//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Silhouettes from the west // Story: The Clockwork Sword: The invasion of Equestria // by Clockwork94 //------------------------------// Equestria, is a land full of might and magic. It was created by three races which were shattered by an age of darkness, ice and snow. They’re known as the earth ponies, the pegasi and the unicorns. Both share the land with other races like, the donkeys, the zebras from the savannah, the buffalos from the “mild west”, the Saddle Arabian Horses, the Griffon kingdom, the Minotaur tribe and the dragons. They called this world: “Equus”. But something was coming from the west, and one little earth pony could feel their coming. -“Oooooh nnnnoooooo, hheeeeerrrrreeeee wwweeeeee ggooooooo aaaaagggggaaaaaiiiiiinnnn” Pinkie Pie was very known not only for her ability to make ponies happy or hang around with all her friends. She had a special sense called “The pinkie Sense”. With it, she can predict what is going to happen right now or in the future. Today, her body is shaking badly and nopony can stop her. All the ponies from Ponyville didn’t know what it means. But her friends knew that something big is going to happen soon. They decided to reunite inside Twilight’s Crystal tree-castle to obtain some clues from her pink friend. -“Calm down sugarcube. Tell me what’s going on?” Applejack said to her shaky pink friend. She calmed down for a second “Something doozy is going to happen” -“We know about it, darling. Just try to be a little bit specific.” Rarity replied -“I can feel something. It’s coming from...” Pinkie’s shivers resumed -“Where!?” Rainbow Dash couldn’t resist the stress for long. -“W…W…Western-coast-of-Equestria-close-to-White-tail-woods-and-the-Smokey-mountain.” She revealed the location very quickly while trembling. -“You heard her! Let’s move up!” -“Wait! You forget something” Twilight Sparkle interrupted. “We must prepare a plan before rushing without one.“ -“No time! Let’s go now!” -“Remember the dragon incident…?” She drew a small grin in her face. A quick flashback changed her emotional state quickly. “Yeah... point taken.” -“Then, prepare your saddles for a trip; take food, tools… and maybe my new book of strange and mythical creatures. I’ve been waiting to use it in a special location, and today it’s the day. Besides, we must know what we going to face.” -“Sounds like a good plan for me, but without the Elements of Harmony?” said Rarity in a worried tone. -“Yes, we know that we left them in the Tree of Harmony. And we have to use the rainbow power only in dire emergencies, so we have to figure out something.” -“Alright then, darling.” -“We’re going to depart in three hours… And no, there won’t be dragons there.” The small princess directed to her shy friend, who was hiding behind her friends. -“What a relief” said Fluttershy quietly as always while she was returning to her position, next to Applejack. A small silhouette appeared in the edge, between the great doors of the hall of friendship. Somepony heard the conversation, or in this case, some dragon. -“Can I go Twilight?” Spike said eagerly because he didn’t want to miss another adventure. -“I don’t know Spike. It seems to be a dangerous task…” -“Please.” -“But we don’t know …” -“Please, I can help.” -“But…” -“Please Twilight; I want to go with you.” He supplicated to her. -“Alright Spike, let’s move out!” And so the group prepared their saddles for their journey. And before leaving the castle… POOF! -“Oh, another great adventure. I hope there is another space for one more” Discord, the spirit of chaos appeared with a Daring Do outfit a backpack and a whip while floating above the ground. -“Discord… I know that you can be helpful sometimes but…” -“…But sometimes dear, you can’t control your enthusiasm.” Rarity supplemented Twilight’s ideas. -“Oh…” Discord instantly vanish the outfit with the items. “And I thought that you accepted my apology …” He stopped floating and sat down “I thought that you were my friends, after all.” -“Oh, don’t be sad Discord” Fluttershy approached swiftly to him. “You helped us all in rough times. And without you, we could not discover the final key and defeated Tirek with the rainbow power” Her hug can melt the coldest heart and Discord did that same. -“Oh Fluttershy… Don’t make me blush” He blushed and his entire boy turned red. Then he restored his colors and stood up from the dirt “I have to warn you about this. Your dear princess Celestia had a terrible nightmare yesterday, and she can’t deal with this situation, ´professionally´.” -“And what do we have to do?” Asked Applejack. -“I suppose it’s up to you to investigate. I will try to calm her, and her sister Tuna” -“It’s Luna, Discord.” Twilight corrected his little mistake. -“Alright… Luna, with capital ‘L’” He appeared for a few seconds a floating letter ‘L’, dancing Can-Can with a Top hat and a Black Cane. “Well farewell, my friends. My planet needs me.” He appeared a superhero costume and the objects that the mane six and Spike needed for the mission. “Up, up and away!” Then, he soar the skies leaving a trail of sparkles. -“I´ll never understand him…” Said Applejack. After leaving Ponyville, the group passed through White Tail woods. Fluttershy’s ability to communicate with the animals helped the mane six plus Spike to follow the right path. During the entire journey, Pinkie’s shivers were getting worse every second. And after a day of following the trail, they arrived to the bay in the morning, a strange and dense mist was covering the beach. Then after a few seconds, Pinkie Pie’s body stopped shaking. -“Strange. Did you saw something through the mist, Pinkie?” The purple alicorn asked her. -“No. That’s very strange, my Pinkie sense never fails…” something interrupted her. Strange sounds could’ve been heard in the distance. An odd silhouette was emerging from the fog. It has the shape of a strange ship, and there were three approaching to the shore. Also, three flying contraptions that appeared from nowhere scarred the six ponies and the little dragon. They took cover in the forest, and they watched the flying machines scouting the area. -“Spike, pass me the quill and my notebook. I must write it down in my journal!”