Quete

by Comrade Bagel Muffin


Plan Révisé

Escutcheon crawled on hid stomach back toward the pins. Dusk was going to be safe, she was going to get out, but now, now everything was falling apart. He doubted Nightingale and the others would continued to send in soldiers and weapons, this was going to be his only chance. He cursed under his breath that he left his pack at Pythagorean's estate. He couldn't see anything without the sapphire. His hoof finally bumped into the wall at the end of the tunnel. He tapped softly on secret door. He could barely hear it, but he knew that it would be perfectly audible to the Thestrals above him. The panel opened above him.
"Colt, what happened?" Dusk's father looked down at him. "It's going crazy up here. The Choler are all over the place."
"Are you sure it's a good idea, to have the tunnel open then?" Escutcheon whispered.
"Do you see the stars?" He sounded slightly annoyed. Escutcheon looked up, and shook his head side to side. "It's because we sleep in circles with our wings interlocked in circles above our heads. It's fine so long as your quite, now what happened?" Escutcheon explained everything that he knew. From the voice that he heard in the vision when he cut off the Eternal Storm, to what he could remember from when he passed out. "I see." He sighed. "At least Dusk is safe now."
"Right, so do you know any ways into the pyramid?"
"What?" Several other thestrals opened their eyes, looking at him like he was out of his mind. "Into the pyramid, why would you need into the pyramid? You know that's where the Choler are based right?"
"I know."
"And you know that they are looking for you?"
"I know."
"Then you should know that, that is the last place that you want to be. Escutcheon, listen to me, you saved my daughter, and I got to see her again, and for that I thank you. If you get caught, you will wish that they had killed you. The Choler are evil, they revel in causing suffering. We all want freedom, but you being caught by them won't help any of us." The other thestrals nodded their agreement. "Leave, get back to your home."
"No, you listen, I'm not going until everything is right. I Pinkie Pie Promised, and I'm not going to break it. I'm going to go into the pyramid and stop whatever is causing this, because something is doing this. And then your ponies can be free, you can be with your daughter, and Dusk can be happy. Then I'll go home."
"Fine. Wait until tomorrow, night I'll see if we can't help." He started squeaking and softly clicking, others soon started joining in. "We're sending another pony to the escapees. They'll come in mass. I would really like to meet the mare and stallion that raised you."
"I'm sure Mother and Father would like to meet you too."
"Yeah and lecture me about not letting a colt go off to fight a sadistic cult. I'm sure. Go back into the tunnel Escutcheon, we'll get you when it's time, and thank you."
"For what?"
"For helping me to hope again. Tomorrow will be our last day in chains, one way or another." The panel closed above his head. Plunging his world into darkness, eventually his anxious mind gave way to tiredness, and after what could have been hours or minutes he fell asleep.