Author's Note

Back, back again

Chapter 1: Running, Stumbling, What's the difference?

The light was the first thing I noticed in this dark place. The 'light' was a nice shade of purple and it was occurring relatively slow, so I wasn't very concerned. I don't know how long I've been in this fucking place but I think that I'm beneath my house but I was growing impatient and annoyed at my predicament. As I was moving up, my upper body started to contort, as were my hands. The position made me feel like I am trying to pick something up in an odd way and it looks like something was appearing in my hands out of thin air. It was difficult to see because it was blurry but still visible, I can also feel the things in my hands as I tried to get a grasp on it. My left-hand appeared to be holding a disc of some sort and to my right was a long pole with a handle that felt good in my hand.

I was contemplating calling for help, for the people that might be above me. I think I remember a couple living in the apartment above my own. Before I could open my mouth to call for help, my head was above the floor of what I believe was my house. It was extremely bright, so I shut my eyes from the light that felt like the morning sun that nobody liked at all. As my entire body finally finished its slow ascend from the ground, I felt one more thing besides the pole and the disc in my hand. I felt heavy as if I was in rather weighty clothing or I had some heavy objects on my body besides the ones that I felt in my hands.

Finally opening my eyes, I put my hands up prepared for the worst.

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When I heard a chariot land, I presumed Princess Celestia finally came to help, and Then I heard five more landing after the first chariot. I backed up the stairs and to the door, cautious of the writing that use to be in the back corner of the basement. I closed the door and placed a spell on the handle to lock it. Hurrying to my front door to greet the princess, I expected to see Princess Celestia outside my door. When I opened my door, I saw Princess Luna with Princess Celestia in the back talking with her Guards.

"Greetings Ms. Sparkle, we have obtained a letter that thou art in great peril, is this accurate?" she said as she looked over me into my home.

Looking behind myself, she gave Spike a look that said 'we'll talk later.' she turned around to address the Princess

"There seems to be a misunderstanding with the letter," I said a bit apprehensive.

Withdrawing into your house, you give room for the Princess's to pass into your home. She gives you a perplexed look as she passes by you, to look around. Guards of all three types of ponies follow the Princess inside, to investigate. Looking outside, you see the princess you expected approaching to you, so you rush over for a hug. You felt her long neck belonging to your Princess nuzzle your head and drawback to look at you.

"Good morrow Twilight, I've received a letter from what I think is Spikes claw writing, is it true? is something endangering you," the Princess asked

"Not exactly...," was the short answer I gave to my mentor.

The awkward silence that came was one I didn't like. I wanted for the ground to devour me right then as Princess Celestia was giving me an odd look. The princess might banish me to the sun and just to get obliterated by the heat and power it holds. There were many scenarios that she can imagine, but the one that terrifies me the most is the prospect that my mentor might send me to magic kindergarten.

The princess noticing her students face contorting to one of nervousness and slight fear she gave a smile and with the most comforting voice, she spoke.

"Well my faithful student, what might be the reason young Spike send me a letter?" she asked.

Composing myself slightly, I was finally able to open my mouth without choking on my words. I closed the door for this was going to be long explanation.

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The home of my sister's student seems to be well as if there was no crisis. There was no broken glass nor a destroyed piece of furniture. I turned around to walk to our guards for it seems they have discovered something. I looked over our guards to look upon the door with a lock spell. Stomping my hoof for our guards to kindly move out of the way, I lit up my horn, and with little to no difficulty, I got rid of the spell and opened the door.

"What might thou be hiding Ms.Sparkle?" I said as I ordered our guards to follow.

We peered down the stairs as if there is a deadly monster lurking beneath the house of Ms.Sparkle. Trotting down the stairs with our horn still glowing, we kept our guard up for unexpecting attacks or traps. Reaching the bottom of the stairs with a sense of foreboding, we looked around for any sign of threats. We heard an 'all clear' from the Captain of the guard, so we lowered our defense and started to look around for something out of place in this basement. Looking around ourself, we looked for some kind of evidence to show the whole trip here was not a waste of time.

Ready to call off the search for something that might not be there, she was interrupted by an extraordinary sound and a light. Turning to the left to look at something in the rear corner, I saw what looked like purple runes that spun slightly around in a circle. I felt strange magic I've never sensed before in the long time I've lived. I prepared my horn to either summon a powerful shield or to send a stun spell for whatever might happen.

Then it happened... what seems like a tall purple body came out the ground in a way that seems impossible. I summoned the shield in front of myself and then expanded it more to engulf the guards as well. The details came to me as I observed it, noticing it was holding a disc on its left appendage and greatsword on its right. It raised its shield as well as its greatsword, looking for a fight with me. I smiled with excitement.

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The stupidly bright light that blinded me finally started to fade away so I could see. Slowly lowering my arms, I opened my eyes and blinked a few times to get rid of the blurriness, so I could actually see things clearly. I took a few steps back and tried to rub my eyes to relieve an itch, just to hit myself with something rather hard. I was really going to lose my shit if I keep discovering shit I don't like. Like the fact that I felt I got punched in the gut by a bodybuilder on steroids.

I nearly tripped on some boxes? I don't fucking remember having boxes in my living room or invited some cunt in my house to punch me in the gut for some laughs. I stumbled away trying to look around but it was so damn hard to see due to the blurriness in my eyes. My eyes didn't seem to want to work... Lazy pricks. I turned around and saw some blobs, white, gold and a little red was what I saw but the thing that got all my attention was the wiggling purple and blue mass that was yelling shit at me. I was losing my shit so I looked to the left and saw my escape.

I already came to the conclusion that this was not my home when I saw stairs leading up somewhere. I tried to run to the stairs, but tripped on some boxes and stumbled like some idiot and ran into the purple abomination. we fell in a mangling of limbs until I righted myself on top And the thing on the bottom. I was on the floor and on top of the thing I was trying to run from. I was feeling stupid so I tried to get up but the beast under me started to wail on my face and chest with its limbs.

Out of instinct, I swung a left hook to what seemed to be its head and made contact with the ground. I looked at my first just to see and remember I had a disc attached to it. Before I could throw another swing, I was violently thrown off of the thing and landed in a way no one would have liked. I scrunched up my face with pain but got up to look for the stairs. The things friends seemed to finally shake them self's from shock to advance to me.

Luckily for me, I had some of my leg coordination back so I ran to the stairs. I made sure there were no boxes in the way so I didn't trip and break my neck on the stairs. The stairs were small and made it look like I was running 5 steps at a time but I ignored that for the moment. I reached the door to slam it open with my shoulder due to the fact I still had objects in my hands. I kept holding them for makeshift weapons if I needed them.

As I burst through the door I heard a yell from a kid but I kept running forward to escape. I didn't look around for a door because it seems the Gods have blessed me today. The door to the outside was just in front of me and I can see the suns rays shining through under the door. With freedom in sight, I went on a dead sprint towards the door. Still sprinting I jump and kicked the door open to keep my momentum and speed to keep running outside. The light blinded me but free from the inside of this fucking place. I was f-