Dodge Junction. A small town in the desert of Equestria known for their magnificent cherries, but that's it. Nothing was ever really special about the town and as time came over it became more of a rest stop for travelers. That was until a traveler came through and discovered a large deposit of minerals near the town. After that well... The town didn't grow but traffic sure did grow and with traffic so did bits. The town prospered due to this and ponies needing work came and filled in the town to work with the mine. To outsiders the town of Dodge Junction was no more, it was now Dodge City.
It was a peaceful town as it prospered, no greedy investors trying to take control of the mines, no power hungry pony trying to take over the town. Everything was go-
"SEND HER TO THE BADLANDS!"
"PUT HER UP ON A PILLORY!"
"LYNCH HER!"
A crowd of ponies gather around a small building. It was one of the newer buildings made, but wasn't made with much care. A sheriff's office, and in front of it was Senior Deputy from Appleloosa, Fetter Keys. Trying to calm the crowd down as best as he possible can. Inside the sound of hooves trotting on wood fills the hall as a stallion pacing back in forth in his office "This situation doesn't seem good..." He says to himself as his ears can pick up the yelling outside the building.
"Y-yeah, it really isn't sheriff Silverstar..." In the corner of the room deputy Star Spur speaks up, nervousness clear on his face.
Silverstar narrows his eyes as he hears the yelling outside and scowls. This was definitely worst than the time Trouble Shoes showed up around. However that was in Appleloosa and around the time of rodeo... Dodge junc-city had an issue however because town grew more popular it needed to be looked after and have the towns laws enforced but the town didn't have a sheriff nor anyone willing to take up the title. Thus Silverstar the sheriff of Appleloosa decided to look after dodge city as well.
'It wasn't bad at all until this happened....' Silverstar sighs internally as he looks out the window and at the crowd.
"Fetter Keys can only calm them down for so long, sheriff. We need to think of a punishment for this feller..." Star Spur speaks up with some nervousness in his voice, Silverstar stops his pacing.
"Yer right but... We still need the full story. After what we done did to Trouble Shoes we oughta get the full story before we jail 'em." Silverstar looks towards the young deputy.
"What full story do ya' reckon we can get from some mare that attacked the other miners and guards with a pickaxe?! She nearly killed one of 'em!" Star Spur spits out as he looks at the sheriff with disbelief.
"Yer right but...." Silverstar squints his eyes as he stares down the corridor looking at the door. Behind was culprit already caught and jailed, ready for transfer to Appleloosa. "My guts all.... Squirmy like and.. Uncomfortable with this situation. Somethin' about this whole thing don't feel right..."
"Ya sure you didn't just have a bad breakfast, sir?"
"Dag-hoof it! No!" Silverstar slams his hoof down and glares at the deputy who looks away, clearly still not believing in him.
Silverstar sighs and facehoofs. "Look, go on and tell the crowd we'll be transfer the mare to Appleloosa, an' then try and help ol' Fetter calm 'em down. We'll decide 'er punishment there. While you do that... I'mma have a chat with our lady."
"Understood sheriff..." Star spur nods his head, he walks to the front door and stops. "I'm just sayin' you'll probably get nothing outta her... It'll be a waste of time..."
Silverstar watches his junior deputy open the door and leave the room before heading down the corridor. His eyebrows furrow as he stops before the door, his body stiff as trees of Appleloosa.
'Maybe he is right but...i reckon there's more to this than it looks...'
Silverstar exhales and puts his Sheriff face on before opening the door. Dodge city was a small town as such it had a small jailhouse, containing only a single cell. Behind that cell was a mare sitting on the stone floor. Brown coat and her blue mane messy, most likely from the mines and getting captured by the other guards.
"Bella Star...." Silverstar says under his breath. He couldn't help but give her a look of pity, he had seen her around when he visited the town but she was normal then. Nothing out of the ordinary at least to him. Looking at her fore hooves he sees a pair of old rusty cuffs. Her messy mane covers her eyes as he can hear her whispering to herself in a fast pace. Getting close to the cell nervousness starts to crawl up his throat. He was looking at a mare who did try to murder others with a pickaxe...
"B-Bella Star!" Silverstar speaks up as he shakes the pity off his face and looks down at her. Despite his call she doesn't even give him a glance and continues to whisper to herself. "Bella... C-can you tell me why did ya d-do this..."
He curses to himself under his breath. Why was he so nervous? She was behind a cell and cuffed, and there's no weapon she can use anywhere close to her!?
"They lied to themselves... S̵o̴ ̷t̸h̴e̸y̵ ̷c̴a̵n̴ ̷f̷o̴r̷g̵e̵t̴..."
Silverstar flicks his ear. "P-pardon? Say that again?"
"The truth will come... The truth will reveal.. The truth will shine.. T̷̡̘͓͍͈̫̰͍̩̥͖̘̲͙͋̂̉̉̅̂̅̀̓̀̚̚̚͝ḫ̶̨̡̨̙̭̺͚̫̖̩̞̦̳͔͖̣͎͕̙̳̱͓̽͗̀̍̀͑̊́̏̈͝e̶͚̹̩͙͕̟͋̓̏͋͗͒̇̇͊͐́̈́͊̎́̾̈́̎̌̈́̑͊̕͝͝ ̸̛̪̲̮͆̊̀̿̇͋͗̓̃̈́͊́̈́̅̀͛̊̋̀̕̚͝͠͝͠e̴̡̨̛̻̘͍̭̮̗͍͎̜̱͎̠͔͈͙͕̜̼͂̏͒̒̔̽̀̈́͜͝ͅg̸̦̼̙͓̈́̎ģ̴̝̜̲̬͙͔̲̪̭̺̱̯̩͓̪͚͖͍͍̮͕̌͆̄̈́͂̂ ̸c̵r̵a̴c̷k̸s̴ ̷ t̸r̸u̵t̷h̵ ̸w̴i̸l̸l̴ ̸e̷m̴e̵r̴g̷e̶.̸.̴"
"......" Silverstar frowns.
"B-Bella Star, as Shrieff Silverstar of Appleloosa an' Dodge Juct- City! I reckon ya should tell me what happened in them mines and what lead you to tryin' to kill ya own townsfolk! If you tell me i can lessen yer punishment and get ya some help..."
With that Bella stops whispering to herself and looks up in his direction, Silverstar felt his legs tremble briefly upon her gaze but his eyes glare down at her and the frown sticks to his face.
"..........p̵i̴t̸i̷f̶u̷l̵ ̵c̵r̸e̷a̶t̵u̵r̴e̵............"
She simple looks away and goes back to normally whispering to herself once more as if his question never even came out of his mouth. Silverstar squints his eyes he barely heard the answer but he knew it was not equestrian... Did she know some other language or.... His throat hitches briefly as he thinks of the mine. Something happened in the mine, that's for certain... But it seems more stranger than he thought. Was she toying with him? Giving him these "strange riddle me this" answers?
Silverstar needed answers and she was beating around the hay with him with these whispers and dang riddles. With a deep inhale and exhale he puts his sheriff face on. "Bella DANG-HOOF IT! What happened in the mines!?" Silverstar yells and gets close to the cell and smacks his hoof against the bars."Or I'll have'ta make the punis-" The mare slams her body against the bars with enough forces to shake them. Silverstar screams and backs up but trips over his own legs and falls on his behind. Looking up he sees her looking down on him, her left eye visible showing her sky blue eyes but Silverstar sees a hint of purple mixed into those large eyes of her as they stare down at him.
