> Queen of Halloween
>  by Raven Blackwood
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> The Night of Halloween 
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It was a normal night in the neighborhood. Or it would be if it weren’t for the fact that it was Halloween. Trick or treaters were starting to become so hyped to get started to bring as much candy home to give themselves a sugar rush. Children and teens were going to have one heck of a night to get candy from every house. 

Of course, it was not just about getting a costume on and finding houses that would dish out delicious, mouthwatering sweets. It was also to have a great time in partying like there was no tomorrow.  Who wouldn't enjoy hanging out with their friends on Halloween night? 

“Who shall wear this costume that I created?” A voice said. “I must find the one who shall be Queen of Halloween.” 

There was a mysterious figure who was walking down the sidewalks carrying what appeared to be a notepad that contained every child and teen in the neighborhood. This figure was covered from head to toe. His clothes were all black, and his face was covered with a mask. No one would be able to identity this man or woman. Who was this person? And why would the figure cover him or herself up when it is almost time to Trick-or-Treat? No one knows.

The black figure went through the notepad to select the right teen or child to give the costume for Halloween night. After going through numerous names, the figure put a finger on one of the names. The name of the individual was Dyanna Jimmerson, a teenager who is 17 years old who loves Halloween and is known to be a lovely young lady to everyone in the neighborhood. The figure then looked at the address to see where Dyanna lives to give her the costume, stored in a rectangular box that was black and had a symbol that looked like that of an insect. 

The figure continued to conduct its mission to look for Dyanna. It was turning its head from left to right to find the right number that marked the house that Dyanna lived in with her parents. Not that it was hard, but very easy to know which house was which.

After several minutes, the figure was able to find Dyanna’s house. Her house was just across the street. The figure went across street with no sign of any cars driving right by to see who this figure was. 

As the figure went up the stairs, it took out a box from its sleeves and placed it down in front of the door. Then, rung the doorbell for Dyanna or her parents to come get the box that had the costume. 

Before there could be a chance of anyone opening the door, the figure turned around and walked away from the house. After that, there was what looked like insect wings that suddenly popped right out of the back of unknown individual. Once that happened, the figure flew in the air as far away as possible from being detected by people on the ground. 

“The Queen of Halloween will be coming soon. Let this be a night to remember.” The figure never looked back. It disappeared into the clouds and was never seen again.

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Finally. Halloween is about to get started. I can't wait to meet my friends at their Halloween party. It's going to rock! I’m gonna dress up as a vampire this year. If the kids start to come to my house, I'll give them the scare of their life. It'll be too awesome to give kids one heck of scare before getting a phone call from my friend Max that the party will start at 8:25. And since it's only 7:30, I have plenty of time before the party starts.

While on my computer, I could hear the doorbell ringing for me to answer. I wonder who could that be? It couldn't be Max. He said he would give me a call on my phone. Might be just one of his friends wanting to hang out with me. Might as well see who it is. 

Getting out of my chair, I made my way to front door. Opening the blinds, I didn't see anyone at the door. However, there was what appeared to be a box that was in front of the door. Strange. Gotta see what it is. Probably one of Max’s friends giving me a Halloween gift. Might be just candy. 

I unlocked door for me to get a better look of the box. The box had a symbol of green insect of some sort. Like, I don't know. It looks like a hybrid horse that was turned into an insect. Now that's something I’ve never seen before. I've seen a lot of symbols for many things, but this one just made me scratch the back of my head.

I grabbed the box in my hands to see a letter on the right side. 

Hello there, Dyanna. If you must know, what's contained in this box is a very special ‘gift’ I want  you to have for Halloween. I am sure you'll love this costume I made for you.

Happy Halloween,

Changeling

Changeling? What type of name is that? Sounds like a creature that I'm guessing changes into different forms. Well, that's just a lucky guess. I didn't see who this person was, but I don't think it matters now. I'm wondering what this costume looks like? Might look nice, but that's for me to find out. 

I closed the door behind and made it back to my room. I'm glad my parents aren't home. They would want to see what might be in this box. I placed the box on my bed and started to lift the lid off from it.

What I found was…..incredibly beautiful. This costume….I couldn't find the right words to describe it. The costume was green and black. I took it out to get a better look at it. It was extremely well made. Putting my hand on it, it was very soft. I didn't see any signs of dirt or anything for me to clean off. 

But there's something that was still making me think about this costume. How did this person know my name? How did this person know where I lived? That's what I'm wondering about. 

There appeared to be some labels that were on the back of the costume. Getting a closer look, I started to see what the labels were saying.

Hello there! This is the costume that represents Queen Chrysalis from the hit TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This costume will make you the most beautiful and lovely Trick-or-Treater in your neighborhood.  

CAUTION: Please be sure that the costume has not been tampered with before putting it on. Please keep it away from small children. 

Wait a minute. I think one of my friends told about this show. Not that I watch it, there was that one time where my friend Jackie wanted me to just look at a season finale that had the villain who is Queen Chrysalis. What was it she said about her? Chrysalis was able to drain the love from others to make her powerful? I think that's what she told me. That was only a couple of weeks ago.

Hmm. This costume doesn't seem to be that bad. I also noticed that it contained a mask looking disturbingly similar to Queen Chrysalis. In addition, I noticed that it had insect wings that looked...very realistic. Like, almost as if the wings were real. Who ever this person was knows how to make details look good. 

There was also another thing. What would have been where I would put my feet in were hooves. How can someone be able to walk in this costume? I'm not even sure how this might work out. 

Examining more of the costume, the mane and tail also looked too real. Pressing one hand on the mane and the other on the tail, they were still soft just like the rest of the costume. This must be a high-quality costume. If I were to think of a price estimate, I could say the costume was somewhere around $190 or more. It's not a costume that you would, much less COULD, buy at Target or Walmart. 

Looking at the clock, it was almost time to go. Since Max’s house was about half an hour away(no thanks to Halloween traffic), I would have to leave very soon. Maybe this costume could be better than my vampire costume. 

I've made my decision. I'll go as Queen Chrysalis. Don't want to disappoint whoever it was that gave me this costume for Halloween. 

I unzipped the back of the costume, to where I would be able to get in it. Of course, I had to remove my shoes before going in it. Wouldn't be comfortable to walk around in a costume that had hooves and not just regular feet. 

Slowly getting into the jumpsuit, I was able to zip up the zipper. Next was to get the mask on. Grabbing it, without dropping it, I successfully placed the mask to where it would hide my face. 

“Well, it doesn't feel bad like I thought it would,” I said to myself after donning the fake hooves. "At first I thought that my feet would be cramped up, but they seem to be doing fine.” I looked at myself in the mirror to see how I looked. “Not bad. Hehehe. I really do look like Queen Chrysalis from the show.” 

But something still didn't feel right. My gut was telling me something didn't look right about this. I didn't feel different. It's just a costume. Nothing else. Yet the feeling didn’t leave. 

I then felt sick to my stomach. Everything around me was starting to get fuzzy. What the heck is going on?! I fell to my knees and felt only sharp pain coming to my head. I was hyperventilating all of a sudden. That couldn't be right! I haven't been in this suit for that long. Only for a couple of minutes and now I feel ill.

