Saturday.

This particular week wasn't really interesting. All I did was studying, and nothing else. Luna was very busy at the castle, she didn't have time to see me at nights. Besides, the weather got even colder. I see more and more ponies wearing at least a scarf. I still don't understand why they won't wear anything else. Magical scarfs? Probably.

Also, every time I wake up, I see myself changing fur. My whole bed is covered in my own fur. It's even worse than when my cat was molting. The fur's everywhere I go! But it means it'll be warmer for me in the future. I think I can even see that my fur became thicker and a bit longer. I still need to wear clothes to feel comfortable, though.

So, to sum it up, this whole week was nothing special at all. It was like I was back at school with nothing else to do. Well, I have music and games with me now, but they don't really help. It becomes boring quickly. So, I suppose I should find myself a new hobby.

Anyway, there's also those costumes. I've read some of the books, and I found out it is really easy to temporally change any color. For a test, I turned a lock of my mane blue. It didn't look all that well but it lasted for a day and a half before starting to fade.

So, the problem about color change is solved. Eyes' color can be changed like that, too. I could even make my one eye solid red color. Looked menacing, but I didn't keep it for obvious reasons. I don't want anyone to freak out because of me.

Also, I thought about looking at the artworks of Infestissumam album of Ghost band, the album from which I got the idea of zombie queen. Their artwork of zombie queen isn't really good. Ugh, it is mostly disgusting. First of all, the dress the zombie queen wears features dead faces attached to it, which is disturbing, and a lot of dicks attached to the bottom. Some of them are even erect.

I don't think this kind of dress will be accepted at Nightmare Night.

I will go with my own design instead. Well, not exactly my own, but... Whatever. I've looked into some history books, mostly of Dark Age, and I found some dresses that are to my liking and designs of which I'll use to create my own dress. I'll try to leave any dicks out of it.

So, that's it, I suppose. Today, I, Moonshine, and Blueblood are going to the abandoned castle. We decided to meet at the train station.

I didn't really have anything to pack but that tiara I got from the castle, and my smartphone. I decided that I should leave my headphones at the apartment. I don't want them to break accidentally Besides, I don't know if equestrian headphones are compatible with my smartphone. And maybe they're overpriced, too. And low quality. Hell, there are a lot of properties that may make them look like shit in comparison to mine! So, yeah, I'm leaving mine at home.

I think I'm ready, more or less. Moonshine has her saddlebags and a flashlight. I don't know where did she get it from, but it doesn't really matter. If my magic fails, we'll have her flashlight as the source of light. If it doesn't break, too. Yeah...

Alright, time to go. We have full two days ahead of us to explore.

The three of us met at the trainstation. Blueblood had bigger saddlebags than ours, and it seems he has his camera. Well, taking pictures isn't really necessary, but it doesn't make anything worse either.

He wears only a scarf. What's with those magical pieces of fabric? I wanna one, too!

"Everypony's ready?" he asked. "It's gonna be awesome!"

Moonshine and I nodded, and proceeded to the train.

Well, I think it's going to be awesome, indeed. Visiting that castle again and thoroughly exploring it will be a great time. I lived in a city back when I was a child, and nothing interesting was there to explore. Well, there was an abandoned building, but it hadn't anything interesting — it was completely bare, just bricks. As far as I know, its construction failed due to low budget. Yeah, nothing interesting.

But a big, abandoned castle that is full of interesting stuff is so much better! I've never seen a real castle when I was a human, and now I do! Besides, the mystical atmosphere of the place adds to interest. I doubt anyone on Earth ever visited a castle where battles of magic took place. Well, unless there is some kind of magic... I don't know, I've never seen real magic before becoming a pony. Perhaps it's just well-hidden? After all, you can't be too sure.

***

After arriving to Ponyville and going to that lone tree, we prepared to go through that tunnel. Moonshine was the most nervous about this.

"Is anything wrong?" I asked.

"Um... it's dark there." she replied. "M-my flashlight's really old, and, um, what if it goes out?"

"Don't worry, I'll light the way for us." I assured her. "Check your flashlight now, and just leave it in the saddlebag. We'll use it only if we have to."

