"GRRRRR..."
"That's a big bear." GLaDOS commented,
"You don't say." I snarked back, drawing my bow and grabbing the bat pony again while backing up towards the cave entrance. The bear stood up on its hind legs and gave an earsplitting a roar. I turned and sprinted to the cave entrance as the ursa minor charged toward us. I drew an arrow from the quiver and nocked it, then quickly turned around, taking a knee. I took a moment to adjust my aim and calm my breathing, counting heartbeats.
One
Two
Three, fire!
I released the arrow, allowing it to soar straight towards the ursa. The arrow penetrated the lens, slicing clean through the eye and burrowing into the brain, ending the creature's life.
According to physics, big things going at high speeds have a hard time stopping.
The ursa was big.
And it was going at high speeds.
Oh boy.
I slung my bow on my back and took a crouching position, readying myself for the jump I was about to make.
Just as the corpse neared me, I pushed hard with my thighs and ankles, throwing myself up in the air as it slid underneath me. I landed lightly in the place I was standing before in the clearing just outside the cave. I turned to see that the ursa had stopped when it smashed into a tree, toppling it in the process.
"Do we have an easy button?" GLaDOS asked out of the blue,
"No. Why?"
"Oh... no reason."
"Whatever." I said, walking out of the clearing and activating my helmet, letting the night vision kick in. I stealthily crept through the forest so as to avoid any more dangerous situations including the local wildlife. A few minutes later, a massive roar rolled over the forest, it's meaning lost to rage as something crashed through the forest half a mile north of me. With that indicator, I doubled my speed. Maybe I could reach the capital by noon.
Later that night.
LOG NO.4959
WEDNESDAY, 2:21 AM, 2551
The bat pony is awake. She won't stop staring at me. She's bound for the moment, but she's military, and most likely resourceful in some way or another. I'll have to keep an eye on her. I managed to completely circumvent the town I was arrested in this time, though I did see a couple of the bat ponies leaving with a cart, which means that I should try getting to the capital before dawn if possible. I don't have a fire and my reptilian nature isn't exactly keeping me warm, but my suit is utilizing temperature control to the best of its abilities. If whoever reads this is wondering why I haven't got a fire, read some of my other 4,959 logs. I'm running low on food now, only a few lemons left. I would go foraging, but I can't let the bat pony out of my sight.
Back on topic, the city is in sight, and I must say, the place looks...
like the most impractical assortment of bad engineering I've ever seen.
Seriously, how is that thing still on the side of the mountain? I would say they put some sort of massive anchoring into the mountain, but there's nothing on the exterior to suggest that. It's probably held up by nothing more than magic.
Let it be said here and now that ponies can't engineer for shit.
I saved the log, then closed the window off of my HUD and looked back at the bat pony, who was still looking at me with those fear filled eyes. It kind of... hurt. To be looked at with so much fear... it made me feel like a monster, especially since the fear was warranted. I averted my gaze, allowing it to stray to the aesthetically pleasing sight of the capital, looming over the surrounding plains. That one, lonely mountain... heh, lonely mountain. Because, I'm a dragon, going to a mountain with a capital in it and... you know what, forget it.
I stood up from my crouching position and walked over to my captive. She attempted to scoot away, but... well, scooting isn't exactly the best way to outrun someone. I checked to see that her legs were still securely bound and her muzzle still tight before slinging her over my shoulder again. I took off toward the lonely mountain at a brisk pace once more, keeping an eye on the clock in my HUD while also watching my surroundings.
The bat pony was still draped across my back as I hung from the rim of a circular platform that housed nothing but a pond and some waterfalls for some reason or another. I shuffled along the rim until I reached the rocks on the left side of the platform. I vaulted over the rim, landing on a damp rock. From there, I climbed upwards on the rocks until I was just under the rim of the next one, where there was a waterfall just next to us. I jumped up and grabbed the rim, then shuffled over to the right side of the platform that, for some reason, housed another pond. I scrambled up the side, balancing on the rim, before grabbing a conveniently placed raised walkway and lifting myself up on it as the tip of the sun appeared over the horizon.
