After many generations, and battles with large wingless dragons, giant crabs, and robots that shoot lasers out of their eyes, the Patapons have finally completed their journey to Earthend, in search of IT. But it is not at all what they expected.
Author's Note:
This takes place at the end of the first game. It's only at the end of the first because I haven't played the other two.
Queen Karma steadily flaps her wings at the end of the ocean, her single red eye watching over the horizon. Slowly, she heard a steady drum beat far behind her. Two very special drums, beating to the heartbeat of the earth. It's volume at a quiet hum.
Pata Pata PataPon
This is it, she told herself. The foolish Patapons will soon find that their precious IT is only the rising sun. She slowly descended into the brush behind her, her wings flapping slower than the beat of the drum.
Pata Pata PataPon
The beats slowly get louder, the footsteps getting louder. Past the bushes, she spots many Patapons, a specific one with an iron helm and holding a flag, the others with a different assortment of weapons, like spears, bows, and swords. Some of their weapons were specially enchanted, like the large spear with a glow of red had fire capabilities.
Pata Pata PataPon
In the sky, she saw two large glowing eyes, most likely the Mighty Patapon and his great drums of which he strikes. She fought the Pataoons before, but they were somehow able to defeat her. In fact, they were even able to defeat the mighty Gorl! The eater of the world. She does not understand, but she knows the Patapons have become stronger of many years, their numbers and strength by tenfold. Even she, the mighty Zigaton Queen Kharma, was defeated by the simple minded Patapons, using all of her powers.
Pata Pata PataPon
Her eye opened wider as a realization hit her. No. Not everything. She waited as the Patapons moved closer to shore, the horizon slowly growing brighter. The heartbeat of the earth quickly died off, leaving the Patapons standing still. The one with the flag, Hatapon, took his flag and dug it in the earth, the flag at an angle. Many of the other Patapons rushed to the shore, some falling onto their rears, some standing to watch.
"Yippee!" one cheered.
"We did it!" another shouted. The only one of the group not cheering was Hatapon, his gaze set on the Mighty Patapon.
"Mighty Patapon. May I set my eye upon IT?" Hatapon asked. The eyes in the sky slowly closed and opened, a silent meaning of yes. Hatapon bowed slightly before turning his attention the the horizon. The ocean's edge slowly grew brighter, a bright shape slowly rising.
"This is it!" a Tatepon said, clearly excited as he held his steel axe and iron shield. Slowly did they realize that the shape was too bright, their eyes metaphorically frying.
"Even if it hurts, it will be worth it to see IT!" A Yumipon said, his fire bow resting at his side. The shape continued rising, it's form much like a circle with small hills.
"My eyes. MY EYES!" A Yaripon yelled in pain as he dropped his special spear, Dokaknel's fang, as he tried to cover his eyes. Even from the bush, Queen Kharma was blinded by the rising of the bright object. The bright circle showed the bottom part of it, showing its ending of rising. A face could be clearly seen on the circle, which quickly smiled and dulled its light a bit.
"It's... beautiful." another Patapon stated. Indeed, the sight was one of pure beauty.
"... Is that it?" one of the Yaripons asked. The whole group turned to the Mighty Patapon, who seemed unaffected by the source of light. He turned to his loyal servants, wonder in his eyes of what they meant. Queen Kharma decided now was a perfect time to reveal herself. She began flapping her wings again, her body quickly being lifted into the air. The Patapons heard her wing laps and quickly retrieved their weapons, ready to strike when the Mighty Patapon played the song to fight. However, he didn't seem as he wanted to fight the Zigaton Queen at the moment.
"Yes, it seems that the so-called legendary IT is only the morning sun. Now it seems our little adventure is over." Kharma said, her voice filled with fake despair. Some of the Patapons looked confused, others relieved. Then, Queen Kharma's single eye turned to one of mischief, her mind set to destroy the puny one-eyed creatures. "Or is it?"
The Zigaton quickly angled her body upwards, her powers calling forth whatever magic she had in store for the Patapons. The Mighty Patapon quickly gathered his four drums, ready to fight her, while the Patapons raised their shields, notched their arrows, and aimed their spears.
Pon PonPata-
He never gets to finish, for Queen Kharma had already used her powers to open a rift gate, leading to some dark abyss. The rift starts pulling anything in, it's power strong enough to rip out some of the trees. Some of the caps of the Patapons fly off their heads, the Wind helms nearly stabbing of their comrades.
