Chapter 1
Chapter 1
One of the disadvantages of living in a castle made mostly out of crystal was that you knew when the sun rose. Specifically, when dozens of crystals beamed the sun directly into your face, making sleeping in impossible. Since he was the nice, dutiful husband, Shining Armor had allowed Cadence to take the side facing away from the window, giving him the full brunt of Celestia’s Sun as it rose over the Crystal Empire.
Shining Armor squinted as he looked outside. By the amount of sunlight currently blinding him, and by the fact that Cadence was still asleep, he guessed it was around 7:30 in the morning. Celestia must have listened to me; the sun’s up five minutes later than usual, he thought as he yawned and sat up, his movement stirring Cadence from her sleep.
“Do you always have to move so much when you get up?” she asked, her voice muffled by her pillow. Shining blinked a few times and looked over to his wife.
“It’s 7:30; I have every right to move around as much as I want.”
“No you don’t.” Cadence shifted around, trying to find a more comfortable spot to sleep. Sighing, Shining poked her between the wings, a spot that Princess Celestia had said she was very ticklish. Cadence gave a yelp and flared her wings, knocking the sheets away from the rest of her body. “Shining!”
“Sorry, my hoof slipped.” Shining gave her a playful smirk. “Besides, didn’t you want to get in touch with one of the local contractors and see if we could build a stadium?”
“I don’t want to.” Cadence grabbed a nearby sheet and pulled it over her head. “You go do it. It’s more of your thing, anyway.”
“I would if I was in charge here. Come on Cadence, get up.”
“I’m not feeling so good. Go put on one of my dresses and say you’re standing in for me today.” Now she’s just making excuses. Shining leaned in again and poked Cadence once more, receiving a pillow to the face for his troubles.
“Come on, Cadence. Get up.” Cadence groaned and pushed herself up, glaring at Shining Armor.
“I hate you, you know that?”
“No you don’t.” Shining gave her a quick kiss, and Cadence could not help but smile. She gave Shining a poke on the nose and climbed out of bed, fluffing her wings and yawning before stepping into the nearby bathroom.
“Oh, Twilight sent me a letter the other day.” Cadence called from the bathroom.
“Really?” Shining perked up at this; given the Crystal Empire’s location, letters from non-government officials were hard to come by, even from somepony like Twilight. It seemed that ever since he took his position as captain of Equestria’s Royal Guards, the two of them had been drifting farther and farther apart. I really need to go down and visit sometime. “What did she say?”
“She’s doing fine. Princess Celestia wanted her to do some research on some old mystic items she found in the Canterlot archives.”
“That’s interesting.” he chuckled to himself. “I’d like a copy of whatever paper she ends up writing”
“I’d like to see a copy of that too.” Cadence stepped out of the bathroom, her mane and tail combed and orderly. she gave Shining a smile, but that smile shifted to a frown when she noticed his concern. “Shining, is something wrong?”
“Cadence?”
“Yes?”
“Earlier you said you weren’t feeling too good.” he stepped closer to her. “You were joking, right?” Cadence laughed and gave Shining a poke.
“Of course I’m joking. You know you don’t have to be so protective of me, right?”
“Cadence, we’re married; part of my job is to be protective of you.” Cadence rolled her eyes and made her way to the door.
“Honestly, Shining, sometimes you just overreact to some things. You sound exactly like one of my caretakers when I was a little girl; they were always worried I’d end up getting myself hurt or something.”
“And...?” Cadence shuffled around for a moment.
“Okay, so I broke each of my legs a few times, but Diana always ended up worse!”
“Cadence,” Shining Armor walked over to her, placing a hoof on her back. “I don’t want to seem like I’m overreacting, it’s just that you’re my wife, and I’d hate to see you get hurt or worse because of something I could have prevented.” there was a pause before Cadence smiled.
“You’re scared.” she said. Shining blinked as he registered what Cadence had just said.
“... What?”
“Come on, Shining. You’re scared, aren’t you?”
“I’m not scared.” Cadence flicked Shining with her tail and exited the room.
“Sure you aren’t.”
“And... now you’re teasing me. That’s really befitting your station, Princess.” This earned him another swat, this one a bit more forceful.
“You said you wouldn’t call me that!” she cried. Shining merely shrugged.
“You call me scared, I call you Princess. I think it’s a fair trade.” Cadence’s mouth flapped open for a moment, before she gave a dissatisfied huff.
