From The Stars and The Underground
Chapter 2: Introduction Part 2: The Undying
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If you made it past the first chapter and thought that my work was decent enough to continue reading. Thanks and I hope to please you even more as I continue to work on this story. Anyway, time for the next character to come screaming into her new reality.
"The wind is howling. It fills you with determination..."
Save point before Frisk's battle with Undyne, Undertale
“Oh, you have got to be kidding me!”
What I had thought was my gateway to my own personal heaven, was in fact an express trip down to my doom. I was skydiving to the ground below me and I could hardly keep my eyes open with the wind constantly beating into them. I flailed around with my hands desperately trying to find a parachute.
‘If this is all some elaborate prank, surely someone left me with a parachute right?’ I thought in a panic
When I couldn’t find a parachute, I decided it was time to go on full panic mode and start screaming. My screaming stopped when I realized the lack of wind hitting my body and opened my eyes fully to see a weird purple thing surrounding me. I turned my head around to see that it had completely surrounded me and I noticed that I could see through it. I looked towards the ground and gasped as I could now fully take in the sight below me. The color green engulfed my sight as I looked around, then when I looked closely I could see tiny settlements and large dominating mountains all around the landscape. I tried to find where I was likely to land and I found that my destination was a mountain with a rather soothing looking waterfall. However, the most interesting attraction was the familiar looking city that seemed to be attached to the mountain.
I didn’t get the time to fully inspect the city as the color purple dominated my vision and I couldn’t see a damn thing. I curled myself into a ball and squeezed my hands in anger as I knew what my fate was at the end of this fall.
‘Well, at least I saw quite a view in my final moments,’ I thought with a smile.
......
I opened my eyes to see light streaming through a hole in the roof. I groaned as I got to my feet and tried to get rid of the stiffness in my back by twisting it around and got a satisfying crack. I looked around to see that I was in a store of some kind. Or I should say that it was a clock shop as clocks, tables, and price tags were all over the place either broken or on fire.
‘Did I just survive that fall?’ I thought in confusion.
My confusion turned into joy as I raised my hands in the air and let the world know how happy I was.
“WHOOHOOOO,” I shouted.
A whimper from my left caught my attention and I turned my head to the source and my jaw dropped at what I saw.
A pony. A pony like from My Little Pony was cowering behind an upturned table and looked at me like I was death itself. The pony appeared to have a light green coat and its mane was raven black. The cutie mark on its butt looked like a watch wrapped around a grandfather clock. The poor thing’s large frightened eyes had irises that were light green as well, and I was at a loss as what to do next.
I decided that I would satisfy my curiosity and ask it a question to see if it was real or if that fall knocked me into insanity.
“Are you real?” I paused, “Are you a pony?”
The pony seemed to only get even more scared as its eyes darted around and then bolted through a broken door before I could even react.
“WAIT,” I yelled and followed the pony through the broken door with my costume clanking every step of the way. “I need help, where ammmmm huh...” I trailed off as my eyes took in my surroundings.
All around me were bright blue, purple, and white buildings that seemed to go on forever. More ponies of all types were surrounding me and gazing at me with fear. Nearly all of them came up to my belly button in height and they were wearing either fancy dresses or cute little suits that made them all look even more adorable. I heard hooves clopping down the road to my right and I saw royal guards coming towards the crowd at alarming speeds. When they reached the crowd they stopped to gawk at me like the rest of the crowd until the green pony from the shop cried out to them.
“GUARDS! That creature destroyed my shop!” The mare screamed.
‘Huh, the pony was a mare, don’t know why I didn’t recognize that earlier,’ I thought curiously.
The guard ponies snapped into action and started to herd the crowd away from me before I could respond. One of the unicorn guard stallions moved in front of me a few meters away then pointed a hoof and yelled at me in a commanding voice.
“Creature, in the name of Canterlot and its citizens. You are under arrest for the destruction of private property. Stand down and allow yourself to be taken into custody, then you will be sent to the castle dungeon to face the judgment of the Princesses.”
