Pon3s in Terraria

Pon3s in Terraria

Chapter 1: Night Falls

Pinkie Pie was happy. Even though she was in a place she knew nothing about, there was somepony new here to make friends with!

“Hi! What’s your name? I’m Pinkie Pie!”

“Stars fall all over the world at night. They can be used for all sorts of useful things. If you see one, be sure to grab it because they disappear after sunrise."

“Okay... What’s your name? What do you like doing? Where are you from? I’m Pinkie Pie and I like making friends and baking cupcakes and eating candy and partying and I come from Ponyville where are you from?”

"In order for a room to be considered a home, it needs to have a door, chair, table, and a light source. Make sure the house has walls as well."

“I know that silly! All houses have to have walls! Duh! What’s your name?” Pinkie got really close to the guide, her nose almost touching his.

"To interact with backgrounds and placed objects, use a hammer!"

Pinkie Pie sat on her haunches in frustration. She got up again. This time she pressed her nose against the Guide’s face, “WHAT. IS. YOUR. NAME?”

“Ah think his name is Jake, sugarcube. Says so on his nametag.” The orange earth pony trotted up to Pinkie. “Ah think we best be leavin’ him alone. He doesn’t seem to be the friend making type.”

"You should stay indoors at night. It is very dangerous to be wandering around in the dark."

~~~

Twilight sat on the ground, trying to figure out what to do. Ok. So. New world. Only two signs of friendly life: bunnies and the two-legged creature named Jake. No known hostile life. No sign of weather control, the sun and moon obviously are not raised by Celestia and Luna. What moves them? Jake was still talking at Applejack and Pinkie, so Twilight decided to listen in.

"You should stay indoors at night. It is very dangerous to be wandering around in the dark."

Ok. So we should stick in one place. Maybe build a house? Suddenly Twilight realized a weight on her back. She checked it. There was a saddlebag with the word “Inventory” written on it. Looking around, she saw that everypony had saddlebags like her. Checking inside the saddlebag, she found an short sword, axe, and pickax. Looking at them, she realized that they all had a list of stats under them, seemingly floating in midair. Odd. Twilight called upon her magic to pick up the ax. Nothing happened. She tried again. Still no result. She tried over and over, but nothing happened.

“What is wrong with my horn?!”

~~~

Rainbow Dash paced the ground restlessly. She couldn’t fly. What blasphemy was this? She started jumping. Still nothing. She started pacing again. The physics of the land she was trapped in were infinitely annoying. She couldn’t fly, she could only walk in two directions, she could only walk at a constant speed, and all of her jumps were the same height. There was no variety, no freedom. She was confined by some arbitrary laws. This is SO dumb. Not cool at all. Rainbow was also aggravated because she did not feel tiredness at all. Typically she would be considering a nap at this time of day, but she didn't feel the need to sleep. All of this pacing should have tired her out at least a little bit. But she felt nothing. Finally giving up, Rainbow laid down and stared into the distance.

~~~

The bunny hopped quietly into the valley where the ponies were sitting. Fluttershy quickly ran over to it.

“Ohmygosh a bunny! What is your name, bunny?” The bunny simply say there and looked at her. Then it hopped once one way, and twice the other way. “I guess I’ll call you Hoppy. If, um, that’s ok with you, of course.” The bunny hopped again. “Is that a yes?” No response. “Did I offend you?” The bunny hopped towards her. “Are you happy?” The bunny hopped to the base of a nearby hill. Fluttershy looked up the hill. At the top of it was a green blob thing. It jumped, covering half of the hill with it’s jump. “What are you?” The green slime jumped again. It landed on the bunny, killing it instantly. The bunny’s head landed at Fluttershy’s feet. Fluttershy shrieked and jumped back. “You just killed a bunny! DO. NOT. DO. THAT.” the full force of Fluttershy’s Stare was sent towards the green slime. It jumped at Fluttershy, damaging her for six life. Fluttershy noticed a health meter at the top right edge of her vision, but events were unfolding too quickly for her to realize how weird that was. The slime jumped at her again, this time sailing over her head. Unperturbed, the slime jumped another time, dealing a critical hit of eight damage to Fluttershy. Fluttershy couldn’t believe that she was being attacked. The slime hit her again. Something cracked inside her. She reached into her newly-found saddlebags and pulled out the object titled “copper ax” and started swinging it at the slime, her swing forced into an over-the-head arching pattern for reasons she could not comprehend. Not that she cared. She hacked at the slime until it died, at which point it dropped some gel and coins. They gravitated to her, defying the laws of physics as the neatly placed themselves in her saddlebags. Fluttershy looked up to see another slime at the top of the hill. She charged after it.

~~~

Rarity looked at Fluttershy in disgust. She waded through the leftover slime of that green thing... Simply disgusting! She tossed her mane. Walking over to Twilight, she found the purple unicorn having a mental breakdown.

