//------------------------------// // The neverending chase through the Luxor! // Story: Pony Terrestrial // by Arcanel //------------------------------// Since "I AM BACK!" is an overused phrase, I'll just go with "I hath cometh back!" Classier XD. Arc here. So, yes, I'm back after WAY too long, and I apologize for that. This chapter was…troubling, to be honest. It was a trouble to plan. But, I think I managed. That's all I can really say. Oh, and my own procrastination, of course (Go me! XC). Anyway, here's the next chapter of the newly named "Pony Terrestrial"!. My ownage of anything is not. It means having certain possessions, which I have naught. It only means this story ,is the one in my power. Fortunately, of that, I do not cower. And this is my attempt for the now past Talk Like Zecora day. Chapter 29: The neverending chase through the Luxor! (SLAM!) The door opened with just one hit, and without it, we could see the aliens that had been following us enter the room. "AHA! There you are! Now, be still and-ARGH!" Before the not-so-deep voiced alien could finish, Big Mac had gone and gave him a powerful buck in the face. 'Oww…even I felt that. I don't want to feel pity for the alien but…owww…' "Woah! Stephen, are you okay!? Why you-AUGH!" Before anything else even happened, Big Mac had gone and bucked the other alien straight to the face too. And this one was just as hard as the other was. "Mighty sorry for hitting yeh'. But ya' ain't gonna' catch anypony here." Big Mac said in serious tone, but I could have sworn he was actually apologizing. By that time, I immediately jumped and went to see what had happened…only to remember my hurt hoof the hard way. "Hey, Big Mac! Are you-OW! Ow ow ow ow!" I yelled. "Miss Scratch, please take it easy! We had not even bandaged the wound!" Octavia sermoned me. "Right…stupid wound…" I cursed the thing that was causing me trouble. "And whose fault was that?" Tavi asked me in a smug manner. 'Tavi, when you get hurt in a stupid way, I'll let it rain. Remember my words…' "Whatever…" I just answered her, to which she just smiled and went to help me stand again. By that time, Big Mac had come to us. "Vinyl, are you okay?" Big Mac asked me with a concerned voice. "Yeah, don't worry. It's just a small wound on my right hindleg. I think I'll be able to walk. But don't worry about me. How are YOU doing? That was the hardest buck I ever saw in my life!" I praised him. It's the truth! I mean, yeah, I have seen ponies get bucked so hard they were left with a few bruises, but not a direct knockout! "Ah'm alright, thanks for asking. To be honest with ya', ah don't normally use violence for anything. But ah wasn't gonna let something happen ya' two." He answered in a determined way, looking straight to the aliens lying on the floor. "Oh…ah…thanks for saving our flanks there." I said to him in a grateful voice, scratching my head in bit of embarrassment. 'I'm almost starting to get annoyed at being in the "giving thanks" end and not the other way around. Makes me feel powerless…' "Yes, thank you for…er…bucking out the trouble, Big Macintosh." Octavia thanked too to the red stallion, and bowed her head a bit. 'Did she just said a word play joke WHILE being well mannered?...Is that even possible?' "Not a problem misses. Ah wasn't gonna let something happen to you if I can help it." Big Mac said again to us. 'Ahh…finally a bit of rest. Maybe we CAN rest a bit after all!…Wait, why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?' "Miss Scratch…?" I think I heard 'Tavi say, but I didn't pay attention to her. "Still, ouch…I REALLY don't wanna make you mad if you can hit THAT hard." I told Big Mac, still amazed at how with just two bucks, he knocked the aliens down. "Miss Scratch." I heard Tavi say again, but I still didn't pay her attention. "Next time I go to a club to be the DJ, remind to hire you as the bodyguard." I said to the big stallion, chuckling a bit. "MISS VINYL SCRATCH!" Octavia shouted right into my poor ears. Augh…my ears…my poor ears…okay, now I'm mad. "WHAT?!" I shouted back, a tad pissed off at her. What is so important?! "The aliens are waking up!" she shouted again, sounding a bit panicked. Looking back, I could see and hear the aliens moaning and slightly moving. 