> Torn Apart > by Streekersheep > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wash's Mission > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Twilight Sparkle, I have noticed that you have not sent me a report on the magic of friendship for two weeks now. I understand that maybe nothing note worthy has happened in the last two weeks, but it would be nice if you at least let me know that. Now that that is out of the way I can now tell you the main reason why I have sent this letter. Two weeks ago a stallion was found in front of the Royal Castle. When I asked his name he made it quite obvious by naming himself after the first thing he saw a pony doing, he calls himself Wash. He is completely grey with a weird cutie mark which I can only guess it means accuracy, he is also a unicorn. I can tell he has great magical power and he needs a place to stay as we have run out of room for him here, I was wondering if you could find a place for him to stay. Sincerely, Princess Celestia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWO WEEKS LATER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "You wanted to see me Princess Celestia?" Wash said as he entered the room. "Yes. You remember Twilight Sparkle, right?" Celestia asked. "If you mean the girl I was supposed to go live with two weeks ago, then yes." Wash said looking excited to go live with someone he would get to talk to more often. Princess Celestia was to busy to even talk to Wash. "Yes, she still hasn't responded by the way." Celestia said, causing Wash to look disheartened. "Anyways, last night I got worried that something had happened to her, so I sent some of my guards there to check-up on her, but instead of finding Twilight, they found two corpses..." Princess Celestia trailed off as tears welled up in her eyes. "Who were they?" Wash asked slowly, trying not to upset the princess. "They were princess Cadence and her husband Shining Armor." Celestia replied weakly as tears started to roll down her cheeks. "So why did u call me here?" Wash ask, wanting to get out of this awkward situation. "Oh yea, that..." Celestia said regaining some of her composure. "I would like you to go out and find Twilight." Celestia said. "Okay, where should I start looking?" Wash asked, ready to finally get out of the castle. "I suggest you start at the Apple Family Farm, there is a pony named Applejack who lives there who will know where Twilight disappeared to." Celestia said finally regaining all of her composure. "I'm on it!" Wash shouted as he ran out the door to a carriage that would take him to ponyville, a place he heard so much about from the guards. He was eager to finally see what this small town was like. > Arrival > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Twilight Sparkle, I have noticed you have yet to respond to my previous letter. Maybe your travelling or something but even if you are on vacation, (which I highly doubt) you should still at least tell me what your up to. Wash is getting anxious to get out of the castle as no one really has time to even talk to him here. I need you to respond by tomorrow whether its an actual report on your studies or just a letter telling me everything is all right in Ponyville. If you do not send a response I shall send a few of my gaurds to see if you are alright. It's been more than two weeks since your last response and it is possible that you have gotten yourself into some trouble, hopefully this is not the case. Sincerely, Princess Celestia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On his way out Luna gave Wash pictures of each of the six ponies he was looking for, along with their names. Wash was looking at the picture of Applejack, then towards his destination. He was getting close to the farm when heard somepony yell "Watch out!" Wash looked up to see a grey Pegasus with blonde hair zooming towards the carriage Wash was in. Unable to stop, the carriage and the Pegasus collided, sending Wash flying out of the carriage towards the farm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack was slowly going about her work, walking from tree to tree with her head down. It was obvious to anypony who saw her that she was depressed. As she neared the next tree, ready to buck down the apples, she heard something from a distance. She looked up and saw a grey unicorn flying towards her, screaming at the top of his lungs. Applejack side stepped to avoid being landed on, causing the pony to fly into the tree Next to Applejack, knocking down all the apples and knocking himself unconscious. