Holding on to the Stars
Chapter 3: Adorable. Bitch, but Adorable
Previous ChapterNext ChapterPrincess Celestia finally came back out of the large machine and Twilight and her friends were rather surprised when they saw her carrying another one of those biped creatures on her back. This one though was much smaller than the others and it looked like it was unconscious at the moment.
The guards were about to protest about the creature until Celestia silenced them, saying that she was going to take it, him, to Canterlot to heal him up.
Confusion spread amongst them all as to why Celestia was personally taking this one to Canterlot but they didn't dare speak against her, it was her choice and if she assured them she would be fine then they were more than convinced enough to relent, if only a little but continued to be wary.
Celestia looked at the small unconscious creature on her back and smiled slightly before turning to Twilight Sparkle. "Now, where did you say the others were?"
Twilight pointed over to Rainbow Dash, who was currently standing next to the large unconscious creature. "We managed to catch that one, but two others got away, they ran off in that direction."
Rainbow nodded and wiped her face. "Yeah. I almost had one of them but it hit me in the face and got away before we could try and go after it."
A troubled look made its way onto Celestia's face as she pondered where the other two were at the moment. 'I sent a team of guards to go up ahead and search for the other two. Luna said she would pursue them as well, I just hope she doesn't resort to extreme measures. This situation is already messy as it is.'
Taking in a deep breath, Celestia turned to Twilight and said, "I will take these two to Canterlot. Twilight, could you and your friends help the guards find the others?"
Twilight nodded. "Of course Princess."
"Once you have found them, keep them somewhere where they won't cause any trouble and inform me as soon as you can." She looked over at the large unconscious creature before adding, "Until then, I will take these two to Canterlot."
"We won't you let you down Princess!" Rainbow Dash said before flying off.
"You can count on us!" Applejack added before she and the others ran off after their friend.
Just as Twilight was about to go after them, Celestia stopped her. "Twilight..."
"Y-Yes Princess?" The younger Alicorn replied.
Celestia glanced over at her guards for a moment as they picked up the other creature and set it down on a carriage before responding. "Be careful. You don't know what these creatures are capable of, so be wary and try and deal with this with as little violence as possible. If they can be reasoned with, then do so, but defend yourselves at all costs if they attack you."
"Um...I...understood, Princess." Twilight replied before running off after her friends.
With the six mares now gone, Celestia stepped onto her carriage and held the small creature in her forelegs as they took off for Canterlot.
Tyler Pov:
I swear I will get that asshole for this, whatever it takes! I was this close to making it to the top, I could have had it all, and then he comes along and ruins everything!
They were supposed to be fucking dead! That idiot Triad leader wanted them dead and I gave him the chance and even he managed to fuck it up!
How hard can it be to kill two guys?!
And what's worse, I don't even know where the hell I am, and both Joseph AND Ryan are here too and they ain't gonna stop until they catch me. Well I'll be ready. I just need to find someplace to rest for a bit and once I'm rid of this aching pain, then I'll finish those idiots off.
I let out a frustrated sigh as I sit down under a tree to rest. I always knew that guy was insane, but the fact that he actually stormed the airport guns blazing proves just how much of a psycho he really is.
To think I used to call him brother.
Asshole even killed the Triads that were supposed to get me out of there safely. Some help they turned out to be.
I sigh again and lean my head back against the tree as I think back to how I ended up in this situation.
I lured the two of them into a trap where the Triads where waiting. Their boss offered me thousands and thousands in exchange for Joseph and Ryan, I would have been a fucking idiot to refuse that offer! I mean, yeah they were my best friends, my brothers, but in a world like this, it's survival of the fittest. In the end, you can't rely on anyone but yourself, and I was given that moment to have everything I ever wanted right then and there, all I had to do was, sacrifice those two.
While it may sound cruel, that's just the sad truth of how the world works. In the end, it's all about money these days, and those with the most money tend to get everything they've ever wanted. I wasn't about to throw away my chance at a perfect life just for those two idiots. I used them, I did what I had to do and when the time, I threw them aside when I no longer needed them, they would've done the same thing anyway.
Now, now I'm stuck here in some weird place with a bunch of colourful horses with horns and wings and Joseph and Ryan who're probably still looking for me.
"Dammit." I mutter as I punched the grass. "Is a perfect life so much to ask for?! Apparently so!"
It helps a little when I unleash my frustration like that, even if it's towards nothing in particular.
Right now, I just want to clean my suit, get a shower and sleep in a nice warm bed. Of course, that'll be the day. I can't close my eyes for even a minute without wondering when that psycho will show up and try to impale me with a fucking knife.
My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone running in my direction. Sounded like there was more than one in fact.
Wasting no time, I try to push myself to my feet...
...and fail miserably.
I don't believe it. My entire body is spent. The aching pain is still there and I can barely move a muscle even with my best efforts. The most I can move is my arms but that's about it.
Well, if it's colourful horses again then the worst they can do is knock me out. They didn't look violent as far as I saw them so I'm pretty sure they'll probably just ignore me.
Too bad they didn't.
While looking up from the ground, I saw several forms approaching from the distance.
"There's one of 'em!"
That sounded like the one with the accent earlier.
I was able to count six of them in total as they reached me, and they all kept their distance from me like I was some wild animal. I smirked as I looked at each of them, the orange one and the rainbow haired one were glaring at me, though it was kinda hard for me to take them seriously given how they looked.
The rest were eyeing me curiously, minus the yellow one who was hiding behind the others. Cute.
"I know you can talk, so let me ask you right now, can you understand me?" The lavender one asked.
I stare at her in shock for a moment as I try to process what was happening. I was sure the talking back at the plane was just me hallucinating due to taking a hit from that idiot but here they are right now in front of me, talking like normal human beings. This...this is ridiculous! Horses can't talk!
