Tales of Colonial Equestria

by ThunderDratine

The Sanctuary

In front of them lies a very large sanctuary made of ivory with mystic paintings and symbols shown in the outer walls. There's also numerous stained glasses that has images of humans, ponies, even griffins.

"Is this place... for real?" Sunset Shimmer couldn't believe it. She feels like all it was just a dream, but it's not. "It's... beautiful. So... ancient."

"It appears to. But, how they built this underground?"

"I have no idea, Twilight. No idea at all."

The girls crossed the long ornate bridge. The cristaline water emitted a dim diamond-color light across the cave walls, making the girls feel very calm.

"This is nice. It feels like I'm in heaven." Sunset sighed with a sweet smile. "You know, I always dreamed of being in a place like this. No distractions, isolated from the world, no worries."

"The perfect place to bring your body and soul in a deep state of calm." Sci-Twi took a deep breath and exhaled. "Ahh. That felt so good." Sunset giggles. "Go on. Give it a try."

"Sure!" Sunset Shimmer deeply inhales and holds her breath for a few seconds. Then, she let it all out. "That was amazing! It feels like you forget about your issues in no time."

"I agree with you, my friend."

"Speaking of which. Seeing the structure, the long bridge and the water reminds me of Equestria in a good way. Well... before I became a troublemaker during my studies."

"You must really miss it, I believe."

"Yeah. I wonder if Princess Celestia would be glad to hear more about my goals and progress. But, I will go back to my home world someday. For now, we have an investigation in progress."

"Gotta love that enthusiasm. She will be proud of you. Trust me." Twilight comforts her.

"Thank you, Twi."

"You're welcome." smiles.

After a small conversation, they reach the sanctuary entrance. It's a very large ivory round door with the Equestrian Insignia carved in it. Oddly, it looked like another plain wall but it's surrounded by a threshold.

"Strange. If I'm in the human world, why am I staring at the Equestrian Insignia?" Sunset Shimmer doubts for a moment.

"I don't know. But the other good question is... What's on the other side? There has to be like a mechanism we can use to open the door. Let's look for it."

"Ok." The girls begin their search.

They inspect all over the door, the threshold, the surrounding walls, including the bridge. They tried to avoid to miss the slightest detail.

"Found anything yet, Twilight?"

"No! There's no mechanism! This may be an amazing structure but there is not a single way to enter."

"What? How there's going to be a sanctuary that can't be accessed at all. Makes no sense!" Sunset Shimmer gets upset.

"It may make no sense at first but think about something logical." Sci-Twi reunites with her friend.

"What's logical?"

"What if inside this place hides a very powerful artifact or worse... a portal."

"How come?"

"It's easy. Just think about it. If it would be a powerful artifact and gets in the wrong hands, what can happen?"

"He or she will be unstoppable and cause nothing but death and destruction."

"Correct! Now, if it was a portal, then the answer is?"

"A war between dimensions."

"That's right, Sunset Shimmer! You get and A+!"

Out of the blue, a deep male voice echoes.

"Impressive. Two valiant women found the Sanctuary."

"Huh? Is someone there?" Sci-Twi gasped, sticking with Sunset Shimmer in fear.

"There's no need to be scared. I'm not your enemy. Allow me to introduce myself."

A very large shadow creature emerges from a giant blue fireball in the middle of the bridge. The girls, not trusting him yet, prepare for a possible battle. The fire slowly vanishes as he extends his long wings and magically draws from his left hand a giant cinquedea and leaps way up in the air towards the girls and swoops in at very high speed.

"LOOK OUT!" Twilight pushes Sunset aside and raises her hands for a magical counterattack.

The creature instead, stabs through the bridge milimeters away from Twilight. She pants in horror, still standing on guard. Behind the cinquedea, the shadow creature reveals his true self.

Comments

[Starlight Nova]

If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?

[Nebbie]

It's an interesting premise, but the two chapters so far were basically just one awkward prolog that didn't really hold my interest.