A Faraway Land.

Chapter 23

The Deliverance of Spike

I continued to keep quiet as the Changeling swing the bag from side to side. I was lucky I burrowed down deeper before he searched the bag. I think I heard that I was going to the queens room. I then heard a door open and I was set down. I waited until I heard the door close again. I quickly looked out of the bag. When I saw the room was clear; I hopped out onto a desk.

I looked around in the room and saw a very large bed. I also saw a large door next to the bed. I quickly hop down from the desk and make my way to the door. I opened the door to give a quick look around. It has a big chest and a lot of boxes. I tried to open the chest, but it was locked. I then moved on to the boxes. I gave each one of them a quick glance inside. They all had books inside them.

I closed the door and looked around again. I looked at the desk I jumped up on. It had three drawers on the right side. I quickly make my way to the bottom drawer. I opened it and was amazed at what I saw. Gems stacked to the rim. My stomach started to growl. I gave it one last thought.

"I don't think she will miss a couple of gems..." I reach in and grab a handful. "After all I bet she has a lot more than this somewhere else." I put the handful in my mouth and started to eat them.

I closed the drawer and jumped up on the chair. I leaned over and opened the second drawer. I couldn't see it from where I was, so I hopped up onto the desk. I rummaged around the papers inside the drawer. A paper that looked like a report of some kind caught my eye. I picked it up and looked at the paper.

"I am pleased to report; we have looked into the object you sent to us. We have discovered that it is a weapon. We also looked at the small object you sent with it. We cleaned the dirt off of it and we think it is the arrow for the weapon." I looked down further on the paper. "We will try to disassemble the arrow and the weapon by tomorrow. If you give us a week. I have no doubt we will find a way to recreate this strange weapon. That being said; I need to request a large amount of metal. We will try to make a prototype in a couple of days."

I quickly folded the paper and placed it on the edge of the table. I reached out and closed the drawer. I quickly opened the top drawer and I saw a book. I read the title on the book.

"The diary of Queen Chrysalis." I let out a big smile. "A little peek won't hurt..." I reach out to open the book. "No... No... No... I shouldn't." I pull my hand back and close the drawer. I picked up the folded paper and made my way to the edge of the desk. "On second thought... It might have information James might need..." I started to make my way back up on top of the desk.

I quickly froze when I heard someone outside the door. I jumped off the desk and ran under the large bed. I watched as the door opened and Queen Chrysalis walked in. She closed the door and walked over to the bag I was in.

"What is this?" I watched as she took the blanket out with her magic. "It's only a blanket... Why would he have only brought a blanket?"

I watched as she dropped the blanket and sat down at the desk. She opened the drawer and levitated her diary in front of her. She took a quill and started to write in her diary. I continued to watch her while wishing I knew what she was writing. I watched her for about tem minutes before I started to drift off to sleep. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I was quickly woken up by Queen Chrysalis when she closed the drawer. I quickly rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and watched her as she came over to the bed. I lost sight of her when she jumped on the bed and the lights went out. I waited under the bed for about an hour. When I heard snoring; I slowly made my way from out of under the bed.

I peek up from the edge of the bed and see that the queen is sleeping. I slowly tip toe to the door. I crack the door open to see if anypony is outside. When I saw the hall was clear; I quickly hopped out of the room and closed the door behind me. I looked around the hall.

"What way should I go? Left or right?" I looked at the paper in my hand and looked to the left. "Left... I will go left." I started to run down the hall behind the pillars.

I ran from pillar to pillar. Looking around occasionally to make sure I wasn't seen. I look behind me and see two Changelings walking towards me in the distance. I quickly hide behind the pillar and wait for them to pass. As they came closer; I saw one of them had a bag on its back. As they came even closer; I could hear them talking.

"Queen Chrysalis will be so proud of us when we make this new weapon. What do you think she will reward us with?" One of them said.

"I don't know, but I bet it will be the best thing she has ever given any pony."

"I guess..." I looked out to see him smiling. "But we need to bring it to the research room first."

"Yeah. When we drop this off. I am going to call it a day. I am getting tired..."

"I know the feeling... Oh yeah! Did you hear the rumor?"

"No. Rumor about what?"

"The queen has a creature that owned this weapon in a cell downstairs."

"What!? No way... How is that possible if it had weapons like the one like we have. A weapon like this can stop anypony in their tracks..."

"It just surrendered... Like a coward." I looked out of the pillar and saw one of them laughing. I started to follow them down the hall.

"No way! Why?"

"I don't know, but I hear he took out one guard with a single buck."

