Chapter 55: From the lowest to the highest
Part 1
"So I've heard you're the one causing so much havoc around here lately." JetStream felt another cool chill down his spine, it was really cool outside as well, especially for a spring night.
"Well, I wouldn't say I was the one, causing it..."
"Oh really?" she looked full of doubt at JetStream.
"Y-yeah, I'd say I'm more in it, than behind it..." she looked directly into JetStream golden eyes.
"Well, so is-every-pony-else." JetStream looked like he felt guilty on that one. She was very good at persuading.
'Well, they are batponies...' JetStream mentally sighed, 'Alright, it's about time I should get going...' "Excuse me, eh, leader?"
"Yeah?" he directed his attention to JetStream.
"Although I have been here for hiding, I think I should finally get out and search for my friends." Midnight Blossom snickered.
"They're located in buildings, why take it so seriously?" JetStream sighed.
"Well, no, not these friends, they aren't." the pony behind Exteeled stood up.
"Then where are they?"
"Canterlot Castle..." they all gasped.
"Why are they there?" Exteeled asked.
"Because they were taken when I was somehow left alone, after I realized it, I went to hide." Exteeled paused.
"... But what made you assume?"
"Where else would Eggman go? Of course he would go to the highest authority." a pony left of the leader stood up.
"Then why don't we help you?"
"Wha-?" the pony on the right stood up as well.
"I agree, I rather do something than wait this out... If it ends..." JetStream nodded.
"Don't worry, it should. If we all put the trust and honesty to one another..." he turned to Midnight Blossom.
"We can all change this..." she nodded as well.
"I like it... But where are we going to start?" JetStream shrugged.
"Well, how about we check to see how those robots are going? With my keen eyesight for the night, I know I'll be able to spot them easily, com' on let's go." JetStream followed her as he looked back.
"Alright." after they both exited, four more ponies followed.
"You four be cautious out there."
"Right." they responded in unison. Midnight Blossom and JetStream were walking, when suddenly she stopped JetStream.
"What, what is it?" far behind them the other four ponies turned the same corner as Midnight Blossom signaled to tell them to hurry up, and they waited. As soon as they caught up, Midnight Blossom pointed up the sewers.
"The exit is right there, now be careful." all the ponies nodded, JetStream ended up behind all of them. He knows he's hiding from something that he has never done like before, "You especially, JetStream." JetStream sighed nervously.
'Great, they're worrying about me... But don't worry, with the ability I got with my Aura thus far will prove if I can pull this off.' he smiled to himself, she motioned them all to gallop outside the sewers.
'Here we go...'
Part 2
JetStream's thoughts were slow, as he looked up to figure they have already started trotting to another place of cover, "... Ah! Wait up!" JetStream paced himself as he nervously looked around, accidently bumping into the pony if front of him.
"Watch it."
"Sorry." they whispered, Midnight Blossom looked back at the pack.
"Be quiet, we don't want them to wonder..." JetStream silently sighed as they continued to the other side of the alleyway, Midnight Blossom stopped them in their tracks, "I'm going to peek the corner, stay here."
"Right." they nodded.
"..." JetStream felt something cold, and in sudden realization, he looked to the corner, "Midnight don't look around the corner!" he whispered loudly. She turned so quickly the end of her ears could've created a Sonic Rainboom.
"Why? What is it?" JetStream was hesitant, he panicked as he hasn't heard anything behind the corner, he didn't expect to put up an explanation.
"Becau-... uh..." he bit his lip, until he saw a shadow appear on the right side of the alley. The only thing the others saw was JetStream looking up without a clue in the world, he held his hoof up, "That..." he said quietly. The robot was passing to the left side as the other ponies turned around.
"They were made so quiet..." the pony stated.
"Why wouldn't they? They were meant to find ponies..." Exteeled responded.
"It's something we don't needed to be reminded of."
"Yeah..."
"Hey JetStream, how'd ya know?" Midnight Blossom looked back at him.
"How'd I know? It's called Aura, I work and practice with it. What you saw was some of its effects." JetStream scratched the back of his head with a worried expression as if he didn't want to brag. Midnight Blossom looked like she was in a lot of thought.
"Aura... Aura, where have I heard that before?" JetStream jumped up.
"You've heard of it before?"
"Obviously..." she looked outside of the alley.
"But we need to get going to the castle." JetStream nodded.
"Yeah." 'Well, she apparently comes from a land off of Equestria, maybe there was a chance for her to hear about it...' As soon as Midnight Blossom checked around the alley, there were no robots around, she signaled them it was fine, so they all walked out afterward. They all stood in the middle of one.
"Where's the castle from here anyway?"
"Left. Over there." she pointed. They started walking on the same road to get to the castle, either it wasn't far away, or it was bigger then it seemed. JetStream turned to Midnight Blossom.
"Is Canterlot the first place you visited?" she sighed with a smile.
