Terraria: Friendship Is Magic

by Pomp-Neigh

Chapter 29 - Ponyville Aftermath.

-EQUUS, CRYSTAL EMPIRE-

Despite everything that’s going on from Equestria’s Capitol to the small town of Ponyville, the ponies of The Crystal Empire along with various survivors try their best to maneuver around these hard times. Sadly, their sense of peace will soon be interrupted and shattered as Shining Armor and the rest of the survivors from the battle of Ponyville come bursting through the empire’s barrier. They were all covered in dirt, snow, along with other... Substances. The ponies watch on in shock as the unicorn prince and the rest of his group make their way hastily towards the castle however one among them, Big Mac, spots his family and breaks off. As a result, Sugar Belle sees this and decides to go with the red stallion.

“Granny!, Apple Bloom!, I’m glad y’all are ok!”, Big Mac exclaims as he runs into his two remaining family members from the apple orchard and hugs them both. Sweetie Belle watches the group with a smile forming on her face, Granny Smith pulls away after a few moments and says:

“Why of course we’re ok ma’ grandchild, we all came here together r’member?, and ma’ word boy!, You’re filthy. What ‘appened out there?”, Granny asks as she then takes notice of Sugar Belle and says: “Well I’ll be boy!, looks like you don’ got yer’self a fine mare while you were away. Now you look here Miss, so long as you treat my grandkid good I’ll give you ma’ blessin.”

“Granny!”, Big Mac shouts as his face becomes absolutely flustered. Apple Bloom was laughing in the background throughout the entire scene.

“W-well... I... I, thank you ma’am.”, Sugar Bell replies as she fidgets in place with a blush.

“Now, you tell yer’ old Granny just what’s been botherin’ you boy?. Then you can go get yer’self cleaned up.”, Granny smith says. After a few moments of gathering himself Big Mac takes a deep breath and starts to tell his family everything that has transpired in Ponyville with the assistance of Sugar Bell.

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-EQUUS, CRYSTAL EMPIRE CASTLE: THRONE ROOM-

“We shall hear of the army’s success very soon, let us take comfort in knowing that our combined forces shall prevail over that wretched fiend who calls thyself: Hive Mind!”, Princess Luna exclaims as she, princess Cadence, Spike, and all the representative’s of the coalition raise a hoof, hand, claw, and mandible into the air shouting:

“To victory!”

[CRASH]

Suddenly, the doors to the throne room are flung open as Shining Armor, Stygian, Chrysalis, Mayor Mare, Trixie, Tempest, and all of The Pillars run with bated breaths over to the base of The Throne. Naturally, everyone in the throne room notices them and were about to congratulate them on their, ‘victory’. Their world is about to get a rude awakening.

“Oh my dear Shining!, I’m so glad you’ve all achieved victory an-” - Cadence.

“We didn’t win!, The Hive Mind was right... There are new monsters that have been born in The Corruption!.”, Shining Armor exclaims as he shakes with absolute fear, this causes Cadence to teleport to his side and comfort him. The representatives, Spike, and Princess Luna all gasp in surprise which causes a series of interactions:

“What doth thou mean?!” - Princess Luna.

“Domihaus demands to know what do you mean by, ‘we didn’t win?!’” - King Domihaus.

“[COUGH] That’s not possible!, we had a whole army made up of every race present here!” - Grandpa Gruff.

“Chrysalis, please tell me none of my subjects lost their lives?!, I knew I should’ve been there... I was supposed to fight alongside everyone!” - King Thorax.

“Of course some of The Changelings died you fool, we faced monstrosities far worse than anything we could’ve imagined!. And don’t be an idiot, if you die the mind link of The Hive will die with you and I’m sure I don’t need to tell you what that means for the rest of The Changelings?” - Chrysalis.

“This is madness!, you mean to tell us that even our combined forces were nearly wiped out?!” - General Seaspray.

“Garble!, I’m so glad you’re ok. What in the name of my father happened out there?!”, Dragon Lord Ember questions as Garble’s sister, Smolder, flies over to hug him with tears in her eyes and says:

“I’m so glad you’re ok big brother.”, Surprisingly, even Spike came over to the red drake to see to his safe return:

“I’m glad you’re ok Garble, I really am. What happened out there?”

“I’ll tell you what happened, we got our asses kicked!. At first everything was going well, we were practically winning... Until those other monsters arrived...” - Garble.

