I Will not be Contained

by Eon333MS

Tempest of Fate part 1

I sat in the middle of a field, I was surrounded by guards, and six ponies who seemed to be important for some reason. All six of those ponies came up to tell me they were sorry about attacking me earlier. I didn't know what to say, they seemed so nice, but they were going to take me back, WILLINGLY. Back to him... to Tempest Reason. I didn't really know who this Celestia was, but she sounded like she was the nations ruler or something. She must have known what Tempest had done to me, how could the ruler of the nation not know that? She couldn't. As soon as I was in her clutches I'd be put back in that cell.
Fluttershy was nice to me, and helped tend to my wounds. Honestly I don't think she really knows what'll happen to me, she's just to kind to know. The others... I don't know. Right now we're just waiting for that stupid chariot to arrive. The royal guards don't seem to trust me if their stares are anything to go by. There's nothing much I can do right now while waiting for the chariot to arrive, so I think my time would be well spent forming an escape plan once we arrived in Canterlot.
I theorized that I would be brought before this Celestia for "negotiations". Once those were over I'd be led to a temporary prison cell before being handed over to Tempest. Now, hopefully I've managed to smuggle one of Zecora's potions with me, which I would use to escape the guards. I'd probably still be handcuffed at this point so I'd need something to get those off me. Maybe I could break them with a spear or a hammer? Or maybe I'd find some keys to unlock the cuff, maybe on one of the guards? Once the cuffs were off I'd work on escaping the castle, and custody, by any means necessary. I couldn't really plan any further than that since I don't know the layout of the castle I'd just be guessing where to go.
Off in the distance I began to see something 'What's that?' I take a closer look and see that the approaching object is the chariot that everyone's been waiting for. Great now I'm the steer being led to the slaughter. Pushing aside my grim thoughts I decided to observe the chariot, it was being dragged through the sky by some pegasi. Gotta admit I wasn't expecting a flying chariot. That's kinda cool actually, too bad it'll be taking me to my capture.
The ponies exclaim once the chariot approaches, they seem pretty excited. I don't share their joy. Once the chariot lands the royal guards tell me to climb in, which I oblige to. The six ponies try to reassure me about how kind, and nice Celestia will be. I seriously doubt this. Once I'm in the chariot the six ponies wave good bye and say they'll meet me at the castle. I decided to say bye back to them instead of ignore them.
The royal guards sit me down in one of the seats, and do something that surprises me. They brought Zecora's bag of potions on board and placed it in front of me. Shining Armor said "Thought you might want this." I'm very surprised by this 'they're letting me keep this stuff? Did they even search it? Maybe escape would be easier than I thought.' I hoped.
Two Pegasus royal guards strapped themselves into the chariot and get ready to take off. 'Why does a society of horses have a horse based travel system?... Never mind.' The pegasi begin to gallop ahead to build up speed. Once they've gained enough speed they lift the chariot off the ground and begin to fly in the direction of Canterlot. Kinda like how an airplane takes off. As we continue towards Canterlot only one thought flows through my mind. 'Judgment day.'

Princess Celestia sat in the throne room, she was in a good mood. She had just received the news that Jake had been captured, and now she was feeling hopeful that she could find out the truth of what was going on, or at least hear his side of the story. Celestia sent for her sister to share the news. When Luna arrived Celestia rose to greet her sister. "Luna I have some good news."

"What has happened sister?" Luna asked.

"The royal guard have finally managed to capture Jake." Celestia announced.

"Huzzah! Now we can bring that beast-Jake to justice." Luna exclaimed.

"Luna let's not assume that Jake is evil before meeting him."

"But he attacked the elements of harmony! Surely that reveals his intentions." Luna argued.

"According to Twilight's letters Rainbow Dash attacked Jake first. He could have just been defending himself."

Luna grunted but gave up arguing. "When will the creature be arriving?"

"JAKE should be arriving within the hour now, Shining Armor requested a chariot be sent their way."