"B-b-b-b-be...." His voice catches in his throat as sweat starts to form. Her expression was unreadable, just wide eyed and staring down at him.
"W̸e̵'̶r̶e̶ ̸weak,̸ ̴w̶e̴ ̷l̷i̴e̶d̸ ̷t̶o̷ ̶f̶o̸r̸g̸e̴t̵,̴ ̶w̵e̵ ̵o̷n̸c̴e̷ ̴s̵t̷o̵o̷d̷ ̸w̵i̴t̸h̷ ̷horrors ̷t̵h̷a̵t̸ ̷a̶w̴a̷i̷t̴e̸d̵.̶ ̸ ̷I̷'̷v̵e̶ ̴s̶e̵e̵n̶ ̶t̷h̸e̴ ̸stains.̷ ̶W̸e̴'̴v̸e̶ ̶b̴e̵e̸n̴ ̸c̶o̸r̴r̴u̷p̸t̷i̸n̷g̷ ̴t̵i̸l̶l̵ ̷nothin' remains.̴ ̶F̴o̶r̸ ̸a̷ ̷d̶r̵e̵a̷m̵ ̸t̸h̴a̷t̵ ̷w̷i̸l̶l̵ ̴n̴e̵v̵e̸r̴ ̶c̵o̴m̴e̷.̶ ̴I̵'̸v̵e̵ ̶s̶e̶e̵n̸ ̷t̷h̴e̵ ̴name,̶ ̴h̶e̸a̵r̸d̸ ̴t̸h̶e̸ ̴names,̷ ̴c̶r̷i̷e̷d̴ ̴o̸u̵t̵ ̶f̴o̵r̷ ̶t̴h̵e̶named.̷"
Silverstar felt his heart beat against the bones in his chest, he didn't know what she even said but he heard just small specks of equestrian in it. She could'n't harm him! That's right! She's behind bars and he's not! He opens his mouth to speak back at her but then.... She smiled. He watches as the once unreliable expression is replaced by a long dreadful smile, her eyes narrow down at him as if looking down on him like he's some pitiful person.
"H̴̰̱̼̗̀̃̀̐̈̃͆̍̒̕͝͠e̸̢̢̥͍̜͎͙̜̙̲̞̱̲̜͖̩̺͍̤̻̯̱̽̑̊̀̑̍̋͘͝͝ ̷̛͙̳̠̲̥̀̓̔̿͑͋͘̕͝s̸͚̍̂̈͝h̵̺̹͋̑̀̑ͅŏ̷̺̏̿̂ẅ̷̟̰́̄͐ͅẹ̸̛̱̖̺̖̈́͗͊̚ḍ̷͙͓͔̊ ̷̦̲̦͜͠m̸̙̤̉͋͐̀e̴̡͑̎͑͊͝ ̶͚͚̪͗̐́ą̸̛̀͑t̴̢̨̯̺͎̉̇̈́̀ ̶̤̥̺̭̟͊̈́t̵̹͖͕̾͝ẖ̷̩̜̘̽ͅé̵͖̖̞̣̎̈͌͘ͅ ̴̬̱̭̄͆̃̚͠ṭ̶̌̓̑̓̐͜ô̴̢̳͌͋̎̂ṃ̸̙͘b̸̭̫̯̐͜.̸̨̻̫̩̱̈́́͗͋̃.̴̖̗̭̪̬͊͑͊ ̵̢͓̖̭͕͒̉̀ ̸̳͊͗̆̾A̶̘̙͊̎͝t̵͚̙͈̃͂͒̋ ̵̨̾̐t̸̟̳͆͘h̸̗͈͓̰͛͐ë̸͇̟͓̱́̈́͗ ̷̬̞̺̖̭͌s̸̫̱̼̞̦̎͋́t̵͎̭̬͗̇͑ą̵̪͝i̸̢̅̽͜n̶̨̲͕̿͑̓.̷̨̛̲.̷̯̙͈̩͒̔̔̆ͅ.̸͕͇̅͋̌̚ͅ.̴̝̊͗́̿͠ ̸͈̹̠̋̚t̵̳̥̫̰͊́ḩ̴̣̙͎̋͋̅̾͛ͅe̶̙͔͖̼̟̋͐ ̶̥̩̤̲̠̎̄̆̓͋t̸̯͎̘̂͋͠͝r̴̺̋u̵̪͔̘̓́̉͝t̵̨̗̙̗̩͑̑ḩ̴̯̽ ̵̨͇̭̰͗̚ͅt̶̘͔͕̙͐̚͝h̷̯͙̻͊͂͜a̸͎̖̠͎̓̆̍̑͠t̸̢͇͗̔̐ ̴̡̝̿ ̵̰̰̱̠͛̋̋̚b̸̳̲̗̐̊́̊̕é̴͓̮͚͈ͅȩ̶̢̪̋͗̓̚̕ṇ̵̡̻̲̌̈́̋͘ ̸̢͎̳͆̃̓̈͝è̴̯̙̮̞͗ŕ̶͚̹̓͋̀ã̸̻͍͍͈͇s̶̛͓̘̲̹ẹ̴̙̐͌̋d̴͎̫̃́̀͑.̵̝̑̊̉̈́ ̵̥͓̹̮͘ ̶͉͖͉̒̑͛͝͠T̴̰͇͉̤̥̔ḫ̷͑̈́̀́͑e̷͇̦̙͎̒͒͛ ̴̢̙̪̮͐͑̈w̷͎̥̤̆̈́̀͜i̶̼̽̽̔̏͜͠l̵̹͍̠̓̎͑̄̕l̵̜̘̤̥̝̃ ̴̜̫͐ḧ̵͈͍̙̞͙̅̂͛͠â̷͍͑̎s̴̨͙̦̀̃̇̇ ̷̫͙̫̜̆̓͂͆b̸̖̙̜̱̌́͆̓̕e̵̮͝e̸̮͔͎̭͛̔͝n̷̛̪̻̫͍̓̆̚͠ ̵̢̱̤̟̾̽͆e̸̮̰̺̊̋̄̀̎n̷̛͙̦̮̙͂̈́͝f̶̩̟̳͇̤͌͋̇̈́o̴̙̪̗̖͗͑̓́͘͜r̸͙̩̘̿̓c̶͕̘̰̃e̷̻͎͑͑̉d̸̯̙͂͝ ̶̨̬̯̇͌̉͜o̵̳̬̊͝͝n̶̬̺͇̹̤̉̿̚͠ ̵̬͐̈́̏̕͝ͅţ̴̛̝̥̲̓͛̊̔h̷̩̬̔͋̋̽͘é̷͉̝͊ ̸̟͆f̷̝͖̀̕ő̷̧̬̦͎̎̍u̸̗͙̫̲͇̽r̴͕̗̍t̸̡͖̦̹̊̀̊͗͘h̶̻̦̓̐ͅͅ ̴̧̡̳̞̈́̽́ỏ̵̻͕̔̍n̸̹̊e̴̙̬͗̈́͊̎̇,̶̦͚̗͆͌͘̚ ̴̛͔̍͛f̵̡̗͙͈̫̓͑̅̚͠i̶̩͍̒̑̍f̴̧̆͠t̸͎̳̿̕͝ͅḩ̶̬̥̘̪̋͑ ̷̡̺͋́̄͗̚o̴̗̥̹͈͓̿̾̋̋͊ń̸̤̔̍͝e̴̮͐̓,̶͕͆͆̈̈́̄ ̶̨́s̸̳̘̹̗̈́͐͌́ȋ̴̮̦̩̆x̵̹̣͊t̵̩͔̫͎͛̏h̵̠̲̹̽̇ ̷̧͎̩̆ò̵͉̐n̸̮͝e̵̫̻̤̋̀͝,̴̼̘͉̺̃̓͜ ̴̢̼͎̱͑n̵̡̰͍̬̏͐͗̚͘o̸̞͐͌ ̵̡̤͈̤͇̿̿́͝o̷̙͒n̶̥̫̘̗̎̀̓͂͠ȇ̷͉͕̠̘̆̕ͅ,̶̬̈́͗̓͘̕ ̶͎̃̏͂ơ̵̡̧̨̖̇n̵͍͓͔͖͌l̶̰̻͛́͌y̸̞͐̒͒͐ ̵̮́̇͂̊͝s̵͙̳̓̂̒͂ö̶̘̹͈̩̟́̏̿̆̚ň̶͙.̸̤̯̝̌̂̊̄͛ ̴͉̣̀̓͆͆͋I̴̞̘͋'̶͈͇̤̎̆ṁ̴͖̻̞͇̾͝ͅ ̷̡͆͌̈̕p̵̞̦͛̍͋r̵̭̙͈̕ö̶̟̮̜́͂̈̇u̷̩͌̅̈́ḑ̶͋ ̷̱̙̮̲̓b̷̟̞̏͊̓̋͝e̷̦̹͘ ̴̻͈́̐f̸̬̥̪̣͙́̌̾͝i̸̯̘͎͇͈͗̕ṛ̵͑ṡ̸͖̚t̸̲̮́ ̴͉͗̓ǒ̵̗̻̯͉̑͜f̴̛̲͐̏ ̸̲̫̇͌w̵̡̟̟̽̐̇͌í̸̩t̸̗̮̲̪̼́̕n̷̺̏͛̀e̶̺͉̓͑̀́s̴̘̤͈̩̆͊̏͘s̷̨̼͖͂̎̑͘.̴̖̳̈̇ ̵͚͍͈̰̈́̓͂T̸̝̯̟̙̮̔̃̚á̸̹̎̽̚k̸̡̒̈́͊͜ę̶͙̘͓̌̒̏͠ ̶̭̈́͒m̶̠͙͇̗͔̀ë̵̫̞͙́͜ ̶̯͘m̴̹̈͒̄͂̏a̵̰̖̅̑͝ţ̶̥̻̓͝t̴̖͇̙̉̆̍̇ĕ̴̻̪͙͈̽̚r̶̰͙̐́̀̈́̕s̶̝̙͉̈ ̶̧̧̬̈ͅn̵̙̠̰̄̋̑ó̵͉̌̀̈́ͅt̶̖͉̑͝͝ ̷̧̛̝̼̝͆͆͝t̶͉̬̩̰̆̈́̒̂ó̸̮̐̋͒͝ ̴̥̈́̍̚m̵̡̛̪̬͛̒̕e̵̲͙̝̗̗̿̌̀̕ ̴̘̟̄̑ͅa̵̠͖̙̜͌͌s̴̛̙̪̟̥̿ ̵̢̲̮̅m̸̫̾͊̐̅̕ȯ̸̫̻̒r̶̟̮̆ȩ̴̢͖̰̠̏̉̕͠ ̸͕̑w̵̗̞̱͒̒̇͝i̴̠͙̳̥̾̏̎l̴̬̰̩͕͚̈́̀̈́͝͝l̵͚͌͝ ̸͈̐s̴̪̠̀̉̋͝͠e̸̢̟̎͗̚ȩ̷̢̨̤̱̓͒͝͝ ̶̜͉̅̄̓͂î̵̥͚̗̦̅ṱ̵̼̘͎̝́͛̌͘,̶̱̓̈͋ ̴̖̺̣͐s̸̤̎̓ō̴̢̫̤̂̈́o̸͍̙͚͚͆̀̎̒o̴̦̬̻̦̤͒͑͂ņ̶̮͖̣́̓͝.̸͍̭̂"
̴̩̈́̓̐
She giggles at the sheriff that would make one seem as if she was still normal and heard a joke. From behind the Silverstar the door bursts open and Star Spur and Fetter Keys rush in.
"Sheriff!" Star Spur yells out as he rushes toward his side and fetter keys rushes over to the cell. "Git back!"
