Hatching in Equestria as a Silver Dragon

The following day

I woke up in a comfy bed, it felt almost like home, yet I knew it was not quite it, it was still nighttime, but I had slept enough, almost a whole evening and night.

I let out an audible yawn as I made my morning stretches, having slept better than I had in a while.

I had things to do now, first step was getting ready, bathroom, packing my things, eating plenty, then opening the window and vanishing into my gaseous form again, going out of the window into the night, I needed the room for a while longer, hopefully no one forced their way in while I was gone.

I needed a cellphone, I needed to let everyone know what was happening to me.

I headed towards the city center looking for any cellphone store, eventually I got to a large Samsung store that had cellphones, tablets and computers on display, visible from outside, it was of course closed but it had ventilation ducts that I easily filtered through, reaching the interior.

Now here I looked for any cameras, there was one in the main room recording.

I headed to the employee area and storeroom, where another camera was, I snuck under it, went back to my normal form and covered it with a plastic bag I grabbed from the ground.

I got myself a Samsung smartphone that looked good and modern, they all were very high tech looking, leagues better than the ones I could buy back 8 and a half years ago, as if I could afford any.

I was surprised, there was an accessory section, and turns out that this place also sold official accessories, a battery bank, a solar charging station and the charger itself they also were sold here, everything was sold separately, even the USB cable to charge the phone.

With this all safely stored I headed out in a cloud of smoke, flying out the way I came in, now I needed to find another store, hopefully smaller and less official looking, I found one after half an hour of flying around, it was in the outskirts of the city center, a humble looking cellphone store, clearly independently owned.

I snuck in and stole a phone, the camera was only aimed at the front, facing the door, there was no camera at the back as there is no back door entry or exit in this small building. I took one cell phone if the same one I stole on the larger store, then searched for pen and paper, there was some at the sellers desk. I wrote.

'Dear sir or madam, I have taken one of your phones, I beg you do not report this to the police because I have paid for the phone, it's on weird square gold coins, but they are made of real pure gold, have it checked if you don't believe me.'

I take out 100 gold pieces and leave them in a bag with the note.

After that I turn into magical indigo vapours and fly out into the night, heading back to the hotel room, along the way I saw several important news stations, I chose one at random and memorized it's location, my plan was coming together, but still needed the most important step, the message, I arrived back at the, thankfully still empty, hotel room and closed the window behind me.

Taking out one of the phones I set it up and skipped the registration process, then went to the bathroom and hit record on the 4k video option holding the phone aimed it at me with my telekinesis.

"Humans of Planet Earth, I hope you come across this short message, I am Onyx, my species is dragon, I'm 9 years old." I think for a few seconds on how to start this.

"I have come to visit your world, and in doing so I find myself in great peril, my intentions on earth were simple, I arrive, get to meet humans and make friends, play some games and maybe exchange products and stay a few days to deepen our friendship and get to know each other better." I pause, thinking over what to say, looking at the camera with a sad smile.

"Everything was going great, I had arrived at the south pole and met with the wonderful people there, at the Amundsen-Scott station, most of them scientists and technicians who help keep the station functioning during the winter months, I had stayed for a whole day, in fact I even traded for some of your spices and products that dont grow on my planet."

" I spent my day meeting people, talking and learning about your kind, I wanted to play some table games the next day, and watch a movie, but I was woken up by a horrible beast that at first I thought was a monster of some kind." My voice grows sadder as I remember what happened, I really hoped they would just want to talk to me.

"A full squadron of soldiers in power armor were doing their best to knock me out, they tried using needles with sedative, when that didn't work they tried to shooting darts at me, eventually, I had to defend myself because I screamed and begged for them to stop attacking, but they didn't and I wanted to escape then, return back to my home, it's all I want." Tears started to come out as I think of the unfairness of the situation, I looked at the camera and forced myself to talk through the sobs.

"But they managed to shoot a dart in my tongue, they aimed for my eye but I dodged just in time, t-they pushed me to violence, I bit one of them on the hand, the one who fired the dart, and then, with the attacker in power armor still trying to knock me out by choking me around the neck, I ran against the emergency exit and slammed him against it" I paused to wipe my face with my paw.

"S-sorry, I have trouble speaking like this, but I just don't know why they kept attacking me!
I ran outside, thinking I could get them away from me in the snow and cold, but the dart started to... Weaken me, and carrying that man with armor, smashing against walls and the door, all of that, I was too exhausted and the drugs they used took hold of me, I thought I was dead, then and there." I opened the sink and washed my face a bit, blinking away my tears.

