Equestrial Girls: Adventure Quest

After forming their party and adding each other to their friends list, the girls set off to an area known as The Dark Forest for their first quest. Along the way, they slayed a fair amount of low ranked monsters save for Fluttershy who used her druid skills to tame the ones she found too cute to slay.

“Ohh who’s my widdle cutsey wutsey horned wabbit?” She cood to her digital pet as it squirmed from her tickling.

Field Note: Horned Rabbit

A monster commonly found in grasslands or forests

They are shy and docile creatures who will only attack when threatened

By leaping at their attacker and impaling them on their horns.

"Hey, what was that?" Rainbow Dash asked her friends.

"That was a field note. The manual says that they show up when you encounter something new." Twilight pointed out for her friends.

"Comes in real handy when encountering new creatures or finding new items." Said Sunset as they entered the forest.

True to its name, The Dark Forest had an eerie atmosphere to it and like any spooky area in a video game, it came with ominous background music.

"Spoooky~!" Pinkie said in a ghostly voice that made Fluttershy quiver.

"S-s-s-Sunset? How much further?" Fluttershy stuttered while clinging to her pet.

"The cave should be just ahead."

The group soon found themselves at the entrance of a tight-fitting cave surrounded by abandoned mining equipment.

"This is it?" Rainbow asked as the caves name appeared.

Field Note: Fools Gold Cavern

Once a prosperous gold mine for the Imperial city, now abandoned.

The Empire once used this mine as their source of gold but were forced to evacuate after a colony of Kobolds took over, leaving many mining carts filled with gold behind.

"Isn't game lore great?" Twilight asked as Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Okay SunShim, you lead."

"Okay, here we go." Sunset led her friends into the cave where magic braziers lit the way through the entrance. As they moved further in, they would come across vases that held a small amount of treasure.

"Smash, smash, smashing the vase! Smash, smash, smashing the vase!" Pinkie chanted as she broke one after the other to get one or two gold pieces on occasion.

"Euugh! This cave is so cramped and full of spiderwebs!" Rarity complained as they trudged through the cavern.

"Heads up sugars." Applejack warned after spotting three kobolds.

Twilight used her magic to scan the enemy and each was at least a level three or five. Perfect start for a dungeon fight.

"Alright girls, let's do this!" Sunset smirked with confidence as she activated her first skill.

"Challengers Call!!"

A bright light surrounded Sunset for a brief moment as the Kobolds turned around and charged at her, waving their pickaxes and screeching like mad.

"Pinkie, you're up!"

"Yes ma'am!" Pinkie saluted as she took aim with her canon.

"Impact Shot!!"

KABLAM!!

Pinkie's attack took a huge chunk out of the kobolds health bars while Sunset kept her shield up as she took on each attack.

"C'mon you little rat-faced jerks!"

The kobolds lashed out while Sunset kept up her defense as the rest of her party attacked the creatures from all sides.

"Now let's try this move." Rainbow grinned as she slipped behind them with her daggers drawn.

"*Assassinate!!*"

The kobolds sreeched in pain as huge portion of their health bar was brought down, giving Sunset the opportunity she needed.

"My turn! *Instant Counter!!*"

With one last strike, the kobolds were reduced into pixels as they cried out one last time, leaving behind a few coins and a bag of items.

"Nice work girls." Twilight said with a thumbs up when some of them heard a ping from their usernames.

"Oh cool we leveled up!" Sunset cheered while Rainbow checked the items.

"Looks like they had some iron ore and...oh sweet!" Rainbow shouted in excitement as she held up two new daggers.

"Just what I needed." Rainbow smirked as she equipped her new weapons.

“Let’s move it girls, the boss room is just ahead.”

“B-b-boss room?!?” Fluttershy shrieked as they continued forward.

“You sure we’re ready for this hon?” Applejack asked while mining some ore from the cavern walls.

“The boss is only a level six so we should be okay. We should start setting up our attack formation.” Sunset advised while using the dungeons minimap to set up their formation.