“This blows me away, my heart breaks for every zebra and ally that has passed on this day.” - Prince Zaku.

“Yaks can’t believe monsters kill yak’s allies and other yaks so heartlessly, yak prince shall get revenge for us all!” - Prince Rutherford.

“We need a plan, and we need it now.” - Tempest Shadow.

Princess Luna trots over to Star Swirl, Stygian, and the rest of The Pillars as she says:

“Dearest teacher and friends, we are glad thou art ok. What happened out there?, how dire is the situation?”, Stygian walks up to Luna and replies:

“Things are not looking well your highness, just as Prince Shining Armor and the red dragon Garble has said... New enemies have entered the fray.”

“And that’s not even the worst part...”, Star Swirl says as he too steps forward and stands by Stygian, the rest of The Pillars converse amongst themselves. “Luna, I’m truly at a loss my dear student... If these new monsters could push us back as they did what hope do we have to face the giant monstrosity... This Eater Of Worlds?”

“We... We art not sure Star Swirl... We, I must think in private. Forgive us for leaving on short notice!”, Luna exclaims as she teleports out of existence.

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-EQUUS, CRYSTAL EMPIRE CASTLE: CRYSTAL HEART CHAMBER-

[POOF]

Luna re-appears in the very same chamber that holds The Crystal Heart however there has been another precious treasure that’s recently been added. Encased in a purple spire of crystals the preserved body of Princess Celestia rests against a wall on the opposite side of the chamber’s entrance. The Princess Of The Sun looked as if she were sleeping peacefully on her own bed only in this case her form floated off of the ground encased in crystals. Decorating the crystal-grave was a series of beautiful flowers including one of the sunflowers that were used to contain The Corruption. Luna walks slowly up to her sister as tears threatened to escape her eyes, she then bows in respect to her deceased sibling and says:

“Dearest sister... We apologize for not coming to visit thou these last few days. We tried... We tried to attack The Corruption but now there are new enemies we must face. The Hive Mind told us itself that we gave them enough time to increase their forces. We... We thought it to be a ruse, a way to try and intimidate us but from what Prince Shining Armor and Star Swirl has told us we know not what to do. Oh dear sister, if only thou were here... Ye would likely know what course of action we must take...”

[POOF]

“[SIGH] You know... Every time I come here I always think Sun Butt is just playing a prank on us, that she’d eventually just wake up after having her fun. I honestly can’t believe she’s really gone... I know we’ve had our differences but death is the last thing I ever would want, For both of you.”, Discord says as he snaps his fingers and conjures a large bouquet of rainbow colored roses, he then lays the roses upon the crystal grave and says: “I doubt you can hear me Sun Butt, but... I’m sorry.” After saying those words Discord and Luna remain silent for a few moments. Luna finally breaks the silence as she says:

“We... Appreciate thou respect for our sister Lord Of- Discord.”

“Well, well, this is the first time in over a thousand years you’ve ever used my name Lulu.”, Discord says as he grins at the Alicorn with his lion’s paw stroking his beard.

“Thou would be wise not to ruin the occasion with thy words... [SIGH] we have something to ask of ye, Discord.”

“Oh?, well go on Lulu.”

“Firstly, thou shall stop calling us Lulu. Secondly, we would like to ask thou about what we discussed some time in the past.”

“You’ll need to be more specific, Moon Butt.”, Discord replies which causes Luna’s left eye to twitch at the new, ‘nickname’.

“When we last spoke thou were telling us about that other world, Terraria. During thou lecture ye mentioned a name, thou didn’t say it completely but it started with: Cthu?”

Luna’s inquiry caused Discord to momentarily shudder in, what Luna couldn’t believe to be, fear. Discord sighs heavily and regains his composer as he replies:

“Alright Luna, given everything that’s happening this might be called for. What you do with this information is completely up to you.”, Discord then snaps his fingers and conjures two soft, and rather large, pillows for them both to sit on. Luna sets herself down on one of the pillows which coincidently was dark purple in coloration with the symbol of a crescent moon as she says:

“Thank ye.”

“No problem, Fluttershy always did drill me on proper manners. Now then, allow me to tell you a story that’s well known in Terraria: The Coming Of Cthulhu.

