Chapter XXI: Breakout
Twilight Sparkle
"If I'm right there should be a door coming up," I had studied the map carefully and made careful note of all the entrances. I examine it . It doesn't seem to be magically locked so I push it open. In front of me was a large maze. "I must have made a wrong...," I hear Rarity talking. "Rarity?" I call out she doesn't seem to be far.
"Twilight darling is that you?" she asks coming around the corner and seeing me. "You're a sight for sore eyes. I've been trapped in this maze for hours it seems." She asks me what happened that we all get separated.
"I think that Vlad cast some sort of scattering spell. He's trying to keep us apart so we don't find our way." She asks if had seen any of the others. "No I haven't but...," The door slammed shut behind us. Rarity asks what we are going to do. "There has to be another way out. The maze builders needed some way to escape if something happened."
We walk down the hall until we come to a mural. It was Starswirl standing in front of the gates of Tartarus. He was leading a group ponies to freedom. "Magic's light shall set you free," as she read those words her horn started to glow. "Why are you looking...," a beam of light shot from her and hit my horn.
I could feel my magic returning to me. It was like seeing and friend again. A map projected from me showing all the exits to he maze. "Come on, I think we can lead us out." I tell her starting off to the left path.
Vlad
"Damn it," I blasted the wall to get rid of some my anger. "How did they get their magic back. Nothing is stronger than the Alicorn Amulet?" I charge up another ectoblast but decided to hold back. "This is just an inconvenience." I sat back down on the throne and tried to not think about it.
"Angry much?" Chrysalis' voice asked she came in the room. I asked why she's here. "The human and two ponies drove me from the lower levels." I raise an eyebrow at that remark. The queen of changelings bested a human, a pegasus, and an earth pony. "No doubt they are freeing the prince." I stood up and asked her about the others. "What others?"
I conjure a map of the castle and focus on the two unicorns in the maze. "How could they get their magic back?" Chrysalis explains that castle is old and was built over a shrine on Mount Canterlot. It has all kind of unknown magic in it. She asks if I am going to ask her send more troops. "No I am calling someone who is...an expert." She looks at curiously, "What are you looking at get out!" I shout chasing her out of the room.
Apple Bloom
"I think we better wait first." I told Sweetie Belle as she flipped through the spell book. "That diary guy said that the varmint knows when somepony messes with his stuff." She assures me that if we run into trouble we will be ready. "Do you even know what you're doing?"
She looks up from the book and tells me that there's a spell in here to turn any door into a portal. "I'll cast the spell and open a portal Equestria.," I look at the items we gathered, "This won't take long and we'll be out of...," she says as I notice level nearby.
"I wonder what it does," I pull it as a green vortex appears in that strange frame. Sweetie looks and gasps. I tell her that all I did was press the level. She studies it and says I am a genius. "I am?"
Before she could respond I could hear that hunter talking. I placed my ear against the wall.
"But I want to hunt the ponies?" he whined as another voice told he was needed elsewhere. It berates him saying that without 'him' he would still be a little nobody. "Fine." he says as he vanishes.
I look back at the green vortex and smile. This must be how he found Equestria. "Sweetie! Wait!" I said as her horn glowed hitting the device. It sparked and a twister shot out of it, "Hang on!" I tell my friend as I grab onto something to prevent being sucked in. "We have to...," I begin to say as I lost my grip and were hurled into the abyss.
"What happened?" Sweetie asked as we looked around. We were floated in some black and green strange realm. "This isn't Equestria." Doors leading to nowhere floated around us. "Which one do we take to get home?"
Jazz
"Are you sure about this," Celestia asked as Tucker attached a wire to her collar. He nods saying the power lines in here will short out the collar. He warns her it might sting a for a second. "Good luck."
"Okay and Tucker said let there be magic," he said connecting the collar to the power lines. The white horse jumped back from the shock but smiled as her horn started to glow. "Help me hook up Luna up," he repeats the process shorting out the other on.
Celestia kneels down and cast a spell over her sister. Luna's midnight eyes flutter open. "Tia?" Celestia helps her and hugs her tight. "Sister we must stop this Walker or else countless realms will be destroyed." Her sister assures her that Tucker has plan to stop him. "You must hurry. He plans to tear a hole through reality."
"So he could create an eternal version of solitary confinement." He asks Luna if she's strong enough to help. She nods and asks what she can do. "You're going to come me and Tia...," Luna scowls at me, "uh I mean Celestia to take down the warden."
"I can shut down Walker's machine," Celestia suggests that I take Dr. Hooves with me as no one knows strange technology like him.
"That is all well and good but that Walker stole my screwdriver," he protests as Tucker says that where Ghostwriter comes in. He will go retrieve our missing stuff. "Are you sure this plan will work?" he asks nervous. I assure him that we've done this before.
Spike
Danny listened intently to Trixie's tale and the plan to bring the changelings into his world. "With that much food they would be unstoppable," I said nervously as he smiled.
"Not if we stop her first," Danny said as Trixie's horn began to glow. He asks what's going on. She explains that she's receiving a message from Twilight. "How could that be the nullification spell took her magic away?"
"This castle is filled with old magic sugarcube. There are probably some that are even more powerful than the amulet." Applejack explains. A smile plays across Danny's face, "What are you thinking about?" she asks concerned.
"Maybe we can use that to our advantage. Trixie, where is Twilight now?" The unicorn closes her eyes and says they are they are near a place called the 'main crypt.' He asks Trixie if she can take us to them. She swallows hard saying her magic isn't that powerful. Danny looks around the corridor. "We need to find something that could help boost her power?"
"What?!" Danny assures her that he's not going to force her to anything against her will. "Okay...what is your plan?" He tells her we need to find some kind of magic that could help her do the spell.
"I think we're near Celestia's study. She might have something to help us." I look around trying to figure how far away it is and if we're in the right place. Danny asks if I can lead us to it. "I can try follow me."
Bullet
"Do you really think the horses can give enough power," I asked Walker as I heard the buzzer go off. "Meal time already," I ask glancing at the clock above. "I better go get the inmates in line," I phase into the main hall and but there no guards. "What the...," something hit me knocking me to the floor.
"Thank you so much officer," I heard the human boy sound as I got up but there were gone. Walker is not going to be happy.
"Warden this is Bullet. We have...," There was static. I tuned into another station but still the same. "I better alert the warden," I said racing back to the office hoping I am not too late.
