Chapters Background Ponies to the Rescue
Twilight was sitting at her desk reading when she heard footsteps of a baby dragon coming down the stairs.
“Hey Twilight!” yelled Spike, “You’ve got a letter from Princess Luna!”
“From Princess Luna?” asked Twilight, “Why would Princess Luna send me a letter?”
“I don’t know” said Spike, enthusiastically, “Why don’t you open it and find out?”
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I request the presence of you and your friends in Canterlot. I may have found out about something really important for the history and fate of Equestria. I require your assistance.
Princess Luna
“Why would Princess Luna need me and my friends?” Twilight asked to herself. “I mean, why does she want us. Could this have anything to do with the Elements of Harmony,”
“Twilight.”
“What if Discord has returned,”
“Twilight”
“What if Celestia has gone missing,”
“Twilight,”
“What if…”
“TWILIGHT!” yelled Spike, “I’m sure Princess Luna will tell us what she needs when we get there.”
“Um, about that…” Twilight said nervously, “I kind of need you to stay here and watch the library.”
“Aww.” Complained Spike, “But I stayed here last time.”
“Don’t worry,” replied Twilight, “You have Pee Wee and Owlicious to keep you company.”
“I guess you’re right.”
“Why are y’all always nappin’ in ma trees Rainbow?” asked Applejack.
“Please be quiet, I’m taking a nap.” replied Rainbow Dash.
“Do I have ta buck ya outta that tree again?” asked Applejack, a little bit annoyed.
“SHUT THE BUCK UP!” yelled Rainbow, “I’M TAKING MY NAP!”
“Ok, y’all made me do this.” Applejack turned around and was about to kick the tree when Twilight called to them.
“Hey girls, I have news!”
This made Rainbow Dash jump up. “NEWS! Is it about the Wonderbolts auditions?”
“Well, no.” said Twilight, “Princess Luna wants to see us immediately in Canterlot!”
“Why would Princess Luna want to see us?” asked Applejack.
“Is it something about the Elements of Harmony?” added Rainbow Dash.
“I don’t know,” said Twilight, “She just said it was really important!”
“THEN LET’S GO” shouted Rainbow and Applejack at the same time.
“Great! I’ll tell the others, meet you at the train station!” shouted Twilight cheerfully. As Applejack and Rainbow Dash went to the train station, Twilight went to get the others.
At Sugarcube Corner Pinkie Pie was nowhere to be found. “Hey, Mr. Cake, where is Pinkie?” asked Twilight.
“Oh, she’s in her room, she said she was baking cupcakes.’ replied Mr. Cake, “I’ll get her for you.” Then Mr. Cake walked to the basement door, opened it, and called down. “Pinkie Pie! Somepony is here to see you!”
“Oh, who is it?” asked Pinkie, “Is it Dashie, she said she was going to help me make cupcakes!”
“No Pinkie,” replied Twilight unenthusiastically, “It’s me.”
“Oh, Twilight! Do you want to help me bake some cupcakes?” Pinkie Pie asked while mysteriously standing behind them even though she was just in the basement. Twilight and Mr. Cake turned around, somewhat surprised, that is, until they remembered it was Pinkie Pie, and their argument was invalid.
“No Pinkie.” Twilight responded, again enthusiastically, “Princess Luna needs to see us immediately, she requests our presence in Canterlot. Applejack and Rainbow Dash are already at the train station, and they’re waiting for us…” No sooner than Twilight finished, Pinkie disappeared. “I guess she left for the train station.” Twilight said, then she left to find the others.
5 seconds later...
At the train station Rainbow Dash and Applejack were talking.
“So, I was thinking of the nickname Pinkie gave y’all.” said Applejack.
“Oh no! Please tell me you don’t like that name!” replied Rainbow Dash.
“DASHIE!” Applejack said in a lovingly voice.
*POMF*
“It’s moments like this when I wish I was an Earth Pony or a Unicorn.” Rainbow said while blushing, wings straight up in the air. Applejack was on her back, laughing as hard as Pinkie Pie did in the Everfree Forest, when they first met Twilight. Then all of a sudden, Pinkie Pie popped up out of nowhere.
“Hey Dashie! Why are your wings like that? I thought they only did that when we were making Rainbow Bits or Spicy Rainbow Dash Pastries, or that time where you fell in love with the Cake’s kitchen sink!” The last thing just made Applejack laugh harder then Pinkie has ever laughed, if you can believe it. It only made Rainbow Dash blush even harder.
“Pinkie, I thought we would never…” Rainbow stopped and thought for a while, “Hey Applejack, you remember what Pinkie’s Rainbow Bits taste like, don’t you?” Rainbow Dash got over her embarrassment to embarrass Applejack. Applejack stopped laughing and blush even harder than Rainbow Dash had been.
“Let’s stop talking now.” Applejack replied, still blushing.
“Okie Dokie Lokie! I love the quiet game!” yelled Pinkie, “321 GO!” and after that they stopped talking.
At Carousel Boutique, Rarity was working on a dress for Fancy Pants. He wanted a new dress for his wife during the new season, fall. Then Twilight walked in.
“Hey! Rarity, I…” Then she got cut off by Rarity.
