open The Other Ponies: The Canterlot Collapse

[Samurshy 708]

Phee continued to hover over Carrick. Knowing that she would be of no use in a agility battle. She decided her best course of action was to stick near Carrick and possibly wait for an order of some sort. 

This is hopeless, I can't be of any help here. Figures, I was useless in the present, now I can be useless in the past. Phee thought to herself. 

[Azura 1,107]

Azura didn't have any more time to waste, she had to catch up with the others. "I'm on my way.." she mumbled. Trotting towards the direction of the cloaked pony, she saw Phee flying above Carrick, but the pony being chased was nowhere to be seen. Where's Hypno and Quickly? I hope they're safe.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly folded in his wings about half way and dove at the mysteriously cloaked pony. He used slight adjustments in his wings to correct his dive path. He had his goggles on so that he could see during the dive. It would've been so much easier to shoot him or her, he thought with an internal sigh. He would be crashing into the other pony in a matter of seconds.

[Chickey 383]

Noticing Quickly make his move, Hypno jumped down off towards the side of the pony. He knew that if the pony would go to block Quickly or stop him it would leave him wide open for Hypno. He kept his pace and waited on the side to see what would happen for now.

[NinjaCPU 270]

There wasn't much to do anything. Quickly made his move, as well as Hypno with his magic attacks. The pony simply took his time to jump into an alley to avoid the confortation. Carrick was prepared. The pony didn't look like a unicorn so teleportation was out of the question, but it doesn't mean that trapping him will end well. "Phoenix, go around and try to caught him from behind. Azura, you're with me."

[Samurshy 708]

Phee followed Carrick's orders. She split from the group and trotted down the separate intersection of the alleyway. 

I hope that I don't run into our enemy. I am too weak to do anything that will help if I am the one who finds him. 

 

These things ran through Phee's mind as she ran through the dark alleyway, unsure of what will happen next.


 

[Azura 1,107]

Azura listened to Carrick's order, following closely behind him. Were they running towards a trap? Was chasing down these files worth it? A pony who steals files from a bunch of capable ponies is either a coward or a very dangerous pony. Only time will tell.

[Chickey 383]

Hypno looked a bit disappointed as the pony dove into the alleyway. He moved towards the edge of the building and looked down from the roof onto the pony, simply watching for now as Azura, Carrick, and Phee started to close in on the pony. He kept track of him as he stalked from the roofs so he couldn't slip away.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly slapped out his wings in time to avoid crashing through the roof, instead landing on his feet a little heavily. He took out his crossbow, more for show, and moved to the far end of the roof in case Phee didn't make it in time. He loaded and waited for the pony to make it's next move.

[NinjaCPU 270]

Carrick galloped his way right into the alleyway. Where he saw the thief who took the files. The shifting eyes gave a sense that this pony was thinking the options though. We had ponies who had survived against one the most arguably strongest ponies alive. Of course nopony knew that, but a small few. For all the thief knew, we were just part of the police squad. 

 

The pony held the folders in the air, "One move and the folder goes." the androgynous voice didn't tell this pony's gender.

 

Carrick took his time to stare the contents of the folder. One more peak, and he might be able to just interpret the the murderer. No weapons and no magic don't make this pony a threat. However, this pony could be the murderer. The cloak was big enough to hide claws. "Why did you take the folders?" Carrick ask.

 

"You don't have the right to ask that question....I have the folders and if you willing to chase me down...they must mean something."

 

The hesitation of this pony's voice gave the impression that she had no idea what she is holding. This vagueness could be used as an advantage. "We chase you down, because you were in the crime scene. Not because you holding the folders. I've already checked the folders, they have nothing in them." 

 

"T-that's not true, because...." The pony dragged out her words, trying to find a reason.

 

The earth pony interrupted her, "Here's a better question. Why were you there in the first place? You must of seen the blood and the dead body. Why?"

 

The pony stuttered all over the place. "Look, if you done nothing wrong. You can just come with-" The detective's instinct come in and a long blade comes out of the cloak. 

 

"No...I can't let you do that. I'm not...questioning...." The sword was raised and then....pierced into the stomach....

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly hopped of the roof and extended his wings to slow his descent. He landed silently out of habit, stowing his crossbow in the process. He plucked the folder away before the pony could bleed all over it and took a pulse. "He won't live much long: the blade pierced to many vital organs."

[Chickey 383]

Hypno jumped down from the roof and glided down. He watched the pony on the ground, looking slightly disturbed and saddened by the sight. "A disappointing end." He muttered. He wondered if there was anything he should do, but for now he simply waited for Carrick to respond.

[Azura 1,107]

There she was, standing right behind Carrick and watching the entire scene. Azura looked away as the blood spilled out of his stomach. She started to think about why the pony was struggling to answer Carrick's question. She realized that it doesn't matter anymore. The pony was dead.

