Twilight Sparkle kicked in the door to the hospital entry and began to gallop past the receptionist without saying a word to the fellow pony behind the desk . Adrenaline was flowing in her veins as she was galloping through the hospital corridors as she was trying to find her friends. She galloped past several rooms when she finally saw two royal guards in golden armor, leaving a room at the end of the hall and stood guard.
One of the guards noticed Twilight running up to them and informed his partner that the elements of magic was approaching.
“W-what happened?! Is Spike ok?! W-what happened to-” Twilights questions were interrupted by a unicorn doctor who poked his head out of the door the guards were guarding.
“Oh, Miss Sparkle! Please come in!”
The guards took a step aside to let the upset unicorn in
As Twilight Sparkle walked inside the room she noticed that there were two beds in that very room. But both were covered by their curtains. Whoever that was in those beds, they were either sleeping or unconscious.
The room wasn't that big. Big enough for two beds and it was rather colourful too. Blue walls and a green ceiling. Not so sure if those colours match though…
“I-I came as fast as I heard! W-where is Spike? H-he’s not hurt is he?!”
“Oh not at all miss sparkle, Spike just got a bump at the back of his head. Nothing serious at all but your friends here got more than a bump I’m afraid” The doctor said while motioned at the beds.
“W-what happened?!” Twilight was now getting more anxious now when she knows that her friends may be in danger.
“Apparently they fell from the top of your tree house miss Sparkle. Several eyewitnesses said that this… Unfamiliar creature tried to push your friend down from the roof but she managed to bring it down with her.”
“W-why would he try to do such thing?! A-and how….” Twilight stopped her sentence before she gave away that the creature was locked up in her basement just two and a half hours ago.
“That I cannot tell. That is also the reason why the guards are here. When it wakes up, will be escorted to Canterlot and once he is there it will be interrogated by the Princess herself. That’s what I have heard.”
“WHAT?! W-why haven't I been informed by this?!”
“Please stay calm miss Sparkle, Spike did mentioned that he had an important letter to you. So you will receive it as soon as Spike is back after his minor treatment.”
“O-oh… T-thank you for informing me.”
“Don't mention it Miss Sparkle.”
Twilight was now a little bit at ease now that she knew what was happening. She looked over to one of the beds and sighted.
“H-how is she really? I-is she gonna be ok?”
“I can safely say that she will recover problem free, she got a minor concussion thanks to the fall but we did however noticed a blue eye and a few brushes, which tell us that a fight took place before the accident.”
“They fought each other!?”
“We can’t say for sure. But if this creature however DID try to push the poor mare from the top of your tree house then it wouldn’t surprise me that it attacked her first.”
The room fell quiet. While Twilight tried to let this new found information to sink in. He seemed so nice and friendly when she left. Could it really be so that he is a monster after all?
“C-can I see her, Doctor?”
“She is asleep, so don’t expect a conversation with her”
The doctors said while his horn lit up with a light yellow aura which covered the curtain at the bed to the left. The curtain was moved aside, revealing a orange mare with blond mane and three red apples as a cutie mark.
--------------------------------------TWO HOURS EARLIER---------------------------------------------
“HOLD ON! DON’T LET GO! I screamed as I was hanging on the edge on the top of the treehouse with only one hand. The other hand was busy holding the orange pony’s front hoof.
“AHM TRYIN’!” She yelled back as she did her best not to lose her grip of my hand.
This wasn't good. I could not pull us up together and I was about to lose my grip on the board that was currently the only reason why we weren't falling for our deaths yet. Either I let go of the pony or we both fall down.
“YOU DON'T KNOW ANY MAGIC DO YOU?!” I yelled out loud to the heavy orange pony.
“DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT I HAVE A HORN MISTER?!”
“YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A SMART ASS ABOUT IT!”
I noticed that it was just matter of seconds before my grip would loosen. Adrenaline started to kick in and the time itself started to slow down. The only thing that was keeping us up now was four of my fingers, and they were slipping away from the board. I built up all my strength and swung the orange pony as high as I could in the hope that she would be able to reach the board herself
But she didn’t.
