Sound watched as the Pegasus glanced up at the bush she was hiding in. His goggles glinted as the very last shreds of light faded and night engulfed the sky.
“There is no point hiding, I know you followed me.” The Pegasus said as he looked up at the mountain
Sound stepped out and looked down at the young colt.
“Didn’t take me long to get your attention did it, Mare Do Well?” The Pegasus said still looking at the mountain, as if he wasn’t even paying attention to her presence. “ I must say I’m impressed that you kept up with me.”
The Pegasus turned to face Sound as he continued to speak.
“Your reputation isn’t wrong about you” He said as he began to circle around her “ Appearing at the perfect time to help with the fire, coming out of nowhere and catching a tree that was already half fallen, even keeping up with me as I flew”
Sound kept her eyes on the Pegasus as he circled around her. The colt flapped his wings and hovered a few feet above the ground.
“ I’m surprised though“ The colt said with a rather concerned look on his face “I mean you followed me, but your not asking anything, no questions about my motives or questions about who I am?”
The Pegasus flew up to a nearby cloud and gave it a swift kick, sending a lightning bolt down right at Sound. Sound quickly side stepped as the bolt grazed her shoulder.
“Still quiet after that.” The colt said with a shrug “You are a peculiar one Mare Do Well.”
“What is with this guy?” Sound thought to herself “It’s like he is dying to tell me why he’s doing all this”
Her thoughts were proven when the colt began to speak again
“Alright, you don’t have to ask” He said as he landed again “Why I’m I doing this, well its really quite simple, personal amusement”
He turned so that his and Sounds eyes met.
“Regular life is so dull, nothing as interesting as going hoof to hoof with the famous Mare Do Well” He continued with a chuckle under his breath “ If some ponies get hurt because of what I do, so be it”
Sound stepped back as he just continued chuckling.
“This guy is crazy, causing harm to others because his life is dull” Sound thought to himself “ There’s got to be something else behind it, no pony just goes from normal to thinking causing destruction is fun just like that”
The colt looked at Sound as if he had read her mind.
“I know what your thinking, why would somepony just decide hurting others is a cause for fun” He said “Well that is not something you need to know, all you need to know is that I am your new enemy, I am Ne’er Do Well!”
Ne’er Do Well flew up and kicked the cloud again, as if trying to use the lightning as dramatic effect.
“I can’t stop to think about this nuts motives, it seems he is serious about it and if I let him get away , he may hurt somepony” Sound thought to herself, firing a blast of magic at Ne’er Do Well
The blast hit Ne’er Do Well square in his side, slamming him into the side of the mountain. Ne’er Do Well rubbed his head and got to his feet, sidestepping just in time to avoid a rock that fell from him hitting the mountain. Sound shot a few more blasts, but this time Ne’er Do Well was ready for them and dodged them .
“Getting serious are we, its about time.” Ne’er Do Well said, taking to the sky
Suddenly Sound was bombarded by a flurry of lightning bolts which she managed to dodge, but then Ne’er Do Well swooped down and started flying circles around her at astonishing speeds. Sound struggled to keep her balance as the wind speed around her picked up. She began kicking as she felt her feet lift of the ground as Ne’er Do Well gradually rose in height. As Ne’er Do Well reached a fair height, he stopped circling and the wind speed died down, causing Sound to fall. She fired her magic at the ground in order to slow her decent and hit the ground with a light thud.
“Hehe how was the fall Mare Do Well” Ne’er Do Well laughed before being blasted by another magical blast.
Ne’er Do Well hit the ground and Sound tackled him. He struggled and managed to kick her off of him before taking flight again. Ne’er Do Well glanced at the mountain and remembered when he slammed into it. With a swift kick, the sound of cracking rock rang out. Sound’s head swiveled around and looked up at the mountain where a cascade of rocks come crashing down. Sound focused her magic into a barrier around her as the rocks were about to hit her. Ne’er Do Well laughed but glanced around as he heard a twig snap behind them. It seemed someone else had followed them here, a sandstone colored pony who had been writing down what she had been witnessing in a journal. Ne’er Do Well gave a smirk as she saw he had spotted her. As Sound shook off the bits of debris that had caused from the rocks hitting her barrier, she heard a small scream. She saw Ne’er Do Well taking off carrying the sandstone pony.
“Glyph Reader! Why was she here” She thought to herself
She immediately gave chase, but Ne’er Do Well had gotten a significant head start and with his greater speed she lost sight of him. She stopped and looked around when a piece of paper landed on her nose. Looking up she saw more papers falling in the path Ne’er Do Well had speeded off to. Sound noticed they were pages from Glyph Readers journal. The page on her nose was what made her realize this as it was the page her had wrote the info she had gathered on Mare Do Well.
“Leaving me a paper trail, that cleaver girl.” Sound said as she ran in the direction the trail lead, picking up the pages that had writing on them as she well. It wasn’t long until she came to a large cave. She could her noises coming from the cave and she was sure this was where they were because the paper trail ended at the entrance. She folded the pages she had gathered and put them into her hat for safe keeping. Without delay, she preceded into the cave.
Deep inside the cave, Ne’er Do Well stud looking towards the long twisting path back to the entrance. He stood there looking as if he wasn’t even paying attention to his captive.
“I saw you leaving that paper trail.” he said, not even bothering to look at her “I know she’s coming.”
Glyph Reader was looking around that cave with its blank walls. Nothing but a few gems stuck out in the whole cave.
“Mare Do Well is coming, but I can’t just let her save me again without me doing anything” Glyph thought to herself “ Oh, what would Daring Do think of in this situation”