-TERRARIA, UNDERGROUND JUNGLE BIOME-

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Having escaped from the hornets the group has decided to set up camp and catch their breath before night has fallen, Ritsu and Gex had informed the group that a day and night cycle does in fact exist down in this underworld landscape however there’s no moon for obvious reasons. They explain that the energy which creates the artificial ‘sun’ during the day is somehow connected to the actual sun on the surface. Fluttershy still remained unconscious from the events of today’s battle.

“No luck finding that Blade Of Grass yet Twi.” Applejack says as she stares off into the distance, she then sighs sadly and says: “I think ah’ was too hard on Rainbow, I need to talk to her when we get back.”, The cowmare then looks to an unconscious Fluttershy with a look of curiousity. “What was that?, ah’ know summoning things is pretty powerful stuff in this world but ah’ never woulda thought Fluttershy could do that. She changed physically when she activated her staff.”

“She’s been chosen by The Slime King, hasn’t she?”, Ritsu The Zoologist asks having overheard Applejacks question. As their conversation continued Pinkie Pie, Zecora, and Gex were chatting in the background.

“Well, yeah actually. The Slime King gave Fluttershy that there staff she used today, but why does that matter?”, Applejack questions.

“You see, when the king bestows the staff onto an individual the staff judges their heart and soul, specifically, their kindness. You told me Fluttershy was this ‘Element of Kindness’ right?”, Ritsu asks which causes the cowmare to nod her head. “That surely played a huge role in the king’s decision, I suspect that element of hers will have all sorts of effects on this worlds various creatures. For a very long time many beings of Terraria only ever considered slimes as pests, bothersome insects that needed to be destroyed whenever they appeared in an area. No one ever takes the time to consider the fact that maybe, just maybe, slimes have a consciousness and feelings of their own. I know for sure I wouldn’t want people to look at a Kitsune and call us vermin, to be removed simply for being what I am. Because of this many slimes went feral, wild, and assumingly lost themselves to their rage thus becoming the more dangerous slimes that attacks you for no reason. Which brings me back to The Slime Staff, what if I told you that there exists Slime Gods?”

“Wha’?!, you mean they have their own divine figures?”, Applejack asks in shock, Ritsu chuckles a bit and replies:

“No Applejack, they’re not ‘Divine Figures’, they’re literal gods who created every type of slime you can think of. Every color, shape, and type of slime you can imagine including The Slime King, they created them.”

“Darn... That’s ah’mazin, but then, what does that hav’ta do with Fluttershy.”, Applejack asks.

“The Slime Gods, Crimulan and Ebonian, felt immense pain having to watch their slime children be treated in such a way. However, they also knew that they couldn’t just manifest into this world and start killing everyone in vengeance, not everyone in Terraria has ever hurt a slime unless in self defense. They understood this so they created two things: The Slime King and The Slime Staff. The King’s first objective was to gather up slimes whos minds didn’t go feral yet and bring them together, he also created more slimes who in turn inherited his consciousness and intellect. Having completed this he began his next objective, to find those who are worthy of The Slime Staff. Beings whos hearts didn’t judge slimes crudely and call them monsters but a possible friend, a living being, an entity that wants to be welcomed with open arms not with blades or spells, but friendship and love.”, Ritsu then looks towards Fluttershy. “Your pegasus friend there?, she is one of the chosen.”

Unbeknownst to the group a being was observing them as they set up camp and chatted amongst themselves.

“I must report this to The Queen, these outsiders are here for the blade. Glory to the hive.”, The observer says as they take to the skies and, simply put, buzzes off.

Some time has past and the hornet who observed the group of outsiders nears their home, a large hive that’s reminiscent to a bee hive but for hornets. Many of the hornet’s fellow hive members were out doing various tasks from storing honey to moving larvae. As the hornet made its way through the rather large hive they reach the royal chamber and their main goal was in sight, The Queen Bee.

Floating above her emanating a green aura was the very blade the group of outsiders were looking for, The Blade Of Grass.

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Apparently, their species are mostly comprised of hornets however when a hornet becomes a queen they ascend to a Queen Bee. Becoming a bee is considered a sacred honor. The Queen Bee then builds her own hive, asexually reproduces, and gives birth to the next generation of hornets thus the cycle continues. The hornet observer lowers itself to the hives honey covered honey comb floor and says:

“Queen Beezma, I have urgent news.”

“Report, hornet 626.”

“My Queen, intruders have entered our realm.”

