-TERRARIA, CAMELOT: CASTLE-

The early stages of nightfall have taken its hold on the land of Terraria as the light of the moon shines through Princess Cadence’s bed chambers. However, and with the door to the room currently locked; a magic barrier present within the interior, The Princess was in conversation with the witch, Calamitas.

As it turned out, the witch used her magic to create an imitation of herself who, in turn, disguised themselves as The Princess.

“You’re going to stay here and continue this ruse,” Calamitas comments with crossed arms, leaning against a wall. “If this turns out to be a fluke, I don’t want my cover here to be blown,” She points to the imitation with her right index finger, “That’s where you come in, and with the real Cadence safely locked away in Yharim’s Kingdom, you shouldn’t have any trouble.”

The clone of Cadence nods in response, “And what of those three? The zebra, kenku, and that mech?” She questions.

Calamitas smirks, “They’re preoccupied at the moment,” She shrugs, “Besides, It’s not the Granite Biome alone that will delay them,” The witch’s shoulders slump down, “It’s the fact that they’re on the literal opposite side of the planet.”

Cadence’s imitation brings a hand to her chin and ‘hmms’ in thought before responding:

“By my calculations, and considering the kenku is the fastest of those three… they won’t be able to reach Camelot until noon tomorrow. Late morning, at best,” The imitation lowers her hand, “What about you?”

“That mech… it was designed to specifically resist brimstone magic,” Calamitas responds as she looks down to her right hand, a red aura surrounding it, “My magic…” She clenches her hand into a fist and closes her eyes, “It doesn’t take a genius to know what this implies,” The witch opens her eyes, “That mech was designed to hunt Brimstone Witches.”

“Understood,” The imitation responds. “And if by chance I’m discovered?”

Calamitas raises a brow, “You’re a being made entirely of brimstone magic. You have no flesh for them to ‘harm’,” She shrugs, “If you get exposed, fight like hell.”

After finishing their conversation, Calamitas raised her hand high into the air and was about to perform a spell. However, a sudden urge to vomit overtakes her as she shouts:

“Eugh! Gross!”

Her imitation, or Cadence’s, looks on in confusion, “What is it?”

Calamitas starts to dust herself off as if she were covered in a mess, “There are two ponies in this castle who’re mating with one another. A pegasus and a unicorn,” She snaps her finger and slowly fades away. But the echoes of her final words slowly fade as well:

“Fucking disgusting, I’m out of here. Take my advice… don’t use your Omni-vision...”

And so, the witch was now headed towards her next destination: Yharim’s Kingdom.

-TERRARIA, UNDERGROUND: GRANITE BIOME-

A series of conflicts echoes throughout the granite cavernous biome as Tori, Zecora, and The Mech battle against granite-composed Golems and Elementals.

Zecora was currently dual-wielding her spear-like weapons, Sausage Maker and Dune Hopper, as she stood on her hind legs. The zebra was also surrounded by Granite Elementals as she shouts:

“Come at me, foes made of granite, you shall shatter before my might!”

The elementals all rush forth while letting loose their own unique exclamations, which sounded as if multiple rocks were being grinded together.

Zecora hops into the air and stays aloft via her Rocket Boots. She then spins in place as both of her elongated weapons shatter her foes. However, for each one she destroyed, another few would replace them.

Zecora then starts to fly a short distance away while saying:

“Although these foes aren’t particularly strong, their multiplying numbers is a problem for us all.”

Another wave of Granite Elementals chase after her, but she then conjures forth a Beenade from her inventory and turns around, chucking it into the swarm behind her. The Beenade explodes soon after as a swarm of bees confronts the elementals. She then sends her spears away and conjures forth her red and black yo-yo-inspired weapon: Aorta.

She unfolds the yoyo and swings it around her form. As the rapidly spinning yoyo cuts through the multitudes of enemies around her, a series of blood-clotted projectiles are let loose and home in on other Granite Elementals.

……….

Both Tori and The Mech stood side by side as they looked upon the encroaching forms of Granite Golems. Large bipedal monstrosities who matched The Mech’s height, some even surpassing it, as each Golem came in various sizes. Granite Elementals were also starting to form which garners Tori’s attention.

“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak,” The kenku says while imitating Zecora’s voice. The bird folk then looked towards The Mech beside them and gestures at the golems approaching the duo.

~We agree with that… You stay in the shadows and strike at the smaller ones. We’ll take care of these golems.~

Tori nods in response as the kenku conjures forth a series of very unique hatchets from their inventory: Crimtane Hatchet.

The kenku rushes forth with incredible speed, enough to make Rainbow Dash fume at the mouth, as Tori zooms past a series of Granite elementals; slicing them all in rapid succession. They shatter apart after Tori lands behind them with closed eyes, then opens them just as the elementals break and mysterious energies dissipate; grains of granite falling down soon after.

A new barrage of enemies manifests itself as Tori’s hatchets are beginning to spin all around the kenku. As it turned out, and in a similar fashion to Zecora’s yoyo or a flail, three hatchets were connected to a singular chain that was being wielded by its owner. In an incredible display, Tori swings the hatchets around in a whirlwind of blades while also stepping to and fro. A display that could be described as a dance of death.

