Off to a Human Adventure.

Chapter X

Time for Fun

The main entrance for the mall was massive, it dwarfed Vinyl.

“Hey, don’t tell me I need to call an ambulance.”

“I-i-i- I can’t.” Said Vinyl, at least she tried to say it. After about a minute of waving off people whom came to her rescue, you final snapped her out of her zombie like state by flashing her with the brightest camera you could find/borrow.

“Hey, Vinyl, you alright?”

“No.” Replied Vinyl as she reached for you hand which you extended prior to her comment.

“Tell me, are you going to, you know, turn to stone like the whole Crete court?”

“Actually it was the Argos Court, Crete is the Minotaur Myth.” Said a ominous voice from behind you. It made you face droop but as you turned you put on you best smile you had in your pocket.

“Valaria!! So good to see you, what brings you here?”

“Drop the attitude Major, here.” She handed you a black folder with red markings on it.

“M-m- Major? What do you mean?”

“You don’t check you email do you?” You shock your head in response. With a heavy sigh she replied: “You and much of Varo Squad have been promoted, as a ‘thank you’ from the Lord Admiral. Along with orders.”

“And what are the team’s new ranks?” With another heavy sigh she replied.

“For the Canadian side of the team: Warrant Officer John McKennery is now Master Warrant Officer John McKennery, both Master Corporal Yin Ok’resk and Corporal Yang Ok’resk have been promoted to Warrant Officer Ok’resk, I belive they took the news so well that they are both missing, I suggest looking in the gutters near on of the many pubs, and lastly, Private Recruit has passed his entrance exam, no doubt thanks to you and your team saving his ass in Anchorage. I’m sure the good Captain Seth will fill you in. Good day, and you too miss.” Said the silver eye woman as she turned and headed for a large four door truck.

“What in the hay was that about?”

“You remember that woman I told you about who got me shot?”

“Yeah.”

“That was her.”

“How did she even get that to happen?”

“She ordered half the Royal Guard to the Castle and Half to kill the guy who was tagged by the sniper, and that guy happened to be me, the target and me got into a knight fight and she kicked the ever living shit out of me and placed the tracker on me, thus I hand to out run and doge over seventy-five thousand high caliber rounds, to be fair, she didn’t’t know.”

“Why couldn’t you order the men to stop.” Asked Vinyl as she looked at a human size statue of a soldier in power armor.

“That’s the thing, I tried to pull rank, BUT the guards who were hunting me were the ARD Unit prototypes.”

“What are they again?” Asked Vinyl as she look into one of the many sweet shops that lined the entrance.

“I never told you about them.”

“No time like the present!” Replied Vinyl as she walked ahead of you.

“Too many people, but we’ll talk later, let’s shop!”

What ensued was what you could only describe as the deflation of you wallet. It only took a few hours for your entire civilian account to drain until there was only a few hundred left in it, by then Vinyl had immersed a hord that dwarfed that of a dragon. You on the other hand merely grabbed a few random products, chewing gum, matches and a few boxes of lead weighs.

“Why do you need thoughts?” Asked Vinyl as she looked at the odd collection of things in your hands.

“I need the lead for a project I’m working on, matches because it’s always good to have them, and I have no clue why I have the gum.”

“That’s gum?!” Asked Vinyl in befuddlement.

“Yeah. What never seen gum in tube form?”

“Nope, just in bags.” Replied Vinyl as she took a bite from her apple.

“That shit must suck.”

“Hey.” Replied Vinyl in an annoyed yet playful tone.

“What’s with the Dragon Hord?”

“What do you mean?” Asked Vinyl as she leaned back and took another bite from her apple.

“You have sixteen bags of shit!”

“Sixteen bags of awesome!” Replied Vinyl as she reached down for something to show off.

“Fine, what ever, just don’t burn down my place while I’m away I think I’ll hire a vet or something to take care of you.”

“Don’t you fucking!” Yelled a voice behind you. You turned to see a body come flying towards you at re-entry speed. The man impacted you, sending you up and over the table you were sitting at.

“You want to try that again Kii?!” Yelled the voice once more. “I hav- Oh shit.

Yang, I’m going to get for throwing you little sister at me.

“No, I’d rather not, who did I hit?” Asked Yin as he looked around, spotting you then turning to stone.

“Moosh Koosh, help me you idiots.”

“Sorry Gil.” Said Yin as she helped you up.

“Yeah, sorry Gil.” Copied Yang.

