Well. Now that Constella was rambling on about how they had failed, he could imagine how Twilight had felt. Left with no idea of what you'd done "wrong", yet expected to know...? What was this all about anyhoof?! He turned and stared at Twilight Sparkle -- now Twilight Twinkle, as far as he knew -- and wished somepony could just give him the answer. But that wouldn't be happening. In fact, he shouldn't even be thinking like that. Why, ever since he'd discovered he was anti-magical, he knew he'd have to use intelligence and determination to get by. He couldn't just magic things to him. And then he became a Royal Guard; the crowning achievment of his life, something he was unconditionally proud of and was willing to die for. Even if he was completely lost, he needed to show these ponies that he still meant business. He certainly wasn't going to break down and give up; no, Constella would likely only be amused by that scene. Ponies were looking up to him, relying on him, and we couldn't let them down. After staring into space for almost 30 full seconds after Jhera asked him the question (or, to Jhera, it looked like he was staring at Twilight Twinkle), Entropy turned and said, "We failed. Constella's put us all in a dream world, where she's apparently testing us. Except that nopony has any idea what the test is or why we've failed it. So now...we can either get to work writing an essay, or we can start figuring out what the hay is going on."
Fireheart approached constella. "you said you wanted to see me, oh and here's my report I'm a quick righter and I counted just over 2000 words". Fireheart waited patiently waiting for constella's response.
The Classroom Twilight stared down at her desk, barely acknowledging either Jhera’s or Fizz’s existence. But when Entropy spoke, she suddenly flinched, as if she was waking from a daydream. She looked at him for what seemed like a solid minute before speaking. Then, she finally spoke: “You’re right, Entropy.” She rubbed her temples with her hooves, deep in concentration for a few moments. Then she spoke again (to whomever happened to be listening). “When Constella brought us here, she…she told us that she had come to judge us. Um…to find out if we were ‘worthy of happiness’ as she put it. Before we could do anything, we found ourselves in a solid white room.” “Looking back, I think that’s when the actual dreams began.” “We heard her voice say that if we passed her trials, we would be released. Rainbow Dash wouldn’t hear any of it. She tried to find a way out, even going so far as to try to pull off a Sonic Rainboom, but it seemed like the White Area just stretched on forever… Admittedly, I even tried to use my magic to find us a way out, but it was no good. Constella’s magic was simply far too powerful.” “Then, suddenly, we found ourselves back in Ponyville, just before the Summer Sun Celebration. We weren’t sure whether she was actually testing us or not. We kept asking her what she wanted and how we could pass the trials if we didn’t know what was going on. Suddenly, the townsponies attacked us and Constella told us that we failed.” “In the next dream, we were alicorns during the reign of Discord. Celestia was there, too!” “Um…is she…here too?” “Constella said the same thing about ‘trials’ again. And again we failed. This happened many more times before you all showed up.” “She said now that she’s ‘tired of these games’. And we’re back in school… I…I have a feeling this isn’t one of the trials. That we’re stuck here forever. At the very least, we should try to make the others remember who they are… I want my friends back…” She glanced down at her desk. Spoiler: Roll Magic for Entropy, Fizz, and Jhera Entropy: 15 + 3 = 18 Fizz: 8 + 4 = 12 Jhera: 18 + 1 = 19 The ponies engaged with Twilight noticed a slight shimmer on Twilight’s head, right about where her horn would be. ----- Fireheart When Fireheart exited the classroom, she found that she was standing in a solid, white room. The only exit appeared to be the door she had just come through. Constella was standing in the center of the room, staring straight ahead. Spoiler: Roll Perception for Fireheart 7 + 2 = 9 Failed to notice anything in particular When Fireheart spoke, her voice echoed throughout the room, making the area seem much more cavernous than it appeared to be. Constella glanced down at the little pony, her yellow eyes piercing the filly’s soul. Spoiler: Roll Courage 3 + 4 = 7 Falied. Lose 1 Courage. 3/4 Courage remains. The guard felt a lance of pure cold pierce her heart, although she took no physical damage. Constella levitated the paper and read it silently. As she read, she also spoke to Fireheart: ”Do not Lie to me, Miss Fireheart. The ones who are with you. Are they your friends? Would you sacrifice yourself for them?” The report lit with a white flame and burned away to nothing. ”I will release you, Fireheart. I will allow you to leave Dream Castle and go back to your home. Your dreams will be pleasant, and your worries will be few. But you must do one simple thing for me.” “Return to the classroom and send to me…Glory. Do not tell her or anyone else what I have told you. Know that I will destroy her as soon as she enters my presence, mind, body, and soul, as a trade for your freedom. After you do that, I will present the same offer to your comrades.” “Go now, for I am tired.” As Constella disappears, the solid, white room turns into a seemingly endless hallway that stretches infinitely in either direction.
"okay I Will" fireheart nodded her head and walked off towards the classroom but something else was running through her mind "I can not do that as no matter how well you know ponies you cannot trade freedom for friendship. I stand for anyone who is pure of heart and kind even if they can be annoying sometimes so no I will not trade a death for freedom" with that thought Fireheart picked up speed down the endless hallway until she somehow managed to reach the classroom and walked up to twilight out of breath. "constella... Glory... Kill... My freedom". She then collapsed onto Jhera.
Entropy watched Twilight carefully as she told her story. "So you have no idea how you failed any of the trials?" he asked afterward.
