Wilson began to sweat, his pursuers getting awfully too close for his comfort. The tiny footsteps stopped and he felt something tug at the curtain, he held his breath. Suddenly the curtain was ripped from the ceiling and Wilson yelped in surprise, there was a crimson ghost angrily looking at him. It was getting ready to attack Wilson, he ran to the left, the ghost appeared right in front of him. He fell to the floor and pushed himself with his feet in panic. The ghost was slowly floating towards him, still glowing red. Wilson covered his face and turned away from his attacker, he heard that same voice.
"Abigail, stop!" The voice said, making the ghost turn back to it's original white color and float away from Wilson. Wilson peeked through the gap between his fingers and saw a little girl walking towards him. He moved his hand away from his face and looked at her, she had a white shirt on with a red skirt, white shoes and blonde hair.
"Excuse me, mister, who are you?" She said. Wilson slowly stood up and dusted his pants off, he took a deep breath.
"Hello there darling, my name is Wilson, and what is a little girl like you doing in this scary dark castle!" He said, looking around.
"Dark? Scary? It's not that dark" She said, Wilson raised an eyebrow,It's not that dark? Does she have night vision?, he thought.
"By the way, my name's Wendy!" She said, giving a small wave. Wilson smiled and once again looked around.
"Okay, but really, what are you doing here?! It's not safe here" Wilson worried, Wendy tapped her chin.
"Well, I woke up at a big door, and I opened it and now I'm in here, besides, it can't be that dangerous if I have…" Wendy stopped.
"What's wrong? You alright?" Wilson asked.
"N-no! I'm okay, it's nothing" She stuttered, waving both of her hands back and forth. Wilson shrugged and sighed. He totally forgot what he was doing here.
"What's that on your arm? Mister Wilson?" Oh that's right.
"Oh, this, it's just a …. tattoo!" He revealed more of his arm to Wendy. Her eyed widened and she gasped, she tapped her chin again.
"I've seen those before! They were on that island I was on!" Wendy said, pointing at Wilson's arm. Wilson's expression instantly turned into one of hatred and anger.Really, Maxwell! A little girl! What the heck were you smoking!, Wilson thought, his face heated up and the felt like finding Maxwell and punching him.
"Wilson, what's wrong?" Wendy asked, raising and eyebrow. Wilson snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Wendy.
"Nothing, I'm fine" Wilson said plainly, looking at the hall behind him, he swore he heard something. Suddenly the floor beneath them began to shake and rumble.
"Gah! What's that!" Wendy screamed, falling over. Wilson grabbed Wendy's hand and led her to the wall. The both of them supported themselves with the wall and they waited for the rumbling to stop. Wilson heard giant, quick footsteps from the same hallway, he stared down there for a few seconds. Which was enough for him to make out the large, mechanical beast running at them.
"Wendy! We have to run!" Wilson picked Wendy up and began to run the opposite direction, the beast was much faster than Wilson, and he knew that by experience. He looked behind him for a second and saw that the clockwork machine was charging dangerously close. Wilson knew the beast as a Clockwork Rook, Rooks looked much like rhinos, and the snout was the shape of a castles battlement. Much like the chess piece. It gained on them and Wilson couldn't just run anymore, he had to evade. Holding Wendy tightly in his arms, Wilson dove to the side and landed on his back. The Rook ran right by them and Wilson took this chance to ran back down the stairs, and out that door! He had to hurry, Rooks could make hard turns if they wanted to, so it wouldn't be hard for it to begin charging his way again. Wilson panted as he sprinted for the steps, upon reaching them, he quickly began his descent. He was praying for the steps to NOT fall under his feet again, he reached the bottom and ran forwards. He slowed down though, because he heard a familiar croak of gears in front of him. From the faint light coming from the windows, he could see a tall, one eyed, slender figure appear before him, Wilson backed away in fear. It was a Clockwork Bishop, once again, taking the form of a chess piece known as the bishop. You know, the one that can only move diagonally? Wilson could see it charging a lighting bold from its head, he turned around and made a B-line for the steps again.
