The Black Crucible

by little_Minionz

Rating: teen
Tags: Derpy Hooves, Dark, Alternate Universe, Lyra, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Colgate, Comedy, Bon-Bon, Other, Romance, Adventure
Length: 4270

This is a story of four mares and a mysterious colt, that try to go on in life but, something brings them closer together than ever before. Colgate, Ditzy, Lyra, and BonBon must face something that Equestria only once faced before.

This is a story of four mares and a mysterious colt, that try to go on in life but, something brings them closer together than ever before. Colgate, Ditzy, Lyra, and BonBon must face something that Equestria only once faced before, an evil that has been locked away long before Celestia or her sister Luna was born.
What will happen you ask? Read the story to find out.

Every chapter will get progressively longer

Published 2013-03-23 16:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-04-08 01:30:41 UTC

Prologue

This is a story of four mares and a mysterious colt, that try to go on in life, but something brings them closer together than ever before. Colgate, Ditzy, Lyra, and BonBon must face something that Equestria only once faced before, an evil that has been locked away long before Celestia or her sister Luna was born.

The first Alicorn,
Lord Xephos!

He was a crude, harsh leader that put both ponies and zebras alike into slavery for the fun of it, and only the lucky ones who lived to through the torment under Xephos for their entire lives, were to live peaceful ones for the next seven years until they would have to send their next of kin to the horrid land of Equestria to be enslaved, tortured, and slaughtered.

The ponies were to have been mining out as much gemstones as possible without being mauled by savage Diamond Dogs, which would kill on sight and smell with an edged, grooved claw that horridly decapitate you within moments. The other choice was to work on building torture house’s that were on land that was infested with Hydras, It was an obvious choice. Out of everything, there was an alliance that would destroy operations and free slaves against their evil ruler that shrouded Equestria within total darkness. Their name was, “The Black Crucibles”, and they were Equestria’s first and final hope in this dreaded land of darkness and evil.

There was a colt with eyes like fire, a mane like the darkness of a shadow, and a coat of silver, named “Darkest Glow” and he was not a normal slave, no he was the most important servant of all, because he had a secret, a secret so big that if it got out, The Crucible’s location, and leader would be found, because he was the leader of The Black Crucibles, and if he was caught, there would be no hope for Equestria and her holy people.

For the resistance had lost many ponies and zebras whilst in this war, for they were about to lead the final assault on the evil kingdom that started it all. Hundreds of Pegasi, Unicorns, and Earth ponies were lined up, all ready to take orders from their General. “We hath all trained for this day, whilst some art not now ready we must take thee country back, from thus horrid leader. And make this back into the quaint flower of a kingdom it once was. Thine will face enemies that shan’t hesitate to kill and will make you want to cower but, we will over power them, and take back what was rightfully ours.”

The pawns were in front, Earth ponies that were too brave for their own good, then we had rooks and knights, the biggest, bulkiest Pegasi and Earth ponies the eye can see. Bishops were the fastest, smartest Unicorns and Pegasi in Equestria. Then in the back was me, the king, Darkest Glow and my queen, the strongest, most beautiful mare in all of Equine life, Forest Fury. The other side was dragons, goblins, hydras, and all other loyal slaves for the black king’s army.

-15 HOURS EARLIER-

“It’s five in the morning, darling.” Said Darkest Glow “And” started Forest Fury giggling “Have some fun for once, I want a baby, you know so we have something to fight for.” “No, we need our rest for tonight, besides we can have a baby when it’s all over.” He said gently “But what if we don’t win.” “Hey, don’t think like that, Fury. We will win, with our strength and courage, we can do anything.” Glow tried to reassure, though he wasn’t as sure himself.

“I just want to be relaxed before we do this” Forest started, sounding sad “And I don’t think both of us will make it out alive.” She finished, sounding much more sorrowful. “I said stop thinking like that, honey. We will stop Xephos’ reign of terror; whatever it takes we will kill him. So stop sounding so glum, alright.” Said Glow, still trying to reassure. “Whatever, I’m just gonna go to bed.” She stated, ever so glumly. “Honey, wai-“ “Just go away, Glow” And with that she flew to her room, Glow would have followed her but, he was just an earth pony.

