While Emerald, Magni, Opal, and White Knight make their way to Canterlot, Marina and her friends stay in Ponyville, doing their best to help in the oncoming chaos.
"So, Marina, what are we going to do about this eternal night?" Strawberry Jam motions with a hoof to the city of Ponyville. "Seems like right now, everypony is still asleep. How are we gonna break the news to them?"
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Marina
5/3/2012 09:52:03 am
Heh, well maybe you all get in a wagon and I fly you around with a megaphone?
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Shrinking Violet
5/3/2012 09:54:19 am
"Uh, I thought it would be better if we did it a bit more... gently." Violet uncomfortably eyes the ground, pawing at it with her hoof.
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Marina
5/3/2012 09:55:37 am
Looks at Violet, "What would YOU do, then?"
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Shrinking Violet
5/3/2012 10:01:16 am
"Um, we could ring the bell in the bell tower, that would wake everypony up, and they'd all come to Town Hall, since the bell signifies a meeting is being called, so..." Violet's voice trails off.
"Well I guess that would work too... Not nearly as fun though." Marina jumped up and hovered over the two. "Lets go!"
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Strawberry Jam
9/13/2012 09:22:25 am
"Okay"
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Marina
9/15/2012 05:51:45 am
Marina, Strawberry, and Violet went to the bell tower. "Alright, we're here. ... Guess I'll fly up." Marina started to fly to the top.
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Marina
9/15/2012 05:57:31 am
Marina flew to the top of the bell tower. She went to ring the bell but it was too heavy. She looked down from thee top at Strawberry. "I need a little help...."
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Strawberry Jam
9/15/2012 06:50:29 am
"Sure thing! Come on, Violet!" The two of them ran up the stairs to the top of the bell tower where Marina waited for them. Strawberry Jam got up on her hind legs, placing her hooves on the bell. "All together, okay? 1, 2, 3!" The three ponies pushed the bell together, jumping back before it hit them, the bell ringing loudly in the night.
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Marina
9/23/2012 08:15:17 am
After the piercing ringing of the bell died down enough for her voice to be heard above the sound, Marina flew in front of her friends "Town Hall, anypony?". She smiled, then flew down while Strawberry and Violet climbed down the tower.
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Strawberry Jam
9/23/2012 08:27:05 am
The Ponyville Town Hall was a confusion of eye rubbing and yawning as tired ponies began pouring through the doors. A murmur of talking ponies slowly grew into a roar as they started panicking. "What's going on here?" one shouted above the rest, "I should be asleep right now." "Why isn't the sun up yet? My watch says it's 8:00 AM." "Excuse me, everypony," Shrinking Violet called, but nopony could hear her. "Shut up!" Strawberry Jam shouted, and everypony grew quiet. Star Gazer walked in through the front door.
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Marina
9/24/2012 09:28:38 am
Marina flew out to the front of the crowd and above so everypony could see her. "Ok, everypony, I'm sure you're all wondering why you've been called out to Town Hall." The ponies in Town Hall all murmured in agreement and impacient confusion. "You all know Emerald Waves, my brother and our town librarian" She paused "From what I have heard from him, this night-" She waved to the sky "Might last forever". "He has gone to Canterlot with new friends to notify Princess Celestia and try to end this night". She slowed her flying and landed on the ground. Her friends joined her. " I suggest we stay calm and do what we can to make this feel as normal as possible". "First thing first. We have to light this place up" she told her friends, loud enough for the ponies around her to hear.
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Star Gazer
9/24/2012 09:33:07 am
"Aww, light pollution..." Star Gazer took a deep breath. "Alright, everypony, you heard the mare, get to work! Light all the lamp posts! And get all your perishables in coolers; without sunlight, there can't be any new food grown."
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Shrinking Violet
9/24/2012 09:48:57 am
"Actually, I think if we can get some of our top unicorns on it, we could create a magical light capable of stimulating plant growth. We recently encountered a flower in the Everfree Forest known as the Crescent Moon Flower, which thrives in moonlight."
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Star Gazer
9/24/2012 10:09:38 am
"Ooh, interesting! I've actually been doing some research on nocturnal-" Star Gazer looked behing Shrinking Violet to see Marina. "Oh, right. Emerald Waves asked me to take care of you three while he was gone, although it looks like you should be fine... I'll help Ponyville in whatever way I can, and you girls can just call on me if you need me, okay?"
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Marina
9/24/2012 10:15:20 am
Nodded in thanks. "Okay, Stargazer." She lowered her voice "Don't you think it a little strange, though, the eternal night?"
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Star Gazer
9/24/2012 10:18:17 am
"Well, yeah, but it's been GREAT for my research. Who knows, maybe Princess Celestia just needed a break? Or maybe it's Daylight Savings Time?" Star Gazer scratched at her mane with a hoof, before turning to direct more ponies.
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Marina
9/24/2012 10:27:48 am
Marina turned to Strawberry and Violet. "Alright, guys, lets get to it!" " Violet, I'm gonna need you lead us here, since you seem to know the most about plants, and your curie mark and all. "
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Shrinking Violet
9/24/2012 10:58:17 am
With the help of Star Gazer, Shrinking Violet managed to round up the most magically inclined unicorns in Ponyville, though without Emerald that wasn't much. But together with their knowledge on organisms that live in the night, as well as the Earth Ponies' general knowledge of flora, they were able to develop a spell for artificial sunlight. "Now, in order to complete the enchantment, we're going to need topaz, and plenty of it." Shrinking Violet checked her map. "There should be a sizable deposit... here." She pointed to a largely cavernous area.
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Marina
11/18/2012 01:02:35 am
"Well, cm'on guy, let's go get some topaz!" Marina flies toward the cavern.
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(Xerriasorsw)
11/23/2012 07:41:09 am
WTH? You know what, I don't care.