"The next thing I knew, I woke up in a metal cage, outside the cage is a room that has no windows and only one solid door, there was a camera, always watching. Then after I woke up, three humans approached me, two of them soldiers and one a scientist or doctor, he started to say some scary things, he said he had to cut me open, to take samples, and I was so scared I pretended to be asleep, I needed to find a way to escape, they carried me to a room with a machine that they strapped me to, robot arms came down with metal saws and started to cut into my body, my chest and belly, i almost lost all my scales there, look!"

I stood on two legs, showing my scaleless lines on my belly and chest, then I went back on all fours.

"The pain was so shocking and strong that it awakened my power and I broke out, I wanted to fight and get revenge, but I don't want to end anyone's life, not unless I have no other choice, and there is always a choice, always." I say with conviction, now feeling righteous anger instead of sadness, my eyes alight.

"After I broke out, I disarmed the guards and let them there, unharmed as well as the scientist, then I escaped the military base, it wasn't easy, and they are still hunting me as I tell my story, they are still trying to find and capture me to experiment on, cut me open and to see what keeps me alive, i have no doubt they would have used me for anything they wanted and then discarded me in silence, probably dispose of my body so no one finds it." My snarl was hard to keep from my voice.

"American people, my message to you is this: your government is not beyond torturing others to satisfy their sense of superiority.

To think at first I wanted to bring my pregnant mother with me, and my father who loves the two of us very much, to think of cursing them to such a horrible fate makes me feel sick, but no, I will never again give the benefit of the doubt to your nation." I sighed and shook my head sadly, this was depressing to say and I knew I would get hate not only by the government now, but I was not about to censor myself.

"Its not you, the people, it's the ones who represent you, the ones who would sacrifice humans too, children, if that meant more profit and more political power, or even something else like 'scientific knowledge', look at your own past, the experiments your government does on you, injecting pregnant woman and babies with radioactive chemicals, injecting diseases or poisoning them with various chemicals agents, and whatever else they are doing now, and for what?"

"Making deadlier weapons that will be used in the next wars, weapons that anyone could steal and turn on you, and your loved ones." By now my voice was angry, but I forced myself to calm down and not ramble as much.

"If you wonder why the police is stopping everyone and why there are so many military helicopters and drones around, day and night, they are looking for me, desperately because the big bosses in Washington are sweating and shaking in their boots that they're about to lose their new and shiny alien specimen, they want my blood, and probably my brain to study. Think about how much tax payer dollars that amounts to, all for a young and scared dragon child, I'm 9 remember! I still sleep in the same bed with my mom and dad sometimes when I get lonely, I just started elementary school too!"

"I have no intention of ever returning here, hopefully the rest of the world is opposed to this country's military actions in the south pole too, had I been received differently I would have shared information freely, but the trust is broken forever." I said with finality.

"Now, to you, general or president or whoever ordered me captured, you suck! And all that money you spent? wasted! I'm leaving and you won't ever catch me, byyye! Im never setting foot here again." And with that I ended the video, I couldn't keep the snark from the last part, sure it was not murdering them for trying this but it was at least hopefully going to damage their image, hopefully internationally.

After doing that I connected to the free wifi from the hotel on both phones, on one I searched for the flight list and hours of the airport, and also the gates, and in the other I made various social media accounts, all with fake names, I found out that police car stops had been increased and were almost everywhere, people were furious on social media, I realized I could program an upload to happen at a determined hour on some sites, so I did, deleting the hotel WiFi's network from the known ones, then once that was done I went to the nearest tv station floating in my gaseous form, i had to fly up the stairs and once at the news room i connected the phone to the local wifi network, and placed it under the desk, in an easy to find but out the way spot, making sure no one sees me going in or out, and staying out of view from cameras.

Once that is set up I fly back to the hotel and dismiss my protective spells, including the door lock, then use the bathroom one last time and clean everything as best as I can, I looked around and decided to take a little souvenir, a small liquid soap dispenser, the rest I ordered how I found it and then I exited out the window, the only thing I left open.

Having researched beforehand I knew exactly where to go, the airport was overfilling with police officers, every plane had at least 3 police, one on each side and of course everyone away from the engines.

