My name is Spud McCain (Arcturus). I'm your average college student trying to get a degree in electronics/computer science. Instead of that, I get thrown into a land of ridiculous technicolor ponies.
My name is Spud McCain (Arcturus). I'm your average college student trying to get a degree in electronics/computer science. Instead of that, I get thrown into a land of ridiculous technicolor ponies. I discover that I have some kinda evil 'breaking-the-laws-of-physics' magic. Everywhere I look there's ponies with telekinesis, tiny and impossibly fast wings, and a pink one that defies logic in every way possible. As for how I'm dealing with all of this... well... I'm trying not to go insane.
Yet another boring day, walking to my next college class along with my friends: Austin Floyd, Wade Petershmit, and Amber Lindeman. Your probably wondering who they are, well to start Austin is one of the smartest kids I know. He built and coded a C# robot when he was 6. Built a Rail-gun when he was 9 and blew up a car from his apartment window. After his parents paid the fine He graduated 12th grade when he was 13, he was offered a scholarship at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and got enrolled MIT college (my collage) when he was 14. Not to my surprise, he currently holds the title 'highest grades' and 'honor roll'.
As for Wade he isn't the brightest of bulbs, when it comes to video games he's the damn sun. Every game he owns says 100% completion and has earned every achievement.(at the same time somehow he manages to find enough time to study and get passing grades on his exams.) He once gave me 2 entire moving boxes of games he's beaten and related products like toys, tee shirts, hats, and jackets for my birthday (and he's surprisingly buff for a gamer).
As for Amber, she can be quite unpredictable. She's like Luna from Hairy Potter. The reason I like her... I MEAN call her a friend is because it's always a guessing game to see what happens next. Also because she kinda reads my mind and always seems to know what needs to be done in any situation, even if it doesn't make sense. But above all, she looks pretty... those gleaming emerald eyes... that golden hair... Holy Crap! NO! STOP IT BRAIN! I don't want this to be 'that' kind of relationship... or at least not yet... (Awkward moment). Any ways as for her grades and classes I'm not sure.
Back to me most people would describe me as that guy that you call a 'Average Joe', a guy that isn't really noted for anything too special. But, I also like to hang with Wade in my free time and play guinea pig for Austin's experiments (he hasn't managed to kill me... yet.) Some people even say I have the mind of a strategist (or that I have a overly active imagination. Sadly, thanks to Wade, all of my clothing is game related so I look like a weirdo.) Now enough about me, onto the story about my average daily life...
Chapter 1: Collage Life
"Hey Spud?"
"Yes Amber?"
"I'm heading of to my grandparents next weekend. Is there anything cool that your doing in the coming future?" Amber asked.
"Not really, besides staying up all night studying for the semester test next month," I say sarcastically.
"Oh. That's too bad I was hoping that you could help me test out one of my latest gadgets," She Said with a moan.
"Hey! I helped too!" Austin accused. "Anyway what is it?" I asked.
"Its a paranormal detector we wanted to go inspect the campus to see if anyone has died here on campus or here in past." Amber replied
"That's kind of dark."
"But we can still talk to ghosts."
"So how does it work?" I turn to Austin guessing because he made it.
"Well it records any noise that it receives then uses the direction of the noise to track where the ghost is when he started talking and where he moved while talking" Austin says with joy.
"So basically you want to chill with some dead people, and ask some questions, but also track where they are simultaneously." I say with disbelief.
"Not considering the "chill" running down your back as you talk." wade jokes while playing on his phone.
"Basically, but we want to know the secrets of the school and the history of the land beneath, because they haunt the hallways, rooms and courtyards. They see everything and know everything." He says with a mischievous smile.
I cocked an eyebrow "So what do you plan to get off of this." I ask suspecting trouble.
"Oh, just for fun and knowledge." Amber says with a smile.
Wade takes a break from his game on his phone "Yeah! So we're going to be ghost busters?"
"Who said you where coming?" I say with my smart alic tone.
