A Forgotten Power

Chapter 10:

I have two things to say about all that was happening. 1: Discord was some dad, huh? Breaks out of his prison and then leaves me to be food for whoever this Apophis guy was. And 2: Being carried by an insect pony with prickly legs, no hands of any sort and on top of that being miles above ground was not fun. I felt like I was going to fall the whole time, but luckily I stayed stuck in Chrysalis' legs. That is, if that was lucky at all.

As we neared the mountain I realized it wasn't a mountain at all, but rather a really tall castle that was full of holes like a hive. The closer we got the more I saw little creatures flying around the castle and entering through several holes. The creatures seemed to be the minions of Chrysalis, as they looked a lot like her, just shorter and less feminine.

We entered through an open wall near the highest point of the castle. Chrysalis put me down in the middle of the room.

"Now, you'll be a good little pony and stay put," Chrysalis started, "or I'll make you very, very uncomfortable. Trust me, you wouldn't want that."

"Never!" I yelled, nearly surprising myself with the force my voice brought. Without thinking I ran to the hole in the wall and jumped.

Under normal circumstances, I would have fallen to my death. Though somehow I managed to stay in the air. Shocked by not only me jumping but also me surviving, I held my hooves in front of my face and saw them glowing with some kind of gray aura. But as quickly as it had happened, it disappeared, and I was falling down to the ground.

"Minions, capture the little beast and bring it to me!" Chrysalis screamed in rage.

Then I was swarmed by changelings as they all grabbed me at once, lifting me back into the room. All but two let go of me and blocked the hole, preventing any more escape. I struggled against the restraining changelings, but they had me pinned down good.

"Well, it seems you have some of your daddy's power in you after all," Chrysalis scoffed.  "I warned you."

And with that, she knocked the lights right out of me, and everything went black.

"It's that creepy voice again! Where is that creepy guy, why can't I see him? Hey, where'd you go Screwball?"

I recognized that voice. "Sweaty Bell?"

"It's Sweetie Belle! And why were you gone for a second there?"

"A second?" I questioned. "I haven't talked to you since I found Discord."

"Discord! That was the creepy statue my class was visiting! Now I remember the name," Sweetie Belle said.

"Wait... Are you saying that he did this to you?"

"I dunno. His statue was the last thing I saw before the screaming started... I can't remember who. Wait, are Apple Bloom and Scootaloo ok?!" Sweetie started panicking.

"Who? Wait... Scootaloo... Do you mean-"

"Get back in the game kid!" Discord cut me off, and then reality swirled back to me in a vortex of colors.