"Great, I'm in a forest and I have zero clue on where I am right now."
Its been about 20 minutes since my clone got taken away by the guard, and I can safely say that I got lost while following the trail...
I could probably climb a tree to see if I can find Ponyville. But I'm sure a fall like that would break my neck...
...Wait... Didn't I jump off a cliff at some point in this little 'adventure' to get to where I am now?
The gears in my head started turning as I realized that I just wasted 20 minutes walking in what feels like circles.
"Damnit! Why am I so stupid!" I'm getting sick of this place! Not only is the fact that I'm now a rabbit throwing me through a loop, but I keep forgetting that I'm in a fricken cartoon where I could probably fall from Canterlot and still live EVEN if no one caught me!
After taking a quick "huff" in annoyance; I start climbing a taller looking tree to help get a better idea on where the hell I am.
Almost immediately, I get a good look of Ponyville and the train that's leaving from it.
"Okay Carter, think! As of right now; for who knows how long. I'm gonna have an easy time getting around. It's not until someone realizes that the idiot they took is fake, that I'm gonna have to take extra caution again..."
For a split second I took a glance at the Everfree Forest too see if I could find Trixie. But I immediately turned my head away and started to stare at Ponyville again to figure out a plan.
Part of me wanted to go in that forest to find her, but I knew that it would be almost pointless... Besides, if she isn't captured; she could probably find me when everyone figures out that im still on the run...
She did last time...
Of course something clicked in my head... If they think I'm currently captured. Then that means they probably won't be watching the trains as closely this time!
Good News: That means I'll have an easy ride to where ever the train is going.
Bad News: Unless I want to get nearly ran over like in the Crystal Empire, I'm gonna have to go into Ponyville, (which is currently a town that looks like it's on lockdown.) And I have to hope the train is taking me somewhere that's closer to the Crystal Empire.
This isn't gonna be easy... But then again... It never was.
I didn't like the idea of going back into Ponyville, but it was the only thing I could do... Other then take a hike across the whole country which is dangerous in itself.
Climbing down the tree, I get ready yo make my approach in Ponyville.
I was able to make my way I to the town, but it feels like an hour or two has passed...
I decided that it would probably be wise to slowly make my way in instead of just walking in and saying "hey guys! I'm over here!"
So I guess I can't complain about how long it took. On the way though, I saw Twilights Library surrounded by the royal guards. I could take a guess and say that they had my clone in there for questioning. But that doesn't matter right now, because just like before, I'm hiding somewhere by the train station and I'm gonna need a way to get on the thing.
Taking a look around, I saw a few richer looking ponys sitting and socializing around the station waiting for their train too allow them to board.
From the way they are dressed, I dosen't take a genius to see that they are from Canterlot. But I would need a way to get on the train without anyone noticing.
"Uh Sir? Are you sure you want me to move all of that?" Closer by the building, I can see what looks like a more middle aged earth pony stallion talking with an older looking unicorn that's next to a giant tower of luggage.
"Yep, these are richer folk, so they usually bring a lot of luggage."
"Could I atleast start off with a smaller job?" The seemingly new employe must have just asked for the wrong job at the wrong time.
"No. Now get to work!" Was the last thing the "boss" said before walking away.
Taking one last look at the pile, he sighed and started to take the bags in front of him and began to put them in a cargo hold.
... Okay, I think I know how I'm gonna get on that train.
From where I was hiding, I was gonna need to cross the street and get into one of the bags.
The street wasn't the problem though, getting past the train station while making sure no one sees me was gonna be the tricky part...
"Oh Mr. Sqeekie! Where are you?" A mare started yelling.
I raised an eyebrow before seeing a cute little dog run from under my legs from inside the ally, all the way to his owner. "There you are! And to think I thought you ran away!" She than sat down and picked him up to start hugging him, and even from here I could see the dog start licking her face in response.
A metiforical light bulb then just went off in my head.
"My clothes are pretty much destroyed anyway."
Striping off the remains of what were my clothes, I was thankful to see that I didn't have to worry about any genitals showing... I also was able to see that I did in fact have a fluffy little tail!
"Okay, maybe if I crouch down and keep myself small, I can blend in." Looking convincing would be hard... After all, I'm pretty sure I'm the size of a pony when I'm fully standing up...
"Okay here go's nothing."
Slowly making my way out of the ally, I take a quick look both ways before I cross the street before I start (crawling) to the train station.
The ponys all started to look at me, but they looked more surprised then anything. I was beginging to feel nervous that I might have just screwed everything up.
"Wow, that's a big rabbit."
"Aww, the thing looks like it hurt itself. I wonder what happend to it?"
"Why would it wonder over here? Does it need help?"
I was slightly relieved to hear that they didn't know who I was. But was even more worried when I saw some of the ponys start to approach me. So I started to kinda scurry my way over too where the new employee is to try to start making my move.
He thankfully immidatly noticed me and turned away from his work. "Hey there little buddy! What are you up too?"
I'll be honest, I didn't know what to do next...
I began to get closer to the baggage before he gets in front of me saying "sorry little guy, I can't let you touch these." He then got close to my ear whispering "I don't want to lose my job because of you." He then pushed me away in hopes that I would leave him alone.
Looking around, I could still see most of the ponys were looking towards my direction.
Ugh, if only I could make a distraction...
Suddenly the trains whistle started to blow before I hear someone say "all aboard!"
The crowd then turned their attention away from me before they all started to make their way into the train.
"Crud! I need to hurry up!" The employee then started to pick and throw the bags into the trains cargo hold.
I immidatly noticed something... Me and this guy were alone for the moment...
After waiting an extra second to see if someone comes by, I stand up to my full hight and quickly punch the unsuspecting employee across the face, knocking him out.
Yeah, it wasn't a rabbit like thing to do... But the beautiful thing about this is that I'm still a human on the inside, so I can choose to be either when ever I want!
While he was out, I quickly open one of the bigger bags that are still in the pile and empty enough stuff until I can fit inside. I then zip up the bag from inside and begin the waiting game.
"What are you doing!" I can hear someone scream from outside my bag.
"I'm paying you to do a job! Not to sleep around!" A pained groan could be heard as a response.
"Get up and let me help you! We need to do this quick or this thing will never leave!"
"Ugh, yes sir!" It's then the bags slowly could be heard being picked up and put into the train.
"What happend to all of this luggage here?!" Oh crap!
"I don't know... maybe someone dug through them to steal something?"
The boss started to get a paniced tone in his voice.
"Uhh, okay you take all of this stuff and put it in the Lost and Found!"
"What? But sir, why don't we just tell the owner that something happend to their bag?" That was honestly a good question, but as of right now, I'm happy with the bosses judgement.
"Because! If you go and tell them that somepony just rummaged through their baggage, there will be a complaint and MAYBE a lawsuit if they lost something valuable enough!" There was a brief moment of silence before the boss continued and said. "Just do as I say and put the stuff in lost and found!"
"Yes sir!"
Immediately after, I feel the bag that I'm in be picked up and put on a metal surface.
Okay... I'm on and nothing from here can go wrong!
"Next stop! Los Pegasus!"
God damnit!
Well... I hope they have a taxi I can use.