My vision was getting darker by the second. Then, I drifted into the dark.

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“Ohhh…..god,” I was getting up to feel only a small bit of pain from my head. “What just happened?” Looking at myself in the mirror, I looked…..awry. The costume looked more realistic. As in it didn't feel like it were a costume anymore. My eyes. They weren't brown anymore. In fact, they were bigger than usual. Their color was light green as opposed to their typical hazel.

Placing my hand on my face, I felt…..like the costume was part of my body. It wasn't soft anymore. It was hard, like it were made of the chitin that makes up a beetle’s exoskeleton, but much thicker. I then decided to pull my mask off. It felt VERY painful while doing it. 

This can't be right. No. No. No. This….isn't right! I must be dreaming! Yeah! This is just a dream. I'll just close my eyes and everything will go back to normal. 

I closed my eyes and waited for the right moment. Opening my eyes, I looked in the mirror to realize that I still had the costume on me. 

I was shaking my head. This can't be happening! No, it can't be happening! This is impossible. Nothing like this can happen to me.

I got closer to the mirror to notice I had things that were white like that of the wall. I think my heart skipped a beat when seeing these thangs up close. Even more, I noticed that I had a horn sticking out of my head. It had holes in it, but it didn't affect it in anyway. I also noticed that my ears were now on top of my head. 

“This isn't getti---” my voice!! It's...it's changed! First I realize that I've become one with the costume and now my voice has now that of Queen Chrysalis!? 

“I'm….no longer myself. Now I'm Queen Chrysalis.” I sighed as put my hands on the dresser and looked down. “How are Max and his friends going look at me when I'm at the party? How are….my parents going to react when they return from their jobs to see their daughter is no longer….their daughter they loved and cared for all these years?” I wanted to cry. I wanted to rage and smash the mirror with my fist, but I would only end up hurting my hand. 

But that wasn't going to solve anything. None of it was going to help me go back to my normal self. I'm an anthropomorphic Queen Chrysalis. No point denying it anymore. I need to face the fact of accepting this curse. If this was a curse from the start. 

I need to be brave. This is Halloween night. I'm not going to cry like a little girl. That's not who I am anymore. 

Looking at the mirror, I inhaled and exhaled to relax. 

“I'm not gonna let this ruin me. This person may have won, but that isn't going to stop me from enjoying Halloween with my friends. I just need to act cool. Don't think of anything negative. Just think positive.” Before I could think of walking out of my room, I heard a buzzing noise. Turning around and looking behind me to see the mirror, my insect wings were buzzing just for a few seconds until they stopped. My tail, on the other hand, seemed to go back and forth in a normal way. Maybe this isn't as bad as it seems to be.

Time to get out of the house. 

I looked at the time to see that I only had twenty-five minutes to make it to the party. I could hear cars going right by my house. This is definitely not good. Traffic and kids makes this a big problem. I'm going to need a coat or something to keep me from being seen. Good thing my windows in my jeep prevent anyone from knowing who's driving.

Leaving my room, I went into the kitchen to grab my keys and my phone that were on the counter. There was no sign of Mom or Dad in the house. Least that's good. Now I just need to get a coat from the closet.

As I got to the closet in my bedroom, I turned the lights to see if there was a coat that might be perfect for me to wear to hide my myself. 

“Hmmm. So many coats to choose from. Which one…..AH-HA! This might be the coat that's worth putting on.” The coat was dark black and also had a hoodie to keep my face from being shown out in the open. Perfect. 

“Now that I have both my keys and coat, I'll be able to make it to Max’s party. Hopefully traffic ain't that bad.” I began to walk to the garage that had my Jeep for me to drive. As I was in the the garage, I activated the garage door for me to see how and traffic really was. There were cars all over the place. This isn’t worth giving up on, I told myself. I made my way to my blue Jeep Wrangler. Putting my keys in the lock, I grabbed the door handle and sat in the driver's seat; then I closed the door again and locked it. 

“This might be difficult to drive now with hooves and not feet.” Just need to take it slowly. I put the key in the ignition and started the car up. Ok. That's good. Then I placed my right hoof on the brake so that could keep the car from moving. “Alright. Doesn't seem to be going that bad. Now to carefully place my hoof on the gas gently.” Slowly but steady, my hoof pressed the gas pedal. The Jeep began to move forward.

“Phew,” I said under my breath. “I'm getting the hang of this in my new form.” Maybe the person didn't really want to feel sad about being turned into a cartoon character. This person just wants me to enjoy my favorite time of the year.

I looked both ways to be sure that there was no signs of cars or coming my way. None were coming right now. I quickly got out of the driveway and was now on the road. I only had twenty minutes left to make it to the party. Not gonna be late! Mark my words. 

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Several minutes were going by fast. Traffic remained a pain to get through. I had to be careful when children were walking in the road. Good thing their costumes had those reflectors to make it easier for drivers to know someone was walking in the road. 

I turned my head to the right to notice all sorts of Halloween decorations for each house while driving. It was a lovely sight to see. Pumpkins with scary faces that would make kids want to not get candy from said houses, smoke screens that prevented people from seeing the ground, even the sound effects that were of zombies and ghosts gave chills to everyone, even me. 

This is why I love Halloween; to enjoy seeing children have a scare of their lives.

Paying attention to what was in front of me, I could see where Max’s house was located. There was only one parking space that I could find that seemed to be perfect to park my Jeep.

Making my way to the parking space, I drove up and then turned my wheels to the right to get into my parking. Looked front and back to prevent my jeep from hitting the two cars that were in between me, I successfully parked without any trouble. I put my jeep in park and pulled the emergency brake up. Then I finally took the keys out of the ignition switch to turn the jeep off.

Before I could think of getting out of my car, my phone started to ring. Grabbing it from my coat pocket, I looked to see who it was. It was Max! Pressing the button on my iPhone, I allowed him to talk to me.

“Hey, Dyanna,” said Max. “The party is going great! We have all sorts of people from the neighborhood enjoying this year's Halloween party! I'm looking through the windows and I can see your Jeep parked right between my car and one of my friends cars. Get up here and enjoy the party. It's a killer! Woo!” 

“Max,” I started. “We need to talk. It's urgent.” I ended.

“Dyanna? What's wrong with your voice? You sick?” His voice sounded worried.

“Well, not exactly sick. Is it okay if we meet behind your house to talk?” I asked.

“Um, sure, Dyanna. I'll be there like you asked.” 

“Thank you, Max.” I hanged up on him and put my phone back in my pocket.

I had to make sure their were no kids or anybody that might see me. I didn't see anyone so far. Getting out of the jeep, I crouched down to not see anyone walking right by me. 

“1…….2…...3…...GO!” I ran as fast as I could behind Max’s houses. I was now hugging the side of the house while making sure no one was seeing me. Now I was behind the house. 

“Good. No one saw me.” I sighed in relief. 

“Dyanna? Is that you?” that was Max I was hearing. Turning around, I could see he was wearing his MW2 costume of Ghost. Yeah, I remember playing a few games with him two months ago. Guy knows how to play without losing in a single multiplayer match.

