Meteor Shower Musicby Son of No OneChaptersPrologueChapter 1Chapter 2Prologue"Next stop, Ponyville!", the conductor called out. Time to get ready I thought. As I listened to the steady clickety-clack of the train I gathered all of my belongings, a medium sized suitcase, and a duffel bag. As I stood waiting for my stop I started to ponder what I would call the store. TSSSSSSSSSSSSS! "Welcome to Ponyville folks! Watch your step as you exit the train, and have a nice day.", said the conductor a few moments later as he opened the train door. I stepped outside and looked around in wonder, "So this is Ponyville", I said out loud to no one in particular, as other people stepped out into the daylight. "Yes it is! And I hope you will have a spectacular-rific time here!" said a slightly bobbing, pink haired woman in front of me. "Um.... thank you for the welcome but im kind of in a hurry", I said walking past her. "Wait!" she said, "Can I at least know your name so I can plan your welcome party?" "My name is Meteor Strike, and thank you for the party, but I need to get to my new music store...... wait a minute...... instead of throwing me a welcome party, could you help me with my grand opening?", I asked, while brushing my messy brown hair out of the way of my eyes. "Hmmmm..." she thought, "I'll help you with your grand opening, but since it is still a welcome party I would like it to be as soon as possible." "Give me two weeks to set up the store and I'll get back to you, ok." I said "Awsome!!, I need to start the planning RIGHT NOW", she said as she started to walk away hurridly. "Wait!" I shouted, "Can I at least know where you live so I can get back to you on this?" "I live at Sugarcube Corner, and my name is Pinkie Pie by the way" she responded. "Ok, I'll see you in two weeks Pinkie Pie", I said as she walked away. ——————Ten Minutes Later—————— After asking around I found my shop, located next to a place called Carosel Boutique. My shop is a small, square, two story building, that I plan to live in on the top floor. As I walked in I looked at the walls that, I paid in advance for, looked like a rock concert was going on. They were amazingly detailed as each wall had my four favorite bands. The north wall had ACDC, the east wall had Aerosmith, the west wall had Mötley Crüe, and the south wall had, my personal favorite, Metallica. The only furniture that's in the room is a U shaped counter in the back along with a small stereo system, some shelves on the east and west walls, speakers hanging in the upper corners of the walls, and two doors, one leading to a back room and the other to the sairs leading up to my living quarters. *Knock Knock* I turned around to see a blonde haired woman standing next to a lot of boxes, slightly waving throught the glass door. Who could that be, I mean I just got here, I thought as I walked over to the door. "Hello", she said as I opened up the door, "Are you Meteor Strike?" "Yes I am", I responded, "Are these for me?" I asked pointing to all the boxes. "Yep, can you sign this paper?" she asked pulling out a peice of paper and a pen. "Oh sure", I said as I took the paper. " It sure is empty in there." she said "Yeah, I still need to put in more shelves and stuff", I said signing the paper. "And a sign..... could you help me bring up the boxes?" I asked. "Ok, just show me the way." she said, picking up half the boxes. "Be carefull with them please, they are fragile", I said taking the last of the boxes and walking towards the stairs. "I'll be as carefull as I can", she said wobbling slightly. Arriving in my room, which I also had paid to have furnished, we put the boxes next to my bed and I put my bags on top of it. I thanked the girl for helping me, and looked around. The walls were a dark blue, I had a normal sized bed, a 50 inch flatscreen T.V., a small stereo system with speakers around the room, a desk, some shelves, and a dresser. "Welcome home", I said to myself. ------------One Week Later---------- I had all my boxes unpacked, my room was fully decorated, the store had all of its cases, CD racks, more shelves and a couple T-Shirt racks. The store also had some music, mainly rock and metal, posters on the windows, inside and out. I finally finished my sign, with the help of a guy named Big Mac, the sign said Meteor Shower Music in fiery red and orange letters. As I was putting shirts on the racks, two women walked through the door. One had tom-boyish blue hair with white streaks in it, the other had kinda poofy dark brown hair. "Im sorry but I'm not open yet, the grand opening is next week.", I told them. "We weren't looking to buy anything we were wondering if you were hiring.", the blue haired one said, while the brown haired one nodded. "Do you know a lot about music?", I asked them. This time the brown haired one spoke, "I know about what makes good music and some about the songs and bands, while Vinyl here, knows what is good music and knows a lot more than I do about the songs and bands.", she said. "What song has the lyrics, 'Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased, as they start to cry, hands held to the sky, In the night the fires are burning bright, the ritual has begun Satan's work is done'" I sang. Vinyl answered almost imediatly, "Number of the Beast", she said. "By?", I asked "Octavia, your turn", said Vinyl, "Iron Maiden", said Octavia "What band sings the song, For Whom the Bell Tolls?", I asked. "Metallica" they said at the same time. "What three musicians had there own shows about their families?", I asked Octavia answered this time "Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, and Dee Snider." "What is Ozzy's real name?" I asked "John Osbourne", answered Vinyl "Not bad, not bad at all." I said, causing them to smile. "You're hired" "Yes!", they shouted "Just wear whatever, there is no uniform. The first thing you guys can help with is stocking the shelves and putting the rest of the records and guitars on display", I said pointing to the stuff behind me. They started doing that as I walked behind the counter to pur a CD in the stereo. I seached through the box of CD's I had back there and pulled out a KISS CD, put it in the player and turned the volume up. The first song that came on was Love Gun. As the song was playing I told Vinyl and Octavia how I wanted the store organized. "I would like the CD's to be organizdd by genre and in alphabetical order, the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games can go on the west wall, and the t-shirts can just go on the racks in no specific order", I told them. They nodded and we all got back to work. When the day was over I sent Vinyl and Octavia back home. "Come in at 8:30 am so we can finish fine tuning everything", I called after them. "Sir yes sir!", Vinyl said jokingly, while Octavia was laughing beside her. I smirked and closed the door. Turning off the lights I went upstairs to my room. They are nice girls I thought as I took off my shirt and plopped into my bed, Almost time for the grand opening of Ponyville's first music shop, as I drifted off to sleep. -------------------A Couple Days Later----------------- I awoke to the beautifull sounds of Dropkick Murphys playing The Boys sre Back. I got out of bed and put a pair of jeans and an ACDC shirt on, slipped on my shoes and walked downs stairs. "Wow", I said astonished at the sight before me "You really know how to throw a party Pinkie Pie" "Thanks!", she said "It was a bit more difficult to plan a store opening, than a welcome party but I got it done!" "Is even music themed", I said looking around. "Hey we helped her with setting up!", protested Vinyl "And getting all the details finalized!", Octavia said, joining in. "Its amazing! How long did you guys stay up to finish it?", I questioned. "Only a couple hours after you went to sleep", said Pinkie "Sorry to interupt but its almost time to open!", Octavia said "So get your ass in gear!" "Hey, I am your boss you know!", I responded "Yeah, and yet Im the manager telling the owner when we open the first time!", she yelled back, unlocking the door. I walked over to her and took a peek out the door, my eyes bulged as I noticed how many people were waiting to come in, It looks like half the town is here I thought. "Vinyl are you ready?", I asked, looking over at her. She looked up from her turntables and gave me a thumbs up. "Okay", I said "We are officially" "Open!!", We all said together. That was Vinyls cue, the moment the people surged in she dropped the base. ------------4 Hours Later--------- The day went buy in a giant blur. All I remember was selling a lot of CD's, meeting basically the entire town, meeting most of Pinkie Pies friends, and my favorite part Vinyl trying to get all the guys who were hitting on her, away from her. The last of the people started to leave. "Hey guys! Every friday you can come see Vinyl perform! Tell your friends!", I called after them, leaning out the door. I turned and closed the door behind me, about to lock it to close up for the day, Vinyl and Octavia left an hour ago cause I sent them home after today. I was about to lock it when I noticed a woman walking over. She had purple, curly hair and was wearing a white dress. I opened the door to get a better look, and she was beautiful. "Um, are you closing?", she asked with a slight british accent "Uuuhhhh", I responded unable to say anything else. All I could think about was her beautiful voice. "Are you still open?", she repeated. "Uhh.... Yes we are still open", I answered, stunned I opened the door more and waved her in. "Are you looking for anything in particular?", I asked as she walked in and looked around. "I was actually looking for something, classical.", she said. "Um... well we don't really carry anything classical, but I do have The Beatles.", I told her. "I have not heard of them. Are they any good?", she asked. "You haven't heard of The Beatles!?!", I asked, she shook her head "Well prepare to be amazed", I said as I picked out a Beatles disk at random from one of the shelves. I walked behind the counter put it in the player and pressed play, as I heard the familiar guitar notes being strummed I coulnd't help but sing along........... Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Little darling It's been a long, cold lonely winter Little darling It feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Little darling I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling It seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right It's all right The song ended and I pressed pause. "Wow, you were right they are good", she said, "You're also good at singing". "Thanks", I said blushing slightly. "So how much is the CD", she asked. "Hmmm, well im not supposed to do this but since im the owner, screw it, no charge", I told her. "Really?", she questioned "Yup, really. As someone who has not heard of The Beatles up until today, you deserve to have it for free.", I told her. "Really though, I must give you something!", she said. "What is your name?" "Meteor Strike, but it's really no problem at all", I responded. "No. I simply must repay you....... I know!", she said "I'll take you out for dinner on saturday!" "Why would a girl like you ask out a guy like me?", I questioned, for some odd reason. "Well, when you first moved here I saw you through my window next door and thought you were kind of cute.", she said blushing slightly. "I also like the way you flick your hair out of your eyes". "Uummm...", was all I could say. She giggled and said "I'll come and get you at 7:30, saturday night, kay?" "But I don't even know your name", I said. "My name is Rarity, and I'll see you saturday night, Meteor Strike", she said walking out the door. So the girl next door is into me I thought Cool Chapter 1------ 1 Year Later ------ "Bye Vinyl, bye Octavia", I said as they walked out of the store, "See you at the Celebration!" "Bye!", they both said. When they left I started to talk to myself, "Maby Rarity forgot the end of last time we went so I can finally be with her again". _______Flashback (3rd date)_______ "Its beautiful out tonight", Rarity said as I walked her back to her house, her arm entwined with mine. "Not as beautiful as you", I said, as we neared her house. At the last comment she blushed hard, looking me in the eyes. "I had a great time Meteor Strike.", said Rarity as I stopped at her door. "So did I", I answered, giving her a long hug, "Soo... Umm, good night", I released the hug and rubbed my nose. "No, not yet", she said as she held on to my hands, and she leaned towards my face. My nose starting to itch more.Our lips were almost touching when... *AACHOO!* "EEEEWWW! Thats so disgusting!", she screamed, wiping her face. "Oh! Rarity, Im sorry Im sorry!", I apologised, hurridly looking for something to wipe her face with. "GOOD NIGHT, METEOR STRIKE!", she screamed, opening then slamming the door in my face. "Im sorry Rarity!", I yelled through the door. "I said, GOOD NIGHT!", she yelled back. Damn, so close!, I thought Damn it!, Damn it, Damn it!, as I hit myself repeatedly, walking back to my house. _____ End Flashback _____ As I chuckled a bit at that thought, I went and changed my shirt to a nicer one and put on my leather jacket. I headed back downstairs, grabbed a couple CD's, went outside, locked the door, and I ran to the library where Pinkie Pie is throwing a suprise party for a new arrival. Before Vinyl and Octavia left, Pinkie ran by and said to be at the library as soon as possible. She then ran off, to start the party. As I arrived I noticed the lights were still off, Good, I thought It hasn't started yet. I opened the door and said "Pinkie its me, where is the stereo?" "Over in the back", she whispered "I see her coming!" I ran over and hopped the desk it was on, powered it on put in a CD, paused it, turned up the volume and waited. "-simply must get into bed", someone flew in and said, holding a small something or other. "Wait its just Fluttershy", I whispered. Then another woman walked in, took the small thing and placed it on the ground, and pushed her out, saying something I didn't hear. She then started to talk to the small... thing "Sorry Spike, but I have to somehow convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is back, and we are running out of time. I just need to be alone without all these crazy people trying to make friends all the time. Now were is the light?". "SUPRISE!!!!", shouted everyone. That was my cue, so I pressed play, and one of my favorite songs was played, Holiday by Green Day. Say, hey! Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!) The shame,The ones who died without a name Hear the dogs howling out of key To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!) And bleed, the company lost the war today I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On holiday (The song continues from here) After adjusting the knobs, I walked over to were Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, and even Fluttershy, who didn't even talk to me for a couple months, was talking to the new girl. "Hi, Im Meteor Shower, what's your name?", I asked her. "Yeah, yeah hi", she said with an annoyed tone, as she walked past me to pour herself a drink. Pinkie was talking to her but all I didn't really hear anything she was saying. I wasn't paying attention. My parents were astrophysicists, they studied the stars and planets, and they taught me to observe. And that was what I was doing, they way the girl walked was like she was high and mighty or some kind of royalty. She held her chin up high and looked like she faces her problems head on. The way she looked around was like she could read you like a book, and which, by the looks of it, she does a lot. She had long, straight black hair with one stripe of pink and one stripe of purple. I could get used to her, but, now that I could see him,her little purple and green dragon friend might take a while. He was following Rarity were ever she went, with a lovestruck like face. By the time I turned back around to talk to her again, she was running up the stairs, and the dragon, Spike, picked up the bottle of what she poured in her cup. "Huh, hotsauce", he said. Pinkie then took the bottle away from him and poured the rest on a cup cake, then popped it in her mouth. "What, ith good", she mumbled with her mouth full, looking around at us. After that I walked over to Rarity, "Hey, Rares, I was wondering of I could take you out to dinner in a couple days?" She looked at me with an annoyed face and said "Do you think I forgot what happened the last time we went out?", while crossing her arms. "You still remember, huh?", I said "How could she not remember? I mean you sneezed in her mouth!", interrupted Rainbow Dash, laughing. "RAINBOW!", both me and Rarity yelled, "How did you know that!?", I asked, now embarrased. "I was hanging out on her roof waiting for you to get back", she said. "Why were you on my roof!?", Rarity questioned "I was waiting for you two love birds to get back so I could see how well the date went. And after that I figured out how it ended, and it was Hilarious! I had to fly away to keep you from hearing me!", she said laughing. Rarity blushed and turned away, while I chaised Rainbow around the room. "Hey everybody!", Vinyl said, bursting through the door "Its about to start!" Everybody made a mad dash to the door, no dought only to get a good spot to see the Princess. I went over and turned off the music, and I left the CD's there in hopes that the new girl would listen to them. I walked over to Rarity and scooped her up bridal style, "C'mon Rarity please, just give me another chance?", I asked her, she just turned her head away, "Please Rarity?", she looked at me and said "I'll think about it", I put her down and gave her a big hug, "Thank you Rarity, I promise it will be better than the last one", I told her. We walked to the Town Hall, and I found a spot with the others including the new girl while Rarity hurried to her spot up on the balcony. We got there in the middle of the mayors speech, "- will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate the longest day in the year. And now it is with great honor that I introduce to you the ruler of this land, the woman who gives us the sun and stars, each and every day, who brought harmony to every body, Princess Celestia!" Rarity pulled open the curtain from the balcony above the mayor. Behind the curtain was.... nothing..... "Huh?", Rarity said. "This can't be good", the new girl said, "Everybody just calm down", said the mayor "There must be an explanation for this". "OH! OH! I love guessing games! Is she hiding?", Pinkie said looking around, not grasping what is happening, "She's gone", said Rarity, looking over the balcony. "She's gooood", said Pinkie Pie "Aaaaahhhhhh!" Is that some sort of fog? I thought, looking at the balcony. "Oh no...", the new girl said, ducking slightly. Suddenly a heavily armored, but still beautiful in a deadly way, woman appeared, and spread her jet black wings, aurrounded by, what seemed to be her hair, in the black fog. "Nightmare Moon". "Oh my sun loving subjects, its been so long since I've seen your faces", said Nightmare Moon, "What have you done with our princess!", shouted Rainbow, taking flight towards her, me and AJ both grabbed the back of her shirt. "Whoa, there girl", said AJ, "Ha ha ha ha...... am I not royal enough for you?", said Nightmare Moon "Do you even know who I am?". "Oh! How about Pokey Smokes, Queen Meanie or Black Snooty—Blm S-hm-hm", said Pinkie Pie as AJ shoved food into her mouth. I would have been amusing, but we were all to scared to laugh..... or even move. "What does my royal title not mean anything since I've been imprisoned for a thousand years?", said Nightmare Moon, who leaned towards Fluttershy, making her cower behind her hands, "Did you not remember the story, or see the signs", she said holding onto Rarity's chin, causing her to look away. "I did", said the new girl, causing Nightmare Moon to let go of Rarity's chin, "And I know who you are, you're Nightmare Moon!" "Well looks like somebody remembers me, so if you know who I am you know why I've come back?", said Nightmare Moon, "You're her to-to-", the new girl stammered "Remember this day, for it shall be your last", Nightmare Moon said, "Because the night will be forever!!!", she laughed, raising her arms and summoning powerful magic, creating a lightning storm and a swirling vortex above her. TO BE CONTINUED......... Chapter 2Men, women and children were pushing, shoving and screaming at the top of their lungs, just your generic town panic attack. As people were freaking out I saw the new girl run out of the building, along with Rainbow Dash at her heals. "Come on Meteor Strike, we have to follow them before Rainbow goes all Rainbow on Twilight", said Rarity, waving for the other to come over, "Come on guys lets go find Twilight!". So thats her name I thought, as Rarity grabbed my hand and started running after Rainbow Dash. We saw Rainbow Dash almost instantly because of the rainbow trail she left behind. "It looks like they are headed towards the