//------------------------------// // What the hay is this place?! // Story: Pony Terrestrial // by Arcanel //------------------------------// And so my great readers, I’m back once more! CPM here. Well, last time indicated the start of the next arc…hope you enjoy Las Vegas! XD. Anyway, I better give you the next chapter already. Here’s the next chapter of “The misadventures of MLP: FIM around the world”! I own nothing that is known to have anything to do with ponies, chimeras, manticores, or any other villain and mystical creature of the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Got it memorized? Chapter 27: What the hay is this place?! “Huh? I can’t read the sign!” I exclaimed as we started walking closer to the bright sign. “What do you mean? Or, were you not taught to read as a filly?” ‘Tavi smugly asked me, her amused face looking at me. Oh no she didn’t! “Ha…ha…ha. Very funny ‘Tavi. Why don’t you take a look by yourself?” I asked her, annoyed by her retort. Then she started walking closer to the shiny sign. “I don’t see why not. Let’s see…er…I…” She trailed off. “Now who’s the one who doesn’t know how to read?” I said, a smug smile on my face. When I said that, she just “humphed”. “Very well, I was wrong. Mr. Macintosh, can you read the sign?” Octavia asked, turning to the big red guy. Said pony went closer to the sign. “Eenope.” Big Mac answered. “And I also cannot figure out the language it is written in…how strange…” ‘Tavi said, wonder in her voice. “Yeah but…this sign really looks like the one in Las Pegasus…that’s weird.” I commented. Seriously, how is it that a sign that totally looks the same like a city, but it’s written in a totally different language I don’t even know about? This is getting weird… “Indeed. Perhaps we really should stay away from this city. It could be dangerous.” ‘Tavi proposed. “(Sigh)…No. We shouldn’t. It would be going right back at the desert and unless we get really lucky, we won’t find any other city any time soon.” I told her, firmness in my voice. I DON’T want to go and feel that cold again. “I guess you ARE right, I believe.” She conceded, defeat in her voice. “Eeyup.” Big Mac answered…again. We SERIOUSLY need to find an ice-breaker with that pony. I don’t want him to be an almost walking statue! “Well, let’s get moving! Strange place or not, I’m not going back to the freezing desert!” I proclaimed, raising my hooves to the sky. Octavia only sighed and started moving, as well as Big Mac. Well, that’s just boring. Remind me not to bring them for adventures. After we walked for a few minutes, not talking at all, seriously, these ponies are totally boring, we got to the city…and by Celestia we got a BIG surprise! “Woah! This place is HUGE! I don’t remember Las Pegasus being this big!” I exclaimed, WAY too surprised with the size of the city. Seriously, all I see are lights and lights and lights! Not even in Las Pegasus it was this bright! “Well, I have never been to Las Pegasus myself, but I have been told that it looked quite like this city.” ‘Tavi commented. Wait, she didn’t come here ever?! “You have never been in Las Pegasus? But it is one of the big entertainment spots in all of Equestria! I’m surprised you haven’t been there not once!” I shouted to her, my face totally surprised. I’ve heard her play, and I’m surprised she hasn’t been here before. “While I know that is true, I preferred to stay where my talents would feel less…out of place, so to speak.” She answered me back, her face not too comfortable. “Aren’t you being a little too hard on them?” I asked her, curiosity in my voice. Hey, Las Pegasus ain’t your fancy place to stay, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know of music. “Would you not believe so, if all Las Pegasus is heard of, is about games as far as the eye can see?” She asked me back. Errrr…. “Well…” I trailed off. ARGH! Why can’t I be right with her?! “Still, you should try to go to other cities. I’ve heard that Trottingham would be very good for what you play, and I think so does Manehattan.” I told her, trying to convince her to expand her music. Her face was not all convinced, but all she said was “I shall see”, and that was the end of that. (Sigh)…why did I get stuck with the silent ponies? When we started walking, I started noticing that the sand under us didn’t feel like sand anymore. “Hey…what in Equestria is this?” I asked to no one, looking down at the strange black material with yellow lines. “I am not sure…perhaps there has been some renovation over the stone path?” Tavi proposed, an unsure look in her face. “I dunno. Looks like it to me. This is getting really weird by each second-hey…do you feel like we’re been watched?” I asked to my partners, because I started feeling like we were being watched. And right there, I saw that some weird things were looking at us. What the hay are those things?! “Um, what are those weird alien things that are watching us?!” I shouted, starting to get panicked. Okay, strange sign, strange floor, strange things…is it me, or this isn’t Las Pegasus? “I do not know. Miss Scratch remain calm please. We must not get desperate an- “WATCH OUT!” The scream came from Big Mac who tackled Octavia from where she was, when something came out of nowhere and went right through where Tavi was before, so fast that I didn’t even saw what it was. Okay, this is starting to get real bad, real quick! “Guys, let’s make a run for it, this is starting to get dangerous!” I yelled at them, wanting to go