"I see. Is there anything else you want my sister?"

"No not now Luna, that will be all." With that said Luna turned and left the throne room.

Luna walked down the halls in search of the pony Tempest Reason. She found him in one of the castles labs. There were large cylindrical tanks filled with blue liquid, and plenty of tables with notes scattered all over them. When Tempest saw Luna approach he immediately bowed and greeted her. "Greetings your majesty. To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"I wish to know more about the creature called Jake." Luna answered.

"Oh...him." Tempest said his voice becoming gruff.

"Yes please tell me all that you know."

"Very well-" Tempest began a long speech containing a mixture of lies, and facts concerning Jake.

*Jake in the flying chariot third person*

Jake sat in the chariot staring at the floor. He was still feeling down about his fate, but he couldn't just sit like that forever. He looked up from where he was sitting, and saw one of the most beautiful sights he'd ever see in his life. There was a huge beautiful city in the distance with the bustle and bother of city life happening within it. Beautiful buildings mostly white, stretched across the entire cityscape, and beyond the city on a hill stood a castle. A beautiful, real, and lively castle with lovely white walls, and tall towers with a mixture of gold and purple rooftops. Jake was in awe.

Shining Armor turned to speak to Jake. "Beautiful isn't it?"

"Well yes." Jake couldn't help but wonder how ponies could build things like this, when they don't have any fingers.

"We'll be there soon, I hope you're ready." Shining said. Jake just sighed, he hoped that things would turn out okay, but how could they? It doesn't seem possible.
After a while they were flying over the city itself. Jake looked out over the edge of the chariot at the city itself, and was even more impressed by what he saw. Ponies of all kinds and colors walking around doing their daily routine. Jake missed his home.
Before he knew it they were near the hill where the castle was located, and the pegasi were preparing to land. Before they did Jake made sure to check his bag for supplies he'd need to escape. Pretending to just admire some of the potions, and smuggling the ones in small bottles into his pockets when they weren't looking. Once they landed Jake was forced to get out of the chariot, and began marching toward the castle. Some of the royal guards began shoving Jake telling him to get a move on. Jake stopped and turned around to face them. "Do not force me around like that. Understand?"

"What are you going to do about it?" One royal guard asks. Jake thought about it, he could strike out at the guard and probably over-power him even in handcuffs, but what would that prove? It'd probably only make him look violent, and cause more guards to come and restrain him. So thinking for a bit he replied.

"I simply won't move."

The guard simply laughed and said. "Hah! I'll just make you move!" and reached out his hoof to push Jake forward. Jake swung around and grabbed the guards hoof and restrained it glaring at the guard with hard cold eyes, and spoke with a cold stern voice.

"Don't."

The royal guard Pegasus was furious and raised his other hoof in the air to strike at Jake. Fortunately Shining Armor jumped in to stop this. "Would you two stop fooling around! We've wasted enough time as it is. And you back off and leave the creature alone, he doesn't deserve that kind of treatment from you."

"Yes sir." With that said the ponies and Jake walked into the castle.

"So the creature amounts to little more than an animal in the long run. I'd go so far as to say less." Tempest spoke.

"Very interesting. But if you view the creature in such a low light, why do you want him back so badly?" Luna inquired.

Tempest was prepared for this question and replied. "As much as I hate to admit it, there are many scientific benefits to be gained from studying the creature. Benefits that will aid ponykind in the future. Once we have learned all that we can from the beast we will put it down."

Luna was a bit shocked at this statement, and asked "You mean you'll kill him once you get what you want?"

"Well there won't really be a reason to keep him around anymore your majesty. Besides we created it we should decide what happens to it." This statement shocked Luna even more.

"You cannot claim ownership of another creature like that Tempest. You aren't in a position to decide the fate of another being in such a way. None of us are."

