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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 23:58:58 GMT -5
Moonglow nervously walked toward the castle gates. She had figured looking looking through the rest of the city for a place to improve her magic was pointless since it was demolished. The only place she had left to look in was the castle itself. She had no idea what to expect. Moonglow knew the guards at the gates would stop her and question her, because that was what guards always did. They certainly looked very intimidating. Hopefully they would either let her in, or give her advice on where to find what she was looking for. Moonglow gulped as she approached the guards.
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Post by Live Wire on Jul 29, 2014 16:23:09 GMT -5
Canterlot was a cold, desecrated corpse of its former self. The city now lay in ruins, a few skeletons of marble and stone buildings still standing like withered, burned trees following a great fire. Most everything was level, with no distinguishing marks between the streets and the buildings that once lined them. The closer Moon came to the only unharmed structure upon the mountainside, the Palace, she would see a few ponies – both military and civilian alike rummaging through the remains of their city searching for signs of life, though some secretly looting what little remains. It was a horrible situation, bleak, but underneath the hopelessness of the situation, there is a certain air of hope residing over the war torn landscape due to the recent victories, even the bittersweet ones.
As Moonglow approached the guards, she wasn't the only one there greeting them. A filly, barely a teen, rudely butted in-front of her, with a wagon hitched to her barrel, carrying a random assortment of necessities found amongst the ruble. ”Hey! I'm done, let me in!” The filly scolded, before she glanced back to the newcomer ”Hey, move it or lose it.” Said before turning back to the guards, ”So, open sesame?”
The two guards stood stoic, unwavering, unblinking and seemingly not paying the filly an ounce of attention until, “Entry permitted at 1700 hours, work details end at that time, it is currently 1430. You know this, Live.”
The filly rolled her eyes as only a teenager could, ”But I'm done.” She complained, stamping her hooves.
“1700, no sooner. Get back to work.” Said the guard, before falling silent once more. His eyes glanced to Moonglow, but he spoke no words as he continued guarding his post.
Moonglow would feel a bump against her ribs as the filly tapped her with a shoulder, ”Don't bother, the jerks are sticklers for schedules. Stubborn as donkeys. Yea, I said it!” She scolded, ”Your coat is clean, not from Canterlot? Why would anypony come here? If ya' haven't noticed lady, but the capital is a capital mess. Might want to go back to where you came from before some pony in a uniform makes you clean up their mess.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 21:28:08 GMT -5
"Might want to go back to where you came from before some pony in a uniform makes you clean up their mess." Moonglow froze as the young filly's words rang through her head. Might wanna go back to where you came from... Where you came from... Where you came from... The sound of the Diamomd Dogs' joyful barks... The screams of her neighbors as the enemy charged through their side of the large city... The cries of her old friends begging her to escape without them.. The Diamond Dogs had made a mess of her beloved city. Half of her friends and family were still trapped there. The family and friends that Moonglow had failed to rescue. She had sworn that she would get her revenge. She still didn't know if Manehattan had been completely taken over by Diamond Dogs. It was their mess, so why should the ponies have to be the ones to rebuild the city? Their mess... Their mess...
Moonglow sighed. "I came from Manehattan. If I go back, I might get captured by Diamond Dogs or something. And then what do I do?" The older unicorn turned to face the filly. "By the way, I'm Moonglow. What's your name?"
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Post by Live Wire on Aug 10, 2014 17:26:05 GMT -5
The filly let out a long, 'ohhh', when the mare explained she was from Manehatten. "You're one of them fancy big-city ponies!? Ya' I heard someth'in about Manehatten getting invaded - really sucks. Can't trot a crows flight without finding something else burning down these days. Anyway, name's Live Wire." She presented her hoof for a friendly shake. "And this here pile of burnt rocks is my home. What we're lacking in Diamond Dogs, we're making up for in dust."
With her magic, Live Wire unhitched and slammed the cart she had been pulling into the wall beside the guard who she had spoken with, creating a terrible racket and just barely making the guard flinch. She chuckled, while he snorted and regained his composure.
"Hah, gets 'em every time. Watch that, will ya', I'll be back for it in a bit." Said the filly to the guard, as he horn's magic rescinded forcing a few wayward electrical sparks to rain from the tip and down her snout. She shook her head and tapped her horn with her hoof. "Dumb thing. So Moonglow, I can give you the grand tour of the place till they open the gates. What do you say?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 0:45:45 GMT -5
"Sounds good to me!" Moonglow replied. Suddenly she frowned. She remembered the sparks that Live's horn had emitted. Moonglow had seen it occasionally when tutoring older foals who already knew the basics of magic. It was a common sign of uncontrolled magic. You could easily tell what type of magic it was by the color, size, and amount of sparks. Live was clearly not very good at controlling electricity. However, such uncontrolled magic often lead to powerful magic, if trained and used correctly. Live could become an extremely powerful unicorn, given the time. "Does your horn always shoot sparks like that?" she asked the filly.
