A little teaser for the 6,000 word chapter!

“I’m getting pretty good at this.” Twilight says to herself.

Twilight walks down the road. Gravel and dirt shifting and crunching beneath her feet. Her arms where swaying by her side, her walk became more fluid, as a result more strut like. Her fur is a greasy mess, littered with dirt and little pieces of rock. Her tail is just as dirty as the rest of her. Her eyes where half closed and passively observing the surrounding woodland.

The forest wasn’t too dense, you could clearly see far into it, the cold rays of sunlight still echoed through the old worn branches of the forest. The white bark radiated with the suns beams and illuminated the surface of the earth with fabulous tint and pigment. Twilight however, had little appreciation for its glorious splendor, she was exhausted. Every step was a chore.

She had walked so far, and no Portland was to be found. A while before, she came across a fork in the road and took the one to the right. There was no sign saying which road led where. Since then she’s been walking. It’s too late to turn around. Not a single sign has been seen since. The condition of the road has dropped dramatically, no longer was it polished and uniform. Now the edges of the road were torn, and lost its solid grey tone to a paler shade. The road had more holes, and slowly got worse the farther she travelled.

Walking, walking, walking.

Yup, I sure can walk alright… Twilight thought to herself in attempt to battle the defeated feeling she has.

Her breath is slow, and consistently so. With each painful exhale misty breathe exits her mouth like a gentle wave in the air. She looks upward. The sun is setting, casting reds and oranges across the sky, making a beautiful splash of colour across the dying sky. The clouds had begun to gather more as well, not many, but a few as opposed to the perfect sky before. Twilight paid no attention to this, her state was beyond unreachable, her mind was focusing on movement and efficiency. Her stomach roared and begged for food.

Walking, walking.

The sun set more, and stars began to show their face on the theatre of night.

Food… water… sleep… any of those would be fantastic right about now… where is everybody… are they all dead? No, the road before was well kept and updated… how did I get so lost… where did I mess up… Celestia help me…

Her thoughts seemed to echo through the forest and bounce back to her as she walked. It’s maddening, nothing moved, nothing changed, just the sky. Just the untouchable, and more or less irrelevant sky. The concrete of the road ended abruptly, and the rest of the road was dirt and light gravel. The builders must have given up after a while… oh no… does this road go anywhere? Of course it does… but to where?!

Twilights thoughts didn’t echo this time. They simply died. This was more maddening than the echo. It was lonely… dark and cold… afraid and concerned… frightful and nervous…

The road continued onward. The sky darkened further, no longer did the sun pepper the sky with gorgeous colours and hues, rather it left entirely. Simply night was left to the sky. Stars and clouds filled the sky with depth and art. And moonlight shone through the forest, filling it with nocturnal blue light, blasting serenity throughout the woods.  

I… need… food… water… anything…