What are the odds?

by HikariToYami


Cave story

"It's done!!! Finally a new chapter, that's good right? This is a weird one but i like it."




Do you really think we should go in there? *No I don’t want to go in there, it’s a horrible place. But at the same time, this is the cave where you can find that stupid moonstone stuff you were looking for.* So I can find that in this cave? That’s perfect but doesn’t that mean there is pink smoke and small snakes in there? *Well yes but I’m sure you can handle It.* And are you sure I won’t get mutated into something horrible? *Well no, but that is besides the point. Don’t you want to get that sword of yours made?* Ok you just persuaded me, we are going into the cave of pink smoke.

And surely as soon as we/I entered the cave, pink smoke started appearing around me. “Well this sure is weird; I wonder where the smoke comes from?” *You don’t want to know. Because you would either get really exited or really scared about it. But I’m still not going to tell you where it comes from so yeah.* And how would you know what it is? *I can’t tell you. Or rather, I don’t want to tell you.* You sadistic son of a bitch. *Watch the language young man.* We are the same age you know right? *What? Oh yeah absolutely we are sooooo the same age.* What’s with the sarcasm? *I’m angry?* That makes no sense. *Shit fuck in the hoop dee hoop.* And what is that even supposed to mean? *Curse words?* Ok we will go with that.

As we venture farther into the cave I hear a roar. OMG! What was that? *A dragon worm thingy maybe?* Ok…

I take out my sword as to make me ready if something were to attack me. Where did the roar even come from? *A baby.* A baby? How would that make sense? That was a fucking loud roar. *If you think that was loud the wait until you see the mother.* Yeah yeah whatever.

Then suddenly out of the pink smoke on the floor a small worm that’s green? And what is with those yellow stripes on it’s body? Oh wait I need to swing my sword; I don’t want to die right? At that exact moment I swing my sword at the worms thrusting body *You dirty son of a bitch.* and cut it in half. It lets out and ear-pounding sound that hurts like the worst of pains “AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THAT IS LOOOOOOUUUUUDDDDD!!!” And then the sound stops as suddenly as it came. The pain is gone, how wonderful. *I can’t wait for you to meet the mother now.* Hmm? You have talked about this mother before, what is the mother anyway? *You will know when you see her, trust me on this.* What is it? Maybe another stupid reference this world has? *Maybe…* So it is? *…* I got you! Suck on it bitch!

And out of nowhere three new snake worm thingies jump out from the smoke, I swing my sword at the one closest to me and cut it in half. For some reason it makes no sound at all and just disappears in pink smoke. But in that exact moment the two other snakes or whatever they are start biting me. “GET OFF ME YOU LITTLE SHITS” I throw myself at the ground in way which would get then crushed under me. I hit the ground but all I hear is a thud and a poof. No wait two poofs. “God that hurt.” I try standing up again without and visible injuries from the bites. Do you have any idea what these things are? I should really go back and take a better look at the first one but whatever. Though it is weird how the other one actually got cut in half and these just poofed. *So she is using illusions on you now.* How can they be illusions? They hurt like a mother of all fuck. *Magic?* Ok that makes sense in this world I guess. But it is still very weird. What could be hidden in this place? It seems like someone or somepony wants to protect something. The question is what. *A powerful thingamabob maybe?* Maybe. But there is one thing I want to know from you is: What is it about this place that you don’t want me to know about? Since you were trying to get me to stay out of this place, because you are hiding something from me! I just don’t know what and I want you to tell me. *I am not hiding anything.* I guess I will just find out then.

After no attacks in about ten minutes I arrive at a crossroads. “Where do I go from here then? Three paths, how to randomize the way I go?” *Say a number among one and nine.* Ok… five. *Then take the middle path.* Why not? I start walking towards the middle path and I walk for until I hear a scream. “PLEASE LET ME GO! OH GOD THAT HURTS!” Somepony is in danger, I got to help him. *I don’t know, it seems like a trap to me.* I have stopped believing you a long time ago so here we go!

