Darkness. Darkness was all around me. How long? How long have I been in this eternal void? I cannot move, cannot breathe, and I can only barely think. The darkness, no, emptiness was my only companion for all these long times. I didn’t use to be alone. Before I came here, I had the usual, friends & family.
I'm just hoping that this, is just a dream, a nightmare. Something I can wake up from, and return to reality, or at least my reality. Strangely enough, I can't even feel if it's hot or cold in this place. Or any sort of wind, gliding across my skin and hair. There's nothing, just me. "How long have I been here? 2 days? 7 weeks? 5 years? More or less? How did I get here? How long before I get out of here? Or better yet, how long before I go insane? And why Am I not panicking or something? So many more questions." Sigh "Is this where I will die. I've done things, that I'm not too happy about. But then again who hasn't. Will I even be able to say sorry and goodbye to the people I love? Just more questions, that I probably won't get an answer for." Thought a being drifting in the emptiness of the void.
You're probably wondering what happened for me to be in this situation..... No?...... Huh. Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway, so. Sit back, relax, and keep all hands, legs, horns, wings, and other limbs, in the screen view. Any events from here on out, involving missing limbs, isn't our problem. Other than that, enjoy the ride.
Disclaimer - My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, is the property of Hasbro
One Piece Is The Property Of Eiichiro Oda
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Beep........Beep.........Beep........Bee. SLAM!
"Ughhh. I hate mornings." Said the owner of the hand, which just through the alarm clock, at the nearest wall. Lifting up the covers, the said being walks to the bathroom, much like a zombie would, looking for brains to eat. Coming to a slow stop and turning, the being comes face to face with its clone. Or in this case, his reflection in a mirror. Opening the glass door on the wall cabinet above the sink, he grabs a toothbrush, paste, and a comb. Groggily, he brushes his teeth and comb his hair.
He has black hair, in the famous style of bed head. But after some brushing, it's still not much better, but it will do. Spraying some cold water on his face, he starts to wake up. Doing the rest of his morning routine, I.E shower, toilet and etc. Looking at the cabinet above the sink again, he sees's a note. Remember Convention today He's never really been a "geek" or whatever people think or call the people who go to events, such as comic con. But his friend managed to get him to go, after days or relenting moaning and asking. Sure, he loves anime, but he has just not been interested into going to one of these things. And besides, he had to come over to America to do so. Which he wasn't really happy about, who wants to spend that sort of money on air flight anyway.
But at least, there is one good thing, about this. He gets to be one of his favourite top 20 characters of all time. Right after Joker, Luffy, Brook, Sanji, Nastu, Vegeta, and one or two more. Why you ask, was he not one of them? Because my good chum, he looks like the character he is going as. Or so he has been told, minus the beard and the clothes..... and the eyes, but no-one in real life, has those eyes. He is going as, none other than Dracule Mihawk, otherwise known as "Hawk Eye", from the One Piece TV show.
He managed to get everything spot on, apart from the sword, it being just a goodly made cardboard sword. Seeing as he would need a licence for a real sword. His friend who also happens to like One Piece, he is going as Zoro, to complete the master & student / rival vibe. "Hey Alex, we better be going. Don't want to be late"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. Just need to make sure I've got everything." Said Alex. Seeing as he had everything, Alex locked the door to the room, himself and his friend booked. The two walk down the stairs in silence, mostly being, because they didn't know what to say. but they arrive at the rented car and got in. "So, do you have the postcode for this convention, or did you forget?" Asked Alex.
Alex's friend mumbles to himself, along the lines of "I forget one time" and "I didn't see him remember either". Shaking his head to get rid of those thoughts, he gets a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Yeah I've got it here, you bonehead". It was a 2-hour drive to the convention, but they finally arrived. "So..... not that I don't want to hang with ya, Al, but I want to check some things out. That you will probably find boring or pointless....... So, see you here in 2 hours?" Asked Alex's friend.
"Erm, okay, sure. Try not to get into trouble Joe" said Alex. Joe just ignored his last comment and went off, to somewhere. "Knowing him, it be somewhere where the girls are at. And don't see why I wouldn't like that, oh well. Let's see what they have over there." Thought Alex.
