"What the hay happened to the school! We only went around the corner and now its a castle! What caused it to change!?" Dawn yelled out in confusion as we stared at the building that had once been our school. I looked around for a moment and saw something else surprising.

"That's not the only thing that's changed Dawn, look around us." The cityscape that had once surrounded was was gone without a trace, and in its place was a dark sky overlooking a medieval kingdom. It seemed to stretch out for about a mile before going up to a tall stone wall surrounding us on all sides. All of the streets and buildings seemed to be in mostly red and black, and all of the ponies from before were replaced with what looked to be blank silhouettes.

We turned back to the castle ahead of us and then looked to each other. I could see the confusion and hints of fear on Dawn's face but didn't comment.

"Well we should see if we can find a way out of here then." I said, beginning to move into the building.

"Hey wait up! Don't leave me behind!" I heard Dawn say as she rushed to catch up to me.

As we entered the castle we noticed the color scheme change slightly. Our surroundings were no longer the same shades of red and black (though they were still prevalent), but there were now dark shades of brown, gray, and even gold that filled the floor of the castles main hall.

Dawn and I both walked down the main hall towards a twin set of stairs leading up to an elevated floor, our hooves echoing through the hall as they fell on the hard tile. I looked around at the depressing and dark décor as the coldness of the tiles seeped into my hooves.

"What the hay is going on!? Where is everypony!?" Dawn loudly questioned, though her question went unanswered. The echoes of her voice merely spread through the halls of the castle, fading away unheard.

We made our way up the stairs and down the hall it fed into. The tile turned into lavish red and black tapestry. It looked like one long and extravagant Russian carpet, which repeated through the entire hall. Dawn's hooves stopped behind me and I turned to look at her, seeing a look of shock on her face. Seeing her eyes I followed where she was looking.

I was then face to face with a glowing suit of armor.

Both Dawn and I hit the ground of a cell, with Dawn letting out a small 'oomph' as we hit the stone floor. I looked back to see a group of the same suits of armor walk off as the cell door was locked behind them.

As we stood back up Dawn immediately went over to the cell door and repeatedly kicking the lock. Hitting the lock a few times, the cell door rattled a few times, before eventually tiring herself out.

"Damn it! What in Celestia's mane is going on!? What happened to the bucking school!?" She yelled out in frustration, kicking the cell door a few times.

I made my way over to the cell door, before looking at the lock. It appeared to lock from the outside, which wasn't good for us. Searching the door a few times, I thought of something, before returning to the lock.

"What are you doing Go?" I heard Dawn ask behind me. I didn't answer though and kept working.

Unlike on earth, pegasai have an innate ability to manipulate clouds and the weather. The clouds of this world have a bit more solidity as well, which allows us to stand directly on top of them. Despite that difference thought, they still are made of water vapor.

Gathering the water vapor in the air, I directed it into the lock hole, changing its shape before solidifying. Turning the construct I heard a *Click*, before I pushed the cell door.

"Wha? How did you do that?" I turned back over to Dawn, who was looking at me with a shocked expression. I simply lifted my hoof to show her the key.

Skill Learned

Cloud Bending: lv 1
A Pegasus has the ability to manipulate the weather, use that power to shape clouds and water vapor into tools and weapons for yourself or friends to use.

Dispersing the key the two of us started making our way our towards where we were before, noticing a lack of security for such a large castle. To be honest I was half expecting for us to at least run into an animal type creature ala Persona, but not even a strand of fur was to be seen.

Suddenly hearing a noise I turned around, only to get punched in the face by one of the suits of armor that we ran into earlier.

I was punched again in the side, and was sent back a ways as I heard Dawn yell out at me. Before either of us could do anything, two of the suits pinned each of us up to the wall.

"So, these are the ruffian peasants that dared to enter my castle unannounced." Sounded out a haughty female voice. Looking over at where the sound came from, I was met with the sight of a wine red unicorn with a silver mane.

Name: Queen Chalice

Species: Unicorn

Level: ?

Hp: ?

Sp: ?

Ak: ?

Df: ?

Sd: ?

That's not good.

Author's Note

Hey guys, sorry about the wait. College started up and I kept either losing motivation or getting busy. I'm gonna try to actually make good on my words and upload more. Have a good day.