Amethyst Bolt wandered through the clearing of the everfree forest, it seemed so peaceful and tranquil despite it's reputation for being completely notorious. For some odd reason he felt safer in the forest than out in ponyville, he thought it might be to do with his special talent which was Thievery and all things associated with it. From busting safes to finding hidden objects, he discovered he had a knack for it when he was only a filly. In fact he busted his first safe shortly after he started Junior Flight school to get bits to spend on snack food. But as the years progressed he began to want more for less, picking pockets and conning even the most disbelieving of ponies.
But it still bored him, he wanted an adventure. A thrill, some kind of dangerous mission that required such skills as his and if he could drag others down with him.... well... the more the merrier!
He had finally got through the clearing to the small hut which he lived in, it was suspended above the forest floor and was covered in leaves from the trees. Although he was pretty much exposed in Autumn and Winter, Summer and Spring meant he could hide without being noticed by anypony. Suddenly he felt dizzy, the clearing and hut spinning around him.
"I need you" a voice echoed through his head saying only that and suddenly everything went black.
Slowly but surely he opened his eyes, the last thing Amethyst remembered was being in the middle of the everfree forest looking for adventure. Which he guessed he had now, seen as he was in the middle of a seemingly ancient castle. To be more specific the castle courtyard, around him were the walls and in front of him the portcullis. Upon further examination there was a single tower above the entrance to the actual castle, and upon that tower was a balcony upon which stood an armoured pony. The armour however was not shining or silver at all instead it was rusted, worn and completely black
“Welcome” Began the pony “You are to follow my orders without resistance” Amethyst began to contemplate resistance but decided against it, who knows what kind of traps could be in this courtyard?
“And if I don’t?” Inquired Amethyst cautiously
“I have a device implanted inside of you, which if activated will explode leading you to an untimely demise” the ponies voice showed no emotion “I will now tell you why I have chosen you to assist me” Amethyst was confused, assist? With what exactly
“Inside of the castle is a hidden room containing treasure beyond anyponies wildest dreams from gold to ancient tomes and countless scraps of knowledge. However I cannot leave this tower, I triggered a trap which caused the doors to lock with a magic seal. I can however, call other ponies to try and help, like you Amethyst. And I needed a Pegasus to complete the team. But anyway, your task is simple, assemble the team, which consists of 3 other ponies, 2 Unicorns and one Earth Pony. The Earth pony being called ‘Twisted Sprocket’ and his special talent being that of engineering, the 2 unicorns are relatives ‘Ruby Roulette’ and ‘Sapphire Solitaire’. Ruby’s special talent is deceit and Sapphire’s is lock picking.
However they all have other talents besides the one they excel in, and all of you have the ability to fight extraordinarily well. And then when you’ve assembled everypony, and only then I want you to enter the castle and obtain the treasure. You do that, I will allow you to leave. In fact, I’ll let all of you leave; you only have to complete that simple task and nothing more... so... are you in?” Asked the pony, Amethyst thought for a moment. And then grinned
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world”
Meanwhile in the gardens of the castle sat Ruby Roulette and Sapphire Solitaire both discussing the appearance of the newest team member
"I've heard he's a pegasus" Stated Ruby
"Well obviously, there needs to be a Pegasus, Earth Pony and Unicorn. But because we, as unicorns, are the most helpful and useful type of pony..." Boasted Sapphire, oblivious to the fact that Twisted Sprocket had just appeared behind them. Ominously silent as he always was
"Oh, hello Sprocket" Said Ruby, Sprocket glanced at the Unicorns and simply nodded before turning away and walking in the opposite direction
"Why does he never speak, it's not like we don't allow him to" Resumed Sapphire, the sound of hooves on the cracked stone slabs echoed around the gardens as Amethyst arrived. Ruby and Sapphire both turned their heads to examine the new team member
"Purple mane and coat..." muttered Ruby "May I ask if your name by any chance has the word "Amethyst" in it?"
