Twilight was still in the exact same spot for the past twenty minutes or so. A bright violet light from a part of her body was the only source of light in the entire room. Twilight theorized that the light must have been coming from her horn. Since the horn was used to shining in dark places, she didn’t need to command it to light up.
The room was cluttered in metallic knick-knacks and shiny objects. She went deeper into the room and knocked into somepony. Startled, Twilight turned around only to see Pinkie Pie grinning at her. But as Twilight focused on the figure, she realized it was just a head similar to her friend’s. She turned her head to the left to find multiple replicas of the heads of the rest of her friends and, shockingly, her own.
What type of sicko makes multiple heads of the same pony? Twilight thought to herself. She was beginning to leave the room when something clicked. She paused. The sound had come from a table in the center of the room. Then, there was a cranking noise, followed by dull wizzzzzzz.
A figure with a long horn roes from the table, and with a few more cranks the figure looked directly at Twilight. The figure’s entire body was lopsided. On its right side, a metallic wing popped out. The wing was all bone and deprived of muscles, flesh, and feathers.
But nothing caught Twilight’s attention more than when the figure looked at her with green, yellow, and red glowing eyes. It was the mysterious figure from before!
“Well hello again princess!” it said, “It appears that I have caught you!”
The figure cackled, before placing its two hoofs on the ground. Twilight rushed by the opposite side of the table.
“Nopony can outrun me!” it bellowed. “You’re just making it harder on yourself. Don’t you want this to be quick and painless?”
Twilight was many things, but a quitter wasn’t one of them. She pushed the door open with her head, and she was outside before she’d realized it. She galloped onward, knowing the figure would be catching up. She heard the door burst open and saw a horrendous monstrosity. She now knew why the figure was lopsided.
One half resembled Queen Celestia, while the other half resembled her little sister, Princess Luna. It was as if somepony tried to sew the two sisters together and failed miserably. What pony would even dare to try a task such as this? Twilight brushed her questions aside and kept on running.
The creature leaped with every second. While Twilight galloped two steps, the figure was galloping eight. She was close enough to grind Twilight’s tail to shreds.
At least I won’t have to worry about hyperventilating or dying from a heart attack. Twilight thought to herself as she trotted. She looked straight ahead, only to come to the shocking realization that she was running out of hallway and fast. She turned towards a room labeled:
Dragon Bone Room
In the center of the room was a display of skeletal remains of a giant dragon. Twilight turned to one side, hoping the monster would miss her and keep going. Twilight looked behind her and saw that the creature was not falling for it.
“YOU’RE AS GOOD AS MINE!” it yelled.
Twilight bolted out of the room and made a left down another hallway. She came passed a sign reading:
Restrooms
Without even knowing what a restroom was, Twilight turned and headed for a door marked:
Stallions
Twilight rammed the door open and closed it on her pursuer. There was a big cylinder in the corner, and Twilight pushed it in front of the door, hoping to stall for time. She turned the corner to find a bunch of stalls in a row. She raced into the stall farthest away, closed the door, and curled as far back as she could go. In the middle of the stall was a white contraption that Twilight had never seen before. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to hide behind or under it.
BAM!
CLUNK!
Twilight became motionless.
“Twilight…” said the figure’s eerie voice. “Where are you? Come out…come out…wherever you…are! Hmmmm… are you in this one?”
BAM!
“Or this one…?”
BAM!
“How about this one…?”
BAM!
“Not enough stalls left…”
BAM!
“I have all the time in the world! But you don’t!”
BAM!
The last one sounded like it was right near her.
“Last one!” Twilight could hear the figure say. This was the end. She was going to die a horrible death. If only she didn’t go into that room. If only she didn’t get the Pinkie Pie impersonator’s attention. In her worrying, she realized that the monster didn’t bash down the door yet.
“D-d-d-d-ang-g-g, DANG, i-i-i-i-t-t-t, IT!” she heard it say before walking off.
Twilight didn’t understand. Why didn’t the figure knock the door down? Not that she wanted the figure to bash in, but it was just something she wasn’t expecting. After waiting a couple of minutes she walked out of the stall. The cylinder shaped object was rolling on the floor, and the door was lying flat on the floor. Twilight walked outside of the corner and was in the hallway again.
She looked to her left to see the monstrosity lying on the floor next to a contraption on the wall. The contraption had a curvy like object hanging from a cord that was attached to a plaque that had buttons with numbers on it. On top it read:
Emergency Phone! Use for Emergencies ONLY!
Twilight winced. She never heard of a phone before and was curious about how it worked. But then, she realized that she needed to get to the task at hoof. She decided to keep on trotting past the body at a normal pace. She wouldn't have to worry about the creature for long and that was enough time to find the exit.