My Little Ponystuck

Rainbow Dash looked Tank's flying machine over. "Yeah, it's completely wrecked," Rainbow Dash frowned. She simply pushed it aside and helped Tank up. The sweet tortoise nuzzled her, Rainbow Dash happily nuzzling back with no one watching. "You're so awesome~" She praised. She quickly trotted off to the kitchen, pulling out a bag of fresh lettuce. She poured it into a bowl, carried it to her room, and let Tank dig in. "Now, excuse me, I have a game to play." Suddenly, there was a massive boom outside!! Rainbow Dash flew to the window and gasped. She could see smoke rising from where Twilight Sparkle's house was...but no Twilight Sparkle!! She hurried back to her computer and got on Letterpal.

— amazingAcrobat [AA] began writing a letter to bookEnthusiast [BE] —

AA: holy shit

AA: twilight

AA: what the fuck happened

AA: your treehouse is gone

AA: where are you

AA: did you magic it away to avoid the meteor

AA: fucking awesome

BE: No. Sorry!

BE: The game has taken me away to an empty universe. I believe I must do something here, but I do not know what yet.

BE: I shall learn soon, though.

AA: oh

AA: well

AA: still cool

AA: i cant wait to be in an empty universe

BE: It's so enticing with its nothing to do.

AA: fuck yeah

AA: wait

AA: what

BE: Are you talking to Applejack?

AA: no shes doing her thing with pinkie

AA: whoa shit she just messaged me

AA: okay she says she just finished with pinkie

AA: gonna take her in

BE: Okay.

BE: Anyways, I have to go. I need to check around... I think there's somepony else here besides me.

AA: k bye

— bookEnthusiast [BE] sent the letter to amazingAcrobat [AA] —

Rainbow Dash got back on Sburb, but was...really confused. It seemed Applejack got along just fine without her. The pegasus hated that. She began searching through the other options in Sburb, pulled out a weird, new machine, and dropped. "Hah! Take that, Applejack! See if you can make me feel totally useless now! ...I have no idea what it does, though. Fuck." Rainbow Dash decided to check around. She saw Applejack fighting weirdly shaped black monsters with...Winonasprite? Weird.

No way was Rainbow Dash gonna get left out of this! She looked around and suddenly ripped the toilet out of Applejack's bathroom, dropping it down on some of the monsters, weird stuff popping out. Sburb had labelled it as 'Grist'. Huh. Applejack looked very angry as she collected the grist. "Ah TOLD ya'll not to destroy my bathroom! Ah knew ya'll'd be compelled to!" Rainbow Dash blinked, realizing what she'd do. She shook it off and dropped the toilet back in the bathroom, but it just crashed into the shower and broke both. Rainbow Dash facehoofed.

— — — —

"She ripped my toilet out for this weird machine?" Twilight Sparkle sighed. She rushed to her bathroom, Owlsprite close behind. Her toilet was replaced by a strange machine with a keyboard, same as what Rainbow Dash placed in Applejack's house. She thought for a moment, looked the machine over, then got an idea. She concentrated, and a blank card appeared. On the back, she found numbers. She typed in the numbers, inserted the card, and waited. Suddenly, the machine did...something. Twilight Sparkle pulled the card out and found it 'punched', same as the card from before. She got an idea. She took the card upstairs to the Totem Lathe, inserted it, headed downstairs, got a new cruxite dowe, put it in the Totem Lathe, and let it do its work. The totem was carved and Twilight rushed it to the Alchemizer. Suddenly, a massive stack of cards appeared. "Nice!" She grinned, taking them. She hurried back to the Punch Designix.

It was incredible. Twilight Sparkle had no idea how, but she just knew what to do. Everything seemed to just come so easily to her. She didn't know why, but it must have to do with the game. She put a card into the Punch Designix, typed in a completely random code, then did the same as before. She set the new totem on the Alchemizer and watched it flash again. Suddenly, on the Alchemizer, was...a stick. Twilight repeated this process to see what else she could get. Most of it was useless junk and practically unusable due to messed-up coding, but what she DID keep afterwards was the stick, a bag of marbles, a strange black sword, a wooden block, a cue ball, and an embarrassing pair of undergarments. Her Tree Modus made sure to adjust itself so the stick was on top with the black sword and cue ball branching to the left with the bag of marbles hanging off the black sword and the wooden block and underwear branching to the right. She had no idea what she'd do with this junk, but it'd be useful eventually, maybe.