"So long, fools!" The Zigaton shouted. The Patapns, tried grabbing on to anything they could: dirt, rocks, trees, even other Patapons. But, their effort was futile, for the rift was too strong, pulling everything with one eye in, except for Kharma. As the last Patapon, Hatapon as he was holding on to his flag, was sucked in, she started closing the gate. Hatapon gave Kharma a glare before closing his eyes and accepting fate.
"It seems that your Patapons were too weak to defeat me once again, oh great one." Kharma said to the Might Patapon. She looked up to see the eyes giving her an evil look before closing, the lines indicating his closed eyes disappearing as well. Queen Kharma began flying back to her kingdom, ready to tell the story of how she defeated the once great Patapons. Too bad neither Beetleton nor Gong were here to listen to the story. May their soul rest in peace, wherever they go.
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Hatapon clutched on to his flag, not wanting to separate from the one object he was sworn to carry for his life. His eye was still closed, in fear and anger. Fear for death; anger against Queen Kharma and her wicked powers. He risked opening his eye, knowing it would most likely burn from the rush of air. What he saw was not expected.
He saw rows upon rows of trees, all neatly lined up. Thankfully, he was somehow not falling anymore. He looked around and saw his fellow Patapons, some passed out, others finding their equipment. He turned back to his flag and picked it up. He turned to the sky, hoping to find the Mighty Patapon.
"Oh Mighty Patapon. If you can hear me, please guide us, for we are lost." The wind blow softly, signaling that there was a presence. "If you can hear me, Mighty Patapon, please beat the holy drum." After a few seconds, Hatapon was rewarded with a pleasant sound.
Pon Pon Pon Pon Pon Pon
Hatapon, now filled with relief, turned back to the army was told to lead. Many of the other Patapons were now awake or excited. He looked back to the sky, this time finding two large eyes watching over him. "Mighty Patapon. Please guide us through this place we are now left in."
Pata Pata PataPon
The Patapons start marching in hopes to find a way back to Patapolis so they may talk to Priestess Meiden and get some rest.
Pata Pata PataPon
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THUD!
A cascade of apples fall into the buckets waiting below. The pony responsible for knocking the apples down puts a basket on her back and starts carrying it to the awaiting cart.
Applejack, the orange earth pony we know and love, is now almost done with apple bucking today. She trots back over to the next basket and outs it on her back. However, before she gets to the cart, she hears a distant drum beat, along with some singing. Her ears flick to the sound quickly, hoping to find out what it is. "What in tarnation?" AJ asks as she looks around for the sound.
Pata Pata PataPon
"Hey! What do ya'll think you're doing singi-" she spots the noise, but is greatly disturbed by what she sees. Walking eyeballs. With weapons.
Applejack stared in confusion and horror at the little eyeball creatures, the song still being sung by something. As far as she could tell, the walking eyeballs had no mouths, so she figured that it wasn't them. She walked forward cautiously in hopes of finding out what they were.
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The Mighty Patapon continued the same beat, pushing his loyal servants forward.
PATA PATA PATAPON
The Patapons marched forward again, but this time their eyes changed to one of anger. Their weapons were ready as if something were near. He looked forward to see a small orange horse walking forward slowly. Without thinking twice, he played the beat of fight.
PON PONPATAPON
The Patapons received the message and ten forward, Hatapon staying behind. The Yaripons tossed their spears, the Yumipons firing their arrows, and the Tatepons charging forward. The first arrow reached right in front of the horse's hoof, causing the creature to stop. She looked up from the arrow to notice some of the Tatepons were charging after her, one that resembled an orange bunny leading.
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Applejack stopped as the arrow landed right in front of her, causing her heart to leap. She looked up from the projectile to see some of the others charge her, these ones with swords, shields, and axes. She backed up fearfully from them, her hooves shaking. One that seemed to have bunny ears, and would make her laugh if she wasn't too scared, was leading the assault.
He wielded a small, white shield that had a flat top and round bottom, and a sword that was small and was the size of its body, not including the ears.
As they reached the earth pony, she would tell they were up to her shoulders without their hats. As the orange bunny reached her, he swung out, be she was far away enough for it only to scratch her.
"Now I don't wanna fight y'all, but I will if I have to," Applejack warned, although her face betrayed her tone. Soon, another four drum beats reached her ears again.
PON PONPATAPON
The same eyeball reached her again, this time with some others with different weapons that looked worse joining it. In panic, she decided to run back to the barn and hope that the creatures would leave her alone.
After a couple minutes of adrenaline filled galloping, she made it back to the barn,where she found Big Mac unloading some apples.
