//------------------------------// // Prologue: The Rift // Story: My little Pony: Friendship is Digital (OUTDATED) // by DarklordAxel20 //------------------------------// It was a nice quiet peaceful night in the town of Ponyville the residents were asleep and eager to awaken to a new day, well almost everyone was asleep" The library, the humble home of one Twilight Sparkle and her number one assistant, Spike. " This isn't good this isn't good at all, its almost time for the comet to pass by and we have yet to get a single thing on the list done! " Twilight was currently getting ready for an astral occurrence that only happens once every few hundred years. She was to meet her friends atop a hill on the edge of Ponyville so they'd have the perfect vantage point to observe the comet. " Cmon twilight its not the end of the world if you skip one list, I mean what harm could it possibly do ," said her number one assistant. " what harm could it do?!, WHAT HARM?! what if Princess Celestia finds out that I've been slacking off *gasp* what if, " her rant was silenced by a purple hand covering her mouth. " Twilight just calm down OK, the princess isn't gonna flip over you taking one day to relax now come on we've got a comet to go see! " he stated with excitement as he gathers their supplies for the night. A loud audible sigh was heard coming from the mare before saying this " Alright spike I'll take this night off..BUT..we're going to work twice as hard tomorrow, understood? " she gets in Spike's face before heading out the door, causing the poor baby dragon to sweat drop. " Yes ma'am Twilight ma'am, " he states with a nervous chuckle as he follows her. "On the very hilltop that the main 6 are meeting on where the other 5 members eagerly await the arrival of their leader" "Where in tarnation is that mare shes gonna miss that there comet if she don't hurry it up, " stated an orange earth pony known as Applejack, as she was finishing setting up the last of the treats she brought with her . "Yeah I mean its not like old egghead to be late to something like this, I mean Isn't this her kind of stuff to begin with? " said a very impatient cyan pegasus named Rainbow Dash. " Cmon dashie I mean It's not like shes late on purpose she even pinkie promised that she'd show up before the comet thingy showed up*gasp* WHATIFTWILIGHTWASONHERWAYHEREANDTHECOMETFELLONHER!!!!!! " screamed a VERY overly excited pink earth pony named Pinkamena Diane pie, or as her friends call her Pinkie Pie. This sudden outburst from Pinkie was enough to make poor Fluttershy cower behind Applejack. " Now look what ya done went and done Pinkie, could ya calm down for 5 seconds Twilight weren't struck by no comet, hay It's not even time for that sucker to show up yet we still got a good hour before time, " stated Applejack trying to calm Pinkie down. A white unicorn with a luxurious purple mane walked over to the cowering Fluttershy "now now darling Pinkie was just excited you can come out now I'm sure she wont do it anymore, here you seem cold dear I brought a spare blanket since I figured it would get cold while we waited , " stated Rarity as she used her magic to pick Fluttershy up and sit her on the picnic cloth before levitating a cover over her shivering body. "..t.thank you..., " whispered Fluttershy. "Hurry up Spike we're gonna be late!," yelled Twilight as she rushed ahead of her assistant, not wanting to miss the astral event. "I'm trying Twilight but my legs aren't as long as yours, " he struggled to say as he has a hard time even keeping up with her when suddenly he becomes enveloped in a purple light before being lifted onto Twilight's back. "There's no time to mess around Spike we need to hurry we're almost there as it is, just a little furth- " she was cut off as a strange ripple in the sky released a loud echo that seemed to span across the entire night sky, from Ponyville to Canterlot, all the way to Manehattan, to even Saddle Arabia. The rift was only open for a few short minutes but the many lights that flew from it made it seem like it lasted for hours, one of the lights crashed not too far from where Twilight and the others were. After seeing the anomaly Twilight began to run as fast as her legs and hooves would carry her, whatever crashed near them couldn't be from Equestria.