-PRESENT TIME-

Half of Darkest Glow’s ponies were down, or in the barracks getting treated for injuries. He and his best Soldiers, including his top Lt. (Which so happened to be his wife) were in the castle, fending off from the loyal servants and goblins. They were in a Corridor where the paintings were giving off weird vibes as if they were watching us; we were getting surrounded whilst Xephos was getting stronger by absorbing all of the dead souls on the battlefield, they were getting closer. “Fuck, we won’t survive if they get any closer!” Yelled Darkest Glow

Horrifyingly, Forest through herself at the horde, saving the rest of the Soldiers. “Fury!” yelled the team of eight, mourning their loss in the team. ”We have to go Glow, we can dwell on this later but, now we have to go.” Said Glow’s, second top Lt., SunFire. A white Pegasus mare with a grey mane, and rose red eyes. “She was my wife, and she sacrificed her life for us, it should’ve been me.” Glow said glumly. “No, thou art the only one who can save Equestria, not thine’s wife.” Said a red earth pony colt who was the most built up of the bunch, his name was Red Sapphire. “We must go.” He said once more. “Fine but, if their’s a chance that she’s alive, we will find her, You Hear ME!

“We can’t be far now.” Stated Glow, dreading that they were so forthcoming with the idea to come. “Depends if we’re goin’ in the right direction.” Said SunFire not completely sure where they were going. Then “BOOM” an explosion spell went off, causing the roof to collapse onto them. Two unicorn rooks were killed, because they were not fast enough when falling back. “Goodbye to both Rusty, and Spitfire.” The remaining five saluted to their lost soldiers.

The hill of stone and ruble was too steep to climb but, not too tall to not fly over, the two Pegasi decided to go over and scout the area ahead whilst they find another rout. The plan was thought out but, not a good one. They were all splitting up and Glow didn’t like it at all but, he couldn’t find himself to stop them in time. And in about thirty minutes, he heard screams coming from behind them.

Glow winced as he heard their screams, all that was left was, two Earth ponies, including Glow, and his bishop, Bishop, he was a dark teal Unicorn with a verdant and grey colour scheme for a mane. “Red, where are we in the castle?” Asked Bishop, in a slightly confused matter. “Fifteen from the throne room, why?” “I need to know how we can get there, not how long, Dipshit.” “Oh, that my good sire, I don’t know. For I hath not memorized this part of the castle.” Red said, surprisingly reluctant.

-EIGHTEEN MINUETS LATER-

The throne room door was gigantic, to say the least, it had grooves that looked like scars on flesh, and colours like blood spilt onto a golden hey carpet. “Alright, this must be it.” stated Glow. The three ponies strained to open the death trap that was a door, but what was their struggle, would not compare to what they were about to face.

“You’re finally here! And I thought you were to have given up, how sad.” Said a maniacal voice that echoed around the room. “We will never give up, no matter how much you through at us when we give up, is when you die!” yelled an out raged Glow as he saw his companions in a cage, tied up with a muzzle on their mouths. “You think you can defeat me, you miniscule lama, I’d like to see you try!” Exclaimed Lord Xephos, too confident in himself.

Whilst he was boasting, Red decided to take the opportunity to sneak around, and started running to buck Xephos in the face, while Red is the strongest and most intellectual of them, he lacked how to form a good plan. In the corner of the maniacal Lord’s eye receptacle, he saw Red Sapphire charging and at the last second, the evil doer let out a blast of magic that would paralyze red for the rest of his short life.

After Glow and his last companion saw, this they were furious, so much so that Bishop Teleported onto the Alicorn’s neck and started to choke him furiously. The Alicorn laughed at this, “Ha, you think this will work peasant, you art nothing compared to thee, you will die!” “You have killed and enslaved my friends, YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!” Furiously yelled Bishop, still trying to suffocate the Lord Xephos.

Finally, Xephos figured how to through him off, and once he did Bishop threw up a protective spell and blocked the killing spell Xephos had shot at them. Darkest Glow, the leader, and his one final ally, started to charge. And before the three collided, a magical blast came from Bishop’s horn that was supposed to teleport them behind the Lord Alicorn but, it did one of two things.

It transported both Glow and Bishop Five thousand years into the future

It trapped Xephos in Glow’s sword

-FIVE THOUSAND YEARS LATER-

It was a peaceful day in Fillydelphia, well as peaceful as it can be in a big city in Equestria. Let’s just say it was a normal day in Fillydelphia, when all of a sudden “BOOOOOOOM”! An explosion went off in the middle of the suburbs, destroying twelve houses, injuring four. Lyra, Bonbon, Colgate, and poor old Derpy when she was delivering mail.

