The Equestrian Monomyth - Book 1 - Be a Good Brony or Die Trying

Everything that I was seeing was reddish, my peripheral vision had gone, my teeth clenched, the adrenaline was running
uncontrollably through my veins, and a titanical energy sphere had formed between my hands. The night became day. The
pegasi that were pursuin me stopped before it. Their coats, manes and tails bristled, as they felt the inmense power
that emanated from that unconceivable spell.

Wait, I can't do that... What if I accidentally kill one of them...? Damn...

The huge sphere exploded like a balloon, expelling an air gust that launched them far away, allowing me to escape
covered by the darkness of the night.

Good, now, I can turn back to Canterlot without being seen, and "rescue" Seymour. They'll would had taken him to the
dungeon by now, and won't be expecting me to return so soon. Wait. Why I'm even bothering? He surely does deserves a
time in jail...

Celestia arrives in her carriage a little later, and gallops to the other princesses:

" Luna, what were you thinking?! " She runs to her sister and hits her head with a hoof. " How dare you to arrest
Twilight behind my loin?!! " She scolded her sister, very angry.

" But sister, we... a monkey thing tried to kill Cadance, and we searched it's dreams and we could see... " Luna tried
to justify herself, while rubbing her sore head.

" I don't care what have you seen on somepony else's mind, Luna! You have no right to punish Twilight without my
consent! You hear me?! No right at all!! Am I clear?!! " Celestia interrupted her, enraged.

" Yes, sister... " Luna drooped her head, ears and wings, scared.

Then, Celestia turned to Shining Armor:

" Captain, release Twilight inmediately! "

" Yes, your Highness! " He happily nodded and galloped to the dungeon.

After that, Celestia turned to Luna again:

" We'll talk about this later... "

Luna gulped and trembled.

Twilight, with a magic dampening ring on her horn, were sobbing and walking in circles on her prison cell:

" This... (sniff) this can't be happening... (sniff) This is a nightmare... I'm going... I'm going to sleep, and when I
wake up, everything (sniff) it's going to be right, yes.... (sniff) I'll be with my friends in Ponyville, and nothing
of this has ever happened... (sniff) Yes, that's... (sniff) that's what I'm going to do... (sniff) because... (sniff)
if this is true...(sniff) Princess Celestia will never forgive me and... (sniff) "

She laid in the litter and sunk her face in the pillow, crying.

" It's all my fault! It's all my fault...! It's all my fauuuuuult!! "

" Twilight... why are you imprisoned? " I asked, surprised.

She slowly raised her head, looked sadly at me, and put it again under the pillow, without answering at all.

Then, I used my magic to open the cell's lock, entered and closed the door, as I could open it later. Then, I come
closer to Twilight.

" Twilight? Come on, let's get out from here, come on. " I told her while taking out the magic dampening ring from her
horn.

" What's... what's the poooooint"t"t"t"t...? (sniff) Princess Celestia will never forgive meeeee... (sniff) She'll
banish me from Equestriaaaaaah... (sniff) And... And... (sniff) I won't be able to see my friends agaaaaaiiiin...
(sniff) And I'm going to die, sad and lonelyyyy, in a cold, dark and forgotten corner of nowheeeere"e"e"e"e... " She
cried inconsolably, without raising her head from the pillow.

" That's not gonna happen, Twi. I can assure you that. "

She raised her head:

" How... how can be you so sure? How...? "

I looked her straight to her eyes.

" Because... I love you, Twilight Sparkle. "

Her eyes widened, started to quiver, and a spark shined on them. Her coat, mane and tail bristled, like my skin as
well. Her muzzle and my mouth started to come closer, and they were mere milimeters away, when we heard some voices and
sounds of grates moving.

" They're coming! Quickly, take us outa here! " I warned Twilight.

She nodded and illuminated her horn.

Seymour's "rescue" will have to wait...

Shining Armor galloped back to the expectant princesses, but alone.

" Captain, where's Twilight? " Asked Celestia, surprised.

" She's... she's gone, your highness! " The white unicorn answered, concerned.

" She's gone? What do you mean with "she's gone"?! " Celestia frightened.

