Prologue: A Crate Full of Weapons
Author's Note
I do not own any of these franchises:
The Walking Dead © Skybound
My Little Pony © Hasbro
P.S. This chapter takes place during the Grand Galloping Gala after the events of Season 2 Episode 11, "Hearth's Warming Eve" and in the TV Universe of the show, this takes place after the arrival of Heath, Scott,& Annie in Season 6 Episode 1, "First Time Again".
P.P.S. This POV will be Rick's.
P.P.P.S. There will be a slight 3rd POV in this prologue.
Prologue: A Crate Full of Weapons
I'm now the leader of the walled community they call Alexandria Safe Zone.
When I, Rick Grimes along with my children: Carl and Judith, as well as my group that consists of Daryl Dixon, Michonne Hawthorne, Carol Peletier, Glenn Rhee, Maggie Rhee (nee Greene), Tara Chambler, Gabriel Stokes, Abraham Ford, Rosita Espinosa, Eugene Porter, and the late Noah met one of their recruiters; a man named Aaron after a storm forced us to hide in a barn along with the fact that we had to barricade the door from a herd of walkers, he told us about his community and we were a bit reluctant to go, knowing that he cannot be trusted in this unforgiving world that we live right now.
But Michonne suggested that they needed this and so we went towards it's destination. We managed to save Aaron's boyfriend named Eric Raleigh and after a long drive, we managed to make it to Alexandria and there, we met the community's leader named Deanna Monroe who was a former Ohioan congresswoman. We also got meet some of their residents as well as me forming an enemy in the form of a drunk, abusive surgeon named Pete Anderson who was abusing his wife, a barber named Jessie along with his 2 sons: Ron & Sam.
Sadly, we lost Noah during a supply run when a cowardly Alexandrian named Nicholas left him to be devoured by walkers and Glenn was forced to watch him be killed in his very own eyes. I got into a fight with Pete and had a massive, raving rant towards Deanna about her getting everyone put into their graves by her actions until I was knocked out by Michonne.
After my episode, Deanna decided to call in a council to vote whether to exile me or not, but it wasn't that long when I found a walker that had managed to enter the community because Gabriel forgot to close it. I managed to kill the walker and then bring it to the meeting as I told them that someone didn't close it properly and that there was no guard defending it; I reminded the Alexandrians that the dead and the living will try and take this place in which I told them that me and my group can help them defend this place from these threats.
All of a sudden, the meeting was then interrupted by Pete, who was holding Michonne's katana; I drew a gun that I took in the armor but Carol warned me that not now was the time. Deanna's husband, Reg tried to stop him but in his anger, Pete accidentally slit his throat which caused Michonne and Abraham to tackle him as she grabbed her weapon whilst he held him down and the crowd watched in horror on what has unfold in front of their eyes. In tears after Reg succumbed to blood loss and died in her arms, Deanna gave her approval to me and I did what I had to do: I executed Pete in front of the crowd. When it was over, I heard someone call my name and there I saw Daryl and Aaron along with a face I thought I'd never see again; it was none other than Morgan Jones: the very first survivor that I met and who gave me tips to survival in this post-apocalyptic undead shithole of a world that were living in right now.
But little did we know that the next events that will transpire after the meeting will change our lives forever.
Me and my group along with Jessie, Aaron, Eric,& Nicholas were just in Deanna's house. While Carol and I were talking on how it reminded her of my late ex-friend, Shane beating up her late abusive and chauvinist ex-husband, Ed after he smacked her back in Atlanta; we then saw Eugene come towards us along with 3 survivors we never met in the forms of 2 African-American men and 1 Caucasian woman.
"Rick," Eugene walked towards us "these people here wanna know us."
The one with the braids stepped forward, "Who the hell are you guys?"
I was about to say my name and the names of my group until Deanna interrupted, "He's your new leader now."
"What?", said the woman in disbelief.
"I'm Rick", I introduced myself as I introduced them to my group, "and these are my children: Carl and Judith along with my people: Daryl, Glenn, Maggie, Michonne, Carol, Rosita, Tara, Abraham, Rosita, Morgan, Gabriel, and you've already met Eugene back at the gate."
