-INSTALLATION: EQUUS-
Celestia is currently in her bed-chamber as Luna’s beloved moon shines brightly over the blackness of her night. The sun alicorn was left to ponder about these recent events. She held a meeting with the other world leaders, which went rather well despite the chaos that ensued at first, to which Discord was more than happy.
“I can’t tell if that draconequus or Overseer, whatever he calls himself, is trying to truly help us or simply continues to play along until he resets us all.” The white alicorn then lets out a sad sigh. “Oh, Twilight… should I have come with you all to that Ark? I feel I could’ve done more.”
“You’re helping Twily by being here to take care of Equestria in her stead, auntie,” A new yet familiar voice says, which causes Celestia’s ears to perk up as she turns towards its’ source.
“Cadence? Did you teleport into my quarters? What are you doing here in Canterlot? How are things going in The Empire?”
“Careful, auntie, you almost sound like Twilight with all those questions,” Cadence responds with a giggle. “To answer them in order: Yes, yes, I’m here to talk about these recent events, utter chaos, pure and absolute chaos. Fortunately, Shining Armor managed to calm things down with Prince Rutherford’s help, who came to visit us and ask about the Green Obelisk. It certainly helps to have physically powerful yaks on your side to establish order in times like these. Perhaps we could hire some of them for the guard?”
Celestia chuckles, “Indeed, my dear niece. Ah, that would explain why I didn’t see Prince Rutherford or most of the other yaks at our meeting here in Canterlot.”
“Anything important to report? How did the other nations react?”
“Like yourself, Dragon Lord Ember and Queen Novo are the ones whose kingdoms are closest to the other Obelisks. You explained it perfectly, utter chaos. By the way, where is He-”
Suddenly, Celestia’s words are cut off as she and Cadence could hear a commotion outside Celestia’s bed chambers.
……….
“Halt! You mysterious object!” A stallion earth guardspony shouts as they aim their spear towards a certain AI. The scenario occurs just in front of the sun monarch’s chamber entrance.
“Look, love, I’m with Princess Cadence. It’s just that I went off to-”
“You will not say the name of one of the Princesses so casually, creature!” Interjects the brown-coated guard.
“Wow… racist much? Well, I’m just a machine, but still. Look, I’m going to assume that you’re under a lot of- Woah!” Helena shouts as she dodges a swing from the guard’s golden spear. “What the bloody hell?! I didn’t attack you or anything!”
“Be silent!” The guardspony exclaims as they prepare to strike at their foe once more. That is until a golden aura covers the door behind the guardspony. The door opens as the Princesses witness this shocking sight.
“Princesses, please excuse me if I had interrupted anything,” The guard starts as he comes to attention. “This strange creature claims to know Princess Cadence and just flew right into the castle without any proper-”
“She is with us, my dear pony,” Celestia interjects in a motherly tone. “Her name is Helena. The being floating before you is the same entity who has been working diligently to explain those strange objects to us. I take full responsibility for this misunderstanding.”
“N-no! Please, your highnesses, allow me to take the blame,” The guardspony turns their gaze back towards Helena, “Please forgive me; I was performing my duties and, admittedly, have been under a lot of stress as of late. Also, I’d like to correct you on something...”
“No worries, love! Just don’t go swinging that spear of yours at me again. It’s a pain to create another HLN-A Unit and then jettison it off to this installation from Earth. I’m sorry, I rambled there for a bit. You mentioned that you wanted to correct me on something?”
“Ah, yes… you see, I’m not a racist, as you bluntly put it. My special someone happens to be a kirin, a non-pony, and she’s the absolute love of my life. We plan to be wedded within the coming month. I did, however, react poorly to your presence, and I truly apologize.”
“No harm, no foul, love. Congratulations on your wedding!”
“Thank you, Helena,” The guardspony responds, clearing their throat afterward with a forehoof raised to their neck, “Please, excuse my actions and proceed inside.”
Helena nods in response as she floats past the guard and comes face to face with the shocked expressions of The Princesses, Cadence closing the door via her pink magical aura.
“I must say, I thought you’d be angry with that guardspony. I appreciate your forgiveness, Helena,” Celestia comments.
“Nah, no need to worry about it. I’ve always tried to lessen the number of enemies I make. Unless your name’s Edmund Rockwell.”
“We would like to talk about that in the future,” Celestia responds, taking her place on her bed, “For now, I would like to look into something that has been bothering me.”
“Yes?” Helena questions.
“Sunset Shimmer’s world and its connection to ours. I already sent her a letter earlier, and she should be stopping by in the morning.”
-INSTALLATION: THE ISLAND-
Everyone is currently lost within the sweet embrace of sleep. Even Helena had her version of this action as the AI leaned against Twilight in a passive-like state.
