Chapter 2: A Watery Grave
“Who gives up is the one that drowns first…”

It feels wet…why? Am I in the showers? Impossible…I opened my eyes to only feel my hooves sunk in a small layer of water, how’d that happen? I immediately stumbled out of my chair and looked out into the hallway, it was also flooded outside. Judging by how the water stayed level, It could only mean that the whole Stable was also in the same state.

Then the static came through the speakers, meaning that the Overmare was going to make an announcement, probably about how one of the pipes sprung a gigantic leak. But it wasn’t, she announced that somepony blew a hole in the West side hallway, which meant that…the water from the lake was flowing in, I could hear it…it was like the sound of water flowing but was pumped through high volume speakers. The Overmare followed up her speech. “Everypony please gather your belongings and calmly make your way to the auditorium. I repeat, make your way to the auditorium.” Great. Plus my room was literally the furthest away from where I was.

I gave a slightly peeved sigh and started making my way to my room, the sound never changed so I remained calm, I mean…how bad could it be?

I opened my door and dusted off my saddlebags, I packed all that was compulsory to bring in case of an emergency in the Stable. Apples, water and canteen and the most important thing, the knife that my dad gave to me when I was young, he even etched my initials onto the handle, so I stuffed it in the bags as well and stepped out my door when…

KA-CRASH!

A large mound of debris fell to my right, successfully blocking my way. Oh well, I just had to go around so I turned left and trotted along the hallway that also led to the auditorium. Huh? The door was shut so I tried to open it, locked. From the other side, somepony already locked it.

Then the sounds started getting louder and were closing in on me, the sounds of metal snapping and water taking its place. My calm demeanor was shattered like glass, I was terrified and petrified, I couldn’t move. I told myself to move, I couldn’t.

After a good minute or two standing there like I was asking to be killed, I finally found myself able to move again, but with each tremor and creak I felt numb again. So I used whatever adrenaline I had and made a mad dash through the half flooded hallway and took the turns that weren’t blocked until I came to a screeching halt.

I was at the Stable door, I took a gulp and looked behind me, there was nowhere else I could go because all other ways were either blocked or locked. Sparks started flying as the water met the electricity, I didn’t have much time until the voltage was high enough to roast me so I ran for the control panel and quickly scanned it. Wasn’t complicated but my heart sank when I saw it needed a code, and only the Overmare knows the code to the door. I decided to flip the lever anyway, what a surprise…nothing happened.

I sat on a small stack of crates to avoid the slow rising water and electricity I slowly accepted that this was where I die.

After a few minutes, a stallions voice broke the sounds of water gushing in and debris falling. He had a light grey coat and dark black hair he burst into the place and levitated a hammer, with a courage-filled voice he spoke to me. “C’mon! Lets get outta here!” I got off the crate and splashed into the water, which was now up to my chest area.

“What are you gonna do?!” I had asked, which was stupid considering I was the one sitting around waiting to die.

“I have the code to the door, lets go!” With that he walked, or swam over to the console and punched in the code, I couldn’t see what it was but that wasn’t really what was going through my mind at that point.

With a hiss and mechanical noises, the mechanical arm lowered down and attached itself to the door as it slowly moved it to the side. But just when it opened a quarter way…

Krack-THOOM!!

A noise so loud that it left my ears ringing like someone had shot a gun next to my ears, it was what I later found out was thunder. With that bolt of Lightning, the Stables energy supply cut off, the lights turned off and the Stable door stopped moving it had turned a dark and fluorescent blue in the area, what’s worse was that it was raining outside and water started pouring in and out of the opening. The water level started rising faster ever than before, it wasn’t our lucky day as we found out that this Stable was built in a small cave in the mountain, so the cave was already flooded due to the storm. In another minute we were already floating off the Stables metal floors.

The stallion quickly swam against the currents that were coming in through the door and grabbed hold of the Stable door and quickly pushed himself out and laid against the wall outside. “Well hurry up!! You don’t want to drown!” With his words of obvious wisdom, I snapped myself out of the ringing trance I was still in and started swimming to the best of my knowledge but it felt…weird to not be able to touch the ground. I flailed my hoofs around to try and move, it sorta worked but it was definitely not doing well, so I grabbed the railing and pulled myself against the strong currents of water. Water splashed against my face and got into my mouth, I shrugged it off and leapt for the Stable door and hoped to grab it.

I missed.