"I'm Heath", the braided one said as he introduced his bald companion and their female companion, "and these are my friends: Scott and Annie."
"Who found all of you and let you assholes in?", Annie demanded.
Aaron raised his hand, "Me and Eric did; I met 2 of their members, Maggie and Sasha. They let me inside the barn where they were hiding and I told them about our community."
Scott turned his attention to Eugene and asked him with an eyebrow raised in confusion, "I thought you said that there were 12 of you? You didn't tell us that there were 13 in here?"
"We were once 14 excluding Morgan.", Glenn told him somberly, "We lost a guy named Noah during a supply run that Tara and Eugene went along with Nicholas and Aiden."
"Who caused it?", Heath asked.
Glenn didn't respond but Daryl turned to Nicholas and pointed him with his head, "That shithead did it."
Nicholas bowed his head in shame and guilt for his actions as Heath asked us again, "And where the hell's Aiden, Reg,& Pete anyway?"
"Aiden's dead.....", Tara lowered her head.
"Pete?"
I stepped forward and told him in front of his face, "I killed that abusive son of a bitch for good."
"Why the fuck did you do that?!", he demanded.
Deanna stepped in, "He killed Reg, Heath and he saved Jessie as well as her sons from that bastard's behavior."
It took a bit for the trio to ponder on this until Annie spoke up, "I'm so sorry for your loss, Deanna."
She didn't respond to her condolence but instead, Deanna somberly nodded her head in acceptance. Afterwards, Deanna turned towards to them and asked a very important question, "So what have the 3 of you found in your latest supply run?"
Scott stepped up, "Just the usual goods and we found something of interest.", he then took out a mysterious book that had no author on it, "Whoever wrote this is not from this world."
Maggie asked him, "Like in another country? Is that what you're trying to say to everyone?"
I took the book from him and scanned it, "No.", everyone looked at me as I showed them some of the pages as well as the location of the place by the back cover, "This isn't from Earth, it's in another place called Equestria. Whoever wrote this thang, this isn't in our world because all I see her are some magic spells and what nots in this book."
Michonne walked towards me and took the book from my hands as she flipped the pages, "He's right, look at this." ,me and my group including Aaron and Eric while excluding the others, Scott, Annie, Heath, Deanna,& Spencer looked at some weird writing that's almost like Old English as if it was written by a horse. "There are some spells that are useful and they only need is to say the enchantment."
"Look at these three.", Eric pointed at a page that caught our attention which contained 4 spells, "It can also bring us to the world where this one originates, a spell that can duplicate items, a spell that makes us invisible to the naked eye so that nobody can see us, and a spell that can summon a crate of any size."
"Holy motherdicks!" ,Abraham exclaimed which caused us to look at him in confusion, "I've just got a brilliant plan in my head! What if we can duplicate some weapons and then bury it in the place where this freaky spell book came from."
Some of us were pondering on it until Eugene spoke up, "I think we can assume that Abraham is trying to say is that in case of a situation most desperate, we can duplicate some of our weapons, ammo,& sharpening stones and bury it deep enough until the direst of the dire situations call us to retrieve it."
"I ain't gonna argue with that, Dude.", Tara told him. "I'm in."
"Raise your hands if all of you accept it?", I told them. All of them raised their hands except Deanna who still looked at the window, mourning the losses she had in her family. "Okay then, it's settled. We'll duplicate some of the weapons that we brought in here and the weapons that Alexandria already has, got it?"
"Got it!", they replied in unison.
I looked at everyone and nodded, "Then let's do it."
We all headed for the armory and prepare to execute our plan.
Welcome to the land of Equestria and in the majestic capital city of Canterlot which overlooks on a mountain down to the quaint little town of Ponyville, there was an event that was going on. The Grand Galloping Gala was the most prestigious event in Equestria, this is where mares dress up in such beautiful gala dresses and wear beautiful accessories in their heads as well as their necks while the stallions are decked in fine suits and tuxedos.
