It is said that in times of danger, heroes will come together to face the rising tide of evil, and fight back to preserve the light. These heroes can come from the strangest of places.
This is the story of one such hero. Although she appears to be Zipp Storm, you may be surprised to learn her true origins...
Alright, time to stop talking in the third person. The person, or pony, should I say, is me. I'm Zipp Storm. It's a pleasure to meet you, though I have to ask how we're having the conversation.
I guess that's another magical mystery for me to work out. As you can probably guess from the blurb I left above, I wasn't originally a pegasus. No, I wasn't originally a unicorn, as that infamous typo in a YouTube video suggests (seriously, what were Netflix thinking?).
No. To truly understand both my story and the story of the chaos that nearly destroyed Equestria, we must first go back in time to a place far from here. A town in a place called England.
This town was called Nottingham, and it was a pretty nice place to live. Not a very big place, but not that small either. It was the sort of place where you could easily walk a few minutes from heavily built up places and find yourself in fields and nature without too much difficulty. It was a nice place to live.
As you've probably picked up, this was where I lived. This small house on Gregory Street was where I lived all that time ago.
Tom was my name back in those days. I was a graduate of the University of Nottingham, and at that stage of my life was preparing for a sudden shift in my life. I was going away from Britain for a long time, to study in the United States (something I had planned to do before the dreaded disease hit).
That morning had begun like most others. Get up, shower, eat, brush teeth, and then prepare to head out for my business. I had some shopping to do, but I got the heavy stuff into my home via internet ordering. I didn't have space for a proper car in a garage, and instead used a motorbike to get about town. I decided I would collect the few supplies I needed to purchase after going to another place which is close to my heart.
So, I got my gear on, hopped onto the bike, and wheeled it off the drive before stopping on the road. The engine roared into life. "Imagine doing this on a Black Shadow," I said to myself. I would have liked to own one, but they were quite rare, and also pretty expensive. I was also a complete shortarse, so would have struggled to start it without jumping on the levers.
So it's was my faithful Kawasaki it was. I kicked the engine into forward movement, and flew down the road at great speed. So far, my life seemed normal as I blazed down the roads.
I had no way of knowing that many parallel versions of myself had experienced strange things on this street, and it had become a weirdness magnet of sorts for much of the country. And it was about to become the same for me. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Just north of the A52 lies the familiar land of Wollaton Park. It was once a country estate owned by some rich gentleman- I think the person who built it was mates with Queen Elizabeth I- and it had since become a public park which housed a natural history museum and a large industrial collection.
I arrived at the scene to go and park at the bottom of the hill, and then shut the engine off to go and get a ticket. I soon secured it, as parking tickets were mercifully still cheap (the Council, thankfully, hadn't taken the recent economic instability as an excuse to jack prices up). I plopped the ticket on my bike, which I had parked to ensure other motorists had seen it, and set off into the park, leaving my helmet and jacket behind at the bike.
I wasn't heading for the house today. Off to the side of the site is a large lake, and near that lake are several small areas of trees. I'm not sure what you call them- it's been a very long time since I used all those sorts of words.
I'm rambling again, aren't I?
Up ahead along the pathway was one such area. This place was known for strange and unnatural phenomena, such as one story where children were chased out of the forest by gnomes driving little cars. This story sounded both hilarious and horrifying, and I felt merited further investigation. I advanced into the tree line, noticing the barrier that used to exist there had curiously been broken. Who had done this? A gnome, possibly? That's ridiculous, as gnomes don't exist.
I made my way, noticing the tree branches closing overhead as I walked in. It made the place feel spooky and empty. No wonder so many horror stories in European folklore take place in forests. They must have seemed quite scary, empty places full of danger to people before the Industrial Revolution.
I stopped when I was partway under the line of tree branches, and spotted something odd. It looked as though a massacre had happened here. There was a gigantic cloud of feathers on the floor, with them being scattered haphazardly all across the ground. Clearly a bird had been killed here.
Or so I thought. The plumage resembled no bird I had ever seen. The feathers were a confusing mix of blue and purple, with some being mixed blue and purple shades. Had I discovered a new species of bird?
I picked one of the feathers up as a curiosity to show to friends or ornithologists. This was a mistake.
An electrical shock flowed through my very body, and I toppled over backwards into the grass below the trees. I tried to get back up, but my limbs wouldn't cooperate.
"Arise, brave hero!" said a voice. "Take her place!"
As this was set, bluish whirling energies flew about, and something weird began to happen. My entire body shrank in size, before my legs snapped backwards with a series of bangs. I also lost all sensation in my feet as my boots fell off and landed on the floor. Below where they had once been were... hooves?