"Yeah, but he bucked him in the head. It wasn't fair! He wasn't ready for it..."

"Maybe... I say we get rid of it while we can... What kind of chaos to you think something that powerful can do in our city?"

"I don't know, but I think we could take it down easy!" I watched them both walk into a room.

I quickly run over to the edge and look inside the room. I instantly notice tons of beakers full of colorful liquids. I watch the two walk over to the table at the back wall. They take out a black object and place it on the table. They also took out a small brass colored tube and placed it next to the black object. I quickly hide behind the pillar again, as they started walking towards me.

I watched them carefully as they passed. When they were a good distance away. I quickly ran inside the room. I ran over to the table and tried to jump up onto it. I was too short, so I looked around and found a chair. I ran over to the chair and dragged it to the table. I quickly jump up on the chair and onto the table. I stood looking at it for a little while.

"So that's what James's gun looks like up close." I reached down and picked it up. When I had it in my hands; I was surprised. "This is a lot heavier than I thought it would be." I looked down at the funny looking tube on the table. I picked up the tube and looked at it. "This is the arrow the Changelings were talking about. This must be the thing his gun shoots." I quickly look back as I heard voices coming closer.

I quickly looked around the room. This room had no pillars I could hide behind. I quickly hopped off the table. This room might not have pillars, but it has a lot of drawers. I quickly ran to one and hopped inside. I closed the door and listened to the Changelings walk into the room.

"So how is your kid?" One of the Changelings asked.

"He is doing fine, but he is rambling on about a Human." I heard him laugh.

"What is a Human?"

"I don't know, but my son ran out of his room telling me all about it. It made me a little worried, so I took a look inside his room." I heard him laugh again. "He told me that the Human went out from his window."

"That's strange. Was he dreaming?"

"I don't know... I am going to talk to Queen Chrysalis this morning about this when she wakes up. I don't think it is anything to be worried about, but just in case."

I opened the drawer just enough to get a glimpse of them both walking up to the table. I watched them as they looked around for the gun. I quickly closed the drawer when I saw them both panicking.

"Were is the weapon?..."

"I don't know... I put it right here on the table..."

"Look for it! The Queen will have our heads if we lost it again! Find the cleaning crew! They might have taken it again."

"Right!" I heard one of then run out of the room.

"Where could it be! We couldn't have lost it this time. No one should have entered this room this morning!" I waited as I heard him moving stuff around. "The only thing I can think of is the cleaning crew... I need to help him find them soon..." I heard him rush out of the room.

I quickly opened the drawer and jumped out. I ran to the doorway and looked out to see if I was clear. When I saw no one; I quickly ran behind the pillars for some cover. I ran straight down that hall and found a staircase going down. I started to make my way down slowly; because I didn't have a place I could hide.

When I got to the bottom. I slowly poked my head out and saw a large room. It had a chair on the back wall and large black banners hanging down. I looked across the room and saw a large wooden door. I look back into the large room and notice some guards I didn't see before. I rested the gun to my chest and took a deep breath. I looked out in the room again; once I saw my chance. I was quick to take it.

I grabbed the gun and held on to the paper and arrow as hard as I could. I quickly bolted out from the corner and ran towards the chair. As I made my way behind the chair. I sat down to catch my breath. I waited for a couple of minutes to give me a chance to think.

James told me not to take any risks. I needed to get his gun and get out. From what I saw in the room. I had no way of making it out without being seen. Even if I did make it out. I just know I would be seen in town. If they find out that I took the gun; I would be in a lot of trouble. I know I couldn't fight a Changeling like James did. My only option was to find James. He is the only one that can escape this place.

"An hour rest is long enough." I whispered to myself. "That door looks to me more of a prison door, so I will take my chances."

I look out in the room for one last time. I made my move and bolted out for the wooden door. I gave a sigh of relief when I got to the door. None of the guards saw me while I was running. I walked up to the door. I leaned against the door and got up on my tip toes to reach the handle. I pulled it but it was too heavy.

I gently put the gun and the other stuff on the ground. I jumped up and grabbed the door handle. I put both of my feet on the opposite door and pulled as hard as I could. When the door started to crack open; it gave me encouragement to pull harder. I continued to pull until I had the room to walk inside.

I quickly jumped down and looked at the door. It started to slowly close. I grabbed the gun, paper and the arrow and run inside the door. I looked back as it closed. When it closed; it made a loud thunder like snapping sound.

"By the love of Celestia... Please tell me I picked the right door..." I turned back and saw a large staircase. "This is the only chance I am going to have to find James." I slowly started to walk down the dimly lit stairs. "Please be down here James..."