I knew the right plane, I could approach the airport directly and, having checked the right gate I knew which plane I needed to take, but I had to wait for a few minutes, once the cargo doors of the plane opened and it started loading the luggage in the cargo bay, I got ready, hovering above the plane, and right as the luggage loader started pulling away and leaving, having finished his job, the cargo door closing I quickly flew down and got into the cargo hold before it closed all the way.

It was tightly packed with bags but I could squeeze in above the bags, I was in, this was the right plane, I had triple checked it before doing this. I reverted to my natural form, a weary sigh escaping me, now it was all about waiting.

About half an hour later, the plane started to move, I had to hold onto the secured bags and luggage, since I had no seatbelt here, as the plane accelerated faster and faster, I had forgotten how fast planes went right before take off, it was insanely fun, like a rollercoaster, except I couldn't see outside and I bumped my head on everything often.

Now I had only myself and a few cats and dogs for company, I would have conversed with them but they were very scared and stressed because of the trip and I didn't want to bother them more, they were also sort of stuck in a corner in tied up cages.

An hour had passed since we started the flight, I was feeling a bit safer, I could tell we were going south because of the angle of the airplane when we took off, I needed to keep track of that, excellent, the next stage of my plan was soon about to start, it was simple, a big fat distraction, I just hoped the tv station cooperated with me, how, if they were hundreds of kilometers away? Well, that's the neat part about advanced illusion magic, the 7 tier spell Project Image was a beautiful thing.

Being able to make a copy of yourself at a distance that served as a more or less perfect drone, able to see and hear just as well as you, and even speak to others, the perfect proxy.

Mom had gotten me a custom made plushie that looks like me some years ago and i always keep it in my inventory, now I used it to help cast this spell, it was not necessary but gave my illusory copy a big advantage, it would not pass through others now, it would bounce off like if it was a giant plushie, it did not stop or even feel solid, it was still an illusion, but it would have collision, making it look more realistic, and would not disappear unless attacked with some force, so bumping into it while walking wouldn't destroy it.

My sight and hearing were disconnected from my real body and connected to the illusion, I was back in a dark alley near the tv station, I walked out on the street, people stoped and stared at me, wide eyed and pointed.

I walked with confidence I had not felt in weeks, I had nothing to fear after all, I waved at the people, then headed into the tv station, telling the guards at the door that I i needed to go to the news room, i had important news to tell the people, they reluctantly agreed, one escorted me there himself, it was not every day that a talking lizard the size of a big dog shows up after all, up there, a reporter was talking about the daily news, how people were upset that traffic was slowed and jammed by the police checkpoints.

I entered the room and waved, making everyone gasp and look confused, some even scared, but everyone definitively quieted down and waited for me to talk.

"Sorry to interrupt, I know I'm not affiliated with your news station but I have urgent news to share that will get you lots of attention, may I?" They looked even more shocked by the fact I just talked, but they didn't seem bothered beyond surprise.

She looks at me with uncertainty, but after thinking it over she nods and approaches me, excusing herself.

"What are you and what do you want to talk about? Make it quick, we have a limited time slot!" I smile softly.

"In the desk you're standing over there is a cellphone with an import video with all the information, I think if would be great if you played it live, please? It's my story shortened to less than 5 minutes, how I arrived and what happened to me, and yes I'm an alien, this news may be a bit controversial however" I explain to her quickly and to the point.

"What I can promise is ratings, lots and lots of ratings and views, post the video on your social media if you want, copyright it, I don't care, in fact the phone is yours too."

She goes over and grabs the phone, opening it up and connecting it to the transmitter, thinking for a minute if it's worth it, but ultimately decides to accept, she has never seen an alien before, let alone one so pretty and charming as me, I wink at her with a playful smile, she rolls her eyes and gets to check with her bosses. Maybe this illusion spell is giving me too much confidence.

She made a phone call and in less than a minute she nodded, seems she had gotten authorized from her bosses.

"Okay... I'll trust you this isn't illegal or highly inappropriate, putting my job on the line here, my bosses said I can do it, but if this gets no ratings I'm fired, okay... going live in 10 seconds, get ready!
I may ask you questions like a short interview, news were slow today anyways, people just lots of people unhappy with the police and army suddenly appearing in force, some small riots."

I didn't have time to ask because it went live, the video starting, and everyone watching and processing what I said, slowly it stared to sink in as the video ended, she had questions.

Police sirens were heard in the distance, I knew they would be here soon to get me.

"Why... Why do they want to get you so bad? Why did they torture you? I don't understand." She asked, furious and saddened.