“Oh, Twilight! What happened to your gorgeous mane?”
“Oh,” replied Twilight, “I guess I forgot to brush it this morning, but I have someth…”
“I must fix your mane!” said Rarity, completely cutting Twilight off again. “What are good friends for?”
“But, but, I have to…” Twilight said, before getting cut off again.
“No buts!” said Rarity, “Now come here, this will only take five minutes.”
“But the train to Canterlot arrives in ten minutes!” yelled Twilight, “And I don’t want to be late for Princess Luna!”
“Canterlot? Princess Luna?” asked Rarity, “Well why didn’t you say so? Let’s go!”
“Well,” said Twilight, “We have to meet at the train station, you go there, I’ll go get Fluttershy.” And after that Rarity went to the station and Twilight went to Fluttershy’s Cottage.
Fluttershy was feeding her animals when Twilight arrived, “Now Angel Bunny,” Fluttershy said, “You have to eat everything before you go and play.” Angel just crossed his arms, turned his head, and thumped his foot.
“Hey Fluttershy!” Twilight screamed, “I need to talk to you!”
“EEK!” screamed Fluttershy, “Oh, it’s just you Twilight, what do you want to talk about?”
“Princess Luna needs to see us.” Explained Twilight, “She may have found something important.”
“Ok,” said Fluttershy, “But who will take care of my animals?”
“I’ll get spike to do it,” said Twilight, “Now let’s go! The train arrives in 5 minutes!” and with that they went to meet the others.
“Uh, Rarity?” asked Twilight, “Why are they so still and quiet?”
“I don’t know Twilight,” replied Rarity, “Pinkie and them have been standing there since I arrived.”
“OH! I KNOW!” yelled Pinkie, who was standing behind them now, “They are playing the quiet game.”
“PINKIE!” yelled Twilight, “Weren’t you just standing over there!” They looked back to where she was standing before, and she was still there, nodding her head. Twilight was about to question her, then she remembered it was Pinkie, and dropped the subject.
“Um, Twilight,” whispered Fluttershy, “The train is here.”
“Come on girls!” yelled Twilight, mostly talking to Pinkie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash, “The train is here! Let’s go see Princess Luna!” Then they went into the train and rode it all the way to Canterlot.
“Welcome, Twilight and friends,” said Luna, “We are sure that thou are wondering why we summoned you.” We have found a crystal castle up north, we believe it has something to do with the Crystal Ponies that vanished 1,000 years ago, right after we became a monster. We need you to go and investigate the castle.”
“Princess Luna?” asked Twilight, “Does Princess Celestia know about this?”
“Oh… Um…” Luna paused, “ Of course she does. If I were to do something without her permission she would send me to the moon.”
“Ok,” replied Twilight, who knew she was lying because, like Trixie, she stopped talking in third person when nervous. All the others except Applejack believed her. Being the element of honesty had its perks.
“So how do we get there?” asked Rainbow Dash, “I hope I don’t have to walk the whole time.”
The ponies were in a big forest, there were trees everywhere. They were walking on a path that curved throughout the entire place.
“I love trips!” yelled Pinkie, “Let’s play a game! I spy, with my itty bitty eye, something green!”
“Oh, is it that tree?” asked Fluttershy.
“YES!” yelled Pinkie Pie, “THAT’S IT! Now I spy with my itty bitty eye, something green!”
“Oh, is it that other tree?” asked Fluttershy again.
“YES!” yelled Pinkie, “Now I spy…”
“PINKIE!” yelled Rainbow Dash, “We are in a forest, the only thing in here are trees and us!”
“Then where did I get these?” asked Pinkie while holding an N64, a wireless controller, and Mario Kart 64.
“What the buck are those!?!” asked Rainbow.
“What’s what?” asked Pinkie, after the N64 vanished into thin air.
“Never mind,” said Rainbow Dash, “Pinkie, have you been hanging out with Vinyl lately? You seem more crazy than usual.”
“Nopey Dopey Lopey!” replied Pinkie, “But I will assist her and her friends later in the story!”
“What?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Oh,” said Pinkie, “I wasn’t supposed to tell you or the readers that. I may have just spoiled the plot. But if I am saying this that means the author wants me to and it’s ok!”
“HUH?” asked Rainbow Dash, completely confused.
“OH, nothing Dashie,” replied Pinkie, “I was just talking about muffins because some bronies are still afraid of cupcakes. Dumb Sergeant Sprinkles!”
“Ok…” replied Rainbow Dash.
“Hey Girls!” yelled Twilight, “I think we are almost there!”
“How do y’all know?” asked Applejack.
“Because Pinkie has the map.” Replied Twilight.
“Oopsie!” said Pinkie Pie, “I was holding the map upside down.”
“WHAT!” screamed Rarity, “I walked all this way into the forest for nothing!”
“Pinkie?” asked Twilight, “How long have you been holding the map upside down?”
“Up until I lost it 2 hours ago.” Replied Pinkie.
“WHAT!?!” yelled Twilight, “Why didn’t you say anything!?!?!”
“You all seemed so busy,” replied Pinkie, “I didn’t want to bother you.”
