Just as Twilight and Fixinit reach the last building on their way out of town towards Fluttershy's cottage they heard a loud roar followed by a scream.
“What was that?" twilight said in confusion.
“Somepony help me...It's going to kill me...please help!" Fixinit looking at Twilight after hearing another roar.
"We need to find where that is scream came from and help them." Twilight scanning the area notices a pony pass by the end of a nearby alleyway followed by a large familiar beast.
"Was that...It couldn't be..." Twilight bolts down the alleyway where she had seen the two passed by. “Fixinit we have to hurry! That shouldn't be here in town."
"What are you talking about Twilight?"
"It looked like a Manticore, but that can't be...They never leave the Everfree Forest."
As they reach the end of the alley, the two hear another roar from there right. The Manticore was closing in on a pony using a few trash cans for cover, trying its best to hide from the beast. Twilight's eyes widen in fear at the sight and Fixinit lets out a tired sigh.
“This is bad! We need to help that pony and find a way to get that Manticore away from town. I have to think of something." Twilight started to panic.
“This problem again..." Looking around he quickly spots some objects and starts forming an idea.
‘broken apple crate, discarded parchment, glass bottle, and metal trash can....hmm...perfect!’
“Twilight, can you use your teleport spell and get that pony somewhere safe while I lead this guy away from town?"
“Alright." Twilight's horn began the glow then with a flash of light she appeared next to the hiding pony and placed a hoof on it and with another flash was gone.
The Manticore began searching for the pony that was there just moments before turning and spotting Fixinit with all of items he had seen floating around him.
“This is a real problem now..." he said as he turned and began running away from town.
He began working on his device while running as fast as he could toward the forest in the distance. Using his magic he removed the bottom of the metal trash can and began forming it into a cone shape. Leaving a small opening at the narrow end of the cone. Next ripped apart the apple crate keeping only two pieces of wood and the long strand of wire used to hold the crate together. Using these he fashioned a holder for the glass bottle and attached it onto the small end of the cone. Placing the bottle in the holder, he began adjusting the height and angle of the bottle and its holder.
Looking up to make sure his path was still clear and on target with the forest. Finding everything ahead of him ok and on the right path to reach the woods he gave a quick glance behind him noticing the Manticore had closed half the gap between them, then he hastily went back to his invention.
“Just a little more and I’ll have a surprise for you.” he murmured more to himself than the monster.
Focusing on the make shift device, He rolled the parchment into a tiny narrow tube to make straw and place it into position just above the lip of the glass bottle and fastened it with the wire hanging from the holder.
“Okay, a quick test." Blowing through the parchment tube causes the device to emit a low sound like a flute note in a deeper tone.
“A few adjustments and we'll be ready." He moved the angle of the bottle just as he reaches the edge of the forest; turning around the Manticore rushing toward him.
“Now or never I guess." He takes in a deep breath and blows through the parchment tube and the device emits an ear piercing whistle.
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I teleported us to the first place that came to my mind, the town square. It wasn’t uncommon for a unicorn to teleport around, but when she was tugging along another pony that was shaking in their hooves like a foal, it raised a few eyebrows. Of course I made sure that this pony was alright before running off towards where Fixinit had been, to my surprise the pony yelled after me.
“I wanna help, too.”
“Why? No offense but you weren’t much help back there.”
“You pulled me out before I could do anything! If I’d known that I had the backup of you and that other guy I would have stood my ground!”
“Fine, just don’t get in our way, please; I don’t want to hurt you on accident.” I then began running again.
“Thank you.” he said following me closely.
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The sound causes the charging beast to wince and shake its head furiously from the pain the noise was causing it. The beast, losing its focus on Fixinit, charged pass him slamming into a tree behind him.
The last of his breath gone, he quickly turns to find the beast slightly dazed but still aware of his presence. Taking another deep breath and letting another blast of sound from the apparent whistle, the sound again causing the beast to let loose a roar and shaking its head wildly from side to side to try to relieve itself of the pain coming from its ears. Unable to stand the continual agony from the sound, it rushes back into the forest, crashing through the bushes and dense undergrowth of the forest to escape the punishing screech.
“That worked perfectly, I guess playing with a glass bottle when I was younger pays off, but the ringing in my ears tells me that I shouldn’t try that again... at least anytime soon.”
Slowly making his way back to town, Twilight and the pony from before come running up to him. He notices Twilight's mouth moving but the ringing in his ears drowns out her voice.