"I beg to differ princess. It was us who created it in the first place therefore, since we had a say in its creation we should have a say in its death." Luna didn't want to hear anymore. She had been on Tempest's side up until now. Now she didn't know what to think, she didn't trust Jake, but what Tempest was saying here was atrocious beyond belief. Who did this pony think he was?

She decided to turn and leave, Tempest spoke to her as she left. "I'm glad we had this talk your majesty." Luna left feeling very conflicted.

Jake was led through the halls of the castle. They were majestic, lovely stained glass windows, that apparently depicted some of the ponies historical events. Most of the doors were huge and colorful, ranging from a beautiful blue, to a mixture of gold, and purple.
Jake passed one of the windows and noticed something familiar, it was a stained glass window that depicted six mares apparently battling a dark blue winged unicorn. "Are those?" Jake began.

"Yes that's my sister, and her friends. The Elements of Harmony." Shining Armor answered before Jake finished his question.

Jake stared at the stained glass window a little longer. "Whoa." So those six ponies were important, like some kind of national hero or something. Wait a minute the purple/violet one was missing her wings. "Why doesn't... Twilight have her wings?"

"Oh my sister didn't receive her wings until after she ascended." Shining explained.

"Ascended?"

"I'll tell you about that later right now I need to bring you to the throne room." Shining got the group to begin moving forward again. They passed by several nobles and guards, many of the ponies were shocked and stared at Jake wide-eyed. Jake just sighed when he noticed this. But soon he wound up in front of some huge double doors, that he assumed led to the throne room itself. Two unicorn guards stood alongside these doors. Jake thought to himself 'Now that is a big door.'
Jake entered the throne room along with Shining Armor and two Pegasus guards. Jake was shocked to see someone he recognized. It was the white winged unicorn he had seen back when he was still a captive!

The train pulled into the station and came to a stop it's brakes squealing. The train's conductor stepped off the train and onto the station floor announcing for all the passengers aboard who were stopping here to get off. The train doors opened and several ponies walked out, including six ponies in particular. Two earth ponies, one orange, one pink. Two pegasi, one cyan with a rainbow mane, and one very shy with a yellow coat and pink mane. One unicorn with an elegant white coat, and splendid purple mane, and finally a violet alicorn with dark purple mane and tail with a pink stripe. The Elements of Harmony. Once they stepped onto the platform Twilight spoke.

"Alright girls, we need to get to the castle soon so we can catch up to Jake."

"What's the hurry Twi? He'll still be there when we arrive." Rainbow said.

"I know Rainbow, but well-"

"You just want to learn about him and do egg-head stuff, don't you?" Rainbow smirked. Twilight blushed but nodded her head yes. "Ha ha thought so. Let's get going." With that said Rainbow sped off ahead of her friends. The others chased after her telling her to slow down.

Jake stood in front of the entrance to the throne room. He was still shocked that he recognized the tall white pony in front of him, maybe things would turn out okay after all. Probably not, but he decided to hold off on trying to escape until he was sure he was in danger. The white winged unicorn rose from her throne and approached Jake. Shining nudged the back of Jake's head and whispered for him to bow. Jake just shook his head.
Shining stared hard at Jake but looked away when Celestia stopped in front of Jake. Celestia began to speak to Jake. "Greetings. My name is Princess Celestia."

"My name is Jake." Jake answered in a serious voice.

"I would like to talk with you alone. Would that be okay with you?"

Jake was surprised that she would ask him if he was okay with talking to her alone. After thinking about it Jake answered "Yes." and Celestia dismissed her guards. Shining protested "Are you sure your highness?"

"Yes Shining. Now off you go." Celestia said with a smile.

"As you wish princess." Shining bowed and left the room leaving Celestia and Jake alone. For a little while they only stared at each other. Finally Celestia broke the silence.

"Is there anything you wish to ask me?"

Jake thought about this for a moment.. He decided to ask a direct question. "Why am I here?"

"Because you're a new creature in Equestria, who apparently escaped from Darklight Labs." Celestia said.