The mares faces goes back to being unreadable and briefly she stares at the senior deputy before moving herself from the bars and sitting back down again but in silence.
"Are ya okay?! What happened!"
"Y-yeah... I-i'm... I'm fine.. She just gave me a dang spook..." Silverstar puts a hoof to his head and shakes his head. Star spur looks at the sheriff with concerned and then turning his head to glare at mare. "I knew talking to her would be a mistake..." Star spur whispers to himself.
"How... How is the crowd looking outside?"
"They've calmed down some...At least enough to not try an' block our path when we gotta transfer her..." Fetter keys says as he looks back at the two. "But who knows for how long they'll stay calm... We oughta start the transfer now before they get riled up again..."
"Yeah... Yer right Fetter let's get going..." Silverstar starts to get up with the help of his two deputies. "I'm fine." Silverstar looks at the two and give them a nod. After a while the trio come out with the mare, roped tied around the mares waist and held by the two deputies, upon seeing her the crowd riles up again, through insults at her and probably more if not for the lack of items in Dodge Junction and cherries not being a particular good item to throw. Sheriff Silverstar clears a path through the crowd to the jail wagon. Silverstar couldn't help but curse under his breath as he walks through path, the yelling and causing him to not be able hear his own his own thoughts. Yet.. He felt more comfortable than ever being out here, being with her was... "Terrifying..." He mumbles.
He looks back and the mare doesn't even show a hint of emotion at getting insulted and threatened, yet the smile she once gave him... He shudders as he remembers it.. Speaking nonsense and then giving that smile. He and the deputies load her into the cell. Silverstar and Star Spur strap themselves to the wagon and prepare for a long journey back to Appleloosa while Fetter Keys removes the rope from the mare and puts it on his side after locking the cell, once it's done he places himself on the side of the wagon to keep watch on her.
As Silverstar and Spur put their might to the test and move the wagon forward with their strength and start to drag it on, fetter following along. Townsfolk say their last insults and threats as the trio leave. Finally being given silence in his mind he lets his thoughts seep in. He barely understood what she said but he did get the gist of one thing. Something happened in the mine... Something happened to her, something... Dangerous was in the mines... It only makes sense right? She'll only give him riddles.. The only way he'll get answers is if he investigates it. Yet the determination to investigate it... Is nonexistent, instead a sink dreadful feeling in his gut fills up.
'Maybe i can hire someone else to do for me....'
In the cell the mare looks at her moving surroundings and then towards the direction of Appleloosa. A small smile forms on her lips.
"I̵̘͓̾͒ ̶̹͆a̸̦͍̓́ẅ̷̤́͂ạ̵̒͒i̷̠̫͝t̶̪̻̄ ̸̢̓b̶̥̪̎e̵̟͌̽ͅ ̵͇̋h̶̭̘̎i̷̟̖͝ṣ̸̚ ̵͖̝̾g̸̘̭͆͛ű̷̖ḯ̶͇̆d̷̺̃̕e̷̠̩̿.̸͖̿͘.̷̰̘̓.̴͈̾͜͠'
On the outskirts of Dodge city a duo watch as the law leaves the town. A stallion with a tangelo coat and short black mane with sideburns watches as he leans against one of the outhouses. Besides him was a mare with a orange coat and a red mane and tail.
