Thunder Wing and his best friend, who is a changeling, are enjoying the life that Equestira has given them. Little do they know, thats all going to change.
Thunder Wing and his best friend, who is a changeling, are enjoying the life that Equestira has given them. Little do they know, thats all going to change...
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EQUESTRIA'S FALL
Episode one The beginning Of The End
“Skater! Hurry up! We're going to be late!”
“I’ll be down in a minute!”
“My flank you will! You said that ten minutes ago!”
“I mean it this time! And stop yelling!”
{You’re still yelling!} {Not a chance!} {I’ll believe it when I see it.} {...}
“I’ll believe you when you come down.”
(?) He will remember that.
“At least you stopped yelling.”
So, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Thunder Wing and I’m a pegasus living in Ponyville with my best friend, Skater.
There is one thing worth mentioning. Unlike me, Skater is not a pony. He's something you call a changeling. To those who don't know, changelings are insect-like ponies who have to feed off of emotions to survive. They can eat regular solid food to survive, but it will just barely keep them alive. They can also change into anypony they want to, hence the name their kind were given.
When we first meant, I was on a hike in the white tail woods just looking at the landscape around me when I heard a cry for help. Being the kind pony I am, I took off after the sound.
I found Skater after a few minutes of searching. He was in a giant hole, bleeding green everywhere. He was very close to death, I could tell that just from looking at him. I didn't know what he was, but I did know that he was a breathing, living creature, and I was not going to let him die.
At first, I tried to take him to the hospital, but he kept refusing to be taken there. So I just took him back to my place. It was on the edge of town, so I wouldn't be spotted that easy.
I treated him at my house for a while, doing the best that I could. I wasn't a doctor, not even close, so I was surprised that he started to heal up and gain his strength back rather quickly. I checked on him every day to make him feel comfortable.
Within a few weeks, Skater was up and walking around. I was still surprised that he healed up as fast as he did. That was the time he told me about the emotion thing. The determination I felt to keep him alive is what he was feeding off of. I was freaked out at first, the thought being uncomfortable, but I let it past. I was just happy that he was going to be ok. He was going to go home, back to his kind, but he never did due to the bond we created. We started hanging out more and chatting, stuff like that.
Then the newspaper came.
Turns out that he was part of a invasion that was targeting Cantorlot, and in the end were blasted from the city. That's why I found him in the woods. To say I was mad was a understatement. I immediately went to Skaters room and confronted him. The moment I show him the papers, he freaked out. He even started crying at one point. I was going to kick him out, or better yet turn him into the guard, but I started thinking twice.
He was with me for 2 weeks before the paper came. He had all that time to do something to me, but he didn't. He remained a loyal friend towards me. I reluctantly let him stay, but will some strict rules.
That was all a while ago. It's been 8 months since the invasion and Skater is still with me.
Now that's Skater's story is out there, I'll tell you mine.
Me, I grew up in Cloudsdale with my parents, but moved to Ponyville to find a job I enjoyed doing. I'm a grey pegasus with short orange hair that hangs down right above my left eye. My cutie mark is a simple number two pencils, which means my special talent is drawing. Weird, huh? You would think that a pegasus would have a talent like working in the weather station, or being on the weather team. Nope, I draw, and I enjoy it. My job is basically a art department where ponies stop by and have draw a picture of them or a family portrait, or something along those lines. It makes a steady amour of bits to pay the rent of the house with.
Skater's job is... he actually has quite a few. His favourite one is performing at the local skate park. That's where he got his name from. Before, it was 'number 478'. Yep, I'm not joking. He had a number for a name. Since he liked Skateing so much, I came up with the name Skater. I no it's not the most creative name out there, but he likes it better than a number.
But never mind all that. Right now, were planning to go to the skate park so Skater can practice for his next show. I asked him if he could teach me how to stake, and he agreed. I could've been there when Skater was learning how to skate, but decided not to. I wish I did.
We need to hurry up or were going to be late if he takes any longer up there. How long does it take to put on skating gear?
{[Yell]} {[Stay quiet]}
I open my mouth and prepare to yell when his voice cuts me off.
"I'm coming down!"
"Its about time."
He finally comes downstairs with all of his knee pads on, and his helmet strapped to his side with his saddle bags.
"Told you were about to believe it."
"Lets just go before we end up late."
"Right behind you."
I give him a look.
"What?"
"Shouldn't you put your disguise on?"
"Oh, yeah. Forgot." He activated his magic and his body was engulfed in green flames for a moment. When the flames died down, the black creature was no longer there. Instead, there was a white earth pony with green hair that was combed back so it wouldn't get in his eyes. His cutie mark was a skateboard. He looked at me with his blue eyes that were no longer a solid blue and saw me giving him a look with an eyebrow raised.
"What?"
{Hair?} {Green?} {Nothing.} {...}
"Green hair? What happened to brown?"