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wash slowly opened his eyes, it was dark and he had a massive headache. Just as his eyes adjusted somepony opened the door, effectively blinding him again. "Great, yer awake." The pony said as Wash slowly got up. "You hit yer head pretty hard on that tree, knock you out cold." "Where am I?" Wash managed to say, even though every word sent pain shooting through his head. "Yer at Sweet Apple Acres." The pony said with pride. "What's yer name?" "Wash, what about you?" Wash asked. "Ah'm Applejack." Applejack said as she walked over to him. "So your Applejack. Good." Wash said as the pain slowly left him. "Yes, but if ya don't mind me askin, was there a point to flying into the middle of my families farm?" Applejack asked curiously. "I've been sent by the princess to round up you and your friends and find out why two corpses were found in the library." Wash said calmly. "Oh........ that......... Well, what happened was we were all at Twilights place while Twilight was tryin to send her brother and Cadence to their honeymoon destination. Me, Rarity and Fluttershy were just standin there while Rainbow Dash carelessly flew around the room and Pinkie Pie was searchin her hair for a party cannon to give the couple as a gift. Just as Twilight was about to cast the teleportation spell, her magic reacted with the party cannon somehow, causin it to misfire. The cake from the cannon hit Rainbow and she started fallin towards Twilight. I jumped in the way but Rainbow ended up bringin me and herself into Twilight at the same time she cast the spell. When we got up....." Tears started to roll down Applejack's face. "Cadence and Shining Armor were.... were dead. Rarity and Twilight started blamin Rainbow Dash sayin that if she weren't being so careless this wouldn't have happened. Pinkie blamed Twilight for her magic causin the cannon to go off and hit Rainbow. Me, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash just stood there. By the time everythin was all said and done, we all went our separate ways, me and Fluttershy were the only ones who stayed in Ponyville." Applejack finished her story then broke out into tears. "Ah just want to see the rest of them again!" She blurted out. "Don't worry. That's why I'm here, now I'm going to need you to travel with me so we can find them, you said Fluttershy stayed here in Ponyville too, where is she now?" Wash said, Trying to comfort the sobbing Applejack. "She is probably feeding the animals in the Everfree forest." Applejack said, voice wavering. "Okay then, lets go get-" Wash was cut off by a loud scream. "Oh no, that sounded like Fluttershy, we have to help her!" Applejack yelled as she ran towards the forest with Wash not to far behind. > Forest > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Twilight Sparkle, Since you have not responded to my last letter, I'm forced to stick with my word and send a few guards just in case something has happened. I shall send them at the same time as this letter. I hope you are alright. Sincerely Princess Celestia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wash was running as fast as he could to keep up to Applejack but jumping over logs and ducking under branches at the same time can be kind of difficult. Wash was starting to get tired but he pressed on when he heard another scream, this one was much louder then before. When Wash and Applejack finally reached the source of the screaming they saw a pony and a wolf that looked like it was made out of wood. Wash didn't recognize the pony but he knew about the wolf from some reading he did in the castle when he was bored. "Move Fluttershy!" Applejack yelled. The pony didn't move, she was frozen to the ground in fear. The timberwolf tackled Fluttershy to the ground. Wash was about to fire a magical burst at the timberwolf but Applejack walked in the way and yelled "Don't, you might hit her!" Wash fired anyway. The burst of magical energy barely missed Applejack and Fluttershy and hit the timberwolf straight in the face, rendering it unconscious. "Are you crazy!!!" Applejack yelled at Wash. "You could have hit her!" " No, I'm not. Do you see this?" Wash asked pointing at his cutie mark. "The circle with the plus sign extendin outta it?" Applejack said curiously. "Yes, it means accuracy." Wash said walking over to Fluttershy, noticing that she fainted at some point. "Ah've been meanin to ask about that." Applejack said in a forgiving tone. Wash picked up Fluttershy and started heading towards the farm. "So we drop of... Fluttershy was it?" Applejack nodded. "So we drop her off at the farm then we go find your friends right?" Wash said hopefully. "We are talking her with us." Applejack said. "Why?" Wash asked. "Because she is one of the Elements." Applejack said as Wash reached for the photos in his bag with his magic. He pulled out the photos and shuffled through them until he found Fluttershy's. "So we have to wait for her to wake up first? Well shit." Wash cursed. "Watch yer language." Applejack said flatly as the neared the farm. > Some direction > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Twilight Sparkle, My guards came back with some heartbreaking news, I don't know if you know this or if this is why you disappeared but Cadance and Shining Armor were found dead in your library. I am very worried about you. And if by the odd chance you didn't take Spike with you to where ever you went I would like to reserve this next section of the letter for Spike, please tell Twilight's friends that she is missing and tell them to report back to me immediately. Sincerely, Princess Celestia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two weeks later ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes, only to feel an intense headache. As she reached for her head to try and comfort the pain in her head, it got worse to to yelling she heard from very close by. "Hey, she's awake!!!" Was all Fluttershy heard before she got scared and rolled off the couch she was resting on. "Oh sorry sugarcube, didn't mean to scare you" Applejack in a calming voice. "Oh, it's ok, what happened anyway?