“Twilight, Twilight!” Spike gasped as he ran into the library, almost loosing grip of the books in his claws.
She looked up from the book she was rereading for the sixth time at her number one assistant, “What is it Spike, what’s wrong?"
He gasped, trying to catch his breath, before handing her several large tomes. “These just arrived from Princess Celestia.”
The lavender mare quickly gathered them up in her magic looking at each one, as a growing grin began to cross her face. “These are the spell books on the Inter-dimensional portals, similar to the one that goes to the world with my Canterlot High friends.”
“Wait really?” Spike wondered as he tried to grab at the tomes in her aura, but Twilight quickly turned around and wrapped another layer of magic on them as she pushed everything out of the area.
Placing the tomes on several book stands around her, “Yes!” She laughed looking at each of the them for several more seconds before turning around, “Spike I can create a new portal to a different world, go get everypony and bring them here.”
Spike gave a mock salute and took off, almost slipping on his ways out as headed to pick up six very special mares.
While he was gone, Twilight quickly went to work drawing the pentagram from the books, arranging everything to the letter. Once the image was finished, she summoned a bunch of ingredients to the five points and waited for her friends.
The seven of them walked into the library, talking amongst themselves before stopping to stare at Twilight, “Twilight darling,” Rarity said slowly, “ Are you sure that creating a new portal is safe, what if it doesn't work?”
She turned to face them, “Of course it'll work, I’m sure!” Twilight shouted happily as she brought up several diagrams and graphs for them to see, “I’ve checked all of the math and rechecked the formulas six times!”
Her friends laughed and tackled Twilight in a group hug with Pinkie wrapping around everyone before setting them back down and scarfing down a cupcake from her mane. “Mm yummy.” She laughed licking her face.
Twilight walked back into the center of the pentagram, “Alright girls, I’m going to begin the spell.. They nodded as she began chanting in old Equish. “Powers -o i úrin ar isil.”
“I still don’t think this is a good idea, Twi.” Applejack said slowly as a bright purple aura began to envelope her friend.
She ignored t and kept them and continued chanting, “Lótesse i Princesses guide mime hooves minna i fenda -o a sinya world ve i storime indóme begin ana unfold- -Símen emme linne.” As she said the last word, the aura intensified and Twilight vanished in a flash of purple light.
“Oh my, she’s gone.” Fluttershy said quietly as she moved her bangs out of her eyes, looking from side to side.
“I wonder for how long though?” Spike asked as he stared at the smoking pentagram, his small claws touching the edge of it
“I wonder that too my little ponies.” A voice said behind them as they turned in an instant.
Author's Note
Hey everyone, my second story so far. I'm throwing her in to a series I know well. Wish me luck.
Chapter 2
A sqaud of marines came to a stop, panting heavily with their faces caked with sweat. “That wasn’t so bad.” one of them laughed as he sat on the ground, to catch his breath. The others took a few sips from their canteens.
“Alright ladies, drop down and give me twenty!” A voice called from behind them.
“Yes Gunnery Sergeant!” The five dropped and began counting. They had barely made it to six before the crackling of lightning brought them to their feet. The squad turned to see a portal of some type opening up above the ground.
“Slipspace rupture take cover!” Everyone quickly dove behind some nearby boulders as they watched the portal increase in size before dropping something out of it and disappearing. The squad looked at what had fallen out, it appeared to be a very brightly colored pony with wings and a horn. Unsure they moved from their cover towards her.
Twilight slowly sat up placing a hoof to the side of her head, “Ow…ow…wh-where am I?” She wondered as she looked around before noticing several black armored figures coming out from behind the large boulders. She studied them closely, trying to figure out what they are. “They wear armor, are they soldiers? But they walk on two legs, I don’t know any races besides the Minotaur's who walk on two legs. But these creatures are so small and don’t appear to have any horns or wings. If only I had a quill and ink.”
They all stopped several meters away from the purple pony watching her slowly. “Gunny it’s a fucking Alien and it’s dangerous we should take it out!” One of the marines growled as he raised his rifle.