“What is the matter, darling?”

“My horn. My horn! IT’S NOT WORKING!!!”

“Calm down darling, everything will be ok.” Twilight turned towards Rarity with a crazed look on her face.

“IT. WILL. NOT. BE. FINE. What will I do without magic?!”

"If you gather 10 Fallen Stars, they can be combined to create an item that will increase your magic capacity." Rarity and Twilight both jumped at the addition of a new, male voice. The guide Jake stood behind them.

“Fallen stars? Magic? Where do I get these stars?”

"You can use your pickaxe to dig through dirt, and your axe to chop down trees. Just place your cursor over the tile and click!"

Twilight looked at Jake in utter confusion. Rarity was dumbfounded. What? How does that even make sense? Does he just spew random information? What’s a cursor?

"If you combine lenses at a Demon Altar, you might be able to find a way to summon a powerful monster. You will want to wait until night before using it, though."

“What? Why would I want a monster?! HOW DO I GET STARS?!”

"If you see a pot, be sure to smash it open. They contain all sorts of useful supplies."

Rarity bored of Jake’s meaningless information. She left Twilight to interrogate him. Suddenly, gel flew from the hill and landed on her. It only touched her for a moment before gravitating to her saddlebags. As it entered her saddlebag, white floating text appeared before Rarity: Gel (2). However, the odd floating text was the least of her worries. The gel had touched her. What is this? What is it made of? It’s from a dead animal! Omygosh! Rarity passed out, but her magic couch was not there to save her. She hit the ground head first, pushing her further into oblivion.

~~~

Applejack looked at the trainwreck that was her group of friends. Fluttershy was going crazy on the slimes, Rarity was out cold, Twilight was alternating between yelling at Jake and running around looking for stars, and Pinkie was just sitting on the ground. Applejack decided that she should follow Jake’s advice and build a shelter. She assumed that it would have to be out of wood, she she pulled the ax out of her saddlebags. She swung at a tree. Her leg was forced into an over the head arc. This is a mite bit weird... However, Applejack kept swinging. The tree eventually burst into a shower of wooden bits and floated into her saddlebags. Text appeared in front of her: Wood (20). Ok, new place, new rules. She moved on to the next tree.

~~~

Pinkie Pie watched as Twilight yelled at Jake. He appeared unflustered and continued to give out random bits of information. Eventually, he started repeating himself. She looked away. Off in the distance she saw Applejack cutting down trees. Maybe AJ is starting to get a house made. Oh! She needs help! Pinkie rushed over to Applejack.

“Hey AJ! How can I help?”

“Could ya start leveling the ground? Ah’m getting these trees, but we need a proper ground to lie down a floor.”

“Okie dokie lokie!”

~~~

Rainbow Dash saw Applejack and Pinkie working on the terrain and trees. Finally, something to do. She went over to see what she could do.

“Hey AJ, how can I help?”

“Could ya go fetch Fluttershy? I’m a bit worried about her.”

“Alright. I’ll get her back in ten seconds flat.”

Rainbow Dash rushed off to get Fluttershy.

~~~

Fluttershy looked out over the small plain. No slimes in slight. She checked her bags. She had ninety gel, one silver coin, and thirty copper coins. She forgot how many slimes she killed. But she remembered every single bunny she had seen mercilessly slaughtered by the evil green blobs. Thirteen. All of them had been avenged, but it was not enough. They should never have died. Fluttershy decided it would be her personal mission to eliminate anything that threatened the bunnies. If it touched a bunny, it would pay. With its life.

“Fluttershy! Get over here!” The sound of Rainbow Dash’s voice brought Fluttershy out of her reverie. She walked back up the hill and down to the other side. To her surprise, the valley the ponies had landed in was now devoid of trees and level. Applejack had placed a little bit of wood down on the ground and was now standing next to a small table. Rarity was still passed out on the ground, but Twilight was next to Applejack at the table. The sun was low in the sky, and the light was fading fast.

“Um.. What happened?”

“Well, Jake said we should build shelter before nightfall. So we are. Only, its getting close to nightfall and we are nowhere near done...”

“Who’s Jake?”

“He’s the guide. The twoleg thing. Also, can I have some of that gel? We need it for torches.”

Fluttershy took thirty of the gel out of her pack and tossed it to Rainbow Dash. It floated into her pack.

“Cool. Now lets get these torches planted.”

~~~

Rarity woke up to an artificially light environment. She looked around. She was lying on a wooden floor. To her right and left she saw her friends working frantically to get walls and doors up. They had already put torches and a roof up. Oh dear, I must have fainted. She got up and looked around. Hearing a growl behind her, she turned to see what it was. A bipedal like Jake was approaching. However, when it entered the torchlight, she saw that it was green and it’s flesh was peeling off. Rarity’s eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell with the night.