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// Week 1 
// Story: Survivor: Equestria 
// by Speedy McSpeed 
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	Eighteen ponies from all around Equestria have been gathered and dropped here, on a remote island in the middle of nowhere. They come from all sorts of lifestyles, but will all share the same lifestyle for the next seventeen weeks as they battle it out for 500,000 bits!




 Fluttershy is an animal caretaker and has been for many years. Although she's technically unemployed, she has her animals steal bits for her to pay for her house with. A little shy, she's going to have to be a little more assertive if she wants to make it far in this game.

Gilda is one of the only two non-ponies in this competition. She's brash, arrogant, but loves a good prank. Gilda has a little bit of a temper, so she might need to keep it under control if she's going to make any friends.

 The other non-pony competing, Zecora. She's traveled all around Equestria, gaining knowledge on many things. She has a wide range of skills including healing. This could make her very valuable to her tribe.

 Trixie is a traveling showmare with a loud mouth. She thinks very highly of herself, but thinks little of others. As a showmare, she's adapt in theatrics. But how much will this help her in this competition?

 Here’s Spitfire, captain of the famous ariel team, the Wonderbolts. As a member, she’s extremely fit and a quick tinker. However, is it possible that her fame could put a target on her back?

 Shining Armor is the captain of the Royal Guard, as well as the prince of the Crystal Empire. He has obtained quite the athletic ability due to his years of guard training. He is also very skilled in magic, but keep in mind that all magic will be disabled during the duration of this competition.

 Maud Pie is from a family rock farmer’s and is proud of it. She’s made working with  rocks her entire lifestyle. Maud studied geology and has been for many years. Although not the most expressive pony, years of working with heavy boulders has given her surprising strength.

 Cheese Sandwich is one of Equestria’s most prominent party planners. He has been responsible for some of the wildest parties ever! Cheese is a bit random, but has no trouble making friends, a valuable skill in this game.

 Trenderhoof is a travel writer turned farmer. He loves every minute of his new job, but is not very athletic. He is, however, quite the romantic and is not afraid to use his good looks to his advantage.

 Breaburn is an apple farmer and a founder of the city of Apploosa. Years of hard work have given him discipline and unbreakable will. Breaburn likes to have fun, but will will always do what other ponies tell him to.

 Derpy Hooves is a single mom to her daughter, Dinky. They live a simple life in the small of town of Ponyville, where Derpy works as a mailmare. Derpy said her favorite activities included eating muffins and blowing bubbles.

 Octavia is a prestigious musician who plays all over Equestria. She’s a cellist and an earth pony one. This means she has had to work extra hard to learn how to play the instrument with only her hooves.

 Caramel is a pony who leads a simple life day to day. He’s typically very friendly, but a little bit of a klutz. In fact, he has been fired more jobs than there have been seasons of Survivor.

 Cloudchaser is an intense flier who dreams of becoming a Wonderbolt. In the meantime, she works on a weather team with her sister. Cloudchaser can be brash at times, but has always been a loyal mare.

 Thunderlane is a fun-loving stallion who lives with his little brother, Rumble. He takes care of Rumble while at the same time training to be a great flier. He also competed on the winning Ponyville team for the last Equestria Games.

 Noteworthy is a friendly music writer and guitarist. He has many passions, but music has always been his favorite. Noteworthy has a high intellect and a fairly decent strategist, making him a possible key player in this game.

 Flash Sentry is a member of the Royal Guard, but only recently joined their ranks. He has had to go through a lot of tough training, but still is not one of our most athletic competitors here.

 Blueblood is a prince, making him a member of the royal family. He lives in Canterlot, where he lives an expensive and fancy lifestyle. He’s the object of many mares’ eyes, but has always remained a bachelor.





These ponies will be divided into two teams. Each week these teams will compete in two challenges, one for a reward and one for immunity. The tribe who looses the immunity challenge will have to visit tribal council, where they will have to vote out one of their own. This will continue for fifteen weeks until there are only two competitors left. On the final week of survivor, all of the previously eliminated competitors will vote to determine the winner. Our survivors are ready to begin, so welcome to Survivor!





Day 1	

The eighteen competitors entered a large clearing in the forest they were in. One by one, they made their way to the center of the clearing, where s green pony with a black mane was waiting for them. His cutie mark was a torch and he spoke in a raspy voice.

