A/N: Chapter one here! Hope you enjoy. I've been putting a lot of effort into this. End A/N
They were everywhere. "Demons" As we called them. Demons that killed without a second thought. Demons that ran rampaging through streets. They came out of nowhere, and brought with them a hell-storm.
It all happened just a few days ago, although it seems like just yesterday.
Three days ago...
Twilight was currently reading the new magic books she got from the Canterlot Library.
"Alright! Another one read." Twilight exclaimed, levitating the book away while getting another book, placing it in the same position as the last. She proceeded to open the book, beginning to read yet another book.
"Jesh, Twilight. Don't you ever take a break? You've been reading those ever since you got them this morning!" Spike stated, walking into the room.
"You know I love reading, Spike. I just can't stop! Books are so...interesting!" Twilight replied, not looking up from her book.
"But you should still at least take a break. It's been seven and a half hours!" Spike responded, taking the books Twilight read and putting them on their rightful position on the bookshelf.
"I guess you're right. Maybe I should take a nap." Twilight said, closing the book she was reading and getting up.
A loud sound was suddenly heard near the door. The two looked over there to see Rainbow Dash.
"What is i-"
"Twilight! You have to come quick! You gotta see this!" Rainbow interrupted, flying back outside.
Twilight was confused, but walked over to the front door along with Spike, them both stepping outside.
"What is it Rainbow?" Twilight asked in confusion, looking up at Rainbow who was hovering above them.
"There's this weird line-y portal that opened up just outside of town! Everypony is over there right now. I thought maybe you would know what it is." Rainbow answered, gliding in front of them.
"Where is it located?" Twilight proceeded to ask.
"It's right over there. Follow me!" Rainbow replied, flying off in a direction. Twilight and Spike ran after her to try and keep up.
Within a few minutes they arrived. Just about all of the residents of Ponyville were already there. Pegasus were hovering above, all looking in one direction. Twilight and Spike managed to push through the crowd, while Rainbow simply glided above them. They all arrived at the front, enabling them to see the portal.
The portal itself looked like someone had just cut the fabric of space, leaving an empty gap. It was very thin, however. Almost like something was trying to go through, but there wasn't enough room.
"What is that? I've never seen anything like it, or read anything about it either!" Twilight stated in surprisement.
"It appeared about twenty minutes ago. At least that's when it was found by Lyra Heartstrings. Nopony knows how it got there." Rainbow responded, landing to the side of them.
"What should we do with it?" Spike asked, looking at Twilight.
"I'll go notify Princess Celestia. Maybe she'll know what to do." Twilight replied, levitating Spike on her back. She proceeded to turn around and run back, pushing ponies out of the way. After clearing through the crowd, she began to make her way back to the library.
Within a few minutes she arrived. She opened the front door while levitating Spike off her back. Twilight proceeded to levitate out a paper, along with a quill. She placed them on a desk, and proceeded to write the letter.
Dear Princess Celestia.
A strange portal has appeared on the outskirts of Ponyville. No pony knows where it came from, or what will happen, but it would be best to be on guard. Nothing has come out of it yet, but it may only be a matter of time. If you know what this is, please let me know.
Your faithful student - Twilight Sparkle.
Twilight then scrolled up the letter, before proceeding to hand it to Spike.
"Send this to Princess Celestia." Twilight stated.
Spike proceeded to engulf the letter with green flames, causing it to soar out the window.
"Guess we'll just have to wait for a response."
As if on cue, Spike burped up a letter. Twilight quickly took it with her magic and began reading aloud.
"Dear my most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. I have received your letter, and am personally coming to investigate myself. Whatever this is, it can't be good. I will be arriving at the portal in the next few minutes to see for myself just exactly what this is, and what is trying to come from the other side. I will be expecting you there. You hear that Spike? We need to run back there." Twilight proceeded to levitate Spike onto her back while walking over to the door. She then opened it, and proceeded to run in the direction where the portal was.
Within a few minutes she arrived, the crowd still there. She pushed through them all, until arriving at the front. At about the same time, a carriage lowered off to the side. Princess Celestia coming out shortly afterward.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight called out, running over to her.
"Hello Twilight Sparkle. I gather this is the portal?" Princess Celestia inquired.
"Yes, it is." Twilight answered, looking up at her.
"Very well. Let me see what I can find." Princess Celestia replied, slowly walking toward the portal.
"Be careful!" Twilight warned, watching her walk toward the portal.
She eventually made it right in front of the portal, Twilight watching intently in case something were to happen. The crowd suddenly becoming quiet. Celestia proceeded to close her eyes, her horn glowing a bright white light shortly after. This proceeded for a few minutes, until she shot her eyes open and quickly looked at Twilight.
"Twilight Sparkle! Gather your friends and get in the carriage now!" Princess suddenly ordered.
"What is i-"
"There is no time to explain! Gather the Elements of Harmony and get back here as soon as-" She was interrupted by a loud cracking noise.
"Go now!" Princess Celestia commanded.
"Rainbow Dash! Pinkie Pie! Rarity! Applejack! Fluttershy! Get over here now!" Twilight shouted into the crowd. Slowly they all began to appear from the crowd, running toward Twilight.
"What is it Twilight?" Rarity asked as she walked up to her.
"Ya Twilight. What has ya upset? Is it something with tha strange portal thingy?" Applejack added.
"We have to into the carriage over there now! We need to get the Elements of Harmo-" Twilight was interrupted by another loud cracking sound, followed by the bright red light coming from the portal. She looked to see the portal widen, Princess Celestia flying away from it.
She watched as a strange brownish creature, standing on two legs with spikes coming out from it's sides, walked out of the portal.
"What...is that?" Twilight asked, eying it closely.
