//------------------------------// // Magical...Talking...Ponies. What Fresh Hell is This? // Story: Sentinel of Equestria // by Traintrax //------------------------------// Magical...Talking...Ponies. What Fresh Hell is This? A/N- This is your author here with a question. Would anyone like to man up and volunteer to proofread/edit my story? Seriously, I need a proofreader. Also, you should know now that this isn't the original chapter 4. The original sucked so bad that I wanted to kill it...with fire. Not a joke. I really did want to kill it. So, I decided to just go ahead and scrap it. This is the product of a more realistic...reality. Redundant, I know. Anyways, enjoy chapter 4. WwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwWwW I hit the ground. ... ... ... I said I hit the ground. ... ... ... Where the hell's the ground? I waited for a couple seconds. I coulda' sworn that'd I'd have made contact with the entity known as 'ground' by now. I didn't jump from that high up...did I? Finally, I couldn't take the suspense and cracked one of my eyes open. There was the ground, not but mere inches from my face. But, I wasn't on it. Nope. I wasn't on the ground. So by logic, if I'm not on the ground, and I'm most certainly not swimming in water then... "I'M FLYING!!!!", I shouted with glee. I could fly. So fucking awesome. I was like Superman, but I didn't completely suck. I was so wrapped up in my new found joy, that I didn't notice the light golden aura surrounding me. I also managed to not notice when I started levitating back up to the window I'd just busted through. I did, however; notice when I was roughly slammed into a bookcase by a mysterious force. "Fuuuuuuuck. What hit me?", I moaned. My delusions of grandeur and flying had been shattered when my aching body hit the bookshelf. My eyes struggled open, and regretted it. My vision was assaulted by a myriad of bright colors. Purple, pink, orange, white, white/purple, cyan. Shit, the only color missing was yellow. Slowly, the colors came into focus. And I was staring at ponies. The same ponies from before. How odd...I coulda sworn I'd ditched them. They all wore different expressions on their faces. Time for another wondrous roll call. Purple Unicorn Curiosity. Eyes filled with questions. Wonderful. Just fucking wonderful. Cause' we all know that I just love answering questions. Pink Semi-Rubber Pony Sheer un-defiled joy, and possible insanity. I recommend 2 and a half doses of 'Calm the Fuck Down'. White Unicorn Curiosity...and she's staring at my pants. That's...that's awkward. Blue/Cyan/Teal Pegasus Rage. Lots and lots of rage. Heh, fun times ahead. Orange Cowpony (legitimate word...right?) Rage, and mistrust. White Alicorn Mistrust, fear, and a slight hint of confusion. And thus ends my righteous roll call. I scanned them, and they scanned me. The room was filled with a silence so awkward that it could only be broken by those of the utmost awesome. Also known as me. "So...lovely weather we're having, isn't it?" Smooth. They all blinked in unison, then purple unicorn thing began speaking. "What...what is it? I've never seen anything like it before in any of the history books. And, on top of that it knows how to speak Equestrian. Amazing." I blinked. This meant that chances were I wasn't on Earth anymore. Or, that I was bat shit insane, and this was my delusional paradise. God...I hope it's the latter. Also, less important, they were talking about me as if I wasn't right in front of them. Just a pet peeve of mine. Not like I'm not in the room or anything. Next to speak was orange pony. "Ah' don't care what it is. It hurt Dash. Nopony, and I mean nopony gets away with hurtin' ma' friend." I'm sorry, make that hillbilly pony. Or redneck pony. Whichever suits you. Honest to God, that accent was downright ludicrous. A southern style pony...this must actually be hell. I'm in hell, and these are my tormentors. Who's next? "Well, that's probably because we scared it." A disembodied and quiet voice. Oh god... IT'S A GHOST!!!!! All of a sudden the big white alicorn stepped to the side revealing a butter yellow pegasus with a bright pink mane. I shit you not. Butter...yellow. Like someone had dipped it into a vat of liquid flavor, and then pulled it out. Makes me hungry. Said pony was trying to hide behind its' mane, which wasn't working. She spoke again in a timid and quiet voice like before, assuming it's a she, "I mean, we did kinda rip it from it's world and fling it into ours." Ahh...theory confirmed. I be not on Earth anymore. So...just where the fuck am I? "I can answer that." spoke the large white alicorn. Wait a second... ... ... ... Did she just mind rape me? I tried to turn my head so that I could give her my full attention, but found that such a thing was now impossible. In fact, none of my limbs would agree to my wish of moving. But, the worse part was that my nose itched. OH THE HUMANITY!!! Oh wait...big white alicorn thing's speaking...and I zoned out. That'll probably come back to bite me later. "...Equestria." The alabaster pony gave me an expectant look as she finished her speech. Fuck...probably should have been listening to what she was saying and... OH GOD NOSE ITCH!!!!!! Most people would say that I should get over the itchy nose. But, they don't know what it feels like to be unable to scratch at the abomination that is 'the itch'. "I'd love to respond to whatever you're saying, but my nose itches...so it'll have to wait." I stated bluntly. Now, I should be focused on the impossible talking equines in front of me, but my nose itched. It was like it was covered in fire ants. Everything else just sorta paled in comparison to that. "Well, that is a side effect of being levitated." Spoke the purple unicorn... ... ... ... What? Levitation...just...what? I decided to voice my confusion in hopes that it might die. "You said levitation...as in magical levitation?" The unicorn, probably should learn some names, nodded slowly and gave me the 'what are you, an idiot?' look. "Yeah, I mean magical levitation. It's a simple spell." The white pony spoke immediately after the unicorn did, thus stealing my chance to speak. "Actually Twilight, this is starting to hurt. This human is far heavier than it looks. I'm not sure if I can keep this up much longer." One name down. Twilight. Like the shitty vampire movie. I assume Twilight is the unicorn with the purple coat. As for the white