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Marina
12/2/2012 12:43:32 am
Once in the cavern, Marina directs the ponies in finding topaz.
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Ponies
12/2/2012 12:46:01 am
"It's so hard to find topaz!" "These caverns have been pretty much mined out..." "Look! I found a huge vein over here!" "Is that a hydra?"
Yes, that's a hydra. The hydra starts attacking the miners.
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Marina
12/2/2012 12:59:02 am
Marina turned to Shrinking Violet. "Vi- can you tangle it up in vines or something?" Marina flew to the top of the cave "Everypony move away from the Hydra." Most of the ponies ran out of the way, but one filly a bit younger than Marina was frozen in his place with fear. Marina flew down and picked up the pony, dropping her with the other ponies; away from the hydra.
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Shrinking Violet
12/2/2012 01:10:57 am
"There's not much foliage in here; I'm not sure I'll be able to fight it in this cave. I-I doubt I could do that kind of magic anyway." "It's worth a shot!" Shouted Strawberry Jam. "I'll keep him busy, just lead him out!" Strawberry Jam slipped on a pair of boxing gloves and began punching the Hydra. "Marina, help us lead him outside!"
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Marina
12/2/2012 01:24:49 am
"You got it, 'jam!" Marina flew in front of the hydra, looking into the eyes of the middle head. "Hey tri-headed monster beast-" Marina swooped out of the way as the hydra snapped at her with it's nearest head. "Why don't you come outside and get some fresh air? I know I would if I were stuck in here... We'll even clean the place up for you a bit while your gone!" She looked at the cavern, of course covered in the earth that would so obviously be there, as it IS a cavern. The hydra snapped at her once again, Marina swooping out of the way again. All three of the Hydra's heads roared as the hydra started to give a chase to Marina, in the direction out of the cave.
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Shrinking Violet
12/2/2012 01:38:52 am
The hydra ran out of its cave, but as Marina flew beneath its legs, one head followed her, it tripped over its head, and fell on the grass outside. "I, I, I can do this!" Shrinking Violet's horn lit up, with first one, then two, and finally 3 layers of progressively brighter orange magic. The vines in the nearby Everfree Forest came to life, surrounded in tangerine energy, and proceeded to wrap up the hydra.
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Marina
12/9/2012 05:00:35 am
Marina flew in front of the Hydra and faced a crowd of confused and scared ponies. "Ok, now that my friends have dealt with the Hydra, we all can get back to work." Marina flew down and hugged her friends.
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Ponies
12/9/2012 05:06:50 am
Shrinking Violet and the other unicorns had begun telepathically picking at the topaz in the large vein they had found, while Strawberry Jam simply crushed the rocks around the gems using her hooves. Star Gazer did her best to direct the ponies efforts to veins of topaz and other gems the unicorns deemed useful, handing out helmets enchanted with illumination bulbs to the miners.
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Marina
2/16/2013 05:09:49 am
Marina's way of helping included saddlebags of topaz. She made quick trips to the town in back, dropping off loads of the gems. Soon a decent pile, about a minecart-full, was gathered.
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Ponies
2/16/2013 05:27:17 am
After a long day of working, the miners go to sleep as the unicorns begin work on enchanting the gemstones to provide light, while the farmers, led by Shrinking Violet, began planting crops.
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Marina
2/16/2013 05:29:44 am
"Is there anything else I can do to help?" she asks.
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Ponies
2/16/2013 05:30:28 am
"No, we have this on lock."
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Marina
2/16/2013 05:35:55 am
"Okay. Let e know if there's anything I can do."
She turns around and yawns, hiding a grateful smile as she turns to go to her house. She gets to her bed and flops down in an exhausted heap.
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Star Gazer
2/17/2013 08:00:22 am
Star Gazer yawned heavily. "I think I'll hit the hay too, actually." Star Gazer retired to the empty library, walking up the stairs carved long ago. Met with the silence of their conjoined bedroom, Star Gazer already began to miss Emerald Waves. The sound of quills scratching at paper was eerily absent, along with it the familiar illumination from his bedside candle. She had always chastised him for turning on the lights in the room, as it interfered with her studies. Truly, the two of them had always been as nocturnal as Owlowiscious. "Wait, who?" Star Gazer suddenly said to herself. "Haha, hoo." Star Gazer began giggling as she walked over to Emerald's lectern, perched upon which was the book he'd been studying as of late. Pictured on the front was a picture of her grandmother, Twilight Sparkle, and five of her closest friends. Twilight's friends, that is. Otherwise it would be silly. Star Gazer began giggling again as she was filled with emotions she really couldn't understand. She picked up the memoirs of her ancestor, reading through the tales of some of her greatest exploits. As she read, Star Gazer could vividly picture each adventure. She could practically hear the voice of each pony described. Weird, none of these pages talk about her time as a princess. "A princess? Now where did I get that from? Heehee..." Clutching the book in her forehooves, Star Gazer spun about the room, landing in her bed. As she drifted to sleep, off in the distance, a pinpoint of light in the sky burned brighter and brighter. "Haha, now that shouldn't be there..."
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Star Gazer
6/10/2013 02:02:10 pm
Star Gazer awoke suddenly, unsatisfied with the meager amount of sleep she'd gotten. Rubbing her eyes with her forehooves, her ears pricked up as she came to understand what woke her up. Down below, screams of terror rang out through Ponyville. It was difficult to make out what was being said, but she could distinctly make out a common word: Fire.
Stumbling down the stairs, Star Gazer ran outside to see for herself what was going on. Sure enough, in the distance, a blaze was quickly overtaking the Everfree Forest. Worse still, the flames were rapidly approaching the village. "Where in Equestria are the pegasi?" Star Gazer called out. "We have to do something!"