“Hello, survivors. My name is Tribal Flame and I’ll be your host for the next seventeen weeks. Today is a very special day. Today is the day you meet your new teammates!” 

Tribal gestures behind him to a table with eighteen envelopes placed on top of it.

“Each of you will come up and choose an envelope. Inside will be a small slip of paper. If it is red, move over to the left. If it is blue, move to the right. Also, in two of the envelopes there will be a yellow slip of paper. The two ponies that receive these yellow papers will be competing for their tribes in the first reward competition of the game. So, let’s begin.”





One by one, each of the competitors made their way up to the table behind Tribal flame and chose an envelope. This continued until every pony, zebra, or griffon had received their envelope. 

“All right, survivors.” Tribal exclaimed. “Let’s open these bad boys up and find out who your new teams are!”

The competitors did just that as the ripped open their envelopes and shook the tiny pieces of paper into their hands. This happened for everyone except for Gilda and Blueblood, who received the two bonus yellow slips of paper.

“Okay. Everyone have their papers? Good. Looks like for the red team we have Zecora, Spitfire, Cheese Sandwich, Trenderhoof, Derpy, Octavia, Thunderlane,  Noteworthy, and Gilda, who will be competing. And that means for the blue team we have Fluttershy, Shining Armor, Breaburn, Caramel, Cloudchaser, Flash, Blueblood, Maud, and Trixie. Blueblood will be competing for the blue team.”

Hearing Tribal’s words, each of the competitors made their way to the right or left, depending on their teams. However, Gilda and Blueblood stepped forward instead.

“All right. Gilda, Blueblood. You two have the honor of trying to win the first reward competition of the game. Excited?”

“Definitely.” Blueblood replied.

“I’m excited to win.” Gilda said coldly.

“Okay. You two are obviously ready.” Tribal stated as he made his way behind the table, which also had a large object on it that was covered by a sheet. “Here is what you are playing for.” Tribal yanked the sheet off, revealing a large basket with flint, herbs, and a small piece of paper. “As you can see, the winning tribe will get a flint and a couple of herbs, good for healing. However, the small slip of paper is a clue. A clue to the location of the immunity idol. The winner of this competition can choose to either keep the clue or give it to the loser. But if you keep the clue, you lose the flint and herbs. Now...” Tribal now turned everyone’s attention to a large obstacle course behind him. “This is our first challenge, so we’ll keep it simple. The survivors from each tribe will have to complete this course. The one who finishes first will be the winner.”

Gilda and Blueblood both walked up to the starting line and waited to begin.

“Survivors ready? Go!”

With Tribal’s words, both competitors were off. Gilda sprinted quickly to the first obstacle, a rope maze. She immediately dived into it, then started to maneuver her way through. Blueblood, on the other hand, was taking a much slower approach. He tentatively stepped into the first rope, as if he was afraid of it. By the time the stallion was halfway through, Gilda was already done.

“Gilda done with the first obstacle, on to the second!”

This time, the obstacle was a large wall with a rope hanging out of it. Gilda spread her wings and was about to take flight, but Tribal stopped her.

“Sorry, Gilda. You can’t use wings for this one.”

Gilda growled, but started climbing up the wall anyway. It was then that Blueblood finally exited the rope maze and began the second obstacle.

“Both survivors on the wall climb. This is turning into a very tight race!”

As he said this, Gilda reached the top. Waiting for her there were two bags of rings, one red and one blue. She looked down and saw two pegs with same colors.

“To finish, Gilda has to throw a ring so it lands on her peg. Be careful, cause if you miss and ring the other team’s peg, it’s a point for them.” 

While Gilda had been listening to Tribal’s explanation, Blueblood had reached the top and had already thrown his first ring. The throw wasn’t hard enough and fell short of the peg. Now it was Gilda’s turn and she tossed her first ring up into the air. Her throw was too hard, so zipped past her team’s peg. Both Gilda and Blueblood continued to throw their rings near their pegs, until Gilda finally hooked it.

“That’s it. Gilda wins!” 

The red team cheered as Gilda flew down the wall and was lifted onto the shoulder’s of their teammates. The blue team just groaned as they watched Blueblood slowly climb back down.

“All right Gilda. Congrats on your first win. So, what will you have? Flint and herbs or the clue.”

Gilda thought about this for a second before answering proudly.