"They plan on getting all they can out of me, first medical samples while also torturing me and making me tell them all my secrets, they want it all, they want the power I control." I say with honesty, that's what I figure out too, but I wasn't fully sure myself, if they wanted friendship they would not have done this.

"Look at you! Your chest and your belly, I see the blue skin under you scales, they really tried to open you up, didn't they?" She asked in a sad tone, I nodded softly, the sirens were getting closer, we both could hear them.

"We are ending this now, you should run, they're going to catch you here!" Urgency in her tone, she knew what was coming.

"And for you the people of LA, and other cities you know now why the police is so insistent one the checkpoints and why the army is taking over the city day by day, they are searching for this... Dragon kid, he looks and sounds so young, he is as big as a large dog, maybe a bit more, do you people not think children should have a chance to grow up? Even if they aren't human. But that is my opinion, you should have yours, now the small interview is over, thank you so much for coming Onyx! Back to our usual program."

And with she signaled me to get out and I nodded, smiling softly and running out into the elevator, once I was outside I saw several Swat trucks and military trucks appear around the corner, blaring their sirens.

I pretended to be scared and ran into one of the side alleys besides the building, once inside and hidden from view I dismissed the illusion and disappeared into thin air, right as heavily armed police entered from both sides of the alley and found no one there anymore.

POV LA and other nearby cities

The cost of the military operation was astronomical in fuel alone. They even wanted to close down airports but the issues that would cause were deemed too much, and with the extra controls on the airports, having police at every doorway and a more aggressive screening process, there was no way this thing escaped via plane, cameras were also everywhere.

People came out of their houses and organized protests all across the larger cities, the smaller cities as well sometimes, demanding the waste of tax payer dollars stop now, and the police oppression everywhere was stopped, the unconstitutional search of private property, they would go as far as to damage vehicles if they had a lock of some kind just to check if it wasn't harboring the escaped being.

The people's rights were violated left and right, and the video from the news about the alien quickly spread through the internet, as people finally knew what was causing all of this, no criminal in history, not even the most notorious serial killers would make the police be so thorough in their search, instead they wanted to recover their experiment at all costs, this pissed off many citizens of all beliefs and backgrounds, along with the fact that it was a child of some kind too, that they organized widespread protests across the affected areas, chaos reigned across the southwest, of course some were in favor of the government and wanted the alien dead or locked up.

Other nation's prime ministers and presidents all criticized the US government publicly for their actions, causing stress in the highest levels of power in Washington, their failure to contain something and the fact that it went out of its way to do an interview, and tell the whole world about what happened, it didn't sit right with the higher ups, more searches were demanded, a complete shut down of airports in the area was also demanded, but only the ones in LA were closed, as the creature had been sighted there right before it disappeared again into a side alley. They were always so frustratingly close, the same had happened before when a drone had filmed an instant of something silver in the far distance but when the operator realized and the drone approached there was nothing there, as if it had disappeared.

The city of LA was getting swarmed by soldiers, drones flying from roof to roof to find the target, it must be close, they theorized, it had climbed up or moved up somehow without being seen.

POV shift Onyx, 12 hours later.

I have been asleep for most of the time.
The plan seems to have been a success, now everyone should think I'm in LA somewhere for long enough to disappear completely from the face of the earth, I felt the plane starting it's descent I had to be ready to shift back and fly away once the cargo hold was opened, then I would need to search for another plane, I was both close and far, but definitively much much safer.

Not even 2 hours later and I was floating up from the cargo hold, now this place I was familiar with, finally, more or less, I haven't been here in over a decade, but memories of using the subway to move around were fresh in my mind, Buenos Aires, now this was a city I could see myself visiting again! But hopefully when I have a way to change shape to a human form, I would not want a repeat of last time, even if this time they wouldn't have nearly so many helicopters and drones or power armor troops...

I didn't let those thoughts sour my mood, flying away from the airport and heading into the city proper, it was a few hours away from here, I would need to rest soon, traveling for so long without a bathroom break is horrible, I headed for the nearest hotel room that had a window open and got into a random room just to relieve myself and take a quick shower.

I wouldn't be sleeping again until I got into the last plane, I had already slept enough on the long distance flight, I still decided to lay for a bit on the bed, this room was probably occupied, it smelled like someone used it, but I didn't care, I turned on the tv, international channels were all talking about the alien visitor and how badly he had been treated, even religious leaders were vocal against the US government for the torture of what was essentially a child, of course here every news channel was in spanish.

