private The Fountain (A reboot) RP

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

OOC:

http://mlpforums.com/topic/54629-the-fountain-a-reboot-sol/

(OOC: I'm not going to start AT the fountain Oh no! I'm going to begin as Electro Dash!)

Somewhere in a small town known as "Ponyville", at around mid-day, somepony was waking up. They were feeling excessively lazy today so they stayed in bed. In fact the only reason they woke up was simple. This pony was just too energetic to stay in bed. And so the pony got up, rubbed the sleep out of their eyes, and went into the kitchen for brunch.
"Hey sweetie." The pony said as they rubbed their eye with their hoof. "could you err, cook me something?"
"Mom why don't you just wake up earlier and have breakfast?"
"Because that's BOOOOORING! Sleeping is more fun because you can dream up whatever you want!"
The Child giggled. "Whatever you say mom but I'm not cooking you anything!"

At last the Mare sighed and went to the door. "I'm just going for a lovley walk in the forest to... Walk" And without a second warning, The mare left the house and made her way into the everfree forest. Edited April 8, 2013 by darklord260

[Descant 1,898]

Monica was breathing deeply. She stood, slightly taller than and away from the others, a single step away from a new life.

 

With her doleful dark eyes hidden by the untended curtain of dirty blonde, she stood somewhat away from the rest of their group. She was relatively plain-looking, although she might have been pretty under the rather unkempt hair and downcast expression.

 

She brushed her hair out of her face to better see the fountain. The structure was about as tall as she was, and seems to have been once quite beautifully elaborate, but it had acquired a rather weathered look over the years. She moved forward, away from where all the others were standing. She felt a collective hush from the others as she became the first to move forward. She didn't know any of them particularly well. She hadn't felt the need to meet them either.

 

She knelt before the fountain, and putting a slightly trembling hand on the rim, slowly lowered her head to the cheerily lapping water. This is it. This is the moment.

 

The world seemed to lurch the moment her lips touched the water, and she felt herself being hurled forward, spiraling into a world of darkness...

 

((For those of you who take things too literally... She drank from the fountain, and simply seems to have fallen asleep.))

Edited March 31, 2013 by Flareon

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

(OOC: Imma do what Flareon did...)

 

 

Emily didn't notice Monica faint...she was a little was away and already staring down into the fountain, her reflection looking back at her.

She stared into her light blue eyes andbit her lip, unsure whether she wanted to go through with this or not.

She brushed her light blonde hair from her face and leaned down.

She reached down and scooped up some of the water in her delicate soft hands...she was often told she had the hands of a master pianist...whatever that meant, but she wasn't looking at her hands...she was staring into the water.

After taking one more deep breath she drank the water. At first, nothing really happened...and then, everything went black and she fell backwards into a bush, which ripped most of her clothes...

 

Then...she slowly opened her eyes. Before even looking to see where she was...she gasped, she knew that something was definitely wrong...

[Mushy Giant Friend 206]

Lily didn't seem to see any of the others' reactions to the fountains water but if she did, she didn't react or help at all. She was slightly nervous about what could happen but she also had doubts. What if it didn't work? She couldn't go back to her shared apartment if it didn't. She shrugged inwardly, what happens happens, right?

As she walked closer to the fountain, she started to feel nervous again, what would hapen if it did work? She shoved her doubtful thoughts in a corner in her mind and hastily knelt down next to the fountain, scooping some of the water into her hands and gulping it down quickly.

As soon as she did so, the world went hazy and everything went dark.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

(meh. I might as well join the bandwagon. my bandwagon after all.)

Derek watched two people fell unconscious after drinking from the fountain. An unusual thing to occur, an twice could only be a coincidence. Right? Derek removed his fedora and dipped his face into the fountain, taking a few gulps before pulling his head out and putting his fedora on.

"Hmm. Tastes like wat..." He was about to continue untill he hit the floor asleep.

