open Equestria's Darkest Hour

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Twilight gasped at he two ponies,but then hid. SHI*! Those ponies weren't mean...

 

THEY WERE DOWNRIGHT EVIL!

 

"Twilight, calm down. I gotta warn the rest about the Gala tonight...noponies safe...If I can get to them, that is." Twilight told herself, observing and hearing a lot what they said and did.

 

"Oooh, I wish I brought Spike!" Twilight told herself, then clapping her hoof on her muzzle. That was loud, hope they didn't hear her.

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Hank thought about it for a second. He really wants to go to the gala but he never got a ticket. Since he never stayed in one place. Princess Celestia is near him so why not give it a shot to get a ticket to the gala.

Hank walks up to Princess Celestia and bows.

"Princess i am here asking you if i can get a ticket to the Gala. I really want to go. So if you may can i get a ticket?"

 

Celestia felt a tad bit irritated at this request, but she had to keep her composure....."Hank, now is neither the time, nor place to make such a request. We are in the midst of a potential crisis. If this escalates any further, I will have to cancel the Gala...."

Celestia hoped the pony understood, she simply couldn't host a Gala while worrying about such a large problem.........

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Hank sighs "well just by judging on what we are capable of doing, we might be able to have the gala. We had three shields up, but none of use wasn't expecting those types of attacks. Next time we got to be more prepared."

He looks at her "Celestia is there anything i can do to help that you want me to do?" He looks over at Rarity.

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Celestia was taken a bit aback by Hank's sudden offer, usually only Twilight or Luna offered to help her at all. She might as well take him up on his offer, she figured. "Yes, actually, could you please find the unicorn Twilight Sparkle for me? Tell her I require her presence immediately."

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Nova Star contacted both of the ponies that she needed to help her make her appearence in the world again. "Oh don't worry Butajiri you will be famous all right so famous that ponies will fear you." Nova star knew exactly how she was going to make her enterance to the Gala but first she would need Shadow and Butajiri enter unseen if they could stop their petty squabling.

 

Storm Fire easily caught up with the blue pony "Oh come on is that all you've got I've got faster in my sleep. Names Storm Fire and who exactly am I racing against?" Storm looked on when he hear the name Rainbow Dash and watched as she took off faster she wasn't flying as fast as she could either, giving a smile he gave case.

 

Rainbow dash couldn't believe how fast this pegasus was and how sure of himself but she was planning on knocking him down a notch or two. After she saw that he had caught up to her she gave a humph "Not bad but lets see if you can keep up with this." Rainbow Dash started picking up more speed and soon created a sonic rainboom. Looking back she thought she had it until she saw a ring of flames in the distance and saw Storm coming up fast.

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"Those other ponies," Butajiri began, "The ones that tried to stop us earlier. They will become a problem in the future." he looked up with a sinister pleasure on his face. "Let my Yokai deal with them. They may only be E class, but they are very efficient. Hirue and Rotto will not let you down."

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Hank gave a nod "OK the unicorn Twilight Sparkle ill do my best to find her. I hope shes near." He sent out his AIs as he fell to the ground from the energy he is using for his AIs to find Twilight Sparkle.

Twilight could see a glimpse of Beta, Beta noticed Twilight Sparkle but not what she is spying on so Beta is thinking she is hiding or playing a game. As she went back to Hank. Once Beta arrived back to Hank the others did also.

Hank slowly got up coughing a lot. "That took a lot out of me, Twilight Sparkle is a purple unicorn right with the cutie mark of the northern star? Cause if that is her, she would be over there." He points in the direction Twilight is at.

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Twilight sighed. These ponies were essisinally evil, but her horn let her stay put. She screamed, because an angry manicore was behind her.

 

"HELP MEEE!"

 

She completly lose focus and shot beams at the Manticore, attempting to kill it. But it ponced on her and roared, baring it's fangs.

 

"Nice kitty...HELP ME!"

 

Twilight knew the people she were spying on could hear her, but she didn't care. Evil or not, she needed help. NOW.

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Hank heard the faint help call from Twilight as he runs in that direction knowing he has to help. He wont let a pony who can be a friend get hurt.