She decided to search the house. Owlsprite was still following her. It slightly creeped her out, as even Spike wasn't this clingy. However, with all these imps constantly appearing, it was nice to have company, even if he rarely spoke.

Oh! That's right! She suddenly remembered she was going to ask Owlsprite about where she was. "Hey, uhh...Owlowiscious?"

"Hoo?" Owlsprite blinked.

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Ugh...Owlsprite?"

"Yeees?"

"Where...where are we, exactly?" Twilight asked.

"The Medium," Owlsprite said. "A realm that is a ring of pure void, dividing light and darkness. It turns in the thick of The Incipisphere, a place untouched by the flow of time in your universe."

"Really?" Twilight tilted her head. "Interesting... So I was right, we're in another universe. The game brought us here, right?"

"In a way," Owlsprite nodded. "The software that brought you here was merely a mechanism that served as a gateway. Its routines in a way served to invoke this realm's instance, yet it stands independently of any physical machine, and somewhat paradoxically, always has."

"Ah, that would make perfect sense..." She nodded she listened. "What else can you tell me? What should I be doing?"

"Above The Medium, beyond The Seven Gates, residing at the core of The Incipisphere is a place known as Skaia," Owlsprite began. "Legend holds that Skaia exists as a dormant crucible of unlimited creative potential. I cannot say what, but i assure you that you'll learn soon. In any regars, where a realm of such profound importance is concerned, forces of light will forever be charged with its defense, while forces of darkness will just as persistently covet its destruction." Twilight nodded, grabbing a nearby scroll and swiftly writing down everything she was told. "And as it so happens, at the center of this realm whose fate is in question, these very forces duel on a stage, stuck in eternal stalemate. Yes, they have dueled in this manner forever...that is, until your and your friends' arrivals."

"I would assume as much..." Twilight nodded, mulling it over. "How did they know we were showing up?"

Owlsprite went on, "You may recall my Sprite's previous incarnation, which resulted from its Kernel's "hatching". You see, this hatching occurs automatically in response to your arrival. The result is a pair of Kernels, one dark, one light, each carrying the information they were prototyped with before the hatch! One goes down, to a kingdom entrenched in darkness. The other, up, to a kingdom basking in light! Each comes to rest in an Orb atop a Spire, of which there are three others in kind. The Four Spires are situated above a throne, and these two thrones preside over the two respective Sovereign Powers! And once the Kernels are situated, that is when the game is afoot. The true war begins, light versus dark, good versus evil. This is a war that the forces of light are always destined to lose, without exception!"

"What?" Twilight Sparkle gasped. "That...that can't be! Light must triumph darkness! I dealt with such a battle a while ago, and light won!"

"That is not the case here," Owlsprite shook his head. "For you see, the journey you are about to take is The Ultimate Riddle. Sadly, there is nothing to stop darkness from overcoming light...but that does not mean you and your friends are doomed, no! Hoo! I can say no more on that, sadly, but I will get you started on your first step. Your objective is to proceed towards Skaia, and pass through The First Gate situated directly above your house. The Gates will become progressively more difficult to reach, so you had better be prepared to sharpen your adventuring skills! Of course, you are more than used to this, I'm sure."

"Easy enough!" Twilight Sparkle smiled. "So, for now, I just build through the gates, solve this 'Ultimate Riddle', and save Equestria!"

"...no," Owlsprite shook his head. "I'm sorry, but Equestria is...doomed. So is the entire world, in fact. There's nothing to be done about them. "I can say, though that you have a much bigger role. You and your six friends will all go on an important quest, bigger than all of you..."

"Wait, what?" Twilight Sparkle blinked. "My six friends? You mean...we're going to get a seventh player?"

"Oh! Hoo! Hoo Hoo Hoo!" Owlsprite flustered. "That was an unintentional slip, my bad. I certainly did not mean to say that. Being a knowledgable creature as a Sprite can be rather overwhelming, I must say."