He pushed the rifle barrel down shaking his head as they moved closer trying to get a better view of this literal purple pony who appeared to have wings and a horn. “She is a unicorn and a Pegasus interesting.”
One of the marines moved ahead of the group, slowly sitting down a few feet away watching Twilight. Her head tilted to the side as she looked at the stunned alicorn.
“Rowan get back here, we don’t know if it’s dangerous or not!” The aggressive marine shouted as he raised his rifle again before the Gunny could stop him.
She ignored what he was saying and smiled at Twilight behind her visor, “Shh, shh, it’s alright. He may sound like a jerk but he’s a good guy.” Rowan laughed and slowly started to pet the nervous alicorn, sliding her hand against her multi-colored mane.
At first Twilight wanted to pull away when the creature moved to touch her, but as soon as she realized that it was simply petting her and not attempting to cause her any harm, her rational mind relaxed before going into panic mode again as the creature pulled her into a somewhat uncomfortable hug. “These creatures sure have a funny way of meeting a new race.” She thought as she shifted so that the creature’s armor wasn’t digging into her breast.
Twilight looked into the face plate of the small creature, blushing slightly as she spoke softly, “Could you please let go, it’s a little hard to breathe.”
The corporal let go and laughed nervously, “Im sorry.” She removed her helmet rubbing the back of her head, “I wasn’t expecting you to talk.”
Twilight sat up onto her haunches as she brushed herself off, “Why wouldn’t I be able to? I’ve been able to talk since I was little.” She smiled at the pale creature as she was examining her mane that was put into a net bun behind her head, and her small pale blue eyes. “So um…. if don’t mind me asking, who and what are you?”
She shook her hand, “No need to be nervous, my name is Rowan Nighthawk and I’m an ODST, but if you mean species, then I am a Homo Sapien or human.”
Twilight’s right eye began to twitch as she half shouted at the soldier, “Hu…Human? But you’re supposed to be a myth!”
Rowan chuckled, sitting in front of the alicorn, “Says the walking, talking, purple, winged unicorn.”
Twilight suppressed a low growl, smiling through it, “It’s lavender. My coat is lavender and I’m not a winged unicorn, I am an alicorn.”
Her squad walked up, with their sergeant crouching down by them, “I guess first contact is going alright, even though we broke so many rules when you hugged her.”
“Yea gunny, apparently she thought Humanity was a myth.” she smiled pointing at Twilight
He suppressed a laugh,”Oh that’s rich. But anyways, my name is Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Lee.”
Twilight raised herself to her full height and bowed her sead slightly, “My name is Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship.
Rowan jumped into the squad faster then any of them thought possible as the five of them straightened up and saluted. “Ma’am!”
Their Sergeant stepping out from the squad, clearing his throat with a cough, “I know we didn’t start this out properly but on behalf of the United Nation Space Command, I would like to welcome you to the planet Reach, Princess Twilight Sparkle.” He smiled and bowed while his squad kept the salute
Blushing heavily, Twilight raised her hoof to her head and returned the salute, “At ease. I’m still uncomfortable with being announced or addressed as Princess, please just Twilight unless we’re in front of your superiors.”
The gunny nodded as he walked up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder before standing and backing a step, “So how did you get here Twilight?”
She smiled and spread her hooves in front of her and fell into ‘Story’ mode. First telling a bit about her world and then explaining the arrivals of the ancient tomes and how she had immediately found the spell to travel between different dimensions and worlds.
“So you’re from another dimension/world, that explains why you’re so colorful and cute.” Rowan chuckled as she fidgeted in place, fighting the urge to pet Twilight's mane some more.
Twilight nodded and looked up at Lee , “Oh that reminds me," She pointed to the ODST that had first come close, "Rowan mentioned that you were ODSTs, what does that mean?”
The gunny laughed and pointed to the sky, before bringing his hand down into a fist, “We are Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, elite special forces.”
