After a few more miles of walking, Twilight and the others reached their destination.
"We're back Alvinar!" yelled Dorin. A very old man in a robe came out of a cottage.
"Ah you're back. Who did you bring with you?" asked Alvinar.
"This is Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Applejack", replied Dorin.
"They saved us from the goons," added Brutus.
"Oh my. I've never seen horses like you before," he said, looking closer at them.
"We're ponies, and we're from a land called Equestria. I teleported us here by accident," replied Twilight.
A short distance away Wildfire and Sarah were speeding towards the cottage. As they got closer, the horse's ears perked up.
"What is it Wildfire?"
"I can sense magic ahead. It doesn't feel evil though," he replied.
"Let's hurry!" replied Sarah.
Meanwhile Twilight was going over what happened with Alvinar.
"So your friends are here also?" he asked.
"We don't know," replied Twilight. "That's why we're look..."
"Dorin! Brutus!"
The group turned to see Wildfire and Sarah running up to them. Fluttershy hid behind Twilight.
"Ah you're back," Dorin said.
"So you're... Wildfire and, Sarah?" Fluttershy asked, looking a bit intimidated by Wildfire's size.
"That's right. Who are you?" asked Wildfire.
"How many times are we gon' have to introduce ourselves?" cracked Applejack. And Twilight introduced themselves again and why they were there.
"So how did you wind up here?" he asked.
"They followed us. They saved us from Diabolyn's goons," replied Brutus.
"Oh no! What did they try to do?" asked Sarah.
"They tried to horsenap Brutus, and me," replied Dorin.
"So Diabolyn is behind the disappearances?" Alvinar said.
"Didn't she learn anything from the last time?" commented Sarah.
"Apparently not," replied Wildfire.
"So what do we do now?" Sarah asked Wildfire.
"We need to track Diabolyn down and find out what she's trying to pull. It doesn't make sense why she would try a stunt that failed again," he replied.
"So what was her plan before?" asked Applejack.
"She came up with a magic whip that could control horse's minds, and had a Centaur name Rocklodoad and her goons start rounding up horses, with the goal of using them to destroy the Sanctuary of the Horses. It turned out water could counter the effects, and during the battle we cut the ropes to a bridge which dumped them into the water, and destroyed the whip," replied Sarah.
"Maybe she came up with one that's immune to the effects of water?" commented Twilight.
"That could be. But we still know what her game plan would be and I'm sure she realizes that," replied Wildfire.
"So... Can you help us find our friends too?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yes. We can search for them along with Diabolyn," replied Sarah.
"And your magic might come in handy Twilight," added Dorin.
"Ok. If we need to cover more ground I can teleport us also," replied Twilight.
"Woah now. What if you send us to the wrong place?" asked Brutus.
"Simple teleporting is easy compared to the split one I was trying," replied Twilight, and she teleported all of them a few feet away.
"Well let's go then!" replied Sarah. and the group headed off.
Meanwhile the goons had returned to Diabolyn's castle.
"Do I dare ask what happened to you guys?" Diabolyn said in a slightly angry voice, noticing they were still soaked.
"Uh.. w-we tried to steal that brat's colt," Dweedle replied.
"And let me guess: Wildfire stopped you?"
"No! It was three small horses that roughed us up!" replied Nertz.
"YOU FOOLS! You've been rounding up full size horses! How could three foals defeat you?" raged Diabolyn.
"T-t-they weren't regular foals! One had a super powerful kick. Knocked me for a loop!" replied Mudlusk, the fat goon.
"And the second had wings and could fly!" added Thimble, the bird faced one.
"But more importantly was the third one. It was a unicorn with wings. She used her magic to pick us up and throw us into a stream," Dweedle said. Diabolyn's mood changed.
"A pegasus, and a winged unicorn?" Di asked.
"Is that what they're called?" Thimble said.
"Yes. pegasus horses are a myth, and I only know of a few unicorns in Dar Shan. and none have wings or magic powers," replied Diabolyn. "Do you know where they are?"
"They're probably still with that boy and the colt," replied Booper.
"They've probably found Wildfire by now," added Dweedle.
