Equestria is in toil, and the few ponies alive have all gathered in Canterlot, The once billions of ponies, was reduced to a few 100, Towns abandoned and destroyed, Equestria is now a very quiet place. Celestia and Cadence are the only two royal ponies to have survived. The two were still mourning over the dead, but they knew they would be in the time stream, That is, if they made it.
Every 100,000 years, Equestria is regenerated, magically and painlessly, and all ponies sent to the time-stream, to be morphed for their next years in the new world of Equestria. It was the day when Celestia would destroy Equestria, violently, send everypony to the time stream, and then summon 50 ponies to rebuild the towns of Equestria.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were in their CMC Clubhouse, located in the out-skirts of Sweet Apple Acres. Three fillies were inside, A unicorn, one Pegasus and one earth pony. Their names were Sweetie Belle, the unicorn, Apple Bloom, the earth pony, and Scootaloo, the Pegasus. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were chatting about the violent destruction of Equestria, Apple Bloom was pacing back and forth, and trying to get her peer's attention, until she just shrieked a high pitched cry,
'TODAY IS OUR LAST DAY TO GET OUR CUTIE MARKS!' Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo sat down without question. Apple Bloom then smiled and said calmly, 'I'm going to Zecora's to try brewery, I diagnosed myself with The Cutie Pox ages ago, with brewery, C'mon, let’s go!' Apple Bloom galloped outside, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo just sat there, confused.
'We won't need cutie marks after today, what’s the point,' asked Scootaloo to Sweetie Belle, but Apple Bloom was already in the Everfree Forest.
It wasn't dark in the Everfree Forest today, Celestia had promised sunshine all day. Apple Bloom trotted, not worried about the dangers. Apple Bloom arrived at Zecora's hut, to find that the hut had been abandoned, A note was stuck on the pot, it read, 'If I am dead, be sure to keep my pets fed' Obviously Zecora was dead, Apple Bloom exited the hut, tearfully. She galloped blindlessly though the trees, eyes clouded with tears. SMACK. Apple Bloom had run into a giant, stone brick wall. Apple Bloom wiped her eyes, and realized she was standing in front of a ruin, She went inside, and after 15 minutes of wandering, she found a machine. Puzzled, she inspected the machine, curious. The machine had a comfy chair, with wiring of several different colours strung out behind it, Apple Bloom turned a small knob on the machine. Nothing happened. She stood back to admire the machine, and noticed a shadow rising over her....
Apple Bloom felt her instinct nagging her to run from the shadow, but she fought it, until she was shaking violently. Apple Bloom did her best to fight, and turned around, trying futilely to look brave and have a 'I'm not scared!' expression, but as she turned around, horror had already occupied her expression, and froze. Apple Bloom stared up at the red-eyed figure, light-blue, the blue stained with blood red patches everywhere. It was none-other than Trixie Lulamoon.
'Weeeeeeell, hai assssssssssisstant Apple Bloom, Where have you beeeeen? I need someooooone to tesssst my Time-sttttttreeeeam machiiiiiine,' Trixie was drawling, She seemed to believe that Apple Bloom was her faithful assistant, willing to walk into Equestria's core for her. Apple Bloom was frozen in horror, Trixie levitated Apple Bloom, Apple Bloom was no-longer simply frozen in fear, Trixie had frozen her joints temporarily. Apple Bloom's eyes darted around, as Apple Bloom was strapped into a seat, Apple Bloom noticed the stains on the badly-stiched red seat. The chair was caked in dryed, crusted blood.. This machine could kill her, by accident. Trixie wasn't a murderer, she was trying to get Apple Bloom into the time-stream. Apple Bloom then had a think how this machine worked, To get to the time-stream, you had to die. Apple Bloom was going to die. Immobile, Trixie flipped the switch, and Apple Bloom's shrieks were silenced.
Trixie stared at the monitor above the machine. Fresh blood and ashes had appeared where Apple Bloom had sat, The monitor displayed static and errors began to display, when Trixie saw the monitor beginning to register something entering the time-stream. Apple Bloom had made it, but a long painful trip lay in front of Apple Bloom. Apple Bloom was still paralyzed by Trixie. Before Apple Bloom could enter the time-stream properly, she had to be modified in several different ways, Fillies contain a special chemical, that is in the blood-stream, which is later destroyed in adolescence. The chemical stops the filly from growing too quickly, and also restricts certain talents. The chemical had stopped Apple Bloom from getting her cutie mark, she wouldn't have gotten a cutie mark ever, normally. Apple Bloom had something called 'Cumarkus Adosmellus Syndrome’, the chemical that created the syndrome was removed, through alot of, and a very small rainbow shone.
Apple Bloom was still alive, just she felt strange. Different. Apple Bloom could move now, she could watch the violent, explosive destruction of Equestria, or go to the sleep pods. she went to the sleep pods, and was greeted with thousands of sleeping ponies, some even had icicles inside. Apple Bloom realized, this wasn't just sleep pods, it was cryogenics.