Twilight shook her head. "No. Like I said, we didn't even know what we were being tested on." She thought for a moment, "Maybe...maybe..." "Entropy...I feel more lucid when I talk to you. And Firefly won't stop stealing glances at Dark Shine. I think that you all being here has something to do with our trials. Is there anything that sticks out in your mind as anything resembling a test? Like...maybe a test of character, or something..." Just then, Fireheart burst into the classroom, spouting something about Glory killing her freedom, or something. Glory's ears immediately perked up upon hearing her name. "Say again, sugarcube? What about killin' me?" Posey snickered evilly. "She's going to kill you, Glory. I'd get out of here if I were you..."
Fizz grappled both sides of her head and rubbed her bane with her hooves while growling. "Urrrrrgh!" Suddenly, she flipped her desk over! "Bwah! Fohtwess Commanduh tah solduh division!" She used her hooves and magic to steady her dask on its side, the top facing the chalk board. She looked from side to side, and suddenly grabbed Twilight's desk from before her. "Buildiez da wall! Izza vital posit'on!" She over-turned that one as well, and put it right next to her own. She seemed a bit frantic, as she dashed around the classroom, grabbing desks from ponies who weren't using them properly and for her devices! She was in a rush, trying to get it done before the teacher got back. Why, if she was dreaming... she was going to dream her way! In her mind, her imagination always took over, and she got to the wall, waving the others over as she shouted; "All unicohns to da fwont wamparts! Izzie changlings be buzzin' to dwop in!" She whipped around, looking at the frontal classroom area with a cracked grin. Her horn glittered as she pretended to 'charge her laser.'
After coming from her faint she said again "constella, said that if I send glory to her she would kill glory mind, soul and body, granting my freedom and that entropy, fizz, jhera, dark and lightning would also be given the same opportunity. Oh s***". she then fainted again this time barely missing entropy.
(I rolled the highest magic and I'm an earth pony...lolwut) Jhera stared at Fireheart in horror. "Sha's gonna do what now!?" He sputtered. He took a nervous glance towards Glory. "From what I've heard, these are the six that we came here to get. If we destroyed any of them to leave, not only wood we fail our mishin, but that would mean the genocide of the Elements of Harmony! Heck, it would mean killing another pony period! We can't kill any of them! We need to find out how to get everypony to realize who they are and why they're here. I would say that was our top priority at this point in time."
Posey and Surprise stared blankly at Fizz as she gathered the desks and made a...desk fort. Posy was just about to say something until Surprise leapt from her seat. "The mighty leader of the pegasi, Lady Surprise, at your service!" The pink pegasus dove in the middle of the desk fort. "We'll take down those Changelings or die trying! Huzzah!" Posey facehhoofed. "I...can't...believe this..."
"Hoo-wah!" She made a double-fist motion, and looked around. "Gathuh up all da ammo yakkin find!" Fizz looked left and right as she used her magic to grab any papers around her and crumple them tightly into balls, stacking them by her like cannon balls. "Lissen ta me, Fohtwess Commanduh Pink Fizzi, an' yah'll go far. Why, I givez da pegasi honuhz fer participate!" She whipped her head around. "Where be da leaduh o' da earf poniez!?"
Fire heart got up for the second time. "twilight, remember discord when he turned the others to their opposite personalities and you did that spell thingy making the others remember who they really are. Do you think you'll be able to do it.". "names fireheart you might remember me I showed you celestia's letter allowing me to visit the ponyville celebrations. You were getting supplies with spike at the time". Fireheart spoke of when she showed twilight the letter ((from earlier in the rp)) to try and jog her memory.
Spoiler: Fireheart Where is Glory? Do you not desire your freedom? Twilight looked at the pieces of paper that had been given to her. "This...doesn't look like any letter I've seen before.." She turned the letter around so everypony could see it. It read: LIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIAR "Why would it say something like that?" Twilight's musings were interrupted by a piece of paper being thrown into the group gathered around her desk. "Grenade! Everypony down!" Surprise shouted. She then tossed a small stack of papers in the air, sending pages everywhere. "BOOM! Direct hit!"
"GEWD SHOT, WADY SUHPWISE!" She jumped up, continuing to prepare balls of paper for her target to re-enter. She turned to the group and came over. "Gewd job, Twi'!" She takes the paper in her mouth and trots back off to her fort, using her magic to ball it up, (after quickly reading it,) and add it to the stack of "cannon balls."
Dark Shine sighed. He then rested his head on his desk and thought. What is going on?! Dark Shine got fed up. He grabbed his pencil and began to write. -Friendship. Friendship is hard to come by. A friend is somepony who you can trust. A frie- He stopped. He knew barely anything on friendship. Most of his friends were often far away. He sighed then rested his head on the desk once more.
[size=-2]"Um...what are you writing? We're supposed to be writing about Despair, Dark Shine..."[/size] Firefly, in the confusion of, well everything, had crept over to Dark Shine's desk and at the moment was peering over his shoulder. [size=-2]"Well, I mean, what you wrote is...good but I don't think it's what Miss Constella is looking for. Do you have many friends, Dark Shine? I don't..."[/size] The cyan pegasus hung hear head slightly.
Dark Shine did the same a bit. "I dont know... Not that I know of..." He screwed up the piece of paper and propelled it towards Fireheart. "I'll start again..."
[size=-2]"Well, what do you know about friendship? You said a friend is somepony you can trust. How do you gain somepony's trust?[/size]
"'Loyal'?" Firefly seemed to chew on the word for a moment, taking a while to process it. "Yeah. I'll bet you could make a lot of friends by being loyal to them. I should try that sometime." For the first time that Dark Shine noticed, Firefly smiled. In that instant, she reminded him of somepony. Somepony close to him...
