//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 - Shadows On The Mountainside (Baz) // Story: Here We Go Again! // by Bazing //------------------------------// We are spirits passing through the doors of time with an invitation heard before we find shadows on the mountainside eagles find the souls they hide and the outcast child enchanted by the sun will he seek his shelter never knowing one shadows on the mountainside eagles find the souls they hide shadows on the mountainside cover me with sleep please because I need it now and the red rivers flow to seas and she (2x) will return to me and then all that I am is in her hands and I will return to her and then and then (x2) I begin The Tea Party - Shadows On The Mountainside After that interesting event in the hospital, I stood alone in a destroyed town. Around me was nothing but rubble from the buildings, and giant cracks in the ground that occasionally spurt out lava, I also couldn’t help but notice how unbearably hot it was. I stood transfixed, staring into nothing. After a few moments I looked around and noticed that I looked to be in the same town as before. I decided to take a walk and look around, being careful of the explosions of lava around me. I noticed a black cloth on the ground and decided to wrap it around my neck in a sort of black cap type of way. I keep walking through the destroyed town, until I came upon a small cliff. I stared over the edge, and what I saw was beautiful and also very frightening. Lava. nothing but lava as far as the eye could see. Whatever was there before has now been engulfed by molten rock. It reminded me of a scene from Dragon Ball Z, where Namek was being destroyed. But does that mean that this planet was under a similar affect? That it soon will also be destroyed? I stood there, staring over the cliff edge, thinking about what had happened back at that hospital with the ponies. Just before I ended up here, my body was dispersing, like dust blowing in the wind. “Where am I?” I wondered aloud, this could not have been the same place. What had happened? Had I somehow time travelled to the end of the planet? But how is that even possible? How will I get back? Am I going to die here? "How could this have happened?! It's not possible!" I shouted out in frustration and confusion. "I'm going to die here." I whisper softly to myself. I began to panic at the thought of me dying in a foreign place, but soon came to piece when I realised, that I didn’t give a single fuck. Still standing there, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, waiting for my inevitable doom. As I stood there I thought back to my life, and boy did I have lots of regrets. But in hindsight, there’s not much that I could have done in those particular situations. All in all, my life wasn’t that bad, there have been points where it was pretty god damn terrible, but not bad compared to others. My emotional problems have been a problem throughout my life, building up anger and sadness throughout the period of nearly 8 years. I was always afraid of what would happen if someone made me snap, I was scared I might do something I might regret, or hurt someone I didn't want too. I decided that I have had enough of standing around, so I walked off and sat down on a bit of rubble, awaiting my immediate doom. I could feel the ground begin to rumble, as cataclysmic events tore the planet asunder. Lava shoots out of cracks in the ground, natural disasters occurring everywhere all the time. As more and more explosions of lava occur, the quicker the planet grows closer to exploding. The ground around me cracks open and more lava comes out. This is it, I’m going to die here, Trying to outrun my demise, I got up and sprinted away from the lava, running as fast as I could in the opposite direction. I ran through the destroyed town and into, what looked like, a destroyed and mostly burnt forest. I ran as fast as I could, and quickly grew tired due to my Asthma. I stopped running, panting I put my arms over my head to help open my lungs, as I was taught in soccer training. After my recovery I sat down again, There's no running from this. I thought darkly, I closed my eyes once again, thinking about all those I've left behind. My good friends, Suresh, Kale, Josh and Josh, Brodie, Jake and Joel, and so many others. I thought about my family, my two brothers, my third on the way, my mum, dad, step-dad, my uncles, my aunties, grandparents, and all my cousins. I thought. I, however, didn’t notice that my body began to disperse again, the same way it had done before I left the hospital. As one final bit of lava shoots upwards next to me I disappear, and the planet explodes in an epic cataclysmic disaster of planetary proportions. ----------------------------------------------------- I reappeared in the same spot that I had left; only it was different. There was no pink pony, no Nurse Redheart, no Fluttershy. No pony was anywhere. I walked over towards the door and slowly opened it. I noticed that the hallway was empty, except for the sudden appearance of what shocked me extremely. Not only was it another Human, but ‘twas a man I knew well. I looked to him “Well then.” I said calmly. “Nope.” He turned around and walked back into the room he was in. It didn’t take long for me to hear another ‘Nope.’ He walked through the door chanting, “Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.” And stood, staring. He looked to me and asked, “Are there any horse in that room?” pointing to the door I was standing next to. I knew instantly from his voice who it was. “Nope.” I responded simply. “Good” He walked past me into the room, closing the door. The room was empty, I suppose he was confused about the ponies and needed to be alone. Feeling concerned for my mate, I reached my hand out and opened the door. He was sitting on a chair staring out a window. “Dude.” I said, waiting for a response. “Nope.” He jumps up and swan dived through the window. I stare at the window for a few moments before I rush to where he once was and look down, and noticed that we were three stories up. I also noticed the pink pony pulling out a trampoline from NOWHERE and placing it where he was falling. “Nope, nope, nope” he continued chanting. I hopped onto the open window frame, and slowly climbed down the side of the building. I got to the bottom and saw that he was lying down, face first, on the trampoline. There were also 7 ponies and some small lizard thing. I closed my eyes and sighed, “This is gonna be a long day...”