Fluttershy could feel something was wrong as the yellow pegasus slowly came to. In a sudden sense of horror, she sees something appear before her very eyes that sends a chill down her spine.
Your Shira - Lvl 103 (Dodo) was killed by a Raptor - Lvl 80!
Your Didel - Lvl 13 (Dodo) was killed by a Raptor - Lvl 80!
Your Annabeth - Lvl 31 (Dodo) was killed by a Raptor - Lvl 80!
The list continued to go on, and she could even hear the horrifying cries of her tames as she flickered her ears about. Without hesitation, she brings forth her spear via the pegasus’s implant and runs with all due haste to the exit. She swings the door open, and what she sees before her sends surges of sorrow and fear throughout her entire body.
An entity held one of her tamed Dodos within its’ maw as all around it are its other victims' mangled remains. Fluttershy could only stare on in horror as she muttered the words:
“R-Rap-tor...”
The Raptor drops its prey as it launches itself towards the pegasus, who jumps into the air and avoids its strike. However, the Raptor slams itself against the doorframe, which instantly causes everyone else within to jolt themselves awake.
“What in tarnation was that?!” Applejack exclaims.
“Wait a bucking minute, what’s with these messages?! Our Dodos are being killed?!” Rainbow Dash shouts.
“Everypony!” Fluttershy shouts from outside as she is currently positioned on the roof of their home, looking down upon the Raptor who eyed her hungrily. “There’s a Raptor outside of our home! It killed my Dodos!”
“We have to tame it!” Helena exclaims, which causes everyone else to shout in unison:
“WHAT?!”
As this goes on, the Raptor tries to break into their shelter as it claws angrily against the wooden structure.
“We need an ally at our side to increase our strength. A Lvl 80 Raptor is an excellent start! Get your clubs out and whack that thing!”
“That sounds so barbaric!” Rarity shouts in response.
“No, Helena is right,” Twilight says as she materializes her club. “If we can tame this carnivore, it can help us collect meat and hide. Remember everything Helena taught us yesterday, everyone. We have to make drastic decisions on our journey and if taming a Raptor is the start of our success, then fine!”
“I’ll tank it for us!” Spike proclaims as he starts to make his way towards the exit.
“Spike! No! I won’t have you-”
“No, Twilight! Let him go. He’s perfect for taking that thing’s attacks for us as we attempt to tame it.” Helena interjects.
“B-but-”
“No buts, egghead. I’ve seen Spike take on a large bird, and some Raptor that’s barely even half of its size isn’t going to stop him. He’s our best hope!” Rainbow Dash exclaims.
Spike was now outside as Fluttershy was still on the roof, looking down upon the Raptor who was currently positioned just behind the structure as she says:
“Spike! It’s over here! Go around the house; it’s trying to get in!”
“I’m coming!”
As the young dragon makes his way around the structure, everyone else comes outside to see the horrifying sight and aid the dragon. Rainbow Dash hops onto the roof with Fluttershy as she bares her club and hops onto the Raptor.
“Giddy up, buddy!” Rainbow Dash antagonizes as she holds onto the entity while clubbing away at its head. The Raptor roars out as it starts to buck her off; however, Rainbow isn’t alone as Spike intervenes and says:
“Rainbow, keep clubbing it while I-”
“Woah!” Rainbow roars out as the Raptor manages to toss her off its’ back before pouncing onto Spike, pinning him to the ground.
As this goes on, Helena instructed Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack to harvest the corpses of the slaughtered Dodos to get their hides and some meat. The AI then teaches Rarity to create a few bolas as she shows her the recipe to forge it.
Back with the conflict, Spike was currently pinned down to the ground as the Raptor tried its best to puncture his flesh. Fortunately, much like what had happened with the Argentavis, the sickled toes of the entity failed to pierce his flesh, but that alone wouldn’t be enough as the Raptor was physically stronger than the young dragon. Fluttershy grits her teeth and hops off the roof onto the back of the Raptor as she copies Rainbow Dash’s actions and holds onto its’ back while clubbing it.
“I’m sorry, Raptor! But I won’t let you hurt my friends!” The yellow pegasus does manage to get some good hits in as the Raptor attempts to throw her off. Having learned from its’ earlier experience with the cyan pegasus, Fluttershy is baffled by the Raptor grabbing her with its’ left arm and tossing her off its’ back. The Raptor then gets off of Spike and rushes towards the yellow pegasus.
“Fluttershy! Watch out!” Spike exclaims while the aforementioned pony is getting back onto her hooves.
