I Make Rides

by Zhe Pydoh

Rating: teen
Tags: Human, Main 6, Gore, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance, Dark, Alternate Universe, Other, Nightmare Moon, Comedy, Princess Celestia
Length: 1031

Bottom line is: me, an animatronics designer am spirited away to Equestria. Not the one I knew from the show, but one where it is ruled by a corrupted Twilight Sparkle. The worst part: I have to create new rides for other theme parks, or else I die.

I, an animatronics designer am spirited away to Equestria. Not the one I knew from the show, but one where it is ruled by a corrupted Twilight Sparkle and corrupted versions of the Princesses. The worst part of it is: I have to create new rides for other theme parks such as their version of Disneyland, Uneighversal Studios, or else it's off with my head. Yep, it's pretty bad, but hey, at least she and the various parks I'm contracted for gave me plenty of resources to work with. Alright, enough screwing around. I've got rides to make, places to go, people to see, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Published 2017-10-21 16:00:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-10-21 16:00:06 UTC

Prologue: The Fullerton Academy of Animatronic Design and Manufacturing

Another long ass day at the Fullerton Academy of Animatronic Design and Manufacturing. Another robot animal created. Yeah, I had to make these robot animals for a jungle themed amusement park, so, as you could probably imagine, I was understandably very irritated and tired.

That was, until that fateful day, I was whisked away to the land of Equestria. Not the one I knew from the show, but one where it is ruled by a corrupted Twilight Sparkle and corrupted versions of the Princesses. Let me tell you, I was in for one hell of a surprise.

19:00 hours Canterlot, Equestria

"Who are you?! What are you?! Why have you come here?!?! What is your name?!?! WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?!?! I SHOULD HAVE YOU EXECUTED FOR CROSSING HERE!" a dark lavender alicorn screamed while mercilessly whipping me.

"Stop! Stop!!!" I pleaded, but she still continued. "STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" I shrieked at the top of my lungs.

"I'll tell you everything! JUST PLEASE STOP!" I cried, now in a fetal position. This seemed to placate them, for the time being.

I looked up to see corrupted versions of Princess Luna and Celestia. Oh boy, I was in for it now.

"Very well," says the corrupted Luna, folding her leathery, I think, wings inwards. "do tell us everything." I sighed in relief, but said relief was immediately shattered.

She leans in a lot closer towards me than I was actually comfortable with. "And DON'Tlie." she says in an icy tone.

I gulped. Now, more than ever was I afraid. "My name is Chase Vander Dussen. I have no clue how I even got here. I am a human. As for my job, I'm majoring in animatronic design and manufacturing."

"Annie mae tronic?" they asked me collectively while hilariously trying to pronounce the word.

"Heh. Yeah, I know, its a funny word, but an animatronic is basically a robotic mock-up of a person, animal, or maybe an object." I explained.

"Mayhaps, sister he can work for different theme parks and create new rides using these... 'animatronics' of his." Nightmare Moon suggested.

Twilight pondered in thought. "Yes. That could work."

"Oh thank you so much..."

"BUT!" Shit. I knew there was a little catch in there somewhere, as my hopes of staying remotely alive were quashed by Luna's iron hoof. "IF we are dissatisfied with what you have created, it'll be off with your head! BUT! IF we are satisfied, we may just let you live and continue your career. But DON'T get your hopes up."

"Oh boy." I muttered.

Present day, Equestria...

I was walking through the offices of Disneighland to the executive office.

"Mr. Vander Dussen?" an alabaster unicorn mare addressed me. "Mr. Blue Prints will see you now."

I stepped into his office. "Mr. Van Der Dussen, I presume?" he asked me as he turned around in his chair. I got a good look at him. Hilariously enough, true to his name, his entire fur coloration minus the mane and tail, were the exact same coloring as the standard blueprints I've seen in movies or on Google Images.

"Okay, first of all, it's Vander Dussen. And second, yes that's me." I say, adjusting my fedora.

"Listen, uh, we're in need of a new ride." he says to me. "And uh, between you and me and the execs (A/N an Equestrian slang term I made up to reference the executives), there are hardly any guests coming anymore. It's kind of sad, really."

"The horror!" I fake gasp, which he responded to with some kind of sarcastic remark that I probably didn't hear.

"What are your requirements for this, new ride?" I asked, taking out a pen and notepad. What? I'm a creature of habit, no judgy!

"Well, we've purchased a new 5,000 acres of land for Adventureland, but we have no idea what to do with it. Any ways, this new ride needs to be thrilling, exciting, engaging, fun, and above all, thrilling!"

"...Thrilling, got it." I say, jotting down the last requirement. "I think I have just the thing."

Two years, five months, six days, and 42 hours later...

I can't believe it. I actually can't believe that my idea for a ride that uses partial animatronics and 3-D animation actually flew with the executives and my new boss! I was genuinely afraid they would shoot my idea down. But now, the Indiana Jones Adventure 3-D was officially opening, and I couldn't wait to show my creation to all.

I was standing in front of a podium about to speak in front of the press of Equestria. Some of the news branches I saw were Equestria Daily, Good Reads, Latest News, and others.

"Making this ride was difficult work, even though my team and I were given plenty of time, resources, and money. It wasn't easy, but we pulled it off."

"Mr. V," a reporter addressed me, a unicorn mare. "I'm Quick Write with Equestria Daily, uh, what can you tell us about the ride?"

"Um, the Indiana Jones Adventure 3-D is partially setwork and electronics and mostly computer generated imagery, or CGI if you want to be blunt." I explained. "Uh this ride is based off your world's Daring Do, except the protagonist of this ride is different from her in more ways than one."

"Now, uh, without further ado, I present to you, the Indiana Jones Adventure 3-D."

Seriously, the ride was a hit! I may have unintentionally boosted the attendance rates through the roof! The ride was so popular that the Princesses rescinded their death sentence upon me and allowed me to continue my work. I heard that one of Twilight's friends rode my new ride over 100 times!

"What's this?" I ask, holding a white envelope with the familiar logo of Universal Studios.

"Your next job." Corona Hellstar says.

"Apparently news of your ride reached them, and they want your skill set." Twilight says.

"Right then. I'll see if I can work my movie magic." I say, comedically wiggling my digits.

Author's Note

And DONE WITH THE PROLOGUE! I hope you all enjoyed it.