“Yeah. It's me, Max.” I walked over to him.

“Why are you keeping yourself hidden with that coat of yours? It's not that cold outside.” He wondered. 

“There's a reason as to why I'm keeping myself hidden like this, Max.” I told him.

“Did something bad happen before you got here? I mean, I'm not gonna be angry or anything. Just tell what's wrong and maybe we can both fix it.” His voice was so nice to hear. Like a river of love going up the stream.

“Do you promise that you won't judge who I am and won't run away from me?” I asked him.

“Now why would I do that? Both of us have been together since going to elementary. You were always the one girl that I liked the most since then.” I was feeling a sensation of….I don't know. Was it his love I was feeling? If I remember what Jackie said, Queen Chrysalis and her race are able to feed off of love from other life forms. That can only happen when individuals start to really like one another. Which would then cause Chrysalis to get stronger every second. 

“I'm gonna take my hoodie off for you to see my face. Just promise me you won't react in a negative way. Please?” 

“I promise.” 

With his words, I immediately showed him my face and opened my eyes for him to see who I was now.

“Before you think this is a joke, Max. It's not.” I began explaining to him about what happened when I was at home; from the box, the costume, and how I'm stuck like this for who knows how long. I was telling him that I've become an anthropomorphic Queen Chrysalis for his Halloween  party. 

“If that isn't enough, I want to to place your hand on my cheek to see that my skin isn't what it feels like anymore.” He slowly nodded and carefully placed his hand on my left cheek. He was feeling how it was not smooth, but a hard surface that replaced what used to be my skin. Not only that, he looked at my eyes to see how they weren't right anymore, my feet that were now hooves, tail, insect wings, horn, etc.

“Do you know now why I told you to meet me behind your house, Max?” I asked him.

I was waiting for what he was going to say to me. I hope he doesn't think of me as a monster that came from a cartoon show. Granted that it's in the anthro form. I just don't know how this will end right here, right now. 

He put his hand on my shoulder to say, “Hey, I'm not gonna run away from you, Dyanna. You may have turned into this Chrysler-”

“Chrysalis.”

“Chrysalis figure, but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna push you away from me.” He kissed me on the lips and I wrapped my arms around him as our lips locked. I didn't let go of him or the kiss. It felt…..lovely. His lips tasted like blueberry mixed with a hint of strawberry. The flavor was impossible to resist. I wanted to be with him...forever. I don't want to be separated from someone I love and care for. And I know he didn't want to be separated from me either. 

“Will you stay with me, Max?” I said after departing from his lips.

“Of course I’ll stay with you, Dyanna. Anything for you, my love.” We started to dance together in the moonlight of Halloween night. No one was coming out of his house, nor was there anyone watching over us while enjoying our time being ourselves.

I was his queen, while he was my king. Together, no force will separate us. 

This night has been perfect for me and for my king. And I will forever remember this night till I part from this world of ours.

“Happy Halloween, Queen of Halloween,” said a voice.  “And never lose the one you love as a king.” 
> Teamwork
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I actually thought that this night was going to be the worst night of my life. 

I thought Max was going to reject me after becoming something that didn’t look like it would happen in reality. Heck, I thought everyone at the party was going to freak out to where they would be running out of the house, screaming to the top of their lungs and call the police or something. 

It didn’t happen. 

To everyone that attended the party, they didn't seem to be scared of my new form as a anthropomorphic Queen Chrysalis. There wasn't any screaming to be heard. It was all good. 

By the time the party had come to an end, Max wanted to come with me to my house where my parents were probably at right now. Some of his friends had also volunteered to come with me. John, Kevin, Sam, Carl, Alex and Mason.

John was in his Team Fortress 2 costume of the Sniper, while Kevin was dressed up as Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil. Sam had an admittedly rather impressive costume of Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Carl was dressed up as the Scout from TF2. Then there was Alex who went as Master Chief from Halo.  Finally, there was Mason, who was dressed up as Dempsey from Call of Duty Zombies. 

I gave Max my keys to the Jeep for us to get to my parents house. We all climbed right in. I decided to stay in the back with some of Max’s friends, as they were telling me that “everything is going to be alright. Nothing was going to turn out ugly.” With them at my side, I'm sure my parents weren't going to do anything that could end up hurting me. 

Max turned the keys for the Jeep to start up. He looked to see if there was any cars coming from his left. After a few seconds, he got out of the parking space and made it back on the road. 

“Don't worry,” said Kevin. “There ain't no way your parents are going to reject you. I'm sure if it.” He affirmed me.

“Kevin’s right, mate.” John agreed in his hilariously bad impression of the Sniper. “There shouldn't be any sort of problem from your parents. We bloody well support you all the way.” 

I giggled at the way he was trying so hard to speak like Sniper. “Yeah. You're right, John.” I smiled. “Glad you all decided to come with me to my parents house.”

“I-I'll say,” Sam tried acting like he was malfunctioning, being Freddy, after all. “We’r-re not gonna-na-na let anything happen to y-you.”

“We’re gonna make sure they don't scream at you. Because if they do, I’M GONNA SCREAM AT THEM SO LOUD THAT THEIR EARS ARE GONNA BLEED!” Mason knew how to act like Dempsey from the video games. 

“It's our duty to help one another, no matter what the cost may be. No man left behind, after all.” Alex said in a calm voice just like he were Master Chief. “No surrendering. No excuses. We will prevail for you, Dyanna.” 

“Yeah. Like he said,” said Carl. “I mean, there's no way your ‘rents are gonna make you look like you’re a chump to them. Relax. We gotcha covered.” 

“You got Scout’s way of talking down pat,” I said.

“Hey, thanks. I try my best to impress everybody. You know? It's just who I am. Kind of a big deal.” 

“I see that,” I said. 

“I might be just a regular guy, but we will make sure that the situation is under control when we get to your house.” Kevin concluded.

It feels great to have all these guys by my side. I'm not sure if I would survive what Mom and Dad would say to me. Not that I'm saying my parents are bad, they're both great. Even when I was just a kid, they supported me. Sure. I struggled back then, but that didn't stop them in helping me continue to do good even when I'm still in high school. 

Come to think of it. I'm not sure what will happen when the beginning of the week comes to go back to school. How will everybody in school look at me? How will the teachers react to seeing me? I don't want any of them to think of me as a monster. Ok. They might see my fangs as something to be cautious about. It's not like they would pose a serious threat to anyone. Well, maybe when in close contact. 

Hmm. It didn't seem to cause Max to feel any pain when we both kissed. Surely that would tell people that I wouldn't pose a threat. 

“Hey, guys,” said Carl. “I think I see Dyanna’s house. It's the one that has that creepy looking tree with those blankets of ghosts covering some of the branches.”

“Nice shot in finding the right house, mate.,” exclaimed John.

“Thanks, pally.” Carl proudly said.

Max had plenty of room to park right where my house was located. The good thing is there was no one out now. After all, it's 9:27 PM right now. Totally dark. Least that isn't a problem. 

Max got the Jeep into park and turned the engine off. 

“No matter what happens. We’re in this together. Am I right everybody?” said Alex.

