One short nap later, I still find myself in the bag on a moving train. I gotta say though, I got bored pretty quickly when I realized that I couldn't really do anything...

If ponys didn't hate me before, they sure as hell are gonna hate me now... But besides that, I would like to find replacement clothing. It's surprisingly cold outside not being able to wear something... Even if my clothes were just a tatterd pieces of cloth before.

I (sadly) was gonna have to put up with the fact that I wouldn't be able to steal clothing since none of it would fit right... I can't exactly wear something that has the arm holes in the front of the shirt instead of the sides.

I have a quick sigh in frustration before I started to wonder if they found out about my clone yet.

Alright, now that he's here I can get ready to request the princess to come.
"Spike, take a letter!" It's been about an hour since the outlaw tried to escape again, but this time he didn't get far!

"Yes sir!"
I can't help but to smile while surpressing a chuckle at his comment; he always said that to mess with me... But that's why he's my assistant.

Turning my attention back at the rabbit, I look at how he's tied up... As well as how the guards tied up his mouth to prevent him from talking...
I didn't question why they did it, after all, it could just be a punishment for something he did.

But anyway, now that we have him captured AGAIN. Maybe we can have the Princess question him since we didn't get him to say anything important last time.

"Dear Princess Celestia. This letter is here to inform you that we have the Rabbit Outlaw known as Carter, in our custody... again.
So as of right now, you can feel free to come over to the Libary anytime for any questions you want to personally ask him.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

"Alright Spike, you got everything written down?"
"Yes sir! Twilight Sparkle sir!" I rolled my eyes while smiling at him.
"It's Ms. Twilight Sparkle; I'm not a colt." I said joking around with him. "Anyways, just send it and we can begin the waiting game."
Giving one last salute, Spike took a deep breath before breathing fire into the letter to send it off to the princess.

Taking another look at him. I saw that he had a... blank look on his face... normally (from what I recall last time we had him,) he always had a more ... thoughtful expression when watching me. But now it's like I'm looking into the eyes of a animal.

While I'm observing this though, I notice a bright flash go off behind me. I turned around and immediately started to bow down at the sight of Princess Celestia.

"It's alright Twilight. I'm just here for a few quick questions, then I'll be on my way." Nodding, I turn to Spike and say. "You can go outside and enjoy yourself. Me and the Princess will just quickly try to get this done." He smiled and gave hiss thanks before running out of the library leaving me and the Princess with our prisoner.
I then stepped behind the Princess as she made her way over to him.

She slowly got closer to his unmoving face to see if she could get any sort of reaction out of him.
"Hmm." The princess thoughtfully hummed.

"Is it okay for me to remove the binds from his mouth?" The princess then asked.
"Uhh, sure. I'm not even sure why the guards tied up his mouth anyway."

Without saying anything else, the princess used her magic to undo the bind before asking her first question.
"Where did you come from?"
The criminal just stared at her before saying. "Well... I don't really know."

"You don't know where you came from? Then how did you get here?" I could tell the princess was trying to be gentle with him. But I'm honestly not sure why.

"Well... This could end badly." The criminal remained near emotionless when saying these words... I knew something was off about him.

"How so? Are you being hunted by something other then my guards?"
"Well... I don't think I'll need a ticket."
Celestia cocked her head sideways at this.

"Twilight, I believe your prisoner is defective."
Weird. Normally he would make some sort of remark or try to avoid a question. Heck, he normally looks kinda scared of us at times... But now he is just staring at us.
"Yeah, he normally woundn't be THIS uncooperative. Maybe we're missing something in what he's saying."
"Could some sort of spell or enchantment have been cast on him to prevent him from making coherent comments?" The princess brings up a good point.
"Perhaps. Shall I check for any spells or would you rather do it?"
Princess Celestia smiles at me before saying. "Allow me."

She then uses her magic to surround the rabbit, who still remains unfazed at anything we are saying or doing.
"Hmm, I've seen his type of magic before. But I can't quite place my hoof on where it's from... I know that this magic isn't from any modern day unicorn though."
Not from any modern unicorn? I suppose that could rule out any of Trixie's Magic.
"Perhaps if we ask our questions carefully, we can figure out this mystery."

"O.P?" The Princess wondered outloud. "Twilight! This might be our first clue!"
"Well, do you have any idea on what it could mean?" She shook her head in response.

Either one of two things could have happened. They could have figured out he's a clone and could be doing tests on him. Or he could be distracting them by saying stupid stuff...

