It was a quiet night in the village of Ponyville not a single noise in the area except for the regular sound of crickets singing in their natural courtship ritual, in essence it was indeed a perfect night to be resting. Unless you were the owner of a bar and you had to be putting up with a group of drunks who want to keep going (in his words) until they burst.
Steel Hoofs was a 1.30 meter tall stallion, slightly taller than the average pony, dark blue fur and a short black mane and the current owner of the place.
The stallion sighed wearily "today I had not planned to have the tent open all night" If I had to guess, Steel hoof would never have expected a bunch of ponies to show up on a goddamn Monday and plan a whole night of partying, not that he cared why, but apparently it was all because of some love drama he didn't feel like getting into. Without more to do I look for a glass cup to uselessly clean everything while trying to ignore the group's conversation and failing in the process.
"That bitch!... How could she do this to me, it was a whole year of relationship, I was ready to take the next step "said one of the ponies of the group with tears and clear signs of intoxication in his voice" I abandon myself with that bastard who supposedly is my brother "the pony clenches his teeth to the point where it was almost heard as they creaked.
"Dude, you've been repeating that for 3 hours, forget it! As they say, there will always be grass on the mountain, right? Hahaha" no one accompanied the laughter at the stallion's embarrassing joke.
"Sand if your attractiveness was based solely on how much grace you generate believe me that that scrub would become a desert" said the third member of the group with total lack of grace "but it has a Fern point, you must leave the past behind, and for that we are here! We are going to leave our sorrows with our old and reliable alcohol, you are also a good stallion Fern considering the difference in the population, I am sure that if you try you will get someone much better "he said motivatingly putting a pesuña on the shoulder of the depressed friend.
"You don't understand Shein, he not only left, he also took everything, all the money I had accumulated in my work of goods and real estate! I lost everything now I have nothing left... Nothing "dropped his head to the table with resignation and weariness.
"Wow wow relax for a moment, really? If he took everything then because you don't report it to the princess "guard, they will surely help you," Sand said in a relaxed manner.
Fern sighed again "not even celestia or moon are able to eliminate the corruption, they can't be everywhere at once "said Fern as she wiped away tears" my damn brother is a retired officer, he has many contacts and besides I have no proof that it was them, in the end it is my word against his. With such a large group covering his back I have nothing to do "the vos of Fern became dark when he gritted his teeth again to reveal this fact" also that idiot has enough money, there was no reason why to take mine away unless I want to sink more"
"Boy, are you fucked, my friend," Sand said with indifference and mockery, "I wouldn't want to be in your place."
Shein frowns angrily "Drop the Sand shit could you have a little touch here? Damn, this is not what he needs. "
Sand looks back at him with a hint of irony and equal anger "you want me to act just like you, haha I'm sorry I'm not good at lying shein" responds the stallion squinting at shein.
Fern's eyes widened as she heard this directing her gaze to Sand "what do you mean"
Shein's eyebrows wrinkled even more "Sand, no-" wanted to continue but was interrupted.
"Not what, Shein?!, Don't you want me to tell you what we clearly did?! "Sand said in a scream as he rose from the table.
Fern's pupils contracted as the two continued to argue as if a bucket of cold water was thrown in her face. Fern's mind began to work at 100 trying by any way to think that what those two were implying was something completely different from what they clearly implied.
"CUT IT ALREADY SAND" shein tried to calm down "let's talk outside!" Shein got up from the table approaching Sand and dragged him out of the bar.
Between complaints and insults from Sand, Shein dragged the stallion past, passing Steel who was watching them out of the corner of his eye.
"Poor wretch wouldn't want to be in your pains almost makes me want to give you a free drink... Almost "The steel helmets thought as I cleaned another perfectly clean glass cup, despite their efforts, ignore the conversation of those three ponies was impossible, listening to all the rubbish that happened to this stallion, certainly the troubles of any unknown pony was not an anguish in him, but I was aware of when life was clearly not on the side of a pony. Steel grabbed the glass he was cleaning and filled it with a good wine and set out to run in the direction of the stallion "to be condemned, this will be my first good deed in months."
Before being able to reach the stallion this jog quickly to the door in which his supposed friends went "I have seen this milis of times and it will not end well," Steel was torn between staying out of it or following it and stopping whatever was going to happen, he thought for a couple of seconds until he also trotted to the exit door.
"Let me go to Shein!" The sand abruptly separates from the shein as he shakes his fur and then cheekily smiles at her "so am I done with your little acting show?" After his mockery, he frowns angrily. "I had plans to get out of here as soon as I knew his stupid girlfriend had run away, but no, you had to play good friend and bring us here, for what fucking purpose? "Strongly reproached.
"Was my friend, so I just wanted to make him feel better" shein swallowed saliva staring at the ground with guilt.
"You consider yourself his friend after this," he laughs. "You should have thought before accepting his idiot brother's proposal," he replies with disdain.
"He promised me that he would help my sister with the funds to make her restaurant, you know how much his back has been broken by that, if I have to choose between her or Fern then clearly I know who to choose," she said, looking up again with conviction.
"I'd be surprised if your sister ever talks to you if she ever finds out what you did to your friend," he said as he raised a pesuña to make a dating sign in the word friend "but Whatever, I don't care."
"Shut up," he said as he gritted his teeth
Fern stopped behind the door outside the bar and listened to the conversation accompanied by a dizziness that grew in her head.
Sand laughs "although I'm not better than you either, I only hung out with him since he always invited drinks hahaha but battlements I do know where to set a limit, Watch him break into his house and take out his money using the trust he placed in you, you are the friend par excellence" Sand laughs louder "but at least you are a good brother, right?!.
Fern froze after hearing the true, what he had been thinking before was confirmed, he had battled so much with himself to think otherwise but everything they had gone through was a lie, his family, his partner, the friends he thought they had gotten, was it all a lie?, he always thought that Ponyville was a place where he could truly escape from the falsehood that surrounded the city, The people proved so many things that convinced him that it was worth putting his heart and trust in these ponies but now the hard truth hit him again
Fern lowered her head as new tears came out of its leaves with the echo of the walls intensifying the dripping sound, in her stomach she began to feel a strange discomfort
"Leave me alone!," Shein clicks his tongue "I was planning to give her one last outing of friends to cheer him up a little but you ruined it" Shein decided to end the conversation, turned around and prepared to walk away from the tavern "I'm leaving".
Fern began to grit his teeth worryingly, the alcohol had made him too dizzy and he was no longer able to think clearly
"Hey friend, are you okay?" Steel hoofs had decided to follow the stallion fearing that an altercation would be generated, when he tried to continue the voice of the stallion was heard on the other side of the door; that he remembered, was called Sand.
"Oh, but what considered, you deserve a medal for best friend!" he said mockingly.
Fern tried to order her thoughts but the only thing that resonated in her was that word friend, she persistently tried to calm that feeling that was beginning to be born deep inside the but even that damn word drilled into her brain, friend... Friend... Friend,friend,friend frrrrrrriiiiiiiiiieeeeeennnnnndaaaaa
Fern kicked open the door causing everyone to notice him, the stallion's face was practically dead with his eyes ejected in blood from tears and his pupils shrunk until they looked like dots fixing them on Shein.
Shein turned his head and looked towards the tavern and then noticed Fern's presence and noticed the expression that showed him "Fe-rn, did you hear everything? He said anguished.
Fern walked forward towards Shein, without saying a single word.
Sand noticing Fern's excretion did not hesitate and subtly moved away from the tavern, this was no longer his problem he had not done anything unlike shein, he asked for it alone.
