Chapters We're a long way from home.
As I ran through a thick, dense forest the sound of yells caught my attention. I swivelled my head around but in doing so tripped on a tree root. As I stumbled to the ground I groaned in pain trying to pick myself off the ground but succeeded in stumbling to it instead. I spoke in a hoarse whisper to my holographic wrist watch and said my first words in hours.
"KITT You there, "I asked receiving no reply.
"How about you Allie"? I questioned in my mind, but yet again was met with no response.
Meanwhile In the Everfree Forrest
As the sun rose over the magical land of Equistria an eerie silence fell over an area of the land. An area that filled the locals with dread: the Everfree Forest. The silence stretched on for miles and not even the early morning birds tried to break it. A disturbance had covered the forest and all the creatures in the Everfree could feel it. It was an unnatural, almost otherworldly disturbance. Time seemed to slow down as a light pulsing could be seen just on the edge of the forest, a pulsing that seemed to gain speed and energy every few seconds. Then with an almighty BANG and a bright flash of light the pulsing stopped. In its place a smoking crater was all that was left. Well that and a strange bipedal creature. The event went unseen and unheard by the locals. That is, except for one. A butter yellow Pegasus with a pink mane and a white rabbit by her side.
T he sun peeked over the mountain tops, and a certain Pegasus was readying up for another regular day, or so she thought. As she removed herself from her warm bed she stretched out her wings and let out a yawn.
"Ok Angel it's time to go feed your friends," she said with a sleepy smile.
"I know you’re hungry but we should feed some of the others first, shouldn't we?" she asked in her usual quiet tone.
"Now angel how many times have I told you that you are not more important than your other animal friends" she asked.
"Oh my…" was all she could manage in a hushed tone.
"I know I'll go gather up Twilight and the girls and see if we can get help for that poor thing." she said with a rarely seen confidence.
As my senses returned, I groaned quietly. I tried activating my body damage counter (or ‘B.D.C’ for short), but it was for whatever reason disabled. Without my B.D.C I couldn't tell how badly I was hurt. I tried lifting my arm to contact KITT but upon doing so saw the extent of my injuries. Burn marks riddled my arm and there were no signs of my holographic watch. If the watch wasn't showing and my B.D.C was disabled there was only conclusion: KITT was inactive. With no known help to come, I tried my last ditch effort in desperation. As I started pulling it to my body I felt a sense of relief knowing it was still functional. As it re-joined I felt it begin the healing all my injuries with a comfortingly familiar numb and tingly sensation. But shortly after the process started, I was forced to stop.I immediately went limp again, as if I was unconscious. As the voices neared, I heard them go silent in what I could only guess was shock. I lay there for what seemed like hours before they spoke.
Voices
"What is that?" said a very tomboyish voice.
"Ah don't know but whatever it is it sure looks weird…" said a rather feminine, southern voice which reminded me of a cowgirl.
"Well whatever it is, its owners had a poor sense in fashion!" exclaimed a British sounding voice.
"But how would you know it has owners Rarity?" questioned the southern voice.
‘Rarity’ retorted "I mean, look: surely no creature would have the skills to make such tightly woven clothing."
"Well whatever it is I hope it likes parties!" squealed a very high pitched voice that hurt my ears.
"Pinkie, apes don't have parties." said a new voice, one that sounded more intelligent than the others.
"Oh I don't think it’s an ape, Twilight," replied a soft sounding voice.
"Well whatever it is, I've never seen one before in my life" ‘Twilight’ replied. After saying so, a faint noise sounded, followed by a rather loud gasp.
"What's not possible Darling?" asked Rarity.
Twilight responded in a shaky voice "That Cr-Cr-Cr-Creature has no magical signature!"
"Then what do you suggest we do with it Twi?" questioned the Southern voice.
"I say we should kick it back into the Everfree. I don’t know about you, but it looks dangerous." replied the tomboyish voice suspiciously. I tensed at those words. Were they taking me back?
"But look at how injured it is!" said the softest voice louder than before. "Maybe we can just patch it up then send it back?"
