Equestria
Equestria Ch. 1 Meet the gang/ wolf hunting
Load Full StoryNext Chapter"Welcome to the city of Canterlot! My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I'm an adventurer. Yes you heard right, an adventurer. I’m a member of the Ponyville Guild. I’m an Alicorn, a rare breed of earthling born every 20 years. In my family, there are only two Alicorns, which is rare in and of itself.
"I'm a mage, someone who prefers to fight using magic. my current rank is A, converting that into a numerical level, I would be at level 96."
"Let's see what else should I tell you about me? Not that I know why this info matters but, I'm 23 years old, I’m 5'6", I weigh 70 kg, I'm right-handed and pretty much a bookworm. I'm possibly one of the smartest if not the smartest guild member.”
"Oh there you are!” A friendly woman waves to you. “Come on, I'll show you around the guild, and if we're lucky we'll run into the rest of the members of my party!”
"Welcome to the Ponyville guild, as you can see it's a very big building.” said Twilight.
The Guildhall was a massive castle-like building with three floors to it; The lowest floor, or, the “Dungeon” as everyone called it, served as a jail, it contained 5 cells, and 2 bedrooms for the guards, it also served as a storage room, and testing facility.
Then was the main floor, that’s where all of the excitement happened, there you would find a pub and restaurant, for members only, where you could stuff your bellies before heading out, there was also an armory where the blacksmiths worked their magic to create the best weapon that exists in the market; and of course, the front desk. Here you would go to do anything regarding your work for the guild, register, ask for directions, form a party, sign up to join a party or group, take quests, get paid, etc…
And, on the last floor were the guild offices: The accounting department, the head of security, the blacksmith chief’s office (Which she rarely uses), and the Guildmaster’s personal quarters; there was also a VIP lounge, but that was reserved only for S class adventurers.
Twilight then walked into the main hallway of the guild and was greeted by everyone.
“HEY, TWILIGHT!!!!!” they screamed.
“MORNING TO ALL!!! GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR ADVENTURES!!!” she screamed back.
“CHEEEEEEEERS!!!!” everyone in the room exclaimed.
Twilight then walked over to an area near the front desk.
“Over here is the quest area, as you can see it is divided into 3 sections, one is for the everyday quests, the other is for long term adventures or quests, and the final part is for dungeon crawling, why is it split like that you ask? Allow me to explain."
Twilight then walked to the far left side of the room.
"Every quest has a different level/rank of difficulty, which means that you can only take certain quests depending on your level, the higher the rank the better the pay; Everyday quests can go from just simple handyman-like services to short hunting quests.” Twilight said as she walked to the next area.
“The long term quest usually can take from anywhere between 1 week to even a year, sometimes even longer; Usually these quests take place outside of town, they can be really stressful, but they pay well… well most of them at least. They are always ordered from easiest to Extremely dangerous, so you should really think about which one you go on, and most importantly, WHO you go with.” she continued.
“when it comes to long term adventures you are only allowed to go if A) you belong to a party or B) a party invites you to join, which doesn't really happen much since this quests are usually reserved for Familias or adventurer organizations."
"And lastly we have dungeon crawling, or swiping, in this area it's basically a free for all you can go in by yourself or in a group, of course, you can only enter dungeons that are near your rank, so again, the better your rank, the better, and dangerous the dungeon gets; the quest you recibe here can go from scouting and mining, to, What we call “Exterminating”, this is the toughest of quest since, not only do you have to be strong to defeat wave after wave of enemies, but you also have to kill the Dungeon’s boss, and as if that isn’t enough, then you have to head back to the entrance before the dungeon collapses and you stay trapped inside, or die crushed!"
