The Saga of the Great Kingdom

Chapter 1: Thordota and Lokidota

by Neoraichu

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is not by property, nor is Princess Celestia, Spike, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Twilight Sparkle. I use them in the spirit of fan fiction alone. I do not know if anyone has claimed Thordota, Lokidota, Apple Storm or Apple Tricks, so I'm sorry if they are.

...

Rainbow Dash was in a tizzy in the skies over Ponyville. The clouds were becoming unruly, and they threatened a storm over the region that was not planned. Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash was basically on her own as all of the other Pegasi were managing rainfall in the other parts of Equestria. It was fortunate that the clouds started gathering near sundown, so that most of the citizens of Ponyville had already headed in for the night.

No matter what Dash did, the clouds wouldn't obey. The rain came forth, soon followed by the thunder and the lightning. The clouds grew larger and larger, merging together as they reached for the heavens themselves. It was growing dangerous as the lightning bolts leaped from cloud bank to cloud bank, or even within the same cloud bank.

Dash was running herself ragged for hours and hours through the night, and she was having no effects at all on the renegade storm. The rain poured and poured down on Ponyville. She was more tired than she could remember in a long time.

As the sun struggled to break a few beams of morning sunlight into the gloom, the largest cloud split asunder, and a mighty rainbow the likes of which Dash had never seen before arced down into the midst of Ponyville itself. In fact, it ended right in front of the house of Twilight Sparkle herself.

Dash saw that there was something, no two somethings, standing right at the end of the Rainbow. She dashed down to get a closer look through the rain. They were ponies alright, be she couldn't tell exactly what kind under their cloaks.

One turned to the other and said, "Close the Rainbow Bridge. We are where we want to be, and I think no one has witnessed our arrival."

From under the cloak of the second, a glowing hammer emerged and hovered over its head. "I commandeth thee Rainbow Bridge to close in the name of Little Mjolnir and the mighty Thordota!"

The rainbow shot back into the sky the way it came, disappearing in a matter of a few seconds.

Dash was aghast, as she had never seen the like before in her life.

"And while you're at it, would you mind turning the rain down to a gently sprinkle? We aren't here to wash Ponyville away in a flood, you know."

"Yea verily," said Thordota, "I shall abate the rains henceforth and at once." Looking up to the glowing hammer, she said, "I commandeth the rains to abate in the name of Little Mjolnir and the mighty Thordota!"

The rains slowed to a sprinkle almost immediately, and the great cloud banks began to break apart as the light rays of the rising sun began to break through. The two mysterious ponies stepped up onto the porch of Twilight Sparkle as they pulled off their cloaks, revealing a sight that made Rainbow Dash gasp aloud. Both ponies had not four, but eight legs each! Their heads also bore horns like that of a cow. The one with the hammer bore light golden fur, with blond hair, mane and tail. The other was almost black in color, with white hair, mane and tail.

They both turned to look at Rainbow Dash hovering nearby above the rooftops as the hammer pony said, "Forsooth Lokidota, we are seen!"

"Sleep!" commanded Lokidota, and her horns glowed as a small blue cloud of dust came out of her mouth. The cloud covered Dash's head, causing her to instantly sleep and fall towards the ground!

...

It was dark. "Rainbow Dash?" asked a voice, "Rainbow Dash?" Slowly, Dash opened her eyes to see that Twilight Sparkle was looking down at her. Spike was standing to her right.

"Huh?" asked Dash sleepily, "Where am I?"

"You tracked WATER and MUD into my library, and you're sleeping on MY library floor!"

"How did I get here?"

"You don't remember?"

"Maybe she was sleep flying?" asked Spike helpfully.

"And what's with the crazy storm last night?" asked Twilight in a huff, "That wasn't on the schedule at all."

"I don't know," said Dash as she yawned, "The clouds wouldn't obey me all night long. Nothing I did would stop the storm."

"That's weird," said Twilight.

"Hey," said Spike, "That's weirder."

"Weirder?"

