The Incident (Awakening and capture)
It was an average day in Ponyville, well, as average as you can get. This village, known as Ponyville, has a unique reputation, along with other rumors. One such rumor has it that Pinkie Pie, the local baker and Party thrower, uses organs from other ponies in her cupcakes, or that Twilight Sparkle, Equestria's newest princess, kidnaps people in there sleep to use as test subjects.
Of course, they are but rumors. Stories, meant to turn others to their way of thinking.
Now, in the outskirts of this village, lies a forest. Unlike other forests, this one is wild, cannot be tamed, and if your lucky, you might get out unscathed. If you aren't, well, lets just say that the beasts are the nicer inhabitants.
Now we find our selves at Ponyville's resident castle, The Palace of Friendship. Home to the recently made Princess, Twilight Sparkle. Twilight Sparkle was at one time, a Unicorn. But after solving a spell her idol, Starswirl the Bearded made, Twilight was elevated to an Alicorn. An Alicorn has the attributes of all three types of ponies. Earth ponies endurance and connection to the earth and plants. A Pegasus wings and connection to the weather. And a Unicorns ability to use magic.
It is here in the palace, that we find Twilight in her study, reading a Daring Do book. It was quiet in the palace, with the turning of pages being the exception. She would have continued reading, had AppleJack not burst through the study doors.
"Twi, Fluttershy needs our help." AppleJack said, panting "She found a critter that she doesn't know about, and it wounded."
That suprpised Twilight, She knew that Fluttershy had a book on all the animal in the world, even endangered ones. But to hear that it was wounded was enough of a reason to get her. Twilight got up and teleported herself and AppleJack to Fluttershy's cottage, which was situated near the Everfree Forest.
In a flash of light, Twilight and AppleJack appeared in front of their friends house. Applejack still exhausted told Twilight that she would catch up. Running into her friends backyard, Twilight came across Fluttershy with a....strange type of animal. It had the head that looked like a miniature dragons with tendrils coming off. Its body, if it could be called that, was a ethereal blue and shaped like a snake.
It was laying on its side with Fluttershy tenderly gliding her hand along side it, as its body slowly faded. Blue sparkles lifting them selves off it as its body was loosing its light. It lifted it head too see three people looking over it, all of them with worried expressions. Twilight reached to help Fluttershy soothe it. But as her hand made contact, all three of them vanished in a blinding flash of light.
All that remained was a blue sphere, and three scorch marks. Twilight, Fluttershy and, Applejack were flying through a veil of multiple colors. They watched as Red faded to Blue, Yellow harshen to Orange, White darken to Pink. Twilight was amazed by the colors that appeared before them, even as Applejack was yelling at her for touching the unknown creature. But to Twilight, all these colors somehow merged together without upsetting that balance that they had seen for this short time.
As soon as Applejack finished screaming at her, they all lost consciousness. Twilight was the first to wake up, shaking her head she looked around. Every where she looked, she felt as if the trees where in a constant state of autumn. Just as she was about to wake her friends, they were surrounded.
Twilight, playing it safe, looked at each of them. First thing she noticed was the armor, it was not like the Royal Guards armor. This armor was meant to protect the wearer. The armor was a spring green, with beautiful gold inlays spiraling around it.
The second thing she noticed were their weapons, Bows and arrows. Twilight had to learn archery while under Princess Celestias guidance, but Twilight perfered her magic, and she knew that she couldn't be able to draw those bows.
The third and final thing she noticed where their eyes and ears. The ears are pointed and their eyes glowing green.
"h-Hello." Twilight said before an arrow landed at her feet, she decided to keep quiet until spoke too.
They spoke in a language that twilight couldn't understand, but wanted to learn. They with each other, before the one behind her turned Twilight to face her. Twilight quickly learned that she was the leader, as she was surprised that she could under stand what she said. The leader had the two other archers, by Twilights guess, pick up her unconscious friends.
"Follow" she said "We are going to Silvermoon City."
Twilight didn't know what Silvermoon City was, but it was safe to assume that it is and island.
'Oh Twilight, what have you gotten yourself into this time.' Twilight thought, as she walked. 'You just had to touch the weird creature, taking us to an unknown world. Congrats.'
