A great big ClusterF***
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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ANNOUNCEMENT!
I'M GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED!
SUMMARY:
On the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year...magic will return to the world...and the streets will run red with the blood of the (semi)innocent...unless the world is saved by the most unlikely of hero's...baking cupcakes?!
The title is '13/13/13' and it'll be coming to a bookstore or E-Book site near you! Xilbris is the publisher, also available at Amazon, Inkitt and BarnesandNoble.
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Celestia...Celestia couldn't believe it...it was like the universe was out to get her...first her sister tries to kill her...then her promising first student Sunset went rouge...and just when she was gifted with a promising second...the poor filly- with so much life, potential and love to give -is lying dead on the floor...Celestia tries to use her magic to heal her...but there's a foreign object wedged in her wound that was causing trouble with her magic...plus it seemed secreted with an unknown poison that not even her magic could expunge...there...there was nothing she could do...
"PLEASE! I CAN STILL SAVE HER!" Celestia glares at the source of the voice...the source of this TRAVESTY. She began to power up her horn to blast the odd piece of hovering metal.
"Give me one reason why I don't just blast you to bits right now", she snarled.
"(sniff) please...(sob) I'm sorry! (whimper) T-they told me I'd be a h-hero- (sob) -if I did this- THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT KILLING KIDS!" He blubbered as he continued to plead to be allowed to make this right...
But Celestia's heart was already softening- distorted slightly the voice might be- she'd been the 'mother of Equestria' long enough to recognize the voice of a frightened and confused child who'd made a terrible mistake and wanted to make it right...
Feeling twilight's heartbeat fading fast...and knowing the paramedics would never reach here in time...she realized she didn't really have much to lose at this point...
She nodded at the 'thing', "Do it."
Tyrone quickly flew the drone- 5 other simultaneously -which was even more difficult then it sounded because on one he was having to shoot tranquilizer's to get the animals to stop destroying the drone trying to heal Fluttershy, the Pies were throwing holy water at the drone with Pinkie, he'd been forced to tazer big mac AND fend off Granny, and the the drone catching Rainbow was falling like a stone under her weight...
Tyrone knew no half-measures would do, he'd designed the bullets, between their shaped designed for maximum damage, the numerous, redundant carved ruins on the bullet to negate all magic used on or around it and the specially made ricin he'd developed to directly attack the immune system and the platelets that prevent bleeding...he'd have to use the experimental nano-genes he'd...'borrowed' and modified if there was ANY hope.
Nano-Gene health field activate!
Celestia winched as a green beam enveloped the dying filly, she spazed out for a second as if shocked...then went still again.
"LIVE!" Shouted Tyrone as he hit her with another burst of nano-genes.
...Nothing...
"LIVE! Again, he zapped...
...again Nothing...
"LIVE!"
...Nothing...
"LIVE!"
"LIVE!"
"LIVE!"
"LIVE!"
"LIVE!"
"LIVE!"
He zapped and zapped until his finger was sore and bloody...but none of the fillies would wake...either his bullet was just too good...or they were just too far gone...in any case..."I'm sorry." He whimpered out loud...
A single tear drop feel from face...and onto the console...no one saw it glow where it landed.
Wendy puts a comforting hand on her young friends shoulder, but an angry Tyrone just slams the console frustrated...unintentionally causing the beam to shoot again-
...and this time...
ZAP!
Celestia blinked as a phenomena she hadn't seen since Princess Candace occurred... Twilight had vanished! Celestia quickly quelled the panic, "Be calm my little ponies! I think I know what happened to Twilight, I believe I know where she is and I'll return her posthaste!"
"What happens after that though..." She shook her head, she'd worry about that latter, right now she needed to make sure Twilight was alright and bring her home!
As she ascended to the astral plane, she tried to think on what this all meant, "First and foremost I'll have to deal with that strange 'thing'...but after that...I know I'd planned to have whatever student I picked to eventually ascend to alicornhood...but this is too soon! I need at least another decade to lay the groundwork and ease ponies- both rich and poor -into the prospect of a NEW princess...but as the socio-political situation stands-
she shakes her head, "Your overthinking this Celestia, true it might not be ideal...but one little alicorn brought into being a BIT ahead of schedule won't derail things...if anything it'll probably make things better!"
She finally pops into the Astral plane to greet her new 'sister'- AND GETS A FACE FULL OF PINK!?
"HI!I'MPINKIEPIE!I'MSUPEREXCIEDTOMEETYOU!WILLYOUBEMYNEWFRIEND!?IGOTWINGSANDAHORNJUSTLIKEYOU!AREWECOUSINS!?SISTERS!?MOTHERS!?"
Celestia looked baffled at the pink ALICORN filly that now clung to her face and rambled on and on without stop or breathing...despite the surprise, she regained her bearings, looked around...and saw they weren't alone...
"W...wasn't I just falling?" Asked a disoriented Rainbow Dash, rubbing the horn she had on her head now...