library, come on!", I said. As we neared the library we started to hear the loud voice of Rainbow, yelling at Twilight. We burst into the library to hear Rainbow yell, "And how did you know about Nightmare Moon huh, are you a spy?!", as Twilight was backing up, slightly frightened, from Rainbow's advances. "Hey, lay of her Rainbow!", I said as I pulled her away from Twilight, "She didn't have anything to do with her, but she knows what's going on, don't you?", I told Twilight. There was a long pause before she answered, "I read all about the rise of Nightmare Moon, on how the starts would release her from her prison on the moon. According to my books the only things that can stop her are these mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony, but I don't know what they are or how to find them. I don't even know what they do-". "The Elements of Harmony, A Reference Guide", said Pinkie, looking at the book case. "What!? How did you find that?", Twilight said, pushing Pinkie out of the way, "It was under 'E'!", said Pinkie, walking over to us. "Oh...", said Twilight, With a pinkish aura surrounding her hand, she then used her magic to pull out the book and flip to a page. It hurt a little inside, to see her do that as a person who can use magic but is unable to do so. When I was growing up I could use magic about as much as a rock could. "Ok, so there are six elements, the element of laughter, kindness, generosity, honesty, and loyalty. But the sixth element was said to be a complete mystery, and that the last known location of the elements was said to be in the ancient castle of the royal sisters. But as of today that location is known as the Everfree Forest." "So? What are we waiting for, getting those elements is our best shot at defeating Nightmare Moon.", I said, looking around. "Oh, um do we all have to go there its dark and spooky and all sorts of things live in there", said Fluttershy, "Yes we do Fluttershy, we will support our friend and that means we go with her", said AJ. "Ok everybody lets go!", Twilight said as she walked out of the library. The walk to the Everfree Forest was a short one, but we were all quiet and stonefaced, except for Pinki Pie who was giggling about all the way there. As we were walking I noticed we were going towards Fluttershy's house. If Fluttershy is so scared of what lives in the forest, why does she live so close to it ?, I thought, as we arrived at the entrance to the forest. "Weee! Come on girls, and Meteor Strike, lets go!", "Not so fast. Look I appreciate the offer but I would rather do this by myself.". "No can do sugarcube, we ain't gonna let any friend of ours go into that forest all alone. Were gonna stick to you like caramel on a candy apple.", said AJ, walking with me and the others into the forest. "Especially if there are candy apples in there!........What? Those things are good.", said Pinkie following us into the forest, with Twilight following her. "So none of you have ever been in here?", asked Twilight, as we walked further into the forest. "Nope, I've never had a reason to come here", I answered, "Of course not, I mean look at this place, it's dreadfull", said Rarity with a hint of fear in her voice. I walked over to her and put my arm around her shoulder and she started to walk a little closer to me. "And its not natural, it works differently in here than the rest of Equestria", chimed in AJ, "Whats that supposed to mean?", asked Twilight. "Nobody knows", said Rainbow, with a scary voice. Causing Rarity to cower into my chest, while Pinkie and Fluttershy looked at Rainbow with frightened faces. "And do you know why?-" "Rainbow, quit it", said AJ "Because everybody who's ever come into the Everfree Forest, has never came back...OUT!", she screamed, causing Rarity to jump in my arms, Fluttershy to fly into the air in fright, and Pinkie to jump. *RUMBLE* *RUMBLE* As she finished her sentence the ground cracked and gave way, causing all but Fluttershy and Rainbow to slip and fall down a very steep slope, that lead to a cliff. As Pinkie Pie, AJ, and Rarity screamed as they fell, I was yelling, "Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah!!", but as the end of the steep hill was getting closer, I somehow regained my balance, got a foothold and prepared to catch any of the girls if they came my way. I was peering over the edge of the cliff as I heard, "Catch Me!!", I turned around to see Rarity tumbling towards me. "I gotcha!", I said, but the impact she had on me was more than I anticapated and we were both knocked over the cliff. I held on to Rarity who was screaming as we fell, but all I was yelling was, "Shit! Fuck! Shit! Fuck!", as we neared the ground I closed my eyes and held on to Rarity as she held on to me. But after a couple of minutes of Rarity and me screaming as we fell, I realised that we were no longer falling. I opened my eyes and saw that Twilight was holding us up with her magic, and everyone was fine but had smirks on their faces as me and Rarity were holding on to each othe for our lives. "It's not funny guys, you didn't even tell us that we were fine!", I yelled at them as they started to snicker. "What!?", Rarity screamed, "We're fine!? Oh thank Celestia!", she said, hysterical. Twilight levitated us both upright, and placed us both on the ground, "Thank you for, well, trying to save me", said Rarity, still holding on to my arm. "No problem", I said, blushing slightly. As we continued to walk, Rainbow started to brag about something, "Did you see? I was all like Woosh and we caught ya all in the nick of time", "Yes Rainbow, I was there, I remember", said Twilight "And Im very greatful but we-" GRAAAARRRHHH!! "A manticore!", screamed Twilight. The beast had the head and body of a lion, but much bigger, the wings of a dragon and the tail of a scorpion. It roared again as it took a swipe at me and Rarity, we both ducked but I rolled away. "Take that you ruffian!", yelled Rarity as she kicked it in the head. It roared again, this time right in her face, causing her hair to be blown into a poofy knot at the top of her head. "My hair!", she said trying to fix it while backing up. "Hey!", I yelled walking in front of Rarity "Back. The. Fuck. Off!", as I gave him a big boot to the bridge of his nose. He suprisingly backed up, cross-eyed, rubbing his nose. He glared at me and roared once more. "Ooohh, boy", I said backing up. "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy, very quietly. "Yeeeee Haaaaww!", yelled AJ, as she jumped on it and rode the manticore, like a bucking bronco, "Git along little doggie!". "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy a little louder, But then the manticore bucked real hard and sent her flying, "Its all yours parter", said AJ as she skid underneath the flying Rainbow Dash. "Im on it", she said flying past us, "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy a little louder than before. Rainbow had started to form a rainbow colored cyclone around the manticore. But the manticore was quicker, it used its tail to knock her out of the air. She skidded to a stop, groaning at our feet. "Rainbow!,", yelled Twilight, We helped her up and charged the manticore, "Waaaaiiiitt!!", yelled Fluttershy, who stood between us and the manticore. As we all stopped running, she turned and walked towards the manticore, who started to take a swipe at her. "Shh shh, its ok", she said rubbing the manticore's other paw. Making a pained face, the manticore showed her his left paw's pad, inbedded in it was a big purple thorn. "Oh you poor, poor little baby", "Little!?", said Rainbow, "Now this may hurt just a little", Fluttershy told the manticore. She grabbed ahold of the thorn and with a big tug, she pulled it out of its paw. The manticore picked up Fluttershy and roared in her face, "Fluttershy!", we all screamed, but our cries were unecasary because it started to lick her face, not eating or biting her at all. "Oh you're just a big ol' baby kitty cat, yes you are yes you are", she said like she was talking to a baby animal. We all smirked at how she was dealing with the manticore, and walked around them. I put my arm around Rarity's shoulder as we started on our journey again but Twilight stopped to let Fluttershy catch up. "Auugh, my eyes need a rest from all this muck", said Rarity, as it started to get darker as the moon was hidden by the trees, "I didn't mean that literally", as she held on to my arm tighter. "That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even see it!", Twilight said with a worried tone. "Oh wait", said AJ "I think I stepped in something", "Aaaaiiii", screamed Fluttershy "What? Its just mud", responded AJ as she turned and noticed why Fluttershy screamed. A giant very frightening looking tree. Opon seeing the she backed up with the rest of us, were we started to look around and notice we were surrounded by these trees. All of us but Pinkie Pie, whowas laughing and making faces at the trees. "Pinkie! What are you doing, run!", shouted Twilight, "But girls don't you see," she said begining to sing "When I was a little filly and the sun was going down..." "Tell me she's not...", said Twilight "The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown..." " She is", answered Rarity "I'd hide under my pillow From what I thought I saw But Granny Pie said that wasn't the way To deal with fears at all" " Then what is?", said Rainbow "She said: "Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall Learn to face your fears You'll see that they can't hurt you Just laugh to make them disappear. Ha! Ha! Ha! So, giggle at the ghostly Guffaw at the grossly Crack up at the creepy Whoop it up with the weepy Chortle at the kooky Snortle at the spooky And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha... heh... Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh!", She finished singing and we all started to laugh, as we continued on looking for the elements. As followed Pinkie around a corner I started to hear the sound of rushing water, and we all stopped as we saw it. "How are we going to get across this?", said Pinkie as we all looked at the water, which was churning up very big waves. Thoughout the air we started to hear something that sounded upset. "Is something crying out here?", I asked "Only one way to find out", said Rainbow, as we all started to follow the sound of the crying. We eventually found the source of the crying, also we found the source of the waves. The thing crying was a very large sea dragon, "Excuse me sir, why are you crying?" Twilight asked the beast, "I was just sitting here minding my own business when all of a sudden this cloud of tacky purple smoke zoomed by and chopped off part of my glorious moustache. And now I look simply horrid!", he answered, splashing back into the river, making a giant wave that soaked us all. "Oh gimme a break", said Rainbow "Thats what all the fuss is about?" said AJ "Why of course it is!", said Rarity, unlaching herself from my arm, "How can you all be so insensative", she said walking towards the dragon,"Oh you poor baby, look at your luminescent scales" "I know", he sniffed "Your expertly styled hair", she said "I know" he responded running his hand through his hair "Your fabulous manicure" she told him "Its so true!" he said "All ruined without your moustache" said Rarity "Its true Im hideous!", he shouted, throwing his arms around his head "I will not let a crime against fabulosity go unpunished!" said Rarity. She then ripped off one of the beasts scales and held it up. "Rarity-" I started *SLICE* [Gasp] Rarity had sliced off allmost all of her hair, it was now about above her neck. She used her magic to attach the hair she had cut off to the cut side off the beasts moustache. "Oooh, my moustache! How wonderfull", he said, posing in different ways, "I think you look smashing!" Rarity told him "Rarity, your beautiful hair", I said, running my hand through her now shortened hair, "Its ok" she said, looking at me "Short hair is in this season, besides it'll grow back" "So would the moustache" Rainbow told Rarity "Well then I guess Im in with the crowd" I said pointing to my now almost shoulder length, messy brown hair, making her giggle. "Look we can cross the river now!" said Twilight "Allow me!" the beast said, making a bridge for us to cross, using his body. As we continued through the forest Twilight suddenly ran ahead, "Look every one! Its the castle where the Elements of Harmony are kept, we're here!" shouted Twilight,she was about to run off when I noticed something. "Woah, woah, hold on Twilight, the bridge is out", I told her, "Now what?", questioned Pinkie "Duh!", said Rainbow flapping her wings then flying across the bridge "Oh yeah!" said Pinkie As we watched Rainbow Dash fly down the cliff, grab the other end of the bridge and fly back to the other side. Suddenly we saw a very thick fog roll in very quickly over were she was standing. I couldn't see very good through the fog but what I did see was Rainbow talking to what looked like the Wonderbolts, but with darker colors. "Rainbow!", I shouted She and the "Shadow Bolts" turned my way, but the middle one waved her hand and the fog blocked the rest of my view. "Rainbow!" we all shouted, but we heard no response. After a couple more minutes I started to get worried Were are you Rainbow?, As if she read my thoughts she came flying back with the bridge being tied so we can walk across it. "See? I never let my friends hanging", she said, as we continued across the bridge, "Well looks like we are at the end of our journey", I said pointing to some stone spheres on an obilisk. "Those might be the Elements we are looking for", As we all ran over Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew up and retrieved all the spheres from the statue and placed them in front of Twilight. "1,2,3,4, oh theres only Five!", said Pinkie "The book said that when the five elements are present a spark would cause the sixth element to appear", Twilight said, kneeling down to look at the elements. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?", said AJ "Im not sure but I have an idea. Stand back." she said, putting her hand in the middle of all the elements. As she put her hand in between the elements she started to concentrate and a pinkish aura appeared around her hand. "Come on ya'll, she needs to concentrate" said AJ, We all followed her down the stairs, but I stopped at the top. I turned around only to see a tornado pick up the elements, "Twilight the elements!", I shouted as I ran over and jumped into the tornado, along with Twilight. I came to pinned to a wall at my wrists and ankles, as I struggled to free myself I heard the familiar voice of Nightmare Moon. "You thought you could defeat me? But now you shall loose your precious princess and the sun. Night shall last forever! Hahahahahahahaha!", while shards of what looked like the elements, littered her feet. As I listened to her rant I got angrier and angrier, but I also felt, and heard, a strange crackling sound. What the...?, I looked at my right hand and saw that it was crackling with some kind of electrical energy and it seemed that I was drawing it out of thin air.Maby, just maby... I thought. "Hey BITCH!", I yelled. Nightmare Moon turned around, "You dare-", she started "EAT IT!", I yelled as lightning streaked from my hand and struck her square in the chest, sending her flying to the other side of the room. As she struggled to her feet, I heard the voices of the others fill the room. "Twilight! Meteor Strike!" they were calling as I saw their shadows in the stairwell leading up here. "Meteor Strike!" shouted Rarity, noticing me pinned to the wall as they all ran in, my hand still sparking and crackling. "You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony? Well you're wrong because the spirits of the elements are right here!", she shouted as the others walked in. "What?", Nightmare Moon shouted in confusion, still struggling to get up, as the element shards rose and separated to each of the girls, minus Twilight as she started to glow. "Applejack, who reasured me when I had doubt represents the spirit of Honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion represents the spirit of Kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger represents the spirit of Laughter! Rarity, who calmed the sorrowful sea dragon with her gift represents the spirit of Generosity! And Rainbow Dash who could not betray her friends even for her life's goal represents the spirit of Loyalty! And the spirits of these five girls got us through all the challenges you threw at us!" "But you still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work!" said Nightmare Moon "But it did work. Upon seeing Meteor Strike's electrical abilities to protect me and hearing the voices of the girls, the spark was inside me as I realised that you are all my my friends!", she said, looking around As she finished each one of the girls shards formed a necklase arounf their necks, while above Twilight a sixth stone sphere apeared and lowered itself on her head. It glowed very bright for only a few secconds as it turned into a crown. "You see Nightmare Moon", Twilight continued "When those elements are ignighted by 'the spark' that resides in all of us, it brings forth the sixth element, the element of Magic!" They rose into the air, as each one of them began to glow, each one of their necklacess began to produce some sort of energy that connected to Twilights crown. The energy then formed a rainbow colored beam that shot at Nightmare Moon. It struck her with an incredible force, causing a shockwave that pinned my head to the wall, smoke was surrounding Nightmare Moon but there was no movement. As the girls levitated back to the ground they started to converse about their necklacess. I tuned out because I was more focussed on trying to free myself, my hand was still sparking, when I heard a voice "Indeed you are", it said Whoever said that also made the sun rise and entered the building in a ball of light. As the figure stepped out of the light I could only think of one person who could make the sun rise. "Princess Celestia", I said as the ball of light faded. She was wearing a flowing dress and was adorn with what I believed to be her royal jewelry, while her long flowing hair billowed out behind her. "Princess!" said Twilight walking over to her "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student" the princess said as she gave Twilight a big hug, "I knew you could do it" "But you just sid it was an old childrens tale" said Twilight "Haha" the princess laughed lightly "I told you to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon and knew you had the magic inside to defeat her, but you were only able to produce the magic until you let true friendship inside your heart. Now only if someone else would do the same. Princess Luna". Only when she said her name did I look over and see the princess of the night lying on the ground surrounded by the armor of Nightmare Moon. "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you, and it is now time to put our differences aside us. We were ment to rule together little sister". "Sister?", we all said in confusion "Will you accept my friendship?" the princess asked her The princess of the night looked around then stood up. She was wearing a dress similar to Celestia's but it was a midnight blue color and had shoulder length blue hair. "I missed you so much big sister!" she said running over and hugging her big sister, starting to cry "I missed you too", Celestia responded "Im terribly sorry to interupt, but im still pinned to the wall, and my wrists are starting to hurt" I said Both princesses looked up, while Luna blushed and looked down, princess Celestia walked over and undid the shackles holding me up. "You must be the one who possesses a special ability" she told me as I landed, "Me? Possess a 'special ability'? I wasn't able to use magic my entire life until now.", I told her "Because, if what you've seen doesn't give you a clue, it shall only activate when danger is present. But if you learn to control it, it could be used as, for lack of better words, a shield or a sword" she said motioning to my hand with had ceased sparking. "But how?" I asked "Even I do not know, but what I can tell you is now that it has awakened inside you you can use it only if you concentrate, like if you were using magic" she told me. "Huh, is that why she shackled me to the wall?",I said looking at my hands in wonder. "She must have sensed it the moment she saw you, just as I did", she said "This reunion calls for a PARTY!" Pinkie said "You are most certianly right", said princess Celestia as she teleported us back to Ponyville. -------------Several Hours Later-------- The whole party went by in one big blur, all I could really process while I was thinking about my new powers, was that princess Celestia announced to the whole town that her little sister had returned to rule over the night. Taking off my shirt, I jumped into my bed, thinking about my powers while looking at my hands, wondering what else I could do as I drifted off to sleep.
