6 -A Letter and Apples
Dear Princess Celestia.
I am writing to inform you of a monster encounter near Ponyville. Yesterday, at 3:12 pm approx a mile south west from Fluttershys home, a Hydra measuring approx 127 meters in height was sighted coming from the Everfree Forest. The Hydra appeared to be frenzied, and was attempting to eat three ponies that were fleeing from it. We managed to drive it back into the forest without any loss of life, but one of the three -an old stallion one of the other two identified as "Merlin"- was injured. Surprisingly, the injury was unrelated to the hydra, and instead it seems they were attacked by a manticore while traveling through the Everfree. We as of yet haven't ascertained the reason of such a dangerous route of travel. The two others -a colt and a filly- have at this point refused to talk. I believe they may be in shock, and will try to talk to them again today. Once we turned back the hydra, we discovered Merlin was afflicted with manticore venom. We transported Merlin to Ponyville General Hospital, and left him in the capable hooves of our own Nurse Redheart. She claims that Merlin should have made a full recovery by now, and as stated, I plan on
going to the hospitl___________Apologies for the minor error, Pinkie Pie is here and now apparently "we" are going to go check up on Ponyvilles newest guests. She has her party canon, but don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her. Plus, she should know better after last time. Once again, apologies. It was my intention to have this sent to you immediately, but it appears that Spike isn't here at the moment. I'll leave a note for Spike to send this as soon as he gets home.Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle And Pinkie Pie!~
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Twilight looked at the letter, and sighed. "You made your name too big."
"What?"
"Look, its bigger than, well ALL of my lines. it doesn't even fit on the line!" Twilight pointed, and it was quite clear. Twilight's writing was clear and concise, all neat and tidy. Pinkies by comparison had lopsided itself over three different lines, and was at least twice as big as Twilight had made her own.
"So?" Pinkie stared down Twilight with a wide smile, and Twilight found it hard to form a response. Not finding one, she turned to the table. Placing it alongside a note which she quickly wrote out "Spike, send this as SOON as you get back," she turned back to Pinkie Pie.
"Alright, lets get going, those three are probably scared out of their wits, a friendly face will likely go a long way..." Turning to Pinkie Pie, she asked, "Am I forgetting anything?"
"Nope!`" Pinkie Pie cheerily bounced out of the now open doorway, leaving Twilight to give the library another once over, before she herself followed out the door.
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Princess Celestia, one who raises the sun, Monarch and Ruler of all Equestria, was having a terrible morning.
It had started when she woke up. She normally kept herself in a magically bound slumber, to ensure she woke up in time to raise the sun. Her sleep had been disturbed almost two hours before she had wanted it to. She couldn't figure out how it had been disrupted, and she didn't trust herself to wake up by the time that was needed if she went back to sleep.
So she stayed awake.
By the time she raised the sun, she was wide awake. But she had spent a fair while with body wracking yawns, and her eyes had an itchy feeling behind them.
She set up her workstation outside, on a balcony overlooking a partition.
She had filled out several forms that had been filed in her backlog (Oh the glorious life of monarchy), and the tedium was slowly eating into her.
"Willow Wisp?" she called, trying to get the attention of one of her attendants. "Think you could get me another pitcher of coffee? Mine has unfortunately run dry!" It had actually emptied itself more than an hour previously, but with the mountain of paperwork before her she had seen her time better spent with her muzzle to the paper.
"Just a tic ma-am!" With the muffled sound of movement from the other side of the door, Willow Wisp promptly revealed herself upon entry. Levitating a pot of coffee above her, she went in through the large gilded doors. A unicorn mare with a deep blue coat, and light aquamarine flowing mane and tail. Willow was an on off attendant, and had found the princess to be rather crabby this morning. As such, she was now taking care to console her in any way she could.
"Thank you Willow," taking hold of the coffee pot, she poured a small amount into a cup she had been using. Taking a long sip, she smiled at Willow Wisp. "Apologies for my...rather abrasive personality this morning, just got up on the wrong side of the bed I suppose." Giving her another wide smile, she started as a familiar puff of smoke wove itself through the air. Whirling in front of her face, it quickly coalesced into a signature paper scroll denoting a message from her precious student.
She took hold of the scroll with her magic, and unraveled it. Her eyes went line by line, then stopped. A surprised look flitted across her face, and she quickly re read from the start. Dropping the scroll, she opened her wings to their full extent. With a mighty downstroke, she took off.