“Yeah!” we all said.

“That was nothing! You call that cheering?! Let's hear that again! HURRAH!” shouted Mason. “Marines don't scream quietly. We scream like men! One more time! HURRAH!”

“HURRAH!” we shouted.

“That's more like. Let's do this!” Mason got out of the Jeep. “For victory!” 

“That guy is bloody awesome,” chuckled Max. 

The rest of us got out of the jeep and made our way my house. It looks like my parents aren't at home quite yet. Maybe in the next couple of minutes they'll be coming. Getting my keys out of the pocket of my coat, I stuck the house key my parents keep on the the doorframe in the keyhole and turned it to gain access to the inside. As soon as I pushed the door, the rest if my friends came in.

“Alright, we just need to wait till your parents start coming back from work’” said Kevin. “You should probably stay in your room so that we can talk to your parents before they see you. It might be much easier for them to understand,” he said.

“G-Go-Gotta agree with Kevin on t-th-this one,” “Best be in y-your room.”

“You really sound funny acting like Freddy, Sam.” I couldn't help myself. He just knows how to put a smile on someone's face. 

“Right. I'll go to my room right now. Just let me know when it's time to come out.” I had absolute confidence in everyone. 

I began to walk toward my room, not looking back. Getting to my room, I closed the door behind me and got on my bed to close my eyes to relax and not think of worrying too much over this.





20 minutes later……….

I could hear my dad getting angry at my friends while in my room. 

“Hey! You can't get angry at her. It's not her fault that this happened. She was just curious as to why that costume was given to her by bloody whoever it was!” shouted John.

“Yeah. Ain't her fault! We don't know why you two are blowing a fuse over a picture we took together with her at the party,” said Max. 

Oh, God. Why is this happening? It wasn't like there was a label that said, “this costume will turn you into the character from the show,” It looked better to wear than my vampire costume. 

“For your information, kids. She looks like nothing but an absolute monster the way I see her in the picture!!” Dad was raging like an ape.

“Oh yeah? How about you say that to my face, tough guy!” retaliated Carl. 

“You don't speak to me like that, you piece of s---” 

“ENOUGH!” screamed Alex. “Why are you acting like this, Mr. Jimmerson? Parents shouldn't be acting like this. It's your job to keep your daughter happy and safe. Not just that, but to not judge too quickly. I and the rest of my friends didn't judge her in who she became. This could've happened to any of us and I don't think we would just feel like we were nothing to this world we live in,” he said.

“You boys get out of our house!” my mom told them.

“We’re not leaving until both of you start acting like mature adults,” Kevin told them. “We’re not moving from this spot until we see that you guys accept your daughter in who she is.”

I just kept crying in my pillow. How could my parents just want me gone from their lives? This…… I don't want to kicked out of my house! It isn't fair! I never done anything that would make my parents get angry at me.

I let go of my pillow and started to look at the window to my left. “Maybe it's best I get out of the house till my parents accept the fact I'm still their daughter.”

Getting off my bed, I opened up the window for me to get outside. As soon as I was outside of the house, I immediately ran as fast as I could to where I wouldn't have to hear my parents continuing to shout at my friends. 

I'm glad there's a forest right behind my house. I need some time to myself. Perhaps I'll find some form of comfort away from what I've heard so far. Getting deeper into the forest, I kept looking for a place to sit down. Good thing the moon’s light is keeping me from accidentally tripping over things while continuing to run. 

I was able to find a stump of what once used to be a tree. Sitting on the stump, I continued to cry my eyes out. I didn't want to hear anything about my parents calling me something that would hurt me forever. I'm their only child. I'm not…..some a-abomination! I'm still me! No matter what I look like right now.

The only thing I could feel was pain and sorrow devouring my soul. There was no love that I could feel anymore. It's all gone. GONE! My parents are just jerks! 

I...I HATE them now! They mean nothing to me. I thought they would accept me, but I was wrong. I'm a shadow to them. That's it. Just the invisible girl that they don't give a crap about anymore. 

Come, my queen. Wh-who said that?

Return home. Conquer Equestria. Remove the Princesses from power. Claim your rightful place in the world you were meant to rule.

That voice……. Why did this voice sound so comforting? So, important to listen, too? Even….tempting to listen? 

Follow the light. It will take you to back home. There's no need to be afraid. Come home, my queen. 

I suddenly felt myself walking again. Why did I want to follow this voice I was hearing in my head? I wasn't sure whose voice I was hearing, but it didn't sound like Max, his friends or my parents. 

I could suddenly see a great green flash of light not far from where I was walking. It was shining bright like a shooting star. It wasn't making it difficult for me to go toward the light. 

There was a sudden feeling of love and compassion while continuing to head to the unknown source of light. It was getting stronger by the minute. It was felt like someone had put a blanket over me to keep me warm.

I could only feel love and that was it. I didn't sense any emotion of hate or anger. 

As I was getting closer, I could see that a portal had appeared in the forest. I wasn't sure why this portal appeared in the first place. That was a mystery I don't think I'll ever figure out on my own. 

Come home, my queen. Come home.

“Yes.” I didn't fall back. I went forward into the portal until I could no longer see.





“Dyanna?” I said. “I thinks it's best you come to my house. You're parents don't love you anymore.” I didn't hear her. “Dyanna? You alright?” 

Somethings not right. She's not talking. Putting my hand on the doorknob, I opened the door for me to get into Dyanna’s room.

I didn't see her. 

“Wait a minute. Why's the….” The window that was right next to her bed was wide open. 

“Oh no.” she must've heard what was going on with me and the rest of my friends trying to talk to her parents. 

“GUYS!!” I got back in the hallway running towards the living room. “Dyanna’s not in her room! The window is open and it looks like she ran away from what was being said a couple of minutes ago!” 

“What?!” said Carl. “We gotta get her back!” he exclaimed. 

“C’mon!” Kevin immediately ran out of the house and so did the rest of my friends.

I turned around to look at Mr. Jimmerson and his wife. “You two really hurt her. Hope you're both happy for what you just did to your own daughter. You're going to regret it one of these days and I won't be sorry if something bad happens to both of you,” I continued as I was inches away from leaving their house. “We are her friends. And we will not allow her to get feel anymore pain from you both. Try thinking before saying.” As I finished my sentence, I turned around and made it outside with the rest of my team.

“She may have went into that forest that's behind her house.” Alex guessed.

“That's one place someone would go to….hey.” Mason began to walk to where the forest was located. Me and the rest followed suit. What we could verify was some form of light coming out of the forest. However, it trees were keeping us from seeing parts of said light.

“Something's n-n-not right,” said Sam, still trying to fake malfunctioning. “We better see w-wha-what's going on in there.” We agreed and ran into the forest. Dyanna must be making that light somehow. I don't know for sure. That's just my guess.

This place was definitely not safe during night time. We had to be careful in not hitting any branches or falling down on each other. How the hell did she even get this far in this forest? 

“DYANNA!” We were shouting her name to see if she could hear us. There was no reply from her. The deeper we went, the harder it was to find a clean opening to the light.

