so i followed my friends as a ghost for a while. i managed to keep my boredom at bay by haunting the train. i would like to say that i've done a good job as a ghost so far, and i've really lived up to the stereotype. wail, moan, write messages in rd pain which ponies think is blood, and i pick things up and throw them or rearrange them... so through my actions this train has dubbed... "haunted". my friends have been trying to get rid of me which i think is hilarious but whenever they try i just make the lights flicker and the train rock back and forth. it was fun but i guess i can tell them it's me... after all they are getting worried.
i walked over to the table of friends that were playing cards. i had a trick up my sleeve that i've been saving for a while. i walked over to the table and stood up on it. they had just placed the deck of cards down and were getting ready to play. they had even placed their bets. i reached down and using up a bit of energy i grabbed the deck of cards and held it in the air. to them it was a floating deck of cards and they seemed to back away.
"damnit... not now." said derek. he threw an apple he was eating at me put it just passed right through.
"did you really try and hit the ghost with an apple." asked mystee.
"we have to be careful around that thing... god, don't get it angry" said black hoof.
"well it's not a dangerous ghost i reckon." said applejack. "seems more like an asshole." she said. i just rolled my eyes and chucked the deck of cards at the wall and it hit with a thud and cards went everywhere. though i used my powers to stick a few cards to the wall and write out a phrase.
"see you made it mad." said twilight.
"hey wait... it spells something." said mystee. "look." she said pointing to the wall.
"hey... guys?..." said derek reading out loud. "hey guys?... what the fuck does that mean..." they don't seem to get it.
"i told you the ghost was just an asshole." said applejack. i rolled my eyes and ran off the table. i trotted over to twilight's bags and picked them up and searched through them.
"hey... that's my stuff." she said. "damnit."
"hey c'mon go away." said derek. my friends have a very interesting way of dealing with ghosts... then again, not the weirdest thing they've ever seen to be honest. i rummaged around the bag and grabbed the crown i gave twilight and dropped her bags and ran over with it.
"hey don't you touch that." black hoof said getting angry now... they all seemed angry. i placed the crown on my head and it floated up there. i hope they get it because i'm running out of ideas over here. twilight ran over and snatched the crown and quickly backed away.
"you don't touch that..." she said looking around as if i were everywhere. "just leave us alone... we didn't do anything to you." i just rolled my eyes and the cards pressed against the wall shifted and new ones came up and i made another message out of cards.
"look." said mystee.
"c,mon guys... figure... it out." he said reading the cards out loud.
"is this ghost retarded or something." said nightflame. god dammit... i shuffled the cards again and placed them back rewriting a new phrase.
"dammit guys... it's...me... crimson..." said derek. "oh fuck it is crimson." he said almost laughing. the others started laughing too and i soon burst out laughing too.
"dammit crimson..." sai twilight. "you could have told us." and how was i supposed to do that. "you didn't have to terrorize the train you know... but it does make much more sense now." she said laughing with the others. i got a brilliant idea. i ran over to one of the beds and picked up a sheet and draped it over my head... making me look like a ghost now. the others saw and laughed.
"yeah... that's crimson." said nightflame. i just smiled and walked over and took an empty seat at the table.
"i'd offer you to play cards crimson but they're on the floor... or you could just dump the sheet and show you're face." said twilight.
"yeah the ghost act is getting old." said ezekiel. i stopped laughing. i rearranged the cards again.
"can't... still dead..." said derek reading it out loud. "oh..." i just let my head hang down.
"well hey... at least he's with us now." said twilight picking up the mood.
"yeah... at least he's here..." said mystee. "and not floating off in space somewhere."
"that's true." said applejack.
i looked back up and smiled. we all laughed and just brushed away the fact i was a ghost. we even played cards again. i was pretty good before but being a ghost meant i had the best poker face... EVER. and after a while we even forgot i was a ghost in the first place. it just seemed to fade away and disappear. but soon enough it got pretty late and everypony agreed it was time to rest up and get ready for the next day. we were supposed to reach las pegasus tomorrow afternoon so we need to be ready. there aren't any trains that run out of the country but las pegasus is the closest city to the border. it'll only be a short walk.
we all climbed in our beds and i laid in mine. derek used his magic and flicked the lights off and the room was dark except for the faint glow of the moonlight cutting through the windows behind me. i laid down and looked over at twilight who laid in her bed and strangely enough she looked back at me and smiled. she couldn't see me but she knew i was there. i looked back at her too and smiled. and like before, even though she couldn't see me smile she still knew that i was. she looked at me straight on and she seemed to say goodnight without actually saying it. i just smiled and closed my eyes and started to drift off. soon enough darkness ensued and i was in a deep sleep.