“UGH!” Twilight yelled, “Ok, let’s go the other way.” Then they turned around and started to head in the opposite direction.
“Tia,” said Luna, “I need to tell you something.”
“What is it Lulu?” asked Celestia, “Is it that you sent my student and her friends to investigate that crystal castle up north?”
“WHAT?!?!?” screamed Luna, “You knew?”
“Why yes Lulu.” Celestia replied.
“How?” asked Luna.
“Well,” said Celestia, “I know everything that happens, that, and I was outside of the window, I heard you talking to them.”
“So Tia,” asked Luna, “ are you mad at me?”
“No,” said Celestia, “I was going to have them do it anyway.”
“Oh thank you Tia!” screamed Luna.
“You're welcome.” said ~~Trollestia~~ Celestia, “By the way, do you want a banana ?
“Ok,” said Twilight, “We are back where we started, and we found the map, I’ll hold it this time.”
“But why can’t I hold it?” asked Pinkie, somewhat annoyed.
“Because last time you lost it.” replied Rainbow Dash.
“I won’t do it again.”
“No Pinkie!” scolded Twilight, “This is serious! Princess Luna said that the fate of Equestria relied on us investigating that castle!”
“I think I know a shortcut!” yelled Pinkie.
“How do y’all know a shortcut Pinkie?” asked Applejack.
“I just told the author of this fanfic to stop trying to make this fanfic longer and to stop with the references.” Said Pinkie as she trotted over to a bush, pulled it back, and revealed the crystal castle. “See, the crystal castle is over there, right over this lake of GAK…” she thought for a minute, “HEY! Mr. author! I thought I said no more references to make this story longer!” Then they crossed the lake.
The other ponies looked at her, wondering why she was yelling at the sky.
“Finally!” said Twilight, “We got over that lake of weird goop.”
“I’m just glad the author cut the ‘Crossing The GAK Lake’ scene.” Said Pinkie, “That makes up for the time he spent making references.”
“What?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Don’t y’all worry Rainbow,” said Applejack, “It’s just’ Pinkie being’ Pinkie.”
“Ok,” said Twilight, “Let’s go into the castle.”
ONE MONTH LATER...
“Tia, what should I do?” asked Luna, “It’s all my fault!”
“It’s not all your fault.” Said Celestia, “I would have sent them if you didn’t.”
“Will you help me?” asked Luna.
“Sorry Lulu,” replied Celestia, “I have royal business to attend to, bananas don’t order themselves. Goodbye.” After that Celestia left.
“Ok,” said Luna, “How can I find Twilight and her friends.” She thought for a moment. “I KNOW!” she yelled, “We must get the second most popular ponies in Ponyville, Doctor Whooves, Derpy, Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, and Vinyl Scratch, to help us in our quest to find Twilight and her friends!” And with that, Luna went to write some letters.
Author's Note
I hoped you like it so far, I will be adding more chapters, finally finished this after 3 months of working on it, sorry for the repetitive speech, I might fix that in future chapters. Also, I didn't like the line I was provided with, so I used my own. I know some of the characters are ooc, but please point them out for me.
Background Ponies to the Rescue
Chapter 2 - It All Begins Here
AN: I am posting this on Derpy Day, Happy Derpy day, every March First you eat a muffin, write an actual letter, and take a picture of yourself cross eyed in honor of our favorite mail mare, Derpy Hooves.
"Hey! Derpy!" the Doctor shouted, "I have something to tell you!"
"Oh." said Derpy, "Is it about muffins? I'm hungry."
"No," said the Doctor, "But if you are hungry, I think I may have an English Muffin with butter. Do you want it?"
"Doctor!" she screamed, "You know I hate en English Muffins!"
"I don't know why, they taste pretty good with butter."
"Doctor! I told you this already! They taste like cardboard!"
"THEY DO NOT!"' he screamed loudly, "They happen to be perfect for breakfast."
"I would prefer a nice blueberry muffin."
"But Derpy..." the doctor was about to say something when he got cut off.
"My name is Ditzy! Not Derpy! Ditzy! How many times do I have to tell you that?"
"But I always call you Derpy Hooves. It sounds way better to say miss Hooves rather than miss Doo. The name Derpy is better suited for you."
"Why is that?" she asked, sounding annoyed.
"I just told you why."
"Ok, I don't care what you call me," she replied, "but English Muffins still taste like cardboard."
"THEY DO NOT!"
"Your argument is invalid." said Derpy, "I've got a muffin."
"But I don't see..." The doctor said looking closely
"No."
But..."
"No."
"How..."
"You don't get it, do you?" she asked, "Stop talking."
"But..."
"No."
"BUT WHAT ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU!" he screamed before Derpy could cut him off again.
"Ok," said Derpy, "What is it?"
"I have no idea." he said as Derpy put her hoof to her forehead. "Let me check the Tardis." he walked towards it.
"Mommy?" asked Dinky, "Why were you fighting with the Doctor?"
"He started it muffin." she replied, "Hey?"
"Promise me that when you get older that you will not hang out with somepony as weird as the doctor."
"I promise," she said, "But I like the Doctor."
"I do to." said Derpy, "But... Oh, there he is."
