Mayhem - Disk 13
Author's Note:
Hello friends! It is I! Midnight Blitzer has returned to the typing board! Sure it has been a long time and I expect that my stories update slowly (Damn AP Living Environment) but here I am!
Shoutout to four authors either in Fanfiction and Fimfiction. These shoutouts are in no particular order by the way
The first shoutout I want to give would be to Amf Studios who I am currently trying to work with to edit his story called Viva La Lunar, hence why I disappeared for a long time. We roleplayed some ideas for the stories, and while in the role play I unintentionally began forming a new description for my OC Midnight Blitzer. Thank you Amf for taking the time to role play with me and help me become a better author even though you also have a ton of work.
Apart from that he also has given me the permission of using his OC Inkwell Brush in the story. Basically imagine him as the Discord of his world or the Pinkie Pie of the Republic. Either ways I think it's cool to add him there so thank you Amf.
The second shoutout is to Create who has actually been one of the few people to check my story back in Fanfiction. He actually reminded me to update this, otherwise I would've forgotten and missed a excellent opportunity to post a story: Halloween! Yes this story will suddenly take a dark turn! If you know what the title is referring to you will understand the concept of where things will be going. Or at least a part of it. So thank you Create for that.
And by the way Create, I actually don't know where N, B, and Dark N would appear. As the story progresses you can create a side story or a moment where you think would be appropriate for them as the first chapters are the prologue, and everything here is going to be pre- Time Remnants- Time Patrol tensions, basically it's before these two similar groups start to hate each other, and since N, B, and Dark N appear after this moment where the war is taken upon the shoulders of these two groups it's hard to tell when right now. Please enlighten me.
My third shout out is to ProWriter7 aka SinWriter7. We also roleplayed with each other as well and much like Amf, I began to construct something else. You'll soon see. This "Great Conflict" has a reason it's called the 'Great Conflict'. No it's not that dimensions are being killed by the thousands though that is a obvious reason. No. My hint here will be US Interaction with the Entente and the Central Powers. Soon Twilight will find herself in a place where the true meaning of 'The Great Conflict' will be shown. But back to the shoutouts we not only have this new meaning for the title, but a revisiting of an old enemy who we used to believe is the enemy. That is something my Fanfiction friends would know and my fourth and final shout out person would know. The leader of all the Time Remnants.
Also the Oc's coming from him like Blue, Red, and Flame are pretty cool and I hope to feature them some time in the series
Anyways my fourth and final shout out will be towards Connect_The_Pie. And my GOD does Pie spam a lot of OCs. Which is good. We have Haybringer, Golden, their robotic friend, Blue (a wolf basically) and I'm certain that's not the last we'll be seeing. While SinWriter helped me go over the info of the Midnight Story, we start our roleplay in the beginning of the story, so much of the elements that will be shown in future chapters will be from our discussion. Thank you.
Anyone who wants to get a shout out will have to either contact me via PM in Fimfiction or Fanfiction, Submiting OCs, or guessing what do I mean by this chapter's title 'Disk 13'. Anyways, let the horror begin
P.S I'm not really good at making this horrifying so if one of you remakes the intro that'd be great.
There existed a time...
*The sound of heavy panting and galloping on a stoney surface was heard through the recording.*
...Where we all thought there was a clear difference.... *The sound of a different pair of hooves were heard, the panting got more louder.
"NO! LET ME GO!"
*The sounds of struggling and a sword being taking out of its sheath was heard as what seemed to be a mare struggling to break from from her oppressor*
Between right and wrong...
A bloodcurdling scream was rang through the atmosphere as the sound of flesh and bone being ripped apart filled the space around it.
...We were wrong...
The sounds of death stop, but a faint dripping noise is heard.
... And because of that...
*The sound of a sword being sheath again is heard as a voice speaks*
"Let the cleansing begin"
...We are all dying...
Date - 7000 AC
Hidden Files - Section 1 - Disk 13
Artifacts.
The world of Equestria cannot be complete without that one thing.
From The Alicorn Amulet, to Grogar's Bell, to even the Elements of Harmony, each and every Artifact has shaped Equestria to what it is today.
My name is Twilight Sparkle, and throughout my life I've met with some of them either directly or indirectly at some point.
Grogar's Bell was the same bell that gave the villains the power they had to nearly defeat us completely. That and they used the formula for friendship reversed.
The Alicorn Amulet was used by Trixie to take over Ponyvile for a moment before we tricked her into believing my newfound 'powers' were caused by yet a even stronger 'amulet', which of course was fake and a bait to force her to take off her own amulet in the process.
The Elements of Harmony though, they existed way back, serving as the backbone for every single one of Equestria's victories. The two defeats of Discord, the defeat of Sombra, the imprisonment of Tirek, and so forth down the line. I would not dare imagine what would happen if the Elements had existed, and equally terrifying path would've been if me and my friends hadn't become friends in the first place back a decade at least.
