The Golden Queen

Something was off...

I awoke to someone clamping their hand on my mouth and I immediately jolted awake; only to stumble back when my limbs flopped around oddly like a fish...

"Quiet! If you scream she'll hear you!" A voice hissed.

"Who's going to hear me?" I frowned as I squinted in the dark. A figure, dressed in black, was hovering right next to my bed; but oddly I couldn't make out any details about him or her...

"Wh-" I paused, was there an echo in here? "Who are you?" I asked, the distorted echo still buzzing about in my head.

Whoever was it was let go of my face. I heard some scrambling about in my room before it was quiet once more.

"It's secure now. Come with me..." The voice said.

I blinked confused as I saw the black outline of a person at my bedroom door, "Are you robbing me?" I asked scared.

The person growled annoyed, "No. Take my hand, we must leave now." They said rather urgent.

I just looked at them like they were crazy. "Why are we leaving? Unless you're robbing me, I'm going back to sleep!" I said angrily, before the figure grabbed a hold of my hand anyways... They grumbled beneath their breath, "Look, we do not have time to argue! I cannot allow you to stay here. You are in danger!" The person said, and in a quick blink they hoisted me on their shoulders and dashed out the door at the speed of a car...

I opened my mouth to scream again as I felt the wind whip on my face, but the person clamped its hand over my mouth again and I stopped panicking. "What are we doing?! I'm still in my pj's!!!!!!!!!!" I panicked as we started speeding down the highway past several cars, making them appear as if they were floating stars compared to our speed.

My captor remained silent as I shut my eyes to control my anxiety and after maybe five minutes we slowed down on the country side where 'the old academy' was located.

"We will be safe here for now. Rest." The person said as they put me down next to the academy wall and walked off.

I finally opened my eyes. It was still dark so I still couldn't see a darned thing about this mystery person!

I curled up to whimper now. What was going on?,

Suddenly my phone started ringing. I blinked in confusion when I noticed my pocket book was sitting next to me. How'd that get here???

I picked up my phone and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked shakily.

"Rachel? What's going on?! I walked outside for a smoke and saw this black alien dude with glowing yellow eyes take you away and then suddenly more of them showed up outta nowhere!" A voice said on the other line.

"Holly?!" My voice echoed again, but I was more worried about her now, "Where are you?! Are you ok?!" I screamed into the phone.

"Yeah I'm fine but-" suddenly the phone went to static and screeched in my ear, making me drop it in pain.

The phone hit the ground face up and then the static cut off.

"Hello again Rachel..." That voice...

I froze, afraid. I know that voice!

"You're playing a dangerous game... I'm afraid I've had to detain your friend since she won't tell me where you are, but no worries! I'm tracing the call right as we speak. So why don-" I smashed the phone after that.

"What the heck is going on?!" I freaked. Why did someone want to find me?!

"Rachel, it is time to go..." My mystery person/savior said, as they stuck out their dark hand and lead me to the entrance of the building.

It was locked as usual.

I blinked in confusion as the person just looked at door, "Uh, it's locked." I stated the obvious.

The next thing I knew, the lock glowed yellow and simply melted off the door as the person pushed it open. They pointed for me to follow, but no witty banter came about how that just happened.

I shrugged and followed.

Inside the old academy it was even darker. Yet my guide kept a firm grip and lead me around many twists and turns before they let go of my hand for a moment and smashed something.

We stopped in a pitch black room.

"I must inform you we are fixing to enter a place that is quite unique." My guide said as I heard them walking on some old creaky board.

I shrugged, "Can't be much odder than my night has already been..." I said, man what Is up with this echo?

I could almost see my guide grinning as they lead me onward, "Believe me, it's about to hit the fan." And with that we walked through some weird plastic stuff and the next thing I knew I was twisting around before properly blacking out...

"Rachel you must awaken." A voice said,

I groaned. "Five more minutes mom..." I moaned as I flopped over on the-, hard surface???

My eyes shot open after that.. I was laying on some sort of gem like surface and after raising my head I encountered a black monster.

I screamed, but the monster put its hoof on my mouth and that's when I noticed the fangs..

I had fangs! It had fangs! "What the neigh is going on?!" I yelled after flopping around and noticing I'm a black monster too but a lot taller...

The black monster sighed, "Since we are safe I will gladly answer." It said right before kicking the frame of the mirror beside me as it shattered into a million pieces.

I blinked as my eyes suddenly focused more clearly, like a second lense, and I noticed the creature looked oddly familiar...

"Wait a minute... Are you a changeling?" I said, recalling my old childhood fantasies like it was yesterday.

The creature blinked confused but then nodded, "Yes I am a changeling. So are you, but you are the queen." It said.

"I'm a what?!" I yelled remembering more info on the significant species.

The changeling nodded, "Yes... More specifically my queen." It bowed as it pointed to a device on its neck, "I was ordered by an older you to come to this specific time and location and rescue said you from the clutches of the Chrysalis brood." It smirked as it looked at the shattered mirror, "My mission is a success. I have done even better by destroying the portal to the human world and now she is trapped there.

"You what?!?!" I screamed angrily as I pinned down the changeling with my hooves?

"Do you have any idea what you've done?, my whole life was on Earth! And now you've doomed it with this stupid quarrel by some future alternate me and now I'm stuck here!" I snarled as I reached with my hoof to attack, but the bug just smiled and tugged on its device and vanished in my grip.

I stood there for a few moments, just staring and trying to take everything in.

I was now living in a freaking kids cartoon as a monster queen and now I'm lost since the stupid changeling went back to his own time.

"Great... Just wonderful! I wonder how long it will take the angry multicolored pony mob to arrive?" I asked sarcasticly.

I didn't get a response, because suddenly I really had to go to the bathroom!

I glanced around for an exit, but eyeing none at the moment gave up in desperation and went in the corner.

Wonderful.