"Fern, please just listen!, I did it for my sister," he said while backing away a bit, "she's a very hardworking pony and... I just thought I deserved more, do you understand it, really? friend."
Hearing this word, the stallion's expression became wild and quickly charged towards him.
"Hey espe-" Fern didn't let Shein finish when she bumped into the stud and quickly pressed her hooves on his neck as he screamed.
"BASTARD! I TRUSTED YOU," she shouted as she pushed her hooves harder against Shein's throat. Fern could no longer reason, all she wanted was to satiate the feeling that was welling up from her stomach demanding the life of this pony.
"I'm sorry," he tried to say as his breath ran out and his strength left him.
"HAAAAAAA!" fern kept pressing until someone grabbed him from behind separating him from the stallion.
Steel hoofs couldn't believe what he was seeing, it was obvious that this would end in a conflict but he never imagined that he would try to kill his old friend, he had never seen or heard of any assassination attempt in this town and even less by a pony, with the presence of the elements of harmony he believed that this would not happen. It took him a few seconds to compose himself when he returned to reality and quickly approached to save the stallion that was being suffocated. He hugged the stallion around the stomach and got up on two legs to separate them
Fren was writhing furiously in Steel's grip while shein tried to fill his lungs with air again with a dry cough coming out of his throat "YOU HAVE TO RELAX NOW LITTLE ONE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO DO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS?" Steel wasn't paid enough for this, where were the guards when they were needed? Ho of course, There's none, given that most of the altercations in this town are minimal and never amount to anything and adding the fact of the presence of the elements of harmony there was no need to manage a guard post, a rather stupid decision if you asked, since it did not matter if there was not so much danger in this town or how powerful the elements were, it was always better to prevent to be regretted.
"!LET ME GO!" fern was still fighting to free herself, he couldn't understand why she was being held back in her revenge, because this pony had to get into trouble that is not hers, for fern this was the only thing she could do, she had nothing left and she wanted to release all her anger and pain on the only pony she could catch up with now.
Steel applied more force and twist on his axis to get the pony out of the ground and make him fall to causing a cry of pain from him, and with the aggressor stallion on the ground he only had to press him with his own weight to keep him immobile "hey your name is shein no? If you have already recovered, it will be better for you to seek help, perhaps some of the elements of harmony, I will keep this one until they arrive, you understand?!" he said with a growl as he was applying a lot of force to the stallion. This pony is full of adrenaline keeps trying to get out of my grip, without a doubt this would be Steel's most problematic night maybe in years.
"G-good," Shein said, trying to regain her composure.
While all this was happening Fern's mind silenced everything around him, then that's how it all ended, with Shein escaping, he being Escorted, tried and convicted of attempted murder. With all his brother's acquaintances it was certain that it would not be a short sentence. If just this stallion he would not have stopped him because, because, because BECAUSE!, because it seemed that everyone was abandoning him because, the feeling that emanated in his belly intensified much more, he felt lonely.
"Why?" Fern said almost in a whisper with a blank stare.
"Look boy, I know that everything that's happening to you is shit, but what you're doing won't help at all, you're quite drunk, I assure you that if you rest for a moment, your mind will clear," Steel replied in the most empathetic way possible.
"I'll kill them," he said again in a whisper, his eyes went from seeing nothing to focus on Steel, those lifeless eyes full of something Steel couldn't distinguish: "I'll kill them all."
Its fur bristled immediately as his ears stuck to his head. Did this pony really just say this? The mere thought of taking a life for a pony was an atrocity and this stallion said it with so much feeling almost as if confirming a fact, steel immediately felt that something very bad was happening it was as if something was about to clothe him, when Steel thought of releasing the stallion and running along with shein for help a guttural voice was heard trying to gesticulate some word.
FF-RII-E-EENN
Steel shuddered at the sound of that unnatural voice, slowly turning his head towards the voice... And there that thing saw it, what the hell was that thing?!, Steel's body trembled uncontrollably under the pressure that this thing was generating... Monster, there was no other way to describe it, he quickly let go of Fern and walked away getting closer to Shein who was already recovered and equally trembling with fear at the sight of that thing but that was the minimum of his worries, he had to focus on what was in front of him.
Across the street was an amorphous being that could hardly be considered a pony despite having parts of it, they were abnormal placed and their sockets were totally empty and dark, the only way to describe it was simply a monster.
None of the three were able to do anything else when the monster quickly charged to the front when he thought it would attack them, he was bewildered to see how that creature grabbed Fern and quickly dragged him away from them to the outskirts of town.
"¿e? wai- LET GO!"
Everything was silent when the monster moved farther and farther away with its possible victim.
"What... It just happened, because he took Fern?" This was a dream, it had to be, Steel thought stressedly, how was it possible that this thing suddenly appeared on the street seemingly out of nowhere, that creature emanated a kind of aura that terrified him and at the same time repudiated, Steel tried to calm his agitated breathing.
"Ha.. A-a- HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" unlike Steel shein was not able to keep calm when he tried to flee screaming, but was stopped by Steel by grabbing them by the tail
"Wait, listen to me well boy, look for help from the elements, from any of them and that they bring a search team," he said flatly.
"That-" I can't go on because steel silenced it.
"JUST DO AS I TELL YOU!", steel saw again in the direction in which they took Fern "is going in the direction of the outskirts of the village... That address is the Everfree forest" he said anguished as he began to gallop after the kidnapped stallion "Will I be an idiot?, I'm going to rescue a criminal from the hands of a damn monster" This was the stupidest idea of his life The most obvious thing he would have to do is run away and seek help but, the memory the first thing the creature (friend) said, This couldn't be a coincidence, that creature had to have done something to that pony to drive him crazy.
Despite his fear, Steel galloped quickly to catch up with the creature and find out what was happening.
Shein remained in place "P-pe-but I... The Everfree forest?, shit...shit, shit, shit, shit!" he shouted running as much as he could away from the tavern, if it was for help or just went to find a place to hide. Steel couldn't know anymore.
Elsewhere
Deep in the everfree
Deep in a cave a set of candles could be made out subtly illuminating the area, a humid environment was adorned by sets of tables, artifacts, crystals and runes scattered everywhere and in the center a huge dark crystal stood out worryingly and in front of it a circle composed of a set of runes carved in stone housed in the ground.
"Lubazi, how much longer will we have to wait," the first individual left hidden in a robe, looking at the other beside him.
The second individual sighs "don't call me by my name 3, right now I'm 1 you don't know who may be listening, in this strange forest, and stop complaining, it's not long away"
"We've been planning this for days," said a third individual approaching.
"We can't fail" a fourth individual shows up to complete the meeting.
"If the records of the Shadow King's investigation are correct, then everything will be fine," replies 1, leafing through a book that rested on the table.
"With our success we will bring a new ara of greatness for zebras!" said 3 enthusiastically "we will be the pride of our race"
"Don't Rush 3 although King Sombra went into the Zebra Realm in search of information for his experiments, his records are incomplete," 1 he said stoically.
The group now revealed as zebras debated the veracity of the king's records, in which he recounted the way in which he obtained his power and the coordinates of multiple dark crystals that, according to what he recounts in his writings, was the ones with ma he managed curse the entire crystal empire and erase it from the map.
"But it worked, right?, it is said that after being locked up for weeks in his laboratory it came out with the shape with which we all remember, it has to be this" 3 pointed his helmet at the crystal "he got that dark power with these crystals, if we can somehow get that put to use at our disposal we would no longer have to have simple potions or runes, We would be the equivalent of a unicorn!.