"Now that I think about it… Sorry, didn't mean to upset you Flutters," replied the first voice. She continued "I mean even if it was dangerous it couldn't do much against us now."
"Ah hate to interrupt but what’s it doing?" said the Southern voice‘That’s my target!’ I thought to myself.
Author's Note
Yeah so hope you enjoyed. Not all my chapters will be this short. Not very good at writing. So leave your thoughts below. And please don't sugarcoat anything. Be as brutal as you want. Also if your confuse on some of this chapter for example "Telerium" It will be explained later on. Also none of this belongs to me except my OC. All right go to the rightful owner.
We're a long way from home.
We were at a Mexican standoff. Seeing them for the first time surprised me. They were ponies: real, talking, colourful ponies, that looked vaguely familiar. There were six of them: two pegasi, two unicorns, and two normal. They were all crouched in battle stances, the two unicorns flaring their horns. The one I held in my hand was one of the Pegasi. From the earlier conversation, I managed deduced who I was holding was called ‘Flutters’. But it was obvious that it was only a nickname. As I put more force on the blade, I heard the pony in my grasp let out a tiny ‘eep!’. We stared at each other for what seemed like hours before one of them spoke up.
"Let her go now!" ordered the one of the Pegasi.
"Why should I?" I asked, lacing venom into my tone.
"Easy, partner! Don't want to be hitting the hornet’s nest with a short stick now, do you?" replied one of the normal ponies, with a threating tone that failed to affect me.This one was an orange pony, wearing a Stenson hat. With her hair in a ponytail of all things!
"Why hit a hornet’s nest, when you can shoot it?" I said calmly. I could feel the pony in my grasp shake in fear.
"How can you shoot it without a crossbow, silly?" giggled the pink one.
"I am Twilight Sparkle, protégé to Princess Celestia and wielder of the Element of Magic."
I asked in a confused tone "What’s so funny?"
She bluntly replied "You must be stupid," My eyes just narrowed as she continued.
"I mean look at you: you’re injured and look like you don't have the energy or the will to fight!" she pointed out triumphantly.
"Are you sure about that?" I questioned.
"What sort of beast are you to have such dark magic?" She asked in a scared whisper.
I chuckled and replied with a sarcastic dark tone "The kind that will haunt your nightmares…”.
"Well then beast, it's time to meet your maker!”
Shortly after the creature fell unconscious,
They all stared wide eyed at Twilight. Their gaze switched over to Fluttershy, who was still shaking in absolute terror. They ran over to her embracing her in a hug.
"Are you alright there, sugar cube?" asked Applejack.
"That brute didn't possess you did he?" questioned Rarity, horrified. Their only response was a small squeak as she tried to curl up and become as small as possible.
"Yep that's our ‘shy!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie, be quiet! Flutters has just been through a traumatising event, and she's the least qualified for them! No offence…" rebuked Rainbow Dash.
"Sorry Fluttershy, I didn't mean to upset you." apologised Pinkie.
"Girls, we need to take this thing to the Princess." she replied, getting straight to the point.
"But whatever for, darling?" asked Rarity rather confused.
"Well it seems to have powerful magic yet it has no horn!" Twilight exclaimed, clearly frustrated. The 5 ponies (and 1 unconscious human) didn’t seem to understand.
Twilight continued "And there is only one creature that has that much powerful magic, but no horn."
*AU: Astronomical Unit. That is the average distance between Earth and the Sun. In other words, 149 597 871 Kilometers.
Author's Note
Yeah so hope you enjoyed. Leave a like and comment if you want. Oh and please feel free to leave all thoughts , Negative or not in the comments, be as harsh as you like. All criticism helps.
We're a long way from home.
Peters POV“These cuffs and rings were made of Telerium! Haha! Nice try, but that won’t keep me in here for long.” metal in my blood! That should have blocked the beam, right? As I began muttering a list of possibilities (a habit which helps relieve stress), I heard a strange noise. It sounded like gravel being crushed underfoot slowly. I froze, slowly turning to face the noise. When I finished, I saw 2 red lights rolling backwards and forwards slowly, as if in mid air. I stared at them, my heartbeat slowing when I finally recognised the lights. I breathed a sigh of relief, staring straight into the "eyes" of the beast as a smile graced my lips.
