Chapter 25: I Knew Books Were Evil
'Hi again'
"Fuck off voice!" I said as I ran through the forest. I swear if this voice is going to try to convince me I'm a fucking horse again I'm going to silently scream. I heard the creature from earlier roar as if it was right behind me. That's why it would be a silent scream over your standard scream your lungs out one.
'Hey! What did I do?'
"You're trying to annoy me. Now fuck off!"
'No. I'm trying to get you to accept facts. You are a pony'
"No, I'm not. and I know this because I yell damn, hell, and fuck repeatedly. they don't," This would most definitely trump the voice. I mean how could it-
'You might not be equestrian.'
"You really feel the need to argue over this while a demon is chasing us?"
'good point.' The voice went silent after that. It's good to see that I still have a understanding of logic or I swear I'd go insane. Well I am hearing a voice already so I guess I technically am insane or at least have somepony fucking around in my head. Did I just... I meant somebody, damn it!
I need to hurry up with finding a way home or I'm going to forget everything without that spell. I tried everything to get home, and the most promising spell that I found was missing a page.
I eventually ran into a tree because I was too distracted with my thoughts.. I was dazed for a few minutes, but eventually realized that colt from earlier was standing beside me.
"Are you Alright? He asked while giving me a hoof to help me up.
"Yeah, just a little shaken,"
"Alright, I found a cave a little deeper in the forest. We can hide there until someone finds us," Cave? Maybe it was F.C and he could get us back to town.
"Sure, let's go" I said while picking up a stick"Just in case,"
"Why not use your magic?" The colt asked as we started walking deeper into the forest.
"I use it, Just not on others."
"Why not?"
"Well, I'm in some kind of foster care system so I went to a few semi homes. The first was a cherry farm run by ms. Jubilee who was a very nice lady by the way. Anyway everything was good there until one of the farm hands got stuck under a tree. I tired helping him with my magic which I was only just recently learning. To spare you the details the fact he was alive was a miracle. I cause his blood to boil."
"You did what?"
"Please, don't make me repeat it. That was the only time I felt at home while I was here, and my stupidity let it slip away." The colt fell silent after that. I still remember how Jubilee treated me. She was like Arrow in the sense that she wouldn't just treat me like a kid, but she'd still remember that I can't do everything either. She was the one that helped me learn magic through books. Since she was an earth pony she couldn't tell me exactly what to do, but she knew a few things to help me get started.
I noticed that it was getting even darker out here and it seemed that the sun and moon decided to go on a vacation. I could barely see three feet in front of me without focusing really hard. I could feel eyes staring at us from all around. This forest is a lot freakier than I remember.
We eventually did reach the cave, but it wasn't F.C's. In fact I wasn't even sure it was a cave at all; I mean it had stone columns inside! If anything this seemed to be more of a shrine to something. There was weird writing on the walls, and upon further inspection I realized what the writing was.
"This is the same writing that was in the book!" I shouted out to the colt who was also looking at the walls.
"It is, weird," Stepping away from the walls I made my way over toward the center of the cave which had a podium. Looking behind said podium I saw a statue of that creature that was chasing us earlier.
"Did people worship this thing?"
"Maybe," This place is weird, and I had a bad feeling. Looking toward the podium I froze in place.
"H-How is that here!" I half shouted while pointing toward the book on the podium. It had a blank cover and was made of some kind of leather. When I pointed that out the colt turned toward me with a frown,
"I'm sorry, Chance. I didn't have a choice," What did he mean by that, and how did he know my name?
I turned to view the front of the cave where that damn monster was standing. I'm not sure, but I think I could see it grinning with satisfaction. That colt trapped me for this monster.
I quickly ran up and grabbed the book before going back toward the statue. The creature let out a screech as soon as I touched the book and started to run towards me. I had to think fast or else this thing was going to get me like it did with Ryan.
"GET AWAY FROM MY LITTLE BROTHER!" shouted that voice again. I turned toward where the voice came from, and saw Ryan sprinting toward us before he tackled the monster. How was he here and why for that matter? "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, RUN!"