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Post by Live Wire on Aug 11, 2014 1:45:14 GMT -5
"Great, right this way."Said the filly, stepping forward on the cleared road which led to the gate they were denied entry from. It was a few steps towards the rubble which lined the broken street when Live Wire begun her little tour, "So, ya' see over there-" Pointing to an unassuming mass of debris that like was once a very nice building. "That was the fabled Cabaret of Tartarus, Canterlot's most famous nightclub. Currently to reopen sometime never." Live Wire continued forward a few paces then pointed to another ruined structure, the half figure of a doughnut stuck out from its ruined mound while a rather stocky stallion with a donut for a cutie-mark coursed through the rubble, "And there was Pony Joe's, best doughnut place in the capital and popular with the princesses. Flavor this month is soot glazed with despair."A few more steps and Live Wire pointed to a new location, overflowing with iridescent foam from a smoldering crater. "And that was The Mane Ingredient, a shop owned by a jerk alchemist who constantly blew up the place. Truthfully, this doesn't look much different than it had before the attack."
Live Wire was about to disclose another place when she had noticed Moonglow asking about her horn. Immediately, she became self-conscious, sheepishly toughing her horn. "Uh... yeah, why? I always sparked, kinda my 'thing', I guess. Why I'm called Live Wire. I zap things, often accidentally and my horn always does that. Just don't touch it if you're looking to keep your heart beating properly. Unless ya' happen to be a Pegasus - or Alicorn, and I'm not seeing no wings on you."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:22:48 GMT -5
Moonglow laughed. "I don't see wings on me either!" Her smile quickly faded as her thoughts went back to Live's horn. "That isn't your 'thing', Live. It's uncontrolled magic. It's dangerous, and could really hurt somepony. You have to learn to control it. Otherwise..." Moonglow levitated a wooden board over to them and placed it on the ground. She then charged up her horn, filling it with the energy around her. Electric energy. She had long since mastered lightning, and obliterating the small wood plank was as easy as galloping. "That happens." she said as she pointed a hoof at the ashes that were once wood.
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Post by Live Wire on Aug 13, 2014 15:50:04 GMT -5
Live Wire watched as Moonglow demonstrated the power of uncontrolled magic, much to her delight. The filly's eyes lit up at the display of raw electrical power unleashed upon the wood. Her adoration soon turned into a mischievous little grin, imp like, and bursting with a devious idea of her own.
"Yeah, not bad. I know it's dangerous and all, see that over there-"Live Wire pointed towards a spot where there appeared to have once been a tower of sorts and on the road beside that was a long crater through the center of the road, as if something large had crashed there and skidded through the stone for a ways. "I did that. Well mostly. Blasted one of the bad-ponies that attacked us with the help of a friend. Really zapped the daylights out of him." In her excitement to brag about what she had done, her horn begun to spark once more and through that, Moonglow could notice a hairline fracture snaking its way along the filly's horn. "And yeah, control, whatever. They tried to get me to control it at Sunbutt's Dumb School for Prissy Unicorns, but I was having none of their attitude. You stop one annoying colt's heart with a tenth of an amp and suddenly everyone looses their head. I mean he was fine - mostly." She ranted on, frustrated, anger growing inside her as she did till finally it came to a crux and her horn erupted with sparks like a roman-candle. She realized what she was doing and quickly used her hooves to shut off the uncontrolled rain of sparks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 18:42:09 GMT -5
Moonglow frowned as Live shrugged off her warning. " ...Sunbutt's Dumb School for Prissy Unicorns-" The older unicorn stopped listening immediately. Moonglow waited until Live had finished her sentence and then practically exploded on her. "LIVE!!" she shrieked, ignoring Live's most recent magical outburst. "HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT PRiNCESS CELESTIA?! SHE WAS TWILIGHT SPARKLE'S MENTOR!!!!" Wild sparks flew from Moonglow's horn. "TWILIGHT SPARKLE!!!!!!!!!"
A large, spontaneous blast shot out of he horn, fueled by her anger. Nopony was struck, but a large crowd began to gather, everyone wandering what had caused the commotion. The guards by the gates approached the two unicorns wearing grave expressions. "I'd be surprised if they didn't drag me off to the dungeons," Moonglow moaned miserably.