"Big Mac! There are these strange eyeball looking critters out in the orchard!" Applejack shouted. She winced as she slowed down, the wound on her foreleg still bleeding. Big Mac turned around with a look of confusion to his sister, but was shocked at the sight of her leg. His expression was one of anger as he walked into the rows of trees.
"Wait!" Applejack shouted, but they fell upon deaf ears as the stallion continued walking. Soon, Big Mac's ears were also filled with a drumbeat.
PATA PATA PATAPON
He squinted his eyes to see a small cluster if black balls slowly bobbing and moving towards him. His eyes were set to one of determination as he marched forward the group of what he calls freaks.
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The Mighty Patapon figured that the small horse was either a strong boss, or a passive creature. Most likely the latter, for he saw nothing dangerous of it. He continued marching the Patapons forward until he saw the Yumipons eyes set on something in the distance. He looked forward to see a larger red horse stomping forward. His confusion was dissipated as he saw a look of anger upon its face.
PON PONPATAPON
As the horse marched forward, the other Patapons were finally in range. The Tatepons charged forward, this time a normal Patapon with a Wind Helm, a steel shield, and a Zleep Zword Z equipped. The Patapon charged forward, his sword ready to hit the creature.
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Big Mac was furious. How dare these freaks hurt my sister!? On of them, this one with a funny looking helmet, was nearing him. He lifted a hoof to smash the eyeball in the face.
"No pony hurts mah sis! No po-" he was cut off as the sword hit him in the leg that wasn't raised. He felt his leg go numb almost immediately, then his side then his entire body in a matter of seconds.
"What the bu..." Big Mac fell over on his side, asleep before he could hit the ground.
Big Mac groggily woke up to intense heat around his body. And strange chanting. He slowly opens his eyes for them to get painfully invaded by the orange sunset. He closes them quickly and continues listening to the strange chanting. He collects his brain and tries to remember what happened before he fell asleep.
Applejack was hurt. There were these freaks. And Ah got hit in tha leg with one o' their strange weapons, the stallion tells himself. He tries getting up, but the wound on his leg prevents him from doing so. It wasn't deep, but it hurt a lot. Like a paper cut. He opens his eyes again, and endures the bright light. He looks down at his leg to see that it was covered in a darker red than his coat. And it was dried, meaning he'd been out for a while.
Big Mac checked his surroundings, and noticed that some of the little eyeballs were either dancing, fighting with blunt weapons, or hanging from a tree while being drunk. Thankfully, none of them noticed he was awake. He tried getting up again, only for more pain to shoot through his leg. He laid down again, panting lightly from his little exertion. He closed his eyes and hoped Applejack would do something to come and help him.
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Applejack quickly paced along the interior of the barn. Well, she paced as well as she could with her slightly injured leg. The mare looked out the large doors to see if her brother was walking back. Unfortunately she got the same result again. She gave a sigh of frustration and limped back into the house. The slight smell of apple pie filled her nostrils, calming her slightly.
The earth pony trotted into the kitchen and looked around the cupboards, soon finding the first aid kit. She took out some disinfectant and grit her teeth greatly as she poured some on the wound. She quickly set the bottle down and removed some bandage, covering the wound with it. With her cut all fixed up, she briskly trotted out the door.
She looked around again for her brother. Again, no sign of him. She gave a grunt of determination and trotted out into to orchard.
After ten minutes, she heard strange chanting again. Most likely the little eyeball creatures. She tip-hoofed toward the noise and soon came upon a campfire, her body easily concealed behind the trees. She studied their strange celebration, noticing the fight with fancy looking sticks. Seems like they're a violent race, she told herself.
She spotted a large red figure slowly shifting around behind the two fighters. Applejack gasped as she recognized it as Big Mac.
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The Patapons celebrated their victory over the red horse. Although this one is larger, red, and has more than one eye that is visible, they still recognized it as a horse. Some of the Tatepons lay with their shields over like blankets, while others continue partying.
A Yumipon lay in a tree, next to a red fruit, his mind clouded greatly by the drink he recently consumed. He lazily looks over the party, his steel bow nearly falling out of the tree behind him. He noticed an orange object he didn't see before, but waved it off as some sort of imagination from his drunk mind.
After a couple of minutes, he saw the shape move to a different spot, his mind becoming more worried. He had to tell someone! He struggled out of the branch, falling onto his face after accomplishing so. He looked up to see a number of his brethren staring at him strangely.