"Hmpf... Looks like they're takin' her to Appleloosa..."
"Yeah.... Poor Bella..." The mare looks down with a frown on her face.
"Wha-Hey now! Why're ya mopey! She tried to kill us, Jade!" The brown stallion sends a glare her away.
"Oh be quiet Mccree! She might've tried to kill us.. But.... It ain't her fault...."
Mccree looks at her wide eyed and then rises his left brow. "The buck are ya sayin'?
"I'm sayin' don't you member seein' her come in the mineshaft totally normal...? Then when she went deeper in the mine for a while and came back... She tried to pick off our heads as if they were gems!" Jade whisper yells at Mccree.
He gives it a moment, bringing his hoof up to his chin and then looks at her and nods. "Yeah.. Yer right... But still she could've been actin'..."
Jade shakes her head. "No i got a gut feelin'! An' it's mah gut that makes me win at cards! Something is deeper in that cave and guess what!" She wraps her hoof around Mccree neck and smirks at him. "We're gonna find it!"
"Wait what!?" Mccree shouts and looks at Jade. "I came 'ere just to get payed for doin' nothin' more than just guardin' a bunch of ponies minin' in the desert! Not for some cave mystery!"
"Yeah well think about it this way Mccree!" She pats his neck and moves away from him. "We solve this mystery, inform the townsfolk about it! Townsfolk rewards us with bits for preventin' more accidents like this, i reckon they go an' tell the elements of harmony or trained fancy smacy guards an' the sort. We get rewards and praises from 'em and we'll be pretty good for a long while Mccree!" Jade explains her plan while looking up at the sky and moving her right fore hoof through the air.
"Whaddya think?" Jade turns looks at Mccree with a smile.
"Jade Spade..." Mccree looks at her with utter disbelief.
"I dunno if yer a genius or if yer guts a genius!" He chuckles and adjusts his hat making Jade chuckle along.
"Well then, let's go solve this darn cave mystery Jade!" Mccree smirks and jade nods as they both go onto the path to the mines.
After a while they reach the mineshaft, tools, mining hats, and hoof prints in the ground show that nobody has came back since the incident. It was perfect, they didn't have to explain themselves to any remaining ponies. Mccree looks at jade who returns the look and the two give a nod to each other and walk in together. The duo both put their hats on the nearby nailed in the cave wall hanging rack for hats and put on mining helmets, Mccree picking up a picking up a saddle bag left behind and putting it on. Jade picks up a pickaxe with her mouth and puts it Mccrees bag, after make sure they're both ready to head deeper in the mine they do so.
The only sound in the cave was the sound of their hooves meeting the the stone floor. "Soooo..."
"Mn?" Jade looks at Mccree.
"What ya reckon caused Bella to go all... Ya knock.." He nods his head towards his saddle bag and then makes stabby motions with his left foreleg.
"Oh um..... Mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.............." She looks to the ceiling as she thinks.
"Maybe some ancient artifact?" Jade looks back to Mccree. "Whaddya you think?"
"Hmm... I reckon some hidden ancient temple with a cursed artifact in it..." Jade laughs at that make Mccree glare at her.
"What so funny about that!?"
"Who'd in 'ere messed up mind would make a temple out here in the desert?" Jade says with a mix of giggles making Mccree faint blush and look away.
"Oh shut up... It's possible..."
"Maybe in a Darin' Do story sure!" She laughs once more making Mccree grumble in return. "Ah shut up.. Think we're here.."
The two stop and look around, noticing the lack of equipment and slash marks on the shaft walls. Look ahead they notice the shaft leads to a cavern deeper in the mines. "Ah... I member seein' her going down 'ere and comin' outta here..."
"Yeah..." Mccree looks forward, a bit of dread settling in his stomach but a smack to his back from jade causes the dread to disappear with pain.
"Ya ain't cold feet are ya?" Jade grins at Mccree making him glare back at her.
"No! Just... Takin' a moment to enjoy the view! That's all..." Jade giggles at Mccree obvious excuse and nudges his side.
"Don't worry Mccree, if somethin' goes wrong i'll protect ya!"
"I oughta be sayin' that to ya, we've only got each other in here after all."
"Who knows.." Jade trots forward after giving that ominous sentence, Mccree briefly looks behind before gulping and following after jade. Over time their trotting slows down and their once serious as they look around the cave tunnel for any hints of what happened to Bella. Grey stone walls, and darkness taunt them. Even once Jade's light flashed over to a black centipede moving out of a hole and scared her. Causing Mccree to get back at her for her earlier statements. Eventually deeper in the cave Mccree shines over a hole making he freeze in place and go back over and shine his light over it.
"Uh jade... I think I've might've found somethin'...." Mccree says as he stares at the hole. It was a normal cave hole by any means, it was clearly pony made as if it was struck a couple times before hitting a weak spot and opening something up.
Jade looks around Mccree. "Hmm... That definitely looks like it was mined out... I reckon Bella mined this out..."
"Good deduction there, Darin' Do..." Mccree rolls his eyes and Jade jabs his side.
"Oh shaddup! Let go in already." Mccree grunts and lets her go in first before going in himself, Mccree grunts as the hole was tighter on him than it was jade but soon joins her on the other side. Immediately they feel and notice a difference, looking around the walls were flat and made of grey stone bricks, the floor was stone as well but smoothed out. Jade shines her light downwards and sees it's going down. "Hey this look like...."
"Shut it, Mccree." Jade is quick to silence him. Mccree smirks and the two start slowly walking down, for a while nothing changes but eventually their lights see the end of the downwards stone ramp and instead what seems like a giant room.
"This is a big room..." Mccree says as he looks around him.
"Y-yeah... Wonder why..." She says as now gut starts to slowly drip into her mighty poker gut. Something telling her that she's gone far enough and that it's dangerous now.
"You okay?" Mccree shines his light over on jade making her close one eye.
"Y-yeah i'm fine! Be careful where yer pointin' that thing!" Jade frowns as he chuckle and looks away from her.
"Still it seems Bella went further than this... And so far we ain't lost our minds so whatever drove her is deeper or somewhere in this room..."
"Yeah... Let's go." Jade exhales and gives a determined look once more before walking deeper into the room with Mccree following behind. They look around but find mostly emptiness until Jades light comes across a pillar.
"Whoa chec-"
"Look a pillar..." Mccree interrupts but before she can retort she looks at him and notices on the other side a pillar is also there. Examining the pillar she sees strange symbols covering all over the stone pillar, looking up she notices how far the ceiling is in this room.
"Ancient and fancy lookin'.... Just like a..?" Mccree slowly looks at jade with a smirk.
She sighs and rolls her eyes. "Like a buried ancient temple..." She mumbles and then pouts. Mccree gives a smug "heh" before continuing forward. Deeper they go they notice more pillars on both sides and even some further away, Mccree started to think this was some sort of pillar room but then freezes in place.
"What in tarnation...?" Mccree says making Jade look over at him and sees what he's seeing. On the pillar he was looking at the lower half was normal but looking up the upper half she notices it's covered in strange black crystals. Her mouth opens as if to say something but nothing comes out as she looks at the crystals. They were strange but... Beautiful in a way, it reminded her of the darkness that fills a house when night comes, shining her flash light over them she can faint sees some sparkles within that instead reminded of the night sky... If it was pitch black.