Willow Wisp was was left amidst a sudden storm of papers. They slowly made their way back to the ground, those that hadn't simply flown off the balcony.
"...I'm not cleaning this up." With a flick of her tail, she went back inside to call for a maid.
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"ooooooohhhhhh..."
Arthur had eaten too much. His stomach felt like it was about to explode, but It had been enjoyable though. He hadn't been able to find any of the "cupcakes" that Pinkie Pie had been talking about, but he had secured a copious amount of lime flavored jello.
"Chin up lad, walk it off." Merlin had overindulged as well, yet not to the extent as Arthur. Indeed, only Guinevere had managed to keep herself in decent straights. They meandered along, drawing a stray glance or two as they made their way for the front door. Throwing it open, they strode out into the mid day sun. They proceeded through town, and Arthur was assailed with strange sounds and sights. Round, colorful balls that floated at the end of strings. A strange house with the windows shuttered, through which muted flashing light and deep throbbing music seeped. A pony selling flowers, apparently to consume.
"Are they...moving the clouds?" Arthur had finally looked up towards the sky, seeing a darting movement in his periphery vision.
"They...ah! Yes, yes they are. Now," Merlin stopped, gesturing to a light green coated pegasus, with a cropped blonde main and tail. Arthur couldn't be sure, but the mark on its side appeared to be a sunflower. "This one is moving the clouds to...the outskirts, see? I wager they're going to create a localized downpour, to provide water for the crops in the farms.Quite an efficient system, wouldn't you say, eh?"
"I guess..." Arthur couldn't really fathom the point of moving the clouds. They would just move again, according to the whim of the wind.
Merlin asked a random passerby if there was any work to be had on a nearby farm, and soon enough they were off for a "Sweet Apple Acres", a farm which traded mostly in apples. A curious event, how could a farm consist of nothing but apples? They passed the time commenting on shapes of random clouds overhead, and on the various shades of pegasi guiding them. Before long, the road had shifted to nothing more than an uneven dirt path, with the sides lined with lines upon lines of apple trees. Ahead, they could see a large stallion pulling three carts heaping with apples. They quickly overtook him, and Arthur was able to get a better look at the farmhand. Boasting a coat of deep crimson, he had a clashing mark of a bright green apple half on his side. He was a massive beast, easily a neck and a head above Merlin. Arthur was struck by a memory of his stepfather Hector towering over Merlin.
"Hello there!" Merlin called out to the red stallion, garnering a quick look and a gruff "Hi" from him before continuing on his way.
Arthur was pretty sure this response wasn't born of rudeness but of a single mindedness towards finishing the job at hand. Arthur had been in the same situation himself many a time, where focusing at the task at hand was the only thing that was truly important.
"Hello...sir?" Arthur had sidled up alongside the red stallion, intent on garnering a response above "Hi".
"Is this the way to Sweet Apple Acres?" He took a long look at the foal that had started walking beside him, and uttered,
"Eeeyup."
Arthur looked on expectantly, but it seemed that the slight confirmation was all the red stallion was willing to give. "So....we were wondering, if there might be some work or something we could do on the farm? Maybe for room and board?" Merlin seemed content to let Arthur continue with his questions, and to his credit it looked as if he was about to gain an insightful answer from their new friend.
"...Nope."
Arthur's expression wavered, but he quickly recovered, "Sir, may I ask further on the subject?"
The stallion, slowed, checking his thoughts. He responded glibly "No spare rooms." He then returned to his normal pace.
"So... there is work, just not something we could do for room and board?"
"...Eeeyup."
They continued on in silence for a bit, hoping for another word or two. They found themselves disappointed.Merlin turned to Arthur, and nudged his side. "Man of few words, eh? Best we not irritate him with needless chatter, just-" he leaned close to large stallion, "Just oooone more question for you there, might we pressure you for a name?"
"...Big Macintosh." He muttered, before raising a massive foreleg and wiping his brow of sweat.
"Well, thank you, Big Macintosh." turning back to Arthur, Merlin gave him a wink. "Ah, looks like we're nearing our destination, see the archway?"
Indeed, it appeared they had reached their destination, with a large sign saying "Sweet Apple Acres". There was a small bit of activity surrounding the gate, as three fillies were milling about the entryway. As they grew closer, Arthur could see that they were covered in grime, and something that smelled horrible.