I stared dumbfounded at the stallion and my mind began to kick into gear at what he just said. It only took me a few moments to come to the sanest and most logical course of action available to me.
“Uhh, no,” I then sprinted and knocked over a couple of ponies from the crowd and made a rather impressive leap over the guard ponies standing in my way. My costume clanked even louder as I continued to run past the many buildings.
“After it! Or… her or… whatever!” Said the flustered unicorn stallion.
I snickered at how the pony couldn’t even tell my gender before he heard my voice. I continued to run through the streets of the city and more ponies in fancy outfits continued to scream and run out of my way. Each street I came across only seemed to bring more attention to myself. I needed a plan to get out of this city and ditch the guards. With all the noise I’m making, I don’t think I’ll be able to hide from them.
‘Come on, think, think, think, the guard said this is Canterlot right? So isn’t there a train around here that comes and goes from the mountain? Ok, first hijack a train and... ‘politely’... tell the train driver to get me the hell out of here. This plan is foolproof.’ I thought with my mind set on a goal.
Unfortunately, the first crack in my plan became apparent as I turned around another corner and I realized I had no idea where I was going. I let out a howl of frustration and moved my head left to right in search of signs to direct me to the train station. Instead, I only found more ponies screaming in terror as I continued my rampage of howling and running. I saw more guards ahead of me and I stopped in my tracks as they walled off my path.
“Cease this pointless running and come quietly creature,” one of the guards ordered.
I turned around to run the other way but was blocked by an even larger group filled with the same guards surrounding the shop earlier.
“There’s nowhere to go,” the unicorn guard from before yelled.
I turned back to the group blocking my path and grinned as an idea came to mind. I sprinted towards one of the unicorn guards and he looked at me in utter surprise at my sudden charge. His horn began to glow but I caught him and brought him up into a bear hug with his back to me and his forehooves squeezed tightly between his torso and my armored arms. He struggled feebly in my grasp and I was surprised at how light he was. I quickly shook off my surprise and ducked down as I shoulder charged through one of the surrounding building doors.
I apparently had rushed into a barber shop as ponies sitting in parlor chairs had other ponies standing behind them on their hind hooves and holding scissors between their hooves. All ponies turned and screamed at my sudden intrusion and I ignored them to close the door behind me with my foot. I noticed a window looking out to the street where I came from and yelled at one of the barber ponies to open the windows.
“HEY YOU, open that window right now!” The pony paused in confusion but I encouraged her to get moving.
“NOW”
She blinked and her ears bent backward in fear and quickly moved to carry out my orders. She meekly squeaked out “Yes ma’am,” and proceeded to open the window then quickly ran back to the other ponies in the shop.
I brought the still squirming guard up to the window in my arms and I squeezed him a little to get him to stop. He grunted but ceased his struggles as he realized he wasn’t going to break free. I looked out to guards in the street and they were giving me hard glares for kidnapping one of their own. I yelled out at the guards to give my demands.
“Alright you little bastards, here are my demands. If you don’t comply with them, I’ll snuggle this little cutie so hard that he won’t be able to receive hugs for weeks.” The guard in my arms blushed a little when I looked down at his face and he squirmed a little uncomfortably at my threat. I started to list off my demands.
“Number 1, I want a big jug of water, I’m thirsty and I think my dehydration is making me kind of crazy right now. Number 2, I want an escort to the nearest train sta…, what are you doing?” The horn on the pony I was holding began to glow green and before I could react, I was holding nothing but air as the pony flashed away from my arms.
I returned my gaze to the grinning guards out on the streets and my heart began to sink.
“Oh…, right, I forgot about that,” I said dumbly and turned around to see if there was a backdoor out of the shop.
Luckily there was, and the ponies in the barber screamed again as I rushed past them to get to the door. When I got through I found myself in a back alley leading towards another street and started sprinting towards it. Shadows on the ground caught my attention and I looked to the sky to find pegasi guards flying over the alley and beating me to the end of the alley. They blocked my path and looked more than determined to not see me pass.
