Chapter 1 - The Solution (Edited)
Chapter 1 - The Solution
Silverbeam, a silver and blue unicorn stallion, and Chessknight, a white and yellow pegasus stallion, walked through the deserted, ruined area, once known as Canterlot, the once grand capital city of Equestria, now scattered remains.
"Silverbeam, do you sense something?" Chessknight asked Silverbeam.
"Dark Guards, I can sense them up ahead!" Silverbeam exclaimed as a Dark Guard, which is a human sized, deep-black liquid robot with dark, yellow eyes, with one arm a blade and the other a multi-blaster.
"Run!" Cheesknight screamed as the Dark Guard stabbed him through his body.
"Crap!!!" Silverbeam swore as he ducked under a broken-down carriage, hoping that the Dark Guard wouldn't notice him, to which, it didn't. When the Dark Guard flew off to wherever it came from, Silverbeam stayed under the broken-down carriage until he heard a small, futuristic plane land near the carriage.
"Silverbeam! Where are you?" Skylight Dancer, a purple and white unicorn mare yelled as she looked around for Silverbeam. Unknostest between Skylight co-workers, she had a huge crush on Silverbeam. Only Silverbeam knew about it, though.
"Skylight!" Silverbeam smiled as he rolled from underneath the broken-down carriage.
"Are you alright?" Skylight asked Silverbeam worriedly.
"I'm doing alright" Silverbeam sighed, "But we've lost Chessmaster"
"Damn it!" Skylight kicked the ground, "That's the third one we've lost this week!"
"I'm sorry, there was nothing I could do" Silverbeam apologized.
"It's not your fault...It's just that we've lost too many to those things!" Skylight sighed, "Now, we should get out of here"
A few minutes later, Silverbeam and Skylight had reached the resistance base, to which its members were waiting for them. The members include Fire Forged, a orange and grey unicorn stallion, Topaz Light, a purple and orange unicorn mare, Mach Five, a white and red pegasus mare, and Edge, a blue and green teenage dragon.
"Welcome back!" Fire Forged greeted Silverbeam and Skylight.
"Where's Chessmaster?!" Topaz demanded to know.
"He's...gone..." Silverbeam sighed sadly.
"NO! NO! NO!" Topaz cried loudly as she ran off in despair, "I loved him! I loved him!"
"Topaz! Wait!" Mach exclaimed as she ran after Topaz.
"We're losing too many ponies!" Edge declared, "I just want to take Arabus and-"
"We'll all die if we launch a full assault!" Skylight interrupted Edge.
"I have a better idea!" Fire announced.
"And what would that be?" Silverbeam asked.
"We could send someone back in time to stop Arabus from rising to power!" Fire explained.
"That is probably the worst idea you've ever made" Skylight rolled her eyes.
"But I have the way to do it!" Fire smiled as he pulled out a strange, chrome watch.
"That's the time machine?" Silverbeam looked at the device with skepticism.
"Yes! And it works, too!" Fire smiled as he pressed a button on it.
The watch disappeared, a few seconds later, it reappeared in a burst of light, amazing the trio.
"Well...I guess it does work!" Silverbeam declared.
"But we, need a volunteer to go back in time to stop Arabus" Edge noted.
"I'll go!" Silverbeam said
"Fine, you'll be leaving tomorrow, okay?" Fire informed Silverbeam.
A few minutes later in a room which resembled a fallout type room, Silverbeam was packing the necessary things to make this mission a success, such as some dry goods, a bottle of water, and a pair of blue-laser blades. As he finished, Skylight was waiting for him. Silverbeam knew what this meant.
"Silver, I want you to know that I...well..." Skylight Blushed, holding back tears, as Silverbeam leaned in and kissed her, as the two began to make out.
"I love you too, Skylight" Silverbeam thought to himself as the two lovers moved towards his bed...
The next day, Silverbeam slipped on the chrome watch, put on some lightweight armor, and looked back at the resistance.
"I'm sorry I have to go, but this is how it is" Silverbeam bid his comrades farewell.
"Good luck!" Skylight rooted for Silverbeam, as he pressed the button on the watch, which made him disappear in a burst of light!
A few hours later, Silverbeam awoke in the middle of a small creek. He yawned, stretched for a minute, picked up his supplies, and began a long trek through the woods.
"So this is what a forest was like" Silverbeam wondered to himself as he walked along a dirt path. "My mom always told me stories of what the world was like before Arabus, but I didn't know it was this beautiful"
Suddenly, the sound of laughter could be heard from nearby. Silverbeam ducked behind a tree and looked upon six different ponies eating and being merry.
"And then I was like, no way!" Rarity laughed.
"Ah still darn don't get that story!" Applejack moaned.
"Hey, do you guys want to-?" Twilight Sparkle noticed as a Hydra slithered out of the forest!
"RUN!" Fluttershy screamed as Silverbeam jumped on the Hydra, and stabbed into it multiple times the center! The Hydra roared and blasted a poison-blast at Silverbeam, but Silverbeam threw down a force-field grenade, protecting him!
"Now begone!" Silverbeam roared as he landed the finishing blow on the Hydra, slaying it! Twilight Sparkle walked from behind the bushes and approached Silverbeam.
