The first thing I noticed after I stepped out the portal, was the fact that I was surrounded by grassy plains that seemed to stretch on for as far as the eye could see.

After getting a better look of the area, I began looking over my own body. My fur/scales color were an ashen white. The spines running along my back were a light grey color, they started at what I assumed was my head and continued to the tip of my tail; ending in a small spear-shaped barb. My feet or claws now had a flat bottom with three claw-like protrusions, which with a bit of testing I discovered that I had a degree of control over them.

Having sat there long enough and with no way to examine my face I decided to try and stand. I stood with surprising ease. I tried to walk and run, I found them coming to me unnaturally easy. With no real reason to explain it, I decided to chalk it up to Faust.

And so I decided to set out following the setting sun. After walking for what felt close to three hours because when I started it was at its highest point, now it was about half way between there and the horizon. In that time, I had gone from the plains I started into the beginnings of a forest.

The deeper I went, the more I felt as if I was being watched and should turn tail and flee. However I pushed the feelings aside and trekked deeper and I soon came to a small river. I looked around for a way to cross and found some boulders pushing out above the water half way across.

I reckoned if I jumped I could make it, so I walked back a bit and lined up my path took a running start and jumped, only for me to realize that as I got closer to the boulder there was a very large rock like crocodile that was now looking straight at me.

As I got closer time seemed to slow. It reared its head out of the water. I fought the instinct to scream like a little girl. I wished I could fly and as that thought passed through my head I felt a static feeling emanate from the sides of my skull and I finally noticed that I was now floating in the air. This shocked both me and the rock reptile below. I recovered a couple seconds before it did.

I decided to try something. I imagined lightning striking the creature. I got part of it right. The lightning struck the water nearby electrifying the water around it, effectively killing it.

I watched it float down stream slightly charred. Now I was with faced my current problem: how to get down. so I just kinda willed it and I began to move and I started slow then began to go faster and faster in a circle I stopped the moment I saw the water below start to get sucked up in the cyclone I began to make I then landed. then took notice how low the sun had gotten.

So looking back at my tail blade, I decided to put it to use. After about thirty minutes I had a good pile of wood and tinder. And using my claw appendages to dig a small pit in the ground. Then I built a fire, using the same method I used to create the lighting bolt to make a spark in the pit.I sat there contemplating the past few hours before I decided to go to sleep. I realized that I still had that feeling of being watched and I went to lay down but slept a bit on edge.

It had been a few days since I left the frozen north to go seek out my ship. The entire way to Equestria I had this feeling in my gut that something bad was brewing and I might be the one to spill it.

Once I arrived at Equestria I began using my connection with the skies to look for my ship. Once I was able to discern its location I began to fly there. Along the way, I began encountering more and more of the vile synthetic clouds. I removed any that I encountered.

After what felt like hours, I came up upon what could best be described as a city made from the synthetic clouds. The sight of the ungodly thing made me vomit. I regained my composure once all of it was out.

I began to look over the city to see if I could spot or even get a general feeling of where my ship was. Normally my link to it would tell me its exact location, but someone had gone to a lot of trouble to hide its presence from me. This made even getting there harder as I barely felt the pull that tied me to it.

After awhile I figured that it was more than likely in the synthetic cloud factory. That’s when I decided to hit two birds with one stone get my ship back and stop or at least slow the creation of these abominations.

So a few miles away from the city I formed a natural cloud with my magic and waited for nightfall once it had arrived I changed my fur/scale color with a spell a unicorn friend taught me a long time ago to a dark gray color and began to move towards the factory

Once I arrived, I circled around the whole factory looking for guard positions to find that there were next to none. The only guards I could find were at the front entrance, guarding the way in and a few roaming the warehouses in the back. Noting it, I went around the back and found a warehouse that was bigger than the rest. It had cables out the wazoo going into it so I figured that it was probably the best bet for my ship’s location.

I flew down to the front entrance and pulled out my sword from its sheath and used it to cut a hole in the front of the warehouse. Once this was done, I resheathed it. Using a cone of light spell, effectively turning my horn into a flashlight, I began looking around the building. I noticed a faint shimmering in the air towards the back and as I began to approach it I realized it was a high-grade illusion spell.
Reaching out to the illusion with my magic I began feeling it to try and figure out how best to disarm it I came to the conclusion of brute force. And so I just overrode the spell’s matrix, no doubt setting of a silent alarm so I hurried through and found my goal: my ship the Ragnarok

I quickly got around it, unplugging all of the wires and cables. Once I was done freeing the hull of the ship I flew inside and down to the engine, which was specially made, it ran on lightning but the original owner had found it hard to keep charged. So it was passed on to me because I can generate the lightning required for it to run.

