GaLm and the Derp Crew: Erebus
Chapter 2: Chapter 2 - Chilled Chaos
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It had been a long day of playing video games for Chilled, and he was satisfied with the amount of content that he captured for the day. After all, it isn't everyday you see glitches in games as bad as Garry's Mod. He had fun playing with his buddies Nanners, Sark and Terrorisor, but everything good must come to an end, and he was feeling quite famished.
"Hey Jess!" He started, "How 'bout we go out and get something to eat! I'm starving!" His stomach was itching to get full of whatever Chilled had in mind, and agreed with him audibly with a grumble.
Jess's voice came from down the stairs, "That doesn't sound too bad, maybe we could get some REAL food this time?" A sarcastic tone could be heard within her voice as she got her purse. They had been dating for quite some time now, and they did not plan to ever split up.
"Hardy har har." He replied, deadpanning, "I guess it's settled then. Let's go eat at that new restaurant they put up a few blocks away. What was it called?" He was trying to think of the name, but remembered that all he needed to do was think of Solaire from Dark Souls. 'Praise the sun!' he would shout. "Oh that's right, 'Solaire'!"
"Let's go then!" replied Jess.
Chilled was wearing a red T-shirt with a blue plaid button-up shirt. For his pants, he wore simple blue jeans. He also was wearing his signature red Mario hat that he was always wearing. Chilled had gotten his shoes on and started going down the stairs when an orb of light came in through his upstairs window, moving around the room to find whomever it was looking for.
Where is he? The voice deemed as 'Twilight' started, He should be here.
Don't panic, he has merely left the premises. The regal voice reassured. Look and listen.
They could see a glowing apparition of Chilled talking to someone down the stairs.
"I guess it's settled then. Let's go eat at that new restaurant they put up a few blocks away. What was it called? Oh that's right, 'Solaire'!"
The regal one chuckled at finding out where they were going, or rather the name of the place they were going. Solaire, now that's a name I haven't heard in a good while.
Twilight then became confused, Huh? Who is this 'Solaire', Celestia?
I'll tell you later. The regal voice, now deemed 'Celestia' replied. But right now, we need to follow them.
With that, they then flew out of the window they once came, and searched for Chilled's bright red hat (which is practically never detached from his head). Once they found it, they started to follow him to 'Solaire'.
"What do you think the food will be like, Anthony?" asked Jess, her hand intertwined with his. "Do you think it will be Italian, or a burger joint?"
"I don't know. The name is interesting though." Chilled replied, his hand doing likewise with her's. "I heard that it's a nice place to go to have a relaxing dinner, and I believe that we are way past overdue for one of those."
Jess looked at Chilled, surprised that those words came out of his mouth. "Well aren't you the gentleman today? If I didn't know better, I'd say that you've been body-snatched." She ended her statement with a small snicker.
"Ha!" he exclaimed, "I'm always a gentleman! Most of the time..." trailing off from his last statement, he thought he saw a strange light in the corner of his eye. "Did you see that?"
"See what?" Jess asked, confusedly.
"I thought I saw a ball of light riiight.... there..." Chilled said whilst pointing at the top of a general store they had past not too long ago. "It might be nothing, but I definitely saw it."
"A ball of light?" she asked as she was observing the building. "It doesn't seem to be there now, so let's just get to where we're going, okay?"
"Yeah," he replied, "that sounds good.".
New York was a big place, in fact, it was one of the biggest cities in the world. But it definitely wasn't always the most normal of places. People have seen strange things in New York for generations including UFO sightings, beams of light, or balls of red light looming over people's heads. But the last couple of years have been supernatural, and beyond human understanding. Chilled had seen on the news around Christmas last year that a giant spacecraft was looming over London and there were people standing at edges of roofs, but not just in London, but the whole world had been affected.
He didn't want to take any chances, but nothing was going to stand in the way of his dinner with Jess, not even aliens could stop him.
He saw us! Twilight exclaimed, Isn't that bad?
Potentially, but he more than likely dismissed it as a trick of his mind. Celestia declared. Still, we must press onward. We mustn't fail our objective.
Well, alright. Twilight sighed, But I think we should be more careful.
I agree. Celestia agreed, We should be more cautious until the time is right.
If he's awake, Twilight started, then could we speak to him before we do it? You know, so that he can at least understand why we're doing it? I didn't like taking that last one while he was sleeping.
We'll see Twilight. Celestia answered, It just depends on how we go about doing that.
"Well, we've arrived!" stated Chilled. "Wow. It looks... medieval."
The outside of the restaurant looked very rustic, yet fancy, with a sun as it's symbol. The sun was half red, and half yellow, with sun rays radiating off of it like waves on the ocean.
The inside didn't look too bad either, mixing modern art with medieval artifacts adorning the walls, and candles lighting the tables, like it really were the medieval times. All of this could be seen from just the outside of the building, but they weren't going to get food just by sitting outside gawking at the decorations.
"Let's go inside!" Chilled finally declared.
"Yeah, let's go." Jess agreed.
The inside was even more gorgeous than what it looked like from the outside. The tables were clothed with red table cloths with red tassels along the edges. People were eating and having a great time, while music was played by live performers, as if it were an actual tavern in the olden times. Chilled was fascinated by the spectacle and he knew that he was going to love this experience.
That is, if nothing went wrong.
"Let's get a table." Chilled beamed.
Jess looked around the establishment, gawking at everything within it's walls. "Okay." she finally said.