"I WONT ABANDON YOU AGAIN!" I shouted toward him as I sprinted toward the two.
"YOU HAVE TO! I CAN ONLY HOLD HIM FOR SO LONG, NOW GO!" Ryan shouted back toward me. I didn't want to abandon him again. I can't abandon him again. This is the one time I get to see him again, and he's using it to save me again.
"I'M SORRY!" I yelled toward him as I ran out of the cave shrine. I couldn't look back or I'd stop, but I wanted so desperately to help my brother. Why did he have to save me again? Why didn't he leave me to die like I essentially did to him two years ago.
"CHANCE! CHANCE! I'M SORRY!" I heard Button calling from within the forest. What was he doing this deep in the damn forest? I had to get to him, and fast before that monster was able to.
"BUTTON, I'M OVER HERE!" I shouted toward him. A few minutes later he appeared from some bushes in front of me.
"I'm sorry, Chance. I shouldn't have-"
"Not now, Button. We have to get out of here!"
"Why?"
"Just trust me," He nodded and we started to make our way back to town on the trail Button was on. I was surprisingly close to it the entire time, and the only reason I missed it was because I didn't bother to look to my left. While on the trail I felt those eyes fall upon us again, and I knew Button felt them too since he had a worried expression on his face.
"I always hated this place," He said.
"I can understand why. This place just feels wrong,"
"No. This was where Combo disappeared and I always feel like he's disappointed in me."
"He shouldn't be. You're a good kid, Button and I'm lucky to call you a friend." Button shouldn't feel like his brother is disappointed in him because he couldn't do anything. He wasn't there so he didn't have a chance to help, but I did.
"Thanks, Chance," he said when I realized the path disappeared.
"Button? where's the path?"
"We were just on it!" He said while frantically looking around. It had disappeared behind us too so we couldn't back track either!
A roar resounded throughout the forest and turning behind me I saw that thing running toward us.
"RUN!" I shouted to Button who was confused until he looked behind us.
"WHAT IS THAT?"
"I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T CARE!" I yelled toward him as we both started sprinting in the other direction. I knew we couldn't out run that thing but I had a plan, "BUTTON, TAKE THIS BOOK"
"WHAT?" Button yelled before I threw the book at him. He almost dropped it before getting a good grip with his teeth and started running away from me.
"KEEP THAT BOOK SAFE! I'LL SEE YOU LATER!" I called out to Button. That thing was after me so I decided to try to keep it away from Button. Turning toward the creature I shouted, "LET'S DANCE MOTHER FUCKER!"
I got ready to fight the thing, but instead of coming at me it changed direction. It was now heading straight for Button. Oh shit!
6426860 Don't know why but everytime I see that emoticon I think of:
6427988 All glory to the hypnotoad!
6428094 Well in this world humans are just myths so they assume that's where he got them from. Also I just assume that the changing what you are magic is really hard to do so they don't think he is capable of it.
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So Buttons brother is a traitor. ugh. also Ryan is here.
that's good i suppose. still kinda hate him for... wait a moment. i just thought of something.
like a huge plot hole, kinda something.
After Chance woke up in the hospital he had all the foals come in his room and try to cheer him up. during that button gave him his homework and it had the language of the book. the problem is that Ryan read the book before in the woods back on earth. so that means it had to at least be English letters in which case Chance could just sound it out and it would be no problem but he can't read it now.
why?
did the book change languages?
did Chance lose the ability to read?
Or could Ryan speak and read a language that Chance didn't know but would be able to recognize the symbols and letters if he saw them again? Hint Hint
I guess we'll just have to wait to find out
6428367 HEY! NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS, Please.
You're actually right. Unless you do that which is a spoiler!
Gah! Why are people (ponies are people too!) always confusing who you are with what you are. He is a pony; the what. He is not Equestrian as that would be a part of a culture which makes up a piece of who you are. Okay, rant is over.
6428405 Why is rant over? Why not continue rant?
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Simply because anything after that would have either been fluff or just restating what I had already said. But mostly when I can I try and keep things short and to the point. I don't think my English teachers ever really appreciated that...
6428568 good thing I'm not an English teacher.
