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// Equestrian Introduction 
// Story: Equestriancraft 
// by Lionpaw315 
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  It was a peaceful day in Minecraftia.
The sun shone across the land, a bright yellow ball of blazing glory. Everything that the rays touched seemed automatically brightened by the warmth carried inside them. A gentle breeze blew through the air, making the heat of the sun tolerable. The sky was a bright blue color, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. It was the type of day that filled you to the brim with energy, urging you to run outside and play.
Especially for one person.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Sky was sitting on his bed, wailing his head off. He seemed in no apparent danger, however, and was most likely just screaming his head insanely off for fun.
"Hey, who're you calling insane?"
Well, there is no rational reason you would be screaming your head off unless you weren't sane.
"You're the expert on not sane."
You know what? Let's just get back to the story.
"Agreed."
Sky rolled his eyes. It wasn't his fault that bright, sunny days like this tended to get him all winded up. Usually, he had friends to play with on days like this, but today wasn't the case. Ty had a mod showcase to do, Ant was exploring, Jordan was filming some episodes of....whatever he was filming (it was kinda hard to tell in Jordan's case), Jason was just....being Jason, he guessed, and the rest of his friends were all at the different bases throughout the land, making sure that no squids tried to attack them.
Not that it would be much of a deal if they did. Those squids were so stupid they couldn't find their way out of a paper bag. 
Sky sighed. Screaming so much had started hurting his throat. He got off of his bed and looked around for other sources of entertainment. He made a mental note to clean up his room and shook his head. That's when a picture caught his eye. He turned to get a better look at it.
A picture of him when he first got chosen as leader of his army.
He just wished he had known what he was getting himself into when he got chosen. 
There were plenty of good things about it. The respect, the admiration, the loyalty, the fact that you were a guest of honor even at other people's birthday parties....
But there were plenty of...Actually, can I call them bad? he wondered, tapping his index finger on his chin. It's annoying, pressuring, and tough sometimes, but not reallybad. I'll just call them...not-so-good.
That sounded good.
But there were plenty of not-so-good things about being a leader of an army as well.
First off, the expectations. Everybody expected you to be amazing and perfect and awesome and great at everything and smart and funny and various things like that. Not that he wasn't already all of those things, of course, but all of the time? It wasn't that easy.
Then, there was the issue of dealing with the recruits. None of them were actually bad, but some of them could be more annoying than others. It was all he could do not to scream, "THERE'S MORE TO ME THAN BUTTER, PEOPLE!!"
There was a reason he lived by himself out in a cabin in the woods. It wasn't technically being antisocial, but he had enough of BIG GIGANTIC SWARMING MASSIVE crowds of people during war time. His friends? No problem. All of the recruits in one place? Problem.
And don't even get him started on the food, water, and other resources that they needed. Constantly. All of the time. Especially during war. 
It didn't help that organizing about eight million recruits was roughly about as easy as getting one hundred butterflies to fly in a straight line. If not harder. (Did he technically count as a pacifist due to his hate of war?)
Yes, his life was awesome, wasn't it?
Suddenly, a scream tore through the peaceful atmosphere.
Sky jumped, startled at hearing such a distressing noise in a day of such tranquility. He yelped and flailed his limbs around before landing on his back on the floor. Something jabbed him sharply in the spine, which turned out to be a random piece of stone lying on the floor. He groaned and rubbed his back before getting up. 
Another mental note to clean your room, Adam. 
He had gotten up, brushed himself off, and stumbled blindly around his room before Sky finally realized that he should investigate what the heck caused that scream in the first place.
Sky started counting off things that could have caused the scream. It definitely was not an unlucky piece of prey, he thought, crossing that out in his mind, because that scream sounded very darn human, if he wasn't mistaking. Maybe it was just a newbie that had gotten unlucky in a fight with something,  Sky thought, shaking his head. Worth noting if someone put up a missing poster, but otherwise, not very important.
But still...
He sighed. It was his duty to make sure everyone who lived in the territory of Sky Army was safe....
"No matter wind, rain, snow or shine, the duty to protect you is all mine," he mumbled under his breath. "Whether old or new, it's the Sky Army's duty to protect you. As long as they're not running around like terrified chickens," he added, gripping his amulet tightly and grabbing a gold sword off of the wall. He decided to leave his sunglasses behind, as they were probably not going to be needed.
Sky really wished he had known beforehand the big mess he was going to get himself into. 