I run into the room only to see a green pony tied to the wall being bitten on by those nasty little snake things. I rush towards the pony slashing five of the snakes or whatever and they disappear in a poof aswell. I reach for my sword again and slash the rest of them, or not. What is that huge thing doing on the back of his head? I swing my sword but it evades and screeches at me. Oh god that still hurt as all fuck and this screech was louder than the DEATH SCREECH of a smaller one. It jumps towards my legs.

I quickly step aside so the snake falls on the ground with a thud. “Got you now bitch!” I thrust my sword into the back of the snake thing and it screeches with a sound so high that it could destroy every window in a radius of two miles. MY EARS ARE BLEEDING OH GOD THE PAIN! And then the sounds disappears that fast again. “What is up with that sound going away so fast?” The good part about that is: My ears go back to normal without any damage after the sound end, why is it doing that? *That is something I can’t even explain.* Right, and you know so much. *Actually I do in fact know so much.* … “How did you end up here anyway? I have never seen you in Ponyville, but that may be because I have only been there for like five days or something, I can’t keep count.”

“I am not from Ponyville. I am from Fillydelphia.”

“Then what are you doing here?” He seems really out of it. And what is up with his color scheme? Where have I seen something similar before? And why does he look a bit zebra like? *OH god! I say whatever you do don’t trust him!* He seems fine, what is your problem? *You would be saving a lot of problems if you just killed it now.* Kill him? Why the fuck would I do that? *He is fucking dangerous.*



“I don’t know, the last thing I remember was going to bed and then I woke up in this cave.”

“That’s unfortunate.”

“I guess so”

“Why do you look a bit zebra-y?”

“It may be because I have a Zebra mother and please don’t tell me you will be mean for it, and besides what are you supposed to be?” *OH god what is it up to?* First it’s a he and of course he wonders what I am. I don’t exactly look like a pony. *I really don’t trust it.* Why don’t you trust HIM? *His color scheme.* So you are racist now? *Nothing like that, it’s just those exact colors are bad news.* I don’t understand you. *You are not supposed to.* Then my stomach rumbles really loudly.

“I guess I am pretty hungry huh?” *No you are just sick.* Yes, yes I am.

“I don’t see any food around here, but before you look could you get me down from here?” Ops!

“Heh, forgot about that, sorry. And I am an omnivore so I could just eat that big worms thingy.” It looks delicious. *It sure does.* The pony look at me with a chocked expression.

“You would eat that? Err, I mean you eat meat?”

“I did say I was an omnivore so yeah I’m going to eat it.”

With a sad expression he said: “Oh, ok…”

“Why so sad?” *Because you can’t trust him.* Oh shut up will you? *Nnope.* Wrong place, wrong time.

“Oh nothing, I was just thinking about my friends.” Oh why haven’t I asked that yet? *What haven’t you asked yet?*

“What is your name anyway?”

“My name is Ray Quake but you can call me Ray. What is your name?” Ray? What a human name to have. *WOW it sure is bad with its joke names.* What do you mean joke names? *Oh you will see. Trust me, you will get it when you see it.* Alright then on to the answer.

“I’m Dave and you can also call me Dave.” *That sounded really stupid, you know that right?* Yeah that did sound really odd.

“Right…”

“Now I just need to get some wood.” *HAH, wood.* Really? Did you have to do that? *Yup.* Ok then but let’s look for some firewood then.

I look around the little cave room and find enough firewood to make quite a huge fire.

“The question is how I make fire appear.”

“I can help you with that.” Huh? He is just a normal pony right? *I told you not to trust him.* He then turns to the firewood and somehow breathes fire from his mouth. The fire blazes up in a matter of seconds. “There we go.”

“How did you do that?” The fuck is this sorcery? *It’s the power of a monster.* Oh shut up you moron.

“Oh did I forget to mention that I’m also part dragon?” I don’t believe a word of that. *That actually is kind of true.* Wait what? Did you just say that makes sense? *Yeah because it does, as I said before, you will see why, later.* FINE…

“You are? You actually failed to mention that.” He makes a smug smile towards me. God I already hate him. “And why the hell is there even wood in a cave?”

