Colt Quest
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Emerald is unsure how long he held himself and cried. The pain he felt was so hard to bear anymore…

Shakily, he turned his head back towards the fireplace.

Emerald decides that enough is enough. He HAS to get out of here.

Emerald starts to walk towards his chimney, and looks up it again. Like before he can't see the outside from here, but he is sure he could shimmy his way up it.

Emerald goes to his toy chest and grabs his mother's pendant. If he is climbing the fireplace there is no way he is going to carry very much, but there is no way he is leaving the only memory of his mother behind.

Emerald starts to climb the inside of the chimney. The higher he goes the easier it is to climb. The bottom was made of relatively smooth stone that Emerald essentially had to wedge his back against and then slightly move his hooves up. Where he is now though is almost certainly brick. It's a little hard to tell with the lack of light and the pitch black soot covering everything.

Speaking of soot, he can feel it getting all over him. He has to shut his watering eyes, and do his best not to breath, because every time he does he either hacks or sneezes loudly.

The inside of the fireplace begins to squeeze smaller as he goes, and Emerald hopes that he'll find the top before it gets too small for him to climb. Just as he thinks that his front hoof hits something that isn't brick, but metal.