Apple Bloom opened her eyes slowly, her pod was covered in frost and icicles, Apple Bloom was in a small air-pocket inside this giant ice-cube, literally. After she had fallen asleep, A bubble was put around her, and water was poured in. Apple Bloom prodded the ice with a hoof gently, The ice wasn't that cold, in fact, It felt like small streams of water were trickling down the ice, and then forming a puddle at her hooves, Apple Bloom's eyes shimmered in excitement. The ice cube was melting, but Apple Bloom knew it was her time to shine. She began to buck the ice cube, with strong, quick smashes of her hooves, cracking the ice.
A few minutes later, Apple Bloom was exhausted, but not defeated. The ice had large cracks in it, and with one final buck, the ice shattered like glass. Apple Bloom's hooves were numb, yet she felt pain. Still inside her capsule, she kicked the glass lightly, and it shattered all over the pale pink, visually flowing floor. Apple Bloom giggled giddily, and leaped out of her capsule. She was shocked as she simply fell through the floor of the time stream with a *gloop*
Author's Note
I'm not that fast at writing, sorry!
The updates may take a while, and my goal for this is to have it featured on Equestria Daily. Somepony tell me if it does!
Also, this story may suck. STAY WITH ME!
Grammar Nazis are welcome to point out grammar.
Empty Dirt and Empty Skies
Chapter 2: Empty Dirt & Empty Skies
Apple Bloom fell through the time-stream. The sensation of falling what looked like solid floor, was like falling through mud. Apple Bloom fell, and stared down at what appeared to be ground. She looked up and down, There was absolutely nothing to see, except for dirt and cloudless night sky, without stars or a moon. The landscape was empty, completely. At that moment it hit her. She was falling, with nothing but her own weak limbs to brace herself. A intense realization hit her. She was possibly going to die. Apple Bloom could do nothing but shriek, and flail her limbs around helplessly. She hit the ground with a gruesome ‘smack’ after falling 200 metres. Surprisingly she was not badly hurt. Bruises dotted her legs, and lumps appeared all over, which made her legs look like they were swelling. Apple Bloom got up, her legs shaking from the fall, and looked around. There were no clouds, It was night, there were no stars , and no moon. The ground was barren, and flat. It was pure soil, no grass. There was nothing but eerie silence. A crack of startling thunder was heard, but no lightning. The sound made Apple Bloom jump, and cover her ears. She looked up, and in the sky, was a projection of Celestia’s face. Her mane moved normally, but her face was stern, Apple Bloom had never seen Celestia looking stern. Her eyes almost screamed ‘I AM CELESTIA, LISTEN TO ME OR SUFFER DEATH’ She wasn’t smiling. Apple Bloom cowered in fear, and Celestia began to speak. Her voice boomed majestically. She said, ‘I want ALL of you to build New Equestria. You are the chosen creators of New Equestria. You must summon two others. You must have one Unicorn, and One Pegasus. If one or both are not present, you will become a temporary Alicorn.’ Apple Bloom was still cowering on the ground, when the projection disappeared with a clap of thunder, still no lightning.
Apple Bloom looked up to the sky, and began to bark. ‘Sweetie Belle? Scootaloo? Uh, I summon Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo!’ At that moment, she saw the sky split slightly, and two figures began to fall. The sky closed again a few seconds later with a sickening loud ‘slurp’ Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were falling, and they weren’t strong enough to survive a fall that large. High up in the Time Stream, Celestia looked upon the two falling fillies. Her horn glowed with a lemon yellow aura, and little Sweetie Belle’s horn seemed to have a yellow aura. Her eyes flashed yellow, and the yellow aura gripping Sweetie Belle’s horn disappeared with a hiss. Sweetie Belle was about to hit the ground, when she caught herself in a magic green bubble. Scootaloo was falling. It was at that moment she noticed her wings. All pegasi ponies had three small feathers, and four feathers sprouting from the smaller feathers. Scootaloo has two small feathers, and three larger feathers. At that moment she realised, she was deformed from birth, and was doomed to never fly. Scootaloo saw a yellow aura grip her wings, She stopped falling and floated, From her wing, a smaller feather appeared, and spawned two larger feathers with it. The yellow aura disappeared, again, with a hiss. Scootaloo flapped her wings, and found she was flying. She began to cry in delight, and checked her flank. Blank, as usual. She didn’t care for once though. She flew down to her two friends in a fast spiral, and landed. She patted her wings gently and grinned so much her jaw hurt.
Sweetie Belle attempted to use her new magic, to check what the yellow aura had done, other than fill her with advanced spell craft, enough to rival even Twilight Sparkle. She thought of a tree, and concentrated, forming the atoms with a large rush of magic, sweat poured down her face, and a few seconds later, a fully grown tree was trapped in her horn aura. Sweetie Belle cleared some dirt using her magic, and placed the tree. Sweetie Belle was now a master of magic, but a cutie mark was yet to appear. Apple Bloom trotted up to the tree, and gave it a strong kick with her bruised hind legs, Some apples fell, Sweetie Belle was pleased with herself, picked a apple from the tree, and sat down. The three ate greedily, as small sprouts of grass began to appear.
Author's Note
About Scootaloo having bad wings, I don't really believe it. :P All filly pegasi have wings like that. The reason why I put that in, is because if you look, Scootaloo flaps her wings HARD AND FAST, while the others don't have to flap that fast. I'm not sure why Scootaloo can't fly yet. :P