Unlike the rest of the species in equus zebras did not have anything that made them stand out, griffins had dexterity and strength in flight along with their advanced industrial power and handling of metal, minotaurs are considerably larger than any thinking creature in the world and with a much greater strength than the average of other creatures and as for ponies, These shone for their versatility since the terrestrial ponies had greater strength, the pegasi controlled the weather and the unicorns had their obvious freedom in manipulation with magic. Add to this the existence of the aliicorns that united everything in a single being, not to say that of the three that currently exist, two of them control the sun and the moon.
Yes, it was not a favorable situation for the zebras, a feeling of inferiority was constantly clinging to their beings. The zebras remembered the ancient era well despite the fact that the princesses in their 1000-year rule have vanished almost all records of that time, for the zebras those times before the emergence of harmony were unforgettable, it was a constant war for resources and territory, a war in which the zebras were the most damaged by their lack of ability.
With the birth of the celestil and luna princesses along with the rise of harmony they managed to stop the war using their overwhelming power and harmony by changing the nature of the world to provide equity, suitable zones for the development of each race. With the new peace imparted by the princesses came an era of plenitude, at least for most races, but for the zebras it was only a demonstration of their weakness, as they must depend entirely on the charity of others to thrive. If it weren't for princesses, the zebra race wouldn't have endured.
"I said don't rush 3 there are still things to understand, we should review what we are trying to do, 2 explain to us once again how the crystal works" said 1 hoping that if they went through everything they could come up with new ideas.
2 nodded "The crystal is a solid condensation of dark magic that is anchored to the physical plane as well as to the non-physical, think of it as an apple that exists in two different planes, if you cut it it oxidizes when it comes into contact with the air but since the same apple also exists in a non-physical plane it cannot make contact with the air so it will not rust, This forces the apple of the physical plane to remain in its natural state, it is an artifact that shares existence in two places at the same tim-.
"YOU CAN STOP SPREADING IT SO MUCH AND GET TO THE POINT," 3 complained impatiently.
2 He looked blank at the zebra and then shook his head "To summarize the crystal is present in two dimensions at the same time, it is more complex than that but I think it is understood"
"Do you see that it wasn't that difficult? If this" 3 pointed at the crystal "is in two dimensions, it is certain that his power brought him from some other dimension using the crystal" exclaimed 3 obviously.
"The stories relate that in order to survive the sisters' attack, the shadow king unleashed a curse on the crystal empire and in doing so, both he and the entire empire disappeared, perhaps they were taken to that non-physical plane that you mention 2" finally deciding to include themselves in the conversation 4 exposed his theory "that would explain why when they returned they were as if hundreds of years had not passed".
"That only confirms it, if that crystal is able to take things from here, then why wouldn't it be able to bring things too?" said 1 with determination.
"It is not that simple, as I said it is not in another dimension as such but it is outside of all dimensions, if we want to bring something we first have to know where to bring it from. The crystal will act as a hook that catches what we need, but we must do it right." 2 began with his monologue as he trotted into the book of shadow records. "My theory is that the shadow king used his dark magic as an anchor to search for something similar so that the crystal could bring it in, but with the innumerable dimensions there would have to be a massive signal of energy so great that it was able to reach the crystal and the crystal. Therefore to be dragged into our world, those signs perhaps manifested themselves 1000 years ago and thus the king achieved his mission" 2 finished relating his theories to the group.
"And it turns out that recently one of the crystals gave off a similar signal, when we discovered it the zebra ruler wasted no time looking for a way to get that power, and that's how we are here, this crystal is the largest that the king Built in the world" 1 Frown "But in order to use the crystal we need that 'anchor' which is dark magic but we can't even use magic."
3 began to growl in frustration." So can we or can't we do it?! Because I didn't come to this place abandoned by Celestia just to go sightseeing!
"We can't use magic but ponies can" 2 emphasized, went to another table and pointed to the runes "These runes were designed by King Sombra and emanate that particular energy, their records indicate that to use them you must come into contact with the aura that gives off and then experience very strong negative events, when that happens a creature will manifest and fulfill a simple order that you have indicated in the rune".
4 got back into the conversation "A few hours ago I sneaked into the village of Ponyville and placed a rune in the furthest place from large groups of ponies, the zebra queen bribed one of the equestria guards with the aim of causing the most stress in a pony and the moment that happens the creature manifested, he will take the pony and bring it tracing the signature of the other runes that are here."
"We will use that magic generated by the pony to use it as an anchor and once a sign happens again the crystal will finally bring it, whatever it is on the other side, but we do not drink to trust each other, for that we came prepared for any battle" 1 ended the conversation by raising his robe revealing a set of potions and artifacts "the queen spared no expense and gave us the best of the best with everything these we could even fight with the best unicorn soldiers that can exist, battlements for a couple of minutes."
As if it were the work of fate, the runes began to glow and flicker, alerting the group: "Good! But how opportune, did you have it ready, little boss?" said 3 with amusement, hitting 1's side with his hair to annoy him.
1 gritted his teeth, "Disrespectful mare, if it wasn't for your skill in combat I wouldn't have brought you" 1 He said in a whisper, deciding to ignore his partner's words, "Everyone get ready!, They will arrive at any moment, we must act fast, we don't know how much the next crystal signal will be!" Everyone took positions.
3 I laugh anxiously "Finally, I thought this would be a waste of time lol" I gallop out of the cave to greet her guests.
"Doesn't that damn thing get tired?!" Steel gasped as he tried to keep up with the creature carrying the pony throughout the chase, somehow managing to knock the pony out "I don't even know what I'm supposed to do when that thing stops, I don't think in a fight I can beat her just looking into her eyes makes my fur stand up."
It had already been 10 minutes since they had moved away from the village and were going deeper and deeper into the everfree forest at first when he realized that they were approaching the forest he hesitated again but he was filled with courage and continued with his pursuit, at also thought that sooner or later some creature of the everfree would attack them, perhaps to feed, perhaps to defend their territory, but in their gallop they could notice how the bright and growling eyes that lurked in the darkness of the bushes vanished the moment the creature passed by them.
"Even the everfree animals don't want to get close to that, damn and I'm chasing them!" as he continued to think about this, Steel's heartbeat already agitated by the race became stronger, he shook his head and recomposed himself, he had to calm down, his goal was not to fight, just to find out where he was taking the pony, Then if he gave him the opportunity he would take him back to the village, otherwise he would leave the forest and wait for help to arrive and guide them to Fern. Well, if that pony shein went there for help, in another way he would have to look for it himself "if it was for the help of the elements of harmony it will not take more than 30 minutes to enter the everfree, 1 hour if you decide to meet all the elements before to leave".
The creature continued to run and jump from tree to tree, performing acrobatics impossible for a body like that, 10 minutes had already passed, taking into account that they were running at a gallop the distance they had traveled would be around 12 km and it seemed that the creature would never stop. Upon reaching a large crossroads of rocky mountains on the other side of a lake, the creature jumped from another tree to a branch and with its right leg formed a hook when connecting with the branch quickly began to spin on it until it finally broke free and shot to the other side of the lake and continued to climb the mountains,
Steel planted his paws on the ground before touching the water, with obvious tiredness he followed with his gaze the creature that climbed the mountain "I don't remember mountains in the everfree forest so close to Ponyville" he said between gasps "how far did we go?!" he looked at the lake and moaned in frustration "I've already gone too far" jumped into the water and swam with everything he could on the other side, wishing Celestia that this was the ultimate goal of the creature.
