I jumped out of the way just in time, but not before Luna grazed my left leg. It stung but I could still move it.
"Stop moving! You're going to die no matter hard you try!" Luna said.
"You're not the first one who's said that to me," I said. I thought back to a certain memory, one that I won't go into detail. There is no way I can fight her. I just can't. This isn't a cartoon, some new power isn't going to suddenly appear. It's suicide to even try. But I have an idea. "So Luna, what happens after you kill me and Twilight?" She just glared at me. "It's not like you can beat Celestia. Why don't you just stop and think? Why are you doing this? Is it even worth it?" Luna flinched at the questions.
"Get. Out of my HEAD!" Luna yelled before turning into a mist, then appearing behind me to kick me away. I tumbled a few feet and stayed on the ground.
"You don't have to do this alone. Don't you remember? Nightmare Night? You learned something important from Twilight."
"Argh!" Luna must be split upon what to do. I just need to keep pushing. The moment of weakness she has was quickly over, and she began to charge a dark red and white ball of energy on her horn. That would surely kill me, I don't have enough magic energy left to stop it. Hell, even if I did it'd still kill me.
"What about Pip? What would he think about this? What about me, do you have any idea how much this hurts, trying to save you?" Luna was getting confused, and looked in pain at making a choice. The ball of energy started shrinking, but it grew a black aura around it and became faster in how much it spun. "Remember why I'm here? How you teleported me here? For a friend? Have you lost who I am? Well I am Neon. I am your friend!" Now was the perfect time to remind her that, she was at her limit. Power that great must take a lot of energy to use, maybe even too much for Luna. From the strain of keeping this form of hers up, and from the battle between us, and the previous one with Twilight, I think that's enough to make this work.
"No... I can't... Not here... Not when I'm so close..." The ball of energy dissipated and Luna fell to the ground with a thud. She quickly morphed back into the Luna we all know and love. Her hair was still moving against the grass, as so the rise and fall of her chest indicating her breathing. Cuts and bruises formed alongside her legs and back. Somehow she must have hurt herself doing all that. Over exhausting must have made her magic become hard to control. Physically, she's fine. But with the mind rape she suffered through, I'm not surprised. The sky turned to a grayish blue, clouds forming above us. Twilight trotted up to Luna, examining her state.
"She'll be fine, Twi," I told her. I looked around me, there was no one else. Twilight's tree was still a mess, but outside of me, my alternate forms, and Twilight, there was no one watching. There is no way this could have happened without anyone noticing anything. But it's not like I care. "Twi, get her to the castle. I have other things to attend to."
A flash of purple shined in front of the castle, revealing Twilight levitating Luna. She walked into the castle, Celestia watching from her throne. The sun goddess had a worried look on her face from Luna looking like that, her body limp and covered in cuts and scratched up. Twilight explained what happened to Luna, but didn't mention why Luna did it. It was best to just forget about it. For now at least, I could use that info as a bargaining chip later on.
Celestia just accepted Twilight's story and didn't ask questions. The sun goddess wanted to answers from Luna herself. And knowing Luna, she wouldn't tell her.
As for me, I should return to Earth and let this thing blow over. Argon and Radon have already been sent back, and I should see home again also.
But my story isn't over. It will never be over. In fact... It may just be beginning.
A few weeks later, October 16, 2012.
My eyes shot open, the first sight being the sun just peeking over the horizon. It's been a while since I've been a pony. I almost kind of miss it. I'm sure my magic skills are a bit rusty, but I've been busy, working on new tech. It's been quiet, there's been no real world wide dangers, and as such I've had time to make a few things that could help me in the future. I've been in touch with Vinyl and the others, they've been visiting me every few days. But I still don't think it's been long enough, maybe another week or-
"NEEEEOOOOON!" Shouted a girl voice from down stairs. Sounds like Twilight. It sounded more like a panicked 'I need your help' than a 'I am in danger' scream. I heard the pounding of footsteps up my stairs, then my door bursted open. I pretended to remain asleep, Twilight tends to overreact. "Help! Pony! Escaped! Your world! In college! Need him back!"
"Was that in English?" I asked. I propped myself up and looked at the out of breath Twilight. She started speaking again once she caught her breath.
"A pony from Equestria somehow escaped, and is hiding on your world!" Well, that was quick to the point. Almost too direct. Is this really that dangerous? I know it's best to keep them separate and isolated, but it is only one. And compared to all the humans, that's nothing.