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "Nothing much, you were just attacked by timberwolves and you fainted." Wash said as he entered from the other room with an ice pack. Fluttershy froze up as he spoke. "Oh silly me, I'm Wash." Wash said extending a hoof. "who's he?" Fluttershy asked very nervously as she turned to Applejack. "Don't worry, he ain't gonna hurt you." Applejack said in a reassuring tone. "He was sent by the Princess to find us all and bring us together again." "Yea so if you don't mind I'd like to ask you a simple question." Wash said seriously. " Do you know where any of your other friends are?" "No" Fluttershy said. "What was that?" Wash asked. "No" Fluttershy said a little louder. "I'm sorry but your gonna need to speak up." Wash said trying not to get annoyed. "No" Fluttershy said, finally audible. "Oh," Wash said disheartened. ".... But I do know someone who might." Fluttershy said trying to stop her new acquaintances from being sad. "Really? Who?" Wash said, hope refilling him instantly. "Twilight left behind her pet dragon, Spike. He has been hanging around town with Rarity's sister, Sweetie Belle. They tend to hang out at Rarity's place since she's not there, one of them has to know where either Twilight or Rarity went." "Ok, where is Rarity's place?" Wash asked. Fluttershy pointed out the window. "Ok, you stay here and rest, Applejack take care of her." Wash said as he left. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wash's walk to the Carousel Boutique was rather uneventful, the only interesting sight was a black Pegasus being followed by a blue unicorn and a griffon, and even that wasn't all that exciting. When Wash arrived he knocked on the door and received no answer. Since Wash found his business important, he thought that maybe he could enter through the back and wait for Spike and Sweetie to show up. As Wash rounded the corner to the back of the boutique, he saw the aforementioned dragon and pony kissing on the back step. Wash waited for them to stop before he walked over. "Hey, you two!" Wash said as he approached, and felt a very hot pain on his forehead just before everything went black. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When Wash came to, he found himself inside the boutique on a couch. "Hey Sweetie, he's awake!" Spike yelled to the other room. "Hey, sorry about firing a fireball in your face, but you kind of startled me." Spike said shamefully. "It's ok, if were in your position I would have probably done the same thing." Wash said weakly. "Now that that's over with, who are you anyway?" Sweetie Belle asked as she entered from the other room. "My name's Wash, I was sent by Princess Celestia to find the Elements of Harmony." Wash said as he slowly Got up off the couch. "You wouldn't happen to know the whereabouts of one Twilight Sparkle and one Rarity, would you?" wash asked. "Sorry but no, I have no idea where my sister is." Sweetie Belle said sadly. "And I have no idea where Twilight is." Spike said, just as sad as Sweetie. "So you two have been living without an adult for 2 weeks? How did you get food?" Wash asked with concern. "Sweetie has been doing the cooking, it's not the best but its edible." Spike said with a chuckle. "Hey!" Sweetie said with a bit of anger. "So you two don't know where any of the Elements of harmony are?" Wash said glumly. "Actually, Pinkie Pie sent me an invitation to a party a while back, if that helps." Spike said. "Really? Let me see." Wash demanded. Spike went over to a nearby table, grabbed the letter and handed to Wash. Wash skimmed through it until he found what he was looking for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back at the farm things were going well. Fluttershy felt better and had explained everything that happened in the last two weeks. "So you never left either and all I had to do was go to your house to find you?" Applejack said after Fluttershy finished explaining. "Yes." Fluttershy confirmed with a nod. "Well, I sure do feel stupid." Applejack said slowly as the door to the cottage opened and Wash entered. "Girls, packs anything your gonna need for possibly a week long trip." Wash said with authority as he walked towards them. "We're going to a party in Manehatten." > Party train > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Princess Celestia, As you have noticed, Twilight is missing. When I went to go tell her friends, they were either not home at the moment or missing. I am currently staying with Rarity's sister as I do not take care of myself that well and she offered. I would recommend sending someone to find Twilight or sending these messages to her personally instead of through me. Sincerely, Spike. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks later ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So pinkie has been hiding out in Manehatten, doesn't seem like her to chose Manehatten over somewhere else." Applejack said as they got on the train to Manehatten. Wash was too busy looking at the picture of pinkie pie he had. For some reason the smile she had on just seemed to unnerve him. "I'm a little tired, wake me up when we get there." Wash said with a yawn as he sat down in his seat and dozed off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wash was dreaming. He knew that but decided to let the dream run its course instead of changing it. He was a sickly green room that appeared to be shaking. The room had a mic in the middle. Wash walked up to the mic and heard a voice come from no where say "Say a command." Wash realized with this that he could get his brain to tell him anything he wanted to know about himself. Wash leaned closer to the mic and said the one thing he had wanted to do since he arrived at Equestria. "Remember." Wash said calmly. "Are you sure you want to bring up forgotten memories, some of them may be broken." The voice said, again from nowhere. "Yes." Wash said, excited to finally see something from his past. Wash heard something from behind him and turned around. An empty chariot flew at him as he quickly dodged. Wash remembered that from somewhere, but where. Wash turned back to the mic but it wasn't there. In it's place was the silhouette of a pony. He saw it speak but only heard parts of it. "..ke..p.......Wash......" Was all it said as the pony faded away and Wash started to wake up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wash woke up at the very back of the train. "Glad yer awake, as you can see we're in a bit of trouble." Applejack said in a worried voice. Wash looked around and saw he was standing on the train cart's back door. "The train derailed a bit, Fluttershy went to get help, but we are stuck here. It would be a good idea to use some teleportation to get outta here." "It would but I don't know teleportation magic." Wash said as he started to get worried to. "Well what do you know?" Applejack said as the train started to creak. "I only know harming magic and levitation." Wash said as the train creaked even more. "Then use the levitation." Applejack said as she began to sweat. "Okay then." Wash said as he lifted Applejack out of the train and onto the tracks above. "Come on Wash, levitate yerself outta there!" Applejack yelled. "I can't, levitating yourself is way more advanced then anything I know!" Wash yelled back. And with that, the train cart came loose and Wash was falling. "Why do vehicles hate me?" Wash asked before he hit the ground in the train's wreckage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This was the fourth time today Wash woke up in pain. As he opened his eyes he heard Applejack say "Oh thank Celestia he's still alive." As soon as Wash's eyes were open all the way he got up and started walking to the door. "Where are we?" Wash asked "Manehatten." Fluttershy replied quietly. "When you fell, I flew down and found your body then I brought you here. "Where do you think your going." A doctor asked as he got in Wash's way. "I got a party to attend." Wash said as he stepped by the doctor. "I'm sorry but I can't let you leave like... Bah, who am I kidding, your not going to listen." The doctor said as he stepped aside. "Thank you for understanding." Wash said as he walked by. "Come on girls." Wash said as he opened the door and left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wash looked down at the invitation he had and checked the address "Yep, this is the place." Wash said as he knocked on the door. There was a loud scream from inside. Wash busted the door open and got a huge shock. There was blood on the walls and a tray of cupcakes in the centre of the room. "Oh no, this is bad." Applejack said with worry. "If she is still as upset as she was the day of the fight then that means....." Applejack said as she turned to Fluttershy. "I think we should stand guard out here. You go in Wash and be careful. You don't want you end up like Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy mumbled. "Why, what happened to Rainbow Dash, isn't she still alive?" Wash asked. "Yes she is, but you do not want to know what happened to her." Applejack said. "But I really do." Wash mumbled as he turned around and entered the house. He didn't know why but for some reason Wash wanted to know what happened to some guy named George. Wash slowly made his way through the house to what appeared to be the master bedroom. He cautiously opened the door and was immediately tackled by a pony who had a knife aimed at his heart. Wash punched the pony off him and restrained the pony with his magic. He finally got a clear look at who his attacker was and saw it was pinkie pie only with straight hair. "Come here, I just want to make some cupcakes." The demented pinkie pie said. "No, I would rather not." Wash said as he looked in the master bedroom still restraining pinkie pie and saw a disembowelled pony nailed to the wall. "What is this?" Wash asked. "When I suffer, Equestria suffers." Pinkie said slowly. "So you killed this guy and are acting like this because of the fight you had with your friends?" Wash asked as he turned back around to face Pinkie. "How do you know about that!?!" Pinkie asked with some anger. "Princess Celestia sent me to get you and your friends back together." Wash replied. "Fluttershy and Applejack are waiting out front." "Really?" Pinkie said as her hair reinflated. "But what will I do about the cops?" Pinkie asked seriously. "Well