"Hadn't they said that this thing had been created by King Sombra himself, an evil being taken from Tartarus?" 3 She was standing outside the cave with an irritated look, waiting for the arrival of the much-acclaimed creature of the king "Because for being one, it's pretty slow, how long have I been out here?" A slight growl came out of her mouth "I hate to be kept waiting".
3 or better known as Lendary at first thought that this mission would be much more exciting than it really was, she did not understand why they brought her if she was not a bookworm like those other three, she stood out for her ability to use potions in the melee attack. Being one of the most promising zebra soldiers in the country, she would be perfectly capable of dealing with groups of zebras at once, she could even beat a couple of Earth ponies easily based on sheer skill and combined with her potions, she guaranteed that she could even beat a minotaur. That's why when she was summoned by the zebra ruler and assigned to her according to her own words (the most important mission in history for zebras, so big that it could change the balance and hierarchy in the world), when she heard this she was alarmingly excited, a mission that would mark history! Requested by the queen herself, who would refuse something like this, she thought it would be an exciting battle in search of success and glory.
Their mission was simple, it was to go into the pony lands and find an ancient artifact created by the most sinister pony in history and protect these three fools while they did their crazy scientist things
"We just sneak through the village, we arrived at the Everfree forest, the runes chased away the beings from the forest and we arrived at the cave to just spend days doing nothing," she said bored and monotonously, going over everything that happened in her head, which generated more irritation "than disappointment, I'm an elite soldier not a damn security guard, I hope this is worth it or I swear I resign."
As he continued with his complaints with the mission in the distance he could hear rapid footsteps thanks to the echo of the mountain, Lendary put his thoughts aside and concentrated on the sound by squinting his eyes in the direction of it.
There on top of a large rock in the distance, an amorphous and aberrant creature climbed, the being quickly jumped off the rock and continued its run towards its location, Lendary bristled slightly the toll and positioned himself in a fighting pose taking his passions out of his robe, being about to attack he realized that he was carrying something else, He was a pony and that's how he understood what it was.
The creature passed by her without looking at her, as if she had not noticed her existence and entered the cave.
Lendary sighed "So it finally came, there's no doubt that this thing could only have been created by the shadow king" he couldn't describe it but it gave off a suffocating aura it was the same as the densest pear rune, "well, don't even think that I'll stay out here playing a guardian dog, let's see what will come out of this", Lenary trotted into the cave.
"Shit! Grrrrr" Steel grunted with effort trying to climb the mountain, having hooves did not make it much easier, after a few torturous moments he reached the top and continued galloping in the direction he thought the monster was headed.
He continued until he came across a large rock with holes of hair drilling into it, obvious indications that something had climbed it after going around it he found in the distance a deep cave just at the moment when a robed figure enters "ac-maybe that was a pony, the monster had to have entered there, What the hell?" Steel took a few seconds to lie on the ground and catch his breath "I knew it, someone planned all this, sent that monster and did something in that pony's mind" Steel rejoined and taking a breath of air advanced slowly and cautiously towards the cave.
Steel stopped right at the entrance, "Am I about to risk my life for a stranger?" he asked in dismay, "Come on, Steel, what do you gain by playing the hero?, you know where they are hiding, just come back and let someone else take care of the rest," he wondered why he risked so much for a pony to whom I barely speak, It was not like him, but in his uncertainty a memory came to his mind: I lost everything, now I have nothing left... Nothing, Steel looked determined at the cave and entered with a firm but stealthy step "I had lost everything too".
As he continued to enter the cave close to the wall to be less visible he began to notice several details, it did not seem to be natural it was more as if they had cast a piercing spell, he could notice the spirals that pierced the walls "this place gives chills" at the end of the path the corridor turned to the right where dim lights emanated and what seemed to be a conversation, Apparently the pony he saw earlier was not alone. He silently stuck to the wall and glanced sideways at the room, so to speak, full of tables, artifacts and a large crystal in the center, but what caught Steel's attention the most was the four figures conversing with each other along with an unconscious pony in the center of a circle of runes carved into the floor.
Steel could see inside the hood of his robes the unmistakable black and white stripes "zebras?! That zebras make so far from their lands, isn't it supposed that the only zebra in this area was zacora? Steel tried to think for what purpose these zebras arrived in pony lands ¿they came from another direction?, ¿they infiltrated Ponyville? and ¿where the hell was the monster?, the questions only increased more and more, deciding to look for an answer I listen carefully to the conversation of the zebras.
When Lenary arrived at the crystal room he was surprised not to find the creature, he quickly searched every corner of the room with his eyes preparing for a possible ambush "Hey, what did I miss?, what happened to the... Thing?" he continued with his futile search, picking up the books from the table in the unlikely possibility that he would shrink there.
"Relax 3, didn't you hear anything I said?, the negative amalgam is only born to fulfill a single order, after that it will not be able to maintain its form and will fade away, that is why King Shadow considers them failed experiments, they require a lot of work to create and their benefits are almost nil" 2 replied irritated by the soldier's lack of attention.
"the amalgama of what?" asked the mare boredly, these technical things were definitely not her thing.
2 rolled his eyes, "the thing," he replied simply.
"And why don't you say it like that from the damn beginning" he commented as he approached the unconscious pony "well, we already have our anchor now what?, I swear that if we have to spend another damn week living like moles I'm going to-"
"Stop complaining 3 you drive me crazy" 1 interrupted 3 "2 it's time get ready!" he said raising his voice, 1 and 4 approached the circle of runes where the pony remained in the center, from their robes they took out magic crystals in the shape of thorns and nailed them on top of the runes.
The instant they stuck the crystals into the ground all the runes lit up intensely and the black crystal of the shadow king began to vibrate, slowly 2 approached and placed himself in the middle of both of them. From the crystals a beam of intense light was abruptly released that was directed at the head of 2, slowly in the circle of runes a dome was formed that caused the unconscious pony to levitate in the air, 2 closed his eyes calmly after a long 15 seconds the zebra quickly opened his eyes to reveal that they were completely white and emanating light.
Lenary was impressed by the display of energy that was coming out of the glass "this is what awaited me with something that would change history" said the soldier with a euphoric smile, it was an impressive display of power that required all her attention to appreciate it.
So absorbed in her surroundings she was not able to catch the slight scream behind her, if Steel had already shuddered with the horrendous presence of the monster this required all her will not to scream, a heavy pressed tightly in her mouth so as not to reveal herself to the group, this THIS WAS MADNESS! It was so much pressure that it made her legs tremble, "What are they going to do to that pony?!, for Celestia's sake, what should I do now?!.
Ignoring everything that happened around him 2 began to lose consciousness, or rather his consciousness was being pulled so the non-physical plane, when the sensation of pulling ceased, 2 opened his eyes, or would have done so if he had eyelids, since it was not there only his mind was brought to this plane.
Indeed it was just as it thought, something that it could not describe in words, was somewhere and at the same time nowhere, it was empty but at the same time it was full, simply its mind was not able to comprehend a higher dimension totally alien to the natural rules of the physical realm and 3 dimensions.
2 would have loved to stay and investigate the place more but he knew he had a task to do, determined, he concentrated again and tried to spread his consciousness everywhere in search of that energy, being in this higher plane his existence covered all the existing dimensions, he had to hurry and detect it before his collapse from the pressure of being bombarded by the influence of an infinity of worlds, The time was uncertain, here she didn't know how much time really passes, she only knew that when the pain came she would have to stop the connection immediately, but her doubts were cut short when she finally felt it.
