An Archaeologist In Equestria

by Zhe Pydoh

Chapter 8: Trouble In Klugetown (I didn't do a damn thing)

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I have no idea what the fuck just happened. I didn't even start that riot, and yet here I am running away from all sorts of anthropomorphic creatures for my life.

8 hours earlier...

I had come to Klugetown in the hopes that I'd learn more about the artifact that had brought me here. Unfortunately, someone or something had started a huge fight and blamed me for it. I didn't even start the fight, I was getting myself a grilled cheese sandwich from one of the stands. No, it wasn't Capper, or me, or Tempest Shadow (Fizzlepop), nor the Royal Guards. Half of the Royal Guards were dicks, but they were smart dicks. They knew they couldn't risk their rep as a police force. No, it was actually a retired disgruntled Royal Guard by the name of Ardent Night, who was pissed off, and rightly so, because the Bureau for Retired Royal Guards (BfRRG) decided it would be a good idea to not give him his benefits and blow it off on a fucking corporate pool party.

Ardent Night then shot a bolt of lightning from his horn, which hit some shark, man, thing, who then screeched at him and punched him, causing him to crash face-first into the side of a building, which imploded. A Royal Guard summoned a gigantic turtle, which toppled over several buildings and squishing several creatures, which somehow escalated into a street-wide fight. A Royal Guard shot a magic beam at another shark-like creature, who then exploded for no reason at all.

And that's how I escaped from Klugetown. After I was far away as I could possibly get from that town, I needed to lay low for awhile.

"I need to find someplace to lie low for awhile. I think I'll head somewhere where I can't be found." I decided to head to Somnambula (the town, not the pony) and find a place to stay, and learn about the statue that brought me here. After walking for a few days, I had settled into a room free of charge to the pony loaning it to me after I explained what happened.

"Twilight." said Princess Celestia in a false sweet voice. "where, is Chase?"

Twilight gulped.

"He sent you a letter." Twilight answered.

I woke up at the crack of dawn and left a note for the pony allowing me to rent out the place. I pulled out the grilled cheese sandwich I bought, sat down, and ate it. After that, I got up and wrote in my journal while leaning against a wall in an alleyway.

Still stuck in Equestria. I havent written in this journal in a while. Princess Celestia is still searching for a way to send me home. Hopefully I can learn more about the statue that sent me here. I miss my home. I've been lying low in a settlement, Somnambula. I hope I can learn about the statue that brought me to this world.

I went to go see a wise old stallion who told me that the statue was not of Equestrian origins, but of my world's origin. I decided to head back to the place I was staying at and do some research. I found out that at some point, there were in fact humans living in Equestria, but some sort of event happened that made them virtually non-existent. I headed back to Ponyville. I got a letter from Princess Celestia that said Twilight and her friends were worried sick about me, and she also mentioned that she wanted to talk privately with me when I returned. I assumed that she knew that I knew about Equestria's hidden history.


Author's Note

Another chapter done! :twilightsmile: