The white pegasus stood up, admiring the neat rows of flowers she had just planted. Their blue petals glowed, reflecting the moon's light. As much as she hated these kinds of nights, when no stars were visible in the sky, it was the only time these flowers could be planted. They thrived in the moonlight; Ivy Dancer pushed away her discomfort anyways. It was all worth seeing these Moon Blooms glow. She lifted a hoof to brush away a strand of green hair away from her eye.
The flowers were planted in a wooden box, filled with dirt from the park, underneath her windowsill. If she could help it, Ivy would've made the flower bed a lot bigger. But the orphanage director only permitted her the small box, which was of course made from free scraps of wood. She looked up at the window overlooking her flowers. The sky was a dark, navy blue with few white specks littered across it. Strangely, one glowed brighter than the others. There weren't many stars, yet she'd seen enough to know this wasn't normal.
Ivy Dancer squinted; W-was it...getting bigger? It couldn't be. The glow grew, and Ivy Dancer stared at it unblinking. Huh?
She finally realized what it was. That was no star, but a meteor. And it was coming directly at her. Ivy stepped back; at this rate, her tail'd be burned to ash. No way could she escape the meteor's path. Her eyes widened. Too late. The giant stone made contact with the wooden walls, resulting in a loud crash as well as shrieks that could be heard from rooms down the hall.
"m-my fLOWERS!" Ivy, without thinking, hurried to the window. Well, more like gaping, burning hole in the wall now that the meteor sort of…
Ivy's flowers weren't visible under the rock. The Moon Blooms were, most likely, damaged beyond repair. As she stared down at the bottom of the meteor, where her flowers lay, a force grabbed her. A green glow shimmered around the meteor, as well as herself. It gave her a sort of tingling sensation. Ivy struggled, but her hooves didn't move. Unwillingly, Ivy began to move towards the meteor. The wood door of her room slammed open and the orphanage director- a pink pegasus named Flash Heart- stood in the doorway. Several other fillies from the orphanage stood behind her, eyes wide in bewilderment.
"Nobody go closer!" Flash Heart commanded.
It seemed the more Ivy struggled, the stronger the mysterious force became. What...what is this? What's going on? Straining, her vision became spotty and she started hearing a steady beeping noise.
"H-help!" Ivy cried out, as she felt herself losing connection with her limbs. Suddenly, the green glow around her disappeared and she fell to the ground, unconscious.
Eclipse yawned; it was another late night positioned on the thatched roof with his astronomy book laid at his golden hooves, a large sheet of white paper along with a quill and pot of ink, and his telescope pointed at a certain constellation. Tonight, in particular, he had chosen to map out the constellation Virgo. Using his magic, Eclipse lifted the quill out of the ink well.
Slowly, Eclipse poised the point over the paper, careful not to drip. Glancing up at the sky, he checked the location of Spica- Virgo's brightest star. Strangely, he saw two bright dots beside each other. Which he shouldn't. Spica was actually two stars, but at their location appeared as one. It would be impossible to be seeing them as he were now. He peered through the silver telescope. One was flashing. Which, like two white dots where Spica should be, he shouldn't see.
Eclipse adjusted the telescope, zooming in on the two "stars". Closing one eye, he gazed up at the stars again but jerked his head back. Those 'stars' weren't stars at all! Well, one wasn't at least. The one on the left glowed radiantly, but appeared moving closer.
After his long studies of astronomy, Eclipse knew that this was a meteor. And it was hurtling right at him.
In a panic, Eclipse gathered his materials. No way would he let his telescope get smashed by that meteor. To be frank, he had no idea how this meteor was falling. With his studies, he would have known if a meteor was going to hit Equestria. But...no time for speculation. As much as he would like to stay and watch the meteor crash into the roof, he very much could die.
Eclipse raced to the steps, leading back inside the orphanage, as...CRASH.
The fragment of the meteor wasn't huge, yet at the speed it was crashing to earth dealed quite a lot of damage to the roof. Small flames of fire burned around the crash site, flickering. Eclipse stared, in shock.
He blinked once, then took a tentative step towards the meteor to get a better look. It glowed a strange aura; tinted a golden shade of yellow. As far as Eclipse knew...meteors did not do this. Was there some sort of research on meteors he missed? Suddenly, he was yanked from his viewing position and lifted into the air. A ringing noise filled his ears, cancelling out all sounds. The same glow from before surrounded him. Eclipse squinted his brown eyes because of the bright light. He struggled against the hold, possibilities and theories and equations racing through his mind. The light slowly faded away, as did the beeping noise and his thoughts.
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HELLO! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I was trying to finish and upload this last Sunday...but schoolwork happened. So soz ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Anyways, I'm still trying to think of a way to bring the group together. I'll most likely have another group of heroes for the rest of the foals rather than one huge group. They also, probably, won't be the focus point of the story but will be in it. Well, until next time...
~SilverMoon