There were many things to do in this even like a VIP lounge for someponies that want to meet and greet important celebrities and elites, a classical band that played soothing music, a place where they can chat while sitting on a pillow, or a chance to meet and shake the hooves of none other the Royal Sisters themselves, Princesses Celestia and Luna.
Last year's gala was disastrous considering the fact that 6 ponies who happen to wield the Elements of Harmony themselves that consists of Celestia's personal student, Twilight Sparkle and her friends, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash,& Pinkie Pie had high expectations, hoping that it will be their 'best night ever' but only to find out in their dismay that reality bites hard like a sinking ship. They tried to make it a gala they will never forget; however, the 6 mares only made that night a horrible one and they retreated to the donut shop where their dragon friend, Spike was, sulking over the fact that they abandoned him when all of them entered the castle, him hoping that they will spend it together.
This year's gala however was somewhat different, since all was forgiven on what occurred last time and Celestia decided to put the Element Bearers in charge of the upcoming gala's preparations yesterday. So far, everything was great in their and the Mane 6 along with Spike had a swell time so far.
But little did everypony in that gala know that some events are gonna change a bit in this night that they didn't know when their worlds and fates will intertwine in the events to come.
My group, who were now invisible, along with Aaron and Eric had managed to open a portal as we had our weapons including some of the weapons they had in Alexandria along with a Polaroid camera and some shovels too. When we entered to the portal, we saw a weird sight. Instead of humans, there were ponies instead along with a dragon. I assume it was some sort of a fancy party because there was no way our eyes were deceiving us. But time's wasting, we need to get our job done ASAP and the sooner we do it, the better.
We found a spot that we can bury our crate, so Aaron, Eugene,& Tara started digging while we were guarding the area in case, any bastard might jump on us. Once it was done which is perfectly deep, we summoned a very large crate and then, we started duplicating the weapons that we brought here to place in the crate. The weapons we had were melee weapons such as our knives, bats, crowbars, machetes, a katana, a hatchet, and an axe while our firearms included some pistols, shotguns, sub-machine guns, assault rifles, and normal rifles. The ammo and the sharpening stones were duplicated as well so that we have enough ammo for when there is a desperate situation back on our world.
After we did a group picture in which we did twice and then placed the photos inside the crate, we started to bury it and filled the hole with dirt again. I flipped a page in the spell book and I said a spell which caused the dirt that we used to bury the crate to be grass again but only this one is lighter than the darker green grass that surrounded outside the dug part.
Rosita wiped the sweat from her brow, "Alright, that's done; now let's get out of here!"
"I couldn't agree more.", my son, Carl said while he held my stepdaughter who is also his younger stepsister, Judith in which he turned to me, "Let's all go home, Dad."
I nodded at him as I summoned a portal with the book I found back to Alexandria. However things didn't go well as planned when I said the spell for our way back home, the portal opened in the hall of the castle and the ones that are closest to it were a group of 6 ponies in dresses and a small dragon in a suit and bowtie. Shit! Now all those ponies saw it with confusion in all of their eyes and we were screwed as hell! What do we do in a situation like this?
"The hell do we do now, Rick?!", Morgan asked me.
I thought until I had a plan in mind as I turned towards the Rhee couple, "Glenn and Maggie, the pair of you will fire warning shots which will terrify everyone inside. When that's done, Daryl and Sasha will guard the entrance while we get into the portal before it closes. Any questions?"
"Won't that blow our cover?", Gabriel worryingly asked.
"It's a one shot but we'll take it", Sasha acknowledged.
Carol nodded, "Then let's do it before it's too late."
Glenn and Maggie prepared their pistols and when I gave them the signal, they entered inside the castle which the spell wore off from us as the couple fired warning shots which caused everyone to be alarmed. Afterwards, I nodded towards Daryl and Sasha as they held their respective weapons, holding the guests at bay in which I beckoned everyone to make a mad dash to the portal and we headed inside there which we landed back inside the community again. When it was all done, Daryl and Sasha entered last as the portal closed leaving everyone in shock to reel in and confusingly process on what has occurred just now in their fancy party.
