Peripeteia: Chapter 14Chapter 13: Rain on the Roof of the Watering HoleThe portal issued forth the hapless ponies, and most stumbled onto the mud, while Gilda and Rainbow Dash floated gently to the ground. The rain was bucketing down onto the streets, which were lined with rickety wooden buildings. Rainbow Dash recognised them all: none other than the buildings of Appleloosa. But these rooftops were all covered in huge metal plates to catch the rain and funnel it into barrels, atop which Horned Kin were on patrol, scanning the streets below. Everyone darted into shelter before the light could fall on them, and before they could get too wet. They saw Winged Kin g
Peripeteia: Chapter ThirteenChapter 13- The Cost of Tough Love, a Loving Child at a Terrible PriceAnd so began the team's adventures in rescuing. They tossed leaves over the heads of Kin to confuse them, while unshackling Diamond Dogs and leading them into the shrubbery. They lassoed the Kin's wings. They blinded and distracted Kin with light show displays. They dropped down on top of Kin from the treetops. Sometimes, they even telekinetically slammed Kin into the trees. Bit by bit, the team disposed of the Kin subtly, and in their own individual ways. But even as their roster of dogs grew and grew, and the Kin grew less and less, eyes filled with hatred watched from
Peripeteia: Chapter TwelveChapter 12- Melodies, Explosion and a MidpointAs the four fell from the doorway, they immediately struck a bank of damp earth and leaves. Gilda sat up, rubbing her beak. "There has to be a better way to travel.""Everyone in one piece?" asked Cheerilee."I think so," said Twilight. "I wonder where we are." She got up, and found she'd pushed her way up on a gnarled root. She looked around. The four were in the middle of some sort of woodlands, one that seemed to blot out all the stars and moon, leaving the place very faintly tinged with light. The mist rolled about like some sort of snake, and the trees seemed to give off an otherworldly v
Peripeteia: Chapter ElevenChapter 11- A Friend in Need is Still a FriendRainbow Dash finally slowed down inside an alleyway. She dropped to the ground, waiting until Trixie and Cheerilee caught up. Across the road was the factory, boarded up and abandoned as before. But this time would be different.She shifted to Fluttershy. "Trixie, there are some guards hiding by the door, waiting to ambush us. Could you please use a light spell to blind them for a moment?""Childs play," remarked the sorceress. She lifted her hat, aimed her horn at the top of the door, and flashed the tip. A glowing speck shot out of the top and arched across the road. The three ponies shut th
Peripeteia: Chapter TenChapter 10- Passage in the Sky, Enigmas of the airThe dark control of the Nightmare regime saturated all of Equestria, and continued to spread. As far as any eye could see, there was not one track of inhabited land that escaped the empire's clutches. But it transcended what could be seen as well. The kingdom laid its roots far into the earth, beyond pony access. The sewage system, now underground complex of Manehattan was proof enough of that. The caverns and catacombs hidden away in the mountainsides and deserts were no safer. Once home to hundreds of frightening subterranean monsters, the caves had all been made sites of eviction, for con
Peripeteia: Chapter NineChapter 9- The Bowels of Metropolis"Is everypony okay?" said the voice of Cheerilee."I think so!" said the voice of Pinkie Pie. "You okay down there?""...eeeuuurgh...""I think we can take that as a yes!""Right...Pinkie, could you get us a light?""Okay!"There was a pause.A bright light came on, causing Cheerilee to wince. Twilight looked about the cave, her horn glowing white yet vaguely purple. A river of a revolting colour filled with nameless trash floated by them. The circular walls were made from concrete, and were covered in cracks and pockmarks. The Kin that pursued them lay completely unconscious. In the corner, a rat c
Peripeteia: Chapter EightChapter 8- The City Afraid to SleepTwilight would be lying if she said she was prepared for the ride. The moment she slipped through, she felt like she was caught in a wind tunnel, with walls made of gravity-defying water. All she could see was Cheerilee in front of her eclipsed by rapidly appearing rings of iridescent light. All of a sudden, she felt her path diverge, like the passage split off into a second current, dropping her out of the tunnel, and to a skidding halt on the tarmac.Even as she got up and stroked the graze on her chin, Twilight was aware of the distant sounds of a buzzing metropolis. She opened her eyes, and looked dow