Twilight then began to look around and noticed a group of adventurers at the front desk, they were in a line that said “Dungeon Recruitment,”
“What are they doing? They are getting ready to try their luck in a dungeon,” she said as she walked towards the front desk
"If you are a, for example, a rank C and you want to enter a rank A dungeon, you can only do so if join a party with at least 3 A-class adventurers,"
"Adventures and Dungeon crawling are very popular activities at any guild, especially since you can level up faster and easily, even Familias and organizations do this every month to train their new recruits, or see if they are good enough to represent them; But none of that would happen if you don’t place a reservation or notice here at the front desk… oh and there is Charis, she is the new receptionist, she's been here for about 2 years, she took over after Listy retired," Said Twilight as she pointed at a young receptionist with a long, light-pink hair, and and red eyes,
"From what I know, she is 20 years old, she is around 5'4", weighs around 70 kg, has DD size breasts and, from what I've heard, she belongs to a royal family, but she never talks about it,"
"Another thing I've heard is that she is also an adventurer but she is only a rank E, so she decided to take over as receptionist," said Twilight as she walked over to her
“Hi, Charis, what’ya doing?” asked Twilight
“Nothing much Twilight, just arranging some reports of recently finished quests, you?” asked Charis
“Oh, just making a mental conversation with myself, remembering everything I ever learned here,” said Twilight
“Ah, that’s good, you and your friends are gonna head out soon?” she asked
“No, not yet… by the way, Charis… did you receive anything from…?” asked Twilight
“No, sorry Twilight, there isn’t any letter from him, but don’t worry, I’m sure he’s fine, he’s the most powerful Adventurer ever, I’m I right?” said Charis
“Yeah, you’re right, I just… I just want to make sure he’s safe,” said Twilight
Twilight and Charis then went quiet for a few seconds, until an idea came to Twilight’s head
“Hey Charis?” said Twilight
“Yeah?” she answered
“I’m gonna put you to the test,” said Twilight
“Ok, I’m listening,” said Charis
“Ok, explain to me the crystal ball, and the ranking system for adventurers,” said Twilight
“You really aren’t going to let that slide are you?” said Charis
“Nope!” said Twilight with a smile
"Very well than… this crystal ball is the device that we use to check our ranks, and depending on the rank we get, decides the level of importance to the guild, the ranking system goes like this: Rank F, 0 to 24, usually for every day civilians who are not really taken into consideration for many things quest related,”
“Rank E, 25 to 40, commonly used as list fillers for dungeon crawling and big party quests, their main job is to be there, carry everyone's equipment, and, most importantly, survive, they are usually called "the reserve adventurers",”
“Rank D, 41 to 64, this adventurers are usually hired as guards or tend to do odd jobs or low level quests, this level is usually given to teenagers with promise for the future, they are commonly referred to as the "Prospects" and they are always being scouted by Familias or high ranking parties to strengthen their popularity,”
“Rank C, 65 to 75, the common young adventurer, if you're a C rank, you don't really have to worry about shortages of work since 75% of quests are for C rankers, and they also pay very well,”
“Rank B, 76 to 89, the better questers, this is the minimum level required if you want to be a party leader or instructor, you get better quests and better pay, plus you tend to be treated as important in your guild,”
“Then we have Rank A, 90 to 99, the cream of the crop, if you become an A ranker you can start receiving private contracts and even royal contracts from time to time, inside the guild you are considered as crucial and, in some cases, a guild will even pay off any familia just to maintain you in their ranks,”
