Preview of A Rather Large Adventure's next chapter: Dissent and Wisdom · 9:39pm Sep 27th, 2018
The night was dark, the building in front of them intimidating. The large party, including the two dogs, had come at last to the entrance of the observatory. Inside the windows, no lights were on, and clutter was scattered both outside and inside.
“The door’s locked,” Fluttershy whispered, breath escaping her mouth in little bursts. Chains and padlocks were indeed wrapped around the double doors leading to the abandoned atrium.
“We don’t have a key,” the other Twilight said. “How do we get in?”
Firestorm raised his hand. “I’ve got a key.”
“You do?” Starlight asked him. “When did you get it?”
“I’ll tell you.” Firestorm reached over his back to one of the sword hilts and gripped it tightly. “I created the key on the spot.”
He slashed his arm downward, and the blade ripped out of his scabbard and cleaved through the locks like they were made of string. He swirled the sword up and over his back again, and the sword was already once more across his back. The padlocks and chains fell to the floor with a tremendous clinking sound.
“So your sword was the key?” Sunset Shimmer asked tiredly.
He shrugged. “Yeah.” He pulled the door open, sweeping the fallen chains to the side, and waited for everyone else to go in.
“I’ve never heard of a sword being a key before,” the other Rainbow Dash admitted, walking in. “Maybe in Daring Do books, where they have to fit the artifact into place, or something.”
“Ooh! Ooh! I have an idea! What if the sword was a gigantic key?” Pinkie asked in excitement, hopping inside.
“Come on!” Noble Blade said as the line of girls filed inside. “A sword being a gigantic key? Whoever heard of that? That’s the most impractical weapon I've ever heard of!”
“I know, right?” Firestorm added as Sunset squeezed by him, holding the door open for her. “What would we call it, the Keyblade? Where would the blade even be? On the small, weird jagged bit at the end? There’s no blade running up the sword at all!”
“I actually think it’s kind of cool,” Flash admitted, going in at the end of the line.
“Then go and forge your own big-donkey key out of gold and wield it yourself,” Firestorm told him as he passed by. Noble followed him, and as Firestorm also went in, Freedom Fighter went in last and shut the door.
Kingdom Hearts reference... nice.
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I've never even played the games, but I know that there's a big-donkey key-sword that the player uses.
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