> Going to Equestria > by TheLogoliner > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I sat at a bench in the Florida Airport, waiting for my flight to be called. As I sat there, watching people coming from far and wide boarding and leaving their flights. I looked back at the magazine that I was reading. Mostly looking at the news section of it. I moved some of my dirty blonde hair out of my eyes so that I could continue to about the recent protests in Florida. I decided to stop reading for now, and waited for the flight to get called. *Ding Dong Ding* Now boarding flight for L.A. That was my cue to stand up and grab my black suit case and walk to the loading docks. The crowd of people was very large, a wave of people as far as I can see. I would always keep my eyes up at the signs, show which way to go. After a few minutes, I finally found the loading dock for L.A. "Shoes go into the bins and Laptops should be out of their cases!" shouted a guard to the crowd of people. I placed my bag and my shoes in the metal bin and let it be examined with the x-ray, for I only packed extra clothes, money, magazines, and my phone which I needed to take out. I walked through the metal detector without it beeping with red lights. A guard came by and did a secondary metal detector search with a hand held. Once I was clear, I grabbed my bag and placed my feet back in my white and red tennis shoes. When I turned the corner I bumped into a tall black man. "Oh, I'm sorry sir." I said and knelled down to pick up his bags. "It's alright son." he said with a kind and deep voice. He tipped his hat and did a nod and continued to walk down the long hallway. *Ding Dong Ding* Flight for L.A. 20 minutes left for boarding. I picked up my pace and quickly ran up to the flight lady to hand her my ticket. "Thank you sir and have a lovely trip." she said with a bright smile. "Sure will!" I said with excitement. I walked into the plane and found my seat. Seat 16 A was my number. Once I found it, I realized it was and empty area. Three seats all for my self! I quickly set my bag next to me as I sat at the window seat. The plane had a movie system, but I ignored it and placed my ear plugs in and turned on Sweet Dreams are Made of These with my phone. I silently bobbed my head to the music to wait for the plan to take off. I was excited to go because I won an all expense paid trip to Los Angeles. I was going to have the penthouse in the most expensive hotel, which was more like a palace. I continued to listen to my music when I felt the plane begin to move. I rolled up the window shudders and looked out in the midnight. I leaned back to relax as I watched the trees and building go by as we began to fly higher and higher into the night sky. The flight attendant came by with a cart ans asked if I would like anything to drink. "Yes, a Cocoa Cola please." I said and so she pulled out a can of Coco Cola and placed it in the cup holder. "Thank you." I quickly said and began to drink a bit of the soda. She said you're welcome and walked down to other passengers. I reached over the side and lifted to foot rest and sat in my plane seat like a recliner. I stretched out and sighed. "This is the life." Turned down the music and pulled out continued reading the magazine. The news section was over and now was in were it was filled with ads. Though about a half and hour later, I closed the magazine. It will be another few hours until we make it to Los Angeles. I did a quick 360 scan and silently turned on My Little Pony Friendship is Magic on my phone. I made sure to go back where I ended off on. I remembered that I was about halfway done with Season 2. I watched as Fluttershy hid in the crowd in front of Ironwill's stage to teach how to be assertive. After the episode finished, I continued onto the next episode, and the next one until I got tired and decided to go to sleep. --- My eyes fluttered a bit until I slowly began to open them. I looked around, then outside. The sun was rising up from the horizon. I rubbed my eyes as I sat up and looked around, about half of the plane was asleep, mostly all of them were adults. I was one of the only teens on the plane that was 18 years old. I scoffed, "Old people, I wish I could sleep anytime I want like them." I looked at my phone, still with half battery power left. Fortunately , It was a duel power phone, meaning it can get charged by being plugged in or from AA batteries that is stored in my bag. I quickly noticed that the flight attendants were all huddled in a circle, whispering something I couldn't understand. Two of them looked up with worried faces. "Oh man, this is gonna be good." I sighed and buckled up. "Attention all passengers. We will be experiencing some plane difficulties. Please buckle up and remain calm." More and more passengers began to wake up and fasten their seat belts. I lifted my bag on my lap and placed my phone inside. After about 15 minutes of waiting and thinking that this is a false alarm, the plane began to shake. My heart rate began to speed up as my adrenaline started to kick in. I began to take deep breathes and tried to stay calm. The plane continued to shake for a few minutes until it stopped. I stilled remained strapped to my seat, waiting if anything else will happen. I soon realized I was right when the plane suddenly died and began to rumble violently. The plane breathing bags came down, but I was too busy from trying to keep myself from falling out of my seat. When I looked down the plane, I saw a bright light. A blinding light, almost as bright as the sun. When I squinted, I could almost make out a figure. I looked, almost like a large snake creature with a legs and small wings. I must of been seeing things, but suddenly, the light became brighter until it blinded my. I shielded my eyes, until I felt nothing around me and fainted on the beach. > Waking Up > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Spike! Where is the punch!" cried Twilight. Their friends were waiting outside to go on their afternoon picnic. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" Spike shouted back. He was carrying a large bowl of punch with a pitcher and some glasses. He quickly hopped onto Twilight's back as she walked out of her library. "About time,"sighed Applejack in her southern accent. "What took ya so long?" Twilight blushed a little, "Sorry, but Spike took forever to get the punch ready." "Hey!" Spike yelled on her back. "Well we better get there, the other all ready left."Applejack said as she began to walk towards the hills. "Sure thing." Twilight said and quickly trotted up to her friend. On the way, they began to talk about the Apple Season that was due in a few days. "Big Mac is sure ready for this season. Granny Smith says it will be the best Apple Bucking Season in along time." Applejack said with pride in her voice. "About time you guys got here!" shouted Rainbow Dash, waving them over to their spot. The two friends picked up the pace and stopped in front of the picnic blanket. Rarity had on a fancy hat, which is what she usually wears. Pinkie Pie was setting down the baked sweets she made on the blanket. "Ow, this will the best picnic ever!" she shout as she bounced around the group. Fluttershy was sitting by the tree that was giving them shade surrounded by birds and other animals. Spike jumped off of Twilight and set down the bowl in the middle of the picnic blanket. Applejack sat down next to Rainbow Dash and Rarity while Twilight and Spike poured the punch. They handed out the glass cups to everypony. "Ow, look at that!" shouted Pinkie pointing towards a bright light in the distance. "What is that?" gasped Rarity, unable to take her eyes off of the light. "Let's go check it out." Twilight said galloping towards the bright light. "Um...are you sure. It looks scary, and dangerous." Fluttershy whispered behind her mane. "It's okay Fluttershy, come on darling. Let's follow the others." Rarity said, trying to calm the yellow Pegasus. Soon, the mane six was running down to the beach to investigate. --- My eyes began to open. I looked around, expecting to still be on the plane, but now I was on a beach. I water entering and leaving the coast line in a series of waves. I sat up holding my head from the splitting headache. "God, where am I?" I asked out loud to no one but me. I felt a lump under my other hand, which turned out to be my bag. I quickly did a search to see if I still had my stuff, forgetting that I was stranded. Once I finish checking my things I stood up. My knees began to shake a little. I gained my balance and just stood there looking around to see where I was. "Hello!?" I yelled to the forest behind me. --- Twilight and her friends was now in the forest. Not the Everfree, but a nearby forest that went to towards the beach. "Girls, you hear that?" Twilight whispered. The group remained silent until they heard it again. "Hello!?" is what they heard. Fluttershy quickly cowered behind Rarity and did a quiet squeak. "Somepony must be in danger!" Rainbow quickly said. "Then lets go help him, or her." Twilight said, now galloping towards the sounds. --- "Hello!?" I shouted again. "It's no use. I'm stuck on this damn island!" I sat down in the sand and began to swear to myself. "That's it." I said to my self. I stood up again and began to build a large SOS in the sand with some rocks and sticks. I started to sweat up a storm, so I opened my bag and pulled out a hat that had the Michigan Wolverines logo on it. I placed it on my head and continued to work. The bugs around me began to buzz around my ears and would land on my neck. I would swat them away so that I could finish what I started. I took a break and placed my feet into the water of the ocean, which was surprisingly blue and clear. Unlike the other oceans I've seen which a shade of green in it's color. Now that I've just noticed was that everything was colorful, like a picture a 5 year old would draw. Everything with it's own shade of colors started to make my head hurt more, so I decided to continue to build my SOS sign. The sun was still high in the air when I finished. I took my hat off and used it as a fan to help cool me off. It felt like it took hours to build the sign, yet the sun was still up. I thought I would be done when the sun would begin to set, but instead it still looks like the afternoon. I looked around to see if there was anything else I could do, but nothing crossed my mind except to build a shelter. So I got to work and started to find large leaves and branches that fell off of trees. I had some rope in the bag which is what I used to first, build a hammock. Then began to work on the roof, I case if it rains. Once I finished building the roof, I took some extra leaves to build some walls and a mat under my hammock. I stood back and took it all in. It wasn't the best island house, but all that training at those camps really did pay off. I walked over to it and stepped inside. The roof was high enough for me to stand up straight. I sat in the hammock, testing if it can hold my weight. Then I slowly began to lean back in to lay down. It still held my weight as I leaned back and used my bag as a pillow. This was not a comfortable as the plane's seats, but it still made this island more bearable. I heard a slight rustle in the bushes. I quickly stood up, being alert if anything were to jump out at me. Instead of a wild boar, or a large tiger, six colorful ponies came out. One of them had a large lizard on her back. Two of them had horns, and another two had wings. They were as tall as my waist, maybe a bit higher, like my stomach. I thought that I've seen them before, but I was too shocked to think about it. All I did was raise my hand, wave and then said, "Uh, hey." > Meeting the mane 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Uh, hey." I said, giving a small wave with a slight smile. Standing in front of me were six, what looked like ponies and one large purple with green lizard. Two were Pegasi, one was Unicorn, and the other three were normal ponies. Unless you count being unbelievably colorful. One yellow Pegasus seemed to be hiding and shaking behind a beautiful white pony with a fancy hat. A purple mane and tail matched with it perfectly. I guessed that ponies wear clothes now. The other Pegasus was so colorful, it would make a senior citizen have seizures. It was true because her mane and tail was a freaking rainbow! She was hovering in the air, starring at me with confused, and dangerous eyes. The one unicorn was violet, including her man and tail with two stripes of different shades of purple. She was eyeballing me with curious eyes. The other two earth ponies were doing the same thing everyone else was doing. Except for the pink one with a fluffy mane and tail the looked like cotton candy. She was bouncing around, but still starred at me. The other one looked like a cowgirl. Wearing a cowboy hat and had her blonde mane and tail in a pony tail. How ironic. The over sized lizard was sitting on the unicorn, and confused face expression. It was the one I feared the most with its sharp claws and what-not. I slowly began to back up to grab my bag. Even though they didn't seem harmful, I couldn't take any chances. My mind was still nagging around about how familiar they were. Never the less, when I got a hold of my bag the blue and rainbow pony quickly flew towards me. I went into a full sprint and she slammed into my make-shift hut. "Ow, it's getting away!" yelled the Pegasus. She was tangled in the ropes, so she couldn't fly up and catch me. The group of ponies and lizard began to gallop after me. They began to easily catch up with me. Though, I was able to make quick turns here and there. Running to and fro between trees, trying to get them off of my tail. I did a quick turn and ran into and large tree root. "Fuck!" I gasped to myself. I placed my bag on my lap and quickly started to hide behind the tree. The group of ponies quickly ran by, with the yellow one behind them. I hopped out from behind the tree and sighed. "They didn't find me. Good, now time to keep going forward." I had to place my hand on a few trees to keep my balance. Why did my ankle had to screw me now of all times? I came to a stop so that I could rest. Sweat ran down my head as I caught my breath. I looked up and saw a long branch. I came up with an idea as I took it down and used it as a walking stick to help my ankle. "Gotta...keep...moving" I told myself between limps. Soon, I began to hear a crowd of voices coming from my right. Curiosity got the better of me as I began to slowly limp my way to the voices. Soon, I came up to what seemed to be a village. The voices came for the center of the village. I silently began my way into it, which is hard when your limping and have a bag over your shoulders. "Calm down everypony, we will find the mysterious creature we saw." announced the violet unicorn. I made my way behind a house and peeked out to see what was happening. The six ponies I saw from the beach were up on a stage, which I guess it was the Town Square, surrounded by a group of ponies with an assortment of colors . The one thing thing that caught my eye was that the white pony was actually a Unicorn. Her hat must of covered her horn. "But Twilight, what if it comes to Ponyville? What do we do then?" asked a pony from the crowd. "Don't worry everypony. I can assure you that it will not come here." said the violet unicorn named Twilight. "How can you be so sure?" asked another pony. "I scared it off when we found it. It won't come here anytime soon." answered the rainbow Pegasus. "Rainbow Dash, stop your boasting. We don't even know if it's dangerous." yelled the orange pony. How, these names are so freaking ironic. A rainbow pony named Rainbow Dash. Though, I still couldn't stop thinking that I heard that name before. "Well it's true," said Rainbow Dash, "Don't need to ruin my moment Apple Jack." Again, I've heard those names before. "Both of you stop it. We may have a problem here with that creature." said the white and purple unicorn, splitting up the fight. "Thank you Rarity." Twilight said. I heard a gasp behind me. I slowly turned around to find a small yellow filly with red a red mane and tail with a red bow in her mane. She reminded me of Apple Jack. "Shhh, don't shout." I whispered. "AJ, I found the creature!" yelled the young pony. "Apple Bloom, where are ya?" cried out Apple Jack. "Over here, behind the house." Apple Bloom cried out again. "Shit!" I said to myself and began to run, or limp away. The crowd of ponies turned the corner and saw me making a break for it. "Oh no you don't!" shouted one of the ponies, and I was soon pushed by the rainbow pony. I fell on my back, knocking the air out of me. If that wasn't enough, she jumped on me and pined me to the ground. Her weight and my ankle made it impossible to get free. "Got you now." she said. I tried to say something but was caught off as the crowd of ponies surrounded me. "I come in peace." is all I could say. --- "Hang on! You're making a big mistake!" I yelled as the six ponies dragged me into a tree, all tied up. Though inside was a house, or more like a library. They sat me down on the couch and and left to go into another room. "This is just great." I mumbled to myself. I heard the pony's voices get louder, so I trained my ears on what they were saying. "I say we get rid of it. The sooner, the better." came a voice. Most likely Rainbow Dash. "I don't know girls. It looks like it's hurt." came a quiet voice. "How came you care about that...that thing Fluttershy!?" Rainbow said again. I heard a squeak made by the same pony. I feel sorry for her. Being yelled at, this is all my fault. Maybe if I could get out of here and hop on my good leg. Then maybe I'll have a chance. I began to sit up when I heard a male voice. "Don't think about." I turned and saw the lizard sitting