Ersatz Equestria

by Vexy

Rating: everyone
Tags: Dark, Adventure
Length: 228

Twilight Sparkle wakes up to find she and everyone she knows is trapped in a changeling hive.

Twilight wakes up and finds herself and everyone she knows in a changeling hive. Given the opportunity to escape, she manages to get out with just her closest friend, Spike. Vowing to free everypony and get them home, Twilight sets out to find shelter. However, she quickly finds that the Equestria she has woken up in is nothing like the one she remembers. From horizon to horizon the world is devastated, and ponies live in fear and misery.

With danger hidden around every corner and behind every shadow, Twilight must find a way to free her friends before the monsters that stalk the night find her…

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-02 02:13:39 UTC

Chapter 1

"She's waking up."

"Don't be ridiculous."

"I mean it! She's moving."

The voices sounded muffled, but Twilight Sparkle could hear each word perfectly. It was strange because the public wasn't normally allowed up in the private quarters. Maybe Spike had invited some friends up?

"The ponies always move when they're aleep."

"I know that, dummy. It's just that this one's been watching us."

"Watching us?"

"Yeah, her eyes have been following us walk around."

These voices sounded strange, though. They sounded unlike any pony she'd heard before; these ones had a strong rasp in their voice, as if both had something stuck in their throats. She wanted to investigate, but she felt too exhausted to get up yet. It was too dark for Celestia to have raised the sun yet.

So it was strange that she had some nighttime guests, then.

"Do you think we should tell the Queen? All the others have been pretty dormant."

"I don't know…"

Twilight opened her mouth to call out to them, but found her body reluctant to agree with her.

Something felt very wrong.

She tried to peel open her eyes, but she found that they were already open and it was so dark that she had hadn't realized. She focused her gaze on blurry shapes that danced around her vision, trying to discern what was going on.