if a cop comes by this house and your not here there won't be any proof you did right." Wash said hopefully. "I guess that makes sense, and this guy was a hobo, no one will really miss him." Pinkie Pie said, back to her cheery self. "Now one last thing before I let you go." Wash said. "I was told you sided with Rainbow Dash in the fight. Do you know where she is?" Wash asked. "No, but I do know where Rarity is." Pinkie said. "Didn't Rarity side with Twilight Sparkle though?" Wash asked. "Yea, but you know what they say, keep your friends close but your enemies closer and keep your frenemies closest." Pinkie said as Wash released her. > Remember > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Spike, I don't understand why I didn't think about that. I can't send letters but I do have a stallion here who would be more than willing to help. Hopefully we will have the elements back soon. I'm sending him to Sweet Apple Acres. If he shows up, tell him anything you know. And try not to light another one of my subjects heads on fire. Sincerely, Princess Celestia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two weeks later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I still can't believe you let him come in after me after what I did to Dashie." Pinkie said. "I still can't believe Rainbow let you side with her after what you did to her." Applejack replied. "Can somebody please tell me what the fuck happened to Rainbow Dash." Wash said angrily. "You don't want to know." Fluttershy said in her usual quiet voice. "And if you don't mind, could you please watch your language." "Right, sorry. We should start going to sleep, tomorrow we go to find Rarity." Wash said in a commanding tone. "Well better enjoy tonight. 'Cuz after we find Rarity, we won't be sleeping in hotels anymore, unless there five star." Applejack said with a yawn. And with that, everyone fell asleep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wash was having that exact same dream. Same green room, same mic. Wash walked up to the mic and said the same word he said last time. "Remember." And just like that a blue floating ball appeared. Wash sort of remembered seeing the ball before. He suddenly realized what was going to happen next. The ball started glowing red as Wash dived behind the mic. The ball fired what appeared to be a red ray of magic and destroyed the mic. When Wash looked back the ball was gone and the same silhouette as before was standing there only this time he saw the pony had a fire red mane. "Wash..wa...th...uck...." Was all Wash heard before he awoke. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wash was a little disappointed he didn't get to remember more. The girls had asked him what was wrong but just simply replied "Nothing." They were outside where Pinkie said Rarity was. They were in Canterlot. Wash wasn't too happy to be back here but he had a job to do. Wash knocked on the door and a unicorn wearing all black so you couldn't see her fur answered the door. "Hello we are looking for a Miss Rarity." Wash said calmly. The unicorn stayed silent until it saw Fluttershy, Pinkie and AJ. "Come in." The pony said in an obvious forced deep voice. Once they were inside and the door had closed the unicorn said "Wait here." Then the unicorn walked into the back room. In a few seconds a white unicorn with a purple mane came out carrying a black suit. The girls were lost for words and all ran up and hugged her. Wash stood a small distance away putting a check mark on Rarity's photo. "How did you live here without the princess finding you?" Pinkie asked. "Well. I wore that dreadful black suit and used my own magic to disable my magic do the Princess couldn't sense my presence." Rarity replied. "What have you girls been up to?" The girls told the entire story. "So you girls let him go in to Pinkie's house alone? After what happened to Rainbow?" Rarity asked. Wash thought about asking what happened but decided against it. "Well now that story time is over, I need to ask you something important." Wash said while walking over to a counter covered in papers. "You wouldn't happen to know where either Rainbow Dash or Twilight Sparkle is would you?" "No, no I don't." Rarity said with a tinge of nervousness. "Oh really. Then what's this letter from one Miss Twilight Sparkle doing here?" Wash asked. "Fine I'll tell you. Since I sided with Twilight, she only communicates with me. She is currently up north in the Crystal Empire trying to steal the last few drops of a potion that brings ponies back to life. She wants to bring here brother and Princess Cadance back to life, she put a preservation spell on there bodies before she left. She didn't want anyone but me to know because it's one of the few bad things she has ever done." Rarity said very fast. "The north huh, well that will be fun. Pack your things, we better get started if were going to get there soon." Wash said in his commanding tone again. > Theft > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Crystal Empire Guards, I am sorry my friend tried to steal the potion that you have been working so hard to replicate. Please do not hurt her and give her 2 drops of the potion, no more no less. Besides, you don't want to hurt the pony who saved you all. I will send a large