Xylem - Equestrian Invasion

Day 30

>FS: w-what if the portal closed? we could be stuck here... for good.
"It's the only place we haven't checked yet, if it isn't here then I'm afraid you might be right."
>you swear you're moving fast enough to tear through the fabric of space and time
>its roughly 2 and a half hours before school
>the teachers usually don't show up before 6am
>good time to do some more sneaking!
>as you, the girls, and the motorized, slightly rusted pile of steel you call your car flies down the streets you can't help but recount twilight's words...

T: [So I figure we have a time limit on all of this. The portal I mean.]
[...how long?]
T: [The portal stays open for exactly 6 days , every time, without deviation. However, ours days are longer by 5 of your hours, and we both know that time itself moves much faster here than it dose back home.]
[how long?]
T: [15 days from now at 7:26 am. We have until then.]

>you suddenly feel like you have a speed sensitive time bomb strapped to to you.
>51 mph
>...
>in a 10mph zone
>in a parking lot
>great shortcut!
>fuck the police

>Before you know it you see a flag pole
>and a heavily fenced in high school campus
>is that... barbed wire?
>looks like you've stirred up such hell that they've reinforced the hell out of your school's perimeter
>can't say you blame them
>they still haven't fixed the bullet holes in the computer lab
>those filthy euphoric fat-bodies hate your ass
>you might not have beaten them to such a bloody pulp if you had known they were armed
>although they did kidnap dash
>what the hell else could you have done
>...
>their fat fingers must make it hard for them to aim.
>lucky you

>you bring your car to a complete stop on the west side of the school, nice and tucked inconspicuously behind the science wing.
>it also happens to be nice and close to the place your gonna look in.

>before you know it you find yourself right outside of...
>AJ: ah don't get it anon we've already been to the football field at least a dozen times.
"there's one place none of us have checked yet"
>that was a lie
>rarity knows you're lying
>RD: where's that?
>you and the girls arrive underneath the bleachers
>one of two sets
>you look at rara
>for a nice long second
>and then a couple more seconds
>if Dashie ever finds out what happened between the two of you under these bleachers she would be out for blood
>you should probably tell her...
>but not now
>later
>much much later
"what's the portal supposed to look like anyways? Is it invisible? like in the first movie?"
>T: "it should be...yeah"
>you wonder how twilight or any of the mane6 knows about anything what happened in EqG
>EqG isn't even canon
"Looks like its mostly supporting beams here, so if there's any silver lining to all of this there's not gonna be many walls to search here"

>and so the search continues
>twiley very systematically checks her own little areas
>pinks starts bouncing around looking under every stone randomly
>Rarity spends more time complaining about the dust and dirt than searching
>flutters is kinda poking around cautiously
>and AJ is doing a whole lot of head scratching

>dashie stays close to you
>RD: "I bet I can find the portal before you do, nonny"
>that sounded a little cocky, but in a playful way
>to which you reply:
"if I can fish you out of a urine soaked ball pit, then finding a little portal faster than you can should be a piece of cake."
>she frowns a bit
>Rainbow looks annoyed
>RD: "hey, I WAS kidnapped you know..."
>you chuckle a little bit
"sure you still want me to go back to equestria with you?"
>she hugs you from behind
>RD: "of course I do, silly."
>you turn around and face her.
>she's not frowning anymore
>RD: "I still can't believe it, you're really gonna come home with me"

>you look into each other's eyes
>oh those big magenta eyes of hers
>never before have you ever been so lost in those eyes
>RD: "I really hope that you come out as a pegasus when you come out the other side. Then you could live with me in cloudsdale.
>her excitement is almost palpable
>RD: "Oh! We could fly together! I mean... heh... It's not like you could keep up with me anyways being the fastest flier in equestria, but we could still fly together and live together. It will be awesome!
>she's blushing a little bit.
"you know what, dashie? I love watching you do this. You went from brash, arrogant, self absorbed, and confident in your abilities to.... this. You're tough and hard shelled on the outside, but now... well just look at you. This is cute. You're adorable."
>RD: "Oh stop it anon!"
>RD: "..."
>RD: "I can't help it"
>she's blushing madly now
"Love you too, Dash."
"lets not get ahead of ourselves, Rainbow. c'mon, let's find that portal."

>the search continues to continue
>It's not as dark as it was before
>now its even less dark
>suddenly it's not even really all that dark anymore
>AJ: "I'm not finding anything over here, anon"
>P: "Same here!"
>you've got this terrible feeling in the pit of your gut all of a sudden
>F: " W-what if, we.. What if it's not here?"
>it's happening, isn't it?
>T: "What if I was wrong? I think it might be gone now."
>yep
>it's happening
>you failed, didn't you?
>R: "My boutique. my Fashion career...."
>you failed
>fuck
>why dose this feeling have to feel this way?

>you sit on the ground

>so this is it then?
>these girls are stranded here
>after all of that shit you went through just to get these girls home
>getting shot at
>getting shot
>getting attached to all of these girls
>especially dash
>the same girls that you've spent a month going completely bankrupt over
>and you failed them
>you may not have much of a life here, but they have a home to go to.
>a month of wasted efforts