"Alright! Then lets do this!" I said to Gray, as Gray and I sprinted from our hiding place to the outer wall.
I picked up Gray and lifted him over the wall. As soon as he was over I jump, attempting to reach for the top and climb my way over.
It was too tall, I ended up having to wall run my way up (a parkour trick that Gray taught me) to climb to the top.
Once I was over, Gray and I sprinted over to a nearby hedge and hid. I peered through the leaves, searching for guards.
There were two guards by the front gate, besides from that, there wasn't a single guard in sight.
I motioned to Gray for him to make a move. Gray nodded, he lit one of the fire works and threw it across the yard. Once the fire work had landed, it exploded into a haze of bright colors. While the guards went to inspect what the commotion was all about, Gray and I sprinted out of the hedge and around the building.
Once we were at the back of the building, I extracted a long rope with a hook at the end from my bag. I swung the rope around and threw it over the top of the building. I pulled the rope, and the hook latched on to the edge of the roof. Gray hopped onto my back as I began climbing my way up.
Once we were at the top, Gray and I placed all of the fire works in position, I then tied all of the fireworks string together into one long string. We took a step back, as Gray handed me a match.
"Care to do the honors?" Gray asked.
I deviously smiled, "gladly!"
I lit the match and placed it onto the string. The flame followed the string up to the fireworks, releasing them all into the air.
I had stolen the fireworks that would form words when it explodes. When the first set exploded, it formed the word: Celestias a. The second set exploded, forming the words: poop eater!. The third set exploded, and formed the shape of a sun with an "X" crossed over it.
"Poop eater? Really? That's the best you could come up with?" Gray asked.
"Hey! It was the only words I could find! It was either that or hooligan. And only old ponies say that!" I said.
"Ya, and only baby ponies call somepony a "poop eater" said Gray with a mocking tone.
"Shut up!" I shouted.
Gray laughed.
Suddenly, a group of guards burst through the roof top door.
"Seize them!" shouted one of the guards.
"Time to go!" I shouted. Gray jumped into my back as I ran over to the rope. I looked down and saw three guards surrounding our rope, all armed with spears. I turned to find an alternative route. I had to find one fast, the guards on the roof were getting closer.
"Were trapped!" Gray shouted.
I looked around for an escape, and in the nick of time, found one! "This is pay back for the cup shot!" I shouted.
"What?" Gray asked.
Before he could realize what I was doing, I grabbed Gray by his back and threw him over the edge and into the backyard pool. Before the guards could grab me, I jumped over the edge, following Gray into the pool. Once inside the water I grabbed Gray and swam my way to the surface and out the pool as fast as possible.
"Stop the intruders!" shouted a guard.
Once we were out of the pool, I placed Gray on my back and sprinted towards the back wall. I climbed up and over and began sprinting through the forest, making sure to get as much distance between me and the guards (which was pretty good at the moment seeing that we got a fairly decent heads start).
"You son of a ditch! What the hay did you throw me off a two story building for!?" Gray shouted.
"At least I threw you into the pool! But hey, this makes us even for the cup check!" I shouted.
I didn't know which way I was running, I continued to sprint as fast as I could. Its a really good thing Filthy Rich lives close to a forest, that makes it easier to hide.
As I ran I noticed that the amount of trees was thinning, making it easier to spot us. That meant that we were running further away from the forest, not closer. I quickly tried to think of my next course of action, before something appeared in front of me.
My mind completely went blank, as every one of my current plans I had been forming was replaced with the sudden need to want to run to this place. In front of me, out in the distance, was Pony Ville!
I had never seen it this close before! And it was right there! Right in front of my eyes! This is my chance to finally go to the place I had always dreamed of traveling to since I was younger! I could finally go to Pony Ville!!!
"Hold on tight!" I shouted, as I leaned forward, increasing my speed.
With all the strength I could possibly muster, I sprinted on, setting my path to Pony Ville!
"Obsidian!" Gray shouted.
I didn't hear him, I was too focused on getting to Pony Ville.
"Obsidian!" Gray shouted again.
Pony Ville was getting closer! I was literally less then a quarter mile away!
"OBSIDIAN!!!" Gray shouted.
Almost there . . . and!
WHAM!
Out of nowhere, a Gray pegasus swooped down from the sky and dived straight into me. I let go of Gray and tumbled to the ground. I tossed, turned and rolled for five feet before I dragged to a stop. Dragging on the dirt road caused me to get cuts and bruises all over my torso.
When I got to my feet I froze, as I saw who my attacker was.
"B-Buck Nasty? What are you doing here?" I asked.
The guard sneered, as he approached me. He hit me in the face with the handle end of his spear and said, "Its Brave Stone! And I'm here to take you back to the castle Monkey Boy!"
I gave a weak chuckle, as I turned to Pony Ville. I was a mere ten feet away from the city before Buck Nasty had nose dived into me. I spat to the ground and wiped the blood from my mouth. I was bleeding from when Buck Nasty hit me with his spear.
"Ya, sure, whatever, hey! You mind if we take a little detour through Pony Ville before we- Gagh!". I had tried to walk towards Pony Ville, but Buck Nasty grabbed me by the arm and forced me to the ground. He then shackled my hands and feet together. While I was on the ground, I could see Gray hiding in a bush, Buck Nasty hadn't seen him. Gray had a switch blade in his mouth, and was about to rescue me (let me rephrase, he was going to ATTTEMPT to rescue me, I doubt it would end well for either of us though) before I shook my head and mouthed the words "stay hidden". He reluctantly nodded, and hid deeper into the bushes. Thank Celestia Gray was the size of a ten year old filly, seeing that he's already seventeen.
"Ow! Okay, okay, jeez! There's no need to get rough!" I said angrily.
Buck Nasty lifted me to my feet, and as he did, I saw the royal coach land next to us. The pegasus flying the coach were the same guards who used to take me to school when I was younger.
I entered the coach and growled, "so, its you two! Long time no see!"
They didn't make eye contact with me. I gave an angry sigh as I entered the coach. The pegasus extended their wings, and we were lifted off the ground.
I took one final glance at Pony Ville, the place I had always wanted to go to since I was younger. I was so close . . . so, so close . . . now I was being arrested, and taken back to that dreaded castle! I turned away from the city, and stared at the floor for the rest of the way back to Canterlot.
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"Ow! Will you lay your hoofs off! I can walk myself!" I shouted.
The guards were walking me down the hall to Moms throne room. Buck Nasty was being especially aggressive (then again I wasn't making it easy on him to calm down, but still, he deserved being shouted at), poking me with his spear and shoving me forward.
We stopped in front of the throne room door, as one of the guards entered. I could hear him say to Mom inside, "We have retrieved him, your highness".
Oh you probably feel SO proud of yourself right now! Don't you!? Your probably bowing to my Mom right now aren't you! We'll go ahead, keep bowing! Let me take one of these spears you guys keep poking me with and shove it right up your flank! See how proud you'll be then!!!
"Good, bring him in" I could hear Mom say.
They opened the door, and as they did so, Buck Nasty shoved me through.
"I told you to lay your hoofs off!" I shouted, as I swiped my arms away from Buck Nasty.
"Where is your shirt, young man?" Mom asked.
I turned to Mom, giving her a devious smile, "it was hot tonight, you can't expect me to be fully clothed when its hot".
"You know you have to be fully clothed Glee" said Mom.
"But ponies don't have to wear clothes, so why should I?"
"Because your not a pony, and you know why you have to wear clothes, now put your shirt back on" Mom demanded.
A nearby guard threw a shirt into my chest, and removed the shackles that held my hands together.
Reluctantly, I put it on, "fine, whatever!"
While I was putting on my shirt, Mom asked sarcastically, "So, did you enjoy your time with that cult again, Glee?"
When I had finished putting on my shirt, I gave Mom another devious smile and asked, "so mom, how's your night been?"
"I think you know how my nights been Glee!" said Mom angrily.
