//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Difficult Job (S1E7) // Story: The Elemental Manipulation // by GalaxyEmpire //------------------------------// Difficult Job Fluttershy Cottage, Front Yard... "Come on you guys, why can we be friends?" Leo said, look at above of tree to see a couple of birds just hang out, or trying to avoid him. "Uh... Maybe because...you know? you." Spike sighed, while some critter sitting on his head. "Reminds me again what are we doing right now?" "First of all, is not my fault that I born in carnivores species. Second, we've agreed to look after Fluttershy animals while she and the rest of the girls head over to that mountain." The Lion said, pointing his paw to the smoky mountain. "According to Sis, a full-grown dragon sleeping on top of the mountain so Celestia gives them a mission to encourage him to sleep somewhere else." "Man, talk about getting my good night sleep." The Dragon scratch his head. "Does it needs all of them to go? I mean, I know Fluttershy way with a wild animal can come in handy but they interrupting my comic time." "Well, as I love to read those too, Bro. However, it acquired the Elements Bearers to do the task." BONK! "OW!!" Shout from Leo, It appears to be a pebble falling from his head. "Alright, who did it?!" He turned to see a white bunny holding a tiny rock. If he recalls correctly, this is Fluttershy pets, Angel Bunny. He was a bit of spoiled and bossy towards his owner on occasion but he does care about her and displays an intention to help her stand up for herself. She loves him for sure. Seems to be that he holding something on his other foot, a paper list? "You again?" He sighed, but stare at the white sheet. "What did you got there?" Angel give him the list, while he read it. Spike having some trouble with the animals because there keep ran or flew away for him as he trying to catch them. It's not that long until he trips by a rock, face on the ground and gets taken over by the small critter as Angel joins in, presides over the Drake. The Lion has finished reading the text. "Bro, it's the list that Fluttershy we're doing! And looks like she's not done with the last one." "Hmmph!" "Buy an animal food, feed them, check out the injured one..." The Elemental manipulation ignores him and mumbled a bit until his done. "Man! She does do a lot of things." "HMMPH!!" "What's the ma- AH!! Bro!" Leo quickly gets rid of the animals from his brother suffering, pulling him out to make a sound of plucking. "How do you get towering by them so easily?" Spike grunted, confiscated the list from him as he examines it. "Hmmm, the last one is to buy some herbs to cure an illness in the market place." "Alright then, let's get going." The duo marches on, leaving the Pegasus cottage to go purchase some healing herbs but not notice a sinister smile coming from the white bunny. Supposedly that list a meant for his owner, she doesn't mention about telling them to fulfil some task while she was gone. Canterlot, Celestia Chamber... "You meant to say is that Leo Sparkle came out of nowhere during the student's entrance exam?" Princess Luna stated, sitting on a comfy pillow. "Indeed. After I saw Spike being overgrown until it destroys the rooftop, I step into the exam, calm her down and Spike, turned back anything that doesn't belong there. I accept her as my students and saw him, took asleep next to the baby dragon." Princess Celestia said, sipping her tea. "After that, I convince myself that she summons him by coincidence but I was wrong. Making sure Leo is okay, he been sent to checkup if he does have contact with any dark magic or something. He doesn't have connections with Twilight or Spike, it just...there. If there's is someone put him in there, they should already be detected by our detecting spell right now." "But the results are the same, right?" Luna said, her sister nodded ashamed. "Frankly, he not knowing his real parents are, or asking it. Furthermore, once he reaches ten years old. The Elemental Power starts to react to him, gaining his ability to control and manipulate each type of elements." "Why now, Sister?" "Is possible because Leo gains knowledge from the Sparkle Family, especially Twilight since she teaching him and Spike. After he can talk and think, he told me that he starts to get a headache and before that, Twilight was out with Shining Armor and their mother while her father remains at home to stay watch Leo and Spike. I keep on eyes on him with my magic mirror spell, everything seems normal until I saw a huge earth curve on his wisdom room." "Thy reason to explain this to me because thou don't have any knowledge about him," Luna said, her sister nodded but she shook. "Sorry Tia, 'tis Lion creatures even we don't know. However, we could visit his dream to see if he had anything inside his mind. Also, thou spying on him?" "I don't think that necessary, Luna." The taller alicorn chucked about it. "It's not spying is...I aware of him that's all." The Lunar princess makes an 'oh