“Get me a defribulator, stat!” yelled a doctor that worked at the hospital that the six were currently at, Caringhoof Hospital was in the top three Hospitals in Equestria 03-13 running, and that is where all being treated. “Where is that defribulator, I’m trying to save this colt’s life.” “Here sir.” Said a mare nurse, who was helping the doctor.

-TWO HOURS LATER-

“Doctor, I’m sorry to inform you, but the teal pony we found in the middle of the blast area, he didn’t make it. But for the other five ponies in the blast radius, they will be up and about in the next week or so.” Informed the feeble nurse. “Good, but for the teal pony, what shall we do with the corpse?” Doctor Frodo asked. “Because we couldn’t find any background checks for family on him, we’ll send him to the nearest cemetery to have him berried. “

“How are the other five, how stable are they?” he asked once again. “Lyra Heartstrings is the best out of the bunch, with only minor burns to the cranium, but her mane will grow back. Colgate, she has no known family, but we’ve informed her work place that she has both her hind legs shattered. Ditzy Doo had the feathers on her wings burn off, so she will not be flying anytime soon, but she took a bad fall. Luckily she only broke her forehoof in the fall.

“As for Bonbon and the silver one, well-“ Was all she got out, before a crashing noise came from down the hall. “Where am I?” said Glow, startled by the scenery. He fell out of the, thing that he was resting on moments ago, and started walking down the hall. Guard ponies started running down the hall after him; it was hard for him to move. He checked his under belly and saw that there was a thick lace connecting his stomach, and keeping his inside’s from falling out but, he didn’t want them to catch him thinking that it was Xephos’ minions.

“Hey, get back here!” Ordered the two security guards in unison. “I don’t take orders from the enemy, followers of Xephos.” Glow said as he tried limping away. The confused security guards stopped for a moment, then continued as doctors and nurses tried to catch him as well. After a minute or two of struggling, he gave up and let them take him back to his room.”Where am I?” he demanded “A hospital dumbass, and you have two hundred and fifty stitches holding your stomach together, so don’t try and break them, or I will personally kill you.” Said an agitated Nurse Red Heart.

“How did I get here, and why am I here?” asked an annoyed Glow, “First of all, what’s your name?” asked Red Heart. “Darkest Glow, Now how did I get here?” he asked once more. “Alright, Mr. Glow, do you have any family, or insurance?” Red Heart asked. “Stop asking these damn questions and tell me how I got here!” Glow yelled at Red Heart. She gave him a dose of antibiotics, and left with a smirk on her face as he drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note

My first attempt at a Fan-fiction, and in the middle of it my right hand goes limp and, now I can't use it but, I'm hoping for every chapter to get longer and longer. Also I originally had the name of the resistance, "The Red Crucible" but, then I realized it was a video-game, so I had to replace the name.

Chapter 1: Waking up

Glow woke up to a sight of doctors, ‘What are they doing?’ he wondered. “Ah you’re awake, we’re sorry about Red Heart and not answering your questions, she’s new. But the matter at hoof is that you don’t seem to have a cutie mark. Why is this” Asked Dr. Sexy Hoof. “What is a cutie mark?” inquired Glow. “Oh, we didn’t catch this, you seem to have amnesia. Well, a cutie mark is a mark that you get on your flank when you learn your, um, special Talent, mine is a scalpel with a red plus in the background, if you can see it.”

“Well that seems like a waste of time, but whom shall care about my thoughts. But you need to answer my questions!” Glow stated in an asshole-ish tone. “Where am I, and how get here?” Glow asked. “You’re in the Caring Hoof Hospital, as for how you got here, an ambulance.” Sexy Hoof stated blandly. “Why am I here?” “You’re injured.” Dr. Hoof said blandly, once again. “How did I get injured?” Glow asked curiously. “There was an explosion in the suburbs; you were in the middle of it. We don’t know what caused it, but authorities are investigating now.” Stated Doctor Sexy Hoof.