I shook my head and tsked at Mom, "nope, sorry I don't think I do know, seeing that the only time I get to talk to you is when you have your goons in shinning armor come after me, no offense to you Shinning Armor. Well, I guess technically you can take double the offense sense your both a goon, and your names Shinning Armor!". I said in a mocking tone.
Shinning Armor, who was standing at his post near the door gave me an angry look, but didn't respond.
I chuckled, "fine, be that way. None of you talk to me anyway so I'm forced to go and find those who will. Speaking of which, thanks for lowering the sun mom, you made it a lot easier for my friends (by telling her I had "friends" with me will help keep them off Gray's tracks) and I to break into that house, it being dark and all (the sun had been going down, but it really wasn't all that dark, since it was easy for Buck Nasty to catch me. I only said this to get on her nerves. I also told her that we had broken into the house when technically we broke into the yard, then on top of the roof. I merely just wanted to make it sound worse then it already was!). But do you think you could have less stars next time? Cause I'm pretty sure that's why mister Buck Nasty over here caught us" I said, giving a nod towards Buck Nasty.
"Glee! What did I say about using that type of language!" Mom shouted.
I chuckled, "oh come on, there just words, its not like they can hurt anypony", I then turned to Buck Nasty. "Isn't that right Buck Nasty? You don't mind if I call you Buck Nasty, do you Buck Nasty?" I said this to Buck Nasty as if he was a puppy.
Buck Nasty sneered at me, but said nothing.
I turned back to mom, "see? He doesn't mind".
"Glee, that's enough! You are not allowed to call anypony by those vulgar words any more! And what's this I hear about you and that cult trying to break into Filthy Riches house?" mom asked.
I hate it when she calls the Diamond Backs "that cult". They've been my friends for three years now! And it irks me so BAD when she talks disrespectfully to them.
I groaned, "you call them a cult like its a bad thing" I complained.
"I've told you to stay away from them Glee! The Rattlesnakes are a very dangerous cult who like to recruit fillies and teenagers into their groups and turn them-"
"And turn them into thieves and muggers, yadey yadey, yada! You can call them what you want, but their my friends, and making friends is important, isn't that right mom?" I interrupted, mockingly.
Ha! She thinks I've been with Rattlesnakes? As if! Yeah she knows that I've been with the Diamond Backs, but I find it hilarious when she thinks that I've been with both!
"Those so called friends of yours had just tried to get you to break into the house of one of the most richest ponies in Equestria, if Brave Stone hadn't found you-"
"You mean if he hadn't arrested me?" I interrupted.
"You could have been in worse trouble then you've ever been in in your life! Don't you understand what kind of consequences you could have faced?" mom shouted.
She's still on me about that? Didn't she hear about the fireworks! I really wanted her to hear about that! Oh, I was SO looking forward to her reaction when she found out that I had spell "Celestia is a poop eater" in the sky! Guess the guards didn't tell her, jam!
I sighed, "well, the thing is is that, I was planning on getting myself caught doing something big, something grand, something amazing! I wanted to get caught doing something awesome! Seeing that tonight's the night that I, well, move away".
"And you thought that just because of that, you could get away with your crime?"
I shrugged, "eh, pretty much".
Mom sighed, "I raised you better then this-"
I felt as if I could literally hear a record player scratch to a halt. Did she just say what I think she just said? Did she just say "I raised you better then this?" . . . Heh . . . Heh . . . DID SHE REALLY JUST BUCKING SAY THAT!!!
"Oh really? Cause last time I checked, you stopped raising me since I was ten. The last three years you and everypony else has just pretended that I don't matter! The last three birthdays, nothing! Not even you showed up! Every time I was sick, I had to take care of myself! I had to teach myself, feed myself, bathe myself, wait I'm supposed to do that anyways, but you get the point! So for you to sit there on your "all mighty princess throne" and tell me that you raised me better, all I've got to say is ha! Bull, ship!" I interrupted.
The guards around looked at me in disgust, but I didn't care, I had my gaze fixed on Mom.
Mom stared at me angrily, "if I hadn't found you when you were a baby, who knows what could have happened".
I smiled at her and said softly, "then maybe you should have just left me there".
If that wasn't below the belt, then I don't know what is.
Mom and I stared at each other for a few seconds, before mom turned her head to take another sip of tea. When she had finished, she stood up, and began walking to me.
"If you feel that way, then I guess you wouldn't mind leaving into the human world, would you?" Mom asked.
"Yeah, I guess I wouldn't" I lied.
Mom approached me, and used her magic to unlock the shackles that held my feet together.
"I want you in the basement in half an hour, understand?" Mom asked.
I nodded, "yeah, sure, I understand perfectly well, not like there's anything left here for me anyways".
I turned and began walking to the throne door. As I was about to exit, sudden realization hit me. Tonight was the night that I was leaving to the human world . . . it was actually happening . . . I was going to leave forever! And I would leave with Mom mad at me. I knew Mom didn't love me, and even though I hated the things she did, deep down, I still loved her. And she's right, if she had never found me in the forest when I was young, who knows what could have happened. I could have starve to death, or froze to death, or worse, eaten! I didn't want to leave, but Mom was so set on having me go that I couldn't disobey. I still loved her like she was my Mom, even in the situation I was in right now. I should say something, anything that could at least help calm her down.
I turned to Mom, "Hey, Mom".
"What is it?" Celestia asked.
"Well, I just, just wanted to say that I... I...", before I could finish, my eye's began to tear up, and I turned away.
I wanted to say something nice, I wanted to say that I still loved her, I wanted to say something! But she wouldn't care . . . she doesn't love me anymore . . .
"Never mind!" I said angrily, slamming the door and running down the hall to my room.
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"RRRAAAGH!!!" I shouted, as I picked up my desk chair and threw it to the ground, shattering it to pieces.
I sat on my bed, and began softly crying.
"I don't want to leave . . . I don't want to leave . . . I want to stay in the pony world . . ."
I curled into a ball, and hugged onto my teddy bear. "I want to see Sunset Shimmers again"
[FLASHBACK]
"And to make sure you never forget, I want you to have this", Sunset Shimmers then gave me a gold necklace, with Sunset Shimmers cutie mark encrusted into the front.
I gasped, and gave her a hug, "thanks Sunset Shimmers!"
"Ya. . . sure. . . . now get off me".
I let go of her, and smiled at her.
She gave me a smile and ruffled my hair, "guess this is goodbye, see you around kid".
And with that, Sunset Shimmers left her room.
She never came back.
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
"I want to see Green Bush again"
[FLASHBACK]
"Ya, thanks Twilight, thanks Green Bush" I said to my friends.
"If you ever need help, we'll be here for you" said Green Bush.
(SCENE CHANGE)
"Rrraaahhhh!!! I'm a dragon! I'm going to eat you!" I shouted, In my best scary dragon voice.
"Aaaagh! Oh no, he's got me! Green Bush help!" said Twilight.
"I don't know guys, I'm getting to a really good part in this book!" said Green Bush.
Me and Twilight stopped, and stared at Green Bush with bored expressions.
Green Bush slapped his book shut and groaned, "Ugh, fine! I'll play". He picked up a nearby stick, and pointed it at me. "Fear not citizen, for I will save you!" said Green Bush, pretending to be a brave knight.
"You'll never catch me!" I yelled to Green Bush. I then placed Twilight on my back in a piggy back ride sort of position and began running away. From behind me, I can hear Twilight giggling, and Green Bush shouting, "come back here ferocious beast!".
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
"I want to see Twilight again"
[FLASHBACK]
I dropped my pillow and fell to the ground. I tried to reach for my pillow, but Twilight jumped on top of me, she aimed her pillow at me in a threatening way and said, "touch it, I dare you!"
I laughed, "O.K., O.K., you win!". I rose to my feet and gave Twilight a hug.
(SCENE CHANGE)
I turned and saw that she had built a blanket fort, and had tied string all around my room.
