Zachary sprinted down the corridor, he could hear Celestia behind him,
"Guard's, Stop him!!!"
She shouted as about 20 or so armoured Ponies poured out from the throne room. Zac didn't look back, he kept running cutting corners very sharply.
"Well so much for faking amnesia."
He said as more guards appeared in front of him,
"Halt!!!"
They shouted, but Zac didn't listen, he jumped right over them, hit a combat roll, and kept going. He ran through a door and slammed it shut. Pulling out one of his Desert eagle's he shot the chandelier above it. It fell and blocked the door, but Zac didn't stick around, spinning a 180, he continued on.
"Now to just find a way out of this crazy place."
He said. Turning a corner something slammed right into his stomach. Grunting, he flew backwards into the wall cracking it with the force he hit it with. Dazed for the third time, he staggered to his feet. Rainbow Dash hovered in front of him, slightly dazed herself. She shook it off rather quickly however.
"Oh give me a fucking break."
He said annoyed,
"I knew you were nothing but trouble!"
She responded angrily. Zac simply glared at her in response.
"Look rainbow I already told you that this is just a big misunderstanding and I'm not trying to hurt anyone!"
He said, attempting to reason with the sky blue Pegasus. But she was having none of it.
"Just shut up and surrender before I have to rough you up!"
She said. Zac quickly grabbed a stone and threw it at her, smacking her right in the forehead.
"OW! That hurt you little punk!"
She said, clutching her forehead. Zac took this time to run past her and down the hall.
"Why is no one letting me explain myself?"
He said to himself. Ducking through another door he slammed it shut and locked the latch. He took a moment to catch his breath and take in his new surroundings. The only problem was, it was DARK.
"Ugh where's the goddamn light switch?"
He said fumbling around in the dark, only to suddenly remember that light switches didn't exist in this era. So instead, he lit a fire in his hand. The fire was weak, but Zac didn't notice. This room had no windows and appear to be an old storage space. Cloths draped over old furniture and bookshelves were all over the place.
"Well it's a good place to hide."
He said
"IF I was hiding."
He spotted another door at the other end of the room, he can see light through the slit under the door. He headed toward it and stopped in front of it and listened.
Nothing
"Sounds clear."
He said. He grasps the door knob and slowly turned it. He opened the door just a crack to peak out. He didn't see anyone there.
"Looks clear."
He said. He opened the door fully and stepped out.
"Gotcha!!!"
"Huh?!"
The moment he stepped out the door, he turned to his right just time to see Applejack jump at him and drop kick him in the face. He flew about 20 feet and slammed into a wall again. However this time he had braced for it in advance, so he got onto one knee rather quickly.
"Is anyone gonna let me explain myself?!"
He said angrily.
"Nope"
Said a voice on his right. He turned to become face to face with a cannon, It's fuse was already gone.
"Oh shi-"
*BOOM*
A shower of confetti hit him in the face and sent him another 20 feet into yet another wall. Only this time, he went straight through it and almost fell down the staircase on the other side if the railing wasn't there to stop him. Upon looking down, he realized he was on the highest level of the castle.
"Oh come on."
He said. Looking up he could see Rainbow Dash zooming full force at him. Turning around, he flipped over the railing. Swinging to the floor below, he dodged her narrowly and made a mad dash out of there, slamming a door in her face as he ran down the hall. Rounding another corner, he came face to face with Princess Celestia and about 50 or so royal guards.
"Oh shit, not this way!"
He said as he skid to a halt. He turned and ran in the opposite direction.
"Don't let him escape!!!"
Celestia shouted as Zac dodged Rainbow Dash yet again. Sprinting down the hall he turned right only to find Twilight and Rarity blocking his path. Turning to run the other way, he found Applejack, Pinke, and Rainbow Dash blocking that way. He realized that he was surrounded.
"Shit"
He said as they all closed in on him. Did he fight them off? Or did he surrender? How was he going to get out of this?
"I don't suppose we can negotiate an answer that benefits all of us?"
He said smiling innocently.
"Enough games shapeshifter"
Celestia replied who had clearly had enough of his shit.
"I don't know who you are, but it doesn't matter. Now do you surrender? Or do you chose the hard way? "
This just annoyed him way more than he already was.
"If you would just let me explain myself-"
"Can we just talk about this?"
Twilight said hoping to stop any and all conflict. Everyone just looked at her like they couldn't believe what she was saying.
"Twilight this individual is dangerous."
"But he isn't trying to hurt anyone!"
"Twilight I will not have this discussion at this time."
"please, just don't hurt him."
Zac was taken aback by this. Why was she trying to protect him? She had no idea who he was, What he was. It was starting to drive him crazy. That's when he realized that he was standing in front of a window.
"I've had enough of this, I'll just let myself out
He said abruptly. Before anyone could react, he jumped out the window.
*CRASH*
"Is this guy insane?!?"
Rainbow Dash shouted as all of them ran to the now broken window. Zac free fell about 50 feet before he hit the ground, a loud crack echoed through the air as the ground beneath him shattered kicking up a dust cloud. When the dust cleared, they all expected to see him laying there either dead or seriously injured. But before the cloud even cleared, he suddenly emerged, without a bruise on him, he made a beeline for the outskirts of Canterlot at a blazing speed.
"How did he?"
Rarity said with straight confusion.
"Who cares, he's getting away!"
Rainbow Dash interrupted flying out the window after him.
Zac ran through the streets of Canterlot ducking and dodging through everything in his path. His only problem now, where was he going to go? Looking behind him, he saw a cyan blur in the sky zooming towards him. He knew precisely what it was.