2 He wasted no time and connected with the desired dimension and in doing so he was able to be slightly aware of the world around him now, it was in simple words... advanced, lot of giant buildings, and lights shining as far as the eye could see, it was a place that even the most revolutionary inventions of the faucet could not match.
"Focus, Morcly," was certainly a one-time sight, but he had to hurry up and get something that could give him the answers they needed and that wouldn't put up any resistance.
He quickly let the area give him the information he needed to be able to look for an ideal creature and transfer it to his dimension, it was more complicated than he thought since there were many presence in the area fluctuating, colliding, increasing, decreasing, morcly perfectly understood the situation "a confrontation"
All the signals that the crystal emitted were due to this conflict, The zebra didn't know why a battle broke out here, but considering the creatures created with the energy of this place, he didn't want to find out.
Without much desire to continue admiring the situation, he continued searching, but he was taken out of his concentration when he heard something that shook him to the core
HaHaHaHa HaHa HAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
A sick, demonic laughter could be heard in every alley and every street, intensified by the echo of an empty neighborhood, accompanied by a bestial amount of evil energy.
Morcly's whole body trembled and began to hyperventilate at the sound of that dreadful laughter echoing in his head, "W-what is this n-I can't bre-athe, it's too much, what's going on?!" panicking I try to ignore him and continue with his duty, desperately looking for a target to take quickly, but as more time went by the louder the laughter pierced his mind it was so much pressure that he thought he would go crazy, until out of nowhere the laughter stopped.
The silence that followed that laughter was just as stressful, if not more stressful, than the laughter itself, and Morcly knew that this was just the calm before the storm. He wanted to leave, to return to the dark, damp cave full of insects, it was preferable to being a second longer in this place, he did not care about the failure and the possible punishment of the Zebra Queen "I don't care about this mission anymore I will leave-"
BOOM!
The laughter resumed and to the right of the zebra approximately 30 meters away some intense flames worthy of the most powerful breath of the dragons was expelled from a building as if it were a pressure cooker, the concrete of the ground and all the material that constituted the building began to melt due to the intense heat, until from the highest part of the building with an explosive and puffs of smoke came two beings that the zebra could not recognize, but what he did recognize was that these two individuals were responsible for all that energy.
Morcly's mind was shocked and he couldn't do anything but watch, both bodies in the air kept passing through the buildings until one of the creatures put its front legs together and prepared to launch another blast of fire from its claws? And he shouted something intelligible to the zebra.
"Madamada!
It was unheard of, this creature was not a dragon or a unicorn and yet it was capable of releasing that hellfire, this was what the shadow king witnessed a thousand years ago, despite being completely terrified, the very thought of being able to perform the same thing kept him in place.
Before the creature could fire its fire, much to Morcly's horror he saw how its arms were sliced out of nowhere like slices, the other creature collided with the first one and lassoed it towards another building closer to the zebra, the rumble was enough to almost rupture its eardrums if its physical body was here as well, But this was the least of his problems as the fight got closer to him, he thanked heaven that only his mind was present in this dimension because otherwise he would have been seriously injured by the shockwave.
As he was closer to the battle he could distinguish the appearance of the fighters, one was; For Morcly, a one-eyed monster with the appearance of a volcano, as his head was literally a volcano with smoke coming out of it and the second was a kind of primate with little hair except for his pink hair on his head, this was the cause of Morcly being so disturbed, his aberrant aura and his four eyes glowing in deep red completely overshadowed the presence of the volcano.
The volcano quickly exited the building, being pulled by some kind of burning insect and then firing a large burst of concentrated fire to the point where they looked like beams of light, which pierced the buildings as the pink-haired monster dodged them as if it were nothing.
"His arms... had not been cut off?" Morcly opened his eyes giving himself an obvious answer "Regenerated them!" not only was he able to release fire but he could also regenerate his limbs, also at great speed, the fear of the zebra although still palpable on his face there was also a hint of ambition, if zebras were to get hold of this power how far could they go? How much could they advance, how much could they grow, the possibilities were limitless, i had to have it, NO, I wanted to have that power. Despite his terror, he decided to continue with his goal of looking for a creature that would grant him that opportunity.
So absorbed in his thought the zebra did not realize how the battle continued since now torrents of burning magma were coming out of the ground and all the buildings around were melting as they turned their concentration on the fighters could only know one thing, that pink-haired monster was slaughtering the volcano, Despite that display of unparalleled firepower that would undoubtedly have killed Morcly just by witnessing it in his physical form, to the four-eyed demon it seemed to be nothing more than a game.
The volcano after giving everything in its previous attack was not enough to win and the next moment the volcano crashed into another building from the top floor to the one below, the next seconds in which they remained in the building I cannot know what happened exactly but it sure angered the volcano as the whole building burst into fire and began to gather in a single point in the sky followed by a shrill cry from the volcano.
RYUSEI!
It was a sight worthy of rivaling even the celestial sun, so... Magnificent yet so disturbing, Morcly witnessed a power that only the alicorns had demonstrated. All the carriages and poles in the streets were attracted by the gravitational pull of the great pile of fire that hung over him.
And it felt so small
At the same time that was happening, in the cave you could see how the crystal vibrated menacingly and the light in the eyes of 2 shone brighter
"Time is running out," said 4 with Vos stoica "I don't think we have more than 5 minutes left" estimated the silent zebra.
"We can only hope and trust 2 to bring something that will serve us," said 1, fully confident in 2's abilities, "2 is the smartest of us, if anyone can do it, it's him."
"Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation of intellectuals, but... It's normal for that pony to do that," Lenary, being hers, tried to look indifferent to what was happening and failed miserably when her voice came out in distress and pointed to the pony that was gradually secreting blood from her orifices.
"I think we have less than 5 minutes left" replied 1 nervously, slowly ran his hoof over his forehead to remove the sweat that fell in his eyes and turned to look at 2 "come on 2 who is delaying you?"
To say that there was little time left was an understatement, an average pony body is not able to withstand so much magic running through its body which caused it to begin to collapse, not only did it bleed but also small cracks of light appeared in different parts of its body, it did not augur well for the pony and the growing trembling on the ground along with the brightness of the runes seemed to threaten to explode all over the cave at any time.
Steel was already at his limit, he had so many questions, and he was so frightened that the simple action of taking a step either way was a legendary feat, but he had to act, and fast"! ¡Come on, Steel, move!" gritted his teeth and searched inside for anything that would prompt him to move.
On the other hand, Morcly's eyes also lit up more and slight drops of blood were seen falling from his nose
Morcly's absorbed mind looking at the cumulus of fire was brought back to reality when he felt an intense headache and unbearable burning in his eyes, these were indications that he was running out of time and to the great fortune of the zebra the opportunity presented itself on a silver platter.
"Watashi wa koko ni 、hankei 100 metoru inai ni iru subete no hito ga " ima sugu " to IU made ugoku koto wa kinji masu shi 、mochiron 、 sono kisoku wa yaburu hito wa dare demo koroshi masu"
The sound of the demon's voice was able to cause the pain in his head to result in slight discomfort compared to the pressure he felt with each word he said, despite not being able to understand anything he said, the strength and arrogance that he despises evidenced his whim to impose his will.
Down on the ground in an alley was the pink-haired demon but besides him there were four other beings, 3 of them very similar to the first one while the other was a kind of panda that stood on two legs, the panda along with one of the 3 were next to the demon and the other two were on top of them in a structure that joined the two buildings of the Alley.