"KITT is that you?" I asked quietly. I sat in silence the faint whooshing of the lights the only sound until finally a familiar voice filled my body with relief.
"Yes it is me, Peter." KITT stated. I nearly cried out in joy until I realised where we were.
I quietly looked into the red lights and whispered "KITT, activate connection protocols."
He replied in a teasing tone "Thought you'd never ask!"
Instantly my body was bathed in a blue light, hearing a female voice say "Establishing Connection protocols," in a monotonous voice.
I waited 10 more seconds before the words I had been waiting to hear were spoken. "Connections established, Welcome Peter."
I turned to KITT and looked at him questioningly. I heard him sigh and say "Do I have something on my visor?"
"No."
"Then why are you staring at me?" he asked
"How did you end up in this dungeon? “ I asked bluntly
After a short pause, he hesitantly replied “Well, it’s a bit of a long story...”
“We’ve got time.” I informed him, motioning to the dungeon we were in.
3rd Person
In a clearing, there was a light blue spark, which most of the critters ignored, but didn’t leave unnoticed.
Another one, slightly brighter this time. The critters stopped gathering, and went to investigate the sparks.
Without warning, a massive shower of sparks flew out of the air, scattering the gathered critters.
When it finished growing, it hovered in the air, before disappearing in an explosion of the same blue light.
It took off its helmet with a click and hiss. The creature was male; just like the hairless ape, except with different hair and face. His hair was hazel brown and eyes were a deep, sea blue with a small purple tinge.
“Finally! I am home!” he proclaimed, looking around him
“Well, not quite, I don’t think I will join Zecora any time soon.”
“I wonder how Twilight and the girls are doing; I hope they don’t miss me too bad!” He chuckled.
“No signal? But how? The only way that could happen is if I’m in an alternate dimension, and the chances of that are...” he trailed off.
The Sugar Cube Corner
“Muffin, I’m coming for you!” said a cross-eyed Pegasus, sitting on a table while eyeing the blueberry muffin hungrily.
Author's Note
How you enjoyed this chapter. Also thanks to Muranuse for editing this and previous chapters.
We're a long way from home.
Peters POV
“…scanning this world for Telerium, I encountered the ‘unicorns’ you described. They were all covered in gold armour, which begs the question ‘why?’ They have stronger, lighter and cheaper materials to construct it, so why use gold? Afterwards, they had ordered me to identify myself and state whether I was friend or foe. And since my speaker array was still damaged, you can guess what happened next.” he laughed dryly
“Afterwards, I was hit by a beam which resembled the one you described. But here is the curious part: where did the energy in the beam come from?”
He looked at me expectantly. I blinked and replied dumbly “I dunno, magic? They were unicorns after all.”
He gave me a deadpan stare. “You know as well as I do: the first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.”
“Yeah, but we are in a land of Technicolor ponies, and everything that I consider ‘Logic’, has been disprove-“
KITT hushed me with a finger on his lips, and pointed at the door.
You might be asking why we were talking out loud, seeing as we had the mental link and all that. That is because it feels more natural. With all the time I was on the run from ‘The Facility’, I was living in constant fear of being captured and researched. Having people to talk to helps keep me sane. And insanity is something which I never - nor do I plan on – experienced.
I was tempted to ask him why he had interrupted, but he anticipated my question and tapped his ear.
I sent a mental command to enhance my hearing.
I heard a scuffle outside. I sat there listening as it seemed to get closer. I started hearing grunts, groans and cussing. As they got closer I managed to determine that one of the voices sounded female. This continued for an extra 30 seconds until a thud sounded beside me.
“Wow! They must really hate those ‘Changelings’.”
After that I heard the sound of multiple locks sliding into place and a pair of hooves slowly walking away.
I heard the ‘changeling’ mutter "Talk about rude."
I froze “That voice, could it be?”