“It’s the first day. We need flint and herbs a lot more than some stupid clue.”

“Okay.” Tribal said, handing Gilda the basket. Then, he handed Blueblood the tiny slip of paper. “That means this sis for you.”

“Both teams head back to your campsites and get going on a shelter. You’re gonna need it if you’re going to survive here. You’re also going to need a good night’s sleep. Tomorrow is the first immunity challenge and the losing tribe will be sending someone home. Good luck, survivors.”





Red Tribe - Day 1


Trenderhoof, Derpy, Octavia, Thunderlane, and Gilda

All nine members of the red tribe reached their campsite cheering and congratulating Gilda. Immediately, they split off into tiny groups to get started on their work. Spitfire and Noteworthy began chopping pulling branches off trees to use for their shelter. Octavia and Cheese began using the flint to start a small fire. Trenderhoof, Derpy and Zecora were busy laying out all of the herbs that were in their basket. However, while all of this was going on, Thunderlane had pulled Gilda aside and the two were talking whispering each other.

“Nice win, Gilda.” Thunderlane spoke. “Lucky for you the tribe won’t vote off a strong competitor early on.”

“Thanks...Did you need me for something?”

“Actually, I think you need me.”

“What!?”

“You heard me. You’re a good competitor and all, but you’re not the only one.” As Thunderlane said this, her turned his head in the direction of Spitfire, who was quickly and easily yanking off branches.

“What’s your point?”

“You are not the friendliest of creatures. We’ve been here less than a day and I can already tell you’ve got bit of a temper.”

“You got me there.”

“Exactly. Now, hear me out. I can get you further in this competition. If you do something reckless and the tribe wants to give you the boot, I’ll convince them to keep you.”

“And why should I trust you.”

“Do you see anyone else giving you this offer?”

“Good point. All right, Thunderlane. You’ve got yourself a deal.”





Blue Tribe - Day 1

Shining Armor, Breaburn Cloudchaser, Blueblood

Unlike the red tribe, the members of the blue tribe slowly trudged back to their campsite. Blueblood stayed to the back, away from every pony else. Once they arrived, Shining Armor cleared his throat to get every pony’s attention. They all looked at him, curious about what he was going to say.

“Okay, everyone.” he began. “So we didn’t win the first challenge. Big deal. It’s immunity that counts anyways.” Hearing his words, the blue tribe gave a few nods and started to perk up. “The first thing we should do now is start on a shelter. Let’s divide up the work to make it easier. Fluttershy, Caramel, and Maud can go collect branches or anything else that we can use. Flash, you and Trixie can get started on trying to make a fire. Everyone else, come with me to see if we can find some food.” Every pony left to de their assigned job, including Breaburn, Cloudchaser, and Blueblood, who followed Shining into the woods. After a while, the unicorn stopped and turned towards his tribe members.

“Okay, guys. There is a reason I brought you here.”

“Uh...Wasn’t it to collect food?” Breaburn asked.

“Well, yes. But I also needed to talk to you alone.”

“You want an alliance, don’t you?” Cloudchaser interjected.

“Exactly. If I were you, I would take it. Especially you, Blueblood. Loosing the first challenge for us won’t help your image much.”

“You’re right about that.” Blueblood admitted. “I guess I’ll join you.”

“Sound pretty good to me.” Breaburn agreed. “Count me in.” All three stallions looked at Cloudchaser expectantly.

“I could be in a worse group. All right, let’s do this.”





Day 2

Once again, the eighteen competitors entered the large clearing with Tribal waiting for them. Only this time, they came in different directions with their respective tribes. Once everyone had arrived, Tribal spoke up to address them.

“Good morning, survivors. Sleep well?”

The competitors let out a collective moan. They had a rough night’s sleep due to the fact most of them had slept one the ground. 

“I’ll take that as a no. Anyways, as you all know, you are about to compete in your first immunity challenge. That means the winning tribe heads back to the camp with every player safe, but the loosing tribe is going to the first ever tribal council. So, ready to play!”

The survivors let out a collective cheer as Tribal directed their attention to a series of six large poles, three red and three blue.

“Here’s how the challenge works. Each tribe will have their members stand one on top of the other until they reach the top of the first pole. At the top, you will find a key ring holding multiple keys. At the bottom of the pole there is a lock. Use one of the keys to unlock the lock. Do the same for other two poles. The tribe who unlocks all three of their locks first wins the challenge and immunity.” Tribal glanced over at the survivors to make sure they were at the start. “Survivors ready? Go!”