"There are over 7 billion people on Earth, how would I be able to find him?"
"We already know where he is."
"We?" I'm already getting dragged into this, I don't want to have to talk with more people.
"Celestia tasked me with bringing him back, and said I could bring a friend along. As for how we found him, he needed to use a long-range teleport, which leaves quite the magic residue. I managed to trace him to a certain nearby college."
"Why college? Who is he? Why is he wanted?"
"He thinks a college is the ultimate place of knowledge. And he also thinks that humans are smarter. As for who he is, he goes by the human name 'Jeremy,' and he's wanted because... well, he's an extremist who will do anything for knowledge. There's no idea on how many live test subjects he's taken and killed for knowledge."
"And you think he's going to what? Kidnap someone else and use them in his experiments?"
"Yes."
"Just a blunt yes? Nothing else?"
"No."
"Okay then. I think you can handle this on your own. I'm going back to be-"
"Wait! We have no idea how to get into a college. Or how Earth colleges even work. And he used a transformation spell, so he'll look human. We're not sure how he knows what humans look like, but I think he saw you and your friends, and made a guess from the data." I looked down at my jumbled black sheets, and pushed them away from me. I was wearing full clothing, it takes too much time and work to take off and wear new ones every day.
"I guess I don't have much of a choice them." Oh well, as quoted from a game I once played 26 hours and 13 minutes straight, 'It's been too long since there's been a good bandit raid.'
"Yes! So can you get us in?"
"Yeah, it's called walking through the front fucking door. No one gives a damn who walks in. You can pretty much walk in and out of any lecture hall without anyone caring. Hell, one time I even started throwing uncooked hot dogs stuffed into condoms through the window into the art classroom while it was full. Only one person complained, and it was about the condom being too big. Twilight, how old are you? And adjust it to human years."
"Err, about 20."
"You'll fit right in. So, we know who it is, where they are, they danger they create, and I know how to stop him. Wait, that still leaves one question; Who did you bring with you?" A slight blush grew on Twilight's face when I asked, and she scratched the back of her head.
"About that..."
Twilight and I calmly walked toward the college Twilight said Jeremy was in, with, sigh, Pinkie of all people bouncing along with us. She wore a bright pink shirt with her cuitemark on the front of it, and blue jeans that reached down to her knees. Because of her comically large boobs, they bounced up and down constantly. Why she's not wearing a bra, I don't know.
"Pinkie, that's enough. We're almost there and you don't want to stand out or attract attention. So stop bouncing! Frat guys are starting to stare," I said.
"Okie dokie loki!" Pinkie blurted out as a response. I swear to god, it's almost like Pinkie is the innocent fan service girl. If this were a story, I mean.
"Look," Twilight said as she pointed forward. "There's the college!" I looked ahead, to find the large campus within a few yards. The place wasn't Ivy league, but it was decent. There were a few people on the stairs leading up to the main entrance, most of them reading a textbook and talking with their friends. This is two thousand fricken' twelve, why aren't they using laptops? Whatever, within seconds the three of us were walking up the stairs and into the building. Except for Pinkie, she did cartwheels up the stairs. Is that even possible? I pushed open the door, and a gust of cool air blew out. The floors were semi-shiny tiles, and there was an information desk to the left. The desk had an older women with glasses clicking away at a computer. A few college students walked in and out of the building, but other than that it was empty. I went through the doors that led to the lecture halls, and Twilight said as soon as we went into the hallway, "Yes, we're in!"
"Keep your voice down, people'll think we're trying to rob the place," I informed her. "What does Jeremy look like as a pony?"
"He was a dark yellow, with a short blue mane." I think he'd keep his hair. It'd make him stand out, not sure if he changed it.
"Is that him?" Pinkie shouted and pointed at someone walking down another hall. The man wore a dark yellow jacket, black cargo pants, and had brown short hair that had just a tinge of blue. That couldn't really be him? Could it? The man saw Pinkie point at him, and he started running away from us. Aargh, I hate running.
"After him!" I demanded and then gave chase. Twilight was running alongside with me, reading a book about how to run. Well, she sure seems to be doing good enough at it. Pinkie Pie was bouncing forward much faster than I could run, and quickly closed the gap between the escaping man and us.