[Descant 1,898]

Sopping wet hair. The rustling of grass I'm the breeze. The feeling of damp soil against her bare flesh.

 

Monica felt funny. And not ha-ha funny. Strange funny. Her head felt heavy. But what alarmed her most is that someone seemed to have stolen her clothes. Her eyes opened heavily, and two long pastel-yellow colored things presented themselves, in sharp contrast with the brown dirt below. This was most strange indeed. She tried to reach out to grab whatever this thing was, but it moved! With a squeak of surprise, she toppled over backward, and mossy green hair obscured her vision.

 

My hair!

 

She rolled over onto her stomach for the sake of modesty, and moved a hand to examine her hair. Except, again, instead of an arm, the yellow thing moved. She looked at it more closely, and was startled to find it was a hoof.

 

My hoof? But... What? How!? This isn't possible!?

 

But is it?

 

She had always read of fantastic tales of magic. Maybe, just maybe, she had found finally found some.

 

She toyed with her green hair until, with a jolt, she felt some strange bone protruding from her forehead. What in the world? She looked back over her shoulder, and saw her body stretching out behind her. She was a horse, or a pony, or a centaur or something.

 

This was all very strange business indeed.

 

Looking at her surroundings for the first time, Monica noticed that the landscape was rather pastel-y as well, as were several other feebly stirring forms scattered around a fountain.

 

Monica tried to stand up, but when she did she felt a searing pain in her back. She fell onto all fours, and was surprised at how natural it felt to stand that way.

 

*clip* *clop* *clip* *clop* went her hooves as she trotted over to the fountain, hoping to catch a glimpse of herself in the water. But she found the pool drained...

Edited March 31, 2013 by Flareon

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

The energetic mare was trotting merrily along humming tunes to herself when, off in the distance, she noticed an unusual scene. There was a small clearing with a marble fountain in the center. The fountain looked brand new, no cracks or moss, except it wasn't flowing. Surrounding this fountain were several ponies, all knocked out cold for whatever reason, apart from one. she appeared to be confused at life in general. Odd. And she was apparently a blank flank! Electro Dash zoomed next to her and stopped on a dime.

"Hey! What are you doing near a fountain and why are all these ponies sleeping? OOO was it a big party? At a... Fountain?"

[Mushy Giant Friend 206]

As Lily awoke, she heard a voice talking, something about a party? She opened her eyes slowly, her head still pounding.

When she came completely to her senses, still lying on the ground, she had a proper look at her surroundings. She found herself in a strangely cartoony and pastel coloured world. Thinking that it was probably her headache messing up her vision, she looked over to the person who was talking, or rather the pony that was talking.

"Maybe it's just a hallucination?" She thought, getting slightly more worried. As she tried to stand up, her back started hurting. Of course the only normal thing to do it that situation was to fall over backwards, which she did. Once she recovered from that, she realized that the hand that she was rubbing a scrape with just didn't feel right. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a hoof. She looked at her whole body and realized that she was an equine of some sort.

Taking a deep breath and staying calm, she attempted to walk again, but ended up falling again. She looked over to one of the others who appeared to be conscious too.

"How does becoming a different species count as a new life? I mean duh, it is NEW, but aren't we supposed to be human? Which one of us are you anyway, I really can't tell?" She said all of these sentences quickly, clearly panicking.

[Descant 1,898]

The energetic mare was trotting merrily along humming tunes to herself when, off in the distance, she noticed an unusual scene. There was a small clearing with a marble fountain in the center. The fountain looked brand new, no cracks or moss, except it wasn't flowing. Surrounding this fountain were several ponies, all knocked out cold for whatever reason, apart from one. she appeared to be confused at life in general. Odd. And she was apparently a blank flank! Electro Dash zoomed next to her and stopped on a dime.

"Hey! What are you doing near a fountain and why are all these ponies sleeping? OOO was it a big party? At a... Fountain?"