"Ah don't think it can understand ya Twi." The orange one said.
I don't know how this situation can get any weirder, so for now, I just decide to play along. "I can understand you." I mutter out loud enough for them all to hear me.
They all turned and stared at me. Silence followed as we all continued to look at each other, waiting for someone to speak up next.
I didn't exactly like where this silence was going so I quickly added, "No need to be afraid, little horses. I ain't gonna bite if that's what you're worried about."
Recovering from their shocked states, the lavender one was the first to reply, "...Oh, well uh...first off then, what's your name? If you, don't mind telling us."
I narrowed my eyes slightly. "Tyler."
The lavender one closed in a little bit while letting out a sigh of relief. "Ok then, Tyler. My name is Twilight Sparkle."
Cute.
She turned to the others and pointed at each of them as she said their names. "That's Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy."
Eh, that last one must be really scared if she's keeping quite a distance from me. I look back at them and say, "Well, nice names for a bunch of colourful horses."
"Ponies."
"What?"
"We're Ponies, not horses. I'm an Alicorn, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy here are Pegasi as you can tell by their wings, Rarity is a Unicorn as I'm sure you've noticed, and Pinkie Pie and Applejack are Earth Ponies." Twilight explained.
"Ponies?" I repeat.
Twilight nodded with a smile. "Yep, Ponies."
Ponies.
...Ponies...
...
...
...Ok then. Let's try something different. "If you don't mind me asking, where am I?"
Twilight tilted her head slightly, which was honestly quite cute. "You're...in Equestria, the Kingdom ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna."
Aaaand that confirms it. I'm somewhere I've never heard of before, in the middle of nowhere with the only locals being a bunch of cute colourful talking Ponies.
The Ponies jumped in surprise as I screamed out,
"FUCK!!!"
Ryan Pov:
I stand tall, panting heavily as I look around at the badly beaten forms of the armored horses. Now THAT was one hell of a fight.
Guess I can scratch horses off the list of things I still have to fight against. Next up, clowns.
Gotta give credit though, they fucked me up quite a bit. Some of them got lucky shots with their damn spears and struck my legs, I was just barely keeping myself standing.
They were still alive, but they wouldn't be getting up for a while after the beating I just gave them.
I actually hope more of them show up and attack me because nothing gets me more fired up than a good fight.
Well, with that done, I decide to turn and head off to find Tyler.
At least, that's what I would have done were it not for the fact that I now found myself locking eyes with a dark blue horse with a horn and wings. It was wearing black regalia around its neck and had a black crown on its head, along with that it was wearing sparkling glass shoes on its hoofs. It seems the horses here like to look their best.
This one though, honestly looks adorable. Other than the hilariously stern look it was giving me, it was adorable.
"I think you've caused enough damage creature. Surrender now or I will put you down myself." It...she said.
I chuckle and say, "Oh yeah, and who might ye be exactly?"
"I am Princess Luna, Co-Ruler of this Kingdom and the Princess of the Night. As such, you will bow and show some respect, least you want to suffer a similar beating you gave my guards." She said.
Luna. Co-Ruler. Princess. Meh, whatever. "Well apologies Princess but yer guards were being dicks."
"Watch your tongue creature, you are already on thin ice as it is." She said.
I look at the ground before giving her a puzzled look. "Uh...actually I'm on grass."
She grit her teeth. I could already tell she was at her boiling point.
"And one more thing." I point a finger at her and say, "I don't bow for shit, if ye want me to bow, yer gonna have to chop my fucking head off!"
Her eyes widened at my words. I couldn't help but smirk. "Now, Princess Night Bitch or whatever yer name is, I have something really, really, really, really important to do and I'm already wasting enough time, so if you'll excuse me."
I tried to walk away, but the moment I tried to pass her, she barred my path with a wing.
As I looked down at her, I notice her eyes beginning to glow as she slowly looked up at me. "How dare you speak to me like that. Creature of this realm or not, you are in the presence of the Princess of the Night and YOU WILL-"
I backhand her. That shut her up as she fell on her side.
As fun as it was to mess around with the locals, I had more important things to take care of and I couldn't afford to waste time. As I walked away though, I swore there was something at the back of mind screaming at me that backhanding that one was a bad idea. I couldn't put my finger on it and, quite frankly I couldn't care. I just wanted to find that prick, kill him and rest, I could go for a good nap right now.
Ow.
That nap might be coming much sooner than expected. Something hot shot right into my back and I suddenly found myself on the ground looking up at the sky. I slowly tip my head a little to look back.
I tried to suppress my inner laughter. Oh did she look pissed.
Her horn was glowing as she slowly started walking towards me. I roll over on my stomach and get to my knees, by the time she reached me, I was looking up at her.
Her eyes were glowing pure white as she stared down at me, I couldn't help but grin slightly as I felt blood dripping down my chin. "You sure know how to throw a hit." I say.
She narrowed her eyes at me. "Save thy compliments for when thou are in the dungeon, creature. Anything you wish to say before I throw you into the darkness of slumber?"
A few choice words come to mind and I ponder on which ones to use. But, when I can't decide what to say, I decided to go with the next best thing.
I spat in her face.
She knocked me out.
Still Adorable. Bitch, but Adorable.
Author's Note
Damn I'm surprised this story's getting so many favourites, it's not even one of my best works and yet you guys are following it anyway. Not that I'm complaining of course I'm just, surprised is all. Anyway, yeah Ryan is a complete rogue I'm sure you'll all have noticed that by now. He'll be having an interesting meeting with a few certain Ponies very soon, as for the others, well, wait and see. Anyway, now that this rushed chapter is done, I'm gonna get some sleep cuz I'm tired as hell.
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