"I'm trying something new, don't judge'"
"...ok then. Let's just go."
With a nod of his head, Skater followed me out door.
I close the door behind me after Skater exits and we start trotting down the path toward the skate park. It's about a ten minutes walk to the park, so I strike up a conversation with him.
"You ready man?"
"What? You think I'm not?"
{I didn't say that.} {No.} {Yes.} {...}
"I didn't say that."
"Sure sounded like it."
"I'm just saying there are some things that I want to make sure you know."
"Um.. okay. What things?"
"The most Important thing is your name."
"What's wrong with my name?" Skater asked me with a completely puzzled expression.
"Everypony that knows who you are thinks that 'Skater' is your nickname. So, what happens when some reporters come by and want to know your real name. You know you can't use 'number 404'."
"I'll just refuse to give them my name."
"That just will raise suspicion. You have to give a real pony name eventually."
"I...that... actually makes sense. But I don't know any pony names besides the ones I hear every so often. What do you suggest?"
{Wooden Board.} {White Lightning.} {That's for you to decide.} {...}
"Well, your white. And your good on your board. How about White Lightning?"
(?) Skater will remember that.
"Pretty cool... I only say that because I can't think of anything else."
"Reminds me of that time I had to make an excuse for you when your teacher asked you why you couldn't skate when your cutie mark said otherwise."
"Heh, yeah. That was a mess. I never really thanked you for that save."
{Don't worry about it.} {About time.} {Better than never.} {...}
"Don't worry about it. What are friends for?"
"Yeah... friends..."
Skater seemed down when he said that. Should I push the matter?
{Are you ok?} {...}
Friends help each other. I can't help him if I don't know what's bothering him.
"You okay man?"
He head perks up. "Yeah, of course. Why would you ask that?"
"Skater, you know that wont work on me. I know somethings wrong. Somethings always wrong when you act like that.''
"It's just... It's just that you're the only real friend I've made."
"What are you talking about? You have a lot of friends besides me."
"Yeah, but none of them know who I REALLY am. There my friends because I trick them and lie to them."
"Are you saying you want to reveal yourself?"
"That's the problem. If I do that, everypony will just think I replaced the 'real Skater'. Nopony would believe me. Even If it's been eight months since the invasion, ponies either still hate my kind or have just forgotten about us, and I doubt it's the second one. What do you think I should do? Do you think I should reveal myself to at least one pony?"
"What if it goes bad?"
"I can just use a memory scrambler spell. I know you don't want me to, but it's driving me crazy just lying to them all the time. It's not right, even if I am a changeling. What do think would be best?"
{Go ahead.} {That's not a good idea.}
"I don't think it would be a very good idea, I can only guess how much it's bugging you... oh, crap. No pun intended. just, at least wait a few more weeks if you really want to do it."
(?) You didn't agree with Skater.
"... Okay... fine..."
"Don't mope. It's better this way. I would want to be sure. I'm only trying to protect you from making a life changing choice that may not end well for you."
As I finish that sentence, the skate park came into view. I wasn't that big of an area. There was the park itself, a storage shed next to it, and a big building that the park was attached to. We would have to go though there in order to get inside the park.
"Here we are." Skater says as we walk up to the front doors." Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go on in and get this show on the roll."
I give him a nod with my head and face the door.
(o) Look at Door (o) Open Door
I raise my hoof and open the door, holding it open for Skater as he walks though.
"I'll get us checked in. Why don't go 'familiarize' yourself with the place. It's been awhile since you've been here." Skater suggest to me while looking over his shoulder.
"Will do."
With that being said, I breack away from Skater and start exploring the place.
"Skater was right about it being awhile. Half of this stuff wasn't even here before... I think."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
I take a look behind the counter where Skater is talking to the pony at the desk. "These are the boards of all the famous skaters that took a trip to show there skill here in Ponyville," I take a closer look at one them," Wow, they're even signed. Cool."
(o) Look at Boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
I steal a look at Skater, who is still at the front desk.
"He really enjoys what he does. I feel sorry that I almost turned him over to the guards... and why do I feel like that's still going to bit me on my rump in the future."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
"Hey."
Skater looks up at me. "I'm almost done here, just keep looking around for now."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
"Hey."
Skater looks up at me, this time, with a slightly annoyed expression "I'm almost done here, just keep looking around for now."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
Before I even say anything, Skater speaks without looking up from the sign-in sheet in front of him.
"Don't."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
"I just got here. No need to leave so soon."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
"Huh, interesting. All of them are skateboards. Why did I not see that coming," I say to myself, my voice dripping with sarcasm," I don't even think that many ponies carry key rings on them."
(o) Look at boards (o) Look at Skater (o) Talk to Skater (o) Open Front Doors (o) Look at Key Chains (o) Look at Group
I look over to a group of about five or so ponies, just chatting away. They look young. From the looks of it, the oldest one doesn't even look above twenty.