“Intruders are always entering my kingdom, why is this any different from the last... Hmm, I lost count of how many Terrarians I’ve killed it seems.”

“They... They seek the blade, your Majesty.”, Upon saying those words every other hornet in the vicinity stopped dead in their tracks, Queen Beezma’s insectoid features narrowed. One could easily tell, she was very angry. Queen Beezma’s voice practically echoes throughout the entire hive as she screams out:

“They dare take my treasure?!, the blade belongs to me!. Ready our forces, I want you all to attack in the morning. Their bodies have better be laying before me by tomorrow evening!. I, Queen Beezma and Mother Of The Hive, have spoken!”, Upon making her declaration most of the hornets in attendance flies out of the royal chambers, except hornet 626.

“My Queen, would it not be wise to speak with these outsiders and learn the truth of-”

[WHAM]

Queen Beezma strikes 626 with one of her legs sending the hornet aloft and skiing across the honey combed floor.

“You dare question my decree 626?, consider yourself lucky that I don’t kill you right here and now with the blade. It’s taboo for a Queen to kill her own children but do that again and I will consider it. You’ve been warned, now leave!”, Having heard her words 626 manages to recover from the queen’s strike, the hornet lowers itself to the floor in a kneeling gesture and leaves the chamber. Queen Beezma turns her gaze to the blade that floated above her and says: “None shall take you, my precious.”

Exiting Queen Beezma’s royal chambers Hornet 626 flies down the corridors of the hive and says: “That blade has changed you dear mother, you’ve become so obsessed with it you don’t see the consequences of your actions.”, 626 continues to make their way through the hive until they finally reach its entrance and leaves. 626 then flies to the very top of a large nearby tree and looks out to the underworld horizon as the light from the artificial sun begins to die out. “My Queen, why can’t you see that your actions endangers us? You kill anyone that you see as a threat but not for the hive, for that blade. You care more about what happens to that weapon than any of us, you have changed... Mother.”, 626 says as they watch the last remaining light from the artificial sun fade and all goes dark.

-TERRARIA, HOME TOWN-

Twilight was about to close down the library for the night and head to her bedroom however the door to the library opens up only to reveal Rarity, Twilight sees her friend and says: “Aw there you are Rarity, where were you today?”

“Oh, well, I was just... Exploring darling. Nothing happened really, I did however find many things to inspire some new clothing lines for back home.”, Rarity replies as she hesitated to tell her friend the truth. “Oh and I’m sad to report that I have yet to discover the location of the next blade on the list, the Muramasa.”

“It’s ok Rarity, It’ll take some time and I want you to stay here with the rest of the Terrarians to keep searching for it. Ask them for help whenever you can ok?”, Twilight says which causes Rarity to look to her with confusion.

“Wait, I’m staying here? What do you mean darling where are the rest of you going?”, Rarity asks.

“Myself, Rainbow, Starlight, and many other Terrarian adventurers Tanner The Guide managed to gather are going to make a voyage to...”, Like Rarity, Twilight also hesitated to tell her the truth but unlike the fashionista she takes a deep breath and reveals the truth shortly as she says: “We’re going after another blade, The Bloodbutcher. Its location: The Crimson Biome.”

“...”, Rarity just stares at Twilight with her eyes wide open and her mouth agape.

“Rarity?, are you ok?”, Twilight asks however she gets a different type of response from her friend, Rarity faints.

After closing up the library, not to mention escorting an unconscious Rarity to her bedroom, Twilight washes up and is preparing for bed however she needed to complete something very important before she embraces her bed and falls asleep: Her letter to Celestia. She walks over to the table, conjures a pen and multiple sheets of paper, and begins writing:

Princess Twilight Sparkle’s Terrarian Letters For Celestia - Entry: 2

Dear Princess Celestia,

Ok, many things have happened since my last entry so I’ll try to summarize it and split them up into separate sections:

First: My fears were indeed correct as The Goblin Army attacked us but thanks to an early warning from Fluttershy and her animal friends we were able to prepare ourselves for the conflict. It was going very well, we were holding out despite the far greater numbers of the goblins but I must say, they’re not very bright creatures. There was one type among them that proved the most difficult: The Goblin Mage. Their intellect was far superior in comparison to the other goblins, my theory is that they had to improve their intellect in order to use their spells however, as far as I noticed, they only performed two types of spells: Teleportation and a purple orb that acts as an offensive projectile. Sadly, Rainbow Dash thought it would be a great idea to try and show off her Sonicrainboom as a form of attack... It backfired. She blew a hole into the wall which allowed the goblins to invade our home, poor Rainbow was devastated. Luckily, thanks to Fluttershy’s actions with Princess Pinkie her father, The Slime King, sent his forces to aid us and together we successfully defeated the goblins and repaired the town. Fluttershy was also nice enough to give me all the juicy details in regards to The Slime King and his children, all of whom have inherited his intellect. Finally, The King saw fit to give Fluttershy a staff that allows her to summon slimes to aid her, which I’ve sadly yet to see in action, The Slime Staff.

