Chapter 15
The guard patrol trudged back towards the castle through the falling snow. In all honesty, they looked all kind of miserable.
I didn’t blame them, it was well below freezing, snowing hard and none of them had more than a couple of hours of sleep for the last three days. And they just spent the last two hours chasing somebody that flung magic at their checkpoint.
They never did catch her either.
None of them even reacted as I exited a side alley and joined the back of the formation, a set of golden armour covering my wings and turning my coat white, making me look like the rest.
I fell into step, lowering my head against the wind like the rest as the snow whipped across the street.
We slowly approached the castle checkpoint across the square.
Come on, Sunny.
Come on, Sunny! If this don’t work, things will be very awkward!
Bone dead tired or not, I don’t expect the checkpoint ponies to miss that there was a pony more returning than they sent out.
Not without a distraction.
We had just reached the checkpoint when there was faint sounds of spell fire at the distance and yelling.
The Lieutenant at the checkpoint looked away and a Pegasus quickly swooped in for landing, “Sir, we need reinforcement at the west gate! They are attacking!”
“Not just another probe?”
“No! Come on, we need more ponies!”
Lieutenant Thunderstorm nodded and pointed at a pair of unicorns, “You and you, stay here. The rest with me!”
I saluted with the rest and we quickly galloped off.
Nobody noticed when I slowed down and left the rest of the group to walk into one of the gardens. The distraction won’t last forever, the Legion were outnumbered and soon Celestia would get involved.
More yelling.
Ducking behind a pair of bushes, another group of guards galloped past.
Ditching the armour, I wrapped myself in the illusion of one of the maids before heading back onto the path.
Armour were a good disguise, but I couldn’t risk getting grabbed and pulled along to the defence.
I shifted the way I walked to match my illusion as I headed for the door to the castle. Thanks to Discord it was much easier to copy how a mare walks… personal experience, not just observation.
Fucking Discord.
But in this case, it was useful. Couldn’t risk discovery by something as stupid as walking wrong.
Fighting the impulse to hum the metal gear solid theme, I paused and perked my ears.
The sounds were dying down.
That’s not good, I wasn’t that far away. Needed to hurry without seeming to be hurrying.
Ducking in through the door, I glanced around before turning left and headed down the corridor, trotting along at a good pace.
Needed to get to the throneroom.
Guards!
Ducking behind a statue, I waited until the tired pair passed by.
Close one.
Sneaking back outside, I continued on until I reached the sidedoor to the throneroom. Putting my hoof against it, I hesitated.
One of two things were waiting on me on the other side.
Either an empty room if Celestia bought the distraction. If she did, I would get on the throne and then I would have won.
If she didn’t buy it, it would be a massive trap and she would win. I had no doubt whatever she picked would be annoying, frustrating and most definitely not something I wanted to do.
But this was the only shot at it I would get, and it took everything we had for this shot.
There wouldn’t be another one.
Ah, fuck it. Either this is a massive trap or it’s not, hanging around here does nothing but increase the odds of getting trapped.
A look and if it’s a trap, there is still a chance I can back out and try another path if my disguise holds.
Taking a deep breath, I pushed the door open and slipped into the throneroom. The snow outside made the chamber somewhat dim even if it was afternoon, the sun being low didn’t help either.
But what’s more importantly, it was empty.
Closing the door, I started towards the throne along the edge of the throneroom, allowing the illusion to drop as I paused and looked around the empty room.
Yes!
I win!
The large main door started to open and I quickly ducked behind one of the pillars.
Fuck!
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oh come on hiver! that's not even a cliffhanger that's just stopping mid scene.
cant wait for the conclusion to this arc
She is near you Page, all so close...
And. Here. We. Go!
Why duck behind a pillar? Why not make a break for it, teleport to the throne and sit on it? Instant victory.
9116079
Too easy to catch him with telekinesis.
9116064
I kind of have to agree this was just a blatant intentional cliffhanger.
He may be thinking this,
But this is his theme right now.
And he's playing on European Extreme with the Game Over If Caught rule.
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9116087
Yes, most likely a trap if he tried to teleport. Though Celestia would have other traps like energy signature runes or some other magical or physical tripwire to alert her.
He ducked behind a pillar instead of booking it to the throne? Doesn’t he have the advantage here? The side entrance should be closer to the throne, and we’ve seen in the show that it takes time for those big doors to open. He probably could have won if he just ran for it there.
He needs to use ice magic to encase Celestia or whoever in ice and then sit on the throne immediately.
He can thaw the guy later.
1. Sneak into her bathroom.
2. Sit on her toilet.
3. You have successfully sat on the royal "Throne".
Why not just teleport onto the throne?
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fuckwhydidn'tIthinkofthat!?
CONTINUE?
“Page what happened? Page? PAAAGE?!”
9116138
only thing is there's ambiguity on whether they have toilets. though i'm not gonna go back through this whole saga to figure that out
9116114
I’d say Teleport but Celestia probably put a counter spell on doing that within the Castle. Probably just warp him to the dungeons.
9116300
It’s not that far fetch to believe that Celestia could probably just pick him up with her telekinetic magic even if he’s a few yards away, then it would be over for sure. He can’t overpower her so if this is Celestia coming through the door then he’s gonna have to be smart about his next move or it will be over. If it’s not Celestia then Victory is probably his.
Stupid Cliffhangers
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Celly probably has it guarded. He would end up in the dungeon. Automatic lose.
O so close.
Really, it all depends on exactly how far Celestia's prepared to go. She may well have rigged the doors so that anypony entering them without authorization when the room is empty is warped to a fake throne room with an illusory throne over a vat of warm custard or something.
I feel like they're stationed AT the throne room. You're screwed Page.
Сelestia annoys me, in my understanding she fights with babies and make fun of the fact that they can’t fight back. ~7000 years vs ~25. Well done, sunbutt...
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That and i can't get over the fact the guard are actually shown to be competent. The only thing i can remember them doing right is taking Cozy Glow into custody (after she was defeated by mares) but that doesn't count (the guard that did it was a mare). Shining Armor is also incompetent as the only thing he does right is making a shield and that's his cutie mark; it had nothing to do with guard training.
By all accounts Page (and his battle harem) should of been able to do this blindfolded.
God i love the series...
Solid Snake: "You forget you'r cardbord box Page!"
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The battle harem uses royal guard training as a basis so they are roughly as incompetent as them
A pone of good tastes.