on my bag. "So the lizard does talk." I said. "Hey, who you calling lizard. I'm a dragon actually." he said. Crap, now I'm even more scared of it. "Look, this is all one big misunderstanding. I came here on accident." I quickly said. "A likely story." he said. "It's the truth!" I shouted. "Yeah, okay." he said, clearly not believing my. I leaned back and sighed. The six ponies came out of the other room and surrounded me. "Everything okay out here Spike?" Twilight asked. "So your name is Spike huh. Again, quite ironic." I said. "Oh yeah," he said, "Why don't you tell us your name." "I'm name is Wyatt, and in cased if you haven't noticed. I'm not from here. I'm a human from Earth." I said. "What's a human?" asked Twilight, now curious. "It's my race. All humans are on Earth." I answered. "Enough of this nerdy stuff." groaned Rainbow Dash, "Let's just get it-" "He." I interrupted. "What?" she asked. "I'm a he, not a it thank you very much." I said again. "What ever, let's just get rid of him." she said. "Not yet." Twilight said. She nodded at the yellow Pegasus, my guess is that she's Fluttershy. God! Some many names I can't put my finger on! She slowly walked up to my ankle and started to treat it. I jumped as she cracked it back in place and quickly bandage it. "Uh, thank you." I said. She quickly ran back behind the group of ponies. "Now as I was telling Spike here, I'm not here to harm any of you, or this village. I'm trying to find my way back home." I said. "Back your to 'Earth'." Twilight said, having a hard time saying 'Earth'. I nodded. "Spike, get rid of the ropes. I wish to learn more about 'Earth' and 'Humans'." she said. "What!" Spike and Rainbow Dash yelled in unison. "That's crazy, what if he attacks us?" asked Spike. "Wyatt, you won't attack us, right?" Apple Jack asked. I nodded. "Sure, he says that." mumbled Spike under his breath. He raised his claws and cut the rope with one clean cut. I ponies flinched a little, expecting me to jump them. Instead, all I did was rub me wrists from the rope burns. "Okay, please tell us your story." Twilight said kindly and sat down on her flank. The rest of her friends did the same. "Well, it all started at the Florida Airport." I began to explain. > Full introductions > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well, it all started at the Florida Airport." I began to explain. The group had a confused look on their faces. "Uh, if anyone has any questions, just raise your hand, uh...I mean hoof. Suddenly all of their hoofs shot up. I got taken back by the sudden movement. "Okay, you the pink one." I said. "Her name is Pinkie Pie." Twilight said. I slapped my hand on my forehead. "Something wrong?" she asked. "No, I'm fine," I answered. "Okay, what's your question." "What's an Airport?" Pinkie asked. "It's where we go when we want to fly in planes." I said. "Wait, first off, you have to go some where to fly. Second, what's a plane?" asked Rainbow Dash. "A plane is like a giant metal bird, but humans ride in it, it doesn't flap its wings, and it's not alive. It flown my humans. Also yes, humans can't fly on their own because they don't have wings like you or Fluttershy." I answered. "That must suck." Rainbow sighed. "Anyway, I was reading a magazine." Twilight quickly raised her hoof. "It's like a book but different. Like, it tells you the news and other things." I quickly answered. "In the Airport, I had to go through many metal detectors, which is slow and annoying." I continued. Spike raised his hand, or I guess claw in the air. "Yes?" I asked. "What's a metal detector?" he asked. "Well it detects metal, like...like." I looked around but couldn't find and metal, until I remembered something. "Spike, can you get off of my bag for a sec?" I asked. He nodded and jumped off. I quickly opened it and began searching. The group were curious to see what's inside and began to try to look inside. "Aha!" I yelled and pulled out my phone. "It can detect this if I had it in my pocket." I held out my phone to let them see. They all wondered what it was and would touch it with curiosity. "What is it?" asked Apple Jack. "A phone, it's how we communicate with long distances." I said. "You mean you don't send out scrolls?" asked Twilight. "We did back a long time ago. Though that was before we had technology." I said. "Okay, please continue." she said giving a go ahead wave "Okay, I'll skip most of the boring stuff of walking around to the plane, but on the plane. It was heaven! The seats were comfortable like you wouldn't believe!" I said. "More comfortable than a cloud?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I wouldn't know, maybe." I said. "Is there anymore to your story dear?" Rarity asked. "I guess, I can't remember much after I got on the plane. Sorry." I said. "Well then I have a question. Do all humans dress like you?" she asked, obviously not liking my clothes. I looked down at my clothes. Wearing what I usually wear, jeans, a red t-shirt and a black zipper hoodie over my t-shirt with the zipper open. "What's wrong with my clothes?" I asked. "It just looks too...um...plain." she answered. "Well to answer your question, usually no. Many people wear what they like to wear. The clothes come in different sizes for different ages or size of people. I'm 18, so I wear large teenage clothing." I said. "No way! I'm almost as old as you!" Pinkie jumped up with a joyous look on her face. "So you girls are...17?" I asked. "No, she's a year younger than us." Twilight answered. "So you're 18?" I asked again. They nodded. "I'm almost 19. Actually, tomorrow I will be. I was going to celebrate once I got to L.A." I said leaning back. "What's L.A.?" Rainbow asked. "It's a place on Earth. 'L.A.' is just an easy way of saying Los Angeles." I answered. Suddenly I noticed that Pinkie was gone. "Uh, where's Pinkie Pie?" Everyone began looking around to see where the pink pony went. "She must be out getting a party ready for Wyatt's birthday." Spike said. "The would explain it. Ah have never seen a pony more obsessed with parties." Apple Jack said. "Well let's go get her." Twilight said. They stood up and then I stood up. Now that I was up close, I could see that they do come up at the height of my stomach. "Let's go find Pinkie." Fluttershy squeaked. I nodded in agreement and started walking to the door. I didn't pay much attention while walking which caused me to slam my forehead on the top of the door. I heard a few giggles coming from the group. I cracked a smile and bent down so that I could walk through the door. "Now where did that pony walk off to?" Twilight asked, probably to herself. I looked around when I noticed all eyes were on me. Many were exchanging whispers to each other. "Has anypony seen Pinkie Pie!?" Twilight asked loudly. Everyone stopped whispering and began to exchange looks and start to spin around to see if Pinkie was somewhere near. "Hang on. I think I might know where she is." I said. I starting walking in one direction. The crowd of ponies opened a path as I walked through . They would stare up at me, being the tallest person, or creature, in Ponyville. I stopped in front of a tall Gingerbread house. I opened the candy door to find Pinkie shooting...wait a second! Is she shooting out balloons, party hats and table cloths out of a freaking cannon!? And how did I know that she would be here? "Hey, this is supposed to be a surprise party silly!" she yelled when she saw me. "Trust me Pinkie, I'm already surprised." I said. She quickly grew a grin, ear to ear and started bouncing around. I felt a buzz in my pocket and pulled out my phone. It was on low battery. I clicked a button which made the warning fade away. Revealing a paused episode of My Little Pony. Everything came together in a instant. "Holy crap! I'm in the world of mlp!" I shouted. The mane six quickly came inside. "What's going on?" Twilight asked. "How can I be so stupid to not see it sooner. I'm a fucking idiot!" I continued to yell. "What's wrong Wyatt?" Rarity asked. "I just realized where I am now." I said. "Yeah, you're in Ponyville silly." Pinkie said. "Not that, but I just realized I'm in Equestria!" I yelled. "How did you know that this is Equestria?" Twilight asked. "You wouldn't understand if I told you Twilight." I said. "Oh shoot! Twilight!" Apple Jack shouted to her friend. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked. "We forgot to get our stuff from the picnic!" Apple Jack answered. "Oh! I totally forgot about that! Wyatt, could you help us get our stuff gathered together. Then we can talk about what ever you yelling about before." asked Twilight. "Sure." I said nodding. "Great, let's go." she started to walk up to the hill where the had their picnic. I was walking behind the group when Rainbow Dash and Spike walked up to me. "Hey Wyatt, sorry about being mean to you before. We thought you would hurt our friends." apologized Spike. "Yeah, we were kind of being jerks to you before." added Rainbow Dash. "It's all good guys. No harm done." I said kindly. I stopped and held out my hand for a hand shake. Spike was the first and reached out his claw and did a hand shake. Surprisingly, his scales didn't seem to hurt, just pinch a little. Then Rainbow reached out her hoof. I took me awhile to figure out how to hand shake with a hoof. So I wrapped my fingers around her hoof, which was furry and soft and did a hand-hoof shake. "Let's go help the others." I said and jogged up to the rest of the ponies. They picked up plates with their magic and mouths, which I had no idea how the could balance cups on them. They must have powerful jaws. I took the liberality to roll up the picnic blanket and swing it of my shoulders. We placed everything except the blanket in a basket. We began our way back down the hill when Spike suddenly held his gut. Oh here we go. He belched out a green flame which changed into a scroll wrapped in a red ribbon. The funny thing was that it hit me straight in the forehead, the same spot where I hit it on the door at Twilight's house. The friends giggled as I caught it in mid air. "I guess you should read it Twilight." I said handing the scroll to her. She picked it up with her magic and began to read the letter. Spoiler Alert: Here come the part with the Royal Wedding Dear Twilight, I'm sure you're as excited as I am about the upcoming wedding in Canterlot. She looked up from the letter and made a confused face, "Wedding?" Then made a small grin, I will be presiding over the ceremony but I would very much like you and your friends to help out with the preparations with this wonderful occasion. Fluttershy, I would like you and your song bird choir to provide the music. Fluttershy had a happy grin and said, "Oh my gosh, what an honor." Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception. Suddenly, Pinkie began to do cart wheels around everyone and yelled "Hooray!" in front of Spike and me. Apple Jack, you will be in charge of the catering reception. Apple Jack placed a hoof on her chest and said "Well color me pleased as punch." I had no idea what she just said, so I just went with it. Rainbow Dash couldn't help but yawn. Rainbow Dash, I would very much appreciated if you could perform a Sonic Rainboom as the Bride and Groom complete their I Do's. Rainbow stuck her hoof in her mouth and jumped up to yell "YES!" Rarity, you will be responsible for designing the dresses for the Bride and her Bride Maids. Rarity had a shocked look on her face. "Princess Celestia wants me to..." she began twitching with excitement, "wedding dress...uh...for a Canterlot wedding?" she began to lose balance as Fluttershy tried to help her, but she ended up falling to the ground with a smile ear to ear across her face. As for you Twilight, you will be playing the most important role of all. Making sure everything goes as planned. Se you all very soon. Yours, Princess Celestia "Hey, why don't I get a job?" I asked. "She doesn't know that your here yet." Spike said. Twilight began to look at the letter and reading it over, flipping it to the back to find something. She then rolled it up and said "But, I don't understand. Who's getting married?" Spike held is gut again and out came another letter. Twilight grabbed it and unrolled it. Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and... Twilight gasped, "My brother!" > Royal Wedding Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight stood their completely still like a statue with a shocked look locked on her face. I couldn't help but say "huh?" at the fact that she had a brother. Apple Jack walked up to Twilight and said, "Your brother's gettin' married? Congratulations Twilight, that's great news!" "Yeah, great news. That I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but a piece of paper. Thanks a lot Shining Armor! I mean really, he couldn't tell my personally." Twilight said. She used her magic to pick up a sandwich and started talk in a weird voice while moving the sandwich as if it was a person talking. "Hey Twilight, just thought you should know I'm making a really big decision that changes everything. Oh never mind, you'll hear about it when you get the invitation." We all looked at each other with worry. "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, who the hoof is that!" she yelled while steam came out through her nose. I guess that's a swear word in Equestria. Fluttershy slowly flew up to Twilight with worry. "Uh...Twilight, are you okay?" "I'm sorry." Twilight said. "It's just that Shining Armor and I have been so close. He's my BBBFF!" We stood their with a confused face. What the heck is a BBBFF? She sighed, "Big Brother Best Friend Forever." "Oh!" we all said together. "Before I came here to the importance of friendship, Shining Armor was the only pony I accepted as a friend." she continued. I saw random birds come out of nowhere which flew up to Twilight and landed on her hoof, which she nuzzled with her noes and let it fly away. I back away, know this could be a possible song coming on, and I'm not a huge fan of singing. So I sat back and waited for the song to unfold. When I was just a filly I found it rather silly To see how many other ponies I could meet I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need Other ponies to make my life complete But there was one colt that I cared for I knew he would be there for me My big brother, best friend forever Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever) We never had a single fight (We did everything together) We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams I miss him more than I realized, it seems The rest of the gang, except for me because again, not much of a singer. Your big brother, best friend forever Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together Then Twilight continued the song. And though he's oh so far away I hoped that he would stay My big brother best friend Forever Forever There was a short pause until I started to clap my hands together, because it was a pretty darn good song. They blushed a little, mostly Twilight because the probably forgot I was here. I stood up and took the basket off of the ground, ready to get this stuff to Twilight's house and go to the wedding. Apple Jack walked up to Twilight, "As one of your PFF's." We all had a blank face again. "Pony Friend Forever." "Oh." we all said. "I wanna tell you that I think that your brother sounds like a really good guy." she continued. "He is pretty special." Twilight agreed. "I mean, they just don't let anypony be captain of the Royal Guard." Rarity gasped and said, "So let me get this straight. We're helping out with a wedding with not only a princess, but a captain of the Royal Guard!?" "I guess we are." she shrugged. She started to lose balance again. "Oh shoot!" I yelled and quickly placed the rolled up blanket under like a pillow just in time. I sighed and shook my head side to side. Everyone started to get excited and dancing around with glee. "I'll just put the stuff away." I said grabbing the blanket and walked to Twilight's house. Once I got there I sighed. "This is going to be a long day." I said to myself. I walked up to my bag and looked around inside. After many minutes of searching I found a tuxedo that I decided to bring, in case I were to go to a fancy casino. --- We were aboard the Ponyville train on our way to Canterlot for the wedding. I had my tux folded neatly, thanks to Rarity and had it in my arms. Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack had their heads out the train window. "A Sonic Rainboom, at a wedding?" Rainbow began. "Can you say, 'Best wedding ever'!?" Just then Pinkie placed her head out the window and yelled "Best wedding ever!" The voice echoed through the cave we entered. "So you all get to help with a big fancy wedding, but I'm the one that get's to host the bachelor party." Spike said. "I' just have one question, what's a bachelor party?" "I think I can help you out on that you Spike." I said smiling. Everypony started to laugh except for Twilight, who was sitting by herself, looking out the window a mopping. Apple Jack and I noticed this and walked up to her. "Why the long face sugarcube?" Apple Jack asked. "I'm just thinking about Shining Armor." Twilight answered. "Ever since I moved to Ponyville we've been seeing each other less and less, and now that he's starting a new family with this Princess Mi Amore Can-whats her name. We'll probably never see each other." "Come on now, you're his sister. He'll always make time for you." Apple Jack pointed out. "Couldn't seem to make time to tell me he was getting married!" Twilight said quickly as she closed the window shudder. "You're still going on about that?" I asked. "Yes! Do you have relatives back where you came from?" Twilight asked. I nodded. "Then wouldn't you get mad that they didn't tell you that they were getting married?" "Well, I guess." I said scratching the back of my neck. We're here, we're here!" shouted Pinkie Pie. I looked out the window to find that we were about to reach Canterlot, but there was this weird purple bubble all around the castle. The train easily went through and continued down the hall way of the train. We all froze until it passed by. I checked myself if I did anything, but nothing changed. I didn't even feel pain when we went through. Everywhere I looked their were guards, all looking around as if something was about to happen. "Whoa! What's with all the guards?