Chapters The world beneathe the surface: Curruption
"Be hold the dreams of an unwanted soul
She remembered and forgot just like any other pony
But she was a special person to many who lay under the sea"
Pinkie pie lay, on a bench near her house. She was waiting for the cutie mark crusaders to exit rarity's house. Pinkie pie had planned a special surprise for them, but they seem to be taking a while.
"Aw." Pinkie pie said, as she frowned, staring at her balloon pop into pieces. She picked up the pieces and held them in her hoof. She set them next to herself and waited. She started to groan.
Twilight started to walk around looking for information. She soon came to a halt when she noticed pinkie pie.
"Pinkie?" She stuttered. Twilight sat next to her, starting to get cozy on the wooden bench, which was very rusty and broken down.
"Sweetie belle, scootalo and apple bloom take to long!" Pinkie pie groaned as she slouched down into the bench.
Twilight looked at pinkie with a, 'humph' and replied, "well princess Celestia sent me to uncover the...Cyan...palace?" Twilight said confused.
"UGH!" Pinkie pie groaned and then said, "I'm throwing this huge surprise party!" Pinkie pie said quickly and then continued, "Scootaloo and Sweetie belle were all in on it! Today is a big day for apple bloom! I can't spoil to much!" Pinkie pie said in a rush as she ran over to two fillies who manes where pricked up and fancy,
"Lets go!" Pinkie pie said, tossing scootaloo and sweetie belle on her back. She trotted away towards her house and sat them down.
"OOH!" Pinkie pie said, grabbing steamers and ribbons. She threw scootaloo and sweetie bell large gifts and told them, "hurry up! Apple bloom better not be home!"
"She won't!" Sweetie belle said continuing on her mischievous plan, "I told Rarity to make her extra prissy!"
"Then lets go!"
Pinkie pie picked up the pace as she continued to trot toward apple jacks barn.
"Hey apple jack!" Pinkie pie told Apple jack as she set down her stuff.
"I'm planning an o' so very good surprise for Apple! I need your help!" Pinkie Pie put up the streamers and threw on some bows. "THERE!" Pinkie Pie was left on panting.
Apple jack circled the room and took of the streamers, one by one. "Ah, shucks sugar cube." Apple jack said calmly. She set down the streamers on the ground. "I can't have you do that today. Because, I'm throwing a party for old granny. I can't have you do that."
"But!" Pinkie pie slowly said, "I can help!" She stood up on her hind legs and threw out her arms.
"No, sorry pinkie." Apple jack took off the bows and handed them to Pinkie Pie.
"You, Scootaloo and Sweetie belle have to be on your way now."
Pinkie pie was left gloomy and she slowly trotted out of the barn.
Pinkie pie walked towards a small trail she had never seen before. I was all wet, like soggy grass. She followed the path and came over to a large lake.
Pinkie pie was left stunned at her discovery. She knows it doesn't seem that far from ponyville, but she still counts it as a great discovery.
"TWILIGHT!" She shouted from about 5 miles away, but Twilight could still hear her loud screech.
"WHAT!" Twilight replied.
"I FOUND A LAKE! IT'S SO BIG! ITS LARGE! I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT SHALLOW!" Pinkie pie said quickly.
"What?" Twilight said, in a some what mutter.
She lay down on her bed, thrusting down her wings and having a slumber. Twilight was up all last night talking with Celestia about the new kingdom found.
The world beneathe the surface: Curruption
"Where a girl is saved by to brave men
they became the rulers of the kingdom
The king and prince"
Pinkie Pie slowly took a deep breath and trotted in. She soon found herself, swimming in a large sea. She swam deeper than she normally would. She soon found a sparkle in the sea. It lead down into a cave. It was crystal and shiny.
She swam down to the under water cave. The cave led her up more to the surface up it. But near the middle, she saw a secret cut away.
Pinkie pie sat up on the surface and panted for breath. She splashed some of the water into her face and looked down in the water. The spark still glimmered in the reflection of pinkie pie.
"Nothing but to try!" She repeatedly told herself as she dived into the water and swam for it.