[Glaceon 793]

Sapphire arrived a bit too late, all she saw was a pony bleeding out on the floor. She sighed. "Well this is messy....."

There was no sign of a fight. "Suicide. Whoever is behind this... I don't like it." She turned to the group. "I hope this folder is worth it."

She waited for them to open the folder.

[NinjaCPU 270]

Carrick stare at the dead body. Everyone was a bit in shocked that this pony had committed suicide out of nowhere. It did seem....extreme to just off yourself? Was this pony connected? Did this pony even know what the folder had? The detective walk over to the pony and took the folder. A puddle of red was on the folder. The detective look inside again. 

 

Just as he thought, the names of the ponies were on each paper. Containing a few information about them, where they worked, where they were living, relationship status. He took a few skims at each paper and saw some ponies that weren't killed. Would they be part of the next murderer? 

 

Well, it's a connection and a lead. Guess this is good after all. "Alright, looks like we have something going on. However, we better find a more hidden place to talk about it. If one pony found this while we were searching. Talking about it in public could lead to trouble." 

[Azura 1,107]

Azura wondered what sort of 'hidden place' would be safe enough to talk about classified information. "Where do you plan on going, Carrick? No place in Canterlot is safe. The person behind this could be watching every one of our moves." Looking around with her cat-like senses, there doesn't seem to be like there was anypony watching us. "We'd better get moving."

[Samurshy 708]

Phee kept walking down the dark alley. Not knowing that Carrick had already had the intruder subdued. she just kept trotting down the alleyway. As she trotted down the alley, it was very silent. The only sound Phee could hear came from her hooves against the concrete. The air in the alley smelled foul, and she couldn't help but feel like she was being watched. 

[Chickey 383]

Hypno figured Carrick was right about finding a better place to discuss the case. Knowing he hasn't been to Canterlot too much he had nothing to suggest. Though while looking around he noticed Pheonix Flare was missing. "It would usually be good to leave, but there is a dead body on the ground. And that orange mare is missing too." He said with a grumble in his voice after Azura finished.

[NinjaCPU 270]

"Phoenix is not here?" Carrick didn't seem to notice the orange mare had probably been still down in the alleyway, as he commanded. He didn't want to leave the body unattended though. The death count is adding up. It won't be long until somepony founds out one of the dead body How long can we keep this up? Carrick looked at the blood on the floor and the dead mare. "Somepony close this part of the alleyway up. We'll take the other way out and find Phoenix. She shouldn't be too far away." Carrick said. Turning himself away from the body and walking to the other way. 

[Samurshy 708]

Phee continued to walk down the alley way. The feeling of being watched still overtaking her with each step. As she continued down the alley she eventually came to a dead end. 

this is pointless she thought carrick has probably already caught the culprit. I might as well fly back. 

As she was about to lift off with her outstretched wings a hooded pony stepped out from the alley intersection effectively blocking her path... if she was an earth pony. 

She went to fly past the pony but hit something very hard in the air above the pony. It didn't feel like a wall because as she hit it she felt the familiar pulse of magical energy. The magic wall sent her flying back the the dead end of the alley.

Phee lay on the ground dazed.

"You don't belong here" The hooded pony said, the voice was a female one.

Phee, although she was weary from the surge of magical energy after she hit the wall, was able to stand. 

"S-sorry... if I am in the wrong neighborhood I can leave." Phee said shakily

The mare laughed 

"Wrong context, Ms. Flare. What I meant was, you don't belong here, in this time. In this particular plane of existence. You are an anomaly. You shouldn't be here." 

A rush of adrenaline shot through Phoenix as the words from the mysterious pony reached her ears

"uh.. what do you m-mean?" she tried to sound confident but she was always a terrible liar. 

"Don't try to lie to me. Anyone with any adeptness for MP Wave sense, or the Sixth Sense, can tell there is something off about you. But for an expert like me, I can smell the magic on you. I can tell exactly what sent you here." The pony said these words and waited a few seconds to let it sink in

"So, someone finally made a real time travel spell. No limitations. That is dangerous magic right there. Magic that could change the course of history. Magic that could effectively wipe out nations. And reduce civilizations to nothingness" The mare sighed

"What, what do you want?" Phee asked

"Well that is just it. I don't know what to do with you. Ever since you entered our realm, you have been a blemish, a pockmark on the face of this world. If we were to allow you to stay here, it could be catastrophic. However, you were sent here by a spell that doesn't exist yet. Since you are a Pegasus I don't suppose you cast this spell all by your lonesome. Perhaps you could tell us who created the spell. That way we could wipe the spell creator out and make sure you never enter our timeline in the first place"

Phee started to get a bit irritated "What do you mean? Wipe out the spell creator." Phee asked trying to contain her anger


"Well depending on how far in the future you came from, we could kill the spell creator, or the spell creator's ancestor making sure that this spell never is created. That seems like the best course of action. And with our forbidden mind reading spells, we could find out the information pretty easily, even from a dead body if need be." The mare's eyes started to glow.