'Oh…so THAT'S what I was forgetting! Hah, I knew that I was…why am I celebrating this!?' "They are already waking up?! Gah, a 5 minute break. That's all I'm asking right now!" I complained to no one, throwing my hooves up in the air to ask just WHY all of this was happening to us…and I forgot AGAIN that one of my hooves was injured. "OW! Argh, this is ridiculous!" I complained once more. "We need tah get out of here. Ah don't think they are going to give up that easily. Vinyl, I'll help you move." Big Mac declared in what probably was one of those "I shall speak and decide" moments of him. And right now, I'm not even surprised. "You're right…thanks by the way." I told him, thanking him again for helping me out. "'Tavi, let's go. Forget about my hoof those will wake up again, and I'd rather not rely on something again." I said to my cellist partner, who just nodded and started moving as well. We tried to move as quickly as we could through the room, while avoiding the aliens' bodies, and out the door. Of course, with me limping, it wasn't so easy, but thanks to Big Mac, I wasable to move fairly quickly, even with my right hindleg in its state. After passing through the door, we were lost. We DIDN'T know exactly where to go after all. "Right, now where in Equestria do we go that is faster than the stairs!?" I yelled to the air again, now pissed off at not finding anything good to go. Then we started hearing some voices. "Augh…what the hell happened? And why does my face hurt so much?" "I don't know…wait…it's coming back to me…there was that red horse in the room…and he then kicked us!...Now I'm really getting pissed off! Where are they?!" 'Oh no, it's them again, and the moment they get out , they are gonna see us, and we can't surprise them again like before…' "Hmmm…ah! There! Maybe it is not transport but we can hide there for a few moments!" 'Tavi suddenly shouted, pointing at an opened room that was very little, and probably wasn't going to fit all of us. "'Tavi, as much as I'd like to agree with you, I don't think we're going to fit in th-WOAH!" I couldn't even finish saying the fault in 'Tavi's plan because I was scooped up by Big Mac in a second. "Now we can fit in." He firmly said. Okay, this is gonna get awkward… After I properly thanked him, for like the umpteenth time now, we quickly started heading to the little room. We passed some of those other aliens who seemed to be so confused at looking at us, but just as were close to the room, we heard steps. "AHA! There you are! Come here you bastards!" The voice had come from the not-so-deep toned alien. Uh oh… "Big Mac, Tavi, we gotta run now!" I shouted to them as I was on Big Mac's back. The moment they heard me, I suddenly felt the air run MUCH quicker than before. I guess being bigger DOESN'T necessarily make you slower… "Nobody kicks me in the face and gets away with it, screw the fact if they are people or horses or animals or WHATEVER!" The same alien from before screamed again. 'Oh horseapples, he REALLY sounds mad…Good! He better after calling us horses!' "Wait, Stephen, come back!" The other alien with him suddenly shouted. 'Well, it's not hard to tell who's the smartest one here' We finally reached the room, where we barely fit in, and sighed…only, there were no doors to close. "GAH! Where the heck are the doors!?" I shouted, frantically looking for something to close the "room", but I saw nothing but buttons…and the alien was getting close. Fast. "Oh dear, I cannot find the doors anywhere!" Octavia shouted, confirming my suspicions. 'NOW what do we do?!...Wait…maybe this isn't a room, and the buttons actually do something?' "Big Mac, quick! Press one of those buttons, I don't care which one, just press one!" I quickly yelled to the stallion, who in return pressed a random button on the controller. Right when the alien was about to reach us. "I got you now!" He shouted. 'Come on!...Button, do something!' And right when the alien was meters away, SLAM! The doors of the room, or whatever it was, quickly closed. All that I heard after that was a loud "FUCK!", which I don't know what means, and a strong THUD! against the doors. And then, I heard a strange and calm music in the "room", and after all that, the thing started moving up. "…Phew…that was a close one…" Was all I could say after all that we were through. At last we're getting a break. I looked back at Tavi, who was pretty much like me, only tired. Tired, and huffing a lot. "We…need…to…take…a…break…" She said, all the while huffing as well. And I couldn't agree more with her. "Still…what is this?" She asked, pointing at the transport in general. "I have no idea. You Big Mac?" I asked my…er…temporary "carrier". "Nope." He answered back. Well, too many sentences for him would be