//------------------------------// // Chapter 01: I Spy // Story: The Rise of Wraith // by JusSonic //------------------------------// The Rise Of Wraith Chapter 01: I Spy The scene begins to open around Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie Pie & Pinkamena were talking to the rest of the other members of the Mane Six except for Twilight. And that reason was because they brought a cake in, but neither Twilight nor her family were there, so after eating a cake, they came to chat with the others about what bizarre moment happened with them. “So you two brought Twilight’s celebration cake in, but there was no one there?” Rarity asked off in trying to understand what happened. “And you both EAT it together?” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in what the pink ponies did afterwards. “Yep, about sums that one up!” Pinkie Pie nods off to simply say this without a doubt. “Hugh, where do ye think Twilight & her family go without telling us?” Applejack rubbed her noggin in being puzzled about such unknown acts without them being told. “Maybe it was an emergency & they had to leave right away.” Fluttershy stated off to make a guess of what could have happened that the Sparkle Family left without saying anything. “Oh, that is, if everyone doesn’t mind.” She yelped a bit shyly in not wanting to sound so forceful. “Not only that, my brother & everyone else has gone off somewhere to help some charity work & won’t be back until later on today.” Pinkamena explained in what was going on that Golden Heart & the rest of her team are elsewhere at this time. “Which I think we’ll see Twilight & her family by then.” She stated off in guessing that they will see Twilight & the rest later on. “How do you know that?” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in being curious about this. “Random guessing?” Pinkamena shrug off to happily say this without a second delay; everyone felt the pink pony is as random as Pinkie Pie. “Okay, here’s a cake order you girls wanted.” Mrs. Cake spoke off as she & her husband came with a large tower cake of blue frosting. “My, this looks fabulous!” Rarity stated off in looking at the cake. “Oh yes, it looks very tasty.” Fluttershy nods meekly in seeing this cake did look nice. “Hugh, I don’t think we ask fer any large cakes today.” Applejack rubbed her noggin in seeing they have not order any cake. “Well a gentleman said it was on him. So he must be a friend, since we never seen the guy before.” Mr. Cake pointed off to say this in what was going on that someone paid for the group to have a cake. “Well it must be an admiring fan, so let’s not turn down his offer.” Rainbow Dash smiled off to simply say this in what she can guess the cake present was meant to be. Then without warning, the cakes on top were put out to which they started to admit steam from steam pipes that surprised many. “Wow, a Steam Cake, must be the customer’s natural custom from where they are. I didn’t even think we had a recipe for that.” Pinkie Pie smiled off in seeing this to think they got wow doozy of a cake. “But, we don’t.” Mrs. Cake raised an eyebrow in not having come across such a cake to bake. “I’m not even sure that’s natural.” Mr. Cake pointed off that they hardly know how to make a cake that steam comes out of pipes. “Then what’s….” Pinkamena was about to ask the question, but was cut off. Soon everyone was coughing from when the steam came down around them as everyone breathed in the stuff. After mere moments, everyone in Sugarcube Corner was completely knocked out. Then entering were some strange full-body suit stallions wearing gas-mask that conceal their identities. They looked around to see that everyone was out, before the squad leader picks up a device. “We’ve secured the area, Sugarcube Corner’s inhabitants are out cold.” Squad Leader spoke in a walking talky in stating what they have done here. “Excellent, bring in those that are a threat to the plan.” Spoke another voice from the walky-talky in want to be done. “Grab the five councilmen of friendship & tie them up in anti-magic resistant chains.” Squad Leader pointed to the Mane Five that they are to be taken & restrain to not give any resistance. “And take that one too, she’s practically dangerous as the five, but we can use her with negotiations with her princely brother.” The leader of the mysterious squad pointed to Pinkamena in planning to take her too. The mysterious ponies began to follow their orders without question as the out cold ponies that were targets were being taken. “Operation Monster Mash is a go!” Squad Leader