He soon arrives at the spot as he kicked the manticore off twilight sparkle. Showing how strong he can be thanks to his omega AI which gives him the strength. He stood in front of twilight sparkle to protect her. "Don't worry i'll do my best to help." He says in a calm voice.

He never looks calm but inside he is terrified. He never fought a manticore.

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Twilight was busy reading a book.

 

"Err...Err...Manticore's are commonly found in the forests and are usually fertile creatures. This one is going beserk - why? Anyway, a shot to the eye could easily defeat it." Twilight rambled, stating out geeky facts she learned by reading books.

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Hank gave a nod as he still stood in front of her. "well go use your magic, unlike you im an earth pony..." He kept watching the Manticore.

"your twilight am i correct? Princess Celestia wants to speak to you but first we have to get rid of this Manticore, can you focus a shot at it?"

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Nova scoffed at the suggestion "Let them be for now we have more pressing issues to worry about, like the two of you getting inside the Gala. No doubt that Celestia will be expecting some kind of attack but for now..." Both Butajiri and Shadow were teleported to her what they was was a snow white alicorn with blood red eyes and tattoo's all over her body, her wings sinister and bat like. Her color was offset by her dark blue mane and tail along with her deep green cape and anklets with black gems on them. The cave was filled with skeletons of dead ponies who had tried to read the many books that were sprawled on the ground. She walked up to one book flipping through the pages and using her magic prodced two tickets to the Gala. "Here take these and go to the Gala and head up to the top of the castle, make sure no one sees you and then I shall join you and make my enterance during the dance understood."

 

Storm Fire flew as fast as he could keeping up with Rainbow Dash was hard but he was deffinately having fun with it and leaving a trail of fire behind him. "How bout we call the center of town the finish zone first one to land there wins." He got a nod of approval from Rainbow Dash as they made there way toward town passing over Twilight and Hank not even noticing but his flames did manage to light the Manticore's tail on fire. The two of them were neck and neck one with a rainbow trailing and the other with fire.

 

Rainbow Dash wasn't about to be out shined by some fly boy gritting her teeth she gave it all she got and gained the lead landing in the town square a few seconds before Storm. "Ha yes so totally won I told you I was the fastest pony in all of Ponyville." She was so excited she had totally just defended her name although not by much. It was something special to her now she could go to the Gala with her head held high and see the wonderbolts again and hopefully become one.

Edited October 11, 2012 by storm-fire

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"What about my two Yokai?" Butajiri demanded, "You would waist their talents? Hirue and Rotto are near here, and they obey me. They can disguise themselves as ponies just as I can. Why not use them? They can solve your problems here and now. Rotto already knows how to stop them. He has a trick that always works."

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Nova Star chuckled at Butajiri's suggestion "No I have my own army that can take care of them all but where's the fun in just destroying someone you hate. I want to see the pain on their faces when they can't do anything to stop me and the fear when I remove Celestia from exhistance." She flipped through her spell books finding what she was looking for finding the spell that she was going to need to change Equestria. A wicked grin came over her face "Once I make my appearence we will still have much to do, Shadow you're the only pony that's read my tome's and lived there are seven other books of mine that we'll need to find to complete my spell."

 

Rainbow Dash was so excited that she had beaten Storm Fire she was aware of what was going on in Ponyville she was going to make sure that she protected the ponies of Equestria. She saw the time on the tower "Hey Storm I'm going to head home and start getting ready for the Gala." Rainbow Dash flew off back to her home in the clouds to get her dress that she had worn the last Gala with her friends.

 

Storm Fire smiled he didn't like that he'd lost but he was ok with it for Rainbow Dash, he flew back towards where all the other ponies were meeting back up with Flaret and the others. "Hey everypony sorry about that got way to into the race, but don't worry Princess I'll be on watch while at the Gala I promise nothing will happen." Strom gave her a serious look before putting his hoof down letting some fire eminate around his hoof. He knew that going to the Gala tonight would mean not only having fun but also meant keeping and eye out for any suspicious looking ponies.