Kill my father! Kill my mother!? Phee's anger rose to it's limit and she snapped 

"I WONT LET THAT HAPPEN" Phee yelled as she stood her ground, striking an offensive stance. 

"Ha! Like you could stop us." The mare chuckled as she said, her eyes glowed a dark crimson.

Instantaneously a massive fireball lept from the mare towards Phee. Consuming Phee and scoarching the entire alleyway. 

Phee felt nothing...

Well, she never did feel fire of any kind. Ever since she was born she had had this rune on her hoof, a rune that her father placed on her from birth. This rune protected her from all intense heats. No matter how hot it got, she couldn't be harmed. Well at least that is what her father told her, she never really tested it's limits. However, in this instance, it seemed to have done it's job.

The smoldering embers died down, a few flames burned here and there, leaving a completely charred black alleyway, and a perfectly fine yellow mare in the middle. 

"WHAT!? That was one of my more powerful flame spells. There is no way a normal pony would be unscathed after that attack. What exactly are you?" The mare asked Phee, as more of a rhetorical question.

As rhetorical as it was Phoenix still replied "I am your worst fear come true" 

Phee lifted off the ground with her wings and reached into her saddle bag procuring two items. One was a bottle of blue liquid, the other was a torn page from one of the books she took from her father's study. The page contained a rune of force. Phee crumpled up the page into a wad of paper and pored the contents of the bottle which was labled "MP" onto the wad of paper. She tossed the wad down at the mare. At this point the wad of paper had been completely soaked the magical energy started to take hold. As soon as the wad hit the ground next to the mare it exploded in a shockwave of magical kinetic energy sending the mare flying into the wall beside her, briefly knocking her unconscious.

Phee used the time given after knocking out the mare to escape. She flew up over the buildings and scoured the area for Carrick. She spotted Carrick 12 blocks away, he was standing over a dead pony body with the stolen information in his hooves. She landed next to him. 

Should I tell the group what happened? What if the group wants to go find the pony and they capture her and she ends up telling them about her and the future she came from. This could be bad. I don't think I should say anything. Hopefully nobody heard the flame spell or the kinetic force spell.  

"Woah.. what happened here?" She asked, not sure if it was okay to be asking the questions when she just experienced something pretty strange herself. 

 

[Chickey 383]

Hypno looked over to see the orange mare return. "Just in time." He said, somewhat sarcastically. He stared at her, somewhat suspiciously as he smelled a hint of something burning in the air, especially around the mare. He shrugged it off as just some sort of weird draft of air she must of passed through. He hadn't even really met the mare yet, and he was slightly interested who she was now. Though on the outside he really didn't seem to care. He turned around, whistling a soft tune as he walked around. "Now that everypony is back, what exactly should we do now Carrick?" He asked 

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly's ears where twitching, and his eyes were unfocused. Magical shock wave. Fire. Large magic wall. Large magic wall gone. Why is the magic signature traveling so slowly. It's like syrup, I can almost touch it. "There was a magical display a few blocks away. I think the Canterlot ponies may be getting hostile."

[Azura 1,107]

Azura could feel Phee and the heat emitting from her. I guess it's just the weather. It is a sunny day after all. Her sixth sense told her to get out of that area, but there didn't seem to be any immediate threat around this area. "Wait, a magical display? We should go check it out."

[NinjaCPU 270]

Carrick took his time to consider his options. Canterlot ponies could be big trouble and if we were to investigate it could lead to a backlash. Not to mention if they find the dead body, it could lead to more trouble. However, if the pony was on the same area as Phoenix. Why didn't Phoenix notice?...or maybe she didn't want us to know. Nevertheless, with the dead body. We need to act fast. 

 

"Alright, we're going to go in teams of two here." Carrick took out his folders and scan the information. The detective had dangerous material in his hooves and if he stay in the open with it. It could be trouble. The earth pony walk over to Hypno and gave him the files. "You and Azura go to...." Carrick gave a soft sigh. He knew of one pony who would be able to help us....

 

"Starbolt's place. I'm positive that she is trustworthy enough." Carrick turned to Lazarus. "You, I'm apologize for not knowing your name, but I need you to make this area secure this alleyway and follow us right after. Something is amiss here." 

[Azura 1,107]

Azura was confused where Starbolt's place was but she kept quiet because it was either Hypno or her who knows where that is and it's definitely not her. "Lead the way Hypno. I'll try my best to protect you from any incoming threats." She scoped the area around her. Suddenly, her ears twitched. "Huh?!" She quickly turned around, only to see nothing. "I guess I'm just a little bit paranoid." Azura just shrugged it off and waited for Hypno.