Rainbowdash and The Keeper of The Door (comment driven story)
October 8, 2014, somewhere in Bristow, OK
Skylers POV
I was walking home from school when a weird light down an ally caught my eye. I cautiously approached the ally to see what it was. The light was a vertical beam of light about the height of a door. Wait. It was a door! I slowly push open the door and step through…
1 year later, golden oaks library, Ponyville, Equestria
Rainbowdashes POV
I walked into the library wondering why my friends wanted to see me. Well, I couldn’t stay for long, I had to go to work in half an hour.
“Have a seat Rainbowdash.” Twilight said in a stern voice. ‘What did I do this time to make them mad?’ I thought to myself as I took a seat.
“Now sugarcube, whatever you hear, just know it’s for your own good.” Apple Jack says to me. For my own good? What the hay is going on here?
“What’s going on?” you ask in confusion.
“We don’t want to see you anymore.” Twilight states flatly.
“Wait, what? Y-You’re joking, right?” you stammer. They had to be joking. There was no reason for them not to want to see you anymore.
“I’m afraid not darling. We really don’t want to see you anymore.” Rarity says.
“Why?” you ask.
“Because silly, we just don’t like you.” Pinky says with a giggle-snort.
“We don’t like your pranks, your manners, and your attitude.” Twilight says to you matter-of-factly.
“So please leave, I mean if that’s ok with you.” Fluttershy says apolitically. I didn’t need to be told again. I ran out of the library in tears. I just could not believe that my friends didn’t want to see me anymore. I ran blindly, thanks to the fact that I was crying. I do not know how long I ran, all I know is that I found myself outside of ponyville, next to a broken down wall. Exhausted, I collapsed and knew no more.
At the Door, a half hour before.
Skylers POV
I stood before the Door, the one that brought me here that day about a year ago. Since then, the Door has sent me to many planets. I know stand here again to see which planet it will bring me to. Well, I guess I can visit one of the planets I have already been to, but what was the fun it that? You see this is how the Door works, you can either pull the lever and see where it takes you, or you can us the dial. Butt, in order to use the dial you had to know the cordnets of the planet you want to go to. So before I go to a new planet, I write down the cordnets that it randomly generates.
As I pull the lever I glance at the danger meter. It tells me if I need my chainmail armor or not. Today, the meter stops on P. it looks like this world is currently at peace. I quickly write down cordnets in my notebook and stuff it in the safe I keep by the Door. Then, I take a deep breath and step through the Door.
I step into a meadow. To my right, there is an apple orchard. To my left is a town. Directly in front of me is I forest. I decide to play the age old game of any, mini, miney, mo to decide which way to go. The game says I should go towards the town. I smile. It is always a treat to meet the inhabitants of a new world. You never know what you will meet.
I head towards the town slowly, taking as much time to enjoy the view. It is not often that I see a world as nice looking as this one. The last five places I’ve visited was either desert, ghost woods, or underground.
I have done many things on my adventures. I have fought dragons, lead armys, and even ran a small kingdom when Harold decided on a month long vacation. And let me tell you, being a king isent all that fun. They tell you that you get to do whatever you want. Nuh uh. Nowhere close. I had to sit in on a bunch of boring meetings, listen to complaining pheasants moaning about how there life sucks. The nobles where uptight and rude, and the parliament kept telling me what to do. If it weren’t for the rebellion that took place, I’m sure I would have jump out of the highest tower with a rope around my neck.
As I walked, I see an old wall. I decide to make a detour and see what cool things I could find laying around it. As I got closer, I hear sniffling. It was most likely some tenderhearted girl that just got her heart broken. Good, that means I can play the kiss up and maybe have some laughs while I’m at it. What? Did you really think I was goanna be the knight in shining armor? *snort*. Yeah right, that just brings you nothing but trouble. I should know ‘cause I’ve been there, done that, and I’ve the t-shirt to prove it.
“They had no right to say those things, I’m a loyal friend. Yah I may have my faults but no one’s perfect.” Darn, just some teen that had a fight with her friends. I would have normally walked away and leave it alone or just tell her to shut up, but something compelled me to be nice and help her.
Raindowdash’s POV
I woke up only a few minutes ago, and my face was already swollen from the tears.
“They had no right to say those things, I’m a loyal friend. Yah I may have my faults but no one’s perfect.” I say out loud. And they picked the worst moment possible. I’ve just lost my house, I’m bankrupt, and I was so going to lose my job now. I was supposed to be there two ours ago!
“Excuse me mam, but are you all right?” a voice says to my left. I look up to tell them to but the hey out of my business, only to find that the speaker was a human, which should be impossible since they were supposed to be the stupidest creatures on Equus. And not only that, but this one was dressed in some odd looking clothes that looked like [url=file:///C:/Users/Public/Pictures/Sample%20Pictures/uniform.jpg]this.[/url]
“Take a picture, it will last longer.” The human says as he notices me staring. I decide to tell him what was bothering me. He listens intently until I was done.
“Well, I’ve got a spare bedroom at my house, if you want you can stay with me until you can get a place of your own.”
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Rainbowdash and The Keeper of The Door (comment driven story)
Visit the mine and clear out the marauders. Once done, seek a necromancer and try again.
