//------------------------------// // Sky Illegally Opens A Door // Story: Frostbitten // by flaming_hot_fandoms //------------------------------// "Dude. . . where are we?" Sky's question bounces throughout through the dimly lit hallway, reflecting what's on everyone's mind. Instead of taking us through the Old Equestria exhibits, Obsidian lead us through a door next to the entrance.   Now we're here, all of us either extremely bored or confused. Or, if you're me, both.   Razz shrugs. "Don't ask me. You're the nerd, so I thought you would know all about the museum."   "Sure I do, just not the places where only employees are allowed."   ". . . Why not?"   "I work at t-the library, not the museum!"   Razz just shrugs again. "Same thing."   Sky grumbles and mutters something under her breath, while the rest of us snicker.   "So. . ." Silver starts after a few minutes. "This could be to be one of the weirdest field trips I've ever been on. What about you guys?"   Lou shakes her head. "Nah, I've been through worse. One time we went to a farm and a chicken threw up on me."   We all giggle except for Razz, who gags and covers her mouth. "Oh come on, you know how bad my stomach handles that stuff!"   "Yeah, my story is pretty gr-gross too," Sky sighs after we calm down. "Our class went to an arbor- arboretum, and one of the colts in my group started flirting with me. We were in fifth grade, and I never even met him before. It took me about five hours to figure out what was going on!"   Our laughter bounces throughout the hallway. None of us say anything about how she stumbles over some words. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Sky let out a sigh and smile.   "Our school took us to a play. The main role was so clumsy he fell off the stage and right on top of me," I pause as I remember the distracted Earth Pony that hit me like a truck. "On the bright side, I got to stay home for a few days with the broken leg he gave me."   I leave out the part about how Daisy would continuously try to run into my leg or drop books on my injured talons, or how Dad had to work late into the night to pay the medical bills. I tend to be lectured about how I shouldn't be so negative all the time when I say things like that.   "Stop."   Obsidian's command cuts through the air like a knife. As we stop walking, we all silence ourselves immediately, and a chill spreads over us. He turns around and gives us a death glare. “You all will listen to me very carefully. You will follow every order I give you, without complaint. Understand?”   I really, really hate this guy. Razz snorts. “Or what? You’ll vaporize us?”   A smirk spreads across Obsidian’s face, and he looks very terrifying. “No, it won’t come to that. But if you don’t listen. . .”   A silver aura surrounds Razz, and suddenly she’s being lifted into the air! She screams and Sky jumps up to pull her down, but only ends up being levitated too, her hat falling off in the process. We all look back to Obsidian, and his horn is covered with the same light.   This idiot is using magic. . .   I lift my head up higher, hoping that he doesn’t see me trembling. “You- you can’t use magic with-”   “With this?” He turns his head so the anti-magic device catches the light. “Nothing more than a simple piece of fabric.” As if to prove us right, he lifts a hoof and pulls it off. Lou turns around and walks off. “Nope. Not today. Hell no, not dealing with that shit.”   “Wait!”   Sky, who had fallen down earlier, runs up to her. She pulls the rest of us together after adjusting her hat. “Listen, this guy is crazy. But I have a plan. For now, everybody just stay calm and do what he says. I’ll take the wheel if anything goes wrong.”   . . . Is this the same pony who had trouble speaking a few minutes ago? A hard look is now set on her face, and I know that it’ll be hard disagreeing with her.   “Alright. Just don’t get us killed.”   She gives me a smile, and my stomach twists. It’s just like the one Mom gave me when I was really upset or scared.   “We’re in.” Silver steps forward, Wyn hiding under his wing. “If you keep hi- us alive, then obviously it’s a good idea.”   Sky nods and turns to Lou, who sends us all a scowl. “Fine. But if I die, my family will sue you.”   “Fair enough.” Sky turns around and faces Obsidian with confidence that seems to come out of nowhere. “We’ll do whatever you say. But hurt anyone, and there’ll be hell to pay. Got it?”   He smiles, and Razz falls to the ground.   “Deal.” “So. . . That’s a nice necklace you got there.”   Sky is staring at Wyn’s choker. Obsidian had led us through a stairway that was even darker than the hallway before his horn lit up, and a few balls of light shot out and floated around us. Sky kept falling down so many times that Obsidian had to levitate her until we got to the bottom. Now we’re just. . . In another hallway.   Wyn nods, rubbing the charm. “Thanks. Uh, it’s a family heirloom.”   “So. . . does it have any meaning, like. . . You know, meaning?”   “Not really. Silver has a pair of earrings, but in the shape of hearts. We’re brothers, you know.” “Cool.” She nods, and the hallway fills with silence.   It stays like that for another half hour, until Obsidian stops again. I look up, and he’s standing in front of a giant metal door. The paint is chipped and faded, but it isn’t too hard to make out the picture.   There’s a large sun with a spear in the middle, just like Sky’s earring. It’s cradled by a silver crescent moon, with a large blue heart next to it. It’s all surrounded by a circle with five points on it. On each of the points is a different symbol. Apples, gems, balloons, butterflies, and. . . A cloud with a rainbow? Well, why not. . .   