private Following the Dream

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

"Thet was so obvious." Armor pony said to Summer as he roled his eyes. Then he open his mouth to say something, or probably just answer to Flear or Indus question, but before done thet his ears moved and he closed his mouth and smailed.

"I can not let me audiance wait for me anny more." He said as he looked in a way of the dore, onli entrance/exit from this room. "There should be an military camp north from here. So, when you get out from this dump, seek me there. I will give you food and shelter." After he finished talking to our adventurers he faced the dore "Looks like the stage is set, and lead role is about to take the centar stage." Armor pony said to him self, as he started to galop towered the exit. As he was galoping his strange and week galoping made him looke like an colt thet is trying to run for the frst time and is going to fall anny moment - but thet did not happen, he galoped out of our heroes view and he got lost in the deep dark hallway our adventureres walked true just minutes ago.

[Unicorncob 5,696]

Indus, for the first time in a long while, looked positively bewildered. Just what was that stallion prattling on about?

 

"A military camp?" He repeated quietly. "But we are in peaceful times, and there has been no news of war outside Equestria."

 

And then, a thought occurred to him. He put a hoof to his chin as he pondered.

 

"Unless... unless he thinks things are exactly as how they were at the time he was locked away?"

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

"Resercher Summer, not a journalist... And we'll most probably be our mentors student untill we pass away of old age as we still lose full controll of our magic" she answered to summer, tough she was more telling it to herself then Summer.

 

She aöso looked confused as the armored pony walked out on them, claiming that there would be some military camp nerby!

 

"Ay, Indus. I think he havem"t realized that he might habe been lockd away for a long time."

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

'researcher, journalist, it's basicly the same.' summer said to flearia and smiled.

 

then she looked at the armour pony walk away and she looked pleaed, she didn't like him at all. 'He'll find out soon enough that there is no military base, we have to continue to search for jacky.' Summer said and looked around to see which way they could continue.

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

Summer looked around but room was the same as the moment they entered, there was onli one exit to this room - same one they used to enter this room.

As Summer was looking around, she noticed the detals around the room were the same and onli thing thet was diferent was thet there was no armor on ground - because they used key on thet armour and freed the pony thet swas traped in it.

 

Because of all this, our adventurers had onli one choise - to go back to the catheadral they used to enter.

Edited June 18, 2016 by Fallen Valkyrie

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

"A resercher reserches to get the knowlendge and experiences from what they do and are usefull! While a journalist pokes on dirt and maybe the hoofball game for joy reading." Flearia contered again towards Summer's comment that Journalist and reserchers where the same, Preposterous! She tought!

 

"But enough of that, As much as I'd love to study the magic energy and the spirit here I think we should follow that guy, What ever Jacky was after she must have known about him as she mentioned needing they key to lock up some guardian. Maybe she didn't know that he was already locked inside the armor?"

[Unicorncob 5,696]

"A resercher reserches to get the knowlendge and experiences from what they do and are usefull! While a journalist pokes on dirt and maybe the hoofball game for joy reading." Flearia contered again towards Summer's comment that Journalist and reserchers where the same, Preposterous! She tought!

 

Indus couldn't help but let an amused smirk cross his muzzle, or at least a bit of one anyway. "Hm, well said, Miss Dragondanser."

 

He turned to look at the tunnel leading up to the tunnel, and added, "But, we have no time to argue the differences. We must go after this stallion and see what else he knows. As well as stop him from hurting somepony."

 

He took another look around the chamber. "Though, would there be any clues around here...?"

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

Summer rolled her eyes about flearia's explanation about the difference between a researcher and a journalist but she didn't say anything.

 

Instead she reacted on the question if they should get out of here or not. 'listen guys,' she said 'if you want to get out of here to safe mister armour pony or something then that's allright but I don't care about him at all, I just want to get out of here and as quickly as possible. We aren't going to find anything here, if jacky was here we would've seen her already.' and she started walking towards the hallway but stopped after a few steps to wait for her friends, no way she would go into the dark hallway alone.

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

Flearia sighed, "Ay, She isn't here, and as you said Summer, We would have found her if she was here."

