Chapter 1 ~ The Day the World Stopped Turning
'We-we-we......... Failed........'
Twilight Sparkle had lost all hope. Her and her friends had failed their duty. To protect Equestria, at all costs. She hung her head low as she trotted to a fro inside the damp dungeon cell in Canterlot Castle. She looked across the narrow hall way to find three of her five friends acting the same way as herself on the other side. She knew that the other two were beside her, which was Rarity and Fluttershy. Putting her head in the original position that it was in, she laid down on the icy ground.
'We failed Celestia. We failed Equestria. We failed eachother.' The thought lingered in her head until a new voice entered it.
"Awww, Is Twilight Sparkle feeling a little sad today?"
She looked up and was answered with the face of Discord, the 'thing' that did this to them.
"Hey!" She heard Rainbow Dash yell at the creature in front of her, "How about you leave her alone before I make you cry!"
"Might I remind you Rainbow Dash," A new, sharp, feminine voice entered the equation, "We were the ones who put you here in the first place. So, how about you shut up before you say anything you'll regret. We wouldn't want anything bad happening to our little 'heroes' now would we." When she appeared from the darkness, it was Nightmare Moon.
The rainbow coloured pony clenched her teeth together and let out a whetted huff of air with a look of hatred on her face.
"Let me go you foul ruffians!" a purely acute and yet majestic mare spoke, only known as Rarity, "I will not tolerate to be treated in such manners. Barbarians." Whisking her frizzy, but still curly mane behind her face.
"You see, dear Rarity, we cannot do that. You see, you all must be put somewhere else, where you won't interfere with our plans." The draconequis continued with the conversation.
"Then what do ya plan on doin' with us?" The southern accented mare known as Applejack spoke. Followed shorty by the mare's little sister saying "Yeah!"
The two villains looked at each other slyly and then Nightmare Moon spoke, "We're going to rid you permanently off of the face of Equestria."
Twilight gasped at the remark. "But I'm too young to die..... I had so much to look forward to....' The colour began to most literally drain from her face as it went from a light purple to an almost grey, grey-purple.
"Oh we'll let you live, but we'll make you suffer else where." Discord finished the hard sentence with a maniacal laugh.
They opened the gates to each of their cells, but were surrounded by dark, stallion ponies, who one the inside and out, were heartless and relentless. They swiftly placed shackles on each of the ponies hoofs, and they pushed and shoved them up countless flights of stairs until they reached the throne room. The room was empty, except for a couple of guards, but when Twilight saw the room empty, she had become almost depressed. No Celestia, no warm welcome, just them walking to their exodus.
"Where will you be sending us?" Fluttershy asked almost unheard.
"Only to the most dangerous, unforgiving places in ten thousand universes. Earth." Nightmare Moon
"Earth!" Twilight could not help screaming this out.
She had only read about this mysterious place in books before. Her books said that the planet was inhabited by creatures called 'humans', where they walked on two legs and instead of forehooves, they had arms with things called 'thumbs'. The legends say that it was a war-driven world. Controlled by people's needs and desires for power. The place was an apparent mess. Much different from the peace-loving Equestria they know.
"Don't worry everypony, your siblings are already there to see you." Discord said with a smirk
Nightmare Moon then pointed her horn at the 6 mares in the center of the room. A small orange glow emitted from the end of the horn, that gradually grew larger in size. It then shot from the end of it, engulfing the ponies in the glowing aura. A bright flash filled the room, and then they were gone. The ponies were no longer in Equestria. No longer a threat to the new dictators of Equestria.
