Madness Abe's Other Upcoming Story Idea (if he can get his lazy ass into gear) · 8:26pm May 27th, 2014
Well, that last story was a doozy, huh?
As I said before, I had two ideas planned, with the second being far more light-hearted and comedic in tone.
Without further ado...
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Midnight Castle, South Neigh Jersey Shore
Amidst a thundering storm, a dark castle stood still far off in the distance, atop a rocky island. For 1,000 years, that castle stood, abandoned, and nopony had ever questioned its appearance. Could it have been a home to the ponies of times lost gone? No one knew or seemingly cared, and thus it was left alone for years....
Until now.
A hooded figure overlooked the castle from atop a small boulder before jumping off and walking over to the massive front gates, now rotting and covered in moss.
Before long, the figure easily moved the doors and was now inside the building. Inside, the castle was quite obviously old, evidenced by the deteriorating structures, the dust, the bats, and the poorly drawn graffiti done by local miscreants. But all things considered, it was still in a relatively decent shape. All that was needed was just a bit of a makeover and it'd be perfect.
Perfect for what his employer had planned.
"So...how does everything appear?" said a raspy voice.
The hooded figure turned to a small glowing screen floating in mid-air, produced from his own magic. Inside that screen was a emaciated red-skinned creature with small nubs on his head. From the view inside, he was locked inside of a cage within what appeared to be a massive cavern.
The hooded figure nodded and threw his head back, revealing his true face: a gray skinned stallion with a wild black mane, red eyes, and sharp looking fangs. Apart from the hood and cloak, he also wore silver colored armor and a crown.
Then, he spoke:
"Crystals", said King Sombra, which roughly translated to "Good."
And even more strangely, Tirek himself understood perfectly and curled his hands together in joy.
"Excellent, Sombra. It's good to see my castle still standing and in a relatively good condition. This will make my plans go smoother.."
Suddenly, a crackling noise was heard, prompting both to look up to the ceiling, where the noise originated. And almost instantly, a piece of the roof fell off in front of the two, causing rain to pour down from the hole that was now there. Tirek gave out a look that read "Are you kidding me?".
"We'll get that repair soon. Right now, we need to find the-oh, there it is." Tirek said, looking directly forward to another set of doors. Sombra walked over to them and pushed open the doors, revealing a larger room, with rusted weapons and relics covering the walls, accompanied with aging paintings that were covered in dust.
"Crystals? (What is this place?)"
"This, Sombra, is the room. The room where we will have our meetings and plans for revenge and total domination of Equestria. Here is where the magic will happen...." chuckled Tirek, feeling absolute glee of the events that he already imagined in his head.
Revenge would be hi-
"Uh, crystals? (Uh, Tirek?)" Sombra said.
"What? What is it?" said Tirek, feeling a bit annoyed that Sombra had broke him out of his daydream (which he didn't even have the chance to even imagine.)
"Crystals, crystals. (Over there on the wall." Sombra said, pointing directly at a nearby wall. From the screen, Tirek squinted his eyes closely to read the sign, which read:
NO TRESPASSING. CASTLE SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION FOR TWO WEEKS. NEIGH JERSEY LOFTS COMING SOON
The former tyrant king and imprisoned demon looked at the sign for a few moments in complete disbelief of what they just read. While Sombra himself remained baffled, Tirek had a completely different reaction, shown from his already red face becoming even redder.
"My brother and I built this castle, brick by brick, breaking our backs and creating rivers of sweat." Tirek slowly said, his voice slowly turning into a growl and sounding more like a bomb ready to go off. "And at the end when it was complete, I said that this castle would stand for over 1,000 years....."
"AND NOW IT'S BEING TURNED INTO BUCKING LOFTS!!!!!
"Uh, crystals. (We can still stay here. We could just buy a unit. They do look pretty good.)"