“What the hell are you idiots doing?”

“What do you mean?” Asked Yin as she brushed you off.

“Never mind, why are you here?” To your surprise, no one had called security. Or hell even a Mall Cop. Then you noticed both Yin and Yang were in their dress blues, and the rank of Warrant Officer proudly plastered on their shoulders.

After calming Vinyl, you explained to her that both Yin and Yang were your oldest friends, even older than you brothers.

“So, you Gil’s new girl?” Asked Yin as she took another sip from her cup of water and tried to clean off her bloody scar.

“Yin.”

“No, it’s fine, but no. Just a girl who got dropped off in the middle of nowhere, rescued by a friend, and pawned off to this, charming man.” You slowly turned you head to face Vinyl, a grimace look don in you face.

“Right, so what do you think?” Asked Yang as he gesture towards the new rank arrayed on his shoulder.

“Yeah, just learned that a few hours ago, Valaria personal walked up and kicked me in the balls.”

“Aww, I’m sure she’ll make them feel oh so mush better tonight.” Mocked Yin.

“Muwin.”

“Well, you are learning, but not the right stuff. Still, it’s progress, I guess.” Replied Yang. The rest of the day was spent both explaining to Yin and Yang about Vinyl, and to Vinyl about Yin, Yang, and your old life. In the end, you and Vinyl strolled home, a bit romantic, and a bit awkward, the bags of nothing really cock-block you.

Across thirty-seven different dimensions.

“I got it! Now all we need are two things to help us find her!” Squeaked Twilight as she bolted into Ditzy and Doctor Hooves’s room. About a half second later Ditzy was slammed into the far wall, more than likely by herself. Upon seeing this Twilight tilted her head in confusion.

“Great, go tell Octavia. And get out.” That last part was so quite, Fluttershy seemed louder.

“OH RIGHT!! I’ll go do that she might have the things we need!” And with that, and a flash of magic, Twilight left the room, and her mark on the floor.

“Why did you do that?” Asked Doctor Hooves as he sat in the bed, the covers draping over him.

“I figured it was easier to explain why I’m on the other side of the room than why my mouth is at the base of your shaft.” Replied Ditzy as she slowly walked back over to her lover.

“Hmm, right. Well then, let’s finish up and w-” He was cut off by Ditzy, laughing like a school Filly.

“Hahahahahahaha" The laughter lasted about thirty solid seconds. "Not happening, she’ll be back in, 3, 2, 1.” After about a half second delay, Twilight and Octavia appeared in the room. Doctor Hooves slammed his hooves into his crotch, trying to hide his tent in the covers. He immediately regretted his, wrenching in a sharp put quick pain.

Octavia watched as Twilight placed the four different objects in the center of the empty stone room.

“Twilight, what are these?” Asked Doctor Hooves, whom managed to recover from his blow to the family jewels.

“The book called for four things: The first, the blood of a Daedra, we don’t have any Daedra so I got the next best thing, a piece of Nightmare Moon’s armor, granted the Daedra could be the good guys, but from the way they described Dagon, any way the next on it the blood of the Aedra, we’re using a piece from Celestia’s old armor, from before the whole Nightmare Moon thing, a Great Welkynd Stone, no clue what that is, I just loaded a gem with The Power of Friendship, it’s glowing a pale blue, as you can plainly see, and lastly, The Great Sigil Stone, Celestia provided us with an Ebony Crystal, from the time of King Sombre’s Rein of Terror.” Said Twilight as she picked up and show each of the object to Doctor Hooves, who only cocked an eye brow to them all, except the crystal.

“And what else do we need to finish this?” Asked Ditzy as she hovered over Octavia, who wore a look of anticipation.

“Nothing, just stand back. Guards? Are you ready?” Asked Twilight as she glanced back towards the near hundred guard awaiting her command.

“Yes, you’ll go first, then we’ll follow.” And with that, Twilight turned back to the four objects, closed her eyes, and casted a spell.

Her spell shit the Ebony Crystal, said crystal sent the spell towards the Welkynd stone, which in turn sent in to the Armor of Nightmare Moon, and did the same for the Armor of Celestia. Once said spell as done, four Demonic, curved, blood stained spikes erupted from the ground, and a Hellish light filled the gap between the four said pillars. Ditzy, Twilight, Doctor Hooves, and most importantly, Octavia all lined up and entered the portal together. And as they did this, the guards readied to move, but much like the fate of their luck, the spikes disappeared along with their charge.