She soon came to see a large glass bulb surrounding a pack of ponies. They were breathing and walking and talking. Some were even singing or doing a jig.
Pinkie pie swam close enough to notice a small shack where a colt was lead out of to a mare.
Pinkie used her hoof to bang on the glass dome, making a large bang noise sound through the bulb. The ponies trotted around in terror of the large sound that kept on repeating where they went. Pinkie started to get a blurry vision as she stayed under the water for a long time. Her hands felt numb and cold from the glass.
Pinkie pie slowly drifted upwards as she shut her eyes.
"Look!" A teal mare shouted as she pointed towards the outside. "It's a poor mare! Report to the king!" The ponies ran towards a large castle wedged between to large rocks and pebbles. It was a damp castle.
The teal mare ran into the castle, leading down a large hall with a red carpet with a yellow border. On the walls hung photos of the family members of the castle.
"Prince Evergreen!" The teal pony panted as she started to get tired from exhaustion. "There is a mare outside, drowning from the liquid fums! We must help her!" She stated to wipe away her sweat.
"Tiara Tiana, call the medics, NOW! I must report to the guards to get her out. NOW MOVE!" Tiara Tiana quickly trotted away to the medics of the kingdom.
"Please quickly she is in need of help!" Tiara Tiana told them as she pointed towards the suffering Pinkie Pie. The guards charged up, moving swiftly with their wings. The made a charge, for the bulb. They wore large bulky suits to cover them from the cold of the water. It was only winter and they didn't want theirs to start off cold and wet. They quickly grabbed Pinkie Pie and ran into the bulb, only letting a bit of water drip in from the oceans size and their tiny body.
The flew over the the kingdom and tossed her on a large bed. Prince Evergreen called in a medic and pumped in air leading to her lungs. The waited for a moment, while Tiara Tiana was silently sobbing to herself.
Pinkie pie started to cough, as the water ran down from her mouth.
Tiara Tiana gasped at the sight and ran over to Prince Evergreen.
"She...She's alive! I grant you two medics most certainly wealthy livings!" Prince Evergreen spoke, with a loud booming voice as he went back to his room. He used his horn to open a page in his journal...
Today, the medics were granted riches, like all the other hero's of our kingdom. They won't be forgotten for what they done to help save a poor defenseless mare. I still haven't yet found out her name, She looked pink, even her mane was pink, yet really wet from the bag conditions. I hope she is nice just like Tiara Tiana, my childhood friend. I want to have her stay here to give her a cozy life,
Prince Evergreen sighed and closed his journal. He stepped out of the room and entered the hallway, He looked over to Tiara Tiana and smiled.
"Shall we begin the feast of the saving of the young beautiful mare?" Prince Evergreen solemnly said. Tiara Tiana nodded and they trotted out onto the balcony of his room.
He cleared his throat and spoke, "DEAR PONIES OF THE CYAN KINGDOM! I PRESENT YOU A GREAT YOUNG BEAUTIFUL MARE WHO WAS SAVED BY TWO BRAVE COLTS! WE SHALL GET TO KNOW THE TWO WEALTHY LEADERS LATER! BUT NOW WE BRING UPON A ROYAL FEAST!!!" The ponies roared in excitement. Pinkie Pie shot up and shook out her mane. It appeared all goofy and frizzy.
"A feast! Isn't that like a party. But just more royal! OOOH! So much fun! I have a party in my hoar!" Pinkie pie pranced around in laughter and jolly,
The world beneathe the surface: Curruption
"Where a royal feast is stopped
Mortal friendship breaks
Lies will be told"
Pinkie pie stopped prancing around just to think of the thought, what about my friends...
"Calm down you guys." Twilight said, tracing around the library. Her, applejack, rarity, fluttershy and rainbowdash were trying to figure out what had happened to pinkie pie.
"Well," Twilight began, scratching the bottom of her muzzle. "I've last seen her when she was yelling to me at night... THAT'S IT!" Twilight yelled as she ran up the stairs into her room. She looked out the large circular window and noticed a fountain. Ribbons and streamers from the, soon to be party, were guiding the way into the pond.
