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// The caves 
// Story: Beyond Betrayal 
// by Rarostar95 
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All eleven ponies, two unicorns, four Pegasi, four of Dr. Ringers henchponies and Bamboo who led the trail at the front, all walked for as far as their hooves could take them. They walked, and they kept on walking, passing all kinds of scenery that Fluttershy commented on most of the way. That day, the sky was a beautiful blue with the sun high in the sky beaming down its heat onto everypony. 
“Ok everypony, we’re at the border crossing into Cervidas,” Bamboo said. “Now according to this map, we need to carry on through the woods of Cervidas, and then start travelling west and we should be at our cave,” Bamboo continued. Nopony paid even the slightest attention to what he was saying, as they were all on the floor struggling to catch their breath. 
“Uh, I don’t think I’ve ever done this much walking. Oh what I’d do for just a quick fly,” Rainbow Dash moaned. 
“I haven’t used my wings in so long now I can barley feel them,” Raro moaned as well. 
“C’mon everypony we don’t have time for this, we’ve got to make tracks,” Bamboo said as he desperately tried to shift them. 
“I’m not going anywhere till I’ve had a rest,” Twilight said as everypony nodded in agreement. 
“Cut us some slack Bamboo,” Razor said. Bamboo looked at all of them resting on the long, green grass in front of him. 
“Ok fine, we’ll rest here for a while,” Bamboo said as he threw his bag to the ground and made himself as comfy as he could on an uncomfortable looking rock. Nopony said anything back to him, not even Dr. Ringer who cringed every time he was ordered to do something by another pony. 
“I’m just going to…err… get some water,” Rainbow dash said as she got up quickly. 
“Err, I’ll help you,” Dr. Ringer said as he got up as well and followed her into the distance and into a small grey, dead forest behind them. They both went out of sight. 
“Is there something… going on between them,” Razor asked everypony. 
“Ha. Rainbow and Dr. Ringer, Please,” Bamboo said. “Dr Ringer hasn’t been with anypony for years and it won’t be like that again any time soon,” Bamboo said smirking. A few minutes passed, and nopony saw them. Eventually, time went by faster and everypony began to worry about them. 
“C’mon, it’s been at least half an hour now, we’ve got to go look for them,” Twilight suggested. Everypony was now huddled up like a rugby team talking about their game plan. 
“Ok,” Bamboo started. 
“Twilight and Fluttershy you go east into that forest. Razor and Raro you go straight on, and I’ll go with Dr. Ringer’s henchponies that way,” Bamboo said as he pointed a hoof to the right. 
“Wait a second… where are Dr. Ringer’s ponies?” Bamboo asked. 
“They must have gone of with him,” Razor suggested. 
“Well, we carry on as planned anyway,” Bamboo said.
“Alright, let’s go,” Raro said. Everypony then went off in their own directions hoping not to find any ‘surprises’. Raro and Razor were completely alone in the woods now. 
“Do you have any idea where they might be Raro?” Razor asked him. 
“How should I know, I hardly know them,” Raro replied. Just then they both heard a faint screaming coming from the distance. 
“There! That’s Rainbow,” Razor said as he jolted off in the direction of the scream. 
“Razor wait,” Raro screamed as he went after him. Raro’s vision of Razor began to grow weaker and weaker, until eventually he lost total sight of him. Raro’s breathing began to get heavier now as he started to panic. He then stopped his running and slammed his hooves into the dirt to stop his momentum. In front of him was a large, dark open cave. He paused for a moment. He thought to himself what’s the worst that can happen? So he slowly and cautiously began to stroll into the Cave, unaware of what may lie ahead. Meanwhile, Razor was still running, chasing shadows and small noises that he assumed to be rainbow dash. He too was in the tunnel system of caves now and could barely see two metres in front of him. Just then his running came to a stop as the ground below his hooves seemed too had disappeared completely. Gravity soon took control of him and he began to fall down a long and rocky hole. The fall was short, and as he panicked it was almost like he forgot he had wings. He hit the bottom of the pit with a loud thump. He cried out in pain. 
“AHH, MY WING,” he screamed at the top of his lungs. His left wing now lay in a bodged position and he could clearly see a bone in the wrong place. 
“Shit… how am I going to get out of here?” He said in a weary voice to himself. Just then he heard a familiar voice. 
“Hello?” the voice cried out. At first he assumed it to be Bamboo, but then he shook his head and began to think harder. A head then poked down the hole. Razor could only just make out that it was Rainbow dash. 
“Razor!” She yelled. “Are you alright,” she asked him. 
“I think my wing’s broken,” He screamed to her. 
“Hold on, I’ll come down to you,” She said as she slowly flew down the pit. She stood beside Razor who was lying on the floor in agony. 
“Come on, we’ve got to get you help,” She said. 
“But I can’t fly. How are we going to get out of here?” He asked. Rainbow looked at him, looked up and then back down at him again. 
“No problem,” She said to him. Just then she leaped down, picked him up like a filly and took off. She strained and heaved, putting all her energy into carrying him. They finally made it to the top and Rainbow Dash gently lay him down on the ground. Razor scrunched up his face in pain. 
“We’ve got to get out of here,” Rainbow Dash said while catching her breath.