“And finally, Rank S, anything over 100 but less than 150, this adventurers are so rare, that a guild's ranking depends solely on the number of S rankers they have, this adventurers work directly under, either the guild master or the crown, and from what I've heard, the common S rank quest has a probability of survival of just 10%, THEY'RE FUCKING SUICIDE MISSIONS,"
"What number is this guild ranked at?” asked Twilight
“We currently sit on number 10, we could be much worse, but since our guild is mostly A rankers and B rankers we can hold our own,” said Charis
“Well, finally you mastered the information,” said Twilight
“Yeah, and it only took me a few months, with various mistakes,” said Charis
“Well, I’ll let you get back to work, bye,” said Twilight
“Bye, and remember, be careful,” said Charis
“The ranking of the guild is very important, it lets you gain status, and it also makes the guild receive extra quests. Remember what I said about the S rankers? Well 3 years ago our guild was ranked at number 1,that meant that we were getting at least 500 new quests and 200 new recruits a day; but the problem was that all of our S rankers retired due to old age or to take other ventures,"
"For example, there is Cheerilee, she just turned 32 years old, and believe me, she was a gal you didn't want to anger, she used to have an S rank level of 110, but after a mission she just decided to quit, no one knows why, now she is a teacher at Canterlot high, I just hope none of the kids make her angry,"
"Then we have Mr. And Ms. Cake, 38 and 37 years old, Mr. Cake was the guild's top scout who completed over 500 successful missions, he was ranked at level 116, and then Ms. Cake, she was the guild's best dungeon crawler and instructor, she was the reason our guild had so many S rankers, but they retired and started a family and a business, Sugarcube corner, you might've heard of it,"
"Then we have Cranky, he was the guild's top adventurer for over 30 years, he started when he was 16, but after he turned 50 he started to lose his touch and used to adventurer less and less until he retired at age 60, he is the only adventurer to have more than 20K successful missions, his 3 sons and 2 daughters are also adventurers but none of them will ever be at his level, his daughter Tiger lily is the best ranked from all her brothers since she is a B ranked healer but she spends most of her time at the hospital working as a doctor,"
"What happened to the rest? They retired, left the guilds to other familias or guilds... or died," Twilight continued as she neared the tavern
"Currently we have 3 S-Ranker... on paper,"
"There is Flash Sentry, he is a level 117, age: 24, height 6'3", weight 80 kg, he usually works as the captain of the royal guard, also known as the coin guard, so he rarely goes on quests," Pointing at a poster of him
"Then we have my friend Applejack's older brother, Big Macintosh, level 124, age 28, height 6'10", weight 100 kg, and he is 99% muscle, he usually works at his family's farm Sweetapple acres, but goes on quests when he has free time," as she pointed at him while he drank a cup of cider
"And the last one… well... that would be my older half brother, Spike, his last know level was 136, which made him, not only the strongest adventurer in the world, but also the fastest growing adventurer, since when he started he was a Rank E, with a level 23,"
"He would be 24 years old now; last time I saw him he weighed anywhere around 75 to 90 Kg, and used to have a height of 6'1","
"He left in a peacekeeping mission to an island called Teer Fradee, the last email we received from him said "just arrived to the island, heard news that war began 2 days ago, keep me in your hearts, memories and prayers, hopefully we'll see ourselves again, love Spike," it's been 2 and a half years since then and we haven't receive a text or news in general, Mayor Mare, who is also the Guild master, didn't want to accept it but had no choice but to declare Spike K.I.A. I still don't want to accept it, like many of my friends and party members… speak of the devils there is my party," Thought Twilight as her eyes landed on her usual table.
