Turbulence

by Featherpen Lullaby


Chapter 9

May 21st
I can’t stay here! I’ve been cooped up in this room for two days and I’m already going insane, seriously it’s only a matter of time before the hallucinations set in.
It’s not a bad room but, like everything else in this house, it’s too neat. The bed is straightened within an inch of its life and I think she used a ruler when she put up the pictures. It kind of feels like a cell in an insane asylum, not that I’ve ever been in one; you tend to learn a few things in the theatre business, it’s completely white and the walls are made of clouds and therefore padded. No wonder I’m going nuts.
I have two options now, one I stay and lose my mind in this place or I go and try to survive on my own until I get back home. Obviously I’m going, I can’t spend another second here, especially not with that witch, but home is a long way from here and I don’t think I could survive on my own for so long. So what to do?
Simple! I have two parents and while my mother is in Manehattan my father is at the Wonderbolt Academy, which is probably in Cloudsdale, which is my current location. So all I have to do is go to the Academy, find my dad and get him to take me home.
But this is me we’re talking about and my luck has been out for a while, I think it died or something, because of that there have to be a bunch of problems, like me being under house arrest. I’m confined to my room until Dawn Chaser is satisfied with my attitude; the only way out is convincing her that I’m the kind of filly she wants as a daughter. So I have to be good so that Dawn lets me out, finding the Academy shouldn’t be too hard; all I have to do is ask. Finding my dad is another matter entirely; I don’t know anything about him, his name, what he looks like, anything! I guess this is what Dawn was preparing for, well played Dawn Chaser, well played.
But you underestimate me! I won’t give up because of a little thing like that! I shall prevail by using the ancient strategy of Gathering Facts!
What do I know about him?
One, he’s a stallion.
Two, his last name is Chaser.
Three, he looks like me.
And that’s about it, well it’s still helpful I guess. I could just ask if they have a cadet who’s last name is Chaser, I’ll just tell them that I’m on a quest to find my real father with permission from my mother who can’t come because she’s a unicorn. They’ll probably be willing to help a little filly with her mission of self-discovery.
I’m off to be a nice filly to Dawn so that she’ll let me out. Wish me luck, I’m so going to need it.