“Was there a sword, or any Silver platings near when you found me? Those cannot get into the wrong hands.” Glow asked/stated worryingly. “We gave all the things in the blast radius to the cops for evidence. Why is it important?” asked Sexy Hoof. “Damn, I need it for, something, I just know I do. What’s your name?” “My name is Dr.Sexy Hoof, uhg go ahead and make fun of me.” The doctor said glumly

“Why, you have been nothing more than nice to me?” A confused Glow asked. “Um, well, everypony makes fun of my name, it was what my father gave me, what an arse.” “Well you are beautiful, he had a good eye, if that means anything from me, but still, what are you all doing now?” asked Glow. “Th- thank you, nopony has ever complimented me like that, um, we are running scans to see if you have any bloodline steams to anypony.” Stated Dr.Hoof. “Well?” “Well what?” “Is there anypony related to me?” Asked Glow, “Oh, yes, yes there is, her name is Lyra Heartstrings, she is actually booked into the hospital right now, she was in the blast radius though, so she has a few new scars on her face.”

“Oh, so I guess I’m leaving with her, and can I see her?” Asked Glow, “With your current position, you can’t leave this bed unless you want to die; though I can tell her to come see you, if you want me to, and it’s her decision for you to go with her or not.” Said Sexy Hoof “Well, when can I go again?” Asked Glow going crimson, “Well, we say in a week, but with your amnesia, mmhh, ‘bout a week and a half.”

-RAINBOW DASH’S HOUSE-

“So scoots, wha’d ya have there?” Rainbow asked Scootaloo, “It’s a sword, I got it when I was in Fillydelphia with my parents, and, well it just landed right in front of me when I was walking to the hotel. And as the “Good” person I am, I took the hassle away from the cops.”Scoots said, “You should return it, though it is pretty cool. But still, we shouldn't have it,”Rainbow stated, hesitantly “Here I’ll take it back.”

“No! I mean, I’ll take it tomorrow, Rainbow, sorry for yelling.” An irritated orange and violet mare said. “Alright, but if you don’t I will personally make you.” Threatened Dashie, “Ok, fine, I’ll take it, but at least tomorrow let me take it to school, is that alright with you, RD?” Asked the rust coloured mare. “Well, Ok, but if I get a call from Ms.Cheerilee, you’ll be answering to me, though still that thing is pretty cool, please let me see it, and,” Said the cyan mare, “Crap,” she muttered to herself, “I’ll let you read my entire collection of Daring Doo, um, whenever you want.” She begged, pleadingly.

“No, I don’t even like Daring Doo, Books are for Eggheads like you,” Started the Pantone coloured mare, finishing with, “You stupid whore, why do you even try, go die in the hole!” Well that is what she was going to say, but she really said, “No, I don’t even like Daring Doo, that crap is for Eggheads like Twilight, and, even you.” She finished “Do not yell at me, and DO not call me an Egghead, and don’t say crap, you’re grounded, and I’m bringing the sword to junkyard!” The angered cyan mare finished the conversation, started to cry, and flew off to twilights for the night within seconds.

-CARING HOOF HOSPITAL, ONE WEEK LATER-

Lyra is visiting Glow, “I’ll let you stay with me for two months, after that, I’m kicking you out, whether you have a job or not. Do you understand Glow?” The turquoise mare asked, while the pale tan one started to look at her questioningly, “Don’t I have a say in this Lyra? I don’t care if he’s a long lost relative.” Bonbon started “I should at least have a say in this, I mean, we’re not just roommates anymore, and I don't want anypony ruining our fun, mainly because he’s your relative, besides, we already have two other roommates, and what will they think, and we have uni to go to.”

“You would have a call in this if it were anyone else, he looks like my brother, Lightest Spark, and I want to be nice for once, have we ever been nice to anypony while we were here?” A rhetorical question at it’s best. “Fine, but only for two months; after that we’re kicking him out, whether any of us like him or not. The regal mare stated firmly. “Am I causing problems?” Asked Glow ‘ The hell are they talking about, and what’s uni?’ He silently thought. “No!” They yelled in unison, “I mean, stop copying me! UHHH, let’s just go.” They once again yelled at the same time. “Alrighty then, where to?” asked Glow.

“Well we have a flat near, The University of Fillydelphia, but we’re gonna have to take a taxi, Bonbon sorry to ask, but do you have any bits?” Asked Ms.Heartstrings “Yes,” she started angrily, “But you need to start carrying your own currency.” Bonbon finished. They all started to check out of the Health Center, when Colgate asked Ditzy, “Do you think we’ll get paid vacation, Ditzy?” “Dunno, but if they don’t, they’ll be answering to the Doctor, and he sticks up for me!”Derpy said proudly. “Who is this Doctor guy?” Glow asked “Yeah, I want to know as well.” said Lyra, “Only the most awesomest, coolest, and most funniest person ever, I think.” Said Derpy, exuberantly.“I’m guessing he’s Dinky’s father?” Asked Bonbon, “Yeppers, um, I think he’s coming to visit next week, but Dinky is in Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, I miss her sooo much.” She stated solemnly.

