//------------------------------// // Exploring // Story: Jett Finds A Filly // by Melonman //------------------------------//  25  Minutes Ago As soon as Jett had left the door, the filly’s smile quickly faded. She wasn't sure what to do now that her mother was gone. She could go for another nap, but she felt like she had enough rest so she was pretty active. She continued to sit on the bed as she looked around the room, it was pretty big for a small filly like her to be in that's for sure. Nothing seemed to have caught her interest however as she sighed, she could really go for a scratch in the ear right about now, these creatures really did know where to hit the right spot. But as she looked down to the carpet floor, something caught her eye. A blue ball was lying underneath the wooden desk as she stood up from the bed, it looked like the right size for her as she stared at it with sparkling eyes. Maybe she could- No! Her mother gave her a task, and she was going to behave until she came back. The filly sat back on the bed and turned away from the ball with her head up as she closed her eyes, trying not to think of the round object. Surely her mother would come back soon, right? Ten minutes later The filly now laid face first in the bed, she couldn't tell how much had passed since her mother left but she was sure it had been long now. She mainly had been walking in circles around the bed and occasionally interact with a plushie that was with her in the bed. but since her mother said that none of her stuff was to be on the ground, she had carefully played with the plushie. Making sure it wouldn't fall on the edges of the bed. It quickly became a boring routine as the filly succumbed to boredom. She brought her head up as she stared at the carpet floor again and sure enough, the blue ball was still there. She couldn't turn away as she stared at it, thinking what her mother would say if she were to disobey. “Bad filly, I told you to not mess with my stuff! Ugh, I should have left you in that facility!” She cringed,  She didn't know what a facility was, but she assumed it was that scary place where her mom had found her. rapidly shaking those thoughts away, she stared at the ball, thinking really hard about her choices. Then she tried to remember what her mother had said before she left. “I'm going to be gone for a while and when I come back, I better not find any of my things scattered around the floor.” It echoed around the filly’s mind. It was already on the floor, would she get upset if she found it laying there? If she does then she could simply pick it up and hide it somewhere. yeah, hide it…. After she was done playing with it that is. The filly smiled as she got off the bed and headed toward the blue ball. Once she was close enough, she picked it up with her mouth and brought it to the middle of the room. She dropped the ball and immediately went into a stance with a playful smirk, ready to strike the bouncy object and for the fun to begin. She pounced, taking off into the air as she aims directly at the ball. Once landing on the ball, the ball responded with a powerful fling toward a wall and then around the room as it bounced rapidly. The filly, now losing her smirk, quickly ducked and covered underneath the bed as the ball continued to bounce around the room. The ball did one more bounce on the wall until it was heading toward the doorway, it opened and shuttered immediately as it passed through. The filly quickly got out underneath the bed terrified as she checked around the room again. Luckily enough, the room was still intact and nothing seemed to be out of place or in a worse case, broken. Then she turned towards the door panicking. The ball had gotten out of the room, and if her mother finds out that one of her things was missing then she was surely going to be in trouble. She ran towards the door until she got in front of it, she really hoped that the ball was just outside of it. She took one step, and the door suddenly opened as she flinched. Her mom didn't say that she could leave the room, did she? Peaking out of the doorway, she turned her head around the endless halls, trying to find the ball. Unfortunately, she didn't find it anywhere. Taking one last look behind her, She took a deep breath and exited the room. Determined to find that ball and return to the room as quickly as possible. Five minutes later To say that the filly was scared was an understatement, she was terrified as she continued to walk down the endless hallways with only her hooves echoing around the halls. She still hadn't found where that ball went. Maybe she took a wrong turn? She turned her head, only to be greeted with the same endless hallway. It was too late to turn back now, she didn't know how far she was from the room but couldn't think about it now. She had to find that ball no matter what. Once she turned around another corner for the 5th time, she saw something different other than an endless hallway. There were multiple doors next to each other as she took a closer look at them. Recalling what she had done last time, the filly raised her hoof to the door. This time however it didn't open. Not sure of what to do now, she was about to turn and leave when a door suddenly opened behind her. When she turned her head around she paused. As the filly stared at the tall thing with wide eyes. There stood one of the creatures that had saved her, but this one had an eerie feeling to it.  Its body was covered in grey metal as it wore black pants, the arms around him were covered in bandages refusing to reveal any skin underneath, and it wore a purple hooded cape covering most of its face. But once the creature turned its head and was locking eyes with the filly, she was even more terrified. It didn't even have a face as the only thing that was present was three bright blue slits staring back at her. The creature lightly growled at the small filly, but she already had seen enough as she screamed at the top of her lungs in fright. She quickly ran the opposite way of the terrifying beast wanting to get away from it as fast as her little legs can go and took a sharp turn around the corner. Omen however didn't even follow the filly, as he was left confused as to what he had witnessed. Five more minutes later. The poor filly was panting as she finally stopped her running, thankful that the scary creature didn't follow her. She needed to find her mom, she didn't care anymore about the ball, she shouldn't even have left the comfort of her mother's room. Then she heard shouting down the hallway as another one of the tall creatures walked passed her. “I'm taking a break guys! No one enters the training room!” She recognized the creature's voice was Raze, maybe she could help her get back to the room. But before she could follow her, her ears shot up. Something was coming towards her, and it was coming fast. She heard the buzzing noise from behind as she quickly turned around to stare at one of the tall creatures again. Only to be met with nothing. The buzzing had stopped, but no one was behind her. That is until she looked down did she find something rather interesting. There, staring at the filly with one eye, was a tiny white robot that was much smaller than her. It had 3 legs that were on wheels and it had… the filly gasped. On top of the robot's head was the blue ball that she had been looking for. It was held with the robot's two arms as it continued to stare at the filly, not moving for some time now. She reached out for the ball, only for the robot to move slightly away, confusing the filly. She reached out for again, only for the robot to move away again. The filly narrowed her eyes at the robot as it did the same, as if to challenge her to do it again. She leaped towards the robot, only for it to zoom past her jump in response. She chased after the robot, her determination of getting back the ball returned. The filly was hot on the robot's trail, just a few feet away from it as she gave it her all. Eventually, they both ran into a familiar room as the filly continued to chase the robot down. Sharp turns were made left and right around the room, as the filly got ever so closer and closer. Then in a last-ditch effort, the tiny robot ran straight toward a door. Just as it got in, however, the filly leaped one more time into the robot, As she caught it with both of her hooves and stood on top of it, making sure it wouldn't run again. The filly smiles in victory, as she finally caught the thief that stole one of her mother's things. if only she could see her now. She took the ball out of the robot's metal claws and was about to head out when the door suddenly closed right in front of her. Confused, the filly raised her hoof towards the door only for it to not open. Then she started scratching her hoof on the door, but soon a robot voice echoed around the room as the filly did a quick turn around to find the source of the voice. Anomaly detected, Commencing training mode. Hard difficulty setting enabled, rearranging platforms engaged, Activating hard bots……. 45 bots online. scoreboard set to 0, timer enabled. all systems online. She didn't know what was happening, but how the room suddenly became alive, the floors around her suddenly rose from the ground and some were levitating in the air wasn't a good sign. Then she heard a muffled voice by the door. “Little pony?! What are you doing in there!” she turned her head to find Raze looking at her, terrified. She was equally as terrified as her.  Just as she turns back to face the now new room, however, she saw five tall creatures made entirely of grey with a bright red dot for eyes in the middle of it, carrying black and long boxes in their arms as they stared at her, slowly lifting them up. “Radiant, Detected.”