This couldn't be happening. I tried to bash my head against something in a futile attempt to stop the pain as my chest began to expand. A rather personal area started to tingle, and before I could even curse it was sucked into me. Not only did it seem I was a centaur, I was a female centaur.
Something else was added in that region, as most of my clothing was torn apart by the combination of my shifting frame and uncontrolled movements. My neck snapped backwards, sounding like it was broken. Moments later, my arms snapped into a different shape, and my hands were distorted into hooves.
Two bony structures erupted out of the sides of my back before being covered in flesh, skin, and a layer of fur. Feathers popped out of the back, in shades of dark blue, purple, several sets of ones inbetween, and a small set of light blue feathers.
My mouth and nose merged together as I was still unable to process what was happening. My mouth and nose were crushed together into a muzzle, which then moved forward a few inches in a sequence that would have made John Landis wonder how on Earth it was pulled off.
My eyes turned blue and grew in size as a layer of white fur covered my body. My hair was pulled upwards, and shifted to a mixture of blue and pink. A tail in the same colours popped out of my ass.
At last, the pain faded away, and I tried to drag myself up the bank. I say 'tried'. My limbs wouldn't cooperate. They moved randomly in different directions with no sense of cohesion. I reached the top of the bank, before a voice shouted.
"Mummy, look! It's Zipp Storm!"
I then saw a child pointing at me. No, this couldn't be happening! Zipp is a made up character! What the Hell was going on?
I tried to move forward, but one of my legs slipped and I began to roll down the hill. I gathered speed as a rolling block of flesh and limbs randomly flailing as I approached the water of the nearby lake.
I slammed into it, the water flying high into the air as I drifted over. I continued to flail in a desperate attempt to stay on the surface, but you try swimming with six unfamiliar limbs.
I drifted under, and it seemed as though the sweet release of death would free me from this nightmare.
Life, however, had different plans for me.
Oh my gosh, yes! You have no idea how long I've wanted to see someone do this for G5.
So where does this continuity start so I can start from the beginning?
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Thanks very much! We're just getting rolling, so keep a close eye on your feed.
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This, and a story my friend Jimmyhook19 is uploading, is where the saga starts. I'm currently finalising a dedicated group for the project so users can keep up with what's happening. I'll send you an invite to the group when it's ready, if you'd like.
I think I might know what she means by that disease.
Wait what!?
This was not what I expected would happen in this chapter at all!
The title of the chapter it’s from Sonic Frontiers’ song Vandalize.
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1. That which shall not be named, indeed.
2. That's a little nod to some of my prior work for those in the know, namely the stories I produced with (now-defunct) user Misty Rose.
3. Yes indeed. It's all gone weird!
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I thought the sentiment fitted, seeing as this is a story about somebody who has their entire life turned upside down.
The first in a large series, you say? Rather intriguing. So the main character of this story was originally a human male that ended up getting reincarnated as Zipp. This seems to imply that the rest of the Mane Five (and the remaining three of the eight mentioned heroes) will also have previously been reincarnated from other worlds, but that is the most I'm going to guess.
Anyway, good job on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up.
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Cool! I have Sonic Frontiers for Switch.
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Thank you. My co-author and I plan to release five chapters each month (he should have his first chapter up soon).
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PC version here. Partly because mods.
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Oh ok.
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No worries. All versions are pretty good, I'm told.
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Yeah. I have plans to release a Sonic Frontiers like crossover story here on Fimfiction some time in the future.
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I look forward to seeing it!
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Also Bionicle Heroes story too.
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I see you are a person of culture as well.
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Yeah G1 Bionicle. I grew up with it having several sets from over the years in the 2000s. It combines MLPFIM, the Legend of Spyro, Land Before Time, Bionicle G1, Pokémon Anime, and Hot Wheels Acceleracers. The Toa Inika with the Toa Nuva and Toa Hagah will work together to face enemies of the past and the Piraka after they not only get their hands on the Mask of Life, but also the Mask of Time. This time Axonn will be an ally to the Toa and their quest to save Mata Nui.
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You have your work cut out for you.
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I know. Cause read this Fluttershy is going to give Roodaka a stern talking.
Fluttershy gained an angry look as she stomped over to the former queen of the Visorak. Discord, Wing Breeze, Cross Clamp, and Confushy backed away from the yellow Pegasus mare along with everyone else except the Toa Inika, Toa Tahu, and the Rehagah who were confused by what was going on until they saw the Visorak around them as they quivering and twitching in fear at the angry pegasus. They were actually more terrified of her instead of Roodaka.
