The Connection

Tis the darkest of days. The Darkness has all but destroyed Crystoria. The planet's warriors were fighting long and hard to stop it. It was a losing battle. It's army of distorted, Crystorian look-alikes that unmercifully crush and destroy the Crystorian warriors control just about as far as the eye can see. Terras' family had been killed quite some time ago. His mother, father, and brother all gone at the hands of the Darkness. However as a soldier of Crystoria, he had to remain strong; fight until he became crippled or died. He liked the idea of that, dying for his planet and family just to spite the Darkness.

One day, or night (there was no telling the difference as the Darkness hid the sun from sight.) Terras was on a mission to scout ahead towards an old military hideout to use for a base of operations. His captain said "If you die, you die. However you are a valuable asset to this team and the entire army, so don't go dying on me." Terra responded with a nod and flew off. Now he was crouching in a leaveless tree looking for any sign of the Darkness' formations. As if there was any doubt. The base was teeming with the formations and was colored jet black. Suddenly Terras lost his footing on the brittle branch and it snapped, sending him falling to the ground.

"Ow, stupid branches." said Terras. They ought to be sent through a Crystorian camp, that should toughen them up."

But Terras had little time to think to himself about the kink in his ankle now, because the formations were on him.

Dodging and weaving, cutting and slashing, the wave of formations seemed endless until, through the black, he saw an opening. One so small, he thought he would have to fight to get there. However, him and his double swords could make that opening just a little bigger.

Terras tapped into his spirit energy and sent two crescent moon shaped beams of light to his left and his right. This created a wide enough opening for him to sprint through and get  back to camp.

He ran. Ran as fast as he could. Flying was out of the question as it would do just as much good as running. But he took flight anyway, hoping to outmaneuver his pursuers. for every evasive move Terras completed, the formations met him every time. He tried shooting his spirit energy to at least thin the number of enemies chasing him. He then began to realize it wasn't the formations that were chasing him, but the darkness itself. Desperate and out of options, Terras did what was strictly prohibited without the aid of a commanding officer.

He used teleportation.

And as he was moving through the rift between Earth and Crystoria, he looked behind him and saw no darkness. Thank Metrose I got out of that Terras thought. It would be a few more seconds before he arrived at the base in what is known as "Egypt". He would be welcomed, given food, and treated for whatever wounds he may have aquired.

Then he arrived in a garden.

A maze to be exact. A giant hedge maze with statues of......."Horses?" Terras asked. "Horses smiling and playing?" This wasn't Egypt. There were no gusts of wind or sand as far as the eye could see, but flowers, the greenest leaves, and the sound of footsteps. Lots of them, and all headed towards Terras. There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. He couldn't fly  out,it would give him away. So he decided to stay, and if he should be imprisoned, just slash his way out. Soon an entire squad of horses, yes, horses came to subdue him. Horses? Come to capture me? Ha! thought Terras. These four legged animals wearing some kind of armor with strange designs on their rear ends was quite the joke to him and he struggled to keep his laughter to himself.

"Halt!" commanded one of the horses. "We have been sent by Princess Celestia to locate the source of a magic outburst. Since your the only one standing here, I'll assume it was you."

"So you horses can talk?" asked Terras.

"Don't you DARE call me that again!" commanded the "unknown creature"

"Well then what are you?"

"The question is what are you? Last time I checked you appeared in the garden unannounced."

The "unknown creature" and his comrades raised their spears to his face. "You're under arrest by order of Princess Celestia!" announced the "unknown creature". It then ordered his friends to surround him. The one who could talk told him to move and Terras was escorted to a castle that looked to be attached to a mountain. On the way up, Terras tried to figure out just were he was.

"So where exacctly am I?"

"Equestria." answered the "unknown creature"

"Which is where?"

"Look everything will be told to you by the Princess." said the "unknown creature.

"Fine."

The trek up the mountain was rigorous and he was exhausted by the time he and the creatures got up the mountain. None of them were sweating or showing any signs of being even slightly tired. They must come up this way often thought Terras.

The castle was much bigger up close. Terras didn't know how such a big structure could keep from falling off the side of the mountain.

"Welcome to Canterlot Castle." said the "unknown creature"

Terras looked at it, then back to the castle. Was all that space really needed for however many "whatevers" lived in that?. There must be a lot of "whatevers" there just to protect one princess? Well there's never enough protection is there? Sometimes Terras thought it would get lonley for the king of Crystoria, living in his castle by himself, his only company the guards positioned outside his room. He had no wife, siblings, or parents. That was a boring existence, and Terras was glad he had people to laugh and play with. Did this princess have anyone with her to make life more entertaining? It was time to find out.

The hallways were wide corridors with many lanterns on the walls to keep the place as illuminated as possible. There were more guards at just about every door in every hallway. Almost all doors being big enough to fit two of one guard into them.The one at the end of the hallway though; it was twice the size of the other doors, and was marked with a design of a half sun and half moon. This princess must have control of celestial bodies. What was her name? Celestia? Makes sense. As Terras thought to himself about this "Celestia" the guard at the gigantic door somehow managed to push them open, and calling inside "Your highness, the source of the magical outburst is here." After about five seconds, Terras was ushered into a giant room with paintings of creatures and six creatures similar looking to just about everyone else here. And at the end sat a creature that looked like the others, but was different. It had a multicolored mane that was flowing as if there was a wind, yet there was no wind. It had a unicorn horn, but also wings, suggesting it was also a pegasus. Was this a mythical steed, and because of it's status it was considered their ruler?

"Hello." said the "pegacorn"

"Hi." replied Terras

"You're not from here are you?" she asked

"No, I'm not."

"Well let me be the first to welcome you to the land of Equestria"

She spoke with a voice a mother would have. Why did she remind Terras of his mother?

She stood up from the throne. "My name is Princess Celestia. And you are?"

"Terras"

She started to walk towards him. "You know you caused quite the ruckus with whatever you did in the gardens."

"Sorry, I was trying to get to another planet. Must have botched it."

"Yes, that's true. Do you have any way of getting to your planet?

"Not now. I used too much of my energy to make another jump."

She put her hoof on his shoulder. "Well I'll have a room set up for you to rest in, and if you choose to stay, feel free."

The same hospitality as his mother. I think I'll like it here. Terras thought.

The room Terras would be staying in was gigantic. Every single detail was paid attention to, from the carpet which felt smooth as silk, to just the paint job on the walls. Everything in that room seemed important and expensive in some way. It was definitely a huge step up from his room back on Crystoria. Yet to have all this space just for one person made Terras feel a little bit isolated. He'd have to adjust accordingly.

A couple hours later his dinner was brought in. Celery, lettuce, apples, pears, all diced in patterns that made them look more tasty than they appeared.

"Is there any meat I could go as well?"

The servant who brought the meal looked at him in disgust, "Ugh.....animal. We don't do that in Equestria."

He walked out with a little more hurried step, like Terras was going to butcher the servant. He looked at his dinner, eyed it differently. Normally there would be a peice of steak somewhere on that plate. Terras was okay with just fruits and vegetables, but eventually he would have to eat something dead and able to cook.

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Celestia was astounded by how Terras got here. He said he was from another planet, but there are no known planets in the solar system that support life, unless he's from a planet light years away. But even if that's the case, how could he have enough power for a teleport like that? Even Celestia herself couldn't hope to pull that off. If he stays here longer, Celestia was going to ask him some serious questions about where he came from and how he got here.