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Post by Zero on Aug 15, 2012 12:27:16 GMT -8
Started to wander around the catacombs of the large dungeon with in this volcano. The Volcano of Smooze they called it, still sounded like some old mares tale. He was more drawn by how the caverns and corridors where formed, they didn’t seem to be a natural formation more like something made by hoof. His ears twitched as if there was somepony behind him, but as he looked there was no one. Strange, he thought and went back to his observation. He noted that these tunnels seemed to have a very fluid feel to them, as if they where meant to carry the flow of water, or being a volcano magma but as Sweeps looked closer he noticed molten rock didn’t pass through here it was something more fluid. He leaned down to take a more closer look at the way the rock was carved “Interesting” he thought “If water nor magma flowed through here then what did” he started to hear the voices again “Who’s there?” he said “Anypony there? You don’t need to hide” he said he paused waiting for a response, but none came. He shrugged his shoulders believing it was just some echoes from the others. He could hear something, that sounded like running water, taking a few steps deeper he found a large canal way that seemed to be filled with something…moving. Looking closer he saw some strange purple liquid flowing through the canal he stepped closer to the edge his hoof kicking a small stone into the river, the stone seemed to just float on the top and be carried by the liquid. “This is very odd” he said “Just what is this…” a large bubble of the purple liquid began to build and as it passed him, it burst sending a globule of the liquid over the sides, it landed in front of Sweeps, who knelt down to take a closer look “What is this stuff?” he asked it, the globule made no reply. He tried to poke at it, but it moved out of the way, sweeps tilted his head “Interesting” he said and tried to poke at it again, it moved out of the way again “This thing is alive” he said “I wonder if I can get a sample of it” as he tried to cornor it ageist a rock it lunged at him forcing him to step back it jumped at him again and again forcing Sweeps to step back. It seemed to be pushing him to the river. He looked around making some quick calculations he knelt low, then as the globule jumped at him again he darted ahead rolling under it. The globule landed back in the river, Sweeps panted “I have to get back and tell the others” he said starting to make his way from the eadge.
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Post by sunstar on Aug 16, 2012 13:36:04 GMT -8
Sunstar turned, "For Alicorns, Pregnancy can last from five to seven months. With my pregnancy with my son, Jetfire, It was ten months of missery and sickness. My first pregnancy with my daughter, Starfire, I went six months. I was five months on the dot with Celestia, and seven and a half months with Luna. You are most likely already full term." Sunstar lowered her head, her horn glowing softly, "Your son is full term. You could give birth at any minute. You are in labor. Take it easy and breathe. We will be out of here soon." She stumbled, but kept moving.
The Smooze flowed quickly. After pausing to tease the pegasus stalion, a delicious morsel perfect for desert, it entered the main cavern and shaped itself to the walls to form a nice rounded shape. It left the exit outside open, and put some of itself in place to drop and cover it. It did the same for the entrance. The Smooze thought, and pulled a part of itself from the wall. It shaped this part into Celestia to further tempt its prey. It did not know that outside, racing toward the mountain, was the real Celestia wearing red and gold saddlebags. Inside the saddlebags was the ingredients for the medicine that would save Sunstar. She only needed one more thing, and that thing was inside the Smooze.
"Celestia is going to meet us at the Volcano of Doom. She is bringing medicine for Mother. She says Mother is sick with the Changling Virus. It is why the Sun is trapped in place." Luna readied herself, "We must hurry. Mother says Stargazer is in the early stages of labor." Luna felt her mind being carlessed by her Lifemate, Orion Pax. She knew that he knew she was stressed and was helping her every way he could, "We need to move, now! I'd wink us, but even I can't wink that distance."