 

She took a look towards the peacefull shrine they where at. She would love to study it closer and find out what spirit was there, what it had to tell, to teach. But the others was moving on so she too was following. Not that she needed to, But she had said that she was to company them so she did.

 

"Let's get out of here then," she said as Irra moved up and took a steady grip on Summer's head. "I'll be right by you when your up on the top again."

 

With that she took out a fire ice from her bag to light the shrine for her as the others would move on.

[Unicorncob 5,696]

After taking a few moments to think over the mares' decision, Indus gave the two a nod. "Agreed, the best thing would be to leave as soon as possible. I'm sure I can find some books on this place in Canterlot anyway."

 

He walked with the mares back through the tunnel, using his horn as a light once again. He summoned a platform of pure magic once again, and stepped on it. "Do you wish to make your own ways up?"

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

Moving to inspect the magic place one more before the group was reaydy to go up again Flearia heard Indus that he was sure to find something in a book about the place they found themself in right now.

 

"No Indus, You won't find anything in any information about this place in any book in the main land nor Crystal Empire. That is the sole reason why my Mentor sent me here. To gather the informaiton on all of this place as there is no yet known records of this island."

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

This litle adventurer team made there way back true the tunel, back to catheadral. After there feet were onces again on a surface ground, they could see thet rain was still falling outside and thet it didnot have anny intention to stop. But luckly our litle adventrueres were in thus old, and run down catheadral and so they had at list litle cover from this bad weather.

 

If they were to look around they would find thet evrything was the same as the moment they entered the hole, and onli diferanse was thet big catheadral gate's were open - probably by 'armor pony' thet made his way up north to some military camp.

[Unicorncob 5,696]

Indus re-emerged from the tunnel with his companions to the surface, and everything was as how they'd entered before, including the rain still falling through some of the holes in the cathedral roof.

 

"Perhaps we should wait out this storm," he suggested, walking toward the door and eyeing the opened gate. Likely due to the armoured pony going off to find this army camp of his. "It should give us time to plan out our next move."

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

Summer flew out of the hole like a rocked that got launched and she made a looping and some other weird figures, as much as the limited space in the cathedral would let her make at least, before she landed on the ground again. "so glad to be out of that stupid hole, finaly" She said happily to unic. Then she looked cross eyes at the place where irra was supposed to be on her head "you're still there? good, let's wait for flearia to come here aswell." she said.

 

Then she looked at proff "Where are we going next? are we going to keep searching for jacky or are we going to folow armour pony?" she asked him.

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

As Summer and Indus dissapeared trough the tunnel and got up to the cathedral above them, Flearia quickly noted down all nessesary details, poacements and other nessesary descriptions of the shrine before she feelt a small spinning sensation before a brief stop. 'They must be at the top already.' she tought as she focused on Irra and started her teleportation to alightly besode her.

 

Once re'appearing beside Summer ahe could hear The anoying sound of pouring rain outside as the doors where once again open.

 

"Nooo, is it still raining" she whined loudly before adressing Summer and Indus ans Summer asked what they should do.

 

"Personaly I'd like to follow this stallion! He would be able to tell so much that I could use for my reserch! But I said I would follow you two so. What do you two think?"

[Unicorncob 5,696]

Indus blinked slowly as he weighed the group's options. They could go after Jacky and demand an explanation for what she had sent them after, but as Flearia mentioned, that armoured stallion would be invaluable to their research.

 

"I suggest we track down that stallion," he decided, "the way I see it, he is a much larger priority than a pony we can't trust."

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

summer chuckled when she heard flearia's whining about the rain. then she nodded to them both, 'Allright, lets find our misterious armour pony then!' She said. Indus was right, now that jacky appearently didn't get what she came for summer was happy to never see her again and she hoped she wouldn't.

 

then she flew a few inches up in the air 'if you give me a moment then I'll clear the sky a bit so it won't rain as much anymore, and I see if I can find him from the sky so we don't have to search for too long.' she said and before the others could say anything she flew through the open door and into the sky.

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

Before adventurers started to folow there onli lead to find this 'armor stalion' again, Summer tryed to stop the rain. She was sucefull but onli on a little wail and rain contineu about twenti minutes later.

