Here it is, Chapter 1! This one has a twist at the end, so enjoy it!
Lightning and Flora made their way through the forest, which was dripping with water.
"So where are we going again?" asked Flora impatiently. Lightning rolled her eyes.
"Duh, I was going to show you this awesome spot for flying. And throwing knives at." she said, dodging a large branch.
"But I'm not a pegasi, and I don't throw knives. Except for self defense." said Flora reasonably.
"Exactly! It can be good training for us-what the?" she gasped as the earth around her hooves made her sink a little. Flora jumped and pulled her back.
"What the hell? I never knew they had quicksand in the forest!" she said, staring at the sinking dirt. Flora shook her head.
"It's not quicksand. It appears to be hiding something. Hang on, let me move it." she said, raising her hoof up. The soil shot up like a geyser and shifted it's path. When she was done, there was a large hole. Lightning peered in.
"It's dark. This is going to be fun" she said, raising her hoof. A ball of electricity formed, and she stuck it in to see the inside. She nodded at Flora and jumped in, landing with a thump. She heard another soft thud and knew Flora was behind her. Lightning raised the light source up to look around.
"It's a chasm" she said, looking at the stalagmites and other odd formations.
"Why are there pieces of ice?" asked Flora, looking at the shards of ice blocks in their path. Lightning followed the path until they were stopped at a dead end. They both looked up at the wall of ice.
"It's a bust. No point here" said Lightning, turning around. Flora gasped in horror. Lightning turned quickly to see the ice was not as it seems. There was a figure in it. Trembling, Lightning lifted the light up to see a pony inside the ice. A closer observation showed that it was a stallion. He looked like an alicorn, but had dragon-like wings, a sharp tail and fangs.
"What is it?" whispered Lightning, staring at the figure.
"It looks like a pony..but he looks like an alicorn" replied Flora, leaning in for a closer look.
"He's not an alicorn. Look, he has fangs and his wings are like a dragons'" objected Lightning skeptically. Flora shook her head.
"C'mon. Let's get out of here. I have a feeling we're being watched" said Flora, turning around. Suddenly, a voice rang out at them from the depths of the cave.
"What in the world are you two doing here?" said a familiar voice. Lightning shifted the light to see Princess Luna glaring at them from the dark entrance. She didn't need a light source, as she was radiating a dark blue aura that lit everything in their path. She trotted towards them.
"Princess Luna! We've...uh..followed a butterfly in here and got lost" said Lightning, grinning. Luna raised her eyebrows.
"Butterflies don't come out at night. And neither should you. Not in the Everfree Forest and this chasm anyways." she replied coldly.
"Oh. Ok then, we're going to leave now" said Lightning, turning around to leave.
"What is that behind you?" asked Luna, looking behind them.
"We really don't know. We stumbled upon it" said Flora, looking scared. Luna investigated the figure and she gasped. She quickly turned to the other two.
"You two need to leave. This is a highly important and classified finding. I want your word that you won't tell anypony this." said Luna, focusing her horn on them. Lightning and Flora nodded, and a flash later, they both appeared at the edge of the forest. Flora looked at Lightning with a puzzled face.
"What was that all about?" she asked, sitting down. Lightning shook her head.
"I don't know...but it seems important, if you ask me" she said, deep in thought...
Back in the chasm, an hour later...
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I opened my eyes and tried to move my limbs. I couldn't even crane my neck. Then I realized I froze myself in a block of ice in the Everfree Forest a century ago. Well, fuck. I used my eyes to look around, and saw a dark blue alicorn mare turned away from me. I couldn't see who she was talking to, but I can only see the outline of another tall pony in white. I raised my eyebrows. What is she doing here?
I capture a few bits of dialogue from them.
"...he might be the one, sister! We must take him to our castle and interrogate him!" said the mare.
"Nonsense! Look at his condition, Luna. He probably forgot everything due to being stuck in ice for so long. Use your healing magic on him. I have important matters to attend to. Once you're done, drop him off at Ponyville. He will recover there." said the white mare. The first voice sighed.
"Fine, Tia. I'll do what you say" said the voice, disgruntled. There was a bright flash, and the white mare disappeared. The dark blue mare turned around and gasped when she saw me looking at her. Her voice faltered.
