//------------------------------// // Chapter 45: Playing Jailbreak // Story: How Did I Get Here? // by k12314 //------------------------------// CHAPTER 45 I sat in the back of the chariot, with nopony else but a guard. The guard looked at me, and then did something I would have never expected: He smiled. "Hey, I just wanted to say, I respect you for beating that stallion across the face. He used to make fun of my son all the time. I just wanna let you know, I'm on your side in this." "Thanks..." I didn't know his name. "Rendan." "Thanks Rendan. I would rock him another one if he were here right now, for your son." His smile widened, but it disappeared whenever we landed. "Alright, we're here. Move." I got out, and looked around. We were in Canterlot, outside of the castle. I followed the guards, and we approached the large, wooden doors of the castle. We went inside, and I saw Celestia standing there, a disgusted look on her face. "Kyle... When I heard it was you, I couldn't believe it. But now that you are here..." "I know, you're going to give me the whole 'Oh I'm so disappointed in you' spiel. Save it, because I know how it goes." I knew I was being disrespectful, but I wasn't in the best of moods. Celestia's jaw dropped when I said that, surprised at the fact that someone was talking back to her. Then, her expression darkened. "Send him to the dungeon. Make sure he doesn't hurt anypony else on the way." "Yes, Princess. Move it, bub." One of them shoved me. "I'm going, I'm going. Cheeky bugger..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The cell door closed with a mighty CLANG, as my freedom came to an end. "Ugh... Well this is just great..." I put my hands in my pocket, when I felt something. I pulled it out. A screwdriver. "Oh yeah, I use this to pick the lock when I forget my key..." I looked at the lock of the cell. It looked really old, and easy to pick. I shoved my hand back in my pocket, and I grinned when I felt that I had a few bobby pins. "Alright..." I looked around, and I chuckled when I realized there were no guards. "Well, that was certainly a stupid move." I reached through the bars, and put the bobby pin in the lock, and the screwdriver on the rim. I had fiddled with it for a good two minutes, when I heard a "Click." I pushed on the cell door, and it opened. "Am I really doing this...? Heck yes I am! Anything to not spend my whole life here." I crouched down, and was on my way. I peeked around the corner I had rounded on my way here. I saw only one guard. I didn't feel like hurting him. I looked around, and saw a rock. I picked it up, and threw it further down the hallway at another cell's door. CLANG! "What was that?" The guard came into the hall, and didn't even bother looking my way. He just walked straight to the source of the noise. I quickly made my way up the stairs he was guarding. On the next floor, I was in a narrow hallway. There were nine doors, eight of them lining the hall, and then the last at the end. I headed straight for the last one. I peeked through the keyhole, and I saw the edges of two guards' flanks. "Hmmm..." I grabbed the door, and turned the knob slowly. I gathered all of my strength, and bashed the door outwards. I saw the guards stumbling. One of them had slammed against the wall, knocking him out. The other was trying to get up. "Good thing I took karate when I was little." I ran over to him, and smacked him in the side of the neck. He was out like a light. I dragged them both into the previous hallway, and looked in each of the doors. One of them was a storage closet. I opened the door and put the two unconscious guards in, and closed it up. "Ohhh... If I get caught I am in SO much trouble..." I snuck back out into the large hallway that I had knocked out those two guards to get to. There was another staircase. I decided that since I was in a dungeon, I was farther underground. I went up. As soon as I was at the top of the stairs, I rounded a corner and bumped into somepony. I looked up, and saw intense green eyes staring back at me. "Kyle! How did you..." It was Luna. "Shhh... Listen, Luna. I know that I'm supposed to be locked up, but there is NO WAY I'm wasting away in a dungeon. Please... Just let me go..." Luna pondered this for a second, and then nodded. "I'll let you go. You have done so much for me. Besides, if you hurt somepony, they probably deserved it." "Yeah, you have no idea. Thanks, Luna." "Yes, thank you, Luna." Oh no... Celestia rounded the corner, and stared at me, anger in her eyes. "So, you're trying to escape, are you? Well... We just can't have that..." I saw her horn start to glow a bright pink, and so did I. She picked me up, but then, a dark blue surrounded me, pulling me back to the ground. "Sister, I understand that what Kyle did was wrong, but he had a reason." "Luna, it was assault! I can't let him off for that." "What if he was your sisters only friend, Celestia?" Celestia stopped, and stared at me, then her sister. "Alright... Kyle, explain to me why you attacked that pegasus." "Well..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "... So I punched him in the face." "Ah. I see. You were defending the honor of Rainbow Dash and yourself." "Yes. Exactly." Celestia smiled at me, and then to Luna. "Kyle, you may go." "Wait, really?" "Yes. This never happened." "OK. Well... There are two guards in a storage closet downstairs..." "I'll think of something to tell them." "Phew... Thanks, Celestia." I walked out of the castle, and stared off into the sky. "Man am I glad THAT'S over..."