Crossroads - The Hopeful Saga

by Heisenberg

First published December 14th, 2014 23:40

Crossroads is a mini saga that is dedicated to tell of a human and his travels in an alternate Equestria.

This post was added to someone's bookshelf about "Human x Anthro" but I must say, there is absolutely no anthro ponies in this story, it may be an alternate universe but there are no humanised ponies.

Although Discord is anthro if you consider him in the story, he is explained why he is anthro in my Slade - Origins prequel story.

This is my first go at writing fanfiction and I am lucky enough to have an amazing editor at my fingertips, though I may not be able to update much as I am in the midst of writing a script.

Script is done, time to cook.

Cancelled, if you want to know why, read Episode III.

Constructive criticism is always wanted and is gladly accepted.

Chapters

Episode I - Lost Without Nopony
Episode II - Dead or Alive
Episode III - No More, Mr. Nice Guy

Episode I - Lost Without Nopony
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Episode I - Lost Without Nopony

**Chapter 1 - Pushing and Pressing**

As Slade peered out of his wonderful cottage window, he thought to himself "How did I end up here?"
Now that was a question that was on everypony's minds.

8 months ago, Slade had been running through the Everfree forest when suddenly he was in Ponyville.
He couldn't for the life of him remember how he ended up being in the Everfree Jungle.

Not even I, the narrator, know how Slade got to be.
What I do know is that Slade was different than most ponies, how different you may ask?
Slade is a human, the ONLY human in Equestria.

In the 8 months that Slade had been in Equestria, he had many adventures.
From meeting the Mane 6 to defeating Queen Chryssalis.

Alot of the stallions in Ponyville were very jealous of Slade, seeing as how alot of mares were very fond of Slade.
One by one, Slade had rejected them all, why you might ask?
We'll get to that in a moment.

Slade's cottage was fabulous, as you might say, it had shelves with leather bound books and the door smelled of rich mahogany.
It was built on the finest soil in Ponyville and Slade had done it all himself.

As Slade peered out the window some more, there was a surprise knock at the door.
"Now who could that be?" he said to no one in particular.

He opened the door to find the Mane 6, and they did not look happy.
"What is ever the matter?" he asked.

It was as if the Mane 6 was speaking in unison, "Why don't you want to date us?" they asked in an exasperated way.
"It doesn't matter why or who, now if you don't have green eggs or ham, I must ask you to shoo!" he replied in a rhyming kind of way.

"You cannot avoid the question this time Slade, we want to know!" they all yelled.

As they pressed and pushed, Slade was sick of everything so he decided to tell a lie.
So shush, let's watch.

"Because I'm gay!" he yelled.
The Mane 6 was left speechless, as Slade ran up the stairs into his room.

Well... Wasn't that awkward?

**Chapter 2 - Awkward Silence**

The Mane 6 just stood there, frozen.
Fluttershy was the one to break it, "What does gay mean?" she asked in a completely innocent way.
Rainbow bursted out laughing, "You are such an egghead!"
Fluttershy just stood there clueless.

"It means that Slade is attracted to stallions, not us mares." explained Twilight.
"Oh... Ewww" replied Fluttershy.
"It is a normal thing, all we have to do is be respecful towards Slade." explained Twilight.
"I know! We can throw Slade a party!" squealed Pinkie.
"That's ah great idea Pinkie!" said Applejack.

Slade was upstairs, planning how to get away from all the nonsense.
He suddenly had a thought, "I know a way I can get over this evil planning mood!"
"Oh wait... I left my Guardians of the Galaxy blu-ray disc downstairs..." he sulked.
He decided to put on some music, he opened up his sock drawer and pulled out a Frank Sinatra cd.
He put the disc into his stereo and turned it to track 8.

(Frank Sinatra's 'Just The Way You Look Tonight')

"Ah Frank... You never fail at calming me down..." he sighed.

When Slade was finished his evil planning mood, he decided to go downstairs for a snack.
He noticed it was completely dark downstairs so he turned on the nearest light.

"SURPRISE!" was all he heard.

