Time stream surfing

*pant* *pant* *pant*

'run!' i thought.

*pant* *crunch* *pant* *crunch*

and so i ran with the sounds of the snow beneath my feet.

*crunch* *crunch* *crunch*

as i ran i felt the bite of the winters wind against my face.

*cough* *pant* *gasp* *pant*

i had been running but i could no longer

a ducked into the shelter of a nearby tree root

glancing briefly over my shoulder.

i saw the warm light of a lantern peaking over the hill before me.

...but those who i saw illuminated by that light were as cold as the landscape

around them.

shadow researchers those who conduct experiments for the supposed "betterment of society"

in truth they do things which are far worse.

i am one of their experiments.

my name is Adele

"we've lost her! you incompetent whelps! all of you check every twig branch root and leaf we can leave no place where she may find refuge!

lest i cleave your head from thy shoulders as an ornament for my office!"

jostled from my thoughts my mind raced how could i escape?

i had to move they would find me soon none of they're experiments have ever escaped for long

i was too tired to run.

i could not overpower them with strength.

i could never hope to outwit them

and hiding would only last for a few more minutes at best.

however i could match at most one of them with magic.

although i knew only a handful of spells it was my last option

the only hope i had left

i stood as slow as i could against the trunk of the tree

i heard footsteps quickly closing

i formed in my mind a simple spell

merely a flash of light.

but it would be enough to catch him off guard

long enough for me to form a more advanced spell

he continued his approach..

*crunch* *crunch* *crunch*

i tensed only a few steps more..

*crunch* *crunch*

as he began to peak around the corner of the tree i released a ball of light blinding him

he screamed "AAGGGHHHH QUICK SHE'S HERE SEIZE HER!"

i needed to be quick i already heard the others running for me

i formed the complicated matrices for teleportation

i mouthed the words for invocation of the targeting circle

but my only destination was as far from here as i could possibly go

i heard the sizzle of magic felt reality shift time bend and the pop in my ears as i left

my captors in bewilderment

i landed on cold stone a forest around me and the smell of fire nearby

but i soon blacked out the magical drain had been too much

little did i know how far i had really gone

============{meanwhile}============

"oh come on now where has big mac stuffed them marshmallows this time?"

Applejack grumbled as she rummaged through the pantry

"Applejack dear aren't those the marshmallows right there?"

said Rarity pointing where Aplejack had set her hat

Applejack turned and sure enough there was her quarry

"why didnt ya say somethin earlier rares?"

"why i hadn't noticed them until a few minutes ago but you were so engrossed

in your search i thought it rude to interrupt" rarity said looking slightly hurt at her friends tone

applejack sighed "aw its alright i guess i did get pretty sucked in trying ta get this whole bonfire

gathering just right" "sides if i don't get finished grabbing logs well never get to startin it any way"

collecting her hat and the marshmallows she and Rarity made there way to the kitchen "hey Rarity could you get the crusaders up

while i take all this stuff out to the fire pit?" rarity nodded heading for the stairs "oh! and remember make sure ya keep this a surprise"

rarity winked and tip-hoofed to appleblom's bedroom Applejack collected the basket of bonfire supplies and headed out the back door.

Rarity gently pressed an ear to the door holding her breath....

not a sound prefect!

she slunk through the door and up to the bed and whispered "girls quick get up we have a surpriiise!"

Sweetie popped an eyelid open and scanned the room spying the clock she mumbled "what is its sis? its 2:00 AM"

"well its a surprise silly get up and find out!" with that she tickled the three till they fell out of bed

"ow Scoots get'cher hoof outa mah ear!" "Sweetie my wings caught on your horn!" "Applebloom get off my tail!"

the mess of fillys untangled themselves and stumbled for the back door.

Scootaloo go there first swung it open and gracefully landed on her face "i meant to do that!" she hurriedly recovered

Sweetie squinted in the distance she could make out something red and glowing

"hey Rarity whats that?" Rarity smiled devilishly "your surprise!" suddenly there were no fillys

just a blur making a b line for the fire area Rarity gave chase the three had somehow already eaten three smore's each gotten covered in tree sap

and made mortal enemies with a fly. Rarity blinked tilted her head and was about to ask why when Applejack held her hoof up as if to say

"not worth your time" she nodded and helped herself to some homemade coffee of Applejack's

the universe held its breath waiting for a response

for the one thing an apple could not do was make good coffee

the mug approached her lips Mobeus saw and forgot to crank the wheel of time

everything slowed the liquid sloshed upon her tongue and....

