private An Unexpected Trip to the Human World (Closed!)

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"You're… you're going to-- to kill her??"Fluttershy stammered, eyes going wide with panic. Colette pulled the frightened Pegasus close to her, embracing her on a tight hug. "To be honest, I was thinking the same thing," she admitted. "But, once you've killed someone… there's no taking it back, is there? It doesn't matter where you go, the fact will remain that you took someone's life. Are you sure you wanna do that??"

 

Fluttershy was visibly shaking by now. Colette took notice, and stood her up. "Mmph… perhaps we should talk about this another time, Louise?" Colette awaited the agent's answer before leading Fluttershy back into their bedroom to search for swimsuits. "I don't know how to swim, Colette…" "It's okay, babe! I'll teach ya!"

 

Colette led Fluttershy, who was now clad in a soft yellow one peice, to the pool area, passing Rainbow Dash, who stayed put on the couch. "You gonna join us??"Colette asked. "Nah. I don't do swimming!" Dash responded, kicking her feet up and leaning back. "Suit yourself!" Colette said with a shrug, none too modestly adjusting her black bikini top before trekking out into the shallow end, leading Fluttershy into water, pulling her close as she chittered and whimpered.

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Then Charles went up to Louise, then looking at her as he seeing Colette left with Futtershy to the Pool and then looking at her. “Well there only one way that can kill Abernathy if you really want to kill her with out firing a shot. I can show you since I have it with me and I don’t want to scary Futtershy anyway. If you let me show you and then this is only way to stop Abernathy form chasing us.”

 

Then Nick went to the pool and smiles. “I would go to the pool but I don’t want to intrude on you girls so I just be playing my PSP Vista.” Then he went to the chair as he took out his PSP Vista, put in MLB 14 The Show into the Slot and began to play MLP Franchise Season with the Detroit Tigers.

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"It's not a pleasant thought, I'll give you that," Louise said to Colette. "But believe me this, it's her or us. She will kill all of us if she has to, just to get her hands on the ponies. Depends how far you're willing to go to protect your girlfriend and enable her to go home. Personally, I'd be willing to ice Abernathy if it meant that I could get home as well as drag Orchestrator back to face justice at the hooves of the Princess of the Night."

 

When Colette left with Fluttershy, Louise turned to Charles. "Tell me," she replied.

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Then Charles went to his suit case as he punch some numbers, then a side pocket came out as he took a small case out then went to Louise and open it. as it showing 20 needles but one have the red liquid in it too. “This one is called the Kiss of Death, it can stop blood form flowing and then coming out. Then she will be dead, this is a Instead Quick Kill and the coroners or deceives can’t find any bullets wounds in her body. Or the needle since I will be taking that out once it was done.”

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@@Hypn0ticD,@@Dawn Stripes,@@Fireblaze,@@Pripyat Pony, @, ((OOC:Sorry for the absense guys. Honorary mention for dawn one last time)) Dennis took his time to settle down and take care of whatever wounds he had. He appreciated the luxury but it was something not his style. Still Catherine's dad had taste and he at least could see that. He overheard the conversation that Louise and Colette had but he dared not interfere but said 

"We're cross the bridge with Aberthany when we get there... for now let's rest."

Since the rest proceeded to go to the pool he didn't stay alone. He didn't have a swimsuit or anything but he had a very fitting pair of boxers that he used to wear in cases of swimming emergency practically indistinguishable from the real thing. He saw that Dash wasn't joining and decided to check it out.

"Hey! Not going in huh? *giggle* I guess after the thing in the lake you decided you and water don't get along well right?"

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When he had once again come outside, Logan instantly cast his gaze over those gathered outside. He was relieved to see that they were all accounted for. A broad smile cracked over his features as she moved to his side, asking if he was hurt. In spite of the possibility of danger, he chuckled slightly, wrapping his free arm around her shoulders in a partial hug and planting a kiss on her forehead before responding, "Only my pride, but that's of no big concern. I'm just glad the lot of you are still safe." 

 

He glances at the rest, before once again placing to hands on his rifle and gesturing with his head, "Alright, we're nearly out of the water. We just need to get to the vehicles, and get moving again. Stick close to me, try not to make too much noise. We'll be fine." He made sure to grab the hunting rifle he'd left behind before moving on.

 

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The Changeling Captain nodded to Stephen when he was asked whether he could take care of Cicada. He remained silent, as he usually did, supporting her the best he could as they moved towards the vehicles.

 

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Twilight had indeed opened her mouth to protest, but she snapped her jaw shut when she thought about the situation. There really was no point to the action, so she went along. That was, until the sound of the whirring blades came within range and a blinding light flashed across her. She winced, blocking her vision with one hand. It just couldn't be easy, could it?

