//------------------------------// // Day 10 (5 posts) // Story: Birthday Wish // by Midnight Spawn //------------------------------// All right, we're in! Spike? Yes, Twilight? Take a letter. With pleasure! "We're on our way" Wait... do you hear that? I hear crying! Applebloom! Come on, she's this way! Post #2 Everypony okay? Ya'll nearly got yerself killed! We heard yer cryin' and rushed over here quick as we could. See, Applebloom? I told you it'd work! My fake crying is PRETTY convincing if I do say so myself. Maybe I have a future in show business! That was Pinkie crying? You know what, it doesn't matter. Do you know where they're keeping Cadance and my brother? They wouldn't say! Aren't bad guys suppose ta tell you their master plan when they ponynap you? Quick! Put this on! Um... this is a chicken costume. Exactly! They're looking for ponies, but WE'LL be disguised as harmless chickens! Do your best chicken impression. Here's mine Pinkie, we don't have time for this! Can you use your Pinkie Sense to locate my brother or not? Don't have to! They're this way. Now how in tarnation d'ya know that? Oh, it's easy! Everywhere else smells like rotting cheese, but this way the air is less foul. My great granny Pinkie told me whenever you're not sure, always follow your nose! Of course, she was talking about baking, but it's still great advice don't you think? Well, what're we waitin' for? Let's go save them! Hold on there, missy! I'm gettin' you outa here, first. This is no place fer a filly to be runnin' around. But, Applejack, I caint just sit back and do nothin'. I wanna help! I agree it's not safe, but there may be no time to get her out and still make it in time. Come on, we have to keep moving. Wait, do you hear that? Yea, sounds like some more of them changeling creatures! RRROOOAAAAARRRRR!!! RAAAWWRRR! GRRRROOWWLLLLL! Ahh! There's some fearsome creature in the castle! Call the queen, it's a dragon! *Squee* Works for me, let's go! Post #3 Before you say anything, just know I was trying to save you. James, what were you thinking? You're in no condition to be moving around like this. I know, but when I didn't hear from you for a while, I just thought... sorry... It's okay. I know you were thinking of us. Don't worry about it, sugarcube. We'll find a way out of this. If you guys are wondering what happened, which I'm sure you are, I went to go rescue Twilight and managed to get myself caught. Then Queen Chrysalis used me to capture the others as well, and... now we're sitting in an underground barred cage with Cadance and Shining Armor. And we need ta figure some way out of this! I might be able to use my horn to heat up and soften these bars until they're soft enough to bend. Then Applejack could buck them off, and I'm out! Huh? Pinkie?! How did you escape? I just went between the bars! They're far enough apart to squeeze through. If you had been paying attention, you would have seen Applebloom do that five minutes ago! She's snagging some keys from some guards right now, so you'll be outta there in no time! Well, I see how Applebloom squeezed through, but how did you? Twilight. There's a saying on earth you may need to keep in mind. Don't question the Pinkie logic. You'll only drive yourself crazy. ...and we don't want to see you crazy. Trust me. Okay. But when we get a chance, I'd like to watch her a bit and study how she does these things. For now, let's just focus on getting back home. I think Sapphire's around here somewhere. Sapphire? That traitor! The first chance he got, he No, James, Queen Chrysalis got wind that he was betraying them and switched him out with a different changeling to pretend to be me and lead the group here. We can trust him. Hmm... we'll see... now, here's the plan the readers came up with to get us out of here with both your brother and his bride. Contact the other unicorns, and we'll get started. Post #5 Hey, guys, I don't know why the last post didn't go through. Twilight tried to post while we were running. I don't remember much except us passing a carriage and Twilight yelling to stick to the plan. I only remember that because I remember you guys talking about it earlier and it got me a laugh. Anyway, we're safe and with Shining Armor and Cadance. Not sure where Sapphire is. But I'm posting to let you guys know something happened. If we were planning on getting into the castle, we may need a new plan. I don't know how he did it, but Stormcloud put together some kind of propeller-thing and literally lifted the castle into the sky. Actually, it's several propellers... anyway, the castle is now airborn and traveling the skies. It's been going around blasting its fireballs at random places. Say goodbye to Sweet Apple Acres (even though he controlled that territory in the first place). Another thing I wanted to say is I'm letting Twilight take over for good. Everypony here seems more comfortable following her, and I'm feeling worse everyday. So I'm going to focus my attention on finding a way home, and Twilight can lead from here. I'll stay in touch, probably. But... I feel like I'm dead right now. It's been over a week, and I feel like I haven't slept since I got here. And who wants to follow a child pony who can't even see clearly? But don't worry, Twilight knows what she's doing!