"Over *hiccup* there!" he pointed at the trees, revealing nothing but said objects. The other Patapons shook their heads disapprovingly and continued to celebrate. The Yumipon stared at the spot in disbelief. He knew what he saw, and he knew it wasn't because he was drunk. He scanned the trees once more, only to find a brown hat.
He slowly walked up to it and grabbed it, curiosity getting the better of him. He lifted it, and got smacked into a tree by something strong. He looked up from the bark to see a smaller horse looking down upon him. He tried calling for help, but got smashed in the face instead. He prayed to the Mighty Patapon to have mercy on him.
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Applejack removed her hoof from the eyeball's... eye, and watched as it melted as if it were tar. When it was finished melting, a strange looking hat popped out from the sludge-like substance, the hat looking like the one it was just wearing. She heard the chanting stop and looked behind her to see some of the creatures staring at her wide-eyed, others getting their weapons ready.
The Patapons celebrated over the victory of their victory of the smaller orange creature. It was simple, like the larger red one. Just hit it with the Zleep Zword Z. It was not moving out of fear, so that had made it easier.
They all tossed their weapons in the air, spun around, or did other dance moves to celebrate. The Mighty Patapon was also celebrating, although his party was inside his mind.
When the creature was unconscious, they dragged it next to the creature of same species. Although, the red one was awake, so they had to hit it with their special sword again.
As soon as the celebrations were done, they moved on through the next part of the organized forest. They gathered many of the red fruit, so they knew they would not go hungry for long. Plus, they have the other two creatures to cook and eat.
PATA PATA PATAPON
The Sacred Drums continued to be hit, encouraging the Patapons further. Soon, they reached a large red building. After searching, they come out with a few new weapons, like pitchforks and sickles. They traded the weaker weapons for the new ones.
Upon exiting, they could see several more buildings that were along a trail through the forest. They marched forward in hopes of conquering more things for their lord.
PATA PATA PATAPON
After making it to the end of the trail, they could see that a large sign hung over the entryway. They could not rea it, for it was not in their language.
The sound of soft Thumping had caught their attention. They looked up to see another horse-like creature, this one with a mane of a variety of colors. And it had wings, which is one of the things they were not ecstatic about. They had hunted Motitis, but they did not fly. Only ran from the warriors when they hunted.
"What the hay are those things?!" It shouted.
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Rainbow Dash had just been sleeping on one of the local clouds like usual. Until her nap was interrupted by the sound of drums and singing.
She had reluctantly got up to see the sound of her disturbance. She also noted that her cloud had moved slightly, due to her being on it, over to the gate of Sweet Apple Acres.
She was very surprised to see strange eyes with legs, hats, armor, and many other things. She had flown down closer to get a better look, but had accidentally got their attention. One of the creatures had already risen its bow with an arrow ready. Her ears were filled with the sound of the drums again. The creatures sang to the beat if the five drum beats.
PON PONPATAPON
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The Yumipon shot its arrow towards the flying horse, it's piecing bow barely recoiling. The horse deftly dodged the arrow, and it's expression turned to one of anger.
"So that's how it's going to be, huh?" It asked. The horse shot like the recently shot arrow towards the front of the group.
CHAKA CHAKAPATAPON
The Tatepons raised their shields, the defense system magically growing larger. The horse flew into the, dealing a lot less damage then it would have without them defending. He crashed behind the Patapons with its eyes swirling slightly. He shook its head and got back up.
PON PONPATAPON
The Yaripons threw their spears, the Tatepons charged forward, and the Yumipons shot their arrows. A steel spear landed in front of its front hoof, which it moved out of the way. Unfortunately, an arrow hit it right in the hoof, cracking the appendage slightly and eliciting a yelp of pain from it. A fire spear flew for its head, but it dodged in time and only burnt its mane and the tip of its wing.
It had flown back into the air and tried to crash into the Patapons again. But they already knew what to do, thanks to Gorl.
PONPATAPONPATA
The Patapons shouted in fear and ran away, only a few Yumipons hit with the attack. The horse was stunned once more, giving the warriors a chance to attack.
PON PONPATAPON
The advanced forwards and struck, hitting the back leg of the horse. But that was all that they were able to do, for it had flown away to the large tree in the middle of town.
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Rainbow held her front hoof in pain as she flew. She could not put pressure on her hind leg because she would not be able to fly correctly. Her not hoof continued to bleed drip by drip, worrying the Pegasus slightly. Her left wing was burnt a bit, each flap causing her to quietly from in pain.