 

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Of course, things would never go simply. Logan let out a frustrated growl, pinning himself against the wall of the motel and motioning for the rest to do the same as the light of the helicopter flashed across them. He had forgotten the sniper, who likely had either radioed for backup, or had the capacity to pilot the aircraft himself. The officer brought his rifle to his shoulder, glancing to the others as he crouched, "Stay put... If things go south, get away as fast as you can." 

 

He took a deep breath before moving forward, still keeping low. Logan watched through his rifle's optic as the helicopter circled once, before alighting on an empty patch of ground across the street from the motel, keeping its spotlight trained on the building as the blades slowed down, their overbearing noise dying down slightly. This was immensely unexpected. The helicopter was a military grade vehicle - a blackhawk, if he remembered properly - and was fully armed. If he had wanted them dead, they would be. All the same, Logan kept his rifle trained on the doorway of the aircraft as it opened. His brow furrowed as the pilot climbed out, hands in the air. It could have just been a trick of the lighting, but Logan could swear he recognized the man as he walked closer, hands still raised...

 

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Heart pounding, Angie peeked over the edge of Claire's car as she heard the chopper landing. She tried to get a look at the agent exiting the vehicle, lifting her pistol to a position that would allow for quickly bringing it to bear on him. Her hands were shaking slightly, and she did her best to stop them. She wasn't exactly trained for these sorts of situations like a soldier or a cop, after all. Angelica swallowed, glancing back to Shawn and Claire as she heard Logan's voice sounding from somewhere across the parking lot, hailing the helicopter pilot, "Get down on your knees, hands behind your head! Now!" Was what he said. 

 

She glanced back out, surprised to see the pilot complying. The hell? He could have easily taken them down... so why surrender? Angie stood, aiming her firearm at the kneeling man, being sure to keep her finger well away from the trigger. Logan slowly appeared in her peripheral vision, keeping his rifle trained on the chopper pilot as he repeatedly told him not to move. Part of Angie was childishly excited during all of this. It was a potentially high stakes situation, and here she was in the middle of it. 'Course, she was scared half to death, but that made it all the more exhilarating.

 

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Logan was certain he knew the man now. He was only a few feet away, but he still couldn't be sure, due to the silhouetting caused by the blackhawk's spotlight, "I want you to turn very slowly, so I can see your face," He told the pilot, "Keep your hands where I can see them."

 

The pilot complied, pivoting on his knees so that he was facing the helicopter. Logan stepped partially in front of him, able to get a full view of his face now. What he saw nearly caused him to drop his firearm in shock, but he managed to keep from doing so, "Sebastian? What?! What are you doing here?!"

 

Sebastian Connery nodded, "Yeah... Hey Logan. Been a while, hasn't it?"

 

Logan didn't respond to the question, instead asking his own again, "What are you doing here, Bas?"

 

"I work for the agency hunting you and the Equestrians." He answered.

 

"Why?" 

 

"Would you believe mind control?"

 

Logan narrowed his eyes, but didn't shift his stance, "A few months ago, I wouldn't even entertain the possibility... But considering all that's happened, I won't deny that as a possibility." He briefly glanced back towards where the others were, before looking back to his cousin, "Where's the sniper?"

 

"Dead," Sebastian answered, elaborating before Logan was able to ask him to, "I'm a pilot for the agency, and was serving as his spotter. I was looking through the spotter's scope when I spotted you... I think that broke whatever spell was put on me. I took care of the sniper." Logan raised an eyebrow, and Sebastian continued, "The man was a murderer. He fully intended to put you down."

 

Logan was silent for a few seconds, before finally saying, "Why'd you surrender?"

 

"Morality. I've done a lot of terrible things these past few weeks, Logan. I figure it's about time I started atoning for some of them," he nodded his head towards the helicopter, "You guys need a ride to the agency's headquarters to get back the Equestrian we captured. Your cars aren't going to get you there. She's being held at headquarters, a large ship somewhere off the coast of Miami. You could rent a boat, but assuming you could even find it, you'd be sunk before you got close. I've got a bird, the exact coordinates, and clearance. I can get you and your team on the ship and I can help you free her."

 

"How can I be sure?" Logan said bluntly.

 

"Look me in the eyes and tell me I'm lying, Logan. You know this is your only option. And you know me."

 

It was true. Sebastian was never the best at lying. What he said was the truth. Everything except for the bit about the sniper, but it was clear from his eyes that he wasn't a threat. He was right there, kneeling on the ground. Logan's jaw tightened, before he nodded, "I'm willing to give you the benefit of a doubt. But the others still have to decide."