I dashed up the path, activating my cloaking. At the end of the path was a building that reminded me of a wizard tower from Dungeons and Dragons or something. It had a band of stars wrapped around the circumference underneath the top balcony and a likeness of the sun was at the peak of the roof. I climbed up the side facing towards the outside of the city until I reached the top floor where I saw... lots and lots of books. And a giant hourglass. This was a library if I had ever seen one, which I hadn't in Equestria, but that's besides the point. My repulsor unfolded out of my wrist, set onto weld again. I melted my way through the glass, creating a hole just big enough for me and the bat pony to fit through. Once we were in, I laid the pony on the floor, then dug into the books. The sections were alphabetically ordered, so it was easy to find the records. Once I pulled them all out, I flicked through the files until one caught my eye...
MEANWHILE...
Dusk already had her muzzle off and had chewed through the bonds on her front hooves. At the moment she was attempting to get the ones on her back hooves off. She looked over her shoulders to check that the dragon was still occupied with whatever it was doing. She saw it was starting to stand up! She pulled at the bonds even harder, frantically trying to get away and tell her superiors that the dragon had broken into Twilight Sparkle's home and was ransacking it. She heard a low growl from behind her and pulled even more.
"DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL!" The bonding finally snapped, allowing her to scramble out of the window and towards the palace. She looked over her shoulder to see the dragon jump out the window, performing a swan dive off the side of the tower.
PONYVILLE- NOON
Twilight Sparkle, accompanied by Rainbow Dash, walked towards the Ponyville police station. The two floor building fit in quite well with the rest of the town, with stark white walls, blue trim, and a bronze star overlaid onto a circle hanging on the door, bearing the word 'Sherriff'.
Today, however, the building was quite different today than on any other day they had seen it.
Across the front was a perimeter of yellow tape with the words 'POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS' on it, with several day guards stationed along the outside of it. The door was slightly ajar, allowing some to see a group of ponies wearing brown trench coats and fedoras inspecting blood coated floor, walls, and ceiling, occasionally snapping pictures with cameras.
"What's going on in there?" Twilight asked the nearest guard, an earth pony that looked pretty much the same as any other guard.
"Yeah, what gives?" Rainbow shouted.
"I'm not at liberty to say, ma'am." He answered stoically.
"Aw, come on, we're the Elements of Harmony! Let us in on it!" She said.
"I'm sorry ma'am, but I have orders from Celestia herself not to let anypony in."
"Well we're not just anypony, pal!" Rainbow shouted.
"I know who you are, ma'am. This is out of the jurisdiction of the Elements. Move along."
Twilight sighed, "Rainbow, back off, let's go home."
"No, I'm figuring out what's in there!" She then launched into the air, flying right over the guard and police line, making a beeline for the door.
"Hey! Get back here!" The guard shouted as Rainbow Dash arrived at the door. She flung it open to reveal a room covered in blood. The five ponies in the room stared at her as her pupils shrank. She noticed one of them was holding something with their magic. She looked closer and realized it was... a piece of throat. The guard grabbed her from behind and pulled her out, closing the door behind them. He dumped the disturbed pony next to Twilight, who picked her up with her telekinesis.
"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again!" She apologized, then trotted off, still carrying Rainbow Dash.
PONYVILLE- GOLDEN OAKS LIBRARY
Twilight flung the door of the library open, slamming it into Spike, who was thrown across the room, smashing into a bookcase and somehow not knocking all of the off the shelves. Twilight slammed the door behind her, causing all the books on the bookcase to fall on top of Spike, burying him in a mountain of books. She laid Rainbow Dash on the couch, then turned to Spike.
"Spike! Pick those books up! We can't have you making messes when we have a guest over!" She yelled, which was answered with a muffled groan. She turned back to Rainbow Dash. "Dash, what was in there?" She asked. No response.
"what was in there, Dash?" She said a bit louder. Still no response.
"WHAT DID YOU SEE?!" She shouted, finally eliciting a response from her. Dash looked up at Twilight and said,
"I don't wanna talk about it."