Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: Ponies and Monsters
One day, war broke out between the two races
After a long battle, the ponies were victorious
They sealed the monsters underground with a powerful spell
Many years later...
Her latest friendship report teetered through the mouth of a small cave opening. Twilight stood there, dumbfounded at what happened. She hesitated. "Maybe I can just re-write the report...but it took so long for me to write especially without Spike around..." A scared sigh escaped her breath and she ventured through. 'Forget it, I'll be back in no time!'
Though, she guessed the 'I'll be back in no time' part didn't include twisting her hoof on a loose vine and falling into a pit.
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The dim glow of the surface light eventually woke Twilight up, she felt the ground beneath her was nothing but a bed of golden flowers. After a couple of seconds wasted to fidgeting, she rolled off the flower bed. "...I guess I won't be back in no time..." Twilight muttered.
She took the only passage way out of the room and found herself gawking at an odd looking, gray door. "Hey! Is anyone here, I kind of need help!" She walked through.
"HELLO?!"
"-hey, that's enough shouting."
"Huh?" Twilight scanned the black room, no visible signs of anyone. "Who the heck was that?!"
"Hehe! Are you brain dead? Look down!"
She did as the voice told and saw a beaming yellow flower staring right at her. "...! Oh my a t-talking flower?!"
"Well I'm a very special flower after all. The name's Flowey and I can tell just by looking at that clueless face of yours, you're new here to the Underground, aren' tcha?"
Twilight slowly nodded.
"Well, it's your lous-, lucky day that little 'ol Flowey's here. How about I teach you the ropes?"
"Why thank you, that be great!" It was the only thing Twilight could say before being surrounded by an army of seeds. Twilight felt something powerful manifest on the side of her chest, her hoof grazed over a small, but beaming red heart full of passion. 'What is this?!'
'Something's up...' The seeds danced around Twilight on all sides, there was no way she could escape without getting pelted to death with the thousand of bullets.
"That's your soul right there!" Flowey said between chuckles. "It's weak, yes, but it can grow strong by gaining LV, or Love, and gaining EXP. How do you gain love? By getting touched with these friendly pellets! Hehe. They won't hurt you!"
Something deep inside told Twilight the Flower was wrong.
"Stop cowering down! You want to earn love, don't you?! You want to grow stronger, right?! Then the ENTIRE underground will bow before you and...and..." His face started twisting into a more threatening expression. "And you won't be treated like the rightful scum you are!"
"...I..."
"HEHEHEHA! For the sake of everyone, JUST DIE!"
Nothing happened. She raised her head, the once menacing flower and his army were replaced with the soothing darkness.
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Twilight's ears perked to the sound of soft footsteps approaching her, she groaned. "Don't tell me you're yet another evil flower."
"You don't have to be afraid any more. I am Toriel, caretaker of the ruins, and I'm here to guide you." Her gentle and soothing voice instantly relaxed Twilight.
"-Everyday I pass through this place to see if any newcomers have arrived, you're the first pony to ever fall down here in a very long time. Come, I'll guide you through these catacombs."
Twilight followed Toriel to the next room, it was a room filled with roses and...determination. On both sides, a staircase spiraled towards the door.
Toriel stopped when they reached the next room. "The ruins are full of puzzles, pony, you'll be encountering all sorts of them, solving these puzzles are key to moving from one room to the next and I want to teach you everything about them since you'll be living here." She moved over to a group of buttons by the door and stepped on the four outer ones, opening the door. "See?"
"Ok, sounds easy enough!"
Twilight galloped inside the following room, she padded over the bridges bulging with pale, blue water and flipped the second to last switch in the hallway deactivating the spiked trap.
"Very good, now come follow me to the next room."
The room after was small and compact, it contained no puzzles, but a single, lonely dummy. "As a pony, monsters may try to attack you and you'll engage in a fight. However, worry not, you don't have to fight said monster, you can simply strike up a friendly conversation."
"Um....what?"
"I know it seems confusing, so why don't you try out your conversational skills on that old dummy over there."
"Ok..."
Twilight appproached the dummy, she smiled and said, "Hey! My name is Twilight Sparkle, what's yours?"
"..."
"You're not up for conversation, huh?"
"..."
'So eager to talk, she must of had many friends.' "Perfect, follow me."
The room followed was another long hallway with a twisted path that stretched all the way to the next door. She didn't stray from the path until he reached the very end where a frog was staring down at her.
'A real monster! What do I do...just talk to it, right?' "my name is Twilight sparkle...Uh...I really like frogs?"
'I'm not sure what she said, but for some reason, I feel flattered!' Froggit gave Twilight an I'm-really-trying-to-like-you-but-I'm-still-going-to-attack-you-anyways smile, he hopped towards the purple pony but stopped dead in his tracks. The deathly rays of Toriel pounding down on him was far too much for him to handle. At that point, his choice was either to face Toriel or hide in the corner.
Toriel's glare intensified.
So corner it was.
Twilight walked back to the safe comfort of Toriel, her warm, fuzzy paw brushed her mane. "This is the puzzle," Toriel explained, as they walked past the corridor. "I'm sorry for not mentioning it earlier." The puzzle consisted of an array of sharp spikes laid out across the floor.
She saw her face grow pale. "But I think it's best if I help you through this one-it's um, rather dangerous."
Toriel guided Twilight through the 'puzzle' and into the next room, she stopped and she silently prepared for her next action. "I'm sorry, but I have something to ask you..." She felt something swell in her throat. "Can you please walk this room...by yourself...please forgive me." She shuffled off and swiftly hid behind a decaying pillar.
"Oh-I feel so bad." Toriel quietly murmured. 'Perhaps he feels like I didn't want to be around him anymore, maybe I should...' She heard the familiar click of hooves and saw Twilight had already gone ahead.
"Hey, Toriel!"
"You completed it so fast...!"
"It was pretty easy, nothing I can't do!"
"Well it looks like you've grown to be a very independent pony...uh...I'm sorry this is so sudden, but I have business I need to attend to and I must go alone. So please do not follow me, it's too dangerous to explore by yourself," Toriel pulled out a small, junky box and handed it to Twilight. "Here; it's a cell phone. If you need anything, just call." Then, just like that, Toriel left.
Twilight hovered the cell phone over her horn and kept it close to her side. "Hm, I have a feeling you want me to follow you, huh?" And just like that, Twilight left.