//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Planet Equestria // by Mr-Astounding //------------------------------// Somewhere out in space... As he opened his eyes, the first thing he realized was that he was having trouble moving. The second: he was in some sort of space craft. A thousand questions ran through the creature's mind, but they all came to a screeching halt when a projection screen came up. "I am truly sorry for what we've done, but we had no choose," a figure in red armor declared, the images of various others adorned behind him. Rage boiled up in him as the figure continued with, "When you get angry, Bruce, when you lose yourself to rage, you become a force of pure chaos." Not wanting to hear anymore, he started to thrash about: no one contains the Hulk, NO ONE! Meanwhile, on the surface of a strange planet... An equine figure adorned in tattered robes looked upon the remains of a castle destroyed long ago, and started to do what it had been doing for so long, he'd lost track of the days: pray. "Oh, great and wonderful creator, I seek your guidance," he began, taking out a bag of ceremonial ashes, "and ask to heal the land of Equestria, for we are a divided, and dying world." Taking a breath, and starting to spread the ashes over the image of the fabled Elements of Harmony, he stated, "Through the ancient scrolls, you have long foretold the coming of a warrior savior." Line break... "You fear nothing, and even the mightiest of Earth's defenders cannot make you yield." The Hulk did not even register this as he began to destroy his restraints. Line break... "A warrior who would look into the eyes of death and stand his ground." Line break... "The madder you get, the stronger you get, and there is no limit to your rage." Hulk wasn't even paying attention anymore at this point, beginning to destroy everything he could touch. Line break... "A warrior with boundless strength, who knows no limit to his power," the figure regaled as he continued to drew a symbol resembling a planet with various moons traveling around it. Line break... "Despite all this, we picked your destination with careful consideration," the armored man revealed, as if not considering the reaction to the former Gamma Doctor's reaction. Even if he had, he'd probably be shocked at the sheer outrage at his current situation, even as he said, "It is a planet full of vegetation and game, but no intelligent life forms: a place with no one there to hurt you, but no one you can hurt." The man might have even panicked when the on-board computer declared, "Warning: structural integrity compromised; warning: guidance system off-line; destination: altered." As the message was prerecorded, however, the man showed no sympathy as he stated, "I know you must hate us for this, Bruce, but you DID always say that you wanted to be alone: allow us to try and grant your wish." If Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, had a reply to this, it never came, for the moment the vessel entered a wormhole, the ship began to be torn apart. Before he would be able to comprehend this, however, he was bombarded with a strange energy, knocking him into unconsciousness. Line break... "This warrior will strike down evil, unite all kingdoms, and through his blood, shall restore life to all of the land," the figure recited. Pulling down his hood to reveal a blue mane and yellow/orange-tinted skin, he concluded, "Oh, great and wonderful creator, deliver to us this day the Equestrison." Right as he said this, a hole seemed to be torn in the fabric of space and time, revealing what looked to be a meteor. The robed pony could only gasp as the mysterious object landed with a massive explosion on the other side of the forest.