Chapter 2
Findings
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I stand their, dumbfounded, and also curious, why, why are they here? Why are the Elements of Harmony here, I look at the six ponies laying on the ground. Are they asleep? or... I think the worst. I quickly run up to the closest one, it's hard to tell in this light, but I think it's Rarity.
I lean down put my ear to her mouth, and put my hand on her side, I feel relief to see she is still breathing, I quickly check the others, they are alive as well... but there's still that question, why are they here? On earth?
I look over to the campfire, its not that far, maybe I can run over to see if Alex and Max can help me, they won't believe me that's for sure. I look back at them and quietly say, “I will be right back...” even though they can't hear me.
I run back toward the campfire as fast as I can, I almost trip a couple of times on roots, I make it to the camp and tap Alex's tent, “Alex.” I whisper loudly. He snorts and says “Huh? Whas wha?” he unzips the tent and says “Hey, whats up?” he says with a groggy smile. “Dude, you have to come see this. Like right now...” I say in a frantic voice.
He groans, “Ugh, can't it wait til morning?” he lays back down not even closing the tent back. “No man! This is like...huge...” I say “Come on!” I shake him a bit. “Dude I am too tired to care what is in that forest right now.” He says covering himself with his sleeping bag. I sigh, “Damn it Alex, this is important, lives are at stake right now!”
He pushes the bag down and looks at me, “Lives? Who's life?” he says. I sigh and say, “Well, you won't believe me if I told you, so I'm not going to, I'm going to show you. Come on!” He sighs and says, “Fine. But it better be good.” he gets out of the tent. “We should get Max to help us too.” I say, “We will need it.”
Alex sighs and says “Fine, but he's going to kick your ass for waking him up, you know he doesn't like being woke up in the middle of the night... just like I will if this isn't important.” I shrug, “I don't care, this is important.” I say.
I smack Max's tent, “Yo Max, wake up! We need your help!” I say. Max groans and says, “No... Leave me alone...” “But dude, this is important and we have to hurry!” I say. Max growls a bit and unzips his tent and climbs out of it, standing up he says “What's the issue?” I look down and say “Can't tell you, you will change your mind if I do.”
“I'm going to change my mind if you do not tell me what this 'issue' is.” Max says, crossing his arms. I sigh, “Okay, well... you will laugh your ass off, I know you will... well, I found something, of course. What it is...well... there is six of them, and they aren't small, they are different colors an-” Alex holds up his hand, “Get to the point!” he yells.
I take in a deep breath, “I found the six ponies from my dream passed out in the forest, they look like they are hurt, I don't know why they are here, but it must be important, so we need to hurry!” I say in one breath.
There is silence in the air as Alex and Max stare at me, the silence lasts about a minute before Alex blinks and says, “What the hell are you smoking? You are letting this dream get to your head too much, go help your fantasy ponies, I'm going to bed.” Max shakes his head and says “You are insane dude.” they both go back to their tents and get back into bed, leaving me standing there.
I stomp the ground, “Fine...I will prove it to you!” and I take off back toward the six unconscious mares. I don't look back as I am running through the trees.
As I reach the area where they are, a little voice in the back of my head was telling me I was crazy, I didn't see anything, there is nothing there. I started to believe that voice until I saw the six mares laying there still, thank god I am not crazy.
I walk over to Pinkie's unconscious body and start to lift her, good lord she is heavy, too much candy I guess. I finally get a good grip and hold her in my arms, I start to walk back to the camp. This might take a while...
I shuffle through the leaves on the ground, my arms are about to give out, but I ignore the pain in my arms and continue on to the camp to prove to my friends that I am not crazy. I notice a smell coming from Pinkie, cotton candy, just like in my dream. The smell makes me smile.
I finally arrive on the camp and I lay Pinkie down slowly close to the fire so she can stay warm, I walk over and smack Alex's tent again, “AGH, what now Dean!” he yells, I unzip his tent flap and say “You think I'm crazy? Look...” he looks at me and says “No, dude you just need some sleep, just go to bed, we will deal with it in the morning...” he yawns.
I groan a bit and say “Dude would you just look, won't take you but 2 seconds...” Alex sighs and says “Ugh, fine. If it will make you leave me alone.” I turn around to see if Pinkie is still laying there, she is, she has her eyes closed. I walk over to her as Alex climbs out of his tent.
I sit down next to her and look at Alex, Alex blinks the sleep away from his eyes, rubs them, and opens them. He stops moving for a second, like time has stopped for him and not me, he stares at the pink pony laying next to me and after a few quiet seconds he says “I-is that...?” he blinks and I nod.
Alex continues to stare at Pinkie, he can't seem to believe it's real, that I was not crazy. “Maybe I'm going crazy too...” he says. I slowly put my hand on Pinkie's side, to prove that my hand won't phase through her. He blinks again, “She...she's real...” he says.
I nod, “I need you and Max to help me get the others over here.” I say standing up. Alex goes over to Max's tent and smacks it, he opens the flap and says “Damn it De- Alex?” Alex points to Pinkie and says “He wasn't joking, they are real and they are hurt, come on we need to get the other five...” Max's eyes widen at the pink mare lying next to the fire, keeping warm.
They follow me back to the area where they are at, their jaws drop when they see the other five laying there. I scoop up what looks to be Twilight, I hold her in my arms, she's a bit lighter than Pinkie but still heavy. I look at Alex and Max and they nod and grab one to bring back to camp.
We head back as fast as we can, and carefully back to the camp, I put down Twilight next to Pinkie, close to the fire so they stay warm. Max places down Rarity as Alex places Rainbow down. I look at the four ponies lying there, hopefully the warmth of the fire is helping them. Alex and Max head back to get the last two, Applejack and Fluttershy. I stay behind to keep an eye on the others.
They come back with the others in hand and they place them down, I stand there and look at them, “What's wrong with them?” Max asks. I shake my head, “I don't know but I hope they are okay.” I say. We all sit down and watch over them, to make sure nothing disturbs them.
About an hour goes by, and I see Twilight move a little bit, she's waking up, I look over at her, I don't want to go near her, I might scare her if I do, I look over at Alex and Max, they are watching too. I am actually happy that I am not the only one witnessing this. Twilight opens her eyes and sits up, she doesn't notice us at first, she looks at her friends, “Where are we?” She asks.
“Earth.” I say, making her jump, “Sorry didn't mean to startle you...” “That voice, I know it.” She says, which confuses me. I get up, her watching me, “You know my voice?” I ask. She looks me in the eyes “Dean Yarlo? Is that you?” she asks.
Time seems to stop right there, she knows my name? “How do you know my name?” I ask, She looks at me and says, “How could I forget the name of the stallion who married Pinkie Pie?”
(end of chapter 2)