She missed it with only inches.
Now I knew what I had to do. As the ponies momentum was wearing down, I placed my arm around her waist, pulled her to my embrace and as I saw my other hand letting go of the board. I made sure that the pony was safe in my embrace as I faced my back towards the ground.
“This is gonna hurt….” I said as I closed my eyes. The feeling of helplessness was actually terrifying. I could feel the air collide with my back and arms as it made my hair flutter erratically. I crashed through some branches but I was not able to express my pain as the crashes left me breathless and made it impossible to gain it back. The sound of the pony screaming in fear filled my world as we continued to fall towards the ground. But then…
everything became quiet… And I couldn’t feel a thing.
-----------------------------------------HALF AN HOUR EARLIER--------------------------------------------
“Fucking hell *groan* this shit looks so fucking easy in the movies! *groan* A-almost there! J-just a little bit longer!”
I know what you are thinking but no…. Just…. No.
I was climbing through the Ventilation system…Vertically. As you could've guest, the ventilation system from the basement had to go UP at some point, but at the moment it felt like UP was the only direction it was going.
But I am not surprised by this though. I could tell that this was a basement from the start which must mean that this may not just be a house but a building too! It does make sense due to the fact that I AM an alien to them am I not? Think about this, if you found a alien you wouldn't just keep him in your basement now wouldn't you?
If you would then I am sorry to say that you are not the kind of person that would have survived in a horror movie. Just sayin’.
I kept on climbing until I came up to a cross way with three ways to go.
UP
LEFT
FORWARD
“Ok lets see… I was facing the door while I started to climb so technically it leads out of the basement. I can’t risk taking a direct way out of this place because I have no idea how the place outside looks like. I might get caught as fast as I exit the vent…”
I gave a big sigh, and thought about my options. Going back and wait another two weeks is not even on the map! Fuck those ponies and their princess! If they really thought that they could keep me imprisoned like a fucking animal then they are greatly mistaken.
“I can just sneak around this place, studying the surroundings until someONE shows up. I’ll then hide somewhere, probably in a closet or something. They will then notice my escape and panic, and while they are panicking and searching for me outside I’ll escape from the back door or from a window. I. AM. BRILLIANT!”
And now you guys are wondering, why the fuck am I talking out loud inside a ventilation system when I am clearly trying to be stealthy? Let me inform you that I overheard Twilight talking to spike about going out for a while and she wants him to go out and buy some quills or some shit like that. I highly doubt that Fluttershy is still here. So when I heard them leaving I started to search the ventilation hatch. And after a few minutes of searching I finally found it.
All I had to do was to place my hands on the ceiling and hope that I touched the right spot. So I jumped around for a while until I finally touched the right place, revealing the hatch. So I just flipped my bed so its long side was pointing up and climbed on top of it and screwed loose the screws.
And how did I do that you may ask? Well, I used the knife they gave me for my pancakes. The fork was rather useless but the knife did the trick. How stupid can that pony be?! First she tells me that there is an air ventilation above my head and now she gave me the proper tools to break out? Either she is stupider than she looks or… Or maybe… It was a trap.
“Eh screw it. I’ll go forward and take the situation as it may come.”
Said and done. I started now to crawl towards the basement exit and hoped that I would end up somewhere pleasant. As I crawled toward the unknown, I noticed that I was getting close to another hatch. When I got to the hatch I started to look down, trying to see where I was going.
But all I could see was a kitchen table with three chairs… Could be more but the hatch didn’t have many peak-holes so to say. So I decided to keep on crawling forward. But just as I was over the hatch…
I could feel the hatch gave in and I started to fall down towards the table.
I hit the hard wooden table with a crash. The table in question broke down as I crashed right through it. My back started to hurt like hell and I was groaning in pain as I turned around, trying to both see if someone heard me and find something to help me up.
“Not so fast there partner!” someone said as I could feel both my hands and legs getting tied together really fast. I was so dizzy after the crash that I didn’t even notice the person or whatever it was that was tying me up.