Moonshine nodded, then checked the flashlight. By putting it in her mouth and using her tongue to turn on the flashlight. Ugh, is it hygienic? I wouldn't put my tools inside my mouth.

Ugh, it sounded so bad in my head. I must be ashamed of myself. Damn my occasionally-perverted mind.

Anyway, the flashlight is working. That is good.

Alright, here we go.

***

After getting into the castle, the three of us started exploring it. Well, Moonshine was interested more than us since she's never been here before. Not that I or Blueblood have no interest, it's just we've already seen some of the castle.

Anyway, there's still a lot to explore. This castle is huge, after all. Many hallways, rooms... I think we'll be staying here for some time. Until midnight, I suppose. I doubt even these two days we have are enough to fully explore the castle. It has its secrets, right? We'll try to find all of them. Or at least what we need. And we need a suit of armor that will fit Blueblood, a sword (I could give him the one I found, but I think I'll keep it for myself), maybe even clothes if we are so lucky. I have doubts about the latter, though, fabric just can't lie around for so long. Well, maybe it was enchanted... Who knows? The court tailor must've kept the best of the best, after all. Well, if he left something behind before moving out of the castle.

Our small group moved through the castle carefully, evading any traps. There are no rooms to check, so, we just move forward through the hallways. Yeah, hallways leading to more hallways. Practical, duh.

Or... Maybe I should use the tiara. After all, it brought me to Blueblood. Maybe it'll lead me to rooms we need?

"Wait a sec." I said, stopping the group. "Blueblood, remember that tiara thingy I found?"

"Yeah, what about it?" he asked.

"We can use it to find what we need." I replied. "Just lemme..."

I opened my saddlebags and pulled out the tiara. I put it on my head. Well, I suppose we should head to the armory. If such a place exist here. I think we'll find the armor we need there."

"Armory." I said, and... Nothing happened. Did I say it wrong? "Armor storage?" I said. Again, nothing. Maybe... Oh. They didn't pronounce it like that back then. "Armoury." I said. Oh, and here's a glowing blue line on the floor! Great, now I feel royal.

"Why did it show the way now? You just said the same thing two times." Blueblood asked.

"I pronounced it right." I replied. Well, there's not much difference, but... Maybe I managed to fake a British accent? It sure sounds royal.

"What's the difference?" he asked.

"Armor. Armour." I said. Yeah, I can fake British accent alright. Time to move to Buckingham Palace and become the King of the United Kingdom. Well, I'm pretty sure the UK didn't have a king back then.

"You sounded... royal." Moonshine commented.

Yeah... Anyway, time to go. We need to move forward, and then turn right.

***

After about ten minutes of walking, we finally got to the place. Unfortunately, the door to the inside is locked by a sturdy-looking lock. Fortunately, the door has rotten by now, which means I can just break my way through it. Also, we are rather small and will fit through the hole.

Using my magic, I first checked the lock. Yes, it's locked securely. Alright, time to destroy some of the historical object... Committing a crime here, probably.

As I broke through the door, I began to think. Why would we even keep ruins when they'll eventually fall apart and maybe even bury someone unlucky enough to be there at that moment? Why not we rebuild the historical places? Yeah, it won't be built, say, in fifteenth century, but a representation of what it was. It would be so much more interesting than just old rocks and boulders. It would even look great, too. Well, we won't be able to built an accurate representation since the only source we have a pictures, and maybe even schematics if we are lucky enough to find them, but who knows how accurately we can reproduce it? After all, someone thought it would be a great idea to measure everything in inches, feet, and miles. That dumb ass measurement system is still used in the USA! I even remember seeing a chart or something like that which showed that all other countries but the USA use the logical metric system. That Imperial System must go to hell and never return.

Alright, enough ranting, I did a hole wide enough even for me to go through, and I'm the biggest in the group stature-wise.

After getting into the armory, I saw that it is in a mess. Not a chaotic mess, though, as some thing are still lined up, but there are lots of armor pieces just lying around. Yeah, I think those who were leaving the castle left in a hurry, forgetting most of the armor suits here.

"Cool!" Blueblood walked to the nearest armor suit. It was covered in rust almost completely. "Rusty, through... Ugh, I hate brown color."

Well, let's look around.

Most suits are in normal condition, having a few rust spots here and there. Some are perfect, and the least are just piles of rust. The ones in perfect or normal condition would suffice if they were the right size. The helmets even have full-face protection, including covering the muzzle. The corners are rounded, which made the helmets look rather odd... Like eggs, I suppose. Eggs with ears, seeing that the ears have their own protection. Some have even horn protection, which is just a plate that protects the horn from front.

Ugh, I can't imagine how heavy these suits must be. I've never worn a real armor suits, though...

Alright, there are more suits. Even the smaller ones that would almost fit me, but I highly doubt they'd fit Blueblood. Maybe there're smaller suits somewhere.

Hm... I can see a small suit. Maybe it'll fit Blueblood? Though, we'll have to repaint it. It's mostly silver colored with some gold lines. That doesn't look dark for sure.

"Hey, maybe that one?" I asked, pointing at the small suit.

"Lemme try it." Blueblood walked to the suit. He looked closely at it. "Uh, I need some help opening it."

After successfully helping Blueblood open the suit, he put it on. I closed the suit. Huh, it does fit him.

"It's a little bit heavy." he complained. "And a little bit tight in the waist. I think I need to eat less..." he grunted. "And I can't see much. Maybe if I do this..." he used his hoof to lift the visor. "Better now. Uh, how do we take this suit?"

"Part by part, I think." I replied. "We have saddlebags for this, right?"

"Yeah. Now, lemme get out of this." Blueblood said, gesturing for me to open the suit. How did they wear these suits anyway? I guess this one is for unicorns. If I still had fingers I would be able to open this, too.

After getting Blueblood out of the suit, I started disassembling it. First, the helmet. Then, the chest piece. Then, the back protection. Ugh, I need to detach legs... Front ones, hind ones. Done! Now I need to pack them. By far, the helmet is the biggest part while everything else can be folded pretty easily.

"I'll wear it." Blueblood grabbed the helmet and put it on. "There is no other way we can carry it. Give me the other stuff, I'll pack it in my saddlebags."

I gave him the disassembled suit, and he packed it successfully.

"Ugh, a bit heavy..." he muttered. "Why not we just move that suit somewhere else? My home, for example. There's plenty of hidden places I can store the armor in. Walking with it around? Nah."

"But what about the rest of the castle?" Moonshine asked. It seems she became interested in this.

"Well, I can go back alone." Blueblood replied. "I'll be back really fast."

Separating from the group isn't that great... Though, I think he has a point. Why would all of us return when he can just return alone?

***

After reaching the broom closet where the hatch was, Blueblood said his goodbyes to us and started moving his bags into the hole. When he succeeded, he started climbing down the stairs.

*crack*

Uh, it didn't sound good. Though, it didn't come from down there. It came...

Fuck.

As Blueblood disappeared down in the tunnel, a section of ceiling and a part of the wall collapsed, breaking the hatch, and burying most of it under the stone, leaving but a very narrow space between.

It seems this castle is in ruins, after all. How come did the broom closet collapsed? It's, like, a small room!

"Blueblood, are you okay?" I yelled.

"Some dust, maybe..." he coughed. "What happened?"

"Uh, we can't use this tunnel anymore." I sighed. "It seems Moonshine and I will have to go through the forest to return home."

And that is scary. The Evefree Forest is said to be filled with lots of different monsters. Fuck that forest!

"I can't do anything but wish you luck." Blueblood told us. "Just... keep on the road. There's one, as far as I know. Just don't step off it!"

Great. Everfree Forest is the Forbidden Forest of Harry Potter. I hope it doesn't have snake-nosed unicorn blood drinker... Otherwise, we are doomed.

Alright, we can still... Explore the castle.

...

Duh.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, timeskips. Though, nothing important really happens there... And I need to do the Nightmare Night chapter, and then upload it on 31st of October. So, there'll be more timeskips.