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Post by Live Wire on Aug 14, 2014 20:21:51 GMT -5
Live Wire sheepishly stepped back from the crazy mare. Ok, she thought, this pony had a thing for Celestia and Twilight Sparkle, but by the sisters, she was crazy about it. The shouting, the scolding, it brought her back to a less pleasant time and before she could retort, the guards were upon them.
"I ain't with her, she's like shell-shocked or something!" Proclaimed the filly to the guards; whose both eyes darted back and forth between them. "You in trouble nowwww, ohhhh."
"Ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to calm down. We understand this is a stressful situation, so just breath and collect yourself. If you like, Princess Luna has authorized grief councilors to aid anypony in need. We can summon one now, if you like." Spoke the first guard.
"If you cannot control yourself, we are authorized to sequester you till such time you are deemed safe toward yourself and any other pony. Do we make ourselves clear?" Spoke the imposing second guard.
Live Wire stomped a hoof on the ground, "Oh come on! She's freaking out, at least like tranquilizer her or something."
The guards ignored the filly, nodding to Moonglow, "Try and have a nice day now." They turned and left, heading back to their posts just up the road.
"Bah-" Live Wire said, turning to face Moonglow, "You're lucky, if I had done that, they'd probably drag me off to a gulag somewhere. Luna knows they've wanted too before." Speaking rather proud and matter-of-factly. "And sheesh, calm your flanks. Ever sense Celestia went all bat-crazy, she's not well liked here. Think I had insulted Princess Luna or something."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 18:54:44 GMT -5
Moonglow was taken aback by the guards' response. Stressful situation? Grief councellors?! She frowned. "Sure, Princess Celestia isn't exactly her normal self right now, but that is just it. She isn't her normal self. Something had obviously corrupted her. After all, nopony could suddenly change their ways in such drastatic amounts. That that brings me to another subject. That outburst... What happened there? Even when my idol Twilight Sparkle was insulted I never did anything like that. And my magic never leaks like yours. I never had to deal with anger issues, so it was natural that my magic had leaked out when my emotions went wild. But what had caused the sudden change? It wasn't your insult. Well, it was, but my usual indignation at hearing Twilight and her loved ones be insulted had been magnified one thousand times. So what happened?" Moonglow finished her rant with a sigh. It suddenly occurred to her that she might have bored Live to death. Whoops.
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Post by Live Wire on Aug 18, 2014 17:25:18 GMT -5
Live Wire gawked at the ranting unicorn as if she were a witness, first hoof, to a true and real decent into a gaping maw of madness. Her head cocked to the side, not unlike a confused puppy, ears twitched and turned trying to snatch up this stream of consciousness till, finally, her face went blank. Inundated with this information overflow, Live Wire's brain had reset itself.
"Uhh..." She uttered, absently. "Kay. Why are adults always nuts, can you tell me that? Or are you a special case? Listen, I dunno what it's like in fancy Manehatten but this is Canterlot." Paused to glance around at the destruction around her, "Was Canterlot. Keep your crazy on the downlow."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 16:48:24 GMT -5
Moonglow stared at Live for a moment. She had not been called crazy since she had left Manehattan. Her mother used to call her that when she ranted on and on about the most recent spell she had learned. She sighed. Then she smiled. "Not all ponies are crazy. Some are only half crazy. Others, like the legendary Pinkie Pie, are just half pony and half... unexplained phenomenon. I'm probably just half crazy." She laughed. "So. When do the gates open?"
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Post by Live Wire on Sept 1, 2014 4:40:06 GMT -5
"Half... right." Retorted the filly, still eying the unnerving unicorn suspiciously. Ignoring her streams of consciousness, Live Wire carried on the conversation to the next topic she had brought up. "1700, which is-" Pausing to mouth silently the conversion to herself. "Five O'clock, I think. I don't get those soldiers, can't they speak normal like the rest of us? Ever since the attack, they've made everything all wonky around here. Regimented, I think that's the word. It's really a drag - speak of." The filly looked around for a brief moment, trying to find something close in the sky, "Wonder where the 'ol'smog ball' wondered off to?" She stated rhetorically, though with a curious glint.[/font][/font]
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Sept 3, 2014 0:46:39 GMT -5
Moonglow laughed. "Yeah, they really should speak normally, shouldn't they? By the way, what's a smog ball?" Suddenly she turned her attention to a building, or at least what was left of it. "Why does that building have half of a donut sign on it? Is it a bakery or something?" she questioned as she walked toward the ruins.
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