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I'm sure they're just taking the necessary precautions." Rarity answered. "Royal weddings do bring out the strangest ponies." "You're telling me." I gasped looking at all the guards. "Ahhhhh Choo!" sneezed Pinkie, though her sneeze was confetti. I raised an eyebrow, but Pinkie just walked it off as if it was normal to her. "Now let's get going. We've got work to do." said Rarity. "And you got a big brother to go congratulate." Apple Jake said to Twilight as she went out. "Yeah, congratulate. And then give him a piece of my mind." said Twilight. The guards back away wide eyed as she passed by. "Oh boy, Rarity. Can you take my tux and hold on to it? I'm going to make sure she doesn't do anything rational ." I said. "Of course dear." she said. I handed her my tuxedo and ran after Twilight. "See you guys soon!" I yelled to them. As I ran by the guards, they would stare at me to see if I was trouble, but most of them saw me with the girls. So I was able to go by without problems. I was out near the Royal Garden when I suddenly saw a pillar of magic shoot up from somewhere close by and hit the giant bubble. It rippled and then was still. Someone must be working hard to keep this king of magic up. I ran to the direction where the beam came from. As I neared the location, I saw two ponies on the bridge. When I squinted, I found out it was Twilight with some other pony. Must be her brother. I ran to the tower on the side of the bridge and started to climb the stairs. Once I reached the top, they were hugging. I couldn't help but smile. "Hey Twilight. Can I meet your brother?" I asked as I walked out. The white and blue unicorn looked up and yelled "Watch out Twilight!" He pushed her behind him and charged a beam from it's horn. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I shouted but it didn't stop him because he shot the beam and it hit me square in the chest. It sent my flying back a few feet and landed on my back, knocking the air out of me. "Wyatt! Are you okay?" asked Twilight as she ran up to me. "I'm fine, I'm fine." I said. Which is a bit surprising. That shot should of killed me, but it didn't create a scratch. The spot where he shot me was smoking, but not burning. "Twilight, you know this thing?" asked Shining Armor. "Yes, and it's a 'he'. He's my friend." Twilight said. I threw out my hand, "Nice to meet you, I guess. Twilight has said a lot about you." He looked at my hand and reached out. I wrapped my fingers around it, just like Rainbow and shaken hands/hoofs. "If anypony is a friend of Twilight, then they're a friend to me." he said. "Sorry about shooting you, but I was just being cautious. A threat has been placed on Canterlot and I have to help protect it." I heard a cough and turned around to find a tall alicorn with a light pink mane, a purple, pink and white stripped mane and tail. Her wings had a shade of purple at the end of them. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything important." she said. "Cadence!" yelled Twilight. She started doing a little dance singing "Sunshine, sunshine. Ladybugs awake. Clap your hoofs together and do a little shake." Okay, that was weird. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Cadence it's me, Twilight!" Twilight said. "Aha." she said dully and walked past her without saying anything else. I starred at her and she starred at me back. Even though she was a full blown alicorn, she only came up to my chin. Her horn extended beyond me by about an inch. "What's this?" she asked. "I'm a 'who' not a 'what'." I said. "His name is Wyatt. He came here from a place called Earth." Twilight said. "Okay, what ever." Cadence said and walked up next to Shining Armor. "I gotta get back to my station." Shining Armor said wrapping his hoof around her. "But Cadence will be checking with all of you to see how things are going. I think I speak for both of us to say, we couldn't be more excited to have you here and Wyatt too. Right dear.?" "Absolutely." she said with an evil grin. Twilight and I stepped back from that smile. It made me feel like something was wrong. "Well, we'll let you two get to it." he said as the walked away. "What's with Cadence?" I asked Twilight. "I don't know, she always seemed nice when she was my foal sitter." she said. "Well I'll help you out with the preparations. I've got nothing better to do, and tell me more about Cadence." I said, following her to go check on the others. "Okay." she said with a bit of a sad tone. --- Twilight sat a pillar in the middle of the kitchen, leaning up against it. I was leaning on it while standing next to her. Apple Jack was running around with a chefs hat on her head and holding a frosting dispenser in her mouth. She ran up a latter and finished putting the frosting on a huge cake. Bigger than me! "Cake, check." said Apple Jack. Twilight check off cake on a note book with her magic, her expression seemed angry. She ran over to the other side of the room with a chisel in her mouth and formed a heart shaped ice sculpture in a blink of an I. I couldn't help but stare at it with awe. "Ice sculpture, check." she said. Twilight checked it off. She ran over to the oven and pulled out a plate of what looked like apple muffins. "Best darn bite sized apple fruit you've ever tasted." I rubbed my ears because I could barely hear what she said. She quickly came by and stuffed two samples in Twilight's mouth, then in mine. They tasted amazing! "Mmm, check." Twilight said with her mouth full. Over at the table, Spike was playing with the Bride and Groom figures that were supposed to go on the cake. Twilight walked over and placed them on the table. Spike blushed and laughed a little. The door opened and Apple Jack said, "Hi Princess." "Please, call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." she said. Twilight sighed and I just glared at her. "Hi Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." Apple Jack corrected. "You've come to check on what's on your menu for your big day?" She put on her best fake smile and said, "I have." Once Apple Jack turn, she put on her bored face, which made me a bit made. Apple Jack held out the plate of samples while 'Princess Mi Amore Cadenza picked it up with her green magic and took a bite out of it. "Uh, delicious. I love, love, love them. Hehe." she said with her fake smile again. I glared at her even more, so did Twilight. "Ah shucks, why don't you take a few to go?" Apple Jack asked holding a paper bag filled with the bite sized sweets. The princess smiled and picked it up with her magic and started to walk away. "Ah now how you brides can be. So busy you forget to get a little something in your belly." Apple Jack said as she walked back to continue baking. The princess stopped by the trash can and threw away Apple Jack's samples she so kindly gave to her and slammed the doors shut. Twilight and I gasped. "Did...did you see..." Twilight began to asked Apple Jack, but she wasn't listening. "Did you see that Wyatt?" she asked me. "I sure did." I answered nodding my head. We both walked to the door to check on the others with angry thought of the princess. --- "Oh you should of seen how she acted back there. I don't know when she changed, but she changed!" Twilight said to Rarity while she was making the dresses. "You saw her, didn't you Wyatt?" "I sure did. She was acting like a complete jerk to Apple Jack." I said sitting on the king sized bed. "Please, call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." Twilight said with an annoying fancy voice, mimicking the princess. "Did I here someone say my name?" asked a very annoying princess walking in with her bride maids. Rarity quickly went in front of her and said, "Your highness! Let me just start by saying what a honor it is to play a role in such a momentous occasion." She completely ignored us and what we were saying. "Aha, is my dress ready?" Princess 'Mi Amore Cadenza' asked. Twilight and I walked up and stood next to each other, waiting to see what harsh thing she will do to Rarity. "Oh...uh...yes, of course." answered Rarity. They walked up to the dress. "I've been working on it ever since I got the assignment, and I think you'll be pleased with results." She smiled waiting for a great compliment from the princess, but she'll never get one. I looked over the dress. The lower half was white with three golden yellow waves on it. The front was blue straps that shined with glitter and at the center was a large sapphire. To top it all of was a flower head dress with blue and red flowers. To me, it looked beautiful, but I wanted to see what the princess will say. "I was hopping for something with more beating and a longer train." is what the princess said. Rarity jotted down some notes, but the dress was already perfect. "Oh...yes, of course." said Rarity. "And those should be a different color." said the princess about the bride maid's dresses, which they also looked perfect. "I think they're lovely." said one of the bride maids. "Me too." said another. "I love them." said the last one. The princess starred at them with disappointment, making them shut there mouths. Twilight and could help but stare is disbelieve. "Make them a different color." she said and walked out with her bride maids. "Ge, maybe her name should be Princess Damandy Pants." said Twilight. I couldn't help but let out a small snicker from the joke. We both walked out to our next destination. --- Pinkie Pie popped out of nowhere and said, "Okay, let me see." to the princess. "We've been over the game." She ran over and threw some dices on a board game and smiled. "The dances." She turned on a record player which played a upbeat song that made Pinkie do the chicken dance. The whole, the princess stood there like she was bored out of her mind. "I think this reception is going to be perfect! Don't you?" she said with glee. "Perfect, if we were celebrating a six year old's birthday party." the princess said. Twilight and I stayed hidden behind a pillar as she walked by. "Thank you!" yelled Pinkie Pie. --- Twilight and I were walking next to each other holding our drinks, shocked about how mean Cadence was to our friends. "Bet I can guess what you're all thinking." said Twilight to the group. "Cadence is the absolute worse bride to be ever." "I agree with Twilight." I said. Everyone quickly turned their heads to us, all confused. Spike held up the Bride figure for the cake, which I will never look at the same ever again. "Who, me?" he said with a high pitched voice. "Spike! That goes on the cake." Apple Jack said. He placed it on the table and laughed a little. "Twilight, Wyatt. Why would you ever are you talking about?" asked Rarity. "Cadence is an absolute jam." "Rarity, she was so demanding." said. Twilight. I nodded with agreement. "Well of course she was, why shouldn't expect the very best on her wedding day." said Rarity. I can't believe she's defending that princess. "Apple Jack, did you know that after she said that she just 'Loved, loved, loved' your orderves, she threw them in the trash!" Twilight pointed out. I nodded with agreement again. "Aw, she was probably just trying to spare my feelings." Apple Jack said. "No, she was just being fake, and totally insincere." Twilight said. "Didn't any of you noticed how she was being mean?" I asked. "She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsal ." Fluttershy said. "See, rude!" Twilight yelled. "But, he really was singing off key." Fluttershy added in a lifted a red bird, which when it tried to sing, it would make my ears feel like their bleeding. "Pinkie Pie, you've had to have noticed..." Twilight began but was caught off guard by Pinkie and Spike making kissing noises with the figures for the cake. She rolled her eyes and said, "Never mind." She suddenly jumped up, "Rainbow Dash, you're with me, right?" Rainbow was stretching out here wings and said, "Sorry Twi, been too busy prepping for my Sonic Rainboom to pay mush attention to the bride's bad attitude." Twilight and I sighed heavily, why can't these ponies see that Cadence is a total jerk? Rarity walked up to Twilight and said, "The princess is about to get married, I'm sure any negative behavior that she might be displaying is simply the result of nerves." Twilight took Rarity hoof off of her and slammed her hoof down on the table. "And I'm sure her results of being an awful pony who doesn't deserve to even know Shining Armor, let alone marry him!" Twilight shouted. "You think maybe your being a tiny bit possessive about your brother?" Apple Jack asked. The group nodded, all except for me and Twilight who know the truth. "I am not being possessive. And I'm not taking it out on Cadence. You're all just too caught up in your wedding planning to noticed that there shouldn't even be a wedding!" Twilight shouted, slamming her hoof on the table so hard, it spilled all of their drinks. I just placed mine in the table and walked away with Twilight while the other were looking at each other in shock. --- At Shining Armor's house, he was getting dressed for the rehearsal of the wedding. He was fixing his badge when we knocked on the door. He opened the door and said, "Hey Twilight, hey Wyatt." He let us in and began to talk to Twilight while I looked around the house. "Your big brother is looking pretty good, don't you think?" he asked. She looked up at him with a sad face. "Everything okay?" he asked, a bit worried. "We need to talk. I think you're making a big..." Twilight tried to say but was interrupted by Cadence's cough at the stairs. "Oh, hi sweety." Shining Armor said. Twilight and I glared at her as she came down the stairs. "She sure has a way of sneaking up on people." Twilight whispered to me. I nodded. "Can I speak to you for a moment, dear?" she asked Twilight's brother. He elbowed Twilight a little and said, "Better see what she wants." They walked in to another room and began speaking to each other. I was hard to know what they were saying, so Twilight and I slowly looked inside. "I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn't want you to wear that." Cadence said. Shining Armor looked down at his suit and badge. "This was my favorite uncle's." he said, "And?" Cadence asked. "And I think I should wear it." he finished. "Are you disagreeing me?" she asked. "I guess I am." he said when suddenly he had a face twitch and held his head like he had a headache. "Oh dear, are getting another one of your headaches?" she asked and her horn began to glow. She shot a green beam at his horn which made his eyes go green and start spinning. Twilight and I watched in horror as this act unfold. "Feeling better? she asked. He nodded his head with his eyes still green. She must be brainwashing him. That's just pure evil! "She isn't just unpleasant and rude, she's down right evil!" she whispered to me. "We've got to warn the others." I whispered back. We started to leave the house when the came out of the room. "Twilight, Wyatt! Wait!" Shining Armor cried out, but we continued to run. "Let then go." Cadence said. "Huh, it seemed Twilight had something to tell me." he said to himself. --- "Who goes there!" shouted Luna. Though all she saw was Twilight. "Stay indoors Twilight Spark..." but she stopped when she saw me, though thought that since I was with Twilight, I was no harm, but she still went to tell Celestia. "Shining Armor is in trouble, you have to help..." Twilight and I said in unison, but no one was listening because everyone else was wearing dresses. "Dresses? What are you..." Twilight began to saw until Fluttershy came up, wearing a dress that fit her perfectly. Her dress had flowers everywhere on it. "Can you believe it? We're Princess Mi Amore Cadenza's new bride maids." Fluttershy said with joy. "New bride maids?" Twilight asked. "What happened to the old the old ones?" I asked. "She didn't say, but she did say she would love, love, love it if we filled in for them." Apple Jack said, wearing a rodeo flag that the used on bulls as her dress, but with golden silk keeping the three different colors together and wear a flower band on her head. "Seeing as we've been working so hard and everything." Rarity added in wearing a sparkling dress with diamonds painted on them. Also wearing a flower band on her head. Twilight and I had a shocked look while Apple Jack said, "And you two had your doubts about her." "Told you two that she was an absolute jam." Rarity added. "You're sure this is what I should wear?" asked Rainbow. Her dress was a rainbow with a cloud lining the dress up to her front. "Doesn't seem all that aerodynamic." "Hmm, I'll see what I can do." Rarity said. Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy started talking about how excited they were about their dresses and what-not. Twilight and I walked out of the room. "Looks like we are really on our own." She said to me. "Don't worry." I said. "We'll think of something." That made her smile a bit but it faded quickly. --- The wedding music started playing while Celestia and Shining Armor stood at the front of the church. The group except for Twilight and I were walking down the aisle. "Perfect girls." said Celestia. "No need to rush." Rainbow Dash and Rarity smiled to each other with excitement. "Then, of course, Cadence will enter." Celestia continued to narrate the rehearsal. The doors opened to find Cadence behind it. Shining Armor starred in awe as his soon to be wife walked up next to him. "I'll say a few words, then we will begin with the vows." Celestia said again. "Shining Armor, you'll get the rings from your best mare." He looked down, expecting Twilight, but I stead there was Spike doing his doll thing again. "Hey, has anypony seen Twilight?" Shining Armor asked out loud. Suddenly, the doors opened and Twilight and I walked in. "I'm here! I'm not going to stand next to her, neither should you!" Shining Armor bit his lip and said to Cadence, "I'm sorry, I don't know why they're acting like this." "Maybe we should just ignore them." suggested Cadence. Yeah, like that's going to happen. "You have to listen to us!" she shouted. Fluttershy came up and said, "Oh goodness, are you okay?" "I'm fine!" she said. Apple Jack came running up and asked, "Are you sure about that?" I took her hat off and covered her face and said, "Yes, she's sure." "I've got something to say!" she said as we walked up to the others. "She's evil!" She pointed straight at Cadence and Shining Armor stood in front of her to defend her. Everyone else gasped in horror. "She's been horrible to my friends." Twilight continued and teleported behind Cadence. "She's obviously done something to her bride maids." she began to back her up into a corner. "And if that's not enough, Wyatt and I saw her cast a spell on my brother that made his eyes go all..." she began to spin her eyes around in circles. We all waited for an answer, but all we got was her crying and yelling, "Why are you two doing this to me!" and ran off crying down the aisle with Twilight following yelling, "Because you're evil!" She teleported at the door while just as Cadence ran out it. "Evil! And if I don't stop you, you're going to ruin my brother's life!" she finished. Twilight and I felt victory while everyone was shocked and in mid-gasp. She turned around to bump into Shining Armor. He had an serious face expression while looking down at here. She and I could tell he's pissed off. "You want to know why my eyes went all..." Shining Armor did the spinning eyes thing again and had a small face twitch. "Because ever since I had to start performing my protection spell, I've been having terrible migraines. Cadence hasn't been casting spells on my, she's been using her magic to heal me! And she decided to replace her bride maids because she found out they only wanted meet Canterlot royalty. Everyone was shocked while Shining Armor continued to yell at Twilight and I. "And if she hasn't been on her best behavior with your friends, it's because with me being so busy she's had to make all the decisions for the wedding!" Twilight tried to say something, but was cut off by her brother. "She's completely stressed out because it's really important that our big day be perfect! Something that obliviously wasn't important to you two!" He got another face twitch from all the yelling. "Now if you excuse my, I have to got comfort my bride! And you can forget about being my best mare! In fact if I were you two, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all." He walked out of room to go and find Cadence. Twilight sat down in the middle of the church. As the ponies walked by Twilight and me, I knelled down next to her to try t make her feel better. Princess Celestia walked up to us and said, "You two have a lot to think about." The doors slammed shut, and we were alone. "Maybe I was being over protective." Twilight said. She walked over to the stairs and said, "I could've gained a sister, but instead. I just lost a brother." She laid down on the stairs and sang. He was my Big Brother, Best Friend Forever, And now, we'll never do anything Together... She was crying and I was on the verge of crying also. Out of nowhere, Cadence walked up to Twilight and pat her on the head. "I'm sorry." Twilight said through tears. Suddenly Cadence's eyes turned green like Shining Armors and said with an evil tone, "You will be." Green flames came out and formed a circle around her. "TWILIGHT!" I shouted and jumped forward just in time to fall down the pit with her, listening to the evil laughing of Cadence. > Royal Wedding Part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hello?" cried Twilight. We were down inside what seemed to be a very dark cave, but we couldn't see anything. Twilight was helpful enough to use her magic to bring out some light from her horn. Our voices would just echo back at us. We were all alone down here. "Is anyone here?" she yelled again. We walked straight into a mirror, but it was actually a large crystal wall. The whole cave was made out of crystals. Rarity would love this place. We heard a faint laugh that made me feel uncomfortable. "Where are we?" I asked. Suddenly, the walls glowed green and Cadence's image was projected on the crystals. "The caves beneath Canterlot. Once homed to greedy unicorns that wanted to claim the gems that are inside." she said. Her image disappeared, but her voice was still here. "And now," her image suddenly popped up behind us. "Your prison!" "Help, help!" Twilight yelled as we ran randomly, with the laughs behind us. "It's no use. No one can hear you two." her image came back. "And no one will ever think to look for you two either." Her evil face disappeared once more. "Most ponies have even forgot that these cave even exist. Which is why it's the ideal place to keep the ones that tried to interfere with my plans. Her face were shown on the ceiling of the cave. She started to laugh like crazy. "Plans, what plans?" Twilight asked. "The plans I have for your brother of course." 'Cadence' said. Twilight's horn began to to shine with magic, while I clenched my hands into a fist." Don't you dare do anything to my brother you...you monster.!" "Only way to stop me is to catch me." she said mocking us. She began to laugh and started to have her sinister image pop all around us saying, "Over here!" Twilight turned and shot a beam at the image, but it started to bounce off the walls. I had to quickly dodge every time it would fly past me. "Nope, over here." she said as she continued to pop up everywhere, even the floor. "Show your self you coward!" I yelled. Though she continued to be everywhere and Twilight continued to shoot at her images. The whole time, she was laughing at us. Twilight turned around and shot at a wall which shattered into pieces. Sitting behind it was Cadence with a bunch of scratches on here with where mane and tail a tangled up. Twilight suddenly charged for her. "No! Wait." Cadence yelled but was too late when Twilight jumped on her. "Please don't hurt me." she begged until she looked up at her. "Twilight it's me. Please, you have to help me, I've been imprisoned like you. The Cadence that brought you down here was an imposter!" "Likely story!" Twilight yelled. "Sunshine, sunshine." Cadence began, doing the same dance Twilight did. "Ladybugs awake. Clap you hooves together.." they clapped hooves together and said in unison "And do a little shake." Both of them smiled and Twilight hugged her. "You remember me!" she said. "Of course I do. How can I forget the filly I loved to sit for the most?" Cadence said. I was standing in the background, watch this touching moment. She looked up at me and didn't seemed to be too surprised. "Twilight, who's that?" Twilight looked at me and said, "Oh, that's Wyatt, he tried to help me with the imposter." I walked forward and did the usual routine to shake hands and hooves. In the distance I saw a twinkle, like an opening to this cave! "Hey, I think I know how to get out of here!" I told them. Cadence and Twilight looked, they too saw the twinkle down the cave. "We have to get out of here." Twilight said. Cadence nodded and began to walk forward but fell to the ground. "Cadence!" Twilight and I yelled. I bent down to see if she's okay. "I'm fine." she said. She stood up and continued forward but started to fall again. I quickly caught her, which was really hard , and placed her wing over me. "Let me help you." I said. "Thank you Wyatt." she said. We slowly walked forward, getting a little faster each time. I let most of her weight go on me, which I could handle a bit. "We have to stop the imposter." Twilight said. Cadence and I nodded. The evil laugh still echoed a bit through out the cave. --- Up in Canterlot, the other Cadence was getting ready for the wedding. She lifted a rose and began to sing. This day is going to be perfect The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small Everypony will gather round Say I look lovely in my gown What they don't know is I have fooled them all Back down in the cave, Cadence started singing next to me. This day is going to be perfect The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small But instead of having cake With all my friends to celebrate My wedding bells they may not ring for me at all Back to the surface. I could care less about the dress I won't partake in any cake Vows, well I'll be lying when I say That through any kind of weather I"ll want us to be together The truth is I don't care for him at all No I don't love the groom In my heart there is no room But I still want him to be all mine The caves. We must escape before it's too late Find a way to save the day Hope, I'll be lying if I say I don't fear that I may lose him To one who wants to use him Not care for love cherish him each day We can up to a stuck mine cart. We pushed it out from the rocks and jumped into it while Cadence continued to sing. For I oh-so love the groom Oh my thoughts he does consume Oh Shining Armor, I'll be there very soon We hit a bump, but Cadence was strong enough to lift us up with her wings. On the surface, the imposter was walking down the aisle with an evil grin. Finally the moment has arrived For me to be one lucky bride In the caves after we landed. me continuing to help out Cadence. Oh, the wedding we won't make He'll end up marrying a fake Shining Armor will be At the surface, the other Cadence finished the song. Mine. all mine She did her evil laugh when the song ended. "Mare's and Gentlecolts. We are gathered here today to witness the union of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor." I what we heard Celestia say from above. "Oh, we're never going to save him." Cadence said beginning to cry. "We will, we just have to find..." Twilight began but say the way out of here. "Cadence, look." I said to her and pointed at the opening. Her crying turned into a smile that spread across her face. "There!" Twilight yelled and teleported us to the ledge underneath it. Once we got up there, the old bride maids started walking up like zombies with their eyes glowing and said together, "You're not going anywhere." "Oh crap." I said. "Wait." Cadence said and pulled out the bouquet of flowers and tossed it over to the side. The bride maids quickly jumped after it. "Let's go." We walked over to the opening and first helped Cadence out, the me, then Twilight. We looked around and saw that we were somewhere in the Royal Garden. "We have to stop the wedding. Twilight, you lead." I said and picked up Cadence to help her walk again. Twilight nodded and ran ahead. --- "Princess Cadence and Shining Armor." Celestia said. "It is my great pleasure to announce you..." "STOP!" Twilight yelled at the door way. Everypony gasped and began to whisper to each other. Apple Jack and Rarity both both their hooves on the foreheads and shook their heads. Spike just looked at the ground. "Uh, why does she have to be so possessive about her brother?" the imposter yelled. Celestia starred at her with confusion. "I mean, why does she have to ruin my special day?" she said fake crying. "Because, it's not your special day!" the real Cadence shouted. She limped in while resting on my shoulder so that I could help her walk. "It's mine!" Everyone gasped at the sight of two Cadences. "What? But how did you three escape my bride maids?" the imposter yelled. Cadence quickly said how easy it was to fool them. "Huh, clever. But you're still to late." the fake one said. "But ah don't understand. How can there be two of them?" Apple Jack asked. "Because, she's a Changeling. She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them." Cadence said. "So why don't you show your true form!" I yelled. "Be quiet weakling!" the changeling shouted and charged a green beam which made her eyes glow. She shot it and it hit me in the shoulder with much more force and pain than Shining Armor's. It made to flips and smashed me into a pillar, slightly cracking it. Once I hit the ground, everyone gasped. Everything was a bit foggy, but I could see the changeling transform in to her real self. Her coat was black with a blue mane and tail that had holes in them. Her wings looked like bug wings, they too had holes in them. Her horn looked like a messed up tree branch, and her legs had holes at the bottom of them like swish cheese. She had fangs for her teeth. "Right you are princess, but your friend can't stop me. So as queen of the changelings, it is up to find food for my subjects." She walked down from the front of the church, "Equestria has more love than I have ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it. That we will gain more power than we've every dreamed of!" "They'll never get the chance!" Cadence yelled. "Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever reaching us!" The Changeling Queen started to laugh, "Oh, I doubt that. Isn't that right dear?" Shining Armor nodded his head, completely under her spell. Cadence started to charge but the changeling said, "Uh, uh, uh, you don't want to end up like your friend, do you?" Everyone looked back to me lying on the ground with my shoulder smoking greatly. "You also don't want to go back to the caves, now do you?" she asked again. Cadence started to back up, but with a determined look in her eyes. "Ever since I took your place. I've been feeding off of Shining Armor's love for you. Every moment he grows weaker, and so does his spell. Even now my minions are chipping away at it." Outside the bubble was dozens of changelings, smashing their bodies at the bubble. "He may not be my husband. but he is under my total control now." She said. Twilight and Cadenced gasped. "And I'm sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as captain of the Royal Guard." "Not my Shining Armor!" Cadence yelled. "Soon, my changeling army will break through! First, we take Canterlot, and then. All of Equestria!" the Changeling Queen shouted with victory. "No." Celestia said. "You won't. You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self." She charged at the changeling and the Queen charged to Celestia. They locked horns to fight. "I can protect my subject from you!" Celestia charged a beam from her horn and so did the changeling queen. Both of their beams hit each other in mid-air and started to push back and forth to see which one is stronger. I seemed that Celestia was winning, until the changeling's magic over powered her and hit her horn. Trowing her back and knocking of her crown with a burnt horn. Everyone gasped and Twilight yelled, "Princess Celestia!" She quickly ran over to her with her friends. "Shining Armor's love for you is even more stronger than I thought." laughed the changing queen. Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!" "The Elements of Harmony. You must get to them and use their power to defeat the queen!" Celestia told Twilight and her friends. All of then nodded and threw off their dresses, except for Rarity who was catching them as they fell. "Rarity!" the five ponies yelled. She dropped them and followed her friends. The queen was laughing as the left. "You can run, but you can't hide!" Soon, all of the changelings started to smash the bubble and instantly broke it when they hit it all at once. They started raining down like green meteors and forming small craters in the ground. "Go, go!" Twilight yelled as they dodged the falling bug ponies. They stopped to find that they were surrounded by changelings. "Looks like we're going to have to do this the hard way!" Rainbow Dash quickly ran forward, but was stopped when she saw herself. They looked at each other with confusion until the changeling Rainbow hit her to the ground. "How did they..." she asked until they all started to change into the mane six. "They're changelings, remember." Twilight said. "They're changelings, remember." copied a group of Twilights. "Don't let them distract you, we must get to the Elements of Harmony." Twilight said. With that they sprang into action against themselves. --- The changeling queen still continued to laugh. "They'll never make it. My minions will stop them." She was starring down at Celestia until I stood up holding my shoulder. "I wouldn't be so sure about that." I said. My shoulder was still smoking and felt like it was burning like hell. I cracked a small grin on my face. "Filthy peasant, why won't you stay down!" she yelled. She charged another beam from her horn, oh man, not again. "Oh crap, this is gonna..." I began, then the beam hit me in the chest. --- The fight was still going on when they heard something from the distance. Everyone turned towards the direction as I came flying in from the blast."hhhhuuuuRRRRTTT!" I slammed into Twilight and Rainbow Dash. My chest was burning, but not on fire still. That is so weird. "Oh crap! Sorry Twilight, sorry Rainbow Dash. But suddenly the changed their forms and were changelings. "Uh..." I began to say, but the fighting broke out a again when a Pinkie Pie punched me in the face. I quickly punched her back and she changed to her original form. "This is just weird!" I shouted as I continued to fight. If I can take three magic blasts, then I think I can handle myself in a fight. Pinkie suddenly started using Twilight as a machine turret, hit dozen of changelings at a time. The fighting died down and we all started to head for the Elements of Harmony. I was patting my chest to see if I could make the smoking stop. "More and more changelings started showing up from behind us as we continued to run. We finally reached the building that holds them, but inside were hundreds of changelings. There was even more from behind us, more than we could handle. The jumped us and started to take us back to the church. Celestia was hanging upside down in a green capsule from the ceiling. "You won't get away with this!" Cadence shouted with her hoofs stuck in green goo. "Twilight and her friends will..." The door opened to find all of us taken by the changelings. The queen noticed me and said, "What does it take to kill you?" Cadence was shocked to see that we have failed to get the Elements. "You do realize the reception has been cancelled, don't you?" she said. I looked around to find that there was no one else but Celestia, Spike, Cadence, Shining Armor, my friends and me. "Go, feed!" she yelled. All of the changelings flew out and started to terrorize Canterlot. "It's funny really, Twilight and Wyatt here where the only ones that were suspicious about my behavior all along." the queen said. "Too bad the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to realize the suspicions were correct." "Sorry guys, we should of listen you you." Apple Jack apologized. "It's not your fault, she fooled everypony." Twilight said. "I did, didn't I?" the queen agreed. She walked up to the window and sang. This day has been just perfect The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small Everypony I'll soon control Every stallion, mare and colt Who says a girl can really have it all Twilight sneaked up to Cadence, "Quick, go to him when you still have a chance." She used her magic t get rid of the goo. Cadence walked up to Shining Armor and starred into his zombie eyes. She hugged him tightly as her horn began to create sparks. She used her love spell on him which snapped him out of his trance. "Where...huh...is the wedding over?" he asked. The queen came down and said, "It's all over!" "Your spell, perform your spell!" Twilight yelled. "What good will that do, my changelings already roam free!" the queen yelled pointing outside. "No!" he yelled. He tried to use the spell, but it didn't work. "My power's useless now. I don't have the strength to repel them." "My love will give you strength." Cadence said as she hugged him. The changeling queen just laughed. "What a lovely but absolutely ridiculous sentiment." the queen said looking out the window. Shining Armor and Cadence soon touched horns, and both of them began to glow. The wind started to rush around them as the floated in the air. The changeling queen looked at them in horror as their eyes glowed bright white and soon their whole bodies did. A huge bubble started to expand outwards while pushed the changelings out. The whole time, the queen yelled as she and her changelings were thrown out to the Everfree Forest. They slowly floated down and there bodies stopped glowing. Twilight ran over to Princess Celestia. "Don't worry, I'm fine. You have a real wedding to put together" said Celestia. "Now that was totally awesome!" I yelled. --- Twilight and I went through the check list. Going way more smoothly than before. Once we finished, I asked Rarity id she still had my tux. She pulled it out from the closet and gave it to me. I quickly changed into it and took my place next to Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy. Twilight was next to her brother because she was his best mare. Twilight glared at his badge and quickly fixed it for him. Down in the first row was their parents, who there mother was crying a bit with joy. Then the music started to play. Cadence came walking in with Scootaloo, Sweety Bell, and Apple Bloom in front of her throwing out flowers. "Seriously though." Twilight said to her brother. I get why the queen of the changelings wanted to be with you. But how did you get someone as amazing a Cadence to marry?" "I told she wouldn't just be gaining a husband, but she'd be getting a pretty great sister too." he answered. Rarity began to cry as Cadence came up, so I gave her a handkerchief to clean her tears. "Mares and Gentlecolts. We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of the real Mi Amore Cadenza." Celestia began. "Princess Cadence is fine." Cadence said. "The union of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor." Celestia corrected. "The strength of their commitment is clear, the power of their love undeniable. May we have the rings please?" Spike help out the rings as Celestia placed them on Cadence and Shining Armor's horns. "I now pronounce you mare and colt." she said, and then every cheered including me. They walked out to the balcony to look over the enormous crowd of ponies. All cheering fro them. "This is your victory as much as theirs." Celestia said to Twilight. "You and Wyatt persisted in the face of doubt. And your actions brought the real Cadence back to us. Learning to trust your instincts is a valuable lesson to learn." Out on the balcony, Shining Armor and Cadence were kissing. "Rainbow Dash! That's your cue." Celestia whispered to Rainbow. She quickly flew out of her dress, out side and quickly did a Sonic Rainboom which formed a rainbow over Canterlot. "Best, wedding, ever!" she yelled. --- Even though it was dark out, the wedding party was still going on. Luna came flying down and landed next to us. "Hello everypony, and Wyatt. Did I missed anything.?" she asked. "Oh, just about everything." I said, which made everyone laugh. Twilight nodded to Pinkie, who ran over to a D.J. booth and pulled out Vinyl Scratch. Pinkie threw a microphone to Twilight and yelled, "Let's get this party started!" Twilight caught it with her magic and began to sing. Love is in bloom A beautiful bride, a handsome groom Two hearts becoming one A bond that cannot be undone because Love is in bloom A beautiful bride, a handsome groom I said, love is in bloom Starting a life and making room For us "Twilight!" Shining Armor said as they began to go one the carriage. "None of this could be possible without you and Wyatt. Love you, Twily." "Love you too BBBFF." Twilight answered. He climbed into the carriage and asked Cadence, "Ready to go?" "Oh, I almost forgot!" she looked out the window and threw the bouquet of flowers. Rarity jumped in and yelled "Mine!" when she caught it. She then looked around and giggled a little, dropping the flowers. The carriage started to ride down the road when I ran up beside it and continued to run. "Have fun you guys. Hope to see you soon!" I said next to them waving. "We will." Shining Armor said. I stopped running as I watched the carriage ride off into the sunset. "This was a fun day." I said to Twilight and her friends. "It sure was." Twilight said. "Oh hey, just wait until what I have planned for the bachelor party." Spike said. Usually they come before the wedding, but I just nodded and continued the party, laughing with my friends. Large fire works made the night sky glow as the last one was one giant heart. I can't wait to see those two again, and walked off to the rest of the group, already talking to the other princesses. > Tour > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The wedding was over and it now became morning. I sat up from the bed in the guest section of Canterlot. I still had my jeans on, but no shirt. I slowly sat up, letting all of my joints to pop. I yawned and put on my red t-shirt, then my black jacket. I ran my fingers through my hair to get the bed hair out. I laughed a little because I noticed I looked like the guy from Prototype. I opened the shutters and placed my hands over my eyes, slowly letting them to adjust. "My first night in Equestria." I sighed to myself. I began to walk towards to door when Princess Luna opened the door. She stepped back, a little shocked since she hasn't seen my up close. I was still taller than her my a good few inches with her horn just a bit over my head since she was not as tall as Cadence or Celestia. "Oh good, you are up." she said. "Good morning to you too." I said. "So what do you want?" "Tia asked my to bring you to her." Luna answered. "She would like to speak with you." Oh crap, I hope that this not bad. "Okay." I nodded. "Great, now follow me." she said. I began to walk behind her, letting her lead the way. I looked around sometimes to see some amazing art placed on the walls and pedestals. I turned and saw the hall way with a window with a design of the mane six with the Elements of Harmony. A few times I would see guards who would glare at me, waiting for me to make a move. Once we got to the main room where Celestia's throne was at I was stopped my two guards with long spears. Luna turned around and ran up. "Halt, I order you to lower your weapons." she ordered. "But princess, this thing is not to be trusted." said the guard on the left. "I'm a he." I said in boredom. I've gotten used to be called a 'thing' and a 'it'. "What ever." he said back. "I'm ordering you to let him in. He's with me." Luna said again. "As you wish princess." said the other guard. They lifted their spears and let me in. I started to walk in when the guard on the left stopped me again. "If you cause any problems, you'll have to deal with." he threatened me. I raised my hands and took his hoof off of me. He continued to stare at me as Luna and I continued to walk up to Celestia. "I brought Wyatt." Luna said. "Thank you Luna. You can go now." she said. Luna nodded and walked off. Celestia then turned to me. "So, you're the human that's friends with my student." Celestia said. "Uh...I guess." I said. "First, I must ask where you came from." she said. "Well, I'm from a place called Earth. I can't go into the full details about it because I would take years to explain everything." I said. "I see." Celestia said. "Well, how did you get here?" "Well, I was on a flight, which is how humans travel in the air, to Los Angeles. That's a city on Earth, but in the middle of the flight there was this blinding light. I can't really remember much after that. Until I woke up on a beach and met Twilight with her friends. "Hmm, that's interesting." Celestia said rubbing her chin. "So now I'm here, went to a wedding and now I"m here." I finished. "I have a question for you." Celestia said. "Okay, shoot." I said. "How were you able to survive those blasts from the changeling queen?" she asked. "Now that you mention it, I don't know." I said. "They still hurt like hell." "I'll asked Twilight if she can look into it." Celestia said to herself. "So, is that it?" I asked. "Well, no. I would wish to give you a tour of Canterlot." she said. "I guess that would be nice." I said. Celestia stood up and nodded me to follow her. I've only seen a few small sections from episodes of the show. I looked around and noticed the guards giving me their stare again, but some stopped since both princesses trust me. I guess that's a get out of trouble card for me. "Here's the fine art section of Canterlot." she said. I looked around her and saw the most beautiful art room I've ever seen. Pictures, sculptures and other arts were placed everywhere, even the shy light window was designed with different colors. Which made the room look like it's shining under a rainbow. "Damn." I whispered to myself. "Let's continue on our tour shall we." Celestia said continuing down the hallway. I took one more look at the room and quickly began to run to the princess. The hallway lead to a large door. Celestia opened it with her magic and we both stepped outside. We stopped at the railing of the balcony with the Royal Guard Training grounds below us. Dozens of guards were using there magic to swing swords and throw spears. Others were over by Blacksmith stations, creating different weapons. Celestia started to walk down the stairs, so I followed. We stopped in front of an empty Blacksmith station with only one pony, a unicorn, making a sword. "Good evening Silver Shield." Celestia said. The unicorn looked up and stepped out into the light. Now that I got a better look, I noticed that he seemed a bit old. He was a tan looking unicorn with a grey man and tail. He had a small grey beard under his chine. He had black spots all over his face and mane, most likely from the smoke. "Hello Celestia and..." he began until he saw me. "Name's Wyatt." I said, holding out me hand. He looked at my hand, then at Celestia, then at my hand again. He slowly reached out to until he finally shook. "This is Silver Shield, the best Blacksmith in Canterlot." Celestia said. "I don't mean to brag, but she's right." Silver Shield said. "If you need anything from him, just ask." Celestia said. "If you need anything with metal, just send me a letter or come on by." he said. "I'll keep that in mind." I said. I just came up with a great idea. Hopefully he can make a sword for me. I've always wanted on back home. "Well, see you two later." he said waving. "You too." I yelled back also waving. We continue to walk out to the Royal Garden and passed it. We continued up the steps until we ran into Twilight and her friends. "Ah, there you are Wyatt." said Twilight. "Celestia was just giving me a tour." I said. "Well, we're about to head off to Ponyville." Apple Jack said. "Is it okay we cut the tour short?" I asked Celestia. "It's fine. I have to get back to my duties any way." she answered. "Okay, well see you later." I said and walked off with the rest of the group. We walked up to the train leaving for Ponyville and jumped on. "That was one crazy wedding." I sighed laying back in my seat. "You got that right." Spike said. Everyone started to laugh and began to talk about other things like what we're going to do now. All I did was stare out the window, watching as Canterlot began to get further and further away. Once it was out of sight, I began to visualize the design for my new sword. > I get to work on my new house > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement: I'm pretty sure all of you know about my sword So just add a comment or post it on my blog if you have ideas for the sword I'll be adding it in the next two or three chapters So post your ideas and I'll choose which one I'll use The train ride back to Ponyville felt a lot more slower than the ride to Canterlot. I was still thinking of ideas for the sword, but I haven't come to a conclusion yet. I want it to be the most epic sword there is. The train ended at the Ponyville Train station. The gang and I stepped off and walked out to the peaceful town. All the ponies didn't stare or run off from my presence, which is a first. Though, I am glad that ponies are starting to get used to me being here. We walked into Twilight's house, then I placed my tux into my bag. Which reminded me to change the batteries. I took the old batteries out and placed new ones in. Since that was done, I suddenly realized that I don't have a place to stay. "Oh dear! I just realized something." gasped Rarity. "What's wrong Rarity?" Fluttershy asked with worry. "Wyatt doesn't have a place to stay." Rarity answered as if she read my mind. "Oh yeah, that's right." Twilight gasped also. We all stood there, thinking where I could stay when I suddenly came up with another great idea. "Hey, remember the beach we met each other?" I asked the group. "Yeah." they all said at the same time. "Well what if we made a house out there for me to live in. I took construction when I was back home." I said. "Ah never thought of that." Apple Jack said. "We have plenty of wood and tools back at the farm." "Great, then let's go!" I said. We all walked out of the library and made our way to Sweet Apple Acres. Upon arriving I saw Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweety Bell run off into the words. Probably running to their club house to find their cutie marks. We stopped in front of the barn with Big Macintosh inside. He looked up and saw all of us, then he walked out and mostly starred at me. "Uh..." I began until Apple Jack walk up to him. "Yeah Big Mac, this here is Wyatt." she said, pointing a hoof at me. Even though he starred at me, he had a blank face expression with a wheat stalk in his mouth. "He needs a place to stay, and I thought you might be able to help out with the building of his new home." Apple Jack finished and waited for him to answer. "So, will you help?" she asked. He scratched his chin and finally said, "Eeyup." Huh, that was easier than I expected. "Great, come and help us bring the supplies." she said. We walked around the corner and found carts with pieces of wood all filling them to the brim. "Yeah, this should be enough." I said. Big Mac walked over and got hooked up to pull the cart. He was strong enough to pull it by himself, but the rest of us needed at least two to pull it. I helped Twilight, Rainbow Dash helped Fluttershy, and Apple Jack helped Rarity and Pinkie Pie since that was the last cart. It was hard to push that cart because Rarity would constantly whine about how messy her hoofs were getting, and Pinkie would bounce most of the time. So Apple Jack had to do most of the work. Twilight and I were in front so that I could lead the way. Thankfully, there was a wide path that was leading through the forest which would take us to the beach. I was very excited about this since I always wanted a beach house for myself. After a long walk, we finally made it to where my old hut was. Though, it was destroyed because Rainbow ran into it when we first met. I quickly ran over and got rid of the SOS sign since I know that no humans are going to be here. Then I took down the hut because soon, I'm going to get me own house. "Okay, let's get started." I said, clapping my hands together. Everyone nodded and we began to unload the supplies. I did a quick drawing of the house and showed it to everyone. Since this is a human house, it will bigger than a regular pony house. We began to build a floor board as a base for the house. Apple Jack, Spike, Twilight and I were going to build the house. Big Mac would do the heavy lifting like bring use large amounts of supplies or hold things up. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were coming up ideas for the interior and exterior decorations. I told them not too formal or crazy, a normal and just right kind of house. It was very helpful that Twilight would use her magic to put in nails and help build up the walls and pipping. I didn't know how, but we had the materials to make a bathroom, a sink and shower with the pluming and everything. Sometimes, during breaks, I would walk over to a blank canvas to try to draw out my sword design. It made it a lot more easier to remember my ideas and to make corrections. The house was coming along smoothy when Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy walked up, holding a canvas. "Here's the decorations for the house." Pinkie said, bouncing it to me. I looked at it and was pleased. The front had the porch with flower like ribbons wrapped around the railing, most likely Fluttershy's idea. Arrows pointed at spots which would say which colors to make. Rarity and Pinkie decided red and black with a bit of white here and there to even things out. They told me they picked those colors because those were the colors of the clothes I wear. I nodded and said that that was perfect. I could not wait until this was done. The walls were already built with the couch and a table living room, though there was no TV which was a bummer, but I could live with it. Behind it was the kitchen with a refrigerator and a sink. Up stairs was the bath room which was still being built, my room and a guest room. Just in case I guess. The roof was still yet to be built, but I decided to put in a chimney for a fire place with a chair in front of it in the living room. I was surprised that we were making good time. We only had a few close calls, like when I was in the roof scaffolding when I almost fell off but was able to catch myself by hanging upside down. Nothing really made us slow down or waste time. Even on some occasions, ponies from Ponyville would come because they hear noises coming from over here. Some would even lend a hand, or I guess hoof. Now it was sunset, and we were done! The house looked exactly like I drew it out to be. It was a two story building and stretched out about to the hut and then the SOS sign, which is a good distance. So I looked like any normal house. We all stood back and admired the house that we created. Pretty good with a few ponies and a human. I began to walk up to the house, ready to make myself at home. > My sword > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My eyes fluttered as I slowly sat up from my bed. I yawned and stretched my arms and looked around my house. I slowly sat up and grabbed my clothes to put on. I continued to yawn when I walked to the bath room. After I was finished I walked down stairs and looked out on the beach. I sun was coming up in a bright and beautiful sunrise with a mix of orange and red. I could feel the heat radiating off of it. I took a deep breathe and exhaled the fresh air. I heard a knock on my door and quickly turned from surprise. I walked over to the door and opened it. The pony and I both jumped back a little. My reason was because I totally forgot I was in a world full of ponies. His reason was because he wasn't seen anything like me before. "Uh, are you...Wyatt Smith?" he asked. I looked over him and noticed there was a box behind him. "Oh, yeah." I said once I remembered. Yesterday after the group and I finished building the house, I stayed up a bit to continue making my sword designs. Surprisingly I was able to make a design I liked and sent it to Silver Shield with Spike's help. There is no way he finished all ready. "Well, sign here and here." he said giving me a clipboard with paper on it and a feather dipped in ink with his magic. I hesitated, then grabbed the feather and wrote my name at the blank spots. "Okay, and here's your package." The box was wrapped in magic and placed in my house. As he was walking away faster then normal, I asked him. "Hey, where's Ditzy by the way?" "Oh her, she was other houses to deliver to." he answered quickly and ran off. I shook my head and closed the door. I walked over to the box and looked at it. There was tape wrapped at where the openings would be. I grabbed a small knife and did a clean cut in the tape. I opened the lid and was greeted with hundreds of packaging peanuts. I slowly reached down until I felt something large and metal like. A smile formed on my face when I pulled it out. It was the sword that I drew. It was a curved blade with a curved handle. There was cool wave designs, and everything else was just how I imagined it. Credit goes to halfdeamonspartan for the idea I reached down and pulled out a leather strap, most likely for the sword, and a note attached to it. It read, Dear Wyatt, You have one creative mind. This has been one of the toughest weapon I had the pleasure to make. If you need anything else, just ask me. Silver Shield I couldn't help but chuckle at the letter. I placed the note on the table and had to figure out how to put the strap on. It took me a few minutes to realize that it was suppose to go on my back. Once I got the black leather strap on my back, I placed to sword it. I placed it in the wrong way and flipped it so the the handle was to my right. It was a perfect fit as I walked around with it on. It didn't weigh me down and didn't make a sound. I could be so ninja with this sword! I walked up to a mirror and got even more pleased. Silver Shield must of noticed my clothes because the sword and strap matched my clothes perfectly. I unsheathed it and held the sword in my hands. I was about to test it when I realized that I was inside of my house. So I walked outside and decided to use it one some nearby trees. I walked up to thick branch and remembered the sword lessons my friend had taught me. I took my stance and did a quick swipe. The branch was cut clean in half while my sword didn't have a scratch. "Oh yeah, I'm so going to love this thing." I said to myself. Sorry for the short chapter. It was small because nothing really happens except for the sword. So sorry again. And I would like to thank all of you bronies that gave me sword ideas. I'm sorry that your swords weren't picked but his sword I would always come back to. Though still, thank you to you all for reading my story and giving me great ideas. All I can say is that it was a tough choice. > I decide to train > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was walking the path towards Ponyville with my new sword strapped to my back, not making a sound. Once and awhile I would quickly pull it out and swipe at a hanging branch or a large leaf. As I stepped into Ponyville, I looked around to take in the scenery. All of the ponies were going on about there business and sometimes they would look at me and stare at my sword. I made my way over to Twilight's house to show here my new weapon. I would wave at a few passing ponies and they would wave back. I feel like a complete citizen of Ponyville now. The thought put a bigger smile on my face as I continued down the road to Twilight's library. I walked up to the front door and knocked three times. I stood there with me hands crossed and was greeted by Spike. "Oh yeah Wyatt." he said to me. "What's that?" He looked around me and took notice of the sword on my back. "This is my sword that I got from a Blacksmith in Canterlot. Got it this morning." I answered. "Can I see it?" he asked. "Sure." I said and unsheathed the sword. Spike quickly stood back as I lowered it so that he could grab it. Once I let go of the handle he fell over onto his butt. "Oof, it's heavy." he gasped. "Well, you're a bit smaller than it." I laughed as I picked it up with one hand and sheathed it into it's spot. "By the way, where's Twilight?" "Oh, she's not here right now. She left this morning saying she has somewhere to be. She wouldn't tell me though, which is a bit odd." Spike answered. "Oh, well thanks anyway." I said as I began to walk away. "See ya later." Spike yelled waving his hand. I raised my hand up and did one wave. Maybe Rarity would think different about my clothes now. I chuckled at the thought of her gasping about how much my sword matched my clothes. Upon arriving to her shop, I noticed a letter on her front door. It read: Dear valued customers, The shop is closed for the day. Rarity "That's odd." I said to myself as I scratched my head. I quickly looked through the window, but the shop was completely empty. "Damn." I said to myself and moved on. If Twilight and Rarity are gone, that must mean that everyone else in the group is gone. I sighed because now I was bored. I was thinking about asking Spike if maybe we could hang out, but he's probably busy. I sat down at a nearby bench to clear my thoughts. Then it hit me like a snowball in winter. "I can go and practice my sword skills and maybe other skills like archery." I said out loud. This is going to be so awesome. I began my way over to the train station to go to Canterlot. At the end of the trip I stepped off of the train as it made a hissing noise from cooling down. There was no guards like I say at the wedding, so there won't be any problems going to Silver Shield. I made my way to the Royal Guard training grounds. I passed many towers like the ones that hold the Elements of Harmony, the church where we had that crazy wedding. I looked at the church and the tower holding the elements. "Damn, that was a long fly." I said and rubbed my chest, remembering when the changeling queen hit me with that magic blast. I still don't know how I survived it, but just shrugged it off. I walked past the Royal Garden then the main section of Canterlot where the throne room was. I stepped inside and followed to route that Celestia took. When I turned a corner, I noticed a few guards at the doors of the throne room. That was more than normal, and i heard talking coming from behind the doors. I decided I didn't want to cause any trouble and continued to the training grounds. After a half hour of traveling, finally arrived at the training area. It was more empty then before, only a few guards were practicing. I walked up to Silver Shield's stall and knocked on the counter. "Hey Silver Shield." I said. The tan unicorn looked up and smiled. "Hey Wyatt, how are you liking the sword?" he asked cleaning his hooves. "It's great, and thanks by the way for taking the time to make it." I said. "It wasn't easy, I'll give you that." he chuckled. "So, what can I do for you?" "Well, I was wondering if you could train me with sword fighting, and maybe a few other skills." I said. "Sure, I've got nothing else to do. It should be fun." he said walking out of the stall. We took a small spot with swords, spears, bows and arrows, axes, and some pony dummies with targets next to them. "So, which one do you want to do first?" Silver Shield asked. "Well, sword of course." I said and pulled out my sword. "Okay then." he said and picked up a nearby sword. "Just to tell you, I've had some little training back at my home with my friend." I said. "Well let's see how good he was as a teacher." he said. We placed the tips of our swords together like in those sword matches as a sign of respect. We quickly pulled back and he made the first swipe. I easily blocked it and swung my sword at him. He quickly ducked and jumped to the side as I brought my sword down. "Huh, your friend was a good teacher." he said lowering his sword. "Thank you." I said. "Now, let me show you a few good techniques, I'll even teach you some of the one's I made up." he said. "Sweet." I said and began to train. After a few hours of training "Now, anything else?" he asked. We have just finished a bit of training, and I gotta say. He is one good sword fighter. Most of the moves he created are deadly. "Archery I guess." I answered. "Do you want an bow for your own?" he asked. "Hm, why not." I said, now excited that I get a sword and a bow. "Okay, well I'm going to need your strap. I think I'll make a few adjustments to fit in a bow and and arrows." Silver Shield said. "Okay." I handed him my strap with my sword still in it. "Now, I don't know how you guys do it at where ever you come from, but what you want to do is aim with your hoof." he said. "Hand." I corrected. "What?" he asked. "I have a hand, not a hoof." I said. "Oh, okay. What ever." he chuckled. I exhaled and picked up a wooden bow and an arrow. It's a good thing I took camp, other wise I wouldn't have a clue on what I was doing. I pulled the arrow back and listened to the string stretch and the bow beginning to pull back. I slowly took deep breathes as my hand began to steady itself. Once my hand stopped moving and the bow stood still and let go of the arrow and let that thing fly to it's target. I watched as the arrow sore through the air and impaled the target. I wasn't a perfect hit, but is was pretty good. "Well done Wyatt." Silver Shield said clapping his hooves together. "Thanks. I said and placed to arrow bow back from where I got it. "So is that it?" he asked. "I think so." I said. "Okay, well I'm going to get started on your bow then." he said and began to walk back to his stall. "Well, see ya later!" I yelled to him. "You too!" he yelled back. I sighed and watched as the sun begin to lower in the sky. I began to walk back up the stairs and into the main building. When I was nearing a corner, I heard the sound of hooves and a few voices. "I did the only thing I could do and hid behind a large flag the was hanging from the ceiling. The sounds got closer and louder until I knew what it was coming from. It was Twilight and her friends. They had a sad and worried look on their faces. Even Pinkie Pie wasn't bouncing like she usually does. They were talking to each other, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. When they passed, I came out from behind the flag. I got a bit closer to then and only heard one thing that Twilight said. It was, "What are going to do?" "That doesn't sound good." I whispered to myself. I bet you saw this coming Now I ask you for bow and arrow ideas Either place them in the comments or pm to me Hope you liked the chapter > First Mission > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The six ponies left the train and slowly walked out of the station. I was following close behind them, making sure I was not seen by them. I haven't heard anymore of their conversation except for questions. Some of them relating to me. I've been keeping a worried looked on my face, and some times a curious one. What ever they were talking about, I now that it involves me. Also that it will be something I will regret. Thankfully though, no one pointed me out to them that I was following them. They came up to Twilight's place and stepped inside and quickly closed it. Making sure it was locked. I swore under my breath. I looked around the tree house and spotted a few branches that could lead me up to the balcony. The problem was that they were to high for me to jump up to. I looked to my right and noticed a near by house that were close to the lowest branch. "Parkour, don't fail me now." I said to myself and quickly ran to the wall. I jumped up, grabbed hold of the window ledge and pulled myself up to grab hold of a piece of wood sticking out of the house. I firmly placed my feet on the top part of the window and did a hard leap. I quickly grabbed hold of the roof and pulled myself up. I let myself catch my breath and slowly back up until I was on the other side of the house. Then I broke into a sprint, picking up speed every step. Once I came to the edge, I placed my foot down and launched myself forward. I quickly grabbed the branch with one hand and started to ascend up to the balcony. Upon reaching it, I was grateful that the window was open. I slowly stepped inside, making sure my feet didn't make any noise. I reached the railing of the top floor, and I suddenly stopped. The six ponies were looking outside, probably making sure no one followed them. They slowly began to turn around which caused me to jump up, grab hold of the wooden scaffolding that were holding up the roof. I placed myself in a sitting position up top. Quietly catching my breath. "What are we going to do?" Twilight asked for the dozenth time. "Ah don't know Twi, we weren't prepared for this." Apple Jack said. "But this is dangerous." Twilight snapped, "Why would the Griffon King threaten Celestia like that. It puts everyone in danger, especially Wyatt. "I know darling, but we shouldn't tell him yet."Rarity said. "This ruins my plans for his birth-day party too." Pinkie said. "How can you be thinking about a party at a time like this!" Rainbow shouted with anger. "Rainbow, don't take your anger out on Pinkie Pie." Apple Jack said. "But it's true! We can't do anything to help this problem and your thinking about a party!" Rainbow yelled pointing to Pinkie. Soon, everyone started to argue. They were all turning against each other except for Fluttershy who was in the corner, hiding her face behind her long, pink mane. Soon, anger began to boil through my veins. Why are they arguing when the obviously need help. "ENOUGH!