“I can't hear you right now, let’s go back to the library, hopefully I can regain my hearing by the time we get there." Giving his head a few shakes before Twilight simply nods her head in agreement and starts making their way back to town.
I have no idea what is going on. What happened to Dillon?
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im not at liberty to tell quite yet. it will be explaned in later chapters though.
2345748
it is deffinatly a possibility
Well, this shows Fixinit's ingenuity and how to use it. Just a habit of mine: A 1000 pardons for not being able to assist you with this. Its something I can never let down. The pony though is another player in this little game of seeking and understanding.
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dont worry, i would have loved to atleast take a look at what you had writen but this is now cannon, im sorry. i hope you dont beat yourself up to bad. thanks for the effort though
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Thanx for the reassurance. I just hate the fact that I know I could've assisted someone with something and nt being able to actually do something. On a slightly more appealing note on my part. I'm 'considering' typing/writing again.
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"....."
I have nothing in particular to say about this statement...
2345828
well dont worry about it, alls well that ends well, am i right? and its great that your thinking about writing again. i would love to read your work!!
2345830
waaaaaaat? its possible!
2345940
Sorry man. Its just kinda sad thinking that Dillon would cease to exist primarily due a "certain action(s)" made towards him. I mean, Dillon as himself was the one who was special and loved by Twilight. Tking that away would leave a slighlty heart-ached feel behind. Even if he's broken up by his multiple personalities, theres's still the "original" personality that makes his true self that would be erased. Critique this. Critique that. Bla-bla-bla.
As for my writing, I already have several ideas that could make quite a bit of pretty decent reading material. Still working out a few things though.
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well all im doing is acnolaging possibilities, im not saying that he was/was not distroyed by celestia. plus twilight is kinda over him at this point, Fixinit has replaced him almost compleatly. so even if he was distroyed or split or whatever twilight has somepony else.
and its good that you have ideas on your writing. use them!
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I didn't say anything about Celestia destroying him or not. Is that significant in some way? Its not the point that Twilight has somepony else. Its the fact that the character that showed a lot of significance in this story has been practically "offed-of"
Example: "Blank story" is about Person A finding his true love and possibly getting a hold of his own life. After many years, he's finds the one woman he'll love and gets to know her (now let's say that the 2 spent years being friends). Eventually, they start to develop feelings for each other. So Person A decides to confess his feelings for his love, which she accepts and returns. But the next day, he dies. After a few weeks, she completely forgets about the one person who not only accepted her love and returned it, she is now dating Person B?!....
Does that sound appealing? I'm not trying to be judgemental, but that's sorta the case in a nutshell to me.
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... ahem... i said i wont deny/conferm anything... sorry... but i see your point, that would be kinda pointless.
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Oh yea, I know you won't confirm anything. This is just me trying to get info out of you without actually asking. Which you helped demonstrate. And I'm also not trying to seem too critical with this story.
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i must say good job if i werent so fucking smart i might have fallen for that, but i didnt. i wont disclose any information. at all. so do what you want: try again, stop, just read. i dare you to try again though.
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I don't believe it would be necessary....for now. I already have what I needed to hear. I dare say that what my future attrmpts will be. I guess surprises aren't my forte
2346938
... ok, if you say so. but i wont talk willingly
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Fair warning: I'm not looking for direct answers, but what your replies are. Its like putting a very complex puzzle that is made of thousands of pieces. Which I would eventually complete.
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sure, may i ask what youve pieced together so far?
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Nothing much that I can make a conclusion or solid theory, but I have made several observations.Obiously, Celestia was the cause of Dillon being split into multiple individuals. Now considering the fact that each individual has soome type of beleivable backstory, the only thing that eludes me of this is that for their stories to actually be real, that would mean that they would have to be existing in Equestria since birth, which they weren't unless some type of alterations of the current dimension were made but would prove strainous and pointless. Next, Twilight's suspicions will come full-circle. And mentioned before you said, "Fixinit completely replacd Dillon" Twilight was eager to actually figure out what happened to him (not sure if you just dropped the ball on that or what). This will lead her to finding out what happened to him, her natural conviction. And besides, you already planted obvious suspicions into several of the town's residents.
Several aspects of this story dig into my mind a bit, but I won't let you. In on those yet.
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O_O all i can say is cutos, you are obviously a very thurough indevidual, when you make a theory you cover all the bases. i will not tell you what is right/wrong but i will tell you to keep trying...
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And with that, the fun has been doubled. I love linking context clues and problem solving.
I'll still will be waiting for further information.
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just keep waiting