Games Ponies Play: Shoot For the Stars

The two got teleported into some kind of military base in Fortnite Battle Royale. For those of you who are experts at the game, yes, they’re in the waiting screen.

“Wow... This looks awesome when you see it with your own eyes!” Luna exclaimed. “Right, Tia?”

She turned- To find her sister transformed into a human, and it was then she knew she turned into a human too. Their hair was the same colour as in their pony form, but not flowing anymore. Their skins were white and navy, and instead of four hooves, they now have 2 hands and 2 legs. They got used to their human forms rather quickly.

“So,” Celestia said, twitching her eyebrow. “How do I look like this?”

Luna giggled. “You look great! And the gear and protection you’re wearing is so cool!”

Since the two were new to the game, they had the default skin and costume. They wished they would someday get the higher-tier items, but that’s a maybe for now.

“*chuckles* You look really nice too,” Celestia complimented. “I don’t think we’ve ever actually fought in battles like this before, so this could be a new experience. Just take that as a compliment for begging me to play this game with you. You’re lucky I’m free today.”

She messed with Luna’s cheeks.

“Haha, stop it!” Luna laughed. “Anyway... You ready?”

“Mhmm!”

They went over to their ready spots and activated them at the same time. They chose the duos match, and away they go!

When they got into the game, they spawned on a huge island, probably another military base and training grounds. There were already a lot of people in the game, all using the new cube of gaming. So everyone in this game are real people. The two took a moment to walk around.

“I’d say,” Celestia said, “This place looks massive!”

Luna nodded. “Yes, but the real island we’re fighting on is much bigger. I know you don’t play this game much, so I’ll help you as much as I can. But, to be honest, I’m not good at this game either, even though I play a lot.”

They both let out a giggle. As they continued their walk, they tried to test out firing with the guns in the game. Assault rifles, snipers, shotguns, and of course the rocket launchers. But, one of their favourites is the light machine gun, because of the firing speed. They got some of them grenade items too- But their aim was a little off.

They were having fun with the Scoped assault rifle when somebody called out to them.

“Hey, you!”

Celestia got back up from her crouching position, to see two guys standing beside her. They both seemed familiar- And unlike them, those two had a very cool power suit, one of their’s being blue and the other being black. They seemed pretty fierce, judging by their first impression.

“You do realize I’m a princess, right?” Celestia insisted.

The guy in the blue power suit let out a hmph.

“Don’t lie, you allied yourself with Nathan?” He asked. “Really? Out of all the humans you could’ve chosen to be the ambassador, and you picked him? A disappointing decision indeed.”

His friend agreed. “True, he’s powerless and he stinks at playing FPS games. They say people who are stupid will drag down the pros. Get good, idiots.”

Celestia gasped. “Why, how rude!”

She wanted to push it further, but Luna stopped her. When they had a laugh and left, the princesses looked to each other.

“Is it just me, or do they seem familiar, Luna?” Celestia asked.

Luna nodded. “It’s them!”

“Who?”

“Winston and Jason, those were the guys who bullied Nathan!” She explained.

Celestia was confused- How did she know about them? They”ve never met.

“You sure you’ve never met them?”

Luna sighed. “Don’t you forget smartphones exist? I remember their faces.”

“Ah, right,” Celestia replied. “But really, that was rude for someone talking to royalty! Aren’t you mad at them? Not only did they just dumped jokes on us, they were talking behind Nathan’s back!”

Luna nodded as she glanced at them, practicing with rocket launchers. She picked up her sniper.

“You’re right, Tia,” She said. “We’re gonna prove them wrong.”

They gave each other a high-five when a siren ringed.

“Attention all teams and players!” The announcement said. “Please proceed to the battle bus for takeoff in 5 minutes!”

Everyone rushed to the blue battle bus located on the runway, a bit distant from where the two princesses were.

“Let’s go!” Celestia said.

A while later, the battle bus took off and in 10 minutes, they were already slowly approaching the island. As the players patiently sat next to their teammate, seatbelts strapped, a holographic guide started speaking.

“Attention all players,” It said. “We are now approaching the Fortnite island. If you look under your chair, you should find your respective parachute and pickaxe of choice. Why don’t you take them out for now?”

Everyone took out their pickaxes and parachutes. Since they were new players, Celestia and Luna got the basic default gear. As soon as Winston saw it, he just bursted into laughter.

“Pfft! Seriously!?” He said. “What kind of trash is that?”

Luna just tried to ignore him.

Jason was taking out his shiny blue pickaxe. “First time using this bad boy, dude. Check this out.”

“Whoa! Dude, you got the Carbide Positron?” Winston gasped. “Dude, that’s for tier 30, right?”

“Yup.”

The two princesses looked around. People had a lot of different gliders and pickaxes with funky colors and incredible designs. They knew they had to get good at the game to earn those items.

“Now,” The announcer continued. “Let me tell you rules for any newcomers-“

“Just get to the point,” Jason moaned.

