Chapter 29
Author's Note: Written by Samaru163 and Tricondon.
Chapter 29
Marco
<No, no, no, I said go to the left! I know the path isn’t very large, but there isn’t any other way around.>
I had to stop myself from swearing at the ponies below as they nervously trotted up the rocky mountain path. The jittery things pretty well had to be ordered into the forest by Jake - fortunately, his perceived royalty helped in that regard - not that I blame them for their hesitation. I mean, I go into dangerous and suicidal situations on an hourly basis, and even I’m still not as used to it as the others are.
“Do you even know where we’re going?” a green maned mare called.
<I’m following the directions Twilight gave me,> I replied. <What more do you want from me?>
“What if we went around the mountain?” a brown stallion asked. “It’d be easier, don’t you think?”
<No, Twilight said specifically not to do that.>
“Why’d she say that?” he asked with a highly inquisitive look.
<Something about some ruins on the other side, that’s where we’re all meeting up.>
“We’re going to the old castle ruins?!” Panicked and fearful looks spread across the faces of everyone. “Isn’t that where Nightmare Moon first attacked?”
“I heard the Changelings took over the castle after Celestia abandoned it!”
“How do you know a Manticore hasn’t moved in? We could be walking into a trap!”
<Calm down, everyone,> I said in my most reassuring tone. <Would Twilight really lead you all into danger knowingly?>
“How do you know it’s really Twilight?” someone from the back asked. “Those Changelings just ran in! Maybe Twilight’s a Changeling!”
<Then why didn’t she give you all up back in town? It’d be easier than this, don’t you think?> I mentally breathed a sigh of relief as the ponies calmed down a little. <There isn’t that much ground left to cover, just a plank bridge from the looks of things.>
The ponies began walking again, though far more nervously than the situation called for. To be fair, in my group we only had two Pegasi and one of those was a foal. It weirded me out that they put their young in diapers just like humans do, though I was far more interested in how they did it without hands.
It wasn’t too long until we reached the bridge, though that was being very generous. It was little more than a few planks of wood held up by two thin ropes and I seriously doubted it would hold. Still, Twilight seemed to know what she was doing.
Quickly we crossed over and beheld the crumbling ruins of what once looked like a large and well-built castle. The entire ceiling had collapsed away, so I got a pretty good look at the interior. Quite a few ponies were gathered around in the central chamber, some just sitting around and others observing the architecture. It was a bit tricky to figure out whether they were Changelings or Yeerks. That is, until I spotted the bald eagle and peregrine falcon perched on a large pedestal in the middle of the room.
<Ah, there you are Marco,> Rachel said, happily tilting her head in my direction. <I was wondering when you’d get here.>
<Sorry, I must have read the map upside down,> I responded slyly. Quickly I descended and landed next to the two of them. <So is anyone else here besides your two groups?>
<No, looks like we’re the first to arrive,> Jake said.
<So, we just leave them all here while we go to fight the Yeerks at their stronghold?> I asked casually. <Would it be possible for me to stay behind on this absolutely insane mission?>
<I don’t like the idea of leaving them this close to the Yeerks either, but we don’t have any other options.> Jake continued off of my first statement.
<I was actually thinking of the lack of ceiling, but you make a good point too,> I said dryly. I turned to look back to the gaping hole above us and quickly spotted a northern harrier coming this way.
<Prince Jake, is that you?> Ax asked.
<Yeah Ax, it’s all clear,> Jake responded. A few minutes later we had five more ponies join our hidden hideout, Twilight among them. She still seemed depressed, but at least she was walking with purpose again, rather than dragging her hooves like she was when she’d left.
Ax landed next to me and I watched as the new group was welcomed in, but after a brief greeting the room fell deathly silent again.
<Prince Jake, are you aware this structure has undergone serious damage? I do not believe it will suffice as an appropriate refuge while we are absent.>
<You know, we were just discussing that right before you got here,> I said.
<Well, Twilight chose the place. Maybe she knows something else about it,> Rachel reasoned. Craning her head, she called out <Hey, Twilight, can we speak with you for a moment?>
Twilight slowly walked towards us, seemingly focusing on nothing. She sat beneath us and wearily looked up. “Yes?”
<We can’t leave everyone in this room, if it could even be called such a thing,> Jake said slowly. <Do you know of anywhere else in these ruins that they could be sheltered in?>
“Well...further in there’s a room that’s in much better condition than this. We could easily fit everypony there until we return.”
<Alright. Could you show us the way? I’d like to look the room over before leading everyone in.> Jake turned to look at us. <Marco, Rachel, you’re with me. Ax, you stay here and stop anyone from following us and keep an eye out for Cassie and Tobias.> With that said Twilight began walking to an archway at the other end of the ruins, and the three of us flew after her.