With a quick electrical discharge I gave the ship enough juice to get out of dodge. I flew up to the helm and grabbed the wheel, then with a pull of a lever the engine roared to life; no doubt alerting the local populace. I floored it, breaking through the door and letting me see the group of guards that were now swarming towards the ship.

Not really feeling like having to explain why I just stole a ship from what I assumed was private property I began my escape with the guards in tow. I summoned storm clouds around the ship and pelted them with hail, pressurized winds and lightning. This dealt with most of them but a few managed to get aboard. Among the guards I could tell that there captain was among based on his more boldly colored armor.

I locked the wheel in place so the ship would keep its course and nonchalantly walked down the stairs leading to the main deck all the time never taking my eye off them. When I reach the bottom and began approaching them the captain began speaking.

“You are hereby placed under arrest for stealing property of the weather factory and it destruction during your escape if you resist we are authorised to use force!” the captain yelled trying to be heard over the wind.

“I would like to see you try,” I said, dropping into a battle stance.

They immediately rush at me. I simply drew in a deep breath. As they neared I let loose a concussive roar sending most flailing overboard but a few, including the captain, managed to recover in time to stay on board. Two of the remaining guards charged me, while the last helped the captain. I simply spin around on front hooves using my momentum to slam my tail into one causing him to fly at his buddy sending them both over the side. I looked over and it seemed that the captain was knocked unconscious from my roar and his impromptu medic had fled the scene.

After clearing out the weather I’d summoned, I made sure that me and the captain were the only things around. I grabbed some extra rope from below deck and used it to tie my new guest to the mast of the ship. After making sure he wouldn't be able to free himself, I then headed down to the engine room to try to figure out what they were doing. Almost immediately, I gave up not knowing a thing about the mechanisms they had placed upon the engine. Idly, I scanned the room. I noticed a newspaper on a desk, deciding to take a little break until my guest awoke I grabbed it with my magic and head to my living quarters. On the way, I stopped stop and chuckled to myself. At the area before the door multiple gadgets and tools lay scattered, most were broken. The only way in is to answer the doors’ question correctly because the room is to be nigh indestructible. I make my approach and the doors asked me the question.

“What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” the voice says

“Nothing because nothing is unstoppable nor immovable,” I stated sharply

“Answer acceptable, you may pass,” it said opening the door

I move inside seeing most of the preservation spell had worked. The only one that seemed to have failed was the one on my stuffed manticore head, which was a shame it was a nice head too but I quickly got over it. I moved to my desk and sat behind it opening the paper giving it a once over to see the more important events that had happened recently.

After about 20 minutes of going over the rest of the paper, my draconic hearing picked up what sounded to be hushed cursing and thrashing telling me that my guest had awoken so setting the paper down on my desk and making my way top side as I pass by the engine the meter tells me that the charge ran out I reach the deck and as soon as he hears my he looks to face best he can it looks as if he about to speak so I cut him off.

“You will answer all the question I have.”

“If you think that I will willingly aid a criminal you ha-” I interrupted him before he could finish.

“Who said anything about willingly,” I said giving a toothy grin

I charge my magic and cast a memory flow spell, which allows his memories to flow in sort of a river through my mind allowing to pick out the info I required as I find what I need stopping the spell only to find that my guest’s eyes had rolled into his head and he had stopped breathing.

“Back in my day it would take a pegasus a few minutes before succumbing to brain failure,” I muttered under my breath as I toss his body overboard.

I began thinking of my next move. I may have gotten more info on recent events but I was still pretty clueless on what happened after I went into hibernation. So, I set a course to the place known as Canterlot using the information I gained from the captain.

Author's Note

this is anicus here

for those of you that may be unaware this is a joint story with a wonderful person by the name of articfox
and his story shattered sky which was recently redone

and sorry for the long wait my internet went out and i was busy with work stuff

here what the Ragnarok looks like and it's size as well
http://img11.deviantart.net/f75a/i/2013/077/0/e/fantasy_airship_by_yuchenghong-d5yj5xy.jpg