//------------------------------// // The Drako's Box. // Story: The Spider's game. // by TwoPie //------------------------------// It was a cold year after that. no official spring, summer, or fall, and here they were, a whole year later, thinking that they were all 17, when they had just turned 13, thinking that they could easily take on the queen. they had been brought back to ponyville, but no Zeru was there. only an orphanage where the library stood("How dare they, take a great library, and turn it to crap!" said Diamond) "Two Pie, Red, i think its time for school!" said miss cheerilee, walking into the room, where it was just them, together, occupying one out of five bunk beds in the room, while the orphanage was going to have to fill the room with fillies, dew to a recent outbreak in disease, of young fillies that had not killed the fillies, but did kill the parents. "one second ms.Cheerilee!" said Red, acknowledging his age, now that he had found out that they were going to 8th grade. "i dont get it! im 17! i should be in my junior year of high school!" said Two Pie, angrily, as he got on his back pack, for this was going to be another one of "those" days, that was boring, no where helpful, to the once thriving cause of stopping Aracna. Two Pie, had drawn pictures, sent owls, and done everything to communicate to Aurora, but no reply ever. his owl always came back, with the note he sent, without a reply. it was almost heart breaking, to Lily, to see such an ambitious pony, sad, and calm, dew to his love, being taken away with no faulty reason of why. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Two months later, it was February, and nothing changed, and it was just... bland. Two Pie, every night, tried everything to talk to Aurora. no replies every. at least 200 times, he has sent a note to her asking, to reply, and asking if shes ok. "Time for school Two Pie!" said Mr.Cheerilee, with her as usual, sweet, and nurturing look on her face, as red was all ready on his way. "just a minute." Two Pie said, being shoved out of the way, by seven other fillies in the room, that had just all waken up.from Two Pie's yelling. he then said in his head "Oh Aurora, why cant you just say something?" It was Noon, and lunch had just began. Two Pie, skipped the crappy food, and headed straight to the front lawn, for his lunch, and to his surprise, a box with his name is on the door step. a big box, with, when its opened, a smaller box, thats made out of ebony, carved with swirls, and an ancient dragon language. Two Pie, then tried reading it: "Wo Lost, Davrahk, tomwah jokwy lokwy davrahk. nonny lothzy crahk nu tal!" he said, reading the box fluently, then seeing an image, of Aurora! but, she was in a web, she looked different. fatter? thinner? maybe. it had been so long since he saw her, then the image changed "no! keep showing me it! maybe i can talk to her!" but it didn't work, and it started showing him something that he had to fulfill. he had to go to canterlot to comfront the spider queen, for one out of three times. it told him that, and then gave him a seventh sense. the dragon sense. (Note: the fourth wall breaking ability, is a sixth sense, and will be used to his advantage later in the story) "this is The Drako's Box. the box from my old books. it tells you everything you need to know" said Two Pie, as he galloped to Red, with the box in one hoof. "thats amazing!" "did you know, that we're only 13, Red?" "a long time ago, Pie." "really? thats a bit depressing, why didn't you tell me!" there was a silence, after that, with the both of them, in their bedroom. then Two Pie started tinkering with the box, opening it, finding new things every few seconds, that Red could note. after a while, he saw Aurora again, this time, she was looking straight at Two Pie. to Aurora, it was the orb in the middle of the room she was in. "Aurora!" Two Pie yelled, trying to talk to her. "can you hear me?" Silence. "Aurora. please!" Two Pie, was trying not to tear up, from seeing her like this.but it was just sad, and quite respectfully, anger inducing. He then thought in his head "Oh Aurora." "yes?" he heard, from Aurora's voice, and as he looked back, Aurora was looking around. "Two Pie?! where are you? "im looking at you. turn your head left. bit more. a little bit- there!" " the orb, is where you at?" "apparently! its good to talk to you Aurora. i've really missed you. where are you?" "im in some dark room, frequently visited, by the queen every few minutes, with platters of food." "your being fed? what?" "its acutally all really good! i wonder why shes evil though..." after that, Aurora then started explaining that Aracna wanted to get to Two Pie, to unlock her powers, of pure darkness. "what?! when im 18? thats in 5 years!" "exactly. but, thats... thats the point. either, im going to be fat as a pig, or skinny as a pencil. sometimes she comes in with food, sometimes she doesn't. its a random situation, but most the time, she starts doing what ever shes going to do, then its over, quickly. its... she forces me to look at her, and it paralyzes me... in a good way. shes a beautiful creature Two Pie, you must understand this.. its sad shes so evil... here, let me send you an image of her, from the last time she was in here." Aurora then sent a mental picture of to Two Pie, was a creature almost as Beautiful as Aurora. " how is she evil again?" "no clue Two Pie." "Red! look at this!" but by the time red put his head in the box, Aurora was gone, and it was just a picture of apple jack, and apple bloom. "why'd you show me this, you ass hole! you know it'll get to my feelings!" Then Two Pie looked in, and it was gone, being a picture of Aurora. it seemed to show what Two Pie wanted to see. then Two Pie started getting ideas. "i need to let go of her, in order to help us." _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It was A month after that. March, and it was going well now. Two Pie had a drive, this summer, if he could just get the powers he needed, he could take on Aracna, and legend says, that all the famous stories of the Drako's Box, end with the Pony that found it, turning to a half breed of the animal they were, and the animal they are on the inside. Two Pie was almost sure, it was a set up, to allow him to defeat Aracna. a boost, for him to train. so he trained, he ran, and ran, and galloped and galloped, he got better at jumping, ducking. and wall running. he was becoming a free runner at the age of 13, and not a moment too soon indeed, through his eyes. It was only one thing. Two Pie, now had to worry about his Inner animal. his inner... "self".