"Hey! Derpy! I found out what I wanted to tell you! We've got mail!"
"We've got mail, but how? I thought I delivered the mail."
"Well, normally yes, but this is a letter from Princess Luna."
"Ohh." said Dinky, "What does it say?"
"I don't know, I haven't opened it yet."
"Well open it!" Derpy yelled.
"Ok."
Dear Derpy and Doctor,
I request your presence in Canterlot Castle. I need your help with something important. When you get here you will be escorted to the throne room. Come quickly.
Yours truly,
"Wow mommy!" screamed Dinky, "Princess Luna wants to see you in Canterlot!"
"Yes my little muffin. While I am gone you and your sister will be staying with your auntie Carrot Top."
"Yah!" Dinky yelled.
"So doctor, when do we leave?" She looked around and there was no doctor, just Dinky and herself. "Doctor?"
*SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH*
A blue police call box appeared out of the air and crashed into the ground. The Doctor walked out. "I'm sorry, I forgot you were here and went to Canterlot alone."
"What!" How could you go to Canterlot without me?" She was now puzzled and annoyed.
"I'm back now. Do you know how many unicorns there are in Canterlot! They are amazing!"
"No, I don't know how many unicorns are in..." she thought for a moment. "Stop changing the subject! How long were you in Canterlot anyways!"
"About an hour." He said, sounding scared.
"WHAT!?!" she screamed, YOU WERE IN CANTERLOT FOR AN HOUR BEFORE YOU REALIZED I WAS MISSING!"
"Well, in my defence, there were a lot of unicorns."
"Thats no excuse! You forgot about me." she was now sad.
"Don't you have to take Dinky home?" asked the doctor, who was scared at what might happen if he didn't calm Derpy down.
"Oh yeah, come on Dinky."
"Yah! I get to see auntie Carrot Top!"
"Few," said the doctor in relief, "That was close." They then took Dinky home and went to Canterlot.
"Vinyl!" shouted Octavia, "Could you keep it down!"
"WHAT!" Vinyl shouted back, "I can't hear you! The music is too loud!"
"TURN IT DOWN!" Octavia shouted again, "OR I WILL COME AND DO IT MYSELF!" Vinyl couldn't hear her and just kept bobbing her head. "Ok, I'm coming over there!" She got up, trotted over to the speakers, and unplugged them. Vinyl kept bobbing her head for a few seconds before she noticed they were off.
"Hey! Why'd you do that?"
"Because I need to hear myself think once in awhile!"
"Do we have any pudding?" asked Vinyl.
"Don't change the subject!"
"But I'm hungry."
"UGH! We have pudding in the fridge."
"THANK YOU!" Vinyl shouted as she trotted to the fridge. She opened it and stared for a few seconds, "Tavi! Do we have any chocolate pudding?"
"Whatever is in the fridge is what we have."
"I only see banana pudding!" Vinyl shouted back.
"Why are you yelling?" asked Octavia.
"BECAUSE I LIKE TO!"
"We are in the same room Vinyl," she said calmly, "You don't need to yell."
"But I like to yell." Vinyl said sadly.
"I don't care if you like to yell, I have to practice my cello."
"Ok, I'll stop yelling."
"Thank you. I like having quiet once in awhile."
"What fun is quiet?" Vinyl asked.
"Only crazy ponies like shouting and yelling, I am not crazy."
"Oh yeah?" asked Vinyl, "Remember our camping trip ?"
"Oh, um..." Octavia thought for a moment, "I thought we were to never speak of that again."
"I forgot."
"Ok," said octavia, "I forgive you."
"For what?"
"For, UGH! Nevermind."
"Ok," said Vinyl, "I bought us tickets to Canterlot."
"WHAT!?! WHY WOULD YOU BUY US TICKETS TO CANTERLOT!"
"I was thinking of doing some parties, playing dubstep."
"Why would you do that! Do you even have a DJ job booked yet!"
"Nope."
"Why did you already buy the tickets then!"
"Because I could get a great job in Canterlot, and I thought you would like to go."
"I actually would like to see Canterlot again. I haven't been there since the Gala." Octavia shuddered as she said that word. "Everypony will love it, just play the Pony Pokey."
"Then it's settled! We leave for Canterlot tomorrow!"
"TOMORROW!" screamed Octavia, "Why tomorrow! You couldn't get the tickets for a later date! We might not be able to go now!"
"Oh yeah," said Vinyl, "We also got this." She handed a fancy looking scroll to Octavia.
"What's this?" she asked.
"I forget, open it." Octavia read it out loud.
Dear Vinyl Scratch and Octavia,
I request your presence in Canterlot Castle Throne Room. It is very important.
Sincerely,
"What?" asked Octavia.
"WHOO HOO!" shouted Vinyl, "She put my name first!"
"Vinyl, don't you see? The Princess of the Night wants to see us."
"Ok Vinyl," she said, "Off we go to Canterlot."
"Really Lyra?" asked Bon Bon, "What did you bring home this time?"
"Another 2 things from the human culture." said Lyra as she pulled an N64
"Lyra, that's an N64 controller, I could go see Vinyl and buy it for 10 bits." She didn't even want to ask Lyra where she got that 'doll'.