Before I could think of anything else, I could see a dark figure that was where the light was probably coming from. I couldn't tell who it was, though. I wasn't sure if it was Dyanna or maybe someone else that was hiding in the forest.

We got closer to the figure. What we thought was just light, was actually a portal. How is that even bloody possible? That can't be right. Nothing like happens in reality. Only in fictional cartoons and books this can happen. 

Suddenly, the portal closed. The figure who was in front of where the portal was located, turned around to see us. Wasn't sure if this anonymous individual was surprised to see us or what.

“Who are you?” Kevin said.

“Oh, no one in particular. I'm just the one who made your friend Dyanna leave this world to come to the world I come from,” the voice sounded like a man. “She's already in good hooves. Soon she will conquer the land of Equestria to bring order under her power. And once she calms her rightful place in Equestria, she will have a pleasure in destroying you all as well.” What was he talking about another world? Equestria? Sounds a lot like some fictional place that doesn't even exist.

“Give her back on us, you bloody mongrel!” demanded John.

“Sorry, but I can't do that. My mission here is complete. Goodbye.” The figure ran away.

“After that guy!” Alex started to hit full throttle to catch the suspect in the forest. We all did. None of us are giving up. I'm not gonna let Dyanna get hurt on my watch. That's a promise I'm making. 

“Flank him. We might get a better chance in capturing him,” I wasn't going to let this guy get away. We all spread out to apprehend this guy. Yet even when trying to outsmart this guy, he was still able to not get caught by us.

It's so dark. Running in the dark really isn't good. Trying not to lose my sight on this man. He was fast. Faster than I or my friends. 

Trying to keep up with him, I could see what looked like two other figures that were coming right toward our guy. Next think I know said figures tackled the guy to the ground while one of them  kept the guys hands behind his back to prevent him from breaking free. The other one stood to make sure the suspect was not trying anything funny.

The one who was standing saw me coming right toward them.

“Thanks for getting our guy.”

“You're welcome, Max.” Wait a minute. That sounded a lot like another friend who was at the party with us. 

“Chris?” I asked.

“Dah. It's me alright. We heard you and some of your friends and thought that we should investigate what was going on. Nice to know that you still show signs of being committed in what you do.” We shook each other's hands. 

“Who's the other guy?” I pointed at the other figure. 

“Oh, that's Jack in his Boba Fett costume. I'm still in my costume as Artom from Metro 2033 the video game.” He explained.

The rest of my other friends got where we were to see that the figure gave up in struggling to break free from Jack’s grasp.

“Alright. Tell us where Dyanna is right now or I'll we be sure that you won't be able to walk again.” I said in a sinister tone. 

“Ha! You think I'm just gonna show you how to bring the portal back to save your girlfriend? As if. There's no hope of you of getting back to her. It's pointless! You hear me? Pointless!” he started to laugh like a hyena in the wild. “She's gone, Max. Gone forever!” 

“That's it. Alex,” I looked at him. “Knock him out.” he gave a nod and punched the guy right in the face to which the guy got knocked out cold. “There has to be something on this guy that can help us get that portal to open.” Chris got off the unconscious man as I flipped the guy over on his back. I unzipped the guys coat to discover he had a lot of stuff on him. Books, tubes filled with strange liquids, knifes(which I'm surprised he didn't decide to up use on us.), etc. 

“This guy has a lot of stuff on him,” I spoke. “Not sure what he used to make that portal. Help me find the right book or right tube of liquid to get Dyanna back.” Everyone started to look at the labels of the books and tubes filled with what could be dangerous chemicals that shouldn't be opened without proper instructions. 

Minutes went by. We weren't sure if we were getting anywhere at this point. This can't be all for nothing! For Christ’s sake! 

“Guys,” Jack said holding a book in his hands and turning his lights in his helmet for us to see. “I think I found what we’re looking for.” He gave me the book for me to examine. Flipping through the pages, there was one section in the book that was telling me about how to properly make a portal for us to go through.

“Okay. I think we got we need now. Everyone, stand back. I'm gonna make a portal when saying these words.” They took a few steps back from both sides of me as I started to read what was inscribed in the book. 

“Allder excro hasstala!” I chanted while performing the hand motion detailed in the book. There was a huge beam of light that left me no choice but to cover my eyes. The light had dissipated enough for me to finally see what was in front of me. From what I could see, was a portal that seemed to be a different color. It was blue. I don't think that made any difference from the previous portal.

“Anyone care to join me?” I said.

“We’re in this together, Max. We stand united like brothers in arms.” Kevin said.

“We gotcha covered pally. Ain't nothing gonna stop us now.” Carl gave me a silly solute.

Like if it was already worse, the portal was starting to suck everything up in front of us. The gravity from the portal was impossible to escape. It was like the portal had become a black hole that was able to suck everything in without a single problem. We tried to run, but to no avail, we were all getting sucked into the void.

“Hold on! We’re in one hell of a ride!” As I entered the portal, everything went black. 

> Crazy Situation 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“Max!” A couple of voices hollered. “Wake up!”

“Urg. What in the bloody hell just happened?” My vision was blurry, so I could hardly see anything while I was opening my eyes. 

“That's it. I can tell you're starting to recover.” Whose voice was that? That didn't sound like any voice I heard before in my life. However, it sounded very familiar. Like, I don't know. The voice sounded like a character from a video game, but where?

My vision was starting to get better. I was able to see who was talking on me. 

“Thought we lost you, Max. You're lucky that you didn't suffer any injuries when getting sucked into the portal.” Hold on a minute. I could tell this figure was a police officer just by the uniform he wore; R.C.P.D was inscribed in front of the shirt.

“Kevin?” I asked. “Your voice sounds a lot lik-”

“Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil? Yeah. Seems I got turned into him. You, on the other hand,  seem to have been turned into Ghost from Modern Warfare 2. You have his voice and weapons on you.” He pointed his hand at mine, in which I looked down to notice I had an ACR gun on my body along with a asp.45 handgun in its holster. 

“What the……” I got up and grabbed the assault rifle in my hands. I could definitely tell it was a real gun. Taken the pistol out of the holster, I could also tell that the handgun was real to every detail. 

While looking at Kevin, I could tell he had the face of Leon, hairstyle, brown leather, everything. 

“This is……” 

“N-No-Not right?” Turning around to know who's voice I heard, it was Sam. Well, at least that's what I could tell was him. 

“Sam? Are you... Freddy?” I was speechless! I couldn't believe what was going on right now. I've been turned into Ghost, Kevin into Leon Scott Kennedy and Sam is now Freddy Fazbear!? How the hell is that even possible?! There is no way that this could be happening!

“Y-Yeah,” he said in his malfunctioned voice. “The p-portal m-must've have t-t-turned us into our respec-spective c-ch-characters who we we-went as.”

“Holy shit! This is bloody madness! I don't believe this.” 

“You gotta believe it, Max. We’re now the characters we went as for Halloween, just like Dyanna.” 

This is...I can't even explain how this is really happening. First Dyanna and now us! Even worse, we’re in another forest that doesn't even look like the one we left when I made the portal. This forest doesn't even look normal. When I mean not normal, this place looks like some sort of nightmare from a horror story.

