Aside from my heavy breathing, my heavy yet lazy footsteps...or should I call them hoofsteps, or hoovesteps? Whatever... Aside from those two, and the thunderous rumbles from the black clouds above, and the whispers of the cold wind, there was no more sound that Applejack and I made as we continued walking on this ridiculous spiraling staircase to horn-head territory. Each step I take is a hassle. I could barely feel my feet anymore. My muscles are aching and tired, and there were already a number of times where I almost passed out.
We did pass a few armored unicorns though, and they were heading down, but they didn't mind the two of us, which I find rather weird, considering that -- if Starfall were to be believed -- no earth ponies are allowed up there. Well, Big Mac sure is up there, I think. I guess Starfall reall...
"Easy there, Brownie," Applejack provided me a hoof to stop myself from collapsing yet again. I shook my head rapidly, and took a deep breath soon afterwards. The smell of my own sweat isn't helping me recover though. Huh, it's weird that I am even sweating. Aren't furred creatures suppose to sweat through their noses and tongues? "We're almost there, Ah think..."
"T-thanks for th...the encouragement..." I rolled my eyes soon after. We soon continued our journey... Sigh... I should probably keep my mind busy. At least it'll divert my attention from myself for only a bit. Hm... I wonder how my brother and Claire are doing back home. Sun Ford isn't really known to have floods during heavy rain, so I could at least breathe at ease. Though the trouble would be if the storm carries strong winds. Majority of the houses in Sun Ford are made up of light materials though.
I wonder how...Spike is doing. Our last talk wasn't really good though, and if I were to perish from this world, I'd left him with bitter talk as our last conversation. That's not very brotherly...even though he's not really my brother. I should maybe try my best to survive whatever awaits me up there. I am doing this for my brothers anyway, so I might as well try and be alive after all of this... Damn, this walk is taking us forever... Ugh... And here I thought that earth ponies had more stamina than unicorns! Oh yeah, Applejack... Sigh... I guess I'm the only weakling earth pony. Weakling... Hm... I wonder if there are changelings around here. Or maybe they fled to another land? Cloud Strike did said that the dragons have fled to avoid the chaos within Equestria. Why won't the earth ponies do the same anyway? They could just, I dunno, build a boat or a raft and sail away?
Sail away... Huh, that made me stop and stare at the horizon. Meh, I couldn't see the ocean beyond the vast forest. What is worse, the black clouds beyond is darkening whatever was beyond. Come to think of it though, I could barely see the orangey-red sky now... Has the black clouds gotten worse the last time I checked? Darn it... I don't care about this place, but I don't want the same to happen in my world! I seriously need to find a way to stop that from happening...even though it's not my job to do so. Sigh... Elderly brothers and their stupid habit to be responsible...
I wonder if Big Mac also felt that kind of responsibility, hence why he left his family to protect them? But what is he doing now? He's having a lot of great time with a certain purple unicorn, as far as I've heard. I rolled my eyes.
Oh, goodness and finally! We've reached the end of this darn forsaken stairway! The moment I had all four of my feet off of the stairs, I dropped myself on the ground, ignoring everything around me. Oh...I could just lie here and die... Hm... Strange that the first time I got here, I was lying down as well... Heh, brings back strange memories.
"That's him!" I heard Applejack's loud voice. I opened my eyes and tilted my head, and I found her staring at the unicorns a few meters away, with a hoof pointed at me. She then faced me with angry eyes. "That's the pony that escaped Unico'nia!"
I blinked...twice... "Er..." Sounds of hooves were getting louder as the owners of those hooves were getting closer. I tilted my head to the source, and saw angry-looking armored unicorns. "Well... fu---" A magically levitated and rusty bridle closed my mouth shut...