An hour later, and Alex is starting to get bored. It's just not for him, although the compliments he's got for his costume, have been a good thing. But something catches his attention in the corner of his eye, something shiny. Walking over to his enquiry, he sees's it's a sword, but not just any sword. An almost perfect looking Mihawk sword, the name of the sword eludes him, buts that not really important. "This.......Is....... Awesome!........... But, something like this, would be a fortune. And I've not got that much, only 200 bucks on me or so. But, I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask......" Going over to the stand, where the cashier is, he asks the person how much, for the sword.
"Well.............. Seeing as I want to get rid of it. And it would look awesome, with your costume. Tell you what, you make me an offer, and we'll go from there." She says with a smile. Alex can't help but think, she's cute. The woman herself is in costume, but not anyone from One Piece. She is dressed as......... He thinks it's a Levy costume, from Fairy Tail anime TV show. She doesn't have the blue hair, though. Instead, it's a deep brunette.
"Well, I've not got much. I don't know, a 1 20?" He asks picking a number at random. The girl seems to think it over for a minute before making a decision.
"Tell you what, I'll accept that. If and only if, you catch a movie or something with me" This catches Alex off guard. He's never had any real luck with the ladies, as they say, maybe he should go out and about as Mihawk more often, he thinks. And his cheeks start to turn red.
"Erm...... But I don't even know you or your name." Alex says out loud.
The girl giggles a bit. "Your kind of cute, when you're flustered. My name is Abby, but you can call me, whatever you like, cutie" She says seductively. This doesn't help, Alex's cheeks at all, now full on red. The girl is now laughing behind her hand.
"S-s-sure" Alex stutters out. The girl hands him the sword, and writes something on a piece of paper and hands it to him.
"I'll see you later, stud" She winks at him and walks to the back of the stand. Leaving Alex to his own devices. The sword is heavier than he would have thought it would be. But he manages to tie it to his back, after giving away his cardboard one, to a random person. And some fumbling around that is. Not one step away from the stand, and all Alex see's a bright light, across his entire sight. Instinctively, he tries to cover his gaze, but it's no use. His body, eyes, head and everything else starts to get heavy. And Alex is starting to collapse, only able to see the bright light. And soon collapses to the floor.
To any onlookers, some guy in a Hihawk costume was there one second, but gone the next. But as luck would have it, no-one saw the event happen, not even the camera's in the facility. And anyone who knew Alex was left wondering, where he went to and if he's okay.
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"And that's happened before I got into this mess. Buy some sword from that girl, then end up here. In the back of my mind, I can't help but to think, was this her doing? Or is it just a coincidence? That one I will probably never find out unless I can go back. I hope Joe is okay........" Sigh. Seeing as there was nothing could do, I waited for something to happen. And waited........ and waited........ and waited.
"1 thousand bottles of beer on the wall, 1 thousand bottles of................ 2 million bottles of beer on the wall, 2 millions bottles of beer, you take them down and smash them around, 2 million bottles of beer..................." And waited.
"Hehehehehe............ I'm loopy I am. Ohhhh........ Orange double dutch pie, my favourite! Ewwww, who put carrot flavoured hair in this orange double stuck pie? Was it you?........ Wilson? Well, you in the cat's house tonight, and don't think, you will be getting any either.
*Fast Forward*
"Well, Of course, I meant the pie, what else did you think I meant? I.......... Oh, you thought I meant that. Yeah, you ain't getting that either"
*FF*
"I can't stay mad at you, come here pal" Alex happily cries uncontrollably.
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"Princess Luna grant my wish tonight, please get somepony famous to visit my little shop. It will help further my shop and reputation."
Sigh.. "No," Said the one known as Princess Luna. She is a navy blue Alicorn (a pony with both wings and a horn), her hair would look exactly like a night sky on a hair template. Flowing in the ethereal plain. She stands at heads and hoof above her subject but is still small compared to her sister Celestia. She has an image of a moon with a darker blob behind it, on her flanks. Her eyes, though are probably her best feature some would say. A rich colour of teal.
"Money.......
Reputation....
Personal gain...."
These are the three main things, ponies ask for these days. Well, at least in Canterlot. So much has changed in a thousand years, the years have left The Princess Of The Night, behind. And although she doesn't like to admit it, scared. Before she got banished to the moon, ponies would never or at least most rarely asked for those 3 things. Back then, ponies had the mentally to actually earn the things they have. But 1 thousand is a long time, especially in peaceful times. You go soft, and forget how to fight, and so on.