hide or whatever to get us out of this mess. Tavi was still on the floor, her face totally shocked, and right next to her Big Mac who went and helped her to her hooves. Okay, no more insulting him again. That whatever it was would have crushed Tavi! “Ummm…thank you very much…Mr. Macintosh…” Tavi said, not really being able to say more because she was still very shocked. “No problem miss.” Big Mac said in return. “Hey, are you all okay there?” Said a voice I didn’t recognize. I quickly turned my head and saw that one of the things was approaching us, running to us. I was still weary of them, so I remained silent. “Phew!...There there. It’s all okay now. I was really scared that one of you might have got run over. Let’s get you all to your owners, okay?” It told us, going over to touch us. Wait, owners? “What the hay do you mean by owners? I don’t belong to anyone!” I shouted at him. Owners? Is that thing insane or what?! I looked back to Tavi and Big Mac to look at their reactions, but Tavi was still a little shaken, and Big Mac was just helping her stand okay. But when I looked back, the thing got REALLY scared. “AHHHHHH! Y-y-y-you can t-t-talk!” It screamed, falling to the floor. Still, what kind of statement is that?! “Huh? Of course I can talk! What? Never seen a pony talk before?” I told it, my face showing a lot of sarcasm. Which apparently, wasn’t even noticed because it got up and started screaming like a madmare. “AHHHHHH! Somebody call the police! Or the FBI! Or animal control! Or whatever! There are talking ponies in here!” It shouted, and then ran like Tartarus. Wow…what what hay just happened? “Okay…that was weird. Anyway, let’s get out of here. I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Tavi, are you ready to go?” I asked to the grey musician, wanting to know if she was okay. It’s not every day you have a near death situation. “Y-y-yes…I think so…” She told me back, still shaky, but she could stand on her own. Big Mac just nodded to me. “(Sigh) I’m glad. I’m sorry. We really should have stayed on another place. It was my fault.” I told to her, feeling sorry. I REALLY should have said nothing and kept on walking. But we were going to freeze to death in the desert! Octavia went to open her mouth, but then we heard something really loud. Like a siren. When we looked back, we saw that a thing like the one that almost hit Octavia was getting close to us…only it was bigger and faster. “OH COME ON! Tavi, Big Mac, let’s run for it!” It screamed at them and started running away from the huge machine. “Yeh don’t have tah tell me twice!” Big Mac shouted. Wait, he shouted!?...’This is a miracle…GAH! Vinyl, get your thoughts straight! This is the time for running! Not to awe on a silent pony shouting!’ “Wait for me!” Tavi screamed as she too started running. I think she was still a bit shaky, which made her took a little to catch up to us, but she managed in the end. Then we heard a voice as we run. “Come you little horses! We don’t want to hurt you!” Said the voice in a caring way. I’m not trusting that!...Wait…did it just…? “WHO YOU CALLING A HORSE YOU IDIOT ALIEN THING!!? I’M A PONY, NOT A HORSE!” I shouted back at the machine. NOPONY calls me a horse. It’s insulting! “Unholy mother of…they really CAN talk! Forget the owners! We’re getting rich with this!” It shouted back inside the machine, and it one started going faster. Oh, ponyfeathers, this is bad! “ARGH! They’re gonna get us. We need to hide!” I shouted back at Tavi and Big Mac. “But where do we hide?!” Tavi shouted back at me. She’s right, it’s not like…hey…what’s that huge thing in the background? “How about that huge shiny pyramid thing that’s getting closer?!” I shouted back at her, pointing with my head to a big, shiny at the top, but dark at the rest, pyramid building. She looked back at me with a “Are you insane?!” look. “Are you mad?! There could be hundreds of those aliens in there!” She retoreted at me. “Do you want to see what happens if the machine that looks like the thing that almost ran over you gets to us?!” I exclaimed at her. This made her put on a shocked face. I also started hearing the machine getting closer. “Come on Tavi! We don’t have all day!” I shouted at her again, wanting her to decide already. She then seemed like out of a trance. “Into the shiny pyramid we go!” She screamed and started swerving for the pyramid. I thanked Celestia that she was fast enough to think and then started turning for the pyramid, with Big Mac on tow. Remember when I said this arc could be faster-paced, shorter chapters? I hope I met the quota on here. Also, Vinyl, Tavi and Big Mac getting chased by an animal control van, heading for the Luxor hotel? You have no idea how much I wanted to write that part XD. Also, Vinyl shouting like Edward Elric is something that came on the spot XD. Also, for those wondering of Las Vegas, let’s assume that the group fell close to a more hided sight of the sign of Las Vegas, and that it was an unusual quiet night on the streets. As much as I know that’s pretty much impossible, imagine what it would be to get chased by a van AND avoid the cars…I’m sure they are not THAT good at turning, you know? XD. And for those that think that Big Mac didn’t get enough part yet, you ain’t seen nothing. Just wait. I got plans XD. Anyway, that’s all for now. Let’s see the catchphrase! Comment, R&R, let your inner Grammar nazi out, throw WHATEVER ideas you have at me, haters ignored, flamers abhorred, etc, etc. CPM out.