I grinned widely and decided to have some fun. Sending some mental commands I manipulated my voice. I felt the Telerium flow down my throat and onto my vocal cords, pulling and prodding at them untill my voice would be no more than a rasp.
I then spoke with a fake wheeze and asked "What are you in for?"
I heard the voice stop mumbling and move closer. "I was accused of being a ‘changeling’, whatever that is."
“Yup, that’s her alright!”
"What about you?" she asked back.
I grinned madly and tested the mental link with Alliana, and it was as strong as it would get.
"Oh, nothing much. Just accused of being a beast with some sort of dark magic," I replied nonchalantly through telepathy. The silence grew to the point where you could hear a pin drop.
I brought a small blob of Telerium to my hand and replied “Do you know any other humans who can use Telerium?”
After a short pause, she growled and shot a small yet perfectly aimed plasma blast at the little pool in my hand, vaporising it.
“Hey! I only have so much of that, you know…” shaking my hand to cool it.
“Maybe then you should stop squandering it on voice alteration.”
“She does have a point, you know.” Said KITT.
I mumbled something unintelligible and announced. “Well, now that we are all here, I suggest that we plan what to do next. Personally, I would like to hold off busting out until we find out what we are facing. And besides, KITT is running on ‘Critical’ so we won’t get far anyway.”
KITT sighed. “So I guess we wait. We never heard your story of how you got here though.”
She looked away nervously. “It’s a bit of a long story…”
“We’ve got time.” I and KITT said simultaneously, motioning to the dungeon around us. We shared each other a knowing look.
? POV
I listened to somemusic while I wrote my log.
Day 74
I have finished my research on Dimension 10 (placeholder name) after spending 3 days there. The results showed that it was a minor deviation from Dimension 9 (placeholder name), which confirmed the Multiverse theory. I originally thought that there was an error in my Jump due to the chances of me arriving in another Multiverse, but the data collected showed that I was indeed in a different dimension.
After the research was concluded, I attempted to return back to Equus, and I partially succeeded. I am in another derivation of the Equus (that as far as I know, I don’t exist in. This is good news as I won’t have any embarrassing encounters with myself.), despite the improbably small chances. At this moment. I am sitting in a tree in the Everfree. I am currently weighing my options right now: should I remain in here, hidden and survive on synthesised food until I recharge enough to attempt another jump, or reveal myself to Ponyville.
The pros of staying in the Everfree are that the chances of me being discovered are rather low, and when I leave no one will be any wiser.
The Cons are that there is still a chance of me being discovered, and that the leaves block most of the sun so I am only capturing UV light right now, so it will take a lot longer to recharge. Plus I will need to use Atomic Manipulation to synthesise food and water, so that will add to the recharge time.
The pros of going to Ponyville are that I will have direct sunlight, decreasing the amount of time it will take to recharge, and I should be able to buy some food and water, removing the need to synthesise it. I might also be able to get donations of Mana to help recharge even faster.
The cons are that there is no telling how Ponyville will react. Last time I had the support of Celestia to prevent panic, but this time I am on my own. Then there is Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Rainbow Dash will likely try to fight me, and Twilight will badger me with questions; with neither being desirable.
I also remember sensing remnants of an unknown energy. It is not Harmonic, Magical, Chaos, Chaotic, Forton, Artron, Electrical, or any other kind I have encountered. Perhaps I am not alone?
I will sleep on this, and decide tomorrow.
End log
I sighed and switched off the music. I had Pinkie promised to Twilight back in my world that I would return by day 75, and as reality bending as Pinkie can be, I doubt that even she can pierce the cosmic veil. But when I return, will Pinkie make me pay for breaking the promise?
I involuntarily shuddered.
Or will she understand the circumstances of me breaking the promise
I chuckled to myself. “That is a problem for tomorrow.”
I switched off my HUD, enabled the proximity alarm, and closed my eyes.
Editors bedroom
I sat at my laptop, typing this sentence, when a small, pink pony with a puffy mane and tail bounced through my door.
“Ah, Pinkie. I was expecting you…”
“So, what did you want me for, I still have that couples 25th anniversary party to plan!”
“Its about [Redacted] .”