a miracle for all of us to hear. I'm already honored to having heard so much! "Well, whatever it is, it saved our flanks, and it's also transporting us to somewhere else in this place. I'd like to know WHERE we're going, but I'm not complaining right now." I told them, just enjoying the peaceful moment, and for some reason, the music isn't bad too. Not exactly my type but oh well. (I wonder if there's any pony related/based elevator music somewhere…) "I agree with that thought…and I think we are going to floor number 15 Miss Scratch." Tavi said to me, looking recovered after catching her breath. "Huh? How do you know?" I asked her, confused onto just HOW would she know that when we don't even know how this works, in a sense. "Well, the number on that panel says 15, so, I should guess it means floor 15." She answered me, pointing with her hoof to a panel above the controller with the buttons. "Oh…" Was all I could say. In my defense, I'm not in the best position to look at the panel, with me hanging over Big Mac to fit in the transporter and all that. Suddenly, the "room" stopped, and the doors opened. In front of us, was an alien about to step in, until he looked at us, face to face. Then, he said: "What the…a white unicorn with violet sunglasses hanging over a red horse with a giant green apple on his flank, and another horse, grey with styled-looking mane and with a tie?...Woo, that extasis was WAY too much for me. I think I need a glass of water, pronto. Ugh, I think I'm having the hangover already…wait…I didn't even drink that much! It's not even tomorrow yet! Or is it? I wonder if…" and he trailed off because he turned his back on us and started walking the other way as the doors closed again, the "room" moved once more and the music changed. Well…that was… "Well, this is strange world…" Tavi suddenly said, with a confused look on her face. "Can't agree more with that Tavi." I answered to her. "Eeyup." Big Mac agreed as well. It was only a few more seconds before the doors opened again, only this time, there wasn't anyone else. Probably this is floor 15. Yeah, this place is as big as it looked from outside. As we stepped outside, I asked Big Mac to let me down. One, my side was starting to hurt. For Celestia's sake what's his back made off?! And two, I wanted to walk on my own and not lose the feeling in my hooves. "Er, Big Mac, you can let me down now. I think my hoof is better now." I told the stallion carring me, who gently let me down. As I stepped, my hoof was still hurting a bit, but I could at least limp less than before. "Well, at least my hoof is better now." I said, thanking Celestia that I could now walk on my own. "Well, I am glad your hoof is feeling better Miss Scratch." 'Tavi said in relief. "Eeyup!" Big Mac said, in a more cheery way than usual. It's almost…scary… "Thanks guys. Anwyay, a better question now is, where are we?" I told them, as I looked around. The only reason no one had seen us, was because everypony was looking at something else, all to the same place. Somepony on a stage at the back of the place. "Huh? Who are they all looking at?...Wait…this seems exactly like…a magician's scenery:" I declared at the air. It REALLY looked like one of those shows that ponies saw in Las Pegasus, where there would be unicorns doing some magician's tricks and stuff like that. And given how alike this place and Las Pegasus are, I could only guess. "Are you sure?" Octaivia suddenly asked me, a bit of a confused face on her. "Yeah, I think so. I mean, this place is looks like Las Pegasus, and in there, there were shows with unicorns doing some magician's tricks. I think this is the same thing." I told her. We decided to just watch it, so that there would be at least a little bit of peace. After all, we had had WAY TOO much stuff happen to us right now. Maybe laying low would be nice. After a while though, I got bored. This alien just did tricks that were either boring, or that I had seen a LOT of times. At one point I couldn't hold it anymore. "Gah! Come on! Can't you do something a bit more interesting!?" I screamed to the stage. I think I need to control my patience a little bit. 