“Any idea where we are, Leo-Kevin?” I asked.

“No idea. This isn't forest that I never seen before. What's also a problem is the rest of our friends aren’t here,” he continued. “The portal must have separated all of us into three groups, but that's me just thinking. The others could be together while we’re separated from them. In addition, I believe they are now they're respective characters like we are.” Leon ended.

Putting my hand on my chin, I tried to think of plan. “I got it! We need to get out of this forest so we can find the rest of our team. After we’re together again, we should then find Dyanna, wherever she may be.” Having my assault rifle in my hands, I proceed to walk to find an opening out of the forest, my friends walking me. 

I could hear the sounds of bugs making noises, and I could hear something else that didn't sound like a bug. Like, I could hear something walking toward us. I couldn't ignore it. Something was coming to get us.

Then there was a high-pitch sound that almost gave me headache. What was that? I held tight on my gun. 

“We might as well keep our guns in our hands, right Leon?” I said.

“Yeah, I don't know what that noise was, but I have a feeling we’re going to find out sooner or later.” He took out his gun and kept his finger on the trigger. Sam, or should I say Freddy, could only have his eyes go black while showing his white pupils. And of course, emit an ear-piercing shriek, but what would that serve us? Apparently a lot, seeing as he revealed that HE was the source of that shriek.

This mysterious sound started to go down a little bit. Maybe Freddy’s shriek seemed to work. But I don't think it was enough to scare away the unknown creature.

Wait a minute. Looking at my ACR gun, I could see that it was equipped with a heartbeat sensor. Yes! This'll help me out in the long run. 

Opening up the heartbeat sensor, there appeared to be a red dot in front of us. It would seem that the animal is hostile towards us. I could see two eyes looking right me in the bushes. Then, I could see what looked like razor sharp teeth from within the bushes. 

“Leon,” I said. “Fire at the animal that's in the bushes. It's not friendly.” He nodded and aimed his gun where I was pointing. Freddy, on the other hand, was about to deliver another ear-piercing shriek that might cause both of us and the animal to temporarily lose our hearing. 

Without getting a chance to react, the creature jumped out of the bushes coming in for the kill! 

“FIRE! FIRE FIRE!!” I lodged three bullets in the creature’s head making it drop dead to the ground. Leon also fired his gun just to be sure that the animal wasn’t going anywhere.

“What type of animal is that?” I walked toward the corpse of the animal's body. It looked like a… scaled-up wooden construct of a wolf. How can animal be made out of wood? That doesn't make any sense. This looks like a fictional creature that exists in some cartoon. 

“Hey, listen! Do you hear something else?” Leon said. “If I can make it out clear enough, I think it sounds like multiple voices.” We listen for a few seconds until Leon continued, “Uh, doesn't sound like any of our guys. Sounds like women. Well, I think those are the voices of women. My ears are still trying to recover from that shriek, FREDDY!” 

“H-Hey, I’m still trying t-to get used to m-m-my new form! It h-happened without m-me trying t-to get it to.”

“I think they’re approaching! We need to hide! Quickly, into the bushes!” Leon and Freddy hid in, while I decided to climb into a tree to see who the individuals might be. I could see the shadows of the individuals coming to where we were once standing. But something didn’t look right about the shadows. They weren’t human shadows. More like….ponies? Wait, WAT? Don't tell me that the voices we heard were from talking ponies! This goes beyond reality! 

“Girls! I think the loud noises came from over here!” One of the voices exclaimed. “I see some footprints. And….what happened here?” 

I could get a see who the individuals were. The one that spoke was a purple… I don’t even know what she is. Seriously, is she a unicorn or a pegasus? A hybrid of both? I dunno.

Then came the other individuals. One had a white coat with a mane that was a darker shade of purple than the first pony’s coat, and was so curly-cued I could swear it was spring-loaded. The next was had a cerulean blue coat with a rainbow mane and tail; along with a what appeared to be some kind of symbol on its flank. Come to think of it, the white one AND purple pony had a symbol on their flanks, too. What I also noticed was the blue pony had wings, while the white one only had a horn. That's Strange. How come they don't both wings and a horn like the purple one? 

However, there were three more ponies that were walking with them. The next pony I could see had a pink coat with a crazy mane and tail. Looks like this one seems to not think of fixing up its hair. In addition, it kept on jumping like crazy. Must be hyper or something.The next I could see was a pony that had a orange coat and yellowish mane and tail with a cowboy hat on top of its head. Finally, the last one had a yellow coat with wings and a light pinkish mane and tail.

I feel like I'm losing my mind. How can these ponies even exist? 

They had their eyes on the dead body of the wooden wolf. 

“Eep!” Said the yellow pony. “I don't think we should have come, Twilight. Something killed that timberwolf.” Oh. So that's what that animal is called. A timberwolf. And I now know who the purple pony's name is: Twilight. 

“You guys seeing this?” I whispered to them and they nodded. “What do you suggest we do at this point?” 

“Chances are they could be dangerous. I suggest we scare them with our guns or with Freddy’s ANNOYING shriek,” suggested Leon while gritting his teeth.

“I sai-said I was sorry!” Freddy retorted defensively.

Thinking about what my next step was going to be, I decided that it would be best to scare these ponies away. Having my fingers on the trigger, I fired four shots in the air. The reaction was what I was hoping for. The ponies fell to the ground over the sound of my gun.

“Go back! I repeat. GO BACK!” I shouted. “You are to fall back immediately or I will fire on you! This is your final warning!” I fired two more shots in the air. 

Twilight didn’t tell her friends to go back. Instead, she tried looking for where I was. You gotta be bloody kidding me? She really wants us. 

Time to stop playing hide and go seek. 

I jumped out of the tree and aimed directly where Twilight was now standing. She took a few steps back from where I was standing. She had fear in her eyes. The rest of her friends also shared horrified expressions. 

There was something that I could tell she was doing. Her horn radiated a purple color, but there seemed to be nothing going on.

“What are you even trying to do? Hypnotize me or something?” I asked her. 

“Wh-what!? How can I not use my magic on you???” She questioned.

Magic? She's trying to use her magic on me? Well, looks like her magic isn’t doing jack. I have the upper hand it seems.

“Looks like your magic can’t do any harm on me. But, my gun is capable of killing you where you stand.” I felt something hit me on my chest. Looking down, the blue pony dropped to the ground with a painful expression on its face. Looks like this one was trying to tackle me to the ground, but failed in the process. 

I took a few steps back from where the blue pony was still trying to recover from her unsuccessful plan to bring me down. 

“You are not winning this right, you know that?”  I told them. “I'm giving you a chance to fall back without getting a bullet lodged into your bodies!” I said.

Then, I could hear what sounded like Freddy’s shriek once again. He came out of his hidden spot and was running right towards the ponies. 

“AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!” I had to cover both my ears to block out the unbelievable scream. It felt like listening to a hardcore metal-rock version of a song that's been turned up to maximum volume. 

Almost all the ponies made a run for it. Except for the blue one. However, Twilight seemed to come back for her, but I grabbed the rainbow maned pegasus in my hands and put my gun right at her head. 