Some other channels had conspiracy theories too, at that point I decided I couldn't stay here longer, I had regained my mana and was feeling fresh, so i headed out the window in my gaseous form once again.

I landed in a rooftop and switched to my regular form, looking down at the streets below until I found my target, the stairs going down under the streets and into the metro station.

I took a moment to enjoy the cold winter wind, it felt wonderful to escape from the heat, and the humid ocean air was pleasant with this cold, and best of all, it was cloudy and a bit windy, my favorite weather after snowing, looks like rain was coming soon, I could smell it.

I jumped down from the building, casting feather fall midair, as well as polymorph, assuming the form of a mutt with short brown fur and bushy tail as soon as I landed on the ground, landed next to a bus stop so I was not easily seen, but I'm sure some people noticed, I didn't care, and just ran into the metro in my doggy form, the more I used the spell, the easier it felt for my mind, like it was getting easier to hold concentration, less tiring.

An hour later.

I found myself right at the door to the smaller airport, hopefully the last flight I would need to take to get home, I was back in my normal form, just invisible, the sky was dark with storm clouds ever since I arrived here, but now it started to rain, a cold strong rain that produced a loud yet wonderful sound, I stayed there standing still, letting the rain wash away my worries, I could probably be seen because of it, but everyone else was busy running for cover, I instead walked towards the airport and entered, headed for the area with the various screens showing the hours and gates, as well as if it was a departure or arrival, I now knew where to go, with a smirk I walked through the lines, ducking under the obstacles in my way and moving out of the way of people, sometimes even making short subtle teleports to get pass checkpoints, this felt really fun, almost addictive.

The sound of the rain was soothing my nerves, even in here I could hear it clearly I suppose there was some thrill in committing crimes, i could see it, technically this was highly illegal but I don't think it's amoral, I have a right to be happy and safe at home, a right to freedom and life, but i was taken away from my vacation spot and transported across the world by forces outside my control.

Mom must be worried by now, how long as it been? Almost 2 full weeks now, she must think everything was alright. Good, I don't think she needs all this stress during her pregnancy, I want my little siblings healthy.

I walked into the boarding area, the plane was about to board and the first class passengers walked into the line first, at that point I jumped the first class line with another short misty step, here, to my right there was a side door that led outside to a short set of stairs to the asphalt, usually kept closed but they didn't bother to lock it, I walked out into the rain again, the plane was being loaded with luggage and cargo, it was also a much smaller plane, probably half the size or less from the one I hitched a ride at in LA.

I climbed up the loading ramp, rain wouldn't stop me, the operator and loader didn't seem to see me probably too focused on their work, I lodged myself in a corner above the luggage, hopefully they wouldn't load any more up here, I was wrong, and a heavy and large suitcase was placed there and then slammed against my face full force, also pressing me against the back of the loading area, I winced, my invisibility faded, but they were finally done loading and the door closed.

"Ow... I guess I should have seen that coming" I said to myself rubbing gently to soothe the pain. I then pushed the suitcase out of my way to the side and slid closer to the door to find an empty space, no such luck, the cargo hold was full, i was stuck in a confined space where I could barely fit, but it wasn't that bad.

I took advantage of the time to meditate, then I got hungry and decided to eat some of my last food, I had cheese and gems and various fresh fruit. I still had some more meat but I saved it for later, no idea how much more terrain I still needed to travel, I hoped I could just teleport directly but the distances were too large, this wasn't just going from one near city to another like from Ponyville to Canterlot that were relatively close, this country was huge, and I was still over five thousand kilometers away from my target, I needed to be as close as possible to teleport there.

I haven't tested how far I can teleport, but soon I would be putting it to the test. The passed by, meanwhile I checked the map, seeing the places I've visited and been to, I could probably use my project Image spell to keep tricking them into thinking I was still around in the city, if I did it right, but for now I feel I had sown enough confusion and paranoia in them. I also realized I had points I hadn't allocated, it would probably be a good idea to do that now.

Getting more intelligence was the obvious choice, more MP meant that I could cast much more spells and I could become ultra specialized in that regard, other stats would be useful in their own way, like more constitution would mean I'm tougher and healthier, it would also increase my stamina, but now I needed extra range, so all of my points went into intelligence, bringing the total to 54, a number that was starting to look impressive, I can't believe I have grown this much in magic since I started, but it was a wonderful feeling, the sense of power beyond even imagination.

