//------------------------------// // Prologue: Fateful Beginnings // Story: Equestria's Peril // by KJay //------------------------------// Authors Note: This is my first attempt at a fanfic...ever. But I am still open to constructive criticism, and tips. Thank you and enjoy! Finally! The school year had come to an end. Kelly had just finished his senior year of High School, with his best friend Daniel, who was but a year behind him. Kelly had been a devout Brony since his 18th birthday last February. It didn't take him long to blow past the whole 'why am I enjoying this' phase, but as soon as he did, he couldn't wait to tell Daniel all about the strange appeal that the show had to offer. "What? Are you being serious?" had been Daniel's only response. "Yeah, dude seriously, it's a really decent show!" Kelly responded, still giddy about getting to express his newfound love for ponies. It only drew Kelly in further when he had found out that the same person behind cartoons like the Powerpuff Girls, and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, (Lauren Faust) was also responsible for televising MLP. Not to mention Tara Strong, who during her career voiced dozens of characters that Kelly had grown up with. "You do realize that its meant for little girls, right?" Daniel stated with a raised brow. "Well, sure." Kelly hesitated and gathered his thoughts. "But its not like one of those baby shows that talk down to you...y'know, like Dora." Daniel just gave him an unconvinced stare. Kelly had only seen the first few episodes of the first season, but he continued on, describing some of the "actiony" scenes that were embedded within the cuteness of the show. Daniel just rolled his eyes and sighed. "Whatever man, I thought you were weird before..." So the two continued driving home. Kelly dropped Daniel off at his house, but not before Daniel could give him one last dissapproving head shake. "Just wait until he sees it for himself," Kelly thought as he pulled away from Daniel's driveway. Months had passed since then, and in that time Kelly had caught up on all episodes. He had talked Daniel into watching a few since it was really the only way he was going to convince Daniel just how good it was. Even though he'd never admitted flat out to enjoying the show nor being a Brony, Kelly knew in some way or another, Daniel had a fondness for it in his own way. He even ventured to claim that if he was a Brony, his favorite pony would be Applejack. Kelly, feeling bold, asked why Applejack was his favorite. Daniel just glared, silently saying, 'dude, be thankful that I just admitted to liking a midget horse.' Kelly smiled, taking the inaudible hint. Daniel, and Kelly had known each other for almost four years, and the one thing that they did most together was play Xbox LIVE. Both had a wide array of games from Call of Duty to Dark Souls, and everything in between. But this was one of those few days when one would visit the other to play splitscreen, or go outside if they got bored. Today, Daniel was at Kelly's. It was around 3pm, and after repetitively getting pissed at Gears of War 3, they both decided it would be much less agrivating to enjoy some T.V. Since they were home alone, they had the flatscreen all to themselves. Only problem was that there were a thousand channels...but nothing to watch. *sigh, our generation. "How 'bout Family Guy?" Kelly said as he flipped the channel. Daniel recognized the worn out episode right away. "Nah...seen this one a million times, and I don't even think I'm exagerating." Kelly continued to channel surf. "What about Regular Show?" Daniel simply shook his head. Aside from MLP, he never really cared for cartoons in general. As Kelly strolled through the movie channels not even stopping to see what was playing, his brain finally clicked and he gave Daniel a mischivous grin. Daniel returned Kelly's goofy smile with a loud groan, and let his head fall back as if he had just completed an enormous chore. "No...way, I've already watched the two episodes for this month." Kelly through his arms up and limply slapped them back onto the couch in frustration. "You do realize at that rate, its gonna take you..." Kelly paused to do some calculations, he then continued, "...at least more than two years to catch up, and thats not even counting season three!" Kelly gave Daniel a stern look, as if this menial information was supposed to convince him. Daniel stubbornly refused again. Kelly however, had a fool-proof tactic...persistance. After a short while of jokingly begging in a whiney high pitched voice, Daniel finally caved. "ALRIGHT, DAMN DUDE!" Kelly wore a grin of victory. He then brought up the DVR and scrolled through the forty-six recorded episodes. Daniel face palmed at the rediculous sight, while Kelly thought to himself 'collection's almost complete.' Kelly made a face at the dozens of episodes as if he were taking a test, making sure to carefully choose one that Daniel might like. "AHA! Here we go." Daniel looked between his fingers to see what fresh hell he would have to endure. "Applebuck Season." Daniel said in a monotone voice. "Yep." Kelly blankly responded. He looked at Daniel and began to move his eyebrows up and down in a hinting manor. "It's all about your favorite ooooone." Kelly said, making the final word sing-songy. Daniel groaned again, regretting ever mentioning his liking of the orange mare. The opening scene played with Applejack and her brother Big Macintosh. "Well aren't we just Mr. authoritive voice." Daniel scoffed at Big Macintosh "Well, he is pretty much the strongest earth pony on the show, physically at least." "It's stupid." Daniel pouted, not knowing what else to say. The scene subsided, and brought along the opening song. Kelly, at first hadn't cared much for the song. But after hearing it at least fifty times, he'd grown used to humming along, or sometimes even singing in rhythm with the tune. "Oh, God...this fucking song." Daniel cringed. "Can't you skip it?" Kelly gave Daniel an almost serious look, and muttered, "No..." Daniel slumped even lower in his seat. Then, just as Twilight's balloon landed in Ponyville, the image on the screen seemed to fade out, and left nothing but white noise. "YES! There is a God!" Daniel almost left the ground as he stood and threw his arms up, whispering "thank you." Kelly just stared at the screen in wonder. "Its...never done that before." He stood to go examine the T.V. and cable box, but as he was doing so, Daniel started to fumble with his next words. "W-whoa...uh, Kelly...w-whats it doing?" Kelly peeked from behind the stand the television was on. "What do you mean, is it...fixed?" Kelly looked to see an illumination other than the one coming from the television. It progressively grew brighter, and louder. "W-what the fuck?!" He backed away to his seat, but continued to stand. "The hell did you do?!" Daniel asked in a worried tone. "Nothing! I just checked to make sure all of the cords were still in place!" The noise resonating from the light grew loud enough to the point where the two boys were almost shouting. "C'mon, c'mon! Outside!" Daniel screamed. Kelly didn't respond, but moved to follow Daniel out of the front door. But as soon as Daniel could get a grip on the knob, everything thing around them was engulfed in a blinding light. Kelly and Daniel felt the sensation of being flung helplessly over a great distance. As the sudden G forces were slammed onto their bodies, both of them could feel themselves slowly slipping into unconscienceness. Sweet! Prologue completed, and even sooner than expected, I'm not the fastest typer, but I'll do my best to regularly update the story. Thanks guys, hope you enjoyed so far