Point of view: Twilight

Diary Entry #1034

Cozy Glow have managed to get out of Tartarus thanks to an unknown third party working behind the scenes, I have the suspicion that this strange helper is also responsible for helping Sombra come back to life and aided him in his attempt to take the throne and rule Equestria under his iron hoof. Thankfully me and my friends stopped him.

My friends arrived in time after Smolder and Ocellus disappeared, we tried to disarm Cozy Glow’s strange amulet that she’s wearing. It didn’t work at first, with her using the amulet’s power to break the barrier around her and tried to make a run for it. We tried to stop her, but Cozy tried to hurt my friends as retaliation for their attempt.

Cozy then summoned a shower of magical beams when Rainbow and the others tried to stop her, this resulted in injuries, ranging from superficial to bad.

While my shield was enough to cover us, minus Rainbow as she was right on her tail, some of the projectiles managed to get past the shield and the rest is history.

After a wild goose chase that took forever, we managed to finally disarm the amulet and take it away from her as Celestia and Luna, along with royal guard escorts, took Cozy back to Tartarus with the intentions to keep her under lock and key to ensure that she won’t escape again.

The injuries are as follows:

Rainbow sustained moderate injuries, her wings have been dislocated and her right hoof as well. She's been admitted to Canterlot Hospital.

Starlight, Pinkie and Fluttershy sustained no injuries.

Rarity and Applejack took in some minor injuries after they got hit by some of the projectiles that passed through, albeit weaker versions as evidenced that their power have been somewhat drained when they got past the shield.

Despite the capture of Cozy Glow, that leaves me a nagging worry in my thoughts. Where is Smolder and Ocellus? Are they alright? Were they sent to the other side of the world?

I'll have to conduct a search party with Thorax and Ember to look for Ocellus and Smolder, and have the students sent home for now as we try to secure the safety of the school.

I will also have to write Sunset Shimmer a letter and ask her if she’s seen two newcomers passing through the portal and have them to be on a lookout. I pray that Smolder and Ocellus are okay, wherever they are right now.

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Point of View: Smolder

The silence, endless pit of darkness made me fear that I’m already dead and that this is the afterlife, a black pitch silent void that seems to stretch endlessly without end. I walked around to try and see if I can find the light when all of a sudden, memories from my lifetime appeared and surrounded me.

One by one, I looked at certain memories that I cherish the most, all the while trying to keep myself from breaking down in tears at what it seems to be the place for the dead. Then I came across the memory where me and Ocellus went out on a secret date, I watched the entire memory for what it seemed to be an eternity. By the time the memory ended, I knelt down on one knee as I started to sob uncontrollably.

“Smolder…”

This is it for me, lost in the afterlife forever without even proposing to Ocellus to further our relationship between the two of us...

"Smolder, wake up…"

Dragon Lord Ember, Headmare Twilight, all of my friends cut off from me. I won’t be able to see them all again, forever separated from those whom I care and love…

“Smolder! Wake up!”

I soon woke up and gasped for air after I felt a huge slap to the left as I immediately sat up to cover my face and protect myself from getting hit again, all the while preparing a small breath of fire to retaliate for whoever it was that slapped me.

“Smolder, don’t panic! It’s me Ocellus, calm down!”

I lowered my arms slowly to see that it was indeed Ocellus, somewhat sporting some burn marks on her back and left cheek. Once this was known, I immediately embraced her and started to sob lightly to relieve myself of the fear that struck my heart like a sharp knife.

“There, there. It’s okay now Smolder, you’re alright and I’m still with you.” Ocellus softly said all the while patting my back.”

“You went closer to me, didn’t you? You tried to help me despite my warnings, right?” I asked

“Mhmm. I couldn’t just stand there and do nothing, as long as you’re with me and know that you’re okay.” Ocellus calmly replied

As soon as I calmed down, I let go of Ocellus to wipe some of my tears and looked around the area. The lush trees, sounds of crickets and the endless tall rock formations made me think that we're in the Everfree Forest, yet something feels off about this area.

"Ocellus, where are we?" I asked her.

"I'm not sure Smolder, but I can be sure that this is not the Everfree Forest. The dampness of the air, the trees, that waterfall and everything confirms that we are in a somewhat jungle terrain." Ocellus replied with a hint of worry in her voice.

I stood up and dusted myself off carefully as to avoid touching the burn wounds and hurting myself, helping Ocellus to stand on four hooves afterwards. "I don't know about you, but we gotta keep moving and find our way outta here. This place doesn't feel right and I don't want to find out what's waiting for us in this jungle."

"Don't you think we should stay here for now and wait for morning to come? We could build a campfire to keep ourselves warm in the meantime and wait for sunrise." Ocellus said.

"As much as that sounds like a good idea Ocellus, I doubt we're safe either by camping here. Just that there's something about this jungle that doesn't feel right, and besides you got me. I'll protect us from any danger that can come to us."

Me and Ocellus flew up afterwards through the leaves of the jungle trees that surrounded us so we can get a good look of what the area looks like.

So far, the only thing I can see around us is a big area with small structures, a ship stuck in the middle of shallow water, and wooden towers with metal things that emits some light in its aimed direction.

What really got my attention are these bipedal creatures, they walk like us dragons but they look strange. They seem to be wearing beige clothes, carrying along with these weird sticks with them.

Then there’s this metal contraption that has wheels on it, with two of those weird creatures getting out from the front.

"Uh, Ocellus? I don’t mean to panic you, but we are definitely in unfamiliar territory. Just look at the area around us. Jungle trees and a virtually abandoned area with strange creatures that no creature have ever encountered before? That’s definitely something that we don’t see normally in Equestria.”