She flew as fast as she could to the library hoping she could get Twilight to get the princess to send some help.Honestly, if Rainbow Dash can get beat by something in town, who else but the princess and some pony from the Royal Guards defeat them? she thought to herself.
She crashed through the window, not bothering about the door. Twilight jumped from the sudden noise, ripping her imagination from the book and to her house's assailant.
"Rainbow! Why are you crashing through my window?! And why are you bleeding?" The unicorn asked the Pegasus.
"Twilight! There these weird eyeball looking things that came from SAA! And they even beat me, Equestria's toughest Pegasus!"
"SAA?"
"Sweet Apple Acres. Now, you've gotta get a letter to the princess to send some help now! I'm slightly afraid that AJ is in trouble." Dash held her hoof to slow the bleeding.
"Spike!" Twilight called.
"Already on it!" The dragon called from the steps, a quill and parchment in his claws.
"Ahem. Dear Princess Celestia. It seems our small town is being attacked by strange creatures that have already injured Rainbow Dash to my knowledge. I do not know what they are, but they are very dangerous. Pleas send help right away. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
"Spar...kle. There!" Spike opened a nearby window and held the scroll in between two of his claws. He took a deep breath and blew out a thin stream of fire, hitting the scroll and sending it to the princess.
Princess Celestia rested in her quarters, a long and boring day of paperwork had taken the energy from her muscles. As soon as she was about to tell Luna to raise the Moon as she lowered the Sun, the familiar sound of a letter being sent was heard. She looked out the window and saw a wisp of smoke with small green sparks floated her way. The smoke stopped in front of her and poofed out a scroll.
"It seems Twilight has another friendship report for me alre- what's this? A strange creature attacking? That's not good." She regretfully gets up from the comfy cushion she rested upon and walked out the room. She walked out the door and turn to one of the guards.
"Guard, please go gather a few pegasi and send them to Ponyville to defend the villagers." The guard salutes and gallops off to the barracks. Celestia turns back around and walks into her room once more. She collapses on her bed, giving a loud sigh.
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Four Royal Guard pegasi flew into the direction of the small town.
"So what do you think it is?" One of them asked.
"I don't know, Jetstream. I've never heard of anything coming from the White Tail Woods and use weapons." A second asked.
"Yeah, it does seem strange." Jetstream concluded. "What do you think, Steel Shine?" The third Pegasus was quiet, most likely not sure what to think.
"Quiet you two!" The fourth Pegasus shouted, who also lead the group.
"Geez, what's got Frost Blitz's armor so tight?" Jetstream whispered of the wind.
"I don't know, but he did say something about not ever going into battle, so this has probably got him all worked up." The second one replied. They flew the rest of the way in silence, because what was there to talk about?
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PATA PATA PATAPON
The Patapons marched forward, downtrodden that their recent assailant had retreated. They suffered small damages, so they were still ready for a fight.
PATA PATA PATAPON
Many of the familiar looking equines turned their attention to the warriors. A few stared in confusion, others horror, and one fainting. Many of their ears flicked upwards into the air.
PATA PATA PATAPON
The Patapons marched forward once more, causing the ponies to become even more confused. The sharp weapons, chanting, and large number of them were enough to cause them to scatter.
"Run!"
"Aagh!"
"We're under attack!"
The Patapons were encouraged by the scared emotions of the ponies. They cheered at their fear, somehow making them stronger.
PATAPON DONCHAKA
The Patapons celebrated once more, the same routine from before. A few ponies stopped their panic to watch their elegant celebration. A warm feeling came from the Patapons, a sign that they have become stronger by their rhythm.
FEVER!
The shout rang through the whole city, causing one pony to gasp. She dashes at incredible speeds to the group of walking eyeballs.
"Who has a fever?! That's not good, because that means they can't party, which means they won't be able to party as hard, which in turn make them feel less happy, and every pony needs to be happy because unhappiness is not good for them and hi, I'm Pinkie Pie!" The energetic pony said quickly.
The Patapons stopped their dance to process what she just said, but didn't understand their language. Instead, they opted to go with their original plans.
Take over the village and make it their own.
PON PONPATAPON
One of the Tatepons with the Zleep Zword ran up to Pinkie and swung at her leg. The cut made her bleed some, but didn't cause her to become unconscious.
"Hey! That's not nice!" Pinkie shouted at them. A Yumipon shot three arrows, two landing in her poofy mane harmlessly while the other land in her tail. "S-stop that!"
A Yaripon jumped high in the air and tossed his spear at her. Unfortunately, it only cut off a few of the hairs on her leg. "You guys are mean!" Pinkie galloped away towards the library.