"I know that, but this one comes from the planet earth."
"Because the only other pony I know that studies humans asked Twilight to make a small spell to their world."
"Who would that be?" asked Bon Bon.
"That would be Opal, you know, the white pegasus with a yellow mane and globe cutie mark, works for the ponyville newspaper?"
"Oh yeah." said Bon Bon, asking herself if it was really nessasary for Lyra to explain past the name.
"Well, anyways," Lyra continued, "Opal asked Twilight to cast a spell about a month ago that opened a small portal into their world, not big enough to travel through, but big enough for items to come through. It has dropped 1 item every day for the past month. We split the stuff that comes through, and I got this."
"Or somepony could have not wanted it and threw it away."
"No, it has strange words on it, it says "Property of David L. PGH. PA."
"That is strange."
"Did you know that most humans don't believe in ponies, just like most ponies don't believe in humans?"
"That would be interesting, if they were real." Bon Bon mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Ok then, what was I saying? Oh yeah, did you kn..." Lyra was interrupted by a loud knock at the door.
"OH! THANK CELESTIA!" yelled Bon Bon.
"HEY!" Yelled Lyra.
"Oh, I mean, who could that be?" 'Nice save" she thought.
"I'll get the door." said Lyra, who was trotting towards the door (duh). She opened it and standing right there was the captain of the royal guards, Prince Shining Armor.
"Oh my, what are you doing here?" asked Bon Bon.
"I have a letter from Princess Luna, she told me to deliver it." he said.
"A letter from the princess of the night, that must be important." Lyra thought out loud.
"It is," said Shining Armor, "My sister is usually the only pony to get letters from a princess."
"How is your sister?" asked Bon Bon, "I haven't seen her around recently."
"When I went to see her at the library, Spike said she was away on business."
"That's too bad." said Bon Bon.
"Yeah, listen, I gotta go now, sorry if I sound rude."
"Not at all." said Bon Bon.
"Bye." said Shining Armor she trotted out the door.
"Well?" said Lyra, "Are you gonna open it?"
"I am." said Bon Bon as she opened up the scroll.
“I'll read it!" yelled Lyra as she tore it out of Bon Bon's hooves.
Dear Lyra and Bon Bon,
Something really important has come up, it is partly my fault. I need you to come to the throne room in Canterlot Castle. Just show the royal guards this letter and they should let you in.
Yours truly,
"Princess Luna wants to see us?" asked Bon Bon.
"I guess." said Lyra, "Let's go!" Then Lyra ran out the door, a confused Bon Bon followed.
"Ok!" said the Doctor, "After that little fiasco , we are finally here."
"I liked it." said Derpy, "Except for that muffin with worms in it."
"Here we are Derpy." said the Doctor.
They were in the Canterlot Royal Gardens. The Tardis was next to a statue of an alicorn. They were standing at the entrance to the maze, under the big archway. They were looking at the flowers suspiciously.
"It's pretty Doctor." said Derpy, "But are they safe?"
He took out his sonic screwdriver and scanned the flowers.
"They are safe, they won't eat us."
"That's good, I will never look at boxes the same way."
“Where does the Princess want to meet us?" asked the Doctor.
"I think she said the throne room."
They started to walk towards the castle when they ran into 2 mares verbally fighting.
"You're not very useful, are you?" asked the grey earth pony.
"Oh yeah?" asked the white unicorn, "I can crack open a coconut , can you?"
"Derpy?" asked the Doctor, "Do you think we should stop them?"
"Yes."
"Hey you two, break it up." said the Doctor as he walked between them.
"What?" asked the white unicorn.
"Oh, that's funny." replied the brown pony, "You thought we were fighting."
"You can't say you weren't fighting." said Derpy.
"That was just one of our normal conversations. My name is Octavia and this is Vinyl.
"Hello, I'm the Doctor."
"Doctor Who?" asked Vinyl.
"Just the Doctor."
"I'm Derpy."
"Hey?" asked Vinyl, "Don't you deliver the mail to my shop?"
"Yes."
"YOU STILL HAVEN'T PAID FOR THE STUFF YOU DAMAGED!" screamed Vinyl, "YOU OWE ME OVER 500 BITS!"
"What?!?" asked Derpy, sounding surprised, "I don't have that kind of money!"
"Doctor?" asked Derpy, "Can you help me?"
"I don't have any money." he replied, "I don't need it."
"YOU DESTROYED MY TURNTABLE! YOU OWE ME MONEY!"
"Shouldn't you do something?" asked the Doctor.
"No, Vinyl will get over it. It is kind of funny."
"Ok, let's see what happens, I don't want to get on her bad side." he said while watching Vinyl.
"I just don..."
“I DON'T CARE! STOP SAYING THAT! YOU BROKE MY TURNTABLE! IT WAS THE BEST MONEY COULD BUY! YOU OWE ME 500 BITS!"
"I don't have that kind of money."
"You know what, I will just tell Princess Luna about this when I go to see her." Vinyl was still yelling at the top of her lungs, she really liked her turntable. Derpy, on
"Wait... We are going to see Princess Luna too."
"What?" Vinyl asked, she couldn't it. "Why?"