Wade deadpans "Fine! You can come too." I say like I'm doing him a favor.
"Yes!" Wade fist pumps "Watch out King Boo, Luigi is going to clear this mansion...err...campus!" he said in a prideful way.
"We do not wish to harm them we simply wish to talk." Amber says casually.
Wade seems to droop in disappointment "So what time do you plan to use this machine of yours?"
"On March 14 at 1:00 A.M." says Austin with a groan "I was planning to use that time to study the lunar eclipse, but it's apparently the time when ghosts are most active according to Amber. He said while glaring at Amber, still probably mad over not being able to study the lunar eclipse.
"Wait, that's tonight isn't it?" I check my watch...dang it's tonight.
"So what? do you have any other plans?" Amber asks
"No, it's just that that's a really early or late time to wake up at." I say with a sigh. I guess Amber is right. There isn't an easy way out of this so I guess I'll have to go weather I like it or not. "Fine I'll come too...but only because you're my friends." I admit with disappointment. "Oh, and by the way that makes this lunar eclipse so cool can't you wait until the next one?"
"This eclipse is special because this side of the moon hasn't been seen for 1,000 years. It's also said that the craters on this side will resemble a unicorn." Austin says as if it were obvious.
"So does this mean that we can stay up until it's time to leave?" I ask
"Awww yeah party at ma place tonight." Wade said with a goofy smile.
"No, if you want to do good tomorrow and not fall asleep in class I suggest setting your clock to 12:45 A.M. then meet over at the announcement bill board." Austin says while rubbing his neck from stress. "Sound good?" Austin asked with a grumble
We all show different signs of acknowledgement and head off to our classes.
1/2 a class later...
"...Who here knows how many transistors this computer has?" Mrs.Dalquist points to a school provided old Dell desktop. Yes, this is the kind of questions you are asked in this class. You don't need to be a genius to just look down at the page about transistors to know the answer. "One billion." I say as if to were obvious (because it is.)
"Very good! Now can someone tell me..."
Same old questions that everyone knows, but is to lazy too answer.
"...Excellent! Now head over to the laptops and begin your research on how the CPU functions." She said with a smile
Yeah...NO. Instead of using the crapy school provided laptops, I pull out my MacBook pro. earning a glare from most of the people using the Dell computers. After copy-paste researching I mail myself the results to save then print at the printer room later. Great! My work here is done as I proceeded to play Minecraft server Mclegends Factions.
* * *
After a while of blowing up enemy bases and looting, the bell rings and students rush out the door as if they have somewhere to be. Now my day of school is over and it's time to pack up. I noticed as I put my MacBook in my leather satchel bag along with its charger, my phone buzzed. Wade texted me it said "clear your schedule for tonight and drop by my place for a present." (one of his traits that makes me call him a friend. Yet more proof that I'm a jerk.) Welp, he has presents so I can't refuse. Wait a minute...why does he want to give me a present? Then it but me like a train. He wants me to stay up and play games with him...not...cool...man.
One walk to my dorm later...
"Yo Spud!" Yells Connor from his bed
You also probably don't know who Connor is well, he's my roommate and is a military fan. He only plays like 4 games: 1. Command and Conquer 2. World of tanks 3. Call of Duty and 4. Halo. He also collects knives wether they be Swiss or knives in general. Sadly that's all he focuses on and could care less about college.
"What's up Connor?" I say in an uninterested tone
"Well.." he starts and then continues to ramble about his game. "...and that's about it." He finishes.
"Cool story bro. Now if you don't mind I need to take care of my homework. OK?" I lie
"Got it! Oh and when you're done come play with me." Motioning towards the Xbox one he recently bought.
"Ok, Cya later!" As I go to grab my water bottle I hit my arm on the leg of the table, sending Connor's knife collection everywhere "Ow! I hit my elbow!" I shout in pain
"Awww man, you messed up my collection. (Sigh) But it's ok. Any way put your water bottle on it, it will make you feel better." He groans. Still probably mad about his collection being all over the table and floor.