Twilight led us to a nearby building a short distance away and headed inside. I took a quick flight around, but didn’t notice any caved in ceilings or fallen walls. Besides a few broken windows the thing looked like it would provide ample shelter. Satisfied with my observations I flew in through one of the holes and rejoined the others.
<Seems like a nice setup we got here,> I told Twilight. She didn’t seem to take heed of my remark, though, instead looking around like how I’ve seen Jake and the others look whenever we’re at the construction site. <You ok?>
“Yeah, just never thought I’d come back here,” she said softly. “This was where me and my friends took possession of the Elements of Harmony to stop Nightmare Moon.”
<You did what to do what now?> I asked, bewildered. Twilight stared at me as if I was, well, an alien.
“The Elements of Harmony. Certainly you’ve heard of them.”
<Um...no. I think I’d remember something so obviously important.>
“My friends and I fought Nightmare Moon after her escape from her lunar prison a few years ago here, in this very room. We used the Elements of Harmony, purified her heart and restored Princess Luna to her normal self.” Twilight seemed to cheer up a little as she recounted her tale.
<Wait wait wait,> Rachel protested, <you mean that you ponies have space travel? And you colonized your moon? And what’s this about you fighting the Princess?>
Before Twilight could respond there was a loud crash which was soon followed by shattering glass meeting stone. I spun my head in the direction of the noise and spotted the same grey pegasus with the blond mane from earlier clumsily looking over the damage she’d done to the nearest window.
“Sorry,” she said with an apologetic look. “I didn’t mean to.”
We all just stared at her incredulously. “Ditzy, what are you doing here?” Twilight asked, somewhat annoyed. Just then Ax came flying in through the hole she made.
<Ah, there you are. Please, follow me back to the main room and wait patiently with the others.>
“Aw, but I wanna see the Prince again.”
<I’m sure Prince Jake would gladly donate some time to seeing you. Come, we’ll wait with the others.>
Ditzy nodded happily and began flying with ax out the window. Just as her front hooves were about to pass through the glass, she squinted her eyes closed and tried to cover her face. “Ah, my eyes!”
The Pegasus began flying erratically - and considering what I’d seen so far, that’s saying something. It didn’t take long for her to to spiral towards one of the pillars near the windows and collide head first with it. I winced, but she didn’t seem injured by it in the slightest. Ditzy shook her head and flew back a bit, smiling. No sooner had she moved away, though, when a giant CRACK split the air. I watched in horror as the pillar fractured, a large gap shooting straight up the shaft. Twilight gave a shriek as she dove out of the way moments before the entire thing pitched forward, slamming into the ground with enough force to break the floor, sending fragments of stone and mortar shooting across the room.
Ditzy opened her eyes again and turned to us all with a sorrowful look. “...oops. My bad.”
<...man, that pegasus is a flying disaster waiting to happen,> Rachel whispered.
<She’s two for two against walls, at least,> I dryly whispered back.
“Prince Jake, look at this!” Twilight called excitedly. Curious, I shifted my head and noticed a massive gaping hole in the ground where the pillar had fallen. The sides of the hole weren’t rough or damaged, but smooth and placed evenly together. Aside from that, there was nothing else that could be made out due to the thick veil of darkness coming from it.
<Whoa, where do you think this leads?> Rachel asked excitedly.
“I’m not sure, I didn’t even know this room had any secret passages,” Twilight thought for a moment before continuing. “Here, let me see,” Her horn quickly illuminated itself with magic, which then broke off at the tip to form a small sphere. Using her horn as a guide she lowered the orb into the hole, which immediately began to lighten
<Are you producing artificial light that you are able to direct and control with mere thought?> Ax asked in disbelief.
“Yep, it’s a pretty basic spell, but it works for this situation.”
“Woo, go Twilight!” Ditzy cheered.
<Alright. Ax, take our friend back to the others. We’ll see where this tunnel leads. If it goes to the Yeerk Pool we can’t leave them here,> Jake said while flying down and landing near the tunnel entrance. Once Ax and Ditzy were gone he began to demorph. <Marco, Rachel, you too. I’m not goi-> He cut off suddenly as his beak melded back into his face and a mouth formed. “I’m not going down there alone.”
<Why? Scared of the dark?> I asked jokingly.
“Just for that, you get to go in first,” Jake said with a sly smile. Both me and Rachel complied and demorphed as well. “Good. Now morph bat.”
I flashed him a contentful smile before we all began morphing. It didn’t take long for the three of us to soon be flapping around on leathery wings and diving down into the dimly lit hole. Once inside I fired several high frequency clicks and listened to the echoes that bounced off of every object they could touch. With those I made a mental image of the area around me, particularly of one object directly in front of me.