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Post by Storm Runner on Aug 16, 2012 15:00:32 GMT -8
As Burning Gold and Sunstar confirmed that her foal wanted out, Stargazer felt another flash of pain but gritted her teeth and kept walking with the others. She was grateful for the presence of Twilight and Sunstar - she knew they were both mothers. She tried to follow Sunstar's advice and breathe, but really it was harder than she'd expected - but being on the run probably had something to do with that. Sunstar stumbled, and Stargazer moved to support the elder mare if she needed it. "Is everybody holding up ok? I don't know how much further it is to the main chamber." Apparently though, her son didn't want to wait. Stargazer froze when an intense flash of pain rippled through her flank, and collapsed as her legs buckled. ((ooc: blah blah blah skipping this bit)) Soon after, the pure white winged unicorn lay with a little winged unicorn colt in her embrace. His coat was a bright midnight blue, his mane and tail as white as his mother's. She was exhausted, but still she stood. The bad timing of her foaling had to have allowed Wraith to catch up some, and as much as Stargazer hated that fact, holding the little bundle of fur, wings and legs was worth the pain. She quickly took off her white bridal cape and wrapped it round her colt to keep him warm. "Ouch."
Wraith smirked. "I've been chasing that princess for years, but she's always been able to elude me on the few times I've tracked her down - whether it was by using the power of the Road, or whether her 'protectors' got there in time to stop me. The blue winged unicorn you saw at the wedding, I broke half his horn off for a number of reasons. One of those reasons was that he managed to stop me from taking the princess and her power." He paused as he sensed a strange magic - did Hawkeye sense it too? Wraith was sure it had come from Twilight, the wife of the historian Tornado, whose brothers in arms had angered Wraith on some occasions. He'd originally took her because he'd sensed this same strange power, this power of wishing. Now Wraith had another though - she would be perfect to not only steal her rare power from, but to also get revenge on Tornado and the rest of the Mountain Boys.
Moonfall continued walking, moving faster all the time and answering Battlefield's question. "They're extremely large, and ponies can easily get lost in them. During the Great Rebellion, we based our camp there as the caves were so hard to find and navigate, we were safe. I was practically raised in those caves." As Tornado stated he was feeling strange emotions, the stallion looked towards his friend. "Can you sense what's happening, is Lady Twilight all-right?" He sincerely hoped she was, Twilight had been a good friend to his princess for a long time now. Luna must have gotten another message from her sister, because she relayed some information. The eclipse now was right above their heads and about to go into full blast, but they weren't far away from the caves now. They'd moved faster than he'd expected, but when loved ones were in terrible danger, that motivated everybody. It was when Luna revealed that Stargazer was going into labor that Moonfall almost froze. Oh god, if Wraith knew...
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Post by sunstar on Aug 16, 2012 18:19:50 GMT -8
Sunstar began to gasp for air. She was dizzy. Her fluid filled lungs refused to expand. It felt like drowning. Sunstar began to cough violently. Her legs gave out and she sank to the ground with a soft sigh. Raising her head, Sunstar coughed again, blood staining her golden coat. "I'm afraid I can't go on... Go on without me, please." Her head dropped as conciousness left her. Outside, the Sun flared brightly.
Celestia, circling above the Volcano, gasped sharply and nearly fell from the sky. Her magenta eyes wide in horror as she recognized the golden, fiery drops falling from the sky.
The Smooze waited, confident in its trap that it would soon have dinner. It sent a stream up the cavern to drop a glob of itself on the golden one. Yesss, tasty, so tasty.
"What? Are you sure? Can you stop it? Yes, my medallion is blazing! I'm almost there! Stop screaming at me, Celestia, and calm down." Luna's mouth moved with her telapathy, "Whip up the medicine, and I'll be there shortly. I promise. Yes, I'll explain to the others." Luna shut down her link to her sister. Listening, she could hear voices ahead. "I really hate to give out more bad news, but the Sun is bleeding. That means bad things, really bad things. Think massive wildfires, no water whatsoever, in other words, think inside an erupting volcano. To simplify things even more, think planet wide wildfire with no escape anywhere." Luna sighed, "Eclipse is nearing completion, which will help things out a little."
Demonica watched from the shadows. She watched the birth and gave a little grin. She slipped away to Wraith. "Thought you would like to know that your Princess just gave birth." Demonica melted out of the shadows, "The four have become five, and Sunstar is ripe for the plucking."
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Post by battlefield on Aug 16, 2012 18:35:18 GMT -8
"Then let's move!" Battlefield roared as they ran through the caves. "We're running out of time!"