"Whoa..." Mccree says making Jade snap out of it.
"Y-yeah... Those look pretty... If... If we can mine those... I'd reckon we'd make a lot of bits..." Jade says with a small smile on her face.
"Probably.. But it's too dang high to reach 'em.. Maybe deeper down we'll fine a entire pillar covered with 'em." Mccree smiles as he thinks of the potential money these might sell for. Jade nods and the two head deeper. They start noticing the deeper they go in the more crystallized pillars there are and soon come across fully crystallized pillars but with those pillars they discovered something even better. Both ponies freeze in place and their jaws drop. In what they believe to be the center of the room, fully crystallized pillars surround a gigantic messy egg shaped black crystal. Crystalline spikes protruding and ranging various sizes. It looked like a egg that thorns wrapped around... If the thorns were crystalline.
"Never mind the pillars... That could make us set for life!" Mccree couldn't help but shout as he stares at the giant deposit of dark crystal.
"Let's go back... An'..... Tell the others about this..." Mccree turns to look at jade.
"What about minin' the-?" Mccree catches himself as the once amazed and cheerful demeanor of Jade was go and instead nervousness and fear was on her face.
"Jade whats wrong!?" Mccree takes a step forward to jade with panic and confusion starting to settle in on his on face.
"M-mah guts tellin' me we should run...! Somethin' about this.... This thing ain't right! It don't feel like a potential bit getter at all!" Jade takes a step back as she stares warily at the crystal ball.
"B-but.... " Mccree looks down and thinks about it and then looks over at the crystals with concern.
"Mccree.. Please! We oughta-"
A sudden light faintly reaches their vision making them both looks back from where they came from. They see the first pillar they saw was lit up, the etched in symbols on it glowing purple. Mccree opens his mouth to speak when quickly one by one all the pillars near them and far away start to have their symbols glow until all the pillars were glowing.The two look around and noticed the sheer number of pillars and black crystals on them. There had to be a hundred pillars in this giant room but their thoughts are attacked as a shockwave runs throughout the ground making Jade lose her balance and falling onto her rear while Mccree trembled and looked at the direction where it came from.