equine, her face was scrunched up with the looks of a visible effort being given. Beads of sweat were dripping down, and I could tell she was about ready to give out. "How heavy could it possibly be?" asked Twilight. Her horn started to glow and the nose itch turned into a nose pain. Twilight, still not sure if that's her name, grunted and her brow raised. "Oh wow. You weren't kidding, it really is heavy." Now for the most part, I've tried to be patient with these alien pony creatures. I tried to wait to see if I could learn anything. I even tried to be polite and not shout obscenities at them. But this was too much. The nose pain, the fact that they had me imprisoned, another planet. Fuck it all, I'm pissed. I grunted my frustration and began struggling against the skin tight prison that encased me. My anger surfaced, I wanted nothing more than to be free. Immediately, my efforts were rewarded with a pained groan from the creatures in front of me. "I...can't keep it up." I wasn't sure who said that. My struggles became even more vicious than they already were. After a couple more seconds the sound of shattering glass hit my ears, and I dropped to my feet. As soon as I touched the ground something slammed into me, and knocked me off my feet. As it was, I wasn't in the best of moods. So, combine that with the fact that I'd been knocked to the ground, again, you can imagine just how pissed I really was. My eyes shot open and I looked at what new foe dared to assault me. It was the blue pegasus. She was standing on my chest and glaring at me with those freakishly large eyes. "Don't even think about it,bub." she growled with malice. After a second I noticed that the orange cowpony was busying herself(I'm going out on a limb and assuming they're all female) with tying my legs together. Now, this both puzzled and infuriated me. She was making me a captive by tying me up, but she didn't have any hands. How does one tie a rope together without hands? And, past her the 2 magic users from before were on the ground panting, their eyes closed in exhaustion. The yellow pegasus was trying to revive them, while the pink pony was lounging on a lawn chair and munching on some popcorn. I couldn't see the white unicorn, but she was probably still in the room. My attention was snapped back to the ponies nearest to me when the orange one started jabbing me in the chest with her hoof. "Now 'ah don't know who you think you are mister, but nopony gets away with hurtin' ma' friends like that. Now you're going to apologize to Rainbow Dash, Celestia, and Twilight, and then you're going to answer our questions." Nope. That's it. final straw. They want me to apologize. Fuck this, fuck them, fuck it. I'm done. "Let me see if I understand you correctly," I began, my voice taking on a mixed tone of anger and disbelief, " you rip me from my home and family, you attack me, take me hostage, try to interrogate me, and now you want me to apologize for defending myself? No. Hell, no! I will not apologize, not to you, not to her, not to anyone! The only thing that I'm doing is leaving." And with that my legs snapped the rope in half and I jumped to my feet, knocking the 2 ponies off me. Raising my fists I prepared myself for a fight. By now the magic users had recovered and had their heads lowered and horns glowing. They looked ready to take me down. I've never had very good anger management. So this situation probably shouldn't have ended like this. I mean, who actually prepares to fight ponies? the answer: me. The blue pegasus darted at me yelling out some battle-cry. And I brought my fist back ready to strike her down when- BOOM!!! -an explosion sounded off. The room was instantly engulfed in smoke. I completely lost whatever capabilities of sight and dropped to the ground in alarm. A masculine voice shouted through the shroud, "Run human, while you have the chance! Head to the Everfree Forest! You'll be safe there." I didn't question the voice, I simply obeyed. If it meant the freedom to relax and recollect my thoughts, then screw it. I barreled to my left and hit some form of object. Imma' hazard a guess that it's a wall. It didn't stop me, though. I continued moving and found myself falling. As I hit the ground my leg muscles began working overtime and I sprinted towards the forest in the distance. As the tree/library faded behind me, I wondered who my savior was. Who could it have been. WwWwWwWwWwWwWwW Library Celestia stared at the pony before her. One of her most loyal gaurds. A traitor. He'd set off the smoke bomb. Set loose the human. Now she had to deal with not just a loose monster, but with this pony as well. "Why? Why did you do it Straight Edge? You're my best guard, my most loyal subject, why'd you allow the human to escape?" She asked, her tone filled with hurt and betrayal. Or sadness, probably sadness. The stallion looked up at her, his body encompassed in Celestias magic. He smiled as he answered her. "Because, it's the only way." Celestia sighed as she teleported him back to the castle. She'd deal with him once she got back. But, for the time being she needed to tend to her, most likely, confused subjects. As Celestia faced them Twilight approached cautiously, her face filled with bafflement and fear. "Princess...what...what do we do now?" Celestia let out a slow sigh and turned her head to stare out at the Everfree forest. "We have to capture the human, before it causes anymore harm." Applejack strode forward and spoke next, "Princess...you acted like you knew what that thing was, and still act like you do. How do you know it? What is it? Where'd it come from?" Celestia let out another sigh, and turned back to face Applejack. "I'm afraid that'll have to wait until later. Until we recapture that human, nopony is safe. Once I'm sure that it isn't a threat, I'll answer all of your questions." The ponies assembled before her nodded, accepting her answer for the time being. And with that they all turned to stare at the Everfree forest, the same exact thought running through, most of, their heads. 'What happens now?' A/N- There it is...chp.4. Tell me what you all thought of it. Any criticism is welcome, and if anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate that also. I'm still in the market for a proof reader/ editor if anyone'd like to help with that. I'll start working on chapter 5 as soon as I can, but it may take a while. So, leave a comment or something.