Immediately after Tribal had said “go” the two tribes bolted towards their individual poles. For the red tribe, Spitfire, Thunderlane, and Gilda reached the their poles. They immediately started working on how to reach the top.

“Gilda’s the sturdiest,” Spitfire stated, “so she should be on the bottom.” Agreeing that this was the best solution, Gilda got into position next to the pole. “Thunderlane, you should be in the middle. And I should be on top.” Thunderlane did as he was told and hopped atop of Gilda. He then grunted as Spitfire flew into the air and landed on top of him. Quickly, Spitfire stretched her foreleg to the top of the pole, feeling around for the key. Finally, her hoof came in contact with it and she grasped it firmly. Spitfire speedily jumped down from Thunderlane’s back as she continued to hold the key.

“Red Tribe has got their first key!” Tribal announced.

As this was going on, the rest of the red tribe had continued on to the other two poles. However, the Blue tribe was still figuring out how to go about the challenge.

“Here’s what we should do.” Shining Armor said. “We should go one at a time to make it easier.”

“That won’t work.” Caramel argued. “We have to go speed, not difficulty. The other tribe has already got their first...”

“The Red Tribe had got their second key. The Blue Tribe needs to hurry up if they want to stay in this game!” The members of the blue tribe looked over to see that the red tribe had indeed, claimed their second key. This time, it was Trenderhoof, Octavia, and Cheese Sandwich that had worked together to reach the top of the pole. They also noticed Zecora, Derpy, and Noteworthy beginning to climb their final pole.

“Come on, ponies!” Caramel directed. “I don’t care how we do it. Let’s just get it done!” With that, Caramel jumped on top of Breaburn and motioned for Cloudchaser to do the same. Climbing up the bodies of both stallions, Cloudchaser stopped atop of Caramel’s back and reached for the top of the pole. Finding the key, she grabbed it and jumped back down.”

“Blue Tribe now has their first key. They still have a quite a bit of catching up to do, though.”

After Tribal mad this announcement, Maud was began climbing onto Flash’s back to get the second key. However, before she could fully get atop him, Tribal called out once more.

“That’s it! Red Tribe has claimed their third and final key, winning immunity!”

Shining Armor looked over at the opposing tribe, realizing that rival was right. Zecora was back on the ground, holding her tribe’s final key. 

“That means the Blue Tribe is heading to tribal council tonight, where they’ll be voting out the first survivor of the game. Both tribes, head back to camp. Blue, I’ll see you tonight. Red, I’ll see you at the next reward challenge.”

As both teams began walking back to their campsites, Shining Armor could not help but notice Caramel constantly glaring at him.





Blue Tribe - Day 2

After the tribe had gotten back to their campsite, they once again split off into tiny groups. Shining Armor, Breaburn, Cloudchaser, and Blueblood went one way. Caramel then led Maud and Trixie in a different direction.  Meanwhile, Flash stayed behind to talk with Fluttershy.

“Look.” Shining Armor began, talking to his alliance. “Today was not a good day for us. And you who’s to blame? Caramel.”

“Yeah, sure.” Cloudchaser said sarcastically. “You just want him out because he’s competition for you in being team leader.”

“Still. If he hadn’t argued with me today, we could have won that challenge.”

“He’s got a point.” Breaburn interjected. “If we were to vote for anyone, I say it would be him.”

“Agreed.” Blueblood added. “He’s the one that if he went, it would get the least blood on our hooves.”

“I guess you’re right.” Cloudchaser relented. “Okay. Four voted for Caramel, then.”

Meanwhile, Caramel had led Maud and Trixie to a beach nearby. It was there that they were discussing the day’s events.

“You agree that it was totally his fault, right?” Caramel asked.

“Well, yes.” Trixie agreed. “He held us back from winning.”

“True.” Maud added.

“So,” Caramel hissed. “How about we make him the first one out.”

“He has tired to be the boss since day one. Trixie agrees.”

“Okay.” Maud agreed once again.

Back at the campsite, Fluttershy and Flash Sentry were in the middle of a conversation.

“So, Fluttershy,” Flash began, “Liking it here so far?”

“Oh, I don’t know. It certainly is exciting.”