But since the hologram was programmed, he was ignored. “So, once the game begins, everyone has 30 seconds to drop out of the battle bus onto a big island. Your backpack will also have a map that tells you where you are. There are many major towns, farms or just major locations for looting on the island, that are displayed on your map, such as Retail Row, Greasy Grove, Tilted Towers...”

“For the memes!” Another contestant shouted.

“I suppose you all get the point. Now, when you drop, there will be a lot of chests located inside buildings. These give you different kinds of weapons, healing items, utility items and ammunition. There are also ammunition crates individually. You can get items randomly on the ground in buildings, but you’ll most likely find the best ones in chests. There are five levels of rarity, depending on how good the weapons are: Grey for common, green for uncommon, blue for rare, purple for epic, and gold for legendary.”

Celestia was carefully listening since it was her first time. Luna, on the other hand, was seemingly snoring.

“Hey, I thought we’re supposed to listen to all this?” Celestia nudged her.

Luna woke up. “Come on, I’ve played the game a million times, just not with the cube. I know how it works.”

The announcer went on even though many of the players are already bored to death.

“Remember: Keep an eye out for where the zone is, which will be notified to you once the game starts for 5 minutes by a white circle. 15 minutes after the game starts, the storm will close in to the boundary of the zone in 15 minutes. Once the storm settles in, you have 10 minutes to run to the next zone, then 10 minutes for the zone to shrink, and this continues until someone wins or the island is completely closed in the storm. Speaking of which, whoever’s team is the last team standing, they are the winners of today’s game, known as ‘Victory Royale’.”

“Does anyone have any questions? No? Then please be seated, the hatch will open very soon.”

The guide disappeared and the announcement system went, “Approaching Island in 2 minutes. Please remain seated.”

The different teams started to chat and communicate with one another, since they may not know each other in real life and are randomly placed in a team. Celestia and Luna, on the other hand, were pumped up and ready for a new experience. Yes, they want to take victory, but since this is their first time actually playing a game in The Cube, they just wanted to have fun.

Luna took out her map. “Okay, Tia. This is the map of the island. So we are coming from this way, from the south-eastern part. So let’s drop in Moisty Mire, that is a pretty good place to loot- It’s a swamp with something like a studio setup.”

“Got it,” Celestia nodded. “So... Do we have to skydive when the hatch opens?”

“Yes,” Luna replied, worried. “Oh, and just so you know, we don’t have wings in this game. Don’t even think about it. There are jet packs, though.”

“W-What!?”

“Don’t worry, sister. We know what it feels like to be high up, come on!”

The alarm went off, and grabbed everyone’s attention.

“All players, you may drop in 10, 9, 8...”

The royal sisters nodded to each other, and Luna took Celestia’s hand.

“Ready?”

“Mhmm!”

The big hatch in the middle of the battle bus opened. It was between the two long rows of seats, just in front of everyone’s feet. A huge bunch of people dived straight into action already. The two looked at each other.

“Jump!” Luna said, taking her sister with her.

They both jumped out the battle bus at the same time. They noticed some people still haven’t dropped- Including their rivals of the game.

“Wow, they’re totally noobs,” Jason said.

Winston giggled. “I know, right? Who in the world drops at Moisty, yo? You gotta go Tilted!”

******

As soon as they dropped, a huge gust of air was trying to push against them from below. It was probably the first time in a long time they really did freefalling. While the first few seconds was a little scary and tense, the two loosened themselves up, and started to enjoy the fall. Since their location was right under them, they didn’t need to move a whole lot.

The sisters soon had to release their grip on each other, but they still kept close so they can talk, even in the midst of the loud sounds from the wind and air.

“This is so fun!” Celestia shouted, worried That Luna couldn’t hear her.

She nodded. “I know, right!? Oh! And also, if you want to move towards a specific direction, tilt your body forward or left and right!”

They didn’t really need to, but they tested it out anyway. Soon, the parachutes came out, and surprisingly, they didn’t get shot upwards while it was deployed. They started to drift left and right to land in specific places.

“Okay Luna, go loot the studio over there and I’ll go to the swamp region. I’ll come and meet up in a minute.”

“Got it! Just use your communication device on your uniform to talk to me. See you in a bit!”

Celestia landed on the ground and her parachute was immediately detached from her backpack, and it disappeared. She scouted around the landscape for other players- Surprisingly, there wasn’t anyone she could see except her sister. She would’ve used magic and her wings to do so, but she remembered she turned into a human so that’s not happening.

She walked over to a big tree. The trunk of it was really oddly shaped and it was slightly curved. Under the tree, she found three chests emitting a gold light.

“This must be the chests the guide was talking about!” She said, clapping her hands happily.

She opened one of the chests and a bunch of items spitted out from it, each glowing different colour lights. Celestia took a good look at them. Inside the chest were a bunch of building materials, ammo, and a assortment of guns and healing items. The gun was a blue tactical submachine gun and she also found some bandages. Perfect for healing in a dire situation. She scooped up all of the items and went to the other chests.