"Hmmm. that unicorn could be useful. I'm going to talk to the Specters about it. Go back out and see if you can find them. I'll let Rocklodoad know too," she said.
"Don't make us face them again," whined Dweedle.
"Now Dweedle...You know what happens when you disobey me right?" Di replied in a stern voice.
"y-y-y-y-yes your highness!" replied Dweedle. And the goons ran off.
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Dash and the others were getting closer to the color mines, talking about each others worlds.
"So you have a princess that controls the night?" Rainbow asked.
"Yes, Princess Luna. She can also go into pony's dreams to watch over them. And Princess Celestia controls the day," replied Rarity. "
"We have one too. Moonglow controls the nights here, though she can't see into dreams," she replied. "We also have Stormy who lives in the clouds and makes rainstorms."
"You have a weather pega... I mean someone who controls the weather too? Awesome. That's what us pegasi do in Equestria, along with making rainbows," replied Dash.
"Wow. It sounds like our worlds have a lot in common," Twink said.
"How do you make rainbows?" asked Starlite.
"We grind up gemstones into pigment and mix them with water to make what we call spectra. Then with a little pegasi magic can make rainbows with it. The place we were supposed to be teleported to is called Rainbow Falls, which as it's name suggests has rainbows falling from clouds like a waterfall. That's where most of the spectra winds up as kind of a holding pond. They make a great attraction too," replied Dash.
"That's like what we do in the color mines. We mine then grind up the color crystals to make star sprinkles," Twink said.
"Those star sprinkles sound like a wonderful thing to use in designing multi colored clothes," commented Rarity.
"I don't think thy can work that way. When they're sprinkled on an object it changes it to that color," replied Rainbow.
"So you can change the color of something by just sprinkling those on it?" Rarity said with a gleam in her eye.
"Yes. I use them and my color belt to keep Rainbow Land and sometimes Earth colorful," she replied.
"So you go around and just sprinkle those to keep the trees green and so forth? Doesn't that take awhile to do?" Pinkie asked.
"Not with me carrying Rainbow. We can be done in a day," replied Starlite.
"A day? I could get it done in half a day," Dash said.
"I doubt it. I'm the most magnificent horse in Rainbow Land," replied Starlite. The group stopped walking. Rainbow and Twink got down from Starlite.
"Well I'm the fastest pegasus in Equestria," she replied.
"As small as you are?"
Needless to say Starlite had said the wrong thing.
Dash reared back with a slightly angry look, then turned around and took off at full speed, leaving a long rainbow trail behind her. She flew up and did a series of maneuvers before flying back down.
"How's that for fast?" Dash said.
"That's amazing!" replied Rainbow.
"and that's how she helped save me," added Twink.
"I know where this is going," Pinkie whispered to Rarity.
"I know. Starlite definitely has an ego like Dash's," she replied.
"Can you make that rainbow trail again?" asked Starlite.
"Sure!" replied Dash. At which point she sped off then back again, leaving another rainbow trail. As soon as she passed them, Starlite jumped on it and started running on it before it faded, taking Dash by surprise.
"What do you think of that?" Starlite said with a bit of arrogance. Rainbow just shook her head, having seen Starlite act like this before.
"Let's see you try walking on this!" snapped Dash. And she flew straight up until they almost couldn't see her.
"Oh here we go," Rarity said.
"What is she going to do?" Asked Twink.
"You...might want to cover your ears," replied Pinkie. And everyone did.
Dash had reached the right altitude, and began her high speed dash towards the ground. At just 300 feet above the ground she did a sonic rainboom and sped off at a 90 degree angle. The shock wave almost knocked a couple trees over, sent birds flying, and blew everyone backwards a bit, leaving Twink and Starlite with their mouths open. Dash came back and landed in front of them.
"I give you, the sonic rainboom! And I'm the only pegasus in Equestria that can do it," Dash said proudly.
"Th- that was incredible," Starlite said.
"I've never seen anything so beautiful!" replied Rainbow.
"You need to do that in the middle of The Pits," added Twink.
"Speaking of that we need to get going," Rainbow said. And her and Twink got back on Starlite and the group continued to the color mines.