“How should I know?”



Half an hour of eating later:



“Oh my god that was delicious, I would have never believed it to taste so good. My stomach is full.” *But I want some.* Hah nope. You don’t get any. *You are so mean.* I try.

“I still don’t understand how you can eat that.”

“It’s just my nature.” Yup, my nature, that sounds good.

“Yeah whatever you say. What are you doing in here anyway?”

“I thought I told you that.” I did right?

“In fact you did not tell me this.” Huh, that is quite surprising.

“Well I am looking for this moonstone stuff, have you ever heard of it?”

“No I haven’t. What does it do?”

“Nah it’s just a personal thing.” What is that I spot in the corner of my eye? “Wait what is that?” I say pointing towards something brown.

“That is a saddlebag.” It is? Oh yeah, I can see it now.

“I see that now. And that timed perfect because I have no place to put the moonstone if I were to find any.” *Run away NOW!* Why? *Just do it! This place is bad for you.* Nah I don’t want to. *You will regret this Dave.* Why do you go all evil villain on me now? *Because it’s necessary.* LOL.

“Quite funny if you ask me.” Indeed it is.

“It sure is.” I pull the saddlebag over my shoulder. “Let’s get going shall we?

“Of course”

We start walking out of the cave-room and we get back to the crossroads. “Now which way do we take from here?”

“That way.” He say pointing towards the right passage (Left if you entered the cave from the outside.)

“Let’s” We walk for five minutes until we come into a really big room filled with white crystals. “That is a lot of moonstone.”

“Yeah it kind of is a lot, how did it even get here?” How stupid is he? *Really stupid.*

“It took quite a few years I can imagine.”



An hour of gathering Moonstone later:



“That was quite annoying but my saddlebag is full so I say we go back and check the last room just to check. Or what do you say?” *Whatever you do, don’t go there!* I’m just going to ignore you from now. *I am trying to save your life here.* Not listening.

“Sounds like plan. It is weird how we haven’t seen any of the green things again though.” What is up with that?

“That is quite weird, I agree. But it is positive, no need for fighting.”

“That’s true.” *What is it up to? Why is it trying to fool us so hard, I don’t get it.*

We walk out to the crossroads again and walk straight (Which is the way to the right if you came from the entrance. We walk through a really small corridor where I barely fit and the corridor itself is filled with that pink smoke. We come through the corridor just to enter a really, and I mean REALLY, big room. I am pretty sure a full grown dragon could fly around in here. Except for the room being so large there is only one thing standing out about it, oh wait I mean two things. One being there is a lot of skeletons of ponies here. “That is creepy.”

“Yeah, really creepy.” What is with his indifference with this place? Well the second thing is that on the really far side of the room there is a pedestal that you can easily make out because there is a huge light coming from it but thing atop of it seems really out of place. It’s just a metal disc. “Dave wait here, I will go check if there are any traps on the way over.”

“You don’t even need to be here so I will go.” *That was a wise choise.* Why? *You will see, and didn’t you say you would ignore me?* Fuck!

“I insist. I can do this; it’s the least I can do for you since you saved me.”

“If you insist I will let you do it.” *NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!* Oh shut up.

HE walks towards the pedestal but after the half way he turns towards me and scream in a very dark and lizard voice. “You have come far, but this is where it ends.” For some reason a big rock comes and blocks the way out.

“What is this Ray? Is this a joke or something?” *I knew this would happen.* Wait you did? *This is what I was warning you about.*

“This is no joke Dave. You have treaded into the wrong place and therefore I shall destroy you.” He then begins to shine really bright green color and after a minute of blinding light I am finally able to see again. I look up and I see one thing and that is a really big version of those snake things.

“You have fucking got to be kidding me. Those things were your kids, were they not?”

“Well seen human.”

“And of course you had to be a fucking…”



"Now what about this one? what do you think?"