Title: Aftermath
Fandom: My Little Pony
Chapter: 1/?
Words: 765
This is my first published fic here! Please be nice with reviews and such. Yes, this will have multiple chapters, and Octav in later chapters.
Hope you all enjoy!
Silence.
Absolute, utter silence.
No pony was seen in the streets of Ponyville, all of them locked up in their homes and shops. Personal items and sales carts littered the roads, their owners having abandoned them in the midst of their frantic fleeing towards safety.
News had spread from Canterlot that the great city was under attack, on a day where all should have been peaceful. The day of the Royal Wedding, between Princess Cadence and Shining Armor themselves. No details about the attack had been specified, other than the assailants had been described as sporting black pelts with shiny blue eyes, bright white fangs, and holes in their legs. A few ponies thought the description was too odd for it to be true, but most others were too frightened to question it.
Sugar Cube Corner, a cheerful bakery in the heart of Ponyville, was currently packed with ponies who either lived on the other side of town, or those who had already been shopping there at the time. Mrs. and Mr. Cake, owners of the bakery, hadn't been seen by any of the ponies holed up on the downstairs floor. Some said the couple could be upstairs, some said they where trapped in another pony's home, and some said they had fled Ponyville in fear of the fight spreading to the small town. But the smarter ponies, though they didn't know their exact location, knew the Cakes were fretting over their friend, Pinkie Pie. The lively pink mare who called Sugar Cube Corner her home, was in Canterlot at the moment. No word had come from her yet.
Standing away from all the hushed gossip and quiet sobbing, stood a white unicorn mare. Her magenta eyes stared blankly out of the window before her, up at the dark clouds forming over Ponyville. Her purple sunglasses had been discarded onto the countertop beside her. Her dark blue mane with ice blue highlets was matted and tangled, as if it had not been looked after for the entire day.
The emotions coursing through the mare were undescribable. There was shock at the thought of the great city of Canterlot being attacked; relief that she had not been in the city on one of her numerous tours, DJing at any party; anger that Canterlot's defences could not settle the fight in a matter of minutes; and fear.
Fear that she would lose her best friend.
The mare was shaken from her thoughts as a cold hoof was placed on her shoulder. She whipped her head around to find a cream earth pony mare looking at her concerned. A mint green unicorn mare stood a little ways behind her.
"Are you okay, Vinyl?" the earth pony mare asked, in a quiet tone. Her soothing voice helped relax Vinyl Scratch - as it usually always did - but only a little.
"Y-Yeah." Vinyl replied shakily. She felt a prick of embarassment for how worried she sounded, but it soon vanished. "I'm fine, Bon Bon."
Disbelief flashed through Bon Bon's eyes for a moment, but she quickly covered it up with a short nod. "Okay, if you say so. If you need anyhting, come find us, okay?"
Vinyl nodded, and watched as Bon Bon left with the green mare right on her heels. She watched them dissappear into the crowd, then turned back to watch the sky. She caught a glimpse at a faded strike of lightning in the distance, closely followed by the low rumble of thunder. It was definitely going to rain in an hour or two.
Vinyl's thoughts wandered to Canterlot. She thought of her friend, who had gone there several days earlier to perform at an opera the night of the Royal Wedding. She wondered if her friend was safe, or if she had been caught by those... things. Or worse, if she had been killed. A pain began to develop in her chest, and her throat tightened, making it hard for her to swallow. She reached for her shades, to put them on in hopes of hiding the tears, but she never got to pick them up.
A loud crash sounded at the front of Sugar Cube Corner, and Vinyl spun around to face the source of the crash. The front door was swung wide open, and a lanky brown stallion stood in the frame. He was panting heavily, trying to catch his breath. The other ponies in the bakery had gone silent.
"It's safe to come out now!" the earth pony stallion rasped. "The attack on Canterlot has ended! The threat has been defeated!"
Ahh! And that was Chapter one!
If you wanted to know, the green unicorn mare with Bon Bon was Lyra, obviously. You could call the brown earth pony stallion Time Turner if you want, but for me he's just a regular pony.
Next Chapter will be up... whenever it's finished!