Sempiternal

As I woke up reluctantly dragging myself out of the bed to get dressed and grab my things that were strewn about chaotically in the tiny room. Trying to make my way through the living area and to the front door as quiet as possible was next to impossible everything creaked and groan with every step. My hands reach out to grab the handle when I hear a gentle yawn that froze me in place and a soft voice whisper from behind "Are you leaving?"

I turn my head slowly too see Fluttershy still half asleep standing in robes and her long pink hair in a puffy mess. She had a confused look on and there was a moment of silence before I said back. "I'm so sorry I woke you. How did you get down here so fast?" trying to change the subject. She flitters her little wings at me and smiles.

I smiled back and said "I should probably get going Flutters I don't want to keep Digger waiting. Goodbye friend I'll see you in a few days if everything goes to plan." Turning back towards the door and pulling it open when she shouted. "Wait!!" Turning back to face her she came at me like a vicious dog wrapping her tiny body around my torso hugging me tightly and she whispered gently while pressing her head into my chest. "Please be careful Koba. I hope you find what your looking for out there."

I started feeling really strange like the inside of my body was burning up and my stomach started to feel weird like it was churning for some reason. Never before had that happened to me it was almost like being sick. After a few moments in the embrace and reluctantly having to set her down gently and managed to stammer out the words. "See you in a few days I... I... should be going goodbye.

Her face had the most disappointed look like she was about too cry and didn't want me to leave as I turned away from her and walked out the door closing it gently behind me. Walking down the Cobblestone road into town under the starlight my mind totally focused on the mission at hand. It was just about daybreak when I had reached the town square where Twilight and Digger were waiting with all their things packed on a small cart.

Digger and her were watching me impatiently as I walked up and had set my stuff down next to theirs to stretch out before the long trek. They both hadn't said a word too me yet as they just glared at me annoyed by my tardiness. Glaring back at them I shrugged my shoulders at them and asked in a very impolite tone "What?" Twilight points at the huge clock on the town hall and barked back at me. "Your late!!!" squinting at the clock and looking back to her confused and irritated at the same time and replied back.

"You said 6:00 what the Hell are you talking about?" Her eyes burned with anger as she shouts back at me unleashing her full fury on me. "Fifteen minutes prior Koba!!! Fifteen minutes!!!" Digger jumps in and was able to quickly deescalate the situation by explaining to us we were wasting valuable time arguing and that we should get a move on. I didn't take my eyes off of her for a millisecond as I picked up my ruck and we departed with me in the lead.

Not a single word was said until we stopped at a small creek crossing to eat and rest before we pushed on further into the forest. It was high noon by then and to continue in the sweltering heat of the dense vegetation for too much longer would have put us at risk of heat injuries. Keeping my distance from the two by the creek as I washed my face off of all the dust and sweat in the cool water Diggers face appeared in the waters reflection behind me and surprisingly she asked me with genuine concern. "You ok? You're not still mad are you?"

I crack a grin and said back. "No I'm fine." She then smiles back at me showing off her beautiful teeth and explains. "You'll have too excuse Twilight it's that time of year again and her hormones are out of control. She will want to rip your head off at times just don't let her get to you. It's an Equine thing just don't worry about her she'll come around."

I just nod in confusion and replied back to her. "We should probably get going now we don't want to be out here after dark." She nods back and asks me. "How much further do we have to go?" I look to the mountain that stood majestically towering over the landscape and said. "A fair distance."

After several more hours of walking we finally arrived at our destination before sunset. Me and Twilight were totally exhausted but Digger was brimming with energy and excitement when we arrived at the huge metal vault door that led into the inner sanctum. She places her hooves on the cold Steel and shrieked out. "You guys this is incredible!!!! It's actual Sapient architecture this must be at least a few centuries old!!"

I walk up to the latch and pull it down with a hard thrust causing the locking bolts to drop making a hard clunk as it slowly began too open. "You havent even seen the inside yet." I said while pulling the door exposing some of the light from the inside. Once it was cracked enough that we could all fit through I motioned for them to enter and they both slowly walked in with the cart and shortly after followed them in.

I shut the door behind me and locked it in place making a loud roar that echoed into the atrium. My entourage had already dropped the cart and Twilight was just sitting down no doubt just wanting to rest while Digger was just dumbstruck pacing around with her mouth open and her eyes full of wonder and sheer excitement. "I can't believe it all this time the greatest discovery known to Equestria had been right under our noses. Maybe this is the answer extinction of your kind Koba were do we begin?"

Twilight moaned out and said with little motivation in her voice. "Could we please just get some sleep and start in the morning? I'm so tired from that walk." She looked like she was going to drop and I felt bad for her so I made a suggestion to Digger that we should get some sleep so we could do a full walkthrough tomorrow. Surprisingly she agreed and we then moved to a empty room we found conveniently close to the entrance and started to unpack our things to get ready to rack out.

I pulled my portable mattress out of my ruck and let it fill itself up on the floor. It felt so good too take my dirty clothes off and lay down on it after walking all day and it wasn't long before the other two saw how comfortable it was climbed on it unexpectedly and laid down next to me. Twilight grinned at me and said. "Sorry for the intrusion but the floor is cold and you looked like you could use some company." I chuckled at her and got back up to shut the lights off before laying back down and covering myself up. It wasn't even five minutes of just laying there we all fell fast asleep.