The Raptor leaps into the air and prepares to pounce onto the pegasus, teeth, and claws ready to tear into her flesh. That is until a cyan-colored pegasus pushes Fluttershy aside. Instead, the Raptor pounces on top of Rainbow Dash as she struggles under its’ grasp. The sickled toe of its left foot raises over her throat region as the entity growls hungrily at the downed pegasus. The world went into slow motion for Spike and Fluttershy as they both tried to intervene. Sadly, this wouldn’t come to pass as the Raptor’s claw comes down upon Rainbow Dash and what everyone sees next sends absolute chills down their spines.
Tribemember Rainbow Dash - Lvl 10 was killed by a Raptor - Lvl 80!
A tear escapes from Fluttershy’s eye while Spike stares on in horror. The yellow pegasus grits her teeth in anger as she then roars out:
“How dare you do that to her! You deserve... The Stare!”
i dont rememer you mentionign their tribe name? also a unicorn can be on the island so you going to have the ponys find it?
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i mean dragons on scorched earth shouldnt be possible either so we can proberbly chalk this stuff up to some future scientist figuring it out. i mean its better then saying "because magic" or "because space rocks"wouldent you agree?
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They will talk about that since Helena didn't explain that to them yet, which was evident by Rainbow and Fluttershy being shocked by the messages. As for them meeting the unicorn and the Equus creature, that comes in time.
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so im guessing helana used her admin powers to make them a tribe as she likely was focusing on teaching them other stuff first. or did discord make all the groups of equestria tribes? CMC tribe
Ok ok. This is like so wrong on so many levels. This is like saying your not racist for having one brown friend. Hell, whats that? Its a Special Some-PONY?
I dont know about you, my dude. But, you just outted yourself, if you cant stop referencing your species?
I guess you have to constently reminder what she is compared too...somepony, but thats crazy? Its not like ponys actively practice racism or bawk at anything, new and different. No, sir.
And lets not critcize this we dont want upset the ponies for being racists. After its just words, right?
Words dont hurt, after all.
Lol
Ps. Good chapter. Keep it up my dude. But, damn unexamined culture norms? Wow, im shocked.
Pps. Cough spike cough.
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I’m actually really glad that you pointed that out because that is the exact reaction I wanted when people read that part.
Wait, what? You claim to not be one yet you still use the term somepony in reference to your Kirin lover? Wouldn’t you say: “My special someone.” Instead?
We’ve seen time and time again how often ponies do this, mind you even after Twilight and her friends established connections to other races, and yet we still see that. I wanted to give that a little nudge.
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Nice Nice, i appreciate it!
Its good to see someone else have that thought. Like I have literally read epic stories that deal with racism. And?
Not acknowledge this blatant injustice in front of them , like bro, they are spitting on your people and culture.
Im rather excited, too. see where you go with this story. So kudos and keep on being super dope!
Thank you! And have a kind evening!
Ps. Its is rather strange that they never see their own foibles? No?
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I’d like to think that The Princesses are a bit too afraid of calling out their own subjects behavior. Going off of the show alone, I’ll give Celly her dues and say that she’s probably not that type of pony. Unfortunately, it would seem that she also doesn’t actively try to quell this behavior either. I appreciated season 8 of the show due to the fact that they actually do touch on this subject. We all know what Neighsay thought about other creatures, heck, I was surprised the show outright allowed him to say it given the targeted audience the show was meant for.
Thank you very much! 😀
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Well in all fairness "somepony" has likely been the default term of address for centuries, from generation to generation. The way I read it when I read this chapter, the guard using "somepony" when referring to his kirin lover was a way of saying he doesn't see her as being different, he just sees her.
The levels here seem all over the place.
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Oh they definitely are. The levels of the Dodos and that Raptor are based off of my personal spawn when I woke up in the south. Had a level 80 Raptor just chilling in a zone that should've been meant for low level survivors. I even questioned why a Raptor was there to begin with! They're not even supposed to be there and yet there it was, massacring Dodos and fighting a turtle. The Dodos were no different either, I remember seeing a 150 just doing its own thing right when I spawned in. Although, I suppose it's different when it comes to Dodos. Ark can be weird sometimes.
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Okay, knowing that these were taken from actual gameplay helps make it believable.
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Yeah it might've been the game being silly, which happens a lot good grief, but that was probably one of my best "wtf moments", ever when you first spawn in. It just wasn't right.
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That's also another way to put it too!
I'm glad it brought forward those perspectives from you both.
Tradition is all well and good but, and because im tired.
With that line of thought. We would still have stoning, and all the other horrors that we should be glad to be rid off.
Consider if you the removal of history by Celestia.
The cleanse i.mind bleach for Luna.
Do we know who she was before even, nightmare moon?
Further, people conflate Spike with a adult in some cases. But, is really the case?
