My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Friends from Unexpected Places

Chapter 1

A Deadly Mystery

A young Grey Pegasus wandered the Everfree forest, lost with no hope out.
"h-hello!" she called out. Nobody but creature calls answered. She got more scared.
Ice-Cold Fear ran though her veins. What if she couldn't get out; She'd be lost forever. She'd never see her family again, or her friends, or anybody ever again. She'd die here.
The Pegasus stopped walking and started crying. Hope had left her. She had nothing to keep her going. She would wander though the Everfree forest forever or until death claims her.
Something rustled in the woods beside her, frightening her ever more.
Something poked it's head out and she saw it but we can't. she backed up in fear but the creature just cooed.
The girl was nervous about what to do now. She was told that anything and everything in the Everfree forest could kill her but not this one. Not by the looks of it.
"un… hi?" she asked. The creature leaned out closer, a bit curious. "my name is Derpy. Derpy Hooves. And you?"
"e… eTu`nes." the creature replied in a calm male voice.

20 years later…

Everypony in Ponyville slept soundly into the night. It had been 3 weeks since Twilight Sparkle's brother, Shining Armor, married Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.
Something pink flashed in the night sky.
A portal opened up and something massive flew out of it.

Distantly, atop of a mountain, a large and deadly creature saw the mysterious object and growled. In his eyes, he saw a opportunity for food. And revenge.

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The following morning, Twi looked though her books, trying to find something.
"where the heck is it? I know it was in here somewhere." she groaned, looking though her books.
Someone knocked on her door. "come in." Twi called. The door opened and Derpy walked on.
"hey there, Twilight. I brought you your muffins." Derpy said as she walked in.
"Thanks Derpy. Just put them anywhere." Twi said, looking into her book without giving Derpy the slightest glance.
"un… Twilight?"
"huh?" Twi responded, not even moving away from her book.
Spike came down, carrying a couple of scrolls from their room and saw this. "oh, brother. Not again." he groaned.
He headed down and paid Derpy for the muffins. "sorry, Derpy. She's been pre-occupied lately. Says she saw something last night. I think she just needs a hobby."
That got Twi's attention. "I'm telling you, I did see something last night. It was some sort of… giant portal."
"portal. Riggggght." Spike didn't believe her. He spun his finger around his head and made the 'coocoo' noise. Derpy chuckled.
Twi just got angry. "Spike!" Spike stopped doing it and chuckled. "now, did you bring me those astrological charts I asked for?"
"Yep. But I still don't understand why you need them." Spike said. Twi used her powers to bring the Scrolls over to her, as well dragging Spike with them.
"I'm trying to figure out if what I saw last night was a natural occurrence. If not, then something came made it and came though it into Equestria. But what will be a mystery if this was artificially made."
Derpy looked at Spike with a confused look and he just shrugged back. Even he didn't understand. "and thanks for the muffins Derpy, now please leave. Need to figure this out."
"Okay. Bye, Twilight. Bye, Spike." Derpy said as she left. Unfortunately, she didn't watch where she was going and instead ran into the wall, making a Derpy sized hole.

Derpy headed for Sweet Apple Acres with Applejacks order when a powerful Earthquake came out of nowhere.
It was a powerful one, shaking the trees violently, cracking every window in Ponyville, even causing everyone to bounce.
Eventually, the Tremors stopped and everyone relaxed.

"What the Equestria was that?" Rainbow Dash asked, feeling the Tremors all the way up on her home. She headed down to Ponyville and arrived to see everyone talking about the same exact thing. Naturally, she went to Twi's house.
Sure enough, the rest of the Mane 6 were there and they were asking what was going on.
"Twi, think you can explain this out of nowhere Tremor?" Dash asked.
"sorry, Rainbow. I'm still busy truing to figure out what I saw last night." Twi said, taking notes.
"Thing you saw last night?"
"Twilight thinks she saw a portal open up last night and she's trying to figure out if it was natural or made." Spike explained. "I just think she needs a hobby."
"Well, she's not alone." Rarity said. Everyone looked towards her with 'WTF' plastered on their faces. "last night, I got up to get a drink of water and I sure enough saw something out there in the sky last night."
"Was it pink and swirling, like a waterless whirlpool?" Twilight asked.
"yes. Yes, I think it was."
"aha. See, I knew I wasn't seeing things." Twilight exclaimed.
"Okay, so maybe what you saw was real. That still doesn't answer if it's real or not. Could've just been a lightshow in the sky." Spike said.
"And that's… what I'm trying to figure out."
"And what about the Earthquake we just had? You don't think they're related, do you?" Applejack asked.
"I don't know. If they are, then something really weird is happening here." Twi said.

Derpy made her way though the Everfree forest, heading for Zecora's house. For some reason, this part of the forest felt familiar to her, like she was here before. Nah. She dismissed it and walked on. Only time she entered the forest was when Zecora came to town and every time since then.