The mare practically fell over in shock when a tiny horse with wings, of all things, appeared right next to her, as if from thin air, asking about a party. What?

 

"I... Um... What? No. No, no party." Monica said, pulling herself to her hooves clumsily. Her voice was soft, very soft indeed. It sounded as if it was nothing more than a chorus of autumn leaves rustling gently in the wind. She seemed almost intimidated by the mare, but whether that was the case or not made no difference. The quavering of her voice gave away her fright and bemusement. "I... Who... What are you?" The rude question burst out, almost as if it had been torn from her.

 

She seemed close to tears.

Edited March 31, 2013 by Flareon

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

Emily groaned and blinked a few times...she felt so different, but she couldn't put a finger on what it wa- "THE HELL." She yelled, staring down at what used to be her hands...now there were two...stumps...hooves ?

She let out another panicked yell and pushed herself backwards as if trying to get away...from herself. But all she really managed to do was topple over the edge of the fountain and hit her head.

She cursed and looked up at the now empty fountain...but that wasn't important.

She looked at the edge of the fountain and placed her...Hooves on the side. She tried pushing herself up but she only felt a sharp pain in her back...she fell down so she was standing on all fours and a few tears made their way down her now furry cheeks.

It was only now when she felt some sort of padding on her back...like a blanket or something. She looked back and her eyes widened. "W-Wings ? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ? When I was told "New Life" I didn't expect to become...WHATEVER THIS IS." She yelled, looking away from her wings to look at...more ponies ? "you did this...WHO ARE YOU ? WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME ?" She yelled.

Emily was quite obviously upset...and confused...and kinda terrified...

Edited March 31, 2013 by Jolteon

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

@,  

Electro Dash looked at her confused. "hu wha?? what this thing about "humans" and "life" and stuff? you just live right? riiiiiiiiight?"

 

@@Flareon,

She turned back to monica "awwww don't be sad! Sad is bad!" she pulled a sad face. "I'm sorry that your sad. Really really sad!" she took a few steps back, worried.

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Electro Dash turned to a new pony that appeared. "excuse me? Your friend here is about to cry and that makes me sad so can you please make her not cry? pretty pretty please?"

 

Derek heard the sounds of yelling and mumbling. He opened his eyes drowsily  and pushed himself up with something. It was blue and furry, and he was not holding onto it that was for sure. It felt almost as if it was a part of him. When his vision restored he noticed his face had been in the fountain except it was dry. He pushed himself onto his feet but felt a pain in his back and lost his balance, causing hi to thud to the ground. He tried again, and caught himself on all fours. He looked down at himself to see what had changed and then he noticed he had no hands, or feet. All that was left were stubs, that looked hooflike.

"Uhh. What?" He said sitting down and examining them further. "I'm an equine?"

[Descant 1,898]

@,@, 

 

A single tear tracked down Monica's furry face, leaving a track in the dirt that coated it. Partly because she was terrified and confused and all that tosh, but partly because she recognized the voice screaming at her through that sky blue zebra-pony thing. If anything, it was the awful, undeniable confirmation that this was not some cruel dream.

 

She gave a brief shudder, then took a deep breath, as if steeling herself to dive headfirst off of a waterfall.

 

"Emily, don't scream," she said, her quiet voice reproachful and scolding, quite as much as it was upset and scared. "You're not helping anypony." 

 

You did not really just say that... You did not just use the word 'anypony'... It's a sick joke...

[aRegularPony 306]

"I don't get it." He looked at the fountain, where everypony was collapsed on the ground. Not the most normal thing that could happen. Oh, what the hell. He cuffed the water in his hands and drank it. "It tastes normal. Why did everyone colla--"

 

He opened his eyes. What the hell was in that water. He looked around. Fountain. Town. Ponies. Wait, what? "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINGS?!" he tried to push himself onto his legs and back away. It was impossible. He looked down and noticed it. He was one too. "I'm just hallucinating. This can't be real. No way. How could this be real?" He tried to convince himself this wasn't real. It didn't work. He knew it was real. Stupid fountain water. Why would he drink it if everypony else had collapsed. Everypony. He was going insane. This was ridiculous. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PLACE?"