My eyes were blurry as I looked around, trying to find out what was going on. When finally my vision got back to its former glory I noticed a orange pony with blond mane talking to Spike… wait. Spike?!
“What… The fuck is going… On?” I said with a groan.
“Trying to break out again I see?” Spike said with a smug as he walked up to me. He didn’t look scared at all now, probably because I was tied up this time.
“I thought… That you were outside…” My head was getting clearer now. My hands and both my feet were tied together like they tie up a calf in rodeo. Which doesn't surprise me at all due to the fact that the orange pony was wearing a typical cowboy hat and had a thicker western accent than Clint Eastwood.
“Twilight knew that you were going to try to escape, so she made sure that you would overhear our “plans” so you would think that we are not here.”
Outsmarted by a pony… Yay.
“Where is Twilight then?” This ain't good. This stealth mission just transformed into a fast pacing escape mission. I have to find a way out quickly.
“Twi’ went to sugarcube corner to buy some cupcakes. While Spike and i here got instructed to stay here and see if you actually would be so gosh darned foolish to escape through the ventilation system”
“Charming, but how did you two figure out that I would go here of all places?!”
“Dude, you talked to yourself for at least ten minutes in there! Anypony could’ve figure it out where you were” Spike said while giving me that god forsaken smug. That’s it! I don’t care if he is just a child, he will be the first one to be introduced to my fist.
Ok, I found out a way to get me out of this mess. Its risky and downright silly but hey, I’m ready to go all in.
“Yeah, yeah, congratulations to you two for actually caught the infamous Martin Patric Olin Holm. But would the cowgirl be so kind to get me a glass of water? All this defeat gives a man a thirst.”
“Ah guess ah can give you a glass of water, but no funny business you hear me?”
“Where would you get such an idea from?”
The cowgirl rolled her eyes as she turned around and walked towards the sink to get me some water. Far away enough to let me to do what I was gonna do.
“Say spike”
“What?” he said while looking down at me, the fact that he was just a foot away from me makes this a lot easier.
“Is that really a red gemstone?”
Spike actually looked behind him to see what I was talking about! I took my chance and grabbed his foot and quickly turned myself around which made him lose his balance and fell down on his back. I quickly turned myself around again so I could hit him on his stomach. It resulted in him breathing out a big green flame. Big enough to cover both my hands and my legs! When the green flame was gone so was the rope! Thank you magical immunity!
I quickly got myself up and grabbed Spikes arm and pulled him towards me. I turned him around and placed my left arm around his throat and covered his mouth with my right hand.
“Hush now quiet now, Just play along and nothing bad will happen ok?” I said to spike as I awaited the orange pony.
“What in tarnation is going on- SPIKE?! Let him go you monster!” The orange one said as she now found out what the riff raff was about.
“Oh don’t you worry partner, I will leave this poor gecko alone as long as you let me go”
“H-how did you get out of the rope?!”
“You can thank your friend here, without his magical flames of shitness I wouldn’t be standing here right now”
“Just let him go!”
“How about this; you show me a way out without getting seen by your ugly kind and I’ll let Spikey Wikey here go”
“No”
"Excuse me?"
“Ah said: no. Ah won't let you get away and ah won't let you hurt Spike”
“Quite an ambitious goal you got there blondie, but let me inform you that I WILL do what it takes to get out of here. Breaking a few skulls is a small price to pay for such a sweet possession as freedom”
I am lying of course. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but they don't know that, now do they?
“Ahm not born yesterday fella’. Both you and ah know that you are in a bad position here. You can’t walk outside the front door. And you can’t walk past me. And if you as much crack a scale on Spikes head ah will make you regret everything you have done."
She was right, there’s not much I can do here. I can however take her down I think. This is not my first time being in a brawl and it won't be the last. But I would hate to harm a colorful talking pony if I didn’t have to.