The Rook was still up there, it had ignored Wilson, probably knowing he would run into one of the Rooks peers. Wilson couldn't risk getting shocked by lighting downstairs, but he could take the risk of running upstairs and finding a different path to go. He ran up the stair again, and realized that the Rook was waiting for him, it was the first time Wilson had made eye contact with a Rook. It was just standing there, waiting for Wilson to ascend completely, it could kill him in one hit, Wilson would be launched down the stairs and suffer from broken bones or death. He stopped in the middle of the staircase, looking at the Rook, Wilson heard the Bishop bouncing towards the steps. He had no plan, no weapons, but one chest plate or armor. Will that save his life? Probably not, Wilson needed a savior or something. Suddenly, that same ghost from before appeared in front of the two, if faced the Rook and turned red. It charged at the Rook at extreme speeds and pushed the beast backwards, the ghost struggled to keep it from running towards us. It gave us a look that said, "Go now!". Wilson ran up the rest of the steps and moved passed the ghost, not looking back, he tried to find a route to a different room. He zoomed throughout the halls and checked for a way out, he found some spiral stairs going down.
"Well, better than nothing" Wilson sighed, he began to, very carefully of course, run down the black steps and all the way to the bottom.
"Wendy, are you okay?" Wilson asked, looking at the little girl in his arms.
"Yes" Was her reply.
"Good"
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Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Twilight stared into the everfree forest.
"We have to go in there and find Wilson!" Rainbow Dash said, getting ready to zoom in.
"RD's right, we don't know what it could do to Wilson" Applejack chimed in. Twilight acknowledged her friends and agreed with them. The three began rushing towards the forest, the hound was easy to track, it had visible prints and it had destroyed the plants in it's path. Soon after the departure, the three saw the hound just sleeping soundly in front of the old castle, next to the bridge. It snorted loudly and sniffed the air in it's sleep.
"Uh oh, is it-"
"SHHH" Applejack shushed Dash, the hound fidgeted and rolled over. It slowly opened it's eye and stared at the ponies. It snorted loudly and growled. Rainbow took a defensive stance as it stood up on all fours, towering the three. It walked in place and circled the ground, like a dog would, then it lay back down and closed it's eyes. This sprouted looks of confusion from the trio.
"It's not gonna att-" Rainbow started, the hound growled.
"What is it gro-" It growled again.
"It wants you to be quiet" Twilight whispered, Rainbow Dash gave a sheepish smile.
"Let's try and get across that bridge without disturbing it" Twilight said, tip toeing around the sleeping beast. Well, only Applejack went across the bridge, the other two having wings and all. They reached the doors, Rainbow pushed on them, wouldn't budge. Her and Applejack pushed on it, nope. Twilight tried to force it open with magic, try again.
"What's up with this door!" Rainbow said, agitated.
"Maybe there is something on the other side blocking it" Twilight said, tapping her chin with a hoof.
"Hey! Wilson! You in there!" Rainbow shouted, hovering a little above the ground. Suddenly, the sound of a lock was heard.
"When did these doors get a lock? I don't remember a lock" Twilight said to herself. The door slowly creaked open, in the crack of the door was a head consisting of one eye, and a light bulb thing on top. The Bishop stared at the ponies intently, as did the ponies stare intently at the Bishop. The Bishop was getting annoyed, not mainly by the ponies, okay, a little by the ponies. It was annoyed because no one understood it's warnings, everybody knows that staring is the Bishops warning to go away, right? No, not right.
"Hey, buddy, maybe you wanna let us in? Or we're gonna have to make ya!" Rainbow threatened.
"Rainbow Dash! Don't say th-" The Bishop stepped out of the castle all the way and stood as tall as it could. It looked at Rainbow and charged a bolt, the ponies stepped back.
The Bishop released the bolt directly onto Rainbow's skull, who immediately fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes.