Twilight
We were just finishing looking through the Ever-free for the "odd pony" Fluttershy told us about. She had said that it looked like Zecora, but she had caught a few pieces of what she said, and none of it rhymed. We couldn't find anyone though, so we started back to Ponyville. but then, I realised something
"Fluttershy, aren't there usually animals here?" I asked.
"Oh yes, there are plenty of creatures that live here." She replied.
"Then, where are they?" I asked her. We all stopped in our tracks as, right at that moment, we heard a snapping twig right behind us.
"What was that?" Rainbow Dash thought out loud. Then, Applejack suddenly yelled, "LOOK OUT!" and jumped in the way of something flying towards my neck. Time seemed to slow down as she intercepted the object, taking whatever would have hit for me.
"APPLEJACK!" we all yelled as she hit the ground, a black, sleek dart sticking out of her flank.
"Tarnation!" a voice with a strangely familiar southern accent exclaimed from the bushes, as a cloaked pony ran out of them deeper into the Everfree.
"I got this!" Rainbow proclaimed, then promptly set off after the pony at break neck speeds. She really needs to stop rushing off without us, I thought to myself, shaking my head. I then turned my head to remove the dart in Applejack’s flank, only to watch it melt into Applejack's skin.
"WHAT!?"
Rainbow Dash
I went hurtling after the cloaked figure, leaving twilight and the others to deal with Applejack.
"You aren't getting away that easily!" I exclaimed, although in all honesty, it was it was tough maneuvering the trees, and this pony was fast. But I caught up and tackled her to the ground, causing her cloak to fall off.
"That'll teach you to mess with my frie-what the?" I began to boast, to be cut short when I discovered that the figure I just tackled was none other than the element of honesty herself,
“APPLEJACK?" But I didn't have much time to think about this, as she immediately bucked me in the head, knocking me senseless. When I finally recovered, she was gone.
"What just happened?"
Applejack
“So, ‘ah got a weird dart thingy in me?” Applejack asked from her cot after we told her about what happened. We had brought her to the hospital to recover, after finding rainbow dash concussive.
“Well, it would seem it kind of was adsorbed by your body, but yes,” I responded. “I scanned for something that it might have become in your body a few hours ago, but the only oddity was a slight decrease in your core magical center.”
“Mah’ who what?” she responded, clearly confused. I stopped pacing when realizing my mistake. Cue face-hoof.
“Basically, it is the source of your special talent, and what you use when you enact something that your talent falls under. It is mostly concentrated around the flank, which is why that’s where cutie marks appear.” I explained.
“Ahhh, ‘ah think ‘ah get… Wait, a few hours? How long was ah’ out?” I felt a little awkward at the inquiry, as I was hoping that she wouldn't notice the time lapse.
“Well, the thing is, you were asleep for about…” I tried to find a easy way to put this, but I knew I had to give it straight. Everyone always said Applejack could see a lie a mile away, and even though that should be impossible, I didn't doubt it at all.
“Eighteen hours.” I said, eerily similar to Fluttershy
“What? Ah was out for eighteen hours?” I winced at her outburst.
“Well, yes, you were. We thought it would be better if we just let you sleep, after all, you did just get hit with a black dart in the middle of the everfree that melted into your skin.”
I did send a letter to Celestia containing the details of this issue, and she told me she will meet me at the Friendship castle.” I informed her. I didn't tell her that when she asked Luna to check Applejack’s dreams for anything strange, she said that Applejack was as awake as could be.
“Well, if we are going to get down to the bottom of this, we are going to have to go there, now aren't we dearies?” Stated Rarity, who had just entered the hospital room we were in.
“Ah suppose so.” Apple jack replied.
WRONG ONE! I hit the wrong pony! I bitterly thought to myself as I made my way to my den in the form of a hawk.
If that stupid orange pony didn't get in the way, I would be the most powerful being in this arm of the multiversal galaxy. At least my energy assimilator has regenerated. I will just have to wait for another opportunity to take the form of the most powerful creature in this universe.
