Far From Home
Chapter 10: Home
Previous Chapter Next ChapterRainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were kicked out of the circus tent. The two weren't given a refund, putting the pegasus in a bad mood. Pinkie was slightly disappointed, but she worried more about freeing the human they believed was Twilight. They both looked right out at the tent and noticed that there were now many security guards placed at the entrance.
"We have to help Twilight!" Pinkie yelled, placing an army helmet on her head.
"Help me what?" Twilight said curiously. Both Pinkie and Rainbow looked at her in shock.
"Twilight!" Pinkie shouted, tackling the unicorn to the ground.
"If you're here, then what was with that human?" Rainbow Dash asked, clutching her head with her hooves.
"Human? Oh my, what happened to Tara?" Twilight asked them.
"Tara?" Pinkie asked.
"It's kind of a long story," the unicorn said sheepishly. "First things first, where is she?"
"She's in the circus, but the security kicked us out." Rainbow said, pointing towards the guards.
"Don't worry girls, I think I could handle this." She said walking towards the entrance.
"Hi can I get a ticket?" Twilight politely asked.
"To what? The show or the human?" the cashier asked apathetically.
"Um, the human," the lavender unicorn answered.
"That'll be twenty five bits ma'am." The colt said, his voice cracking in the process.
Scowling slightly at the price, she paid for the ticket and walked towards the second entrance. The tent was half-full, considering how most went to see the show that performed at the same time. Some ponies stayed to study the human. The unicorn passed through a small crowd of people until she got to the center of the room. Tara was sprung out on the floor, her hair singed and truly a mess. Twilight made her way to the side closest to her.
"Tara, wake up." Twilight said, nudging her human counterpart.
"Miss. Don't touch the human." A security guard told her sternly. Twilight simply stopped the shaking.
"Tara, what happened?" she asked, still whispering.
"Huh..." Tara said, half asleep.
"What happened?" Twilight repeated, hoping for at least a small answer.
"Captured, net, no magic." Tara said in between snores.
"Who did this?" She asked. Twilight received an angry look from the guard.
"Ly...ra." Tara answered remembering only one of the names of the ponies that caught her.
"Miss. I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." The guard said annoyed.
"Why? I did nothing." The unicorn argued. The stallion grabbed Twilight forcibly and directed her to the exit. The mare's struggling was in vain, as she was kicked out of the tent.
"And stay out!" He shouted, just as Twilight made contact with the dirt ahead of her friends.
"What happened?" Pinkie asked. Twilight stood up and whispered something in Pinkie's ear. The party pony now had a large smile on her face and winked at Twilight. Rainbow Dash watched in curiosity as she tried to catch what they were saying. Pinkie and Twilight nodded in agreement and went their separate ways.
"She's going to have hell to pay." Twilight said coldly. A twisted smile on her face.
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Tara darted towards the end of the cage to the cloaked figure that was just out of her reach.
"You could have helped me earlier." She said slightly angry.
"Why?" the figure replied smugly. Tara was slightly frustrated, but her growling stomach caught her attention.
"Forget it. Hey do you have any food on you?" She asked the woman ahead of her.
"There's goat pellets in that corner," she answered. Pointing at the cage. Tara was done dealing with the attitude this mystery person. She knew that she wasn't going to get an exact answer just yet, but at least she had to try.
"Look I don't know you, and you don't know me. So why are you helping me?" Tara asked, expecting a vague answer. The figure then said nothing and walked to the lock.
"Because you're just like me. Scared, alone. Have no idea what we're doing here." She said, flashing the key to the cage. The woman the opened the lock and realizing Tara. Tara then walked out of the cage to finally get a closer look at her savior. The person's face was covered in a black cloth. It concealed her well, leaving only the eyes that were a bright purple.
"Thank you, um..." She stopped, not knowing her name.
"Just call me Thalia." She said through her shroud. Tara extended her hand to Thalia, who carefully shook her hand. Her cold gloved hand meeting with Tara's dirty, rough hand. With a curt nod, the two set their attention on getting out of the area.
