CH1- Fade of light
Darkness, darkness was the only thing smith could see. Was he dead or was he still alive and something happened. He decided that he was still alive but dreaming of some sort. He looked around and could only see darkness, he thought to himself. Is this real life, or am i imagining this. This was dream but he did not know that. This dream would be important though, it would hold secrets to revealing what happen to the crew. But still in his mind he had many questions. What is that mare and why was she so perfectly timed to come over? What happened to my crew and there personal belongings? Sadly for him these questions would not be answered for a long time. But then a light shown in the distance, he looked up at it. It looked like a pure white alicorn, made of pureness and kindness. Could this alicorn be here to save him, or could it be here to kill him. But it spoke in a tone of such pureness those questions burnt out of his head.
The alicorn said with brilliance "Don't fear thy subject, for i am here to warn you."
But what was it here to warn him about, what could possibly be worse then what he has saw. Could it be that mare, could she be bad luck? Maybe it was the smoke outside of his train. He stayed sitting down and listened.
"For you are in danger from my brother, he won't stop until this entire planet is covered with nightmare fog. He has been defeated before though, you must go to the deepest areas of the Equestrian region. If you hear the roar of thunder and the scream of a thousand ponies, leave as fast as you can." The alicorn said as she disappeared.
He thought for at least 3 hours, until he realized he still was not alone. He looked over to the opposite side of were the glowing alicorn was. He saw a Unicorn that generated a force of darkness so blackened it almost killed him. The thing looked up at him with a smile and disappeared. He panicked and got up and ran for miles he thought. Only to run into a wall, and fall down on his back, and then he blacked out. Only to wake up in a bed with a worried mare walking back and forth past the door. He then got up out of the bed, she noticed this and went into the room to ask if he was ok. He said yes to her, but that he had some sort of nightmare or dream. After telling the dream to her, she sat there confused at what she just heard. After all that drama, they ate lunch and decided what to do next. She wanted to stay put until everything turns back to normal. He wanted to move to the place that the alicorn had said. They spent almost a hour fighting over what to do. Until they finally stopped and saw a blink on the screen. A message was shown on the screen, it was from the near by hospital. They opened it and were shocked at what they heard from the audio. There was a nurse and 6 injured ponies with 7 other foals. He activated the train right away and steamed towards there new destination.
-Prologue-
Once apon a time in the magical land of Equestria, there lived ponies of all sorts. This land was peaceful and kind, having mostly great relations with all around them. But this would change quite a lot on days like this. For only one thing is worse then your nightmares, and that my friend is your nightmares. Coming to life, if you had a nightmare about it, it would just appear seconds later after you awake if you are not protected. Luckily our little pony Coalton has a such of a thing like that. He was a normal stallion who took trains to places and took trade to nations. His job was adventurous and exciting most would say, But to him it was quite boring. He has seen the highest towers of Eqeustria all the way to the high mountains of Yakistan. When he sees the crystal castle he will say how boring. Other ponies think he is insane for thinking all of these were common to him. But his crew knew better, cause they had been with him for all his job time. To the sands of Saddle Arabia to the olden towns of Griffondale. They had stayed with him and stayed together as a family. But sadly this would all change when a certain train was chosen. The Equestrian guard decided they needed faster and better protected transport. So they came up with the Armored trains. These hunks of metal could sail on the rails at most higher speeds then any train. They could survive a strike from a explosion or avalanche. When he got onto this beast he was for the first time in a while, Impressed. The train had 30 carts that could hold 15 ponies, and it had a caboose just for himself. They were told to head to Las Pegasus and then head back through Pony Ville, then to Cantorlot. They just arrived at Pony Ville and started picking up supplies. The crew decided to head for the town spa, Coalton agreed that it would be fine. They went to the spa and got cleaned, then headed to get a snack before departing. When the crew and Coalton got inside the train, they went to there positions. They started up the train but then, a explosion came from the sky. Coalton looked outside to only see darkness or fog heading straight for the ground and around the air. He could hear screams and ponies panicking. He heard a somepony knock on the door, he opened it and a grey and black haired earth pony with a Chello charged in. She asked if she could take a detour into the train, Coalton knowing the situation agreed. He offered her a bed in the main cabin with him on the other side of the caboose. She accepted the kind offer and set her stuff down there. Then a force hit the window and darkness could be the only thing seen outside. Coalton woundered, should i go outside or stay inside. He decided to stay inside for now and exit later but then a roar shook the train and forced him into the wall. He fell onto the ground and before he blackout he heard a shout from the mare in worry and shock.