It's not like it's gonna matter. If Los Pegusus is anything like Los Vegas, then there will be guards and civilians everywhere.
So I'll most likely get caught anyway.

I guess I'll get some more rest while I wait... I gotta be ready to run after all.

"Why don't you join the changlings?" ... This voice in my dream returned again...

The answer just seemed obvious to me. "Because it wouldn't have been the morally correct thing to do."

"You could have gained ally's though! You could have made your life a lot easier if you joined them!" He isn't wrong. But that doesn't mean I should just start hurting the ponies for no reason.
"Why do you insist on wanting me to join? And who are you exactly?" It could be Discord... but now that I think about it; I doubt he would want to help the changlings with taking over Equestria. He could do that on his own.

"My identity will remain a secret unless you join the changlings, I can't keep protecting you if you won't make things easier for me In return!"

It was starting to become clear to me that this voice wasn't just some part of my imagination. Could it be some sort of Changling Spy? Or maybe a pony that wants to help Them?

"But who's to say that you have to help them? They may just take you to the mirror without wanting anything in return!"

"Because I doubt that's how it would work. The Changlings are attempting to take over Equestria in an attempt for food. They would have absolutely no reason to help me. If anything, what would happen is that I would help them and they wouldn't help me."

"Then you will receive no more aid from me." I felt cold chill run down my back as he said this.

"Fine, if my voice in my head is allied with the changlings, then I want no part of you!"
I could hear quiet mumbling in return before he spoke more clearly saying "You'll regret this choice. In fact, you might regret it the minute you wake up."

As he said this, everything started to melt away as I started to wake up from my dream.

I wake up with heavy breathing; and run my hand across my forehead as I wipe the cold sweat that was starting to come down to my face.
Not even a moment later, the cargo door opens and I get grabbed and pulled out of the train; only to see both an employee of the station and a guard right in my face.

"Oh, would ya look at this! We got a live criminal on our hooves!" Crap!
Without even a chance for escape, I get grabbed by both stallions and start getting dragged off.

"How did you guys know that-" was all I could say before being cut off by the guard. "We got a heads up from some reliable information."

'Reliable information?' Who could have said anything about me? Did someone in Ponyville see me punch that baggage employee?

"Anyhoo, we even took the time to prepare a carriage for your arrival while we waited." They told me while I was being dragged to said empty carriage.
This carriage was similar to the one that I was put in at Ponyville, the only difference is that it's not a cage and more of a cell that had one open window that was just big enough for you to see the back of the drivers head.

As I got shoved in, they slammed the door behind me and (needless to say,) locked it.
"Your a slippery rodent, I'll give you that. But like all criminals, you will get caught eventually."
I smile as I think of the perfect comeback. "You mean like all the changlings that are in the city's?"
I could hear him growl at me in return. "Those buggers will take some time to catch, but we will get them eventually!" He said as he started to pull the cart.

"Just do me a favor and keep quiet; It's gonna be a long ride across the city to get to the L.P.G.S. If your lucky, I might start telling ya stories.

"L.P.G.S?" I say with a eyebrow raised.
"Los Pegusus Guard Station is what it stands for, you stupid rodent."
I open my mouth to say something else back to him, but hesitate before sighing and sitting down on the floor.

I start staring at the floor as I let my mind wander on what I can do about this situation I'm in.

Thinking back as to how I got here, I start wondering as to why my TV became a portal. Did something here make it? Or was it made another world? Maybe one of my video games?

Although most bronys wouldn't probably dislike this idea, I still had a life to live back on Earth.
And even if I didn't have any sort of life, I'm an established criminal right now and can't really live a comfortable life without my past actions biting me in the bum later.

"Ya know." The guard spoke up. "You remind me of this other criminal that I had to drag to the station. She made a huge mess and caused a bunch of mischief. And kid; I'll tell you, she sure had a mouth on her... That in itself scored her a few extra weeks in jail." The guard said while chuckling to himself.

Part of me just wanted to stay quiet, but the other part wanted to take part in the conversation.
"What did she do?" I ask despite the fact I wanted to stay quiet.

"She was just a fraud magician. Quite frankly, I don't even know why ponys become magicians! Magic is such a common thing in the world that anypony who lives in a city or town can see most spell in a few days time." I seem to have got him talking...

It's then something he said crossed my mind.
'We got a heads up from some reliable information.'

"I told you earlier, somepony told us."
"And you didn't question it? He just said 'this criminal got on this train' and you believed it?"
I could hear he started to get annoyed at me. "It didn't happen like that, and I don't have to tell you how It did happen! You're just a no good criminal after all. Now be quiet! We're almost to the station."