I heard hooves clopping behind me to signify that more guards had followed me from the barber shop and they blocked off the only exit I had left. I gave off a deep growl and smashed my fist into the wall in frustration. I didn’t expect, however, for my fist to go straight through it.
“What the...” I said in surprise as I looked at the damage I caused to solid brick.
I pulled my fist out of the wall and flexed my fingers to check if my hand was alright. When I didn’t feel any pain at all, I checked my gauntlet to see how badly I damaged it and found that it too suffered little to no damage. I looked around to see that the guards were now a little hesitant to approach me.
“Yeah that's right you little runts, any of you get close to me and you’re going to get one hell of a haymaker,” I said taking advantage of their newfound fear of me.
However, the unicorn guard from the beginning of this chase seemed to have other plans. I felt something keep me in place and my eyes roamed around to see a blue energy field surrounding me.
“Oh come on, this isn’t fair!” I said through my teeth to the unicorn.
The unicorn guard called to one of his subordinates and ignored my complaint, “Private, take your cuffs and restrain her arms and legs while I keep a hold of her.”
The private was an earth pony, and he took out some small cuffs that started to glow when he pushed a button and they easily resized to the width of my wrists. He stared at me with caution as he slowly moved towards me. As soon as he got behind me, he put my wrists behind my back and I began to seethe when I felt them tighten around my wrists.
‘No, I’m not going to prison for something I had no choice in doing. It was not my fault for falling into that clock pony’s shop. These ponies have got to believe me,’ I thought as I tried to plead my case.
“WAIT, please listen to me, I-I-I didn’t mean to crash land into that pony’s shop. I swear on Princess Celestia’s sun that I had no control over what happened. I know I ran, but I got scared okay. Please believe me!” I begged.
The unicorn guard holding me still looked at me with sympathy but his words filled me with dread. “Sorry ma’am, but we can’t do that. Like I said though, the princesses’ themselves will preside over your case. I’m confident that they will be fair.”
His words didn’t fill me with any confidence and I slowly started to get really angry. I heard the guard pony guard behind me starting to prepare the other set of cuffs and my anger reached the boiling point.
‘I REFUSE TO BE PUNISHED FOR A CRIME I DIDN’T COMMIT!’ My thoughts raged.
I pulled on the cuffs with all of my might and I felt them snap apart along with the energy barrier holding me when I brought my arms forward with closed fists. I roared at the top of my lungs and I felt some sort of energy leave my body in every direction.
Blue spears jutted thru the floor and walls all across the alley and hit each and every one of the guards. They all yelped and grunted in pain from the sudden attack and fell to the ground in a daze. Some tried to fight through the pain and get back up, but they quickly fell back onto the ground again. I gazed around in my anger-induced haze and quickly lost all that anger at what I saw. Hearts floated above each and every one the guards' chests in varying colors.
Fear began to grip my chest as I remembered what those hearts meant. I noticed that my path was open again and I decided that it was best to flee once more. The princesses may have gone light on me before, but after doing this, I’ll certainly rot in a cell. I leaped over the bodies of the groaning guards and into the street at the end of the alley. The street was empty, but I looked into the windows of the buildings to see ponies watching me with terror in their eyes as they witnessed what I just did to their protectors. The guilt nearly crushed my heart.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered in apology for what I’d just done. I clenched my fists in anger for the fact that I had to commit to my course of action or I stand to risk my freedom for possibly decades to come. My head snapped left to right and I found a directions post at the end of the street to my right. I hurried over to the post and my eyes searched for any sign of directions to a train station. The post was huge and my foot started to clank up and down on the sidewalk in irritation. Finally, I found the direction I’m supposed to go for the train station and I ran back down the street I came from and passed the alley with the knocked out guards.
The good news was that all the guards seemed to be getting back up and the hearts over their chests had disappeared. The bad news was that they still wanted to nail my ass to a prison cell. One of the pegasi guards that got back up weakly pointed her hoof at me and ordered me to stop. I ignored her and kept on moving until I got to the end of the street and took the street down my right like the direction post said.
