I felt myself get thrown through space and found myself about fifty or so feet above the ground. Yup. It’s fatal. Cadence said it was to get me out but nope. I’m going to die. Somewhere in my head a thought that told me that it could have been an accident flew around. It was intercepted and shot down by logic.
Gravity began to take hold and started tugging me towards the ground. I closed my eyes and let my mind wander. There were a couple of thoughts that I had to purge though. One of them stuck though and wouldn’t die.
What if this was the real thing? What if at long last somepony actually came to their sense and saw it was truly me? It doesn’t matter because if this is, I’m going to die before I can reach freedom.
I managed to silence that thought after a few precious seconds. Nopony could give me freedom. That’s something only death could bring. Of everything I know, I know for certain that death isn’t a lie.
Still though, even though I know the truth, part of me wants to believe. It wants me to hope even after what I’ve been through. It wants me to trust them. It’s pointless now anyways. I’m going to die. Finally, things are starting to look up.
I opened my eyes. Straight above my arms which are caught in the air and sticking out, is the night sky. I’ve always loved stargazing. When ever I wasn’t studying and it happened to be night, I’d pull a telescope out to my balcony and look into the sky. I’d go so far as to say that it was my passion if wasn’t for magic. The stars seem to be brighter tonight. As if to bid me a final farewell, shooting star streaked across the sky.
For the first time in a long time... I grinned. How fitting was it for me to go out doing something that I loved? Even in the end... the stars are still as beautiful and wonderous as they were when I was a filly, if not, more so.
My life flashed before my eyes. Everything turned out to be a lie. But honestly, I don’t think I would have done it any differently. I still had a good time before it all came crashing down. If I never would have found out about the setup, I’d be none the wiser and honestly... that’s how it should be. When I was unaware of the truth turned out to be the greatest time of my life. Irony is a funny thing.
Of course though... death was so close and then swiped out from under. Literally, in fact. That pegasus from the hotel room caught me on her back just before everything would end. The impact sent both of us sprawling.
Of course... too good to be true. I finally stopped tumbling and came to rest on my back. Once more the stars were laid out before my eyes, in all their glory.
Hoofsteps on my right made me turn my head. It was that mare. Her helmet had good dent in it now and her legs were covered in scrapes and twigs. She waded her way through the tall grass and looked down while panting as if to see if I were alright. Afterwords, promptly collapsed. She ended up face to face with me and snorted in annoyance.
“The things I do...” she huffed.
I turned back to the stars. Why go through the effort of saving me? The mare didn’t look like she enjoyed it. I’m not that important so just... why?
I crushed another thought saying that she did it because she was really trying to save me like the bug it was. My mind must enjoy trying to get me to believe in false hope. Seems like even I’ve become my own enemy.
“The things I do...” Brisk Wind couldn’t even finish that sentence. She focused on gathering oxygen at the moment. That was way too close. If she would’ve fell another two feet or so, they’d both be dead. She rolled onto her back so she could check her surroundings.
It was a clearing surrounded by trees. The tall grass here mimicked wheat but was tinted dark due to it being night. The clearing wasn’t completely surrounded. To her right she could see the rolling hills of the countryside and what seemed to be a dirt road at the edge of the grass. That’s a start at least. Brisk shakily stood up. With a better view she could rule out that they weren’t in Everfree, thank Celestia.
Over the treetops she could see the glow that the town gave off. It was quite a ways away adding to the odds of them getting out of this. However, it would all hinge on Twilight cooperating. Unfortunately this was where one of a few problems lied with the plan. Brisk was a Royal Guard, not a miracle worker. The mare looked up to the sky in hopes that she would come up with something. The only thing she could think of though, was how pretty the stars looked tonight.