issued off in pressing a remote control device in stating a code-op phrase. Then the scene darkens as the mysterious ponies begin to leave the area with a little teleportation magic to be out of sight. Something strange is going on & it’s just getting started… --------------------------- Now we focus on the outskirts of Ponyville, things seem to be at its quiet moment, but something large was seen coming out of the Everfree Forest. And when something unusual starts to come from that forest, it usually means…trouble. “Hyahahahahahh….” Three laughter are heard as they exit the forest to make an appearance for many to see…giant size spotted hyena trio with dark fur paws, tail, top ears & some back straight hair. They have black noses, & yellow eyes, with only one having hair to be female while the other two were male. “Oh yeah, now this is what I’m talking about!” The female spoke off in seeing what they got here. “Ponies all around, free for the picking!” The dad guy stated off in seeing this too. “Hehehe-huhuhuhaahhh….” The other guy laughed off in a stupid response to the question, not being so bright. “Right Ed, hey Banzai, you know the plan.” The lead female stated off to call the dumb one while talking to the other one. “Yeah Shenzi, we terrorize & catch us some meals to go.” The other guy replied off in knowing what they do here. The three Hyenas soon went off on the prowl as they started to attack Ponyville that caused the crowds to scream & panic. Then many were running from giant hyenas on the attack, but there were a few around the area that saw this that choose’d not to run… “It would seem, misfortune has come, for now laughing hyenas, they come.” Zecora spoke in rhymes of what trouble was now coming to their town. “What should we do? Last time with a Bugbear, the Mane Six handled that?” Derpy asked off in recalling the last monster attack they had. “This is usually where the Mane Six arrive, but I don’t see them yet.” Time Turner exclaimed to say in recalling who helped them out, but it seems those mentioned are not around. “Looks like we’ll have to handle them!” Flash Sentry stated to say this in getting himself ready. “Great, there goes another shopping spree, thanks to the work of some monster attack.” Sunset sighs to say this thatcher visit to Ponyville has now ended up stopping a monster attack during a shopping moment; just great. Soon the group spread out in which the giant Hyenas were making their attacks. Sunset Shimmer fired a few magic blasts while Flash Sentry flew around to distract Ed. Zecora threw a potion that created a cloud burst that blinded Banzai while Derpy & Time Turner threw in a few fireworks around them monster size foes to catch them to yelp from the flashy displays which some of them hurt the hyenas’ noses. “Ow, hey man, come on! Play fair!” Banzai protest off to complain in feeling that sorta smart. “What’s wrong, your food biting back?” Shenzi asked off in what was wrong with the guy that the ponies were messing with him. “Eheheehahaahaaahh….” Ed laughs off in finding this to be funny that he couldn’t help but laugh. “Hey! These ponies are trying to get in the way, I say we take a bite out of them!” Banzai issued off to say this on his own accord about this case. “Oh, I like me that plan, let’s get ready to chow down!” Shenzi replied off in liking that idea very much. “Heehehehahahaahh….” Ed laughs off stupidly in also thinking that idea would be good to do. “Okay Flash, we have their attention, now what?” Sunset asked in what they do next from here. “Now we try to take them down without wrecking the town.” Flash Sentry stated off in what they do from here. “Oh, you mean like this?” Shenzi asked off to say before kicking a nearby building down. “Oh, wait, wait, I got it! You mean like THIS!” Banzai exclaimed off to say in clashing his rear against another building. “Nah, I think mine was better, what about you Ed?” Shenzi stated off in stating this before asking the more stupid one here. “Clopfruvhmm…./Heeheheahaahaahh…” Ed just sat down on a bunch of carts while squashing much of the fruits & veggies while laughing it off crazily. “Hey! Quit it! Our homes are where we live!” Derpy protest off that these guys should stop trying to destroy their homes. “Apparently they don’t listen to reason, alright then, time for a change of attitude.” Time Turner stated off to say in realizing that reasoning won’t work, so… Then Time Turner took out a strange device that made a strange sonic noise that effected the giant hyenas to suddenly become still as stiffs before turning it off. “That should stun