"It does" Replied Amethyst "And I guess you two are Ruby Roulette and Sapphire Solitaire, because you are unicorns and you do have manes and you are the same colour as your names suggest"
"We are" Replied Sapphire
"So where is Twisted Sprocket?" Asked Amethyst, uninterested in anything besides the names of the two unicorns. Ruby simply just nodded towards Sprocket, who was sat at the edge of the garden watching them "Well then... let's perform this heist and get out of here"
The 4 of them lined up outside the rusted metal doors of the castle as they slowly creaked open sending a wave of dust out towards them
"What are you waiting for?" Demanded Amethyst, wandering towards the open doors "We have a heist to pull off"
Authors Note;
So I hope to be writing more of this, though not as frequent as my other fic because I found writing this a tad of a challenge, but I still want to write more because I have so many ideas, I hope to be releasing this mainly on weekends and weekdays when I get spare time. So as always I hope you enjoyed this short chapter and if you have any constructive criticism then please leave it in a comment below.
Thanks :D - Skullman846
The castle’s interior was almost untouched, the walls were intact and the flooring was like new it shone from the light of a large candle chandelier above them which, ominously enough, was lit. The hoofsteps of the team echoed through the entire grand entrance as the voice of the pony from the balcony echoed throughout the entrance
“This is the grand hall and the furthest place my communication devices can reach, from here you’ll be completely aimless and have no guidance whatsoever. All you need to do is find the large vault underground but beware of the castles ancient protectors” Began the voice “Even I have not seen them, they are silent and extremely deadly. Should you encounter one I’d guess you would know it and in that case fight until your dying breath... but you should be fine unarmed in an abandoned castle with a surprising amount of traps and a mysterious attacker, don’t even think about the fact the doors are slowly closing behind you sealing you in to a seemingly gruesome demise. Just focus on the safe and nothing else” and with that the voice stopped
“Well Sapphire and I will be heading this one” Sounded Ruby poking her nose into the air like a snob as they wandered off
“No matter, come Sprocket!” Exclaimed Amethyst turning to where Sprocket was once standing. It seems he to had left Amethyst stood alone in the middle of this very deadly, haunting grand entrance.
“N-no matter!” Resumed Amethyst now talking to himself “I’ll find the treasure and escape by myself!” then suddenly a phrase flew through his head
“If one of you dies, all of you die”
Immediately his eyes widened
“RUBY!! SAPHIRE!” He yelled running after them “WAIT FOR ME!”
(Just a quick note, if you want to listen to some music during this I highly recommend this as I wrote it listening to this either way it's optional!)
As he approached the figures of what seemed to be Sapphire and Ruby he took a moment to remember how ravishing they appeared to be in the courtyard and how he used to try and impress all the mares back in Ponyville with his flying. Which usually ended in a loud and clear “You suck” but nevertheless these two ponies seemed sophisticated, classy and the type that wouldn’t care if he smelt like week old garbage, after all not everypony can afford a bath in the everfree forest that’s just impractical. There’s lakes for that.
“So Sapphire...” He began making his voice deeper, he leant on the figure of Sapphires back and began to babble random nonsense in hope of it making any sense then he pushed the figure of Sapphire a bit
“You seem cold, like stone...” Stated Amethyst taking a closer examination of the figure “Oh... you’re a statue... well buck! I spent five minutes trying to pick up a statue...” he began his trotting down the hallway again when he heard a series of cracking noise from behind him. He turned around with pure fear in his eyes hoping it wasn’t what he thought it was.
And it was.
There in the centre of the hallway stood a stone pony holding a large stone sabre which looked like it could be used to support a roof in architecture
“I don’t want to get hit by that” Muttered Amethyst
And so Amethyst did what any respectable gentleman would do in a situation such as this
He turned and ran like a little bitch, as fast as he could.
Authors Note;
I may be picking this back up soon I just wrote this short chapter while I was waiting for my new story (Still waiting ¬.¬) to upload.
So I decided to add a little comedy to it but that's about it for this chapter, hopefully I'll see y'all soon!