"not bad actually" his jaw dropped had she just said that!? an Apple make DECENT COFFEE!? HOW!!

Mobeus was so shocked he never even noticed he had knocked one times resident totaly out of whack

oops

============{Adele}============

ow...

i was somewhere that was for sure ow means i can feel pain right? that meant i was alive

am i alive check

now can i move? wait first do i still have a body?

i blinked

blinking means i have eyelids sooo lets try and open them...

drat no luck there must be on auto which means im unconscious

EEEOOWWWWW!!

pins and needles waking up ow!

*blink* *blink* huh green stuff

*blink* leafy green stuff

*blink blink blink* trees! ground and something red... fire?

*blink* yes fire good civilization!

now to lift an arm.. OW nevermind talking?

oops! forgot breathing silly me!

*COUGH COUGH GAG HURK* eeeeewww well means im breathing with that over...

h...he.....hey...anyone......th.e..r.e...? wait....bugger nothing

guess i just sit for now mostly unconscious yay

============{CMC}============

"hey you hear that jus now?" "hear what the sound of a fly's death threats?" Scootaloo poked Applebloom

"naw not that the POP ah heard coming from the forest" she jabbed her hoof in the direction of the Everfree

Sweetie peered into the brush "i don't see anything.." Scootaloo scooped up a stick brandishing it like a blade

"maybe its dangerous! we could be monster slayers!"

Sweetie scrunched her face up

"i dunno we tried it once the manticore didn't like it very much when you poked it in the eye"

"psh! beginners mistake we have experience this time so no Manticores!" "well why not?" Applebloom glanced at the two mares chatting by the fire

"we gotta lose them first though..." she saw a tree tap a bucket and some rope next to a convenient chicken... "girls ah got an idea!"

the bucket was nearly full Sweetie was nearly finished hooking the unsuspecting chicken up to the bucket and Scoots was poised to set the trap in motion

Applebloom ginned and rubbed her hooves together the most glorious distraction the world would never see was nearly complete she nodded to Sweetie and Scoots

"ready?" "Ready!!" in tandem Scootlaoo scared the chicken while Applebloom threw it and the bucket into the air....

they hung for what felt like days... then they fell the chicken hit the ground running tree sap going everywhere and the mares somehow

got caught between a sudden war of bees and snails all while the pigs in the barn began running in circles because a spider had just invented a new

form of tax evasion which happened cause a fly had spilled its dirty secrets..literally

the fillys smiled Discord would be proud with that they skipped into the forest without a care in the world

============{Mobeus}============

run over there whack this dash here tweak that leap over here crank this whilst singing a soothing song to

the time stream "curse...you...Twilus...and...your...tree...sap!" the confounded stuff had nearly unthreaded

there universe several times HONESTLY why would you invent a material that was composed of your blood an thus pure magic!?

i never understood those titans and never shall i now quick reset the microwave so that they don't turn into sentient doughnuts

============{CMC}============

the three fillys stood at the entrance to the ominous wood

suddenly wondering why in Tartarus they had actually gone through with this plan

Scootaloo was on her way in when she was yanked back by Sweetie "hey what was that for were here why don't we go in?"

"because we need to prepare not run in blindly" she tapped her chin searching for...."aha! like this!"

she scooped some leaves out from the brush and stuck them to her fur with mud from a nearby puddle

she added grass "and now the final touch!" plopping a crow of twigs atop her head procliaming "CAMOUFLAGE!"

Scootaloo's eyes lit up she leapt to do the same to her coat she finished and said "special operative purple glider reporting in over!"

Applebloom was next "p.glider this is red point i read you over!"

Sweetie picked up three rocks that looked like pistols

"alright team remember emergencies only! our mission is to infiltrate secret base inner sanctum located within this forest we go in quietly

do we understand?" her comrades saluted "we understand chief green leaf!" Sweetie smiled returned there salute and did a right face

the three shouted "CUTIE MARK CRUSADER SPECIAL OPERATIVES YAY!"

clapping their hooves they slunk into the forests shadows.