"We have to follow the trail! Even though going through magical ponds might just be another pinkie pie trick, but once she duplicated herself! I think we should all go into the pond together!"
"Ooh," said fluttershy."I don't think that's a very good idea Twilight." Fluttershy flew down towards the door and began her way out.
"Yeah." began rarity as she walked over to the door. "My stylish mane would get ruined from the dirty old water! It would be soaking wet!"
twilight groaned as she slowly smiled at rainbow dash and apple jack.
"Shucks sugar cube." Apple jack said, as she slowly trotted towards the group of two mares near the door. "I got a party to plan with granny smith"
"And I got animals to awaken before it's morning." Fluttershy hesitated to say as she curled her hair towards her chest.
"I don't want my mane in some old nasty pond!" Rarity said, slowly grooming her purple curly mane.
Rainbow dash slowly zipped over to the now fair group of them.
"Let me guess rainbow dash? Practicing for the wonder-bolts?" Twilight hung her head down below her shoulders.
"Err, I'm actually practicing with Scootaloo." Rainbow dash rubbed her hoof on her arm and floated down to the ground.
"Fine! I'll do it on my own!" Twilight said in a huff as she walked out of the door.
Twilight made her way through the large trail, leading to a large forest, and stepped near the pond. It was circled by a group of trees surround the pond in a circle. It covered the trail, making it vanish into the mist of the trees. The moon was glistening on the pond, making the streamers shimmer.
"Here goes nothing." Twilight told herself as she entered the pond. Just in time to practice my new spell! Twilight's horn glowed deep purple as it popped making a bright spark appear in the pond.She opened her mouth and breathed. "Finally!" She said panting."This is only a pond...right?" She questioned herself as she began deeper into the darkness of the path. "Ah ha!" She said, swiping up to a large cave. The cave's tide was shallow and the wind bristled through twilight's cold, shivering body and mane. Twilight soon noticed a light spark appear. It seemed to be shine from the bulb of the city. So twilight began to swim down the cave's secondary path and was lead to a huge bulb, shining brightly, surrounding a large kingdom. The ponies roamed, and talked as they noticed her floating down.
"Open the vaults!" One pony said to the guards as she soon opened a large tube leading out of the bulb. The vaults made a large noise as the doors slammed open. Twilight swam down leading into the large bulb.
"Thanks!" She said, winking at one of the colts in a large bulky blue suit.
"Mother of Celestia!" Twilight said in shock as she roamed the city. "This must be the city Celestia was talking about!"
"WATCH OUT BELOW!" A mare yelled, from a large balcony. She held a large canon and she blew out large streamers at the people below. They just laughed and giggled.
"HEY TWILIGHT!" A fair, cheerful voice said from the balcony. twilight knew who that voice came from, it was Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie pie took a moment to come down the hallway and outside to Twilight.
"isn't it just amazing!" Pinkie pie said staring into twilight's eyes.
"yeah..." Twilight said, under her breath as she sighed.
"Twilight!" Pinkie pie said as she pranced down the large kingdom. "They're having a large feast in my honor!"
"They're? Why are they?" Twilight was confused as she kept on following pinkie pie to the palace.
"Ah the pink pony!" Prince ever green said from the palace balcony. He trotted down the hallway to pinkie pie and twilight."Why my." He said looking at Twilight."I'm prince evergreen." He looked into twilight's eyes, very dreamily and he licked his lips.
"Er, I'm twilight." Twilight shyly said.
"I see your an alicorn." He said, placing his hoofs on her wing and horn.
"Yeah." Twilight replied slowly moving his hoofs off of her."I came here to check up on pinkie pie "
"Ah your friend here, her name is pinkie pie?"
"Yes!" Twilight said nodding her head. "She randomly wandered off without any of us noticing her."
"Us?" Evergreen said confusingly. "But pinkie, the feast is in a delay."
"WHAT!" Pinkie jumped up to say.
"Oh, no special reason." Ever green said trotting away, then winking at twilight.
"What was he all about?" Twilight said, starting to trot out the large palace.