Another wave of Granite Elementals form soon after, but Tori seemingly takes note of how these entities are being reformed from the biome itself as the kenku comments in Zecora’s voice:

“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” The kenku spins in place before throwing multiple Crimtane Hatchets towards the newly formed entities.

Taking advantage of the momentary lack of foes, Tori chucks a series of Sticky Bombs onto the granite walls of the cavern. The kenku jumps back to a safe distance as the fuse on the bomb burns away to its base, until:

[BOOM]

The granite is destroyed in the process, but Tori also notes that some of the Granite Elementals begin to ‘die’ on the spot. The kenku nods as their assessment were correct: To defeat their enemies, and to prevent any further elementals from being formed, they must destroy this biome.

……….

The Mech was currently fighting against the large Granite Golems in an impressive display of physical might. The mechanical entity used its propulsions to jump into the air before colliding with the golem before it. Now standing over the golem, The Mech was currently on its ‘knee’ and lifted its right arm up, aiming its clenched fist over the golem’s head.

~This is gonna be tough, but our objective won’t let us fail!~

A ‘bwooch’ sound emits from The Mech’s appendage before their fist rapidly extends from their ‘wrist’, pulls back, and extends forward again. Over and over, until the golem’s head is smothered into granite dust. However, thanks to the golem’s composition, a decapitated head wasn’t enough to ‘kill’ it.

Fortunately, The Mech had also accounted for this as the entity lifts itself up and notices other golems, all of whom were lumbering towards the mechanical entity.

~Okay… We’re pretty sure that wasn’t enough. We really wish we had upgrades...~

The Mech extends its arms forward, hands opened completely with a noticeable blue energy gathering within its palms, as its mechanized body lets loose blue steam.

~Cobalt Lasers it is then.~

Two blue beams of energy are let loose which cut through the golems like a hot knife through butter. Another golem forms behind The Mech, but a ‘beeping’ sound is let loose in response.

~You’re not going to catch us off guard!~

The head of The Mech turns in place as the same energy beam that was let loose from its arms also escapes its mouth. This destroys the Granite Golem, but The Mech soon discovers the exact same thing Tori does as its projectiles destroy a series of granite walls. As a result, some of the Granite Golems fall apart.

~Oh… Well, that sucks. We’ll just have to do what we have to, then.~

The Mech suddenly pulsates blue energy which, seemingly, telekinetically grasps both Tori and Zecora, in a similar fashion to the gravity beams that once held The Murasama within Dr. Draedon’s Underworld Laboratory. The Mech places them beneath its form and hunches down.

~Primary objectives safely secured. Let’s make sure you stay that way...~

A generalized barrier surrounds both Tori and Zecora as The Mech creates a ball around them with its hands. Then, its back begins to glow with the same blue energy as before, as various ‘holes’ open up. Each hole began to charge up a surge of energy as The Mech says:

~Detonation and Drilling protocols engaged… You might want to plug your ears or similar sensory organs. T-minus: 5… 4...~

As this goes on, the energy on The Mech’s back soon builds up into an orb. In addition, more granite monstrosities ran and floated towards them.

~3… 2… 1…~

[SCR-BOOM]

A flashing blue light is let loose soon after as all of the monsters of the Granite Biome are reduced to dust. Soon after, the biome itself is destroyed, caught up in the blast as mounds of dirt sizzle away. In addition, a beam of energy shoots up into the ceiling which seemingly burns a hole towards the surface. Slowly, but surely.

-TERRARIA-

Some time passes by on the surface, the young night sky still present, and just above where the former Granite Biome once stood. Suddenly, steam leaks through the dirt before embers and flames form seconds after. Finally, a large blue beam of energy fires high up into the sky and sizzles soon afterward.

A large pit is a result, but if one listened closely, they’d hear the faintest sounds of thrusters and rumbling. The depths of the pit lights up via blue-colored lighting as the form of The Mech could be seen soon after.

The Mech currently has an arm raised upward while holding both Zecora and Tori within its other hand, a barrier still present all around them. Its thrusters kept them aloft as they soon reached the surface.

The mechanical guardian lands on the edge of the pit as it then lowers itself; deactivates the barrier surrounding both Tori and Zecora, as the duo hops onto the ground before it.

Zecora takes a moment to inhale a deep breath, and exhales, before turning back to The Mech, “Very well done, my friends, but where in the world are we in these lands?” She questions, taking in their surroundings.

“Know yourself and you will win all battles,” Tori comments with Zecora’s voice, standing beside the zebra.

Tori brings a talon to their chin in thought. Then, the kenku brings out a map from their inventory and unravels it, beckoning for The Mech to perform some type of action. Incidentally, this map was the entire world of Terraria.

A blue line escapes from The Mech’s eyes, seemingly scanning the map, as a sudden ‘beep’ goes off. Two blue dots were now holographically etched onto the map, in two separate locations. One that represents them, and Camelot.

~Okay. We got it. We’re really far off. With our propulsion rockets and your speed… We’ll probably make it there in a day or so… It’s kind of on the other side of the world right now.~

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.