An alcoholics recollection of Equestria

{Me}

[Soren]

^Omega^

*Midnight Shadow*

-Reaper-

The door busted in. Dagger flew into the first of the guards. He slammed his hoof into him, then grabbed him and threw him into his buddies. I grabbed Octavia and pulled her after me like a ragdoll. I quickly galloped past the guards and up the stairs. After the first flight I spun around.

"DAGGER!"

Rainbow Dagger turned to look at me. He nodded, and started running. Before he made it to the stairs, he turned around and dropped something I hadn't seen him holding. As soon as it hit the ground, a thick cloud of smoke started coming out of it. As soon as he caught up with me, I continued running.

"Nice trick."

Dagger chuckled. "Aye. Smoke bombs are more...fun in Equestria."

"Looks like we got plenty of equipment."

Dagger nodded his head. "I learned the exact specs of it. Since it isn't a true weapon, it is a bit harder to make than a gun, but I can manage."

"So we got experience, and we got equipment. What else do we need?"

"A true guild."

I nodded my head. "I suppose you know where to find one?"

Dagger smiled. "Da. I know a place."

I groaned as we went up another flight of stairs. "Really Dagger? Quoting Nikolai?"

"What? He was my favorite russian! Both versions of him!"

Octavia was staring at us like we were crazy. "What are you two talking about?"

I bounded up another two flights of stairs before answering. "Tell you what Octy. We get out of this, and I'll tell you one helluva tale."

She nodded, and finally pulled away from my hooves. She started running on her own. I looked up. Another two flights and we'll be there. A spell flew past my head. The unicorns in the contingent had finally realized they couldn't catch us, and were currently firing off beams of magic at us.

*They look like lazers...*

-That is because they ARE lazers. The simplest of combat magics to learn. Firebombs and electricity flowing from your horn are actually quite complicated.-

*That makes no sense though! Wouldn't firing pure magic be harder that channeling it into an element?*

-For a human yes. But unicorns have their horn to focus their magic. Therefore, all they have to do to fire a destructive beam is focus.-

*Are you suggesting th-*

Midnight Shadow was cut off by one of said lazers hitting me in the flank.

I yelped out in pain, then fired back one of my own. It hit the unicorn that fired at me in the neck, killing him/her instantly. Despite the pain of being shot in the ass, I rose my neck up and shouted out a good one-liner.

"ADD ANOTHER THOUSAND TO MY BOUNTY!"

Dagger dragged me up the final flight. I poured my energy into a spell that mended my wound. It didn't ease the pain, but it instantly close the wound. Octavia gasped in surprise.

"You're wound!"

"Yea I know. C'mon Earth filly. Don't tell me ye never heard of magic."

She glared at me before huffing and turned back to the door in front of us. It was locked. I stared at it for a few seconds before Dagger turned to me.

"Can you pick it?"

I shook my head. "Not in time. I have a plan though."

"What?"

I held my left hoof out. "Model 1987. Now." Dagger nodded, and the shotgun was pressed into my hoof. I sat onto my hindlegs and fired the shotgun at the lock. It broke, and Dagger was able to buck the door off it's hinges. The Model disappeared. We ran out onto the rooftop. Huge towers loomed over us. The closest building we could escape to was the roof of the club next to us. And the guards were almost to the stairs.

"What now?" Octavia looked shocked at my words.

"You mean you don't have a plan?"

"My plan involved freerunning across the city. As you can tell, not an option."

"What'd you expect from Manehattan? A bunch of small little buildings?"

I turned to Dagger. "You didn't tell me we were in Manehattan."

He shrugged. "You didn't ask."

"Okay. Well. I have a plan then."

Octavia fell onto the ground laughing. "What could you POSSIBLY do to get us out of here? We're doomed! Doomed!"

[Well she's officially gone crazy.]

-She reminds me of the Mad God himself.-

*You met Discord?*

-Nay. Discord is the god of Chaos.-

[So you met with Sheograth.]

-Aye. That is indeed one of his names.-

*Wabbajack wabbajack wabbajack.*

[What?]

*Nothing.*

I let out a grin. "Do you see the glass building next to us?" My two companions looked over at it, then turned back to me nodding. "We're going right through it." Once again Octavia, drunk off adrenaline, burst into a fit of laughter.

"You are absolutely mad!"

"Neigh, that is you silleh filleh!"

Dagger just stared at me. "A pony pun? Really?" He deadpanned.

This time it was my turn to shrug. I grabbed the giggling Octavia and started galloping towards the edge of the building. At the last second, I jumped. Dagger just flew into the building. I slammed Octavia into the building first, then I started falling. I crashed into a pane of glass exactly one floor underneath them. I turned back to see all the guards at the edge of the building. They were too afraid to risk the jump, for it would have been a long fall indeed, and were starting to go back down. We had a few minutes. I quickly found a stairwell, and joined Dagger and Octavia.

"Well that worked.  But now what?"

I smiled at Dagger. "How good are your wings?"

After another few minutes of running up stairs, we made it to the top of the skyscraper. I hopped onto Dagger's back, then held my hand out to Octavia.

"If you take my hoof, there's no way you can go back to the way you once lived!"

She gazed at it for a few moments. "There's no way I could now anyway. Might as well have a bit of adventure!" She grabbed my hoof, and I pulled her up. She was sitting on his flank. She had to grip onto me or face falling off. Dagger ran off the building, jumped, and started flying us away. Octavia spoke up one more time.

"Do you do this with all the mares you meet?"

I smiled back at her. "Only the hot ones!" She blushed furiously.

(Smooth. Real smooth.)

{Thank you! I'll be here all week.}

[Oops.]

/Oop's is right.\

{So Dagger! Where are we going?}

{Sounds lovely.}

Author's note. The Volcanic Wastes are from a different story. You can find it here. Sorry there isn't anything for Dream Cloud and Shade, but they're sleeping right now! Expect more from them next chapter. Also! Be sure to check out my other story Code Equestria. You can find it here. If you need any convincing to read it other than I wrote it, here's a preview.

I opened my eyes. My Little Dashie plushie looked back at me. Her hooves were a little wet, and I was pretty sure it wasn't spit.

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