So that was the name of the place he was trapped in. "Are you going to take me back there?"

"Possibly. It depends on what you tell me, and what I decide to do from that." Celestia answered.

Jake considered what she said to him. He wasn't quite sure what to think, did she not know what had happened to him down there? Was she even considering letting him go? Was she just toying with him? What should he say?
Jake thought back to the time he first saw this pony. Tempest had set up something to prevent her from getting too close to him. Why? Maybe he was trying to keep Jake a secret from her as much as possible. Jake was about to speak but Celestia spoke first. "Why aren't you using your magic against me?"

"Magic?"

"When I first encountered you at Darklight Labs, you emitted a magical field that prevented me from coming close to you. Why?"

Jake didn't know what she was talking about. "Magic isn't real, and that wasn't me."

Celestia was surprised at his statement that magic wasn't real, but decided to save that for later. "Then who was it?"

Jake thought hard about what had happened. He remembered that there was a pony in the background barely visible whose horn was glowing, he was probably the one who did it. He told this to Celestia, and she seemed to consider it. Just then Luna entered the throne room. She prepared to speak to Celestia with a look of urgency on her face but stopped when she noticed Jake. Luna takes a moment to take Jake in and asks "Are you the creature that's been running loose in Equestria?"

"Yes. Who are you?" Jake asked. Luna's face tensed up at Jake's answer and replies

"Do not speak to us in such a way beast. We are Canterlot royalty, you will answer OUR questions." Luna's voice rose in volume as she spoke.

"My name is-" Jake started to say but was interrupted by a sharp "ahem" from Celestia

"Luna I must ask you to leave Jake and I alone for now, unless you have something important to speak with me about." Luna suddenly remembers why she came here in the first place and approaches Celestia to whisper to her. Once she is finished Celestia has a somewhat shocked expression on her face. She turns toward Jake and tells him
"I'm very sorry Jake but I will have to cut this discussion short as something important has come up. Unfortunately for you I cannot offer you a guest-room since I can't be sure whether you're a threat or not. So I'll have to place you in a cell until I can continue this discussion." Jake grunted at this 'figures' he thought to himself. "I'll make sure you are treated fairly while you're there." Celestia finished as she began leading Jake to the Canterlot dungeons. Celestia informed her guards about the situation and sent Jake to his cell. Celestia also informed her guards to make sure he received plenty of food and was made comfortable. Celestia left to go discuss with Luna, leaving Jake alone to ponder to himself.
Jake wondered whether he should try to escape or not. He couldn't attempt it while he was in this cell, but he could try when they let him out. But should he? The white pony didn't seem so bad, but the dark blue one seemed like a bit of a jerk. Jake longed to be free again but something deep inside him told him to wait and see how this played out. After all he probably wouldn't be able to find his way home without help from others, especially those who knew how this world worked.
Having decided what he was going to do Jake decided to do one of the only things you can do to enjoy yourself while in a prison cell. Sing a song.

Luna paced back and forth waiting for Celestia to return. She wanted to talk to her about the things Tempest had said to her, as well as inquire about Jake. Finally Celestia reentered the throne room and approached Luna. "Luna you said there was something important regarding Tempest Reason and his opinion of Jake. Something I needed to hear. What is it?" Luna filled Celestia in on everything Tempest had told her. Celestia reacted similar to how Luna did but she was a little more calm about it altogether.
Celestia thought over everything for a moment, then sent for her guards and ordered them to bring Tempest to the throne room. The guards left the throne room, and returned shortly with Tempest Reason being escorted.

"Greetings again your majesties. To what do I owe the pleasure this time." Tempest asked in that calm smug voice of his.

"Tempest is it true that you view Jake as nothing more than a beast? And that you intend to treat him as such?" Celestia asked.

"It is true your majesty. Is there a problem?"

"Is it also true that you intend to put him down once you've learned all you could from him?"

"The creature will have served its usefulness, I see no reason to keep t alive afterwards."