Another one began to walk out, causing the crowd to back away.
"Everypony! Run now! Run to your homes and hide!" Princess Celestia loudly commanded.
After this, ponies began to panic, running back into the town.
"We need to get to the carriage!" Twilight said to the group.
They proceeded to run toward the carriage. However, as they approached, a projectile made contact with the carriage, causing it to blow up.
"What in the tarnation!?"
"The carriage is gone! What do we do!?" Twilight asked, beginning to panic.
They proceeded to look behind them. What they saw would stain their lives forever.
The ponies who didn't escape in time were...dead. Some missing limbs, some without heads, some so destroyed you couldn't even recognize them. Princess Celestia, however, was no where to be found. Some of the demons that had come out, began to walk to the group.
"They're..." Rainbow shook her head to try and snap out of it. "They're coming in this direction! We have to hide somewhere!"
"But where?"
"Everypony." Twilight began, trying not to pass out on the spot from the horror. "We're going to have to hide in my basement until Princess Celestia can fix this problem."
"Didn't ya hear what Princess Celestia said? She can't close the portal without the Elements of Harmony!" Applejack responded, looking at Twilight
Twilight just shook her head. She couldn't think right. This couldn't be happening. This all had to just be a nightmare.
"Twilight?"
"I...There's nothing we could do!" She suddenly shouted, startling Applejack. "We don't have any way to get to Canterlot! I don't see Princess Celestia anywhere, and I can't teleport all of us there!"
"Then what can we do?"
"Girls..." Rainbow started. "We might want to get out of here now. They're closing in on us."
"I don't know what to do!" Twilight replied.
"Calm down Twilight!" Applejack responded.
"Calm down? Do you see what is happening around us Applejack!? How the buck can I calm down!?"
"HEY!" Rainbow shouted, getting the attention from the group. "They're closing in on us! We have to get out of here!"
"She's right, Twi. We need ta get outa here! We can talk over what we're going ta do later." Applejack responded.
"O-Okay. Everypony, follow me."
They all proceeded to run off in the direction of the library.
Back to present...
I still couldn't believe it. This all had to just be a nightmare, and I would just wake up. This just couldn't be happening. This...it couldn't be happening.
I didn't know what happened to the other ponies. I didn't want to know. I could only hope that they made it alright, and are safe somewhere. Thinking about what may have happened to them...I couldn't do it.
Spike had burped up a message saying that Princess Celestia was sending the Royal guards to deal with all the demons. And that afterwards, she would send another letter saying it was safe to go outside, allowing us to then get the Elements of Harmony and seal the portal. But said second letter never came.
We had tried to come up with a strategy to get to Canterlot, but nothing could be done. Everything seemed hopeless.
"Twilight?" I heard Spike say. I looked at him, who was hiding in a corner.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Are we going to die?"
"I...I don't know, Spike." I answered truthfully. I honestly didn't know. Though based on what was currently happening, it was close to obvious what was going to happen.
It proceeded to be silent, the only sounds from the demons outside the door. I hadn't looked outside since the incident three days ago. I didn't want to look. Just imagining it was bad enough. I wanted to just wake up. Everypony did. To just wake up from this. No demons, no hell on Equestria. But we knew that this wasn't a nightmare, as much as we wanted to believe it was.
I lowered my head and shook it. I didn't know what to do. We couldn't stay here forever. Pinkie's infinite cupcakes and juice can't be really infinite, right? We had to get out sometime, but where? Outside the door was only demons. We had thought about trying to fight them off, but decided it would only end in all of us...dieing. Everything seemed hopeless. Just thinking about it started to make me tear up.
I noticed some orange heading over to me in my peripheral vision. I slowly looked to see Applejack heading towards me. I simply lowered my head back down.
"Twilight..." Applejack said, putting a hoof on my shoulder to try and comfort me.
"It's hopeless." I replied.
"It might not be, Twilight. All we have ta do is wait and see."
"No, Applejack. It's hopeless. We're all going to die here. And there's nothing we could do." I responded, beginning to cry.
"Now we don't know that fer sure, Twi."
"It's hopeless! There's nothing we could do. It's been three days. Face it. We're all going to die."
Applejack remained silent, not knowing what to say.
"She is right, AJ." Rainbow said, flying over to us. "We're probably all going to die here. But at least we can all die together, as friends."
"Yeah!" Pinkie added, bouncing over to us. "We can all die happy with the times we've had together as friends! All the parties, all the games, all the cupcakes."
"All the fun times we've had. Along with the hardships we have endured." Rarity stepped in.
"Because we're all friends together, and friendship is truly magic." Fluttershy said, the first thing she's said since the incident.
"Wow, thanks." I responded, feeling a little better.
"We're your friends, Twi. We'll help ya til the end." Applejack said.
"Thanks. That means a lot to me."
A few minutes of silence resumed. That was, until I heard footsteps dangerously close to the door. I looked over at the door.
I noticed the knob begin to turn. I simply looked down and closed my eyes. This was it. I knew it was only a matter of time before the demons found us. I began to think of the happy times I had with my friends. The innocent fun, the humorous jokes. At least I could die happy knowing I've lived a happy and fulfilled life.
I began to feel the embrace of my friends. At least we will share our final moments together.
I began to hear the door open. I proceeded to squeeze my eyes shut harder. This is was it. It was all going to end now.
I waited, nothing.
"What the hell?" I heard from the door. I slowly peeled my eyes opened at looked up at the door. What I saw, looked like no demon.
A/N: DUN DUN DUUUUN! Shitz gonna happen. I don't know when the next chapter is coming up. Because I want to put some time and quality into this fic, plus I'm working on like over three more. So don't expect it to come any time soon. Rough estimate of around 1-4 months. End A/N