The street I was heading down was a long one but I kept on running as fast as my feet could take me. Those guards in the alley surely weren’t all that the city had and more were definitely on the way. As I kept on running, my throat started to get really scratchy.
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said to the guards that I wanted a jug of water. I felt like my body was dehydrating and I was already beginning to get kind of dizzy. The hot sun also didn’t make it any easier when I felt my costume absorb the heat and radiate it into my body. I felt sweat streak down all over my body and I didn’t know how long I could take the heat. Nevertheless, I was determined not to get caught and pushed past my dizziness and discomfort to the end of another street to find a sign.
I found the directions to the train station even faster than last time and I began to take off until I heard more hooves galloping towards me. I risked a quick peek behind me and saw what looked like a stampede of royal guards. Pegasi guards were flying above them and they were far ahead of their brothers and sisters in arms.
I pushed my legs to the very limit and hoped I was getting close to that train. A few streets later, I saw a shadow appear below me that began to become more defined. Instinct took over and I veered sharply to my right and saw in the corner of my eye a pegasus guard hit the ground in an attempt to tackle me. However, another pegasus got luckier than his comrade and I felt him hit me with his hooves curled around my waist. I nearly lost my balance but I kept on running and reached around with my left hand to grab him by his wing. He inhaled sharply at my harsh grasp and his grip loosened around my waist. I tossed him onto the street and kept on running but when I looked back I saw that the stampede was gaining up on me fast.
I returned my gaze up ahead and I kept telling myself to just keep running, but my body kept screaming at me to get some water. I wasn’t sweating anymore and I knew that my situation was getting dire. I ignored it all though and kept telling myself to keep on running and my reward will be water when I hijack that train.
Finally, I saw a train station when I turned around the next corner, but a new problem made itself apparent. More guards were there in a line blocking my path and this time they had spears pointed in my direction ready to gore me if I kept running towards them. I began to panic and slow down but a possible solution made itself apparent when I saw an unattended vendor cart on one side of the street. I decided that now was the time to test out how strong I really was now and moved to grab the cart. I got my hands underneath the cart and I was thankfully still strong enough to lift it up.
The guards blocking my path started off confused by my actions but then scrambled to the side when they saw the cart flying right towards them. I bolted for the opening they left and the guards hurried to block off my path again. I leaped over the guards when they failed to get their spears up in time and I hit the ground with shaking legs, but I continued moving towards the train station. My legs kept wobbling and I nearly lost my balance three times.
‘Come on! You're almost there keep going damn it!’ I told my body as the station got closer.
Unfortunately, my legs had spent the last of their energy and I smacked my head onto the street as I collapsed. Despite my daze, I ordered my arms to begin crawling me towards the train but my crawl was short lived when I felt pairs of hooves hold me down.
I failed to get away, and now I felt cuffs tighten around my boots and gauntlets to keep me restrained. I knew I was beaten, but I still felt proud knowing that I had given it my all. Blurry images moved in front of me and started speaking but I could hardly hear what the images were saying. The only thing I can do now was warn them that I needed water before I died of dehydration.
I started coughing at first because of my dry throat but I managed to get the words out in a croaky voice. “Water, please…. I need water now.”
Consciousness began to leave me and I couldn’t tell if they heard me when everything blacked out.
......
A raging headache and burning muscles were all I could feel when I started to wake up. I grunted from the pain and tried to lift my arm to my head to rub my temple. As soon as I lifted my arm I winced at the sharp pain and gave up on the simple action. Sighing internally, I tried to ignore the pain and focus on where I was.
The first thing I noticed was that I was definitely lying on a comfy bed with thin silky sheets covering me up to my waist. I opened my eyes to a shady cement ceiling and let my eyes roam around to see that I was in a prison cell. The only light sources came from a torch beyond the prison bars and pale moonlight streaked in through a barred window. My ears heard a very faint ringing coming from the foot of the bed and I weakly tried to see what the source was. I briefly saw a blue-maned and red-coated unicorn stallion with his horn glowing before my head fell back onto a pillow. I groaned loudly as my headache seemed to get worse.