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

@@Flareon,

Electro Dash looked disappointed. "awww! Your crying! why are you crying miss?" She lay down and almost began to beg. "please, pleas don't cry! I-it makes me feel bad! Pleaaaase just say you're OK? Are you OK?" She went up to Emily. "please say she's OK! Did I do something wrong?!"

[Mushy Giant Friend 206]

@,  

Electro Dash looked at her confused. "hu wha?? what this thing about "humans" and "life" and stuff? you just live right? riiiiiiiiight?"

Lily took another deep breath to calm herself down and attempted to explain the situation they were in, which she found quite hard as she was trying to to freak out herself.

"Well earlier on today.. Wait, how long were we here for? How long has gone by?" She shook her head, trying to clear her mind of any questions, "Anyway, as I was saying, earlier on me and all of these other people here drank some water from a fountain almost identical to that one over there," She gestured to the empty fountain, "Only the one we drank from was, obviously, filled with water. For whatever reason we were humans there and now we are... Ponies." The panic returned into her voice near the last sentence and she tried not to freak out.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

Derek continued to look down not bothering with everything going on. "I'm a horse? No not a horse. I feel too short to be a horse. A pony?" He looked at his forearm. "Eh? Blue fur? that cannot be right. What about my hair?" He ran his han- err hoof through his hair untill it his something. He poked the tip of it, giving off a ticklish feeling.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

@@Flareon,

 

 

Emily nodded. "Okay...okay...okay...okay." She took a few deep breath's...and some more...and more...and more. "Oh *Breath* Great *Breath* I'm hyperventilating." She said, sitting down.

She closed her eyes and stared down at the ground in an attempt to calm herself...but that didn't help much, she was still panicking. "What happened to us ?" She asked, almost inaudibly.

She sniffed and wiped the tears from her cheeks with her hoof...but only more came out. "When I heard new life...I expected maybe money...or something...but this ?" She thought out loud, looking up and sniffing again. "How am I supposed to live like this ? Damn it Emily." She put her head in her hooves but quickly drew back as that only made her feel worse.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

 @,

Electro Dash looked around at everypony. Some were upset, others were panicking, One of them just looked like he didn't care that he was a pony. It felt sad. Everything, even the air felt sad. Electro Dash went over to Emily and gave her a hug for reassurance  hugs always helped, even strangers.

"It's Ok pony. I'm sorry you're upset."

Edited March 31, 2013 by darklord260

[rolle 320]

Ligter had walked around everfree today in search of some plants for his sister, when he was done searching he heard voices in the distant ways that sounded like... Ponies that he never met before or like nopony that have lived in ponyville maybe they were from another city or something where they talk different but he didnt think this was the case, he walked up and looked from behind a tree 'Okay... I see one i know is from ponyville since she was on one of pinkiepies crazy parties... But the others surely are not from here, maybe i should introduce myself' he thought on it for a moment and decided to go there to meet these new ponies, he immidietly saw that one was crying confused another were crying for celestia know why, but the others there seem like anything had happend, he walked up to the pegasus he knew was from ponyville ¨hey do you know who these are and what that fountain is... More important why it is here without water in it... Also it doesnt really look ponylike well a little but you get it¨ he tried to go soft but he didnt really know anypony there so he tried ashard as he could to try and act like no potato.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

Ligter had walked around everfree today in search of some plants for his sister, when he was done searching he heard voices in the distant ways that sounded like... Ponies that he never met before or like nopony that have lived in ponyville maybe they were from another city or something where they talk different but he didnt think this was the case, he walked up and looked from behind a tree 'Okay... I see one i know is from ponyville since she was on one of pinkiepies crazy parties... But the others surely are not from here, maybe i should introduce myself' he thought on it for a moment and decided to go there to meet these new ponies, he immidietly saw that one was crying confused another were crying for celestia know why, but the others there seem like anything had happend, he walked up to the pegasus he knew was from ponyville ¨hey do you know who these are and what that fountain is... More important why it is here without water in it... Also it doesnt really look ponylike well a little but you get it¨ he tried to go soft but he didnt really know anypony there so he tried ashard as he could to try and act like no potato.