Slumping back, I can't help but replay that conversation in my head to see how I could have done that better... But I suppose it didn't matter. Even if I knew who did it, I doubt I would go out to try and find them.

Right as I finished that thought, the cart stopped and I could hear the guard start getting ready to open my door to let me out.

"I trust your not gonna try anything when I open this here door, right?"
The thought of doing something was tempting. But I honestly liked the idea of being somewhere safe more then the idea of being chased by every guard in the city...
I already went through that experience once and I don't need to re-live it.

I hopped out of the cage and stood still for a few seconds to help reassure that I wasn't gonna go anywhere. Looking at the building behind him, I could see that it is indeed that guard station that he was talking about.

The easiest way to describe this place is that it looked about three stories tall and looked about maybe 2,000 square feet? Maybe? I'm no construction expert but I think that would sound about right.

"Enough staring, get moving."
Keeping my mouth shut, I walk past him and into the front door of the station with him following right behind.
The entrance to this place was a waiting room with white walls, a few chairs, the receptionists counter with said receptionist behind it... and nothing else really. This is as plain of a waiting room it could get.

"She was right!" The guard behind me said. "The outlaw really was on that train." The receptionist seemed to get a surprised look on her face.
"Well I don't believe it..."
"I'll go put him in one of the cells before I ask the captain to send a letter to one of the higher ups." She nods in response before going through some paper that's on her desk.
I get led down a hall and up some stairs before I make a turn past an open door that leads into another hall that's lined with empty cells.

"I see that you guys stop a lot of crime in this city." I say as a quick remark.
The guard gives a quick chuckle before saying "can't catch crime when there isn't any."
He then opens one of the cells before telling me to get in.

Walking in the cell, I sit on the relatively low bed as I watch him lock it and walk away.

As low as this bed is though, I think I could probably squeeze under it if I wanted to hide... It would probably be more comfortable under it then on top of it anyway.
"I'll be back soon, now don't go anywhere." He says as he leaves the hall while closing the door as he leaves.

Minutes pass as I sit in this cell, no other prisoners to be found. I'm completely alone while I try to think up something to do as I wait.

Time passes, at least an hour has passed by now, and I still haven't seen any guards come check on me.
Should I be worried? Has something come up? What am I supposed to do if I end up needing to randomly use the bathroom, despite the fact I haven't needed to go this entire time I was in Equestria?
All of these questions, (some more valid then others,) I couldn't answer on my own. I need to find a way to get somepony in here.

Walking over to the bars that separate me from the outside of this cell, I start yelling out saying "Can someone come over here? I need some questions answered!"
No one comes.
I repeat myself multiple times, each time I call out getting progressively louder and louder as I try to get someone's attention.

Another minute passes before I give up and lay down on my bed.
Is anyone even in the station anymore? Or are they just ignoring me?

But as I'm deep in my thought, I hear something outside. The sound of a door opening to be precise.

My ears that I normally have lay limp behind my head, I have stand up straight while pointing to door that I entered this hallway of cells from.

"I'm sorry, unless you have some sort of letter with the princesses approval, I can't let you near him."
There was a brief silence before I heard some muffling and the sound of something breaking.

A bead of sweat rolls down my head as I expect the worst of what I heard. "Did they hurt her?" That receptionist didn't deserve to be hurt or injured (assuming that's what happened.)
My ears remain pointed at the door before I hear the sound of multiple hoof steps getting closer and closer to me.

Without even hesitating, I scramble under the bed as hastily and quietly as I could muster under the (admittedly) scary situation I was in.

Remaining quiet, I hear the door that leads into this hall open as someone enters. They remain quiet as they walk down the hall waiting to hopefully find me.
Soon I see the hooves of the pony a that came to find me, I could see at least three sets pass by my cell probably assuming I would be farther down.
Eventually they reach the end though. "Where is he? He should be here, right?" I could hear a slightly burly voice say.
"You don't think he escaped right? Because there shouldn't be anyway out of these cells unless he got a key." A similar voice said.
"Could there have been some sort of teleportation?" The last voice asks.

"Who knows, I could probably analyze the cells if there was any magic used, but we would have to open them up first." My eyes widen upon hearing this. Was I really gonna get out because of them?

"Have you not been to a jail before? All of the cells have a anti magic field to prevent the craftier unicorns from using some sort of unlocking spell on them. We need to get the keys for that reason."
Some more conversation passed between them before they left to get the keys. I don't get it though, was this dumb luck or did that voice help me again? Because this is almost too convenient to be true.