"Are you aware Jake is sapient?"

Tempest pretended to be surprised at this "Surely you jest the creature began to show signs of intelligence in our labs, but complete sapience that's ridiculous." Tempest stated but then a thought occurred to him. "Wait how would you know of this?"

"Tempest, we have succeeded in capturing Jake." Celestia answered.

Tempest was surprised by this since he hadn't been informed yet. He cleared his throat "Well then I suppose you'll be turning him over to me relatively soon...?"

"That remains to be decided Tempest. However what's important right now is that we address your opinion of him."

"I don't understand your highness."

Luna became slightly enraged by Tempest's arrogant ignorance, and shouted "Jake deserves to be treated better than as if he were a mere animal. You do not have the right to decide whether he lives or dies."

"Wha-wha!? You can't be serious, he's not a citizen, he's an out of control science experiment."

"Not anymore Tempest... In fact he's so intelligent that I'm starting to wonder if your story of creating him in your genetics lab is even true." Celestia stated.

"But he can't-" Tempest started to scream, but he stopped when he realized what had just been said and what it meant. 'You fool! Your ego has put everything in jeopardy! How can you protect Equestria from an alien menace when the alien is embraced by royalty! You're handing him over to them because you won't shut up! You need to get control of this situation immediately or the princesses will trust you even less. Or worse they'll find out the truth.' Tempest Reasoned with himself. Choosing his next words very carefully he spoke "I understand your highnesses. I see my mistake and I plan to correct it. In fact perhaps I will get to know Jake myself. With your permission of course." Tempest bowed as he said this.

"Very well Tempest. But consider yourself under watch for now, I intend to get to the bottom of this mystery surrounding Jake. You are dismissed." Celestia said.
Tempest couldn't tell if Celestia bought his ploy or not. Celestia's tone was hard to read. Regardless he had to figure out how to fix the situation he now found himself in. The human was here within his grasp. Perhaps he could use him to his own advantage. A wicked grin formed around Tempest's face as he decided exactly what he was going to do.

Celestia walked towards the dungeons with a lot going on in her mind. She didn't know what to think about Tempest anymore. He was a loyal dutiful pony, but he viewed Jake's life in such a low light, and he seemed to be hiding something. He had promised to make amends but something still rubbed her the wrong way. But that wasn't the only thing bothering her, she was also feeling a little guilty for leaving Jake in the prison cell for so long, especially when she wasn't even sure if he deserved it in the first place.
As she got closer to the cell Celestia heard a voice singing. Once she got closer to the cell she realized it was Jake who was singing. Celestia listened for a moment Jake was singing a song about escaping a city. Celestia listened to it carefully, it had a nice beat, and smooth rhythm, and so much more, but she had never heard a song like it before, and she was several thousand years old. She knew almost every song in Equestria, how could she have missed something like this? Did he come up with this on his own? That didn't add up how could a creature that had only existed for a few weeks, or months at the most come up with something so creative so quickly? Simple answer he couldn't... Could he? Maybe song-writing was his special talent? It just didn't make sense. Maybe Tempest WAS hiding something.
Jake stopped singing, and Celestia marched forward and opened his cell door. Jake started at this he hadn't expected anyone. Looking at Celestia he spoke "Celestia wasn't it?"

"Yes." Celestia answered.

"Why are you letting me out?"

"I don't think it's fair to keep you locked up here 24/7 I will meet with you again soon. Until then I will allow you to explore the castle somewhat as long as you don't cause any trouble."

"I don't intend to." Jake answered.

"Alright I have royal duties to attend to right now with the new ambassador. Once that's finished I will come find you so we can finish our discussion. Does that sound okay?" Celestia asked.

"I'm fine with that."

"I have informed several of the staff of your presence. However not all of them know and some will most likely be shocked when they see you. Understand?"

"That's to be expected. I'd probably feel the same way."