“Aren’t you a smart one” I said as I was starting to back away from the pony and got myself and Spike at the front door. The orange one was of course following us but kept a safe distance, waiting for a chance to save her friend.
She didn’t answer me so I took my time to look around the room. I noticed that there was a stair at the other side of the room… If I get this right, I may be able to get up and jump out of a window before the orange one gets close to me. The fact that she have hoofs and not feet gives me an advantage when it comes to stairs running… I hope.
“You are right… There’s no point in creating a scene in vain…” and with that I loosen my grip on Spike. He broke himself free and was just about to run to his friend, but then I did something I am not proud of.
“I’m sorry Spike” He didn’t have time to react before I slammed my fist at the back of his head as hard as I could. The poor dragon fell forward as a lifeless doll as I took off and ran towards the stairs
“SPIKE!!”
The orange one ran to her friend and tried to wake him up. She saw that he was knocked out completely. A grimace filled with anger and pure rage formed on her face. She looked towards the stairs and saw that I was halfway up and was close to Twilights bedroom
“OH NO YOU DONT!” she yelled as she ran towards the stairs and headed towards me. I misjudged her speed. She was at least twice as fast as me and was getting close to me already.
I started to panic and continued to run up the stairs and not entering the bedroom as I was planning to do. I was getting close to the top floor when I felt something bite me in my left leg. I fell down in pain and turned around quickly to see that the fricking pony was actually biting my leg! By pure reflexes I delivered a well placed punch on the mare’s left eyes and once she was letting my leg go I kicked her on her chest with my good foot.
She fell down the stairs and stopped in front of Twilights bedroom. But I didn’t waste time checking if she was ok so I kept on walking up the stairs. Now that my left leg was not in the shape it used to be, it slowed my walking down. But I eventually found my way to the top of the building. And I could not believe my eyes.
“Its… A tree house?!”
I was stunned as I stood there at the top of the tree house. Sure, I could see a lot of strange houses but I was right now standing on a small circle made of boards and a fence around me with a telescope besides me ON TOP OF A TREE! WHICH WAS ALSO A HOUSE!
But I quickly pulled my shit together and started to look around for a way out. But I couldn’t find any. I could jump down however, but at my condition it wouldn’t be a smart move. My back was hurting like fuck and my leg started to bleed thanks to the pony. All I could do now was to turn around and…
I didn’t have time to react as I felt someone tackle me from behind. I spun around in midair so that my back hit the fence. The impact made the fence leave a nasty cracky noise that notified me it was at its breaking point.
I saw how the orange pony, now with a blue eye and without a hat, was running up to me and quickly turned around and kicked her back legs at me. I quickly grabbed them but it didn’t do much as my hands and her hoofs slammed into my chest which sent me backwards once more. But this time couldn’t the fence take the pressure. It broke as I collide with it. What the mare didn’t count with was that I was miraculously still holding her left hoof with an iron hand.
She got dragged with me as I was falling of the small platform. Luckily I got time enough to grab the edge of the boarded platform with my left hand. I saw that the orange one was hanging on her both front hoofs as well but she was about to lose her grip any second now.
“H-hold on!” I yelled as I was trying to get up myself so I could help that fool. But I noticed that there was no time for that as I saw her letting the board go.
I quickly reached out my hand and caught her front hoof just as she was about to fall down. Now we were both hanging for our life.
“Don’t let go!” The orange one yelled to me with a hint of panic in her voice.
“I won’t! Don't move too much or I’ll lose my grip!”
“Why are you helping me?! You tried to break out and was not afraid to crack some scull-”
“I LIED!” I yelled out loud. “I don’t want to hurt anybody! But you bloody bunch of piss didn’t give me much choice!”
I could feel that my grip was getting weaker and weaker every second.
What happens next? You already know that.
I could feel the air collide with my back and arms as it made my hair flutter erratically. I crashed through some branches but I was not able to express my pain as the crashes left me breathless and made it impossible to gain it back. The sound of the pony screaming in fear filled my world as we continued to fall towards the ground. But then…
everything became quiet… And I couldn’t feel a thing.