"Yes, I did. And when I did, I caught attention I couldn't control... that's when I ended up in Canterlot Castle, talking with Celestia herself." JetStream jumped in surprise.
"Wow, you talked to her too? You were really lucky." JetStream smiled.
"You ended up talking to Celestia as well?" JetStream shrugged.
"Yeah, but not exactly in that way. It was back at least two years ago. Some event was being held from Altamare to Canterlot. And I wanted to go because of what I could see as I went." Midnight Blossom looked at JetStream in an annoyed way, he sighed, "Long or short."
"Short."
"... I walked on clouds."
"What!?" all three of them yelled in unison.
Part 3
"Are you pulling lies?" Midnight Blossom gave JetStream a serious stare, he held his hoofs up.
"No, no way. I got to thank my Mom's magic for pulling it off." he scratched the back of his head.
"So she's a Unicorn?" JetStream nodded, "Of course. She used this spell that abled me and my Mom to walk on clouds when we went to watch my Dad." she gave him a look.
"So your Dad's, a Pegasus?" JetStream nodded.
"Mmmhmm." she looked back at the ground like she saw something,
"You look a little thought-heavy..." JetStream noticed, Midnight Blossom looked back to see their reactions, they were quite surprised as well. JetStream sighed.
"Why is everypony so quiet all of a sudden?" she looked at JetStream.
"Well, if this is true..." she got to JetStream ear, "You know about, mating, right?" JetStream blushed.
"Maybe a little...?" he was unsure, and worried about saying yes and no, she smiled.
"Don't worry about where we're going with this, it's just..." she pulled away, "That more than likely, there are chances if a Unicorn and a Pegasus meet, you'll have a tiny-bit-larger-than-slim chance of being an Alicorn." JetStream jumped up.
"Really? That's interesting." she bounced her head back and forth knowing the facts.
"Yeah, it is. But usually it ends up only being a Unicorn or Pegasus. But I guess you could say it is quite rare for an Earth pony to be out of that as well." it suddenly looked like she got caught up in something.
"How do you know all this? Being a, batpony and all..." she looked at JetStream as his blush went away.
"Have I told you how long I've been here?"
"No..."
"Good, now let's keep moving..." they were coming up on a alleyway to their right, as they passed it JetStream decided to look across it.
"Ah!" all the ponies jumped and looked around.
"What is it?" JetStream took a deep breath.
"... Across the alleyway..." Midnight Blossom went up to JetStream.
"Then calm down and be quiet, they can't walk through those. And you better count ourselves lucky we're not even caught yet." they all continued walking the path, JetStream sighed.
"Don't say that, we might actually..." there was a sound behind JetStream, "... Be caught..." he saw one robot on his tail.
"Go, go, go!" Midnight Blossom demanded, "Com' on JetStream!" he turned quickly and followed them, just as soon as the robot shot some sort of arm that held some crane like object, JetStream jumped at the sound of it, and even almost fell trying to balance himself. Exteeled turned to Midnight Blossom.
"Where are we going to?"
"Like I said before, we'll hide in the alleyways. They can't reach us there." they turned the nearest corner into an alley, where it gets all dark and shaded over, especially at night. But the moon was at its highest peak, therefore it shimmered the Sun's shining light.
"You know what?" JetStream wondered as he looked directly toward the silhouette covered moon, "If it was said that Celestia took control of the Sun and Moon, how come she's still able to do it even though she's practically in danger?" Midnight Blossom sighed.
"As small as the question is, that actually worries me..." JetStream thought the same.
"We better hurry."
Part 4
JetStream looked left and right, "Do you see that castle?" she grabbed a quick breathe.
"It looks like it's just up there, we'll be there soon. But we should know we're going in quiet."
"We are?" Exteeled wondered.
"Of course, it's not like were going in their obvious." Midnight Blossom answered. JetStream looked up, as he saw a good half of the castle already.
'We're getting their faster than I thought.' after they passed a few more allies, Midnight Blossom turned into an alleyway.
"This way, we're cutting paths." JetStream was still looking at the castle, he looked down to notice he saw a pony going right.
'Whew, almost lost them...' he turned right once he reached it.
"Hurry up, JetStream. You're falling behind." JetStream grit his teeth.
"I know, I know." he went ahead and pushed himself faster, 'I didn't want to go that fast... I wanted to have the stamina.' "I might be using it anyway..." they reached the end of the alleyway and were galloping to the next.
"After this one, we're turning left."
"Got it." they responded. The moon's shimmering light disappeared as they entered the next alley. All they heard were the clip-clop of their hoofs hitting the smooth stones of the alleyways for a fine ten seconds, but then it all came back as they were told to turn left to get to the castle. Up ahead they saw two robots that both went left and right.
"I guess the robot security is going to get thicker, be careful."