"Right..." Twilight tilted her head. "So...what isit my friends are destined to do?"

"My knowledge as a Sprite is relatively all-knowing, but my loyalty as an owl assistant prevents me from saying. I am bound to keep this secret at the moment," Owlsprite half-heartedly admitted.

Twilight Sparkle smiled, scribbling that onto her long scroll. "It's fine. I understsnd."

Owlsprite then said, "I will say that it is an important mission. You must warp Space and Time... Bring Life, Light, and Breath to a new world... You and your friends have good Hearts, Twilight, and you, an exceptional Mind. You're gonna go far..."

Twilight Sparkle smiled, a hint of blush under her fur. "Thanks, Owlowiscious. You're such a good owl."

"Thanks, Twilight," Owlsprite smiled. "I won't be around for long, though. I will soon be given a second Prototype, and...it'll be a dominant one."

"What?" Twilight blinked.

— — — —

You never have been, and never will be RARITY.

Rarity has a variety of INTERESTS. She enjoys making DRESSES. This interest ranges from both DESIGNING to SEWING such dresses. She makes a living of it in the CAROUSEL BOUTIQUE. It's practically her talent! But it's not. Surprisingly enough, her talent is MAKING THINGS BEAUTIFUL. Which could relate to making beautiful dresses, but SHUT UP. Just be GRATEFUL OF HER GENEROSITY. She also has an interest in GEMS, using them to bedazzle her dresses. Which make them beautiful, I guess? Gems just automatically make things beautiful? I don't fucking know, I'm just trying to be generous. Being generous is soooooooo hard. :(

Anyways, Rarity finished making a new dress, sighing with exhaustion. She'd been working on a new design and was pretty proud of how it turned out, to say the least. She decided to take a break and get on Letterpal with her phone. Most of her friend were offline, but it seemed Pinkie Pie was online!

— glimmeringThread [GT] began writing a letter to cupcakeCelebration [CC] —

GT: Ah, hello, Pinkie Pie~

GT: Are you ready for today's game~? ;)

CC: game?

CC: oh yeah!!!

CC: i almost forgot!

CC: but i have to babysit. :(

GT: Babysit? You agreed to babysit the Cakes and distract yourself the day we're starting the game you convinced us all the play.

GT: Oh, darling, what ever will we do with you~?

CC: i feel so bad now...

CC: but its only for a few hours, so no worries! theyll be back in a few hours, and we can start the game then!

GT: I do hope so~ You've just gotten us all so curious to play this game, you and Rainbow Dash~

GT: You even got Fluttershy to want to play it, at the chance of her being last to go in, and Applejack finally bought a computer simply to play it~

CC: i know! im so happy she did!!

GT: Anyways, it'll be a while before I'm even in the game, as I go in between Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

CC: teehee!

CC: youre in between rainbow dash and fluttershy!

CC: *hint hint, wink wink*

GT: Now, Pinkie Pie! That is no way for a lady of your age to act!! Highly in appropriate!

CC: you didnt de

— cupcakeCelebration [CC] is no longer writing! —

Rarity blinked as Pinkie Pie had suddenly gone offline. To be fair, Rarity was a bit hypocritical, considering whom she had to watch over that day. She shrugged, and decided to just send a letter to Fluttershy instead.

— glimmeringThread [GT] began writing a letter to animalCaretaker [AC] —

GT: Ah, good morning, Fluttershy~

AC: good morning, rarity...! <:)

GT: Are you ready for the game Pinkie Pie has planned for us, darling~?

AC: oh, yes...!

AC: i had to make extra special sure all my animals were taken care of before starting. <:)

GT: Well, we don't join in for a while, so that was not truly necessary~

AC: i know! i just wanted to make sure in case i forgot while waiting...

AC: that wouldn't be good if i did...

GT: Well, no worries, dearie~

GT: I wish I could’ve thought ahead like you, honestly~

GT: Anyways, I'm sure we'll have lots of fun in this game~

AC: yes... we will...! :)

GT: In any case, I should get to installing my discs~

AC: okay...!

GT: Uh-oh... I can't seem to find my discs.