"Yeah, look at the muddy tracks. Dash didn't come in here by herself. It looks like four ponies carried her in here."

Dash suddenly gasp.

"What?" asked Twilight alarmed.

"Oh," she said suddenly calmer, "It must have been some crazy dream I had on your floor."

"What?"

"It was silly."

"Tell me."

"The were two ponies out front in of your house. They came down on something they called a 'Rainbow Bridge'. When they took their rain cloaks off, I saw that they both had eight legs each and cow horns on their heads. The last thing I remember was getting a cloud of blue dust in my face, and waking up here on your floor. One called the other Thordota, who referred to the first one as Lokidota. Thordota had a funky hammer that closed the Rainbow Bridge thingy, and made the rain stop. Really strange dream, huh?"

"Indeed."

"That's the craziest dream I've ever heard," said Spike.

"I wonder," said Twilight.

"Hey, there's a scroll over here that I've never seen before."

"What?"

"It's not sealed, I'll open it."

"Wait!" said Sparkle, but it was too late. Spike rolled it open.

"What?" asked Spike. Dash and Twilight crowded around Spike to see the scroll as well. On the scroll was a magnificent illustration of a pony stallion with 8 legs, cow horns on head, his right eye glowed with a strange light, and a black patch over his left eye. His head sported a black mane, as the tail was black as well. Under the illustration, there was a caption that read: Odin, Lord of the Sleipnir, All Seeing, All Father.

Next to Odin was another illustration a magnificent pony mare with 8 legs, cow horns on her head, magnificent blond hair and mane, and tail as well. She had a lot of hair that was twisted into two braids that hung down from each side of her head. Under the illustration, there was a caption that read: Frigga, Lady of the Sleipnir, All Mother.

"It says here that Odin and Frigga rule together over the Kingdom of Asgard," said Twilight, "A kingdom of eight legged ponies called the Sleipnir."

"Never heard of that," said Spike.

"I have no idea what this means."

"How did that get here?" asked Dash.

"Maybe one of the ponies that dragged you in here left it. They could have easily thrown it over here from where they left you, Dash."

"Still doesn't answer why," said Twilight, "We must alert Princess Celestia at once. I'll use my magic to copy this scroll so you can send the original to Celestia along with the message. After that, be my best assistant and help Rainbow Dash clean up, and the mess on the floor too. Please?"

"Sure thing, Twilight," he said cheerfully, "not a problem at all."

...

Meanwhile, over at the Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack is confronting two strange ponies just in front of her house.

"If'n y'all are cousins of mine," she asked, "How come I never seens you at the family gatherings?"

"Of course not," said the one pony, "I said we're your 6th Cousins from way way way way up north."

"And y'all said your names is?"

The one pony with the light golden fur, golden hair tied into braids on the sides of her head, golden blond mane and tail, with a cutie mark of a large apple with rain and lightning coming from it, said, "Y'all can call me Apple Storm." She smiled an awkward smile at Applejack. From her neck hung a black iron hammer on a black leather strap. Her saddle bags were large and full of stuff.

"What all is that for?" asked Applejack poking the hammer with her nose.

"Well, it's fer hammering."

The other pony with the almost black fur, short and straight black hair, a mane and tail that emerged white, but transitioned to black at the tips, with a cutie mark of an apple wearing a clown's face, said, "Just call me Apple Tricks." Her saddle bags were smaller than Apple Storm's.

"Y'all talk funny."

"It's the school I went to."

"Y'all went to school?"

"I'm planning to go to the College of Equestria soon."

"Wow, tha's book learned alright. How long y'all gonna be here?"

"Oh, I figures a month tops," offered Apple Storm.

"Y'all gonna help around the farm for ya vittles?"

"Absolutely."

"Absolutely not," said Apple Tricks, "I have money and I plan to pay for my stay. I cannot be diverted from my studies for... =sniff= manual labor. You will take gems, won't you?"

"Sure cousin," she replied, "If'n you gots enough of them."

"Oh, I have more than enough."