 

The officer lowered his rifle, motioning for everyone to come out of cover. He explained everything, who the man kneeling before them was, and how he was their only chance at getting to the Queen's location. Once his explanation was done, Logan finished, "What say the lot of you?"

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(This probably could have been eons better - and by rights it should be - but my creativity decided it didn't want to work properly when I sat down to write it, and I'm progressively getting more tired. But hey, at least it's moving things along)

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@@00Pony, @@Hypn0ticD,Cicada spoke up first. "I say that we trust him," she said. "Look at the situation logically. The guy's outnumbered, so he'd hardly be spinning us a tale when there's a good chance that we could take him out in moments if he did. There's two guns trained on him right now. As for mind control, it's a definite possibility considering the nature of the guy who's holding the Queen captive at the moment. Thru the Hive Mind, the Queen told us that her captor is a unicorn. A unicorn would be more than capable of using his magic for evil, and one of those evil acts was to brainwash this guy into helping him. Finally, Logan knows him, and trusts him. That's good enough for me.

 

"So I say that we trust this guy. He's got everything we need to rescue the Queen; a means of getting to the base, clearance and hopefully, a line in plausible bullshit so that we can get inside."

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"Huh... Swimming's for dweebs." Rainbow Dash grumbled at the teasing tone - firmly locking her face into a scowl. It was only halfhearted of course - she wasn't about to genuinely kick up a fuss, but after everything that had happened... as well as she might have hidden it, she was concerned. Behind that cool exterior was still a person... pony... whatever...

 

She didn't know - she hadn't liked being teased, even when she was back in flight school: it was something more though. Something that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

 

Finger... that was it. She'd changed here, in more ways than one. Here she was doubting herself: her - Rainbow Dash

 

She sighed grumpily and rolled onto her side, to better look at Dennis.

 

"Sorry. There's just, y'know... a lot going on right now. Guess I've been trying not to thing about it." She shrugged. "Trying to block it out and pretend that its normal, yeah? I mean... agh! This isn't supposed to be me!"

 

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Fluttershy...

 

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"Uhm... well..." Fluttershy tensed - the water was cold. Really cold. Not too cold - it was quite please t actually... but it was very wet and... there...

 

"I guess... okay. If you say so..."

 

With ever last thread of bravery that the overly shy girl could manage, she allowed herself to be drawn out into the deeper water. It wasn't exactly as bad as she had expected - but that might just have been because of how sheltered she felt, held close to Colette. Yes, that was probably it - the minute that she let go, no doubt the water would...

 

"It's..." She glanced around nervously at the liquid that now surrounded her before trying to speak again - clutching fearfully at her partner. "It's very deep and... uhm... watery... are you sure its safe?"

 

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"Logically?" Twilight echoed incredulously - as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

 

"Firstly, so far, I've seen nothing to suggest that humans even can act logically! It's all 'explosions' and playing hero!" She grinned a little at her (rather feeble and poorly timed) joke, but quickly grew serious.

 

"Secondly, I've seen mind control before - and if I couldn't snap my own brother out of it then I don't thing just happening to see an old friend will either. I don't believe him."

 

She turned to Cicada.

 

"He's lying to us to save himself, its just like the villains in every old book - they pretend to be 'redeemed' and then when you least expect it..." Balling her fingers into a fist, she made the action of stabbing something with a knife. "... right in the back. I don't trust him - its just like Discord all over again, only we don't have the elements here and..."

 

Pausing, the girl looked around. She seemed to have gotten carried away talking to herself... but she was satisfied that her point had been made, regardless of whether the others actually understood half of what she had been talking about.

 

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"We can thank our lucky stars that we at had the good fortune that we made it out!" Applejack chirped. She returned the kiss, and fell in behind him, mimicking his movements as best she could, all too happy to finally be on the way out of this Celestia forsaken place!

 

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Stephen nodded back in response before taking the lead, guiding the Alicorn through the shadows and to the parking lot.

 

They were almost home free when they were blinded by a spotlight from above, which was accompanied by a strong gust of wind and the strong, distinct whirring of blades. The Scot stopped in his tracks and cursed. Things just weren't going to be that easy, were they?? They had to bring a fucking chopper into it!

 

Stephen made a title attempt to duck back into the darkness, but found his efforts were unnecessary, as the chopper turned and landed across the street, though the light had not gone out, only changed focus to the building itself. What in the hell?!

 

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"Damn it all to Tartarus!" Applejack hissed as she helplessly watched as the Scotsman and the princess were caught in the blinding light of yet another one of those--what were they called? Helly Coppers??

 

Regardless, whatever the hay it was did not kill them dead, but instead found a place to land, leaving the cowpony in stupefied bewilderment as she did what Logan instructed her to do.