I then landed at the entrance to my cave, transforming into a black puma in mid air. I then curled up on my bed, thinking to myself.
I suppose I don't really have reason to worry, after all, Cat and his lackeys are on a wild goose chase in Doctor Who. They would never expect for me to plot this far, after all, I only did this because Whooves suggested it. The only way to find me is if they-.I snapped my head up with the realization that Whooves wasn't always discorded. If they can somehow revert him, even for a moment, they could learn my position! “AHH SH-”
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“Well, I am afraid that I have never, not once, heard of something like this. I am just as baffled as you are.” Stated princess Celestia once she heard the story from all points of view.
“Really? Not once? But if this is a creature that exists, there should be some record of it happening before!” Twilight worriedly replied.
“No, not once has this phenomenon occurred within the lands. We wish that we could tell you more, but neither of us understand what motives anything would have for stealing the form of another.”
This went on for a while. I wasn't listening, it would be kinda mean to make him type the entire conversation. Then I noticed, well, I don't know what I noticed. It felt like I saw something, but I cant remember
“Hey, what’s that thingy-ma-whatsit?” I asked the princesses.
Everyone turned to look at the weird patch, and the princesses immediately looked like they had a terrible headache. Then, lightning started crackling around a portal, did I there was a portal?, and something shot out.
We watched in awe as it rose, to discover it looked like a large cat, but instead of walking on all fours, it managed to comfortably stand on it’s hind legs. It then fixed it’s gaze on Twilight, and told her,
“Well, I am sorry to intrude in your discussion, but I came to warn you that my Brother of the Mind has entered your multiverse to take your magical powers and destroy you, me, and everyone connected to us. Now if you don't mind, traveling takes a lot out of us, so you should probably get ready for the rest of my party to arrive. Also, sorry for breaking your table with my face.” And with that, he collapsed onto the table we were sitting around, cracking in two by doing so.
Author's Note
First chapter of my first story. Probably pretty bad, I know. Anyone who is interested in helping out, just send me a message. any feed back is helpful, as long as you don't just go and say nothing but "THIS STINKS!", in which case, you wont help at all. I also need Ideas for the plot. Also, This is a creature who can duplicate any part of what ever it hits with it's dart, even the magic, and store it for future use if you didn't figure it out already.
Twilight
"So, what do we do with it?" Rainbow Dash asked, refering to the bipeadal cat that had appeared in the air. we had brought it to the Ponyvile hospital to rest, after all, it had said that, well, what ever it has done took alot out of him.
"RAINBOW!" Fluttershy exclaimed at Rainbow's comment, clearly angry. "HE has feelings and can think just like us, and should be treated with the recpect that deserves."
"Woah, sorry, I didn't mean it!" She replied. "It's not like it can hear us anyway..." She added under her bearth
"What did you say?" Fluttershy growled, glaring at Rainbow.
"Uh, nothing,"
"That's what I thought." Stated Fluttershy.
"Now, 'ah hate to interrupt, but there's still the matter of what ta' do with him," Applejack interjected, motioning clearly to the creature.
"It's not what you should do with me," The creature said, startling us. "But whether you listen to me or not."
"How long were you awake?" I asked him, wondering how much he heard.
"Oh, long enough. I appriciate the concern, kind one, but I do believe "it" is more appropriate than you think." Fluttershy blushed at this, embarrassed by his words.
"Don't worry, a few centuries ago, if any of you were in my place, I would have done the exact same things with my brothers," He stated, clearly sensing our embarrassment. This did nothing to make me feel better, although I did appreciate another scientific mind. I was about to ask what he was, when he began talking.
"Now, you are probably confused about what I am doing here, so I thought I might as well explain."