" She isn't there, in the cell! "

Celestia closed her eyes and lightened her horn:

" Thanks to heavens, I can sense her...! " She sighed of relief, but then opened her eyes, concerned. " But I can't
tell where she is! " She launched an angered stare to Luna.

" No, sister, no! We didn't do anything else behind your loin! We just sent her to jail and that's all, We swear!
Please, don't send us again to the moon! Pleaseeeee! " Luna laid to the floor, pleading with both forehooves like
praying.

" You don't fool me, Princess Luna! I know that you were jealous of my little sister, because you think that Princess
Celestia likes her more than you! Tell me what you did to her, at once!! " Shining Armor confronted Princess Luna with
teeth clenched, his face reddish of fury.

" Captain, that's enough! " Celestia stopped him. " It's too soon to drop to conclusions yet! She might have escaped!
Call the royal guard and begin a search for her! Tell her that she has my pardon, and that she can return to the
palace! Search all Equestria if you must! Carry on! "

" Yes, your highness! " Shining Armor acknowledged, gave a last furious stare to Luna and left.

Then, Celestia stared at Luna too.

" Luna, where something had happened to Twilight, I... I... " She shook her head, closing her eyes a little bit.

Luna, still laid in the floor, lowered the head and ears, and closed the eyes, trembling like a scared kitty.

It was daytime already, an Fluttershy was giving a walk with her animal friends, and happened to pass near the place
where she was having the picnic, and Harry the Bear was slain. A tear appeared on her cute eyes.

" Oh, Harry... I miss you... "

Suddenly, the animals startled out, and ran away.

" Hey, little ones. Why are you ru...? "

Her eyes opened widely, as she could see a huge shadow approaching her from the left, her body froze and started to
tremble from hooves to head, and she turned slowly her shaking head around, just to see a familiar bipedal creature,
covered with a large rainco...!

" Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!! "

" Flutters! Flutters! It's me, Twilight! Don't get scared! Calm down, calm down! "

Twilight trotted to her and hugged her before she fainted again.

" That's Gus, that's Gus, It's not the other damned murder! Calm down, Flutters. Calm down. "

" Twilight! I... I thought you were in Canterlot. " Panted Fluttershy, recovering from the jolt.

" Yes... I was... " Twilight broke the hug and looked sadly to her friend. " I just came to say goodbye. "

" What? Goodbye? Why? " Fluttershy couldn't understand.

Twilight didn't answer, she only looked at her with sad eyes.

Rarity was repairing her boutique, raising a shelf.

" I have to be very careful, this requires a lot of concentrat... "

Suddenly, the door slams open, and Spike enters the place, startling Rarity and making her to lose the magical grip on
the shelf, which fell to the floor almost over her.

" Spike! " She yelled, furious.

" Rarity, Rarity! Where's Twilight, where's Twilight?! I have to deliver this message to her! It's urgent! " He ran to
her with desperation.

" But Spike, Twilight is in Canterlot! "

" No, she isn't! Look! " He forwarded the scroll to the fashion unicorn.

" But what's this?! " She surprised when she read it. " Spike, quick, go to Sweet Apple Acres and get Applejack, I'll go
for the others! Hurry up! " She ordered him while galloping away.

" Rarity, wait! What's happening?! Why Celestia has to pardon Twilight?! What did she dooooooo?! " Rambled Spike running
after her.

The four mares arrive at Fluttershy's cottage, finding the pegasi sitting in her haunches, motionless, with her muzzle
and eyes wide opened, but looking nowhere.

" Flutters...? Flutters...? " Asked Applejack. " What's happenin' to ya, pardner? " She pass a hoof in front of her
face, and she didn't even blink. " Flutters! " She push the pegasi, shooking her off from her stunning.

" Ah! " She finally reacted. " Applejack? Girls? " She looked around, confused.

" Flutters, what happened? " Asked Rarity.

" Twilight... was here... "

" What?! Twilight?! "

" Yes. She and that... monkey thing... she came... she came to say goodbye... "

" What?! Where she's goin'? Did she told ya? "

" She's going... forever... she's not coming back... " Fluttershy ended the phrase almost soundless.

" Forever...? FOREVER?!! Oh, no! Of all the worst things that could happen... this is...the... worst... possible...
THING! " Rarity sobbed, then put a hoof on her forehead, and fainted, or at least that seemed so.