“Ruin all my fun, why don’t you?” she grumbled.
“Love you too, sweetie.” Shining gave Cadence a kiss on the cheek, and despite her attempts at pretending to be angry she could not help but smile.
“Why can’t I stay mad at you?” she asked.
“I guess I’m just that kind of pony.” he chuckled. “Now are you sure there’s nothing wrong with you?”
“Yes Shining; there is nothing wrong with me. Anything else you would like to know?”
“Not really.” Cadence gave him a playful swat with her tail.
“Come, we’ve wasted enough time here; the others will start getting nervous.” Shining nodded and followed Cadence as she made her way further into the Crystal Palace. As they walked along, they spotted dozens of ponies getting started with their daily tasks, most of them giving Shining and Cadence a nod or small greeting as they passed.
“You know,” Cadence said. “I think we should do something nice for the staff here.”
“Like what?” Shining asked.
“I don’t know. Something to show how much we appreciate all their hard work.”
“Well... Didn’t Twilight have that one friend who really liked making ponies happy, Pinkie Pie?” Cadence smiled and nodded.
“That might just be it. I’ll send a letter and see if she’d be willing to come up.”
“Oh, I have no doubt she’d be interested...” Shining stopped walking for a second. out of the corner of his eye he saw two ponies talking. It was just innocent conversation between two friends, but the subject matter was not one that Shining Armor was incredibly fond of.
They were talking about changelings. Specifically, what it would be like to meet a changeling.
They spoke of how cool it would be to meet a changeling face-to-face. Shining Armor knew better; they never had to stand against hordes of chitinous beasts, never had one rummaging around in their minds, impersonate someone they loved... Sometimes he thought he could still see Chrysalis standing over him, hundreds of her minions leering down at him, her laughter-
“Shining? Shining?” Shining was snapped from his lull and turned to Cadence, the pink alicorn looking at him in worry. “Is something wrong?”
“Oh, no. Just... Just didn’t get enough sleep, that’s all.” Cadence raised an eyebrow at this. “I’ll explain later. Somewhere private.”
“... Fine.” Cadence continued on, while Shining looked back to where the ponies he had overheard were standing.
Maybe... Maybe I am scared...
..................
Abin Sur was sure of three things: he was injured, his ring was almost out of power, and the ship he had commandeered was going down.
He grimaced as he pulled himself up from the floor, pushing away a collection of debris from the ship’s controls. A nearby panel overloaded and exploded, spraying sparks into his face, but he ignored that as he brought up his ring.
“Status report.” he said, ducking as something behind him broke loose.
“Structural integrity is at 43.5% and dropping.” the ring responded. “Power levels at 23% and holding. Recharging is needed if you are to make it to Oa.” Abin Sur looked around at the dying ship.
“I don’t think I’m going to survive that long.” he turned back to the ring. “Can you send a message?”
“Due to low power levels, contact may see some interference.”
“Do it.” Someone needs to know.
“Transmitting...” there was a pause before the ring spoke again. “Contact made.”
“Put me through.” There was another explosion from behind. As Abin Sur ducked to avoid more shrapnel, he winced as something blunt jammed into the wound in his stomach. He pushed the pain out of his mind as the ring made contact.
“This is Green Lantern of Sector 1417 responding.” a voice said through Abin Sur’s ring.
“Sinestro? Good, it’s you.” Abin Sur propped himself up as best he could. “Listen. The ship I’m currently on is going down, so I can’t talk long.” there was a burst of static before the second voice responded.
“... repeat-” static.
“I don’t have that time. Listen, it’s the Manhunters; they’ve-” an explosion forced Abin Sur away from the ring. “The Manhunters; they have started launching attacks into this sector.”
“Repeat-” static. “Manhunters-” more static. “not in Sector 2814.”
“I know that, but they are here now. Ring, transmit all the data I have collected on the Manhunters.”
“Transmitting...” there was a pause. “Data transmitted.”
“I’ve sent you all of the information I have on the Manhunters.” Abin Sur continued, winching again as his injury flared up. “See to it that it reaches the Guardians.” more static before there was a response.
“Will-” static. “- Abin Sur.”
“Transmission terminated.” the ring chirped. Abin Sur struggled over to the ship’s command chair, pulling the controls close to his body. “Structural integrity at 38.7% and dropping.”
“Do we have a point of impact?” if anything, Abin Sur hoped that the ship would not be on a collision course with a planet. Then, he would be able to abandon the ship and call for help, if he did not succumb to his injuries first.
“Calculating...” There was a beep before the image of a star system appeared, the ring highlighting a small planet close to the local star. “Planet Celeste-3, local name ‘Equus’. Point of Impact is at the Center of the Crystal Empire, Equestria. Estimated loss of life at eleven hundred and thirty-five sentients. Estimated time until arrival in planet’s atmosphere: .022 local hours.”
“Can we maneuver out of the way?”
“Structural integrity cannot survive that level of maneuvers. Ring power is at 15%; insufficient to provide support.”
“Please tell we we at least have basic steering.”
“Manual steering is still viable, but very likely that ship will break up upon entering atmosphere.” Abin Sur looked out towards the small planet his ship was now approaching. The section he was headed for was shrouded in darkness, save for the pinpricks of light from towns and cities. He grimaced and pulled on the controls, trying to adjust the direction of the ship as best he could.
“I can accept that risk.” He gave the controls another tug as the ship hurled through the atmosphere, chunks breaking off and disintegrating into dust due to the friction. Warning lights flashed around his head, only to be silenced as the various systems collapsed due to damage.
“Structural integrity at 25% and dropping.” The ring said.
“Just keep it projected; do not remind me.” the ring produced a small screen, indicating that he was now at 20% structural integrity, and that the ring itself was at 12% power and dropping. Abin Sur said a silent curse and tugged at the controls once more, the ship plummeting through a layer of clouds towards the ground below.
Due to the location of the Crystal Empire and the trajectory of his ship, Abin Sur was set to crash somewhere in the Equestrian Tundra. In many ways, he was thankful; crashing here would see no sentients harmed, and provide a means with which to dispose of the ship if necessary. However, with his injuries and low power, his chance at surviving the crash were remote at best.
“Impact imminent; bailout suggested.” his ring said, but he knew that it was too late to do anything. Pulling at the controls once more, Abin Sur closed his eyes as the snow-covered ground raced towards him.
There was a brief flash of pain. And then nothing.
...............
The ship had landed on a section of solid ground. Most of it had been ground to scrap metal, bits and pieces strewn across a mile-wide area, but the ring and it’s power battery survived.
“Life readings... negative.” The ring said after a moment of silence. “Status Report: Green Lantern 2814 deceased. Transmitting information to Oa.” another pause. “Transmission complete. Sector scan 2814 for replacement sentient initiated.” the ring levitated off the ground, hovering for a second as it scanned the surrounding tundra. “Settlement spotted. Searching for replacement.” It’s destination set, the ring began to fly towards the Crystal Empire, a small aura of green amongst the snowy wastes.
As the ring searched, Shining Armor dreamed of lights...
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WELL HELLO THERE
Do want
I am going to love this as I am a huge GL fan and I also one of the few people who actually really liked the movie
So the manhunters will be the villains
Hre is an idea: since the guardians of ht eu niverae are some of the biggest jerks in comics how about they make the choice of being loyal to them or princess celestia who they may see as just seem weak willed fool
I predict this will be featured
OH HELL YEAH IT'S ON NOW!!!!!!!
2786618 That may come up later. Interesting idea
I'm watching you.
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Thanks and due to there being different human gl in the dcu at the same time
How about shining choosing his sister if he ever needs a subistute
Green Lantern is my favorite hero! Shining Armor is one of my favorite characters! I can't wait to see how will be the course of the plot!
Awesome cover art
Haven't even read the first chapter yet, and I'll already fav'ing this story. If "Mare of Steel" and "The Princess of Themyscira" are anything to go by, this should be a lot of fun.
EDIT: Finished the first chapter, and I'm already loving it! The way you write Shining Armor and Cadance feels right and natural. Shining as GL is an inspired choice given how he often has to deal with being something of a second-fiddle in other fanfics. I'll be very interested to see how his character arc goes, as well as other "guest appearances" by other members of the Equestria JL.
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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*cough* *cough* I mean, cool.
This is promising to look very cool. Consider yourself faved.
2786642 That could be an option, although I did have ideas for making Twilight Equestria's equivalent to Doctor Fate (Just an idea and not fully set in stone, but it's an idea)
2786745i had the exact same idea about dr fate
Looks at pony chosen to be the Pony GL.