"I'm-I'm here in p-peace" she stuttered, taking a step back. I nudged my head a little to acknowledge that I won't attack her. She seemed to get the message and trotted up to me.
"Hmmm...how can I get you out of here? Magic is out of the option..I suppose brute strength can work" she thought aloud. I nodded when she said the part about strength. She looked up at me.
"You think? Maybe I can give the ice a good buck" she said, turning around. She quickly kicked it as hard as she could, and I heard the ice crack. A few seconds later, shards of it fell from the block holding me, and the entire ice exploded in a shower of ice pieces. She covered her eyes and looked where I was. Her jaw dropped.
I brushed some ice off of me and stared at her.
"Thanks for getting me out of there. Let me tell you, don't ever hibernate in ice" I said, yawning.
"You were hibernating? Why?" asked the mare curiously. I shrugged.
"I dunno. I don't remember much of what happened a century ago." I said.
"Well, my sister ordered me to heal you" she said, taking a step closer to me. A purple aura surrounded me, and a moment later, all the bruises and abrasions disappeared.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Some kind of self-regenerating magic. I think it only works after we hibernate" I said, looking at the place where I was bruised with great interest. She looked like she was going to explode with questions, but she held them back.
"Good. Follow me. You are not safe in this chasm" she said, turning around and walking past a few rocks. I followed her, and we went through the cave. It was an awkward silence, except for the sounds of crunching dirt and the walls dripping with water. Finally, I spoke out.
"So..uh..what's your name?" I asked her as we reached another clearing. She didn't turn around when I asked her.
"You may call me Luna. I am the princess of this realm" she said, pushing aside a branch.
"Oh..alright then, Luna. I'm Azure Kinesis" I said. She stiffened, but continued trotting.
"So..what is this place?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"I cannot explain to you, because it is unsafe here. However, other ponies will explain it to you. See that? That's the edge of the chasm. Go through there, and you will be safe" she said, pointing her hoof at the light at the end of the cave. I nodded and walked through, which lead to a small town.
I looked back and saw Luna slip into the darkness of the cave.
I turned back around and trotted along the path that lead towards the town. A small sign was on the the side of the path.
Welcome to Ponyville!
"Ponyville, huh? Well, I guess I'll go ask if I can move in somewhere" I said thoughtfully, walking past the sign. When I reached the town limit, I heard clopping on the ground and then felt myself collapse as a pony jumped on me.
"What the-?" I shouted, but the pony quickly put their hoof on my mouth. I looked over and saw a shadowy figure come close and put their horn on my chest, causing me to lose consciousness...
Somewhere...
"...well, I didn't know that he was innocent!" a voice said angrily.
"You could've just told him what he was doing at the middle of the night and in the rain!" replied another voice angrily.
"And risk getting hurt? Nope!" retorted the first voice.
I opened my eyes and found myself in a bed. Outside, I saw the rain pounding against the window, and the distant rumble of thunder. The door banged open and two ponies with pink and rainbowish mane walk in alongside with other two that had a reddish and black mane.
The one with the rainbow mane looked at the red maned one, and she sighed and walked up to me.
"I'm sorry for attacking you. I hope you don't take it the wrong way" she said.
"Uh...it's ok" I mumbled. She stared at me, and I averted my eyes away from her.
"So..where am I?" I asked. The light pink and rainbow mane looked at each other.
"Well, you're in Equestria!" they said. I nodded.
"Oh, thanks. And what are your names?" I asked again.
"I'm Rainbow Dash, and that's Fluttershy" said the pony with the rainbow mane, pointing at the one with the light pink mane. She smiled.
"The one who apologized to you is my daughter, Lightning. And that's her friend, Flora" she also said, pointing at the mare with the dark red mane and the other one with a black mane. I grinned.
"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Azure Kinesis" I said. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy looked at me strangely.
"Hang on a sec. You look familiar. I think I've seen you before" said Rainbow Dash, looking at me. Suddenly, she jumped.
"Your colors match!" she shouted. I looked at her strangely.
"Uh...what?" I said.
"You're the chosen one! You have the dark blue hide and black mane! And you look like a cross-bred dragon pony-mmmhmfmm" she was stopped by Fluttershy putting her hoof over her mouth. Fluttershy looked at me.
"Excuse us for a minute" she muttered, pulling Rainbow Dash out of the room and shutting the door. I heard muffled yelling from behind it.
