//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Pip's Big Adventure // by VanillaBeam //------------------------------// All Pip could see whenever he opened his eyes was a bright light. He had to keep them shut so he wouldn't blind his eyes. He had never been teleported by anypony, so he didn't know how long this light would last. And then through his eyelids, he saw that the light was dying down. Pip was now confident enough to start opening his eyes. So he opened them slowly, and saw that the light had finally died down. But now he faced another problem: it was too dark now. Pip was also sneezing a lot too. "Achoo! Achoo! Ugh, where did I land? I hope it's still Equestira, let alone Canterlot." Pip started to feel his was through the pitch black, hoping to find his way through back to light. He trotted for a minute, until he finally saw an opening in front of him. He was so happy, he ran to the opening, foolishly closing his eyes while he was going through. He finally reached the exit, and ran out into the light. "I made it out! I made it o-." Pip's speech was cut short as he all of a sudden, ran into something. Something........ sticky. Pip looked, and he saw he was covered in spider webs, and a lot of it. Pip tried his best, he flailed and wiggled, but he couldn't get free. Pip was now truly frightened. Where in Equestria did Sweetie Belle send him? How will he get back? All of his questions were not answered at the moment, for Pip suddenly heard the ghastly sound of lips smacking each other. Pip looked up to the source of the sound, and to his horror, he also found the source of the web. A spider was perched up at the top of the web, and looking straight at him with all eight eyes. But this spider, was HUGE. It had to be the size of a carriage. if not bigger. Pip screamed with fear, as the eight legged demon began it's descendance toward the helpless colt. Pip tried once more to loosen the grip of the web, but it was no use. The spider was getting closer, and closer. Pip could even feel the spider's breath upon him. Pip tried one last time to get free, and with one big pull, he finally got himself free. He then ran for his life, for the spider was about to give chase. As Pip looked at his surroundings, he saw that he wasn't outside. He was inside, in a palace from what it looked like. It looked very beautiful, and so big. Then again, all castles look big. Right now, Pip wasn't worried about the size of castles (yet), he was more worried about the giant spider that was gaining on him. "PLEASE. SOMEPONY! ANYPONY! HELP ME!" Pip screamed. The spider was almost right on top of him. When all of a sudden, the spider stopped, turned tail, and ran away. This both relieved, yet worried Pip. If the giant spider was running away, then obviously something bigger was coming. Now that thought did worry little Pipsqueak. Maybe it would be friendly, or just as hostile as the spider, or..... *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* Pip felt the ground below him shaking, and getting stronger with every loud thundering boom. Pip looked all around, and tried to find the source of the earthquakes. It wasn't until he saw a shadow creeping up behind him. He took one look, and jerked his neck back to look up. He saw a huge mass of purple fur, stomping his way. Pip let out another scream, and ran for his life again, only this time, this giant was moving faster, since it was bigger. Pip looked behind him again, and took a better look at the giant stomping toward him. There was something familiar about this giant. "Princess T-Twilight?" Pip said. Indeed, it did look like Twilight. "TWILIGHT! HEY! DOWN HERE!" But there was no use, she couldn't hear him. Pip couldn't run anymore, so he got the idea to stop, and let her step over him, which she did. Her booming steps shook the world around and below him. She seemed to be humming a tune as she trotted. Pip saw her belly loom over him, like a giant purple furry cloud flowing by. And with one huge brush of her tail, she finally trotted over him. "Wow, that was way too close." Pip said. "Why was Princess Twilight so big? And that spider? And this palace?" A short time after asking himself all of these questions, he got an answer. "THEY'RE NOT BIG, I'M SMALL!!!"