“Orbital Drop. You mean you fall from space? Humanity has achieved space travel, how when, how does your armor protect you?” She began asking questions faster then Lee or Rowan could respond. As she walked around them, looking and poking their armor, lifting what she could on them with her magic as her scientific mind began going into overdrive as she tried to figure everything out.
Rowan held her hands out grabbing Twilight lightly by her cheeks, “Woah there, slow down Twilight. Humanity has been in space for almost six centuries, but only in the last five have we expanded from our home solar system. Yes we fall from space, but we do so in special drop pods to keep us safe.” She let go as Twilight smiled and stopped talking.
But as soon as she was let go she began walking around the squad poking at their armor again, talking to herself before several sonic booms were heard above at a higher pitch that the squad didn’t notice. She looked up and pointed with her hoof, “Hey Lee what are those purple things?”
They looked up and Rowan gasped as she placed her hands over her mouth, shuddering in terror, “No…..no it can’t be.”
“What is it, Sergeant tell me what’s coming?” Twilight asked, a twinge of fear creeping its way into her voice as she walked over and stood next to him.
He replaced his helmet and polarized his visor, ‘Death Twilight. Death is coming!” He turned and quickly motioned for them to go behind the boulders, “Get to cover. Rowan put her in between those trees, she’ll be safest there.
Twilight tried to argue but was quickly picked up and put in a nook between a small group of trees behind the boulders. “Don’t worry, there’s no place safer then behind a squad of ODSTs.
“Ooorah Corporal!” Lee called as he loaded a fresh mag into his M7.
Moments later, the pods landed a few dozen meters away, across them several energy fields crackled as their occupants stepped out. “Destroy the humans, wipe their petty existence from the galaxy!”
Inside the nook Twilight stared at the back of Rowan's armor, still amazed at the fact that it protected her body while dropping from space. “Have you faced these enemies before?”
The young ODST turned towards the Alicorn and depolorized her helmet, “No I haven’t, all the fighting I’ve done was against other humans or just in training.” She said through a shudder, before turning back to the front, she polorized her helm and loaded a fresh mag into her smg as an ear piercing scream broke her out of the trance she was in.
“Damnit Lou is down, cover me!” The aggressive soldier from before shouted, as he dove from his position to their fallen brother. Dodging several plasma rounds before picking him up into his arms.
“Suppressive fire. Samson move your ass, get out of there!” Lee shouted as he fired several bursts from his M7 into the throat of one of the bird-like soldiers.
Samson began to run back towards the rest of the squad as a glowing blue orb attacked to his arm, he looked over to Lee, “Gunny?….” His voice cracked in fear as the two soldiers disappeared in a blinding flash. Moments later the light dissipated, but nothing remained of the them.
Author's Note
For those that aren't sure who their going up against its the Covenant, we are now in Halo on Reach. Now for everyone wondering what will happen to Twilight, hmm we will see.
Please critique and leave helpful comments, thanks everypony.
Chapter 3
“Nooo…. Damn you. Damn you Covie bastards to hell!” Lee growled as he threw a pair of primed grendes at them. They tried to disperse but were shredded moments later.
Twilight covered her ears from the sound of the explosions, but soon lowered her wings and looked out from her nook in the trees. But what she saw, cast a look of pure terror across her face. The alien stood over two meters and was covered in heavy armor, in its four fingered hand some type of weapon. “Rowan look out!” She shouted as she pointed at the alien.
“Shit an Elite, get back into the trees and stay there!” Twilight did as she was told and covered her ears to try and drown out the sounds of gunfire.She turned back towards him and opened fire, the bullets from her smg slammed against a shimmering energy field. ‘Fucking shields and plasma weapons, why do they always have the better gear?’ She reloaded and kept firing as the Elite returned fire, the glowing blue bolts hit all around her, some hitting the ground and a spread hitting her across the chest, causing her to scream as she collapsed aginst the tree.