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"At least let Hirue and Rotto retrieve your books!" Butajiri demanded, "You may have an army, but I can guarantee they aren't as specially skilled as Yokai." He smiled. "Perhaps I should also mention that the three of us already had plans for the Gala. They already have tickets."

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Twilight shook her head.

 

"My horn is completly discharged...it's useless. I used it up while harvesting syrup for Zecora. Her home is a whiles from here..." Twilight rambled, flipping through a book she borrowed. "Um...Manticore's are weak in the eye, so aim there. But oddly...they are supposed to be timid, gentle creatures. This one is on a rampage...it's unnatural, like something is influencing it. Like that time with NMM..."

 

Twilight looked down and started to pick a blue, oddly shaped flower. It was hard without magic, and she'd get the effects of it, but it was their only choice.

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He looks at her "are you sure they are weak in the eye.... is there some other way?" He watches the manticore soon noticing his tail is on fire.

"Twilight, for some reason the manticore's tail just caught on fire... but by what?"

He tries to think of a way to beat the Manticore without really hurting it.

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Twilight threw the blue flower at the Manticore. First the Manicore stiffined, then it breaked out in an overload of fur. It looked like a big puff-ball, banged into a tree, and got knocked out. Twilight grinned...that was Poison Joke. But she had the effects too...she couldn't hear anything.

 

"Good job!" She thought she said. "Dang...I can't hear anything. Stupid poison joke."

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Hank smiles laughing at the Manticore. He soon looks at Twilight "are you ok?" he wonders if he can fix it "how can we get rid of the poison joke?" He went to write it down so she can read what he said. He hopes that it will clear soon. "princess needs to see you." He gave a sigh.

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The pink mare put a hoof to her muzzle and wondered. "Oh the gala? Tonight" she forgotten about a party?! She paused and wondered if Rarity had a new dress for her. She bounced over to twilight, "Hey twi-" she started before looking at the blue flower. "Oh, no poison joke? Again" she said getting a vial of the antidote of what seemed like thin air.

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Nova Star slammed her hoof down sending an enormous amount of energy out enough to make the ground shake all the way back to Ponyville. "NO this has to go this way in order for me to get the one book I'll need to break Celestia's seal on the door with the Elements of Harmony. Once things start to fan out and take shape maybe I'll need the help. For now get ready for the Gala and Shadow take this..." Nova levitated a blood red book putting it into a saddle bag "This spellbook should aid you in slipping by the barrier Celestia will no doubt place for the Gala." She gave a wicked smile once the Gala was underway her plan would be set in motion and Equestria would soon be hers.

 

(No post for the others tonight waiting for post from Red right now.)

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Rarity smiled...her dresses were going smoothly. She felt bad dropping everyone back there, but what needs to be done needs to be done! She calmly finished the dresses, and went looking for her friends. She thought they look DAZZLING!

 

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Twilight smiled at Pinkie.

 

"Sorry, can't hear what your saying...but I do believe that's the antidote. But you do know the antidote is a bubble bath...right? Anyway, whatever, i'll drink it. The effects should wear off in...hmm...3 hours? Just in time for the gala." Twilight told them, gulping down the antidote. "We should get out of here. The everfree is well known for bringing in the doomed souls..."

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Flaret had moved to Rarity's house, to see if the dress she ordered was done already. She didn't usually like wearing dressed, but after seeing what wonderful designs Rarity could make she was sold. Carefully she knocked on the door. "Rarity? Are you there?" A nervous little smile appeared on her face. She wondered what the dress looked like.

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Rarity looked back to see Flaret knocking on the door. She trotted back and levitated the dresses up.

 

"Oh, hello Flaret! I have just finished your dress..." Rarity said, holding it up. "Doesn't it look SMASHING? I put my backside into it, it looked like you and the suns colors went well together, so I threw this together. If you don't like it...well...i'll make ya' a new one."

 

[Flaret's dress looks like this. Except it's not celestia's dress.]

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Flaret walked inside, still a bit shy. Her eyes widened a little when she saw the dress and then she smiled, trotting towards Rarity. "It looks gorgeous! Thank you so much!" She inspected it from up close, feeling the fabric with her hooves. "How many bits is the dress?" She took a step back again, still smiling.