In the center is a magenta star that I’m sure that I’ve seen in history books. Maybe not, since I usually sleep during class. In the background is a navy blue shield.   Sky gasps and runs up to the door. “W-what-how. . .” She turns to Obsidian. “Why did you bring us down here? Why does this have the symbol for the Sun Dogs?”   The Sun Dogs.   The rebellion group that’s trying to take down our controlling government while keeping the world safe from Skades. Ever since they broke out of their mountain prison, Skades haven’t stopped attacking. . . Pretty much everybody in the world.   I don’t have anything against the Sun Dogs, but I prefer not to be arrested.   Silver walked up beside me, Wyn still under his wing. “So, uh. . . This is interesting.”   “We’re being kidnapped by this guy that can kill us any moment using magic which is, you know, illegal, and now it turns out that the Sun Dogs have something to do with this. Oh, it’s definitely interesting.”   “Well, it’ll be a nice story to tell my parents,” Razz says as she trots up to us. Her look of sarcasm slowly turns to horror. “Oh no. . . They’re going to kill me when I get home!”   “If we get home.” Lou’s statement brings us all to silence, before Wyn whimpers and hugs Silver’s leg. He sends Lou a glare before hugging him back.   During our discussion, Obsidian and Sky’s argument grew louder to the point to where they’re practically yelling.   “This is madness!” Sky paces in front of the door. “You kidnap us, threaten us, take us to an abandoned base, and-”   “You seem to know a lot about this place.” Obsidian catches us starring and smirks. “How about you tell them why? I knew from the moment I saw you, but what want to see if any of these imbeciles figured it out.” Sky grinds her teeth together. “Fine.They were going to find out anyway.” She turns to us and points to her earring. “See this? It’s the Sun Dog token. Our little secret symbol so that we can find allies easily.”   I wait a few moments for her words to sink in. Wyn figures it out before me. “You. . . You’re a spy?”   “I was. Spies don’t get caught.”   While I’m still trying to figure out what the hell is going on, Sky groans and turns around. “Alright, so how do we open this?” Obsidian walks up behind her. “We need to levitate it at the same time. I’ll take the left.”   Sky nods, and then pulls her device off. We gasp, but she pays no attention to us. Instead, she closes her eyes and her horn lights up in a blue glow. The left side of the door is now covered silver, and the right is blue.   After a moment, the doors give way with a loud CREEEEEE. Dust pours down on us, and it’s really annoying.   In a few minutes, beads of sweat start to drip down Sky’s forehead, and the door isn’t close to being halfway opened.   This might take awhile. It took awhile.   After a few failed attempts and a falling rock mishap, the door finally opened. I think Sky is going to cry from relief. I would too, if a mercenary forced me to lift a door that probably hasn’t been opened in forever.   “Come on, we don’t have time to waste!”   Obsidian’s sudden wave of energy is surprising, but I’m pretty hyped up too. Besides, you know, the constant feeling of dread knowing that I can die any second. I push myself in front of Lou and step inside the room.   What’s inside is a bit. . . Underwhelming.   There’s torn up banners hanging on the wall, too tarnished to decipher. Chairs and desks are scattered across the room at random, and papers litter the floor. In the center of the room is a statue depicting an Alicorn in battle armor.   “This is it?” Lou asks, voicing my thoughts.   Then Razz walks in the room, the last one to do so. The statue’s armor glows, and a raspy voice flows out of it.   “The six have arrived. . .”   The light shines even brighter, and it’s chest opens to reveal a compartment. I reach in before anyone can stop me, and pull out a small, glass orb.   It vibrates, and the voice speaks again, louder and clearer than before.   “When the arrow of twilight flies, As the fire burns at the Sun’s demise, As the stars fall and the sky is veiled by shadow, The ice around the world will be thawed.”   Well. . . that’s not ominous or anything.   “It’s true!” Obsidian takes the orb from my talons and examines it. “At last. . . the Orb of Ciro has been found! Glory to the Skades awaits!”   Glory. . . To the Skades?   “Skades are the most dangerous creatures you’ll ever encounter.”   Mrs. Cheerilee, one of the oldest teachers in the school, is dedicated to making sure we stay safe from Skades. Most of her history lessons end with; “They ruined everything, but once the Bearers return, they’ll fix it all!”   She’s so sweet that nobody has the heart to remind her that any mention of the Elements, or their Bearers, is a federal offense. I think she’s really fond of them because she married one of their brothers or something. Whenever the giant red pony visits, he never talks much, so I don’t know.   Mrs. Cheerilee is one of the few teachers that isn’t prejudice against me for being a hybrid, so she’s my favorite. I try my best not to sleep through her class, so I catch the end of this one: “Some Skades have the ability to disguise themselves. They might look like one of us, but they can’t hide their eyes. If you see someone with ice-like eyes, stay away and stay safe.”   So now, looking at Obsidian - and his eyes that look like chips of ice. . .   I really wish that I stayed awake during the Self-Defense course in gym.