**Chapter 3 - Forever Means Never**

"How do you like the party?" asked Big Macintosh.
"It is fine, not a lot of good looking stallions though" joked Slade, remembering he had told the Mane 6 that he was gay.
"Not me?" jokingly sulked Big Mac.
"Well maybe... Let's just keep it PG-13, okay?" replied Slade.
"What?" asked Big Mac.
"Nevermind..." said Slade as he walked off, unwilling to lie to Big Mac.

"We all support you and we will still love you for who you are." said the Mane 6.
"Forever" they added.
"I may not remember much from where I came from but I am pretty sure they had a saying." replied Slade.
"What saying?" they all asked quizzically.

"Forever really just means never." said Slade as he opened his front door and walked out.

They all ran outside to see him entering Everfree Jungle.
"Stop!" they yelled but all was too late, Slade was gone and that's all that was said.

**Chapter 4 - Thrill Seeking**

4 months later...

Slade hasn't done so well out here in the Everfree Jungle, his clean shaven face is no more.
He looks like Walter White in the finale of Breaking Bad than anything else.

Out in the Everfree forest, he has needed to kill to survive.
Anything he finds, he kills it out of fear that it will kill him.

Slade lives in a cave underneath a waterfall, he finds it a place of harmony and serenity.
But his flatmates were not so welcoming, changelings used to inhabit this waterfall cave but not anymore.

Slade killed them all just for the thrill of being a killer, he liked it.
It soothed him.

Slade also liked to seek out thrills wether it is surfing down a waterfall or using a mosquito for toilet paper.
Slade literally went insane.

**Chapter 5 - Awakening**

As Slade swung from tree to tree, he noticed a ritual going on down below.
He dropped from a tree vine into a bush.
He had a peek at what was going on.

Changelings were circling around a tombstone.
Suddenly Equestria went dark, it was suddenly midnight.

A beam of light shot from the sky to the tomb.
The tomb disappeared but what was in it's place was... Nightmare Moon!?

Slade got up and walked out of the bushes.
He got 1 metre away from Nightmare Moon and dropped to his knees.

"Forgive me, your highness." he said as he kissed her hoof.

**END**

Author's Note

I originally did try to write it in only chapters but they were far too short, so here is the full package of Crossroads - Episode I.

So show's over folks, and if I don't see you again.
Good morning, good afternoon and good night.

Fun game to play while the wait for episode 2:
How many pop culture references can you find?
Last time I counted there were over 10, maybe even more.

Episode II - Dead or Alive
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Episode II - Dead or Alive

**Chapter 1 - Quite A Surprise**

"Slade, you know I love you but you must obliterate the rebel base." Nightmare Moon said as she kissed Slade.
"Can't I do that later?" asked Slade as he kissed Nightmare Moon in reply.
"Nope." she said.

As Slade approached his target, he wondered more about how he ever came to be.
Could he have been an astronaut? Could he have been a comedian?
Could he have been a drug king? Could he have been a power ranger?
Those things was what kept Slade up at night, all he wanted to know was how he came to be in such an alternate world.

Slade was walking through the Everfree Jungle when suddenly he entered a clearing, yet it wasn't all that clear.
There was some kind of laboratory, "How could this be here?"
"Is this the rebel base?" questioned Slade.
As he walked toward the laboratory, he noticed it was in very rough shape.
The steel it was made out of was flaking off and rusted.
As Slade opened the door he noticed a scientist sitting in a lone chair.
The chair swivveled to face him, as the scientist looked Slade in the eye.
The scientist got out of his chair, walked over to Slade and hugged Slade.
"What? Who are you?" asked Slade.

"I iz your father" the scientist replied in a German kind of way.

**Chapter 2 - Unanswered Questions**

"Wait what!? How!?" asked Slade.
"Vell it all shtarte-" the scientist could not finish as he was suddenly stabbed from behind.
Slade was shocked as the scientist fell to the ground, dead.
He looked up to see the assailant, it was Nightmare Moon.

"Why would you do that!?"" Slade asked, visibly shaken.
"All in due time." she replied, not fazed at all.
"I want answers!" yelled Slade.
"No!" she screamed at him.
"If you can't tell me then your rein of terror is over!" he yelled.
"You will die before you leave!" she yelled.
"You are a delusional bit-" Slade couldn't finish as he was stabbed.
"Have fun" was all she said as she walked out the door, laughing maniacally.

