42

Chapter Nine

“DUCK SEASON FIRE!”

Equestrian Wasteland
Shattered Hoof Ridge, Equestria
21 Years after the battle of Hoofington
Ministry of Peace Secret Project Steelpony Stable
42’s perspective

“And that’s how Equestria was made!” I finish with a flourish. I bow to Discord and smile. He claps then looks baffled for a moment and asks, “WHAT?”
I smiled back at him at my random joke to end my story. “What?” I say innocently.
He looks at me for a few more moments then raises his ears, “Well it seems like your friends are coming back so I must be going.” He then unzips himself and disappears in a flourish of bright light.

I still felt very tired at my core even with the recharge of chaos energy. I laid my head down. “Welcome back boys, any good finds?” I asked as they trotted in.
Byte looked at me, “Not really just your usual fare of Wasteland goodies.” He said floating a bunch of stuff out of his bag in the air in front of me in his green magic. Odds and ends a pistol and some ammo. “Not too bad of a haul for a small place like this.” I said as he put it back in his bag. I gave a yawn.
“I think I need some rest.” I said my eyes half lidded. Phoenix gave a yawn as well. “I think thats a good idea it's still daylight outside might be safer to travel at night.” He said as he laid down on the ground next to me and Trisha. Byte looked at us both and nodded, “I will keep watch as you two get some rest.” He moved off his synthetic red eyes giving a slight glow as he walked away.
“Trisha will you keep an eye on us?” I asked as I began to drift off.
“Most assuredly.” She said then I was out.

My eyes opened to the most beautiful sight I have ever seen! Fields upon miles of ice cream and sweets of all kinds! With a squeal of joy I jump into a giant mound of chocolate and begin eating the delicious delights. After making a long trench of ice cream I stood up and laughed long and hard then I spot a lot sized piece of dark chocolate and start licking and munching on it.

The beautiful sky fizzles and darkens as a voice issues, dark, deep, and full of promises of utter terror.
"My isn't this a lovely sight?" I stop eating and stand up looking around my hooves slipping in the ice cream.
"What?" I asked smartly.

The voice chuckle darkly, "A being such as you and your power having a dream of eating delicious sugary sweets in a dream, I never would have guessed knowing what I know of you 42."

My mane began to get really itchy. "Who or what are you?" I asked as I continue to look around for the source of the voice. Then out of the corner of my eye I see a dark form coalesce with bright red eyes. It was a draconequus body tall and proud but the body was completely black as if no light could escape it except for those eyes.

"Such a dramatic entrance!" I say evenly. "So what do I call you?" I ask then that voice sent my main itching again, "oh dear 42 you don't get to know what my name is; suffice it to say even though I am a great fan of yours. I can't have you interfering like that husband of yours in this universe. I simply cannot let you revive him."

He stretched out his dark appendages and gave us loud slap of his paws. And all around me other Draconequus appeared pure white with red eyes each one of them held out their paws and then they started sucking out of me what felt like pure chaos like energy.I wiggled my nose flipped around and then started to run as I pushed one of them out of my way with a shield. As my shield collapsed into him it wrapped him up and turned into gum then stuck into the sticky ground of the ice cream.

I ran and ran and ran what felt like an eternity every time I slowed down one of those creatures popped up and started sucking the essence out of me. Just as I banked around the corner of a cinnamon stick sticking out of an ice cream something impacted my side and threw me off my hooves.
I screamed out and then woke up.

I yelled out and Trisha jerked back from me in surprise. "Fuck!" I yelled zipping away from her up to the ceiling and sticking my self there with my magic.
"Miss 42 are you okay?" The stunted robotic voice asked from Trisha.

The entire I continued to breathe hard as I was shocked awake. "I, uh, huh?" I looked around as Byte came sprinting into the room his eyes look to me and Phoenix sits up groggily and looks down at his leg. "Why does my stomach hurt and my front leg all wet?" He asks as he frowns.

"That was 42's doing, she began making joyous noises then her body scooted toward you and she began to swallow your leg like a snake, until she started to run in her sleep. She was able to land numerous blows on your stomach as she 'ran' in her dream before I could separate her from you." Trisha stated as I floated down to the ground my heart pounding in my chest.

Phoenix looked disgusted at this news and frowned at me. "Boo, will you please keep your mouth to yourself?". This causes me to blush a little. "Sorry Phoenix."

"How long were we out?" I ask shaking my head to clear away the rest of my tiredness. Trisha replied helpfully, "You slept for 6 hours, 56 minutes, and 44 seconds. Night fall will be in the next 35 minutes."

I looked to Byte, "Well I suppose it's time to get moving." He nodded and made his way back towards the door as Phoenix stretched getting to his hooves.
My Pipbuck beeps:

NEW OBJECTIVE ADDED:

GET PARTS FROM ROBRONCO FACILITY

"We have our heading. Looks like we're going to a Robronco Facility about 3 hours trot from here." I said to Phoenix and Trisha.

We met up with Byte in the entrance way. He opened the door we left and he closed it behind us. As we exited the coal mine we noticed that the sun had already set over the horizon. The night was somewhat clear with a bright half moon in the sky stars twinkled brightly. All in all it was a very beautiful sight. A cool wind blew in and we started to make our way to the Robronco facility.