//------------------------------// // Diggy // Story: Digging a Hole // by Night Music //------------------------------// "Can you narrow it down to the location in the mountain?" Celestia asked Twilight as she watched her float in mid-air along with her friends. "It may take a day or two, but if we are given that much time we should be able to tell what it is, but whatever it is, it's heading this way." Twilight stated whilst looking at Celestia. "Also, whatever it is, it's basically just hollowing out the mountain, I can feel it, earth just shifting out of the way for it." Applejack said looking towards the wall past the throne room doors. "Is there anything else?" Celestia asked with a look of worry on her face. "It feels like a beat! Like music! But I can barely hear it..." Pinkie said as she wiggled in place at the unheard beat. At this, Celestia raised an eyebrow, the thing that was making it's way towards her castle, also destroying it, was making music? This was weird indeed, but these answers were better than none. "Okay, when whatever it is gets here, we need to be prepared, Spike send a message to Shining Armor and Cadance, we are going to need some help with this." "Okay, can I get some parchment than so I can send said message?" Spike asked as he looked up at Celestia. "Sure Spike, here you are." Celestia said as she conjured up a piece of paper and a quill. Dear Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, We need your help over here at Canterlot, if you could come with a few units of guards that would be most appreciated, all will be explained when you get here. -Princess Celestia "There that should do it." Spike said after he spat fire at the scroll in his hand. "Thank you Spike, all of you, in about a few days and with some hard work, we should be able to figure out what is going on in this city and what will happen to it." Twilight said. Luna "Night Wing, Iron Wing, you two take a message to the surrounding cities in the area and tell the leaders that they need to up the guard count. And tell them that if they cannot raise the number of guards, we will deliver our own to them, understood?" Luna said looking between the two brothers. "Yes Ma'am." They both said in unison. "Good, now move!" Luna yelled. At that the two Pegasi took to the air and began making their way to the other cities. "And time for us to get back to looking up whatever might cause this in our library." "Twilight, has anything changed since a couple hours ago?" Celestia asked with a worried tone to her voice. Rumble Rumble Rumble "Whatever it is, it either should be within a couple hours or another day, it's hard to estimate. And the beat that Pinkie had heard was confirmed, there is definitely a pattern to the vibrations, what if we were to dig towards it, maybe lessen the impact to Canterlot when it arrives..?" Twilight suggested. "That seems like a good idea, but we need to proceed with caution take a couple of guard units with you, okay?" Celestia looked at Twilight with pleading eyes. "Don't worry Princess, everything will be okay, we'll take the guards with us and we'll be watching and listening for anything weird." 400 Feet into the Wall towards Unknown Menace "Everypony wait! Stop!" Twilight shouted. Everypony stopped whatever they were doing and listened. "Does anypony else hear that?!" Twilight asked. At that moment all of the guards took position, forming a barrier between the source of the noise and the civilians. "Is that... Singing?" Rainbow Dash asked as her ears turned to the wall ahead of them. "Well, whatever it is, we should keep digging. We have to put as much distance between what ever it is and the castle." Shining said, he then nodded over towards the workers, who then continued to dig towards the singing. "So, what does everpony think we'll find when we do find out what is causing the castle to fall apart?" Rarity asked as she was trying her best to avoid any falling dirt or debris. "Whatever it is, it's making it's way towards us pretty fast, I can almost make out what it's singing." One of the workers said as he continued to swing his pickaxe into the stone wall ahead of him with his magic. At this time the beat was ever present, so much in fact, that even the ponies who were mining were following it. Rumble Rumble Rumble "Everypony get back!" Shining ordered. The quake had made the wall between what was a group of ponies and a group of Dwarves come tumbling down. Shining made a bubble shield around everypony to save them from falling debris. What Twilight saw before the rubble had encased the in Shining Armor's shield made her freeze in place and faint. The discovery of a new species, especially one that could survive in the earth, now that was something that nopony could find in anything about anywhere. As the last of the rubble was removed from atop the shield, and Twilight woke up but wouldn't tell anypony about what she saw, Shining Armor dispelled it and turned around. "Is everypony okay?" Shining asked as he looked around. As soon as he knew everything was fine the silence pierced his mind. As he looked toward where the wall had been, what he saw made his gut drop. What they thought was one giant creature turned out to be hundreds maybe even thousands of tiny looking minotaurs, all of them armed with various tools and armors that more advanced than their own. "Twilight, go and tell Celestia what we found, we'll see if we can buy you some time." Shining said as he kept his gaze locked on to the army of creatures. "I'm not going any-" "No time to argue, GO!" Shining yelled. Twilight was shocked at her brothers out burst but she listened to him and took the rest of the Elements with her to report to Celestia. As Twilight disappeared from sight Shining turned around and faced the army, and he began trotting towards them. "Which one of you is the leader?!" Shining yelled out. At the question one of them stepped out from the crowd and walked towards Shining. He was silent. The creature was short like the rest of them but he had orange hair and beard. Shining charged his horn and pointed it at the creature an said. "You are under arrest for the destruction of Canterlot City, come peacefully or I will have to use force!" The tiny minotaur looked at Shining with amusement and he began the chant again. Brothers of the mine rejoice! Swing, swing, swing with me Raise your pick and raise your voice! Sing, sing, sing with me Down and down into the deep Who knows what we'll find beneath? Diamonds, rubies, gold and more Hidden in the mountain store Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me! (During that time, all the Dwarves began to march towards the group of guards and Shining Armor) I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole The sunlight will not reach this low Deep, deep in the mine Never seen the blue moon glow Dwarves won't fly so high Fill a glass and down some mead! Stuff your bellies at the feast! Stumble home and fall asleep Dreaming in our mountain keep Born underground, grown inside a rocky womb The earth is our cradle; the mountain shall become our tomb Face us on the battlefield; you will meet your doom We do not fear what lies beneath We can never dig too deep ( The Dwarves began to push the ponies back with little resistance) I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home Skin made of iron, steel in our bones To dig and dig makes us free Come on brothers sing with me! (The guards and Shining Armor were pushed all the way back to the throne room) I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, digging a hole The Dwarves began to throw rope out the broken windows as a number of them surrounded the group of ponies. The rest began to climb down and use their equipment to make it easier for the rest of the Dwarves. All the while the one with the orange hair and beard was still chanting out, leading the others with the song. The leader looked over to Shining and his soldiers and smiled as the last of the Dwarves had jumped out the window and were climbing down the rope.