The scream replayed in his head over and over again.
Sky found it kind of annoying.
All he could hear was the screaming. It helped him with his case, but not really with his sanity. 
It's kind of high pitched, and sounding like a girl, Sky thought, not really narrowing down anyone. 
He got to the edge of the forest, and blinding rays of light instantly attacked his eyes. Sky yelped and jumped back, not used to the brightness outside of the forest.
"CRAP!!" he swore, rubbing his eyes. "This is what I wear sunglasses for," he muttered, regretting leaving them behind. He squinted to get a better look at things.
There was something lying on the ground, unconscious. Sky walked over to get a closer look and felt his heart skip a beat when he saw who it was.
Good Notch, what mod was Ty doing?! Sky thought,kneeling down and vigorously shaking his friend. 
Ty let out a groan, but didn't get up.
So the doofus is alive, Sky sighed, relief washing over him. But question after question kept hitting him, over and over. Still, he's still unconscious, which is a problem. Speaking of which, how did he get knocked out in the first place? Did it have something to do with the mod he reviewed? Or was he just being a stupid idiot?......Yeah, it was probably the second one. He could hurt himself while reviewing the floral mod, the stupid dummy, Sky concluded, dragging Ty up into a comfortable position (or at least, comfortable to carry him in) and started dragging him around. 
Let's get him to the base. Maybe someone there will know what to do, he decided, heading off in the direction the base was in.





Pain.
That was the first thing Ty felt when he woke up to blinding lights, a soft bed, and a splitting headache.
It felt like something had punched his face with a stick or a log or something like that.
Have you ever been shoved in the face by a log? It doesn't feel too good, Ty thought, groaning as he slowly sat up. He rubbed his eyes. Where the heck am I? The last thing I remember is a flash of blue and rainbow....um...
"TY!!" Ty had the wind knocked out of him by a flying cannonball that was chaotic and disastrous if left unchecked (but you can call it Skydoesminecraft)
"OHMYGOSHIWASSOWORRIEDABOUTYOUWHICHMODWEREYOUDOINGWHYWEREYOUUNCONSCIOUS?!" Sky burst out all in one breath, not pausing to take a breath in between his words. Ty blinked. 
"Um......eleventeen," he responded, not sure of what to say, causing Sky to cough out a laugh.
"Yep, he's definitely still Ty. No trauma, brain damage, or anything like that. Only the real Ty would be this much of a doofus," he heard someone snort. Ty turned around. It was Jason.
"Be nicer," he heard someone else scold. Ty saw Jordan look at Jason with obvious disdain.
"Oh, come on Jordan. Lighten up!" said another someone else. Ant punched Jordan lightly in the arm, causing Jordan to punch him back. Pretty soon, the two were in a sissy fight, punching each other back and forth, rolling around on the floor and hurling insults at each other.
Ty winced and rubbed his head. Loud noises didn't exactly help his headache...
Why do I even have a headache in the first place? he wondered, rubbing his head. Um...spell? Squids? No reason? Some kind of weird cosmic disaster that is the beginning of the end of everything we know and love and has something to do with an ancient legend on the creation of the universe?
Ty decided that it was the third choice.
Suddenly, a jolt of pain went through his head, unlike the previous headaches he had, which were only small, ringing pains. He bit his tongue as not to cry out with the pain, and tasted metal in his mouth.
Blech.
Once the stabbing pain had passed, Ty exhaled, not even realizing that he had been holding his breath in the first place. He gently pressed his hand to his forehead, and felt something sticky and wet. He wiped away the blood before anyone else had noticed, thankful that all of his friends were on the floor, rolling around and fighting.
Ty stiffened. His hand felt something bumpy as it was rubbing his forehead....
It was a horn.
A wave of panic surged through Ty as he realized something.
I'm turning into a unicorn!





Rainbowdash was confused.
Wasn't the spell that Twilight had cast on her supposed to enhance her talent so that she could go super duper fast?
Then why did it end up sending me here?! Rainbow thought, flying around and examining her surroundings, deciding that she was definitely not in Equestria unless the Everfree Forest had changed its layout. Again.
But the Everfree Forest was never made out of blocks.
So Rainbow had to conclude that she was not in Equestria. 
Magic was definitely unpredictable and wild, right?
And the weird thing she had seen...was not okay.
It was not. Okay. 
It was a pale color, kind of like Rarity and Applejack had gotten mashed together. Walking on two legs, and with no hair except a brown patch on its head. Or at least, what appeared to be its head.
Rainbow saw it and freaked. Out.
"AUGHKPTHHSTNPOGH!!!" She heard a scream escape her mouth, and flew preparing to kick it in the face. 
If there was one thing she was, it was fast. The thing barely had time to react before she slammed it in the face with her hoof. It crumpled, and hit the ground with a thud.
Rainbow let out a sigh of relief, but felt a tiny twinge of guilt. Maybe it wasn't hostile. Maybe it was peaceful. Maybe it was just going to say hi. Maybe I just overreacted or something. I always do that, she thought, flying around in circles to clear her head of some thoughts. But maybe it was hostile, and I did something good. Maybe it was going to kill me. Maybe...
Suddenly, she felt a strange tingling noise. It raced across her body, and she saw her hoof begin to fade. 
Before she had time to panic, she heard a zap and found herself back in Equestria.