"The girl furthest to the right is Pinkie Pie, she was one of the first official members if my party, that including me, Spike and Sunset Shimmer, she is 23 years old, height: 5'6", weight 70 Kg, rank: A, level: 90, adventurer type: warrior, measurements 43”DD 28”H 38”B, power hand: right, she is an earthling. Pinkie is one of the fastest, and weirdest members of the guild, the reason being that she loves sugar, with a passion, she loves to fight with her hammer and cannon, she is also Canterlot's top party planner,"
"Then comes Fluttershy, she is 23 years old, height: 5'4", weight 40 Kg, rank: B+, level 89, adventurer type: Tank, measurements 58”F 25”H 30”B, power hand: Left, she is a pegasus. Fluttershy is the quietest person I know, and probably one of the most confusing adventurers out there, she is short and shy, and prefers to be more of a healer, not ot mention, she gets scared easily, but, she is also one of the strongest women in the world, and she can be rather scary when she gets angry, not to mention that due to her height, her boobs look even bigger than they actually are, and to add insult to injury, she is a pegasus, which means that even the fact that she is a tank type is confusing,"
"Then comes Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy's childhood friend, she is a cloudsdale guild reject and the world's fastest flyer, also 23, height 5'7", weight 50 kg, adventurer type: Rogue, she loves to use hand to hand combat, rank A, level 94, measurements 38”B 23”H 44”B, Power hand: right, she is a pegasus, obviously. She is also the biggest prankster in the whole of Equestria, one of the reasons she was side casted by Cloudsdale, not to mention she is a daredevil, and loves anything extreme, be it good or bad"
"Next we have Rarity Belle, also known as the "Drama Queen," she is 23, height 5'8", weight 46 kg, adventurer type: mage, rank A, level 90,measurements 59”F 24”H 42”B, Power hand: right, she is one of the 2 unicorns in my team, me being an alicorn making me the second. Rarity is, by far, one of the most annoying adventurers, she usually complains about everything, not to mention that she hates getting dirty, and her lavish dresses and cloaks are mostly the reason monsters are attracted to us. She also thinks she is some sort of royalty and has a bit of an attitude, she does have her good side, she is really generous and is good at finding rare treasures,"
"She is a fashionista and even owns her own boutique in the city, "Carousel Boutique" is the name… another thing that annoys me about her is that, she is, for lack of a better word, obsessed with my brother Spike, how you ask? She named herself his girlfriend, is always stalking him, and scariest of all, she has already sued enough clothes for both boys and girls up to the age of 6 years, she has even started to look for nursery furniture, plus she gets extremely jealous if Spike talks to another girl, even if it's one of us,"
"I hope that someday she understands that Spike's heart belongs to m- I mean no one, and that he hasn’t even thought about marriage; she has even broken into his apartment and sleeps on his bed, if Spike ever finds out,”
“Well, she does keep his house clean, and she doesn’t want to believe that Spike has died, she even forced us to keep on believing he is alive,”
“Next to Rarity we have Applejack. Applejack is the strongest female adventurer I have ever known, she is 24, height: 6’2”, weight 68 kg, adventure type: warrior, she is more of a gunslinger, but beware of her legs, Applejack has the strongest legs in Equestria, she can even kick through solid rocks like if they were made of foam. Her measurements are 43”DD 26”H 50”B, power hand: right, and, with her older brother, possibly the strongest earthlings alive. Applejack is the complete opposite of Rarity, she loves to get dirty, and rarely complains about anything, she does have a friendly rivalry with Rainbow Dash on who is better at doing this or that, but the only thing that it’s a given with Applejack is her loyalty,”
“Next is Starlight Glimmer, she isn’t really an active member of the party but she is our friend and tags along with us when she can, but in the next months she might become a full time member, currently 23 years old, height 5’5”, weight, 60 Kg, adventurer type: mage, measurements 42”D 30”H 36”B, power hand: right, she is also a unicorn. The reason of why she isn’t a full time adventurer is because she is still studying and prefers to be locked up in the library than outside fighting monsters, her current rank is B, and current level is 87, but she is still growing,”
“And Finally we have, Sunset Shimmer, she is a childhood friend of mine and Spike, and she was the first one to sign up to join the guild with me, Spike took a bit more convincing, She is 23 a month older than me, weight 57 kg, height 5’6”, measurements 44”DD 27”H 39”B, power hand: right, adventurer type: Paladin, also known as Guardians, they are a type of warrior that focuses mostly on defense and protecting the other party members when injured, Rank: A, level 94, and also an earthling, but she can also use magic, which is also weird, she is also my friendly rival when it comes to… stuff, but don’t worry, I always win, I’m more clever,”