The unicorn murmured in surprise and I heard him moving to the side of my bed to look at me critically. He cleared his throat as he began to speak.
“So, it would seem that you have awakened. Thank Celestia you pulled through, I’m used to working on other species but I’ve actually been able to at least study them extensively first before working on them. Luckily, the treatment for heatstroke is almost universal for most species. However, your body even made that more difficult with all the scales impeding my attempts to find a vein for an IV. The gills on your neck proved to be the answer though, and we were able to find a way to get fluids into your system safely without taking risks. Now that you’re awake, you can finally start taking your fluids naturally, but we’ll have to take it slow…”
“Wait, wait, hold on a minute,” I interrupted with a croaky voice.
‘Did he just say gills and scales? What the fuck… Wait! That light! My newfound strength! Those spears…’ I thought with fear gripping my mind.
“Get me a mirror! Please!” I begged him with strength returning to my voice as I looked him in the eye.
His expression turned from surprise to concern as he spoke. “Please do not stress yourself, your body may not be able to take much more stress. Hold on I’ll find you something.”
I rested my head to return to looking at the ceiling as I heard the unicorn shifting around. I heard something slide off and hit what sounded like a metal table. The unicorn came back with what looked like an aluminum tray.
“I’m sorry it’s not perfect, but it’s the only thing I could find without leaving you alone,” he said apologetically.
He floated the slightly reflective aluminum tray to my head and I saw a face that caught me by surprise. Large razor-sharp teeth lined my mouth and bright blue scales covered my face. Fins replaced the spots where my ears were supposed to be and long locks of messy red hair laid on my pillow as I looked up into the tray.
‘Yep, this confirms it, that stupid light turned me into a real-life version of Undyne. It wasn’t enough to throw me out of the sky and split me apart from all of my loved ones. It had to take away my very own body as well. Damn it all… why is this happening to me?’ I clenched my fists despite the strain and gritted my teeth to express my anger.
The doctor looked at me with guilt now starting to cross his features. “Now you’re getting even more stressed! Please tell me what I can do to calm you down. You’re not going to get any better if you keep stressing your body like this,” He said with worry.
I took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down. I looked back at the mirror while trying to find a bright side to this situation.
‘Well at least I got turned into the most badass fish lady in the universe,’ I thought thankfully.
I turned my head slightly to look at the unicorn as I spoke to him. “Thanks, I’m okay now, I just need to confirm one more thing. Can you lift up my eyepatch? I need to check something.”
He looked at me strangely but he complied with my request. I felt the string slide off my head and I lifted open my eyelid to see I’m forever a cyclops now too. When I looked into the makeshift mirror again, I just saw a bright blue glow emitting from my eye socket.
The unicorn gasped and I looked back at him with my good eye to see he was gaping at me with awe. He moved his mouth to form words but they seemed to be escaping him for a moment until finally, he spoke clearly. “Our scanning spells told us how your body was almost entirely made up of magic and to see it emit itself like that is truly fascinating."
He kept on staring at my glowing eye socket and I started to get a little creeped out.
“Uh, dude? You can put the eye patch back on,” I told him
He snapped out of his stare and looked embarrassed for his ill manners. He apologized quickly and placed the eye patch back on my eyesoket. I then told him to take away the tray because I figured I was done admiring my new face. When he returned from placing the tray back to where it originally belonged I figured it was time to bite the bullet and ask what’s going to happen to me.
“So, um, doctor...?”
His eye’s bulged as he forgot to state his name
“Oh, dreadfully sorry, my name is Dr. Steady Hoof. The Royal Physician stationed here at the castle.
“Pleased to meet you doc, my name is… (Ah hell, just embrace the insanity) Undyne. Well, just lay it on me then, how bad was the damage and what’s going to happen to me afterward,” I asked.