I would argue. And im tired. So, it would be very very brief. That he is treated more like a slave then a friend. This is of course barring fanfiction and fan-mind. I mean this in the strictest sense of canon.
What else are you? When you a child live in essence to serve a unicorn, the genius student of the god queen?
Im curious on your thoughts! Thank you for your time! And have a nice evening!
sees the first pony death....."mae waifu NOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Out of interest, Helena actually holds no ill will towards Rockwell, at least according to the 28th explorer note she wrote on Aberration. HLN-A does react to Rockwell with hostility in the Genesis Simulation, particularly while fighting his avatar in the System Root, but it's important to remember that, at that point in time, HLN-A did not yet possess Helena's memories, only her personality, and so would have no prior knowledge of Rockwell, merely assuming him to be an unwanted intruder and villain.
That's the way I interpret it, anyway. We can't know for sure until the release of Genesis Part 2.
Also, Rockwell's first name is spelt 'Edmund', not 'Edmond'.
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I look forward to Genesis 2, not only for more lore but that new tiger looking mutant creature looks fascinating.
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The Shadowmane does look cool, but I'm more interested in the new Reapers. I lost 8 out of my 9 Reapers to a game crash recently, so I'm looking forward to rebuilding the horde.
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Ouch! I love ARK but good grief, its bugs can be so unforgiving...
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Ain't it the truth. Some of the bugs you find in Ark really hate the other bugs you find in Ark.
I just thought of a funny scenario for later on down the road. Have spike get in a tussle with an argy(is that how you spell it?) and get covered in feathers, then have a rock drake swoop in and kill the argy while it's distracted, sending spike to the ground. Then, as the drake is eating, spike tries to sneak away but gets caught, but instead of killing him, the now revealed female drake mistakes him for a hatchling. One thing leads to another, bada bing bada boom, he's got a rock drake for an adoptive aunty. Who else thinks this would be a decent idea for later on?
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Oh let's just say that thanks to Spike's appearance, there will be some awkward and hilarious interactions with the more draconian members of the Arks.
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Sweet! Can't wait to read it! Also, I know I'm nitpicking a little bit here, but I'm fairly certain it's 'draconic' and not 'draconian'. Again, nitpicking, but that's just what I'm used to.
Ah, yes. “Rainbow Dash dies first” a good old action trope.
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Rock drakes? On the Island?
Obviously someone is cheating. But who?
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I wondered about that myself. I also wondered if Applejack and the other two grounded members of their party would take up wearing equus saddles, or if that would even be possible.
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You're actually right about that.
I'll be sure to correct that!
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It's funny because I always feel bad for her dying first in most horror themed fanfics and yet here I am, doing the same thing to her...
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im looking forward the the lore and possible plan of what rockwell is doing now. also it is worth pointing out that rockwell might have been trapped in apperatons wreckage since the arks came home and the only reason element is still existing is because the arks canot reach apperation and likely the new area in genisis 2 so unless we build an element purifyer ourselfs it will be interesting to see what will happen next with stuff.
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When I said 'later on down the road', I meant when they're a little ways into aberration, not the island.
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It also implies within the genesis 2 trailer that Rockwell has an ultimate plan. During the trailer, Helena's AI and a survivor were seen inside of a sort of space ship that looked to be going into hyperdrive.
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im hopeing for final battel on elements home planet
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It’s logical. She is the most hot headed and reckless of them (and not the brightest either). Plus, she is loyalty. It’s natural for her to priorities others instead of herself.
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This is true. Her dying in this sense is accurate to her character.
When is the next chapter? I really like this story.
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Sorry for the late reply, no worries I haven’t given up on the story. Currently, I’m working with my editor on some of the coming chapters.
Ight nice can't wait and don't worry you can take your time.
Nice first death.
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Also, sorry for not updating the story for nearly a whole month. I'm working on multiple chapters as we speak.
Just need a little more time.
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I should make some graves for the tames that have died due to my own stupidity (such as my first Rock Drake and me messing around with the admin blink rifle while riding her, she unfortunately fell through the map never to be seen again)
I was just wondering when you're going to update this story again. Also, do you think you could fix the pictures that have been removed (with the red upstream things, you know)?
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I haven't given up on this story, and will indeed be working on it again soon. And yes, I will happily update the pics. Thank you for letting me know about that.
Fucking awesome
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TYVM!
And don't worry, I know it hasn't been updated since January but I fully plan to complete this series.
I can admit that Terraria has consumed my attention as of late.
Hold up, doesn’t she consider Rockwell and monster Rockwell 2 separate entities? One as a human, the other as an unrelated beast?
I’ve been thinking, would Spike temporary turn into giant dragon mode when eating element, similar to a Ferox? He did it in the show after all…
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She does. The monster Edmund's become is still considered something else entirely.