"Try to get through my defenses! You'll never get us!" Twilight shouted.
I laughed in the most evil and sinister laugh I could muster, "MWAHAHA!!! You think you can stop me! I shall break through your defenses, and I will eat you!".
I then began to make my way through the string as best as possible. It wasn't easy, she tied a lot of string, I ended up knocking over a lot of things trying to maneuver my way though. Eventually, I made it to the blanket fort.
"MWAHAHA!!! Your silly trap has failed! Give up now while you still can!" I shouted.
"I'll never surrender! Take this werewolf!" Twilight shouted.
She used her magic and began launching pillow after pillow at me.
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
"I want ponies to start loving me again" I cried.
[FLASHBACK]
I slowly turned to mommy, revealing that I was crying.
"Glee! What's wrong?" mommy asked me.
I ran and hugged mommy, crying into her chest.
"I don't want to be different! I want to be a pony like you!" I cried.
I cried into mommy's chest for a few minutes before speaking again.
"Why am I not a pony mommy? Why am I different?"
Mommy thought about this for a moment, then said "I don't know why your not a pony Glee, but I do know this. You can be a dragon, a pony, a dog, a cat, you can be born in any way, shape or form. But it doesn't matter how your born. What matters Is what you make of yourself.
A dragon may seem big and scary, but if he show's a bit of friendship, then any one will love him for who he is".
I sniffed and looked at mommy. "Am I in trouble?" I asked.
"Now why would you be in trouble?" mommy asked me.
I shrugged, and mommy place me on her back. "I think you just need a bit of sleep, that will make you feel better" said mommy.
I yawned, and mommy took me back to my room and placed me on my bed.
"Good night Glee, I love you" said mommy.
"I love you too mommy".
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
"I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE!!!" I shouted, and wept into my pillow. "WHY DOESN'T ANYPONY LOVE ME!?!" I shouted into my pillow.
That wasn't exactly true, there was a certain group of ponies who still liked me. And there was one particular pony who like me just as much (sadly he didn't like me the way I liked him). I could still remember when we first met.
[FLASHBACK]
Suddenly, I heard something that sounded like a drill coming from underneath me. I quickly jumped off and got to my knees, looking under my bed. As I did so, a drill popped out of the ground, and was thrown out from underneath the bed. Then, a gray filly with red eyes and black hair poked his head out of the hole, and looked around.
"Hey Red, you sure this is the place? Cause this doesn't look like any restaurant I've ever seen" asked the filly, suddenly he saw me and gasped. "Sweet Celestia! What the hay are you?"
Should I talk to him? I mean he did just break into the castle. Then again, he did say that he was looking for a restaurant so . . . wait, does that mean he was trying to break into a restaurant? Is this pony a thief? But, he's just a filly, he wouldn't break into a restaurant, would he? You know what, I don't even care. I haven't been able to talk to any pony in about a year! This is finally my chance to make a new friend!
"My names Glee Sunrise, who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Gray, is this your bedroom? Do you live in the restaurant?" Gray asked.
"Restaurant? This isn't a restaurant, your in Canterlot castle" I explained.
"CANTERLOT CASTLE! Are you serious?"
(Heh, I remember that. Gray and Red were trying to get into Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria. That was one of Gray and I's first adventures)
[SCENE CHANGE]
Gray and I both turned our heads to the bathroom exit. There, at the exit was a pair of glowing eyes, staring at us from around the corner. As the eyes flash, music had begun playing from out of no where. The music sounded like something you'd hear from a jack in the box, or one of those spinny things that plays music and hangs above babies as they sleep In their cribs. Either way, I didn't like it, It nearly scared the pee out of me! And I could tell Gray was feeling the same way, I could feel him shaking as I held him.
"Glee . . . run" Gray said slowly.
I didn't run, I was to scared to run. I stood there and continued to stare at the flashing eyes.
"GLEE, RUN!" Gray shouted.
(Soon after that I entered into the Diamond Backs, unofficially of course, but nonetheless I was still with them. Gray and I started going on even more adventures together!)
[SCENE CHANGE]
While the two guards were blinded, Gray bit into the guards leg, releasing him.
"COME ON!" I shouted, changing my voice back to normal.
Gray leapt into my arms, and I sprinted towards the window.
The guard fire the crossbow at me.
I used my arms to shield both me and Gray from the impact, as I jumped through the window.
The bolt of the crossbow had missed my ear by just an inch, and I dodged the spikes outside the window by the same amount.
I landed and somersaulted onto the ground.
[SCENE CHANGE]
"Obsidian, they got pegasus!" shouted Gray.
"WHAT!?!" I shouted.
And sure enough, when I looked up, I saw three pegasus, flying in a "V" formation, searching for us.
"Son of a ditch! All of this over a flower!" I shouted.
"Gold did say it was priceless!" Gray shouted.
"Well if Gold wanted it so bad then how come HE DIDN'T JUST GET IT FOR HIMSELF!!!" I shouted.
[SCENE CHANGE]
Slowly, realization began to dawn upon us. We were just chased through Canterlot by a huge group of guards, AND WE GOT AWAY!!!
Slowly, Gray and I started laughing.
"Oh man! That was insane! I thought those guards were gonna get us!" said Gray.
"I know right! They were right on our tails! If you hadn't taken down two of those guards at once, then who knows what could've happened!" I said.
"Oh, and the way you jumped out that window! Son of a ditch man! You were like a boss!" said Gray.
"Well I couldn't have done it if you hadn't cushioned my fall!" I said, jokingly.
"Ha, ha, what ever"
(And there was even the special moments that Gray and I shared together)
[SCENE CHANGE]
Gray turned in his sleep and pulled me close to him, cuddling me. I could feel my blush deepened, and my heart beat faster. Normally this would make me uncomfortable . . . so, why did I like it so much?
I decided to place the confusion to the back of my mind right now. I smiled, and placed my arms around his torso, cuddling him back. I rested my head over his head, and slowly drifted to sleep.
[SCENE CHANGE]
And simultaneously, we started screaming. We immediately let go of each other, I threw my self to the wall while Gray fell of the bed.
He got to his hoofs and shouted, "what the hay were you doing!"
I blushed, he probably thinks I'm weird for cuddling with him. Then again, technically he cuddled me, I just cuddled back. But he doesn't have to know that.
"What the hay am I doing! What the hay are YOU doing! Cuddling with me like that!" I shouted.
Gray blushed, and looked at me angrily, "what! No! I would never! Your the one who! I was just!" Gray stuttered.
"I let you sleep in my bed and you start cuddling me!?!" I asked, making Gray think he's the one to blame.
"What!!! I, that's, you see . . . you know what . . . lets just pretend this never happened, agreed?" Gray asked.
"Agreed" I responded.
[SCENE CHANGE]
Kevin smiled, as he was about to turn, before I stopped him. "Wait! Before you go, I just want to say thanks for always-"
Before I could finish, Kevin turned to me and implanted a kiss on my lips through the bars.
I blushed, as my eyes bulged from shock.
Once Kevin released, he blushed and turned away. "Don't get the wrong idea kid, I'm not into stallions. J-just consider that a gift until we meet again, got it!"
"Yeah . . . sure" I said weakly.
He turned to look at me one last time before saying, "whelp, see ya around kid!" He then galloped off into the distance.
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
All these thoughts . . . all these memories . . . it hurt so much to remember them . . . I wanted to see my friends! I wanted to see ponies who loved me! I wanted to see Gray! . . . I wanted to see Gray . . .
I continued to weep into my pillow, until I heard a knock on my door. "Hey! Your not gonna take too long are you?" the guard on the other side of the door asked.
I rose from by bed and shouted at the door, "JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE!!!"
"Okay, golly!" said the guard.
I sat down on my bed and sighed.
Well . . . looks like this is it . . . I better get to packing before there forced to drag me out. Good bye everypony, good bye Equestria, good bye Gray . . .
