//------------------------------// // The Abandoned Factory (Pt. 1) // Story: stranded. // by sunsetshimmer_13 //------------------------------// Anon’s POV It was only an hour or about an hour and a half until the afternoon. We decided to go out for a hike again but only this time we have to be ready for just about anything that would try to attack us. We’ve been walking for about a while now, only 30 minutes this time around, but it mostly felt like 2 whole hours to an eternity of walking around in a forest. After that the five of us just turned back to go back to spot where the RV was sitting at. Since it only took us half an hour of walking it took us the same amount of time to get back to the RV. After we got back to the spot the RV was already parked in. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Sunset went inside the RV to try and see what food we still have left and chose at least something for each of us to eat for lunch or something, while Twilight and I decided to get everyone’s suitcases out from the the side of the RV. We decided that we might as well leave our suitcases in the vehicle since so we don’t have to go back and forth to put them back in or take them out. After that we just decided to eat for a little bit and then we decided that I’m gonna drive the RV again to see if we can get the hell out of this forest. Meanwhile I was driving the RV again around the forest, to which the vehicle still works when we tried the engine two times prior to being stranded out here. Rainbow and Fluttershy was asleep while Sunset and Twilight just sat at the table while looking at their phones to either see if they could get service or to play some free offline games or something. I’ve been driving us around for about an hour or so and the five of us mostly kept quiet the whole time. There was some conversation from time to time at least, but otherwise it wasn’t really that much talk between us. After a while I just continued to drive but I was only gonna keep going for a few more minutes. But right when I was about to come to a full stop, I saw a spot that was completely wide open. The spot was huge and lots of trees were cut down and then that’s where I saw some type of a two story building. “.....woah” I said as I felt like I was just taken by surprise and I was left speechless by the view of the place. “What?... What is it?“ Sunset said as I felt like I was in a state of shock. “You guys might wanna have a look at this,” Sunset and Twilight came up to the front to see for themselves. Apparently they became shocked by the view of this too. Soon Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash would wake up suddenly. “What are you guys ‘woahing’ about?” Rainbow Dash asked as she then stretches and starts to walk up to the front and would soon be shocked also when she sees the view. Fluttershy would come up to us sooner and would also be surprised by this setting. All five of us were left speechless to the point where we felt like someone took away our own breaths. “Is that some type of big store or assembly line or... well something?” I asked as I just tried guessing what’s inside the two-story building. “Wait a minute... I read this in the history books before,” Twilight says as she adjusted her glasses a bit. “egghead“ Rainbow Dash whispered to making front of Twilight’s intelligence and Twilight herself just ignored what she just whispered. “What do you mean?” Sunset asked. “Someone named Skyfall actually designed this and he ran a business of a single factory out here back in the 1800s,” Twilight explained to us, though I’m pretty sure that Dash wouldn’t want a history lesson. “You’re basically saying that someone in this entire world would want to build some sort of factory out in the middle of a forest?” Sunset asked just to summarize what’s Twilight was practically saying. “Yes, I believe it was during the War of 1812, Skyfall would build this factory here in 1816 and he marked his legacy to the Industrial Revolution, but this building had been abandoned after they run out of business and haven’t been used since 1929,” Twilight explains how this abandoned factory came to be. “Didn’t think we be in a situation and yet Twi would still manage to turn it into a history lesson,” Dash joked. “Never studied,” Twilight said. “Still passed,” Rainbow replies. I decided to park the RV right beside the building as I then shut it off when I took the keys out the ignition. “So what now?” I asked. “Check out a cool abandoned place that’s in the middle of nowhere,” Rainbow Dash says but then Fluttershy got her attention and she whisper in her girlfriend’s ear. “...as long as there’s somewhat lots of light involved,” Rainbow finishes. “Hang on Rainbow,” Sunset says. “We can’t just waltz In there without knowing what’s going on currently.” “Well... maybe this can be something that gets us back to Canterlot City,” Rainbow tries to persuade us though she was mostly improvising. “How will an abandoned two-story building help us with this mess?” Sunset said. “It won’t, I was trying to be optimistic,” she says as she basically admitting to being stumped at that point. “Well we have to be careful, we don’t know who or what could be in there,” Twilight suggests. “It could be... that mysterious person that chased us“ Fluttershy says nervously in a somewhat lower tone. “Well all we need are some flashlights and probably some of our lanterns,” I said. “And they should have plenty of battery power to last a long time so we should be good for now,” Sunset added. “Maybe we should wait a little while longer and then we’ll go inside to search the place,” After that we all agreed though Rainbow Dash was reluctant on the wait. Fluttershy’s POV I guess I’ll tell you my perspective of this whole thing... Only if you’re fine with it though. As Sunset said, we all agreed to wait later on and then we could search the abandoned factory. I was feeling a little queasy since I don’t like dark places. Sure you would say that it’s dark in my room at night when I go to sleep but that’s different since my room is not a really really huge place that feels like an eternal darkness. But I’m able to have a little boost in confidence because of Dashie. She has always been there for when I needed her the most, and I’ve always been there for her too. Before we left for this trip she swore to me that she would never let anything happen to me. All five of us, after a few hours, exit the RV and went over to the front of the building and then search inside from there. The entrance we came across didn't have any doors at all, or not anymore at least. When we entered the factory, we turn all of the flashlights on while Sunset and Twilight hold the lanturns we packed. We walked around to investigate the place but we all stayed together just in case. "I honestly wonder if we have to have a warrent to search a dead guy's business place, probably get sued," Anon joked as Sunset playfully nudged him in the arm. "Highly unlikely since the one who built this died in 1854," Twilight says. The building was huge as it was just about pitch black though some of the places that had windows around the factory sheds a little bit of light when it was still daytime. The factory was two floors and it seemed to look like the second floor only cover up half of the first one just about. “Should we get upstairs?” I asked. “Probably best to stay down here a little longer,” Twilight suggested as we walk around the building. We were only walking around for about 10 minutes or so, then we were about to head upstairs. But as we were about to take the first step on the stairs we heard a loud noise. “What was that?!!!”