“Anyway, Time to stop talking to myself, I really don’t want to let this beautiful Saturday morning go, plus I'm kinda broke so a good cash injection is just what the doctor ordered,"
"Hey all, good morning," said Twilight
"Morning Twilight," they all answered back
"So what're you girls up to?" Twilight asked
"Nothing much, just deciding which quest to take," said Rainbow Dash
"What are the options?" Twilight asked
"These are the options that we believe are going to be easy, plus the reward is good," said Rainbow Dash
"Hunt 10 Timberwolves, reward $800,000, quest rank B. Delivered the package of supplies to the frontier city of Descolt, reward $200,000, quest rank C. Eliminate the threats in the Everfree plains, reward $1,000,000, quest rank S…"
"Rainbow! You know we can't do the last one by ourselves, plus it's a royal quest, so that one is out of the question,"
"Oh, come on Twi, with all or abilities together, we can hold our own," said Rainbow
"You know the rules Rainbow, we can't go on an S rank quest, without at least one S ranker, which we don't have," Twilight said
“Not to mention, this quest was on the VIP S-Rank room, if anyone saw you sneak inside, there’ll be hell to pay,” said Sunset
“You wouldn’t want to spend the night in prison again would you?” said Fluttershy
“Relax, no one saw me, I grabbed it last night, when the guild was closed,” said Rainbow Dash with a smug smile
“RAINBOW!!!!” they all screamed
“The last time you sneaked into the guild to still a quest sheet, you were discovered and sentenced to spend 1 month in jail,” said Starlight Glimmer
“I’d hoped you had learned your lesson,” said Applejack
“Well, It did suck that I was caught, but thanks to my Spiker, I only spent one night in the Guild jail.
When Rainbow Dash said this everyone in the table went quiet and had scary faces as they looked at Rainbow Dash rather dangerously
Rainbow Dash noticed this, and decided to play with them a bit
“Why are you still surprised, I mean, not to offend anyone, but I am the only one in this team that can keep up with his awesomeness,” she said
The look on all of the girls' faces was enough to make, even the strongest, most dangerous creature in the dungeons, run for its life.
“No wonder I’m his favorite,” said Rainbow Dash
This line made the girls tick, Rarity and Sunset Shimmer even grabbed their weapons
“What do you mean by that?” asked Rarity in a scary voice
“Well, let’s face it, Twilight, your his little sister, who is always making him contain himself when we used to go out and quest as a group, annoying him to death” Rainbow began
Twilight”s horn then began to glow a little
“Then we have Ms. Cow tits, and yes, we all know Spike likes them big, you could have him inside of you every night and yet, you can’t even look at him for a full minute, how do you plan on becoming his “go to” partner if you can’t even make eye contact?” said Rainbow
Fluttershy, just looked at her, and slowly grabbed her hammer.
“Sunset, no offense, but you tend to do so many mistakes, that I’m even surprised that they allowed you into the guild, Spike sometimes spends more time protecting your butt, than concentrating on the mission,” said Rainbow
Sunset had to use all of her mental fortitude not to get up and stab Rainbow Dash
“Rarity… where to start with you?... you love to make a scene out of everything, one thing that Spike hates… you also tend to get distracted rather easily giving Spike even more work… and don’t get me started about your dilution…” Rainbow Dash said
“Don’t tempt me Dash, I won’t let you have Spike,” Thought Rarity as she held her magic staff close
“Pinkie… you know I love you, but you tend to freak Spike out more, than give him wet dreams, and trust me… I know,”
Pinkie stared at Rainbow Dash motherfuckingly
“Applejack, we all know of your high sexual urges, and we thank you for showing your restrain when Spike was here; And yet, you’re still afraid of crossing the line,”
Applejack looked down, her eyes hidden behind her hair, and her body shivered with rage
“And lastly, Starlight… I honestly don’t know what to think, I can’t read you very well, you seem to love Spike, but at the same time you seem to love your childhood friend… GASP, are you into three…” Rainbow Dash began
“SHUT IT DASH!!!!!” screamed Starlight, catching everyone’s attention “Sorry,” she whispered in shame
“Do you girls get it, you tend to annoy, confuse, or just get in Spike’s way,” said Rainbow Dash
“And you don’t?” said Twilight
“You said it, not me,” said Rainbow Dash as she stood up and stretched
All the girls just looked at her doing the best they could not to kill their so called friend
“No, wonder Spike always asks me to go with him on most of his quests,” said Rainbow Dash
“That ain’t true Dash, if we had to count, you and I both have the same amount of quests with my Sugarcube,” said Applejack as she stood up
‘Yeah, but unlike you, I don’t beg him to join me, or follow him everywhere like his shadow,” said Rainbow Dash staring at Applejack and Rarity
‘That’s not true Dash, from every 10 quests you take with Spike, he only asks you to accompany him in 3 of them, you do the other 7,” said Charis as she walked by.