a sleep only to be woken by the sound of readying hooves and daylight piercing through my transparent body and flooding the room around me. i woke up and i had drastically overslept. i saw all my friends up and about checking equipment and joking around. they looked fresh and rejuvenated, like they had already been up for hours. but seeing as i'm dead i don't feel this way and hopped off my bed without a problem. i walked down onto the floor and looked around. i could tell they hadn't just woken up since derek walked into the cart now with a big plate of food for everypony.
"alright guys... food." he said smiling and placing the food down on the table in the cart. the others went over and joined him except for twilight who was busy organizing a few things. she had them all scattered around and floating everywhere and i could tell it might have all be too heavy for her since she was struggling.
"save some for me..." she said looking back. "i've still got to fix this mess." she said. i smiled and walked over using my ghostly magic to hold some of the things up for her. as she felt the weight of the objects leave she looked around and smiled knowing it was me. i also used my magic to grab and levitate an apple over to twilight and she giggled. the others just watched the floating apple confused for a second but i think they remembered. "thanks crimson." said twilight giggling and holding the apple now.
"hey no help for the rest of us." said derek smiling. "i had to carry all this food here." he said. i just laughed and rolled my eyes. i used my magic to take hold of an apple, and throw it right at his dumb face. the others laughed and i laughed harder. "yeah... i think i deserved that a little..." he said. i took hold of another apple and threw it at his face too. "alright... now you're just being a dick." i laughed at him. i looked back to the boxes twilight had and i shuffled them up in an organized style. she smiled and i placed them down.
"thank you crimson." said twilight making me smile. i helped around with all the other things and my friends appreciated it. but the day went by like any other. even though my friends know i'm here and i can help them it's hard. ghost's aren't supposed to pick up and move objects in the natural world so it consumes a lot of energy. and i'm getting tired enough to sleep. and it's a constant tired too. my energy only seems to rejuvenate when i sleep. it's like i'm some kind of battery that needs to be charged every day. so after awhile i finally stopped helping out after i had dropped a few things. but a stroke of good news finally made it's way in.
"attention passengers." said the conductor over the intercom. "we will be arriving in las pegasus shortly. please pack up and prepare to leave the train... thank you for choosing equestria railway services and we hope you have a wonderful stay in las pegasus." he said... blow hard. oh well, at least now we can all get going. and on another note of good news, i think i'll be reviving in a few days or so. the others can't see but my marks have already spread to my face and to my lower back.
soon enough we could see the city of las pegasus through our windows as we grew closer and closer. after a while the train soon started to slow down to a stop before we had completely stopped at the station. we all had our things to carry. even me... unfortunately.
"crimson... can you grab these two boxes?" asked twilight. i couldn't reply to her with words since she wouldn't be able to hear them. but i walked over and grabbed the two small wooden boxes of preserved food and carried them with me. i could no longer use my magic since it was too physically exhausting so i hoisted these boxes on my back. ezekiel had to go and get the cart in storage and bring it outside since it won't fit through the doors. "thank you crimson." twilight said as i held the boxes.
we all walked out of the train and onto the platform. these boxes were growing unbearably heavy and i needed to put them down somewhere. soon enough ezekiel came out with the cart and i walked over to it and placed them down on the cart and took a deep breath. the others placed their boxes down and we threw the tarp over it. and soon enough the other set of ponies got onto the train heading for, wherever, and it was off.
"alright..." said derek. "i think we should get out of las pegasus and save time... i think we're good on supplies, plus the map that crimson gave us says there's a city called indigo city close by after the border... we should be good until we get there." he said. i smiled at dereks way of thinking. then again, we were trained in the same ways and put through the same things. he made an excellent leader and a good replacement for me... and a wonderful friend too. when you're put through the same shti we were... how could we not be friends.
"sounds good." said twilight.