Prologue"Next stop, Ponyville!", the conductor called out. Time to get ready I thought. As I listened to the steady clickety-clack of the train I gathered all of my belongings, a medium sized suitcase, and a duffel bag. As I stood waiting for my stop I started to ponder what I would call the store. TSSSSSSSSSSSSS! "Welcome to Ponyville folks! Watch your step as you exit the train, and have a nice day.", said the conductor a few moments later as he opened the train door. I stepped outside and looked around in wonder, "So this is Ponyville", I said out loud to no one in particular, as other people stepped out into the daylight. "Yes it is! And I hope you will have a spectacular-rific time here!" said a slightly bobbing, pink haired woman in front of me. "Um.... thank you for the welcome but im kind of in a hurry", I said walking past her. "Wait!" she said, "Can I at least know your name so I can plan your welcome party?" "My name is Meteor Strike, and thank you for the party, but I need to get to my new music store...... wait a minute...... instead of throwing me a welcome party, could you help me with my grand opening?", I asked, while brushing my messy brown hair out of the way of my eyes. "Hmmmm..." she thought, "I'll help you with your grand opening, but since it is still a welcome party I would like it to be as soon as possible." "Give me two weeks to set up the store and I'll get back to you, ok." I said "Awsome!!, I need to start the planning RIGHT NOW", she said as she started to walk away hurridly. "Wait!" I shouted, "Can I at least know where you live so I can get back to you on this?" "I live at Sugarcube Corner, and my name is Pinkie Pie by the way" she responded. "Ok, I'll see you in two weeks Pinkie Pie", I said as she walked away. ——————Ten Minutes Later—————— After asking around I found my shop, located next to a place called Carosel Boutique. My shop is a small, square, two story building, that I plan to live in on the top floor. As I walked in I looked at the walls that, I paid in advance for, looked like a rock concert was going on. They were amazingly detailed as each wall had my four favorite bands. The north wall had ACDC, the east wall had Aerosmith, the west wall had Mötley Crüe, and the south wall had, my personal favorite, Metallica. The only furniture that's in the room is a U shaped counter in the back along with a small stereo system, some shelves on the east and west walls, speakers hanging in the upper corners of the walls, and two doors, one leading to a back room and the other to the sairs leading up to my living quarters. *Knock Knock* I turned around to see a blonde haired woman standing next to a lot of boxes, slightly waving throught the glass door. Who could that be, I mean I just got here, I thought as I walked over to the door. "Hello", she said as I opened up the door, "Are you Meteor Strike?" "Yes I am", I responded, "Are these for me?" I asked pointing to all the boxes. "Yep, can you sign this paper?" she asked pulling out a peice of paper and a pen. "Oh sure", I said as I took the paper. " It sure is empty in there." she said "Yeah, I still need to put in more shelves and stuff", I said signing the paper. "And a sign..... could you help me bring up the boxes?" I asked. "Ok, just show me the way." she said, picking up half the boxes. "Be carefull with them please, they are fragile", I said taking the last of the boxes and walking towards the stairs. "I'll be as carefull as I can", she said wobbling slightly. Arriving in my room, which I also had paid to have furnished, we put the boxes next to my bed and I put my bags on top of it. I thanked the girl for helping me, and looked around. The walls were a dark blue, I had a normal sized bed, a 50 inch flatscreen T.V., a small stereo system with speakers around the room, a desk, some shelves, and a dresser. "Welcome home", I said to myself. ------------One Week Later---------- I had all my boxes unpacked, my room was fully decorated, the store had all of its cases, CD racks, more shelves and a couple T-Shirt racks. The store also had some music, mainly rock and metal, posters on the windows, inside and out. I finally finished my sign, with the help of a guy named Big Mac, the sign said Meteor Shower Music in fiery red and orange letters. As I was putting shirts on the racks, two women walked through the door. One had tom-boyish blue hair with white streaks in it, the other had kinda poofy dark brown hair. "Im sorry but I'm not open yet, the grand opening is next week.", I told them. "We weren't looking to buy anything we were wondering if you were hiring.", the blue haired one said, while the brown haired one nodded. "Do you know a lot about music?", I asked them. This time the brown haired one spoke, "I know about what makes good music and some about the songs and bands, while Vinyl here, knows what is good music and knows a lot more than I do about the songs and bands.", she said. "What song has the lyrics, 'Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased, as they start to cry, hands held to the sky, In the night the fires are burning bright, the ritual has begun Satan's work is done'" I sang. Vinyl answered almost imediatly, "Number of the Beast", she said. "By?", I asked "Octavia, your turn", said Vinyl, "Iron Maiden", said Octavia "What band sings the song, For Whom the Bell Tolls?", I asked. "Metallica" they said at the same time. "What three musicians had there own shows about their families?", I asked Octavia answered this time "Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons, and Dee Snider." "What is Ozzy's real name?" I asked "John Osbourne", answered Vinyl "Not bad, not bad at all." I said, causing them to smile. "You're hired" "Yes!", they shouted "Just wear whatever, there is no uniform. The first thing you guys can help with is stocking the shelves and putting the rest of the records and guitars on display", I said pointing to the stuff behind me. They started doing that as I walked behind the counter to pur a CD in the stereo. I seached through the box of CD's I had back there and pulled out a KISS CD, put it in the player and turned the volume up. The first song that came on was Love Gun. As the song was playing I told Vinyl and Octavia how I wanted the store organized. "I would like the CD's to be organizdd by genre and in alphabetical order, the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games can go on the west wall, and the t-shirts can just go on the racks in no specific order", I told them. They nodded and we all got back to work. When the day was over I sent Vinyl and Octavia back home. "Come in at 8:30 am so we can finish fine tuning everything", I called after them. "Sir yes sir!", Vinyl said jokingly, while Octavia was laughing beside her. I smirked and closed the door. Turning off the lights I went upstairs to my room. They are nice girls I thought as I took off my shirt and plopped into my bed, Almost time for the grand opening of Ponyville's first music shop, as I drifted off to sleep. -------------------A Couple Days Later----------------- I awoke to the beautifull sounds of Dropkick Murphys playing The Boys sre Back. I got out of bed and put a pair of jeans and an ACDC shirt on, slipped on my shoes and walked downs stairs. "Wow", I said astonished at the sight before me "You really know how to throw a party Pinkie Pie" "Thanks!", she said "It was a bit more difficult to plan a store opening, than a welcome party but I got it done!" "Is even music themed", I said looking around. "Hey we helped her with setting up!", protested Vinyl "And getting all the details finalized!", Octavia said, joining in. "Its amazing! How long did you guys stay up to finish it?", I questioned. "Only a couple hours after you went to sleep", said Pinkie "Sorry to interupt but its almost time to open!", Octavia said "So get your ass in gear!" "Hey, I am your boss you know!", I responded "Yeah, and yet Im the manager telling the owner when we open the first time!", she yelled back, unlocking the door. I walked over to her and took a peek out the door, my eyes bulged as I noticed how many people were waiting to come in, It looks like half the town is here I thought. "Vinyl are you ready?", I asked, looking over at her. She looked up from her turntables and gave me a thumbs up. "Okay", I said "We are officially" "Open!!", We all said together. That was Vinyls cue, the moment the people surged in she dropped the base. ------------4 Hours Later--------- The day went buy in a giant blur. All I remember was selling a lot of CD's, meeting basically the entire town, meeting most of Pinkie Pies friends, and my favorite part Vinyl trying to get all the guys who were hitting on her, away from her. The last of the people started to leave. "Hey guys! Every friday you can come see Vinyl perform! Tell your friends!", I called after them, leaning out the door. I turned and closed the door behind me, about to lock it to close up for the day, Vinyl and Octavia left an hour ago cause I sent them home after today. I was about to lock it when I noticed a woman walking over. She had purple, curly hair and was wearing a white dress. I opened the door to get a better look, and she was beautiful. "Um, are you closing?", she asked with a slight british accent "Uuuhhhh", I responded unable to say anything else. All I could think about was her beautiful voice. "Are you still open?", she repeated. "Uhh.... Yes we are still open", I answered, stunned I opened the door more and waved her in. "Are you looking for anything in particular?", I asked as she walked in and looked around. "I was actually looking for something, classical.", she said. "Um... well we don't really carry anything classical, but I do have The Beatles.", I told her. "I have not heard of them. Are they any good?", she asked. "You haven't heard of The Beatles!?!", I asked, she shook her head "Well prepare to be amazed", I said as I picked out a Beatles disk at random from one of the shelves. I walked behind the counter put it in the player and pressed play, as I heard the familiar guitar notes being strummed I coulnd't help but sing along........... Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Little darling It's been a long, cold lonely winter Little darling It feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Little darling The smiles returning to the faces Little darling It seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Little darling I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling It seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right It's all right The song ended and I pressed pause. "Wow, you were right they are good", she said, "You're also good at singing". "Thanks", I said blushing slightly. "So how much is the CD", she asked. "Hmmm, well im not supposed to do this but since im the owner, screw it, no charge", I told her. "Really?", she questioned "Yup, really. As someone who has not heard of The Beatles up until today, you deserve to have it for free.", I told her. "Really though, I must give you something!", she said. "What is your name?" "Meteor Strike, but it's really no problem at all", I responded. "No. I simply must repay you....... I know!", she said "I'll take you out for dinner on saturday!" "Why would a girl like you ask out a guy like me?", I questioned, for some odd reason. "Well, when you first moved here I saw you through my window next door and thought you were kind of cute.", she said blushing slightly. "I also like the way you flick your hair out of your eyes". "Uummm...", was all I could say. She giggled and said "I'll come and get you at 7:30, saturday night, kay?" "But I don't even know your name", I said. "My name is Rarity, and I'll see you saturday night, Meteor Strike", she said walking out the door. So the girl next door is into me I thought Cool
