Death City

Back with new update. Lately, my sore throat hasn't gotten any better and still burns like hell. Still, I am actually surprised how impressive of a story I created. There are already around 10 people who favorite me as an author or just this story individually. That truly makes me feel good inside. Not much to say, so let us begin.

Chapter 21 – The Distant Future

"Twilight?" The echoing of a voice rang in Twilights head. It had seemed so familiar, yet she didn't know who it really was. "Twilight?" The voice rang again. By this point, Twilight couldn't focus anymore. She had roomed free in her own thoughts. This was until the voice spoke once more.

"TWILIGHT!" The voice yelled. This managed to awake Twilight as she had gotten up in a frenzied state. As she regained consciousness, she looked around at her surroundings to find that she had been in what seemed like a desert filled with ashes. She then realized that she had been in the Everfree prairie, the most beautiful meadow in all of Equestria, or what used to be it. It seemed as if the entire land had been burned to the ground and all that remained was the cold, hard dirt underneath her.

As Twilight rose from the dirt ground, she soon saw that the pony who awoke her had been none other than Pinkie Pie. It actually made sense to her since the voice that had awaked her had been a high-pitched feminine voice. Looking behind her, she saw the escape pods, or what was left of them at least. The pods had crashed to the ground and were half buried into the dirt. While the top and bottom of the pods were made of an extremely rare type of indestructible metal, the sides of the pod were made from regular glass. This resulted in the glass from the pods to be from somewhat to completely shattered. Twilight then realized how the other ponies had made their way out of the pods. They were able to fit through the cracks of the pods.

To Twilight, it appeared that she was the last of them to wake up. Looking around, she saw that the rest of the group was covered in ashes or debris from the collision earlier. What shocked Twilight even more was that she was the only pony who wasn't covered in any sort of dirt or mess or anything. As the thought of dirt hit her mind, the first thing she thought of was Rarity.

"Rarity!" Twilight had screamed to the group, searching for the white unicorn. After shouting her name, Twilight soon hear a response to her statement.

"Right here!" A somewhat British voice emanated from the group. Everypony turned to where the voice had come from to see a Rarity holding up a hoof, signaling that she was indeed alive and conscious again. Although she had been alive, Rarity had also been covered in a mess of dirt and ashes. She had a lot of trouble trying to get the mess off of her what-used-to-be pure white coat.

"Rarity!" Twilight yelled before charging to the white mare. "You're alright!" Twilight exclaimed, hugging Rarity with her front hooves.

"Uh, Twilight." Rarity chirped. "I was here the entire time."

"Oh, he." Twilight chuckled nervously. She had been embarrassed for making a false assumption of her friend. There was a moment of silence between the group before Applejack spoke up.

"Well, now taht we got we got wat we need already, why don't we go ovar to that little varmint Discord and kick his hind end all tah way back tah where he came from?" Applejack had asked the group.

"It isn't as easy as you think." Snake mentioned from the back of the group. Applejack soon turned to him as well as the rest of the group.

"Whadda ya recon you're sayin?" Applejack had asked Snake directly.

"Has it ever came to you mind on where Discord could be at this very second!" Snake yelled at Applejack. "Think of it this way. A creature that represents the element of Disharmony and has the ability to teleport to any location he wished as well as cause chaos to that area! Not to mention the enormous army that we encountered the other day!" Right now, Snake was just inches away from Applejacks own face. "How in Equestria do you think we'll be able to defeat somepony that is nearly invincible no matter what? We still have a lot of work to do before we can get anywhere close to saving Equestria!" Snake began to lose his temper to Applejack, who was right now on the verge of crying.

"Actually, I know a pony that can help us a lot." Blur said from behind Snake. Like before, everypony had turned to face him, even Snake. "Apparently, he's not that far from here. We can reach him in a day's worth of travel."

"Well, who is he?" Twilight had asked, rejoining the conversation again.

"Better left unsaid." A lower-toned Blur had responded. "Ever since I became a guard on the Ark, we began to communicate to each other less and less. It's been years since we've talked to each other and I don't even think he remembers me anymore."

"Where is he then?" Twilight asked again.

"I'm not a hundred percent sure on this, but the last time I recall, I remember him working at a music store on the east side of Manehatten." Blur began rubbing his chin with his front hoof. "I still remember the directions to the store." Looking at the distant sky, Blur found the sun had just risen a few hours ago and was already the strike of noon. "We can make it before nightfall if we leave right now."

"Well then, come on guys." Twilight began taking control of the heard for the fifth time so far. "With Blur as our GPS, we'll be sure to find his friend and then find Discord so we can end this chaos once and for all." With that, Twilight turned to Blur and had asked him the first question on her mind.

"So, where do we start?" Twilight had asked.

"Here, let me take control for once." Blur had put his front hoof onto Twilights shoulder. Twilight had gotten a bit embarrassed by this change of events.

Blur then turned around and began trotting east towards Manehatten, while simultaneously waving his free hoof in the air, signaling for the rest of the group to follow. Their journey had only begun.

Dirt and Roses - Rise Against (open link in new tab)

The group of ponies had been in an arrangement of two lines. On one side were all the mares while on the other side were the colts and stallions. For some reason they enjoyed being separated into distinct groups. It gave them more privacy. Apparently, the mane 6 had met a ton of new male ponies, but no new female ponies.