"alright... lets get going." said nightflame smiling. the others smiled too and they all got on their way with me following them as a sort of... well... shadow if i say so myself. i wonder if i could do that... make myself into a shadow and walk around like that. if i can i'll have to try it tomorrow because i'm too tired. it's weird though. i don't get tired from running around and walking like a normal ghost. it's only interacting with natural objects that seems to drain me. but i guess that makes sense. right now i'm at a constant feeling of getting tired and i am slacking a bit... but i need to stay awake for my friends.
we walked through the city and looked at the sights. it was a very impressive city. nowhere near as incredible as my worlds, las vegas... but still impressive nonetheless. we walked around all throughout the city and looked at the shops and stores that were selling all sorts of neat has really changed during the adventuring age, that i somehow inspired. but as nice as it was it wasn't long before we got to the edge of the city and left through the small desert oasis that las pegasus was built around. the desert oasis connected with a evergreen forest which thinned out into a mountain range.
so we walked and walked wan walked. we were still in the oasis and it was getting late. we found a nice clearing by a shimmering pond and it was the perfect spot to set up camp. we set up the fire outside the camp and by the sandy shore of the lake so nothing would catch fire. we set up the tents however in the grassy clearing. twilight was over by the cart grabbin some things and picking them up to get to a tent buried under a few boxes.
"crimson can you come help me with this?" she asked calling me out to come and grab the tent. i didn't think i could pick anything up... i was ready to pass out as it is, but i couldn't just let her down like that. i walked over and grabbed the tent and held it. i didn't think a tent would be much of a problem but it might as well weight as much as there is in it. and since these tents have full grown rooms in them that would be saying a lot. "thank you crimson. can you go and set it up please while i fix the boxes?" she asked... again i couldn't leave her hanging like that.
i walked over to the empty spot where the tent should be. well i should say i tried to. i kept moving a little bit at a time but this tent was freaking heavy as shit and i was getting very tired. it wasn't long until i dropped the tent and heard the sound of the tent hitting the floor and looked back at me and the tent curiously, but to her all she saw was the tent, not me laying on the ground exhausted. mystee and blackhoof were around too and they walked over to see what had happened.
"crimson are you alright?" asked twilight.
"what happened?" asked blackhoof walking over next to twilight with mystee as the three of them walked over to the fallen tent. they walked over and stood around it. they were actually standing right on top of me, twilight hoof was sticking through my skull and black hoof was standing on my wing.
"i don't know..." said twilight. "i asked crimson to carry the tent over to the empty space while i fixed the boxes... and then he just seemed to drop it." she said. "crimson are you alright?" she asked again looking around.
"i think i can help... my mother taught me a certain spell... uhm... twilight do you have any enhanced ink and a piece of parchment?" asked mystee smiling like everything was OK. in hindsight it was, i was just physically exhausted, but they don't know that...yet.
"uhm... no... but i can enchant some for you right now." she said using her magic and levitating her bags over to them. she rummaged through them and picked up a quill and paper which she handed to mystee. twilight then pulled out a bottle of ink and used her magic to enchant it. the ink glowed bright purple and the black ink itself seemed to glow and turn purple, only to fade to black and take the appearance of a regular inkwell.
"great... thanks twilight." said mystee as she grabbed the ink and dabbed the inkwell with her quill. she sat down next to me unknowingly and started drawing something out on the parchment. i just sat there and watched curiously with the others. she dabbed her quill in the ink again and continued drawing. when she was done she smiled and flipped it over to reveal she had drawn a strange and hieroglyphic symbol on it surrounded by other ones in a pentagram like circle. "this should help." she said.
"what is that going to do?" asked blackhoof.
"watch." said mystee blushing and smiling at him. she laid the parchment down on the ground coincidentally next to me. the others soon came over as twilight and blackhoof stepped back. they looked over in confusion at was happening. mystee raised her two hooves and stomped them on the parchment causing it to rip and tear... and glow. it glowed and flashed brightly. it then created a ring of light that pulsed and glowed brightly. the ring surrounded the area and i seemed to affect me. i could feel some energy returning.
i watched as mystee started backing away and stepped out of the ring. i don't know what was happening but i just laid there and watched. soon the ring started growing closer and closer. it grew closer and soon surrounded me in light. i made a perfect ring around me and seemed the ring would grow taller and taller like a pillar. i felt something in me change though i couldn't see much of the change. but i could also feel some energy return to me. only enough to stand up though and properly look around. then suddenly the ring of light i was trapped in was now filled with dark grey and thick smoke. soon the ring faded and all that was left was the smoke. but that soon blew away. my friends seemed to look at me and were the ring was.
"crimson?" asked twilight like she had just seen a ghost... wait.
"there we go much better... now we can see him... and if i'm correct he should be able to talk now." said mystee walking over and looking right at me. she smiled and looked me in the eyes. i looked around.