I could rain fire on an entire city and destroy anyone who opposed me, I could make a barrier of magic to protect myself from any non magical attack, and I could turn anyone who opposed me into my minion, just by channeling a few spells, and willing it, some spells required specific components yes, mother dearest had helped me with them, buying from various alchemists and just regular items too, some items were just mundane things like gems or things like water dirt or ice, smoke and even things like yarn or wool, all easy to obtain and store in jars, as long as I had them in my inventory or a pouch inside the inventory I was fine.

Magical items were a bit more pricey but mom could afford them, some magically infused chalks and paints were also middle of the pack in terms of price, perfect for making teleportation circles, or active runes that needed to be drawn on a surface.

I felt the plane start to lower it's altitude, approaching for landing, it was a fun part as well as taking off, I found being thrown around in the cargo hold quite fun, unlike the other cargo I was not secured, but that was fine, moving around and sliding over suit cases and bags was at least not boring, it was like bumper cars but I was the one bumping against everything, this time covering my nose so I don't get smacked right there, I don't like to admit it but the space between my nose holes was specially sensitive to impacts, it felt painful to get hit there, but it was not that bad.

Eventually the plane landed, the flight had a lot of turbulence, but it was more enjoyable than the long almost full day flight I had earlier. I prepared myself, hearing the vehicle approach and the door start to open, my robe equipped I became a magic cloud and flew right away looking for a way out of the airport as soon as I existed the plane, I always was careful when floating away, i really didn't want to find out what those blades could do to my body if i flew into one, i would most likely lose concentration right away because of the blades then get shredded by the rotatory engine.

I was not familiar with this place, not at all, I could tell the cardinal directions of course, but learning the layout of this place could be very useful in the future, I did a fly over the airport, the building itself was much smaller than the last airports I've been to, but it was a beautiful blue color that I appreciated.

A few kilometers away was the city itself, I didn't want to really go on a tour, now, i tried my best to memorize the blue airport building, even got on the roof, reverted to my normal form and chipped off a bit of it with my claw, keeping it in my inventory.

I stayed standing over the building, resting until my magic recovered fully, I made sure I had my legendary robes, and started to construct a spell in my mind, a tricky one, but not as difficult as the one I casted to first reach into this dimension.

I remember something I had gotten from the movie lounge, that movie i forgot to return, could this count as a token? Only one way to find out, I pulled it out and read the title.

'How to train your dragon' Oh, I now that was an interesting coincidence, I cracked a smile and chuckled a bit, imagining myself asking a human to play this movie for me, and watch it with me, now time to try the spell, by my calculations I was close enough, the free wifi from the airport and Google maps read that I was about 3915 km from the south pole, my total magic was 288 MP now, the effect of My robes should reduce that by half, so it would be 120 MP required to make the jump, thanks to this little movie, I should be able to return back there, I really hoped there will be no soldiers again.

But I was ready to fight this time, nothing would get me away from my family.

My body was enveloped in indigo particles that fluttered like sparks from a fire, rising from my body as I channeled my magic, the complex spell matrix in my mind's eye, I held the movie in my hands.

I started pouring my mana into the matrix, filling all of the different runes with energy, I activated the spell, willing to encompass me and bring me to the location from where the box of this movie has been for who knows how many years.

Reality stretches and contracts around me as I disappear from the roof of the Ushuaia International Airport and appear right outside the Lounge 2, inside the South Pole base with a loud almost electric sounding crack of energy, the air around me glowing with magic for a second, I smile widely, finally being back here, but I know not to let my guard down, I turn around and start looking for anything hostile, any humans in armor, storing the movie back in my inventory for safekeeping.

I feel magically weaker after that, but not enough to be a concern, I can deal with anything with low level spells or cantrips as long as I can see it coming.

I hear people yelling and coming to investigate the loud noise, and simply decide to walk outside the station before they can have a good look at me, closing the door behind me.

I then open the second door, quickly closing it behind as well, I decide to make things a bit more difficult for them, and I use 'Arcane Lock' on the exterior door, sticking it with magic, basically gluing the frame. -10mp 158/288mp

Coming outside I see a few planes parked in the distant runway and just decide to book it to the geographical south pole, they probably had the army around after what happened, just in case I decided to cast a low level shield around myself, it would at least cause the bullets to hit less hard, and this version didn't requiere concentration. -5mp 153/288mp

I kept running as fast as I could, I could see the sign now, I was so close!

I approach the exact south pole location and prepare the spell matrix in my mind, time to return home.