Chapter 1------ 1 Year Later ------ "Bye Vinyl, bye Octavia", I said as they walked out of the store, "See you at the Celebration!" "Bye!", they both said. When they left I started to talk to myself, "Maby Rarity forgot the end of last time we went so I can finally be with her again". _______Flashback (3rd date)_______ "Its beautiful out tonight", Rarity said as I walked her back to her house, her arm entwined with mine. "Not as beautiful as you", I said, as we neared her house. At the last comment she blushed hard, looking me in the eyes. "I had a great time Meteor Strike.", said Rarity as I stopped at her door. "So did I", I answered, giving her a long hug, "Soo... Umm, good night", I released the hug and rubbed my nose. "No, not yet", she said as she held on to my hands, and she leaned towards my face. My nose starting to itch more.Our lips were almost touching when... *AACHOO!* "EEEEWWW! Thats so disgusting!", she screamed, wiping her face. "Oh! Rarity, Im sorry Im sorry!", I apologised, hurridly looking for something to wipe her face with. "GOOD NIGHT, METEOR STRIKE!", she screamed, opening then slamming the door in my face. "Im sorry Rarity!", I yelled through the door. "I said, GOOD NIGHT!", she yelled back. Damn, so close!, I thought Damn it!, Damn it, Damn it!, as I hit myself repeatedly, walking back to my house. _____ End Flashback _____ As I chuckled a bit at that thought, I went and changed my shirt to a nicer one and put on my leather jacket. I headed back downstairs, grabbed a couple CD's, went outside, locked the door, and I ran to the library where Pinkie Pie is throwing a suprise party for a new arrival. Before Vinyl and Octavia left, Pinkie ran by and said to be at the library as soon as possible. She then ran off, to start the party. As I arrived I noticed the lights were still off, Good, I thought It hasn't started yet. I opened the door and said "Pinkie its me, where is the stereo?" "Over in the back", she whispered "I see her coming!" I ran over and hopped the desk it was on, powered it on put in a CD, paused it, turned up the volume and waited. "-simply must get into bed", someone flew in and said, holding a small something or other. "Wait its just Fluttershy", I whispered. Then another woman walked in, took the small thing and placed it on the ground, and pushed her out, saying something I didn't hear. She then started to talk to the small... thing "Sorry Spike, but I have to somehow convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is back, and we are running out of time. I just need to be alone without all these crazy people trying to make friends all the time. Now were is the light?". "SUPRISE!!!!", shouted everyone. That was my cue, so I pressed play, and one of my favorite songs was played, Holiday by Green Day. Say, hey! Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!) The shame,The ones who died without a name Hear the dogs howling out of key To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!) And bleed, the company lost the war today I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On holiday (The song continues from here) After adjusting the knobs, I walked over to were Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, and even Fluttershy, who didn't even talk to me for a couple months, was talking to the new girl. "Hi, Im Meteor Shower, what's your name?", I asked her. "Yeah, yeah hi", she said with an annoyed tone, as she walked past me to pour herself a drink. Pinkie was talking to her but all I didn't really hear anything she was saying. I wasn't paying attention. My parents were astrophysicists, they studied the stars and planets, and they taught me to observe. And that was what I was doing, they way the girl walked was like she was high and mighty or some kind of royalty. She held her chin up high and looked like she faces her problems head on. The way she looked around was like she could read you like a book, and which, by the looks of it, she does a lot. She had long, straight black hair with one stripe of pink and one stripe of purple. I could get used to her, but, now that I could see him,her little purple and green dragon friend might take a while. He was following Rarity were ever she went, with a lovestruck like face. By the time I turned back around to talk to her again, she was running up the stairs, and the dragon, Spike, picked up the bottle of what she poured in her cup. "Huh, hotsauce", he said. Pinkie then took the bottle away from him and poured the rest on a cup cake, then popped it in her mouth. "What, ith good", she mumbled with her mouth full, looking around at us. After that I walked over to Rarity, "Hey, Rares, I was wondering of I could take you out to dinner in a couple days?" She looked at me with an annoyed face and said "Do you think I forgot what happened the last time we went out?", while crossing her arms. "You still remember, huh?", I said "How could she not remember? I mean you sneezed in her mouth!", interrupted Rainbow Dash, laughing. "RAINBOW!", both me and Rarity yelled, "How did you know that!?", I asked, now embarrased. "I was hanging out on her roof waiting for you to get back", she said. "Why were you on my roof!?", Rarity questioned "I was waiting for you two love birds to get back so I could see how well the date went. And after that I figured out how it ended, and it was Hilarious! I had to fly away to keep you from hearing me!", she said laughing. Rarity blushed and turned away, while I chaised Rainbow around the room. "Hey everybody!", Vinyl said, bursting through the door "Its about to start!" Everybody made a mad dash to the door, no dought only to get a good spot to see the Princess. I went over and turned off the music, and I left the CD's there in hopes that the new girl would listen to them. I walked over to Rarity and scooped her up bridal style, "C'mon Rarity please, just give me another chance?", I asked her, she just turned her head away, "Please Rarity?", she looked at me and said "I'll think about it", I put her down and gave her a big hug, "Thank you Rarity, I promise it will be better than the last one", I told her. We walked to the Town Hall, and I found a spot with the others including the new girl while Rarity hurried to her spot up on the balcony. We got there in the middle of the mayors speech, "- will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate the longest day in the year. And now it is with great honor that I introduce to you the ruler of this land, the woman who gives us the sun and stars, each and every day, who brought harmony to every body, Princess Celestia!" Rarity pulled open the curtain from the balcony above the mayor. Behind the curtain was.... nothing..... "Huh?", Rarity said. "This can't be good", the new girl said, "Everybody just calm down", said the mayor "There must be an explanation for this". "OH! OH! I love guessing games! Is she hiding?", Pinkie said looking around, not grasping what is happening, "She's gone", said Rarity, looking over the balcony. "She's gooood", said Pinkie Pie "Aaaaahhhhhh!" Is that some sort of fog? I thought, looking at the balcony. "Oh no...", the new girl said, ducking slightly. Suddenly a heavily armored, but still beautiful in a deadly way, woman appeared, and spread her jet black wings, aurrounded by, what seemed to be her hair, in the black fog. "Nightmare Moon". "Oh my sun loving subjects, its been so long since I've seen your faces", said Nightmare Moon, "What have you done with our princess!", shouted Rainbow, taking flight towards her, me and AJ both grabbed the back of her shirt. "Whoa, there girl", said AJ, "Ha ha ha ha...... am I not royal enough for you?", said Nightmare Moon "Do you even know who I am?". "Oh! How about Pokey Smokes, Queen Meanie or Black Snooty—Blm S-hm-hm", said Pinkie Pie as AJ shoved food into her mouth. I would have been amusing, but we were all to scared to laugh..... or even move. "What does my royal title not mean anything since I've been imprisoned for a thousand years?", said Nightmare Moon, who leaned towards Fluttershy, making her cower behind her hands, "Did you not remember the story, or see the signs", she said holding onto Rarity's chin, causing her to look away. "I did", said the new girl, causing Nightmare Moon to let go of Rarity's chin, "And I know who you are, you're Nightmare Moon!" "Well looks like somebody remembers me, so if you know who I am you know why I've come back?", said Nightmare Moon, "You're her to-to-", the new girl stammered "Remember this day, for it shall be your last", Nightmare Moon said, "Because the night will be forever!!!", she laughed, raising her arms and summoning powerful magic, creating a lightning storm and a swirling vortex above her. TO BE CONTINUED.........