Those two had considerably a much weaker aura than the others, this was what he was looking for, now he just had to take those two with him! Before the meteorite fell silent.
There wasn't much time left before the incandescent mass lashed out at the group, and Morcly quickly activated the link and focused it on those two creatures.
"STEEL IF YOU DON'T MOVE NOW, YOU WILL BEAR THE DEATH OF THAT PONY" with that last push of motivation charge in the direction of the pony responsible, the one who remained totally still, "LET GO".
"Wait the- HEY!" 3 noticed the pony that was charging towards 2 very late and then pushed it to the ground.
"¡WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" 1 screamed in panic and quickly tried to catch up with the pony, but it was too late.
When taken out of the rune circle the link that Morcly was handling was abruptly cut, the runes, without someone to control them entered what would be an (autopilot). All the power of the Shadow King Crystal was released.
"AAAAARGHH!" without being able to understand what was happening, the zebra was subjected to an intense itching, it was as if a thousand needles had been balded in its brain: "My head, what's going on? I can't complete the link my- my head feels like I'm being dragged along," she said with effort, trying to resist the pain.
A few seconds before completing the link, Morcly's mind was taken out of that dimension, leaving behind a group of people who never realized it existed and a scene that would only end in tragedy when the meteorite fell noisily, reducing everything around it to ashes.
Morcly's mind abruptly impacted with his physical body, disoriented and frightened with the scarce cognitive capacity he had left to put together the scene that was happening right now.
He was on the ground and on top of him was a completely unknown pony, where he came from and how he was able to get to it was of little importance when he fixed his gaze on the black crystal that vibrated the loudest.
"What happened?" he said faintly, as he was about to pass out, "The city, the demon." Morcly's mind finally came back to the present, and I opened my eyes knowing what was about to happen.
"Free that pony, don't you see that you are killing him?!", Steel ignorant of all this, he only thought about saving the pony who was about to die,
Morcly's gaze quickly shifted to the pony above him, he was clearly panicking and acting irrationally, what pony in his right mind would go into a dark cave deep in the everfree forest and be clearly outnumbered? "And who are you"
"STOP PONY," Lendary rammed the pony before Morcly could continue and quickly pinned the stallion in despair, "WHO ARE YOU, A CELESTIA SPY, HOW MANY MORE ARE WITH YOU?" The soldier zebra began to question him, but he was just growling trying to break free.
As Lendary's struggle continued, 1 and 4 approached Morcly and tried to help him up: "2, what happened, did you do it?!", 1 tried to stay calm, but the growing rumble in the cave and the roof that was alarmingly detached did not make it easy for him.
"It's too late 1 I can't move, leave me here and run as fast as you can" Right now Morcly's body was struggling to simply gesticulate a word.
"What are you talking about, Morcly, what's going to happen?" Finally deciding to put aside the numerical codes, Lubazi asked in a panic, fearing what deep inside he already knew.
"I was the link between the dimensions... Without me the crystal has no instructions and only with the anchor to guide it will work automatically, t-the crystal will use all its power to bring it... Anything resembling the anchor" Morcly's body trembled uncontrollably "we have made a serious mistake Lebazi, what I saw on the other side..." Accepting his fate, he decided to give them his last words before fainting: "We have condemned all equus, alone... We can prepare and pray... For... That" he was not able to finish his last sentence.
"Morcly?! Morcly!" lebazi pushed the side of the unconscious zebra but he already knew it was useless, for a moment he debated whether to listen to him and escape or try to carry him on his back, his decision was clear when the glass cracked slightly and gave off more energy.
¡!
"Answer pony," he said ominously, preparing a helmet to hit him.
"I won't tell you anything," Steel said breathlessly as he had the zebra's hoof in his throat.
Moxy on the other hand tried to carry Morcly on his back, despite the situation Zebra number 4 was surprisingly calmer than the others, although she was certainly also stressed but being typical of the silent zebra she kept her emotions hidden.
The chaotic situation did not allow Lebazi to collect his thoughts, but when he felt how a callus rock brushed his face, Lebazi's pupils shrank. "Fuck it," he muttered between his teeth, "MOXY, LENDARY WE ARE LEAVING, NOW," he directed his gaze towards Lebadary, who was still trying to get information from the pony.
"Lendary let go and let's go now!" Lebazi looked up just to see how larger debris fell off.
"BUT WHAT ABOUT HIM" the soldier zebra said without taking his eyes off the pony "WHAT IF HE GIVES US AWAY? You know our names and our race and-"
"I ASSURE YOU THAT'S THE LAST THING WE SHOULD FEAR RIGHT NOW" he turns his gaze to Moxy who was still trying to carry Molcry, which was proving useless, the zebra had already chosen his fate he could only respect his decision and hope that he would find rest wherever his soul went" moxy, leave Molcry here, so he wished," having distributed his orders without waiting for an answer, galloped out of the cave.
Moxy reluctantly complied with the order and galloped after Lebazi.
"BUT... GRRR SHIT!" she said resignedly, let go of the pony and galloped quickly to catch up with the two.
In the now empty cave there was only a Steel coughing and trying to catch his breath, as the seconds passed more rocks fell from the ceiling of the cave breaking everything in their path including the books and runes that were on the tables, but Steel only noticed one thing (Fern), a lot of time had already passed and his body looked like a fountain because of all the blood he lost, He didn't give the impression that he could survive that, but despite this he wouldn't leave his body buried in hundreds of rocks, abandoned and forgotten.
Without hesitation he galloped towards fern and grabbed his mane with his teeth ignoring the taste of copper for the blood and pulled with everything he could, it didn't take much to get him out of the magic dome since he floated and before he hit the ground he placed himself underneath so that it fell on his back. I do this gallop just like the zebras out of the cave.
It didn't matter if they took the anchor out of the rune, the crystal had already completed its work and now it was just culminating, quickly the crystal cracked more and more and the vibrations increased until they looked like earthquakes and so on with a dramatic last crack of the crystal... Everything exploded.
¡!
It was a quiet night in the town of Ponyville, not a single noise in the area except for the regular sound of crickets chirping in their natural courtship ritual, in essence it was indeed a perfect night to rest.
Ponyville
Ignorant of everything that was happening miles away from them, the town of Ponyville remained calm enjoying the relaxing and silent night, specifically we focused on a house that at first glance no one would define as such, this was because in essence it was a giant tree that they decided it was a good idea to build inside and turn it into a kind of tree house.
The interior of the house, in addition to being a fusion of house and tree, was also a fusion of library and housing, being that in addition to the shelves of books scattered throughout the center of the tree, it also had a kitchen in the corner and a second floor that could be considered the owner's bedroom.
This owner was in his bed, sleeping peacefully next to a window which gave him the rays of the moon that illuminated the town admirably
¡!
But their rest was severely interrupted by a great pressure exerted on the village, it was a very uncomfortable feeling for all the ponies who slept in peace, a feeling of unease that they did not understand and not only the ponies felt it, all the animals also felt it causing them to take refuge anywhere they found.
"Ah!... But... What." Twilight Sparkle, the faithful student and the most promising unicorn of Celestia, due to her great potential in the handling of magic, was taken out of her dream by a pressure that for many ponies would be somewhat confusing but for a unicorn it was more understandable: "what is this that I feel?... He-e it's like," Twilight starts shaking to quickly pull herself together shaking her head, "it's like someone over there dropped a great wave of dark magic on me, but... It feels different at the same time," he says earnestly as he looks out the window.