 

It was all she could do to keep herself from following Logan as he rose and made his way to Human machine, keeping low, his rifle trained on figure that emerged from the craft. What in tarnation was going on?!

 

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Shawn took advantage and chanced a glance above the blogger's hood as the officer made his way over to the man who stepped out of the chopper, barking out orders, to which he complied, much to his surprise. This man could've easily used the flying death machine to end all of their lives, and yet he was surrendering to Logan??

 

Shawn stayed put out of hesitation as Angie rose, drawing her pistol as Logan continued to make his way over to the stranger, ordering him to get to his knees and place his hands behind his head.

 

He rose to his feet as he watched Logan close the gap, the man slowly turning toward him. The Scot continued to watch as Logan seemed to get a good look at the man, crying something out in surprise, but the words were lost.

 

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((Just so you know Cinder, I SUCK at accents, and more often than not have to resort to a guide. You've been warned!))

 

Stephen just stood there stupidly as Logan and the man conversed, the former seeming to address the latter with familiarity. Nevertheless, Stephen held his place in front of the Alicorn, hoping to God that friggin' spell Cicada was on about was still in effect!

 

He caught Logan breifly looking back to them before speaking with the man a bit more. He furrowed his eyebrow as Logan lowered his rifle and motioned them all over. He looked back at Twilight before leading her over to them, his guard still raised. It seemed strange for a helicopter pilot to just surrender like that, and even stranger for Logan to trust him, but Logan himself was an upstanding, level-headed man, so he decided to hold his reservations and approach.

 

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Applejack listened intently as Logan explained away just who this man was, and the circumstances of how he came to be working for the group that was so tenaciously hunting them down. "Can we really trust this feller, Logan?" Applejack asked, bringing a voice to her concern, scoffing as Cicada spoke up.

 

"Ae course ye wud!" She heard the twin before Twilight mutter in response.

 

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"Ah don't see it as a good idea to just trust this guy, either. Fur a' we know, he cud be lying," Stephen said, concurring with Twilight, though he had no idea what she meant. After all, he was not the Brony twin. "He could jist as well stab us all in the back and hand us all over tae whaever the hell this Unicorn is, an' there'd be nothing we can dae aboot it!"

 

Twilight was on the right track, but Stephen was more than sure that these agents were not the same kind of villains one would find in any book. They were far too well organized, and enough foresight to bring a helicopter along!

 

He turned to face Twilight as she ranted on about elements. What the hell did that have to do with anything??

 

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"But what ither choice do we huv??" Shawn chimed in. "Ah think thon it's rather convenient thon this guy suddenly snapped oot o it jist by seein' Logan, but we huv tae take the chance! We've lost enough time as it is, and drivin' there is gonna tak aroun another day! The best thing we can dae is keep oor guard up, but go along wit 'im. If Logan can trust him, why can't we?"

 

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Dammit. It came as no surprise that the overgrown buzzard would be all gung ho to potentially get herself caught, but him too?! "Ah still dun like it," Applejack said. "You may trust him Logan, but what if that Trottish feller--" she looked over to Stephen, not remembering which twin he was, "the one with Twi-- what if he's right? If'n the Queen of Gnats is out on a boat like he says she is, and he turns on us when we get close… whaddya we do then??"

 

((Super long post FTW!! \/\/007!))

Edited June 11, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

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"What happens then is that I slit his throat," Cicada said, a small smile playing about her mouth. "But I doubt that I'd get the chance to do that before Logan got him. We have the advantage here, we outnumber him. And we have to take the chance in order to get to the Queen. Of course, I can always verify that what he says about the boat is true. I can use the Hive Mind to ask my Queen."

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Logan remained silent as the others discussed what should be done. Shawn and Cicada were in agreement on trusting Sebastian, at least loosely. Applejack, Twilight and Stephen were far more skeptical. Understandably so. Were he in their place, he probably wouldn't be too keen on trusting someone who had only recently been hunting them down. All the same, it irked him an made things immensely difficult.

 

He glanced down at Sebastian, who was remaining perfectly still with his hands behind his head as he flicked his eyes from one of the group to another.

 

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Angie bit the inside of her cheek, thinking over what had been said. She knew Sebastian from the past as well, though to a much lesser extent than Logan. On one hand, he was a friend, and she was sure he was telling the truth, but on the other hand... He had been a part of this organization thing that was hunting the Equestrians. Even if he was under some sort of mind control spell, how could she really be sure that he was free? She hated not knowing.

 

She glanced to Logan, who wasn't exactly aiming his rifle at Sebastian, rather holding it in a ready position to gun him down if need be. That was scary to think about, Logan having to shoot a friend and all. It wasn't completely impossible - the sacrifice one for the safety of many and all that - but it still scared her.