She tried to pick up more stuff, but soon found every time she tried to carry some more things, something in her inventory spats out. So, she made the decision to give up some of the loot in her inventory for better ones. She ended up with the blue tactical machine gun, the green revolver, a green assault rifle and a cool drink, which she didn’t know what it was.

“Hmmm,” Celestia thought, looking at the green liquid glowing in the container. “I wonder what’s this?”

She heard footsteps behind her.

“Hey!”

Celestia heard a voice boom into her ear from behind and frantically tried to shoot the submachine gun, but just realized it was only Luna.

“*giggles* Gotcha!” Luna playfully teased.

Celestia rolled her eyes. “Ugh, you little sister. By the way, what is this drink? I found it when I was looting.”

“It’s the slurp juice,” Luna explained. “If you try to access your inventory in ‘The Cube’, you’ll see your health and shield bar. This drink can regenerate you up to full health and it gives you 25 shield points. You’ll need this, keep it.”

“Got it,” Celestia replied, inserting the drink into her last inventory slot. “What did you get?”

“I found quite a lot of nice guns. Blue pistol, blue shotgun, even a purple scar. That’s an epic item. Found some bandages too. Oh, and I have a present for you, here.”

Luna gave her sister a small shield drink. Celestia drunk it and gained 25 shield points out of 100. Soon after, there was a loud siren across the map.

“Attention players: The Zone has now been formed. Please refer to your map. You have 15 minutes to run to the area surrounded by the white line before the storm moves.”

The two nodded to each other.

“We need to go fast,” Celestia said. “The zone is quite far away.”

“True,” Luna replied. “Let’s go.”

They had to at least get to Salty Springs, a small settlement that was a bit distant from the swamp, to the northwest. The sisters carried their things and ran across the hills fast, since they only had 15 minutes to reach the area. Everything seemed well, until...

They passed by Fatal Fields, a farm that was near Salty Springs.

They were trying to get resources by breaking things there when suddenly, they heard a loud explosion behind them.

“Tia, quickly!” Luna built them quick cover with wood, forming walls and stairs.

Celestia ducked behind the cover. “Wh-What was that!?”

“Grenade launchers,” Luna explained, reloading her scar. “I just gotta peep out and shoot them quick. You do the same too! You have a good submachine gun after all.”

So they both peeped out of their cover, hoping to get some destruction done on their enemy cover. Even though Luna was trying her best to repair their cover, all they heard was someone on the other side screaming:

“I’m gonna kill you, girl!”

And a few seconds later, they heard like a “whoosh” sound slowly becoming louder. The two were silent and stared at each other, before they realised what was coming.

“Rocket launcher!”

The two frantically tried to escape but they were completely exposed without cover.

“Go go go!” Someone from the enemy duo said.

They heard building sounds behind their backs, and then came a ton of shotgun shots. Celestia tried to shot the stairs down but it wouldn’t work. Their health bar was lowering by the second.

As soon as Celestia used her revolver to shoot one of the pair, they started bursting into laughter.

“Pfft! Revolver!? Is this a joke!?”

He back flipped off the stairs and even shot Luna once in mid-air. The two were trying to use their weapons against them but they dodged the bullets. It was then they realized who they were up against.

“Heh, go and learn the basics before even playing, idiots,” Winston said, pointing his pistol at Celestia’s head. It was a different pistol, though.

The moment he was about to kill them, someone shot a sniper shot from afar and killed his teammate Jason. This distracted him and the sisters tried to make their escape, but in only 10 seconds the bully got out his light machine gun and spammed the trigger.

Celestia soon got knocked out.

“*gasp* Tia!” Luna gasped, holding her. “Are you okay?”

“Run, Luna! Just go!” Celestia yelled. “He’s coming!”

Luna hesitated, but still ran away quickly. Yet, it wasn’t far enough to escape their bully’s radar- She got knocked down too. And Winston yanked the gun into her face before finishing her off.

“Geez, stupid noobs wasting my time...” He moaned, yet still snickering as he picked up their loot.

*******

The two royal sisters were sucked out of the Gaming Cube back to Equestria when Nathan least expected it. He was playing on his phone before that.

“Oh, back so soon?” He asked. “Looks like you died early, it’s only been 20 minutes.”

But the two weren’t really amused.

“*sigh* Yep, we got completely destroyed,” Celestia sighed.

Luna sighed too. “And on the hands of someone awful, too. It’s one of those ‘I am so good at this game so hah’ kind of people.”

“Who? Did you see their username while you were eliminated?”

They both whispered them to Nathan.

“Wh-What? Wow, that’s cruel, yo,” He replied. “They can mess with me, but they do not mess with the royal princesses of Equestria. I am pretty shocked about their behaviour- Unlike anything I’ve seen.”

“No kidding,” Celestia said. “They even insulted me!”

The inventor shrugged. “I guess the only way is for you both to get good at the game- But I don’t know if you have the time. Can’t really help you on that.”

The two sighed and looked down.

“Unless... Let’s see if I can get them to teach you the skills of Fortnite... Someone, very special and skilled.”