Where are we now

by Theodorejk

Village of Stories

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Dashie crashed into Pinkie, the two of them sent tumbling out of the cave, into the snow, and down a small slant. She finds herself on top of Pinkie once they stop rolling. She quickly jumps off, "Sorry," she begins before looking around for any signs of that.... thing...

Pinkie giggles, "It's fine, silly! I was starting to think you left me here...."

Dashie pauses for a moment, "I would never, Pinkie...."

"Really...?" Pinkie looks up at Dashie, a smile showing up over her face.

"Really." Dashie replies. She looks down at Pinkie, who is staring right at her.

Pinkie smiles, and kisses Dashie's cheek. Dashie looks at her, a questioning look on her face, "What was that for...?" Dashie asks in a joking matter. Once she sees Pinkie frown, she knows she said the wrong thing. She leans her head down and kisses Pinkie's cheek, hoping it will make her understand she didn't mean it.

Pinkie blushes slightly, then hops up, "Now we need to find that way out of here... because I don't remember this place before..."

Dashie looks around at the hills of snow, and the random walls of stone.... with multiple holes in them, "Is that...?" She begins, looking at the walls a bit more carefully.

"Yes... It's ruins of a village..." Pinkie finishes, before bouncing towards the village, which lies down a slightly slanted hill.

Dashie follows her, looking around at the ruins, "Check that out..!" She says suddenly, heading towards a wall with a brown box next to it. The box has the words give to good home written on it. Dashie opens the box, but finds it empty.

"It's ruins, Dashie, nothing would be here anymore."

Dashie ignores her, and glances around, for a brief moment, seeing a skyscraper rather than ruins of a building. She then shakes her head.

"Is everything okay, Dashie?" Pinkie asks her friend, concern overcoming her voice.

Dashie nods, "Everything's fine, Pinkie." Dashie then walks towards another building. Inside of it, she sees what looks like a human toy. It's green, with four little stubby legs, and a frown on it's face, "Who would play with this...?"

Pinkie giggles, picking up the cube-made toy, "It must be for fillies."

Dashie moves on to another building, finding a ruined book that sparks her interest. She blows off a small cover of snow before looking at the name of it, "Sherlock Holmes...? What's that supposed to mean?"

Pinkie giggles again, "Maybe its the name of some famous human or something."

Dashie throws the book back to where she found it, now uninterested, "Maybe."

Pinkie suddenly gasps, "Look at this!"

Dashie turns around and peers at what Pinkie found. "A piece of paper...?" She looked closer, for the random drawings on it weren't so random after a moment. There was a drawing of the figure she saw in the caves, with the word "NO" written around it, eight times. Dashie gasps, "Just don't touch that..."

Pinkie looks at her friend, "Why?"

Dashie glances at the paper again, "Just trust me..."

Pinkie stares at her for a moment, "Dashie, I always trusted you..."

Dashie paused, taking in what Pinkie just said. She turns her head back at her, "This place reminds me of something..."

Pinkie took in a breath of air, "What does it remind you of...?"

"I dunno, but it feels like I've been here before..." Dashie states, looking around at the area one more time.... She pictures skyscrapers and houses everywhere. It seems all fresh in her mind, like she was just here... but it isn't enough for her to figure out what it means.

Pinkie releases a sigh of relief, "It might feel like that, because a lot of towns back home are arranged the same way..."

Dashie pauses, "They are...? I never really bothered to check how there were arranged... I always just flew above them..."

Pinkie giggles, "Yeah," she then pauses, placing a hoof on her chin, "Why were you banished...?"

Dashie stops breathing for a moment, "I was hoping you wouldn't ask, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to tell you. It was early morning, maybe two days ago, I was preparing for my morning fly around Equestria, just to warm up for the day, and just as I started flying, Derpy decides to come out of no-where aaaand..."

Pinkie looks at her, "You crashed into her...?"

Dashie nods, a tear dropping to the ground, "Hard."

"Why are you crying, Dashie..?" Pinkie asks, worry for her friend found in her voice.

"It was too hard, Pinkie..." Dashie cries, "It's the reason why I'm here, you should already be able to tell what happened..."

Pinkie looks down, "Yes... I know..."

Dashie sheds one more tear before asking, "Were you banished...?"

Pinkie sighs softly, "Yea..."

Dashie stops crying and looks at her friend, "What did you do...?"

Pinkie frowns, remembering the moment, "I swore at the princess after she banished you. And then I slapped her too, but that was when she refused listening to reason."

Dashie glances at her friend, "You slapped her...?"

Pinkie smiles, "Yea... It felt so good too."

Dashie giggles, "I guess it doesn't matter, she can't get back at us out here..."

Pinkie picks up the green human toy again, "And Sir Creepsalot will protect us if she does!"

Dashie laughs, "Where did you get that name from?"

Pinkie looks at the toy, "Well, it looks a bit creepy, so it would creep a lot, and it also just looks more for a Colt than a mare, so it'd be a Sir.

Dashie continues laughing, "I see now."

Pinkie laughs with her friend, "Yea, it's pretty simple to name things, once you get used to it."

Dashie walks towards a clearing in the buildings. The skyscrapers flash into her mind for a brief moment before she understands exactly where she is, "I know this place... I know where we are..."

Pinkie stops laughing and gulps, "W-Where, Dashie...?"

Dashie looks at Pinkie, a tear in her eye from the memories, "The place I was warped to that one time...."

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