//------------------------------// // Chapter 47 - Realization Of Actions // Story: Quest For Harmony // by destinedjagold //------------------------------// The candle-lit living room was filled with the noises outside: heavy rain, loud and earth-shaking thunder roars, strong wind currents and rustling iron rooftops trying their best not to be blown away. Inside this candle-lit living room was me, Claire, and my brother. The two of them were seated on the sofa across from mine, and a wooden table was in between us, where the candle was joining me in quietly watching the two's dumb-founded faces as soon as I finished telling them the bizarre experiences I've been having: me going to Equestria as an earth pony, the war between pegasi and unicorns, me and Spike escaping the purple unicorn, and so on and so forth... I chuckled nervously as I shifted on my seat into a more comfortable position after a few minutes of my two listeners still not moving an inch. If they keep that up though, I'm pretty sure a fly or two will decide to land inside their open mouths. As I was telling them everything though, I ignored my phone vibrating in...oh yeah, my phone. I took it out form my pocket and yep, I got a new text message from an unknown sender. "So..." I heard Claire's voice as I opened the message, "what happens next?" "Gold, please stop! We're trying to help you!" I whispered curiously. 'What the heck is going on back there?' I thought as I typed it. If it's from Spike, then I can probably send this message. Pressing the send button, sending...done. Nice. I turned to Claire as my brother's laptop buzzed in weird noises that irritated my ears a bit. He woke up from his daze and started messing with his laptop. "The heck's happening to you?" My brother whispered to himself. "What was that, Claire?" I asked Claire, who was seated beside my brother. The noise from my brother's laptop ceased as Claire replied. "I just asked if what are you going to do now?" I blinked, and shrugged. "I'm not sure exactly..." "But you can't just leave them back there." I blinked in confusion. "You actually believed me?" "Were you lying?" "Well, no, but..." I scratched my nape, unsure of what to say next as I removed my gaze from her, and settled on staring at the candle in front of us. "But like I said earlier..." My brother's laptop was at it again with the noise, "I am just trying to figure out---" my phone vibrated, so I looked at the screen, and as soon as I did, my bro's laptop stopped screeching or whatever. "---of how to get rid of the black clouds..." I opened the text message. "So, you're just using them, then?" I was about to read the message, but Claire's choice of words made me look directly at her with an angry frown. "Of course not!" "Well, it sounds like you are..." "No. Look, I...tsk..." Fair point... Why haven't I thought of that? I never would have wanted to use anyone for my own personal needs and wants and desires before... M-maybe it's because my brother's future was at stake? I sighed. "No, you're right, Claire..." I can't believe I'm using the ponies just to reach my goal... I can't believe that I'm using Spike for it... He's did so much for me, and in return, I was using him... But if I help him... Wait... What does he need help with again? I shook my head hastily and read the message. "Oh, Gold! You replied! That's a great relief! And here I thought you were the one thrashing around here. But if you're there, then who's controlling you here?" ...I have no idea what he means by that... My bro's laptop was screeching once again, and after a few seconds, my phone received another message. A few seconds after that, the laptop stopped screeching. My bro lifted his head and gave me a frustrated look. "Your phone's killing my laptop..." he gave me a small glare as he turned his laptop to me. Claire leaned ahead and turned her head to see what was on the screen. The screen is displaying some sort of line graph with zigzag-gy patterns and numbers that I don't understand. "Big bro," Kronz spoke, "your phone's receiving a very powerful wave of frequency from somewhere. Are those messages from uh...Equestria...?" I blinked, and nodded slowly. "Huh," he whispered with a grin as he spun his laptop and started typing whatever. "I'm gonna trace the source. This'll be interesting." He stuck his tongue out as he concentrated, and Claire was really staring curiously and excitedly at the screen. "So, what's the message about?" My bro asked along with the noise of furiously pressed keys on the keyboard. I opened the message and read it out loud: "Okay, you're calming down now. Sheesh, you caused---" I read it to myself instead, "---quite a mess back here. I'll tell you the details later. Right now, we have to get far away from Unicornia... Take care, and oh, thanks for the gems in your bag. Um... You don't need them, right?" I chuckled. "Who-hoo!" my brother threw his hands in the air with a victorious smile. "Traced it!" He quickly spun the laptop for me to see the screen. "And the source isn't far from here, too!" I think that's called a Google Map. The screen is displaying our little Sun Ford Town, and on the west was the red pointer, where I assumed was where my brother had located the source of the frequency he was talking about. Why does it always have to be west again? And...it's the tallest mountain on the island. "We're going hiking?" I asked, and my brother smiled and nodded. I glared at him. "Under this storm?" He nodded again, and his smile grew bigger. I glared some more. "You're crazy," yet I flashed a smile. "Let's go then!" "What!?" Claire exclaimed, quickly glancing at the wall clock above me. "It's midnight! And it's raining!"