As Fluttershy made her way over to Roodaka to have a stern talking to Kongu whispered to Hahli as he got a feeling that said pegasus was in a very bad mood, “Mata Nui… she’s pretty angry. I have a feeling that we’re about to hear some loud-shouting soon.”
Hahli looked at the Toa of Air and said back to him, “Good so it’s not just me. I don’t want to know what she’s thinking right now.”
Kongu had to agree with his fellow Toa of Water since he didn’t need his mask power to figure out what Fluttershy was thinking right now. Cause everyone could see Roodaka who was actually quaking in terror as the angry yellow Pegasus mare made her way over to the former queen for a stern ‘talk’. Even the Toa know that things were gonna get worse for Roodaka.
Roodaka on the other hand stepped back slowly as her entire body was shaking in fear and the way Fluttershy was looking at her was like pure terror itself. She was afraid of Makuta and the Dark Hunters for selling information to both sides for profit and they saw her they were kill her on sight, but this time was completely different as this one pegasus had single handedly made all the fight leave her being. Those eyes. Those big angry aqua eyes! They starring straight into her soul making her terrified of this little cute organic creature with wings.
The poor female vortixx couldn’t understand what was happening, but she knew that she was in very deep trouble cause when you anger Fluttershy you will get the wrath of her infamous ‘The Stare’ to anyone who misbehaves and Roodaka unfortunately was going be next victim. Roodaka’ back hit the wall of the castle after walking slowly backwards in fear and sunk to the ground sitting on her behind coming face to face with an angry element of kindness. Their long silence until Fluttershy broke saying to the vortixx enraged of her awful behavior as she heard everything about Roodaka, “HOW DARE YOU! YOU SHOULD BE VERY ASHAMED OF YOURSELF MISS ROODAKA!!”
Roodaka tried speak, but all that came out was just in a fearful tone, “But I…”
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Previews. I likw those.
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Thanks. That preview is for after a Titan battle on Vesok’s Coastline, but I’m trying make it so it can make have more MLP in the first chapter being a prologue weaving in the storyline of the 2006 storyline of Bionicle with the Piraka being like Krekka from Bionicle 2 not very bright, but still considered a threat, however, enemies like Sidorak, Indiki, and Roodaka would take this opportunity to pick up where they left off and concur Earth since they were foiled by Toa last time not to mention revenge on any Toa team since the Toa Metru/Hordika defeated them. Much of the information will be from the movies, novels, and the comics. The only smart Piraka will be Vezon that Joker equivalent will plan a role in this too since like in the 2006 storyline is fused to the Mask of Life.
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Hmm. Good news: the co-author's story is currently in moderatioj
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Sweet! What story exactly?
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Same series as this, from another character's perspective.
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Oh ok. Also the Toa Nuva are being guarded by the Makuta’s sons each location is to weaken their elemental powers.
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My co-author has just published!
- MLP Gen 5
- Adventure
- Comedy
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Thanks for the message. Of course, I already responded to it, but I still thank you for letting me know.
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Np!
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Cool.
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Np.
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I’m still trying figure out how start off the 1st chapter of my Bionicle Heroes that’s after my prologue chapter.
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Well, where does the prologue begin?
The long, somewhat confusing setup (I wondered how much of this I needed to remember for later) was mostly fluff but the "I'm rambling again?" line made me laugh. Excellent. I think the rambling was only slightly too long for the payoff. You definitely established a tone here and gave me a good idea of what the protagonist was like before. :) As someone completely new to your stories, I appreciated the explanation about the parallel Toms.
TF in the first chapter! I guess it's just a nice day so you're going to the park by yourself. Reasonable! I have some critcisms to the TF not being anatomically analogous (horses don't have backwards knees for example), but this is such a common inaccurate thing I'm sure you hear it all the time. I'm curious if by "centaur" you meant "satyr" though. A bipedal creatures with hooves? As opposed to a four-legged horse with a human upper half with arms in place of its head and neck.
I liked how the transformation happened in this world but then only after you somehow you get transported to another world. (Someone saw too!)
There's a very good question you've asked the audience here: If Tom is taking Zipp's place, what happened to Zipp?? It didn't look like she's okay. And also who is calling Tom to become Zipp? Where will Tom end up? When will Tom end up?
Color me intrigued! Onto chapter 2!
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The element about 'rambling' is something of a running gag in this series, as real life conversations can be very rambly.
Thanks for the clarification about the centaur/satyr thing; truth be told I didn't know the difference.
Precisely what happened to the other ponies and why our protagonist got called will be explained later.