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"In another reality, there was a man, who all his life, thought differently than his kind. He was an inventor and innovator of immeasurable skill, and the last thing he created, was a mind-to-video hologram transmitter, which created a hologram of whatever the user was thinking about. He was about to demonstrate it to some representatives from different companies by using it himself, but when he activated it, his mind exploded. By connecting himself to the computer, he connected his mind to everything on the internet, an expansive data system that holds almost all the stories, knowledge, and ideas in that world, and although no-one knew it, several others. Now, normally this would not happen, but as I said, his mind was complex, and his instinctual craving for knowledge bypassed the fail-safes. Using the wireless control systems, he hacked into the internet, and all the horrors within it. With this overload of information, every mental part of him poured into the transmitter, creating the most terrifying, disturbing, and enthralling light show ever from the resulting energy discharge. During this, his machine and him began glowing, he began to fade, while the image of a portal began to form. Once he vanished and the portal was complete, me and my brothers emerged.
"Now, not all of us were good. We were ways he have imagined himself over the years, and only the strongest of us, the ones who he thought of most often, emerged. He had some odd day-dreams. Immediately, we separated into groups. The heroes and the villains. A few that were meant to be heroes became villains, their personalities were more villainous once they were outside of the boy's head. Now, each side had at least one being who knew a form of a time traveler known as the doctor, and immediately they all called upon his TARDIS to escape, but all that time energy fluctuation caused a rip in space-time to form, giving us some dimensional powers, allowing us to "hop" through universal walls.
"The villains split up, some of the heroes are more lone wolfs as well. Any way, I am the one that the boy saw himself as in his head. I was the embodiment of his soul. I am what is left, of ̛Ḿ̧̕͜á̸̧͜͝x̶҉̴͟ ́͢͞T̴̡̢͞h̶̢͘ơ̸͡m҉͠p̷̨̛s͝o̸̸͘n̕҉́."
Twilight
We were awestruck. This is just a mental construct? But it has actual physical form! It's as real as I am! His story has to be a lie. I thought to my self, skeptical of his story of how him and his friends came around.
"Um, not to be rude, or anything, but, um, well, are you sure? I mean, it's just that you coming out of someone's head along with what ever shot Applejack doesn't sound very likely. Maybe your just confused, um..." Fluttershy, true to her nature, tentatively asking the creature, while realizing we didn't know his name.
"My name is F̷͏e̶̷̴̢͟l̕͞i̷̸͜͠d̵̸̶͢͟a҉̴̕͢e̷͢,̸̧̛͠ ̶̡͟͜L̶̨ó̵͝r̨̢d͜͞ ̸̀͘͠o͘͘͜͠f̢̧͢҉ ̸̷̡̛͡C͘a̷̧͞t҉̵̵͠s, but I think it would be easier if you call me Felidae. And as to your concerns, I understand, but it is not any less true. And it is how I can warn you about the danger. He is not after Applejack, or any of the elements," he warned us. I then realized what our forms would get him access to.
"The princess!" I exclaimed, realizing how dangerous this has become.
"No," Felidae replied, confusing us all greatly.
"Not Celestia, Luna, nor Cadence are his target," he began to explain, clearly enjoying our confusion on the matter.
"He is after..." Did he just mutter "Pause for dramatic effect"? "The most powerful entity on Equestria!" he explained dramatically. This confused us greatly.
"But, you just said it wasn't Celestia, and Discord's magic is to chaotic for a mortal being control! The only way Tirek was able to take his magic, was that he didn't take the magic, just the raw energy!" I exclaimed, confused as to what in Equestria he was a talking about. But before I could press further, he began to laugh hysterically.
"HA HE HE HE AHHH AH HA HA HE HE HE, aaaaahhhhh. It's hilarious how little you know about your abilities, Twilight.You are the most powerful magical entity, or object, in Equestria, even more so than the princesses, discord, and even the tree of harmony combined!" He announced, clearly still suppressing his laughter. We didn't notice this, as we were too busy staring at him, shocked out of coherent thought.
"Uhhhhh, are you OK?" Our state of dumfoundedness as it was, when he realized that we were unresponsive he pulled a device out of somewhere. He brought the object to his mouth, and began to speak into it.
"Guys, I think I broke them,"
Author's Note
Prepare for some MAJOR exposition. It isn't my best work, but it's necessary for future chapters.