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-TERRARIA, FOREST AT THE EDGE OF THE DESERT, ENCAMPMENT-

It was now becoming late into the afternoon as the Terrarians and Ponies made their way safely out of The Desert and saw fit to rest up before nightfall. They begin to construct an encampment as well as starting dinner before the sun sets. Twilight, Starlight, Rainbow Dash, Celestia, and Sai Sahan were sitting around a table as some among them talked about their recent victory over The Desert Scourge:

“We were so awesome!, I was like, ‘bam bam bam bam’, with my new gun and Starlight was like, ‘shlink shank boom’, together, we all showed that overgrown worm who the real boss was!” - Rainbow Dash

“I must say Rainbow, your plan to use those giant bugs as bait was pretty genius. The loot we got from it was nothing to scuff at either.” - Starlight.

“Indeed, luring it out with its incredible hunger was quite sound.” - Celestia.

“The beast was a true force to be reckoned with, let us celebrate this victory over tonight’s feast!” - Sai Sahan.

As they continue on, Twilight was lost in her own world as she was reading a book she recently received from Sai Sahan, a book titled:

“The Coming Of Cthulhu.”

Author's Note:

Character inventory/equipment:

Twilight: Staff Of Sapphire, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Dynamite, 5x Mana Potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped), Seabound Staff, Barinade, Storm Spray, Aquatic Discharge, Scourge Of The Desert, Dune Hopper, Sand Cloak, Victory Shards x14, Aero Stone (equipped)

Starlight: Staff Of Sapphire, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Starfury, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Dynamite, 5x Mana Potion, 5x Health Potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped), Seabound Staff, Barinade, Storm Spray, Aquatic Discharge, Scourge Of The Desert, Dune Hopper, Sand Cloak, Victory Shards x14, Aero Stone (equipped)

Rarity: Staff Of Sapphire, Flinx Staff, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x mana potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped)

Fluttershy: Slime Staff, Flinx Staff, Finch staff, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x health potion, Slime Mount, Full set of bee armor (pony, equipped), Hornet Staff, Beenades x5, Honeyed Goggles (equipped), Nectar, Honey Comb (equipped), Hive Wand, The Bees Knees, Bee Keeper, Bee Gun.

Rainbow Dash: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), Silver shortsword, Musket, enchanted balloon, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Dynamite, Minishark, 5x Health potion, Slime Mount (equipped), Seabound Staff, Barinade, Storm Spray, Aquatic Discharge, Scourge Of The Desert, Dune Hopper, Sand Cloak, Victory Shards x14, Aero Stone (equipped)

Applejack: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Health potion, Rocket boots (equipped), Rope, Slime Mount, Blade Of Grass, Full set of bee armor (pony), Hornet Staff, Beenades x5, Honeyed Goggles (equipped), Nectar, Honey Comb (equipped), Hive Wand, The Bees Knees, Bee Keeper, Bee Gun.

Pinkie Pie: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), 2x Silver shortsword, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Health potion, Rocket boots (equipped), Slime Mount, Full set of bee armor (pony), Hornet Staff, Beenades x5, Honeyed Goggles (equipped), Nectar, Honey Comb (equipped), Hive Wand, The Bees Knees, Bee Keeper, Bee Gun.

Zecora: Flinx Staff, Blowgun, Javelins, Silver Pickaxe, Silver axe, Rocket boots (equipped), various potions, Full set of bee armor (zebra, equipped), Hornet Staff, Beenades x5, Honeyed Goggles (equipped), Nectar, Honey Comb (equipped), Hive Wand, The Bees Knees, Bee Keeper, Bee Gun.

Comments

[Loganic]

THORAX OF COURSE LINGS DIED.

[Pomp-Neigh]

10564863

Wish there was a face hoof emoji for Chrysi lol, big 'Bruh' moment there Thorax...

[Legioner8]

Oh, so the changelings also have a hive mind of their own. And as a queen Chrysalis probably has quite a bit of psy power.
Hype up for the Battle Of The Hive Minds!

On a side note. Have you ever heard of Rational Gamers YouTube channel? That guy was making Terraria lore videos long before the official lore was released. I actually prefer his version for it’s much deeper and epic.
Take a look.

[Pomp-Neigh]

10565154
We shall see who is more 'big brained' when the time comes.

I love that guy!, those videos are my favorite in regards to Terraria's lore. Real talk, part of me wishes the devs didn't release their official lore on The Corruption because my original plan was going to follow alongside Rational's lore . That being said though, that doesn't mean I won't change it up a bit. You'll discover that very soon.

[Crio-Kitsune]

I'm honestly surprised Cthulhu wasn't in it though there WERE plans to add him in as a boss coming in from the sea.