Burnin Gold rushed to Sunstar's side. "Come on, Sunny, get up," she urged the dralicorn, helping her up. "We're not leaving you here." She then noticed the small drop of smooze that was lying on Sunstar. "Sunny, there's a drop on smooze on you."
"Now that's an unexpected twist," Hawkeye remarked with amusement. "Di you know she was pregneant, Wraith?"
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Post by Storm Runner on Aug 22, 2012 13:41:45 GMT -8
Soon after her little son was born, Sunstar started to struggle more against the virus. Stargazer carefully placed her baby on her back and secured his place with her wings - he'd not fall off now, and she hurried over to Sunstar. The golden dralicorn was now unconscious, and as Burning Gold tried to revive her, Stargazer spotted the drop of Smooze at the same time as Burning Gold. The Smooze was active and awake?! Stargazer had been so preoccupied with trying not to make a sound through her labour pains that she'd barely noticed! The white winged unicorn quickly turned to Twilight, the only one besides Sunstar who could get rid of the Smooze at this time. Stargazer herself was too weak, and if Burning Gold had any Smooze-defying powers, Stargazer was unaware of them. "Twilight, can you get it off her?" Stargazer asked, a little panic tinging her voice. On her back, the little colt opened his silver eyes and stared into the darkness, seeing something that none of the adults could. He didn't, and his mother didn't, notice him being lifted gently and levitated across the cavern to land in the waiting arms of Wraith.
Wraith pondered. "Hmm, very interesting. We could use this to our advantage. I had no idea she was pregnant, but I had my suspicions since she hasn't used proper magic for months." He smirked as a thought came to him. "If the foal has inherited the power of it's parents, it will be connected with the Road too. We can use this extra power, it will strengthen our cause." He cloaked them all in shadows and moved forward, coming into sight of the group of escaped prisoners. Luckily they could not currently see their pursuers. Wraith cast a spell which would attract the attention of any creature under 5 years of age, one he had learned from his father. Gently he levitated the colt from his mother's back with magic, leaving behind the bridal cape used as a makeshift blanket and a sensation which would make her think her son was safe and still with her. She would be weak to magic right now. He caught the colt out of mid air and materialised, smirking.
Moonfall's hooves pounded against the earth, and in no time they'd reached the caves. Here, he took the lead - guiding the group through the caverns as effortlessly as a bird takes to wing. Finally they reached a cave, and his mind could feel the Road reaching out in an attempt to stay functioning. He was surprised, he and the Road had not been able to connect like this since his Talent was ripped from him, which meant it was fairly close to death. Finally they reached the tunnel which would take them to the Volcano of Doom and he galloped down it without even needing to think about the sharp turn. They arrived in the main chamber, across the cave from their beloveds - just in time to see Wraith materialise with a small bundle of midnight blue fur and white hair. Moonfall's son.
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Post by firehooves on Aug 23, 2012 8:16:13 GMT -8
(*sigh* okay, what's I miss ?)
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Post by Storm Runner on Aug 23, 2012 8:34:27 GMT -8
Just a quick checklist of the main points for you, hope it helps ^^ Chronologically, here's what's happened so far: - Sweeps went to investigate and found some Smooze, a small glob of which followed him back to the group.
- A separate glob of Smooze has formed itself into a perfect copy of Celestia. The real Celestia however, is making her way towards the mountain with some medicines to save Sunstar from the Changeling virus.
- Stargazer's had her baby son - little midnight blue winged unicorn colt with white hair. He's called Starlight.
- Sunstar's succumbed to the virus and has gone unconscious - that small glob of Smooze mentioned earlier has attached to her.
- Wraith has sensed the power that Twilight was exhibiting - the wishing power. He remembered that Twilight is the wife of Tornado, and since Tornado is a Mountain Boy - he's resolved to get revenge on the Mountain Boys by striking out at Tornado first by taking Twilight. Complicated point, hope this one makes sense xD
- The sun is bleeding, and the Road has reached out to Moonfall so it's in a dire state - close to death.