“If you follow us, I will end your friend's life,” I said in a cold expression. “Don't make me fire my gun at your friend. It wouldn't end well.” I slowly went to where Leon was hiding, but I made sure that Twilight was not thinking of following me. I was keeping my hand on blue pony’s mouth. It had tears streaming down its face. 

Twilight, who had an expression of absolute horror, started to fall back and ran away with what I could tell had tears dropping towards the ground.

“Phew. Thought we were gonna end up in world of pain.” Me and Freddy got got back to our hiding spot in which Leon was waiting to see what I had in my position.

“You took one of them prisoner?” Leon said. “I don't think this is what you had in mine, Ghost.”

“Hey, it was either we got attacked by them or we took one of them prisoner,” I continued. “I know that this wasn't part of the plan, but I wasn't going to let Twilight and her friends take us prisoner. Heck, everything that I said to her was false. I wasn't going to shoot her friend in cold blood.” I explained while putting the rainbow pony on the ground. It was still banged up, but was not thinking of escaping.

“Look. We need to seriously get out of this forest. I don't think we should be here any longer. If those ponies ran away to a nearby town, they could call in the police or even some form of military. I don't want to go through waves of ponies.” Leon said.

Hmm. We would have go in the route that the ponies went in. That might be our only chance of getting out of this place.

Before I could get a chance speak, I heard static all of a sudden. 

“Max…..t-this….Jack. Do you...read, over?” There was someone talking to me. But who? I saw that I had a radio on me and grabbed it answer who was trying to talk to me.

“Hello? Who's speaking?” I asked.

“It's me. Chris. W-where...are you? I'm no-not coming in...clearly.”

Oh thank God! “Chris! What is going on??” I asked.

“We don't….know where we a-are. We’re in cave avoiding a blizzard just outside. I'm with Carl and John! Th-the only thing that's crazy is….we've become the characters we went as!”

“You’re not alone,” I told him. “I've become Ghost and Kevin and Sam are now Leon and Freddy respectively.”

“Hehe. I...it's getting cold where we are! It's at least forty degrees below zero! We’re not frozen, yet! Where are Jack, Mason and Alex?” He asked.

“I don't know. We have no idea where those guys are,” I confessed. “We’re safe over here. Well, at least for now. We kind of ran into some trouble, but we're fine.”

“We’re gonna f-f-find some other place that's wa-warm. We saw what looked like a c-castle that was s-surrounded by some sort of force field. We’re moving out right now. Good l-luck, Max!” All I could hear was static now. Great. This is just great! Looks like we’re really far away from each other. 

Where could the other team be? 

I looked at my friends and said, “We gotta move out. Chris is trying to get to us, but said he's now going to a castle that's not getting affected by the blizzard they are in now.” 

“Uggg.” We all looked down to see the blue pony putting its hoof on its head from the pain it got when flying right toward me fifteen minutes ago, only for her to promptly try to fly off. I barely had time to register before I pulled her back.

“What do you want from me?!!?” She yelled at us.

“Leon!”

“On it!” He replied while ramming the handle of his gun into the back of the mare’s head, knocking her out again, leaving her limp in my arms.

“Should we leave it here to fend for itself?” Said Leon.

“B-better to leave it here than t-taken it with us.” Freddy noted. 

I wanted to agree with Leon and Freddy, but it wouldn't be right to leave this pegasus in this forest. It could get killed by one of those Timberwolves. 

“I might be a soldier now, but we gotta help this creature out,” I told my friends. “Come on! We best get moving.” I could tell they were surprised with my decision to help the pony out. We got out of our hiding spot and went in the opening area where the ponies were walking in. I just hope we can get out of this mess. 

> RED and BLU
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The blizzard was powerful while walking in it. You wouldn't be able to see where you were going. It was hard for us to even walk in the snow. We felt like we had entered an ice age on this planet. My body was cold. Freezing like an icicle in the Antarctic. 

Surprisingly, we were still able to move our legs and arms. The temperature here is nowhere near warm. Imagine being in a meat locker with no warmth. You're just dying slowly. Your skin starting to become colder and colder by the minute. Your blood starting to freeze up. And you are down on your last breath. 

“H-Hey, Artom.” Scout said while shivering. “W-We’re going to g-get out of th-this right??” 

“I c-can’t say,” I replied. “But we've got to get to that castle that's surrounded by a fo-force field. We’ll get plenty o-of warmth there.” 

“Th-this is bloody crazy! We’re freezing to death, but we’re n-not dying!!!” Sniper shouted to the best of his ability.

“My character is able to adapt in t-this environment. Which means, I have a f-far better advantage than both of you. Do you think the Artom from the games would die in this environment? N-No.” They both seemed to understand what I've become. Of course, Artom was in the metro since he was a child. Including when growing up in becoming a ranger to help protect his people from the Dark One, the Reds, and the Nazis that seemed to destroy their home. He would fight till he could no longer stand on his feet. That's a brave man. 

I felt a memory coming back to me slowly. Everything went white for a split second and I could see what looked a city, Moscow, totally unrecognizable for miles away. All I could see were the ruins of a once great capital on earth. What I noticed was a Dark One looking straight at me, showing no signs of hostility towards me.

He’s coming to destroy us.

The vision ended as I felt someone shaking me on the shoulder. 

“Yo. Artom. What's y-your major malfunction? We g-gotta keep moving!” Scout said furiously.

I looked at him and said, “We have to keep moving. S-Something tells me we aren’t alone.” I grabbed my AK-74M rifle in my hands and resumed walking. “Both of you,” I looked at them. “Get your weapons out. If you see anything moving, start firing.” Sniper and Scout started to look at me like I was an idiot. But they acknowledged and took their weapons out as we continued going forward. 

Stop him. Stop him.

I could hear the voice more now. I wasn't sure if there would be a Dark One somewhere in the blizzard. Or could there be more? What if we’re just falling into a trap set by it? 

“You are all weak! You are all bleeders,” said someone. “None of you are even capable of fighting against Stars and Stripes!” The voice sounded American. That would include the person saying Stars and Stripes. 

“Wh-what the hell was that crap?” Scout said.

“That might be one of your e-enemies from Team Fortress 2. The Soldier.” I said to him. “I get the feeling we’re in for something big. And it won't be pretty.” 

“I c-can't believe this! Not only are w-we in a bloody blizzard, but we’re going to have to fight our enemies from the games we played??” Sniper didn't seem to like what I said. Of course, I could tell Scout was worried.

“You look worried, Scout.”

“W-what? No I'm not! I ain't afraid of anything. I'm not gonna cry for my mercy if that's what you're saying.” 

I could hear the sounds of more voices. Not one. Sounded like 4 or more. It was kind of hard to hear due to the blizzard keeping the voices a little suppressed. 

“Start running. Now!” I ordered.

“Got it!” They both said.

We were starting to run from wherever the voices were coming from. I wasn't going to get ourselves killed right now. I was surprised that Scout was running a lot faster than what me and Sniper were doing. Of course, that's one of the advantages of being a Scout in the game. 

I couldn't get a visual of where he went. Damn it. 

BAM!

“Ow!” Scout screamed.