“So me, Applejack, Rainbow and Rarity will be on the front lines. I’ll make sure the boss and whatever minions he summons focus on me so you guys can pick them off.”

“Says here in the field notes that Kobolds are earth based monsters so my fire magic should do the trick.” Twilight added while going over her spells.

“My fire enchantments can also give us a boost.” Rarity smirked as she casted a fire spell on her sword.

“That leaves healing and the bosses defense power. Pinkie, you have any abilities to break through armor?”

“Uh huh! I got a new ability on the way here.” Pinkie smiled while bringing out her canon.”

“But I can only use it three times.”

“Then make it count. Rainbow Dash, use your poison skills to chip away at his health and if I remember, Rogues get a higher chance of critical damage if they attack from behind.”

“He’ll never see me coming!” Rainbow grinned while twirling her daggers to show off.

“Alright, let’s do this!”

The party marched onwards, taking whatever materials they found and taking out any monsters they came across until at last they came upon a massive door with a skull decorating the arch.

“This is it, get ready.”

The doors slowly opened to reveal a lone kobold standing nearly twenty feet tall with a massive gut in the room carrying a large battle axe and shield, it’s only form of clothing was a loincloth and a few pieces of plating on its head, arms and legs.

"Look what stepped into my cavern..." the boss monster growled, licking its lips.

"Fresh meat for my larder!!"

The boss leaped at Sunset, taking a huge chunk out of her health bar as the group scattered and took their battle positions as thrilling fight music began to fill the background while two health bars appeared over the monsters head.

Rainbow Dash, darted behind the boss as Sunset fended off another attack while Applejack and Rarity charged in from the sides leaving Fluttershy, Pinkie and Twilight to attack from a distance.

"Okay ugly, try this on for size!" Rainbow grinned as she attacked from behind to use her first skill.

"Bloodletter!!"

The attack took out a small chunk of the bosses health but Rainbow was still grinning as the icon of a blood drop appeared next to his health bar.

"Yes! Bleeding damage for the next 20 seconds!"

"Piercing Strike!!" Sunset shouted as she swung her sword at the boss and blinked when she saw the numbers of her attack pop up in bold lettering followed by Flips voice calling out of nowhere.

"100! Critical hit!!"

A huge chunk of the bosses health was taken out after that one hit and with the combined efforts of the other team members, the first health bar was completely depleted.

"I'LL STEW YOU ALL FOR THIS!!" The kobold shouted before tossing aside his shield and axe to bring out a giant spiked club.

"Now, Cast shielding light!" Twilight called out as a small shield icon popped up in front of the teams health bars.

"This'll help raise your defense power!"

"Nice work Twilight!" Sunset smiled before blocking another attack from the boss and saw a third of her health bar was depleted.

"Whoa, his attack power doubled and he can do piercing damage!"

"Healing Mist!" Fluttershy said in her usual gentle voice as a breeze enveloped Sunset and began to restore her health.

"My turn darlings. Enchantment, Ice!." Rarity shouted with flare as she enchanted her party's weapons and attacked the boss from the side.

"Rarity be careful! You don't have as much defense power as me!" Sunset cautioned after landing another hit.

"Fear not dear, I am a member of the fencing club for a reason." Rarity said with confidence as she dashed forward and began a series of rapid attacks while evading the boss's weapon.

"She's not doing much damage." Rainbow said from the safety of a tall rock.

"Maybe not but look at the boss's status." Twilight pointed to a snowflake icon next to the bosses health bar and his slowed movements.

"Repeated ice damage slows a target down and reeks havoc on their dexterity!"

"My turn!" Applejack said as she charged forward to deliver a swing with her hammer.

"100 critical hit!!"

"Nice one AJ!" Rainbow said as she leaped from her position to land two more attacks on the kobold lords back but this time with a surprising effect.

"Get a taste of my poison blades creep!"

""YOU PEST!!" the boss roared before smacking rainbow into the cave wall and summoning more minions.

"Rainbow!"

