//------------------------------// // [FIXED] Episode 39: I'm A WANTED FUGITIVE! // Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling (Comment Driven Story) // by Down with Chrysalis //------------------------------// Due to Trixie's color, star-patterned hat and cloak, and the fact that you just woke up, you mistake her for Princess Luna. You then attack Trixie, crying out "I'll never let you get your hooves on Nightshade!" Since you just woke up (again) your vision is still a little fuzzy. So when you looked at where the voice came from you couldn't tell who it was, but what you can make out about this pony is that she's blue and that she has stars on her body... Princess Luna?! You don't feel The Inventory on you at all and Nightshade is still in it! You then remember what she tried to do to Nightshade back at the castle which causes you to start panicking, How did she even figure out that Nightshade lives in The Inventory? You think to yourself in confusion. Doesn't matter now, what matters is that she has Nightshade! With the thought in mind, you jump off the bed you were resting on at the creature and scream, "I'LL NEVER LET YOU GET YOUR HOOVES ON NIGHTSHADE!" fall off of your bed (if you're on one), proceed to think why you always manage to hurt your face in some way *thud* Sadly for you, you jumped head first into a desk near your bed. "Owwww." You say to yourself in pain. You are about to get back up and face 'Luna' (And you swear you hear her giggling at your pain) when a book falls on top of your head. *whack* "Ow." Then a bucket falls on your head! *klonk*"Owwwwww." Then a... bowling ball? *WHAM* "OWWWWWWW!" You get up after you finally managed to get the bowling ball out of your skull. I swear the universe is out to get me sometimes. You think to yourself in pain. You finally turn around to face Luna... when 'The Inventory' falls on your head. *bonk*" OWWWWWWWW!" Scratch that, the universe is out to get me. you think to yourself grimly. Somehow, 'The Inventory' (or the bowling ball) managed to restore your vision. So, who you thought was Luna, was actually a blue unicorn with a teal mane/tail who's currently on the ground laughing her flank off. You just sigh as you put 'The Inventory' back on, and you check it to make sure everything is still in it. You have: "Royal Canterlot Voice For Dummies" book "How to be A Gentle Colt 101" book All Six Sherclop Holmes Novels and all fifty-six short stories "Stun Spells and You" book Brown pouch with nine Bits in it "Kung-Fu For Dummies" book Nightshade (sleeping) List of all your powers and spells Note with your debt to The Doctor Oh thank Luna everything is still here, and it looks like Nightshade is still asleep. I swear after all I've been though I'm amazed that she hasn't woken up yet. You think to yourself in relief. But she's probably gonna be as hungry as an Ursa, if the note Derpy gave me means anything.You think to yourself in annoyance. While you were thinking, the unicorn or 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' (if you remember what she said to you when you woke up) seems to have finally stopped laughing at your misfortune. Maybe now I can ask her some questions. You think to yourself in a serious tone. The first question you ask is, "Who the heck are you?" you ask in confusion. The mare who claims to be "the great and powerful Trixie" bites her lip and coughs awkwardly. "Um...the Great and Powerful Trixie? Master of magic? Illustrator of illusions? Grand master wizard? Th-that doesn't ring any bells?!" A now very flustered Trixie stutters. You think hard about this. "Nope." Oh crap. Trixie looks pissed. "Who the hay are you?" You ask the unicorn in confusion. Even though she called herself 'The Great and Powerful Trixie', she could be lying. After all, Changeling rule number one when meeting a new pony while undercover: Never give away your real name to anyling. It pays to pay attention in class sometimes. 'Trixie' bites her lip nervously and coughs awkwardly into her cape, "Um... The Great and Powerful Trixie? Master of magic? Illustrator of illusions? Grand master wizard? Th-that doesn't ring any bells?!" A now very flustered Trixie stutters. You go into a thinking pose and begin to search your memory if you ever heard of her before. After a few minutes of thinking you say, "I've never heard of you in my entire life" ... WHY DID YOU SAY THAT! This mare probably took care of you or something like that after you were blasted off again by Twilight's death ball beam thingy, and you probably just insulted her! You finally notice that her once blue face is now red. She looks like she's about to scream... "Wahhhhhhhhhhh!" Instead, she starts... crying? "Of course! *hic* Not even the most *hic* wanted fugitive *hic* in Equestria knows *hic* who I ammmmmmmm! Wahhhhhh!" Trixie chokes out while crying. Can't I go ONE day without making a mare cry!You think to yourself in anger. You try to calm her down, but nothing seems to work. You try to think of some way to make her stop crying, when what she said finally hits you. Wait... I'M A WANTED FUGITIVE?! You think to yourself in panic. You notice on the desk you hit that there's a poster with your hooded picture on it. You wonder when they had time to take it, but decide to worry about that detail later. For now you read what was underneath the picture, it said... WANTED: The Hooded Offender ALIASES: The Black Death (The Canterlot Chronicle), The Cloaked Whirlwind (The Ponyville Express), The Ebony Phantom (The Manehattan Times), The Obsidian Storm (The Cloudsdale Gazette), Dark Meany-Mean Pants (The Foal Free Press) Typical pony media, can't keep a straight story...you think in annoyance, PREFERABLY ALIVE BUT DEAD IS UNDERSTANDABLE REWARD: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 BITS Either Luna is really desperate or she has no idea how economics work. You think as you continue reading (You may not be the brightest changeling, but you paid enough attention in that one (and only day at) economics class to know that an amount of money that huge would annihilate any country's economy). This fugitive is wanted for protecting and guarding a reincarnation of Nightmare Moon, tearing through a platoon of Royal Guardponies, insulting the princesses, and is also under suspicion for terrorizing three fillies in the Everfree forest just last week. Creature is faceless, fearsome, beastly, tactless, and in a black coat with glowing orange eyes. If you see him, contact the Royal Guard immediately. Do NOT approach him under any circumstances, he is considered unpredictable and extremely dangerous. OOh great, not only am I Equestria's most wanted, but apparently they think I'm guarding the reincarnation of something called a 'Nightmare Moon' (why does that name sound familiar... must of been one of at least DOZENS of things I dozed through in class). At least the whole 'glowing orange eyes' explains why they all flinched when I snapped trying to protect Nightshade. You think to yourself in a serious tone. "I have to get out of here. The longer I stay here the longer I put Nightshade in danger." You say to yourself in a serious tone. You then remember that you still have a crying Trixie to deal with. You don't want to leave her crying like that, but you also don't want to put Nightshade into anymore danger. "Ugh, what do I do?" You say to yourself in a stressed tone. What do you do?