Se burst in a moment later. "Twilight! There are these mean creatures who hit me in the leg and got a few of these sticks in my mane and tail and cut off a-"
"Pinkie! I know this already, but I'm helping Rainbow Dash with her injuries." Twilight lowered her horn to the wounded area of Rainbow's wing and used a spell on it, the magic coursing through her feathers. Soon the wing was no long burnt nor hurt, leaving a normal looking Rainbow Dash.
"Thanks Twi, now it's time to get back at those freaks." Rainbow knocked her hooves together as if she were punching something.
"No way, Dashie! Not after what happened to you last time!" Pinkie interjected.
"Plus Princess Celestia is sending some help along the way, so that way they can get rid of them. Now come here Pinkie." Twilight walked over to Pinkie as she raised her cut leg and healed it with magic.
"Thanks Twilight!" Pinkie hopped out of the library.
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Four different wing flaps reached the sound of the Patapons. They all looked up to see some more of the horses, these ones with spears and armor.
"Stop right there!" Frost Blitz commanded. This only edged the Patapons further, for to them it sounded as a war cry.
PON PONCHAKA CHAKA
The Patapons charged an attack, causing the armored horses to ready their weapons as well. The Mighty Patapon gave a silent laugh at their attempt.
PON PONPATAPON
The Tatepons charged forward into battle, swords ready tow swing upwards. The horses charged as well. The first Tatepon jumped on the air, sword first.
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Steel Shine collapsed onto the ground, his muscles too weak to move anymore. Fr being silent, he was also strong, meaning he was the last of the squad to be left to fight. Jetstream had flown off, Frost had an arrow in his head, and he had no idea where the other one was. He fluttered his eyes open to see one of the creatures walk up to him, a shield and sword in its hands, and its one eye filled with a look of anger. The beat filled his ears one last time.
PON PONPATAPON
Here I come, Titans, Steel thought before the sword met his throat.
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The Patapons celebrated in their new town center. They had taken the city, and had found a new Tree of Life. They had named it Kurt, and it was the largest tree in the village. Strangely, it was hollowed out, but it still worked like their old tree, Mater.
It did not work traditionally, but their was a creature inside that had powers that could allow it. Even though they couldn't communicate, they somehow understood it and it had submitted.
The horn atop its head created a power like Mater, and revived their fallen brothers, and they could make it birth new ones. The Patapons danced, drank, and chanted their song of victory amongst the stage in the center of the town.
After gathering enough forces to create a large army and find a new priestess, the Patapons were given orders by the Mighty Patapon to continue their quest. The obelisk, now a large building in the middle of Patapolis, was filled to the brim with the warriors.
"Patapons!" the new priestess announced, silencing the chattering. "The Mighty Patapons yearns for us to gather more worshipers! He demands for us to take over the city on the mountain!"
The Patapons cheered in agreement. The chef gave all of them a hearty meal to eat before they begin their march. As everyone knows, you can't take over a world on an empty stomach!
PATA PATA PATAPON
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Rarity slams the door of the library open to reveal a head-ragged Twilight reading a book.
"Twilight!" the fashionista exclaims. "Those horrid creatures are off again! Do you think they're going to enslave more of us? I don't want that to happen! My mane will get dirty!"
"I see them, Rarity. I've been working on a translation spell, but it might not work. They're chanting something, but I don't know what it means! It's just so frustrating!" The librarian stamps her hooves on the table. She takes a second to calm herself before her horn faintly glows. The creature in the royal-like robes words slightly translate.
"Something about worshipers in a city probably on a mountain." Twilight replies.
"What? That's silly! There are no worshipers in any city other than this one, and the only city on a mountain is Cante-... I think I know what she was saying."
"Me too."
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Princess Celestia awakes from her sleep not so princess-like. She trots over to her mirror and begins brushing the knots out of her flowing mane. A rapid knock on the door causes her to accidentally pull too hard, causing a silent yelp of pain escape from her throat.
"Come in." A frightened, yet tired royal guard opens the door and bows down, trying not to have a panic attack.
"Your majesty."
"What are the news you bear?"
"The two guards that accompanied me on the mission in Ponyville are..."
"I see."
"I fled to warn you about the invaders."
"What are they like?"
"They are small but strong and in great numbers. Their weaponry is too strong for just a few ponies."
"Fetch me the Captain and get some rest. You deserve it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard bows once more before galloping to the barracks. Celestia sighs and continues brushing her mane.
