Chapter 1: Gahoo! Flying Pumpkins!
Twilight awoke, the scream of some-pony outside of her home. The comfort of her bed had to wait even though it is late at night. She quivered from the loud shout ringing in her ears. She went to Spike and found him sleeping without a care in the world. It is odd that he slept through the loud scream.
"Wake up Spike." said Twilight Sparkle with a shake of his tiny bed.
"Wuh, what's going on? Twilight? Do you know how late it is?" Spike groaned while scratching his bagged eyes.
"Thats not what matters right now, I think some-pony could be hurt outside."
Then, the scream made itself known once more. Twilight quickly out to onto the main library. Each step, galloping, to the rescue whomever was in trouble. Unlocking the door, she shot stopping seconds later abruptly, Outside.
What she saw nearly stupefied her eyes.
"This can't be!"
Up in the sky, the usual darkness of night had thickened with a bright orange smoke. The moon itself shaped like an actual farm pumpkin the size of a small planet. Huddled a little further from herself was a crowd of ponies watching the sky. They spoke amongst themselves.
"Its an omen!" one would mutter amidst the conversation. "I've never seen anything like it!"
Twilight rummaged through her mind of any reasonable explanation for this phenomenon. Things such as, Princess Luna doing a practical joke, or even some Unicorn who might have pissed off some eldritch god. Whatever the reason be, she needed to find a solution before anything dangerous happened.
"Psst. Hey Twilight!"
She turned to its source and found Discord hiding behind the tree, with a nervous befuddle on his face. Now everything came together.
Twilight went over to behind the tree and found him scratching his head.
"What did you do now Discord?" She questioned him angrily.
"Well, for the thing that is currently in the sky..., I'll tell you right away that it was my fault."
"What happened Discord?"
"I might have stole a powerful amulet from space... pump... You know what, here catch!"
Discord then dropped a stringed amulet to the ground before disappearing out of thin air with a light Plop.
Twilight raced to the periapt, jumped, and snagged it before sliding in front of a wall.
She stood up, and scrutinized the precious pumpkin shaped topaz, it shined as handsomely as a slightly moldy orange.
Darn it Discord, whatever you did, you're gonna pay for it!
Placing the amulet around her neck, Twilight outstretched her wings and flew into the sky. Flying so high, it felt odd to flap through the orange atmosphere. The moon's pumpkin gaze driving terror through every inch of her feeble pony spine at what could be in store. Arriving at Canterlot Castle, she flew down to the entrance and found two pumpkins situated where the usual guards would be.
Could they be... ! Oh no, the Princesses!
Twilight sprinted in desperately; if anything were to happen to them then what could possibly be in store for herself? Moving past the place littered with pumpkins whome must have been ponies at some point; she continued upwards until she found the double doors that lead to the throne room.
Twilight forced the door open herself with her herculean strength. It flew in the air before slamming down against the base of the opposing wall.
There is Princess Celestia, tied up in a Pumpkin Leaf trap, settles within her siege. She was blinded under the magical leaves tightening against her skin. Twilight neared and readied her horn, a sudden blast of fire scorched the leaves and caused them to elongate and restrain Twilight from every limb. She could not move, and felt her magic being drained as they slowly covered her.
Princess Celestia quickly opened her eyes and felt her student being entangled within the rambler. Sudden anger and she let loose an surge of fire that scorched the entire throne room, burning the now screeching leaves at they shriveled into mulch. Celestia caught Twilight as she fell.
"Twilight! Twilight! Are you alright, say something!" cried Princess Celestia, with her in the safety of the caressing hooves.
"Nngh, I'm alright Princess.", Celestia lowered Twilight and watched as she got back on her hooves.
"We must hurry now, they've abducted Luna and are using her magic against Equestria."
"W-Wait, who is they?"
Celestia leered the pumpkin shaped moon in dread. There was something she feared for them returning, but it never dawned on her how soon it would be. Fear had seared into her soul, reeking epochs.
"Princess, you're scaring me! What would make a goddess so afraid!?"
Locked in the sky, reveries of catastrophe, pain and blight went through her mind like a speeding truck. She turned towards Twilight.
"The Flying Pumpkins from Outer Space have come."
Twilight looked at her Princess confused, the ridiculous words she'd just uttered were outweighed by the fact that a powerful creature the likes of her was so... afraid! It boggled the newly enriched lavender alicorn's aromatized mind.
She couldn't help, but smirk and then giggle.
Princess Celestia could grasp only gasp at her insolence. Flying through the sky in a blaze, magic cannibalized and frames of the past whirled through Twilight's mind. Millions of ponies being turned into pumpkins, whole continents shrouded in odd beams of squash energy, transforming billions of ponies into pumpkin patches.
Look now in horror Twilight Sparkle! For this is no game, all of Equestria shall be nearly extinct from this attack, buildings destroyed from lack of ponies to toil them and soon, for those that were left it was back to the stone ages. And we'll have to eat Pumpkin by-products for hundreds and hundreds of years!
Twilight could merely think, lingering upon the horrors which had been unbosomed. Now, she truly knew why there was no historical evidence before the three tribes were made.
"So... thats why you have a limitation law on pumpkins in Equestria..." she swallowed, continuing. "and why you are so worried about Pumpkin Cake all the time."
"Exactly! Who knows if that little colt could be a spy for them! I'm just doing my best for all of Equestria."
Twilight felt the fury of fear crumble any trace of sincerity. Hope lovingly smothered in a thick doubt.
"W-What do we do?" asked Twilight nervously.
"We must appease these monstrous pumpkins Twilight! They are too powerful for you I to stop! Even Discord is no match for their awesome might!"
"But, what could they possibly... " And then it hit the young mare. She gasped.
Twilight Sparkle eyed the pumpkin necklace sagging her smooth chest and suddenly remembered everything. Her confidence grew and grew from within and she knew what to do at this moment.
"Discord brought them here, Princess, he told me that this was stolen from them by him."
"That fool, hmmph, let me see then.", Celestia removed the necklace and stared into its radiance, she pondered for a moment before coming to a realization.
"My goodness, Discord, you crazy Draconequis!"
"What is it?"
"Twilight, what you stand before is the power source of the Flying Pumpkins, there very life force is stored here."
"Wow, that must have been hard to get."
"Yes, and we may finally have the power to destroy these monster pumpkins, but first we must go save Luna.", Princess Celestia put on the Pumpkin Necklace and readied her magic. "We must go to the heart of the moon, there we will find her caged."
"There will be dangers Twilight, if you come, I won't be able to provide safety for you." said Princess Celestia.
"With all due respect, I'm ready for anything." said Twilight with a confident tone.
"Alright, we mustn't waste time, grab my tail and I'll teleport us to the moon."
Twilight trotted behind Celestia's behind, there her beautiful tail was bitten on.
"Nready." said Twilight with mouthful of spectral tail.
Princess Celestia closed her eyes before suddenly opening them with a bright yellow power glowing its way through them. Energy swirled around them like lightning that hit the ground with a zap. Twilight would watch before a sudden bright light overcame her sight.
And they were gone.