"Thanks" I grunt with a hurt elbow. "I'm heading over to Wade's room to work on a report I'll be back later tonight." I lie yet again.
"Ok, see you tonight...I guess."
As I leave the room I mutter "No you won't." under my breath so he can't hear me. I'm such a jerk sometimes.
* * *
"Here it is room 137, it's 6:30 p.m. and 5 hours to go. This is going to be a very long night.
I walk up to the door and "Knock knock knock."
"It's open!" Calls a voice from inside
As I open the door I greet the owner "Good evening Wade, I guess you want to party until it's time to meet Austin?" I ask already knowing the answer.
"Well yeah, how did you know?" Wade asked completely dumbfounded
"You said no to Austin and I'm the only guy that is willing to stay up into the wee hours of the night playing video games." This is yet another example of Wade not being the brightest of bulbs.
"You guessed it." Wade says then start we both start chuckling. The level of oblivion is astounding
5 hours of Minecraft, call of duty, and plants vs zombies garden warfare later...
"YAWN! Is it time yet?" I ask extremely tired
"Let me check." Wade pulls out his phone "I'm afraid so, Let's go." He says like he's a zombie.
"Wade you forgot about something." I say as I start to get up.
"What?" He asks, as I motion towards my phone
"Yeah give me a sec." He walks over to his dresser and opens the bottom drawer and pulls out a green jacket. "Think fast." He throws it at me, as I catch it I notice it has checkers and... it's a creeper jacket. "Hey Spud check out the zipper." I go to inspect the zipper and it's one of those special jackets that zips up past the hoody to give you kind of a mask.
"Thanks!" I say trying on my new jacket.
"Your going to need that extra feature of a mask." As he pulls a similar one out for himself.
"What do you mean NEED?" I ask while zipping up the mask.
"Students and teachers sleep but security cameras don't. Remember were not supposed to be up at this time." As he finishes zipping up his skeleton face on the hoody
"You ready to go." Wade asked opening the door.
"Yep!" I sling on my satchel and we leave the dorm.
* * *
"There's Austin at the announcement board." Wade said as we walked over to them. Austin and Amber seemed surprised by our masks but quickly realized it was us.
"Your 2 minutes late." Austin stated flatly.
"And? It's still not full yet, we have time." Wade said blithely
"(Sigh) I guess so, come on let's go." Austin pulls out his machine from a nearby bush and...hahaha it looks like the one that the Ghostbusters use. The machine appears to have a big satellite instead of the ghost gun. Ha! He even looks like a Ghostbuster with it on.
"I think we're ready to go." Amber says holding a flashlight
"Oh and you might need these because flashlights attract attention." As Austin hands out night vision goggles from a bag on the back of the machine.
"Where did you get these?" I ask inspecting the goggles.
"I Made them, they even have a button on the side that allows you to see the ghost." Austin says testing them out.
"Great job! I can see my dorm from here flashlight-free!" I complement Austin and his hard work.
"Now we're set! Only 20 minutes until the eclipse is at its peek." Amber says looking up at the moon.
"Let's go" Austin says powering up his backpack machine.
"Let's go over to the storage area of the school. Plenty of things to haunt there." Amber says confidently.
Everyone equips their goggles and we all follow Amber to the storage area.
* * *
"Welp, we're here." Amber announces. We all take a moment to look at the wooden gate and fence then wonder, how are we going to get in? We walk up to the gate. "Locked!" Austin says with disappointment. We started to walk back to the dorms when we noticed, Wade wasn't coming."Wade, what are you doing?" Wade rolls back his sleeves and starts counting.
"One."
"Wade!"
"Two!"
"No stop!"
"THREE!"
"NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Wade pulls his fist back, then thrust it forward which ends up blowing the door to splinters, he looks back at us. "The doors open." We all face palm and sigh at the absolute mess he made. "You know Wade, it's times like this that makes me not know what to think of you." I say while still facepalming. "Come on, what are you waiting for? It's time to go explore!" Wade says as if nothing was wrong. "Let's just go and get this over with." Austin ends, still wondering how Wade demolished the door as if it weren't even there.
"The eclipse is almost at its peak. Only about 2-3 more minutes until...(Amber mumbles something)" We all look up at the moon and, sure enough. The moon is red with only a white sliver on the side, and the unicorn starting to become noticeable. Now that I look at it, I'm starting to notice 4 stars slowly closing in on the moon.
"Only about 2-3 minutes until what?" I ask Amber, concerned about what she might say.
"Ummm...uhh...Nothing." Amber responds a little too fast.
"Uh huh, sure. Anyways where should we start investigating?" Austin perks up and points over to the pile of wood storage crates "Over there should work. Come on, let's go." We start to walk over to the boxes when I notice something weird in the corner of my eye. I look over and due to the darkness I can't really see what it is, so I go to get a closer look. I look at it and still can't make out what it is, but I do know: it's a statute, tall, scary, and has armor. I give it another glance then get out my night vision goggles to see what it really is. As I reach to my bag I caught something shining out of the corner of my eye, I look back up and..."OH MY GOD!" The statue has come to life, looking at my with it's terrifying glowing red eyes. I stand there frozen in fear, then the statue of...whatever it is pounces me and I black out.
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Chapter 2 The ''Night-mare''
"Ow! My head hurts, and what the heck is tha- AHHH!" In front of me is a: tall, scary, evil looking... what is it again?..whatever. "What are you?!" I demand from the figure.
"We are the princess of the night, Nightmare Moon. We hath summoned thee the assist us in war against our sister, Celestia." Princess Nightmare Moon says in a booming voice that scares the absolute crap out of me.
Wait a moment, what dose she mean by: "war with our sister Celestia?" Did I get warped back in time? Well, just gently tell her: no "Whoa whoa whoa, hold on there partner. You are not going to draft me into war against an entire other kingdom like some Chinese king. Your also not going to keep me here, so send me back home now." That didn't come out how I had planned. So now I just yelled at... Nightmare Moon? Oh titles be damned, I'm calling her Nightmare.
"Silence!" Nightmare yells in my face. "Thou shalt not speak to royalty in such a manner, and make demands from royalty!" She scolds like I'm her child.
Royalty? That sort of explains the Old English but why can't I really see anything? Am I blind? "I can speak to royalty how ever I please. Now, if you don't mind I would like to leave this retarded place and go home." After stating that, I look around and see... craters, stars, and... a planet... Earth? Well that answers the blindness question. Wait a minute... there is only one place that I know of with these traits. I'M ON THE MOON!!!
"How dare thee insult us in such manner! If thee makes one more derogatory remark, thee shall pay!" Still ignoring her, I'm awe struck by the view and... wait a minute... If I'm ON the moon so that means... (almost) 0 GRAVITY FLIPS! The next thing I do is I massive leap into the air, and do at least 6 consecutive flips in a row, laughing the entire time. You know what, this is fun and all but... hold the iPhone... if I'm on the moon and don't have a space suit then that means... no heat and no oxygen? Oh geez. "Ummm excuse me, how am I still breathing?" I ask, looking at my body to see why I'm not exploding or freezing.
"A atmospheric bubble curse and a tad of plants." She answers, a little bit confused about my sudden mood change or fact that I was laughing and literally flipping out. "If thee is stuck on the moon for 999 years by thee curse-ed sister, thee finds things to do in that time. For instance: single handedly building a castle, melting moon soil to materials for gardens and castle bricks, growing gardens out of changed materials,... " and Nightmare continues to ramble about the things she has made out of manipulated moon soil...
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...So apparently Miss Nightmare here, has built an entire kingdom with farms and a castle by herself. I don't know how such a task is accomplished, even if she is the great and powerful wizard she claims she is. (I still haven't seen her yet because how little light I have. I can only see the shadows of the craters, castles, houses, and silos.)