I then took the lead and landed in a nearby cliff overlooking the surrounding area and kept a low profile, hiding behind a rock as to not get spotted.

“So, Celly… this is awkward. Not only are we lost, but we have no idea who these creatures are and from the looks of it, they don’t seem friendly too. They seem to be carrying these weird sticks with them, and that does not look like it’s for friendly purposes.” I told Ocellus in a whispering tone.

“Oh no, what are we gonna do? I don’t know the ins and outs of this strange land, Professor Twilight only spoke of the general Biomes in Equestria for now in her class.”

“One thing’s for sure, we have to find our way back to Headmare Twilight’s school.”

Wait a minute.

It feels like we’re being watched.

I turned around to see the same strange creature I’ve seen in that area, except there’s two of them. The one in front is wearing some sort of suit with various things attached to him.

Its face looks heavily scarred, with an eye patch on his right eye and a black object sticking out above his patch. On its left arm is a metallic looking red arm.

The one behind seems to be wearing the same suit, except it’s wearing some sort of mask to cover its face, the only thing that makes them noticeable are the metal sticks they are carrying.

The one with the eye patch slowly approaches us, stopping immediately before he got close as I raised my claws in defense.

He then makes a gesture to keep silent, as he looks right over the surrounding area, then to the one behind it before looking back at us and shows us a V sign with his right hand, indicating that he’s peaceful.

“I come at peace, I came here to investigate a strange anomaly in this area and it seems that you two are the cause of it.” The creature told us.

I then took a defensive stance in front of Ocellus to shield her, ready to burn this creature if it tries anything funny. I then warned the creature, “you try anything funny and i’ll shoot fire.”

“We’re not here to hurt you, we’re here to extract you. The outpost is on full alert and are looking for you two as well, it’s best that you trust me on this one. You’re lucky that I am nearby when my intel team reported of a strange sighting in this area.” The creature replied.

“Smolder, I think we should trust this strange creature. Look, it’s even showing that their intentions are peaceful. Plus, I can feel the emotion from it, it’s definitely telling the truth.” Ocellus said.

I gave it a quick thought. We’re alone in a strange land with strange creatures carrying weird metal sticks and metal contraptions with wheels, yet we meet the same strange creature who have peaceful intentions. Darn it, we’re left with no choice but to trust them.

“As much as I’d say no, Ocellus, you’re right. We basically have no choice but to trust them.” I replied back in a whispering tone.

“Okay, we’ll come with you under one condition. You’ll tell us where we are and help us get back home. Is that a deal?”

“Yeah. Consider it a deal. The name’s Snake.”

“Smolder, and this is Ocellus.” I pointed at her with my right thumb as she shyly waved at Snake.”

All of a sudden, we heard a strange noise flying above us loudly and as we looked up, we’ve been greeted by a strange metal flying object akin to pinkie’s helicopter that seems to be playing some sort of music.

“Finally, Pequod’s just in time to clear the guards for our emergency LZ.”

The helicopter object all of sudden started to shoot fire from underneath its metal body and both of its sides, akin to that of Pinkie’s fireworks, except these ones explodes on the ground that it’s aiming at. As it kept on shooting fire, I felt amazed at this wonderful thing that the helicopter possesed. I wonder if I could learn its techniques.

As soon as it stopped, it landed right in front of the cliff as Snake gestured that we should follow the two of them.

When we got to the helicopter, Snake helped me and Ocellus get in before they followed, as Snake closed the door before the copter took off for the air. Perhaps trusting it, or him, is not a bad idea after all. We’d be dead if it wasn’t for him.

The question remains. Where is he taking us? Is he taking us back home or will we be held captive for research reasons?

After a few minutes in the air, I finally mustered up the courage to ask Snake with questions that is lingering in my mind.

“Okay, let’s cut to the chase and get to the point. Where are we, and where are you taking us?” I asked demandingly.

“Smolder, not in that way. Mr. Snake here just saved us, so it’s best if we ask nicely don’t you think?” Smolder said, still somewhat cheerful.

“That’s alright. From what I can tell, you two aren’t exactly from here so i’ll tell you the details. You’re on a planet called Earth, and this region is called the Democratic Republic of Congo. We’re not exactly from here, so we’re taking you in to our place called Mother Base.” Snake replied.

He then tapped in to what seems to be an earpiece on its right ear, as he began to talk to it.

“Miller, I found the source of the anomaly. I’m bringing back the two strange creatures to Mother base. Over and out.” He said to the earpiece

After a few moments of silence, I decided to tell him where we are from and how we got here. Although not the best idea, it’s better to cooperate with him seeing that he helped us get out from that jungle with those creatures that are looking for us.

“We’re from a place called Equestria, and I don’t know what Earth is. All I know is that we found ourselves in that jungle when a young filly called Cozy Glow attacked us and we managed to end up here.”

“Whoever that person, or creature is, they got the attention of those who are looking for you as well. We’re lucky to have found you just in time before they did, who knows what they would’ve done to you if they got to you first.” Snake said.

“I suggest resting up, the trip will take a few hours before we get to the base. Make yourself comfortable.”

I nodded, before whispering to Ocellus.

“Well Ocellus, I hope you’re right about trusting him. I still have doubts in the decision to accept their help.” I whispered.

“Don’t worry Smolder, I’m sure of it. Now how about we rest for now. It seems like we need it.”

One thing’s for sure though, things are strange and weird in this place, but if trusting him and accepting their help can get us back to Equestria, then I’m willing to trust Ocellus’s judgement on trusting them.

Author's Note

Here we go again with another chapter! This time slightly longer than the prologue :)

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