Taken
Chapter 2: The Chosen One
Previous ChapterNext ChapterBoth Peter and Chloe struggled to break free from the grasps their captors held on them.
"Ponies have kidnapped us! Ponies have kidnapped us!" Peter yelled.
Chloe looked at him.
"What? I can't do that?"
A bright flash of light blinded both of them for a full second.
When everything cleared, Chloe and Peter found themselves in a strange new world. Everything was bright and colorful, rather than the more-grounded colors of the area Chloe and Peter lived in, houses were made of wood and straw, and it was filled with mythological creatures. There were normal earth ponies, pegasi, unicorns, yaks, changelings, griffons, hippogriffs, dragons, and kirin.
"Every creature is here..." Chloe gasped. "This must be a dream!"
Even the creatures were a bit surprised at two humans suddenly in their town. Peter noticed a castle up ahead. Assuming he and Chloe would be taken there, he tried to fight back once more. He gave up shortly after. The castle was white, not grey like any normal castle. It also had flags containing insignias of a lavender winged unicorn with a violet mane. There were creatures dressed as members of the royal guard. The leader of the royal guard seemed to be a male blue griffon with blue eyes. Like the guards who brought Chloe and Peter to the castle, he had gold-colored plates of armor on his chest and back, with gold-colored boots for his talons.
"Greetings, humans, you are about to meet our leader." He said.
"Um, can you say your name first?" Peter asked.
"My name is Gallus. I am the captain of the royal guard."
"So you're not a general or lieutenant or..."
"I am his lieutenant." A voice said, walking in.
A dark orchid-colored unicorn with a broken horn with a scar under one of her eyes appeared alongside with Gallus.
"I am Tempest Shadow. Or-"
"Fizzle Pop Berrytwist." Chloe said.
"That's... right." Tempest said with surprise. "How did you know my name?"
"You guys are obviously cartoon characters in a children's TV show!" Chloe exclaimed.
"We're on TV?" Gallus said, with confusion.
"Yes! You are!" Chloe added. "I watched every episode on you! You, Gallus, were a student of Twilight's School of Friendship!"
"I was." Gallus said. "After school, I signed up to be a guard. I climbed up the ranks and here I am."
Tempest soon followed. "And I was the former lieutenant of my old master. Glad he was dead."
"You're disrespecting the dead." Peter pointed out.
"He betrayed me. Almost destroyed this world!" Tempest shouted. "HE DESERVED TO DIE!"
Everyone was silent as they stared at her blankly.
"Sorry. My temper got the best of me."
Both Chloe and Peter looked at each other.
"Release them from their binds, but don't let them leave." Gallus ordered.
The guards let Chloe and Peter on the ground. There were too many creatures surrounding them, so fighting was not the answer. Chloe reached out to touch Gallus on the cheek.
"Sorry, I just want to see if you're real."
"No I'm not real." Gallus said.
Peter folded his arms.
"Okay, I'm real. Just messing with ya." Gallus chuckled.
"Not funny." Peter said. "You still kidnapped us."
"We didn't kidnap you, we're using you to save our world." Tempest said.
"We're actually saving the world?" Chloe asked.
"That's right!" A guard said with a cheerful tone.
The castle doors opened slowly.
"Would you please follow me?" Gallus said.
The two followed Gallus into the castle. The first thing Peter noticed was the servants of the castle. It was a combination of actual servants and weird yeti-like creatures with pale grey eyes. They were moaning around, holding food for their leader. Everything was neatly decorated. On the walls were glass windows each with a winged unicorn on it. The first winged unicorn was white with a rainbow-like mane. The second was midnight blue with a starry mane. The third winged unicorn was pink and had a mane with violet, rose, and gold colors. The fourth winged unicorn was light pink with a violet and light blue mane. Before taking a look at the last one, Gallus blew a large, yellow horn, signifying something royal.
"Presenting, our majesty, and ruler of Equestria, Princess Twilight Sparkle!"
On cue, a large winged unicorn appeared sitting on her throne along with a dragon with huge muscular arms standing by her.
"Princess?" Peter asked. "Don't you mean Empress or Queen?"
"No, we mean princess." One of the guards said.
The winged unicorn flew down with her large wings. Her body was lean, much taller than any other pony. She was at the average height of a human now.
"So these are the humans you were talking about." The dragon said.
"Spike!" The winged unicorn said in a harsh tone.
"Sorry." Spike said.
"Apologies for him." The winged unicorn said. "Spike's just not used to being humans. Anyway, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Twilight Sparkle."
"You're the real Twilight Sparkle?" Chloe asked.
"Sure am." Twilight said.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Chloe Parker."
"Chloe..." Twilight said with thought. "That's a very odd name."
"Well from where we are, it's not odd." Chloe said. "Oh, and his name's Peter Stiles."
Peter noticed the creatures cheering him on.
"What matters is that we found you, the Chosen One." Twilight said to Chloe.
"How am I the Chosen One and not Peter?" Chloe said.
"We are looking for an element known as Remarkable. This element only resides in girls like you. You, just by being here, you are saving our world of Equestria!" Twilight announced.
"But wait, does this revolve in me getting killed?" Chloe asked. "Or do I have to get raped or..."
"No. All you have to do is just stay here."
"Cool!" Chloe said.
"Chloe, what about escaping this place?" Peter asked.
It then hit Peter.
"Oh my god, there's no way out of here!" He screamed.
"Calm down, Peter." Chloe said. "Maybe this place isn't so bad after all."
Twilight stepped up.
"First, we don't say god, we say Celestia."
"Everypony, line up!" Gallus said.
All of the creatures lined up under Gallus.
"I don't want to use your terms." Peter said. "Plus, it doesn't make sense. Everypony, somepony, getting out of hoof, what?"
Twilight then spoke up.
"Gallus, would you find for our guest to relax?"
Gallus took Peter away from Chloe.
"Where are you taking me?" Peter asked.
"To your room." Gallus said.
"You assigned me a room?" Peter asked before disappearing down a doorway.
All that was left was Chloe, Spike, Twilight, and all the other guards.
"Give it up for the Chosen One!" Twilight cheered.
Every creature cheered as Chloe began to regret the words she said.
As Peter walked down the hallway, he noticed more creepy yeti-like creatures staring at him.
"Here is your room." Gallus said.
Gallus opened the door. It lead to a fancy hotel-like area with a king-sized bed, two easy chairs, a serving table of food, a large flat screen TV, and best of all...
"A bathroom! And it's spacious and clean!" Peter cheered.
"You're saying your bathroom is filthy?" Gallus asked.
"No. But it's bigger than the bathroom in my home!" Peter said.
Peter walked out of the bathroom to view the room once more. He was so entranced that he didn't see Gallus with his claw on a small lever. As he pushed it down, Peter found himself tumbling into darkness.
Author's Note
Well this is awkward. Two chapters in one day.
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