- The rescue group has raced through the caves and arrived in the main chamber of the Volcano of Doom just in time. Sunstar is still unconscious, and Wraith just stole baby Starlight from his mama. Except now the rescue group and his daddy's here to deal out a can of whoop-butt.
I think that's everything Hope it helps!
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Post by sunstar on Aug 23, 2012 14:01:13 GMT -8
Up in the sky, Celestia circled once more and dove into the crater of the Volcano of Gloom.
Luna spotted Celestia ahead and raced to her sisters side. "Thank the Guardians you are here, big sister!" Luna nuzzled Celestia, who returned the nuzzle fondly. "I'm working on the medicene to save Mother. All I need now is something only the Smooze can give me." Celestia replied. A dusty white body plunged to the ground nearby. It rose and shook itself. Celestia stared, wondering why she was seeing herself talking to Luna. Luna paused. "Something is not right here. Only one one of you is Celestia." Luna backed up, "Sun." "Moon." the dusty coated Celestia replied at once. "Star." "Sky" "Earth." "Land" "Gaia." "Osirus" "Aries." "War" "Battlefield" "Was that all you could come up with? Burning Gold." "Um, Ooh! Darkness!" "Night." "Nightmare Moon." "Eternal night" "Um, Daymare Sun." "That's Daybreaker Sun, Luna. Eternal day." "Eternal Princesses." "We're not eternal! We're immortal! That means we won't die of natural causes!" "I couldn't think of anything else!" Luna nuzzled the dusty Celestia, "You are my big Sister. you remembered our old foalhood game." "How could I ever forget? We used to drive Mom nuts with it." Celestia turned to the other Celestia and sighed, "One, I'm not that skinny. Two, there is no yellow in my mane or tail. Three, My mane and tail are floating in the solar wind." She lit her horn, "good thing I learned the Ultra Flutter spell." A blast of wind from Celestia's horn shredded the other Celestia back into Smooze, which flowed back to the rest of itself, "I really have to come up with a way to defeat that Smooze."
Demonica saw, and smiled. More power for her. With all the new power, she could go kill Crysalis and take her rightful place as Queen of the Changlings...
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Post by battlefield on Aug 24, 2012 8:43:59 GMT -8
Hawkeye was the first to spot the group of rescuers. "We have company!"
Battlefield spotted Wraith withe foal. "Put the foal down!"
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Post by Zero on Aug 24, 2012 9:47:32 GMT -8
StormForg stepped up beside Battlefield "Dont make us telll you twice" he snorted as his wing tips sparking
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Post by sunstar on Aug 24, 2012 21:59:25 GMT -8
"As Regent of the Sun, Princess and co Ruler of Equestria, I, Radient Princess Celsetia Star order you to return the foal to his mother!" Celestia's voice thundered through the cavern. Luna stood proudly by Celestia. "As Regent of the Moon, Princess and co Ruler of Equestria, I, Dark Princess Luna Star-Pax, wife of Skylord Orion Pax, order you to return the child to his mother!" Luna growled. "I know what you are thinking, Wraith. What can we do? Trust me, you do not want to find out." Celestia blew steam from her nose. "Wraith, you have to have sensed it. The Princess and her foal will be useless to you if you let the Road die. It is dying." Luna walked over to lay by her mother, Sunstar, "Demonica, you may have killed our last hope. The Road is being poisoned by the Flow. Outside, the sun bleeds out its life. I know you must have some sense in there somewhere. If the Flow collapses, there will be nothing left to save. No life, no dark, no light, no nothing, not even the earth we stand on, nothing. Everything will end, even us!" "No restarting, no carving a new world in your image, nothing." Celestia joined Luna and laid down on Sunstar's other side, "Mother has been through so much, and has saved us all many times." She opened her sadle bag with a wing and used her magic to float out a bottle of yellow liquid, "Why take from them when you can take from me, someone with more power then everybody in the room combined?" Luna reached over and poked her with her horn. She glared at her sister. Celestia flashed her a smile as she dipped her horn into the bottle, "Why take from a powerless little foal? He's got no magic." Celestia plunged her horn into Sunstar's shoulder, still talking, "Take from me and let them all go." Sunstar jerked, and gave a soft sigh, "From me you'll get the power of the Sun." Celestia dipped her horn into the bottle and plunged it into Sunstar, "As Regent of the Sun, I know all magic byways, even about the Road." "You want me instead." Luna said, "You get the power of the night. I too can sense all magic byways, infact, the Road recognizes me." Celestia glared at her sister. "They both lie!" Demonica cried out, "Don't listen to them!" Sunstar lifted her head, which felt like it wieghed a ton, "Will you please be quiet, Road? I hear you! I know you are dying! I know I need to help fix you! Guess what, I can't get to you at the moment! Well you are just going to have to wait!" Her head dropped back to the ground with soft plunk. "Luna, the Eclipse is going to begin in minutes." Celestia turned, "Hurry, bring the medallions together." "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER?" Sunstar yelled out. Celestia sighed, "Mom will be gone for a while."