"Gah!...mah head...anyone get the number of that donkey cart that done run me over?" Asked a groaning Applejack as her body ached from the THREE new appendages that had been added to it...
"eep!" Squeaked Fluttershy as she tried to hide from everything and the horn on her head without success...
"Why these wings are simply divine! I'll have to make a new dress to accommodate it!" Shouted Rarity excitedly.
Twilight nervously trotted up to an increasingly stunned Celestia, "Uh...Princess Celestia? What's going on?" She asked confused as she pointed both to her wings and the 5 other alicorn fillies that had popped out of nowhere...
Celestia face-hoofed as she saw all her free 'cake' time for the next ten years go up in smoke, "That's what I'd like to know..." She grumbled...
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"NO!" Snaps Granny Pie as she snatches the bottle from her son's grasp.
"Granny be reasonable! Pinkie is a princess! If that ain't a sign for the end times-
"Something wonderful has happened to my grandchild, This is a time for celebration where she's embraced by her loving father- NOT A SUGAR-CRAZED LOUT!"
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"YAY RAINBOW DASH!"
"#1 CHILD FOREVER!"
"BEST PONY PRINCESS HANDS DOWN!"
Celestia had to shielded her eyes as Rainbow Dashes parents let loose a bunch of celebratory fireworks off...
Rainbow groaned, "Guy's...come on..." She flustered...
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"What do you mean, they're on vacation?!" Shouted Celestia angrily at the startled babysitter that been sent to watch Rarity.
Rarity shrugged, "Eh, I'm used to it. I'm practically raising myself at this point." She explained neutrally as she trotted off to show off her wings to her baby sister...oblivious to the hot water she'd just put her parents in
Celestia huffed smoke from her nostrils annoyed, "I'll be having words with those two 'parents'"...
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"No I ain't off my meds yah dang fool! Go get your mommah! I want every Apple in the family tree here to celebrate! OUR APPLEJACK IS A PRINCESS!" Shouts Granny Smith while an amused Celestia watches...
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"Yay." Whispered the shy family as their daughter was returned to them...
Butter Shy snores obliviously on the couch...
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"Mommy, I'm a princess now!" Squeals Twilight happily as she jumps into her arms, Velvet Sparkle brushes away a tear, "You were always a Princess to me Sweetie..." She whispered sweetly.
Celestia smiled at the heartwarming scene...which of course was interrupted...
"Message for you mam!" Celestia groaned, "How'd they find out so quickly?" She read through the dozens of summons from both nobles and government departments demanding an explanation for the 'recent events'.
Celestia shook her head...it wasn't ideal...but she was fairly confident she'd found the bearers of harmony. True, she was in for a massive headache...but with her contingency plans and careful planning she was confident that soon things will quiet down...
"As long as nothing else stirs up the waters of course...but never mind that now! Time to talk to our strange...'Guest'."
She turned toward to the strange metallic creature still hovering in mid-air- along with it's 5 other 'buddies' that Celestia had brought with her - and walked toward them.
"Right, I think we deserve an explanation here...first of all; what species are you? I've never seen anything like you in all my travels."
There was an awkward pause... "Uh...you do know this isn't us right?" Said a new voice from the 'things'(an older female teen by the sound of it).
"Beg pardon?" Asked Celestia confused.
"Yeah...were just talking through the drones...their not actually...well, their not alive in the same way as you or I" She explains awkwardly
"Are you saying that these 'drones' are golem constructs that you are speaking through like some manner of ventriloquism?" Asked Celestia trying to guess the situation.
Again the drones were silent... "Uh...I guess?" Said the teen voice unsure.
Celestia frowned, these 'drones' were unlike any 'golem' she'd ever seen..no magic could be sensed from them- how was that possible? - and she'd NEVER heard of a mage speaking THROUGH a Golem before... How was this-
She shook her head, she'd try to understand this later, for now-
"Never mind, were are you then?"
The drone sighed... "Okay, I'll tell you...just...go easy on the kid, okay? He'd never have build theses if it weren't for me...and he most CERTAINLY never would've built them if he'd known they'd be used to target KIDS."
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After receiving the coordinates, the and her royal guard went to an abandoned town on the far outskirts of town... "Right, Let's get this over with, I have a media circus to control and a bunch of nobles to baby." Joked Celestia to herself. After the whole thing with the filly alicorn, a straightforward problem- minus the odd 'devices' this group of malcontents somehow had access to -would be more then welcome!
The guards threw open the door...and gaped.
"...I HAD to jinx it." Thinks a stunned Celestia.
...there were 4 people in a room full of odd equipment; 2 beaten and tied up, one 12-year old child still crying and one slightly roughed up teen comforting him...
The problem with this picture? NONE of them were ponies...or any other species Celestia had seen...outside of fairy tales and conspiracy nut job manifestos...
One greenhorn guard whispered to another, "Houston...we have humans."
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TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.
But, hey. Feel free to use whatever elements you want from this, if you want! Or maybe give me ideas?
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