Chester nudged Wilsons shoulder, Twilight had brought the Princess and her friends over.
"Chester, are you sure he's ready to wake up?" Twilight said, remembering the frightened outburst Wilson had yesterday. Chester nodded happily and bounced on Wilson's back, making feint "boing" noises as he did so. Wilson stirred in his slumber and groaned, he subconsciously reached a hand over to scratch the head of his active companion, who was currently jumping on him. Wilson slowly opened his eyes and saw Twilight, along with Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and some other ponies.
"Oh! Um" Wilson stuttered, quickly standing up and making sure his outfit was even and dapper. " I wasn't really expecting some uh, company" He said, bowing. "My name is Wilson P. Higgsburg, at your service." Wilson forced on a smile, he wasn't very awake.
"It's a pleasure, Wilson" A white pony said, Wilson admired her hair, and the accent.
"Howdy partner! You sure did put on quite a show just yesterday, didn't ya?" The orange one said, tipping her hat. Wilson covered his face in embarrassment. The next one to speak up was a yellow pegasus.
"Um, hello, my name's Fluttershy" She said, Wilson raised an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry… what was your name?"
"Wilson, this is Fluttershy, Fluttershy Wilson" Rainbow Dash said, finishing for her friend. Wilson saw a large, white pony walked forward, with a peaceful smile on her face. Wilson remembered what Twilight had told him about ponies with both a horn and wings.
"You must be a princess, in that case." Wilson got on one knee, "It's a pleasure, your highness"
The ponies, accept Twilight, seemed to be impressed with the act of respect. The Princess smiled and cleared her throat.
"I am very pleased to hear that, Wilson. I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria, Princess Twilight has told me many thing about you" Wilson looked at Twilight in confusion, she just gave him a sheepish smile and tried not to make eye contact.
"So, I take it you're all here to talk about my…. scene?" Wilson said, sitting on the couch and petting Chester.
"Well, that was one thing I wanted to a ask you about" Twilight said, her face showing concern.
"Well, I can explain what happened." Wilson took a deep breath, "Well, after Maxwell had burned these onto my arm, there were voices in my head telling me to stare at them, and they were emitting some kind of dark energy, much like Maxwells. This energy really effects me, it gives he headaches and causes me to go insane and begin to see hallucinations, I don't know why, but it does. Ever since I was on the island, there were many things that emitted this energy, like the darkness, cursed flowers, rain, and the large variety of monsters and beasts." Wilson said, scratching his beard.
"But if that is true, then will you always go… crazy? Because those markings are on you" Twilight asked.
"As long as I don't stare for too long, but I have a very serious question" Wilson said, his voice, serious.
"What is it?"
"While I was passed out, I had some kind of epiphany. I walked through a door with this on it," Wilson pointed at the Metal Potato thing on his arm, " Then, I saw the forest I woke up in, then I saw an old castle , after that it stopped and I woke up" Wilson said, "Do you know what that castle was?"
"Yes, that was my old castle, also my sisters" Princess said, stepping forwards. "Maybe it must be where that marking on your arm is, do you know what it will do?"
"Yes, all of these pieces, combined altogether will create a machine that creates a portal. I don't know where it will lead, but it may be my ticket to my home" Wilson stated, sighing.
"I'll help" Rainbow Dash said, raising her hoof. Everypony looked at her in confusion. "What? I'll help Wilson find these pieces, he misses his home"
Wilson smiled and was filled with joy, he's never had such willing friends.
"T-thank you, Rainbow Dash!!!!" Wilson said, waiting for everypony else's answer.
"I'll go" Twilight said.
"Me too!" Pinkie said, bouncing happily. Chester looked over at her and bounced over to her, and then right next to her, copying Pinkie's antics.
"I'll help ya" Applejack nodded.
"Indeed, I will assist as well" Rarity said.
"Oh…um, I'll go….I guess"
"Yeah! But, how do we get there?" Wilson asked.
"We've been there plenty of times, we know where to go" Twilight said.
"Twilight, my dear, I must be going, Luna and I have to attend a meeting" Celestia said to Twilight, Twilight nodded.
"Goodbye, my little ponies" In an instant, the tall princess was gone in a flash of light. Wilson covered his eyes and shook his head. Wilson had no clue where this adventure would be going, but it wouldn't be easy. Knowing Maxwell, there were probably huge challenges awaiting for Wilson and the others. Wilson still didn't know, will the machine bring him home? Back on the island? Or was Maxwell going to use it for himself, either way, Wilson had to find these pieces. Twilight and the others had decided they would begin this adventure in four days, enough for Wilson to explore this town some more, and get to know the ponies better. Wilson had taken Chester and went for a walk.
"Well Chester, this will either be a start to an awesome adventure, or a start to a terrible one." Chester bounced up and down in agreement. Wilson had walked into some shopping center, tents and stands were set up. Wilson moved through the crowd of ponies, he was like a giant compared to them, they just barely got to his hip. Princess Celestia was another story, she was just as tall as Wilson. He got some stares, when Wilson looked back at the pony staring at him, they quickly looked away. Wilson had been making sure Chester stayed in sight at all times, Wilson bumped into something. A large amount of chairs were suddenly falling everywhere, Wilson covered his head. Wilson groaned and mentally cursed at himself, letting the chairs fall on him.
"Oh come ON! There's this thing called, WATCHING WHERE YOU'RE GOING" A male voice said, Wilson stood up and dusted himself off.