It didn't take them long before they found the keys and came back. Because before I knew it, the door to my cell was opened and scanned before they left it to try the next one over. My heart was beating faster and faster, my cell was open and I could escape easily at anytime. But I knew better then to blindly get up and just run out. Instead I sat there until they were finished opening all the cells.

"Nothing." One spoke up saying.
"Really? Absolutely nothing was found?"
"Nope, the only thing I noticed is that one of the beds rejected my magic for some reason." What? Was that me?

The hooves started getting louder until they stopped right in front of my cell again.
"I think it was this one. When I scanned it, my magic just bounced off of it. Go ahead, try it."

A moment passes before the other one spoke up saying. "You're right, what's up with this?"
My heart was beating out of my chest at this point. I was gonna be discovered!

"You two, pick it up and see if anything is hidden under it."
As soon as the two approache the bed, they lift it up slowly and before they can get a good look at me, I quickly sprint past one of them by the door and towards the exit.

For the split second I looked over my shoulder I saw the two goons drop the bed and the other 'boss' like pony start running at me.
I quickly run down the stairs and out the front door without so much as glancing to see if the receptionist was okay; it just wasn't on my mind at the time.

As I bust through the front door and run a random direction down the street while hearing the sound of the goons come out of the building right after me. I don't know what they wanted with me, but I had zero reason to stick around to find out.

As I ran throughout the city, the streets got busier as I was finding my way to the higher traffic areas in the city.

The sound of the goons chasing after me vanished as the sound was replaced by every other city noise around.
The streets were so full that I almost thought I was in New York City for a second.

My running slow down to a slow walk as I was taking in the sights the city had to offer. I saw buildings that could reach up to the clouds, places where a pony could play games, I even saw some sort of Griffin hotel that seemed to have specials on types of animal meat for the day.

But what caught my eye was the huge re-creation of the crystal castle that had a elevator of some kind that let you go to the top.

I felt speechless as I looked up at it, I started to stare at it in disbelief as flashbacks of when I was younger came back to me.

I could remember my parents bringing me up the fake Eiffel Tower in Los Vagas to see the view of the city. I was young and couldn't really enjoy much of anything about Los Vagas, but I remember one thing about the place. I developed my fear of heights there.

The tower was safe and had a cage on the top to prevent people from falling. But I remember shaking the whole time I was up there, I was the most timid kid you would have seen if anyone were to see me in that situation.
I can't even tell you any of the places or hotels I saw up there because I was so focused on the ground.

Although my fear has gotten much better since then, I don't think I could say that it was gone completely. After all, jumping off of Canterlot probably made it come back.

I couldn't help but shudder as I remembered that horrible experience. If I was ever gonna get home, that will probably be a moment that will haunt me in my dreams.

"Where is he?!"
I turn my head in the direction of the voice, although I was only able to see the crowds of ponies that were walking down the streets, I knew that I still wasn't safe from my pursuers just yet. So I walked back into the flow of the crowd and continued to make my way through the city.

"Twilight, I don't think we're gonna get anywhere at this rate."
Princess Celestia was right, we've been interrogating him for hours and still haven't gotten any answers... that we could understand.

I take a deep breath before telling the Princess, "maybe we should just take a break." She nodded in response.

"Twilight, you done yet?" I hear the sound of Spike call out as the front door to the library opens and closes respectively.
"Me and the Princess are just taking a break for now." I tell Spike as I approach him.
"Did you find anything out?" Spike seemed genuinely curious about this.
"Honestly... No, not really. He's just really uncooperative. Which is a little annoying since last time we were at least able to make SOME progress."
I'm honestly not sure what to make of the situation, I'm half certain that he has been mind controlled in the very least. That or could he possibly have been mind wiped?

"Can I see him at least?" I raise an eye brow at Spike upon hearing this.
"What're you going to do?"
"I don't know." He says while shrugging and walking past me.

"Twilight." I jump at my mentors voice as I completely forgot she was right next to me. "Do you think Carter would react differently if we had some of your other friends talking too him?" Huh, I haven't considered this idea.
"Maybe, I can't really say for sure though."

"Hey, why are you so scared of us anyway?"
I turn my head to see Spike talking one on one with the outlaw that has been giving cryptic answers this whole time.
"Well... I'm not scared of you, it's the ones that can hurt me I'm nervous about." My eyes widen at his response; this is the first time he made a real reasonable answer!
"Why aren't you scared of me? Is it because I'm small!?" I could hear the princess chuckle next me upon hearing this remark.
"Well... Not that, but I always kinda respected you." Spike tilted his head in confusion at this... as well as me and the princess.
I'm pretty sure I never directly mentioned Spike at all during any of our interviews, besides telling him to 'leave us alone' that is.