Peripeteia: Chapter SevenChapter 7- There's One Scorned Every MinuteThe landscape of the mountain rim wasn't exactly hospitable at the best of times. Even before you reached the jutting cliff face, loose soil and stinging nettles made for an unpleasant journey if one didn't stick to the path. Things had only gotten worse under the new reign. Potholes dotted the ground, no doubt a hole leading to some kind of threat underground. Multiple boulders and high ledges were embedded in the ground, as if some Kin further up the mountain had thrown them down there for the purpose of having more boulders and high ledges embedded in the ground. At least, that's how it seemed t
Peripeteia: Chapter SixChapter 6- Transformation, Exposition, and a BeginningThe pony groaned. Her head was pulsating. Her legs and neck felt stiff and aching with disuse. She felt like she was on some kind of boat, drifting back and forth. There was a taste of metal in her mouth. She didn't know how she'd got there.She concentrated and focused her energy, attempting to move at least one part of her body. With as much effort as she could muster, she forced her eyelids to flutter open. The world was dark and blurry, but gradually grew clearer as she rapidly blinked, and felt tears rolling down her face. The first thing she saw was a set of purple hooves lying ag
Peripeteia: Chapter FiveChapter 5- Joy and Tribulation for the De-IlluminationAs night swiftly progressed to day, an orange pall drifted across the land with surprising pace, the sun was lifted with an arcane power over the horizon. The birds stretched, then left their carefully planted nests and took to the air, jostling some of the balloons bunched to the corner of the building. In a small house just outside town, the front door creaked open, and Fluttershy poked out her head. After a few seconds, and a breath of the crisp morning air, she deemed it safe enough to open the door wide and step outside. She looked about the field, and saw streamers and balloons and
Peripeteia: Chapter FourChapter 4- Pleasant Returns and Preparing RevengeRarely had things looked so grim for Ponyville. In the streets, ponies were looking about everywhere, no longer sure of what was behind them, or who they could trust. Even Twilight had garnered suspicion in recent times, though she couldn't for the life of her understand why. She could feel accusing eyes coming from everywhere as she walked down the street. She lowered her head and tried to walk faster. Up ahead, Spike was reciting the events of the story to Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and an earth pony with a pink and black mane."...so then she was just standing there, all frozen, and I was t
Peripeteia: Chapter ThreeChapter 3- Fear is a Dark Room"Oh, it was abominable! Ghastly! Indescribably foul!""...Sooo, you didn't like it?" asked Pinkie Pie. She, Twilight and Rarity were just passing down the street, looking out for any unusual signs after the events of yesterday, when they found Regal Cut, Diamond Tiara's father, leaning on the side of his door, breathing heavily. He was a tall, greyed, moustachioed pony, near to Big Macintosh's height, and on any other day he would have been imposing. But today he stopped babbling to himself only to glare at the new arrivals, in an annoyance that hid no more panic than what had been given away just now."What
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Peripeteia: Chapter OneChapter 1- Boding of Things to Come"C'mon, Spike, books won't sort themselves."The infant dragon grumbled as he rifled through the swamp of novels scattered about the ground. "I'm going as fast as I can, Twilight! Cheeze, why do you even let these ponies in if they make all this ruckus?"Twilight Sparkle's horn glowed, and on command the novels and manuals around her shot upwards and drifted toward the shelves. "Three reasons, Spike: We're the only library in town, National Book Day is on Friday, and everyone has the right to a good book." She paused as a few levitating books caught her eye, and brought them closer. "...Even if they do l
Peripeteia: ProlougeThe hole is open. The story begins.The sky is dark over the Everfree forest. There are stars that shine in the air, but they do not glitter. They seem painted on, mainly for show. They seem slightly wrong. Even the moon, caught between half and crescent as it wanes in time and fades away, seems strangely artificial, with a shape too bulky, and craters too big.The Everfree forest seems natural enough, darkened to near blackness as it is, but it is strangely without sound. There is wind, as it blows at Force Three or Four, tugging at every branch and leaf, whistling as they undulate in the breeze. But the animals are absent. Nature seems si
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