"M-my apologies, let me clean th-"
"No! I don't want your filthy paws making things worse!" He said aggressively, Wilson was taken back by the weather inappropriate comment.
"There is no need for petty insults, this would be much easier if you just let me-" Wilson was cut off again.
"I said NO! These chairs were VINTAGE, VINTAGE and now look at this, they're all over the place!" Wilson grew angry, the commotion was causing Chester to bounce all over the place.
"It wouldn't BE all over the place right now if you let me help YOU pick them up! It's that easy!" Wilson shouted, pointing a finger at the stallion. It was rude to point, but it was also rude to be a stubborn asshole to people. Chester bounced a little to close to the angry stallion, what happened next made Wilson go bonkers.
"Get this THING away from me!" The stallion shoved his hoof into Chester's face and pushed, very hard. Chester flew back and made some inaudible squeak, or whine of some sorts. Chester landed on his side, he struggled to get up, but his back let was hurt. Wilson growled and loomed over the stallion.
"YOU DO NOT TOUCH HIM, EVER!!! YOU ARE SO LUCKY WE ARE IN A PUBLIC AREA, OTHERWISE I'D HAVE YOUR HEAD ON A STICK!!!" Wilson yelled, making the pony walk backwards. Wilson really wanted to knock this stallion out, just a simple hook, that was all it would take. Plus, there would be a nice black eye along with it, and pain, all of the pain. The feud was interrupted by rapid heavy breathing, and low growls. Wilson and the pony looked at each other, they weren't making the noise, Wilson looked over by the forest. He stared at the forest, the breathing and wheezing and growling became louder and more frequent. Wilson looked…. then it hit him like a ton of bricks.
"Hounds…" Wilson whispered, everypony was dead silent, this sound was obviously new to them. Wilson's eyes widened an he took a step back, he whispered again.
"Hounds…" Wilson saw some bushes shaking at the edge of the forest, he squinted. He saw four hounds, one of which was a Red Hound. Wilson picked up Chester and walked backwards.
"EVERYONE IN YOUR HOMES, THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM!!!" Wilson shouted, causing a stampede like he just shot in air next to a herd of gazelles. Wilson didn't know if he could deal with the hounds, he had no weapons, no armor, no nothing. He though of ways ho could fight them, maybe with his fists? Not in a million years…
"Think think THINK!" He shouted to himself, running the opposite direction of the hounds. They were fast, bulky, and always craved for meat, Wilson meat. Hounds could easily eat a pony, it would be super easy. The size of a mare is about the size a Hounds mouth could open, so one chomp and the pony is gone. Everypony had disappeared into their homes, Wilson rounded a corner in a alleyway to think of a plan. He had some things to work with, a metal trash can with the lid, a ball, a half-used roll of duct tape,sticks, some tacks, and a weight. Wilson stared at the items and smiled, he instantly went to work. He could hear the hounds sniffing and searching for Wilson hiding spot. He had to hurry, he went as fast as he could, sometimes the thing he was holding slipped out of his hands he was going to fast. In a matter of minutes, he was done, and nothing was too complicated. Wilson walked out of the alley, his confidence was about 20% higher, he searched for the hounds. Instead, the hounds found him first, they appeared in front of him almost as soon as he reappeared in plain sight, maybe they weren't good at hide-and-seek. Wilson had tore some of the ball's rubber fabric off and tied the handle of the trashcan lid to his arm, making a shield he didn't have to hold with his hands. He got the tacks and stuck them inside of the weight, the weight was some kind of foam, so the tacks could go in. He taped a bundle of sticks together to make a more sufficient handle, he then taped the weight to the end of the sticks. He had a shield, and a mace, Wilson was so proud.
He stood his ground and stared at the hounds, he waited for one to make a move. This was unusual, Hounds just dive right in, but this time, they waited. Has everything grown smarter or more powerful? Maxwell had new powers, and now Hounds aren't so foolish? Let me guess now every single tree will be a Treeguard? Whatever, one of the hounds growled and charged at Wilson, he raised his shield and it slammed right into it. Wilson pushed forwards and made the hound slide back, he swung his mace and ht it on the side of the head. It cried and scrambled back to it's comrades, Wilson began to sweat. This time, one of the hound went to the other side of Wilson, he mentally cursed it for doing so. He had to directions to deal with now, the front hound dived in and so did the back one. Wilson blocked the front one, but the back hound bit down on his calf. He wailed in pain and he whacked the hound as hard as possible, he then bashed the other one with his shield. He moved to the left, making the hounds NOT be flanking him, now they were in from of him again. He decided to take action, he charged with his shield and swung. The hounds dogged the attack and rebounded with one of their own. They all ran at him at once, he could only block two, only two of them, the others would kill him. He decided to run the opposite direction, his feet pounded on the hard dirt as he sprinted away. They were still faster than him, he made an instant stop and let them run by him, not being able to adjust to such an instant yield. He ran towards them now, being behind them was an advantage. He grabbed on one of the hound's tails and puled back, making the hound cry and flail around. Wilson raised his mace and, with all of the force he could muster, brought it down onto the hound. It made a high pitched howl and then fell limp, Wilson let go of it's tail and stepped back. The other three were not happy about their dead comrade, the Red Hound howled. Some smoke was coming out of it's mouth, before Wilson could react, it blew a large ball of fire out of it's mouth. Wilson's eyes widened and he had nowhere to go, the fire would burn right through his shield, and it was too large to be avoided by foot. Nowhere to run, Wilson thought he would never be so happy to hear that voice.
"WILSON!"