"Applebloom?" Big Macintosh spoke, startling Arthur with its suddenness.
"Oh! Hi...bro..." this was spoken by the normal filly, with coat of muted yellow and hair of bright red. The most striking feature Arthur found however, was a pink bow which held her mane in a ponytail. Her speech trailed down sheepishly, and it was obvious she found the situation more than a little embarrassing. "We...uh...tried our hooves at gaining our cutie marks in...animal handling...but...well..."
"Skunk." Simply stated by Big Macintosh, caused a collective downtrodden look to carry across the three fillys faces.
"Twasnt our fault! We did everythin' all nice, but it just turned and sprayed!" She stomped a little hoof down, dislodging a wad of dirt.
"Tomato bath, I'll get the tub." Big Macintosh trudged off towards a large red walled structure, leaving them alone with this "Applebloom" and her two friends.
"Well, I know this aint the best welcome, but-" With this said, she reared up on her back legs, throwing her two forelegs over her head.
"Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres!"
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Another good chapter. It's also interesting to note that Celestia apparently knows his real name.
Also, you should consider finding yourself an editor or at least a proofreader, the mistakes aren't that big, but every little thing adds up.
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Sorry.......
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Don't be, no writer is perfect, and it's much harder to spot your own mistakes. That's why authors, no matter how experienced, have other people look their writing over.
Whelp, now Merlin has BOTH, Redheart and good old Sunbutt hot on his heels... ehrm hooves.
Will he be able to worm his way out of this?
Will he survive this?
Will there be enough remains for Wart to identifiy him afterwards?
Wll, this cat will stay tuned to find out.
Merlin's got a cranky Celestia on his tail. He'd better hope, for his sake, that she doesn't find him.
how'd i miss this? the sword in the stone is one of my favorite classic disney films!
Not a bad chapter. I can't wait to see Celestia and Merlin run into each other
This looks interesting. I'll watch it to see where it will go from here
Looks like Big Mac will need a lot of tomato juice to clean the Crusaders from their skunk stench.
Loving this story. keep it up!
Hopefully when Pinkie realizes who Arthur is the inevitable Monty Python references won't go overboard...
Good chapter, it's exciting to see them out in the world.
Oh dear, Celesita is mad. I wonder what an Alicorn of the Sun produced Rainboom looks like?????
Yay for CMC... but I feel for them getting sprayed by a skunk. good lord the stink. I just caught a glimpse of one once and my nose started aching. I'm guessing they didn't have Fluttershy with them on this venture.
Wait... Arthur is about the same age as the CMC right??? Are they going to drag him into their antics????
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Cutie Mark Crusader........Crusaders!
Only one emote of each....thats a shame.
4114350 Yes, especially since the Applebloom one is sad. We need all three of them smiling. But I just realized that Arthur and Genivier don't have cutie marks yet that you've described, so the CMC will get two more members.
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I havent even defined what Marlins is yet, although the fact that nopony else has commented on it means that he does have one...I'll have to detail that in the next chapter.
4114891 I suggest a spiral of stars. You know, a bunch of stars swirling around one another????
Yay! Another new chapter already. ^.^
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I am going to try to keep more focus on this than I have been. that means hopefully longer, and more frequent chapters.
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Awesome. That's more than can be said about my fanfic anyways....I really should try getting back on track with it, yet at the same time, start up some other fics.
Oh well. Looking forward to reading this story either way.
Makes ya wonder what Luna's reaction will be to this sudden revelation?(We need Luna Emo faces! Everypony hound the Administrators for them!) Merlin had better run fast, run far!
I can just see Hazel having a hissy-fit when she see's the Crusaders getting close to Arthur. And if they do get a little crush on him that'd be even more hilarious. Regardless of whether or not it's just Hazel or the CMC as well, poor Arthur is gonna be run ragged.
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Shush, quit ruining my flavor text.
Celestia's cranky?
May Merlin rest in peace, the old son of a gun.
And going with the last line, it kind of reminded me of Braeburn's introduction. {Minus the dragging the line out...I so thought you were going to do that.} Eh, they are family.
Great chapter. I can't wait to read more.
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There will inevitably be characters that are overlooked, or seemingly ignored. I hope not to do so with any of the "main" characters, but I highly doubt that I'll be able to shoehorn every character into the story. And I dont want to simply cameo every character I can to simply "include" them.
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Him, and any other poor soul that stands in her way~