The world beneathe the surface: Curruption
"where love is a broken shard
A girl's worst fear alive
a mans life on the line"
Prince ever green sat down at his desk and looked at a picture. It was a picture of a brown skinned pony. She had purple glasses, dark brown hair curled up into a ponytail. At the bottom, a paper lay, which read, 'Princess Cyan'
Prince Ever Green sighed as he gotten up. He walked over slowly to the hall and into a large room. It had a king sized bed, but mostly everything inside was just cyan.
"Gonna miss you sis." Ever green said as he sat on her bed. He picked up picture of him and her and held it tight against his chest.
A knock was heard at the large wooden doors."Yes?" he replied.Twilight walked into the room and noticed him sitting on the bed. "Er, is this a bad time?" Twilight with a sweat dripping down her face.
"No." He replied standing up.
"Well, I wanted to know, why were you all you know-" Twilight started to make awkward hand gestures as she made a weird face. "-touchy touchy, with my body?"
"Oh that, that is how we get a sense you and the other ponies."
Twilight started to feel that she though he was just being a little to nice to her.
"Well then, whats going on?" Twilight said, trying to keep the talking momentum up.
"Nothing." Ever green said nervously. Tiara TIana slowly walked into the room in shock. She came to a halt and said, "oops! Is this a wrong time?" She said, as she slowly backed out of the room.
"No." Ever green said walking over the Tiana. "What is it my love?"
"Well," she began. "You see, the feast. We ran out of resources to make a large feast."
"Well go get some!" He demanded pushing her out of the room. "yes sir!" She said, trotting out of the way to the large outside.
"Well..." Twilight said walking slowly down the hall.
"Would you like to see my balcony?" He asked.
"Eh, sure." Twilight said with a shrug as she followed him up the large spiral stairs.
Twilight took a deep breath.
"I feel so free!" She said holding out her hoofs.
Suddenly, a loud scream was heard from a girl. She was hoarded by a large stack of colts in bulky suits."HELP!" She screamed as they took her inside the palace.
"We have to help her!" Twilight said, soon being halted by prince evergreen. "She must be coming for a cause. Stay." Twilight sighed and took another breath to enjoy the scenery.
From the bottom with the girl she was hoarded into a room. It was large. She was brought into a cage. They taken another small filly before. Her remains lay next to her. "What are you going to do with me!" She demanded to know.
"It seems like you know a little to much about his palace. Your gossip needs to come to an end. Expect the unexpected." He said as he walked out of the room. He only left on a tiny lamp next to her.
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Twilight walked down the hall and into ever greens room, where she was told. She sighed and looked at all the notes.One read,
Today, I feel bad for this rain of terror in my kingdom. Some people are starting to notice the decreasing amount of ponies in this kingdom. Who ever spreads the gossip will get a small surprise.
Twilight slowly set down the paperwork and backed up. "Wha...what? This can't be true?" Twilight old herself. Suddenly ever green appeared at the doorway.
"Ah Twilight, I see you found my notes to Princess Cyan, my sister."
"Ah yes, that really pretty mare!"
"So, what have you read about her? Or my notes to her?"
"Oh!" twilight hesitated and then gulped. She replied as an answer, "how you met a pink girl named pinkie pie! Ah yes that one!"
"I see. Shall we get going for the royal drafting?"
"drafting?" Twilight was pushed out the room by ever green. They entered a large stadium where all the ponies sat on chairs.
"DEAR MY PEOPLE!" Ever green said in a loud voice. "WE MUST DRAFT ANOTHER PONY FOR THE SEARCH OF MY SISTER! TODAYS CALL IS..." He looked at each pony, they looked all wary and sad."YOU!" He said, pointing o a colt, who had a suit on and glasses. "COME NOW! PUT ON YOUR SUIT AND LEAVE TO SEARCH FOR MY SISTER!"
He gulped and put on the suit. He exited to bulb to search for his sister.
The world beneathe the surface: Curruption
"Where shadows lurk the depths of the ocean
Where a man is found and slaughtered
Where a mare is left wondering"
He was guided out of the glass bulb, and into a dark place. The water got dark, he was near the bottom of the ocean.