really' face. Signing, sipping the tea with her sister as they talk about some old past, how things have changed since she went away for a thousand years. The Princess of Night still adapting to the current lifestyle since she has been sealed away for a long time. Still using some old Equestria language. "So, Sister." She said. "Yes, Luna?" "Does they can come to Canterlot so we can have a conversation with him or rather called what we hear so far is: chit chat." "I don't see why not," Celestia smiled, putting her teacup down. "After all, he and Spike will be here in a week to do some royal business." Both of them look up as a flash of green fire appears over Celesta's head. "Is it from thou students, Sister?" Asked the young alicorn. Celestia unrolled the scroll. "Well if it is then she did it so quickly." "Dear Princess Celestia. The Dragon flew away, I just saw it with my brother while getting some herbs to supply for Fluttershy. Seeing it makes me feel that Sis and her friends have done it, the cloud of smoke is disappeared from the skies and everypony in Ponyville are happy. Your friends, Leo Sparkle." She finished, surprise that the letter was sent by him. "What are those boys are doing anyway? Why they don't follow their sister?" Luna aggravated a bit. "She could be feared the Dragon might take offence to another Dragon being present and be more hostile thinking it was protecting its horde, so that why Twilight minus Spike on this mission." The sun goddess rolls back the letter. "As for Leo, what he writes on this might be helping Fluttershy critter, I think." "So what thou feel what are they doing by now?" "Probably doing something like reading a comic or something by the time they finish the job." Ponyville... "So do you think Celestia will read my message?" Asked the Lion. "Yes, Leo. Although, Twilight was supposed to send to the princess, not you." "Oh c'mon, Bro. I'm just being helpful here." "Yeah, right. And we did buy one parchment and some new quill, just to report about the mission. Not to mention, we running short with bits for this month thanks to that." The Dragon complaint, gestures to the plastic bag fill with herbs and one quill. "Why'd you sound annoying though?" "AAAAAHHH!!" "What was that?" Leo asked, stop from their destination back to the cottage before the ground is shacking. "And what was that noisy rumbling thingy?" "Uh, Leo! Look over there!" Spike point out with his right claw while other one holding a bag full of medicine as his brother turned his head backwards to see... A blur of a brown wagon full of barrel bypasses them in slow motion as if it wants them to see it and without anyone to stop it! Before it speeds off once more. "Eh?!" "Somepony please! Stop it!" Shouted a male Earth pony that has a light brown coat while having a brown mane and tail. The cutie mark, are three horseshoes. It was Caramel if Leo could remember back at when he greeted with his brother. The stallion trots down until he halts for a second to see the siblings in a hurry while stomping madly on the ground. "You guys! Can you help me get those wagon back?" "C'mon, Leo! Those things can cause a lot of damage and injured if you don't stop it." The Dragon yelled out to his brother, time to roll! "Hurry! It heading straight outside of Ponyville!" The Lion nodded, with a serious face set on. He raises and clutches his right paws as it calls out the elements that can outrun anything he knows so far. ELEMENTAL POWER!! ELEMENT LIGHTNING!! He rolls in airborne as the lightning goes through him, transform him into lightning form as he stood on the ground before bolting down the road, while Spike and Caramel follow behind. "Everypony back away, now!" Shout out from Lightning. The ponies shocked to see a wagon and the yellow blur coming to fast for them but manage to move away. Is not every day they see some trouble in Ponyville, only Tuesday will have some problem in that day. Unfortunately, he and the wagon are out of the sight of the town. Gaining a few worried from Caramel as he with the Dragon ran until the entrance of the village, huff and puff for the rush. The Drake cheer out. "YOU CAN DO IT, BRO!!" The yellow Cub speed up until he the same level as the wagon, hop on to it and tried his best to balance himself while finding a way to stop it before somepony could get hurt. The Cub was thinking about which types of elements should be used. The Lightning element out of the list, sure it fast but can't do any necessary to stop this wagon, only helping him get on it that's it. The Wind power could work, but it will be hard too since the wagon moving too fast that can burst through his Wind Spheres so easily. For Earth power, nothing can do unless if he wants to destroy the wagon into pieces if he uses Earth Barrier. Considering it was a defensive element of all. The process was cut short when a flock of duck and ducklings pass by the nearby tree, now walking on the dirt road in front of where the wagon are gonna go that's not too far right now. If it