**Chapter 3 - The Elements**

"He must be out here somewhere." Twilight said as she clopped through the overgrown floor of Everfree Jungle.
As she entered the clearing she noticed the laboratory, she heard screaming coming from inside.

She ran to the laboratory and peered through the door.
She noticed Slade lying unconscious on the ground, bleeding out.

She let out a burst of tears and picked him up with her magic horn.
She teleported him into Ponyville Hospital.

"Will he be okay?" asked Pinkie.
"He is in a coma." said Doctor Horse.

4 years later.
(That's a long time.)

After Nightmare Moon took over Equestria, everypony left Ponyville and sought asylum in the Everfree Jungle.
After her reign of terror, most ponies had nopony to look towards.
Princess Celestia was killed at the hands of Nightmare Moon.

Today was the day that Slade wakes up.

**Chapter 4 - Dead**

As Slade awoke in the hospital, he looked around to see fire.
Fire everywhere.
He wondered how he was here, in Ponyville.
But that didn't matter seeing at how he was in a coma.

He left his hospital bed and walked down the hallway, dead ponies scattered the floor.
He noticed a double doorway that had writing on it.
DON'T DEAD, OPEN INSIDE.
"Wierd" is all he said.
He continued out of the hospital.

He opened the front hospital door and found Equestria overrun by...

ZOMBIE PONIES!?

Author's Note

WOAH! PLOT TWIST!

Bet you didn't know that the story was originally going to be a romantic feature between Big Macintosh and Slade.
Also sorry about the horribly short episode but I don't like incredibly long pieces.

Construcive criticism is always appreciated, just don't kill me.

So anyways, if I don't see you again.
Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.

Episode III - No More, Mr. Nice Guy
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Episode III - No More, Mr. Nice Guy

**Chapter 1 - All Out Warfare**

Slade quickly ran towards his house, avoiding the lifeless zombie ponies.
As he reached his house, he noticed for some weird reason, a zombie pony watching his Guardians of the Galxy blu-ray disc.
"Do zombies do that?" he thought to himself.

He ran inside, ran upstairs and then grabbed his AK-47 from under his bed.
He ran downstairs and into the living room, shooting the zombie pony.
He opened up the disc tray and grabbed his Guardians of the Galaxy blu-ray disc, he then ran back upstairs into his room.
He ran to his stereo, opened the disc tray and grabbed his Frank Sinatra cd.
He then ran back downstairs and into his kitchen, grabbing a tray full of cookies from the oven.
They were very badly burned, he then ran back upstairs into his room, tripping on many leather bound books that smelled of rich mahogany.
He went to his walk in wardrobe and changed into a fine pinstripe suit, and looked very handsome, if I say so myself.
He then ran downstairs and stopped mid tracks as his kitchen was now full with zombie ponies, eating his burnt cookies.

"THOSE WERE MAH COOKIEZ!" he yelled spraying the zombie ponies with rounds from his AK-47, all shooting at the cutie mark as that is what they don't come back from.

He then ran back upstairs and grabbing a poster of Mila Kunis nude, running back downstairs and out the door.

His first stop wa-

DAMNIT CAT! LEAVE ME ALONE, I AM WRITING HERE!
Sorry about that...

His first stop on his trip was to go to the nearest Ponymart, sadly that was in Manehatten and not Ponyville.
He set out on an-

Wait... Forgot something.

He ran back inside his house, ran upstairs and grabbed The One Ring.
He ran back downstairs and went to inserted The One Ring into a ring shaped hole in the wall, suddenly a big wall disappeared and a monster truck appeared.

This has gotten so stupid... Why do I even bother? It isn't like anyone is reading this...

Suddenly everything stupid went away in a flash of light, no more zombies, no more silly on a quest to kill Nightmare Moon, no more Mila Kunis nude posters... No more!

**Chapter 2 - Minty Fresh**

Nothing here as I am moving on, I am giving up.
Sorry guys but this has gone too far and the jokes are just... Stupid.
I want to move on with other things but this is just weighing me down, I have literally gotten depressed writing this.
Sorry guys, I hope you all understand and... If I don't see you again...
Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.

Author's Note

Bla bla bla...Constructive criticism...Bla bla bla