“Ain’t that the truth. So much has happened already. It’s a shame one of our tribe members has to go tonight.”

“Yes. I’ve gotten to know all of them so well.”

“Ya. It would be an even bigger shame if it were to be you.” At this, Fluttershy let out a small squeak.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that you could be easily going home. You’re clearly the weakest link and that’s who they always go for first.”

“Really?”

“Yep, but I think I can make sure that you’re safe for a while.”

“How?”

“Stick with me. Vote as I do every tribal council, do what I say when I say it, and don’t even think about voting me off. If you do all this, I’ll take you far. Maybe into the final three.”

“Really? Okay then. But who are we voting for tonight.”

“Did you see how Shining and Caramel left with the others. The two have been at each other’s throats all day, so no doubt they’ve been convincing the rest of the tribe to vote for each other. That means we’re definitely safe, so with this vote, we should just add a little drama. Vote for the unexpected player, you know?”

“Okay?”

“So I think we should vote for Cloudchaser. She won’t go home, but hopefully she’ll get just paranoid enough to do something crazy. Something that will get her voted off next time. Understand?”

“I think I do. So we’re voting for Cloudchaser tonight?”

“Exactly.”





Tribal Council #1 - Blue Tribe (9 Survivors)

As the Blue Tribe entered tribal council, every pony remained silent. For a large part of the day after the challenge, an awkward silence fell over them when they were all time. However, as they all began to take their seat, Tribal finally spoke up.

“So, Blue Team. You’ve been through a lot so far. Flash, what does losing the first two challenges, including the immunity challenge, do to the tribe’s moral?”

“Well, Tribal. I’d be lying if I said we felt very good. At lest the reward challenge was close, but there’s no excuse for what happened earlier today.”

“So, are you blaming Blueblood for losing the first challenge?” Blueblood’s ears perked up at Tribal’s question.

“Not at all. Gilda is a griffon and it was a close game, like I said. On the other hand, there was a clear pony to blame for what happened at the immunity challenge.” After that, Tribal turned to speak to Shining Armor. 

“Shining, Do you think you are the one Flash is talking about?”

“Personally, I’d like to think that Caramel is to blame, but who knows who Flash is talking about.”

“I think it’s pretty clear who Flash is referring to.” Caramel interrupted. “We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you.”

“Is that a fact? Well, maybe we would have won if you hadn’t argued with me.”

“And who made you team leader!?” Shining was about to respond, but Tribal spoke to cut him off.

“I see there are a lot of conflicting feelings going around this tribe. Anyways, it’s time for each of you to cast your votes.”

One by one, each survivor of the Blue Tribe trotted up to vote for who they wanted out. They quickly wrote down the name of their vote and placed it in a jar. After Maud, who went last, had finished, Tribal walked over to tally the votes. Pulling the first vote out of the jar, Tribal read the small slip of paper.

“First vote is for...Caramel.” Caramel wasn’t shocked, but just glared menacingly at Shining Armor. “Second vote is for...Cloudchaser.” At this, Cloudchaser’ eyes shot wide open as she looked around at her tribe. “Third vote is for Shining Armor. That’s one  vote for Caramel, one vote for Cloudchaser, and one vote for Shining Armor.” The tribe remained silent as Tribal continued to read the votes. “Fourth vote is for...Caramel. Fifth vote is for...Shining. That’s two votes Caramel, two votes Shining Armor, and one vote Cloudchaser. “Sixth vote is for...Cloudchaser. That’s two votes each for Caramel, Shining, and Cloudchaser.” Again, Cloudchaser looked anxiously back and forth between her tribe members. “Seventh vote is for...Caramel.” Caramel finally began to feel nervous and noticeably tensed up. Tribal Flame took a small pause before reading the eighth. “First pony voted out of Survivor: Equestria, Caramel.” 

At these words, Caramel got up and walked towards Tribal. Torch in hoof, he stopped once he was in front of him.

“Caramel,” Tribal began. “Your tribe has spoken.” With that, Tribal used a long wooden snuffer to put out Caramel’s torch. Wordlessly, the eliminated stallion walked out of Tribal Council. 

“Well,” Tribal said to the remaining members of the Blue Tribe. “That certainly was an interesting first Tribal Council. Every pony head back to camp and get some rest.”

The Blue Tribe did just that, but did so with one less pony accompanying them.