<Jake, Rachel, are you seeing the same thing I am?>
<You mean the massive...thing straight ahead? > Rachel replied. <Then yes.>
<I must be misinterpreting whatever I’m seeing,> Jake said slowly. <In any case, I can’t find anything living down here. I’ll go get Twilight and her glowing ball of light.>
I heard Jake’s wings flapping to my left. A few moments later he came back, Twilight’s little orb following after. It carefully made its way through the darkness, eventually coming to a stop at the base of the object, and immediately I caught notice of one defining feature. I was looking at what looked like a massive rudder.
<Oh my,> Rachel said in disbelief. <Is that what I think it is?>
<Looks like it,> I replied, equally amazed. <More importantly, does it still work?>
<I think if we can get it to work, we’ll have an advantage on the Changelings. And the Yeerks, too,> Jake said with finality.
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It has a rudder? So they found some kinda of Final fantasy style airship? Hidden in Celesia and Luna's old abode?
Not sure how anything Pony made would stand against a superior alien advanced technology bombardment...
Then again it looks to be some type of magic airship.
...Now I can't get the image of that Kirby: Return to Dreamland airship successfully assaulting a Yeerk poolship out of my head.
Insta fav and upvote. I haven't even read this yet, but I know that it will be good! Animorphs was my fav book series as a kid, and still is today.
NO WAY!!!!
What is it? I can't tell just from the fact that it has a rudder.
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I DEMAND THIS BE DONE IN PHOTOSHOP!
Castle transforms into spaceship?
Please let that be it.
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I demand this to be done as a movie!
Woohoo, a massive advantage against the invading Yeerks.
Nothing says massive advantage like a big, floating, flammable target.
Oh the equinity!
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like that bird-ship-thing from Yu-Gi-Oh! ?
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EXACTLY like that bird-ship-thing from Yu-Gi-Oh!.
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did you read the last book?book 54?
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Book 54 made me sad, considering that it implied that everyone but Rachel and Cassie dies.
1606120 Yes... That ending is one I will never forget...
And they never would have discovered the rudder thing if not for Derpy!
I have a complaint. The chapters are far too short. It feels as though you're splitting the story into individual scenes, and putting in a cliffhanger for every little thing. IIRC the books' chapters weren't this short. I'd prefer to wait a little longer for a longer chapter that covers more plot.
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uhh...in the beginning of the book rachel does die...and i literally cried at her dying
1610667 I know... The scene with Tobias carrying off her urn is heart breaking...
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'cuz that's never been done
*cough*MarioGalaxy*cough*
Still, it would be rather cool
I have a musical donation to make for this chapter:
It is a sky canoe
Airship of some kind. Failing that, one big arse missile
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So... No Deus Ex Machina at the end? I mean, wasn't there a couple books set in the future, with Rachel and Tobias living together, or something like that? Or is my memory completely hazy and bucked?
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maybe thats in the alternamorth books that the author made, i want to find the book where they go back in time to the dinasoure age really badly
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I much prefer the happier storyline. And with as often as they pull off those miracles, it only makes sense, right?
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i dont know what miracles you are referring to...
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Those Deus Ex Machina story devices that continued despite all odds, and emerging victorious, and alive.
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i dont read deus Ex machinama stories
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You did if you read Animorphs. They constantly pulled stuff out of nowhere, against all odds, and came through alive when anything else would have been dead.
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there able to change and have an andalite friend, of cource they would stay alive against all odds...until book 54...
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That Andalite is not immortal. They also get trapped often, squashed as bugs, suffer such mortal wounds... Hell, they Deus ex Machina each time they demorph to avoid death.
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cochroaches are good morphs they dont die easily and i guess its hard for jake with his brother having a yeerk in his head and all want to join my ponies in my head group?
hi...
thats fluttershy
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They were squashed as flies once...
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Thirdedededededed!!!!
1610844 Now, If I had read the comments b4 the ch., then I could've listened to this while I read. It would've went well, except for the derpy scenes. You can't be so serious and sad with Derp bein' Derpy.
1609168 Those kids deserved so much better. I mean, they became celebrities, but life got empty, sad and shallow after that. Ironically. The hell on earth made them more alive despite the suffering. Them winning almost defeated them.
1609168 Rachael dies at the beginning of the last book though-
2588534 I've only read up to book #34.
THANKS A BUCKING LOT!
That point in the story where you feel like strangling the author for not using proper nouns…
2835369 There are 54 books, 5 Megamorphs, 3 Alternamorphs, and 3 chornicles. The entire series made my childhood, and I've read every single one of them. Finding them at this point, however, is next to impossible. So basically, all the spoilers are irrelevant.
Hmmm… A massive rudder… Noahs Space-Ark?
I know Twilight's in shock about Shining, but she's having trouble wrapping her head around the whole 'from another PLANET' thing, isn't she?
2994295 it's been a while since I've read them. What's a mega morph?
What if Derpy is a Controller spying while playing the fool?
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https://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Megamorphs