Author's Note

Hello everypony! It's me Midnight Blitzer, and here's yet another chapter!

If you've noticed, the chapters have become shorter and take a while longer, and that's because I'm working on other projects at the same time. Don't worry, I'll try to make weekly updates to this. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter and the zaniness that always occurs.

Escaping The Void

Chapter 12:

Moonlight banged her head against the invisible white wall for the millionth time, trying to break from her prison. She had first entered this room when Discord had trapped her in the castle, and it was tearing away at her mind. While at first, it appeared to be an endless void, walking long enough eventually made her collide into the white wall she was now desperately trying to break down.

“Damn it wall! Just fall!” The purple bat pony yelled, turning around and kicking the wall with her hind legs. Normally, this would’ve been seen as a 0 IQ decision given that walls are hard, if not impossible, to break down with your own body, but after kicking, punching, and headbutting the wall for a hundred or so tries, Moonlight had realized a tiny crack, that only expanded by a small amount each time she took a hit at it. It was the only motivation for her right now to continue the grueling task of attacking the wall so that hopefully it could soon be demolished.

Moonlight hissed as she felt something crack within her as she connected with the wall again. She seriously hoped it was just the normal ‘popping your knuckles’ and that she didn’t break her legs, but she was a bit proud that the crack had expanded by a tenth of an inch.

“ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH ISN’T ENOUGH! IT’S TIME TO USE ULTRA HEADBUTT TACKLE!” The thestral yelled, not carrying how stupid her line sounded only because she already knew she was slowly going insane. Moonlight led out a battle cry as she charged forward, smashing into the wall and immediately feeling her mind going blank for a few seconds. As she stumbled around in the white space, the thestral slowly recovered, before grinning when she realized that the crack had spread immensely. She even swore that small cracks of light, real light, were peering through the gaps.

She suddenly clutched her head in pain as the initial shock passed by, forcing her to kneel. The pain made the world feel whiter than before, and her vision blurred a bit.

“Dang it. If this damn room didn’t force me to use such basic moves, I could’ve used all the things I’ve learned under Lunar Guard training. Heh. At least they taught us to tank quite well.” Moonlight thought, smiling at herself that she was a Lunar Guard, sometimes referred to as the superior unit compared to the Royal Guard. She winced as the pain came back to her again, but this time it had subsided significantly. “Now the question is if I should try to charge at the wall again. It seems ready to break, but I don’t want to risk caving in my skull. I think I have a quick regeneration potion somewhere on me, but who knows if I’ll be able to grab it before I go unconscious. Oh well, a gamble’s a gamble. Here I go!” Moonlight took a deep breath as she began to back away from the wall, before opening her wings and bursting at an incredible speed. She became a purple blur as her wings flapped at an insane pace, and seeing the wall racing towards her, she closed her eyes and braced for impact.

The world went white again as the sound of something breaking filled Moonlight’s ears. An intense amount of pain formed in the center of her head as she tumbled forwards. Immediately she instinctively went to grab the potion that rested in her mane, fumbling as the world began to slowly go dark. She barely heard the cork pop off as her mind went numb until she suddenly woke up as the liquid splashed on top of her head, healing her instantly and waking her up as if she just had a cup of coffee. Gasping for air, the thestral slowly got up and turned around, before grinning as she realized that she had broken through the wall. Looking forward again, she saw what seemed to be a hallway with many connecting doors.

“Well, at least I escaped the white room. Now it’s time to see if I can find Midnight.” Moonlight said with a smile, her mind focused on the cute blue stallion as she opened the first door, only to immediately close it and slam her back against it, and she could hear something squirming. Turning around towards the edges, she shivered in fear at the sight of a purple tentacle trying to grab her, but ultimately resigning itself and pulling itself back in. The thestral’s breaths however remained heavy as she continued to press against the door in case the creature tried again. Sure enough, the purple bat pony felt a loud ‘thump’ as the amalgamation tried to break through the door, but after several failed attempts, she finally heard it slither away, letting her release a sigh.

“Can’t tell if it’s the O&O Tentacle or if it’s that type of tentacle, but I ain’t going to risk myself trying to find out.” Moonlight said, her breathing returning to normal as she placed a large stone in front of the door, just in case. Letting out a sigh of relief, the purple bat pony pushed her mane out of the way before beginning the tedious journey of searching through each door, encountering whatever was inside of it, and either fighting or fleeing from it before moving to the next

“Checkmate.”

“Not again…”

Shining Armor groaned as he was once again triumphed by Midnight, who toppled the Captain’s white king with his black one. They had been at this for so long that it was starting to tax his mind. The blue pegasus simply smiled as he rearranged the pieces.

“Hey, Discord! Do you like the 24/7 Chess Session we had?” The energetic lieutenant yelled, and Shining almost swore that he could hear the chaos lord groaning from another dimension. “You want to play with us?” Midnight asked, bouncing in place a bit and acting a bit like Pinkie. Again, the Captain swore he nearly heard Discord yell a faint ‘NO!’ in the distance. The blue pegasus simply laughed for no apparent reason, before turning around to face Shining. “So what do you want to do right now?”

“Not play chess for the thousandth time perhaps?” The white unicorn asked, letting out a heavy sigh as he fiddled with his pawn. Midnight shrugged before aimlessly looking around.

“Alright, that sounds fair. I’ll just walk around the void and see if I can find something. See ya!” The blue pegasus exclaimed, waving his hoof before disappearing. Shining Armor was about to roll his eyes when he heard Midnight bumping into something.

“Ow… what the…?” The young colt groaned as he shook his head, only to blink as he realized there was a door right in front of him. “Uhm, Shining? Come over here quickly.” Midnight ordered, prompting the Captain to walk over to him. Midnight simply opened the door and light began to filter inside the void.

“Wait… So this was here THE ENTIRE TIME!?” Shining yelled. Midnight shrugged before giving off a smile.

“Maybe I was right that playing chess forced Discord to make an exit for us. Let’s just leave alright?” The blue pegasus said as he hummed to himself while picking up all the items they were using and storing them into a small bag, which should’ve been impossible, but Shining had a feeling that a certain pink party pony had taught Midnight her ways. “Let’s go!” The blue pegasus began to bounce his way towards the door before sliding through it. Shining let out a sigh before exiting the room and thus the two escaped the void that had trapped them for seven days.