We both made it to where Scout was jumping on one leg to notice a red pickup truck right in front of us.

“What’s a truck doing out here?” I questioned.

“No i-idea, mate. We better get in it before our enemies get to us.” I nodded as I went toward to the door of truck to only find out the door remained locked.

“Son of a…” This is really not my day. 

“Scout,” I turned around. “Give me your bat.” He took his bat out from his bag and placed it in my hands. I then smashed the window with Scout’s bat and then unlocked the door for me to open it. 

“Excellent. Thank you, Scout.” I gave him back his bat and got into the truck.

“Let’s see. Where could the key be?” I was looking around in the cabin to find any signs of keys. Wait a minute. I opened up the sun visor to see a pair of car keys land right in my hands. Ahah. Always in the sun visor. 

Getting the keys into the ignition, the truck came to life as the headlights came on. “Alright. Looks like we’re lucky. Quick. Get in the truck, guys. Time to make it to that crystal castle.” Sniper and Scout both nodded and got into the truck and shut the door in the process.

The drive went uninterrupted and really smooth… for about 5 seconds before a bullet came flying out of the back. Scout looked behind the truck and told me, “They’re chasing! Step on it!”

I hit the pedal to the metal as we were going at 56 mph. “How many trucks are behind us? One? Two?” I looked the rear-view mirror on my left, to see at least two pickup trucks behind us. Only to then have said mirror get shout from the enemy team. “Scout, start using that scattergun of yours.” 

“Get bloody going!” Sniper screamed at Scout.

“Alright! Alright! Geez!” Scout opened to back window and held his shotgun in his hands tightly. C’mon tough guys! Come and get some!” He got his answer. Scout saw what looked like three rockets coming right toward him. “Artom! Right! Go to your right!” I swerved to my right  to avoid being killed by the rockets. Then, I could hear the sounds of the rockets exploding from behind us.

That wasn't the end of it. Bullets were starting to come in. We could hear the bullets hitting our truck from all over. Good thing we haven't been shot, yet. 

Scout was using the scattergun at one of the vehicles, but was trying to focus on aiming for the driver. 

“Is that the best you got!” said one of the guys in one of the enemy trucks. “We’re gonna bury ya’ll here!” Sounded like Engineer.

“We’re almost getting out of this blizzard. Everyone. Hold on to your lunch!” I started to press the gas pedal and reached 75 mph. The enemy trucks were still on our tail. I could hear the sound of one of our tires popping. Fuck! They took out one of our tires!

At long last, we made it out of the blizzard and didn't get killed. However, it wasn't over. The BLU Team's trucks were still coming at us in hot pursuit. But, it made it easier for Scout to get a better chance in hitting his target.

“We’re not gonna get killed like this!” I said. “We gotta shake them somehow! There has to be a better way in getting a little further away from them!” 

“Uhh, Artom.” Sniper pointed his finger at what looked like a hill that could help us get into the air to gain the upper hand in not getting fired up close. I stumped my feet on the gas and this truck was going at 85 mph. 

“What in the bloody hell are you doing! You're going to kill us all!” Sniper holding on tight to his seat.

“I'm not planning on it.” The truck sped right off the hill as we were airborne.

“OH MY GOD!!” Scout turned around and got his seatbelt on and was hugging onto Sniper for dear life.

Everything felt like time was going slow. It was like we were about to die in a slow, but painful death. 






I needed this walk. Things have been way too stressful, Shining Armor mused to himself as he walked along the outskirts of the Crystal Empire. Ever since their baby shower, they had been spending so much time planning in addition to their typical duties, it was a wonder they remembered to wake up half the time.

Nothing looked wrong while both he and his lovely wife Princess Cadence were having time to themselves from their royal duties. 

Until now. 

They noticed that the sun's light was no longer shining bright upon them. What they could hear were the sounds of loud noises from on top of them. Both of them looked up to notice three boxes flying in the air and went back to the ground almost a few feet from where they were standing.

In addition, one of the rectangles did not land on all fours. Instead, the blue monster was flipping over five times! Parts of the monster were going all over the place. Both Shining Armor and Cadence crouched down and tried to not get hit the debris. 

The other blue monster ended up crashing into a red monster of the same body. It would also include something tall being ejected from the blue monster which resulted in the tall blue figure to smash into the ground. 




“Ahhh...crap.” Scout was not himself when one of BLU Team's trucks hitting us on our side. Luckily, I wasn't hurt. I'm shakened up, but I'm still here.

I looked to notice that Sniper was knocked out. Looks like I got to slap in the face to wake him up. I smacked him across the face and he woke up in a split second.

“What was that for?!” 

“You were knocked out. I had to get you back to your senses.” I chuckled.

“Artom,” said Scout. “We should probably get going.” I looked to my left to see that the driver from the other truck looked at me in anger. The driver, Soldier, was kicking his door to get out to shoot us.

“Back up, idiot!” I nodded to Scout as I started to reverse the truck so that we could get out of this mess. Soldier kicked the door open and got on of his car and started to shoot his rocket launcher at us.

“Faster! Faster!” Scout said. 

“Scout, I am aware that Soldier is shooting at us. Stop helping me. I turned the wheels to the left and then hit the gas pedal to resume driving. I had to dodge the rockets which was making it a lot more difficult to drive. There was one rocket that almost hit us, but missed us about one feet. That would've ended badly. 

Scout looked back to notice that Soldier was trying to shoot more rockets at us, but it would appear that his rocket launcher may have jammed on him. 

“We're in the clear!” Sniper said. “Good job, Artom. We avoided one bloody mess.” He started to relax his muscles to know that it was going to be smooth sailing from now on.




“Damn it!” Soldier said while slamming his rocket launcher to ground in anger. “BLU Team will not be disgrace to to my country! I will not allow those cowards to run away from me. You hear me, RED Team?! All of you will be kicked in the ass so hard that you won't be able to sit down for 5 weeks! And I'm counting on that!” Soldier hurried over to his truck to see if it was even able to be drivable. Out of all the rotten luck, the truck started up. Sadly, his friends were killed while he was the last man left standing. 

“I'll make sure that those maggots are sent six feet under for having my men get killed!” He thought. Soldier looked at his rear-view mirror and noticed there were two horses walking toward him.

“What in the name of liberty am I even looking at? I know I didn't drink too much alcohol with my friends. And I am positive this isn't some sort of trick that RED Team had planned for me.” He wasn't sure if these two horses were enemies, but he could tell that he saw that their mouths were moving to tell him they could be able to speak. Soldier found it odd that the white one had a horn sticking out of its head and the pink one which had a horn and wings. 

“Better get out of here.” Soldier hit the gas pedal as he was determined to kill the cowards of RED Team. 

“Oi! Soldier!” Sniper said from the radio. “Did you kill them??” 

“Negative. Those maggots got away. I am currently in pursuit to send those boys to hell! My whole team got killed by them. But I will not allow them to get away from this American boot!” Soldier had determination in his voice.

“We’re sending you some more guys help you out. Good luck, mate.” Sniper said.

Soldier continued to drive his truck, following the tire tracks of the enemy vehicle.