AC: oh no! did you misplace them...? <:(

GT: No. But I think I know who took them...

AC: took...?

AC: oh no... i can't find mine either...

GT: Well, it looks like we're both victims of theft. You find yours, I'll find mine~

AC: okay...! :)

— glimmeringThread [GT] sent the letter to animalCaretaker [AC] —

Rarity stepped away from her computer and began to wander through the building. She was in no mood for distractions. She never was, really. She's a really focused and dedicated pony. Besides, she already knew where they were going to be and yup they were in her bedroom.

"Sweetie Belle, give me back the Sstble discs," Rarity snapped.

Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo were all hanging out at Rarity's house. And stuff. Not really much else to say on the matter. "But Rarityyyy!" Sweetie Belle whined. "This is new beta that's not even supposed to be released for testing yet!! How'd you get it?!"

"I have good connections," she said, using her magic to snatch the discs from the trio.

"But Rarityyy, we have to get our gaming cutie marks!" Apple Bloom whined.

Then, in unison, the trio shouted, "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PRO GAMERS!!!"

Rarity winced at their shout and sighed. "Fine. You three can help me play. Just...try not to get me into trouble."

"Us? Trouble?" Scootaloo smirked.

"Yes, perish that thought..." Rarity rolled her eyes.

Rarity installed the Sstble disc into her computer. She chose 'needlekind' for her Strife Specibus, knowing she was good with a thread and needle in real life. She also chose Operation modus, still based on her use of sewing with how precise she could be. She then picked Broomkind and Stack Modus for Apple Bloom, Scooterkind and Queue Modus for Scootaloo, and Marblekind and Array Modus for Sweetie Belle. And, of course, they suddenly began asking questions. Rarity told them to pipe down, as she was getting a letter. Thank Celestia, somepony to save her from this nightmare.

— emeraldBraggart [EB] began writing a letter to glimmeringThread [GT] —

EB: hi, Rarity!!

EB: just thought I'd pop in to see how you're doing! On my way to the Crystal Kingdom at the moment.

GT: I hope you have a fun trip, Spike~

GT: Make sure you buy something for me while you're there~ ;)

EB: o//.=.//o sure!!!

GT: Hehe, I'm just teasing, Spike~

EB: oh... ^//.=.//^;

EB: well, what're you doing now?

GT: Installing Sstble~

GT: And being bothered by my sister and her friends…

EB: oh!

EB: go easy on them, Rarity.

EB: they're good kids! they mean well! ^.=.^

GT: Funny how you say that as you're about their age~

EB: ...

EB: no, I'm not.

GT: ???

EB: in terms of dragon years, I'm much younger than them.

EB: in terms of pony years, I'm MUCH older than them.

EB: are you suggesting I'd ever be interested in the Cutie Mark Crusaders? bleh!

GT: No, no!!

EB: I was born when Twilight was, like, five or six, I don't remember.

GT: You were?!

EB: how could you not know?

EB: you were at my birthday parties...

GT: Twilight said she was confused by your age so she never brought it up...

EB: figures...

GT: I'm really sorry, Spikey-Wikey...~

EB: don't worry about it. as a dragon living among ponies his whole life, you get used to it.

GT: I really wish you were here with us, Spikey...

EB: I do, too!

EB: but this big celebration party is pretty big to the Crystal Ponies! They never got around to celebrating me "saving" the Crystal Kingdom.

EB: not that I actually saved them...

GT: Of course you did~!

GT: You took the Crystal Heart and headed down the castle, despite the dangers~!

GT: You saved Twilight from Sombra's nightmare~!

GT: You carried on what Twilight could not~!

EB: exactly!

EB: if Twilight was never in danger, then me going with her never would've mattered!

EB: I just "carried on what she could not".

EB: ;.=.;

GT: My poor Spikey-Wikey...

GT: You WERE important~

GT: You went with Twilight when no pony else did~

GT: Without you, Twilight would've been in danger!

GT: You've ALWAYS been there for Twilight~ Always helping her~

GT: When she'd gone crazy about getting a friendship report to the Princess, you were the only one who took her seriously~!

GT: You are Twilight's number one assistant~!