"I'm okay, watch out!!"

Sunset quickly defended herself as the kobolds attacked her from both sides.

"Oh no you don't! FULL SWING!!"

In one circular motion, the minions were instantly defeated allowing Sunset and her friends to focus on the boss's last remaining health as they all moved in to finish him off.

"Alright girls, Let him have it!!" Rainbow said as she landed the first hit followed by Applejack who landed a crushing blow to the left leg that put a broken bone icon next to the health bar.

"Nice work Applejack! you crippled him!" Sunset cheered after landing another attack followed by Twilight and Pinkie who began to bombard him with ranged attacks and after one agonizing roar, the kobold lord fell on his back and he slowly began to pixelate.

"WOW!! Congrats you guys!" Flip said as he popped out of nowhere to congratulate the team.

"You have just defeated your first boss and on the first try! That means bonus rewards!"

The girls levels instantly went up to five as each of them was presented a chest with a specific reward for each of their chosen classes. Applejack was given a new armor set, Rainbow was given new boots, Fluttershy and Twilight got new staffs while Sunset was given a brand new sword and shield.

"Sweet!! we just beat our first dungeon! this is so cool!" Rainbow squealed when a portal popped up in front of the doorway.

"This portal will lead you back to the Imperial city, good luck out there players!" Flip said before vanishing.

The girls returned to the city and decided to meet up in real life at the local pizza restaurant to celebrate. The evening was followed by much smiles and laughter as they talked about today's adventure.

"Did you see the way we laid waste to those rats? That was so awesome!" Rainbow grinned while sipping her soda.

"And I must say, the materials we gathered will make my tailoring skill go along smoothly." Rarity said while looking over the materials they gathered on her phone.

"Tailoring?" Pinkie asked while taking a bite of her pizza.

"It's a secondary skill darling. Perfect thing to have if you want to make your own gear instead of buying it."

"I know what you mean. I took the alchemy skill." Twilight replied.

"I think i'll take blacksmithing. Be nice to have our gear repaired when on the road." Applejack said while helping herself to another slice.

"So what should we do for our next adventure?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well since we still got school and extracurriculars, I think we should meet up around eight-thirty. That'll give us at least two hours of play time." Sunset suggested with the girls nodding in agreement.

"Then it's settled."

"WAIT!!" Pinkie shrieked, startling some of the group.

"We should form a guild!"

"A guild?" Sunset asked.

"Yeah, a guild! That way when we do stuff on the game, it'll be more fun and when everyone knows who we are, they'll want to join and we'll have more friends to play with!"

"I like the sound of that." Applejack nodded in approvement along with the rest of the group.

"Alright then what should we call ourselves?" Sunset asked while thinking of a name.

"Hmm...I got it! The Canterlot Knights!!" Pinkie shouted as the others looked at her, confused.

"Canterlot Knights?" Twilight asked.

"I did wanna say Mane 7 but that would mean that nobody else would be allowed to join."

"I guess that makes sense. Alright, from this day forward we're known as The Canterlot Knights!" Sunset raised her soda cup in a toast that was joined by the others as they cheered and celebrated the rest of the night before heading home.

Meanwhile, at Madam Chrysalis' Manor

While bathing in her luxurious bathtub, Madam Chrysalis was viewing the marketing results of the game and was more than pleased at how much her sales were skyrocketing.

"It seems our latest game is a success." She said to one of her servants while sipping some wine.

"Indeed madam, congratulations on another triumph."

"Now if only the rest of my family was here to celebrate." Chrysalis sighed while stepping out of the tub to dry off.

"Tell me, when is my husband coming home?"

"Tonight madam, in the next hour."

"Ooh perfect~, I'll wear something special for him. And my son?"

"His flight arrives tomorrow. His studies abroad are finished and he said he can't wait to be home."

"Perfect! Ohh I can't wait to see my baby boy again." Chrysalis smiled as she walked over to a photo of her and her family and smiled.

"It'll be nice to have the family back together again."

End.