His face became serious and he began to list off my injuries. “Well first off, your only condition is that you suffered from a case of severe heat stroke. Right now you are probably experiencing a headache and extreme muscle pain from the lack of water in your system. Which by the way you need more of, and before we get too far ahead of ourselves, I would like to continue administering water to you in small doses. Which method do you prefer, water through your gills or water through oral intake?”
“Uh, with my mouth please,” I said.
He lifted a glass of water with a small straw sticking out and I began to drink the liquid of life. My throat began to feel much better but the relief lasted for a brief moment. Steady Hoof took away the glass before I began to drink too much and set it off to the side. When he set the glass down, he returned to answering my questions.
“Now, Princess Celestia has taken my advice and has decided to delay your trial until I have decided that you are healthy of both mind and body. However, since your species is new to Equestria, it’ll be difficult to determine how healthy your body should be. We’ll have to rely on your word to determine if you’re fully healed or not. Equestrian medicine and healing magic just simply have no idea what to expect from a lifeform that embodies so much magic.”
He paused for a second and seemed to be considering something in his head before speaking once more. “The only form of life that I can compare you to are the star beasts, yet you are clearly not related to them. So what kind of…”
‘Star beasts? What the heck is he talking about... Wait… Stars… Oh! I get it now.’
I interrupted him mid-sentence to ask a question. “When you say star beasts, do you mean like an Ursa major?”
“Why yes indeed, have your kind come into contact with Ursa majors as well?” He asked.
I hesitated before speaking and decided that I shouldn’t mention that his world is a cartoon show from my world or he’ll probably add insanity to my list of conditions.
‘In fact, I should keep everything I know about this world to myself until I fully grasp my situation. For all I know the events of the show and future seasons have already happened or this is all some mass illusion conjured by my head in a huge coma.’
The good doctor was still waiting for me to answer his question and I decided to be vague.
“My kind has had contact with star beasts before, just not in a way I think you’ll understand. I know that’s elusive but I think you could only truly understand if you have been where I come from.
“That’s okay, I think I’m more interested in what kind of creatures you and your kind are. Is it possible for you to explain your physiology at least?” He asked hopefully.
“Sure that’s fine, okay where to start? Ummm… I started to trail off but Dr. Hoof waited patiently for me to get my thoughts together and brought out a notepad from behind him.
‘Come on girl, time to delve into your knowledge of Undertale lore’
I formed the explanation in my head and started my brief summary. “You were right when you said that I’m mostly made of magic, my kind are called monsters by bipedal creatures called humans from where I’m from. But we’re not monsters in the sense that we’re all evil, it’s just a title we’ve come call ourselves because we come in numerous shapes and sizes that it’s nearly impossible to come to an accord for a species name. For instance, there are monsters that are skeletal in nature, some are like ghosts, and boss monsters look like goats. But one thing relates to all monsters though, our bodies are mostly made of magic and are attuned to its SOUL. When a monster dies, its body turns into dust. Because monsters' bodies and SOULs are closely linked, when a monster dies, their SOUL is lost forever. Boss Monsters are an exception, as they are nearly immune to age but when they are killed their SOUL is visible before being shattered.”
I sighed as I finished my long-winded explanation and beckoned the good doctor to give me some more water. When the glass floated closer I decided to see how much strength I was getting back in my arms and reached for it. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel any pain and my arm lifted the glass easily when Dr. Hoof canceled his levitation. He looked just as shocked as I was, and when I sipped the rest of the water the headache I was feeling before began to disappear entirely. I shifted my body around and started to get up and felt only a slight weakness in my legs when I stood at my full height. I then noticed, when I got a chance to look at my body, that all my armor and clothes were gone and all I had on was a large hospital gown that thankfully covered just enough of my new scaly body to avoid embarrassment.
‘Thank god for the gown and I probably shouldn’t be surprised by my recovery, Undyne got right back up after getting a small glass of water from Frisk.’
The good doctor was stuttering at my amazing recovery. “How in the world are you recovering so fast? Wow, your physiology is more miraculous than I thought, but I would appreciate it if you got back into bed, no need to take any risks right?”
