//------------------------------// // Entry #18 // Story: Human in Pony's clothing // by TheDawsonator1 //------------------------------// Thank everything I am free, thank everything Luna has a curious mind or I wouldn’t be out, but we got on the train 30 minutes later, Luna and I got something to eat and we rested, it was about 8PM by the time we got to the station, guards were still there. We have about 14 hours to find the real Cadence, make sure Twilight is alright and stop Chrysalis. I may not be an experienced fighter or such, but I am so going to kick some flank, I’ll be all like “I’m here to kick flank and eat hay, and I’m fresh out of hay” I’ll see if there’s time to find some sunnies or drop a visit to Dashie and ask if I can borrow her sunnies. Right, gotta focus now, Luna will be of great assistance due to her Alicorn powers and such and the fact she’s a Princess but still, I need to throw everything I got We had passed the Guards and we entered the city of Canterlot, a great city and it’s a shame my first visit couldn’t be under better circumstances, it looked beautiful at night. It was quite quiet on the streets, maybe the wedding had something to do with it, or perhaps it was always quiet at this time of night. The Brony part in me wanted to go to Pony Joe's, meet Twilight’s parents just the once and maybe visit the Princess Celestia’s school of Gifted Unicorns, but I can’t now, I gotta find a way into the mines, Luna might know. “So do you know where the entrance is?” I asked “We do, we’re surprised it lasted the 1000 years of our absence” Luna said “I’m willing to bet there will be changeling guards in there just in case somepony found where Cadence was, even if she didn’t originally, Chrysalis would of when she found it all out. But we need to keep this as quiet as possible, don’t know about you but I rather the element of surprise on these buckers” I said to Luna “A fair point thou raises, we’ll have to “power down” our form, no doubt they shall be in disguise but not to worry, we have permission to teleport in unlike other ponies that must go manually” Luna said “I love this plan already” I said “We should still exercise caution, Lightning Bolt, do you remember what the place where Princess Cadenza was perhaps?” Luna asked “Not too sure on the precise location, but I do remember Twilight and Cadence finding a mine cart on some tracks and then it went off screen to the wedding when they arrived” I said, racking my brains to remember “Hmmm, we think we may have a general idea of where Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is” Luna pictured a part she knew well. Luna flared her horn full of magic, and with a flash, we disappeared of the Canterlot street and landed in a dark mine, URRGH BARF!!!! Sorry, teleportation is spinny and stuff and I guess I don’t agree with it, I guess it’s good I’m not going on that spinny thing at Wonderbolts Academy or there’d be vomit everywhere. “Art thou alright? The first time usually gets to a lot of ponies” Luna asked “Yes, I just need a moment” I replied Our surrounding were stali- um stal- URGH! I don’t know what you call those pointy things okay? Point is there’s a bazillion of them on the floor and ceiling, it looked old and abandoned and I hope the latter was not because of some ancient monster or something. “Curious question, what was this mine used for? It doesn’t looked used now” I asked “Back before our absence when Canterlot was still a new project, our sister needed materials for the castle that could be found in this mine, also Tia required an escape path should Canterlot ever come under siege. Rumor has it Tia had a secret project in our absence but she denied such and said she was going through a time when everypony was starting rumors about anypony” Luna explained “Sounds like a fun time” I said sacarstically “Nay, it was a rather difficult time than the present, such medical advancements have happened in our absence that many ponies I know would of benefitted from, including our dear friend Starswirl the Bearded. Such changes have happened that make our lives easier but not all changes are positive it seems” Luna said “Twilight mentioned Starswirl a few times in the show, what was he like?” I asked curiously “A eccentric stallion to say the least, we did not know him much, it was our dear sister he talked to a lot but he was still a good friend, it’s a pity he never found a mare to be with and the rate this is going, I fear Twilight Sparkle may suffer the same fate” Luna remembered her old friend We trotted in this cave and we didn’t bump into any guards, surely Chrysalis would of made sure nopony found Cadence just in case? Was she really that cocky? I dunno but I ain’t looking a gift pony in the mouth. After what seemed like forever, Luna stopped finally after we passed some tracks. “Halt! I can sense her behind this wall, Lightning Bolt, please stand back” Luna motioned me to go back Luna shot a spell at the rock, blowing a hole in the wall as we looked inside to find Princess Cadence, safe and sort of sound, her mane is all messy but that’s nothing the Power of Love can’t fix (Who needs all that shampoo when love can do it for you?). “Princess Luna? What’re you doing here? How’d you know I was here?” Cadence asked “It was dear Lightning Bolt that knew you were here, not we” Luna explained “I still wouldn’t of found her without your help Luna, you’re the rescuer here” I said “You still came here, Lightning, thank you very much” Cadence thanked “You’re welcome but Luna rescued me and we rescued you, although Twilight should have been the one to do so but things changed” I said modestly “We must keep moving, Twilight Sparkle may be in danger and we do not have long until Chrysalis succeeds” Luna explained “Yeah, with your help Luna, we’ll get that little wretch from my husband!” Cadence said, looking like she really wanted to give Chrysalis a beating of a lifetime “We got company!” I yelled Undisguised Changelings, about 20 of them had arrived and it seemed our bang was heard a certain distance or I am certain there would have been more. “Well, time to go loud” I said “Art thou in any position to fight, Cadenza?” Luna asked “Not much, Princess Luna, Chrysalis had drained my energy and put a spell on the area” Cadence answered “Me and Luna can handle this I suppose” I said “Have readiness then, here they come” Luna said to me One changeling made the first move, I punched him the jaw and beat him down, Luna did a blast that got a couple. As a team we easily went through 20 changelings, but more came along. “What is this? A Family reunion of bugs? Good thing I called the Bug exterminator!” I joked as more appeared, Luna clearly was not amused. However my joke was met with too many changelings appearing and they called for backup, too many to fight and ain’t nopony got time for this. “Luna, you’re gonna have to teleport us out, there’s too many to fight” I said to Luna “I can only do one at a time, Lightning” Luna said “Take Cadence to the throne room where the wedding is and reveal Chrysalis, she’ll be disguised as Cadence, do whatever is necessary!” I said “What about you?” Cadence asked “Don’t worry about me? Equestria needs YOU not ME! I’ll make my own exit strategy” I convinced Cadence and Luna “We will not abandon you, Lightning” Luna said “GO ALREADY! IT’S ME OR EQUESTRIA!!” I yelled Luna and Cadence disappeared in a flash, leaving me against at least 100 changelings. I looked for a weakness in their wall of changelings and discovered they left the left side open, I charged through them quickly and started bolting down the path behind them. To put this shortly: RUN LIKE TARTARUS! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!