Second: This one is going to be short but allow me to... Vent, when I say... STARS. CAN. FALL. FROM. THE. SKY. It shouldn’t be possible Princess and yet it is!. Princess Luna would be losing her mind if she were here!, admittingly, I’ve yet to truly recover from this experience. We are currently using the stars we’ve collected for various experiments, most notably are our two current projects: The Star Cannon and the ability to use these stars to increase our magic reserves, Tanner has informed us that if you combine ten fallen stars you are able to use the resulting ‘Star Gem’, the name we gave it, to increase your magic capacity. Ceeman Jones has a way to integrate some of these stars into what will eventually create The Star Cannon, I shall update my entries once we have achieved this goal.

Third: We sent Rainbow Dash to explore the nearby Sky Islands, yes you read that right, Sky Islands!. I still don’t know how they achieve this but you know what?, If stars can fall from the sky and be picked up I’m just going to treat this situation similar to how I treat Pinkie Pie’s antics: Just accept it and move on. Anyway, on one of these Sky Islands Rainbow dash recovered a legendary weapon called Starfury. If you think falling stars was already a mind blower you’ll be surprised to hear that this blade can, and I’m not exaggerating here, SUMMON STARS WITH EVERY SWING!... For the sake of my sanity I’m just going to stop there, I feel my left eye twitching again. That’s not all princess, words can’t express how grateful I am for the fact that Rainbow Dash has amazing speed to aide her because earlier today not only did she encounter Harpies... She encountered a Wyvern. I’m nervous to go into further details but I can say this, as far as we know it is the undisputed apex of the skies. We have yet to encounter any other flight based monsters that surpasses its ferocity within its, “sky environment.”

Lastly, I’d like to say that we’ve split up into three groups to hopefully retrieve three of the many blades we need in order to re-forge the Terra Blade, which can be used to send us back home provided we find Celebes The Dryad again. Applejack, Fluttershy, Zecora, and our Lizhard friend Gex have begun their search for The Blade Of Grass within The Jungle. I have assigned Rarity and our fellow Terrarian allies to scout the area in hopes of finding a lead for another blade, The Muramasa. As for the third group that would be myself, Starlight, Rainbow Dash, and a large group of Terrarian adventurers who have agreed to aid us in retrieving the third blade, Bloodbutcher. I’m honestly terrified Princess, The Corruption we witnessed back home was already scary enough but this... Crimson... I have yet to see it in person and yet I can already feel how dangerous it is. Some of our new friends have two nicknames for it: The Living Flesh and The Flesh That Hates. Please watch over us as we embark on our journey tomorrow.

Your Faithful Student Even In Death,

Twilight Sparkle

Author's Notes:

Character inventory/equipment:

Twilight: Staff Of Sapphire, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Mana Potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped).

Starlight: Staff Of Sapphire, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Silver Shortsword, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Mana Potion, 5x Health Potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped)

Rarity: Staff Of Sapphire, Flinx Staff, Magic Hat (equipped), Mystic Robe (equipped), Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x mana potion, Rocket Boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped)

Fluttershy: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped)), silver bow with normal and flame arrows, Slime Staff, Flinx Staff, Finch staff, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x health potion, Slime Mount (equipped).

Rainbow Dash: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), Silver shortsword, Starfury, Musket, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Health potion, Slime Mount (equipped).

Applejack: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), Silver Broadsword, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Health potion, Rocket boots (equipped), Rope, Slime Mount (equipped)

Pinkie Pie: Full set of silver armor (pony, equipped), Silver broadsword, 2x Silver shortsword, Silver pickaxe, Silver axe, 5x Health potion, Rocket boots (equipped), Slime Mount (equipped)

Zecora: Full set of silver armor (Zebra, equipped), Flinx Staff, Blowgun, Javelins, Silver Pickaxe, Silver axe, Rocket boots (equipped), various potions.