GT: You are VERY special~

EB: Rarityyy... ;///.=.///;

EB: thank you...

EB: please don't tell the others that I'm getting so emotional... ^//.=.//^;

GT: I won't~

GT: ???

EB: what?

GT: I heard a crash!

GT: Meteors?!

EB: meteors?

EB: oh!

EB: a meteor shower!

EB: cool!

EB: you're so lucky, getting to see a meteor shower this early in the day!

EB: is that possible? i don't know!

EB: well, I gotta go! i'm here and all!

EB: see ya later, Rarity!

EB: bye!

EB: <3

— emeraldBraggart [EB] sent the letter to glimmeringThread [GT] —

— glimmeringThread [GT] began writing a letter to bookEnthusiast [BE] —

GT: Twilight, darling!

GT: I just saw a big explosion at your home!

GT: Your whole house is gone!!

GT: But...you're still online!

GT: Please tell me you're okay... ;_;

BE: Rarity!

GT: Twilight~!

GT: Twilight, what happened~?

BE: Sstble. Sstble happened.

GT: The silly game Pinke Pie wants us to play~? :O

BE: Yes.

GT: Is she trying to kill us...~?

BE: I don't think so. I've been transported somewhere odd.

BE: There is darkness all around and my home is atop a rocky pillar that stretches down into oblivion.

BE: I wish to ask Pinkie Pie about this, but I believe at this point she is busy, so I won't disturb her.

GT: What makes you think that, dear?

BE: She comes right after me in the game, so she must be busy avoiding her own meteorite.

BE: Rarity?

BE: Hello?

GT: Sorry, I went to go check outside.

GT: Another meteorite randomly crashed in the middle of the street!

GT: And I think there are more coming!

BE: I presumed as much. Fluttershy just told me that.

BE: I believe the game incites the meteors onto Equestria through unfathomable magic.

BE: It must be a quest to save Equestria from the meteors or whatever is sending them.

GT: Ooh, how exciting~!

GT: I do hope they hurry~!

GT: I don't want the Carousel Boutique to be struck anytime soon~

BE: Don't worry, it'll be fine, if you get everything ready in time.

BE: Anyways, I have to go. I need to check around... I think there's somepony else here besides me.

GT: Oh, no! Well, do be careful~!

BE: I will. See you later.

— bookEnthusiast [BE] sent the letter to glimmeringThread [GT] —

Rarity sighed, wondering if Rainbow Dash was done yet. She then suddenly remembered her sister and her friends. They'd left the room a while ago. Rarity sighed, got up from her chair, and left the room. She wandered a bit before finding the three playing dress up with some old dresses. She chuckled a bit, knowing they'd be safe for the time being. She then headed back to her room.

— glimmeringThread [GT] began writing a letter to amazingAcrobat [AA] —

GT: Ready~?

AA: been ready

GT: Then let's do it~!

AA: fuck yeah B)

GT: ...

— —

No. Fucking no. You will NOT be FLUTTERSHY.

But that does not prevent Fluttershy from being Fluttershy, sadly enough.

I, the creator of this series, do not really like Fluttershy very much. Apologies in advance. However, I do regard her as an important and main/mane character still, thus she will be herself for this story.

Besides, Fluttershy likes being herself, for despite being a complete, stereotypical coward that's literally afraid of her own shadow, she is accepting of herself and knows her friends are, too. She has tried to be a little more assertive and outgoing, though, which is good enough for me. Plus, she has fondly regarded the best pony in the show, and that's good enough for me. Plus again, there is more to here than just being shy, as she's a dedicated animal lover, which again is good enough for me. Although, that can be overdone a lot as well. But Angel kicks ass, so whatever.

What the hell are we talking about again? Oh, whatever, let's get back to the point of the story.

Fluttershy also has a variety of INTERESTS, albeit a small variety. They consist mainly of lots and lots of love for FLORA and FAUNA. She absolutely loves ALL THE BIRDIES AND THE CRITTERS. She loves them BIG AND SMALL. She wants to SEE THEM ALL. She also loves ALL THINGS WARM AND GREEN. She keeps a wide variety of pets in her room, all of which she tends to. Especially ANGEL BUNNY, who, although INCREDIBLY STUBBORN, she loves deeply and vice versa.

