//------------------------------// // The Reverse Message p.1 // Story: Fractured Crystals // by StarRibbon //------------------------------// I keep staring at the clashes of attacks along with the dodges that the eye can't follow. They are..amazing! The way they soar through the skies, cutting through clouds effortlessly. The way they just seemed to compliment eachother..it was like..well-how would I know? I'm not a dictionary! I don't know the proper phrase, look it up or something! Its to..amazing to explain. The attacker had a nearly gray scale mane that looked like it could have been a rainbow once, seemed to dodge with great ease. Her wings pounded against the tree tops with such grace and power that it was hard to keep my eyes off them. They were the strongest part of her; even with the magic that she gave off, her wings were stunningly strong and graceful. They were mesmerizing to see or maybe it was just her I was staring at. I swear she looked at me as she turned her head, gave a smirk at once and toppled the princess over with a single kick to the stomach. Wait, what? "How dare that ruffian pull such a stunt! She can harm innocent bystanders!" My eyes snap from the scene. Why am I so interested in her? She's hurting the princess and endangering innocent ponies! Then why am I squinting to see her again? Her cutie mark...her thin figure...the smoke... "I'm with you on this one, Rares!" Rainbow Dash replied. Everypony started to stare at Twilight. Was she the universal go-to pony these days? What am I thinking? She's smart, she must know a way to help bring this to an end! Oh, nice look for you, Twi! Though, its not the time to be practicing your stone pose. Really, there's a time and place for that. "She's getting clobbered! If she keeps this up..!" Clobbered is such an exaggerated term. The Princess is NOT getting clobbered. Rainbow Dash just likes to exaggerate. That's all. "We can't just fight willy-nilly!" Twilight snapped back, her head whipping to look over her shoulder. "This is a different time period, did you all simply forget that we can't mess-" "Uh, Twi," Applejack reminded dully. "We already did, remember?" Twilight rolled her eyes at the statement. "Of course I do, I meant that we can't mess with the future more than we already have," She said, sure of herself. "I can't imagine the damage already done.."She pauses slightly. She can't possibly be thinking--nope, can't possibly be! She's just over dramatic. "Twilight-" "Well, now, look what I found." The other Dash was vicious. Is it possible for words to be smoke like carbon monoxide? I recoil. "Princess Scootaloo, how kind of you to see me. I guess you haven't changed a bit, Squirt." Rainbow Dash stopped her pleas with Twilight as the Dash spoke. Twilight, now is not the time to act like a statue again! Jeez, your not a statue yet, but you must want to be one that badly! Rainbow lowered herself carefully to the ground. With the fighting in the background, I guess she realized that it was safer to not fly as much. I don't think that was it, though. "That..just can't be accurate!" Rarity whispered harshly before cuddling the ground to get away from the scene. She nearly panicked at the dirt, but went along with it anyway to ignore."Rainbow Dash wouldn't do a single thing of that nature!" "Uh, Rares," Applejack's voice cut it. "Quiet down yer voice a little. We can't have 'em hear us. Panicking won't solve a thing." "Applejack's right We have to keep our voices to a minimum." "Then, what do you suggest, Twilight?" Rainbow asked. "Seriously, then what? Your the egg-head here." Another pause came loud thundering booms that I swear I almost lost my hearing from. What the hay did she do? "You haven't either, Dash. Once a killer, always a killer," Scootaloo's reply came shortly after the boom faded. "Though, I guess you wouldn't understand what that mean, Dash, do you?" "You either kill to live or live to kill," The other Dash answered shortly. "I lived and killed, that's what you do." Scootaloo rolled her eyes before landing a quick smack against the older mare. "You don't kill your fellow ponies in that manner, no one deserves that sacrifice. It is a shitty ending. I wouldn't wish that even on villains. Nobody deserves to get eaten alive." The other Dash gagged at the answer. "You...Rainbow Dash...!" That was..Fluttershy gasping? I can barely hear her! She was here this whole time? I take a quick scan. Where is she? In fact, where is Pinkie too? "Nope, not true." She shook her head. "That's insane. I wouldn't just kill anypony. That's not cool." Twilight looked at her really funny before she exchanged a funny look to Rarity (how can she sleep at a time like this?) and Applejack. Applejack, in return, returned the same funny look back at her. "She..sacrificed other...ponies..." The six ponies fell into a pause that allowed the accusation to sink in. Ick, what