“What about him?” she asked, with her head slowly twisting around.
“He won’t be able to return tomorrow…”
Editors Notes: *EMR: Electromagnetic Radiation. Basically: Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible (Light), Ultraviolet (UV), X-ray and Gamma Radiation.
We're a long way from home.
The Dragon, The A.I And The Human
Peter's POV
I listened to Allie intently, wanting to learn everything about what had happened. According to her: she had woken up in a sort of alley and stumbled out. Upon looking around she noticed a whole bunch of, and I quote: "pastel-shaded horses of every imaginable colour" staring at her. She stared back and did the most natural thing to her: she morphed into one of them. See, Allie being an animorphagi, she has the ability to change her appearance. While this may sound great, it is used mainly for disguise as she can only copy the look of a creature, not their abilities. Anyway, she copied the body one of them nearby, and changed it to suit more her style. She morphed into one of the normal ponies; without wings or a horn. She had given herself a navy blue mane and tail with a charcoal black coat. She had also changed her eye colour to an bright amber intend of the usual piercing green.
"CHANGELING!" then ran off screaming.
"HALT!"
She turned around slowly and noticed a line of about 8 of the ponies wearing armour. The unicorns had their horns pointed to her and the others their spears. She looked at them and sighed before turning around and changing once again. This time she had become her normal form. A night fury with piercing green eyes. She glared at them before taking to the sky. She lazily glided over the city before landing in a alley taking her newly acquired pony form. She trotted out but froze. There were three of the ponies; two Pegasi and a Unicorn. They were in aggressive stances ready to pounce at the slightest movement. Allie moved to a defensive position when the unicorn spoke.
"You must be rather stupid trying to take on three fully trained royal guards, Changeling!" he spat at her. She remained silent and waited.
"You know, I'm glad I took that extra class on offensive spells, because I've always wanted to do THIS !" he shouted, before he shot a beam . It seemed to travel in slow motion in her perspective before it hit her straight in the chest. Her eyes bulged and she clutched her chest in pain. Another beam hit her in the head knocking her to the ground. She tried scrambling to her feet (hooves?) before another bolt hit her in the chest again. The last bolt did the job, sending her into unconsciousness. The last thing she heard before completely slipping away was
"Damn Changelings... They've gotten stronger..."
Peter's POV
"And that's pretty much my story." Allie finished. I thought it over noticing a connection between our stories rather quickly.
"The beams..." I muttered under my breath.
"What beams, Peter?" asked Allie.
"Those weird energy beams were present in all our stories," I replied.
"You see, I think you were hit by a lower power one, KITT was hit with a really powerful one and I was hit by a normal one." I said pacing backwards and forwards.
"This is all a test by 'The Facility', and we are the Lab-Rats!"
"I don't know, Peter. This seems a bit much just to test a weapon." She said skeptically.
"Maybe the weapon is mind based? If it is the same one, then this might explain why we would be in a simulation. If we knew we were in a test, then our minds would resist it. I know mine would..." KITT said sadly. He didn't know his creator, or exactly how he worked. Which for an A.I is quite a difficult thing. He had just booted one day on a beach, before being shut-down by an EMP and rebooting in "The Facility".
"Come to think of it, Peter, Alliana, what are the safe-words we agreed on?"
I paused for a second to remember the word. "Totem."
"Vulture" said Allie
"Noonien Spinner" finished KITT.
We all breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing in the fact that none of us were imposters.
"I am starting to doubt that this is an experiment."
"Why?"
"The hash-check I ran on my sensor system just finished, and it found no modifications. If this is just a simulation, then they have found a really sneaky way to spoof my sensors."
"So, now what?"
"If this is a just civilisation, simulated or not, I guess we wait for our trial." Said Allie
? Perspective
"Computer, how much is the estimated period of active camouflage available until power levels drop below 7%?"
A synthesized voice replied "At maximum camouflage at high intensity adaptation: 10 minutes. Realistic application would be 50 minutes."