"Glad to hear you understand." With their discussion finished Celestia went off to her royal duties, leaving Jake to decide what to do for himself. Jake's stomach growled, and he decided to try and find the kitchen.

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Tempest was prepared to spring his trap. He finished writing a note to Luna telling her to meet him in the Dining Hall at precisely one o-clock so he could begin to patch things up between him, the princesses, and the creature. He had one of the guards deliver it to Luna then prepared to lay the trap for his prey.
He knew Jake was wandering around the castle somewhere, the first phase of his plan required Tempest to lure Jake to the Dining Hall. Tempest walked into the Dining Hall and checked the time, ten minutes to one perfect. Tempest concentrated hard he still had a magical fix on Jake from all the studying and experimentation he had done, and focused on sending the spell to affect only him. The spell would send a voice that only Jake would hear, and it was designed to lead him precisely where the pony that activated it desired. In Tempest's case the Dining Hall.
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Jake was wandering around looking for someplace he could get some food, when suddenly someone or something from out of nowhere called out to him "Come."
"Huh? Jake exclaimed looking around, he didn't see anyone around him. "Is anyone there?"

"COME." The voice said again.

"Who said that?"

"COME." The voice insisted again. The voice seemed to come from a certain direction, Jake decided to follow it to find out just what the heck was going on. But he remained on his guard in case this was a trap. "COME." The voice said again just what the heck was going on? Regardless Jake kept following the voice what else could he do? The voice eventually led him to what looked like a dining hall from the outside. "COME." the voice insisted again.

"Well since I was pretty much heading here anyway." Jake wondered why the voice led him here. Was it his subconscious so desperate for food that it telepathically guided him here? That just sounds ridiculous. Jake opened the doors and walked inside. As soon as he did so the doors slammed shut behind him. Jake spun around and tried to open the doors, they glowed with a yellow aura and wouldn't open. Definitely not his subconscious. It's a trap!
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Tempest grinned when he saw Jake enter the Dining Hall. Immediately he used his magic to slam the doors shut and lock them. He saw Jake react to this, and stepped forward. "Hello. Jake is it?" Jake turned around to look at the pony the voice came from. His eyes went wide.

"YOU!"

"Yes me you punk. You have a lot of nerve to escape from my facility."

"What do you want!?" Jake screamed.

Tempest snickered, "I think you know what I want." Tempest charged his horn and blasted at Jake. Jake quickly jumped out of the way.

Jake examined his surroundings, Tempest was clearly here to fight so he needed something to defend himself. There were lots of tables with silverware and plates prepared on them. That'd have to do. Jake leapt onto one of the tables grabbed a plate and flung it at Tempest like a Frisbee.
Tempest simply put up a force field and the plate shattered on contact. Tempest grinned his prey had taken the bait. Tempest unleashed another blast at Jake. Jake dodged and picked up several sharp knives, and immediately threw them at Tempest. Tempest sidestepped and dodged to his left, then looked up to see another plate flying right at him. Tempest caught the plate in mid air with his magic and sent it flying back at his attacker. Jake wasn't prepared for this he stepped back and tripped falling onto the table. His fall allowed him to avoid the plate, but the fall hurt a bit.
Jake got back to his feet grabbed whatever he could get his hands on and circling around his enemy, flinging things as he ran. Tempest failed to dodge this attack and was hit four times before he brought his shield up. Tempest picked up some plates of his own with his magic and flung them at Jake. two of them hit Jake in his shoulders the other two missed. Tempest checked the time five minutes till one. 'Five more minutes. I just need to keep him busy for five more minutes.'
Jake grabbed a bunch of knives and threw them at Tempest. Tempest caught them all in his magic and threw them back at Jake. Jake dove behind the table and the knives flew past him. He got up and leapt toward another table, however in mid air he was hit by a magical blast from Tempest. Jake grunted the blast hurt a lot.
Tempest watched Jake take his magical blast head on. He laughed as he saw Jake hurting on the ground "You are absolutely pathetic. You should just accept your fate. You're absolutely worthless." Jake got back on his feet and looked Tempest in the eye, "If I'm worthless, why do you want to study me so bad? Hypocrite!" Jake charged towards another table grabbed a plate and flung it at Tempest.
Tempest saw the plate coming. He could easily avoid it, but he felt he had to let this attack hit him. He braced himself and turned his head away. The plate shattered after hitting him Tempest howled with pain that'd probably bruise in the morning. Tempest quickly looked at the time. It was exactly one. 'Perfect.' Tempest used his magic to unlock the doors Luna would be here any second.
Jake ran toward the end of the table picked up four plates and threw them at Tempest at close range the first two hit Tempest in the face which he recoiled from and raised his shield. 'Where is Luna she should be here by now.' Tempest thought.
Jake saw that Tempest was distracted and decided to use this opportunity to strike. He grabbed one more plate from the table as well as a candlestick. He leapt into the air towards Tempest and flung the plate at him. The plate struck Tempest square in the face making him see stars. Falling through the air Jake brought the candlestick down hard onto Tempest's head. Jake followed up with two more swift swipes to the side of Tempest's face, and then one more good hard hit the neck knocking the wind out of Tempest. Jake brought his candle stick up into the air ready to give the final blow.
Suddenly the doors opened revealing Princess Luna, Jake stopped to look for a second, and Tempest seized his chance. He dropped to the floor and screamed "Princess Luna! Help me! The creature is attacking me!"