Yep. A decade.
So much occurred after our initial departure when I began ruling as ruler of Equestria. It was a moment both of joy and sorrow. For one would be that I had succeeded by former teacher, Princess Celestia. I've made everyone proud by becoming the new ruler of Equestria, the first in many millennium, and the one who would take the reigns of Equestria after Celestia and Luna. Of course I was nervous, more better said petrified. But after this time gap, I realized how important my job is actually, and how well of a job I did. I already changed Equestria by bringing the magic of friendship to other races with my School of Friendship, and that power spread like harmonic fire, sparking flames within each and every heart it touches. Even the dragons had learned the power of friendship thanks to Ember, Smolder, and Spike.
Speaking of Spike, he had finally began showing signs of growth. Before the whole fiasco with Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy in the final battle for Equestria, Spike went through a molt down and got himself wings. Slowly, nearly yearly, he'd always to to similar molt stages, without the shock of being turned to stone of course. He's grown taller, now reaching Cadence's size. His spikes have become more sharper, though that could change, considering that he also carries some pony magic thanks to me breaking his egg with unicorn magic and not dragon magic. Speaking of that, maybe it could be possible to teach him magic...?
Smolder also has grown too as well. She's currently around Luna's size actually speaking. She's becoming more and more like Ember I think, who's grown more of a powerful but benevolent leader as well. If I'm correct she's now her co-leader / main successor in line, which brings me joy to know that. Even so Smolder also took a residence and 'permanent' job here in Equestria, since dragons live so long that a full lifetime for ponies would be just a blink of a seco-
And yet, they too don't live forever. They might have, since there's this so called 'Deep Sleep' that they go into, but deep in my heart, I just know what it means. Whenever someone dies, we don't blurt it out. Instead we say...
"They're now sleeping at peace."
The phrase literally stops my heart momentarily as I remember every single time that phrase had been told. Yes, many of who I originally knew are still alive. My parents are alive heck some in who I met in their 50's are still alive today! But there were some that did not make it. Some who were already in their hundreds for that matter.
When Applejack's grandmother died, it caused a lot of pain for all of us, especially her. She was one of the first pilgrims and settlers for Ponyville. She was the one Celestia asked her to go there to build a settlement, a town in which generations would live there and be happy. She did exactly that, and she saw not only her children, nor her grandchildren, but even her great grand-children. Sadly though, just when Ponyville was said to not only be a town but a city, she died. It was a peaceful death. No screams of pain, no panic, she just died in her sleep. But it left scars everywhere. She was what her grandchildren would consider her mother, especially Applebloom since shortly after her birth AJ's parents died, presumably killed by Timberwolves. The Apple Family would not recover for that rest of the year, their production coming short of the necessary amount to feed the original population of Ponyville that was there when I came, let alone the new residents both from mainland Equestria and from the other corners of the world. Luckily we had food in store in Canterlot, which solved what could've become a food shortage for Ponyville. The years after though would see the Apple Family barely reaching the minimum amount for apple production. It both reminded to Applejack that death is something that happens in life, and to me that I would be a witness to every single death of everyone I knew and would ever know.
Even the most powerful unicorns don't survive.
Magic in Equestria is more than just the strength you have, but it also is your life source, which is the reason why the greats like Starswirl and Clover were able to live so long, they both could simply slow their aging process, and even if they didn't their magic would prevent them from dying as quickly as they should've been dying. They're generations ahead of their original one, which is how they even met and became a part of Celestia and Luna's lives for a long time. But the one thousand imprisonment within the limbo had unintentionally taken a toll on Starswirl, and by the end of the ten years, he too died, along with Neighslayer, the unicorn who at first wanted to close down our school because it didn't follow regular school policies and it permitted non-pony students into the school. His power though was very weak, just barely to keep him longer than the rest of his generation, and along the time of Starswirl's death, he died too.
"Even the most greatest must soon return to being a Legend" one article said after Starswirl's death. But I can't become a legend, in terms that I would die but my name would continue to exist. I will always live on forever, surpassing everyone I knew. My parents, my brother, my friendly guards, my friends, and everyone I knew. Even Flurry might not be spared as she's only half alicorn and we know nothing about hybrids since Luna and Celestia decided that they couldn't have children so that they could rule without any interruption, risk that someone would want to take advantage of their weaken state, or maybe even afraid that their children would die, adding to the already long list of dead friends and family. Maybe that's why Blueblood is the way he is. He is the last of their family remotely, even if it's by a long shot. He probably got his bad attitude because Celestia gave him everything to make him happy, only to have it backfire once he got older. Speaking of that there was this bet that 'This year Blueblood will get married'!
The bet is still going ever since Blueblood reaching 13.
