THE FALL OF EQUESTRIA
CHAPTER 1
Rainbow Dash stood in the peaceful plain of grass. "It's all over." She whispered quietly to herself. Sure, she was in a peaceful area. But the rest of Equestria...
She tried her best not to think about the incident. THE incident.
About five days ago, she had witnessed the worst thing. The creatures of the night invaded Ponyville, destroying everything in their path. Rainbow's best friends; Twilight Sparkle, Applejack Apple, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie had been viciously torn apart by the savages, right in Town Square, in front of Celestia. The Princess followed them, easily. The clever unicorn, Rainbow Dash, had escaped the Town Square, and outside of Ponyville. She had been hiding with fright, ever since.
North to where she was standing, in the distance, Ponyville- and even farther, Canterlot- burned, and Dash thought she could hear the laughter of the monsters. "You will never save yourself," Whispered a tiny voice in the unicorn's mind.
The monster, more exactly, a Night-Creature, was right.
All of Equestria was doomed, not just Dash.
And she could do nothing about it. Not without her friends...
Rainbow Dash shook her head. "Just don't think about it, girl." The quiet grass waved in the wind as she stood there, watching the carnage.
The clouds above her rumbled, and she quickly flew up into the smoke covered air to push the cloud away.
"Hey! Hey, yo girl! What you doin'?" Dash quickly landed on the ground and turned around, but no one was there.
"Over here!" Said the hyper voice again.
The unicorn turned every direction except right. Hesitantly, she turned in that direction, and was shocked. "Yeah! C'mere, Rainbow. Heard about you." Standing to her right was the infamous D.J. Vinyl Scratch, unharmed, with those charming purple goggles on. Some of his hair was burnt off, but it looked fine other than that. It was its usual color; Blue. His actual body was white. "Vinyl? How did you survive? And... how do you even KNOW me?" Asked the confounded resident of Ponyville with a quizzical look.
"Duh. The Wonderbolts told me about you. They said you were one of the best fliers in all Equestria!" explained the excited D.J. Wow! The WONDERBOLTS? Saying that? Even in times of death and gore, that still meant a lot to the young, future Wonderbolt.
"Well, Vinyl, why do you want me? Apparently BOTH of us are famous." Rainbow asked. "I dunno, girl! I came here for help. We could survive together, you know. Me and you, it could work out perfectly." Said Scratch with a hopeful look.
Well, Vinyl was right about that.
"Fine. Let's find a permenant place for camp."
The pair trotted around for a bit, but they actually left the plain and into a forest-like area. The trees rose up tall and menacing, and Rainbow shuddered.
"Vinyl, I found a great spot!" Rainbow pointed his hoof to the left, where a small sandy pit was. In front of it, there was a path that led deeper into the forest, with even more menacing trees,
"Sure, Rainbow." The D.J. and the show off galloped down the steep path to the sandy pit. They both laid down, and started talking.
"So, girl, we gonna sit and let this whole takin' over business happen?" "I guess. There's no more options." Vinyl sighed. "Look. I know some friends who could help. Derpy Hooves, Luna..." Luna? She SURVIVED?
"Eeyup. Maybe she could help us fend off these Night Creatures." Explained Vinyl. "Do you know where she is?" Rainbow asked. "Nope. We should look for her tomorrow. I have some food and stuff, right here." He pointed his hoof to a backpack laying next to him. "Great. Well, we have an idea of what we should do. Why do you think these monsters are trying to take over, anyways?" The unicorn asked. "I don't know, but I'm sure it's more than trying to take over Equestria. Maybe-" He faltered with his words. There was a rustling noise to the left of the path in front of the pit, near the bushes.
"Get down!" Screamed the D.J. We stooped down a bush that was strangely in the sand pit. Then IT emerged.
"R-r-r..." The black thing leaped at Vinyl, and he dodged it. "IT'S ONE O' THEM NIGHT CREATURES!" They both quickly picked up their things, and galloped down the path.
"RUUUUN!'' Screamed the scared D.J. They ran along the path, the trees on both sides. Rainbow turned around and got a quick glimpse of the Night Creature. It looked exactly like a dog; like a dog on steroids. The monster's yellow eyes gleamed in the light. Red horns sprouted from its head, and its teeth... they were green, with poison dripping of their edges. The fur was black and red. The Night Creature bounded after them for quite awhile, until it finally decided to turn around. The ponies froze in their tracks.
"Phew! That was close!" Yelped the D.J.
"It's time for some sleep, Vinyl."
They both laid down on the sandy path, looked at the trees and the stars above, and fell asleep.
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:"Rainbow. Rainbow!" Dash woke up to Vinyl's face, and clumsily got to her feet. "Why... why did you get me up so... early?" Rainbow asked, with a glum look on his face. "Equestria isn't gonna save itself. C'mon!" The unicorn groaned, and settled for a trot along the path.
As they walked, Rainbow Dash heard strange noises. "Tick, tick, tick." "Hoo! Hoo!" She looked uneasily at the trees.
"Uh, Vinyl, are we almost out of this forest?!" D.J.-Pon-3 sighed, and kept walking. "Look." He pointed his hoof north, and Rainbow gasped. In front of them, was a huge clearing (out of the forest) with a ton of ponies and young fillies starving. There were little huts and they were in some type of a jungle-type area, but not like the forest. The small village was surrounded by rocks and stones and firepits. The huts were made out of straw or mud, and looked very poor.
The entrance was... just a gap to get inside.
"Hey, look at this, girl. Some ponies survived!" Rainbow immediately ran inside the village and started greeting ponies, saying hello and asking them questions. Rainbow ran over to a mud hut, the one closest to the rock-wall. Outside of it was a very, very old pony. "Granny Smith." She nodded. Granny Smith looked the same. Green hide, old wrinkled face... "Yesureebob. It took awhile to get her... My Applejack-" "She was killed." Apparently, Smith didn't know this, because tears welled up in her old eyes.
"Me... me and Big Macintosh... we both made it to the- the NEW Ponyville you better get used to it." She suddenly yelled inside the hut, "Macintosh! Get out here!" Then, he came. He barely looked like a stallion. Big Mac's face had been ripped up and sliced. His hooves looked broken and caked with mud. Blood trickled out of his red fur, and his flank... His Cutie Mark had been ripped out. "Mac... Who did this?" Rainbow asked with fear. "It's... not just those Night Creatures... ya don't understand. There were these-" He passed out on the ground, the light fading from his eyes.
