//------------------------------// // Enter the Protagonist! (Edited 8-24-2015) // Story: A Boy and his Box // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// Well here goes something... something mind blowing. The MOST INCREDIBLE thing you will ever know! This will make the SUN and the MOON weep!!! "I... AM... A... GINGER!!" Oh and apparently I am also immortal, meaning... "OH CELESTIA!!! GIVE HIM AN APPLE, CARROT, CAKE, ANYTHING!!!" a new prisoner exclaims. We are bound in chains in a compromising position that nopony could cover their ears. That being said, I've been in this prison without food for so long, my food bar is ticking and I don't think its supposed to do that. And thanks to Zebra potions, I can't die from hunger, meaning I can't respawn out of this place. "Dude, I've been here so long... What is the year? Screw it. Only Luna can break me free, but she experienced a LUNAR LANDING!" I screamed before we both laugh at my pun, (his was nervous. critics.) "She's the only witness to the cow murder. Cow. Murder. They are like civilians or somethin' so I can't eat 'em!" Silence, besides my ticking, filled the room. In the darkest part of the dimly lit cell the voice of Ol' Barn Raiser can be heard, "Long story. Even I don't believe it, to be honest." Suddenly, double doors open as forever absent light burns my eyes. "Your highness, WAIT!" a gruff voice called out. "LEGO CRAFT! DOCTOR! RISE! YOU ARE FREE!!!" a beautiful navy blue princess calls in that annoying-loud voice of hers. Did I say annoying? I mean ear splitting HEAVEN! In the room was three creatures. Handsome (and still ticking) bipedal me, a stunning yet ragged brown stallion, and a shackled skeleton with a stetson on the ground. Barn Raiser. "Rest in peace, old friend... Barney." I murmered. The ghost pony appears, waving happily, breezing his hat to me and nods before fading away. As I saw that a smile formed on his face. "What is thou looking at?" Luna asked, she follows my gaze with a frown, "Doth thou know him?" I nodded. She broke from her train of thought as her ears rose, "Where is that noise coming from?" Luna said, forgetting my dead BFF. I raised an index finger as my reply followed, "My stomach doesn't growl. It ticks... Do not ask how." She gives me a puzzled look. LOOK. I miss the word being in this dark so long! I noticed the guard unlock my chains, almost stumbling over my "rotten and molded bread and pixel apple" stash in front of me. "Sorry about that, sir," I said as he reluctantly worked my shackles. With my free arm I spawn a pixel GOLD carrot, munching until my ticks quiet to soft pats. "So am I still on trial or am I actually free?" I asked. Luna pesters the guard to free me faster before she gives a simple response. "Discord tricked us again, welcome to the future, and sorry for the wait." she said, tapping her hooves together as if she was counting fingers. She remembered! I shook my hand until a diary appeared, still new. "Here's my clear alibi, preserved." Studying the diary, one of her brows raised before giving me an annoyed look, "Don't hate me, years of guilt hurts worse than the hunger," I said as she grabed it in her aura and smacks me on top my head with it. (more like a bop, but who cares?) "Luckily for thee, that is how we witnessed thine fake murder. We forgave you long ago," she informed in a matter-of-fact tone. "On the bright side, I never read it." I said, she stares at me directly in the eyes as I continued with "I never planned to read it!" Rolling her eyes, Luna playfully replied, "Suuure~." "Ya know, I will be glad to learn of somepony's history. Fate? Whatever." I said, now half way free and reaching for Barn Raiser's stetson. This thing is more elusive than his quest for immortality! Luna giggles before saying, "If thou art talking about Box, he became a wealthy yet odd stallion. If not, sister says hi." I do a double-take and checked myself, "Does he still have my iron axe?" "I don't understand. What axe?" she asked as I'm one leg away from freedom and a hat. Luna pushed it farther some more in her pacing while keeping her eyes on me. I think I should pay my visitor some more attention. "I'll explain once I hear what Box has to say..." I said, starting another carrot as the patting dims down. "Lego, its in the schedual. But in accord to the new one given to me, we are late for lunch." "WOW! A schedule. What's on it?" "Well, if the lunch cake is gone, We'll include gym time with Tia on it- CAN THOU STOP IT WITH THE HAT AND PAY ATTENTION?!!" "Dead BFF's hat. If he can't live forever, his memory AND STETSON does with me." "Fair enough, but still..." Her look softened... then looked confused as she stared at my face. 1000 years of puppy dog eyes! "*Sigh* What was he like?" "Why are you doing that?" I asked. Does anybody else notice her constant pacing and annoyed tone? "Doing what?" "You look tired... on second thought, never mind." She facehoofs for a bit as the guard shouts "RESPECT THE PRINCESS!" at me. Funny, I asked the same from him a week ago when the brown stallion was thrown in here! ...Well, it was more like "get him off me" and less "princess". They got the problem fixed. "It has been interesting!" the stallion said, his voice generous, but his mannerisms said otherwise. "Well, Alons-y! ...nope, will not work this time..." The brown stallion started mumbling after his announcement and walked off. As the final lock broke off my shackles, I grabbed my prize, and placing it inside my mostly empty inventory. Inside me holds trash, nostalgia, and things worth mentioning either now or later. I found a bundle of flowers that were labeled [IOU IRON AXE] on it. Really, Box? "Let us move onward, hopefully fresh air will help with our putrid moods." Luna said. A paper work filled hour later and I think flying in a black sky chariot gave me ALL of the air I could need! On the way, Luna was asking me questions and vise versa. "Your loyalty is to whom?" she demanded. "I AM LOYAL TO THE MOON AND WILL FOLLOW THE SUNSET TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT SO THEY MAY WAKE AT SUNRISE!!" "That was a little much... WILL THOU DIE BY MIDNIGHT FOR THY PRINCESS?" "I can't die remember? Oh and IF EVIL STRIKES I WON'T STOP TILL THEY'RE-" I stop my vow as we land. "We're here." She turned to the drivers, "Guards?" "Yes, your highness?" the left guard asked. Luna smirked before responding, "Recite chariot departure rules!" The two day guards flying the chariot rolled their eyes and sighed before in near unison said, "What happens in the chariot stays inside the chariot unless ordered by royalty or the Elements of harmony." the right guard finished with, "Have a nice day." They flew away once we got off, heading to the top of the biggest castle I've ever seen! It was big, white, and had PBnJ colors on it's details. Luna rose her hoof high announcing with pride, "Welcome to Canterlot Castle!"