amount of bits up there to pay for it. Sincerely, Princess Celestia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Half an hour earlier ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twilight was crawling through the ventilation system. She still couldn't believe this was the one place where there was no security considering how stereotypical it was for a their to go through them. Thief. She never thought she would ever call herself that. She was right above the potion room and no one was inside the room. She quietly lowered herself down to the floor and walked over the the small flask of potion. She reached out and touched, but that was as far as she was getting. There was an extremely loud alarm. it was so loud it hurt. Twilight was rolling around on the ground covering here ears from the sound. It was no use, if this continued her ears would burst. Suddenly the alarm stopped and three guards came in. One stepped forward and asked "Isn't that the mare who saved this empire?" One who was obviously the leader stepped up to Twilight and said "No, the mare who saved us, Twilight I think her name was, would never stoop as low as theft." The leader kicked her hard in the stomach. The leader turned and looked at the other guards. "We can not have a criminal running around in our empire. You two, take her in the back room and do what ever you want, beat her, taunt her, even tie her up if you want I don't care. I'll prep the execution." He kicked Twilight again. "Because of what happened one thousand years ago we can not allow criminals to live." Twilight couldn't speak, she was just too scared. The leader picked her up and gave her to the other two who brought her into the back room. The leader thought he heard the sounds of armour being token off and "something" being shoved in the prisoners mouth. The leader knew that he told them to do whatever they wanted but really thats too much. And with that the leader left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few minutes later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Wow, getting here sure didn't take too long." Wash said. "I know, it's amazing how lazy the author can get, he can get lazy enough to skip whole sections." Pinkie pie said. "The who?" Wash asked. "It would be better if you just didn't think about it for too long, your brain might explode. You will get used to it." Applejack said. They had arrived at the Crystal Empire, prepared to go help Twilight steal the potion. Their plans were put to an end when they walked by an angry mob yelling at a stage. On the stage were three guards, one with a knife, one with spear and one who was obviously the leader. The leader walked up to a mic. "As you may have heard by now, someone has broken a law. What do we with law breakers? We break them. This person is guilty of theft. She tried to steal the most important potion in existence. So here's the plan, I'm going to reveal her to you, my associate is going to cut her open. Then we will take her internal organs that are still attached, and throw them in bowling water. The squeamish may want to turn away." And as he said that, the guard with the spear pulled away a curtain and behind it was a defeated looking Twilight hanging by her front hooves. Rarity was the first to recover. "Wash, do something or they're going to kill Twilight." That caused Wash to start running up to the stage. He kicked the guard who had the knife just below Twilights throat. "Why are you interfering with the execution of a criminal?" The leader said. "Because you are about to murder the pony who saved this empire." Applejack said as she caught up to Wash. "There is no way this pony is the mare who saved us, unless you have proof." The leader said. "Well we can get proof!" Rarity yelled as she caught up. She ran to a nearby shop and quickly bought a piece of paper and quill. She then ran back and quickly wrote a letter. She used her magic to send it off and soon received a letter addressed to the guards. She handed the guards the letter which they read. "Oh, it would appear this is the Twilight who saved us. Umm..... Sorry, please take two drops of the potion. And tell Celestia it's on the house." The leader said as he hurried to untie Twilight. The pony with the knife stepped forward and said nervously. "And sorry about..... You know...." Twilight finally regaining her voice, looked at him and said. "You should be, I don't care if you consider it punishment, but forcing a Mare to..... Yea..... Is still a serious crime." And with that they left. "So what did he do to you?" Wash asked. "I'd rather not talk about it." Twilight said. "I'm a little peeved that he gets off scot free because he's a guard." Twilight said angrily. "Well, anyways you wouldn't happen to know where Rainbow Dash is would you?" Wash asked. "Last I heard, she was in jail in Cloudsdale." Twilight said. "So our last stop is a jail? This will be interesting." Wash said as they boarded the train. > Repent > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Twilight Sparkle, I am glad to have noticed that I may now send you letters. I am also very happy to hear your okay. Hopefully all of your friends will be back together. Tell Wash that's he is doing a good job and as his reward, when he returns he shall