them for a little while, but not long enough I’m afraid.” Time Turner stated off in what his little trick will do for the moment. “Their body mass & size, they’ll be undone in 30 seconds.” He issued off in stating this about how long those hyenas have, but while he talked however… “Grrrr….” At that moment, the Hyenas began to growl off in suddenly gaining the ability to move & feel like gazing at these ponies. “I think you need to work on that being longer than just 30 seconds!” Sunset exclaimed to tell Time Turner about his invention. “Keep attacking, we’ll have to wear them down.” Flash Sentry issued off that they need to keep their attacks going. “Hah! Wear us down, what’cha gonna do?” Shenzi laughed off at the joke in thinking that ain’t gonna be easy. “Yeah, like you can stop us, eh little ponies?” Banzai asked off in liking to hear what the answer is gonna be. “Maybe if they get a little extra help, they might.” Spoke another voice that came from nowhere here that made the hyenas look puzzled. Then entering the scene was a familiar masked stallion with a metallic looking right hoof; it was Arsenal, the Arms Stallion. And before anyone knew what was gonna happen, Arsenal summoned his M-X290, a 217-9 revolver rifle, a bronze/silver sun with a laser homing ray to target things in sight, & a long magic bullet rounds from a storage box under it. Soon he begins to shot off multiple shots in a straight way, causing Shenzi, Banzai, & Ed to yelp from taking such heavy beatings from so many rounds until the guy ceases his attack motion. Once the smoke clouds cleared, the giant Hyenas looked a bit blacken while shaking off the smog on their fur before glaring at the guy that unleashed the heavy artillery. “Oh, you just made a BIG Mistake, buddy!” Shenzi issued off to the stallion that dear tried to get in their way. “Yeah, you have any idea who you’re missing with? You wanna lose a limb!” Banzai issued off in stating this guy wants to lose a piece of his body. “Sorry, but I already lost one.” Arsenal made a sly smile in stating this off to the foolish hyenas. “Huhuhuhhuhuu….” Ed was letting off a wild laughter in finding that joke to be funny. “Can it Ed! It ain’t funny when the joke’s on us!” Banzai snapped off to remind the guy of what was happening here. “Got me an idea, lets focus on tearing this guy to pieces.” Shenzi slyly spoke off in what they can do, tear this pony with a cybernetic arm into more pieces. “Yeah!” Banzai smiled off with a crazy expression in liking that plan. “Wuhuhuahahaaahhh….” Ed was letting off more wild laughs in agreeing to that topic. That’s when the giant hyenas began to chase after Arsenal, as he made his weapon vanish before he used another trick to make himself move faster while letting the enemy see him. The others followed in where Arsenal stop using his ability before he was soon pinned between boulders & the hyena pursuers that caught up to him & had the pony trapped. “Ah, what’s a matter tough guy?” Shenzi remotely spoke in seeing what was going on that Arsenal seem to be in trouble now. “Run into a rock with a few sets of teeth?” Banzai made a wise crack of the guy stuck between a rock & THREE sets of teeth. “Whuhaahaaaahhh….” Ed lets off a louder laughter in seeing this was funny. “Actually, I just wanted to spare Ponyville from being caught in a mess that’s about to happen.” Arsenal made a wise crack while smiling in having something to say about what he was up to. “Oh, and why’s that?” Shenzi raised an eyebrow in what this pony thought he was doing that was so smart. “You’re about to find out. Bombing Run!” Arsenal issued off to say this while announcing a technique of his; just as strong graphical marks are seen on the ground with the hyenas in circle motion spots. “Hey, what’s with these weird things all over the ground?” Banzai asked off in seeing some weird motion happening on the ground so suddenly. “Whuuhh…Wuuuagh!” Ed was making a worried response noises to point at something above them. “Hey, what’s with you Ed?” Shenzi asked off in what was wrong, Ed never could speak right, but why was the pointing upwards. “Hey, was it supposed to rain bombs today?” Banzai asked off in looking above in noticing some weird development i the weather. “No, why?” Shenzi replied of in not knowing why such a thing would happen. “Cause here it comes!” Banzai yelled out in where they all looked up to see this… Soon without warning, a powerful air strike was falling from above & blowing up hordes of anything around, including the giant hyenas. Once it was over, Shenzi, Banzai & Ed looked to have