//------------------------------// // Chapter the thirteenth - I'm in your chaos, snatching up your ponies // Story: Into The Void // by Doctor Whooves PhD //------------------------------// Chapter the Thirteenth – I’m in your chaos, snatching up your ponies The green sky shifted. Strange shapes began to materialize in the sky until eventually, a black hole opened up, dropping something out. Diamond Tiara landed with a soft thud , numerous croissants following her through, cushioning her fall. She looked around, trying to get her bearings and figure out where in Equestria she was. She certainly wasn’t in Ponyville anymore. The ground was completely flat, laid out in a dark blue checkerboard, with a few massive houses of cards scattered around. “ARGH! Why do these dumb things keep happening?! There’s literally no logical explanation for any of this!” She cried out in frustration. “…Who said there was?” Diamond Tiara jumped. Somepony else was here. Their voice seemed oddly familiar however. Silver Spoon emerged from behind a house of cards, her mane in a tattered mess, her glasses missing one of the frames. She had clearly seen better days. Diamond Tiara almost commented on how scruffy she looked, but even she realized there were more important things to worry about. Right now, she was glad that she actually found somepony. The fact that it was somepony she knew was just icing on the cake. “Silver Spoon! What on earth are you doing here?” “I don’t know!” the gray filly shrugged. “I was, like, just walking around, when, like, the trees all blended together and carried me away. When I came to, I was here.” “…Fair enough. Listen, can we settle our differences for survival’s sake?” “like, of course, girl.” The two fillies stuck side by side, travelling across the land, searching far and wide for any shred of evidence that could tell them what was going on, but to no avail. After a few hours of aimless wandering, the ponies looked up to find they had completely lost track of where they were going, and were totally lost. “This is, like, totally useless! We aren’t getting anywhere!” Silver spoon said, disappointed. “Never mind that, where are we now?” Diamond Tiara replied. It was dark now. The two fillies appeared to be walking through a dense forest, completely sealed away from the outside world. When they looked back, all they could see was overgrown foliage blocking the way. An eerie chill pulsated periodically throughout the intimidating, jagged shadows produced from a large domineering moon, which was so close that, if it were to get any closer, it might fall down in a matter of days into the world. Suddenly, shapes began darting here and there throughout the branches. The two friends huddled close together, completely and utterly terrified of the uncertainty. Everything had been happening so spontaneously recently, they had become slightly paranoid about even the smallest of things. In this case, it was completely justified. A dark shape reached out and grabbed the two fillies, carrying them away as they cried for help.