Through out the walk Twilight kept seeing the same creature that brought them here, flying low to the ground. She watched in horror as some the archers killed a few that attacked them. She also watched in grim intrigue as they turned into a blue sphere, wondering what makes them turn into that.
After a bit of walking, Applejack started to stir. The archer carrying her put her onto the grass gently, so as to not ensure she is rattled. Applejack looked around taking in the sights of the forest, the people who were carrying her, then she laid her eyes on Twilight. Her eyes narrow as she once again began her tirade of why Twilight thought it was a good idea to touch the critter.
Their captors looked on with interest as the blonde mare got up and walked over to Twilight poking her in the chest as she continued her tirade. She went from why touching it was a good idea, to how they were prisoners. As Twilight tried to calm her friend, Applejack went over to the nearest tree, aware that the archers were trained on her, and kicked it in two.
The archers were surprised by her strength, they hadn't thought that she was capable of it, after having just regained consciousness. A few of them were being wary as she walked back over to them. A few of the archers moved away from her, she let a small smile appear, the Apples were a tough bunch to intimidate.
"Have you calmed yourself?" asked the leader, "You are certainly capable of travel after that display."
"Yes, Ah feel a little better" Applejack said, she then turned to Twilight "Ah'm still pissed at you, but we'll deal with that when we get back home. Got it?"
Twilight could only nod, knowing this was her fault. She knew she was going to help Applejack on her families farm. Last time she made Applejack this mad, Twilight had to help for a month.
'I'm not looking forward to it' Twilight thought, as they continued their journey.
Twilight could only hope they are able to get home quickly. And hopefully, from they way this world appears, from the look of the armor and weapons, alive.
Author's Note
Can anyone guess what classes I'm going to make them? Those who guess right will be mentioned when they accept their new found roles.
~See ya
Journey in unknown land.
The group of archers had been traveling for half an hour, so as to ensure their prisoners were not able to get away. A few of them were wary of the blonde one, she had strength that they doubted they could match. A few of them were still thinking about how easy it was for her to break that tree in half, as if she had done it her entire life.
They had stopped to rest, as they had been on patrol when they found the trio. Their leader had ordered them to be taken to Silvermoon city, but for what reason, they couldn't guess. They didn't know what the blonde one had in mind when she said the the violet haired one was going to help her with, but a few of them couldn't help be feel sorry for her.
"Applejack, I-" Twilight said, but was interrupted by the aforementioned pony.
"Twi, Ah know you wanted to help Fluttershy, so did Ah." Applejack said "It's just, we're stranded on an unknown world, probably gonna have to kill to survive."
Twilight looked downtrodden for a moment before perking up, an Idea forming in her head.
"Princess Celestia will notice I'm missing, so hopefully she will be able to figure out why we were sent here."
"Twi, Ah hate to break it to you, but how will she notice your missing?"
Twilight was about to answer when she found that she couldn't. Applejack was right, how would she find out. Twilight let out a depressed sigh, figuring that she and her friends were trapped here forever. She felt Applejack sling an arm around her shoulder, a confident smirk on her features.
"Don't you worry Twi, Ah'm sure someone will tell her. It's just a matter of time, and how quickly they find out." Applejack encouraged, "Ah bet they are trying to figure it out right now"
Twilight was silent for a moment, before thanking her friend. She was about to start up another conversation, when a thought just appeared. Who was going to take care of Spike. When they returned home, Twilight was going to find the biggest diamond she could afford and give it to Spike.
"Applejack, Who is going to take care of Spike" Twilight asked, starting to worry about the baby dragon.
Twilight was starting to hyperventilate, the thought of Spike being left alone back in Equestria was unbearable. Just as she was going to start panicking, Applejack laid a hand on her shoulder, looking at her with a soothing expression. Twilight thanks her stating that she is just worried about Spike, her friends, and whether or not they'll survive this adventure.
After an hour of more walking Fluttershy began to stir, the archer holding her set her down gently. The first thing Fluttershy noticed were her friends, rushing over to them and asking if they were alright. She was relieved when they nodded, but when she looked around, she was captivated by the environment. When she looked back at her friends, she noticed the archers.