 

Angie shook her head slightly to clear that thought from her mind, instead focusing on the matter at hand," We could end him if he turned out to be against us," she said, "But I think doing that'd be a bad idea... As far as we know, Sebastian's the only one that has any sort of knowledge for flying the helicopter, and without the pilot controlling it in the air, we'd all be dead anyway. And without him, our chances of ever reaching the Queen are little to none." She sighs, "Yeah, it's a sucky situation, but we don't really have too many options, do we?" Angie finished. She looked to the side for a second when Ulysses came trotting past the group gathered at Sebastian to sniff the pilot. The man stayed still while the canine inspected him. For a second, Ulysses did nothing, but them his bushy began to wag and he bumped the kneeling man's forehead with his nose before looking to Logan.

 

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The officer made eye contact with the canine for a short time before giving a dry chuckle. Logan cleared his throat before looking back to the others, "I know most of you have your reservations about trusting him. Heck, I understand why you have them. But I want you to trust me on this. I know this man, and he's a terrible face to face liar," he glances to Ulysses for a second, "And if not me, then at least trust the dog's nose." The last sentence was said with heavy satire.

 

Logan shrugged slightly, "If he proves to be against us, then I'll take blame for proposing we trust him.

 

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Diliges had been standing silently for the duration of the discussion, merely staring at the ground in contemplation and listening. Finally, he spoke up, "Cicada's right," he began, before glancing to Angie and saying, "Would you mind taking care of her wounds while I explain, Angelica?" The EMT complied, taking medkit - which he's been given by Logan on the way out - he handed to her as she went over to the female Changeling.

 

Diliges stepped forward to face the group as she did this, "And I'm not just saying that because she's my commander. It's true. Logically, we can believe this man," he focused on Twilight, "You're smart, aren't you? Think about it. Your bother was under my Queen's spell when she was at a strength beyond that her normal levels, due to the love she consumed off of him.

 

"Remember, she was even strong enough to beat Celestia at the time. It would be much, much harder to break the spell with that as the case. Now think about this, he gestures to her forehead, and eventually his own as he speaks, "Have you noticed your magic being a little lackluster since we came here? Barring what you did in there - which required a good deal of shock and took a lot out of you - it hasn't exactly been easy or up to snuff, has it? This world has no magic of its own, and I believe our own magic is nullified here, and that grows more extreme with time. When I came here, I could still shapeshift as if nothing were different. But as my time here grew longer, it's become progressively harder to do even such a simple spell, and we've been here but months. My Queen's captor has been here for much longer, I am sure. He certainly didn't come through with us. It would stand to reason that his magic has weakened since coming here, and therefore, a mind control spell would be much easier to reverse."

 

He pauses briefly before continuing, "Long story short, you couldn't snap your brother out of his stupor because the spell caster was far more powerful and was constantly renewing it, this making it much harder to break. This man was controlled by a much weaker version of the spell, and therefore, much easier to break."

 

Diliges turns his turquoise gaze from the Princess and instead to the only other non Changeling Equestrian, "And you, Applejack. Are you not the embodiment of the 'Element of Honesty'? Surely you could be able to tell us if this man was being truthful or not?" He gives a slight smirk, though it quickly fades, "I know you bear no respect of my kind. You have made that very clear. But we have the ability to see the emotions of potential sources, and humans are no exception," he poits to her and Logan, tracing a line in the air as he speaks, "I can see the love between you and Logan," he then points to Angie and Shawn, repeating the motion, "And I can see the attraction between those two.

 

"I can see the dislike you hold or Cicada and myself, the friendship you feel with Twilight. All of it. But or all that, I cannot see any fear coming this man about being caught for a lie. Only fear of not being believed for the truth. You ponies, having to live with my kind on your doorstep, you may be able to mask your emotions a little better if you try, but humans have never had to deal with a Changeling. They have no such skill." Diliges couldn't help but smile again. He was in his element now, "Like I said, you clearly have no respect for my kind and likely what I have to say, Applejack. But," He took a few steps back towards the group, focusing primarily on Twilight Applejack, "You two want two get home as badly as I do, that much I know. And to do that, your going to have to trust the word of a Changeling. Nothing risked, nothing gained, after all. The spell that sent us here requires it's original caster to reverse the effect. The caster just so happens to be my Queen. And if this Sebastian fellow has the means and the drive to get me closer to reaching her and getting home, I'll name my first born son after him. I'm a soldier, I know how to deal with risks, and I am sure as hell willing to take them. Are the rest of you?"