"Thank you for saving us" Twilight Sparkle said hesitantly worried if this pony might produce her the same faith as the Hydra "But who are you?"
"That, my friend, is a long story but first we should get out of this forest, who know what else is here?" Silverbeam sighed.
(To Be Continued)
Chapter 2 - The Past (Edited)
Chapter 2 - The Past
Silverbeam sat in the house of Twilight Sparkle, along with the other members of the Mane Six, where he put his supplies on the ground.
"So, why are you here?" Rainbow Dash asked Silverbeam.
"Many reasons, such as-"
"An evil being took over and unleashed an army of beings to hunt down any resistance?" Pinkie Pie interrupted.
"How did you know that?" Silverbeam questioned Pinkie, who just laughed.
"Anyways, who is this evil being?" Twilight sighed as Rainbow dragged Pinkie away.
"He calls himself Arabus, and he's an evil being that took down Princess Celestia and Princess Luna" Silverbeam told Twilight and her friends with the reaction of them gasping, "He then built an army of Dark Guards, adaptable robots who can kill anything"
"That's darn horrid!" Applejack declared.
"The Dark Guards had managed to destroy over ninety-percent of Equestria's population, even causing Earth Ponies to go extinct" Silverbeam sighed.
"That's terrible!" Rarity sobbed as she cried into a pillow.
"But there is a way to stop Arabus before he even gains power" Silverbeam informed the group, "But we have to warn Princess Celestia and Princess Luna before he is revived"
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Twilight Sparkle smiled, "Now where is he?"
"That's the problem, I don't know where he is" Silverbeam sighed.
Meanwhile, at the edge of ancient ruins, a Zebra named Zebulos Mogan, aka Zeb, was performing a ritual along with five other ponies.
"And lo, the dark lord shall return upon his rightful throne!" Zeb preached as he threw different things in a cauldron, ranging from newt eyeballs to a piece of glass.
"And finally, we require a sacrifice!" Knight Shade, a fellow cult pony declared as a pony was grabbed from the group.
"Thank Arabus!" The mare shouted as Knight Shade pulled her heart out!
"And rise, our true master!" Zeb roared as he grabbed the still beating heart and threw it into the cauldron, and a burst of smoke filled the room.
"Where am I?!?!" A dark, raspy voiced boomed throughout the ruins, which could be heard for miles around...
Back in the future time, Skylight was sitting at her usual scouting-spot, a small cliff near the base, which had been proven as a perfect place to make sure no Dark Guards would break into the base.
"Seen anything yet?" Edge asked Skylight anxiously.
"Nope, the skies are still as dark as yesterday's" Skylight sighed, "With no Celestia making the sun rise, it's been dark for many years"
"So I guess tomorrow is still as bad as yesterday?" Edge moaned as he sat down, bored.
Suddenly, as if fate had declared it, a futuristic jet was seen cutting through the black clouds, and landed quickly on the launch-pad of the base.
"What the heck is that noise?!" Mach-5 demanded to know as she and Topaz noticed the futuristic jet, which had opened up to reveal three ponies, which consisted of two unicorn mares, and a pegasus stallion.
"More ponies!" Skylight exclaimed as she slid down to the launch-pad to greet the new ponies.
"Who are you?" The blue and grey unicorn mare asked Skylight. This mare looked bit different, as she had more fur around her legs.
"My name is Skylight Dancer, and I'm the current leader of the resistance" Skylight introduced herself, "And who are you?"
"My name is Shetla, daughter of the Duke of Scotmare, leader of Freedom Faction" Shetla introduced herself, "The green and purple unicorn is Glimpse Portal, and the grey and orange pegasus is Rip Roar"
"Good, we could use reinforcements" Edge smiled as he, Mach-5, and Topaz approached the group.
"I agree with that statement" Glimpse agreed.
In present time, Silverbeam and the Mane Six began to the journey to Princess Celestia's castle in Canterlot.
"Is there anything nice about the future?" Fluttershy asked Silverbeam.
"There are a few things, there's a special somepony that I kind of have a crush on" Silverbeam smiled as he thought of Skylight, "And I do have friends in the form of the resistance"
"Well, at least the bonds of friendship haven't broken in this world" Twilight Sparkle thought to herself as loud noises could be heard outside of the train.
"What the heck is that?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed fearfully.
"I'll be darned if that be some kind of-"
Suddenly, a winged, insect-like creature used its clawed arm to impale Applejack through the back, and threw her out of the train!
"Oh crap!" Fluttershy screamed as she hid under the table.
"That can't be good!" Silverbeam declared as he pulled out his laser-blades and cut off the creature's arm, causing it to roar in agony! The creature then began to ram into the train car!
"I'll help!" Twilight Sparkle declared as she jumped onto the top of the train car and began to fire blasts of magic at the creature!
"I'll finish this!" Silverbeam exclaimed as he jumped onto the creature, cut a slit into the creature, and then threw a force-field grenade into the creature, causing a force field to explode the creature from the inside, splattering guts and green blood over the train car windows.
"Nice shot!" Twilight Sparkle congratulated Silverbeam as they went back into the train car.
"What the buck was that thing?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"I personally don't know, but it can't be a good sign seeing it" Silverbeam sighed as he sheathed his swords.
(To Be Continued)