She would have fainted if Twilight and Applejack weren't there, but all she did was just look down with a bit of fear. The leader had started walking, signaling the others to move as well. Twilight filled her friends on what has happened from when she awoke, needless to say Twilight would happily work at Sweet Apple Acres than handle a pissed Fluttershy.
The look of rage on Fluttershys face was enough to force a few arrows to whiz pass, but to the surprise of the archers, She didn't flinch. The Leader looked on in interest, but demanded the they follow them. Fluttershy was about to argue, but a hand from Twilight put a temporary hold on it.
As they continued walking, they had passed, what appears to be a beautiful city. Twilight was wondering why they had kept going, but kept quiet. They had stopped at, what Twilight assumed to be a vendor, when one of the archers went to one. After about 15 minutes, he came back with three tabards. It sort of reminded Twilight of a bird, but was surprised when she was handed one.
"These will help show our civilians and artisans that you are of no threat." The leader said "That way they are at ease when they see you."
The leader saw one of the magisters. Deciding to report his findings, he quickly ordered the trio to stay put. As he left, he gave them one more look over.
Twilight couldn't find any fault to their reasoning, and put one on, as did her friends. Fluttershy though, did so begrudgingly. The leader, who returned after 15 minutes, looked up to see that it was quickly fading to night. Deciding that the journey can be completed tomorrow, she ordered her troops to set up camp.
Twilight watched, amazed by how organised the archers were. They were setting a perimiter, raising tents, and starting a campfire in a sequence. When the leader looked at them, he assigned them different chores based on what he observed.
For Applejack, she was tasked with gathering firewood. Twilight was tasked with gathering water from the near by ravine. Fluttershy, after a bit of coaxing from her friends, was tasked to help lure in the local wild life.
As they went about their tasks, the leader contemplated what had transpired.
Flashback
It was an ordinary day for Keemron Blackshield. Wake up, refresh him self, eat a hearty meal, get patrol route. He was surprised that is current patrol route took him so far from Sunstrider Isle. While normally that wouldn't be a problem, he was sure that it had something to do with the 'Magical Anomaly' that he overheard the Mages and Warlocks as he marched into headquarters. As he was about to leave, the outgoing mission handler had informed him that anything found in his patrol was to be taken straight to Silvermoon City, while Messenger was sent to inform headquarters.
Flashback End
Now that he thought about he hadn't sent a messenger yet. He quickly wrote out a report, planning to send his quickest ranger, and would send them on their way at day break.
'It's dangerous to traverse the woods at night, even for a ranger' He thought, 'Now to get some information out of our 'Guests'.
As soon as the camp had been made, He ordered them to sit around the campfire. As soon as the words left his mouth, his group, rangers and captives, all did as they were told. The rangers though, looked more relaxed then they had been, almost eager to set up camp.
Twilight POV
I look around, watching the archers gather supplies. Camping? I look too see that the sun was setting, does this world operate under different laws of physics?
Now that I think about it, the magic on this world feels different. It feels....off....for lack of a better term. I'll need to do some research when if our captors will let us. Will they experiment on us? If so, they'll find we're a lot more capable than they realize.
The archers quickly, and efficiently set up a camp. The leader, I suppose, gestures for use to sit. As we sit, he looks to a few of his companions and, in a language I've never heard, give them an order? I don't know, but I would like too learn it.
He must've seen the confusion on our faces, because he sighed. He looked to his right, and gestured for an to come and sit with us.
Saluting, she sat down, and started conversing with him.
'This is frustrating!' I thought 'I can't understand a single word they're saying! Are they talking about how to cook us!? Or, are they trying too decide which of us to dissect first?!'
Frustration turned too worry, as scenario after scenario, each worst than the last played through my head.
As if sensing my fear, Applejack and Fluttershy put their hands on my shoulders. The comfort that it gave help calm me down. Taking a deep breath, I slowly let it out as the worry bled away. I look too the pair of archers sitting across from us.
They look like they want answers. Well, so do we. I just hope that they can help.