 

The Changeling Captain crosses his arms and raises an eyebrow, staying out for a second before walking back over to Cicada, whose wounds Angelica had been working on cleaning and dressing the entirety of his speech. She'd be pretty much done by now.

 

 

(If this seems paced oddly or anything - and it does to me - do note that I wrote this late at night, while running on an extreme caffeine rush, while listening to Two Steps From Hell. Blame that.)

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Twilight glared at the Diliges - it was still quite a tender subject, despite being one that she herself had brought up. Not made any better of course by who it was that she was speaking with. Specifically, his heritage.

 

A hundred scenarios ran through her mind - they still didn't know exactly what these humans were capable of: they could easily have outsmarted the changelings, or perhaps even the man himself! What if he genuinely believed what he said? Believed that he was harmless, that he wanted to help them? They had learned a lot about this world but in truth, they knew nothing in the grand scheme of things! That magic didn't seem to work properly was proof enough of that...

 

Yet, the Changeling was logically the most likely to understand at least the concept of what was going on. The closest thing they had to a specialist on the subject - the one who understood at least similar events from their own world.

 

"If this doesn't work..." She seethed through gritted teeth, calling after the Changeling. "If you're wrong, if any of my friends get hurt because of this... I'm coming after you. Then we'll see just how poorly magic performs here. I'm holding you responsible for this."

 

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@,@@Hypn0ticD,@@Fireblaze,@@Pripyat Pony, @, Dennis understood the alienation that Dash felt and was quick to jump to comfort her. He let a gentle smile...

"True you might not be a human... but in any case you bear at least similarities to your old form. In any case Dash you're still awesome as always and i'm quite confident that this hasn't changed." his smile widened as he attempted to boost her confidence.

He approached her a little bit more so that he could talk a bit more descretely to her.

"Besides... it'd take a lot more than a petty transformation into a human to ruin your beauty..." and then he finished than sentence with a wink from his left eye while he gave her a toothly smile.

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"You'll be fine, Flutters!" Colette chirped as she led the Pegasus on. " just keep kicking your legs like that!"

 

Colette continued to instruct the Pegasus, leading her from one end of the pool to the other, before teaching her to swim in place. "That's it, Flutter Butter!"

 

Colette gave Fluttershy a light peck on the lips, pulling her close. "Ready to learn the backstroke?"

 

((I can't think of anything! Where are Pinkie, Rarity, Louise and Claire, Pripyat?))

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Ooc: Louise is inside, Pinkie is in the pool. Rarity is in the hot tub with Catherine; waiting on Shadow Wolf to reply.

 

Pinkie swam lazily by on her back. Despite her position, she still seemed to know that Colette and Fluttershy were nearby, and turned herself to a vertical position.

 

"Come and swim, Fluttershy!" she giggled, managing to bounce even tho she was in the water. "It's ever so much fun and the water's really warm!"

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Catherine looked over at Colette and Fluttershy and let out a small sigh of disappointment, then turned to Rarity. "Oh you don't have to. Cependant... If you really wanted to, I would love to own a dress made by you." The corners of her lips turned up in a smile as she made the last statement. She said to Louise, "I would've done the deed back there, but I wasn't too sure everyone would be okay with it."

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@, @@Fireblaze,

 

Rarity smiled. "We can work on it together," she said. "It would pass the time." She shot a look at Louise, who was now standing nearby with Charles. Rarity didn't much like the thought of taking a life, even that of Abernathy's, but didn't want to interfere.

 

Louise said to Charles, "I think that we don't need to go to such measures. A bullet in the right place would do the job nicely, to my mind." To Catherine, she replied, "Don't think for a moment that I've come to this decision lightly. But I know this bitch. She will never give up, and never stop hunting us. The only way we can hope to stop her is to get rid of her and personally, I'm willing to do that if it means I can finally go home."

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@00Pony, @@Pripyat Pony, @,

 

For real?? Stephen shot the Changeling commander a look before the Changeling captain stepped forward, voicing his opinion with far more eloquence, and adding sufficient reasons as well. Far more thought out than Cicada's response, that was for certain!

 

"Good point!" He said. He then turned to the princess, eyebrows furrowing a bit. "I still don't like it any more than ye dae, princess, but Ah think we need tae tak this chance. Like Angie said, this Sebastian fellow's the only one here that knows how tae fly--" he turned to the Changeling commander, adding pointedly, "Sae killing him wud leave us all deid in the watter or stranded, like Angie said, and yer queen will remain in captivity! Dinnae see that, did ye??"

 

He then turned to see Ulysses approach the man, watching as he sniffed him, before seemingly giving his seal of approval. "Heh... Ah just might have tae dae that, Logan!" He said in response to the officer's remark.