“Still that’s more than any of you,” said Rainbow Dash
“Nah, Charis killed you there dear,” said Applejack
“Well… I’m the only one that has slept on the same bed as him,” said Rainbow Dash, causing all of the girls to freeze up.
“You… what?” asked Twilight
“It was on one of his final adventures, we arrived at Neighton, but the inn we went to only had one room available, so we had to share the bed… not that I mind,” said Rainbow
“You… and Spike… shared a bed?!” they all said in scary tones
“Yeah, but he fell asleep before we could have some “Fun”,” said Rainbow Dash
All of the girls where green with envy
“Ah, I bet that as soon as he comes back he will invite me to his apartment and we’ll have a crazy welcome party… I wonder what they’ll call us “Rainike”... “RainbowSpike”.... Ah, how’bout “SpikeDash”,” said Rainbow Dash as she started to imagine herself and Spike getting married and having children.
Everyone's nerves went up to the max, and they had to physically contain themselves
“Go… going back to the topic…,” said Twilight as she grind her teeth
"I can ask my brother, he wouldn't mind tagging along," said Applejack
"He ain't even in town AJ, and Flash is way too busy to even talk to us," Twilight said
"Changing the subject dear, did you receive a letter from Spike? Asked Rarity with hope in her eyes
"No, nothing yet," Twilight said getting sad
"I don't want to accept it, but, maybe he did…," Fluttershy said
"I FORBID YOU FROM SAYING THAT, " Rarity said scaring Fluttershy
"Relax Rarity, I'm sure he's fine," said Pinkie "besides, he is the strongest adventurer ever,"
"Hey girls, I just went to ask about the quests and…" said Sunset
"And?" They said at the same time
"The Quickhoof familia has just accepted the quest to take the supplies, as for the S rank quest, the Crystal guild has sent its S rank adventurers to deal with it," Sunset said
"That only leaves, the wolf hunt," said Rainbow Dash
"Well at least it has a good pay," Applejack said
"Well times a wastin, let's go secure it," said Pinkie as she got up and darted across the guild hall
"Another day, another dollar," said Starlight
HOURS LATER EVERGREEN FOREST
“I still can’t believe that this quest has a time limit,” said Rarity
“I still can’t believe YOU’RE still complaining,” said Rainbow dash “How exactly are you going to impress Spike if you continue?”
