Truths of a prophecy

by Cookiedash

The fifth prophecy-discovered

Pinkie was ecstatic to find that Paul had followed them into the Everfree forest and had come to help them defeat Nightmare moon. She asked him lots of questions, like, 'How did you get to Ponyville?', 'How did you know where we were?' and 'Do you like pancakes?', Paul's answer to that last question was that he had actually never had a pancake, which sent Pinkie into hyperventilation. One of Paul's answers sparked Twilight's interest. Rainbow Dash, who had been translating Paul's answers, had said that Paul had said that he had seen something written on a rock. It had been written in Timberturkish and sounded a bit like a line from a poem or song.

"Taklitçi, taklitçi, sıçrama sıçrama sıçrama, yapma, ve bir ayna, bir şey yaratmak." Which Rainbow Dash translated to,

"Copycat, copycat, bounce bounce bounce, making and creating, something in a mirror." Twilight came to the conclusion that this was another prophecy. She had spent the rest of the previous day observing Fluttershy and her new powers. It seemed that, not only could the pegasus see any wounds, she could heal any too. The wound wouldn't heal straight away, but Fluttershy knew how to treat any wound, even if she had never seen such a wound. Twilight still couldn't figure out what it meant about the tree. and even Fluttershy was a little confused, but she did mention that she noticed something just before she could see the wounds. She wasn't sure what it was, but she had an idea that it must have been the tree growing. Now, Twilight wanted to figure out this prophecy and observe who it affects before they did anything else, which Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash weren't too happy about. The three remaining ponies, who had yet to get their powers, were, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash. Twilight didn't understand the prophecy at all. It seemed to be just a bunch of words shoved together. If it weren't for the situation, she wouldn't have thought it was a prophecy. Rainbow Dash suggested that it may have something to do with copying something and Pinkie mentioned a mirror pool, whatever that was. Applejack's idea was pretty clever, she suggested that it may have something to do with making something that looks exactly like something else, like a reflection in a mirror. She also suggested that the 'bounce' part may refer to what the item that was supposed to be copied was, maybe a bouncy ball or a Pogo stick. nopony else could come up with a better idea, so they stuck with Applejack's guess.

Rainbow Dash flew above her friends as they trudged through the forest. They were following Paul to where he had found the prophecy. Pinkie Pie was crawling along beside him, sniffing at the ground occasionally as if she were a dog tracking something. In her right hoof, she held a magnifying glass, she wore a tartan-green detectives hat and a bubble blowing pipe in her mouth. Paul wore a, far too small, detectives cloak that Pinkie had persuaded him to wear. Begrudgingly, Twilight wore a bowler hat and was posing as Pinkie Pie's assistant. It had only been about two hours since they had woken up, but the sun was already blazing down on them. Everypony was hot, and the shade of the trees did little to keep the sun away. They had run out of food and water that morning, and they needed to find a lake if they were going to stay here longer.

Eventually, they got to the place where Paul had found the prophecy. They were in a small clearing, only juts big enough to fit them all. In the center, there was a single rock. Engraved into the rock was the prophecy. Pinkie Pie started to climb all over it, using her magnifying glass to look for clues. She found none. Then, Twilight examined it. She tested a lot of things on it. The first spell showed her that whoever had written it had not used magic, the second spell told her that it had been written over thousands of years ago, before the unicorns and earth ponies even knew pegasi existed. Everyone else sat on the ground while she worked. They were all bored. They watched Twilight with disinterest as she continued to cast spell after spell. She was in the middle of casting her 353rd spell, when Rainbow Dash heard a noise. It was distant, but it sounded almost like a scream. A deathly scream. The kind of scream you give, not when you're afraid, but when you're trying to kill someone and they wont stay still. Nopony else had seemed to have heard it, so Rainbow Dash just passed it off as her imagination. But then she heard it again, she was sure of it. Still, nopony else took any notice. The third scream came, and this time, Paul also pricked his ears. They both sat there listening intently, a fourth scream came and Rainbow Dash decided she had to warn the others, she prodded them in their sides and told them they needed to move. Now. She jabbed Twilight,

"Twi, we need to move, something's headed our way and it doesn't sound friendly."

"What in the hay are ya talkin' 'bout RD?" Just then another scream came, much louder this time, everypony heard it. Twilight seemed to recognize the danger because she suddenly bolted upright and barked orders at everyone to get a move on. Everypony was on their hooves immediately, then, Pinkie's knee started to pinch. Several seconds later an eery mist flowed through the trees and bushes. Rainbow Dash tried to push it back, but it kept coming. Soon, the entire clearing was covered in it. They tried to run through it, back into the thick forest, but, it seemed to have disappeared, no matter where they ran, it was like there were no more trees, just, emptiness.

They had managed to get separated. Rainbow Dash called out for her friends, but no answer was heard. She flew in all directions, looking for them, but not a single one could be seen. She thought she heard Pinkie laugh, and flew over to the sound, but then it faded, and Rainbow was left in silence again. She didn't like the silence, nor being alone, it reminded her too much of the orphanage. When the caretakers would lock her in her room with no food or water if she did something wrong. Once again she called out to her friends. Still no answer came. Then, she heard a blood curdling scream. It didn't sound like a pony. The scream was followed by a figure making it's way through the mist towards her. The figure was tall and it almost blended in with the mist. Rainbow Dash flew up to the figure and tried to slam into it, but instead, she passed through it. She turned around confused. The figure had turned towards her again, she flew at it again. And again. Each time passing through it like it was air. As she flew at it for the eleventh time, she was met by an ice blue hoof slamming into her face, sending her careering backwards.