" Flutters, where did they go? Did you see it? " Quickly jumped RD.

" To the Everfree... "

" To the Everfree, to the Everfree. Why is always to the Everfree?! Is there no worst place to go, or what?! " Dashie
complained, putting her forehooves in her waist.

" But Flutters, did she told ya why she's leavin'? " Asked Applejack.

" She mentioned something about high treason and... "

" High treason?!! " All the mares startled.

" There is no such thing! " Rarity stood up. " I have her full pardon from Celestia right here! "

" Then Twilight surely doesn't know it! She must be thinking she's still a criminal! We have to find her and show it to
her! " Exclaimed Pinkie Pie.

" Let's go! " They say at unison.

" Where? " Asked Fluttershy.

" How than where? How than where? To the Everfree, of course! " RD swung her hooves, annoyed.

" But to which part? That forest is huge! "

All of them looked at the forest.

" Buckings... " RD crossed her forelegs.

Twilight and I where walking through the forest, as we have decided to spend the night in my hideout so we can figure
out what to do next.

" My love, why you didn't say goodbye to your other friends? " I asked her.

" Sorry, my love, but I don't think I could. Did you see how we left Fluttershy? If I have to say goodbye to a single
other pony more, I won't be able to leave. I'll stay even if I'll got caught again. Ow! " She tripped and fell to the
grass.

" Twi, are you alright? " I knelt to her, worried.

" Yes, I'm... fine. " She answered, shrinking her eyes an putting a hoof in her forehead.

" You're not. Don't lie to me. "

" Don't worry. It's just... that I haven't slept or eaten well from the day before yesterday, and I've done nothing but
running and running and running away. Damn! I'm so exhausted. "

" "Damn", huh? Now are you stuck with that dirty little word, eh? " I smirked.

" Yep. Who could be the culprit? " She smirked too, looking at me, and we both laughed.

" Come on, let's rest and eat something. " I sat at her side and took out some canned food from my backpack.

" That things are from your world? "

" Yep, they are. Come on, give them a try. "

" ...Mmm, it tastes good. "

After we finished our meal, we lie down sideways, looking at each other, smiling like two fool lovers. This was so
perfect! Like my best dreams! I was petting her mane and head, and she was rubbing my arm, face and body with her
foreleg. It was so soft, like she hadn't hooves at all. Damn! She's so beautiful! And her smile! I can't help myself
but to kiss her...

" Wait! Wait! Wait! " She stopped me with her forelegs. " I... I'm not ready for this! "

" What? Don't you love me Twi? "

" Yes, yes. I DO love you, but it's... we just known each other from so little time... and... "

" Sure, and if we were old fellas, the tale will be: "We known each other from too long". " I parodied, annoyed,
interrupting her.

" No, no, no, my love, no. That wasn't what I meant. " She hugged me, with a condescent voice. " It's just... I'm just
18. See? How old are you, again? "

" I'm 38. "

" 38? You could be my father...! If you were a pony, of course... Sorry, my love, it's... I just can't shake off the
feeling that this isn't right. I just need some time. Can you understand? "

I was about to ask her how much time she'll need, when:

" There they are! There they are! I've found them! " Announced RD from the sky above us.

" Damn it! " Twi and me said at the same time.

We stood up and started running.

" Let's split up! We'll meet at Zecora's house! " I told Twi.

" Acknowledged! "

And we splitted up.

RD threw herself over Twilight, but she teleported just before she could reach her.

" Sweet mother of Celestia! Twilight, don't run away, we want to help you! " Yelled RD, looking everywhere.

It didn't took too long to Pinkie Pie to reach Twilight.

" Twilight! Stop! Listen to me! Princess Celestia already gave full pardon to you! You haven't to run away anymore! Stop
running away, please! Twilight! " She rambled to the lavender unicorn while galloping.

Twilight looked at her with the side of the eye: She really wanted to believe her, but the memory of the playing dead
antic was still fresh in her mind: She won't fell with that cheap lies again! It's impossible that Princess Celestia
had forgave her after all she has done!

" Stop following me, Pinkie! Buck off! " Answered Twilight and teleported.