Electro Dash turned to him mid hug. "I don't know! First I was trottin gin the orest then I see this lot and a fountain then one of them wakes up and I talk to her! But then she gets upset and the rest get up and some begin to panic and then this one began to panic and then cry so now I'm giving her a hug to make her feel better because there is so much stress and I dunno what to do!"

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

@,

 

Emily hesitated for a moment but hugged this pony back...she was just happy to have someone there...until the pony turned to look at another who had walked out of part of the forest.

Star winced slightly as the pony who had been hugging her turned around which pulled Emily's wing into an awkward position...which felt kinda strange...but it still hurt and Emily wiggled out of the ponies grip...but she still stayed close.

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

Derek Continued to poke the thing on his head before deciding a conclusion was in order.

"So, I'm a pony of some sort, and I have a thing on my head. So does that I'm... A unicorn?"

 

@,

Electro Dash frowned slightly but she didn't think that was impotant. "Now, why are you sad?"

Edited April 1, 2013 by darklord260

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

@,

 

 

Star sighed and a few more tears made their way down her cheeks...which were now pretty much soaked. "We...well...um...I am just assuming you're from around here...and you were born a p-pony. Well...we're kinda from...a different place, and my friends and I were all...um...turned into um...ponies." She said, quietly.

[Descant 1,898]

@,@,

 

Monica sighed in relief that Emily had calmed down, and even though several more tears were carving tracks down the mud of her face, she maintained her composure. "That's it in a nutshell," she said, in a quavering voice.  

 

Somehow she doubted that this... this... pony believed them, and honestly, if Monica were in her... Well, not her shoes, but the metaphor still applies... Monica would not have believed their story either. 

Edited April 1, 2013 by Flareon

[Flicker 141]

OOC: Crap! I didn't know we'd started! Jo's a bit late.

 

Joseph Caruthers strapped a backpack to his back. It had all the basic stuff you'd read about heroes having in stories: A knife (plastic, from the kitchen), spare clothes (except not extra underwear for whatever reason), and food (well, Oreos are food, right?). This was it. Tonight would be the night he slipped out of the orphanage and found his destiny: adventure! 

And possibly a pony. He'd always had a rather... colorful imagination, littered with talking, cartoonish animals. But he probably wouldn't find one of those on his quest. 

After a mile or so he realized he'd forgotten to bring water. "Great." He mumbled. "I'm going to have to really rough it if I'm going to do this right. Heroes always have trouble finding water..." His voice trailed off as he noticed a fountain. "Oh." He sighed. "Yeah, that works too, I guess." He leaned forward to get a look at the water and see how clean it was. "Well, I don't see much scum, so it's probably good." He immediately took a huge gulp of the water and instantly felt sick. The world swam before his eyes and he passed out in a blob next to the fountain.

~*~*~*

When he woke up, he found himself staring at a pair of coffee colored hooves in his face. The next thing he noticed was that he was completely nude. Lucky for him and his forward thinking he had packed clothes. "Huh." He tried to sit, but instead flopped on the ground in a slightly more comfortable position. "My first hallucination."

He looked up to see a group of... they looked like the ponies from his imagination, all in a state of general panic and chaos. "This. Is. BRILLIANT!" He exclaimed, and tried to stand again, slightly more successful. "I'm a pony! If I'm hallucinating from scummy water, I don't want to see a doctor!" He began dancing in a circle. "I, Joe Caruthers, am a pony!"