//------------------------------// // Equestria and the Mysterious Stones-Chapter 58 // Story: Equestria and the Mysterious Stones // by LunicStream1105 //------------------------------// Chapter 58: In the Castle??? "... We're free..." Tails happily stated, he looked around to get the scene. JetStream and somepony were flying, two other ponies were now just walking in, and two other were appearing from the capsule. He looked up. "I'm glad to see you again, JetStream." "Me too." JetStream responded as Midnight Blossom set JetStream back on the ground, landing next to him. JetStream looked over to her as she landed next to him, "Thanks." she looked at him. "You're welcome." she smiled back, but it soon dropped afterward. Midnight Blossom looked over to Celestia, "Celestia." she turned around. "Oh my, it's been a long time, Midnight Blossom." Twilight was confused for the moment. "You know her, Celestia?" she smiled. "Of course, her name is, Midnight Blossom. She is also the first batpony I've come across doing my own duties as well." Twilight looked at her as she embraced a pose. "Batpony?" she nodded. "Yep..." JetStream walked up to Tails. "... I don't get it though, Tails? How did everyone end up here?" Tails looked at JetStream as his expression became more worried. He sighed. "Yeah, we were just as confused to find ourselves being dragged to the castle without any explanation." JetStream gasped. "That's horrible." Tails scratched the back of his head. "It hurt too. What about you? How'd you escape?" JetStream looked down at the shiny, yet smudged floors. "Well... I woke up inside a grey sphere with the Tornado..." Tails shared the same expression. "Really? How'd you get out of it?" JetStream looked back at the saddle-bag he was carrying. "The Chaos Emeralds of course." he smiled. "Oh, I see, as it helped us before." JetStream nodded. Sonic and Knuckles looked toward were Eggman was sleeping. "I don't get it. There's no way he's still able to sleep..." Knuckles laughed sarcastically. "Why don't we go check?" he looked back at him. "Are you crazy? He'll probably pull up on us." Knuckles started walking to the throne. "We can't be too sure." he shrugged. "This wont turn out well..." Sonic followed after Knuckles anyway, shaking his head. Knuckles walked up to the throne, step after step. The window behind him revealed the moon and its white glow, Knuckles went up close. JetStream felt something, it was cold. Acting upon it, JetStream looked up toward the throne, "Kn-Knuckles! Stay away from there!" Knuckles noticed Eggman's head was shining, but was it supposed to that much? Everyone looked at JetStream, then toward the throne. Celestia fixed her glare at the throne, looking around closely. She felt her heart skip a beat. "Knuckles..." she got his attention in her firm voice. "Please do what, JetStream asks, I suggest the same." JetStream didn't expect Celestia to say something like that. Knuckles suddenly stopped and walked away. "Why? I don't see anything different..." Suddenly everything sounded like nothing, as there was no ambience whatsoever coming from outside. Then there was a near voice that spoke. "... But is it different you wonder?" Celestia rose up as everyone except JetStream looked at her. 'Are we even in Canterlot any more?' JetStream asked. It shocked him on what he saw outside. The top and bottom was red while a purple stripe went through the middle, you could also see little yellow lines moving behind them on the side. "Who speaks these words?" Celestia ordered an answer. It replied with nothing in return. JetStream turned around. "It's obviously different now." Everyone except Celestia looked at JetStream, "Take a look outside." What followed was a ton of gasps. "What's going on?" Twilight wondered. JetStream looked around, soon after he went up to the throne, it shocked him to find out that Eggman was no longer there. "Where'd he go?" he silently asked himself. JetStream looked up toward the window to noticed something was shining behind the wall. He moved to were he could see it, "How come we can still see the moon though?" JetStream looked at it closely, he looked at it with squinted eyes. But as seconds passed, the blank his stare got, his eyes ended up only have open at the bottom, and his mouth was neither a smile or frown. His whole eye changed to a dull gradient from gold to a dull yellow, and his head ended up in a slight tilt to the left. He was completely motionless. Celestia looked around, she stomped her hoof at the ground, "Release us at once!" yet there was no answer. Twilight was worried that Celestia is getting impatient. She doesn't really like her at this, although Twilight knows, they both know it's all for the sake of progress. JetStream, ever motionless staring at the moon, suddenly shifted, he slowly turned toward Celestia. His eyes turned normal, and his pace started to rise. He walked up near to Celestia and the others, only to suddenly shake his head, "Huh, wha?" he looked up, "Oh, Celestia!" she turned around, and so did Twilight. "Hello, JetStream." she answered back, JetStream gave a sheepish smile, fallowed by nervous laughter. "I hope we get out of here soon." JetStream suddenly uttered. Celestia smiled a worried expression. "I hope the same. If only I could retrieve some answers." she looked out the window. JetStream laughed lightly. "Eh, yeah..." ~~~Chapter End~~~