hit, then its goodbye to them. For what he knew is that Fluttershy love animals, which means that she knows all of them in Ponyville and some outside and it will be bad if she knows about the duck's accident recently. Leo turned back to regular form, can't help but panic. What could he do? None of the trio elements won't be very beneficial for this crisis. Well, there is one more element he can try. "Is now or ever!" Leo shouts, see a two tree from side to side from the street, as for the ducks were already at the far-middle back between them. ELEMENTAL POWER!! ELEMENT LEAF!! A tiny piece of leaves appears and swirling around his body as it changes his looks like before, showing his larger shining pupils with a big smile on his face. Flowing green hair and tail turf from the air, with a glint from his logo. Creeping Vines!! Leaf send a two trialling plant at the tall trees, tied it one and another. He then claps as glow bright green as the vines attached jointly generates an even longer one that looks like a single vine. He and the wagon are getting closer as the mother of the duck saw it and begin to quacks madly. Spreading around with her ducklings as well, like a cow got scared off by a loud sound. "Hang on!" Leaf cried out, laying inside the wagon full of the barrel with his paws on his head to take cover. The speed of the wooden wagon decrease as it is held up by the vine, looking like a slingshot. It charges until it reaches its limit but before that, there's something Leo forget about it. It stops thanks to his vine but ready to lunches back from this location, and it points at the air... "Wait..." He realised it. "I'm the one who needs to hold on?!" The brown wagon got sling backwards into the skies with a screaming lion on it. Spike and Caramel could hear that and saw the wagon come back from, accompanied by a flying barrel as it got off of the wagon as it heading back to the town. Though for the mother of ducklings, passed out in front of her children. The entire Ponyville stops their chore and looks at the blue sky to see a blurring black object passing by to say hello. Much to everypony surprised and awe at the sight, after some silent, their routine continues. Let just someone else handle it. "Leo!" Spike yelled, take a breath for a minute since going back and forward was not in his list but not Caramel though. "Man...how could...you...still...okay?" "Earth pony things." He simply said. Back in the air, Leaf trying to think of something to prevent crushing the wagon to a chunk of useless wood. But with his childish action, he panicked a bit so he took some time to came out with something. The wagon was big, so the speed getting decreased until it heading down for the crash. He gasps, but it gives him an idea. "Aha!" Before grind. He looks down from the side of the wagon, yep he gonna died if he doesn't do something. So he does this, jumping out of the cart and sky diving, dive down until he arrives a the bottom of the wagon, between the wheels as he focuses another energy from his body. ELEMENTAL POWER!! ELEMENT WIND!! The wind spinning the lion as it like a tornado to reveal Wind from it. Gust Wind!! The blue lion pushed his right paw forward to unleash a large twister to stopping the falling wagon and it big so the barrel that got off are in the area of it. He also produces a small tornado on his back to float too, slowly landing at the Elements of Kindness home turf, with a crowd of animals waiting for him while awing for the amazing sight. He quickly moves away from the bottom of it, and bring down the barrel and wagon gently. Once it hit the ground, he used his wind power to float the container back to where it came out from. "You did it, Leo!" Shout the Dragon as he and the stallion finally manage to catch up. "That's really dangerous things you're ever done though." The Aerokinesis giggled, before looks at Caramel. "Here you go, Caramel! Nothing was broken from inside or outside." The light brown pony sigh in relief, smiling to him as a thank you. "I really appreciate your help. Thank you." "No problem at all! Just glad you could smile." "But how did this happen? We're you lose control of the wagon?" Asked Spike. "Uh, it's kinda embarrassing but I park it near a steep hill so it starts to roll down while I was doing other stuff." He chuckled nervously. "That's okay!" Wind nudged him with cheer smiled. "Everyone makes a mistake! So do we." "Not me." The purple Dragon chimed. "Oh really, Bro? Then how about when you accidentally burn down Sis homework twice on the road?" He sardonic smiled. "Oh c'mon! That wasn't my fault that she writing using a feather!" "You should need some help back then." "No, I don't!" Wind's laughed, seeing his brother mad is kinda cute. As the conversation kept going, Angel was behind the large wagon. He just surprises that the Cub manages to carry that ten-time size wagon than him, maybe he misjudges about him than he been just simply optimistic and carries. Now he might have a second thought about him.