A tear fell from my cheek, as I bent over and started stuffing some clothes into a bag.
Suddenly, the vase on my bookshelf emitted a bright green light. I had to shield my eyes with my arm just to look at it.
It was strange, that vase hasn't done anything like this since I was eight. It was so long ago I nearly forgot about it until now. But, back then it vibrated and said something, what did it say? Something like, dusk brainer, or, something like that. I couldn't remember. But now it was glowing, and shaking.
Curiosity got the best off me, and I slowly began walking towards it. I extended my figure, slowly reaching to touch it.
I don't know why, but something deep down was telling me not to touch it. Under no circumstances should I ever touch the vase. Strange, now that I think about it, I haven't even thought about the vase ever since that little incident when I was eight, let alone even touch it. The feeling in my gut told me "do not touch it", but my curiosity told me the opposite.
I slowly reached to the bookshelf, and touched the vase.
The moment I did, a blast of green energy launched me off my feet, throwing me to the center of the room.
When I landed, the vase slowly began to levitate itself off the book shelf. It fired a blast of green fire towards me, and when I was hit, it burned a large circle into the ground, and forced everything in the room up against the wall ( except for the bookshelf). The fire felt strong and tingly, yet it didn't hurt. Nonetheless I still didn't like it.
"W-what's happening!?!" I shouted.
I suddenly heard somepony laugh, a mare by the sounds of it.
"Oh my dear Glee, you truly are in trouble? Aren't you?" said the voice.
"Who are you!?! What's happening!?!" I shouted.
"There's no need to fret dear boy, I am hear to help you" said the voice.
"Help me? How!" I shouted.
"You have been so alone, so defenseless, forced to be punished by that ruthless princess. Everypony has treated you like nothing, as they ignore your existence and walk off into the opposite direction, leaving you all alone. You've always been alone Glee, even when the princess first found you you've been alone. No pony ever loved you, no pony ever cared for you. You've been an outcast the very moment that princess took you into this castle" said the voice.
No . . . this couldn't be true . . . mom loved me when she first found me, she just doesn't love me anymore, it had to be a lie, it had to be!
"If she never loved me then how come she took me to the castle after finding me in the forest?" I asked.
The voice laughed, "you think the princess took you from the forest out of kindness? Ha! The only reason the princess took you home from the forest was merely out of caution! To see if you would become a threat! You are the first of your kind to ever exist in a world such as this one, and when the princess discovered you, she had to see if you posed a threat. That's why she pretended to love you, so she could dig deep into your inner most thoughts and feelings! All along she had never raised you because of love, she raised you out of fear!"
"No . . . your lying . . . YOUR LYING!!!" I shouted.
"Oh wake up foolish boy! Even you've suspected from your younger years that this could be the case! You've simply chosen not to believe it! Because your childish fears didn't want you to truly believe that "mummy" didn't love you any more! That's what it is, isn't it?"
She was right, it hurt to admit it to myself, but she was right. All this time I felt as if I knew the truth, that she never truly loved me. I always decided not to believe it though. It hurt too much to believe that it was true. The expression on my face confirmed to the voice that she knew she was right.
"You see? She's never loved you from the start! And she's not the only one! Every single pony you have ever met has feared you! The nurse, the guards, the cherry gardener, every single one has suspected you of being a monster from the very moment you entered into this castle! And once they discovered that you weren't a threat, they treated you as if you were nothing! They did this because they never truly loved you, they hated you. They only had to pretend to love you because it was orders from the princess, but as soon as they discovered that you were no longer a threat, the princess's orders were complete and they could return to treating you the way they had truly felt" the voice explained.
"But, what about the friends I used to have when I was younger? Twilight, Green Bush, and the other fillies? They never mistreated me" I said.
"A filly's fears are petty. They fear spiders, the dark, and other non-rational fears. They do not know what it means to feel true fear, like their elders do. Adults fear what is meant to be feared; war, violence, death, and above all else, the unknown. That is why they fear you Glee, they fear you because you are unknown. You are the only one of your kind, a human, not a pony. And since you are not a pony, the adults choose to fear you, thus they choose to hate you. Filly's who do not know such fear choose to spend their time with you, for their childish minds replace the fear of the unknown to curiosity of the unknown. But as soon as they mature, their curiosity will change to fear, and just like the adults before them, they will choose to fear you, and thus choose to hate you" explained the voice.
This couldn't be true, my friends would never change! They would never hate me . . . would they?
"But, what about Gray, he most certainly doesn't hate me, and he's seventeen! Plus we . . . well, have shared very . . . nice moments together" I blushed as I said this.
The voice's tone had changed from loud and powerful to a soft gentle tone after I had said this. "Yes indeed, Gray, also know as Kevin Melody, the young stallion who helped you escape the castle. I am sorry to say this dear boy, but your life was not meant for love. You love this stallion, yet it was a love not meant to be. Gray is a pony, you are a human. And although I must admit, there will certainly be rare occasions where I am wrong, and ponies will grow up to enjoy spending there time with you. This is one of those very rare occasions. Gray may be the only one who truly see's you as a friend, however, that is all he will see you as, a friend. You love him, but he will never love you".
My eyes filled with tears when the voice had said this, not only because it hurt, but also because I knew she was right. Humans and ponies were not meant to be together, therefore, I could never find love, not even with Gray.
"My dear boy, my poor dear boy. It seems as if your life was destined for hardship. You being the only one of your kind, locked away in a tower, forced to be around those who will never truly love you! And to top it off, you can never be with the one that you love. Its hurts me to say this dear boy, but you haven't been alone since you were ten, you have been alone since you were two. And If that is the way it must be, then you shall except it!" said the voice.
"Except it? Except what? Being alone?" I asked.
"Indeed, this world will never truly except you, and if you try to make friends or find love, you will only find more pain and suffering. My dear boy, it was not your destiny to be loved and make friends. It was your destiny to be alone, and show this world what you have to offer! So this world knows what happens when they force you to live a life of seclusion! Show them who you are! Glee Sunrise!", the voice had suddenly gotten louder.
"But I thought friendship was supposed to be magic? That you could accomplish anything when your with you friends-"
"But they will never be friends with you!!! And you don't have any magic!!! YOU are the only creature in this world who DOESN'T possess any magic of any sort!!! So what will you do, continue your feeble attempts and waste away your life with something as petty as friendship? Or will you prove this world wrong and show them your true strengths! FRIENDSHIP ISN'T MAGIC!!! YOU ONLY NEED YOU!!! AND YOU WILL PROVE THIS TO THE WORLD!!!", the voice had started shouting.
"But how can I do this!?! I can't prove to the world that I can survive without friends! I'm weak!" I shouted.
The voice gave a sinister laugh, "indeed you are. But I will change that! I will provide you with the skills necessary for survival! You will be the strongest life form to have ever existed in this puny world! They will send a million foes to eliminate you! And one by one they shall fall! I shall give you this strength, on one condition. I do not care how you use the skills I am about to bestow upon you, but just know this. Whether you become good or evil, dark or light, a cruel and ruthless villain, or a brave hearted hero! Know that no matter what you become they will always hate you, and they will try to stop you. So here is my condition, I give you the strength and skills to survive in this world, and all you have to do is simply not fail. Do, not, fail. That is all you have to do, understand?" The voice asked.
I would have thought about this deeper if it wasn't for the fact that I had just realized that my room was still on fire. Reluctantly, I nodded.
"Good, then I shall give you the skills you need to survive. Just remember Glee, however you choose to wield your new abilities, no matter which path you choose to take, never forget who was the one who has given you your new skills" said the voice.
"But, who are you? And why are you doing this?" I asked.
The voice chuckled, "lets just say I'm a friend from a past life".