'If running to this thicker security is your way of figuring a way to hide...' he comforted himself with humor, '... Alright, then...' as they passed that same road, they all looked left and right. But it seemed they already turned another direction, they were no where to be seen.
"Take a right, here." she turned sharply into the alleyway, and the rest followed. JetStream could briefly see the castle from the alley.
"Yes, we're almost there."
"Left." as they did follow Midnight Blossom, a beep was heard behind them, "Whoops! Hurry, it found us!" he light in the front clicked on and focused on them as they galloped away at a more speedy pace, it didn't look likely for the robot to catch them. Although what they didn't notice was the crashed Tornado was on that same road, and since JetStream heard it suddenly, he went from looking at the castle to a full gallop. The biplane with its colors, blended into Canterlot as well. JetStream ended up tripping over one of the plane's wheels at his upmost speed. He ended up tumbling, and as soon as he stopped he was able to get a good look at the robot behind him, JetStream's fur was covered in dirt. He stood back up coughing, turned around and attempted to gallop away even though he knew it would leave him astray to the others, all he wanted to do was avoid this thing. As soon as he did, the robot started talking.
"That thing can talk!?"
"... Target... Spotted... Initiating Capture..."
"Aw, heck..." JetStream cursed. He tried to speed up, only to realize the castle was just to his right, so he tried to make it before it- The robot shot the same crane out of its arm. Just before JetStream could ever make it passed the building due to how tired he was galloping, the crane struck and gripped on the bottom of his right back leg. A sharp yelp followed him hitting the stone paths, 'I need, to buck this thing... off!' as he tried harder, it only made him more tired. The suspense of seeing that monster as it slowly approached the corner was something JetStream didn't want to happen. Although it's only one limb, it's still connected to the robot, which means he knew when wasn't going anywhere far." then in all of the intense terror, JetStream just suddenly stopped, followed by the longest pause, "... Just one more..." he didn't have the time, and he hoped he could gather the strength as well, as he could see the robot at any time now.
Part 5
"Oh, Celestia give me the strength..." JetStream bucked at the crane for the last time, if it didn't work he would have no where to go. It didn't budge, but JetStream did notice a crack, "That's good." he tried hitting it against the stone, hoping it would damage it further. After a couple of hits, the crack spread. A cold wave went through JetStream's spine as he heard the robot once more, "Come on... Come on!" he yelled through grit teeth, his voice was starting to crack as well. On the fifth hit, JetStream saw the crane break before his eyes, "Yes!" but just as the robot was visible, "No!" JetStream quickly got up as fast as he could. Although the crane was broken, it was still hanging on, JetStream noticed as he galloped away, "Come on! Let go!" the robot pulled his arm back in, "Oh no!" JetStream could hear that horrible whirring sound coming from the robots arm. Soon enough the steel rope was full stretched. The crane instantly yanked off of JetStream, although free now, the yank from the crane lost his balance, "Please, just before it fires another." he pleaded and picked up speed. JetStream looked around Canterlot, "Where did they go!?" as he looked in certain spots, he suddenly remembered that they couldn't reach them in alleyways, "Alright, lets go for it." he turned to his right and aimed for the alley, the robot behind him didn't ever get another chance to fire. As he galloped for the alley he noticed there was another robot to his right, roaming the path, "Oh great..." despite what JetStream had, he decided to race for it. Keeping his eyes on the robot and the alleyway, as soon as he got close he knew he was home free. But it was suddenly lost when the robot fired his crane arm, as it was shot some inches above the ground, JetStream instantly went down to the ground to slide into the alley and ended up rubbing against the boiling on the right. As soon as he stopped, he looked back behind him. The robot went back to doing what it regularly did, and didn't even act like it saw him, "Weird..." he looked at his right side to make sure it was okay, he sighed in relief, "... How did I make that?" he asked himself in victory. He took a moment to catch his breathe. Out in the distance he heard.
"JetStream!" he stood up and looked around.
"Hello? Is that you, Exteeled?"
"We're right behind you." JetStream looked around, and was never happier.
"Thank, Celestia you're alright." Midnight Blossom pleaded. She noticed him covered with scars and dirt, "I told you to be careful." both ponies gave her an angry look. As Exteeled looked at JetStream, she noticed there was a big impression on his right back leg.
"What happened there?"
"I got those cranes off of me... And apparently I'm some sort of target too." Midnight Blossom looked at JetStream in a way.
"What do you mean by that?"
"They didn't want me in a building for holding, they wanted to capture me."
"Well, duh." the pony behind Exteeled spoke, "Why didn't you think everypony got mysterious at the mention of your name?" JetStream sighed.
"Right." Midnight Blossom walked to the end of the alley.
"... How far is... the castle?" JetStream asked,
"We're in luck, as it's right up there." JetStream sighed in relief.
"... Maybe we'll make it in time..."
~~~Chapter End~~~