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Everyone quickly became quiet and turned to see where the voice came from. I quickly dropped down in front of, landing on my hands and knees. I slowly stood up gave them all, except for Fluttershy. "Why are you arguing at a time like this?" I asked them all. "And why haven't you yet to explain what the hell's going on and why you've decided not to tell me?" Soon, all of them had guilty looks on their faces. Twilight walked up and said, "We thought it would be dangerous for you." "Yeah, I've heard. But this obviously involves me, so why are you excluding me from what ever is going on?" I said. "We were going to tell you, but not right now." Rarity said. "What's going on?" I asked. "And tell me the truth, I want honest answers." They all exchanged looks with worry, until Twilight stepped up and explained everything. "A few hours ago, Princess Celestia got a threat from the King of the Griffons, King Talons. This threat has even gone to the King of the Dragons, King Black Wings. This threat is pointed to Celestia and...you. This threat has placed Equestria at risk and everypony in it. Celestia has ordered the Royal Guard, including my brother, to stay at the ready for a possible war." Twilight finished and waited for my reaction. I stood their dumbfounded. There is a King for the Dragons and the Griffons? "I'm going to have a talk to Celestia." I said and began to walk to the door. "It will take too long." Twilight said. "Then how else are we going to get to Canterlot?" I asked turning to her. "Like this." she said and her horn began to glow. Her magic quickly wrapping around us until we were gone in a loud bang. We all landed in the throne room after Twilight had teleported us to Canterlot. Celestia and Luna quickly turned there heads and had a worried look when they saw me. "I hear that you've a big problem." I said stepping up. Both Celestia and Luna sighed at the same time. Celestia nodded her head and said, "Yes." "Then I'm going to help you with the problem." I said. "No, it's too dangerous for you to-" Luna began but I put up my hand to stop her. "There is nothing that you can say or do for me to back out." I said. "I'm going to help you and I'm not taking no for an answer." Celestia and Luna looked at each other and sighed. "We do have a plan of action." Celestia said. "Though it's very dangerous." "I don't care." I said. "Okay, our plan is to have somepony sneak into the Griffon Castle and find out why King Talons want's to wage war on use. He's even formed and alliance with King Black Wings. They're going to have a meeting at the Griffon Castle in a few days. We've sent in a few spy's, but no of them have came back." Celestia explained. "Then I'll get geared up." I said. "Go to Silver Shield, he has something to give you." Celestia said. I nodded and then ran past the mane six, down the hall, and then outside to Silver Charger. "Ah Wyatt, I've got something for you." he said. I stopped in front of and him but could help but smile. He has finished the bow, which was the Daedric bow from Skyrim back on Earth. "Thank you" I said. The bow laid vertical in the strap with the arrows slanted the right while my sword to the left. "Now let me give you a few modifications I've added. These individual arrow pockets hold dozens and dozens of specialized arrows. The ones here are regular, the ones here are ones with rope on them. These have explosives tied to them and now the most tricky part. These have smaller pockets where the tips are dipped with the most deadliest poisons and others with potions like a sleeping potion." "Jesus Christ man. You have a sick mind." I said cautiously taking the strapped and attached it to my back. "Oh, and here." Silver Charger said and gave me tow fingerless gloves except for my right hand glove with the pointer finger and the middle finger with finger protection when I pulled the arrow back. "Thanks man." I said. "No problem." he said. I quickly zipped up my jacket, placed the hood on my head and triple knotted my shoe laces. "Time to go." I said to myself. > Arriving > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry if this chapter is short Two days after I left Canterlot I slowly cupped my hands in the stream and took huge gulps of fresh water. I stopped to allow myself to catch my breath. After I was done panting, I spread the water on my face to cool myself off. I took one last gulp and filled up a bottle I packed with water. I stood up and sighed, time to continue this. I turned South which was the direction Celestia had told me the Griffon Kingdom was and continued to walk through the dense forest I was in. During the walk I was thinking how I will even be able to do this. I've never done a life threatening mission before! "This is going to suck." I said to myself. I continued my pace and would hear the common rustle of a bush and animals crossing my path. Soon my mind changed the subject of how dangerous this is to what will happen if I die. I don't have my family or friends here to attend my funeral. Instantly after I thought that I stopped walking. My mind began to flood with images of my family and how I was worlds away, dimensions even! How can I get back to Earth and how would everyone here react if I just left when I know that I've started something here. "I wonder what they're doing right now." I said to myself thinking about if anyone has noticed I disappeared. By now I would be in L.A. having a great time, like I never went here in the first place. "Everything happens for a reason." I said which was a quote a lot people had said to me. I sighed and started walking again and reached a turn in the path. "Must be getting close." I said trying to forget about the memories. Though it didn't work, I still continued to think about home on Earth. Then something brought me back to reality. It was the whistle of an arrow and a loud thump of the arrow contacting to the tree next to me. I quickly rolled into a nearby bush as an arrow hit the ground where I was just standing. I began to hyperventilate as adrenaline flooded my veins. I stood there for a moment until I began to sneak through the bushes until I was a safe distance from the path. I found a little spot to sit behind some trees and a large bush. I slowly lifted the leaves of the bush and quickly spotted a large castle. My heart skipped a beat when I noticed a dozen of Griffon Guards on the top pathway. Many of them had crossbows in there claws. "What, they get crossbows and I don't? That's just cheating." I whispered to myself. "I might steal one and return it to Silver Shield." After that plan passed I began to scan the area and where I can enter silently. After a few minutes of searching I noticed a blind spot where I can enter the castle. I looked up at the guards and waited for the perfect moment to make a dash to wall. I quickly stopped at the wall to catch my breath. Jesus this is hard as hell. Once my panting had subsided, I looked straight up to see a ledge at the top of the wall. I quickly pulled out my bow and took a minute to find the right arrow. Once I found the arrow with a rope tied to it I pulled back on the string and aimed it straight up at the bottom of the ledge. I heard the bow creak and the rope stretch as I steadied my hand. "Please make it and please don't attract any attention." I whispered with hope and let go of the arrow. I shot out like a bullet, not making a sound and impaled the stone with a quiet thud. I strapped the bow to my back and tested the rope by pulling down hard. Once it passed I jumped up and grabbed hold of the rope. My gloves made it hard for me to slide don the rope which is a good thing. I slowly began to ascend up the rope to the ledge as quiet as I can. Fear that I might catch some attention, but right now everything was going smoothy. Once I reached the top I slowly looked around to see if there was any guards around. Thankfully there was none so I climbed on top of the wall, quickly scanned the area to see where else to go. I quickly spotted a roof top close to here. "Here goes nothing." I whispered to myself and sprinted to the edge of the wall and did the longest jump I could do. I landed on the roof with a grunt and laid there for a second. Recuperating from the fall. I stood up and looked out at the tough challenge ahead of me. "Well, no turning back now." I said to myself with worry and began my way to the tall building in the middle of the city. Announcement I have now decided to ask all of you if you want me to add your characters in the story If you want me to add your OC, just PM it to me with a picture/description, name, and other info like talent or personality Hope you've enjoyed the chapter > My Mission > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I quickly ran behind the side of a house just as a spotlight shined at the wall, just inches from my head. My breathing stopped as I watched it get closer and closer until a Griffon squawked an order and the the light moved away. I wiped sweat off of my brows and let out my breath which seamed like an eternity. I turned at the back of the large house and continued to crouch walk with one hand on the handle of my sword, ready for anything. I came across a road that ran to the palace. I was still far away, but now I know my path more clearly, and luck was on my side because the houses were close together unlike the other houses before. I ran up to the house and grabbed hold of the top window and grabbed on the ledge to hoist myself up to the roof, where I changed into a sprint and began to jump from house to house like some platform game. Everything was going smoothy which was a first ever since I arrived here. "At...this...rate, I'll be...there...in no time." I said to myself between breaths. Soon though I couldn't breathe, so I stopped at a house and laid down so that no one on the ground could see me. The one's I feared where the Griffons that would be flying over head, keeping an eye in the sky. Though I've never been spotted by one, you can never know when one will shot an arrow at me or snatch me into the air. After about 15 minutes of laying there with my heart beat slow down to a normal rate to stood back up and continued my house jumping. Unfortunately the house were slowly getting further and further apart, but i didn't notice it because I was focused on getting to my destination. Well that was my mistake because at one jump I couldn't make it, but I jumped anyways. I realized that halfway in the air that I wouldn't make it. Instead I somehow went through an open window of the house. I landed in with a loud thud and a grunt. I groaned as I stood up holding my head when I heard a small squeak. I quickly turned around to see a baby Griffon sitting in a crib, a lot like the ones on Earth. Except it was big enough to hold a large dog. For some reason it began to squawk loudly as if it was laughing at my landing. "Shhh," I quietly whispered to it, but it didn't work. Soon I began to hear loud claws hitting the ground getting louder and louder. "Shit." I whispered and quickly remembered that there was a baby here, but quickly remembered that it probably doesn't understand what I'm saying. The talon sounds were getting closer and closer to the door. I door handle began to turn, so I quickly reacted by jumping out the window a grabbing hold of the roof's edge. I held my breath when I heard the door open. The squawks soon vanished and I thought that the mother Griffon took the baby down stairs, but instead the mother Griffon's head popped her head out the window and looked around. I hanged there, frozen because my feet were just dangling over her head. I went back in and closed the window, locking it from the inside. "Thank God she didn't look up." I whispered to myself. With a grunt, I pulled myself up as quietly as I could so that I wouldn't make anymore noise. I quickly sprinted, wanting to get off of this roof as fast as I could. I jumped and grabbed hold of the top of the wall. Wait, the wall? I looked up to noticed that I have arrived at the Palace. I gulped quietly and slowly pulled myself up. I looked at the two different directions to make sure that no guards were nearby. A guard was to the left so I quickly sprinted to the right. I continued running down different paths, now inside the Palace. It was a lot more nicer on the inside than it was on the outside. Large Griffon Flags were hung on the walls in each hallway. Beautiful vases were placed on pedestals, a large red and gold carpet was rolled out on the floor. The only down side, was that I was lost. The whole Palace seemed like one giant maze. Dozens of doors that all looked the same were down each corridor. "Man I hate corridors." I sighed for the dozenth time since each hallway looked exactly the same as the other ones. Soon my temper started to get the best of me as I started to yell in frustration each time I would come across a similar hallway. Soon enough I just gave up and planned on to walk straight only. This only proven to take me deeper and deeper into this hell of a maze. "God damn it, how will I find the King in the place!" I shouted to myself. I looked around as I listened to my voice echo through the Palace. I stopped in the middle of one of the hallways to think of any bright ideas. At first, I thought about leaving a trail of bread crumbs but I didn't have anything that could help me out. I thought my rope would work, but I need it for my arrows. I finally came up with the most stupid idea that I have ever made. I sighed and walked up to a random door in the hallway and opened it. I stepped inside but was stopped by bumping into a large Griffon Guard. Like I said, stupid idea. Right when I hit it, it turned and let out a deafening squawk that echoed through the Palace more than my screams of frustration. "Oh, shit. Things are about to get crowded in here." I said to myself and remembered that a Griffon was in front of me. It swiped it's talons down at me so quick, I barely was able to roll of of the way. I stood in a defense position Silver Shield taught me with my sword raised. I was ready for another attack from the Griffon, but instead I felt a sudden blunt object hit the back of my head. I fell to the ground unconscious dropping my sword. Some time later Everything was black and slowly began to clear up. I could see the walls moving, but I couldn't feel my legs moving. In front of me were two Griffons carrying a spear in one of their talons. I looked at my sides to see another two Griffons holding my chained hands. I noticed that a Griffon behind me had my sword, but my bow and arrows were still strapped to my back. I tried to think up of an escape plan, but I had a horrible headache from the blow to my head. I soon noticed that we were coming up to a large red door. That must lead to the King's throne. Why couldn't I find it before? We stopped in front of the door and stood there for a few seconds until they slowly began to open, creaking very loudly. We walked in, greeted by dozens of Guards standing around. Large windows reaching from the floor to the ceiling had large, dark drapes with weights placed down beside them that held them open. "What have you brought before me?" bellowed a deep and sinister voice. "My lord, we found this...creature wondering the Palace halls. We've brought it here to be given punishment." said one of the front Griffon Guards. So they can talk. "Show it to me." ordered to voice. The side Griffons unchained my hands and pushed my forward to be presented to their King. When I looked up, I swear my heart skipped many beats. The Griffon King's feathers were pure black. His wings had gold and red armor with blades at the end of each feather. He wore dark, golden body armor with a glorious ruby in the middle of it. His talons seemed so sharp that they could cut through almost anything. His beak had a menacing point at the end of it, sharper that any blade I've ever seen. His crown was large made out of gold with rubies at the tips. Even that looked like a dangerous weapon. He wasn't saying anything, so I decided to ask some questions so that I could think of an escape route. "Where's the Dragon King?" "He left." Damn it, I didn't make it in time to over hear the meeting. "Why are you threatening Celestia and Equestria?" "Oh, I see. Those peace-loving ponies sent you? They are pathetic." I ignored the insult and waited for the answer. "If you must know, that changeling and her gang of members came and gave me the idea. And I must say, I've been waiting to get rid of that pathetic excuse of a kingdom and show them what true power is." Rage began to boil inside of me. Chrysalis, the Changeling Queen has joined a group looking for war. "Why do you hate Celestia so much?" I asked to stall time. "Isn't it obvious, she and her sister have been foolishly ruling all that land when I could be ruling it with an iron talon. I want to get rid of those prancing and friendship loving ponies and make my army more powerful. Though Chrysalis will be the new ruler of Equestria, I'll still have the land to start my take over." If this keeps up, he'll tell me all of his plans. "Who is Chrysalis with, and why have you joined up with the Dragons?" The King began to chuckle in such a way it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. "You think I'm that stupid boy? I know you're trying to get your information to bring back to your 'sweet, beloved princess' and foil my plans. Well we both know that will never happen." He continued to chuckle some more. "Well, can try." I said and then time slowed down. I grabbed hold of a arrow, hoping it had an explosive on it which it did, and stabbed it into the ground. Then I jumped back, dodging an arrow and a sword. Suddenly the arrow exploded, sending dust everywhere and confusing all of the guards and the king. I ran up to my sword that the Griffon dropped and ran up to the closes drape. I grabbed onto a rope and cut the other one, quickly pulling my up too quick for the guards to hit me with spears and arrows. I let go when I reached the top and landed flat on my back. "How the hell did I do that?" I asked myself. I stood up and decided to rub it it. "Thanks for the info!" I yelled and did a salute. A spear impaled the wall missing my head by a few inches which was my sign that it's time to go. "Get him, get him!" the