Flora looked at me strangely.
"I don't want to be rude, but why are you...different..from other ponies?" she inquired. I scratched the back of my head.
"I don't know. All I remember is that...memory" I muttered, shaking my head. Suddenly, pain surged through my head as I yelled. Everything around me turned white...
Flashback, 200 years ago...
"...I don't think we can possibly create that, sir" said the draconequus, staring at the drawing. The other draconequus peeked at the drawing too. He gasped.
"This is absurd! You are going against the laws of nature!" he yelled at the figure who was sitting behind the table. The plate on his desk read Dr. Maerlik. The doctor got up and growled at the worker.
"I don't care if we go against the laws of nature. We need something that could destroy the gargoyles. If it reaches the point where we defy nature, we'll defy it!" he shouted, pounding the table with his fist. His workers shook their heads.
"You don't know what you are getting yourself into. This isn't meant to happen..." said the worker, walking outside the door.
Back to Azure...
"Azure! Are you ok?" shouted Lightning. I grunted and opened my eyes to see myself on the ground. I was tangled up on the bedsheet. I untangled myself and got up.
"What happened? You started mumbling something and then you fell off!" said Flora, looking frightened. I shook my head.
"It was n-nothing" I said shakily, rubbing my head. I yelped and fell over when I heard the door bang open and saw Fluttershy walk in. Lightning giggled.
"Oh, I'm sorry if I scared you. You look hungry. Why don't you come downstairs for some food?" she asked.
"No thanks, Fluttershy. I'm full" I said. Just then, my stomach growled.
"Shut up!" I said, hitting my stomach softly with my hoof. Flora smirked while Fluttershy chuckled.
"It's ok, I don't mind having a guest over to eat. Come please" she said, walking downstairs. I followed her, but turned around to face the other two.
"Are you guys gonna eat?" I asked them. They both shook their heads. I shrugged, closing the door and following Fluttershy downstairs...
As soon as the door closed, Flora fell over and started laughing. Lightning looked at her strangely.
"What's so funny?" she asked her. Flora got up and grinned.
"Oh, Lite. It's so obvious." she said, chuckling. Lite lifted her eyebrows at her.
"What's so obvious? The face that your hooves smell like a mule's droppings?" said Lite, smirking. Flora stopped laughing and glared at her.
"Relax, I'm not making fun of you. But it's obvious that you like Azure!" she said. Lite quickly blushed.
"What? No I don't! Why would I?" she said hotly. Flora giggled.
"Then why is your face so red?" she said slyly. Lite growled.
"Lightning and Azure, sitting on a tree..." Flora started in a singsong voice.
"THAT'S IT!" shouted Lightning, jumping on top of Flora and playfully wrestling her.
Meanwhile, at the Elemental Six Memorial Statue...
Rain was splattering heavily on the ground, and thunder was rumbling across the skies. Lightning was flashing, and all the ponies who were outside a while ago are in their homes, waiting for the storm to pass. The park where the statue was standing was empty, and rain was running down the chiselled face of Storm.
A dark mist emerged from the forest and creeped up towards the statue. It swirled around and formed into a hideous creature. It looked up at the statue, and then it raised its' claw. A small ball of dark matter formed, and it kept it's claw over the grave, letting it seep into the ground.
A moment later, a crack was heard. The ground rumbled and small cracks crept up the statues. Suddenly, it burst open and a decayed hoof stuck out. A moment later, the undead Storm pulled himself up from his grave.
His hide was waxy and yellowish, and there were some spots where it was falling apart. His mane was ripped and was brittle. His orange eyes were now bloodshot, and the stench of the dead was upon him. He looked at the figure, who laughed evilly.
"Ah, you have defeated me two years ago, but now, you are my pawn. Let me help you out there.." it said, raising its' claws over Storm. A flash later, his skin color turned back to normal and the smell was gone, but his mane and skin were still ripped, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Never stray from the dead, my subject. Now, we'll bring your friends back" it hissed, doing the same thing. A minute later, 5 simultaneous cracks and rumbles could be heard as the undead elemental warriors pulled themselves from their graves, hell bent on bringing destruction on the world they just saved...
Like they say: What a twist! Of course, the undead elemental six won't attack Equestria...yet. They have to be...improved..by this figure. Stay tuned for the next chapter :)