"How do we get out of here?" Tara asked turning towards Thalia. Thalia grabbed a small device out of her cloak and showed it to Tara.
"See this? This stupid thing somehow got me here, and now it's dead. But I think we can get this to work if we collaborate." She explained. Tara was confused on how this thing was constructed. It was compact, metallic, and the strange lights that flashed.
"Wait, magic didn't get you here?" Tara asked. A confused look washed over Thalia's eyes.
"Magic? I don't believe in magic." She said softly.
"How can you not believe in magic? Tara asked.
"It's everywhere!" Tara continued, using small orbs of purple magic to bounce around in her hands.
"Science." Thalia said carefully.
"What?"
"Science, the explanation may be too long to understand."
"I know what science is." Tara replied angrily. "Just explain how You got here."
"I created this thing. Along with my notebook, lost it somewhere during the early prototype stages of this thing. Tara's eyes widened, the book had something to do with her. Tara looked into the eyes that were full of sorrow.
"I just want to go home." Thalia stated. "I know you want to get home as soon as possible. Do you think you can power the machine enough so we can leave?"
Thalia opened a hatch in the slightly spherical machine. To see that most of the parts were low on energy.
"This place doesn't have the parts I need to replace this." Thalia explained.
"Well I know a repair spell, but I don't know how well it would work."
"Well we can at least try."
Tara channeled the energy again, focusing the spell on the device that was presented to her. At first the sphere glowed with life, slowly enveloping the two in a large field.
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"You sold me!" Twilight yelled at a very scared looking Lyra. The seafoam green unicorn was tied up on the chair against her will. Lyra struggled against the ropes, but the knots were too tight. The only light in the room was the magic off of Twilight's horn. The only noise was the pacing of the furious unicorn.
"If I knew it was you I wouldn't have done that!" She yelled back. Twilight's horn flared in anger, pointing the magic dangerously close to Lyra's face.
"How much did you get for me?" Twilight asked in a creepy whisper. The captured unicorn stayed silent.
"I don't think you heard me," she continued, "How much did you get for me." Twilight's horn grew brighter.
"Two."
"Two, what?" Twilight asked bitterly.
"Hundred." Lyra admitted.
"Two hundred bits! You sold me out for two hundred bits?" Twilight was furious over the entire situation.
"Two hundred, thousand." She said laughing. Twilight's face turned even more sour than before.
"And what happened to the money?" Twilight asked, her voice still quiet.
"Got ripped off..." She muttered.
"I didn't hear you." Twilight said unconvinced.
"The money was fake!" Lyra admitted.
"You sold me to a circus for fake money."
"What are you going to do with me?" Lyra asked, afraid of what might come. Twilight let out a sly smile.
"Oh me? I'm not going to do anything, but I can't say the same thing about my friend." Twilight whispered into Lyra's ear. The light from the magic was snuffed out, and the two were encased in dark. The unicorn walked out of the room unnoticed. Lyra was left alone in the dark for a minute. Then there was another steady sound of breathing.
"What are you going to do to me?" She asked the pony in the dark. The silhouette opened its bright light blue eyes.
"Pinkie?" Lyra asked confused.
"Hiya Lyra How's it been? I've been fine I mean you can't be too good because-Twilight sure is cheesed off at you-I'd be scared if she was mad at me-I mean she can be scary with the shiny eye thing..." Pinkie stated, seemingly not running out of breath.
"Leave me alone, please." Lyra said, annoyed of the constant blabbering of the pony.
"Why? I mean we're fine talking about our day right? Oh my Celestia I had the best daffodil and daisy sandwich today! I mean it was amazing-Then I went to Sugar Cube Corner and I saw all the fantastic cakes on sale, but you know what I like better than cakes?" Pinkie asked mischievously, a sly smile appeared on her face. Lyra sat there annoyed on what Pinkie was doing. Instead of a bright bubbly answer, she was treated with a demented tone in Pinkie's voice.
"Cupcakes."
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