"Does she ever give up?"
He said ducking into a alley, she zoomed past luckily not seeing him. He dashed out the other end and continued down the road. He saw the train station about 100 meters away and sped up even faster.
"Almost there!"
He said as he was about 25 meters away. But just before he got there, Rainbow Dash appeared out of nowhere and slammed right into him again, knocking him flat on his back. From the speed she was going she kept on going, having to skid to a stop before she hit a building. Zac got to his knees before he coughed up blood. This surprised he seeing as he hadn't coughed up blood in a while. He suddenly knew why.
"My body is still adjusting to this universe."
He said through gritted teeth.
"Thought you could run away huh?"
Rainbow Dash said turning and speeding at him again, this time he blocked the attack by throwing up his right arm, revealing some kind of wrist guard under his sleeve. When she collided with it, it glowed for a second before it was dark again.
"What the?"
She said puzzled. Before she had time to do anything else, Zac threw out his left hand revealing another wrist guard. It glowed for a second before some kind of invisible force threw Rainbow Dash backwards about 30 meters. Zac turned to run but only took two steps before he fell on one knee again coughing up more blood. Grunting, he staggered to his feet and try to keep going.
"Can't stop now, not when I'm this close."
He said as his vision started to get hazy. He limped for a train hoping to jump on it before it left. But right before he got there, Celestia landed in front of him.
"Oh come on!"
He said turning the other way. But he was met by everyone else catching up with him. Once again, he was surrounded.
"Well, my offer still stands."
He said innocently, but she was not having any of it.
"The hard way it is then."
She said as her horn started to light up.
"Get out of the way!!!"
Twilight shouted at him. But he didn't have the time, for a green laser beam was coming right at him. He threw up his right arm again to block it. The force was so powerful it almost knocked him off his feet, but he managed to stay upright as the beam continued. He struggled against the green laser as his wrist guard glowed brighter and brighter.
"I'll release the energy, knock them all back, and then run for the train."
He thought to himself. Drawing back his left hand, A hatchet popped out of the wrist guard.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!!!"
He shouted as he slammed the hatchet on the ground in front of him. The shockwave that followed sent everyone back including himself! He flew backwards at a alarming speed occasionally hitting the ground is he went. Eventually he slammed into a wall and almost shattered it completely.
"Well, that's gonna leave a mark.
He coughed as he staggered to his feet. Looking around, he was back in front of the castle.
"Talk about going back to the beginning."
He said. He turned to run back into the castle, but had barely taken a step when he realized he was standing in a pool of blood, HIS blood. That's when he noticed the wound in his left side. And it wasn't healing as fast as it should have been. Looking behind him, he saw the whole group heading back towards the castle.
"Why does this shit happen to me?"
He said grunting slightly. He ran back into the castle and slammed the doors shut behind him. Still clutching his injured side, he ran through the castle, but his injury was making his movement sluggish. Dashing up the stairs to the top floor, he ran around aimlessly, as he tried to find somewhere to hide. But now by this time his vision was blurring, his ears were ringing and his movements were slowing down, but he kept going in spite of this.
"I'm not giving up, not now."
He said squinting ahead trying to find somewhere to go. His eyes landed upon a opened door at the hall, ducking inside he slammed the door shut. He stumbled to the center of the room and turned around. He then noticed that he had left a blood trail, but by now, he didn't care.
"Nowhere to go."
He said swaying on the spot. He stood staring at the door, waiting, he eventually fell to his knees and coughed up even more blood. He fell onto his side coughing, his vision fading.
"This is all so god damm annoying."
And then it all went black...
Twilight and her friends followed by Celestia eventually reach the castle where they discovered Zac's pool of blood.
"Oh no."
She said terrified, Whatever had happened, he was hurt, and possibly dying.
"Must have banged himself up pretty bad."
Apple jack said.
"Well he bleeds red."
Rainbow Dash said, reaching out to touch the pool of blood lightly.
"OW!"
She shouted suddenly, jumping away.
"What happened?"
Twilight asked with concern.
"It's burning hot!"
Rainbow Dash replied.
"His blood is burning?
Applejack said with confusion.
"Guys, he could be dying in there."
Fluttershy said, snapping everyone back to really.
"Then we better find him before he bleeds to death."
Celestia replied as they all entered the castle. They followed the trail of blood through the castle, up the stairs, and eventually, the room that Zac was in. They all looked at each other, unsure of what they were gonna see on the other side.
"Are we sure about this?"
Fluttershy asked nervously.
"You don't have to come in if you don't want to Fluttershy.
Twilight replied noticing she was shaking.
"Fluttershy, go find some medics."
Celestia instructed.
"We're gonna need them."
"O-Ok."
Fluttershy replied as she ran off down the hall. They all turned back towards the door, taking a deep breath, Twilight opened the door, and gasped.
There he was, laying in a pool of his own blood.
"Is he?"
Twilight said horror struck. Using magic, Celestia examined the unconscious human.
"No, he's alive."
She said, using magic again, she healed the wound on his side as best as she could. At that moment, Fluttershy returned with medics and some royal guards.
"Guards, take him and put him in a cell, and inform me when he wakes up."
Celestia instructed. The guards lifted Zac up and carried him away.
"And I what your thinking Twilight."
She replied already sensing the protesting looks from her student.
"We don't know who or what he is. So until then, he stays in a cell until further notice."
And with that, she left the room. Twilight looked back towards her friends, but judging by the looks on their faces, their opinions were the same as Celestia's.