I smiled. 50 minutes should be enough to get in, look around, gather some information, and get out. I walked to the edge of the forest. So far, I was lucky. No predator had found me. Perhaps it was because the suit contained, well, my smell. (note to self: take shower ASAP).
“Activate active camo - low-power mode." I whispered.
"Nice to know it hasn’t changed..." I thought to myself.
"Add to log, titled 'Dimension #10': 'Sweet Apple Acres exterior looks the same.'" I whispered to the Computer.
"Added to log: 'Dimension #10'." Said the computer out loud.
"Dammit!" I breathed, wincing at the voice.
"Reroute all notifications to HUD."A message popped up in my HUD.
"Sorry, rerouted."
I blinked. "Since when did the Computer have a personality?"
"Note to self: Investigate personalities for A.I's"
"Noted."
"Interesting... Where could she be?" Just then I saw Big Mac walk past. I froze, hoping he wouldn’t do a double-take. He did.
"Not good..." Thankfully for me, he just did the pony equivalent of a shrug, and continued into the barn. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"That could have went wrong very fast!"
"Computer: activate Medium level camo when I come into a populated area."
"Will do."
I reset my location, and headed to the town square.
"Kind of wish I finished the 'Perception Filter' module now." The difference between Active Camo and a Perception Filter is that the Active Camo, well, camouflages you. So when you move, it uses power. The Perception Filter makes people think you are not there. This is significantly harder to program and build, and the more people are looking at you, the more power it draws. It also doesn't work when people are actively looking for you. The advantages more than make up for that. When you move, the filter doesn’t have to update, and when no one is looking at you, it has very little power draw. Which would have been very useful in my situation. While I was pondering on how to make the filter, I arrived at the "Golden Oak Library". The lights were already on.
"This will make snooping a lot harder. I hope everyone in there is asleep and/or not paying attention. Otherwise the moment I the handle, I will be rumbled!"
"Amplify hearing by 12 Decibels."
"… Twilight, truth or dare?" Said a female voice.
"Ahh, so they are having a sleep-over. And playing spin-the-bottle by the sounds of it. But wasn't that Pinkie’s voice?"
"Truth." Said Twilight’s voice, although it sounded uncertain
"Did you ever..."
"That is strange, I feel like there is someone outside there, but nothing is there..." Said Twilight. I mentally face palmed. I should have put up a shield around me to block my magical signature, but I didn't have the energy to spare.
"I feel the same. Oh well, it must be the late hour. Mind closing the door, Rainbow?" Asked Rarity.
"Aww, why do I always have to do that?" Whined Rainbow Dash.
"Because..."
"Just like Hearth's Warming Eve." I mentally sighed.
"GIRLS! This is just like Hearth's Warming Eve!"
"Hehe... Sorry, I'll get it." Laughed Rainbow nervously.
"Rarity, it's still here, and it’s moving..." Whispered Twilight
"I know, darling. Don't you have a spell to reveal it?"
"Ooooooh, sugar! This is not good..."
"Yes, I do."
“Where do you think you’re going?” asked Rainbow dropping to a defensive position in front of the door. I tried to move to a window but they seemed to be a step ahead. They were blocking all routes of escape. I felt a twinge of sadness at how hostile my so called friends were to me. But I reminded myself that it was a alternate universe. Applejack and Twilight started advancing to me.I had to get out. The repercussions of getting captured were far too big, and fighting was out of the question. There was one plausible outcome, and I chose it.
“Out.”
“I didn’t mean to come here. I don’t mean to stay. This is just where fate blew me, one unfortunate day.”sound which indicated a teleport. For 2 seconds my body felt like it was being compressed (which in reality, is more or less true.). The compression stopped, and was replaced with a slight wave of nausea. I re-opened my eyes, and I found myself outside. I whipped my head around hearing cries of surprise and smirked in victory to myself. However a message appeared on my HUD that caused my smirk to drop. The message read:
“Power levels at 7 percent, cloak deactivating.” I cursed under my breath as my cloak slowly melted away. To make matters worse I heard the 6 inside open the door and spot me. However they froze seeing me without the destabilized camouflage, which had made me appear smaller. I used this distraction to run for the Everfree for some shelter. However they were fast to act and quickly followed. I huffed in annoyance knowing that I keep ahead of them for long. What’s worse was that RD could fly much faster than I could run. I did some quick calculations in my head and sighed knowing that this would drain even more power, but the fact that I would escape was worth it.