Jake was caught off guard "What but he-" Jake exclaimed before being grabbed in Luna's magic the candlestick wrenched from his hands. Looking down Jake saw Tempest glaring up at him a huge sneer on his face.

"How dare you attack one of our subjects! You are given freedom and this is how you use it!" Luna yelled and whacked him with the candlestick. Jake started to speak but Luna's magic held his mouth shut. "Silence I don't want to hear excuses! Perhaps some time in the deepest darkest cell in Canterlot will straighten you out. My sister trusted you and you betrayed her! She will hear about this! You are a MONSTER!" Jake tried to yell "But I didn't!" but his mouth was still stuck and before he knew it he was suddenly teleported into a new cell. It lived up to Luna's description it was really dark, barely any light at all. It was also wet and dingy. The cell was even positioned away from the other cells making it look more like solitary confinement. Maybe that's what it was.

"Tempest are you alright?" Luna asked urgently.

"I'll be fine princess." Tempest answered assuredly.

"What happened why did the beast attack you?"

"I have no idea. I came here to make amends and he was already here. When he saw me he screamed and viciously attacked me."

"We should get you to the hospital rooms just to be safe."

"Thank you Luna. I'm sure I'll be fine though."

"I want you to see a nurse or a doctor at least just in case." Luna requested.

"As you wish Luna." Luna left to go inform Celestia of what she had just witnessed. Tempest laughed as Luna left, she was so easy to manipulate. Then he groaned as he now felt the wounds Jake had inflicted upon him. But it would all be worth it, there's no way the princesses would believe anything the creature would tell them after Luna "witnessed" how violent and merciless he was. His plan had worked perfectly. Tempest walked out of the roof heading toward the castles own doctors' room.

I stared down at the floor. It had all been a trick. Tempest had manipulated me perfectly. No one would believe me now. I was going to be stuck here. Then I was going back THERE to be studied. I slammed my fists into the ground 'It's not fair! What did I ever do! God can't you help me out of this!..................' I calmed down after a little while 'I'm sorry God I didn't mean to yell like that.' I quickly said a short prayer asking for help. Once I was done my hands slumped against my side.
I felt defeated, completely and utterly defeated. I pulled out the vials of potions I had snuck from Zecora's bag. What good would they do me now? Nothing... Absolutely nothing. I felt completely overcome with depression, not even a song could cheer me up now. I kept thinking to myself 'What did I do wrong? What can I do now? What should I do? Why did this happen to me? What did I do?'