Chapter 2Men, women and children were pushing, shoving and screaming at the top of their lungs, just your generic town panic attack. As people were freaking out I saw the new girl run out of the building, along with Rainbow Dash at her heals. "Come on Meteor Strike, we have to follow them before Rainbow goes all Rainbow on Twilight", said Rarity, waving for the other to come over, "Come on guys lets go find Twilight!". So thats her name I thought, as Rarity grabbed my hand and started running after Rainbow Dash. We saw Rainbow Dash almost instantly because of the rainbow trail she left behind. "It looks like they are headed towards the library, come on!", I said. As we neared the library we started to hear the loud voice of Rainbow, yelling at Twilight. We burst into the library to hear Rainbow yell, "And how did you know about Nightmare Moon huh, are you a spy?!", as Twilight was backing up, slightly frightened, from Rainbow's advances. "Hey, lay of her Rainbow!", I said as I pulled her away from Twilight, "She didn't have anything to do with her, but she knows what's going on, don't you?", I told Twilight. There was a long pause before she answered, "I read all about the rise of Nightmare Moon, on how the starts would release her from her prison on the moon. According to my books the only things that can stop her are these mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony, but I don't know what they are or how to find them. I don't even know what they do-". "The Elements of Harmony, A Reference Guide", said Pinkie, looking at the book case. "What!? How did you find that?", Twilight said, pushing Pinkie out of the way, "It was under 'E'!", said Pinkie, walking over to us. "Oh...", said Twilight, With a pinkish aura surrounding her hand, she then used her magic to pull out the book and flip to a page. It hurt a little inside, to see her do that as a person who can use magic but is unable to do so. When I was growing up I could use magic about as much as a rock could. "Ok, so there are six elements, the element of laughter, kindness, generosity, honesty, and loyalty. But the sixth element was said to be a complete mystery, and that the last known location of the elements was said to be in the ancient castle of the royal sisters. But as of today that location is known as the Everfree Forest." "So? What are we waiting for, getting those elements is our best shot at defeating Nightmare Moon.", I said, looking around. "Oh, um do we all have to go there its dark and spooky and all sorts of things live in there", said Fluttershy, "Yes we do Fluttershy, we will support our friend and that means we go with her", said AJ. "Ok everybody lets go!", Twilight said as she walked out of the library. The walk to the Everfree Forest was a short one, but we were all quiet and stonefaced, except for Pinki Pie who was giggling about all the way there. As we were walking I noticed we were going towards Fluttershy's house. If Fluttershy is so scared of what lives in the forest, why does she live so close to it ?, I thought, as we arrived at the entrance to the forest. "Weee! Come on girls, and Meteor Strike, lets go!", "Not so fast. Look I appreciate the offer but I would rather do this by myself.". "No can do sugarcube, we ain't gonna let any friend of ours go into that forest all alone. Were gonna stick to you like caramel on a candy apple.", said AJ, walking with me and the others into the forest. "Especially if there are candy apples in there!........What? Those things are good.", said Pinkie following us into the forest, with Twilight following her. "So none of you have ever been in here?", asked Twilight, as we walked further into the forest. "Nope, I've never had a reason to come here", I answered, "Of course not, I mean look at this place, it's dreadfull", said Rarity with a hint of fear in her voice. I walked over to her and put my arm around her shoulder and she started to walk a little closer to me. "And its not natural, it works differently in here than the rest of Equestria", chimed in AJ, "Whats that supposed to mean?", asked Twilight. "Nobody knows", said Rainbow, with a scary voice. Causing Rarity to cower into my chest, while Pinkie and Fluttershy looked at Rainbow with frightened faces. "And do you know why?-" "Rainbow, quit it", said AJ "Because everybody who's ever come into the Everfree Forest, has never came back...OUT!", she screamed, causing Rarity to jump in my arms, Fluttershy to fly into the air in fright, and Pinkie to jump. *RUMBLE* *RUMBLE* As she finished her sentence the ground cracked and gave way, causing all but Fluttershy and Rainbow to slip and fall down a very steep slope, that lead to a cliff. As Pinkie Pie, AJ, and Rarity screamed as they fell, I was yelling, "Woah, Woah, Woah, Woah!!", but as the end of the steep hill was getting closer, I somehow regained my balance, got a foothold and prepared to catch any of the girls if they came my way. I was peering over the edge of the cliff as I heard, "Catch Me!!", I turned around to see Rarity tumbling towards me. "I gotcha!", I said, but the impact she had on me was more than I anticapated and we were both knocked over the cliff. I held on to Rarity who was screaming as we fell, but all I was yelling was, "Shit! Fuck! Shit! Fuck!", as we neared the ground I closed my eyes and held on to Rarity as she held on to me. But after a couple of minutes of Rarity and me screaming as we fell, I realised that we were no longer falling. I opened my eyes and saw that Twilight was holding us up with her magic, and everyone was fine but had smirks on their faces as me and Rarity were holding on to each othe for our lives. "It's not funny guys, you didn't even tell us that we were fine!", I yelled at them as they started to snicker. "What!?", Rarity screamed, "We're fine!? Oh thank Celestia!", she said, hysterical. Twilight levitated us both upright, and placed us both on the ground, "Thank you for, well, trying to save me", said Rarity, still holding on to my arm. "No problem", I said, blushing slightly. As we continued to walk, Rainbow started to brag about something, "Did you see? I was all like Woosh and we caught ya all in the nick of time", "Yes Rainbow, I was there, I remember", said Twilight "And Im very greatful but we-" GRAAAARRRHHH!! "A manticore!", screamed Twilight. The beast had the head and body of a lion, but much bigger, the wings of a dragon and the tail of a scorpion. It roared again as it took a swipe at me and Rarity, we both ducked but I rolled away. "Take that you ruffian!", yelled Rarity as she kicked it in the head. It roared again, this time right in her face, causing her hair to be blown into a poofy knot at the top of her head. "My hair!", she said trying to fix it while backing up. "Hey!", I yelled walking in front of Rarity "Back. The. Fuck. Off!", as I gave him a big boot to the bridge of his nose. He suprisingly backed up, cross-eyed, rubbing his nose. He glared at me and roared once more. "Ooohh, boy", I said backing up. "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy, very quietly. "Yeeeee Haaaaww!", yelled AJ, as she jumped on it and rode the manticore, like a bucking bronco, "Git along little doggie!". "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy a little louder, But then the manticore bucked real hard and sent her flying, "Its all yours parter", said AJ as she skid underneath the flying Rainbow Dash. "Im on it", she said flying past us, "Waaaiit", said Fluttershy a little louder than before. Rainbow had started to form a rainbow colored cyclone around the manticore. But the manticore was quicker, it used its tail to knock her out of the air. She skidded to a stop, groaning at our feet. "Rainbow!,", yelled Twilight, We helped her up and charged the manticore, "Waaaaiiiitt!!", yelled Fluttershy, who stood between us and the manticore. As we all stopped running, she turned and walked towards the manticore, who started to take a swipe at her. "Shh shh, its ok", she said rubbing the manticore's other paw. Making a pained face, the manticore showed her his left paw's pad, inbedded in it was a big purple thorn. "Oh you poor, poor little baby", "Little!?", said Rainbow, "Now this may hurt just a little", Fluttershy told the manticore. She grabbed ahold of the thorn and with a big tug, she pulled it out of its paw. The manticore picked up Fluttershy and roared in her face, "Fluttershy!", we all screamed, but our cries were unecasary because it started to lick her face, not eating or biting her at all. "Oh you're just a big ol' baby kitty cat, yes you are yes you are", she said like she was talking to a baby animal. We all smirked at how she was dealing with the manticore, and walked around them. I put my arm around Rarity's shoulder as we started on our journey again but Twilight stopped to let Fluttershy catch up. "Auugh, my eyes need a rest from all this muck", said Rarity, as it started to get darker as the moon was hidden by the trees, "I didn't mean that literally", as she held on to my arm tighter. "That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even see it!", Twilight said with a worried tone. "Oh wait", said AJ "I think I stepped in something", "Aaaaiiii", screamed Fluttershy "What? Its just mud", responded AJ as she turned and noticed why Fluttershy screamed. A giant very frightening looking tree. Opon seeing the she backed up with the rest of us, were we started to look around and notice we were surrounded by these trees. All of us but Pinkie Pie, whowas laughing and making faces at the trees. "Pinkie! What are you doing, run!", shouted Twilight, "But girls don't you see," she said begining to sing "When I was a little filly and the sun was going down..." "Tell me she's not...", said Twilight "The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown..." " She is", answered Rarity "I'd hide under my pillow From what I thought I saw But Granny Pie said that wasn't the way To deal with fears at all" " Then what is?", said Rainbow "She said: "Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall Learn to face your fears You'll see that they can't hurt you Just laugh to make them disappear. Ha! Ha! Ha! So, giggle at the ghostly Guffaw at the grossly Crack up at the creepy Whoop it up with the weepy Chortle at the kooky Snortle at the spooky And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha... heh... Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh!", She finished singing and we all started to laugh, as we continued on looking for the elements. As followed Pinkie around a corner I started to hear the sound of rushing water, and we all stopped as we saw it. "How are we going to get across this?", said Pinkie as we all looked at the water, which was churning up very big waves. Thoughout the air we started to hear something that sounded upset. "Is something crying out here?", I asked "Only one way to find out", said Rainbow, as we all started to follow the sound of the crying. We eventually found the source of the crying, also we found the source of the waves. The thing crying was a very large sea dragon, "Excuse me sir, why are you crying?" Twilight asked the beast, "I was just sitting here minding my own business when all of a sudden this cloud of tacky purple smoke zoomed by and chopped off part of my glorious moustache. And now I look simply horrid!", he answered, splashing back into the river, making a giant wave that soaked us all. "Oh gimme a break", said Rainbow "Thats what all the fuss is about?" said AJ "Why of course it is!", said Rarity, unlaching herself from my arm, "How can you all be so insensative", she said walking towards the dragon,"Oh you poor baby, look at your luminescent scales" "I know", he sniffed "Your expertly styled hair", she said "I know" he responded running his hand through his hair "Your fabulous manicure" she told him "Its so true!" he said "All ruined without your moustache" said Rarity "Its true Im hideous!", he shouted, throwing his arms around his head "I will not let a crime against fabulosity go unpunished!" said Rarity. She then ripped off one of the beasts scales and held it up. "Rarity-" I started *SLICE* [Gasp] Rarity had sliced off allmost all of her hair, it was now about above her neck. She used her magic to attach the hair she had cut off to the cut side off the beasts moustache. "Oooh, my moustache! How wonderfull", he said, posing in different ways, "I think you look smashing!" Rarity told him "Rarity, your beautiful hair", I said, running my hand through her now shortened hair, "Its ok" she said, looking at me "Short hair is in this season, besides it'll grow back" "So would the moustache" Rainbow told Rarity "Well then I guess Im in with the crowd" I said pointing to my now almost shoulder length, messy brown hair, making her giggle. "Look we can cross the river now!" said Twilight "Allow me!" the beast said, making a bridge for us to cross, using his body. As we continued through the forest Twilight suddenly ran ahead, "Look every one! Its the castle where the Elements of Harmony are kept, we're here!" shouted Twilight,she was about to run off when I noticed something. "Woah, woah, hold on Twilight, the bridge is out", I told her, "Now what?", questioned Pinkie "Duh!", said Rainbow flapping her wings then flying across the bridge "Oh yeah!" said Pinkie As we watched Rainbow Dash fly down the cliff, grab the other end of the bridge and fly back to the other side. Suddenly we saw a very thick fog roll in very quickly over were she was standing. I couldn't see very good through the fog but what I did see was Rainbow talking to what looked like the Wonderbolts, but with darker colors. "Rainbow!", I shouted She and the "Shadow Bolts" turned my way, but the middle one waved her hand and the fog blocked the rest of my view. "Rainbow!" we all shouted, but we heard no response. After a couple more minutes I started to get worried Were are you Rainbow?, As if she read my thoughts she came flying back with the bridge being tied so we can walk across it. "See? I never let my friends hanging", she said, as we continued across the bridge, "Well looks like we are at the end of our journey", I said pointing to some stone spheres on an obilisk. "Those might be the Elements we are looking for", As we all ran over Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew up and retrieved all the spheres from the statue and placed them in front of Twilight. "1,2,3,4, oh theres only Five!", said Pinkie "The book said that when the five elements are present a spark would cause the sixth element to appear", Twilight said, kneeling down to look at the elements. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?", said AJ "Im not sure but I have an idea. Stand back." she said, putting her hand in the middle of all the elements. As she put her hand in between the elements she started to concentrate and a pinkish aura appeared around her hand. "Come on ya'll, she needs to concentrate" said AJ, We all followed her down the stairs, but I stopped at the top. I turned around only to see a tornado pick up the elements, "Twilight the elements!", I shouted as I ran over and jumped into the tornado, along with Twilight. I came to pinned to a wall at my wrists and ankles, as I struggled to free myself I heard the familiar voice of Nightmare Moon. "You thought you could defeat me? But now you shall loose your precious princess and the sun. Night shall last forever! Hahahahahahahaha!", while shards of what looked like the elements, littered her feet. As I listened to her rant I got angrier and angrier, but I also felt, and heard, a strange crackling sound. What the...?, I looked at my right hand and saw that it was crackling with some kind of electrical energy and it seemed that I was drawing it out of thin air.Maby, just maby... I thought. "Hey BITCH!", I yelled. Nightmare Moon turned around, "You dare-", she started "EAT IT!", I yelled as lightning streaked from my hand and struck her square in the chest, sending her flying to the other side of the room. As she struggled to her feet, I heard the voices of the others fill the room. "Twilight! Meteor Strike!" they were calling as I saw their shadows in the stairwell leading up here. "Meteor Strike!" shouted Rarity, noticing me pinned to the wall as they all ran in, my hand still sparking and crackling. "You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony? Well you're wrong because the spirits of the elements are right here!", she shouted as the others walked in. "What?", Nightmare Moon shouted in confusion, still struggling to get up, as the element shards rose and separated to each of the girls, minus Twilight as she started to glow. "Applejack, who reasured me when I had doubt represents the spirit of Honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion represents the spirit of Kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger represents the spirit of Laughter! Rarity, who calmed the sorrowful sea dragon with her gift represents the spirit of Generosity! And Rainbow Dash who could not betray her friends even for her life's goal represents the spirit of Loyalty! And the spirits of these five girls got us through all the challenges you threw at us!" "But you still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work!" said Nightmare Moon "But it did work. Upon seeing Meteor Strike's electrical abilities to protect me and hearing the voices of the girls, the spark was inside me as I realised that you are all my my friends!", she said, looking around As she finished each one of the girls shards formed a necklase arounf their necks, while above Twilight a sixth stone sphere apeared and lowered itself on her head. It glowed very bright for only a few secconds as it turned into a crown. "You see Nightmare Moon", Twilight continued "When those elements are ignighted by 'the spark' that resides in all of us, it brings forth the sixth element, the element of Magic!" They rose into the air, as each one of them began to glow, each one of their necklacess began to produce some sort of energy that connected to Twilights crown. The energy then formed a rainbow colored beam that shot at Nightmare Moon. It struck her with an incredible force, causing a shockwave that pinned my head to the wall, smoke was surrounding Nightmare Moon but there was no movement. As the girls levitated back to the ground they started to converse about their necklacess. I tuned out because I was more focussed on trying to free myself, my hand was still sparking, when I heard a voice "Indeed you are", it said Whoever said that also made the sun rise and entered the building in a ball of light. As the figure stepped out of the light I could only think of one person who could make the sun rise. "Princess Celestia", I said as the ball of light faded. She was wearing a flowing dress and was adorn with what I believed to be her royal jewelry, while her long flowing hair billowed out behind her. "Princess!" said Twilight walking over to her "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student" the princess said as she gave Twilight a big hug, "I knew you could do it" "But you just sid it was an old childrens tale" said Twilight "Haha" the princess laughed lightly "I told you to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon and knew you had the magic inside to defeat her, but you were only able to produce the magic until you let true friendship inside your heart. Now only if someone else would do the same. Princess Luna". Only when she said her name did I look over and see the princess of the night lying on the ground surrounded by the armor of Nightmare Moon. "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you, and it is now time to put our differences aside us. We were ment to rule together little sister". "Sister?", we all said in confusion "Will you accept my friendship?" the princess asked her The princess of the night looked around then stood up. She was wearing a dress similar to Celestia's but it was a midnight blue color and had shoulder length blue hair. "I missed you so much big sister!" she said running over and hugging her big sister, starting to cry "I missed you too", Celestia responded "Im terribly sorry to interupt, but im still pinned to the wall, and my wrists are starting to hurt" I said Both princesses looked up, while Luna blushed and looked down, princess Celestia walked over and undid the shackles holding me up. "You must be the one who possesses a special ability" she told me as I landed, "Me? Possess a 'special ability'? I wasn't able to use magic my entire life until now.", I told her "Because, if what you've seen doesn't give you a clue, it shall only activate when danger is present. But if you learn to control it, it could be used as, for lack of better words, a shield or a sword" she said motioning to my hand with had ceased sparking. "But how?" I asked "Even I do not know, but what I can tell you is now that it has awakened inside you you can use it only if you concentrate, like if you were using magic" she told me. "Huh, is that why she shackled me to the wall?",I said looking at my hands in wonder. "She must have sensed it the moment she saw you, just as I did", she said "This reunion calls for a PARTY!" Pinkie said "You are most certianly right", said princess Celestia as she teleported us back to Ponyville. -------------Several Hours Later-------- The whole party went by in one big blur, all I could really process while I was thinking about my new powers, was that princess Celestia announced to the whole town that her little sister had returned to rule over the night. Taking off my shirt, I jumped into my bed, thinking about my powers while looking at my hands, wondering what else I could do as I drifted off to sleep.
