Ponies and the Alpha Team

by Optimistic Pessimist


Back to Twilight...

"So this is Haven."

Twilight Sparkle was wandering around the bright sunny place. The floor was stone, and there were many 'knights' like Troy roaming the area. They were everywhere. There was an auction house and a variety of merchants scattered throughout the place.

"Impressive, eh?" Twilight looked at Troy. "Impressive indeed! You built this?" Troy rubbed his neck. "It wasn't just me. Plenty of knights contributed to this." He spread his arms in front of him. "This is Haven. It was built over an abandoned mine shaft that we stumbled upon after our ship crashed." Twilight looked at Troy. "Ship?" Troy looked at Twilight. "We knights aren't from around here. We aren't from this planet entirely! Our great Star ship, The SkyLark, took some major damage while in space, and crashed here. We called this place Cradle." Twilight looked in wonder. Troy continued. "We stumbled on this place after the ship crashed. We set up camp, and this happened. We've been trying to fix the SkyLark for some time now." Twilight wondered. "Does it really take that long?" Troy laughed. "Oh you have NO idea."

Twilight looked around. "What about where we just were?" Troy looked back at the entrance at the side of the mountain. "That's what we called 'The Arcade.'" Twilight looked at Troy. "Why the arcade?" Troy shrugged. "I think it's probably because of the large diversity of monsters that lived in there." Troy looked at Twilight. "Not that I'm calling you a monster. You're actually more friendly than a lot of creatures I've met." Twilight giggled. "I wasn't even thinking about it that way. If you hadn't mentioned it though, I probably would still be calling you 'creature.'" Troy laughed. "I guess we're even then."

Twilight was still curious about the Arcade. "Just how diverse are the monsters down there?" Troy pulled off his bag. "Enough to need a hugely diverse arsenal to counter their abilities." Troy opened his bag to reveal a huge amount of equipment. "Wow. That's a large diversity."

Troy put his bag back on. "Yeah. It's actually kind of tedious. It's so difficult to sort through all this." Twilight giggled. "Wait. How am I going to get back down home?" Troy stopped. "The only way I can think of is by going back to that exact same level that you came from." Twilight smiled. "That shouldn't be that hard." Troy shook his head. "No, you don't understand. There are monsters, actual monsters, between here and your floor." Twilight blinked in surprise. "Great. I know that it's possible, but at the same time, it's next to impossible."

Troy took off his bag. "Maybe not..." Troy shuffled through his bag. "It's gotta be in here somewhere... Ah! There it is!" Troy pulled out a small sword. It was curved sword. It had a small mechanical circle at the back of its blade. Twilight looked at Troy. "It's a curved sword." Troy smiled. "This is my Spur. It's a nice blade." Twilight stared skeptically. "A Curved. Sword. How am I supposed to use it anyway?" Twilight took it from Troy and held it in her hoof. She swung it awkwardly. "Uhm... Twilight, right? I think you're gonna need a little practice at the training hall."

Twilight smiled. "You knights have a training hall?" Twilight trotted happily with Troy. They completely ignored the strange stares from the other knights.