"We got a letter telling us that she needed help with something."
"Us too."
At this point, the Doctor was standing there wondering how they got over that argument so quickly, Octavia was wondering why this information hadn't come up sooner.
"Princess Luna wants to see all of us?" asked Octavia.
"I guess so," replied the Doctor, "I am more surprised that they stopped arguing that quickly. And without my help."
"If we are all going to see Princess Luna, we better go now," interrupted Octavia,
"We wouldn't want to be late, would we?"
"Come on Derpy, let's go VinUNICORN!" He had just gotten a good look at Vinyl.
"I can't believe I am meeting an actual unicorn!"
"Doctor?" asked Derpy, "Do you have to do this every time you see a unicorn?"
"Yes Doctor, and I think she is scared of you."
"Nah." replied Vinyl, "I like getting attention."
"Vinyl?" asked Octavia, "Didn't you just want to ask the princess about that money?"
"Don't remind her." said Derpy, still wondering how she would pay Vinyl.
"Let's g..." The Doctor was cut off when he ran into another pony. "I am very sorry, AND YOU ARE A UNICORN!"
"Oh great." said Derpy, "Here we go again."
"Um, hi, I'm Lyra..."
"YOU ARE A UNICORN! UNICORNS ARE AWESOME!"
"Uh, yeah, I'm Lyra..."
"YOU ARE A UNICORN! THIS IS FANTASTIC! TWO UNICORNS IN THE SAME PLACE!"
"Um, yeah, Bon Bon, help me."
"What is it?" asked Bon Bon, "Oh, I see."
"This pony is weird."
"He can't be any weirder than you, you belive in humans."
"Did you say humans?" asked the Doctor. "Humans are some of the most interesting creatures ever, only having 1 heart, yet still doing all these things. But I suppose that equines only have 1 heart and they do more things, so they are more interesting."
"I take it back." said Bon Bon, "He is weirder than you."
"You believe in humans?" asked Lyra.
"Yes, they are an interesting species, very smart, but not as smart as me. Although, sometimes they are smarter than me."
"Bon Bon," said Lyra, "This pony isn't only scary, he is crazy."
"What? I am not crazy, I am not crazy, I am just a madpony with a box."
"Doctor." said Derpy, "I think you should stop talking now."
"Why?" he asked.
"You know, about your box, besides, we have to go see the princess now."
"What?" asked Lyra, "Which Princess?"
"Princess Luna." said Vinyl, she had completely forgotten about the argument her and Derpy had.
"We are going to see Princess Luna too." said Bon Bon.
"Then what are we waiting for?" asked the Doctor. "Allons-y!"
"What?" asked Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl.
"It means 'Let's go'." said Octavia.
All the ponies followed the Doctor, they were running for the castle.
In the castle, the royal guards led them through a long hallway towards the throne room. When they opened the big door to the throne room, Princess Luna was standing there.
"I am glad you could all make it here." said Luna, "It is the utmost importance you are here."
“Why?" asked Derpy.
"Because the bearers of the Elements of Harmony have gone missing." replied Luna, "I need you to help find them."
"Why us?" asked Octavia, "I can only play the cello, and I am pretty sure that Vinyl can only play music annoyingly loud through that 'thing' she has."
"HEY!" yelled Vinyl, "My bass cannon is way bet..."
"SILENCE!" Luna yelled in her Royal Canterlot Voice, all the other ponies got quiet. "Do you have any questions?"
"What about Dinky, and the mail delivering, and muffins!"
"Dinky will be taken care of by Carrot Top, and I will get somepony else to deliver the mail." replied Luna, "As for muffins, you can bring some on your quest. You will have a day to prepare. Take anything you need."
"Princess Luna?" asked Lyra, "Do you belive in humans?"
"Lyra." said Bon Bon, "Don't bother the Princess with your human talk."
"Well," said Luna, "I think that humans are..." She stopped when she noticed something in Lyra's saddle bag. "Lyra?" she asked, "What is that in your saddle bag?"
"It is just my lunch, do you want a banana Princess?"
"NO!" yelled Luna, "1,000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!"
"Oohh," said Pinkie Pie, who appeared behind Lyra out of nowhere, "Can I have a banana!"
"JUST GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE!" yelled Luna, "1,000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!"
"It's just a banana." said Pinkie as she swallowed it, "But ok, I'll leave, I wouldn't want to ruin the plot of the story." Then she just disappeared into thin air.
"Luna?" asked the Doctor, "Wasn't that one of the ponies we were looking for?"
"What?" Luna replied flatly.
"Wasn't that pink pony one of the Element Bearers?"
"Oh no," said Luna, "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING!"
"Whatever," said Luna, "Just get ready for tomorrow."
The Doctor' Lyra thought. "OH! You're that crazy pony that lives in the blue box!
Everypony talks about you!.
"What?"
