A change is coming
#2 of First Echo: Beginnings
Yes, all chapters will be short. Blame the phone, not me. Blame the wall of text on the phone too. I've tried posting journals, going on forums, and even pming admins, but got no reply. Let that be a lesson: never depend on people. Anyway, in this chapter we get a hint at the plotline of the series, and Zecora shows she's more mature than you think. Our naive Thunderclap Echo might needs some prodding...
Echo hesitantly stepped over the threshold of the zebra's hut and looked aroud. It appeared small from the outside, but on the inside it was even more spacious than the library! "Whoa, whaddya keep in here? Whazzat? Ooh, Rarity had one of those. AWESOME I GOTTA SHOW CARAMEL!"
Zecora quieted the excited colt with a hush sound, and led him to a particularly dark room, lit only by a small sunwindow on the ceiling. A cauldron, or large pot at least, was in the middle of the room.
Echo perked his ears, than drooped them. "Hey, that looks like you're gonna do some magic...but I'm an earth pony. I can't do that stuff like Twi and Rarity can..."
Zecora gave a knowing smile, and nuzzled Echo a little. "Oh my dear! Don't worry,you're special. A change is coming to our land, and you'll be the vessel."
After showing the younger male the different ingredients, she promptly measured them, and threw them into the pot. "So..how exactly am I the vessel? What do I have that, say, certain GREAT and POWERFUL fillies don't?"
Zecora grinned wide. "All fillies, old, young, far and near have need! So what do you have, do you have, what do you have indeed?" With that, Zecora bent down, and took a biiiig inhale of the steam emanating from the pot. "Aaah...the scent of life. With this, Equestria will finally be without strife."
"But what exactly is it?"
"Hush! We go now, we go! To where the apples are always bucking. We go now to test this, and teach my new colt about fucking."