It was the crystal ball. From it faint a purple aura was surrounding it was if a thin barrier of some sort. Mccree starts to back up as that gut feeling that was in Jade transferred over to his own gut. Another shockwave is sent through the room and Mccree takes the hint.
"GIT UP! WE GOTTA GO NOW JA-" Mccree yells over but suddenly his surroundings change, as if he was teleported to a different place all together. Dark purple fog surrounded the two as they notice floor was nothing but black crystal.
I̷͓̯̫͖̝̭͎̼̟̮̐͂͝ ̵̛̤̲͍̜̹̺̳̫̣̣̾̾͆̽̇̓͊̏̋̾̈́̎ͅs̷͈̟͇̤͚̝̜̮͙̱̣͓͔̬̦͂́̀́̀̈́̂͛̚ȩ̴̬̬͎͓̗̅̓̍̀̉͂̔̽̎̎̂̀̕͘͘͝͝ḛ̷̹͎̮̰̘̭͈̬͙̙̓̀̿̊̄͋̀̀͋͘͝ ̶͓̹͓̺̈́̀͝ẏ̸̢̭͙̙̰̰͈͔̩͖̤̰̺͕̠̯̀̒̏͊̀̆̔̕̚͝ơ̴̥̣͕̣͉̫̲̠͓͕͈̖͗̂͗̾̔̌͊͜͝͠͝ṳ̵̋̋̐̾̄̈́͛͘
A voice drips into their ears, shivers run through out their body. Jade trembles and slowly turns her head to the voice, tears start to form at the edge of her eyes. She knew something was here but it wasn't like anything she ever felt, powerful... Too powerful... And too... Evil... In the distance she sees a black silhouette of a figure standing on two legs, nothing like a centaur or Minotaur, nothing like any creature shes seen the shape of.
Ý̵̰͐̌̀̔͛̕͝o̴̧͓͉̤̣̱͍͕͓̓̈u̸̞̖̅̀͊̋̌̈́̔ ̷̛̭͓̺̖͋̈́̋̂̍̎͝ͅḫ̷̛͇̈́͆̽̓͂̽͋͌ȅ̸̡̢̼̮̜̤̔̓́̈́̽ͅa̷̧̮͎͚̰̗͇̲̅̔͒̍̕r̸̢̫̭͕̞̆̓̄̇̃̇̏͘ ̶̞͇͙̟͕̽͑̒̈́̚m̵̥̜̗͊̈́̈̾͝y̷̢̝͓̖̘̯͕̪̙̎͛̑͋͐͑̊͝͝ ̴̩̏̉̀́͗̒͠w̸̢̧̺̪͓̮̕͜ơ̴̛̘͓͍̻͊͋̀̇͒̈́̈r̶̥̘̃̈͗d̷͈̖̳̪̠̣̘̖̀́͋̚͠s̶̺̫͚͉̘̠̤͒͌̿̋̏̚
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̸̡̩͔̙̪̣͆̄̒͆́͌̄̐̀Ḭ̴̮̗̲͔̭̞̱̌̂̍̎̅͝n̵̡͇̠̱͇̬̿̈́̇͗̉̔́̃͝ ̵̨̘̬̩͇͊̄̏̃͗͂̃̽͝t̵̨͔̮̖̱͍̻̳̒̔h̵̲̗̳̱̉̂͐̄̍̚e̶͖̟̤̜̖͑̆͆͝ ̴̢̻̦̱͔̘͚͙͑̎͗̾̔͝͝ņ̷̳̫͚͎͙̈͝ͅa̴̧̦̲̱̫͙̎̏m̷̪͎͖̬͊e̴̳̱̾̕͝͝ ̸͕̺̲̯̗͛͆͒̂̆o̶̥͆́͂̅̈́f̸͙̫͉̝͔̝̓́̉̑̇̾̀̈́̔ ̵̛̺̲̭̟̣̜͎̈́͂̋͛̀̚͜͝o̵̧̝͌͆̑͋̆̍͋͝u̸͕̥̼̞͌̕͝ŗ̴̛̲̖͕͍̌ͅ ̶̮̩̜̬̆̅̽̈́̐̉̆͠͝k̵̺̠̉͛̂̑̃͆̚i̴̠͍̤͚̇̌̐̋̌ń̸͖̘͙̌́̇͘͝ḡ̷͕̫͐͗͐̕ ̸̢̖̯̄́̂͛̏̅̚͝͠a̴̻͉͔̺̺̕n̸͚̮̂̒́͂̒̀͊̈́͂d̶̺̓͂̇̇ ̴͉̲͇̀̊̕h̷͖̺̿͗̎̿̾͗̊̔̚i̷̧̨̭͖͇̱̹͍͍̇̈́̄̐͑̎̈́͒̚ṡ̸̢̪̰̥̥̈́̒̈́̅̊̅ ̸͕̤͖̟͈̜̈́̃d̴̡͇̹̤̖̮̀͐͊̊͐̓̂̈́ŗ̷͇̖̬̘͇̑̅̽̇̒̀̓͋͠ĕ̶̢̞̹̹̹͒̈̍̓͋́͒͠ȃ̴̪̙͆̿̿̇̅̕ṁ̵̝͕̮̘̤̺͚̃̋͂̀́
̶̡̢͔̰͇̻̫̠̐̊͝ͅŘ̷̨͈̞̻̮é̶̯̋́͑͐̈́͛̔p̵̨̋̍̅͆͊̀̕e̸̗͖̘̝̲̙͕̟̺͌̈́̾́͘ȧ̴͙̞͓̟͍̪̝͓̐̽͐͑́͛͜͝ț̴̨͓̟͈̝̜͓̲̂̔͊͒̌̚ ̷̪͙̣̙̰̘̘̀͂̆͌͊̐̌̚̚͜t̵̢͉͙͚̝͍͖̲̊ẖ̵̡̧͔̦̱͓͈̺̊͛̿̿̈́͊͛̎͛i̵̧̳̱̭̥̞͗͐ṣ̵͉̲̃͛ ̵̧͚̫͉̮͙̯̼͆̾l̵̨͍͓͈̀͆i̶̥̲̻̞͗̊̄̔̾̚̚ͅń̵̦̮͗͒̈́̓͑̅e̸͖̖̩͒͝