"What do you-"
Before I could finish speaking, the green fire around me had suddenly turned into a bright violet red. The flame swirled around me, and began levitating me into the air. Suddenly, I felt the fire attached itself onto me, and I could feel the flame piercing into my skin, as if the fire was made out of a million miniature needles. The strong tingly feeling had changed to a burning, stabbing pain. I screamed, and as I did the voice laughed an evil, sinister laugh. My eyes and mouth began to glow, as the flames dug deeper into me.
Suddenly I felt it, images in my mind had began to imprint itself into my brain at super sonic speed. Swordsmen ship, archery, magic, alchemy, enchanting, creatures, poisons, antidotes, black smith, flying, the world, the galaxy, the universe! I knew it! I knew it all! Over thousands and thousands of years worth of skill, experience, and knowledge was all being imprinted into my mind! Such knowledge, such power! And it was all mine! ALL MINE!!!
The guard that had been waiting outside my door burst in and shouted, "what's going on in here?"
A strand of violet red fire disconnected itself from me and blasted at the guard. The guard was hit in the torso, he flew out of my room and into the wall opposite of the hallway. He had smoke rising from him, as he fell unconscious.
Once the flames had successfully implanted the skills into my mind, the flames disappeared. My eyes and mouth stopped glowing, and I fell to the ground.
I cringed from the lingering pain as I tried to lift myself to my feet. "W-what just, how did you-"
"You now possess what you need Glee! Now run! They are coming, and once they discover your new abilities then they will surly try to bring you down! Do not let them Glee, run! Prepare yourself for the future, train yourself and become the strongest life form to ever live!"
I felt so strong, so powerful! I had SO much knowledge! I didn't know how I had possessed such knowledge or who had just given it to me, but at the moment I didn't care! I could stay in the pony world! And if anypony tried to stop me, I now had the skills to take them down! But, my body isn't ready, I have the skill, but I did not have the strength to wield such skill. I would hurt myself if I tried to attempt any of the things I had just learned. Who ever this voice is she's right! This world will never accept me! Therefore, I will live the rest of my days alone! I will make myself stronger! And someday I will become a warrior! No, better, much better, I will become an adventurer! I won't become just an adventure, I will be the only one of my kind who IS an adventurer! I will be: the human adventurer! And no pony will stop me! Not even Mo- I mean, not even the princess!
"How can I ever thank you?" I asked.
"Oh I'm sure we can work something out, for now, lets just say that you owe me ONE wish!" said the voice.
"A wish?" I asked.
"Indeed, a wish. That is the best way to fulfill your debts after all. Give them a wish and fulfill your debt as quickly as possible" explained the voice.
I suddenly heard voices coming from down the hall.
"Enough talk! You must go now Glee! GO! RUN! AND FULFILL YOUR DESTINY!!!" the voice shouted.
I didn't need telling twice, I immediately ran to the corner of the room and lifted my bed (it had flown on top of the tunnel I kept hidden after the flames caused everything to scatter). Underneath was the tunnel that Gray had made.
I turned one last time to the vase, which had slowly made its way back down onto the book shelf. "Thank you, thank you so much" I said weakly.
"You may thank me later when you grant my wish! Now run! Run foolish boy! RUN!!!" the voice shouted.
And with that, I grabbed my special amulet (the one with Sunset's cutie mark and the shield embedded into it), and I crawled into the tunnel, and made my way to the outskirts of the city as fast as I could.
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I had made it to the section of the tunnel so that I could stand. I had sprinted for a couple of minutes before I ran into something. It was too dark to see what it was, but one things for sure, it was small, and it was ARMED!
It grabbed me by the neck and shouted, "alright tough guy! What are you doing in this tunnel! No pony should know about this tunnel except for me and my friend Obsidian!"
I know that voice! "Gray! Its me! Get off!" I half shouted, half gagged (his gripped had tighten around my neck).
"Obsidian? What are you doing here?" Gray asked, as he released my neck.
"That's what I should be asking, what are YOU doing here, and why do you have a knife?" I asked.
"Oh, this? Well, I, uh-"
"You were going to break into the castle and rescue me, weren't you?" I interrupted.
Gray gave a weak chuckle and rubbed the back of my head, "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I sighed, "Gray, you do realize if you had stepped one hoof into that castle you would have been attacked by at least fifty guards?" I asked.
"Well you couldn't have expected me to stand around and do nothing while you were being banished to another place, could you?" Gray asked.
That's right, I was being banished, wasn't I? I was being forcibly sent to a place I didn't want to go to. Jam it! I feel like such an idiot, why did it take me this long to realize this? Celestia had tried to banish me! And I was going to let her . . . well, if she wants to banish me, she'll have to catch me first!
"So what happened? I thought you were going to let her take you to some other place? What, you decided you didn't want that so you bailed?" Gray asked.
"Uh . . . something like that, listen, we don't have much time. There's bound to be a whole army of guards searching for me right now! We need to get out of here, and I need to find a place to hide!" I said.
I can't go to Pony Ville, they'll be expecting that. Maybe Gray knows a good place to hide.
"Sure, follow me, I know the perfect place!" Gray shouted.
Gray and I began our way to the other side of the tunnel.
It didn't take to long, or maybe it did, Jam! I need a watch, who cares, whether it was a short time or a long time doesn't matter anymore! I don't have any time!
"Alright! I know this place next to the Rambling Rock Ruins you can hide in, its kind of like a cave. All you need to do is get there without getting caught, its a bit far so good luck with that" said Gray sarcastically.
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny. Which way is the ruins?" I asked.
"Straight ahead this way, just stay on course and you'll get there in a couple of hours" said Gray.
"Thanks Gray, see ya!" I said.
I was about to run, before Gray grabbed hold of my shirt. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on! What happened to you following me to the ruins? I thought I was going to help you get there?" Gray asked.
I sighed, and dropped to my knees so that I was closer to Gray. "Look, Gray, this may sound a bit confusing right now, and I hope that someday you'll understand. But I need to do this alone".
"Y-your joking, right. Your not seriously going to try and make that type of journey all by yourself, right?" Gray asked.
I gave a slight nod, and Gray said, "you can't be serious. What about me, I'm here to help you! Were friends remember? I've got your back, you've got mine! I'm willing to help you even now! Why won't you accept it?"
"Because I just can't! Look, you'll understand someday but for now I need you to run and hide before any guards find you out here. I need to be alone, it is my destiny to be alone"
Gray looked at me as if I had lost all of my senses. "Destiny? What do you mean its your destiny to be alone? No pony should ever have to be alone-"
"DO I LOOK LIKE A PONY TO YOU!?! NO, I'M NOT! I'M NOT A PONY! I'M A HUMAN!!!-" I interrupted.
"AND HUMANS DESERVE TO HAVE FRIENDS TOO!!!" Gray interrupted.
I paused and looked to the ground. Gray was my only friend, so if its my destiny to be alone, then I must let him go.
" . . . . Not this human . . . ." I said slowly.
I was about to turn, before Gray grabbed my wrist, stopping me. "What are you going to do? Where will you even go?" he asked.
"I don't know" I said slowly.
"Then let me help you, we can figure something out, something, anything, there must be something, there has to-"
Before Gray could finished, I swooped down to his length and implanted a kiss on his lips. Gray blushed, and bulged his eyes from shock. Then slowly, he accepted.
I knew there was an army of guards coming after me, and I didn't care. Heck, I didn't care if the entire country came after me. I didn't care. All that mattered was Gray's kiss. The seconds felt like an eternity. Gray had kissed me before, but this, this felt more special.
Once I release Gray I said, "you have done more then enough for me Gray. You have been my friend for all these years, and for that, I thank you. But now I must leave, and I must do it alone". I jumped to my feet and ran a couple of inches before turning to Gray. "I will explain my reason for all of this someday. But for now, I must be off. Thank you Gray, thank you so much for being my friend. I hope that some day we will see each other again. And when we do, I hope you will have not forgotten me. Gray, for everything you have done I just want you to know, when we do meet again, IF we do meet again, then don't forget, I owe you ONE wish".