“It’s just that it makes no sense,” Rarity said
“Rarity for the fifth time in the last hour, this quest has a time limit because it has been overlooked so much, that the situation might have changed, meaning that, our mission has gone from, killing the wolves, to, gather information on the pack, and if, and only IF, the situation is not bad, engage them in combat,” Sunset explained once again
“Yes, I understand that much,” Rarity said
“Rarity, Spike doesn’t like woman that complain about everything, if you want to become his wife someday, not that you’ll defeat me on winning his heart, you must be able to work at his pace, and he doesn’t ask many questions, let alone complain,” Twilight said
“Didn’t I just tell her that?!” said Rainbow Dash
“Oh, sorry, I just toned you out since this morning in the guild,” said Twilight annoying Rainbow Dash
“Of course I’ll become his wife, he is my destined partner,” Rarity said
“That’s what she thinks, but Spike and I are more compatible, we’re both so fucking awesome,” thought Rainbow Dash
“If anyone will marry my sugarcube, it’s gonna be me,” Thought Applejack with determination
“I honestly wouldn’t mind Spike having concubines, as long as I am his head or legal wife,” thought Pinkie Pie
“Rarity is already so ahead on the whole family planning idea, I need to start buying baby products, or I would give Spike the impression that I don’t care about OUR future together,” thought Fluttershy
“Try, just try to come between Spike and me, I’ve known him far longer than all of you… well less than Twilight… but I still have my secret weapon, and there is no way, you can defeat it,” Sunset Shimmer thought
“Would it be a problem to tell Twilight that I really want to bare Spike’s children, I mean, he was the only person to be there for me when Sunburst told me that he was getting married to another person, still I was too late to tell Sunburst how I felt about him, I’m not making that mistake again” Starlight Thought
MINUTES LATER
“Did you girls hear that?” asked Starlight
“Yeah… they’re close, but where,” said Rainbow dash
“Rarity! Flares up!” commanded Twilight as both Rarity and Twilight fired light flares into the sky.
At that moment they found out they were surrounded by a large pack of Timberwolves
“40...58...70… there are too many!” said Fluttershy as she landed
“Looks like we’ll have to fight our way out,” Rainbow dash said
“Girls, enter Diamond formation,” Sunset ordered
[The diamond formation, as it implies, is a formation that resembles a Diamond, with Sunset, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Applejack, acting as the outer defenses, protecting Twilight, Rarity, Starlight (when she is around), and Fluttershy, who usually acts as a healer, and last resort attack for the group,]
“The Diamond formation?! That’s suicide Sunset and you know it!” Rarity screamed
“Seriously Rarity…” Sunset started
“No, I agree with her, we don’t have enough space to maneuver our weapons properly, it’s to dangerous,” said Applejack
“Are you gals going weak on us? Look all this wolves are low ranking beasts, the strongest one is a level 40, if we can hold them back long enough for Twilight, Rarity and Starlight to cast the “Starfall” or “Meteor shower” will be victorious,” said Rainbow dash with fire in her eyes
“Ok, but if I never get to live happily with Spike, I’m gonna blame you in the afterlife,” Rarity said as she, Twilight and Starlight started to cast their spell.
“Ok, Muts, let’s dance,” said Rainbow as she she hit the first wolf on the head killing him instantly “Oh, yeah this is going to be fun,” she finished with a menacing look on her face
“You’ve been spending way too much time with Spike, you’re starting to sound like him,” Applejack said
“Well, obviously I have to, I need him to see that we’re the perfect team, in more ways than professional,” Rainbow said
“Lucky, if I was more athletic, Spike would prefer to train with me,” Twilight said
“Don’t get any funny ideas with my Spikey Wickey,” Rarity said under her breath
“Concentrate, it will be at least 5 more minutes for the girls to make an attack powerful enough to win,” said Sunset “Plus, all this talking about MY Spike is really not good for my form, I’ll accidentally mistake any of them as an enemy,”
“Ha, this is nothing for me, Spike’s training really helped me,” Pinkie said as she lunged at a group of wolves.