The city grieves like widows clasping folded flags against their hearts

Raindrops spill like dirt and roses on black coffins in the dark

not yet corpses, still we rot, oblivious to our decay

Drinking poison drop by drop destined to die

Unless we save our lives from the coming tide

That seeks to drown us in its waves

But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

Then we'll rue each passing day

The prairie from a distance had looked no better. Still, everywhere you went, you could see dirt cover the vast land with a mixture of ashes in it.

And i swear this place once was alive

The streets all pulsed like living veins

Heart was beating coarse with blood

The buildings breathe each time they sway

The time of death punctuated by the bells

The sky turned red then came the rain

Come on let's save our lives from the coming tide

That seeks to drown us in its waves

But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

Then we'll rue each passing day

The group had been traveling for hours now. While some whined on how much their hooves ached, others were persistent enough to keep moving on. Apparently, Blur was one of the ponies who kept on persisting himself to keep moving.

This world will crush you from the top

I'd rather die

I would rather chase them down

These worlds are crashing forward

This time they're sitting blind

Down, our true fates will be dropped

Like fallen soldiers on these fields

We spent our lives

Bodies holed up on the wheels

I swear we tried

I gave up on this godforsaken sight

And i felt it all pass by

Nightfall was now just around the corner. While everypony was just about to give up hope, including Blur, they finally saw what looked like civilization in the distance. This brought joy to the entire group, especially Blur, knowing that he would get to see his long-lost friend once more. The group soon began galloping towards what seemed to be Manehatten, forgetting the thought that they were tired.

Come on let's save our lives from the coming tide

That seeks to drown us in its waves

But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

Then we'll rue each passing day

So save our

Our lives, it's coming clear

Yeah it's been coming clear to me

We'll never sell our soul for the chance of gold

And we'll live each passing day

The town began getting closer and closer to the gang as they desperately charged towards the city. For some odd reason, Rainbow Dahs remembered being told the entire Equestria had been destroyed, but here it was, Manehatten. It had still been standing this whole time.

Getting to the entrance of city, the group could see a large billboard in gleaming letters spelling out the name "MANEHATTEN" in capital letters. Reaching the entrance, the gang began slowing down and resumed trotting as normal. They already had enough trouble for one day; they didn't want to get noticed more by galloping through the upper-crest of Equestria.

Frankly, even though it was nighttime right now, there were a lot of ponies scattered around the city of Manehatten. The group had felt like they were in Canterlot with all the royal mares. Then there were the stallions. Like any other town, the stallions were some rusty, old, beat-up gangsters who loomed the streets in search of other stallions to beat up and mares to hit on. Apparently, none of the ponies in the group had liked Manehatten one bit, especially Rarity.

As the group trotted through the town, with Blur as the leader of the group, Twilight hat galloped up to Blur and began asking him more questions.

"So, how much longer till we reach the shop your friend works in?" Twilight had asked Blur while trotting at the same exact pace at him in order to keep up with him. Every now and then her hooves would get tangled up with one another as she focused on Blurs hooves and movements.

"First of all," Blur began. "He doesn't just work at the shop, he owns it. Second of all," Blur continued. "I haven't been to his shop in years. Thus meaning that I don't know how much longer it will take. All I know is the direction in which it is in. Nothing more, nothing less." With that, Blur began trotting faster through the town.

"Oh, come on!" Twilight began playing with Blur. "You can't be that serious. Sure you guys haven't seen each other in a while, so what? I'm sure you must know more about your friend. You haven't even told us anything in general about him such as his name. How come you keep ignoring me? How come you keep ignoring us? What did we ever do to you to ever deserve this?" Twilight kept on going on and on with her questions. Blur had already been up to here with Twilight already, but now she was just making him loose his sanity. Blur couldn't take it anymore and had put a stop to it once and for all.

Putting a hoof completely in Twilights mouth, Blur had stopped trotting. Everypony else soon stopped also, realizing that their commander had just stopped. All eyes were now on Blur and Twilight as they held up the group.

"Stop." Blur had whispered into Twilights ear. "Just stop. I try to be a decent, civilized pony, but you always find a way to push me to my limit and that's what gets me all worked up. And for what, nothing? Next time you ask a question, think about it first." With that, Blur had removed his hoof from Twilights mouth and resumed trotting down the streets of Manehatten, the group following close by.

As everypony left, Twilight was the only one in the back. She had recalled what Blur had just said to her moments ago. "Am I really that annoying?" Twilight had asked herself quietly. "Am I really that useless in life?" Getting back up on all four hoofs, Twilight slowly began trotting towards the group already in front of her, with her head hung low the entire time.

"I miss you, Thunder Ice."

Chapter 21 is now all clear. I have actually done a lot of hard work for this story and I would like a thank you gift from all of you reading this by reviewing. Still looking for new OC's and new songs too. The song used in this chapter was Dirt and Roses by Rise Against. This song happened to be in the Marvel Avengers album that was just posted onto YouTube around 3 days ago. It actually happened to be the only Rise Against song on the album sadly. The first time I heard the on, the first thing I thought was how would I be able to interpret this song into this story, and after a few hours of thinking, this chapter got produced. I now tip my hat off to Dieter N. again over at FIMfiction for checking and editing this chapter. One last thing before I go and that is…. review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review, review! (I can keep going if you want.)