Zecora stared intensely into her bubbling cauldron.
"such a troubling Prophecy. But what could it really mean?" she wondered.
Derpy knocked on the door and entered without waiting for a response. "hey there, Zecora. I got you your order." Derpy placed the basket near Zecora and turned to leave.
"Wait, Derpy Hooves. I have something of importance to you." Zecora called out.
Derpy stopped halfway to the door. "for me? What?"
"something concerning a Prophecy. Come. Take a see." Zecora gesturing to the pot.
Confused and curious, Derpy walked over to look. Zecora gestured to the contents of the cauldron. Derpy peaked inside.
A image of a large monster appeared, frightening her.
"What is that?" Derpy asked.
"a Prophecy, one about to come to pass. I know not what it completely means, so at the moment, it's on thin glass."
"but what does it have to do with me?"
"inside, I see the image of a Grey Pegasus, a Monstrous Demon, and creatures unknown to me. I only know that the Gray Pegasus is you, Derpy."
Derpy looked at her with comical disbelief. "me?" Zecora nodded. "I may not be smart most of the time, but I doubt it has to do with me." Derpy turned to leave.
"don't take this lightly, Derpy. Prophecy's have a way of coming in unexpected ways." Zecora warned. Derpy listened but left before Zecora could finish.
Zecora looked back at her bubbling cauldron. The image of the monster's large monstrous eyes stayed in it for a moment.

Derpy made her way back to Ponyville, still unconvinced about Zecora's words.
"a Prophecy? About me and some unknown monsters? How dumb does she think I am?" Derpy told herself.
Something whizzed right by her head, just grazing her mane by a few inches. Derpy looked back and saw that nothing was there. "that's odd." she said. She shrugged and walked on.
A arrow stuck out of a tree trunk, shaking as it just hit it.

A loud boom filled the air. Wind was sent flying out from the middle of the forest, sending Derpy flying into a tree. She hit it hard.
The sheer wind made it's way to Ponyville, nearly taking all of the shingles off of the roofs around town.
Something burst though Twilight's house and landed right near her, almost slicing off her front right leg.
The Pegasi were almost sent flying into the sky when the wind suddenly stopped.
"What the hay was that?" a random pony yelled.
"something freaky-deaky. That's for sure." Pinkie Pie said. The wind had sent a pie flying into her face, covering it in cream like from a 3 Stooges shtick.

"What in the world…" Twi said with awe and confusion. In the ground, right next to her, is a Chakram-- a large yellow ring that's used like a Boomerang.
"what the heck is that thing?" Rarity asked as she walked in, noticing the Chakram.
"how should I know? All I do know is that it torn a hole in my roof." Twilight said, looking at the hole it made.
"wow. And just from 1 little ring. Anyways, that big nasty windstorm blew though town, taking anything that wasn't nailed down and making it into one big mess. I thought Rainbow said that there weren't going to be any storms for at least another week." Rarity complained.
"She did." Twi confirmed. "just what is going on?" she asked.

Derpy arrived at Sweet Apple Acres to deliver the last of her orders.
All the apples and leaves were stripped off of the trees and were just gone. Applejack looked on, dumbstruck.
"that little ol' windstorm did all this damage?" she asked Big Macintosh.
"Yep."
"well, that's just great. It'll take weeks to find them all. Months to just wait for them to grow back again."
"Then why not start looking for them?" Derpy suggested as she walked up.
"hey, Derps. But looking for them will take forever."
"Not if you ask everyone for help. Sure Twi and the others will." Derpy suggested.
A.J. thought for a moment. "you know, that's not a bad idea. May cut the search in half. Nice idea, Derpy. Surprised it came from you."
"I'm not that stupid. I'm smarter then people make me out to be." Derpy said, giving A.J. a stare.
"right. Well, you know, I could use your help with something." Applejack said.
"What?"
"Come by our stall in Ponyville tomorrow and I'll let you know." A.J. smiled. "that way, I can help in the search. Think you can come by tomorrow?"
"sure I can find time. Where is it again?" Derpy asked, not sure where the stall is.
"near city hall. Just come by and I'll tell you what to do."
"okay." Derpy said excitedly. "Thanks again, Applejack." Derpy said. She headed off back to town.
"you sure it's a good idea, letting Derpy watch the stall?" Big Macintosh asked.
"no. not really. But it's better then letting her help in the search. She'd destroy half the town just trying to find ONE apple." Applejack insinuated.
"Oh. Almost forgot." Derpy said, coming back. "here's your order." she said, reaching back into her saddle bag and pulling out a bag of muffins.
"Thanks, Derps. Much obliged." A.J. said as she took it and paid for it. Derpy took the money and headed back to town.

Up high, high in the sky, hidden in the clouds, something flew though the air, something big.
"Man. We just got here and we already got attacked. Is it too early for me to start hating this planet?" a cold and calm guy asked.
"a little bit. Just because one monster attacked us doesn't mean the entire planet is like it." a sweet girl said. "right?"
"I already hate it. I lost one of my Chakrams in the fight. I'm gonna have to find it before we go up against it again." another girl, a cocky one at that, said.
"think you have it rough? I have to repair Orion before we can go up against it again, otherwise we'll be stuck here." some other guy said.
"good point. But that beast made off with one of our wings. So we can't just leave even if we wanted too." another guy with a british accent said.
"and it looks like you can talk on this world as well. That may become annoying." another girl said.
"don't start with me, Sora." the british accent replied. "now… what do we do against that monstrosity?"
"well… I got a plan." a cool and collected guy said.
Everyone listened intently.