"Computer: Activate assisted running, 60%."
"Accelerative Forton Energy" started filling up, before it flashed green, and slowly started draining.
When I reached the border of the forest, I had lost Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity, Pinkie being Faust knows where. I started weaving through some trees, in hopes to lose them. I had night-vision, so unless I fluffed up, I wasn’t going to run into -*SMASH*
“Ouch! I hope Applebuck season isn’t on for a while… ‘Cause I don’t think AJ will be up for a couple of day’s.”
"Computer: force activate cloak, front only, low power."
“Computer,” I said softly
“Yes, Jonah?” It replied.
“Set an alarm for the crack of dawn.”
“Alarm set, Have a good night, Jonah.” I listened to this in confusion. This was the second time that the A.I exhibited a complex personality with feelings, and I definitely don’t remember programming them. This thought plagued my mind until a bigger one came along. Sleep. I let my eyelids droop and drifted away into the land of dreams.
Peter's POV The Next Day
“ALRIGHT GET YOUR LAZY BUTTS OUT OF BED WE HAVE AN ESCAPE TO PLAN!” I yelled telepathically. They both jumped which satisfied me in a sadistic kind of way. They slowly started getting up but not without sending a glare my way. I just raised my hands in mock surrender. I heard a huff from beside me and turned to look at Allie. She was currently in her night fury form staring at me with her huge green eyes.
“Yeah, well what about our trial” She asked. I stared at her and sighed.
“What about it?” I asked
“Shouldn’t we wait for it?”
"Should things turn out pear-shaped, and there not be a trial, I would like to have a backup." I replied, with memories of the last few days flashing in my memory.Allie must have picked up those memories.
"Can't see any flaws in that logic."
“Well let’s start off with some good news,”
“The cuffs we all have on are all made of telerium, so actually escaping won’t be too difficult."
"And the bad news?" KITT asked
"We wouldn't get very far as we can't process the telerium and we have only critical amounts of it," I replied.
"So what's the plan?" Allie asked. We sat there discussing a plan for about an hour. There were quite a few, including digging a tunnel, and making a mad-dash during our trial. But they all relied too much on chance. After a short debate, and convincing Allie that escaping was the way to go (we didn't know what a changeling was, but it had bad implications), we all agreed on a plan.
"So once you and I distract them, we run?" Allie said
"Yeah that's right," replied Peter.
"Ok we have a plan when would be suitable to execute it?" Asked KITT. I was about to answer it when the sound of voices came from the stairs. I froze realizing they were coming back down. Then I grinned and sat back against the wall behind me.
“Now would be a suitable time,” I said to them through telepathy. They nodded before pretending to go back to “sleep.” As the voices neared I decided to mess with them lowering my voice slightly. I heard the door to my cell open and waited in the darkness. There was a distinct “clopping” sound as their hooves hit the cool stone floor. I saw them approach and reach up to undo my shackles. But instead I rose to my full height causing them to flinch . They seemed to recover rather quickly and stood up straight once again.
“Princess Celestia will see you for your trial now,” one of them said in a monotone.
“Lead the way,” I said in a voice lower than my own making them flinch again at how demonic it sounded. I heard sighs in my head as I grinned.
“We’ll keep an eye on you, Peter, just to make sure you’re safe,” I heard KITT say telepathically.
“Yes Mom,” I replied sarcastically earning a telepathic snicker from Allie. If KITT had emotions, then I would bet he would have made a quip then. This conversation took around 5 seconds in which the “Ponies” (Which KITT had pointed out during our plans for escape) were waiting for me by the door. I just followed along silently and awaited my trial.
Author's Note
Hello readers I hope you enjoyed. Thanks to Muranuse for editing this chapter and all my previous ones. So what do you think will go down in the trial? Leave a like and a favourite if you enjoyed.