Deal with it. I need to use the comedy tag more often.I know Dash was supposed to be the focus of this chapter but I decided to follow the hijinks of Tyrin and Lyra for a bit before we get to Dash. Deal with it. I need to use the comedy tag more often.
Lyra and I made our way to Central Park. I was honestly surprised that this was Central Park was actually called by its name instead of some pony equivalent. Central Park being in New Yoke City was filled with ponies who were going about their. The Children played while the adults would sit on a bench and read or do some other time consuming task.
When I first entered New Yoke, I was surprised at how much it resembled New York. The sky scrapers were huge, the sidewalks were crowded, and most surprisingly had tons of traffic. The vehicles they drove were steam powered carriages. I knew there was a technology gap in Equestria but this is kind of ridiculous. They have freaking cars. The carriages moved at decent speeds and would beat walking by far but then again with the tech the combined humans have brought to Equestria, we could probably advance their technology by leaps and bounds. But then again the ponies seemed unaware of the technology gap and Lyra thought of the carriages as normal so I really shouldn't get worked up over it.
As we walked through the park I got an occasional stare but for the most part was seen as some what normal. That was fast. I kept walking and noticed a pair of armored ponies following us. I turned around and stopped them. "Can I help you with something?" The ponies stood at attention. "At ease gentlecolts."
"No, sir. You are to report to the midtown police station on orders of Princess Luna."
"Princess Luna? Are you sure?"
"Yes sir. We've been looking for you all day. She asked us personally asked us to find you when she got word you were in the area."
"Hmmm... strange. Ok then... orders are orders and I wouldn't want to offend her in any way. So then... lead the way." I tell the two who promptly walk off motioning for us to follow.
"Tyrin whats going on?"
"Oh its probably nothing. I met Celestia but I still have yet to meet Luna. I'm pretty sure that Luna wants to meet me, nothing more than that."
"Are you serious? Luna is crazy."
"Have you meet her?"
"Yes but-"
"Have you personally met her?"
"No but-"
"Then don't judge."
"But-"
"Lyra?"
"Fine."
"So... apparently I'm some kind of hero. You know what that means, right?" I say putting emphasis on the last word.
"Are you trying to hit on me?"
"What the hell? No nothing like that. What gave you that idea?"
"Nothing... so what were you saying?"
"Well what I was saying was that since I'm some kind of hero, maybe I might get a medal or something."
Lyra stopped and stood on her hind legs and comically waved her forehooves. "Watch out everypony! We got a bad flank over here!" The armored ponies in front of me started to laugh. I shot them glares and they shut up.
"Ok then Lyra, your fucking cool."
"Oh I made it angry!" she said making the ponies in front of me laugh again.
"Oh yes, I'm so very angry." I say with mock anger.
"Calm down then Tyrin you don't want to cause a scene!" she said sarcastically.
"Methinks you want to wait outside the police station while I talk to Luna."
"Oh you don't mean that."
I smiled and looked down acting like I have a monocle . "Oh but I do miss Heartstrings."
"Yeah and then I can tell my uncle how much of a plothole you are being now and you'll be out of a place to live."
"I say! You have bested me in the battle of inquiry and I lower my head in the bitter shame of defeat. Good day sir!" I say like 19th century high society snob.
Lyra laughed and we proceeded to the police station being escorted by the two heavily armored ponies which I really should ask if they are part of the guard or not.
"Hey you two I got a question. Are you in the Royal Guard? I'm not sure if you are because you are armored more heavily than the average guardspony."
"No, were with the Equestrian Royal Army."
"I didn't know Equestria had a military."
"Equestria has always had a military. Celestia had seen fit that the military only be called into active duty when their was a prominent threat to the nation."
"So if you guys are here what is the threat?"
"We haven't been told but we've been mobilized. I'm actually not sure why you wouldn't know yet. Your rank is equal to that of a Colonel."
"Wait... WHAT?"
Dash stood in the ruin in mild shook that she was staring straight at a picture of humans in what looked like a park. She immediately thought of the humans at the farm compared to the humans in the picture. These humans were definitely taller but then again she couldn't be sure because it was just a picture. She noticed there was a female human, a foal at that. She had purple hair... just like Scootaloo. A tear bled from her eye, rolled down her face, and fell to the ground leaving an echo in its wake.
She then turned away and looked down the corridor to see where she should head next. She walked forward and met a fork in the road. Left or right... she shined the light at the path on the right and found that the tunnel had collapsed only leaving the left path. She started her way into the corridor which apparently led down further into the earth and was cut off from the light from the initial entrance. She walked further and further and noticed the air down here was stale. She knew this place had to be thousands of years old. She walked even further until she met a giant chasm. The drop looked endless but she knew better than to assume that. She spit down the chasm to listen for the drop. Rainbow waited for a two whole minutes but he tell tale splish never came. She looked up. Further down the walkway that hugged the sided of the internal cliff was a bridge she could walk over... Wait a second she's a bucking pegasus. How did she forget she had wings? Rainbow took flight and flew to the other side which took about a minute. The chasm was huge.
She got to the other side and noticed there was light coming from the entrance in the wall a little ways from where she stood. Wait... no that can't be right. She was in a Celestia forsaken mountain. Thats in possible but low and behold, light continued to come from the entrance. She edged closer to the entrance, nervous at what she would find waiting for her. She was more curious than she was afraid... because somepony as awesome as her isn't afraid of anything.
She stopped just outside of the entrance and poked her head around the corner. She then proceeded to walk into the entrance that seemed to go even lower into the mountain which was lit by electric lights. She'd only seen those in hospitals. Strange... they emitted orange light instead of white light. She walked further for what seemed like an hour and then finally saw the end of the tunnel. She galloped towards it and was gobsmacked by what she saw. The entire mountain had been hollowed out and inside rested a massive city. She had to practically pick her jaw up off the ground but was assisted in the matter when she swallowed a fly. After a fit of coughing she went back to gawking at the city.
The city was huge and stood high over the ground. These building were the biggest that she'd ever seen in her entire life. The inside of the mountain was big enough that it housed its own cloud layer. The city had lights throughout it which meant she wouldn't have to waste the flashlight. Dash wasted no time and put the flashlight in her saddle bag. She jumped of the ledge and spread her wings. Looking down she noticed she was as high from the ground as Cloudsdale. Thats like... no... this place is huge. Cloudsdale is like 5,000 feet off the ground. This place is impossibly huge. Wait... if she was this high then that meant that she misjudged the actual size of the city. This place was bigger then Canterlot. This was Canterlot times ten.
She flew for an two whole hours when she finally made it over the city. She swooped down on top of a building and looked down to see if the coast was clear. Nopony was there but she noticed the streets were surprisingly clean. She then heard a rumbling noise which grew louder and louder. Her head turned skyward. A large flying machine was heading her direction with a light coming out of the front. The light was moving back and then the light was on her. The vehicle then started to hover around her and a rope descended from it. For once... Rainbow Dash was scared.