Looks at his Costume.
GOD DAMN IT. At least I've going with the Alan Scott GL and no the Hal Jordan GL.
Seriously though, the design of your costume is so similar to mine it's scary.
Awesome start, if you have problems with the lore let me know and I will try to help out. I am often told I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of comics
Twilight studying mystical items...
Do those items, by any chance, happen to include an amulet, cloak, and full head-covering golden helm?
OOOOOOO.... YEAAAAAAAAAH!
2787974 Why yes they do
Okay, to start this off, I have not read "The Mare of Steel" or "The Princess of Themyscira." I've heard of them, but I never actually felt any interest in reading them... With that said, the beginning of this story does interest me. The idea of Shining Armor being a Green Lantern does sound a bit cool, and the way this beginning is set up does offer a nice new twist on the character, while still being true to the original incarnation. Now, I'm not give a full opinion yet, mainly because this story has just begun, but this does make me interested, and if it's good maybe I'll take a look at the other stories. So, yeah, I do like how this story started out, and I think I'll keep track of it.
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That character tends to be pretty iconic in DC, as far as magic goes.
I suspected as much.
And which pony (that isn't an immortal alicorn), more powerful than Twilight Sparkle?
When comes next chapter
This sounds great (and the hinted sequel with Twi) just please don't use "Cadence", "dead", and "refrigerator" in the same scene in future chapters
btw, any ideas for Bat Mane? (possible Lunar Guard?)
2792385 No Fridge Stuffing will happen ( I have plans for the star sapphires)
And I do have ideas for Bat themed vigilantes, but I probably won't get started with them until I'm finished with Princess of Themyscira
OK, this is a decent start. For now I'll keep on guessing which GLs were used as the basis for this on.
So far, the origin seems based on Hal Jordan, but I do see some shades of John Stewart (due to sharing a military background) and Kyle Rayner (the costume is more elaborate than anything John or Hal have ever had. Guy Gardner has an "elaborate" costume, but only compared to John and Hal, though it is still a relatively simplier design than Kyles').
Using Green text for the ring is ok, the only thing I would change is the use of the quotation marks, since only green text is needed to show that the ring is speaking (note: this only applys to rings themselves, even the rings of others corps should be identified be their color like this. Beings like Parallax, Ion and the other emotional entities, while using there respective emotional colors should have quotation marks. It would make identifying whose speaking a bit easier incase you bring in the emotional entities).
Instafave It brings 2 of my favorite things ponies and Green Lantern
2786595 At least I know I'm not alone. Parallax is one of my favorite villains "Do you fear me? Good."
Shining.... word of advice. When you meet Sinestro... just buck him in the face.
I mean, just look at his NAME for Celestia's sake, and consider that in Equestria, names are mirrors of who a pony is....
Also... Twilight Sparkle as Dr. Fate.
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Shining, always remember. It's not, "No Fear", it's "Overcome Fear".
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I think Con Mane's being set up as Batmane.
You know which DC hero I'd like to see ponified? Static.
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Ah come on! Now Fridge Stuffing!? That could be so epic if done right (unlike with Kyle Rainor, which was done wrong).
Also, in case you were wondering: yes. There is a titanic difference between sentience and sapience and you should have used the latter word since the context in which you were using sentience is incorrect and actually the correct context for sapience.
From yahoo answers:
"Sentience is consciousness: the ability to understand signals, interpret them, learn them, and use them.
Sapience is the ability to think abstractly about the world, to search for meaning instead of purpose.
Some say apes are sapient. Some say Cnidaria (jellyfish and polyps) are not sentient, even though they have a nervous system. What is clear is that at least 99.999% of animal species is not sapient, and that all sponges and all non-animal life forms on earth are not sentient."
Shining Armor as a Green Lantern? Cool
I'm reading this wonderous fanfic and learning about the Green Lanterns too! YAAAAY, rings can fly and relay information!
I've always wondered just how sentient the Lantern Rings are. Are they programmed automata or are they sapient on a certain level. Are they capable of mourning a lost bearer?
Someone needs to draw this.
2847646 they're like robots. They can search for a worthy bearer and find them. But no emotion though. When the bearer dies it sends that to Oa and looks for a new bearer
3264214 Agreed!
And I start on another trail.