//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 : The Awakening : // Story: Without Notice // by MrSuicide //------------------------------// Without Notice – Chapter 2 : The Awakening : _____________________________________________________________________________ Wake up. Your time is far from ending. Your purpose…No, your value is far too great to lose. I shall not loose you to the retched light in your name! I command you be revived anew! You shall be much more different, yet still be the same. And thus, you will rise out of the ashes and bring forth change the world has never seen before. So wake up…and smell the hay… Ditzy Doo quickly sprang up, heavily sweating as she tried to catch her breath. Wait. Didn’t she get struck by thunder and ended up laying on the road in her own pool of blood? It wasn’t possible that she was still alive. No matter how hard she thought, there were no legit explanations as to explain it except the fact that this place that she was in is all but a dream. But, the place looked very realistic. It didn’t seem like her mind would produce such an advanced image so she discarded that thought. She noticed that she was laying on a king sized bed, something that she had always wanted, but couldn’t afford one. Instead, she purchased a queen sized bed that she had tenderly loved ever since. How she had missed home already…. Rather then continuing to dwell on it, she decided to look around her surroundings. It appears that she was in a….mansion bedroom? Everything in the room looked like it had cost an extreme amount of bits to afford. Heck, the tiles themselves looked like they could easily purchase several acres of land from the Apple Family. The owner must have been that successful that it was quite frightening. However, it still didn’t answer the purpose of her being here. She was only a common mailmare after all. “Hmm. That smells lovely” she quietly said without much thought. Apparently, there were also flowers in the room. Or was that perfume? *Knock. Knock* “Madam, are you awake?” said a muffed voice. She slightly jumped in surprise. Once she got a hold of herself, she responded that she was, quite in fact, awake to the voice. She heard the door unlocking from the other side and than, abruptly shut. A few trots later, the pony who addressed her was standing in front of her king sized bed. The stallion in question had on what seemed to be a suit, suggesting that he was a butler. His cutie mark consisted of a metal tray with white gloves that laid on top of it. He was also a white coated unicorn with light brown mane and tail. “Madam?” he questioned while staring at her with a puzzled look. “Um. Er. Hi!” she waved at him while smirking like a filly. “Madam. As your butler, there is no need to feel frightened. If there is anything that is bothering you, feel free to contact me and I will execute the necessarily arrangements. But please, I only wish you the best, especially since this is your first day living here with our master.” Wait. What? She has only had been living here for a day? She doesn’t even know where here is to begin with. Getting up from the bed, she trotted to her butler. “Can you tell me where this place is?” she asked. “Why, of course Madam. This is a mansion located on Ponyville soil.” He replied, still staring at her. When did Ponyville become the next Canterlot? “Albert! Where the hay are you?” yelled an unfamiliar voice. “I’m in Madam Derpy’s bedroom my dear master!” shouted the now named butler, Albert. Several sounds of trotting were heard approaching her bedroom. It seemed as if past the door to her bedroom was an enormous cave. But then again, this was supposedly a mansion. And mansions, from her experience, had many rooms and windows. Now that she thought about it, where was her window in this bedroom? The only source of light generating in the bedroom was six ceiling lights and two wall lamps that stuck beside her king sized bed. “Ah! I’m glad to see you are awake my dearest Derpy!” said the unfamiliar stallion. The stallion was grey like she was, but had a black mane and tail instead. His cutie mark consisted of three bits surrounding what appears to be a dollar sign. Like Albert, he was also wearing a suit, but it looked more elegant and was echoing power all over it. He was also a unicorn pony. Well, at least she positively knew that her mind was not making things up…. “Albert. Please assist Derpy with her dressing.” Albert complied, immediately using his unicorn magic to open the closets and drawers, instantly lifting numerous objects into the air. “Madam. May you stand behind this wooden divider that I have set up so that I can properly assist in dressing you?” She complied without much of a word. Next thing she knew, she was already dressed in a violent colored dress, with sky blue seemingly cutting the violent color in half. She was also wearing silver shoes. Her hair was neatly combed in a way that she was to magnificently present herself in the Grand Galloping Gala. “Now I know we have recently moved into this fabulous mansion that our subjects have given us….” He continued, “….so I feel that you should explore the content that lies within its walls. But be careful, even I can get lost in its maze-like floors. Albert and I will have a private chat if you may.” She slowly nodded and started to head for the door. Once she got outside of her bedroom and closed her door, instead of touring the mansion like she was told to do, she pressed her ear onto the wooden door’s frame and listened. “….She’s supposed to be in a coma for a least six more years Albert. What might have gone wrong?” “That, I do not know your Highness. It was truly unexpected when I came in to check on Derpy Hooves” replied Albert. “She is now a much bigger threat it seems. I should have finished her like what I have done with Celestia and Luna long ago….” Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are….gone? Wait. Then, who was ruling Equestria or what became of it? Who was bringing up the sun and moon everyday? Then again, she never saw the exterior of this mansion. She had yet to find a window in this huge mansion. She trotted away from the door and started exploring, attempting to avoid suspicion from the ponies that currently reside in “her” bedroom. What seemed like an eternality, she finally reached the first door ever since exiting her bedroom. In fact, after that “first” door, there were multiple doors after it. There were unicorn guards, similar in looks to Princess Celestia’s unicorn royal guards. The only difference was that these guards had dark black armor with no crests and were unarmed. There was a huge quantity of guards whom guarded the doors that they were assigned to protect. She noticed that there were at least two guards that stood in front of each door. When she asked if she could enter, the guards simply denied her access and suggested that she try another door. When she asked what was behind the door when the guards refused her entry, the guards simply denied her any information regarding said door, “forcing” herself to move on to the proceeding door. By door number twenty five, she was finally authorized entry into a room. She almost fainted upon entering the room itself. There. Standing in front of her..... Was a large mirror....and a reflection….of herself.... The door silently closed without any notice and with a “click”, the door had locked itself. Without notice, you have been teleported into this dominion. But fear not, for it is only the beginning of your ascension. For you shall become great as the heavens themselves have decreed upon you. Thus, now, the stage is set for your glorious appearance upon the masses. It can finally begin… Your Highness… _____________________________________________________________________________