"THEY CAN GO SUCK MY UNIT!" roared Tirek, the screen actually shaking from his yelling. Suddenly, the noise of what sounded like three large dogs was heard in the background of the screen, prompting both to bear looks of shock.
"Quick, turn it off! Turn it off! Turn it off! Turn it o-"
The screen vanished in a blip of light, leaving Sombra to stand around awkwardly for a few minutes. After around 10 minutes, Sombra brought the screen back up, showing a nervous looking Tirek that looked over a different direction before turning back to seeing Sombra.
"Alright, the dog went back to his post. That was a close one. Anyway, we'll get some legal team to deal with this entire issue."
"Crystal- (But you don't have a legal team-)"
"Shut up, Sombra! Anyway, we need to get back to the issue at hand: we need to bring together my legion. My alliance of all of Equestria's enemies into a grand cabal for total domination...." Tirek said, his voice clearly showing the madness and enthusiasm in his voice.
"Sombra, call for Nightmare Moon!"
"Uh....crystals. (She's gone.)"
Tirek blinked for a few seconds.
"What was that?"
"Crystals. (She's gone. The Elements of Harmony essentially banished her from existence, so yeah.)"
Tirek's sole response was to facepalm in disbelief.
"Alright fine. What about Arabus, the storm god?"
"Crystals. (Apparently, sealed away.)"
"Ugh, Crunch the Rock Dog?"
"Crystals. (Extreme hibernation inside of a deep tunnel system.)"
"The Flore Family?"
"Crystal. (Extinct.)"
"IS THERE ANYONE LEFT FOR ME TO HAVE A SINGLE DAMNED CABAL?!"
Sombra shuffled around awkwardly before for some reason, pulling out a booklet that he looked through, showing various pictures of many different ponies and creatures, most of them having looks on their faces that said "Don't mess with me".
"Uh, crystals, crystals. (There's me and the Changeling Queen.)"
"...That's it? That's all I have left?"
Sombra looked again at the booklet and looked back to the screen.
"Crystals. (There's a random assortment of jerks and assholes.)"
"So....you're telling me that my alliance of Equestria's allies constitutes now of you, an insectoid shapeshifter, and a random assortment of assholes, who are about as threatening as a box of kittens."
"Uh, crystals-(I never said they were threatenin-)"
"Do I have any other options?"
Sombra simply shaked his head no, prompting Tirek to simply groan in annoyance.
"Fine, we'll...recruit these losers. Maybe I can turn them into a true lethal force."
"Crystals. (Doubt it.)"
"Anyway, Sombra, ready the letters of invitation. We'll need to ready my plans for the Chabral of Darkness to unite!"
"Crystals. (I'm not your slave. Get the job done yourself.)"
"Hey, I helped you get out of your cell in Tartarus, so this is the least you can do!"
"Crystals, crystals. (Yeah, yeah.)"
"JUST GET THOSE INVITATIONS UP ALREADY!"
At that moment, the roof cracked once more, this time, sending down a rusting bathtub down to the floor, accompanied by more rain.
"And get someone to fix that roof."
Sombra grumbled once more, letting out another grumbling of "crystals".
"And remind me to get you on Hooked on Phonics and Sesame Street. Your whole "crystals" thing is getting annoying."
On cue, the nearby wall with the sign crumbled and fell right off, giving a new view to the lake and storm outside.
"I really need to fix this dump."
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MADNESS ABE PRESENTS....
LORD TIREK'S EVIL COUNCIL OF DOOM
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Yeah, my work on this little prologue isn't too great, but it's just a prototype trailer.
Anyway, any opinions on this (if it ever gets done)?
Hm, I'm going out on a hunch here and guessing that Trixie, Gilda, the Flim Flam Brother and
Sunshit SimmerSunset Shimmer are the other members.2150258 Yes, and a few more. Let's just say that hijinks will ensue, from planning out doomed-to-fail revenge plots, to a doomed-to-fail heist to gain money.
And expect a running gag for switching evil lairs due to recurring destruction.