Jokes aside, I feel depressed. Really. The peace in Equestria brought both relief from any threats, but also meant that me having my friends close around is not as necessary as it used to be. With bad guys appearing left and right we were required to be near each other a certain distance for emergencies. With the Cutie Map though, we began to drift, and with the last villain defeated, there was no real valid reason for us to be together as often, which I so wish was not the case since-
"Time is something precious. So precious in fact that once you use it, you can't take it back, whether you put it to good use or not."
And time is running out. I hear that they are planning to finally settle. Whether it means to have kids / taking care of kids, pursuing their career, or helping others, they already have plans for their lives. It's because their lives are short. They don't have eternity to ponder on what to do. They're on a countdown, living their life to their fullest until the watch passes 11:59 and rings are 12. They don't have all the time of the world. I do. It's quite sad though that we rulers can't die at all. Discord even tried to take his own immortality so that he wouldn't have to live beyond Fluttershy, but sadly there seems no other way other than being turned stone to be in the dream-like death state that all mortals will soon pass through. That seems to be his plan, but sadly, not mine's. Flurry Heart will probably take over only the Crystal Empire, meaning that I will not be able to retire and enter the dream/death state that my friends would one day enter. I would be stuck staying as the ruler of Equestria forever. I've yet to know the tricks of turning ponies into alicorns to save both my friends and family and anyone else who I knew. Heck why can't all ponies be immortal, so that we would never have to suffer the horrendous fate of pain.
Pain, not from death, but death itself.
Can my day that got interrupted by this grim thought can get any worse!?
My ears suddenly detect something coming outside. I looked out of the window. Is it... what I think it is?
A memory of each time we said "Can this can get any worse?" would usually trigger something, of course, terrible, making the situation even more stressful, hence worse. I without thinking it somehow activated the trigger sentence that began every single adventure of ours...
Every single adventure...
The object I saw looked to be a shooting star, but many times closer to the ground. It was a massive fireball which continued its flying trajectory before disappearing over Canterlot and into the direction of Ponyville. I already began to pack my stuff as I prepared to leave. Not only is this something that has never been seen and would thus require the royal princess's attention, it would also mean that any potential threat would have to be dealt by the elements: Me and My friends!
"Spike! Wake up! We got a job to do!" I yelled as I ran into the throne room where my purple assistant began to wake up.
"Hmmm... that's odd. Am I dreaming that you're for once speaking happily or is it real?" Spike said as he began to wake up. I grinned.
"Nope! It's for real! A unknown object just flew over the sky and it headed towards the direction of Ponyville!" I yelled enthusiastically, a bit too enthusiastic. The sleepiness that held Spike in its grasp ceased to exist as Spike fully woke up, eyes wide.
"Wait what!?" Spike exclaimed, before collapsing. He soon got up with a set of panicked eyes. "How is that a good thing!?" He yelled. I smiled.
"It means that I could finally meet my friends and re-live those good times Spike!" I said. Spike scratched his head.
"Why would you be so happpy sti-... ohhhhhhhhh." Spike began saying as he realized what I meant. With all my things ready I began to leave when suddenly a familiar blue griffon came in my direction and bowed down to me.
Gallus had become one of my first royal guards along with Tempest Shadow. With the commander of the Storm Empire training the new guards, my guards surprisingly became more efficient than both Crystal and normal Equestrian guards combined. How incredible!
"Your highness... a massive object headed towards Ponyville and crashed landed south of the city. We royal guards request permission to go an investi-"
"Permission denied Soldier Gallus. I decided to go leave towards the town myself." I said, not breaking my stride. Gallus lookd a me perplexed.
"Do you need any escort?" Gallus asked. I looked at him as we walked down the corridor.
"I think a few guards won't be that bad. You can come along with Fizzlepop Berrytwist and if Starlight is around I also want her to join as well." I stated. Gallus nodded as he went to retrieve the guards and ponies in question. Exiting the main entrance, me and Spike opened our wings and set ourselves on course to Ponyville. In normal circumstances like world-wide meetings one of us would option to leave while the other would stay to maintain the empire. But since this is a crucial mission, we were able to leave together.
As we began our descent, I realized a huge amount of smoke and fire coming from the southern part of the city. Some building actually had a gaping hole, which surprised me how they were able to even stand anymore. As we landed in the fiery section, I saw ponies running out of their homes, terrified on the oncoming smoke and fire. I strangely smiled. I changed a lot through the time between me coming to Ponyville and me leaving it. Starting as the non-social pony, I turned into one that had many close friends, and now known as the princess of friendship, ruler of Equestria. And since that moment, I grew more wiser and more braver as the heated days became just like any regular day. I am ready! I said to myself as I galloped through the flames as I began to fight against the fire. I'm ready as I'll ever be!
End of Part 2