"A . . . wish?" Gray asked.
"I'll explain later, for now I must be off. Goodbye my friend, and good luck to you and your future! Farewell, Kevin Melody!" And with that, I turned from Gray for the last time, and without turning back, I ran.
"Obsidian?" Gray asked.
I ignored him.
"OBSIDIAN!!!" Gray shouted.
I didn't answer, I had already ran to far to even respond back. I sprinted on as I made my course to the Rambling Rock Ruins.
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When I was twelve, Gray and I had tried to steal a priceless flower. When we got caught, I had to sprint full speed to escape. Originally, that had been the fastest I had ever ran in my life, now, it was the second fastest I had ever ran in my life. THIS was the fastest I had ever ran in my life!
Pure emotions were flowing through my body. Rage, sadness, fear, everything that could build my bodies adrenaline to full drive. It was because of this pure adrenaline that I was able to sprint through this terrain without feeling pain, or at least, without feeling as much pain.
I sprinted through forests, over hill tops, across grassy fields, and through rivers. My heart was aching (physically and emotionally), I had a pounding migraine, my vision was blurred from lack of sleep, and my legs felt as if somepony was stabbing me with a knife, repeatedly.
I had been running for more then a whole day! Doing nothing but sprinting, I would slow down occasionally so I could catch my breath, but I never stopped moving. No matter how many times I fell, not matter how many times I scrapes my legs or cut my arms, no matter how much pain I was feeling, I never stopped. It had gotten to the point where I was both surprised and scared for myself. I was surprised that my body could even handle being exerted to such extreme conditions non-stop, and still some how have the strength to continue moving. I was also scared because of exactly that, how the hay have I not died!?! My body should have collapsed hours ago and simply died from exhaustion, yet here I was, still moving. I was in sever pain, but I was still moving. No, seriously, I've been running for more then twenty four hours, HOW AM I STILL ALIVE!?!
Then again, these are the situations where its best not to question, but merely accept that its happening.
I assume its because off my adrenaline, every time I began to feel my brain beginning to black out, I put the thought of how many guards were looking for me back into my mind. That seem to wake me up and allow me the strength to continue on.
I was just starting to feel my mind drift off again, before I lost my footing and fell down a steep hill.
I tossed, turned, and somersaulted down the hill, banging my head, hitting my face, feeling a tree trunk cut into my side, and falling face first into a river that was down below.
I was a good swimmer, so it didn't take very long for me to get out. I was however bleeding from where the tree had cut me, I had also received a cut on my head. I ripped off a section of my shirt and tied it around the cuts. The skills that the vase had given me told me that I could do so much more to treat my wounds, I was too scared to listen to my new instincts however.
Once I had tied the strips to my head and my torso, I continued my way to the ruins.
As I was running, I began see large "V" shaped shadows on the ground. I looked up, and saw several groups of pegasus, all of them flying in "V" shaped groups of five.
I immediately sprinted underneath the thickest trees I could find, making sure I could keep myself well hidden.
I had to keep moving, if I stopped to hide then they might find me easier that way. My best option was to stay hidden, but keep moving.
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Several hours later and somehow none of the guards had discovered me. The new skills I had acquired, I am still in awe at how well experienced I am now. I had learned over thousands of years worth of skills, in only a matter of seconds. These new skills are actually how I was able to hide so well. I was able to detect when a guard would spot me and hide in just the right place before he even had the chance to turn his head in my direction.
But even if the guards had spotted me, I don't think I would have cared if they had killed me, it would only end my suffering.
I would be feeling emotional suffering if I wasn't distracted by my physical suffering. The sun was dropping down, so that means that I've been running for over thirty something hours. My entire body felt like it was being pounded with a spiked mallet, and that mallet is the size of a carriage! And the one pounding me is a five hundred pound muscle building earth pony, who has broken record after record of being the worlds most strongest earth pony, able to lift an entire house with a single hoof. And now he was pounding me with a spiked mallet so easily, it was like a child smashing a bug with a toy hammer!
What I'm trying to say is, if I don't successfully escape, then I want to die. I don't care if I'm stabbed, shot, crushed, or mangled, just kill me and let the pain end already. Cause even if I do escape, and I'm free to finally travel without having to worry about being discovered, then I think the first thing I'm going to do is drop down, and fall into a mini coma. Then I'll wake up from the coma, and my body will still be lingering from pain, so I'll fall into another coma. I reckon it should take about three or so mini comas before my migraine at least turns into a small head ach. Then again, being in a coma for the rest of my life actually sounds really nice right now-
AAAAAAAAGH!!! Enough of these childish thoughts!!! I'm not going to die, I'm not going to get caught, and I am most certainly NOT going to fall into any coma!!! I am going to escape, rest until my body feels better, then make a plan from there! Cause honestly, I'm surprise that I even made it this far, so I have NO idea what I'm going to do next.
I better think of my next course of action fast, cause I can see the ruins up ahead.
The Rambling Rock Ruins was a large dirt field area, with two large stones on both sides of the area. There was scattered parts and destroyed buildings everywhere. I guess that's why its called a "ruins". It looked like an over sized dump.
I entered the ruins, searching for the cave that Gray had told me about. Until I heard something crack.
I hid behind a small chunk of building and peered around the corner. I nearly crabbed myself at what I saw.
The entire area was packed with guards!!! All of them with their spears in hoof, preparing themselves for when I arrived.
How did they know I was going to be here? There's just no way they could have known where I would be heading, how come they weren't in Pony Ville? I thought that that would be the first place they would search. Of all places that the guards would search, I didn't expect them to be here!
I slowly began to sneak my way to the opposite direction. I had to find this cave before any of them noticed me.
I probably would have done a much better job at being sneaky if it wasn't for how tired my body was. I only traveled a few feet before tripping over a large pipe, and falling over. I knocked into a bicycle that was holding up a large piece of building, the moment it fell out of place, the entire building chunk came crashing down.
"He's over there! Seize him!", I heard one of the guards yell.
I got to my feet and bolted away, dodging the stunning spells that the unicorn guards were firing at me.
I hopped over a carriage, slide through a pipe, and caused a large pile of trash to fall on top of some guards as I ran.
As I ran, I felt the ground beneath me disappeared. I had ran on top of a piece of wood that was laid on top of a hole. The wood snapped in two, causing me to fall through.
I fell about twenty feet down before something caught me. I was about to scream before it clasped its claws (it wasn't a hoof) against my mouth and carried me away.
I had fallen into a dark cave, I couldn't see who my savior was, what I do know is that my savior was NOT a pony. It didn't feel like a pony, this creature had no fur, it had scales and it walked on two legs instead of four.
Then, from the darkness, I heard hoof steps approach, or in this case, foot steps.
"What is that thing?" said a squeaky voice.
"Looks like some sort of monkey" said a deep voice.
"Well whatever it is, it made all those guards up there suddenly appear. So, tell me monkey! What's the big idea? Are you a guard? Or are you wanted?" asked a voice that had a Filly Delphian accent.
"I-what-who-" I stuttered.
"I said, are you a guard or are the guards chasing you!!!" the voice roared.
I peed a little . . .
"I'm being chased! I'm not a guard! Their chasing me!" I shouted.
"Oh, in that case, BEAT IT!" the accented voice shouted, as he threw me across the cave. I rolled a bit before hitting my back against the cave wall.
"We don't need you bringing guards in on us. We have enough troubles keeping guards off our tracks without some run away monkey bringing in even more!" said the accented voice.
"That's right, if your trouble, then get out!" said the deep voice.
"Yeah! Beat it!" said the squeaky voice.
"No, wait, please" You have to help me! Please!" I begged, as I stumbled to my feet. "I know you don't know me, but please! I need you to help me get away from those guards! If they catch me then they'll take me to the princess herself! The she'll banish me to the moon!" I shouted. I didn't have time to be honest and tell them that I was being banished to another world. If I told them this, then I would have to get into detail on what this new world is like and how the princess is going to banish me there and yaddy yaddy yadda! All in all, these are details that I don't have time to explain!
