Chapter 19: The First Key

Our heroes were walking along a familiar path that Logan took on the Tree of Harmony but at the end Logan had to go left to reach the key which is when he decided to be really careful around these parts as who knows what can be around the corner at any moment.

Everypony always noticed how fate always wanted to bring these particular ponies into the Everfree more than they were willing to, you could hear that disbelief shouted in Unison when the Ponies found their goal is in the Everfree Forest.

About 20 Minutes later off the path everypony stopped to look at the map Twilight was looking at with great interest.

“We getting Close Twi?” asked Applejack

“Hmm let’s find out” said Twilight

Twilight’s horn lit a magenta colour and made the map light up showing a icon of Twilight’s head somewhere to the bottom right direction of the key and They were facing north

“We need to go more 45 degrees to the left” said Logan

“How much distance in this Icky forest are we going?” asked Rarity with disgust

“About 3 miles” said Twilight

THUD!

“Are you ok Rarity?” asked Pinkie

“Ugh…fine” said Rarity in pain

Rarity had flopped but her drama couch was nowhere to be seen and her back hit a tree root making her all dirty much to her distaste.

“Urgh…I spent 30 minutes washing that coat and now I have to do it again!” whined Rarity

“(Facehoof) This is gonna be a looooooong walk” muttered Logan

20 minutes later…

“Are we there yet?” asked Pinkie jumping up and down

“No” replied Logan

“Are we there yet?” asked Pinkie Again

“Unfortunately not” said Rarity

“Are we there yet?”

“No Pinkie” said Twilight

…

“Oh lord, please kill me!”

“I know right?”

“Navi! Where have you been?”

“Napping”

“Slacker!”

“Hey even spirits of Harmonic objects need their rest”

“What happened last night? Surely you got some sleep”

“Well I got bored so I went out to this awesome bar in Ponyville”

“Wait there’s a bar in Ponyville?”

“Yep, and it was one big night and who knew Apple Cider was so good!”

“I thought you sounded slurred earlier”

“Almost had a stallion take me home and wouldn’t leave me alone so I spent half the night losing him”

“Are we there now?” asked Pinkie

“For Celestia’s sake Pinkie Pie! No!” said Dash starting to get pissed off

“Damn Girl, sounds like Stallions have got it in for your ass”

“Um…what?”

“Never mind”

“No Seriously”[/i]

“Are we there yet?” said…well give you three guesses

[i]“Well…Grrr…Pinkie Pie is really pissing me off”

“Warning: Sanity will break in 3…2…1…”

“Are we there yet?” asked Pinkie for the hundredth time

[i]“0”[/i]

“FOR FUCK’S SAKE PINKIE WE ARE NOT FUCKING THERE! SO SHUT THE FUCK UP TILL WE’RE THERE OR ELSE I WILL RIP YOUR VOCAL CORDS OUT SO YOU NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!” yelled Logan in the Canterlot Voice

“…”

“So we’re not there yet? asked Pinkie wearing a troll face

“PINKIE PIE YOU NO GOOD MOTHERFUCKER!!!!”

Canterlot Castle…

Princess Celestia was on her throne signing a paper that her royal advisor needed when suddenly a loud sound blasted through Canterlot

“What in the name of everything holy was that?” asked a royal guard

“That…would be Logan” said Celestia as the sound reverberated everywhere

Somewhere in the Badlands…

The Entity was relaxing for a bit after thinking of some sinister plans for Logan, Twilight Sparkle and her friends when a rage-induced sound rang through the badlands

“What the Devil is that noise? And how dare it disturb my relaxation period?! Whoever is responsible for this will be getting it extra painful when I’m done with this planet”

Everfree Forest, 5 minutes later…

Logan was breathing heavily after full raging at Pinkie and was trying to calm down.

“You ok there Logan?”

“Fan-fucking-tastic!”

“That’s good to know”

“Fucking Pinkie Pie is such a troll”

“U Mad?”

“Navi, if you start this, I will finish you so that you be in so much damn pain when I’m done!”

“Okay, Okay! Can’t take a joke can you?”

“Do not test me then”

10 minutes later…

When everypony made it to the spot marked on the map, interestingly enough a tall tower Logan knew the key was somewhere in there.

“So I imagine the key is the tower?” asked Rarity

“That’s correct” said Navi

“10 bits says it’s in the top of the tower and something attacks us when we get it” said Logan

’10 says it’s at the top with nothing guarding it” said Spike

“Well Ah say mah 10 bits in the first room we enter” said Applejack

“While a Lady doesn’t really bet on such sordid things I say Room just before the top of that tower”

5 minutes later…

“So how come nopony doesn’t noticed a tower this tall?” asked Logan

“Very elite Concealment charms have been placed the Tree of Harmony and I, we didn’t expect a key to have moved here over the years though” explained Navi

“I must learn that spell properly one day, it could come very useful to me in certain situations” said Twilight with interest

“Like hiding the fact of being single on Valentines day” muttered Logan

“Valentine’s day?” asked Rarity

“Uh you know, February 14th of every year where couples show their love and all that jazz and buy all those fake roses” explained Logan

“Oh! You mean Hearts and Hooves day” said Rarity

“Well that’s your version I guess” said Logan

“Ahem!” said Navi clearing her throat

“Oh right then, Onward then” said Logan heading into the tower

As everypony looked around for a key in the first few floors and coming disappointed for a quick find, there were many stairs heading up to the next floors and there were quite a lot of stairs

“How many bloody stairs does there need to be?” complained Logan

“Too many if you ask me” said Rarity

Finally after what seemed 3000 stairs they were definitely on the top of the tower and they found what they came for in form of a yellow key clearly with Magical power embedded in it and Logan took it without hesitation

LOGAN ACQUIRED THE FIRST KEY! 5 more to find!

“That’s the key Logan”

“Awesome, now can we get out of this forest?”

“Go right ahead, but be on your guard, you never know what the Everfree forest can throw at you”

20 minutes later…

The Mane Six and Logan were outside the tower having the first key in hand and Spike cleared his throat.

“Well you all owe me 10 bits each as I was right and you were wrong” said Spike smugly

“You win this round Spike, but those bits will be mine sooner or later” said Logan

Logan felt that was easier than expected…a little too easy for his liking which made him suspicious

“Something’s not right” said Logan

“What do you mean? Everything’s all Smiles” said Pinkie

“And we got the key without the Everfree trying to kill us” added Dash

“Exactly! That Key was sitting there without any danger at all! It’s a really valuable key and unlocks a great secret which means it’s bound to attract trouble” said Logan

“RRRROOOOOOOOOAAARRR!” something roared from Above

In no time a Giant black spider dropped down in front of them which made them all jump as Logan swore and the others covered their faces or silightly cowered

“Oh…fuck!” Logan swore at the sight of the creature

To be Continued...