10 - Something Interesting
Twilight took the scroll in her magic and unfurled it quickly, her eyes scanned quickly left and right as she muttered under her breath. Her eyes widened with every word she absorbed.
Cherry drifted closer from slightly below. "Is something wrong? Who's Celestia?"
The scroll vanished in a puff as Twilight turned to her guest. "She's the ruler of this entire nation, and she has some bad news for us." She glanced off a moment, her hooves fidgeting with obvious worry.
Spike put a claw against her side supportively. "Whatever it is, we'll handle it. Should I get the girls?"
"No, Spike." She shook her head. "Not this time."
Starlight pointed at herself. "What about me? I'm already here."
Twilight looked indecisive a moment before Cherry hopped up out of the water, making the hallway just outside her new room a bit wet. "Twilight, everypony on the land has baked in the sun to make me feel welcome. Whatever the problem is, I'll help! Stop looking so worried."
Twilight smiled at that. "You're right, all of you. We'll face this together." She put a hoof to her chest and took a slow breath as she extended that hoof. "Alright, so here's the deal. Celestia sent me an old mare's tale, and she wouldn't do that if it wasn't relevant. It says that a foal of the sea will emerge to be greeted by royalty, but in with her comes a tsunami."
Spike tilted his head a little. "Su-what?"
Twilight waved a hoof. "Big wave. I doubt that part's literal. That's the problem with prophecies, they're never literal."
Cherry tilted her head. "I just made a wave when I jumped out of my room. Does that count?"
Twilight quirked a little smile. "I doubt it. There is a hint here. Whatever is coming has to be following you."
Cherry put up her hooves, flopping over in the process. "I didn't do anything!"
Starlight reached a hoof over, placing it on Cherry's back. "Nopony's blaming you. She just means your direction. Twilight, do you think it means something's coming from the sea?"
Twilight bobbed her head then sighed. "Pinkie's going to be upset."
Starlight frowned a little. "I think we're taking what is an admitted old mare's tale a touch too literally."
Twilight perked an ear. "Alright, so what do you think it is?"
Starlight pointed at Cherry. "You are, for better or worse, a huge new thing. Somepony may react to that badly. We should be careful of that, not monsters rising from the depths."
Spike waved it off. "What? Nah. Did you see how the ponies reacted? They were happy to see Cherry, and why shouldn't they be?"
Cherry glanced from pony to pony to dragon and back. "So what are we doing?"
Twilight sank to her haunches. "Nothing. Starlight has a point and we should keep our eyes open, but assuming there's a huge monster or a wave of creatures is silly, I have a hard time be--"
The castle shook suddenly, making all of them wobble before it stilled. Spike looked in the direction of the noise downstairs. "What the hay was that?"
Twilight frowned. "Maybe our tsunami came to us instead of waiting." She set off at a gallop, vanishing around a corner.
Cherry twisted upright and got her wrench into position to get her mechanical legs working, walking in tandem with them to get herself moving, but she wasn't going nearly as fast as Twilight.
Starlight stayed with Cherry, her magic plucking up Spike and dropping him on her back. "Come on, we'll find out what's going on."
They came downstairs to find Twilight facing a literal angry mob, torches and pitchforks at the ready and unhappy frowns across every face. Before them was a battered-but-intact Pinkie Pie. Twilight was already addressing the crowd. "What in Equestria are you all thinking?"
One advanced, with a grey mane and spectacles. The mare nodded at Twilight. "We hear you have a siren in your castle, is this true?"
Twilight thrust a hoof at Pinkie. "I think we have far more pressing questions! What'd you--"
The grey-haired mane pointed past Twilight. "There she is! She's controlling the princess!"
The crowd roared into action, pressing around their wizened leader and starting to cram through the door towards Cherry. She squealed in surprise and dismay and started to turn in place, only to flop over as she lost her balance in the heat of the moment.
Starlight clopped her forehooves as her horn began to glow brightly. Several of the ponies slowed to a stop with glazed looks in their eyes as others rushed past them, the angry shouts only getting louder.
Twilight shot Starlight a sour look at the mental magic, but it was short-lived with the crowd shoving its way to her and right past her.
"Stop this!" she cried, but the ponies weren't listening to her at all.
"We'll save you, Princess!"
"You just wait right here." A pegasus dropped down on Twilight from above and tried to force her to the ground. "We'll take care of that monster and free you in no time at all!"
Spike cringed with worry. "I think it's time to get out of here."
"You got that right." Starlight plucked up the panicked Cherry from the floor. "Ponyville's not safe right now." With a bright surge of magic, all three of them vanished, leaving behind a crowd that cheered and whooped at their victory.
Their princess was safe.
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She didn't even get to play with her clock. :(
Also, one mob of villagers does not a tsunami make. Seems like small potatoes for a prophecy. :)
7176478 You assume that's all there is to it.
Pony herd mentality . So viral in it's nature it spread to humans centuries ago.
Oh my...
Great chapter!
Ponies are always so touchy feely about new things.
Also, Twilight is going to be very upset about this.
They literally broke out the torches and pitchforks.
A bit of a sucker punch to the gut.