For Twilight, she rarely came across things related to magic that she couldn't describe and understand quickly, not for nothing was she the bearer of the element of magic, that was her talent, her strength and feeling such an unusual energy... A frightening thing, something she never experienced before, in any other circumstance she would have been excited to have something new to investigate but...this, made her extremely tense, it was an energy that instinctively her own body tried to avoid
As quickly as that intense wave of energy arrived, it disappeared, or rather diminished considerably, with that Twilight allowed herself to breathe normally, and true to her own element she tried to understand immediately what kind of magic that was.
"It's not dark magic" Twilight's mind began to work, although that energy was similar to dark magic it differed in some aspects, dark magic was evil, dominant, something that tries to destroy you inside, the energy she felt on the contrary was wild and aggressive, the moment she came into contact with it a combination of bad feelings arose from celestial but... They were pure, genuine feelings, born of the fears and insecurities of the mare herself, but greatly enhanced.
To draw a clear conclusion had to study it further, which was already impossible because it decreased too much.
"! Twilight!" a voice came to Twilight's ears, she quickly gets up as she watches the arrival of a small dragon, this was none other than Twilight's number one attendee "Twi-light tell me you felt it too, everyone is leaving their homes, I don't think it was just a dream right?!" The little dragon was ranting quickly with obvious anxiety in his voice.
"Yes, Spike, I felt it, something is not right," he looked back at the window and saw how all the ponies left their houses alarmed, looking for the origin of what disturbed them, which was just what he wanted to find out, too. "Stay here, Spike," he said as he trotted out of the library with a serious face.
"What are you going to do?" he said uneasily and ran to catch up with her "I know that face, don't tell me you want to go alone to wherever you caused this, it's the last hours of the moche," the dragon said terrified, "Twilight beca-use better to wait until tomorrow when it's safer," she said pleadingly.
The dragon was right, staying home and waiting for dawn would be wiser than blindly charging the danger, but that would also cause the energy trail to be lost, it certainly wasn't that big anymore but Twilight knew that it was still there as if it were part of the air now, what if it was a pony that caused this and now it's running away or what if it was an accident and someone is in danger, As the bearer of an element of harmony, he could not afford to put this off for later.
Twilight stopped in her run and approached the dragon, she looked at her assistant affectionately stroking his head with a hoof "don't worry spike, I just want to take a look and see which way this weird wave of magic came" she said reassuringly "you take care of the library for me it'll only be a few minutes... Okay?" Twilight smiled warmly at the dragon.
"O-ok very well, in that case I will protect this library this your return," he said with conviction, sticking out his chest to cover his fear.
Twiligh laughed amused "thank you very much my little guardian, back later" she said and then opened the door with her magic, passed through it and closed it when she reached the street.
The streets of ponyville were quickly filled with a crowd of confused ponies muttering to each other in search of some answer, Twilight walked the streets looking from left to right looking for something out of the ordinary but nothing seemed different, she was sure that energy was still present in the area, it was as if it had merged with the air, If you can determine which direction is denser then you can find the origin of the wave.
Twilight quickly closes her eyes and tries to look for the trace of the magic stream that came to Ponyville, having so many magic marks by the ponies around it was a bit difficult but thanks to the peculiar signature of energy she was able to find the direction of the wave, she could feel it slowly she began to turn her head even with her eyes closed. He kept moving until he finally stopped, when he opened his eyes he realized where he was pointing "of course that place had to be, where else could be the origin of the weird things in this town" he said with irritation when he realized that he was looking in the direction of the Everfree forest "well if we don't count Pinkie of course" he sighed tiredly, That pony sure could be rarer than that forest.
"Not tell what?" A voice said next to Twilight.
"HAA!" Twilight jumped in fright and turned quickly to see the aforementioned next to her looking in the same direction as her with a helmet over her eyes as if she wanted to protect herself from the rays of a non-existent sun to see better, Twiligh sighed "uff hello you too pinkie, would you mind stopping doing that, I felt my heart explode." He said, with a helmet on his chest, as he looked at Pinkie Pie, the party pony, one of Twilight's best friends and the most eccentric pony of all, carrying the element of laughter.
"Hehe, silly, my ears hear your heartbeat, loud and clear," he said, pulling out a stethoscope from who knows where, "what are we looking at, by the way?"
Twilight sighed and I decide to overlook the illogical things that orbit in the being called pinkie pie, with the passage of time you learn not to ask how she does what she does "I was looking for the origin of that magical wave that woke everyone up, to be that it comes from the everfree forest" her voice came out anguished.
Pinkie remembers the magic wave and shudders a little "if that was too crazy my sense Pinkie hit the clouds when it happened, it's the first time I've felt it so strong" Pinkie surprisingly was more serious than Twilight expected of her, in fact than any creature in the world would expect" hey talking about it, Cinnamon rolls do you think, do you prefer them with chocolate or vanilla?, to be honest I wouldn't know what to choose because on the one hand chocolate is very good but it doesn't combine with cinnamon and despite the lighter flavor of vanilla with cinnamon I don't feel that it fits at all, ho! What happens if I put both at the same time it would be an explosive flavor right?, hey talking about explosive you saw the arrangements I made to my party cannon I think that-" and with that went all the seriousness that the conversation could have had, it was to be expected that so much seriousness could not remain in the body of this mare for so long.
Twilight sighed "we don't talk about cinnamon rolls at any time pinkie, you can focus for a moment, this is serious what if whatever came out of the evefree is danger, what if it's a big bear who developed dark powers, got angry and heads here?!, what if the forest started unleashing explosions of dark magic randomly?!, ¡What if it's a new evil being who just spawned that forest and puts Ponyville in danger?!, and if-" Twilight gradually began to panic as more dangerous situations popped into her head until she was luckily cut off by a new voice approaching.
"Twilight, pinkie thank goodness I found you in the crowd, it looked like you were panicking baby what happens, it's about that magic wave from before right?, please tell me it's not bad at all!" Said the owner of the voice looking at Twilight
Twilight calmed down so she could talk to the mare in front of her: "No weirdy, don't scare you, just f-"
"Twilight was scared because an explosive, evil Big Dipper is coming to Ponyville," Pinkie said, interrupting Twilight with an amused smile.
"! WHAT?!" indeed the owner of the voice was rarity the fashionista and most elegant designer in town, she is also another of Twilight's best friends, bearer of element of generosity "Like a big bear?!, ho for celestia I can't deal with this today I have several orders for tomorrow and the espa y-ha! And my sweet little sister I left her at home I have to take her to a safe place quickly!" She was about to run off to the boutique but was stopped by Twilight.
"No, no, no, no!" he laughed nervously, "don't listen to Pinkie, it was just crazy ideas of mine, you know how I get when I overthink," he looks away shyly, looking down finding the floor very interesting.
Sighing in relief, Rarity returns with the duo "What a relief I couldn't bear another catastrophe after what happened in the crystal empire, do you know how long I had to be fixing my helmets and my mane because of that?"
Pinkie raises her helmet excitedly " ho ho I know, I know hmmmmmmm 43 Hours, wait no that's a lot heeee 30 minutes? Not very little and how about..." Pinkie was left thinking with a helmet on her jaw.
"Rarity, I know I said it was all paranoia of mine, but it's true that there was a huge wave of energy that I can't totally recognize."
"Yes, I see why there are so many ponies out of their house, I'm not a prodigal in magic like you but even I can say that this is something that nobody knows about" Rarity mentioned with a little trepidation "do you know where it came from?"