 

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Applejack was also watching as the police canine sniffed the pilot over, wagging his tail and touching his nose to him. Damn… Winona did something very similar to what Ulysses was doing when she trusted somepony.

 

She then looked to Logan, not being able to help but smirk at his quip. "Well, alright… Ah'm agonna go with you, Logan, an' trust this man. An' Ah'll hold ya to it if'n he turns out to be a liar!"

 

Applejack then faced Diliges, her smirk fading. She considered his words for a moment before turning to Sebastian, looking the man in the eye.

 

After a moment of intensely studying him, she sighed. "Twi? He's bein' honest." She said, placing a hand on the Alicorn's shoulder. "While Ah do so hate to admit it, the varmint's right. We can trust 'im. And we need that Queen Varmint ta get home! Whaddya say?"

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@@Hypn0ticD, Cicada glared at Stephen. "I saw it perfectly, idiot!" she snapped. "I am this close to giving you the beating of a lifetime, so don't tempt me. What makes you think I'd kill him when we were in the air? We're not all as stupid as you seem to think we are. You have treated me with nothing but nastiness and spite all this time. Would it kill you to be pleasant for once?"

 

Surprisingly, Clare spoke up at this point. "Yeah, Stephen," she said. "Just why do you have to be like that towards Cicada? I've had someone be like that to me before, back at school. They constantly belittled me, and treated me like dirt. It's called bullying, and that's exactly what you're doing to Cicada. We're all a team, and I am not going to stand by and let you bully someone like that. Especially since Cicada was the one who dealt with the agents who were, you know, trying to kill us all. While the main man might still be around, we at least don't have to worry about his team."

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@, @@00Pony, @@Pripyat Pony,

 

"That's all well and good, but ye need tae start using yer brain like someone of your rank should, commander. Maybe yae can avoid any risking anyone else's life on a hunch or any more unnecessary injuries." He sneered. "Maybe Ah'll start respecting ye then!"

 

Stephen then turned his attention to the blogger, sighing. "Ah'm not tryin' tae be a bully, but ye heard what Ah had tae say… She's tae reckless!"

 

"Whaddya mean, risk someone's life??" Applejack asked. "It's… it's fae another time, Applejack," Stephen answered. If Shawn was right, Earth Ponies were the strongest of the three major Pony races, so pissing one off wouldn't be an intelligent move. "Now let's jist go!"

 

((Short post, but I wanna see what the others do first!))

Edited June 15, 2014 by Hypn0ticD

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Rainbow Dash!

 

"Yeah well..." Dash grumbled - determined not to give him the satisfaction of making her blush like some stupid love struck filly. Would the old Rainbow Dash have acted that way? Of course not! Well, she wouldn't have let anyone see anyway...

 

"It's just weird... I'm not even supposed to be here! I mean, it's great that you are too, and I know that I'm still me but..."

 

She stalled - running out of words that matched up with her thoughts. Throwing her hands up in the air, she let of a frustrated groan.

 

"Ugh!" The rainbow haired tomboy grunted frustratedly, though she did smirk slightly to herself. "All this thinking's for eggheads like Twilight! I need to chill out..."

 

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Fluttershy...

 

"Back... stroke?" Fluttershy echoed in a barely audible voice. "That doesn't sound... very safe... are you sure?"

 

Her eyes followed her bubbly friend as she passed by. Pinkie Pie wasn't afraid of anything - Dashie might be brave, but Pinkie didn't even have a chance to be scared while she bounced from one thing to the next. Pinkie Pie just had fun... maybe that was better? Having fun did seem like a better think to do than just being scared.

 

Fluttershy turned back to Collette with a (slightly) determined smile.

 

"Okay... Can you show me again?"

 

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Twilight Sparkle.

 

"I don't like this..." Muttered the princess, still glowering at the others who she considered far too quick to trust the enemy. She knew that Applejack would speak her mind of course, but changelings scarcely showed themselves even capable of understanding integrity, and the humans had so far demonstrated a blind need to impress anyone and everything with their 'heroism' - they would 'trust' him simply because that was what they were expected to do...

 

"AJ..." She muttered, sidling up beside her friend. "I don't think it's a good idea. Nightmare Moon was probably being honest when she said that she didn't think that she was evil! Sombra and Chrysalis too - of course they're honest, if they believe that they're telling the truth. These are dangerous people we're dealing with here!" Shaking her head, Twilight closed her eyes. "I just... I don't want to see anything bad happen. To any of you - just promise me that you won't go just blindly trusting him: that's what these humans do and if we start as well... somebody is going to get hurt."

