that was no fun at all! After pondering what to do he decided he would have to create a superhero of his own to help stop this future from happening, but who would be a good choice? He decided a young one would be the easiest to mould into the superhero image that he could use as his personal pawn if he saw fit. He then looked through his mirror to Equestria to decide who should be his champion. Scootaloo? Nah she already had a destiny for her as the Dash’s sidekick. Sweetie Belle? No she already started her career as her sister Rarity’s sidekick Filly-Be-Goode. Applebloom? No she would be developing her own superpowers soon enough. Snips or Snails? Well they are gullible and they would be easy to manipulate for his own ends but he was watching them right now due to their own curiosity and stupidity in dealing with mysterious objects they release two alien prisoners. Babs Seed? Well she was kind of good but she was the one who would join up with the bullies if given the chance to escape their persecution. Silver Spoon? Well she did have some good in her heart but too much of a bully to let it shine through. Diamond Tiara? A definitive no, giving HER superpowers would be the biggest mistake of his entire life, considering how many eons he has lived that would be saying a lot. He then spotted a young pony raised dragon called Spike and he smiled, he just found his perfect candidate. *break* Spike was walking about Canterlot deep in thoughts, ever since his best friend Twilight became the Green Lantern she had been on many adventures and he had to be left behind. He was wishing he could become a hero on his own and then he can go on adventures as well, that Rarity mare he met in Ponyville may actually go out with him if he did become one... Just as he was thinking it a hole in the ground appeared and a eagle claw pretty much pulled him in, nopony actually noticing him being pulled into the ground screaming. *Break* Spike found himself marvelling at the cave that he was in full of statues of different gods and historical figures that was in the many books that Twilight had shown him, from Commander Hurricane to Starswirl the Bearded. He then noticed the Draconequus smiling at him. “Who are you?” Spike asked extremely frightened at Discord. “I am Discord and welcome to my home the Rock of Eternity.” Discord smiled at Spike’s shocked expression. “But – but – but I thought Discord and the Rock of Eternity was an old pony’s tale.” Spike muttered in shock. “You thought that of Nightmare Moon didn’t you?” Discord responded and Spike had to admit that he had a point. “What do you want from me?” Spike asked looking nervous. Discord responded by giving out a chuckle. “I want you to become my superpowered champion!” Discord explained “You see I foresee a great evil that could destroy all life, eliminating chaos and in order to combat it when it eventually comes I want to give you the power to stop it!” “You want to give me superpowers?” Spike asked excitement overrunning any common sense he had in thinking it was right to make a deal with Discord. “Yes so are you in?” Discord asked and his grew when Spike nodded enthusiastically “excellent I will give you the power of SHAZAM!” Seeing the confused look on the face of the young dragon, Discord then explained “You see SHAZAM will be the key word in giving you the power to transform into an Alicorn with the powers of the figures that the SHAZAM acronym stands for:” “S for Starswirl the Bearded whose wisdom will be gifted to you!” “H for Hercules whose strength will be given to you.” “A for Atlas whose stamina will be a gift for you.” “Z for Zeus whose great power over lightning bolts will be bestowed upon you!” “A again but this time it stands for Achilles whose courage will be given to you.” “M for Mercury who you will be as fast as!” Discord snapped his fingers as the statues of the six figures that Discord mentioned were struck by a lightning bolt each and a larger one then struck Spike’s head, which gave him a bit of a headache at first. “Now say the word SHAZAM to transform and say the word again to transform back.” Discord finished. Spike lifted up his arm and shouted “SHAZAM!” and afterwards he was struck by lightning. Spike then saw to his amazement he had transformed into a purple Alicorn about the size of Princess Celestia and was pretty muscular, he had a straight black mane and he even had a Cutie Mark that was a lightning bolt. “This is incredible!” Spike said in an adult voice that was not his “but one more thing Discord.........can you please give me a cape?” “Seriously?” Discord asked looking dumbfounded “you already look like an Alicorn that even Celestia would swoon over and you want a cape?” After seeing the pleading look on Spike’s pony like face Discord sighed with an annoyed look on his face and he shouted “oh fine then!” After snapping his fingers Spike was now wearing a white cape (that had yellow lining on it) with a collar and a hood (that Spike was not wearing), Spike thought that maybe if he went back to Ponyville sometime later he could get Rarity to swoon over him. “Awesome now I need a superhero name.” And Spike pondered for a second and said “from this moment on I will be known as Captain Alicorn!” “Okay then Captain Alicorn go out and fight for truth, justice and the Equestrian way or something.” Discord said opening a portal back to Equestria for his new champion to go through. “WWEEEEE!!!!!” Captain Alicorn shouted with a child like tone as he flew out to the portal with lightning bolts following him as he flew. There left what Equestrians would affectionately call him, the big purple cheesecake. “Let’s hope I did not just make a huge mistake!”Discord muttered using his powers to clean up the mess that his new champion Captain Alicorn just made when he flew out of the Rock of Eternity. *Break* Captain Alicorn saw that he was outside any city, but he recognise that it was on the route to Manehattan for Twilight had taken him on a trip there at least once. He decided that Manehattan would be the perfect place to test his newfound superpowers, He then flew to the direction of Manehattan with literally lightning fast speed. As he was doing this a teenage red dragon called Garble just happened to be in the area when Captain Alicorn flew by. He stood in shock and fascination as he spotted the purple caped Alicorn fly by. Wanting to investigate and seeing that the Alicorn was heading for Manehattan, he spread out his wings he then began flying to Manehattan hoping to catch the new Alicorn there.