̸̠̼̣̺̲͍̼̔̏̽R̵̢̛̭͖̮͇̀̌̌̊̂̓͐e̴̛̠̐͆̌͊̿̓p̸̥͔̱̺̻̫̃̔̐́͌ḙ̷̛̙̹̼͇̺́̊̐͌̾̆͛͘͜a̴̼͇̞̩̯͙̗̪͗ţ̴̦̬̟̣̭̗̥̩̐ ̵̬̝͍̻̞͙̰̓̿͛̔̚͠ţ̷̟͚͂̇͂͑̐͗̈͜h̸͍͠͝ĩ̶͕̘̱̜̥̱̹̩̺̀́̑̕s̸̳̠͕̪͓͕̈́͛́ ̶̫̞̱̦̽̌́̆̈́͋̑̚͜͝m̵̨̛̺̞̙͊̄͗̄͗̆͆͠ȅ̴̢̪̩̬̳͋̾̋̑͘͘͜ṁ̷̱͛ö̶̢̲́͝r̵̡̖͈̰̰̝̦̭͂̄̔͌̾͝y̴̧̺͚͎͉̙̘̅̆̉͒͠
̷̡̢̜̰̲̻̅Ȑ̸̼e̶̢̘̥͇̘͚͐̈́̌́̔͐́̋̿ṗ̶͔̠̟̊͆̾̒̓ͅę̶̰̫̞̣̟͗́̋̏́̀̽͝ā̶̧͔͓͕̠̘͌͆̋̊t̵̡͙̺̲̙̯̦̠̐̃͂̆ ̴̨͇̲̞͖̼̂̈́͋̆́͊͘͜ÿ̵͔́̋͒̔̑̌ơ̷̧͋̒̀̌̚u̵̢̖͉̖̫̖͇͆̿͋̇͛ŗ̸̛̂̈́̓͋̇͊́͘ ̷͖̞͖͖͆̇͋͌͐̈́͠ś̵̮̟̹̬̣͇͔͙̏̋ĭ̸̳̫̗͙͇̄̊̽̚̚͝ͅn̶̻̹̯̆͂̐
̴̺̳͉͇͇͗̔̏̓̂͠͠O̶̻̿́̈́͐̾̾̊̄̚u̸̹̱̽̈́͂r̷͔̻̯͐ ̸͖̿̔̎̈́s̷̺̜̄̈́̔̍̍̐̌̕͠e̶̜̦̹̩̻͙͑̾̀̂̉̽̏͠ą̶̜̯̗̫̼̺̭̭̑͛̈̈́͗͠ļ̸͔̮̭͒̅́̈́͐̽̿̆̾͜s̶͖͖͈̮̲͍͌̀̓͝ ̶̰̙̠̟̳̹̲̐̓̇̀̈́ẅ̴̛͔̹̦͕̭̳̒̆͝i̴̹͓͙̯̽̋̂̎̿͝l̸̲̥͎̝̱̜̯̭̼̑̽̎͒̂̑̔̈̕l̷̰̯̼̰̠̱̓̅̅̓̏̀̓͘͝ ̶̡̳͠ć̶̡̰͇͔̪̜̟̳͔̎͛͒̿͂̀r̶͎̻͍̹̭̤͇̳̥̐̍̉̀̉á̷̯̈́͑͒̋͂̌̓c̸̬̭̆̒̚͝k̶̠̗̥̥̖͙̱̟̠̉͌̿̍̂̈̑͘ ̵͕̝̦̼͈̭̐̃̆̔̓̽͘̕͜͠ȁ̴̧͉̣̭̲̺̰̺̜ṉ̷̝̦̼̌̓̃̔̈́̈͗͑͘d̴̛̹̜͕̗̅͛̊̉͜ ̷͈̯̲̯̗̱̲̏̏͜t̸͔͍̣͊ḧ̷̤̗͚͖͇͖͉̇͆̂͐̾͠è̵̞̹̐̕̕ ̷̮̈̽́͐̊̀̏̕t̶̺͖͊̐̃̇͂̎̀̂ͅṟ̷̜͈̺̮͐͜u̵̧͇̯̺̗̻͍͕̯͌ť̴̖̲͕̩̼̈́̈͛̈́̚ͅh̴̡̙̬͎̬̬̓̈́͐ ̵̠̻̤̖̝͓̪̍w̷̹̼̺̝̬͙̒͗̃̕ḯ̸̦͕͎̠͍̫̺̈̅̄̀́̌̒͠l̷͔̗͍͔̬͇͗̃l̷̹̬̤̺̩̲̘̝̅̂̄͌͗̊̏̈́͝ ̷̰̈̂͒̉͋̇̓͠ẻ̸͓͇̲̻̫̦̆͗́̋̉͝m̵̨̱̳̼̈́́̇̎̕ẻ̸̜͎͛͋r̸̠̲̫̣̄͆͊̃͘͠g̸̨͕̼̓̍̈́̉̈́͠͝e̸̲̓͊̓̐̚
̴̨̮̣̦̦̮̖̳̝̈́T̸̖͓͔̍̂̓́̈́͘ḩ̶̨̪̣͔͖̫̫̓̊ě̴͍̘̋͑̂ ̴̡͈͛̾f̸̝͙̦͔̑̆ơ̷̱͇̫̹͓͒̓̽̓́̔̈͘ų̶͚͛̔͂̈́̾̚r̷̢̛͔͖̘͓̫̦̘̄͛͗̊͊͑͘̚t̸̲̲̟͛̊̉͐̏̒͊̕ḩ̶̤͓̲̻͊̓̆́̀ ̶̞̃̋̊̄̇͐͛̕͠ơ̵̧̤͕̟̂͊̕ṇ̴̤̊́͛͋͋̂͝e̷͕͕͎̔́̉͜,̵̛̟̭̹͛̐̓̆͂͠ͅ ̴͕̮̍̍̓̐̉̀̄̕͠f̵̧̮̱͈̝̙̞̠̪́i̵̩̗͖̝̮͈̱̻̔̐͑ͅf̶̟̹̳̖͉̤̈́̂̾t̶̥̠̹̰͍̭͓̜͚̏̊͆̽͐̎̊h̸͖͉̫͓̝͍͐͒͐̐̋͘͘͠,̴͓̅̋ ̶̡̛͓̝̩̽̌̈͋ ̴̫̱̂̆͑̀́͛̕s̶̤̥̯̜̯͊̎͗̅̉͝i̴̜̣̓x̵̨̛̛͉̘̭̝̖͈̬͊͌̅͂̓̅t̷͈̙̙͍̤̀͑ͅh̸͈̙̖͙̙̦̘͈́̃ͅ ̶̭͓̝̔o̴̢̓͂̀̿͝͝n̵͈̅̐͒̕ẹ̷̦̟̜͌̿̉͗͑̊̅͘͜,̵̧̹̹̜̹̝̀͌̏́̄̚ ̴̢̥̳̥̟̪̙̲͗ǹ̸̢̨̧̰̤̜̱̙̽̒̄͆̀̓̅ǒ̸͕̺̞͎̦̺̈͊͘͜ͅ ̵̜̂̂̔͝ǭ̸̌͛̕n̶̛̝͎̲̟̋̕e̷̱̲͓̺̬̹̱̭͆̑̎́͂̿̕͠
̴̢̳̩̱͗̒Y̵̡̨͓̟͔̫͂͜ơ̶̧̧̖̞̣̖̟̐̍̀͐̕ͅú̴̡̢̨͓̐̔̿͜'̶̧͈̟̀l̸̫͐͆̿͂̋̕̕l̷̲͖̮͔͂̏̀̃̈́̋͘̚̕ ̴̢̦̞̞̦̎f̷̛̣̰͚̰̗͎̤͊a̴̡̼̩̺͕̐̌̈́̓͛̀͝i̴̫̙͙̩̍l̸͉͕͖̥̂̅́̉͐͆́́͘ͅ
̷̻̻̝̲͓̓̈͆̓L̶̼̭̊͐͑i̶̢̢̮̗͉͔̐̐́͐̅̑̕ȇ̴͓̝̣̬̖̖̘͑͒̊͘
̶̧̼͉̱̯̮̩̘͎̽̋L̵̼̟̲͎͑̈́ị̵̯̮̳̓̉͗̒͜ę̸̛̺̹̞̲̳̗͓̀̾̾̆̎̽̽͋
̴̱͇̭̈́͐͛̃͗͆L̶̳̘̻̠̬̤͐̎̂̿̋͝͝į̸̣̟̞͆͐̏̍̋e̵̡̠͔͌̽̒̿̃͋͘š̷̬͙̮͇̖̩̈́
̵̲̬͒̈͝Ẏ̴̳͓̖͓͘͝o̴̹͂̍̄͌ư̵̫̻̳̼͑̏̀̉̂́̆ ̶̣̝̤̇̂b̷̩͇̦̈́͌͒̽͂̈͘ę̵̢̹̠̓̽̀̄͐̊̉̐͠t̴̙̺̦̰́̄͜r̴̢̖͙͈͈͈͓̣̄̑̐̚a̷̧̧͓̯̣̪̝̲̬͐̏y̴̖̝̑͛̊̏̔͗̈̓͝e̵̛̳̖̹̝͍̻̦͌̏̏͝d̸̢̛̛͉̯͍̥͈̦̳̽̌ ̴͇̝̻͍̯͐̔̾̔̅͝u̵̼͂̿̐̿̀̈́̆͗s̷̩̤̬͎͓͕̻̮̙͋̽̊͒̾̐̂͘
̶̯̖͎͚̟̝̘̖̒̑̅̾̊Ÿ̶͇̠̯̯̗̦͔͓͗̄̽̍͐̈́̋̚o̴͇̯̦̱̫͗̈́ụ̷̺̀͂̋̑̇͛̚͘ ̷̨̙̰͖͖̫͓̲̮͗̍̿̾ẘ̸̭i̷̱̫̒̋́͜s̵̨̤̞̳̯̮̿̈́̃̓͋͌̏̕͜ͅḧ̸̨̢̖̠̯̞̭̺̮́̓͛̿̽̀̐ ̵̛̪̞̽̐̓̓̕͝͝͝t̵͖̣̞̟̣̃̆́̊͒ơ̵̪͈̭̑̅̄͊͗ ̵̺̲̤̟̏̌̓͛̐͒͝l̸̟͐̈́̈̀̓̚i̶̢̞͉̭͉̻͈̥̐͜s̵̨̠̜̱̟͖̎͗̀t̸̡̡͙͍̮͕̆̓̄̑̆̂̃͘͘e̴̬͈͆ņ̷̫̳̗̒͑̇͝͠