It seemed her installation discs for Sstble have gone missing! She also had an idea on who the culprit was. "Angel..." She calls out softly. She sighed and wandered around, looking about for little Angel Bunny. Fluttershy knew he meant well. He just wanted to protect her. But from what? It's just a silly game!

Oh, there you are, silly! Hiding under the couch! Give mama her discs back. No? Bitch, you'd better do as the coward says. He obviously didn't. And Fluttershy did nothing but ask him over and over. This may take a while.

— — — —

TWILIGHT SPARKLE.

Let's check in on Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie again after so long. Looks like they're in the middle of a Letterpal conversation.

PLEASE ANSWER MEEEEE.

— Open Letterlog —

BE: How's the building coming along?

CC: its okey-dokey-lokey!

BE: Good. I hope.

BE: I'm setting up a Grist Cache program for our session so we can all share the Grist we each gather.

BE: This way, it'll be much easier for each of us.

CC: coolio!!

CC: youre so smart! :D

BE: I know.

BE: Anyways, just before heading up through the gate, I plan on alchemizing a few more things with the, well...Alchemizer.

BE: Namely, I plan on cross-alchemizing, or whatever the official term is.

BE: I'll see what I can mix. Maybe I can create a better weapon.

BE: I've throwing around the Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide book, as I'm sure you can see, and it might not last all these beatings.

CC: yeah, i might need a better weapon too.

CC: ive just been using my party cannon and pastries!

BE: Indeed.

BE: I'm surprised the Cakes haven't gotten suspicious.

CC: actually...

CC: theyve been kidnapped... :(

BE: Kidnapped?

BE: By the imps?

CC: yes.

CC: pumpkinsprite told me.

BE: Pumpkinsprite?

CC: pumpkin cake.

CC: i did a second prototype with her and gummysprite.

BE: Interesting...

CC: shes REALLY sad...

BE: I wonder who or what I could make my second prototype...

CC: i dunno!

BE: I'll worry about it later.

CC: okey-dokey-lokey!

BE: Anyways, time to see what I can Alchemize together first...

CC: ill just be building away!

— —

OKAY, YES, DO THAT.

Twilight got to work. The first to things she alchemized were the marbles and the Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide, making theImmensely Detailed History of Marble, which the outside covering was made of real marble. This would definitely make quite the weapon. She also decided to read it later.

Next, she alchemized the stick and underwear, making the G-String-Slingshot, which was weird because the underwear wasn't even a g-string. It was a simple pair of men's white briefs. Not that she knew this, though. Whatever, she created a new 'Slingshotkind' and put it away. She then took it back out and combined the wooden block into it for ammo. She freed up quite a bit of space in her Sylladex and could now throw away the two useless items. This caused her Tree Modus to shift her Sylladex so her scroll was on top with the bag of marbles and black sword on the left and the scroll on the right.

She then alchemized the cue ball and the Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide, creating Fortune Telling. Weird. She'd have to read it up later. This hung off the right, just between cue ball and scroll.

UH-OH.

Finally, she decided to alchemize her computer and a random book. But they are not random! They are each very special! For example, this is The Extravagant History of Toilet Paper. Together, this made a laptop! Much more convenient than having to constantly run back to her computer.

HELP.

Twilight decided she'd return later when she had more stuff to alchemize. She happily made her way up to her bedroom. There, a door was installed in one of the walls, which she exitted through. She carefully trotted up some stairs to another platform. Here, she began wacking way at imps and the recent ogres with her new marble book. They were each done away with easily due to the books new strength. She managed to barely dodge each blow the imps and ogres gave as she ran upwards.

HELP.

The trip was long and perilous, and soon she reached the top, where Pinkie was building to the gate.

PLEASE.

Applejack was helping build to Pinkie Pie's, Rarity and Rainbow Dash were working to get Rainbow into the game, Fluttershy finally got the discs from Angel, and Twilight Sparkle jumped through the gate.

HELP.

LAND OF BOOKS AND WALLS

"...wait...help?"

END OF ACT 1