survived while groaning & aching in pain, but at least they were blown to smithereens. The others came over to Arsenal’s spot in seeing that the guy played it smart, using that powerful spell outside the town to keep the damage down to a minimum as possible. “Woah…..guess they’re down for the count!” Derpy exclaimed off in seeing this with much surprise. “A bit excessive I do say, but I will admit, it did the trick.” Zecora spoke in rhyme to state how such a tactic maybe much, but it works well in the end. “Thanks for the assistance Arsenal, what are you doing here?” Flash Sentry thanked the Arms Stallion for helping out, but was puzzled in why Arsenal was here. “Celestia sent me a message in asking for assistance, but I doubt it was with this.” Arsenal stated off to say this with serious, but with a slight humor tone in addressing the question. “Oh my, what do you think it could be?” Sunset gasped lightly in not being sure what Celestia needed this guy for. “Perhaps it’s time we tie these three up & then go right for the pony’s mouth, & ask Celestia herself.” Time Turner spoke off in stating of first tying the hyenas up & then get answers from Celestia herself. “Great idea doctor.” Derpy cheered off in having heard the idea. Without waiting, the group begins to get some enchanted rope to tie around Shenzi, Banzai & Ed. Hopefully afterwards, the Royal Guards will place them in someplace secure to make sure they don’t cause any more trouble as the scene goes dark for the time being…. ------------------------------ The scene changes to within Canterlot Castle as we see Celestia was alone at the time. But then entering the throne room was a familiar little batch of Monster Hunting Agency; Bon-Bon, Lyra Heartstrings, & Halse the Armor Horus. They were in Canterlot for a visit before they got pulled in without warning, & so, here they are where something is about to happen… “I’m glad you were able to come here, Bon-Bon, you…and your group.” Celestia smiled off in being glad those that could come are here. “Princess Celestia, what seems to be the problem?” Bon-Bon asked off in what was troubling Celestia all of a sudden. “Recently, Ponyville was under siege by a strange attack of three monstrous hyenas.” Celestia issued off to explain the case with a stern expression. “Oh my, that sounds like something we should have handled! But we came to visit Canterlot before your guards requested us!” Lyra Heartstrings yelps in never believing that happened while they were visiting Canterlot recently. “It was already handled by my request of calling in some help, but that was before without knowing what else occurred.” Celestia inform those here that the threat has been detain. “What do you mean?” Halse raised an eyebrow in being puzzled by the statement. “Mayor Mare informs me that suspicious ponies were seen moving inside Sugarcube Corner & have taken the Mane Five & Pinkamena by teleportation.” Celestia informs the group with a serious tone about what took place before the attack begun. “Oh my, do we know where they went?” Bon-Bon yelps in fearing that wasn’t good, & hopes they have some leads. “No, we can’t figure out where they are even with a locating spell of the pony’s object. But I suspect this act & the monster attack are connected.” Celestia shook her head ’no’ in response, but felt that the two different events are connected. “But why?” Lyra asked off in why someone took the Council Of Friendship? “It may have something to do with what we have just recently stumbled into our hold.” Celestia issued off to say this in having a feeling it was something that came into their possession. “Head down this corridor & someone will be there to explain to you things of what we believe is connected.” She issued forth in believing if the group meets with someone that brought what sort of trouble came to them, it may hold the answers, possibly. Without arguing, the others were soon leaving Celestia’s throne room to head down the hallway she instructed them to go through from the corridor path. After mere moments, the Royal Guards directed them to a special room in the castle, where the group entered to find a Pegasus mare famous in her books & daring feats, Daring Do. “Daring Do!” Bon-Bon exclaimed off in surprise in seeing who was here & in the flesh. “Yeah, that’s me, but listen, don’t get all fan crazy, I’m here because of other things.” Daring Do exclaimed off to say this while asking that everyone keep their cool with a famous adventure & author of books around. “Of course not, but…what are we all doing here?” Lyra smiled off to simply say