̵̺̼͊̾̓̓̽̌̍Ẏ̸̢͓̙̻̼̝̬̔̾̇ơ̷̯͍̱̐͒̃̉̚̚̕ǘ̶̧̜͉̜͖̺͌̽̌́̾̔ ̶̨̱͙̜͓͔̠͈͂̄̈̈̚̕w̵̫͎̤͇̯̫̠͇̅̋̎̊̕ỉ̸̡̜̤̺̬̝̅͑͌́͝s̷̙̒̊̅͂̈́̈́̎̒͊h̸̟̖͊͊͑̆̀̾ ̵̢̢͍̪̯̲͙͍̀͋̌̓̂͐ͅt̸̛͖̱͇̯̺̦͖̪̀̾̔̽̄̚̕ȏ̸̡̡̥͙̫̹̳͐̍̊̍͌̎͜ ̷̢̯̬̻̘͈́͗̀̒̽d̶̛̪̺̥͕̤͗͆͘ŗ̸̱̪̱͈̬͆͂̔̈̔̐̈́͛̚͜e̶̲̟͐̈́͊́͆̾̈ȁ̷̳̤̭͈͔͗̕m̵̗̥̫̪̞̰̣͎̈́̒͊̎̈́
̶̧̠̞̟̼͕̦̦̩͛̋͌̄̎̌͛̋̚Y̸̱̙̞̼̫̬̳̾͌̀̔̇̆͐́͘ọ̶̡͉͓̞̺͚̿u̴̥͆͑ ̷̡̻̥̝͖̆̋̀͛̈́̑̆̚w̶̟̻͕̄̏̍i̸̜̩̠̠̘̽̉̈́̓̑͒̑̆̈́ș̷̨̯̩̘͈̥̫͘ḩ̶̢̯͈̬̣̖̭͌̓̄͘͘͜͝ ̵̭͖͎̹̋͜t̶͔̮̔͒ǫ̵̨͖̱̲̬͕͈̇ ̴̟̘͚̥͈͓̯̿͑̋͐͒̓̕͜͠ḻ̵̨̥̻͇͍͊̅o̴̡͎̜̲̣̠͋̌͝v̶̧̧̧̹̩̮͉̫̐̌e̷̲̫̫͉̰̐̏̕
̸͈̌́̇̅̌̕Y̴̖̺̹̗͉̩̺͗͛o̶̻̱̰̦̼̳̥͕͕̅̉̽̆̌̕͝u̴͇̍͗͒̌̔̿̌ ̶̨̤̣͕̭̺̒͜w̷̨̢̛̼̜̭͔̖͊̓̋̂̓͆͘͠ì̸̛͖̲̠̬͓͍̮̘̈́͝͠͝s̶͎͋̓́͌͗̒h̴̭̲̗̃̈͆̐̊̃ ̶̧̹̞̗̞̺̖̓͛͆̀͘̕ț̶͙̟̠̝̯͇͓̆̏̓̇̃̓̚͠͝ͅǒ̵̝̞̞̭̼̟̻͈͊̊͊̈́͗͠ ̶̧͈͍̬̫̈́́h̵̨͎̻͐̐͆u̴̲͋̈́r̴͖͍͈͖̼̼͙̿͝t̷̻̣̭̣͚͗͂
̸̡̮͔̠̈̊̿̏̍͛̐̍͘Y̵͚͕̙̜̪̲͙̱̹͒̅̈́̋̂̕͝ó̵̳̞͎̜͝u̵̳̻͈̒̂̂̓̔ ̴̹̿͂̀̑̕w̸͉̤̪̫͎̺͍̪̿̿̏̚͝͠i̵̲̼̹̥̠̹̤͂̂͊͒͗͝ͅͅs̸͖͓̾͝h̴͇͑̃̈ ̶̨̡̠̼͓̬̫͓́p̵̙̯̣̮̬̦̺̍͜͜ù̸̼̯̤͇̪́̎̾̈́̓̚͝s̴̨̨̘̘̜͙͖͒̓̉̄͆͜h̸̢̯̮̋̎͝ͅ ̷̡̱͕̟̖͎̪̼̀̊̇͗y̷͕͉̋͊͊̀̌̆̅͝ó̶̺̠͓̱̀̾́͝ű̴̡̜̙̾͐̂́͊͋̒͝ŕ̵̬̩̙̞̼ ̸̨̪͙͔͉͆̇͌͆̅̋͌̆i̵̛̱̠͒̅̔̉͗d̷̫̤̪͍͋̿͝ẽ̴̪̼̺̞̞̐́̌̆̿̕ȃ̸͚̮̒̓͝l̷͓̗̪̀̈́̏̑̍͝͠s̵̡̧̘̭̘̝̝̓̃̀͆́̕͠ ̸͎̳̬̰͎̘̽͛̎̉̆̇͘ő̵̹̮̥̬̣̟͇͋̓̕͜n̷̨̙̺͑͛̌͑̑̈ ̶͈̋͆̋̕à̴̢̜͙̮̣̏̿͊̉͌ļ̷͎͊̈́͘l̴̡̡̤̜͚͕͈̒̈̏͐͜͠͝͝ͅ
̸̢̫̽̈́͆̀̀Ý̴̢̨̥̥̗̻̣͕͌̾͐̄̀̿̇͝ͅo̵̪͠u̷̹̺͉̤̰͇̮̟̤̒̽͐ ̷͕͚̍̈̕w̴̼͙̫̠͙̹̤̩͑̈́ì̷̹͆̈́͒̅̕ś̶̲̐̀͛̏̀̕͝͝ͅḣ̵͖̹̚͝ ̵̼͚̄̃̉̿̎͑̆̚ͅt̷̝̏̎̐͋ǫ̷̮͉̠̝͉̭͈̮̈́̀̌̌̎̕ ̸̛͓͚̆͗͂͂͊̏̇͝b̶͚͕͔̮̅̏̍̚̕ę̷̝̠̼͇͈̤̏́t̴̟̩̺̆́̃̑̍͋͌̚r̵̹̼̠͋̽̀͗̊̃͠͠a̸̫͇̥͋y̴̩̫͍̖̍̈̅̋
̴̞̩͖̪̯͗̈́̋͂̆y̴̦̓̓o̸̧̜̣̳̬̰̎͂̾͘͝u̶̧̝̠̥̫̖͉͗̈́̇ͅ ̵̧̛̞̬̻͉͉͍̀̔̿̒́͜w̸̭̻̖̙̏́i̶̧̬̯̙͔̼͐̐̽̈́̿̓͘͠ŝ̶͚̈́̀́́̕h̵͇͈̠͓͍̮̉̑͐̕͝ ̴̨̩͚̭̺̎͛̇ṭ̷͈̗̥̪͙̖̰̮͑̇̑̉́o̶̯͚̮͉̐ ̴͓̮̬͚̪͔̋ļ̷̿į̵̥̻͔̘̋̓̄̓̈́̎̎̇ḙ̴͕̳̬͗͒̾
̵̡̛̺̗̘̖͉̥͒̑̊̌͐̍͘y̶̖̟͓͉͒͗͗͂̃̿͝͝õ̷͚̠̚ǔ̶̦͕̭̯̪͔̹́͐̆ ̵̨̦̼̝̯̣̪̺̍w̷̰̘̄̅́į̵́̒̄̊̎̋͘͠s̴̨̡̲̜̦̥̻̹͌̂͊͑͒̋͝ḧ̴͕̼̲̦͓́̌̉̆̚ ̷̧̢̡̛͖̹͌̇̋̄̎̌͆͝t̴̨̖̗̱̭̿̂̐̈́o̴̱̜̟͎̲̱̱̣̔͊̂͑̉̚͘ ̵̨̢̲̲̠͕͇͍̟̈́͌̆̚ḣ̴̯̟̣̜̺̖̓͂̃̈́ü̸̲̞̱͑r̴̢̤͍̅̋̑ť̶̢̹̜̱̅͂
̴̴̗͍̻̞͖̗͍̻̞͖̂̀̓͆͆̊̂̀̓͆͆̊͘͘y̷̱̗̏̽͗o̶̽̾̉͒̆̀̀̑͜ǔ̷͎̳̱͕̳͛̍̆͗͝ ̶̡̛̞̟̗̟̝͌̏̓w̷̯̼͚̯̓̉̓̽i̶̡͖̞̲͆̋̊̎̈́̈͂́s̶̞̥̞̋̈́̿̀͜͜ͅh̸̟͗͗̓͐͑ ̵̟̘͓̪̭̦͔̺̠̂͛̄̓̇̀̂͂t̵̘̫͐͛̽̈̀́̔̇͝o̶̡̲̖̤̭͇͖̫̩̿̚ ̷͈̥͉̩̻̠͚̠̤͆̿̈́͋̍r̸͙͖͐̄̌ḯ̸̟̠̮̳̳d̷̞͉̝̂͆͜ ̵̡̠͕̮͔͔̈́͆͆̀͑̏o̴̡͉̔̓̂͑̃͘f̴͓̘̯̰̖̪̣̚͜ ̴̢̭͈̪̭̤̄̂̏̄͊̊̐̀̕t̷̠͍̩̹̏͆̆̾̕h̵̨̳̲̙̒ͅe̴͇̘͎͈͔͔͖͌̓̓͗̈́̇͘͜͝͠ ̸̩̦̔́I̵̗̣͙͕̭͈̺̬͋̋̑n̶͈͚̉̋̈́͘͜͝ȅ̵̖̞͙̈́̒̇͛̎̽v̴̻̥̂̉̔̀į̴̬̳͉̝̻̰̺̒̊̓͜ţ̷̡͈͍̺͎̠̞̖̿à̷̧̡̠͈̫̜̓̈̏ͅb̵̪̪̩̩̼̆̄͊́͋̔̈́l̶͈͕͉̳̓̋̑̈́̒̑ẹ̷͍͚͙̙̬̠̮̓̑̑̈͂͘
Jade stares forward at the figure as her ears listen. A single tear a manages to fall from her cheek as a purple color starts to mix in with her green eyes.
Author's Note
Oh, forgot to mention. If you don't understand the mumbles and purple language or that they don't make sense...
G̸̠̐̈̆̀ő̴͎͚̪͔̓̎͝ǫ̶̓́ͅd̵̯͆͐͋