With Discord, Sombra, Tirek and so many others beaten and sealed away before he banishment, what was left of the "bad eggs". The ponies say nowadays, where to far and too few. And not only that, lacking in any skill or motivating or conviction, so much so, a young colt or filly before her banishment, would be able to deal with them. Was this her destiny? To deal with selfish beings, who don't have a caring bone in their bodies?
One thing is for sure, she needs either a break or something.... to happen. Not so much as something bad, just different and or exciting. It's been so long since she felt the adrenaline of excitement. Or now, this is defiantly something she would never admit to anypony, especially her sister. She would just rub it in. She needed to roll in they hay as they say nowadays. What with not only be just a princess, but a princess who is seen as god-like, and can and will crush anypony who goes against her. The chances of finding, somepony who cares for her and not her title, or power or money or etc. It's a million to one if that.
Ponies think that her and her sister, are uncontrollable emotional beings, who don't like having any fun. Whether it's something as simple as board games, to personal chamber type of fun. They are, after all, ponies for Faust sake. Ponies who have needs and all levels. Her mind can't help but think, what if she didn't become nightmare moon? Or better yet, why couldn't the elements free her of nightmare like they did not to long ago, instead of banishing her.
Her top theories are as follows: 1) Nightmare was too powerful and the element, decided to send her to the moon, to weaken her, before fixing her. 2) The elements didn't have the right pony wielding them to work to properly. 3) Although she has asked about this and her sister has denied it every time. That her sister wanted to banish her. 4) even though, her subjects never knew and will more than likely never know in the future. She didn't become the nightmare, because of her feelings. Or not fully anyway. What actually happened was a parasite got into her mind, how? She didn't know, but it fed and strengthened her feelings. Such as anger, jealousy and so on. Even though it was, at the start a mindless parasite. Over time, it gained some form of intelligence. Lucky it never got the chance to get full sapience, but maybe the elements tried to save the parasite? And couldn't so do the next best thing, send it away. 5) something or somepony meddles with the element somehow, to get her out of the way.
But obvious the last one was far fetched. But even if it was the reason, not like it mattered now. They obviously failed to even show them selfs afterwards. Even though its almost been a year since she has returned, her subject is still scared of her. They may not admit it, but every time she even as much as lift her hoof, they flinch back a little. They have no idea how much it hurts her when they do this. But she puts on a brave face and tries to ignore it. But like everypony else, she has her bad days.
"Okay, We think that is enough for today." Though Luna. "Guards. Night court is now closed, Thee can resume in the morrow." The guards bow they heads and say they goodbye and goodnights and other pleasantries. Luna doesn't even know why she bothers to hold night court, no one visits unless it helps them in some greedy way. Just last week a pony came in asking to lower the taxes in Canterlot but raise them everywhere else, because it's the "proper" thing to do. Because the comers need to know their place. The thought of how the ponies in Canterlot not only think but try to affect others, in such a negative way, only angers her. But every time this happens, she remembers what she did all those years ago.
Luna was about to get into bed when she heard one last voice. But unlike the others, this one was not asking for something that will benefit some pony's reputation for example. It was one word, one simple word "Help". Luna stopped above her bed, shocked. This last voice...... she couldn't put her hoof on it, but it was different. And it felt far away, so far away she couldn't see who it is. But somehow she could hear them. She was lost for words, would she help a being who she didn't know anything about? She didn't even know if it was a pony, griffin, dragon and etc. what if this pony was a bad pony?
Shaking her head of those thoughts, she put almost all of her magic, into a bunch of spells. One was a location finder, it took a while, but she found the pony in need. But the pony was in a place she thought no pony could go. A place where nothing should be able to, but here it is. A pony in the emptiness of the void! Instinctively she put all of her magic into the next spell, as if, if she didn't this pony would die any second. But in doing so and forgetting one very, very important spell, she pulled on the being. And she pulled with all her might, she bent her legs and back, as if it would help. Whatever kept ahold of this being, didn't want to let go, it put a huge strain on her body. But she wouldn't give up, she couldn't.
She was now sweating, like on a very hot summers day. Panting, but eventually, she did it. She got the being to safety, or so she thought. And she collapsed onto her bed. Little did she know, what she had done.