It's all gonna be okay He told himself to let his happiness fill his body from head to toe. I hope. He then said shortly after. He took a deep breath and swam down. His hoofs touched to ground. He looked around at all the dark shadows lurking across the valley of the ocean depths.
"Who's there!" He shouted out, looking in different directions of all the shadows. "Come out with your hands up!" The colt was a police officer back when he was on the surface. When his land was dragged to the depths, he became another one of a billion, colts.
"Please show yourself!" He shouted. He started to trot around looking for all the other shadows. He wondered where their source was.
It suddenly giggled with laughter as black mist risen on his hoofs.
"STOP THAT!" he demanded as he ran in terror. "GET OFF!" He started to spas out, as he fell to the ground. The dark mist arisen from his hoofs to his body. His screams grew silent. He was shocked, he didn't even move. A shadow was in front of him. All he could see was a thick, bloody smile spread across the shadows face.
The mist grew up to his muzzle and sunk into his mouth. It risen from his mouth to his eyes. The eyes turned pitch black as he arisen. His hoofs and body was horned in black mist. His eyes were pitch black. No more bright and cheery colors.
The shadow pulled him forward as she smiled.
She walked to ocean surface as she dragged him along.
"A RISE!" She yelled to him He did her trusty deed, as she had his body under control. Your shadow will now be apart of mine. She whispered to him as she chuckled. She took out her axe and swung it across his neck. Blood splattered across the surface. It turned their parts bloody red.
He suddenly still stayed, but he was all damp and colorless.
She dragged him along the floor and back to the bulb. She awaited him at the doors and knocked.
"OPEN THE DOORS!" Shouted ever green as he threw up his hand. The guards in their bulky suits turned the knob and let the loud screech ring across the ponies ears.
Suddenly Twilight saw the dead body out the bulb. She screamed and ran back towards it. She dragged it inside where she led it to ever green.
"He needs help!" She said as she pulled him onto the table.
"I see." Ever green said, rubbing his muzzle. "We will have our guards take him in."
"Don't you need a medic?" Twilight insisted.
"Oh no. They know what to do." Ever green walked back up the spiral stairs into his balcony.
The guards shoved their way through, and picked him up. They brought him into the large room. They threw him in the cage with the mare.
"Here's a little buddy." They said as they exited the room turning on all lights.
The mare screamed at the sight she had saw.
Blood splattered across all the walls, with chunks of mare and colt meat on the table. The large butcher knives were hanging up on the wall. A large towel covered in blood and guts was hanging near them, for use of when they need to clean off their knives. They were sharp and deadly. But all the mare could see were the cut off limbs of the ponies.
The mare shook the colt and wondered, "is he still alive?"
Suddenly his neck was healed with a blink of light. The mares eyes were still buzzing through the sight of the large blinking.
"Help...me..." The colt said, slowly getting up.
"What are you!" The mare demanded to know.
"Next..." He said as he was dragged out of the cage.
"STOP IT!" The mare cried out, having her body tied to the bars of the cage.
They lifted him up on the table and took off a knife. They wiped it of its left over blood and sharpened it. The colt was still kicking and punching, trying to get free from his death, but it was no use. One was holding him down to the table and smiling. He was happy to kill another pony, a gender of his own kind. But he still had a thing for the mare.
With one quick swipe, they dug the knife into the colts leg. He screamed in pain as the blood splattered on the mares face. She was to shocked to speak. But suddenly, she screamed as loud as she can.
"HELP! HELP ME! HELP US!!!" The looked to her and she quickly shut her mouth up. She started to quietly sob to herself.
Soon they cut off both of the colts legs. He was still screaming in terror. They slowly moved him onto the next table where they took off a large knife. They dotted up his neck and dug the knife into it. The mare was still shocked on the terror she saw of the poor colt.
"Please!" She begged for them. But they just ignored her and, put the colts remains in a bucket. They put his limbs into another bucket and sent it down a passage.
They soon opened the cage again and grabbed the mare.
"Time to shut you up!" The colt said, lying on top of her.
"NO! NO!!!" She screamed as she tried to kick him off. The colt soon took off his helmet. It was prince ever greens younger brother. He smiled as he untied the rope. This was the mares chance to run free but she declined as she took her fate.