 

Our litle adventurers were going true north forest, because 'armor stalion' said thet he would go thet way to get back to the millitary outpost. They were walking true this forest for a hour before they finaly comed into the clearing. Onces they finaly were able to see something more then just fifty shades of green, they were greated with an terible sight. Something thet onces looked like a village was now stending destoryed before there hooves. There were no flames or sighs of battle, it was just destoryed like an storm passed true this village and left it like it is now. There were no living sole in sight and no 'armor stalion' anny were. This could wery well mean thet our litle adventurers tok an wrong turn back at the cathedral, or thet 'armor stalion' was lieing to them were he is going, or it could wery well mean thet they are slow adventurers and they reached right place litle too late.

[Unicorncob 5,696]

Indus froze mid-step as the group came across the destroyed village. The sheer destruction had actually taken him by surprise, and it showed on his face. "Star Swirl's beard...!"

 

He gingerly approached the ruins, trying to decipher what could have possibly caused such destruction. The lack of cinders or smoke meant it hadn't been burned down.

 

"The storm was not nearly heavy enough to cause a flash fire... it was not natural at all. Something... or somepony caused this."

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

Summers eyes got big when she saw the ruins 'this doesn't look like a military camp or, actually, it doesn't look like anything.' she said looking around. Well, it looked like something but that something was a big pile of stones and dirt.

 

'do you guys think that that weird pony is here?' she asked the others. But before anypony could answer she already ran into the old town ruins.

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

"I don't know if it was the stallion or not, but this looks awfull." Flearia answered to Summer as she looked at the enviroment. Destroyed homes. Tough it looked like no one had been in the village when it had happend...

 

"Strange tough... There isn't a soul around here exept ours... Like they all was away when it happened.. You don't think they got taken away do you?"

Edited July 5, 2016 by Flearia Dragondanser

[Unicorncob 5,696]

Indus's eyes scanned the wreckage as he listened to Summer and Flearia. They made a good observation - there was no sign of any bloodshed or that anypony was even here when the destruction occurred.

 

"A village-wide ponynapping?" He mulled the idea over in his head. "It's certainly not the most impossible scenario... and yet, it would make sense. There could be no other way every single pony living here could be gone at the same time, without any injury."

 

His eyes narrowed. "It couldn't possibly be that pony, he couldn't be that powerful or organised just after reawakening... so then, who or what could have...?"

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

summer came back from her scavenge through the ruins of the old town, she hadn't found anything more intersting as a stone shaped like a heart. she rolled her eyes when proff suggested a town wide pony napping or the armour pony who had done it. "we're thinking waaaaaay too difficult guys, maybe this is just natural. maybe all the ponies who lived in this town decided to leave one by one and leave the town behind. easy as that." she said to the others. who said it had to have anything to do with magic.

[Fallen Valkyrie 525]

As our adventruers talked about this village, storm thet was folowing them true out the forest stoped, but the sky was still dark and filled with clouds. And now slowly, a cold wind was picking up. It was like the season changed from thet hot summer day, into the cold winter night.

 

As our adventurers got closer to the ruins of the frst house, they noticed thet this house was not destroyed recantly and thet this house, as well as the rest of the houses in this vilague were destroyed more then couple of months ago.

If they were to look closer into this frst ruined house, they could see thet this house was not destroyed by an wepon, or burned but simply colapsed.

Most of the houses were complitly colapsed but if our heroes were to look they will find one house thet is still stending and it would give them shelts agaims this cold wind.

If our heroes were to look for food, they would find none, and if they wanted to eat they would have to eat food they brought with them.

[Flearia Dragondanser 918]

"Yea you may be right Summer. It kinda more looks like it'v been deserted at closer range." Flearia replyed as they got closer to the small village, and as so. the raid stopped.

 

"Wooh! Finaly no rai-" She begun but didn't get to finish her sentence as an ice cold wind now blew hard on her! "Brrrrrrrrr! No! I'v had enough! Buck this weather!" 

 

Flearia lit her horn and summoned up a purple field around the tree of them that would bring some warmth and somewhat shielding from the cold winds and proceeded towards the village.

Edited July 11, 2016 by Flearia Dragondanser