//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 Escape (part 2) // Story: Project Eden: Evolution is Magic // by Feral Pony //------------------------------// Chapter 4 Hiding in this cave was rather easy but the cave had made me anxious as it reminded me too much of the maze I had been in the previous day. There had been patrolling ponies walking back and forth with glowing horns and floating torches. Luckily for my sanity sake, it seemed that a few ponies were walking without a floating torch but rather strapped to their armor which made perfect sense, however some of them had wings which did no help on my already horrible headache. Seriously when did the rules of evolution decide that horses should get smaller? What advantage could that possibly have? Not to mention have access to wings, and horns that let them move things around with their mind. Like seriously what the fuck. These caves was rather disorienting and dangerous, not to mention dark. I had several times been running at high speed only to nearly fall into a dark hole to never be seen again, but because of my awesome experience as a recon solider I have saved myself from such a fate many times. Anyways I was traveling through caves I knew nothing of with talking horses trying to locate me and probably three fuming mad queen ponies. Urgh, when did life go so wrong… oh right it was the year of 2036 when a gigantic fucking rock was going to hit earth. “Fuck my life” I sighed. But much to my dismay some ponies had heard me, and before I knew it was being chased by some stupide ponies… again. Celestia`s POV Twilight had had a hard time dealing with becoming a princess, living in the castle again to take up responsibilities to rule a country had been hard on her, especially without her friends to back her up and give her moral support and such. But the elements of harmony all had lives they had to attend to. But I think breaking this little mission out to Twilight will hopefully make her a little more content as it will give her some time with her friends. I was in one of the many hundreds of hallways around the castle on my way to meet Twilight to break the news I had prepared. When the door was only a few tail lengths away from reach I heard somepony run towards my location. I turned my head and caught sight of one of my guards sprinting towards me. He stopped in front of me and did a quick bow as well as panting, he then then raised a hoof in sign for me to give him a second to catch his breath. I stood there patiently and gave him all the time he needed. The silence was broken when the guard spoke. “Princess Celestia, We have spotted the creature in the crystal caves beneath Canterlot.” I recalled the crystal caves where Cadance had been trapped during the changeling invasion. As far as I knew there were few exits and little chance the creature could escape especially if I ordered the guards to guard all exits. “How did the creature manage to get into the caves in the first place?” I asked genuinely curios. “We saw him sneaking on the walls surrounding Canterlot and we gave chase. He however found the entrance to the crystal caves on the wall and entered from there. We have lost him again though unfortunately.” “Very well, I want guards on all exits around the cave, and I want all of the guards to use non-lethal spells and sedative darts. I do not wish to make an enemy of whatever it is we have found.” The guard nodded in understanding and took his leave to carry out his orders. I suspected my little ponies would not be able to stop this creature but it would be worth a try. None the less I would still inform Twilight of my mission to her should my guards fail. Raine`s POV LIGHT! I could see sunlight. Although these thoughts was all happy and stuff, my body was screaming at my telling my how stupide I am and how it really needed to rest. I mean running for pretty much two days straight or was it three? Whatever, all the running away from the ponies was getting really old really fast, and I had my aching body as proof. Luckily for me the LIGHT was pulling me towards it where it promised safety and shelter from these strange creatures chasing me day and night. When I reached the opening I was rewarded with some very welcomed fresh air. I really wanted to just stop and take in what was around me but the chasing and screaming ponies behind me had me fleeing some more. I guess God was mad at me or something. The trees seemed to fly past me as I kept on running for my life. I took a quick glance over my right shoulder to see that the ponies were struggling to keep up with me through the forest. A chuckle escaped me and very soon became a full-fledged laugh. Man I had never been this happy for something but finally getting rid of those ponies annoying has got to be one of the most satisfying things to happen to me. It did not take more than a few minutes of more running before I had lost all trace of the ponies. I let myself stop so I could catch my breath. While panting heavily and feeling the familiar taste of blood enter my mouth I actually just collapsed by one of the closest trees. Sitting there I closed my eyes and let my guard down so I could get some proper rest. “Whatever I meet now can`t be any worse than what I have just experienced” I tough to myself, a small smile made its way to my mouth then my mind went blank.