There was a small pause, before the accented voice asked, "wait, you mean your wanted by the princess so bad, that she'll banish you to the moon?"
"Yes!" I replied.
"And you want us to help you? And if WE get caught, we'll be in just as much trouble" said the accented voice.
" . . . Yes . . ." I said wealky.
The accented voice chuckled, "oh . . . well then . . . come on boys! Lets get out of here! Don't worry about the monkey, he's on his own!"
I ran up and grabbed the creature by its tail, "please I'm begging you!"
The creature grabbed me by the back of whatever shirt I had left and lifted me, so that we were face to face.
"And why should we help you!" the voice growled.
"B-because . . . because . . . I'll grant you a wish!" I exclaimed.
"A wish?" the accented voice asked.
I could tell by the tone of his voice that I had caught his attention.
"Yeah! I'll grant you a wish! I'll do whatever you want me to do and I'll do it! I can't do anything magical, but I am VERY experienced, so if you need a job done, just name it and I'll do it!" I said, a tone of desperation in my voice.
"Hmmm . . . I don't know. You say you can't do anything magical, so how can you grant my wish?" the accented voice asked.
"D-do you like treasure, money, bits?" I asked.
"Yeah, I do" said the accented voice.
"Well, I'm an expert thief, and if you help me, then I guarantee that I can make you rich!" I said.
"Make us rich huh? Well . . . you do seem pretty fit to join our ranks so-"
"Your not really considering letting him joining us are you?" the deep voice interrupted.
"SHUT UP! I'm the boss and I decide if he gets to join or not. And beside, look at him! He fits our requirements perfectly! He's skinny, tall yet not too tall, and he says he's an expert thief. If he joins us, we might just be able to pull through that debt were in" said the accented voice.
"But boss, we only SAYS he's and expert thief, how do we know if he's for real?" asked the deep voice.
"Yeah, he's probably just saying that so he can get away from those guards out there" said the squeaky voice.
"I promise! I am an expert thief! I'll prove it to you! And if you don't believe me then . . . then . . ." I gulped. "Then you can eat me!" I shouted.
All three voices roared with laughter.
"Eat you! What makes you think we'd want to eat a puny wimp like you?" asked the accented voice.
"W-well, you don't seem like ponies, so I can only assume that you might be meat eaters. And if that's the case, then you can eat me. If I try to escape, or disobey your commands, then you can eat me" I said.
The voices went silent again, before the accented voice asked, "you serious? You really want to come with us, knowing that if you fail, we can eat you?"
I gulped, before replying, "yes".
He dropped me, and turned to the other two voices.
They discussed in secret for a couple of minutes, before I heard voices down the cave shouting, "I think he went this way!"
"So, are you going to help me or not!" I said, anxiously.
The accented voice picked me up and placed me onto his back, "sure we'll help you, only if you agree to help us from now on, deal?"
I shook my head vigorously, "deal! Now get me out of here! There coming!" I shouted.
What ever this creature was, it had wings.
All three of the voices extended their wings and shot straight up towards the ceiling.
They broke through the cave ceiling and out the surface of the ruins ground. As we rose into the sky, I caught a good look at my saviors for the first time.
They were dragons! Teen dragons based off their size (They were taller then a one story building). The one carrying me was tall, lean, and red.
There were two more dragons, one on each side of the red dragon. One was small, fat and green. The other was long, slender, and yellow. All of them had "X" shaped scars on their right cheeks.
"Halt!" I could hear the guards shout from below.
The dragons flapped their wings, and zoomed through the sky at amazing speed! I had to grip on tight to the dragons neck to prevent myself from flying back.
"Where are we going?" I shouted.
"The Badlands, its on the border of Equestria that's closest to the Dragonia!" the red dragon shouted.
"Why are we going to the Dragonia? Why not stay in Equestria?" I asked.
"Ha! You expect us to stay in this country with that many guards on our tail? Nope! Were heading to the dragon country, and like it or not, your stuck with us now!" the red dragon shouted.
We continued to fly for about ten or so minutes, before I caught sight of tall, redish brownish mountains. It was the badlands.
I turned and saw no guards behind us, "what happened to the guards? They were just there a moment ago?" I asked.
"We were too fast for them, but don't get cocky, they'll be here!" the red dragon shouted.
We landed onto the top of a mountain. Nearby was a cave. I jumped off the dragons back and ran to the edge of the mountain. The mountain had no slope, if you fell of the edge, you would drop straight down for over hundreds of feet.
"Come on! We need to get into the cave! We can't get to the Dragonia until we loose track of the guards!" the red dragon shouted.
"Wait" I said.
"Get in the cave now!" the red dragon shouted.
"Hold on! I need to figure something out!" I said, firmly.
I wanted to know how they were able to find me at the ruins. How could the princess have possibly figure out were I was and were to send her men? She is an alicorn, alicorn possess very powerful magic, maybe she saw into the future? No that can't be it, that's ridiculous, even she wouldn't dare to look into the future just to find me. COME ON! Thousands of years worth of experience all carved into my brain, give me something, anything that could tell me how she knew! If she knew how to find me then, then chances are she's going to know how to find me now! If I escape into the dragon country, then she'll still be able to find me! How is she able to do this! There must be some sort of spell that tells her where I am, something that helps her trace my location . . . wait, that's it! The knowledge the vase had given to me, I now know of a spell that the princess is using to find me! A spell that tells her my exact location!
Its a tracking spell that allows the wielder to search for anypony they desire, only if they have a map and an object that is most precious to them. But what object could she be using of mine? I didn't keep very well care for my possessions (my clothes were all in rags, and most of my possessions were destroyed even before the vase set everything on fire), so which possession could have been most precious to me? Something that I love so much that I would have never even thought of mistreating. I had my special amulet so it couldn't be that, then it had to be . . .
GASP! Kevin, my teddy bear!
I always kept my teddy bear because it was the first toy the princess had ever given to me. I loved and cherished that item, because it reminded me of the days where the princess would pretend to love me. I had always taken good care of it.
And now, she was using my most precious item against me! She's going to find me if I don't do something!
What could I do? She's locating me because of an item I love and care about, but I only love and care for that item because . . . I still loved the princess.
I still felt as if she was my mom. All this time . . . I still loved her . . . like she was my mom . . . but now I knew . . . its time to stop.
If I continued to love her, then she would find me. I had to stop loving her.
As soon as I thought this, memories of the past three years flashed before my eyes. I thought about all the times she had ignored me, all the times she had abandoned me . . . she was never there for me. I treated her like she was my mother, loving her like a son should, and she abandons me.
And even before that, she was never there. She had lied to me, all my life she had lied to me. Telling me that she loved and cared for me, telling me that I was her son. I was never her son . . . and she was never my mother.
Something snapped, I felt as if a part of me had just broke, a very precious part of me, the part of me that made me, me.
The more I thought about the princess, the angrier I became. I used to be so happy, so energetic and willing to make friends, so full of glee! . . . but not anymore. That part of me was gone now. Replaced by nothing but anger and solitude.
The princess . . . the one who lies and says she loves everypony . . . the one who took me in, lying and saying she was my mother . . . the one who took everything away . . . the one who was in control . . . but not anymore!
She thinks that just because she's the ruler of this land that she can control my life!?! Forcing me into a life of pain and suffering! Ha! Not anymore!
From this day forward, she is no longer in control, I am!
From now on I make my decisions, I make my choices, I decide who I am! She can no longer rule over me!
I will become the ultimate life form! Stronger then even an alicorn! And the only one of my kind!
That is who I will be!
As for you, princess! You made my life a living Tartarus! You gave me a home, then took it all away! I made friends, and you took them all away! I fell in love, and you took that away too! Well no more! I will accept this life of seclusion, and follow this new path alone! And you will never stop me!
