I have to say, looking down the mountain with a bad fear of hights was one thing, but getting ready to jump down it without a parachute was another.
"Oh please let cartoon physics makes this less painful." I quickly said under my shaken breath.
I closed my eyes and do a quick jump off the side only to hope for the best. Thankfuly the mountain was pretty steep so it was a straight down drop with my current momentum... How ever that won't stop the fact that the ground is still coming up fast.
"Your not getting away you evil rabbit!" A pegusus guard said tackling me out of the air and stopping my fall completely. I reached for my hammer only to realize I let go of it when I went to grab my bow when falling earlier ... 'And here is where my luck ends...' I started to flail around trying to hit the guard in random places... only for most of those places to be blocked by the armor he was wearing.
It was then a lightning bolt from out of nowhere, hit the guard and dropped me to the side of the mountain.
'Ok not ALL of my luck ran out yet.' was all I thought before I started to bounce down painfully into a nearby woods.
After rolling down a smaller hill for about 10 seconds, I was able to roll under a slightly thicker tree that was sticking out of the ground a little bit.
How ever my vision was starting to blur from the extreme pain I was in, and the only thing that came to mind before I blacked out was.
'NOW my luck ran out...'
My vision came back to be what I could only assume was a few minutes later, as I saw the hooves of what could only assume where a bunch of guards. I even heard one say.
"Aye, keep looking for the rodent lads! No non-flying critter could get far after a fall like that! And somepony, tell me where that dog gone bolt came from anyway!" Sadly though trying to move a limb put me in so much pain I blacked out yet again.
"...Awake again..." I said to no one in particular. After trying to move one of my limbs again I felt a great pain, not nearly as bad as before but still pretty bad. As I slowly crawled out of my little "hidey hole" I saw that it was night time out now. I tryed to stand up only to immediately figure out the hard way that I sprang my right foot, broke my left leg and right arm.
"Damnit how am I going to get to Ponyville now!? Im in the woods by the side of a mountain with both legs and my arm pretty much broke, no food or water, guards looking for me and... And... No moral left." I said feeling my breath start to shake in both fear and sadness.
What else was I meant to make of this situation? 'All I am, is a 15 year old white boy that is now stuck in a world he though would be perfect. But now im a freaking rabbit that can barely walk and is being hunted by guards that are probably going to throw me in a jail cell for the rest of my life. And that is assuming I'm going to survive walking these woods without my ability to run and jump to help avoid the carnivores that are probably out there.'
Looking back and forth with tears forming in my eyes. I chose to start limping in a random direction while nursing my right arm.
I was really sad about the change of events, but crying about it until I starve was not going to help the situation at hand.
As I was walking, I started to hear creepy noises around me. On top of that I was barely staying awake from the extreme tiredness I was starting to feel, it was like the monsters of the night where toying with me and just watched until I was to collapse from exhaustion.
After walking for what felt like hours, I saw what looked like off in the distance a wagon being pulled by a pony. Squinting my eyes to get a better look I could tell right away even in the dark that it was Trixie pulling her trailer along a road. Limping slightly faster I started to yell out.
"Trixie h-help me please!" Thankfully. I knew she heard my call for help because she jumped at the unexpected sound of my voice.
"I-im over here!" I called out before I triped and fell on my face, knocking me out instantly.
'I never realized how easy it was to hurt yourself when your limping.' I think to myself. I could feel I was on a bed of some sort... Opening my eyes I saw a ceiling that was made of wood... Moving my head somewhat I saw a small kitchen, a table with a radio on it and a door... I was tempted to get up but stopped at seeing both of my legs as well as my arm in bandages. I also felt a lot cleaner then before.
Looking out a nearby window I saw light pouring in... "Huh?... I guess I was out longer then I thought." I said outloud. Right after I said that, the door flew open, revealing a, at first worried, but then relived Trixie without her cape and hat.
"Ah your up, thank goodness for that. Trixie didn't think you where going to get up anytime soon."
"Thanks for taking me in Trixie, I might have died out there if you didn't help me." I said starting to smile.
"Think nothing of it loyal companion, Trixie knows when a situation is bad for somepony. But anyway Trixie doesn't recommend walking right now."
Looking at my bandage, I noticed they where pretty professionaly wrapped up.
"Hey Trixie, why did you learn how to wrap up broken limbs?"
"Thats a easy question loyal companion, I, The Great and Powerful Trixie, need to know these kind of things when you travel as much as me." she said proud of her self. "And Trixie did not JUST 'wrap them up,' she also used her amazing magic to move the bones to what she thinks is the right place... If you end up with a deformed leg or arm... That might be Trixie's fault."
I couldn't help but feel kinda disturbed by her saying this but... I didn't know how my new body's bones were meant to be aligned anyway.
So I toughened up and said. "Heh thats kinda neat, and my names Carter by the way." I say trying to get on her good side. But I really was somewhat impressed. After all, I just thought all she knew where useless spells that looked cool.
"Hmm sorry but I think I will stick with 'loyal companion'. Rolls off the tongue better, don't you agree?" For the response I grunt in annoyance thinking.
