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Tears, aided by the icy wind that blew across the deck, stung at Chell's eyes as she grabbed at the pieces of GLaDOS's chassis. The ticking of the bombs was clearer now; they were approaching their final seconds. She didn't dare look. Timers had never been her friend. She threw off her mittens, exposing her hands to the freezing deck, but grabbing the spilled components with better ease. Solder cut into her fingers, and fiberglass sliced her hands, but she was too cold to feel it, too panicked to care. She couldn't let any single part of GLaDOS escape her. She spotted the last green board, still sliding from the impact. She crawled toward it,

Tears, aided by the icy wind that blew across the deck, stung at Chell's eyes as she grabbed at the pieces of GLaDOS's chassis. The ticking of the bombs was clearer now; they were approaching their final seconds. She didn't dare look. Timers had never been her friend. She threw off her mittens, exposing her hands to the freezing deck, but grabbing the spilled components with better ease. Solder cut into her fingers, and fiberglass sliced her hands, but she was too cold to feel it, too panicked to care. She couldn't let any single part of GLaDOS escape her. She spotted the last green board, still sliding from the impact. She crawled toward it,

A Pony, Home at Last Twilight didn't want to open her eyes. She didn't want to look and see an unfamiliar world again. She wanted to wake up from this nightmare, open her eyes and see her bedroom and her library and her beloved books. She felt grass beneath her hooves. She smelled clovers and daisies, the musty moss on an old tree's roots. She wanted to believe she was home. She waited for the others to respond. She heard the flapping wings of Rainbow Dash, the quiet breaths of Fluttershy. Rarity whimpered – not a good sign! Applejack pressed her flank against Twilight; she could tell it was Applejack from the muscle. Pinkie Pie – w

A MLP:FiM Fanfic Moondancer sniffled, struggling against tears.  Once again, she had been forgotten.  Today – this very day, one she had been anticipating for months, spending almost every hour of every day on this very moment – was supposed to be a magical exam.  One of the most important ones she could ever hope to pass, especially since it was to be judged by Princess Celestia herself. But the Princess had forgotten, choosing instead to visit Ponyville for a 'casual brunch.' "It's nothing unusual," her friend Lemon Hearts had said, walking Moondancer home from an empty auditorium.  "She

Apple Bloom sighed in relief when she saw the small white unicorn filly at the door of the clubhouse. Sweetie Belle was always a welcome sight, especially when Scootaloo was harping about some absurdly dangerous idea to try out. The idea today was something about base jumping, and Apple Bloom had a feeling she didn't want to know what that was. She just knew she'd rather live without her Cutie Mark than spend three months in traction from trying to get it. "Hi, Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom chimed, interrupting Scootaloo in the middle of the word 'freefalling.' The little yellow earth filly trotted over to her friend, greeting her with a smile.

After some experimentation, Twilight discovered that she could place the "friendship portals" only in certain spots. A clear, flat wall panel was perfect; the beveled metal panels that took up much of the ceiling only made the device shoot off multicolored sparks. Twilight tried to get her wits together. The last few minutes had been more of a panicked escape than a methodical exploration. She was fairly confident Nightmare GLaDOS wasn't going anywhere, at least for a while. What took precedence right now was the strange device fastened to her foreleg. It was obviously designed to allow some sort of teleportation to another area, which in its

100 Theme Challenge #44 - Sparkle The driving rain thundered angrily against the roof of the tin shed. Underneath the overhang, Chell had collapsed, wet, cold, and exhausted beyond all belief. It had been days since she'd found food, days since she'd slept. She was fortunate enough to find a little stream where fresh water flowed, but the strange creatures that occupied that space - large, bipedal squidlike things that shot sticky, fetid masses of goo - allowed her no rest or reprieve. She didn't want to return to Aperture, to that aggressive AI who wanted her for nothing more than insults and amusement, but deep down she knew she had no oth

Upon entering the Central Chamber, Chell let out a scream. It was a completely wordless noise, a loud shriek like metal against metal, but all the same it brought Doug's attention momentarily away from his progress. He turned back to his work, ignoring her as though she were just a separate pile within the little bits and huge chunks of GLaDOS's body littering the floor. With another cry, Chell stomped up to Doug and started slapping around his head and shoulders with her unbandaged hand. He winced, startled, and, to Chell's utter surprise, reached out and grabbed her wrist. His head snapped to glare at her, and her eyes went wide at the look