 

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[Fireblaze 16]

Ooc: Louise is inside, Pinkie is in the pool. Rarity is in the hot tub with Catherine; waiting on Shadow Wolf to reply.

 

Pinkie swam lazily by on her back. Despite her position, she still seemed to know that Colette and Fluttershy were nearby, and turned herself to a vertical position.

 

"Come and swim, Fluttershy!" she giggled, managing to bounce even tho she was in the water. "It's ever so much fun and the water's really warm!"

@Pripyat Pony, @~Shadow Wolf~, @Hypn0ticD, @Cinderscribe

 

“Well I know, but Abernathy will have guards with her, best way if you really want to kill her is to snipe her that is the only way and because if she corner us and you pull your gun out at her face. One of her boys will have his gun out and shoot your gun out or your hand. But a sniper position will get the job done since they won’t know were the shot is hit unless if they were batman but they not and they will not find that weapon too.” Charles saying.

 

Nick seeing Pinky swimming as he was playing his baseball game and smiles to her while he went back to play more. Then thinking about something, hearing Colette teaching Futtershy how to swim and smiles too while hearing his uncle lover Rarity was relaxing too.

[Hypn0ticD 1,213]

@@00Pony, @@Pripyat Pony, @,

 

"Twi…" Applejack began, before turning to the others. "Just give us a moment!"

 

She took the princess by the hand and led her to an empty spot in the parking lot before addressing her again. "Twi… we don't have much of a choice! Settin' here an' not taking that risk won't help anyone. Now, Ah don't like it, either, but don't you wanna get home?"

 

She listened to Twilight as she gave voice to her concern, citing Nightmare Moon, King Sombra, and even that overgrown gnat herself. "Ah know that, Twi," Applejack responded. "An' we're about ta face an even more dangerous foe! But we gotta do of, but time's a-wastin' if you set here not trusting nopony!"

 

Applejack placed both her hands on Twilight's shoulders, looking the Alicorn dead in the eye. "Twi, Ah trust Logan. He found you, took you in, an' took care a' you, an' you still trust 'im?" Applejack then indicated the remaining finders with a turn and nod of her head. "Angie helped Logan out from what Ah hear. One a' them twins brought Fluttershy over from Trotland, or Scotland, or whatever! The other one even brought that gung ho buzzard Cicada over! Claire even took care a' that other buzzard up until now! After knowin' all that, you still don't trust any of these humans?"

 

Applejack was now squeezing Twilight's shoulders a bit now. "The girls and Ah, we're your charges now, but we're still your friends. An' these humans are your friends, Twi. They wanna see us get home, too. We may not be able to trust that pilot feller, but at least find it in yer heart ta at least trust our Finders!"

 

 

Lil' bit of this from AJ!

 

Nostalgia Critic - Exposition:

 

 

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@, @@Pripyat Pony, @@Fireblaze, @, @,

 

"Of course it's safe, sweetie!" Colette said, jumping onto her back and demonstrating. "Easy peasy, see!" She demonstrated a few moves as she swam around, kicking her feet up in the air. "Dash!" She called out to the other Pegasus, egging her on playfully, "get out here and swim, dammit! You know you want to!" Colette chuckled as she made her way back to Fluttershy. "If Flutters can do it, then why can't you??"

 

Colette then looked over to the pink mare as well, watching her as she swam with seemingly not a care in the world… after the hell she and Dash had been through, it was still quite astonishing to see that she was able to be so happy, so soon...

 

Colette turned her attention back to her girlfriend, helping her to lean back in the water, helping her spread her arms and legs. "That's it, babe!"

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Hypn0ticD, "Maybe so, but do you really think that you're making yourself look any better by constantly attacking her?" Clare asked. "It might seem like a radical solution, but have you tried being nice to Cicada? You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, you know, and it might be worth taking in mind that Cicada could have hit you with spells a hundred times over, but she hasn't. The least you could do would be to give some return to that forebearance."

 

Clare paused for a moment, then sighed. She watched Applejack go off with Twilight and hoped that Applejack could persuade Twilight to trust in Seb, then they could perhaps get somewhere. She resumed.

 

"Look, I'm not asking you to declare your undying love for Cicada," Clare continued. "You don't have to marry her, or even be her best friend forever. All I'm asking you to do is to be civil. Just like you would to someone at work that you didn't like. All this unpleasantness is bad for the team."

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

Vinyl continued to hear Colette and Fluttershy, so she sunk down into the hot tub to tune everything else. Was she jealous? Yeah, a bit. However, she couldn't really do anything about it, so she just took a moment to relax a bit. When she came back up, she resumed her conversation with Rarity. "Oh, I feel I would only mess it up, and I would never want to interfere with your eye for creation. I've seen what happens when ponies do."