//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The Troops Arive // Story: The Ponypocolipse // by radiation_pony //------------------------------// Chapter 2 12/12/2012_ The alicorn sisters and the mane six step out into an old ring of stone that had fallen into disrepair. The size of the stone showing the construction of the site was a monumental effort if what Celestia said about humans lacking magic was true. “These stones would be hard for even me to lift” Twilight wondered aloud. “Ello?” a green unicorn stepped out of hiding from behind a pillar. Rainbow Dash flew up into the stallion’s face “how are you here? Are you a spy?” “What? I was gathered here with me fellows, then there was a bright light and I found myself as this horse. I could ask the same for ye” Celestia stated “we’re from another world and this is our natural form, as for you I believe you were too close to the event. I apologize for changing your body” other ponies steped out from the woods and from behind pillars “why are all of you here? I see no local civilization” “Me and me fellows are of a dying religion. We were gathered here at Stonehenge because the ancient texts state that tonight the goddess of the stars and magic would appear, I presume that its one of ye?” The white alicorn sighed “Humans always assume that we’re gods, and we’re not. But where are my manners, I am Celestia, also referred to by the Egyptians as Ra and according to my sister, the Greco-Roman Apollo. Back home I move the sun” She pointed her hoof at the dark blue alicorn “this is my sister Luna and in our world she raises the moon. And this is Twilight the one of which I believe the ancient texts of yours refer to.” She pointed at the ‘small’ purple alicorn. “Now could you take us to civilization?” “We can, but I'm sure you can understand why I’d prefer to take you through the forests” “That is fine with us. Lead the way” he nods and walked into the nearby forest walking somewhat clumsily given that he’s only been a pony for a few minutes. A breeze pushed its way through the woods startling Rainbow Dash “what was that, a ghost?” A brown earth pony with a red mane and wearing an eye patch said “neigh laddy, that was just the wind. It’s all over the place, we are towards the top of a hill” his cutie mark was a strange book with an explosive buried in the center “The wind, you mean the stuff that’s in the Everfree? How do stop it from messing with the clouds?” “I don’t know about no ever-free but ye say that like we control the weather.” “Don’t you?” “How can we, it’s not like its solid” a lime pegasus butted in. “name’s Tim” “Actually pegasi can manipulate the weather and there are walk on cloud spells unicorns can perform” Twilight answered matter-of-factly. “Did you just say spells laddy, as in magic?” “Yes she did, back home in Equestria magic is a fundamental part of life and often taken for granted. I believe that Twilight’s spell may have given you similar abilities” Celestia explained “perhaps she could teach you sometime” Soon they reach the edge of the forest where the group could see a small village with ponies walking about. Suddenly air raid sirens started blaring. “I would appear that it reached a nearby town” Luna stated “Neigh, this town doesn't poses such fancy machinery, that’s coming from the next town over” the green unicorn pointed out. The fact that the town also has ponies eases the druids fears and the group starts walking towards the town Celestia looked back to the town they are approaching and raised an eyebrow when she saw a familiar muffin loving pegasus but said nothing. As they walk through the town they passed an elderly stallion that had managed to figure out how to use telekinetics and had simply turned the ability to lifting a cup of tea to his lips as he read the evening paper like the world hadn't changed a bit. When Luna saw an open area the half jumped, half flew onto a fountain statue and shouted using the royal Canterlot voice “WE ARE DIGNITARIES FROM ANOTHER WORLD AND WOULD WISH TO SPEAK TO YOUR WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL LEADERS” A colt in black and white checkered clothes and wearing a funny hat and a combat baton for a cutie mark said “you yell that you’re an alien and then request to be taken to our leaders to disuse a crisis that you likely made, I think rule #1 with dealing with hostile aliens ‘don’t let them near your leaders or they’ll watt them or something’” “I believe my sister means to inform your governments that it was an accident and that we come in peace” Pinkie groaned “stop being so cliche” “An accident, huh? So you turn everyone in Great Briton and for all I know, the whole world, into ponies?” constable questions threateningly “I am afraid so” Twilight apologizes “Sorry” “Could thou contact thou’s leader to inform them?” Luna asks “Could you stop talking like a medieval queen” the constable retorts “We are a princess and we have been away from society for a thousand years. Will thou send a message?” Luna not-so-kindly informs “Fine I’ll inform London” he nodded to another pony who was sitting in a white car with lights on top; the pony fumbled with a black plastic cube on a curly chord. Celestia thanked the officer who just rolled his eyes; and walked up to the mailmare Ditzy Hooves, as the grey pegasus walked down the street reading the addresses “miss, am I interrupting anything?” “Oh, hi princess, no I not busy. But I fink I lost, I in Ponyville then I here, lost. I hope my muffins alright.” She added the last sentence with a frown. “I'm sure your daughters are fine. Sparkler’s nearly all grown up, she can take care of dinky for a while” reassured Celestia. Ditzy merely nodded. Meanwhile Luna was having a similar conversation. “Uh, Princess Luna. Where are we?” a mint green unicorn with a lyre cutie mark asked “We are in the nation of Great Briton if thou must know” “Great Briton, you mean the one on Homo with the humans?” the mint green unicorn squeed at the mention of her obsession’s existence “The planet is called Earth but yes, the planet with the humans.” “So where are they? The humans I mean.” “they’re all around us, look for somepony you don’t know and they were likely a human” “really” “I'm afraid so” Luna watched as Lyra got up and walked over to somepony to in all likelyhood ask them about humans. Before the lyricist could make a fool of herself the princess walked over to where Rainbow Dash was giving flight lessens to the pegasi portion of the population with varying levels of success; where she decided to wait for her sister to finish talking to Equestria’s most well-known, and clumsiest, mailmare. In the meantime she decided to listen in on Dash’s conversations. “My tortoise can fly better then you” the chromatic mare wearing a, Luna had no idea where she got it; coach’s wisle yelled at a grounded colt “Turtles don’t fly, bird brain” he retorted “They do when you give them enchanted helicopter hats, now give me thirty laps” she gestured at some pegisi flying around the plaza. The colt started trotting about. Rainbow facehooved and turned to another pegasus. “Sister” Luna turned to see her white coated sister approaching and opened her mouth to speak “It is worse than I expected” both princesses stated simultaneously. Rarity walked up “every time something new happens you two mares have been reacting worse and worse, soon you might rival me in dramatic effect” she warned. “The spell doesn't just bring us to this world it merges the two dimensions in the affected area. The size of the area is a Tetration of the mana used to make it” Celestia explained. “Think of it in tiers the first is Stonehenge then the space around it, after that is the town and beyond that, the world.” Her sister finished. Rarity fell back onto a Prench sofa “this is THE WORST POSSIBAL THING!” she cried Luna leaned towards Celestia “I hope that we’re not that bad” “What will I do? How can I live without my buteic?” Rarity got up and grabbed Celestia’s face “my sister!” before falling back onto the sofa in a shower of tears. “Sweetie Bell is most likely fine, it’s just a matter of finding her” the white alicorn attempted to comfort the dramatic mare. The constable gallops up to the princesses “royal guards will be escorting you to the crown”