King screeched orders to all of the guards. They all took flight to get to the top and started to chase after me. Originally, they would catch up to me easily, but all the time running on the houses has exercised me so that I could run faster. It also helped that I had a minute head start. My plan is to run to the edge of the wall to a pond I found when I arrived, but didn't noticed it as soon until now. Though that will be a long run until I get there. I looked out to the horizon and saw that the sun was beginning to rise, giving a bit light which is better than the midnight moonlight. Soon I began to notice spears and arrows land on the ground me. I quickly picked up speed to dodge the weapons they were throwing at me. After about 20 minutes of straight on running, I began to lose my breathe more and more. Luckily though, the pond was just ahead. I ran up to the edge but stopped to look down it the pond was up against the wall. It was and looked deep. I caught my breath a bit and then, again, stabbed an explosive arrow in the ground of the wall. Giving me a few seconds to jump. The guards were close when I stood at the edge of the wall. "Now I know how Jack Sparrow feels." I chuckled to myself and dived. Halfway down the arrow exploded, sending out chunks of stone into the air. In the pond, pieces on stone would land in close to me, but not hit me. I crawled up to the surface and stood up to realized what I just did. I turned to see a large puff of smoke where my arrow used to be. I then quickly began to run through the woods that was by the pond, listening the squawks and roars of pissed of Griffons, trying to find me, fade away as I ran further and further to home. Hope you like the chapter and sorry for the wait The next chapter will introduce the new characters you guys posted Again, sorry for the wait, I made this chapter longer than I mostly do just for you guys Also tell me if I start to sound like a Gary Stu, I don't want to sound like one > Meeting some new Friends > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mane six were gathered around in Twilights library. All of which were dead silent, waiting for Wyatt's return. Everypony in Ponyville were on high alert, noises could be heard outside with everypony running back and forth. "Are you sure we should of let him go off alone?" Fluttershy asked in worry to break the silence. "I'm sure he's alright. Ya'll are just getting worked up." Apple Jack said to convince her friends, and herself. "It's been almost a week since he left." Twilight pointed out. "We have not gotten word of him yet." Everypony was quiet again, listening to the loud noises coming from outside. Spike wasn't here because he was out helping watch for Wyatt. They all sat for many minutes, which to them seemed liked hours until Spike ran into the library. The little dragon was having a hard time breathing until he finally said, "We...we...have spotted...Wyatt." Everypony quickly sat up and galloped out of the house, racing to the front of Ponyville. --- I was walking very slowly, well, more like limping but even that didn't explain how I was walking. My bow was at my side, acting as support for my sore legs. Every step sent sharp pains into every inch of my body, but the sight of Ponyville sent relief into me. My adrenaline was the only thing keeping me awake from my agony. The minutes that passed by were the longest minutes of my life. Every second like minutes, minutes like hours, and hours like eternity. I could barely hold on anymore, but quickly snapped back when I would lightly hit my leg. Enough to keep me awake, but not enough to make me pass out. Once I came closer to Ponyville, I noticed dozens, maybe even hundreds of ponies gathering around. Many of them ran up to help me return safely and more quickly. Soon I saw the Mane six come out of the crowd to come up to me. I held back my tears, thanking God, or I guess Celestia that I didn't die. Fluttershy soon gasped at how much blood and cuts were on me and ran to get some medical supplies I hope. "Guys...I...I need to lie down a little." is all I could say until I feel to the ground from pain and exhaustion. --- My eyes began to open, but everything was still a blur. I looked around, not moving my head until my eyes adjust to the bright light of Canterlot Hospital. "Hey, you're up." said a male pony some where in the room. His voice sounded deep, but not too deep. Almost like a young adult or stallion. I slowly looked up with my head but quickly regretted it. My neck sent the worst pain all over my body causing me to gasp loudly. "Whoa, take it easy there buddy. You're still sore from your trip." said the voice again. I slowly rubbed my neck and turned to see where the voice came from. It was a Guard of the Royal Guard, but looked different. His armor was black and red like my clothes. He was a light blue Pegasus with over sized wings. The edge of his wings were armor plates that ran along the last feather. His body armor covered half of his body and at the center was a blue jewel. His mane was covered by his helmet, but his tail wasn't. It was dark crimson with red lining it. He wore armor boots at his hooves but had no swords on him. His Cutie Mark was a silver swords crossed with a golden sword. His eyes were blue, like mine but brighter. "Who are you?" I asked with a groggy voice. "I'm Starshine Kote. I'm here to keep an eye on you until you wake up." he answered casually. "Isn't that kind of creepy?" I asked. "Oh, no no, it's more like guarding than watching." he laughed. "Okay then." I said. "How long have I been out?" "Two and a half days." he said. "Two and a half days! Ow." I yelled which brought back some more pain. "Yeah, everypony came to check on you, but you never woke up. We thought you would stay asleep forever." he chuckled. "I need to talk to Celestia quickly." I said sitting up but was hit by more waves of pain. "No you won't, the Doctors said that you need you're rest." he said stepping in front of me. "Well I need to give information about my mission to Celestia." I quickly said standing up. He let out a breath, "Fine, but I have to take you there. You won't make it quick enough by yourself." "That's alright with me." I said. It helped that he was about as tall as me, making it easier to lean over of support. Out in the hallway, I began to ask him some questions. "So your name is Starshine Kote." "Yep." "Is it okay if I call you Kote?" "Fine by me." "By the way, you're armor is different from the Royal Guard. Are you some new branch of forces in the Equestrian Army?" "Actually no, I'm a leader of a Spec Ops team. We help out the Royal Guard and the Equestrian Army. We're called the Lightning Strikers." "So I'm guessing you've heard about the possibility of war between Equestria and the Griffons?" "Yeah, and how you had to infiltrate the Griffon King's Palace. You've got some guts kid." "Well, right now my guts are hurting like hell right now." Kote started to chuckle while I gave painful chuckles. "So, what was it like?" "Horrible, imagine you're worst nightmare coming to life." Soon I began to explain about the whole story of me invading the Palace and finally meeting King Talons for the first time. I would shiver just thinking about the sight of the Griffon King. His horrifying image is sheared into my brain. If he is bad, I don't want to know how deadly the Dragon King is. --- The doors of the Throne room slowly opened up, revealing a large crowd of ponies with decorations everywhere and a loud "Surprise!" I rubbed my ears from the sudden raise in volume and was surrounded by every one. "Did you know about this?" I asked Kote. "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." he said with a smile on his face. I chuckled lightly, but still flinched from the pain. "Follow me, there are some ponies that want to meet you." he said, leading me through the party reaching a large table. Upon reaching it, I noticed many ponies here, each very different from each other, yet they all seemed like the closes friends. "Oh, yeah guys he here." said a very bright blue and blinding white Pegasus. The group turned around and smiled and almost lined up in a line. The first one walked up to me. He was a grey Pegasus with purple eyes. His mane was like a saw that went down to the back of his neck. The inner part was blue while the outline was green. His tail were the same colors with the blue as the outline this time. On his flank was his Cutie Mark, it was headphones the kinds rappers would wear. "Hey man, my name's Blaze Arlis, I've heard about how you invaded the Griffon Palace." he said. "Thanks." I said, "So what do you do?" "Oh, I'm a rapper." "Really?" "Yes, really." "I didn't know they had rappers in Equestria." "Well, I'm the first." "Cool." "Okay, my turn to introduce myself." came a new voice. This time a dark grey Unicorn stepped up. His horn was sharp and looked like it could impale some one. His mane was completely black that loosely hanged down. His tail was also pure black that was curly. His eyes where a light lime green and had almost a stern look to them. His Cutie Mark were two swords crossed that had a different symbol on them. "My name is Rising Knight." "Nice to meet you." "I hear you have a cool sword, but I bet they're not as cool as mine." "Oh really?" "Yeah, I don't have them with me, but I would like to show them to you. Then we can see who's better at welding a sword." I like this pony, "Okay then, you're on." "Um, I guess it's my turn." came a quiet voice, almost like Fluttershy but male. A white Pegasus pony walked up. He looked different from everyone else, like he always had that worried look on his face. Almost like he's about to cry. His mane was red and ended in grey tips. His tail was the same color with grey on the inside and red as an outline. His Cutie Mark was a broken arrow. I also noticed that the top of his ear was gone. "Uh, hi, my name is Vector." "It's nice to meet you. Hey, is something wrong?" "What! N-nothing's wrong. Why would you ask that?" "Well okay then." Vector sighed and then stepped back. "My turn." this voice sounded like Vectors but not as much as worry, but more like being shy. A tan earth pony stepped up. His mane was bright yellow that look combed out forward. His tail on the other hand was dark red and looked almost like a spiky flame. His Cutie Mark was was lighter, I didn't really understand why. "My name is Zoom." "Why is it called that?" "Oh, um I guess it's because I'm fast." "Then why is your Cutie Mark a lighter." "Don't know, I just go with it." "Okay, it's my turn." came the next ponies voice. There sure is a lot of introductions. A red Pegasus walked up to me. He wore a hat over his mane, so I don't know what color it is. His wings were red with black at the tips. His tail was red with shades of black here and there. The hat was black with a red diamond design all around it. At his chin was a small red beard. He wore metal goggles over his eyes that looked heavy. He wore sandals on hid two front hooves and a jacket. All over his body were cuts and scars. His Cutie Mark were two music notes. "Hey, the name's Bill." "Really?" "Yeah, you got a problem with that?" "No no, it's just that that's a name used on Earth. By the way, what's with all the scars?" "None of your business." "Okay then, calm down." "MY TURN!" came a loud voice. I looked to the side and meet the next pony. It was a bright blue Pegasus. His mane was pure white including his tail. His eyes also didn't have pupils, just a shade a light grey where it would have been. To match his mane and tail were white clothes. They covered his Cutie Mark, co I didn't know what it was. Pretty much, he was just white and blue. Kinda hard to look at without getting a headache. "The name's Digit friend." "Why you named that?" "I don't know, but at least it's better than Bill." "Hey, I heard that!" Bill shouted. "By the way, are you blind or something?" "No, why would say that?" "Well, your eyes." "It's just how my eyes are." "Okay then." I don't know why, but this pony seems like my younger brother back at home. If that's true, then this will surly be a party. "Guess I'm last." An orange Pegasus walked up to me. His mane was the same as Vinyl Scratch colored orange and red. His tail was red that ended in orange tips. His eyes were colored red. I also noticed his legs looked thin and his Cutie Mark was a flame. "Name's Blaze." "Kind of suitable because you look like a flame. So, why a flame as a Cutie Mark?" "Oh, I like to play with fire." "Isn't that dangerous?" "Not to me, watch." Blaze walked over to a candle at the table and swung his hoof through the flame. It stayed on the candle, but in Blaze's hooves was also a flame, just floating in his one hoof. He started to juggle it, made it expand and shrink, and did other tricks like split it into two. "See." he said and put the flame on an unlit candle. "That was badass." I said. "Well, now that you've met everypony it's time to party." Kote said as he lead us to the dance floor, where I only partied with half energy. I'm still sore from the Griffon Kingdom. Finally done! Sorry that this took so long, had a hard time getting the right pics. Congrats to those of you that made it, and sorry for those that didn't. Also, some of you, I needed to make your pics, so tell me if they're right or wrong. Lastly, tell me if you want to be shipped with a pony, just to add some love into the story. > Literally a game plan > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I sat up from my bed, looking out at the rising sun. The sky was a peaceful peace color that blended with the light. The clouds were an orange shade. It was a perfect sunrise, a perfect sunrise every morning unlike Earth where a perfect sunrise were hard to come by. I yawned and sat up from my bed and got dressed in my usual style. Black and red, I only wear my gear when something bad happens, or I'm called to do something. My first experience was the Griffon Castle. I still shudder at the thought of it. I walked out from my house, breathing in the fresh, clear air. I had a smile on my face because now I have something to do during the days, which is hanging out with new friends. No longer do I have to be bored until I have a job to do. The walk through the forest went by quicker now that I'm used to living here, which in my case was faster than I expected. Upon entering Ponyville, I noticed that the streets were empty. All the doors were closed and the shutters were all locked. "Wierd," I said to myself I quickly walked down the dirt road looking down the side paths that led to more houses and more closed doors. I continued down the streets, hopping to find a familiar pony that was out and about. But I never found one. I decided to go and knock on Twilight's door to get some answers. I knocked on the door three times and stood there waiting. After no answer for about two minutes, I knocked again. This time I heard a familiar dragon saying, "Hold one a minute." The door opened and I was greeted by the purple dragon. He looked different,his eyelids were half open, and his back slouched. Like me when I just woke up. "Where is everyone?" I asked him. "They're probably still asleep, it's kind of early." he said. "Oh, okay, well then see ya later and I'm sorry for waking you up." I said and I walked back out to the main road and contiued to follow it, still on the search for a pony to be awake. --- Finally, the streets are now becoming less and less empty. More and more ponies started to come out, most likely to start whatever they do in the morning. I wasn't long untill I spotted Digit and Blaze. I ran up to greet them. "Hey guys," I said in between breaths. Man, I'm still sore. "Hey, what's up Wyatt," said Digit. "We were just on our way to Sugar Cube Corner to meet up with Blaze Arlis and Rising Knight," said Blaze. "Sweet, mind if I tag along?" I asked, eager to finally have something to do. "Sure." the both said together. "Jinx," I said. "What?" Blaze asked. "Nothing," I said, "It's just a game that I used to play back on Earth." "O...k..." Digit said with a confused face. We began walking to Sugar Cube Corner, greeting to passing ponies. It didn't take us too long to reach the Bakery because it as just around the corner. (see what I did there) We entered and were greeted by Mrs.Cake. I looked around until I spotted Blaze Arlis waving at us. I waved back and led Blaze And Digit to the table of four. I had to asked for an extra chair to sit in which felt strange. Like being in High school and sitting in an Elementary school sized chair. "Okay we're hear, so what did you want to tell us?" asked Digit. "Well," Rising Knight started, "we were thinking of soming fun for the group (that's all of the added characters) to have one big tournement." "What kind of tournement?" I asked. "Any kind," answered Arlis, "where we use our skills in various challenges and see who's victorious." "But then who will choose the challenges, we'll just pick the things we're good at and win." Digit pointed out. "We already thought of that," Rising Knight said, "we will have Spike and Pinkie Pie be on the anouncers while a few selected ponies in Ponyville will choose our challenges." "Wait a second, does that mean we will be watched by hundreds of ponies?" I asked. Arlis and Knight both nodded their head. Well that's just great. "So what do you guys think?" Arilis asked. "I think it's a good idea." answerd Digit. "Sure, why not." Blaze said. "And what about you Wyatt?" Knight asked me. I sat there and thought about it more than they did, but it was a cool idea so, "Sure, I'm down with it." They all cheered and we began making ideas and preperations for the big game. Oh man, sorry for the long wait Well I guess you know what to do, post some game ideas in the comments or PM them to me I will start posting more chapters more frequently Again, sorry for the wait