Cyber burst and the Mirage temple

Chapter 5: The Unexpected?

Cyburst takes off into a full out run with the scroll in his mouth. The wood ceiling breaks exactly above the podium and spreads outward. Cyburst starts turning on instinct, his subconscious knowing exactly which way he needed to go. Cyburst finds himself stuck underground because the elevator doesn’t work without the power from the scroll.

Oh no, ohnoohnoohnoohnoonhoohnoohnoohnoohno. What am I going to do?!”

While in his panic, he notices that the elevator is supported on four separate beams. With the sand coming from behind and slipping under the elevator, it threatens to crack his only platform to freedom. His face lights up with hope.

“Holy sh…………itake mushrooms! I’ve got an idea!

He breaks the support beams and lets the sand flow freely UNDER the platform, making a one-way elevator to the surface. His idea works, until the sand above him starts to fall.

“This is not how I’m going to die!”

He sends a bolt of magic to disperse the sand above him, making a small but usable hole. Cyburst focuses all of his mana into his hooves and shoves off with enough force to make it to the surface.

“Haaa, haaa, haaa, hai’m alive. I’M ALIVE!!”

A breathless Cyburst hops up and down in joy of him surly being alive. He couldn’t believe he did it. He then realized all he did was risk his life in destroying a religious temple, (probably enraging some deity) rip a priceless artifact of unimaginable power, and burying millions of bits worth of magical machinery. He did notice that he got two consolation prizes. He had proof that the Mirage temple existed and he got his cutie mark! It was a computer directory with the words “Best Around” written in a simple code. First, you had to switch the numbers from a Duodecimal system to a Decadecimal system. (For those who are numerically “Challenged”, he switched the numbers from a system with only two different numbers to one with ten different numbers.) Then, you had to switch the numbers into letters.

“I got my cutie mark from breaking and stealing? Cool!”

After Cyburst was done chuckling, he found that he had obtained a lot of scrapes and cuts. He was losing blood fast! If he didn’t get help, he’d die from blood loss. He ran through the forest and found a cottage that had smoke coming out of the chimney. He walked up to the door and knocked quite loudly so that he knew someone could hear him. The door opened and a pure white unicorn that looked quite familiar was the last thing Cyburst saw before passing out from exhaustion.

______________________(You all know what happens next. If you don’t, read chapter one.)______________________

After leaving Rarity’s cottage he raced over to his mother’s house in Ponyville. He let the     half-a-scroll drop to the ground so that he could speak.

“Mom, I’m home!”

“Hello swee- wait, YOUR HOME!”

Cyburst’s mom rushed to hug him. Crushing his ribs. Once she was done killing him, the questioning of things began.

“Where have you been?!”

“I was exploring a deep underground temple where I tricked an Ursa Major into running into a wall and found a strange picture-

“Oh never mind. I’m just glad you’re safe.”

Cyburst’s mom went in to try to kill him again with hugging, but Cyburst eventually got the upper hand and slipped out of her grasp.

“I need to talk to Candy Corn. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

And with that he went out to find his friend Candy. It didn’t take him long to find her because she was in the first place he looked. He opened the door to her house to find her crying, into her hoofs, on her  living room couch.

“Why are you crying Candy?”

Candy looked up with hopeful eye to find a perfectly normal Cyburst looking down with serious concern. She got off her couch and tackled Cyburst to the ground screaming.

“I’m crying because I was worried about you! You big meanie!”

She cried even harder after this point. Cyburst looked at her with confusion.

“I did find th-“

“I don’t care about what you found! Don’t you ever do that again!”

“Cyber, I don’t know what I would do if you weren’t around.”

Cyburst, who was completely oblivious to how a girl works, now looked even more confused then ever. Wait, did she call Cyburst by his real name? Before he could question her, she kissed him right on the lips. He didn’t even let his mom do that. Candy’s face turns a nice shade of scarlet

“I…. I’m sorry. I’m sorry!”

Candy ran to her room and shuts the door. Cyburst is now about to go mad. Does she…?  No, no of course not. That’s absurd. Cyburst walks to his house with all of his hairs on end.

PRESENT

Rarity seems shocked at what just happened! She never knew it was possible to share memories. It was now her turn to go deep in thought. She didn’t have very much time because Cyburst was questioning about how the Sugar Cube Corner could be open so late.

“Uhhh…. Rarity? Rarity, they need to close the store.”

“What? Good gracious! I lost track of time. You can stay in my guest room for the night.”

“Oh, okay. But my house is just on the ed-“

“No, no I insist. You stay at my house. I was the one who made you stay for so long.”

Rarity levitated Cyburst out of Sugar Cube Corner and to Carousal Boutique. Rarity and Cyburst had to discuss what she saw.

“That prophecy must have been talking about the attack of night mare moon. Darling, don’t you think so.”

“I don’t know Rarity. I just hope it was, for the sake of Equestria. Because if it wasn’t, we will have a very big problem.”

“It must have been! Celestia had confiscated Night mare moon’s armor that same night. There is no way Luna could get the armor back.”

“Hmm. Perhaps you’re right. Good night Rarity”

“Good night, Cyber Burst.”

But something was troubling Cyburst as he got into the guest bed. No, not that rarity had said his full name. It said in the prophecy that there were NINE elements. Where did the other three come from? Cyburst fell asleep a short while after he lay down on the bed because well, Sharing memories can take a lot out of you.

End of story one

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