I'd like to argue that ponies would not act this way, but we know that they do and they have in the canon series.
No typos evident here, they were probably chased over the cliffhanger by the angry mob.*
*edited to make a better joke
Great chapter. I liked how you had another old mare's tale come true. Here's a hug for you. *hug
Pony language has always been fascinating. There are so many words and colloquial expressions from here that seemingly would have no reason to come into being in a magical land of ponies and other creatures. I was going to observe that 'tsunami' is a Japanese word that's worked its way into American English, but then I remembered that Neighpon is cannon (I think) so that would explain that.
7176171 Your suggestion would also work, but it has a less direct structure.
Gosh the towns people are a bunch of idiots cherry does even look anything close to a siren more of a pony with the back half of a dolphin
uh Starlight. Nightmare Moon was supposed to be an old mare's tale. Look how that turned out.
Only issue here is that Twilight didn't know about the Sirens till she looked it up. So how can so many ponies know about them but she didn't.
I honestly think it was way too fast for this mob to show up. Give Cherry a week at least before this crap happens.
7176484
Herd mentality? Wouldn't a herd run away from a threat and let it eat the stragglers? Forming a lynch mob sounds more like pack mentality.
Twilight: ARE YOU FUCKWITS PONIES OR TIMBERWOLVES?!!
7176534 um timberwolves.......i want that pony sent to teh frozen north to hunt for sombra
7176492 Its an orge get arghhh with the pitchforks and the torches
7176524 You have perfectly defined a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
It probably just means you need to set up a border-crossing station at every beach to handle all the visitors and immigrants. No big deal.
herself
Starlight's a useful pony to have around; having two teleporters in the group opens up lots of alternative strategies. An angry mob, eh? Better get the CMC, they have experience with this situation.
7176478 let me tell you, I misread that first sentence BADLY when I saw it. why are all the l's so small on this site
Here's a good question or demand?
Well there be an Alicorn like Sea-Pony? Would be interesting if it was a he and was like a King of Alantis. Would make a lot of sense if he thinks that cherry got kidnapped and uses a tsunami to get her back.
7176534 After seeing this herd even it not ponies I can't rightly agree. I'd say a large herd and a small threat would likely remove such a threat, but a large threat I might and probably would expect fleeing.
Ponyville Ponys=1000000% Idiots.
Commence read.
What a timely prophecy.
Not sure if I'm thinking there is a reference to something and don't know it.
Or, there isn't one and I'm trying to make one and tie it in.
I see Celestia and Luna getting involved soon
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Starlight with mind control magic? We never saw using it in canon; Just regular brainwashing.
Now the citizens of Ponyville face the wrath of a pissed off princess of friendship and the former element of magic. I pray for their poor souls as her wrath will be great.
Really Twilight? Really? "Prophecies are never literal"? I mean it's not like the LAST one you heard was Literal with the Mare in The Moon, that you TOTALLY DISCOUNTED!! Oh wait....IT WAS!! *Twitches*
7176793 That prophecy was extremely figurative with many layers and possible interpretations.
in all likely hood, one of the Flower Mare Trio saw Cherry, had a panic attack and that fear spread to the rest of the town...that happening in show cannon is well know, and i can site sources there
You know, maybe I should just let this go a bit and read several chapters at once so I can really have a chance to get into the story.
All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!
Other than that, liking this story so far (especially Cherry, of course). Should be interesting to see where it goes.
I really hope the first Twilight gets to hear of Cherrys pet, Squishy coming up river is Stephen Magnet recovering in the spa after having an altercation ejection from his river by a nauticle beast most uncouth.
7176556 I like IT
ITS FUN
I am expecting the sea dragons to appear soon.
They hear that their princess has been captured by a creature which supposedly draws power from negative emotions, and what do they do? They form an angry mob!
Luckily Cherry isn't really a Siren, or else Equestria would be in a whole heap of trouble.
On the other hoof, now I'm curious as to what Sirens actually are. My guess is that "Siren" is/was just the word for certain groups of Hippocamps that had taken to raiding shipping lanes in ages past (like bandits or pirates), with the most famous ones that the legends tell of being a certain trio of sisters whose enchanting voices were powered by their magic pendants.
P.S. Sorry about the deleted comment. I was trying to type on the phone and the damned thing posted it before I was finished.
Well, the last old mare's tale was Nightmare Moon, so~
*sighs*
*Turns to angry mob of ponies*
"YOU ARE ALL IDIOTS!"
O...k. This escalated quickly, AND I LOVE IT!
I bloody knew it
7176523 the sirens are fish and cherry is a dolphin lol
7177028 just search sea dragon Leviathan and you'll get a sea dragon mixed with an octopus
7174351 IT IS A BLOODY GREAT STORY
*Blink blink*
7177310
ARE YOU SECRETLY PRINCESS LUNA!?
7176796 Except it turned out to be...rather literal.
oops.
7176524 I'm assuming that this one pony happened to know just enough about sirens to stir up the crowd, but not enough to recognize hippocampus vs siren. Bad news travels faster and all that.
...What happened?
7177658 Something interesting.
7177680 Ok.