"I win!" Pinkie Pie shouted in my face.
For about a hour, I was playing Candy Land with Pinkie Pie and I just decided to let her win so we could we finish this damn adventure. I was glad we had finished this stupid game. Pinkie Pie wouldn't let me live down the fact that I hadn't played it with her and she undoubtedly used the same strategy to get me to play. "Good for you." I said, frustrated. "Shall we move on now?"
"Sure!" Pinkie said happily.
The farther we walked the closer we were led to a mountain range. It was mostly rocky terrain but you would pass by some trees once in a while. The scenery looked cold with the gray colored mountains and the sky, overcast once again. I kept asking everyone if it was cold or if it was just me. It was just me.
"So Astheno, where are we going now?" Twilight asked. I gave her a weird look.
"I'm not too sure that Astheno will be able to speak to you. Ya know, considering the fact that she's a bird." I said.
"Hay, I'm sorry, but I don't see you talking to any-pony!" Twilight barked. Rainbow smiled mischievously.
"What I'm guessing is that Twilight is nervous." she said.
"No, really?" I asked. "Come on. We should all be happy damn it! We're almost done with this bullshit!" everyone was quiet again after my statement.
"Well, that is certainly something to consider." Rarity said.
"See!" I said, my voice echoing through the valley. "At least someone is getting it!" Astheno landed on my face and just stared at me. I was going to ask what she was doing until Twilight cut into my thoughts.
"Over here!" she shouted. And she started running and turned a corner. It took a moment for my small brain to process that she hadn't ran through a wall. The perspective I had was just so perfect I couldn't see where the turn was. I followed the rest into the dead end. "Oh..." Twilight said.
It was a dead end. Well, kind of at least. there were a bunch of caves and the sight was, no doubt, pony-made. There were three stories of evenly spaced caverns and two bridges above us, both on different stories. They were those rope bridges that everyone seems to have a fear about. Not me though, I've been on those things way to many times. "So," Applejack said, "Where do we start?"
I looked at Astheno who was now on my head, but she just sat there and did nothing. Just look for it. Now, that sounded like the ghost. And sure enough, he walked out of the wall. For real this time. "Twilight," he said. "I remember when you were just a student."
"What?" she asked, stepping back. "What are you talking about?" The ghost didn't answer. He just told us to look. And so, we did. We scattered all over the place looking for the right cave. That right there made me realize that everyone else really wanted to go. It took us about ten minuets when Pinkie Pie found it. It was on the first floor, the entrance all the way to the right. Go figure.
"It took you a lot longer than it should," the ghost said. "What happened to organization, Twilight?" Twilight turned to look at us.
"We just want to get out of here." she said.
"Don't we all?" I said.
"As long as I'm not killed." Neon said.
"Really?" I asked as I turned to him. He just shrugged and we forgot about it.
"So what do I do?" Twilight asked. The ghost stepped to the side to reveal the final element. It was just sitting on the ground against the wall.
"Get the element," he said. "I will warn you though, it'll be a little hard."
Twilight looked at the element just sitting on the ground. She hesitated, and took a step forward. The force field surrounded us. Twilight took another step. Then, she collapsed. "Twilight!" we all said in partial unison.
"Give her a minuet." the ghost said.
Twilight was shaking and grunting, "It's- it's too- heavy!" she said.
I felt useless as Twilight struggled to walk. "Use your magic!" Fluttershy said. Twilight was trying. She was pushing and grunting and gritting her teeth. "I- I can't." she said, slowly taking another step forward. She was drenched in sweat and her face redder than the sun. Well, actually, the sun is yellow-ish. Either way you get the point.
It had been about 15 minuets and Twilight has moved roughly 15 steps. Not much progress. And all I could do was watch. The ghost appeared next to me. "Have you ever touched the shield?" he asked.
"I'm sorry?" I said, pretending I didn't hear him since the question was awry.
"I said, have you ever touched the shield?" he repeated.
"No, I haven't. Why?"
"Touch it." he said. I stared at it as it blocked my way. I slowly lifted my hoof. I moved it closer, closer, closer still.
"What?" I didn't feel anything. In fact, my hoof went right through it! I moved closer to it. I had walked through it. "You mean I could have just walked through it the entire time?!" I asked the ghost.
"Well, no," he said. "But you can now, right?" Me and the others stared at him like he was insane which he probably was. Rainbow Dash tried to push trough the shield too, but it would just retract against her. I went to help Twilight but was immediately smacked into the ground. It must have been the pressure. There was no other solution. The pressure was so intense I could hardly stand much less walk.
Sweat was rolling down as I tried to get to Twilight who had stopped moving. I was able to get under her shoulder (which wasn't much of surprise since that's a little shorter than me.) and helped her up. All of the sudden, The pressure seemed to lift. Not by a significant amount, but enough that we could kind of stand. We trudged to the element of whatever it was. Oh, magic it was. So yeah, I picked it up.
I struggled to put it on Twilight's head an smiled weakly. "Now you look like a princess." Twilight smiled too and we turned around. And just as things were starting to look good for once, my stupid ass stumbled an fell. The pressure on us intensified and almost crushed me like a bug.
I think I get it now. So I guess the magic being portrayed here is friendship. When we aren't helping each other out, things get harder. But if we work together the whole thing is that much easier. How damn cliché. Twilight put a hoof on my shoulder and we were able to stand up a little bit as the pressure lifted once again. We were so close. And a boulder, about the size of my head. (or Pinkie's rear. Don't tell her I said that.) crashed into the ground.
I pushed Twilight to her friends which saved her. As for me, well, all I got were rocks crashing down on top of me. The whole place was dark. And that was about it for me. I closed my eyes. If I go to sleep, maybe death won't be as bad...