They found a table in the back made for two people, and sat down. Not long after, a waitress walked up to them with a smile on her face. Her hair was a mixture of red and yellow. Her outfit was typical of a waitress; an apron with a black button up shirt, with a black skirt that goes down to half her thigh. In her hand was a notepad used to keep track of orders.
Is her hair red with yellow highlights, or yellow with red highlights? Chilled thought.
"So, could I get you two a drink? We have Pepsi products, or would you rather have sweet tea?" She asked.
"Ah..." Chilled was contemplating on what he should get. He always got a soft drink whenever he went out, but this time, he wanted to see what the sweet tea tasted like.
"Sweet tea, please." Jess answered almost immediately.
"Sweet tea..." the waitress mouthed while writing on her notepad. "Have you decided, sir?" Looking at Chilled.
"I'll also have the sweet tea, please." He said, absentmindedly agreeing with Jess.
"...and another sweet tea." She jotted down on her pad. When she was finished, she looked at the couple and handed them menus to look at. "My name is Sunset, I'll be your waitress for today."
"Anthony." Chilled said, reaching out for a handshake.
Sunset took up the offer and shook his hand in return, then she went on her way to the kitchen.
"Nice workers they've got here." Chilled whispered to Jess.
It reminds me of Equestria. Twilight had stated.
It was that the restaurant deemed 'Solaire' appeared to be a tribute towards Equestrian culture that brought Twilight to this conclusion. The medieval decorations that Chilled had pointed out, illustrated the history of the rise of Equestria. From the fall of Nightmare moon, to the princess coronation of Twilight Sparkle. The owner must have lived in Equestria for quite some time, or they must have been very well informed of Equestrian history.
Is it anyone you know Twilight? Asked Celestia.
Well, the symbol out front seems familiar, but I've only ever seen it once on a pony. Twilight replied, But I think know exactly who it is.
Their orb of light was disguised as a light from an overhead chandelier, right above the man they were following. They had gotten in through a small open window at the intersection of where the ceiling and wall met, and had hidden themselves without being spotted.
Twilight was observing Chilled when the waitress came back, bringing him and Jess their drinks.
I knew it! Twilight said excitedly. It's Sunset Shimmer!
Sunset Shimmer? My former pupil? asked Celestia.
That's the one! Twilight answered, with excitement in her voice. Don't worry, she's a better person than when she left Equestria.
I see... Celestia said shakily. It's almost time, Twilight.
Twilight nodded, Right.
"...and I'll have the Chicken Calzone with a side salad with Caesar dressing, please." Chilled said, finishing off his order.
Sunset jotted down his order and turned to leave, but Chilled stopped her before she had a chance.
"So Sunset," he started, "who is the owner of this lovely restaurant here? I want to compliment how they've set this place up."
Sunset looked at him with a smirk on her face, "Well, you're looking at her."
Chilled was shocked to find out that he had been ordering food from the owner of the same restaurant. "Wait, so-
"I may be a waitress," Sunset interrupted, "but I'm not one of those owners that sit back and relax in their office all day. I have to keep working to cure my boredom from doing just that."
"I see. I understand." Chilled replied, fully understanding what she meant.
It's time.
"Huh!?" The three of them said in unison.
Just then, an orb of light came down from the chandelier above and hovered in front of Chilled's face. Chilled fell to the ground.
"Hello Chilled, I am Twilight Sparkle." stated the orb. A face then appeared from within the orb. It was a a face of an equine, a pony, Chilled had guessed, and it was purple with darker purple hair with a magenta highlight down the middle. "And this is Princess Celestia." it stated as another equine face appeared, this one white with flowing hair that looked like the northern lights.
"...Um... Hiii?" Chilled squeaked.
"Twilight? Celestia?" Sunset asked.
"Hi Sunset!" exclaimed Twilight, "we didn't know we would bump into you during this!"
"And what's..... this?" Sunset asked confusedly, pointing her finger down at the ground.
"Oh, we need this human's help." Stated Twilight. "Equestria is in grave danger!"
"So you have to pull him from his normal life?" Sunset asked frustratingly. "Why can't you just use the elements of harmony?"
"We aren't able to use them anymore," Twilight started, "and our other power will be useless this time."
"It is true." Celestia confirmed.
"CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!" Chilled yelled.
Everyone went silent.
Twilight took a deep breath, "Chilled, we need your help." she started. "You and the others are the only ones left that can help us! This threat doesn't just affect our world, but all of the worlds!"
Twilight finished her short explanation, and awaited his answer.
"So," he started, "who are the 'others' you mentioned?"
"To put it in short terms; The Derp Crew." Twilight answered.
"So it's not just me, but my friends?" he asked.
"Um, yes." she states sheepishly.
"Well..." Chilled thought about this hard. He would be pulled into another world, just to save the whole of creation from being destroyed. This was a once in a lifetime chance to actually be an actual hero, but he also risked the chance of never coming back ever again.
Silence fell upon the room.
"I'll do it." He answered. "I'll do it for the whole of creation! Beam me up Scotty!" he exclaimed as he put his hands on his hips like a super hero.
Twilight then became confused. "What?"
"I'll tell you later." He replied.
"I'll stay here Chilled, okay?" Jess asked.
"If that's what you want, I won't stop you. Are you sure?" he asked. He got a nod in response. "Alright then."
"I'm coming with you." Sunset stated.
"Wait, why?" asked Chilled.
"I'll tell you later." She said with a smile.
"Beam us up Twilight!" they both exclaimed.
The light from the orb now shown brightly as Twilight used her magic to summon them both to Equestria. The light was scourching the floor, and melting the chair Chilled was sitting on. Then the orb flashed light a camera, and then....
They were gone.