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Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was another bright day in California. For almost everyone, except for Mark Nickelson. 17 years old, he stood 6' 2" with a bronzeish tan, a slight muscular build, short brown messy hair, and soft brown eyes. He was currently laying in a rather nice bedroom being prodded and poked by his mother, who had decided it was time for him to get ready for the convention.
"C'mon son you gotta get up" she said as she kept poking. "I don' wanna go ta school" he mumbled.
"It's time to go to the convention Mark," she said.
He opened his eyes and sat up, saying"Okay, okay, I'm up, jeez."
"Thats what I thought," she said, "c'mon, your outfit is ready."
Grumbling, he got up and proceeded to put his Link costume on.
10 minutes later, he stood admiring his hard work in the bathroom mirror. Fully clothed in the outfit, he took stock of the few props he was able to make. On his back, he carried the master sword, the mirror shield, and a backpack. In said back pack, he carried a replica of the mermaid suit, and some replicas of the bombs. On his belt, he carried a small leather pouch with tiny, carved wooden 'seeds', representing the seed satchel, the slingshot, the hyper slingshot, a short blue shovel, and a replica of the fast switch hook. Walking out of he bathroom he yelled to his mom,"I'm ready!"
3 Hours later
Grinning like mad, Mark walked through the door of the building that the convention was being held in. He walked to the front desk as the receptionist looked up. "First time to a con?" the lady asked smiling. "You bet!" Mark exclaimed. "Okay, name please?" she asked as she opened a large notebook. "Mark Nickleson," he told her. "Nickleson, Nickleson, Nickleson, there you are!" she exclaimed. "You need to sign here," she points to a dotted line, "and then you can proceed to the con!!" After signing in, Mark walked through a brown metal door.
Looking around, he saw a few groups of people in different costumes here and there. 'Funny, thought there was going to be a huge crowd, then to, it's only 8:25 AM' he thought to himself. Getting a head start, he walked around seeing and talking to a few other people that wore costumes he recognized, and looing around the stalls to see if he could find missing props for his costume. 5 hours later, and still no luck on his search, he decided to grab a quick snack. After buying a hot dog and Dr.Pepper, he took stock of his wallet. He counted up 552 dollars.
'Guess working at Mazzio's really paid off' he thought. Throwing away the wrapper and cup, he continued his search. 15 minutes later, a small stand with a guy dressed as the merchant from Resident Evil, he decided to take a look.
As he walked up, the man eyed him and said "Link huh, well I have a few items you might be interested in!"
"Hello to you to sir," Mark said, frowning slightly.
The man clad in all black crouched to look under the table, Mark decided to look a some other stuff he was selling. He found a plasma rifle from halo, a Herobrine mask, and other stuff.
The merchant stood up and dropped a bunch of items on the table. When Mark saw what he had pulled out, his face lit up with joy. He saw EVERYTHING that was missing from his costume: The magic boomerang, biggerons sword, the three flutes, the power glove, thecane of somaria, 10 bombchus, the seed shooter, a magic potion, Rocs cape, the magnetic glove, a large ring box, a bag of every ring, and strangely, what looked like a bag full of seedlings.
"How much?!"Mark asked excitedly.
"252 dollars" the man said.
"Done!" Mark said, pulling out the money.
After strapping everything on and putting stuff in his backpack, he was about to walk out into the crowd,
when the Merchant said "Wait!"
"What?"Mark asked, confused.
The man pulled a staff out from under the table and handed it to mark.
"What is it?"he asked.
"A gift for a first timer!" the Merchant said grinning.
"Thanks!" Mark grinned and walked out to the crowd.
As he walked, he inspected the staff. It was about 2 feet long made out of some material, painted to look like gold. It had a large ball shape on the top that had 6 empty slots on it. On the bottom, he found a small button. Thinking nothing of it, he pressed it to see what it would do. 3 seconds later, he blacked out. leaving in a flash of light, and leaving a crowd of blinded, dazed, and confused conventioneers behind.
Meanwhile
Princess Celestia sat on her throne while sipping a cup of tea. Suddenly she felt a wave of magic explode from somewhere in the Everfree forest.
"Gaurds!" she called.
"Yes, Your highness!" the gaurd to her left said.
"Have Captain Armour and a team of gaurds
search the Everfree forest for anything strange!"
"Yes, Princess!"he said, and hurried off to complete his task.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the north, an ancient evil, an evil beyond Discord, Sombra, and Tirek, awoke and began to yet again, plan the demise of the entire world. They lurked through valleys, and climed mountains seeking the 6 ponys that had put them to sleep.
"Soon........soon we will destroy them both, and then, the world will be ours!"
In the small town of ponyville, a pink pony bounced along the street, when she started shaking and shivering, her senses all going off at once. "A DOOZY!!" she yelled, and, like a bullet, she sped off to the giant crystal castle on the edge of ponyville.