kind of monster does that? Did she really...let them get eaten alive...? Did she really toss them into the horde and hoped it would slow it all down? "Dashie would never do that!" I turn to the source:Pinkie Pie. Why the heck didn't she speak earlier? "She's the most loyal pony I know! She would never be such a big fat meanie head!" She's sounding like Twilight now! I smiled a bit. She's way too cheery for this right now. Another pause took place before Rainbow Dash decided to speak, breaking it. "Well, Twilight?" Rainbow's voice grew stern. "Egg-head, what do you think we should do? Well? You never did answer the question." Was she still on that? Her wings were flared open as she stood before Twilight turning her head away. "Well, what can we do, Rainbow?" Twilight gave a shaky smile before it collapsed entirely. "We can't use the Elements, they don't work here most likely. Even if we did, we can't retrieve any of them. Even so, there isn't much we can use with it. The Element bearers (they noticeably winced at that) are either dead or void of their element. I doubt we can use them here." "Why don't you just use magic? You used it for those thingamajigs!" Twilight shook her head. "Its not that simple, Rainbow. It takes special magic to stop an alicorn like her, even with that magic, its quiet consuming." Twilight paused a bit to recount. "It'll be too taxing, it takes too much energy to use if I did have that magic anyway. On top, she would need to stay still for me to cast it. Even with all the required actions taken, its not even guaranteed to work. Princess Scootaloo probably attempted this spell before, but only succeeded in locking the other up. Its nothing like the Elements, of course." "We can't just stop trying!" Rainbow urged. "We can just attempt-" "Besides, how can you explain to ponies that your standing here with me, when your an alicorn and I'm a statue?!" Twilight huffed. Rainbow Dash's ears fell before back away, frowning defeated. "We'll think of something, Twi. We always do before, we will do it now." Applejack smiled softly, answering with a calm hoof to the shoulder. For a very brief time, like earlier, silence fell. Of course, if you ignored the fighting sounds in the background. It was way too awkward to feel comfortable with. By now, Rarity had woken and the heaviness of the situation weighed down. Somepony, SPEAK! I don't like this silence! Its too eerie, like something from a slasher movie or something. Just then, Pinkie Pie's tail started shaking like crazy before she stared speaking. "Magical Blast! Everypony ruuuuunnn!" A pink blur flew past my vision. NOT THIS SPEAKING! I want the uncomfortable silence again! Whoa-! Too rough! TOO ROUGH! I peak down for a second before my head felt a wave of pain. Who grabbed me, anyway? Were they running in circles or something?! A cyan colored pair of hooves landed me safely on the ground. I sighed before the ground came from under me. I missed you, ground. I wish I could enjoy you more, but my head is driving me bonkers! My stomach was flipping like crazy and the crater from our spot was spinning. Wait-crater? 'Script Spell!' Were they calling me? Can words spin too? If so, then they spun and splattered. I think they said my name though. I close my eyes. Its too bright to be spinning. My hooves are barely touching the ground and staying there. Urk. "Well, Squirt, I guess you got a bit rusty there," The other Dash sneered. "I guess you failed even in that department!" Princess Scootaloo landed on all fours, glaring. She can't already be tired-its just...there is no way. I never seen her this way, even in the renditions! Yeah, she's a bit...dirty in her renditions, but come on! She's never been this banged up! Wait, did I say banged? No, she's not banged up. The Princess wouldn't allow for that. Definitely not Scootaloo. I guess she was the pony to create the crater. 'Script Spell, get up! Please!' Rainbow's voice sounded weird. Was she that desperate? I shivered before trying to turn tail despite everything moving in a circle all the time. I couldn't move, though. "Still just as fast as ever, Rainbow Crash," She smirked at the Dash. "Though, your not as sharp as you used to be. Shame too, did that leave you like loyalty had? Or did that just 'disappear' for a thousand years like you had?" The other Dash scoffed at the notion. 'HURRY!' I was frozen. The other Dash was staring straight at me. I can see from the corner of my eye the others staring at me with horrified expressions painted on their faces. I barely back away, my tail tucked in. I still can't run the other away. "I know where my loyalty lies." She answered sharply, pulling back her forearms with her wings flared open. "Yet, where are yours?" Scootaloo didn't respond. Well, she had I guess. Her eyes widen in terror. Before anypony could react, the other Dash lunged straight at me. "SCRIPT SPELL!"