-TWENTY MINUTES LATER-

They were finally getting out of the hospital, and when they walked out the building, Glow fainted, “What the hell is this place,” He asked himself, before falling away. He woke in a new environment, it was dark like a shadow, and he immediately knew he had to find where he was, he got off the bed, which was much more comfortable than the hospital one he had to say, and after falling flat on his ass three times, observed the room.

It was dark, so he went to go open the windows, once they were opened, he saw a nice tidy room, a dresser on one side, with a tall and wide, black and shiny, thin box, he read the label, ‘LUNA COMPUTER SCREEN’, and under it was a small black box that had three numbers on it, (8:33 am), “Well at least it’s morning,” He muttered to himself. He looked across the room, it was another, screen, thingy, but it read, ‘GATEWAY, LAPTOP’, on the desk next to the bed. Out the window was a great view of what was left of the suburbs, it was also a great view of the gigantic city he was in, and about a kilometer away, was The University of Fillydelphia, it was a magnificent sight, and Glow thought he would never go there, but he thought there was business there.

He started out the door and into the hallway, and he felt a weird sensation, someone was watching him, he turned and saw a griffon, he asked who Glow was, in a cruel stance. “My name is Darkest Glow, I’m lyra's cousin, I’m staying for a month or two. Who are you?” Glow asked. “My name is Gryphon, and yes I’m a griffon. Well anyway, let’s get some grub, follow me.” Gryphon said.

They trotted down the throughout the house walking by rooms that were occupied by several different ponies, including Ditzy in her room, and Bonbon in Lyra’s. They got to the kitchen, and Lyra and Colgate were cooking eggs, hashbrowns, and hey sandwiches. “Hey Gryphon,” Said Colgate from behind the stove, “How are you?” She asked, “Good, and I must say this every day, but you girl’s cooking is amazing, it’s been waking me up every day for a year now, and it helps that i’ve tasted it as well.”

“I haven’t smelled anything like this in, I don’t know how long.” Glow commented, cheerilee. “Thank you Glow, it should be finished in a minute or two, for now, urm the T.V. is over there, unless you want to stay and talk.” Lyra stated, Gryphon left to the living room, after pecking a kiss on Colgate’s muzzle. “A pony and a griffon? Interesting, how long?” Asked Glow. Colgate went crimson, and said “Be quiet, people don’t know in this dorm.” she said in a hushed tone, “Only you, and Lyra know, I hope.” She said, both relatives started laughing at her, “Why hide it?” they said in unison.

Lyra looked at Glow, a bit confused, “Why do you say that Glow?” asked Lyra, “Well why hide your love for Bonbon, wait, was I supposed to say that?“ asked Glow, “No, and now Colgate knows, and don’t answer me in questions, Glow.” stated Lyra, mad at the silver colt. “This is starting to get awkward, and I’m happy for you Lyra, but how did he find out?”The blue mare asked. “That’s interesting, how did you find out?” “Who cares, the food is finished!” Said an agitated Mare with a blue and pink mane.

“Why is everypony yelling?” Asked Derpy in a sad tone, after remembering she didn’t have anymore muffins in the fridge. “Um, Ditzy, I think we should just leave the to what they were doing, come on, you too Glow.” Colgate said. Gryphon walked in, and motioned them to the living room, and they discussed, The Great Equestrian War, Glow had the most details, and he learned that after he and Lord Xephos disappeared, his wife, Forrest Fury, became the leader of Equestria, and started cleaning out the land of darkness and evil, and she had a baby, which just so happened to be, Princess Celestia of Equestria.

-AT SCOOTALOO’S HOUSE-

“Shut the fuck up you goddamn Whore!” Yelled Scootaloo’s drunk dad, “What fuck colt have you been fucking this past week!?” He yelled again, “If you don’t shut up dad, I’ll kill you if you shan’t leave me! “ Yelled Scootaloo, “I’m still a virgin, you bitch, but now that I think about it, I think I’ll become a stripper, or a hooker, but only after I kill you, you drunk mother FUCKER!” She bucked him in the middle of his muzzle, knocking him uncontentious, after that; she flew to Sweetie Belle's house and stayed the night......

Author's Note

Well, it isn't longer than the first chapter, but at least I stopped procrastinating.