"awesome!" i said smiling. my voice wasn't very clear though. it sounded like it was static and fading, like in the old poltergeist movies were the little girl would talk through the TV.
"sick..." said derek.
"very impressive mystee." said ezekiel in a proud voice.
"well it definitely helps..." said twilight. "that was a very interesting spell..." she said to mystee.
"thanks mystee." i said smiling and trotting over to see my friends. i wasn't completely visible as i can now see my own visibility. i was mostly just transparent but still easy enough to see in the light.
so yeah... not much else to tell really. we all had fun and it took awhile for them to get used to seeing me as a ghost... plus i was extremely tired so i was often a bit ditzy the entire time. but i managed to stay up late enough to be with my friends at the camp fire. we told stories and jokes and laughed. i had a very creepy and unsettling laugh so i tried to hold it in.
"so i just realised something." said twilight.
"whats that?" asked derek.
"where are applejack and i going to sleep" she said bringing up a good point.
"huh... didn't think of that one." said nightflame. i soon took control of the situation with my quick thinking.
"i know..." i said. "why don't black hoof and mystee share a tent and give applejack the leftover one." i said. applejack smiled and so did black hoof and mystee. "and twilight and I can share a room... i've got a bigger bed anyway."
"sounds fine to me." said blackhoof, readily agreeing to the plan. mystee shook her head too in agreement.
"alright i guess... sounds good." said derek.
"great then..." i said. "i don't know about you guys... but i'm fucking tired." io said getting up and letting out a demonic sounding yawn.
"alright... night." said derek.
"night..." said applejack. the others wished me a good night too and i walked over to my tent and phased through the side of it into the tent. i walked in and over to the bed and smiled. i climbed up onto the bed and laid across it on my side. i didn't pull the covers up and i didn't need to, i just laid there and closed my eyes. i started to drift off and i began dreaming.
i stayed asleep until i felt a presence close by. i opened my eyes and saw twilight was climbing into the bed and laying down. she noticed i was awake and smiled at me. i smiled at her and she crawled into bed and pulled the covers over herself. she laid near the edge not wanting to touch me. i guess she still thinks i'm real, and not a ghost.
"you know... you can take up all the bed..." i told her. "i'm transparent... you can just lay over me."
"i know... but it's a respect thing." she said letting out a little yawn and batting her eyes. she seemed very tired and i was already feeling well rested.
"hehe..." i said giggling. "here..." i commented moving down to the foot of the bed and laying in a ball across the length of the bed like a dog. "there... much better." i said smiling at her.
"you don't have to do that." she said. "you can sleep in you're own bed you know."
"i doesn't matter... i'm dead... i could sleep on the ground and it wouldn't make a difference." i said. "besides... you need to sleep more than i do..." i said making her smile and giggle.
"if you insist..." she said. "good night crimson."
"goodnight..." i replied. once more i closed my eyes and started to drift off into darkness. it has already been the first two weeks of the journey and we're almost at the edge of equestria... and i've died twice. and this is just in equestria. we've still got the other countries to cut through and a whole new continent. and then after that i have to cut through different dimensions... god knows that won't be pretty.
this isn't even the beginning...
-Authors Note: i'm pumped guys... finally set up my new computer and it runs like it was blessed by god himself. this is my first post from my new computer and i'm happy. and i'm also happy to say that my old computer is now in pieces... it felt so good to beat the crap out of it with a baseball bat. ive still got like $700 left over to do with however i like. anyway, i hope you guys liked this chapter too, i thought it was pretty good and this is only the beginning. it's a little boring here because nothing happens but dont worry... that stops soon. so guys... i have some bad news... some pony is going to die... yeah...die. i haven't decided who so i'm leaving this up to you guys. PM me with who you think should be killed off and i will make it happen... if i get nothing i'm just going to kill whoever i think deserves to die.
i'm not joking about this guys... somepony is getting killed off. i'm not telling you when or how, because you guys are going to let me know who... so just PM me of who you want to die. they cant come back, no ghosts... dead. i'll keep this question open for as long as i want until i find the perfect spot to kill somepony off and find who that somepony should be... so choose wisely... i'll even kill off one of the mane six if it comes down to that. think wisely guys... cuz shit's going down. i wont tell you when the chapter is... you'll know when you read it. it could be the next few chapters or not even in this story... could be the next one i write. but i'm just letting you know, and now that's out there i'll sit back and let the chips fall where they may. stay shady bro's.-End of Note-