'Tavi just facehoofed when I screamed. "Oh? It seems we have an angry watcher among us today! Well then, who here is thinking that my tricks are "boring"?" The alien on stage asked to the public. To that, I couldn't help but raise my hoof. I'll teach these aliens a thing or two about REAL magic! "Ah! And here is our…pony? I must admit, that's one of the best costumes I've ever seen in my life! And the violet sunglasses are a real nice touch! Hell, even the position is correct for a pony!" The alien praised on the stage. Okay, so I may not like them, but I still appreciate a compliment when I see one, EVEN if they just said I'm using a costume. Although, at least they it did say pony this time. I'm also wondering what is hell… "However, I don't like it when someone insults my magic. Why don't YOU come here and show us what YOU can do?" It said, in a taunting way towards me. Oh, it's on! "Gladly!" I answered him. Octavia tried holding me back of going, but I was too stubborn to just let this pass away. Plus, if there's a challenge, I'll take it! As the aliens made way so I could pass, I could hear some small whispers, some saying how I was an idiot for facing a magician, and others wondering just how the heck I had such a good costume. Honestly, is it THAT weird here to see a talking pony? When I reached there, I instantly started concentrating my magic, not even waiting for the "magician" to say anything. Problem was, I forgot my magic was almost zero. "What's the matter? That horn of yours is failing you? Though those are some good magic effects buddy. I'll give you that much." It said. 'ARGH! Why…won't…my…magic…work?!' Seconds passed and not for the life of me I could do something else. At one point, I said "Screw this!" and just lifted my glasses with my magic. I could generate enough for that at least. After I lifted my glasses, which I was starting to strain to lift them, I saw the rest of the aliens and how they looked. They all looked absolutely stunned, as if they had never seen anything like it. 'Well, that was easy. But I better put them down. I'm starting to tire out.' "Oh please, is that all? I'm betting that was totally fake and you're just doing this to make me look bad. Probably that costume is very badly done, no matter how good it may look." The "magician" suddenly announced. Then I felt something pulling my face. Oh. Tartarus. No. "Hey, watch it!" I yelled at him and knocked his hand out of my face. The look he had was as if he had seen a ghost. "This isn't a costume you idiot! Can't you see I'm real!?" I shouted at the alien again. In turn, I just heard a full silence. And then… "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" All of the aliens below the stage suddenly screamed and run as fast as they could in other directions. 'Augh, not this again…wait, why is this alien staring at me with that face?' "…(GASP) Oh my god! A talking pony! A unicorn at that! EEEE! I always wanted one when I was little!" He suddenly shouted like he had MUCH less years, from what I could guess. 'O…kay'. However, my surprise was short lived when I heard another scream. "THERE YOU ARE YOU BASTARDS!" A familiar voice sounded throughout the room. 'Oh no, not them again!' When I looked back, it was the same aliens from before, only the one that looked really angry before, now looked totally insane. 'Uh oh…'. "Um…guys…I think we should run!" I told 'Tavi and Big Mac as I saw the insane look on the other alien. They nodded and started running as well. As we run though, I heard the magician screaming: "NOOO! Come back! Please!" It said. Well, I don't know what would have happened if we stayed, but I don't think I want to know right now. Are we ever gonna stop RUNNING!? End of part one That elevator part had SO much potential!..:Ugh, I think I blew it…but oh well, here's the chapter. I finally did it. Heh, this took WAY too long. Anyway, yes you read right. This is the end of the first part of arc two. Why so short? Well, I did say, these were going to get shorter. BUT, it also depends on what part is it. This means, later it could be a longer part, or a shorter one. Don't worry. Arcanel's arc MAY be the main story, so to speak, but there WON'T be such long parts again. I Pinkie Promise =). Anyway…that's that. And now, it's time I give you, the obvious hint for the next arc! In the land of the rising sun, three ponies shall enter its limits. One is worshipped by the owner of a popular site. The other two are Batman & Robin for evil. It's time to see what would happen, when the most annoying females ever enter this land! If you can guess it quickly, you should, I think I made it obvious wnough WHO and WHERE the next arc will be XD. Anyway, time for the catchphrase after so long! Comment, R&R, let your inner Grammar Nazi out, throw WHATEVER ideas you have at me, haters ignored, flamers abhorred, etc, etc. Arc out!