this while being curious of this pony being here. “To look at this.” Daring Do showed something for the rest to see; a strange disc object with a triangle form pyramid pm top with four red gemstones stuck out from the sides & one on top. “Oh.” Bon-Bon & Lyra responded in awe in seeing something like this for the first time. “So, what is it?” Halse asked off in being the most intrigue about this object. “Some strange artifact I discovered from exploring another tome. It’s got a weird name too; the Spectre?” Daring Do pointed off in mentioning this as something she found, but the name is weird. “Any hints of what it’s meant to be useful for?” Bon-Bon asked off if there was any hints or clues about what it’s used for. “Nothing so far, only that it nearly brought a civilization down in disaster, which means in the wrong clutches, it can be dangerous.” Daring Do explained the case of what was a serious matter of this artifact being dangerous if in the wrong clutches of evil. “Wow; that does sound like it could be very dangerous.” Lyra stated off in also having heard this to become concern. “Is this thing safe here?” Halse asked off in looking around in being sure, this place was safe from being broken in. “Well there are Royal Guards around, but between you & me, from my experience, the unknown is the scariest thing you don’t know what you’re getting into.” Daring Do shrug off lightly to say this in knowing that the dangers can sometime appear when one least expects it. Just as those here were beginning to ponder the very idea of what this could all mean, there was noises of yelping & groaning sounds of stallions along with weapons dropping on the ground. That action alone caused many to feel on edge as if feeling something was not right. “What was that?” Bon-Bon asked off in having a bad feeling about what happened outside. “Sounded pretty close by.” Lyra stated of how close the sound originated from. “It would appear we’re not alone here.” Halse stated with a serious face in sensing that there was trouble nearby. “Told you so, looks like the unknown is here.” Daring Do stated off with a serious face in guessing that something was gonna happen sooner or later, just means it’s sooner. Then without warning, some ponies were seen teleporting into the room to be about a dozen of them surrounding all sides in encircling the group of no hopes of escape; it was the same guys that got the surprise jump of those back at Sugarcube Corner. “Wait a second, aren’t these ponies?” Bon-Bon yelps in seeing what they got here. “In weird looking outfits!” Lyra stated off in noticing what they got were some weird characters. “They don’t appear to be with Ahuizotl, so that leaves him out.” Daring Do stated to say this in getting serious for a second in seeing these were not the usual enemies. “We’ve come for the artifact, give it to us & your lives maybe spared.” The lead squad leader issued off that they want the object, & nothing else. “No way! This thing is dangerous in the wrong use!” Lyra issued off to say this that they won’t give this thing up to some evil & suspicious looking ponies. “We were not asking, we’re demanding!” The Squad Leader threaten the mare that they are demanding what they want. “Looks like there is no reasoning with them.” Bon-Bon stated to say this to shake her head about what was going on here. “Know how I handle against such folks?” Daring Do stated off to say this with a sly smile. “Please, do tell?” Halse asked off in looking to the mare for what she has to say. “Simple, beat them around the bush.” Daring Do issued off to say with sly confidence as she brought out a whip rope to help her out. “Celestia wants this kept safe, so we better do so.” Bon-Bon issued off to explain this to the others i what they gotta do here. “Right behind you, Bon-Bon!” Lyra issued off to say in joining her friend in this matter. “Fools…Get them!” The Squad Leader remotely stated this bravo act before ordering an attack. Soon the other dozen ponies in the room began to leap forth in planning to attack Bon-Bon & Daring Do’s group. What’s gonna happen here, will they handle some suspicious group making a bee-line for the Spectre? And who’s another hidden pony watching this stuff from nearby, could it be… “Octacon, this is Snake. Looks like that Intel was right. Now if you’ll excuse me, I got some agents to bail out.” Yep, it was Solid Snake as he spoke on a magic com-link before hanging up. What sort of acts are we gonna see or probably be unseen by Snake’s camouflage suit? Best stay tune of what sort of starting up spy acts were about to see…