"Yes, that strange energy came from the everfree forest, but I don't know how deep it is," Twilight said thoughtfully.
"¡! That's not good at all, everything that comes out of everfree is a headache," she groaned in weird anguish as she remembered all the unpleasant things that inhabited the forest.
The conversation of the group was raised in volume enough for the ponies near them to hear them,
"Wait, you said everfree?!, that pressure from before came out of the everfree?!" said a random pony who overheard the conversation.
"EVERFREEE?! SOMEONE SAID EVERFREE THAT HORRIFIC PRESSURE CAME OUT OF HAY?!" the fear began to spread quickly as more ponies found out where that pressure that woke them up came from, and the more it spread the more the panic rose and quickly the murmurs turned into screams.
As expected from a fairly calm and panicked pony community, the crowd of villagers began to run and push each other for safety in their homes, while others galloped aimlessly.
"Wait, everyone calm down!, panicking doesn't help us at all!" Twilight tried in vain to appease the crowd.
"THE EVERFREE FOREST IS BRINGING A MONSTER TO THE VILLAGE!" the ponies shouted in panic.
"No, we don't know that yet, if you let me explain!"
At this moment, trying to calm everyone down was useless, fear was already sown in their heads, this caused some ponies to return to their homes and lock them and many others ran to the town hall to ask for help or explanation of what was happening to the mayor.
"Ahg is useless, they don't listen to me" moaned Twilight defeated, social and communicative skills did not enter into her repertoire skills.
"I can fire my party cannon if you want, maybe that will make them focus on us," Pinkie said, lighting a match with her cannon already prepared with her.
"I think they're heading to City Hall, we should get there before them and let the mayor know what's going on, otherwise the poor thing will be cornered in the middle of a multitude of questions," Rarity said with a helmet in his mouth.
"Yes, good idea, weird, I'll teleport us," Twilight responds, trying to look serene, "although we don't really know what's going on either," she says with a nervous smile, "uff, get ready, I need to concentrate and Pinkie, don't fire the cannon," she says with her eyes rolling, realizing that Pinkie was already turning it on.
Hearing the refusal, Pinkiei lowers her ears, "Ooouu really wanted to shoot it," Pinkie puts away her barrel in disappointment.
"I'm sure we'll come up with something to calm everyone down," Rariry calms Twilight by taking a few steps closer to her, "and FYI, Pinkie was an hour and a half," he laughed a little when answering the question Pinkie had had.
Pinkie wiped away her disappointed look: "Ha! I knew it, she's about to say that," she says proudly, jumping up and down to get closer to Twilight as well.
"Okay, give me a moment to prepare the spell," Twilight begins to concentrate as a magic circle forms around them and after a few seconds they are finally enveloped by a light and disappear from the place.
Elsewhere
Shibuya 12:30 AM
On top of a large meteorite was a teenager with different black marks running all over his body. He looked at the charred standing man that surrounded him after his fight with the special category curse called jogo which lay lifeless in front of him while the calls consumed it
"Feel honored curse, the king recognizes you as someone strong Kukuku, I hope that if we meet again you can give me a little more fun... In 100 years" he said amused, although the battle amused him, Jogo was not able to connect a single blow with his entire repertoire of skills at its maximum power, his big mistake was to act as if he were a human and not as a curse, he lacked ambition and the ferocity that only a true curse would have to cause destruction.
Riomen Sukuna, or better known as the King of the Curse, the strongest sorcerer of all time, currently a prisoner in Itadori Yuji's body, a first-degree sorcerer, was crowned victorious in the fight against this curse that was part of this small war between curses and sorcerers, where the main objective of sealing the strongest sorcerer of today, Satoru Gojo, was a success.
"Kukukuku, you damn bastards, your plan went off the rails, didn't it?" laughed the King of Curses amused. "But I find it hard to believe that a group of common curses could have orchestrated a plan like this, who is behind all this?" Sukuna was thoughtful about this matter, a group of fairly young curses planning something like this on their own, It was a joke, a cloud raining up would be more believable "heh what does it matter, I'm not interested, as I said I already have my own plan in mind, sooner or later I will know who the mastermind is" Sukuna ends with a confident smile "...?!" but the next second he changes his expression to a more serious one "Who are you?".
Someone had jumped onto the meteorite that sukuna was in, kneeling next to him this person because of his androgynous features and his yukata it was difficult to tell if he was male or female.
"I have come for you... Sukuna-sama," said the person with great devotion.
Sukuna stared at this person for a few seconds without saying anything, he didn't know who he was and had never seen his face before but when he detected the cursed energy signature on his body he recognized him instantly.
Opening her eyes slightly, "¡¿uraume?!" says sukuna with a smile.
Sukuna identified the sorcerer as uraume, his most faithful subordinate, a sorcerer of the heian era who served at sukuna's side a thousand years ago, he as he was at this time with him was something he would have to ask another time.
"It's been a long time," Uraume replies, smiling back
The moment of encounter ended when abruptly a great wave of energy shook the neighborhood to its foundations, causing more collapse of the buildings burned and destroyed by the recent battle.
¡!
"What is this intense energy I feel?!" Uraume quickly got up and put himself on guard waiting for any possible attack to come, but nothing happened "that just happened" he said clenching his fists lightly.
"Hmm, how strange, this energy doesn't feel like cursed energy but at the same time it's not that different from it," says Sukuna with his hands in his pockets unfazed by that event "this just happened over all of Shibuya, I can only assume given the range that it's some kind of barrier that just surrounded the whole neighborhood" All that energy curiously surged very close to here and yet The chaos he caused in his fight it was hard to believe that someone there survived that and even worse, that at all this moment he was not aware of the presence of someone besides those four that he stopped before the meteorite fell irritated him a little.
Sukuna couldn't continue with his theory when another overwhelming energy caught his interest, unlike the previous one this one was recognizable, it was clearly cursed energy and one that he could know firsthand.
"Sukuna-sama this energy is..." Uraume said upon capturing the new Cursed Energy firm.
Sukuna smiled: "kukuku, the shadow brat, finally took out his hidden weapon, huh? This is interesting" the king of curses thought about what situation the leftover brat was in to be forced to use a technique that according to the sukuna himself would have been able to defeat him when he had 3 fingers
"Sukuna-sama?" asked Uroume with intrigue
"An emergency has arisen," he says quickly, "it won't be long before I get free, so keep your preparations ready." Sukuna begins to walk in the direction of the energy he felt, "Until then, Uraume."
"I understand... But, what about that other energy from a long time ago?" Uraume presents his doubt in search of new orders.
"Find out where or who caused that wave that energy, I must admit that it was quite peculiar... If my guess is correct, that wave has just circled all of Shibuya for a purpose I don't know," he ordered Uroume without turning around and then leaving in a burst of speed
"As you order, Sukuna-sama," he replies despite there being no one there anymore, and then does the same and leaves quickly.
"Hehe, what the fuck was that energy from before? And now with this Shadow Brat revealing his most powerful weapon," Sukuna recalls the time that boy released a large amount of cursed anergy before his jailer took control of his body. "I knew my eyes didn't deceive me that time in the detention center." Sukuna frowned and her smile grew bigger. "This gets funnier by the minute, Don't you think so, brat?! " He said with sadistic amusement to the current Sukuna jailer, "You remember what I told you after your fight with that weakling Mahito, don't you? Everyone around you will die because of you."
Obviously there was no response.
"You can't even hear me, can you?" he laughs lightly, "but it doesn't matter because I'll show you very soon" and with that Sukuna quickened his pace: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"