"That's amazing how you can do all of this construction, lunar farming, and all of that jazz but... why am I here again?"
"To help assassinate thy sister." whoa, that's pretty dark.
Just play the game. The sooner she thinks we're done and I'm incapable, the sooner I can go home. "And why me?"
"Thee was chosen by one of our statues, during a lunar eclipse-- (apparently that's when she sees the most people active, during the night). --They exist throughout space time and one thought thine would be the best for the according task."
"So a magical statue, saw me and thought that a average person like me, is better than everyone else they have seen over a course of 1 million years." I ask.
61,056 years and 164 days to be precise. Thine estimate was off by over 900,000 years." Corrects nightmare. Hold on, how could she possibly know the exact date of the creation of Earth? I decide rather not to ask because, we have more oppressing matters.
"Yeah? Well, whatever. Anyways, how will I even sneak past the outer walls? Not to mention the courtyard, the inner walls, the castle walls, the guards, and if all goes well overthrow the princess?" I ask incredulously. "Not to mention my clothing, even the dullest blade could easily harm me." After I said that my body starts to shine, then after a while the light fades and... I have some armor (sadly I can't see how it looks right now). I look at the shadows of my armor and it appears to be some kinda spikey demonic armor, just wearing it makes me feel evil. I feel under my chest plate I still have my creeper jacket on, and my satchel bag is still over my shoulder.
"Now thee shall not be easily harmed now. thee will assist us in war efforts. We will lead thee into the castle and thee will fight alongside us." "Whoa whoa whoa. You are still not going to draft me into a war like a Chinese King. I don't want to go to war, and possibly die in the process. So Excuse me if I want to see my family at the end of this. Sorry princess, I just want to go home and see my friends. So, no. Sorry, but no." I state at the end rather flatly. "Besides, you even said yourself that you have nobody on the moon besides you. Unless you have some kind of spell that can create life from dust like God from the Bible. That means you have no army or help or anything. So I find this whole idea or even the thought, of a war moronic!" After saying that, I realize what I just said and get almost blasted by a laser beam. To my advantage, thanks to my video gamer reflexes I was able to jump to the side just in time.
"THOU HATH INSULTED OUR HOME, OUR PLAN, AND US, NOW thee SHALL PAY!" Nightmare yells at the top of her lungs. (And please turn off the caps lock.)
* * *
Dear God! Nightmare is shooting lasers at me like I'm at a rave party and Damn, she's furious. I've been dodging them for a while now, and my energy is running out. Right now I ne-- my thoughts were interrupted by a shot to the chest. Upon impact it explodes and sends me off the moon. I leave the air bubble and the world starts to fade away... I (think I) died.
o.O.o
(Meanwhile in Canterlot...)
"So exactly what did you see?" Asked Shining Armor Captain of the Royal Guard.
"Some dark blue flashes come from the moon followed by fireball falling from the moon." Answered Flash Sentry the Surveillance Tower Guard.
"Are you sure you saw a fireball fall from the moon? Why do I find this hard to believe?"
"I saw it with my own eyes. I was up on one a surveillance tower and saw the moon flashing, then the fireball."
"Where did you see the fireball land?" Shining asked with a hint of growing curiosity.
"The everfree forest."
Shining armor sighs and says "Flash, do you know how hard it is to explore the everfree for--"
"It landed near the edge the forest, in the: "Old Pony Sisters" quadrant." Flash quickly answers before the question is even finished being asked.
"Hmm... well, that isn't too bad... I'll call up a (no pun intended) wing of my Pegasi guard to fly out there and have a look."
"Thank you commander. Uh... do you mind if I come too?"
"Your one of the only guards posted at this time of night and the only one who saw where it landed, so I don't see why not. Better yet, why don't you be the commander. Lead them to the crash site and investigate what happened."
"(Squee) Oooh this is going to be so much fun, I mean, thank you sir."
