Tales of Equestria

                                                              Chapter 2+1: Leeeeeroooooy nnnnjenkinnns!

Slowly creeping up on it, I psyched myself up and braced for what was sure to be an ordeal. However stealth wasn't my strong point. I was almost within striking distance when I accidentally kicked a pebble. The creature quickly turned toward me and gave me a rather intimidating hiss, and I am rather embarrassed to to admit that I jumped a few feet. After giving me a quick look, the thing merely grinned and said "What do we have here? a little lost colt? Run along home boy! Before I get hungry!" I tried to raise my stick and come up with a brave and witty retort, but it ended up being more of a "squeak and cower behind stick" causing the monstrous bug-thing to laugh. "Well well well" It said attention now totally on me, "Trying to be brave are we? If you think you can take on a Changeling elite, then I suppose I COULD use the snack!" With that it took an offensive position and began circling me. I tried to swallow my growing unease and got ready to defend myself. It soon charged at me, I swung at it like last time hoping that it would fall for the same trick. Wrong! It expertly and swiftly dodged my swing and whirled around to deliver a powerful kick, which I took the brunt of, sending me flying. "OOF!" I yelled in pain as I landed on the ground. I tried to get up and pick up my stick that had skittered away, but the Changeling sent it over the edge with a swift kick of its perforated hoof. "Well" It said sounding bored "That was an...amusing attempt. But I'm done playing with you boy!" With that, his horn started glowing a bright sickly green color.

Well, this was about to end rather badly and anti-climatically! I was defenseless and was most likely about to get blasted into oblivion. Suddenly, right as the thing fired its spell, a strange feeling and a weird power shot through me and my horn started glowing a bright blue color. A sword materialized directly in-front of me and blocked the blast. I merely stared wide-eyed at it for a good second. "Well well well" said the Changeling, "It seems things just got a little more interesting!" With that it began to circle me again. Wielding my new sword (Which strangely felt second nature to me despite not actually knowing what I was doing) I decided to be the aggressor this time and charged him. I dashed up and swung my magic-made weapon, barely missing that time. "Well" the Changeling hissed almost sounding impressed, "You have quite a bit of fight in you for a young colt. But I grow tired of toying with you, have at you!" With that, it started fighting back. I could barely keep up with its movements. The only way I was keeping up, was a strange instinct that kept kicking in. Guiding my movements as if I had done this many times before. (Which I found weird...but not worth questioning at the time.)

The struggle got the attention of Princess Celestia, still fighting away in the bottom of the crater. She sensed the disturbance and looked up to see a large Changeling fighting a young stallion wielding a small spell sword. Thinking quickly, she charged a spell, took aim, and fired a laser of magic which sailed over the heads of the mass swarm of Changelings to strike home.

The stupid thing was about to kill me! I was beginning to tire and the dumb bug thing didn't show any signs of slowing down whatsoever. "Alright!" It said rather annoyed, "I've had enough of this game, it's time I end this foolishness!" It ran up to me and was about to strike me down. When all of a sudden, a bright magical blast nailed it! It fell to the ground and with a screech of pure rage it burst into a black cloud of smokey dust. All the Changelings stopped for a moment, then suddenly decided that without a leader they weren't so brave. They all started scrambling away, I guessed back to their hive.

"EVERYPONY! FALL BACK!" The white alicorn yelled, she look directly at me and gestured for me to follow. I decided that this was probably a good idea and quickly made my way down and followed them.

After running for who knows how long, we finally stopped for a quick rest and patch up. I collapsed on the ground breathing heavily. I looked up to see the alicorn, though wounded and quite drained, walking around checking all her troops and making sure that they were still in one piece. I stood up as she approached me. Now that I was able to get a closer look, I was able to tell that she was indeed somebody (errr some "pony" I guessed is what you say here after overhearing some of the chatter) very important. "I wish to thank you for your help young stallion." she said sounding very regal, "We would not have escaped that predicament with our lives if you hadn't shown up when you did." ...Flattering considering all I did was pull a stupid stunt and almost get killed in the process. "I do not know your name." she said, I told her my name not quite knowing how to act around royalty. "Danny, What a strange name." she said curiously, "I am Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria. You don't seem to be from around here, perhaps you could tell me a little about yourself on the way back to my castle." Without waiting for an answer, she turned and gave the orders to move out. Castles? Princesses? Magical weapons? This day was quickly getting weirder and weirder. Finding myself caught up in the excitement, and figuring that I didn't have to much choice in the matter. (Hey! I was following a majestic, mythical creature to a real live castle!) I fell in line, following everypony else.