Right as I finish that thought, I feel a tapping on my rump that causes me to jump about five feet off the ground. I turn around and glare at Skater, who has an amused face.
"Not funny."
"Consider it pay back for bugging me when I was trying to sign as in just now."
I sigh. "Okay, I guess I deserve that."
"You guess?" Skater says with a grin on his face.
"Shut up." I say with a similar grin.
We share a small laugh and then head for the door that will led us to the park itself.
"You said it. I'm tried of the rain. Why did the pegasus decide it would be a good idea to make it rain for 3 days straight?"
"It's what the board said for them to do. I'm sure some of them weren't happy to do it thought, but they didn't really have a choice. Me included. I wasn't happy at all."
"I bet you weren't. So, are you ready for some training?"
" Yep, all I hav... dang it! I didn't bring a board."
"You can use mine."
I look up at him with a look," One, you need your board to practice AND to show me. Two, you know that your board is not my size."
"But, I only had enough bits to get us in here. Renting a board is ten bits an hour. I only have eight left on me."
"Hmmm, I can just trot back home and get some more."
"But that would take too long, you can try to use my board. At the very least, you could ask some ponies around here for an extra bit or two. I doubt they'll mind giving up one bit. You could also try looking around on the ground. Some ponies don't really do a good job at securing their bits.. or anything for that matter. Just look in trashcans even. You'd be surprised."
"Ok. One, eww. Two, I'm not going to just walk up to a random pony and ask for bits. It's their money. And I'll just look weird trotting around, looking for bits everywhere I go. It would just be easier to go home and come back."
"We wont have as much time to spend together before the show. I want you to learn as much as possible before hoof."
I weigh my options. On one hoof, going home would be faster and I would look like a total creep looking around and asking. On the other hoof, asking around here would take a shorter amount of time and I would have more time with a good friend, who seems very happy to teach me now.
"Yes! Thank you! You have no idea how much that means to me!"
"I still can't believe I'm doing this..."
"I know this isn't really the thing you want to do, but I do appreciate it that your doing it for me. If it helps, I'll go ask around and see if anypony is willing to donate a bit or two."
"Yeah, that would help. I'll see if I can find a bit laying around somewhere around here."
Skater gives a nod and trots away to a nearby group of ponies, leaving me to myself.
"Okay, where to look..."
(o) Look at Trash Can (o) Search Trash Can (o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
I move in front of a trash can that looks full. Gross.
"...You know, as much as I don't want there to be anything... please be something."
(o) Look at Trash Can (o) Search Trash Can (o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
I peak in the trash can while using a hoof to open the flap and look around.
"Nothing, I'm kinda glad."
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
"Hmm. Those are some pretty nice ramps. Looks to be quite a few feet tall. I bet Skater is dying to get on them. Or getting me on them."
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
I cast a look over in Skater's direction, or should I start calling him Lightning? I'll have to ask him later. He's talking to those ponies I saw him leave for, no surprise there. They are all talking to him with smiles, and they look nice enough, Maybe they could spare a bit.
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
"Those are the personal lockers that ponies put there stuff in while they skate... or do whatever."
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
"Okay, one, I'm pretty sure they keep them locked. Two, they do so for good reason. I'm not about to go looking though a ponies things. I'm pretty sure that's illegal"
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
"It's just a wooden bench where ponies can sit. Looks like it can sit up to four if ponies can squeeze in."
(o) Look at Ramps (o) Look at Skater (o) Look at Lockers (o) Search Lockers (o) Look at Bench (o) Search Bench (o) Look at Doors (o) Open Doors
I begin circling the bench to see if there might anything on it. And out of the corner of my eye, I catch a glimpse of something shining when the sunlight hits it after my shadow passes over in between the cracks of the boards.
(o) Examine Bench (o) Back out
Using my wing to reach down in between the cracks, I pull out a single golden coin. A bit.
"All right! I expected that to take longer."
"You find anything?"
I turn around to see Skater approaching me, a sly grin on his face.
"Yeah. Somehow." I hold up my bit I had just found to prove it.
"Nice you'll be happy to hear that I also had some luck." He holds up a similar looking coin. "Those ponies were pretty nice. They gave me this."
"Okay then, that makes ten bits. I'll go get your board. You stay here and.... do something."
"Very descriptive..."
"By quiet and wait for me here."
"Okay then."
Skater trots off to the building and disappears inside. Leaving me out here.
I look up to the sky. It was a rather hot day today, but the breeze that roils though here every once and a while keeps it cool enough, otherwise the ramps here, being made out of the stuff they are, would probably be too hot to be on. At least without anything out your hooves.
At the sound of a door opening, I turn my head and see Skater coming my way with a skateboard.