But it's not so easy to get rid of Pinkie:

" You can't run away from me! " The party mare reached her again. " Stop already, Twilight! Listen to reason! "

Twilight smiled: Look who's talking about reason! So she teleported, and teleported and teleported so many times that
she lost the count. Finally she arrived to a deep grove and hid inside. After that, she looked right: only woods, then
looked left, only woods too, she looked forward: all was clear. She gave a relieved sigh, turned around, and Pinkie was
there already.

" Gotcha! "

" Ah! Damn it, Pinkie! " Twilight startled.

Pinkie cornered her and started to walk toward her and to speak without taking breath between sentences:

" Twilight it's me Pinkie Pie! Don't you recognize me? No you can't because that mean monkey has cast a hypnotic spell
on youuuuuu " The iris in her eyes became a green twirling spiral. " and now you can't recognize your friends you only
see enemies but don't worry Pinkie Pie is here to save you 'cause is for that... " Twilight, who were walking backwards
during all the speech, finally leaped out of the bushes, and bumped with me.

Pinkie stopped talking and threw a scared gasp, but she quickly recovered:

" There you are, you filthy ponynapper! I'm going to show you not to mess with my friends! " She screamed, putting her
eyes red.

In less than a second, Pinkie had jumped over my head, had bitten my hair and started pulling it to all directions,
putting my scalp in serious danger of being ripped off!

" Ahhhrrrrrrgggg! Twilight, take her off me, take her off meeeee! " I screamed, pained, trying uselessly to shook her
off from my head.

Twilight, confused, was trying to aim her horn to the furious mare, and finally shot the remote teleport. Pinkie
appeared near a tree, hitting her head with a branch, and later falling loosely to the grass, with the tongue out, the
eyes closed, and a huge lump quickly growing in her forehead.

Twilight gasped, frightened, and put a hoof in her muzzle.

I cast a healing spell on my head, and then turned around...

" Oh, crap... "

The other mares had arrived too.

" HE KILLED PINKIE PIEEEEEEEEE!!! " Fluttershy expelled all the air in her lungs.

Following act, Applejack, RD and Rarity threw herselves to buck me, while Fluttershy threw herself over Twilight:

" Don't worry, Twilight! I'm going to protect you from that monster with my life! Fear not, my friend! "

" Flutters, get off me! "

Fighting the three mares at the same time really put me at my limit. I had to act fast! I took the chance when
Applejack threw her rope to me, and managed to tie her and Rarity at once with a magickal knot. But RD was another
history. She was so damned fast! She doesn't let me aim any spell on her, she kept on her machine gun"like bucking, and
I finished randomly swinging quickly my arms, trying to get off from her, and it happened that I accidentally slapped
her in the face. A bit too hard.

RD fell in her haunches on the ground, with her muzzle opened, and rubbing her sore cheek.

My eyes opened wide, and I frightened, because I can recognize the expression of a girl when she's pissed off.

And I mean REALLY"REALLY pissed off...

" Oh, crap! " I shouted with fear, and ran away.

But there were no way to escape from her! Even after casting the Lightfeet and the Muscle Toner spells, she continued
to reaching me, once and once again! I had just nanoseconds to roll out of her way, when she came with her frightening
speed over me! If this continued for too long, I'll get exhausted and that'll be it!

Fortunately, after a while, I could decipher a pattern, so, I got her timing, and when she came over me, I took her for
her forelegs and threw her twirling to the sky. That'll give me some time to escape! I quickly ran back to Twilight.

Twilight finally managed to get off from Fluttershy, and she fell at my direction. Fluttershy could see me, running
towards her, and in her mind I was like some kind of monster with claws and fangs, roaring frighteningly. Think on
Wolverine.

She made a scared shriek, and fell catatonic, loinside to the ground, with her hooves straight upside. Damn. If this
world were ruled by the laws of nature, she wouldn't have had any chance.

I got to Twilight:

" Twi, get us outa here! "

" But Pinkie, and Flutters! "

" They'll be fine, take us out, now! "

A little while after we had dissapeared, Pinkie recovered conciousness and stood up stumbling, smiling and with the
tongue out yet:

" Where I am...? Wow. I haven't had so much fun since... since... " She puts a forehoof over the lump in her head.
" Do I grew a horn...? Cool... Ouch! "