The younger prince threw her onto the table. He smiled as he rung the large bell across the kingdom.
The colt grabbed the knife as she begged and pleaded for her life.
"PLEASE!!" She begged. "I'll do anything!" She repeated that until the colt got mad and set down the knife.
"Anything aye? I'll give you one day until I'll have two special surprises for you. Maybe three, but all I have to give you a hint is." The mare gulped and listened closely. "A friend, torture and death." He insanely laughed as he exited the room.
"The deed is done my good brother." The younger prince told his brother they both laughed.
"What was that all about?" Twilight asked him.
"Oh nothing!" He said, laughing to himself.
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Apple jack was bucking the apple trees, multiple apples fell from the trees. She was sweating from her hard day of bucking the apple acres.
She started to slowly trot over to rarity, who seemed to be in a rush to get to Apple Jack.
"Hey sugar cube, have you seen Pinkie and Twilight? I was pretty sure-" Rarity interrupted in a very loud voice,"I have a letter from her!"
Apple jack snatched it out her hooves and read aloud,
Dear my friends,
Me and Pinkie Pie seem to be in a little situation,
need help stat!
your dearest princess,
Twilight
"Twilight is in trouble!"
"You think we couldn't have guessed that?"
"Psh," Apple jack replied, walked away.
"Well?" Rarity said, waiting for a reply from Apple jack.
"Well what?" Apple jack said, grunting in the middle from kicking and apple tree. She carefully quickly glanced at Rarity, then moved on forward with her bucking.
"Well what should we do?"
"We? I need to finish bucking. Time is money!"
"But apple jack! This isn't like you!"
"So what?"
"Well, let's go!"
"Fine, I'll get fluttershy, you get rainbow dash."
"got it!"
Rarity and Apple Jack both ran down the acres, as they looked for them both. Apple jack quickly stared at the fence ahead of her, she leaped into the air, catching wind as she spotted the tree. She slowly halted and knocked on the door. She then yelled, "Fluttershy quick! Twilight needs help!"
The door creaked open and out came angel. He held a note and then dropped it off on the ground. He then slammed the door in Apple jack's muzzle and she began to read, "out, Pinkie Pie sent me to help her and prince evergreen."
Apple jack stood in shock as she saw a large water puddle leading for the lake.
"Oh my apples!" She yelled, staring down.
"Why would she be here?" Apple jack held her breathe and slowly crept down the lake. She started to swim to the nearest surface she could find, all she found was a small dark black cave. She swam up, starting to catch her breath.
She breathed in deeply and swam back down the water. She soon found herself to be staring face to face with a glass bulb. She knocked on the bulb, being lead down to a tube. She entered, getting cleaned off by stallions wearing large bulky suits.
"So this is where Twilight and Pinkie are!"
Apple jack trotted around, staring at all the friendly faces.
An alicorn stallion walked to the stage, he was wearing a black suit.
She tapped on the microphone and then spoke, "My dearest people of my palace! It seems that our certain stallion donated to the sea has failed and come back dead! But no need to fear! WE HAVE A NEW MARE HERE!"
Apple jack shrugged and started to trot as people lined up in front of him.
"You there!" He said, pointing to an orange pony.
"What is your name?"
Apple jack stared deeply in his eyes and sat down.
She started to mumble as she stared at all the other ponies around her.
She gulped then replied, "um, apple jack," she stopped to look again then replied, "your honor."
"Come up here!" he said, pacing his hoof on a certain spot.
Apple jack gulped and stepped up.
"So my dearest Apple jack, you are now going to go after my sister outside the dome! Don't worry if you die, that happens all the time."
Apple jack fainted on the ground.
Prince evergreen laughed as he carried her up to his palace.
He placed her on his sisters bed then replied, "my dearest apple jack." He kissed her forehead and then walked off.
Twilight was trotting down the hallway, searching for apple jack.
"Apple jack!" She screamed, running into the room.
Twilight stroked her mane then shook her.
"Please, wake up!"
Apple jack slowly opened her eyes.
"YOUR GONNA DIE HERE!!!"