6428556 Normally I reply to comments. I don't know how for this so how about I just leave this here,
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6428556 a joke went over my head or your head? My comment was a joke yes as I thought the author was fishing for compliments and apparently my joke was unappreciated. And or went over people's heads. Or was it mine?
6428556 a joke went over my head or your head? My comment was a joke yes as I thought the author was fishing for compliments and apparently my joke was unappreciated. And or went over people's heads. Or was it mine?
One again you have out done yourself One of the Crowd. You have mange to insert an intrigue/quest for Chance to uncover in your story. I don't know if it was planed this from the start, but this opens a lot of avenues for your story to explore, and that will make it much more interesting to read. With the spoiler mentioned to Radio, I think you could do a lot better in this intrigue. What I wander the most is the colt spirit lead Chance Buttons' brother? it is not confirmed, but both of them have had the same coat color and the descriptions of their friends seem to the same. If it is the case, why is he still in the world of the living, and why did he lead Chance to a place where the same book that had brought about the fire creature and made Chances' Brother dissapere? Is the colt spirit a just a creation of the fire creature, or is he his prisoner for him to uses as puppet, and he can't do anything about it? Also, is the voice in Chances' head from his own subconsciouses, or is it from the colt Spirit who is tempering with is mind or that of the Fire creature, Ryan maybe or could it be a mind-worm put by Insight to «Help him» cope? What is the link between the book, who for some reason was in Buttons' hooves in the hospital for some reason, the Fire Spirit how keep chasing for some reason, the colt, the voice, Button, Ryan and Chance, why Equestria? Could Jungle Vine be part of it two? Why is the book seem to attract the spirit this time but not the first time. I am intrigue by all of this.
As for Ponies still thinking that Humans a myth, well we don't know how many ponies actually know that there is a mirror port-hole that lead to the human world and we don't know if the mane six had to keep the truth of the matter a secret to everypony els. Plus, even if there is transformation magic in this world and that we have seen Twilight use it on herself and friends, but we don't know if it could have been permanent or could have wore itself out on its own. And in Chances case, what ever kind of magic was used on him, it is clearly a persistent magic that could in-fact be permanent to the point that his very being that their is nothing left of his original self to revert to. I is very possible that the type of magic used on Chance is completely unfamiliar to the Equestrian medical department and given the amount of transformation magic that we have seen in the show, I am sure that whey have ways to detect those sorts of magics, I wouldn't be surprised that they had done a magical scan On Chance to verify his clam of being a human from nearly from the start and fond nothing amiss. Or that they know he is a human but can't do any thing about it so they want him to forget his origins and adapt him to his new form and be integrated into sociality more quickly.
So I guess this means the fire demon isn't a hallucination, unless it's a very elaborate dream. Maybe the fire demon will prove to everyone that Chance is from another world. I wonder if Celestia or somebody planted that voice in Chance's head to try and make him cease wanting to be human and thus become more "normal". It's probably not that, but it's a fun little theory. Cool chapter.
Also the title of this chapter has a tiny bit of irony in it, since it's called I knew books were evil, but the author is also kinda writing a book.
6429197 Who said I wasn't evil. A borderline pacifist that writes about ponies and loves generic romance can be evil... Ok I'm not evil, but Books are!
6428958 All of that has good points, but one thing I'd like to point out. Button didn't have the book in the hospital, but he did have one with the same language. So that means the language is in both Equestria and on earth so future plots is secret.
6429211 By the way will Chance ever get pants to wear? Just wondering.
6429235 He may want some, but these ponies wont let him. They're not something the ponies wear in public if you know what I mean.
what happened after the Poison Joke?
6430077 I'm pretty sure some do, just sayin maybe not in Ponyville but I think they do in Canterlot.
6430492 Clearly you did not understand what I meant. Pants are not decent in this version of equestria.
6430219 What poison Joke? From chapter 21? They got that fixed up between chapters. I didn't write it down because I didn't think a trip to the spa would be interesting for you all.
Mayb nowt, but what they did afterwards for revenge might b ^^
6431139 that's later. But your right it will be.
6431036 Okie dokie.