//------------------------------// // Chapter Seventeen, Our Brother // Story: Bubblegum's Adventure // by MLP Sparkle Star //------------------------------// Celestia had never heard Luna say such a thing about Shadow. (New name for him) Well, mostly because she didn't know who he was at the time. Luna knew that the journey and what he would do to them would be a bad thing. But if it was somepony she cared about, She would do anything for them. "Luna, are you sure you want to see, him? You know what he could do." "I have to save Princess Bubblegum! If it's the last thing I ever do!... Where does Shadow live?" "NO! I'm not gong to lose you again! I won't tell you!" "TIA! STOP BEING TO OVER PROTECTIVE! I CAN FACE THINGS ON MY OWN NOW! (Deeply sighs) Look, I'm going to save Bubblegum. And you can't stop me. Sorry." Celestia started to cry, but she knew that Luna could do this on her own. "OK. I won't get in your way. But, to be honest, I don't really know where he is." Celestia then had an idea. "But you can ask Twilight and her friends." "OK. I am off to ask Twilight where my brother lives!" Luna then ran down the hallway and left the castle. Celestia whispers to herself, "Please be careful, my sister..." Luna flies off to Twilight's castle in Ponyville. When she got there, she crash landed on her balcony. Twilight heard a loud thud and wondered what it was. (Twilight walks outside onto the balcony) "Luna!? What are you doing here?!" "I came here to ask you where The Shadow Alicorn lives. I am going to ask him to send Bubblegum back." "I can't let you do that Luna. You'll get hurt." "I'm through with always being fine. I need a little action every once in a while." "OK. I will tell you..." (Twilight explains where he is) "OK. Thank you, Twilight Sparkle." "Your welcome, Luna." Luna flies off... Again to go somewhere... The Westfield Mountains! She went through sleet, hail, rain, snow, and all sorts of different weathers just to get to one place. She looks at the mountains when she gets there and she sees nothing. Then, she found a weird looking stone. She tried to pick it up, but, it was a lever to the cave. She walks inside as she hears the cave doors close behind her. She then gulps and starts to sweat. She hears hoof steps as she stands still. It was Shadow! He runs right through the hallway, and comes up to Luna, and grabs her by the neck. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!" Luna tries to breathe. "I came here to, force you to bring Bubblegum back..." "Why don't you stay a while...." He says as he grabs a knife. (Gulp) "I wasn't planning on staying, I just want Bubblegum back." Shadow puts away the knife. "Very well then.." He drops Luna and puts away the knife. (deeply breathing) "I want Bubblegum back!" "Oh... That poor alicorn who can't even use her uncontrollable magic? (Giggles) I have plans for her. First, I will trap her in a dimension to where she can't get out. Then, I will rid her of her magic. And last but not least, I will throw her in a cell, and feed her little bits of peas. I will torture her and there's nothing you can do about it... Lu Lu." The Shadow Alicorn walks away from Luna. "And by the way, you will NEVER know what dimension she's in." As he continues to walk down his hallway towards his bedroom, Luna is found on the floor crying hysterically. She thought she would never get Bubblegum back. She thought that Bubblegum would die! And there was nothing she could do about it... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile in The Flash Dimension.... Bubblegum stormed out of S.T.A.R. Labs frustrated about how Barry would trap the wolf in a containment cell. Cisco ran after her as fast he could. Trying to catch up to her. "Bubblegum! I know your upset right now...." "Upset isn't EVEN the word that describes how I'm feeling right now!" "Well, I know your EXTREMELY upset right now.... But, I wasn't in on this. Nobody was. Barry just goes and puts the wolf in a cell. Doing what he thinks is best. Which I don't blame him, it's just the fact that he always does this. Once he puts his mind to something, no one can stop him." "Listen, Cisco. I know your trying to make me feel better, but right now, I have two problems on my hands. Trying to get back to Equestria, and Trying to forgive Barry. I don't need anything to happen between us either. Your a really nice guy, Cisco...." Cisco blushes. ".... I mean, not that I like you. I mean, your a nice guy. And what I mean by that, is, you would do anything for who you care about, or who you least care about." Cisco smiled as he looked at her. "If you need some time off, you can go. I won't stop you." "Thanks, I'm sure I will get over this soon." "OK." Bubblegum flies away and soars for a while thinking about some things. Thinking about Equestria, her home world, Fire Hoof... So many things were running through her mind during that flight.