remember. Sincerely, Princess Celestia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Immediately afterward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "What do you think she meant by remember." Twilight said as she saw the obvious excitement on Wash's face. "We'll when I first arrived in Equestria, I remembered nothing from before. I have been remembering bits and pieces but never the whole thing." Wash said with excitement. "So I will finally figure out who I am after we go get Rainbow Dash." They had just arrived at the Cloudsdale jail. Twilight had used some of her magic to make the group able to walk on clouds. "I don't think I should go in. Rainbow is probably still mad at me." Said Twilight. "I probably shouldn't enter either, Rainbow Dash is probably still mad at me for siding with Twilight and jail is no place for a lady." Rarity said as she walked to stand next to Twilight. "I feel it would be best if I went in alone." Wash said as he entered. There was a lot of yelling inside. Wash saw a stallion standing at the front desk. "Excuse me. I wish to speak to an inmate here. Her name is Rainbow Dash." Wash stated. "Really!?! You do know she killed 2 royal ponies, right?" The stallion said in surprise. "I know. I'm here on business." Wash said. The stallion got up and guided him to Dash's cell. "You don't mind if I watch do ya? It's for your safety." The stallion said as he opened the cell door. "I don't mind." Wash said as he entered the cell and sat down. A few minutes passed until Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Who are you?" "I am Wash. I have a few questions for you. Depending on how truthful you are with your answers, these questions could get you out of here. Approximately two weeks ago, two ponies were found dead in the Ponyville library, what was your role in there death?" Wash asked. Rainbow tensed at the question but soon said "I killed them." "And it was all your fault?" Wash asked. "Well of my friends blame Twilight or Pinkie Pie. But I blame myself." Rainbow Dash said sadly. "What if I told you I was sent here by Princess Celestia to get you out of here?" "It wouldn't matter to me." "What if I told you your friends forgive you?" Rainbow Dash suddenly got really happy. "Really? How do you know?" "Princess Celestia sent me to get you and your friends back together. All of your friends are outside. I also have enough to pay the bail." Wash said. "And don't worry about Shining Armor and Princess Cadance. Twilight has a potion that will fix that. How much is the bail anyways?" Asked Wash as he turned to the stallion who was watching them. "2000 bits." Said the stallion. "What a coincidence. That's exactly the amount Celestia gave me." Said Wash as he pulled out the bits with his magic. And with that, they left. After a fairly lengthy reunion, they all head towards Canterlot. > Cyan > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wash was finally back at the castle. His mission had finally been complete. The mane six and him entered the throne room where the Princess was. "There you go. All six of them accounted for. So what was that about remembering?" Wash asked. "We will get to that Wash, I just need to tell the girls something first." Princess Celestia said as she levitated Wash away and started whispering to the girls. "You know how sometimes when we need help I can call beings from other worlds to help?" "Wash isn't one of them is he?" Twilight whispered hopefully. "He is Twilight. I hope you didn't get too attached to him because now I got to send him back to where he came." Celestia whispered as all of the girls grew really sad. She turned to Wash. "Are you ready to remember?" "Do it." Wash said. Then all of a sudden there was a bright flash and Wash was in the same green room as his dreams. When he looked to where Celestia was, the red-maned pony was there instead. Only now Wash could see her body was a kinda cyan color, a little greener than Rainbow Dash's. "Goddamnit Wash. Did you really have to get so drunk that you sleep in all day? We have a mission to complete, the others are waiting. Come on, wake the fuck up!" Was all the pony said. The pony spoke in a voice Wash recognized. Wash couldn't move or speak. Suddenly a orange Pegasus with a brown mane appeared. "Why don't you just punch him awake. We have been waiting for hours and I'm getting hungry." The Pegasus complained. "That is actually a good idea." Said the pony as she walked up to Wash and drew back a hoof. Right before Wash got punched, he managed to say one thing. "Carolina?" Then the pony hit him and everything went black. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Way to go. You killed him." "I didn't hit him that hard. He's hungover remember? He's probably just passed out." "Maybe he wouldn't have been drinking if you weren't such a bitch all the t-aaagghh!" Agent Washington woke up. "What happened?" He asked as he scanned the room and saw he wasn't on the bed and Grif was holding his stomach in pain in the corner. "You got drunk last night and I've spent 2 hours trying to wake you up. We are saving your A.I. today. Hurry up and get ready." Carolina said as she dragged Grif out of the room. As Wash started getting ready he said one thing. "Weirdest dream ever..... Of all time."