Author's Note
Hey, dtlux1 here, first of all, HAPPY DERPY DAY! Second of all, I finally got this chapter up after a month of typing, and last but most importantly, I am having writers block on chapter 3, I need the help of readers to sugest what happens next, I will choose the best answer, or the only answer if it comes to that, even if it is that they all die, I will find a way to make it work, but try to come up with your own idea and make it SAFE FOR WORK!
thankyou,
Background Ponies to the Rescue
Chapter 3 - And They're Off
AN: Sorry for the long wait, I have had this chapter done since sometime in May. This just shows how much laziness can affect you. I want to say sorry to anyone who liked this story. I also want to make a new schedule, at least 1 new chapter a month, this is so I can tell myself that I will do it. I want to say that I will keep writing, and that I haven’t stopped since I wrote this, just been too lazy to post it.
“Think Derpy,” said The Doctor, “What do we need for our trip?”
“MUFFINS!” Screamed Derpy.
“We ate the last of our muffins last time the TARDIS was set adrift in deep space.”
“Aww,” whined Derpy, “Can’t we just go get some? We can travel through time and space.”
“Derpy, we can’t just go around doing whatever we want through all of time and space, it could cause a paradox.”
“You seem to do that all the time.”
“What! I do not!”
“What about the time that all of Equestria all most got destroyed because you let the Daleks find you?”
“I fixed that, didn’t I?”
“Only after half of Canterlot was destroyed.”
“And Derpy, that wasn’t a paradox.”
“I know, I didn’t see a single box.”
“For the last time Derpy, it’s a paradox, not a pair of boxes.”
Derpy face hoofed, “That’s what I said.”
“I can’t seem to get it across to you,” said the Doctor, “Well, let’s just finish packing, maybe the others are having a better time than us.”
“YOU SMASHED MY CELLO!” screamed Octavia, she was looking at Vinyl holding a broken cello.
“What?” asked Vinyl, “All the rock stars smash their own instruments. I wanted to try it.”
“Yes, but you aren’t a rockstar, and that wasn’t your instrument to smash.”
“Sorry Octy, I just wanted to mix rock with my wubs.” Vinyl looked sad.
“I guess it’s ok, I can always get a new one.” Octavia felt sorry that she had yelled at Vinyl. “I am still disappointed though.”
“Ok, so should we get to packing?” asked Vinyl.
“I guess.”
“Can I bring my Bass Cannon?”
“Why would you need that?”
“You never know when you might need wubs, like the time I defeated Discord.”
“You never did that.”
“Yes I did.”
“Then why doesn’t anyone remember it?”
“Because they all forgot.” Vinyl said, thinking she had won the argument, but it just made Octavia more confused.
“But why, you know what, nevermind. Let’s just continue packing.”
“Do you really need your autograph book?” Bon Bon asked Lyra as she put some of her homemade candies into her saddle bag.
“Yes, I want Luna’s autograph.” replied Lyra, “And what if I find some stuff about humans, I have to write it down. OH! Or we could meet The Great and Powerful Trixie! That would be awesome!”
“All right now, don’t have another fangasm.”
“But she’s awesome.” Lyra mumbled.
“What was that?” asked Bon Bon.
“Nothing.”
“Ok then,” replied Bon Bon, “Let’s think of what we should take then.”
“I think you should take this!” Yelled Pinkie Pie as she appeared out of nowhere. She was holding a small gold statue.
“That statute is of a human!” screamed Lyra.
“What is it?” asked Bon Bon.
“I don’t know,” said Pinkie, “But it will help you on your journey, it’s name is Stefano.”
Bon Bon and Lyra turned to look at each other. Bon Bon turned back to where Pinkie was. “But I, where’d she go?”
Lyra just shrugged.
“Well, now we have this.” Lyra said as she put Stephano into her saddle bag.
“Ok, we should finish packing and meet up with the others.”
“Good idea.” said Lyra.
“I see you have all packed,” said Luna, “I have maps for you, but the crystal castle seems to have disappeared, so I have no idea where you will find it.”
“What are we looking for?” asked Derpy.
“We are looking for that mean unicorn and her friends.”said the Doctor, “I don’t see why we have to though.”
“I like adventures.” said Lyra.
“Then why don’t we go?” asked Bon Bon.
“Because there is still one thing you need to know,” said Luna, “You only have 1 month to complete this task.”
“WHAT!”
“I know it is a small amount of time,” continued Luna, “But it is bad all ready with 6 ponies missing, if 6 more go missing, I don’t know how the ponies of Ponyville will react.” All of them seemed to understand. “Now if you are ready,” she said, “It is time to depart.”
“Now, where should we go first?” asked the Doctor, sounding excited.
“Why don’t we just look at the maps?” asked Octavia.
“Where’s the fun in that?” he replied.
“The fun is knowing where you’re going.”
“There’s no fun in knowing where you’re going, the fun is not knowing until you get there.”
“I like his way of thinking.” said Vinyl. “One time I ended up in this awesome music shop, I don’t even know how I got there, but that was the day I got my bass cannon.”
“I remember that,” replied Octavia, “Didn’t you set the shop on fire?”
“They said I could.”
“They said you could set the shop on fire?” asked Lyra.
“Well, not exactly,” she replied, “But they said I could test my canon, it was their fault.”
“Sure it was.” mumbled Bon Bon.
“So,” asked Derpy, “Where do we go?”