'This is going to be a long trip.' Waiting a few seconds before continuing the coversation, I say.
"So... Any cool storys you know?"
After talking for what felt like hours, Trixie left to pull the trailer. And I have to say that things got boring fast. Even if she was full of herself, she still had cool storys to share that was never shown on MLP: Friendship is magic. One story was how she had to take out a group of stallions in Las Pegasus with a single spoon...
Yes the storys WERE farfetched, but they where still entertainment none the less.The only other type of entertainment I had was the radio. But sadly I could tell it was still early in development, the huge lack of radio stations made it a letdown.
At some point during the trip the trailer stops and I hear voices outside, having my ears perk up I was able to hear.
"Welcome to Manehattan. What brings you here?"
"The Great and Powerful Trixie is here to dazzle everypony here with her true magic." Trixie says in a clearly arrogant tone.
"Umm... Ok, well, enjoy your stay here. Oh and here I should give this to you so you can also be on the lookout for a criminal."
"Criminal? What kind of criminal would we be talking about?"
"Just some stupid rabbit that likes causing chaos around the nearby towns." I begin to get nervous at this statement.
"Hmm really? Trixie might have to keep that in mind. Thank you royal guard." she says as the trailer starts moving again.
'Man, I hope Trixie isn't the type of pony that would sell me out.' Is what I thought. She may of fixed me with her magic up but from what I understand, 4000 bits is alot of money.
"Burn that bridge when I get to it." Is what I thought outloud. Its not like I could do much else in my currently crippled state anyway. So with nothing else to do, I close my eyes and fall asleep.
"Hey wake up loyal companion! The-"
"Yes the Great and Powerful Trixie damands it! I get it!" I said slightly annoyed at being woken up.
"Well!" Trixie said in a huff. "Would The Great and Powerful Trixie's loyal companion atleast tell her if this is truly is him on this poster!" She says using her magic to levitate the poster in front of me.
All in all, the poster looked the same as before, just with a few more things im now convicted for. That and the reward is 10.000 bits now.
"..."
"Well?"
"...Yes that is me..." I say truthfully.
"Ha! I The Great and Powerful Trixie knew it!"
"So what, are you going to sell me out to the guards?" I was able to say somewhat calmly.
Trixie stayed silent for a few seconds before saying.
"No..."
"And why is that?"
"Well. Trixie knows what its like running from guards. They never put such a big sum of bits over Trixies head, but she knows what its like." I was somewhat confused by this. Trixie being wanted at some point I can see happening, but NOT turning me in!? Thats something I honestly didn't think would happen.
"Also get off of Trixies bed, you should be fine now." she says impatiently.
"I should be fine? But its only been about six hours!"
"Its really only been five hours but Trixie isn't counting." I gave an annoyed expression at this, but Trixie didn't care from what I could tell.
"Also Trixie has to ask... What is Carter the Rabbits long term plan?" My annoyed expression turned in one of confusion at this name.
"Carter the Rabbit?" I ask in response.
"Yes, Trixie was getting bored of 'loyal companion' and chose to give you a pet name as of right now."
'The name made it sounded like I was some sort of protagonist in a adventure... Which wasn't far from the truth in all honesty. This might be a pet name I wouldn't completely mind... That might change though if she starts screwing with me while using it.'
"Anyway, Trixie asks again. What is Carter the Rabbits long term plan?"
"Well my long term plan is... Well, to get to Ponyville."
"Ponyville? Why would you need to go there?" She asks, clearly not understanding my plan.
'The original reason why I wanted to go was to hang out with the mane six. But there is NO WAY im tellng Trixie that.'
After giving myself a quick moment to think, I said. " I heard there's a pony there that is real close with the princess, so I just walk in, makes friends with her, she sends a message to Celestia saying im a good guy, everything works out. 'Bam' happy ending!" I said happy with my new half assed plan.
At this Trixie busts out in laughter. "You REALLY had Trixie going there for a second!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Your not joking..."
"Nope."
"...Well... Umm The Great and Powerful Trixie just took you to Manehattan which is not to far away from Ponyville. You should be able to get there in maybe an hour if you keep a steady pace." she says trying to get rid of the awkward atmosphere.
"Really?"
"Yep, Just be careful, guards are everywhere in every nearby town now because of you. or well... Thats what they said in the newspaper at least."
"Gee, thanks Trixie. You know, your not that bad of a friend." I said with a smile on my face.
After I got up off of the bed I started to look for my bow only to have Trixie levitate it over to me.
"I, The Great and Powerful Trixie, hopes she doesn't regret giving you this."
"Don't worry, I promise I wont kill anypony with it." I say trying to joke with her.
"...Ok. If you find Trixie again, feel free to stay around... Friend." she says the last part with a smile.
Smiling while giving a quick nod, I open the door while taking a careful peek outsde to make sure the coast is clear before running off.
I quickly spotted Ponyville far off in the distance and started running towards it while thinking to myself.
"Well...Lets hope for the best."