//------------------------------// // Chapter one: Morning after // Story: Adventure of a Lifetime // by Pure Note //------------------------------// (Here is chapter two, enjoy) A few hours later your eyes blink open, as it would you're still in the central chamber. You shake your head trying to remember what happened exactly, all you can recall is is a bright light and an immense pain and... a diamond! You quickly stand up and begin to search for the large diamond that caused this hole mess, but much too your dismay its nowhere to be found. You face palm at the thought of all of this being for naught, you lower your hand and begin to look around for the exit when you notice your surroundings, the once pitch dark cavern is now bright and lit up. You look around for the source of the light, left, right, you see nothing then you look up. Above is a sunroof -so to speak-, a large rectangular hole in the ceiling. "How the hell" you think out loud, you turn towards the hall in which you trekked down for ages, it is also lit up by skylights. You begin to walk down the tunnel once again, after several minutes of walking you begin to hear a noise, not the noise of a trap being set off but the sound of someone walking. you quickly dash behind one of the pillars hoping that whoever walking down that tunnel hasn't spotted you yet, you draw the knife from its sheath on your upper arm and prepare to strike. the sounds are growing louder but at the same pace, that means you haven't been spotted thus far. you grasp your knife firmly and begin to count, one, two... three! you whip from behind the pillar, your knife hitting nothing but air, Then before you have time you react you've been shoved, you slide back a few feet, your staggered and off balance. you quickly gain footing and you move into and aggressive stance, knife in hand. your heart skips a beat when you get a proper look at your foe. standing at least seven feet in front of you is a horse, no its to small to be a horse, its a pony. usually seeing a pony would not leave one stunned as you, its was the fact that one: it was wearing a hat and jacket. A two: it has wings, wings in which are flaring as a form of aggression. You get a hold of yourself as the pony begins to charge in your direction, you tense yourself and brace for impact. Instead of ramming you as you suspected this pony would do it jumped over you and began to gallop down the tunnel in the direction you woke from. you pick up your jaw and run after it, but begin to lag behind. Damn that thing is fast you think as you lungs begin to burn as you continue chasing the pony. ***** You finally make it into the central room, chest heaving from exhaustion. The pony is there, back turned to you, looking at the pedestal where the diamond once resided. Then before you have any time to react the pony whipped around and tackled you to the ground. "Where is it!?" the pony screamed, a look of anger and disappointment on -as the voice would suggest- her face. the kind of look you would get if you told a four year old there is no Santa. You say noting, part of your reason for doing so is because the pony just spoke... the other reason... shes standing on your testicles. You do say something but its to far quiet for her to hear. "What, Speak up!" she says, now her face has an added emotion, confusion. then she her eyes begin to trail down your body, and finds the source of your silence. She quickly moves her hoof, as soon as she does so you throw her of you and enter a coughing fit. "Now, the diamond, where is it!" she yells getting back on topic. "Hell if I know" you start, "one minute I had it, the next i'm unconscious on the floor" you say gesturing to the spot on the stone floor you woke up on once your coughing fit subsided. The pony was now looking at you, eyeing you up and down, examining you. after several moments of staring she finally speaks. "How do I know you're not lying?". "Oh I don't know, does it look like have a giant blue diamond on me" you say with a hint of venom in your words. The pony looked at you for a few moments longer then sighed, lowering her head close to the ground, looking utterly spent. "Damn it" she mutters to herself under her breath and began walking toward the exit. However you quickly stand up and block her escape. "Whoa there" you start "where are you off to?". The pony raised her head and looked you in the eyes before she spoke "i'm going to look for that diamond" she said trying to worm her way past you. "Then i'm coming with you" you said lowering yourself to her level. (4 feet) "I don't think so!" "Try and stop me" "why should I let you come, you just want the diamond for yourself" "well so do you!" you retort. She opened her mouth to speak but closed it when she fully realized your point. "Besides, last time a checked ponies didn't talk, so wherever I am now its not where I was. and that diamond is the only thing that could get me home" "Fine, but i get the the diamond when you go" "Deal" you said putting out your hand to shake on the agreement. "The names Daring Do" she said taking your hand. "Drake, Drake Winchester" you replied to the pony and shook her hoof. "Well then Drake" Daring started, "we got a diamond to find!" (And that's all she (He) wrote, next chapter will be up in a week or so (When i have time to write) But for now you'll have to wait, (or not) Cheers!)