Twilight tried to do as Rowan had said, but the sound of her new friend screaming caused her to jump out and run to her side, Twilight jumped out and quickly put a shield around herself and Rowan, “Rowan are you alright?” she asked quietly as she pulled her helmet off. Her face was pale and her breathing labored. Twi quickly put up a shield around them as another burst of plasma fire slammed into the tree, a bolt barely missing her tail..
Rowan looked up in shock, as her eyes adjusted to a purple shield around her. “Twilight….run…leave me….its no use..” She gasped as she looked at he Elite who was firing madly at the Alicorn’s shield. ‘Her shield is comparable to Covie tech…funny.’ she smiled softly and closed her eyes.
An unrealistic thought
“Rowan you still with me?” She nudged her friend who groaned but remained unconcious. The Elite’s roar caused her to look up as he began banging on the shield. Sweat started dripping down her face as she struggled to keep it up. “What am I gonna do?….uh… I can’t use any spells while holding this up. Wait her weapon, maybe I could….” She lifted the rifle in her magic holding the dangerous end towards the Elite, pulling back the lever that Rowan had before and heard a round load in. “Celestia forgive me.” She squeezed the trigger with her magic and held it as a small opening opened up in her shield for the bullets to pass through.
The Elite’s shield shimmered at first but soon cracked under the constant barrage and his armored body was soon left exposed as she kept firing. “Graah!” he groaned as his flesh was shredded before he dropped to the ground, coughing a few times before laying still. Twilight gasped and dropped the weapon and stumbled back against the trees, as she started to hyperventilate before turning to the side and emptying her stomach into a patch of weeds. “ I killed somepony…..I…killed…I can’t…go home now…I’m a murderer.”
As she freaked out her thoughts brought her back home, if she ever got back. Everything was dark, a solid wall of shadows as she walked towards her castle. The doors were closed as she walked up and tried to push them open but they wouldn’t budge. “Hello is anyone there? Spike its me, I’m home.” She tried to push again but someone tapped her on the shoulder. Turning around she came face to face with Princess Celestia. “Princess why are you here, why can’t I get into my home?”
“You are barred from your home and barred from Equestria for your crimes.” She said slowly as she backed away and pointed with her wing down the road. Instead of Ponyville, the road showed the path to the badlands. “You are to leave now and never return or face punishment.”
Twilight backed away from the Princess” You’re exiling me from Equestria, why?” Her eyes were wide with terror as her mentor, her mother said this.
“You have murdered and killed, you’re now a threat to the rest of my little ponies and there for must leave, so no one else gets hurt. Your friends say you must leave as well.” The white alicorn announced as her friends stepped out of the shadows.
“Girls you’re all here. Please tell me you aren’t sending me away too.” her eyes started to fill with tears. The thought of her friends sending her away too was to much for her to handle.
“I’m sorry Twi, but I don’t need any murders near my farm or family. You have to leave.” AJ said calmly as she took her hat off and looked down at her hooves.
“Sorry Twilight but you need to leave town.” Rainbow said her eyes staring at the ground, Fluttershy didn’t say anything just hid behind Rainbow.
“Darling please you need to leave.”
“Twilight I’m sorry, but you can’t be around for anymore parties or any fun things, because you’re now a big meanie.” Pinkie said solemly, her mane deflated.
Twlight was sitting on the steps in tears, first the princess now her friends. She couldn’t handle anymore, everyone she loves was telling her to go away. No one wanted her anymore. “Gir…Girls no.. please.” she gasped as she saw Spike standing by one of Princess Celestia’s forlegs.”Sp…Spike?” she held her hooves open to him, but he shook his head and ran behind Celestia’s back legs and started to cry.
“Please Twilight….Go away, you’re a scary monster now.” He muttered through his tears.
The words hit her like a train as she felt her heart shatter into a thousand shards. That was the final dagger, as she threw her head back and screamed to the stars. “Nooo!” As her cries echoed around them, the shadows closed in on everyone else and swallowed Twilight.
Changed. For better or for worse?
Author's Note
Hello everypony, what did you think of Twilight's fantasy? Hope you'll stay with me on this journey into the fight of life and death.