You decide to take the job seeing as you really need the money. But as you except the job, you feel a little guilty at killing that human. You quickly shrug it off seeing as there was no way you can bring back the dead. The stallion was thrilled that you have taken the job. He quickly tells you that it is half way up a nearby mountain. You finish your meal and pay for it *100 bits left* and go to a black market that you occasionally visit when you head up this way. Once there, you purchase a set of magically enhanced saddlebags, some light chainmail armor, and a small but sharp sword *10 bits left*.
After your shopping spree, you decide to take inventory of your equipment; small sword, chainmail armor, 29 weird cylinders, six-chamber device, hat, 10 bits, green paper notes. Pleased with your strange but weirdly satisfying haul, you take off for the mountain.
After about an hour of searching the mountainside you find the entrance to the mine. You land quietly behind a large boulder and as silently as possible, you put on your armor. Once done, you head over to the mouth of the mine shaft and take a quick look around. You see about a dozen muscular figures sleeping on the ground. You decide to slit there throats while they sleep so you won’t have to waste time having to fight them.
Once done, you pile their bodies against the wall and put your armor back into your saddlebags. Then you quickly fly back to town. It takes you about half an hour to find the stallion. Once you find him, you tell him the good news and he gladly hands you the bit.
After you store the bits in your saddlebags, you start out again for Los Pegasus. But as you fly, you can’t help but feel guilty for killing that human. This feeling bugs you on and off for the next few hours. Giving in, you decide to go and seek a necromancer in the everfree.
As soon as you land, a hooded figure approaches you from the forest.
“So you seek a necromancer to right the wrong that you have made.” The pony says to you. You don’t waste any time wondering how he knew you were coming seeing as how it is well known that necromancer zebras always know when somepony is looking for them.
“Yeah I’m looking for a necromancer, how much is it going to cost me to revive a human?” you ask him. The necromancer thinks for a minute.
“I’ll take them green notes that you have in your bag.” He asks you. Confused you hand him the green notes, thinking that there worthless.
“That should cover my trip to the Bahamas.” The zebra murmurs, but as you’ve already turned around and was heading back to where you stored the dead body, you didn’t hear him. Together, you and the zebra make your way to the dead human’s body, which you had stuffed into a hole in the wall.
By the time you got there, the carrion birds had already landed and were trying to get at the body, but thanks to the fact that you had piled rocks up around the hole, the birds were unable to get at the corpse. While you chase away the birds, the zebra cleared away the rocks and started setting up his voodoo magic. He tells you to keep a look out for anyone approaching sense necromancy is illegal and is punished by death.
The necromancer started to dance around the dead body and chant in a low voice. You are unable to understand what he is saying as you do not know what language he is speaking in. he kept this up until around midnight, then there was an explosion of light. The zebra stop what he was doing and with a cry, exclaimed “IT IS DONE!” then he quickly ran into the everfree. As soon as he disappeared from sight, the human sat up in confusion. The second his eyes lands on you, his face contorted into a look of rage.
“THAT’S MY HAT!” and with that, he comes running at you and tackles you to the ground. He then yanks his hat from you head.
“AND WHAT WAS THEPOINT OF KILLING ME AND THEN BRINGING ME BACK FROM THE DEAD? AND WHERE IS MY REVOLVER?” Think quickly now, the wrong answer will get you killed.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Rainbowdash and The Keeper of The Door (comment driven story)
a job opportunity
Crack his neck. Check his pockets.
Who was this human to think he can but into your life like this? You reach over and break his neck like a twig. You feel slightly guilty at the shocked expression on Skylers face. But the feeling quickly disappears. You also decide to check his pockets. You find some weird looking green paper, about two dozen metal cylinders with silver heads and bronze bodies. You also find a strange object that has six chambers, five of which contains more of the cylinders. You also find 104 bits in a small pouch. You also take his hat, because it was starting to snow and the hat was lined with fur.
You quickly hide the body in a hole in the wall and cover it with lose stone laying around. You then decide to fly to Los Pegasus where you could hopefully make a living, and also get away from your ex-friends. After about a half hour of flying, you realize that you haven’t eaten anything since breakfast. You fly down to a small town you were flying over at the time and head into a small dinner. You find an empty booth and sit down. A waiter comes up and hands you a menu. You look it over quickly and order a pint of apple cider and some epic pie. About half way through the pie, an old grizzly stallion comes and sits down at the booth that you’re sitting at.
“Hope you don’t mind if I join you, all the other chairs are taken”. The stallion says in a gruff voice. You look around and see that you’re the only two in the whole dinner. But instead of telling him to leave you alone, you decide to see what he wanted.
“Nah, I don’t mind, I won’t be staying very long.” You tell him. You wait as he orders a cup of coffee before you ask him what he wants.
“Well, you see I own a silver mine about ten miles west of here that made me quite a few bits. But recently my workers have decide to claim the mine as theirs and refuse to give my any of the profits that are rightfully belong to me. I’m willing to pay 500 bits to whoever can get my mine back”. You think over what this stallion is asking you and you’re not sure what you should do.
WHAT DO YOU DO?