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Post by battlefield on Aug 26, 2012 16:41:30 GMT -8
"Make no mistakes, my nieces are to be trifled with," said Battlefield. "Now release the foal and give up this stupid plan of yours." He glared at Hawkeye. "You too, Hawkeye."
The mercenary grinned. "Anytime your ready."
Burning Gold carefully burned away the drop of smooze with her magic.
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Post by Storm Runner on Aug 27, 2012 12:16:31 GMT -8
As Moonfall and the others galloped into the cavern and skidded to a stop, Stargazer whirled round and suddenly felt the light weight on her back - where was her son?! It took only a glance across the cavern to find where - her newborn was in the clutches of Wraith! Stargazer was filled with panic - she started to run forwards to go save her son but was stopped by Moonfall, who'd run up to her. "Stargazer no, he might hurt him!" The young couple stood together, almost deaf to the other goings on were it not their worry for their friends. Moonfall noticed that Stargazer's usual glow from the eclipse was faint and almost non-existent, and she seemed to be shaking. The Road was running out of time, and because of his bride's connection with it, Moonfall feared if the Road died, she would too. Stargazer buried her head in Moonfall's mane.
Wraith smirked maliciously as the escapees and their so-called rescuers tried to talk him into giving the little one back. For a moment he focused on the white winged unicorn and her sister from the neighbouring land of Equestria. "Oh, he has no magic? I regret to inform you that you are mistaken. See, he's brimming with the same Talent that his parents have, so while his magic may not be present for a few years if he survives this," Wraith looked at Moonfall in a knowing way. If the father survived the ritual, the son might - but of course Wraith planned to not let that happen. "He is still full of power for the taking." He looked to Demonica. "I know they lie, my friend. They may have the knowledge, but the Road only recognises certain few of many, and there are only two beings in this cavern here who have any living connection with it now. The Princess and her son!" He looked at Battlefield. "Give up? When we have the winning ace? I think not."
Stargazer took a step forward, her legs wobbling. Moonfall stepped with her, keeping his body pressed against hers to support her. "Wraith if you harm one tiny hair on my son's body I swear you'll regret it for the rest of your short, miserable life!" Her glow flared brightly for a second with her anger, then faded to that sickly, dying and faint glow that it had become since the Road started to weaken. Moonfall glared at Wraith. If he even twitched...Moonfall would race towards him and break off his horn for starters...
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Post by sunstar on Aug 27, 2012 14:31:09 GMT -8
Celestia brimmed with unbridled fury. Rising to her full height, she faced Wraith. "You want the Talent, do you not?" She hissed, her eyes turning orange and her mane and tail snapping into flames, "Yet you fail to realize the Road is dying before your very eyes!" Her wings wavered, the feathers snapping into flames, "WHAT PART OF THE ROAD IS DYING TO YOU NOT GET?" the entire cavern shook at the strength of her voice. Sunstar lifted her head, "The Flow! Going onto the Road right now will kill you! The Flow is killing the Road!" "Please, Wraith," Luna begged, turning to Stargazer, "Time is running out. You are going to have to forget about your son and focus on saving the Road! Mother, we must combine our Medallions now!"
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