//------------------------------// // Playtime // Story: One Can't Escape Their Own Past // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// “And she’s been my sister ever since” Rainbow finished her tale, wiping a tear off her face. “No wonder you two seemed so close” Applejack commented. “Yep, so when she got her cutie mark and moved to Ponyville, you can tell how proud I was of her, but two years later, we found her real parents and we had to give her back. I’m not sure if she even remembers all that” “Wait! Does Scootaloo know that?” Pinkie asked. “I’d rather not tell her right now, that would make things complicated” “So, what are we waiting for?” Twilight asked, anticipation in her voice. “Let’s go find our friend” “Uh, she’s a Mistress to Bunny, a Marefriend to you, and a sister to Rainbow so…” “PINKIE!” ________________________________________ “But why do I have to go into the Hiding Secret Chamber?” Slash Wing complained as Aero pushed her inside. “Because, dearest, it’s you who those nasty mares want to take away. Once they get you back, that Alicorn will brainwash you again, you wouldn’t want that, right?” Aero explained. “Bleach!” Slash Wing said, sticking her tongue out. “That’s so wrong! Okay, I guess I’ll see you later” “Good. And don’t worry, if they bring out that crazed rabbit you own, I’ll send you out to deal with her” “Thank you. Wait, what rabbit?” Aero was beginning to worry. Surely she’d remember she had a rabbit that looked weird and could talk. But to hear that she asked if she had a rabbit in the first place was obviously a sign that something was wrong. Aero did remember that while she was struggling earlier, she kept yelling that her rabbit would “rip their guts out” or kill them. That seemed too much of a capability of an ordinary rabbit to do. But if she said something like that then it meant that she loved that rabbit too dearly to forget. He even recalled that when she was shot by the ray, she stayed momentarily awake longer than the others. That must’ve meant that those two share a real bond. But, nonetheless, how could she have forgotten her? Aero’s thoughts were interrupted again when Pliant ran towards him. “Sir, we may have just found them! And they’re armed!” “Slash Wing, go and hide now. I’ll see you later” Aero said one last time to the mare before closing the door. “Sir, we may have just found where they may be” Pliant said again, making a screen go down from the ceiling. It then showed a camera that the mares were at Lower Basement. But all they saw was that, when the camera showed what was on the right, Bunny was in the corner, looking into the camera with a wide smile and head was cocked to the side. Why was she smiling? When the camera turned to the left, it only showed Spike in a corner, smiling the same way. Okay, why was he smiling? It was getting weird. Then, Spike seemed to point to the right area, grinning wider than ever. When the camera turned right again, Bunny seemed to have disappeared from her corner. Suddenly, the camera got severely damaged and went static. All they saw and heard before that happened was big, razor-sharp teeth and the roar of a lion. Then, it went black. “What was…that?” Aero asked, her eyes wide-open. “S-s-sir, w-w-we d-d-don’t know” Pliant stuttered in fear. “Whatever it was, better take action, stat!” “Y-y-yes, sir!” Aero was still slightly shaken. “I wonder what they brought into the Facility to cause that. Let’s see, there were sharp teeth and a roar. Maybe a tiger? Or a lion? Or maybe even a…” ________________________________________ “Bunny, you can stop that now” Spike said to the alien. “It’s broken” Bunny got off the camera, leaving nothing more than a pole where a camera used to be. Bunny then bared her sharper teeth, but shrunk it back to normal. For a Servant of her age, she learned about shrinking her teeth and enlarging them fast and at will. Apparently, her species can change their fang shape and size to whatever they want, whenever they want. Bunny and Spike decided to make use of this capability when Bunny realized they were being watched by cameras. The other five of their friends came out of their hiding places when they realized the alien already destroyed, and practically ate, the device. “Darling, I must say” Rarity commented. “How sharp your fangs could grow!” “Thanks, Rare. But, just so that you know, every Servant could do this when they sprout their fangs” “Maybe after this is all over, you could pull off some pranks with me! I mean, this is too rich! I have a thousand ideas!” Rainbow Dash laughed at her friend’s wake. “Boy! It’s a good thing you don’t have to go to the dentist here! If you did, they’d get the shock of their lives!” Pinkie Pie joined in the fun. “Yeah, but enough about my fangs” “Bunny’s right” Twilight spoke. “We could use those to tear out cameras, but now, we have to find a way to deactivate them all so we could attack by surprise and Fluttershy back” “Oh! I have an idea!” Bunny said, making her lightning ear glow. ________________________________________ “How’s the status?” Aero asked Pliant as he watched the troops scan on their screens. “Well, sir, from the looks of our cameras, they seem to be at the same room. Oh there they are!” Pliant said triumphantly as another camera zoomed in another room and found the group. But something didn’t seem right. They were expected to cower in fear now that they were spotted, but instead, they were…grinning. It was weird at first from earlier why the other two were like that a while back, but now the entire group was grinning. It then dawned onto them that one of them was missing! “Hang on, WHERE’S THE RABBIT?!” They didn’t even get to react when the lights stopped working, leaving them in the darkness. “Pliant, what’s going on?” Aero asked. “Sir, we don’t know. Something must’ve gone wrong with one of the…” Pliant didn’t even get to finish when the lights turned on again. But then it began to change different colors. The, went black again. And began to use shapes in colors. Before long, it then changed to disco. “WHAT IS GOING ON?!” ________________________________________ “Bunny, this messed up!” Spike laughed. “I know, right? Too funny!” Bunny laughed along with him. Apparently Bunny attached her lightning ear to the broken camera and used it to deactivate the other cameras. She even decided to have a little fun with those ponies. Using her Lightning and Electrical Control Abilities, she made the lights in the main room flicker off and on, and back, and caused mayhem. What? She’s practically seven in Equestria years! So, she still tends to be a little mischievous since she’s still half a child, even a little younger than Spike! “Hey, Bunny” Rainbow called. “What else can you do?” The alien grinned. ________________________________________ “MAKE THIS STOP!” an annoyed Lieutenant Bark yelled as his monitor kept showing pictures of childish flowers in a garden. Oh, the horror! The others were having their own annoyances. One was trapped looking at tea parties; another was listening to too mush classical music. Some were trapped watching the Shopping Channel, how did that even get there?! Some weren’t being annoyed, they were being terrified! They were watching too many ghosts that looked like they were going out of the screen! And some were getting airsick…and…seasick…and carsick. Even Aero wasn’t spared from the terror; he was too busy throwing up from seasickness. ________________________________________ “Stop! Wait a minute! Turn the beat even higher now!” Pinkie sang as she danced to the funky beat being played. The others were having so much fun that they even started dancing. Bunny’s messing with the cameras and devices had turned the entire Institute into a Dance Floor! “Okay, Bunny” Twilight said. “It’s time to get back to work. Make the cameras deactivate, and let’s go!” “Yes, Twilight!” Bunny answered, stopping the torture and deactivating the cameras. ________________________________________ “Sir, it’s over. But our monitors aren’t working anymore” Pliant said, fear and weakness in her voice as she shook from the aftermath. “D-d-doesn’t m-m-matter n-n-now” Aero stuttered out before throwing up one last time. I hate those freaks.