"I will alert the princess, and find another guard to fill in for you tonight, you need to rest up for tomorrow."
"But... " Flash starts but is quickly cut off, "Flash, dismissed!"
"Sir, yes sir!" Flash salutes and gallops out the door. After Flash is gone Shining chuckles and said to himself, "Flash is such a colt sometimes." Then he resumes to filing paperwork.
o.O.o
(Back with our surprisingly-not-so-dead Spud...)
"Ugh, what happened?" I groan and try to rub my head only to realise, I can't. I start to regain more of my vision to see I'm wearing some dented and scratched (no holes/rips in the armor) armor that is black as night. I try to think back to when I put this on but everything goes fuzzy back to wade punching down the gate. Heh heh, that was pretty funny. I take in my surroundings only to see, I'm in... a massive meteor crater? Ok, now I seriously need to know what happened. This amnesia is killing me, not being able to know how all of this happened is going to drive me insane. I try my best to stand up, but my mussels won't have it. I try to at least move my arm but still, NOPE! AUGGG! Great now I have amnesia, failing muscles, restrictive armor, and it looks like I fell from space. (You kinda did.) What am I going to do now? Well, it's night time and I'm tired so I'm going to try to sleep and hopefully when I wake up my body might be able to move. Good night strange world. ZZzzZZzz...
o.O.o
(Barracks!)
"Wake up Flash Sentry, get ready for the expedition!" the voice of a Pegasus guard calls.
"Yawn!" I start to wake up. "Five more minutes. Wait, did you say expedition?"
"Yes I did. We are leaving in about an hour, so hurry up!" Then the guard trots down the barrack hallways.
"An hour?! What was Shining Armor thinking?!" I fall out of bed. "Oof!" Note to self: Falling off of the top bunk bed hurts. I quickly sprint off to the shower room to get clean and ready for the adventure, err... expedition.
o.O.o
(In a Halo-like crash scene...)
"...Ow! That won't work either." I been fumbling around now for the last half hour, trying to get off my back. (It turns out that weak muscles didn't help the situation.) As I've found out, that this armor wasn't made to be light or maneuverable. (It was, your too weak to notice that.) After about 15 more minutes of struggle I finally roll over on my chest and push myself onto my knees. A little bit later, I gather enough strength to stand on my feet. "Now, enough fooling around. I'm going to start to dehydrate if I don't find some water. Wait... what? Why am I here in the first place?" I look around again and see, I'm in some kind of foggy forest. how did I even get in a forest? Did I wonder off? No, that wouldn't explain this armor. Did I join the military? No, the military doesn't ware armor like this. Am I high?! Well, I don't know. Just look around and forget about what happened. Ok, so my... burned satchel bag? Is on the ground along with... a beat up MacBook pro? Hmmm... well at least the charger is here. I also see... my phone charger. (that is surprisingly not harmed). My roommate's Damascus steel jackknife? Score! It's one of his good ones too, shame it's mine now. Hold on... his knife?... Oh yeah, I knocked over the display case and one must have fallen into my satchel bag. Another knife. Didn't Connor say something about this one being illegal in every country except Russia? My night vision goggles. Lastly a notebook and pen. I quickly gather the shreds of everything else I had in by bag and store them in my satchel bag. I clip my new knifes onto my pockets, put the chargers in the bag, tie my water bottle to my pack, tuck my night vision goggles away in my satchel bag, and store my notebook and pen. I also pick up some more random miscellaneous items. Now properly equipped, I start to hike into the forest, in search of civilization.
o.O.o
(On the launch strip of Canterlot castle...)
About five more minutes until we leave toward the everfree forest. We have loaded the unicorn guards, the research team, and their equipment onto the carriages. Once we confirm that the area is safe, we can send the researchers to find more information. As for me... well... I'm the leader of this entire operation. All of this responsibility and accountability for just doing my job. At least I know it will pay off when we see the... something that fell from the moon.