"Wait, how do you know about me?"
"Well... I don't really know." And now he's back to being cryptic again, that or he could just be playing dumb...

Spike slowly started to back away from him before he turned to me saying. "I don't know if I want to talk to him anymore." I put my left fore hoof on his head before saying. "Don't worry, Spike. We won't force you to keep talking with him, but it would be helpful if we could have you talk to him again later."
"Later? How much later?" I look to the princess for the answer for her to quickly respond. "We can take an hour break right now if you wish."
Looking back at Spike, I quickly tell him "in one hour, we'll need your help."

With a nod, Spike takes a glance back at the rabbit before walking into another room.

"So, Twilight." The princess starts. "Shall we-" Celestia was cut off by a letter suddenly appeared before her.
"What is it princess?" Celestia remains quiet as she silently reads over it.
She takes a sigh of relief before she says "it's is nothing Twilight. One of my commanders just asked if Carter was in our custody. It thankfully is nothing important." That's a relief, for some reason I was expecting something horrible to happen.
"Anyway Twilight; as I was saying. Shall we go over what we know before we have Spike help us later?" I sigh upon hearing this.
"Yes princess. Let's see if we can come up with any sort of conclusion to what he's been saying."

I was starting to get a little paranoid. No matter how long I would walk with the crowd, no matter how many buildings I would duck by. I would always hear those same voices from those guys that were in the Guard Station. It was becoming increasingly clear that I wasn't gonna be safe in this city no matter where I went.

But I needed an out. It was getting exhausting making my way through the crowds while trying to avoid these guys, not to mention that I was getting paranoid even when I wasn't hearing them.
I've been wandering through these streets for so long that I don't know if I could even find my way back to the Train Station at this rate!
"Let's check over here!" There it was again, my breath was becoming more panicked everytime I heard that same voice, I quickly dive out from the crowd into a really popular street that consisted of carriages, more ponies and... a big stage?
I couldn't help but notice a few Wonder Bolts posters around the general area, but became even more curious when somepony on the stage went up to a microphone and said. "Fillies and Gentlecolts, welcome to the two hundred and second annual Wonder Bolts Show!" My eye brows raised at this. Can't say I was expecting to see a Wonder Bolts show while I was here, but I suppose this is Los Pegasus, so shows like this probably aren't too rare.
"The show will begin momentarily, until then make yourselves comfortable and enjoy yourselves!"
I quickly find my way through the crowd before I start hearing the sound of jet engines above. The Wonder Bolts all in some sort of formation fly up and hover above the stage before splitting off and doing some stunts. I saw rolls, quick spins and some synced up formations that involved drawing spiral with the black smoke trail that follows them.
The audience made the noises you would expect, some "ooh"s and "ahh"s and a round of applause every now and then. But I still had a sinking feeling in my gut that I should be moving somewhere.
"I saw him in here somewhere." My eyes widen at the same voice that's been stalking me. I find myself turning around and scanning the crowd around me. He could be anywhere, I needed to move. I picked a direction and started to move, I couldn't risk staying around any longer despite how cool the show is.

As I made my way through the crowd, I can't help but notice that The Wonder Bolts have landed on the stage before I feel hooves touch my shoulder. I look up with fear in my eyes as I see a stallion look down at me with gental eyes. "You okay there?" Without saying anything, I keep moving away from the area in hopes of fleeing from the voice. I can't risk trusting anyone right now, not while someone close by is actively hunting me!
At this point I hear someone on the stage talking into the microphone, I couldn't pay attention to what they said as I found myself instead listening for that same voice that I can't seem to evade.
I reach the outer edge of the crowd and take one last look back at the stage. The Wonder Bolts seem to be answering questions or something. As this is happening, I notice one of them lock eyes with me. We stare at each other for a full second before a stallion forcefully picks me up and starts carrying me to the ally.
I thrash and yell at this unexpected act before he throws me down and quickly punches me in the face.

I find myself laying in the floor of the ally as I fade in and out of consciousness. I see bits and pieces of another pony coming by and some sort of struggle. But before I pass out, I look up and see another stallion in a blue flying suit look down at me.

"Well... I didn't think I would meet a Wonder Bolt." I sputter out before I drop my head to the floor knocked out.

From Human to...Rabbit?

by ThegoCarter110

Well... Welcome to Los Pegusus!