Princess Celestia, Ha! You don't DESERVE the title of "princess". You with your lies! You lying, backstabbing, piece of garbage!
I hate you . . . I hate you . . . I hate you . . . I HATE YOU!!!
"I hate you" I muttered.
As soon as I said this, I could feel a magical energy source, miles away from here, shattering into a million pieces.
It worked, she can no longer find me.
The dragon tugged onto my arm, dragging me into the cave. As soon as we entered, I heard the guards land onto the mountain close to us.
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We hid in silence for several hours before the guards finally left.
When they did, the red dragon sighed, "well, there gone. The suns still out, its dangerous to travel when there's light out so we should probably rest here until its dark"
I nodded, and laid down, resting my head against a rock (after running for two days straight, it felt more comfortable then a pillow).
"So, Monkey Boy, since your gonna be with us we should get to know each other. What's your name? You got a name?" the green dragon asked (he was the one with the deep voice).
"I'm Gl-" I stopped. I didn't think it would be wise to tell them my real name. That and I didn't feel like it would be right to keep that name, the name that SHE gave me. "No, I don't have a name" I replied.
"What? You don't have a name? Then what are we supposed to call you?" the green dragon asked.
"I don't need a name" I said.
"Everydragon needs a name" said the yellow dragon.
"You mean everypony?" I asked.
All three dragons laughed, "no! Of course we don't mean "everypony", that's something ponies say! And were not puny pathetic ponies, we are dragons! But not any dragons, we are-
All dragons leapt to each other sides, green being on the left, yellow on the right, and red in the center. All of them were posing in different victory poses. Green was flexing, yellow had his claws to his waist, and red was pointing to the ceiling.
"THE LEAGUE OF CLAWS!!!" all three shouted in unison.
I stared at them, blankly. "The League of Claws?" I asked.
The red dragon leapt from his place and landed in front of me. "That's right! We are the League of Claws! A band of teenage dragon thief's!" the red dragon explained.
"Your all thief's? How come you have to be teenagers?" I asked.
The red one chuckled, "you think adult dragons can have enough stealth to break into homes and steal? Na, their all to big. That's why you have to have certain requirements before entering into our group. One! You have to be a teenager!"
"Two! You can't be to tall!" said the green dragon.
"Three! You have to be a good thief! We don't take any mediocre!" said the yellow dragon.
"Four! Once a Claw member, always a claw member!" said the green dragon.
"And five! You can't allow yourself entry, you must be initiated by our group first" said the red dragon.
"Initiated huh? So, your kind of like the Diamond Backs, right?" I asked.
"Well, sort of, but were not a cult, were just a group of thief's. Oh and not to mention that WERE DRAGONS! So that makes us better by default!" shouted the red dragon.
"Wait, if you think your better then ponies, then what were you doing in Equestria?" I asked.
"We heard that there was treasure in the Rambling Rock Ruins. Turns out this was a false source though" the red dragon explained.
"So, if I'm going to grant my wish to you, then I have to be initiated?" I asked.
The red dragon nodded, "correct. You will join the League of Claws, and you will do as you are told", the red dragon came close to my face, "or else" he said.
He turned and walked back to his friends, "but that is why you need a name. You can't be initiated without a name, and I know your lying, cause everydragon is born with a name. So tell me, what's your name?"
I didn't know, I didn't want to tell them it was Glee Sunrise. I was so infuriated with that princess, that I didn't want anything even remotely associated with her to continue being a part of MY life. If I was going to live this new life, then I had to put my past behind me, and that includes the name SHE gave me.
"I used to have a name, but that name doesn't matter any more" I said.
"What do ya mean by that?" the yellow dragon asked.
"You know, I don't think you've told me what YOUR name is yet. If you want to know MY name, then why not tell me YOUR name first!" I said.
The red dragon huffed, "all this for a name?"
"Names can be very special, and sometimes, very powerful" I replied.
The red dragon chuckled, "alright, alright. My names Dovahkiin".
"I'm Strenchallow" said the green dragon.
"And I'm Hezaelio! And were-" Hezaelio leapt close to Dovahkiin and placed his hands to his waists. "THE LEAGUE OF-"
Dovahkiin hit Hezaelio across the back of the head. "You idiot! We already did that! Its not as cool if you do it a second time!" Dovahkiin shouted.
"Heh, heh, heh, sorry boss" said Hezaelio, sheepishly.
Dovahkiin shook his head, "there, we gave you our names, so give us yours".
"I'll give you my name at the initiation. Speaking of which, how is this "initiation" going to work any ways?" I asked.
Dovahkiin sighed, "your stubborn, you know that? Heh, heh! I like it! So, the initiation! How it will work is that you will sit in circle of fire that all three of us will form with our fire breath. I'll say a few words, you will accept the terms and agreements of being in the League of Claws, and to finish it off. We will place the mark of Claws into your right cheek, that way other thieves will know who you are and they won't try to steal from you".
"Wait, you mean to tell me that any dragon that's part of your league has to have an "X" shaped scar on your cheek? Wouldn't it be easier for you to get arrested that way?" I asked.
"Uh . . . well . . . we weren't thinking at the time when we made that rule . . ." said Dovahkiin, as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Ah, I see. So all I have to do is go through this initiation and I'm in?" I asked.
"That's right. And once your in, we'll be heading off to the Dragonia. So you better prepare yourself, that country's a LOT different then Equestria" said Dovahkiin.
"Yeah . . . I guess it is . . . I'm going for a walk, I'll see you guys tonight. And no! I'm not going to leave. I can't anyways seeing that the drop from this mountain is too high" I explain, as I saw all three dragons rise, thinking that I was going to leave.
"Alright, but you better not leave, or else!" said Dovahkiin.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah" I reply.
I walked out of the cave and into the fresh afternoon air. I inhaled deeply, attempting to relax myself. I hadn't slept in two days, and my body was completely sore from the trip. Even though I'm starting to finally relax, I can't say its completely a good thing.
I had so much adrenaline from everything that had happened the past two days that it had completely distracted me from the pain. Now that I was starting to relax, the adrenaline was beginning to ware off. Two days worth of running, no sleep, and overall other aches and pains was beginning to return. The cut on my side was really starting to hurt, I was going to need to get it checked out, IF I can even get it checked out. I can't go to a doctor, they'll ship me back to Equestria, back to that dreaded princess.
Oh yeah, that reminds me, I still need to think of a name. If I was going to leave my past behind, then a good way to start is by changing my name. But it couldn't be just any ordinary name, names can be very powerful, and that's not what I wanted my name to be. I wanted my name to be more then that! I want my name to spread fear throughout those who anger me. I want my name to make those who abandon me regret their decisions, and make them shake in fear when they hear my name. But most of all, I want the princess to shudder in fear when she hears my name!
I need a name that defines who I am! I hate the princess, so I need a name that is the opposite of Princess Celestia, princess of the sun!
Something in spite of who she is! A name that insults her, every time it is spoken! I want my name to spread fear to every pony! Especially the princess!
What name shall I choose? Hmmm . . . well, one things for sure, it can't have anything to do with "Glee Sunrise".
Glee Sunrise was a happy little boy, who loved sharing joy and glee with all of his friends. Glee loved to make new friends, and would spread his friendship to anypony who was around him. Glee Sunrise . . . was not me.
Glee Sunrise, is dead.
. . . . THAT'S IT!
The name! The perfect name! Its been staring at me in the face all this time!
A name that insults the princess of the sun! A name that is the opposite of Glee Sunrise! A name that spreads fear to those who hear it! A name that defines me and who I am!
I know what my name shall be!
I shall be called-
"Hey Monkey! Get in here! Were gonna start the initiation soon!" Dovahkiin shouted.
I blinked, and looked at the sky. The sun was dropping, how long was I out here for? I must have really been lost in thought to have been out here for this long.
I turned around and headed back to the cave.
Ready for my initiation.