The Doctor closed his eyes and pointed his hoof in a random direction. “We go that way!” he screamed, he was pointing to a dark and scary path. It was overgrown with trees and bushes. The only light that was there were the bugs that illuminated the path. There were many signs that said ‘DANGER’ and “DO NOT ENTER’.
“But it says do not enter.” protested Octavia.
“I like to think that do not enter is a phrase leading to adventure.” said the Doctor.
“I say we do it.” said Vinyl.
“I want to go that way to.” said Lyra.
“Then it’s settled,” said the Doctor, “ALLONS-Y!”
“This isn’t going to end well.” was the last thing Octavia said to Bon Bon before entering the woods through the large dark archway.
“See, this isn’t so bad.” said the Doctor as he was walking farther into the pitch black woods. The only light was coming from his sonic screwdriver, at this point it was being used as a flashlight. “And look at all the different species of trees and flowers, like these ones.” He was about to go over and pick one when Derpy cried out for him to stop.
“That’s poison joke! Don’t touch it!”
“What’s poison joke?” he asked.
“It’s a plant that plays a joke on you.” explained Derpy, “When Carrot Top found some last year, her mane was green for a month.”
“Thanks for the warning.”
As they were walking, they heard many sounds. There was an owl, the soft crunching of leaves under their hooves, and other noises a forest would make.
grr...
“What was that?” Derpy asked, she sounded scared.
“What was What?” asked the Doctor.
Grr...
“There it is again.”
I didn’t hear anything.” said Octavia.
GRr...
“It sounds like it is getting closer!” screamed Derpy, she was getting more scared each time she heard it.
“Shh shh shh shh,” Said the Doctor, trying to get the others quiet. “I think I hear it.”
“But I still don’t.” said Octavia.
“Shh.” He kicked a rock into the bush he thought the sound was coming from. Turns out that wasn’t the best idea because 5 angry timber wolves came out, and started to approach them. “Ok, it’s just some wolves,” said the Doctor, “I’ll see if I can reason with them.” He now had his back facing the Timber Wolves, which was an even worse idea than kicking the rock, because one jumped for him.
“Look out Doctor!” screamed Derpy as she dove and pushed the doctor out of the way. The wolf pounced on her side. She got away, and they were both safe, but the wolf has pounced on her wing. “Ow ow ow ow ow!” she cried in pain.
“Are you ok?” asked the Doctor, the others were too surprised to do anything, and just stared at what was happening.
“Yes,” she replied, “But I can’t move my wing without it hurting.”
“Then don’t move it.”
Derpy face hoofed, “What do we do now?”
“This!” He screamed as he pointed his screwdriver at the wolves, “Hey! Wolves! You hurt my friend! I’m armed! With a screwdriver...” They kept approching him, he aimed his sonic, “Ok, I warned you.” He then pressed the button, it made the buzzing sound, but nothing happened. “Why is my screwdriver not...” He paused to think.
“Doctor!” screamed Derpy, “Why isn’t it working?”
“Oh, this is embarrassing,” he continued, “They are made of wood, and my screwdriver doesn’t like wood. I have been meaning to add another setting.”
“So now what?” asked Derpy.
“Plan B.”
“What’s plan B?
“RUN!” He yelled. The others snapped out of what transe they were in and followed his instructions. They started to run down the path.
“What are we supposed to do now?” asked Octavia.
“Keep running until we think of something.” said the Doctor.
“Well, that’s a ‘great’ plan.” said Octavia.
“If you have a better idea, I would love to hear it!” he screamed.
“I think I have an idea!” screamed Vinyl, she stopped running. The others ran a little farther, but stopped. They turned around to see what Vinyl was doing. The Timber Wolves were getting close.
“VINYL!” Yelled Octavia, “What are you doing! RUN!”
“Don’t worry,” said Vinyl, “I have an idea.” She then reached into her saddlebag and pulled out her bass cannon. She aimed it at the timber wolves and started to [blast] blast it. The vibration shook the timber wolves until they fell into tiny little pieces. Vinyl turned it off and looked directly at Octavia, “And you said I wouldn’t need my bass cannon.” she was smiling.
“I guess I was wrong,” Octavia said in disbelief, “It did come in handy.”
“Just like when I defeated Discord.”
“That never happened.”
“Ok, we got out of that, now let me see your wing Derpy.” The Doctor scanned it with his sonic screwdriver. “Bad news, it is broken. I can bandage it up though.” The doctor then proceeded to wrap up her wing.
“Can we just leave before anything else happens?” asked Bon Bon.
“that’s a great idea.” said the Doctor, they then proceed towards the exit of the forest.
Author's Note
I know I had one of these at the beginning too, but I wanted to say sorry again for the long wait. I was testing in school when I made this chapter. I was so happy that I finished the chapter. I also have 1 more finished chapter that I may post next week, then I have to write the rest. I may also fix my old chapters some. I also want to thank Opuscon789, my editor, for the timber wolves idea. I hope you like this story, I will post at least 1 chapter a month.
Background Ponies to the Rescue
Sorry to people that like this story, I have about 5 chapters all writen, some have been written for a year, I just haven't gotten around to typing them. While you are waiting, enjoy this story :D HERE IS THE PLACE TO CLICK! Sorry for the wait, but I will eventually have a chapter up.