"Flash!" yells a guard. I look over to acknowledge the guard, instead I see Shining armor. "What's up Armor?" I ask in a tired tone. "You in a moment." Armor replies with a grin. "Haha, I see what you did there. Now, as you were saying?"
"The princess told me to ask you, are you ready to take on the role of Project Manager?" Shining armor asks, completely dropping the smile and returning to all seriousness. Am I ready? Well I have already been doing that already. Do I want to mange all of the teams for the research into the "thing" that fell from the moon? "It would be my honor to take role, and serve the princess while doing it." Armor smiles at my response and says, "Thank you, and good luck with that." Armor trots off toward the castle, leaving me with a team to order around. "(Sigh) And I thought being a royal guard was hard."
o.O.o
(With our very confused forest hiker...)
So many questions fill my mind as I hike through the dark forest. "How did I get here? Why am I wearing armor? Will I ever get home? Why is my phone poking me from my pocket? Wait... phone?" Remembering that I have my phone in my pocket, I take it out and power it on. (Apple Logo) Ok, where getting some where. (No Service 10:26 A.M. 72%) <slide to unlock Well, at least there's that. Better conserve energy, (slide to power off) and slide. I put it along with my other items in my satchel. Welp, just keep following the trail and I'll find my way home. Don't panic, just keep swimming. (walk walk walk walk walk) It's been a while now that I've been walking and I've only found a break in the trees. I thought I saw part of a castle on a mountain but, that can't possibly happen... *rustle* *rustle* I hear something moving in some bushes nearby, And a dark figure emerges...
o.O.o
(Back on the moon)
"We do not understand. Why did our statue pick such a dunce?" Nightmare thought most strenuously. "Luckily we only have to wait 6 more Moons until, our sweet revenge on our sister." Nightmare grinned darkly. "Although, the nuisance of a creature does have a valid point. We are greatly outnumbered. How will we fight against: Our sister, Sister's guards, and soldiers? (Sigh) No good." Nightmare frowned and walked back into her moon castle for dinner, then bed.
o.O.o
(With Mr.Project Manager in our hero's crash site)
"Nothing?! What do you mean nothing?!" Flash slams down his coffee mug, and looks venomously at the guard.
"The Research Team has confirmed: That there is nothing in the impact zone other than traces of: carbon, highly refined iron, copper, singe-ed skin of some sort, and... "
"And what?"
''...Darkerite.'' (Dark-eh-rite)
''We only know one pony that knows how to make that anymore... Nightmare Moon has returned earlier than expected... I must alert the princess!"
"No! You should stay here and supervise the rest of the team, or even join them yourself. In the meantime, I will alert her for you."
"Thanks!" The Guard and Flash leave the tent in search of Nightmare moon/Spud. Heh heh, looks like that armor that he was given is only hurting, him now! (Rather than protecting him.)
* * *
I've wondered off the site onto a nearby clearing with a road that, if I recall right, leads to the Old Pony Sister Castle. Since I'm still on duty I have to look around for clues. (Now I'm a Detective. Who knew that a simple flash in the sky could lead to this?) After looking around, I notice some... Foot prints? And they're fresh all right. They don't seem to be anything too recognizable... and they also lead away from the crater...(Gasp!) Maybe Nightmare transformed into a different animal to disguise herself. "Well, looks like a job for, Flash Sentry!" as Flash follows the tracks.
* * *
Looks like the prints lead past these bushes...*rustle rustle*... then a bipedal animal, clad in Darkerite appears in the clearing...
(Oooh... looks like were in for a confrontation. Between: Human, and Pony. Stick around untill next chapter! And a clarification, for all of you who liked Doug and Frederica... you won't be seeing them again. Or at least until about chapter 60. Also, everypony, don't forget to slap that like button (if you haven't already) and leave a reveiw! Tell me whether or not I'm slacking and if you have a suggestion/comment make sure to voice it, I love to hear it! And they give me encouragement to write faster!)