'What the-' Rainbow Dash thought to herself, but she didn't get any further as another blue hoof slammed into her side. She got up instantly and flew at the creature, she dodged the attack and aimed a kick at the figures side, but she still went right through it. Then, she had an idea, 'I can't hurt it, but it can hurt me. However, so far, it has only touched me with it's hooves, and I have only gone through it's sides. I can probably immobilize it by breaking it's legs.' So, as the next hoof came up to punch her, she twisted around, avoiding the hoof and grabbed the leg, only, she still went through it. 'Damn' she thought. For several minutes she continued to dodge attacks and think of a way to hurt it. She thought about confusing it by spinning around it, but that idea went out the window when she realized that the figure was doing almost the same thing to her, keeping her in an invisible pen, not allowing her to go around it. Throughout the fight, Rainbow kept thinking she heard Pinkie laughing, she could also hear Fluttershy screaming, but whenever she tried to go towards the sounds, they never got any closer. Another hoof was swung at her and Rainbow Dash tried to grab it, but it went straight through her hooves and hit her in the chest. She got up and flew straight up, she kept going, the entity was following her, seeming to just hover. No matter how high she went, Rainbow couldn't break out of the mist and she couldn't shake the creature off of her tail. After flying upwards for a few minutes, Rainbow Dash shot straight back down towards the entity, she passed right through it and continued downwards, the figure entity followed her. From her point in the sky, Rainbow Dash could see flashes of purple and the occasional weak flash of blue. She could hear Pinkie laughing, then she suddenly cried out, and no more laughter was heard, only crying. Fluttershy could be heard screaming her head off and Applejack was letting out frustrated grunts. Rainbow Dash kept shooting downwards, increasing her speed all the while. The entity seemed to be closing in on her, it seemed to sense that it was in danger of losing. Rainbow kept accelerating, faster and faster she went. The flashes of purple were getting closer and closer, the mist seemed to be getting thicker. A cone started to form around her. She could feel the pressure building up. She knew what was coming. Faint colours could be seen at the tips of the cone, they sparkled. The cone became narrower, almost like a triangle, sparks of electricity danced along her hooves and around her body. The entity was dragging behind now, still frantically trying to keep up. Then, when the pressure was the greatest, the cone broke, it shattered, and a rainbow coloured circle blasted out from it. The rainbow blew away all the mist and it destroyed the entity that was following it's creator. Rainbow Dash shot down from the center of the sonic rainboom and continued flying straight down a streak of rainbow following her, she could see the ground now, and her friends. Just before she touched the ground, Rainbow shot back upwards in a arc shape, to drain off all the power she had built up. Then, she came back down and landed. All her friends rushed over, having not actually been very far away, the were all still in the clearing.

"Rainbow Dash!" They called out, Pinkie reached her first and pulled her into an enormous bear hug.

"That was the most superific, spectacular, amazing thing I've ever seen!"

"Hehe, thanks Pinkie." Applejack reached her second,

"Are ya ok Rainbow? Whut wus that?" before Rainbow could open her mouth, Twilight answered,

"That was a sonic rainboom! It's supposed to be an old mares tale! Nopony can pull it off!"

"But, Rainbow Dash just did." Rarity replied

"I can see that! But, its supposed to be impossible! You have to break not only the sound barrier, but the magic barrier as well!"

"Umm, well, Rainbow Dash has always been very fast." Fluttershy said

"Yeh! She's always like Zoom! and Swoosh! Going this way and that!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed,

"Rainbow's always bin one fer goin' fast."

"Bu-, Nopony can break the magic barrier! Magic is what holds the world together! If it was broken, then Equestria would fall apart!"

"But it hasn't." Rarity stated

"bu-bu-bu-" Throughout all of this, Rainbow Dash was looking very smug. "How did you do it Rainbow??? TELL ME!!!" Twilight shouted

"Ughh, I flew fast and BOOM."

"That doesn't tell me anything!" Rainbow Dash just ignored her, not wanting to get caught up with Twilight's 'experiments'. She was already experimenting with Pinkie Pie, trying to figure out if she was a unicorn from the future, and Rainbow did not want to even imagine what horrors would await her if she got caught up in something like that.

The scare form the mist was over and the group had finally managed to keep Twilight's mind off the sonic rainboom. They all sat in a circle, discussing the events that had just transpired(Minus the sonic rainboom).

"Sooo, what just happened?" Rainbow Dash asked

"Yeh, and what was that scary thing that didn't disappear when I laughed at it?" Pinkie added, sulkily

"Yes, that thing was absolutely dreadful, it has covered me in all manners of scratches! And I have a very bad headache from having to use my magic." Rarity agreed,

"But, y'all didn't fight th' same creature, did ya? Ah fought one by mahself." Applejack said

"Yes, we all fought off one on our own. They are called mindues. They live in forests and wherever they go, they leave trails of mists. They feed off of the fear and pain of their victims."

"They were very scary." Fluttershy whimpered

"Those screams we heard were the call of a mindue, they use that to either scare their prey or to summon other mindues. In our case, it was to summon more. The mist was a magical barrier, it places the victims in a, a , void, almost. You can go as far as you want in any direction, you won't bump into anything, nor will you go anywhere in real life."

"Good to know. Can we get moving again?" Rainbow Dash asked.