I agreed with his advice and laid back down, Dr. Hoof took some more notes before he looked out the barred window and closed the notebook. He stared at me for a couple moments in thought before he spoke to me again.
“It’s getting late and I’d like you to get a good nights’ rest before we see if you’re truly healthy enough. We can’t just judge you as fully recovered because of your sudden recovery of muscle strength, so we’ll give you a physical tomorrow to tell if you’re truly healthy enough or not. I’ll leave you with a jug of water if you feel thirsty again, but before I leave you to sleep do you mind telling me what you would like for breakfast tomorrow. I assume because of your sharp teeth that you’re a carnivore. If that’s so, I must regret to inform you that the only meat products allowed for consumption are fish here in Equestria,” He said looking at me worryingly.
“Actually fish is fine, also I should tell you that I’m omnivorous. If it’s not too much to ask, can I have salmon with a side of oranges for breakfast? It’s a weird combination I know, but those are my favorite types of fruits and fish. Also, just get me some more water for the drink, I don’t think I’ll switch off of water for a week because of all this. And… just one more question?” I asked with hesitation.
He nodded his head and motioned me to continue.
“Why are you working so hard to take care of me? I hurt your guards and rampaged throughout your city, shouldn’t I at least be chained up to the bed in case if I tried to hurt you?” I asked curiously.
He smiled and pointed his hoof at the ceiling as his horn started to glow. Runes of some kind appeared all across the ceiling in a soft blue glow and disappeared as soon his horn’s glow turned off.
“Those glyphs prevent prisoners from using magic while within the cells’ borders. They also enact an invisible barrier around visitors in case a prisoner should try to harm them physically. To answer your question about all the care you’re being given, it’s because your situation is very unique and I agree with how Princess Celestia is handling it. You’re a new species to Equestria and her highness would like to avoid a possible international incident with your kind by treating you gently while in our care."
His eyes then looked at me warmly with sympathy as he continued his explanation.
“Also, you should know that all those guards you harmed will make a complete recovery. The spears you summoned didn’t pierce their skin but it did lead to some major bruising. The bruises will heal but the only wounds they should be nursing in the future will be their injured pride at being taken unawares so easily. Overall, after reviewing the guard report about it all, I’d say that your rampage was just a series of events constantly spiraling out of control due to fear and a lack of understanding between both parties. But, I’ll leave the judgment of your crimes to Princess Celestia, so just get some rest and focus on getting better. That’s the start at the beginning to fix this mess and please don’t worry so much. I know the Princess to be a kind and generous soul, whatever punishment she decides upon, I’m sure it’ll fair. Now get some rest miss Undyne.”
Dr. Hoof’s horn began to glow again and in a flash of light a big jug of water appeared at his side and he began to fill the glass of water again. He put the jug on the table beside my bed and began to walk towards the cell door. He knocked on the bars and a guard came up to the door to unlock it. As soon as he was out the door he took one last look at me and waved. I waved back and as soon as he was gone and I began to really think about all that was going on.
‘What the hell, what the hell, what the hell, what the hell, what the hell! Why is this happening! This shouldn’t be happening! But it just happened. I had a civil conversation with a freaking pony doctor. That fucking vendor at the con must have done this. “Enjoy your purchases you two,” yeah right, I didn’t buy a meteor express trip to a TV show. Is he even the cause of all of this? None of this makes any sense. Jack and I were just walking away from him before I blacked out and I was falling into a dark void of nothing. Wait… did Jack get sucked into this place too?’
The doc didn’t say anything about another creature so maybe Jack is still at the con searching for me frantically. Or maybe this really is all some weird dream. No that can’t be it, all this pain I’ve felt, all this drama, all this… weirdness, it can’t be some dream. I felt my hand punch through a wall, I felt that guard when I grabbed him, and I felt that energy when those spears appeared. Whatever this is, it’s real and I just have to deal with it or go insane. Maybe Celestia can get me some answers, and if she does, will I like what she has to say?'
I decided that it didn’t matter, the doc was right, it’s late and I’m tired from all of this stress. Sleep is what I need and I’ll need it for tomorrow.
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