Whisked Away

Whisked Away: Chapter 4: Stealthy Instincts

Felix had been travelling all day after his encounter with the ponies. It had been almost 5 hours and the sun was already below the horizon. For the first time, in a long time, he felt strangely thrilled. Felix couldn't understand why. His favourite cartoon characters hated him, he was lost, and he had only a faint idea of what to do.

Maybe it was the prospect of adventure.

He hoped the princesses would understand him.

He knew the the main way to Canterlot was by train. He was fortunate to have come out of Ponyville near where the train passed through the mountian. There was absolutely no way that he could sneak in at the station. Felix would have to find a different way on.

He would have to jump onto a cart.

He wasn't scared. not at all. He was thrilled.

A train's horn bellowed nearby. That was fast.

Just as the train passed below he leaped onto the top of the cart, flailing his arms for balance. Though Felix landed with his balance, the loud bang he created as his feet impacted the cart made him cringe inside. Even more so when he heard the voice from inside.

"What was that?" Applejack's voice floated out of the cart below. "I don't know, but I need to study whatever that thing was." Twilight replied. She added, "Rainbow, could you go check it out?"

Felix could hear movement within the cart as hooves trod across metal. They couldn't know he was there. He needed to get out of sight. And fast.

Felix quickly grabbed hold of the ladder and made his way down between the carts. He doused the lantern that was hanging above him and he judged his surroundings. The ponies were in front of him. He stealthily made his way into the cart heading away from them. Felix heard Rainbow dash behind him. "It must have been a rock or something, guys." Rainbow called as she re-entered her cart.

The carts were filled with sleeping ponies. None of them awoke as he passed.

Felix continued on his way without interruption.

He finally reached the storage section of the train. He knew it would be a good place to stow away.

As good a place as any, he thought.

When Felix finally awoke he found that the train was no longer moving. He stealthily climbed out the back and checked his surroundings. he was in a warehouse. a lone window flooded the surprisingly large building with light. Moonlight. He still had time.

As he made his way through the city of unicorns, he noticed that the large open spaces an aesthetic add-ons to the city made it surprisingly easy to not get found. The small amount of freerunning practices Felix had gotten before had helped immensly as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop. The normally bustling city almost seemed like a ghost town in comparison to some of the earlier episodes. He reached the castle before too long. Felix was just about to consider it an easy task before he stopped dead in his tracks. Guards paced the walls, and every turret, window, and door seemed to have a guard patrolling it. Twilight must have warned her brother, Shining Armour.

And what had originally been an adventure may end up being the hardest task of his life.