“WAIT… WHAT TRAINING?!!!!!!!!!!!!!” they all exclaimed
5 MINUTES LATER
“There are more wolves on the way, they must be reinforcements,” said Fluttershy
“Twilight!!!” said Sunset
“Just a few more seconds,” Twilight said
“Twilight, it’s almost nightfall, this beasts get stronger at night,” Rarity reminded
“Not to mention, but the quest will no,longer be valid as of midnight tonight, when the reception closes,” Starlight mentioned
“Good reasons to shut the fuck up, and hurry the fuck up,” Twilight said
“Twilight, we’re being over runned,” said Applejack
“10 more seconds,” Twilight said putting more magic into the spell
“Twilight!!!” all the girls screamed
“TAKE COVER!” Twilight screamed as she fired the spell
A massive beam of light shot up into the sky, catching the wolves attention, and after it started making its descent started to break apart into smaller energy orbs.
As soon as the first orb touched the ground, a blinding light erupted from the impact, and seconds later the rest of the orbes hit the ground.
Large BOOMS could be heard and seen for over 5 miles of land, killing everything in its path, Wolves, trees, flowers and soil, creating a massive dust cloud that could be seen all the way to the Griffon empire, and that was 2 days away from the location.
When the dust settled, Twilight and her group emerged from the magic-made cave that had been their shield for the attack.
The land for the next 7 miles was totaled, and all of the wolves in the pack had been killed
“Do you think we went overboard?” asked Starlight
“Do not worry about the land, it will heal eventually,” came a female voice behind them
“Who are you?” asked Rainbow dash
“My name is Shea, and I am the dryad who protects this land,” Shea said
“Oh, nice to meet you, are you sure it’s ok?” asked Twilight
“Yes, thanks to you, this land can be reborned, and those nasty Timberwolves won’t destroy it too,” Shea said
“I take it they were a problem,” Rarity said earning a look from her friends
“A massive problem, if you hadn’t come they would’ve gone north and joined the Devilwolves pack, and then it would’ve been a bigger problem,” Shea said
“Devilwolves! Near here? That’s a serious problem,” said Sunset
“Yeah, we should tell the castle, or at least the guild master,” said Fluttershy
“That has already been done,” Shea said
“What do you mean?” they all asked
“You have come here to deal with this pack, answering my quest,” Shea said
“You were the one to make that quest?” asked Rainbow dash surprised
“Yes, and thanks to you, I no longer need to worry about this area of the forest being dangerous,” Shea said
“What about the other packs?” asked Pinkie
“Other adventurers have been tasked with dealing with them, and from what my sisters say, they are winning,” Shea said
“Good to know,” said Fluttershy
“Yes… before you leave to start gathering items, allow me to gift you something,” Shea said
They all looked at each other but accepted nonetheless
Shea then proceed to chant a spell, and a green light surrounded the girls
When they opened their eyes they felt a little bit light headed
“What did you give us?” asked Starlight
“A new ability called…” Shea began
“Dryad’s blessing! Thank you so much,” Twilight said
“Ah, I take it you know of this ability?” Shea asked
“Yes, ma’am,” Twilight said
“Well, I’ll leave you now, hope to see you again,” said Shea as she disappeared
“Dryad’s blessing? What’s that?” asked Rainbow
“It’s a scouting enhancer ability, with this ability, it’s impossible for us to get lost in the woods, plus, every combat we have in any wooded area our skills will improve faster,” Twilight said
“Awesome, now I have something to show off to Spike when he returns,” Rainbow said
“If he…” began Fluttershy
“SHUT IT SHY!!!!!!!!!” they all screamed
“Let’s just get to collecting items before it gets to late,” Rarity said in an annoyed tone
And with that everyone began to collect items, when they finished they realized they only had 1 hour before the quest expired, so Twilight decided to use her teleportation magic to get back to the guild faster.
“Woohoo, $150,000, for defeating those wolves, not bad,” said Rainbow
“Yes, a very nice reward,” said Starlight
“Well It’s late and I have to go home and make sure Sweetie Belle didn’t kill Oppal with her food, goodnight girls,” said Rarity
With that everyone started to say their goodbyes and head home.
“Yeah, we’re friends and possibly the best party in Ponyville, but I still wonder… what would’ve happened if things didn’t work out when we met?” said Twilight as she headed home.
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