A few days ago...
The three Pegasi, Steel Wing, Featherbrain and Cloud Head were flying over the badlands in the south of Equestria and almost reached their destination: The Headquarter of the Storm Wings.
On their way back from Ponyville, Steel Wing mostly remained silent which worried his two companions, who both flew behind him.
"The boss sure is mad..." Featherbrain asked.
"Isn't he always kinda mad?" Cloud Head replied.
Steel Wing showed no reaction, even though he heard them and focused on his landing after he got close enough to the fortress of the Storm Wings.
Steel Wing, Featherbrain, and Cloud Watcher landed in the middle of the fortress and were greeted by several other ponies.
While Featherbrain and Cloud Watcher were both surrounded by everypony, Steel Wing walked away angrily. All he wanted now was to talk with his leader.
He walked up the stairs of the fortress that lead to the upper floor of the fortress. When he arrived at the top floor, nopony was in sight so Steel Wing decided to raise some attention. "Mystic!" He shouted across the fortress on top of his lungs.
"Where are you!?"
Steel Wing knew that he was heard and waited surprisingly patient.
Eventually, a figure stepped out of a barely lit room and revealed himself in front of Steel Wing.
"Do you always have to be so loud? Honestly, every time I hear your voice, I have the feeling that my ears are flying off," Mystic said, clearly annoyed by Steel Wings entrance.
Mystic was a Unicorn with a dark purple coat, a dark blue mane with yellow stripes, dark blue eyes and a cloud of mist as a Cutie Mark.
"What is going on here?" Said Cyclone Wing who walked up the stairs and approached the two ponies.
"Cyclone, would you be so kind to tell your brother that he should be a little quieter?" Mystic demanded.
Cyclone Wing was sure that it was Steel Wing's voice that he heard but he was still confused to see his brother.
"Tornado? What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to wait near Ponyville until further instructions?" Asked Cyclone Wing, surprised why his brother was back so early.
"I was but he called me back!" Steel Wing exclaimed angrily while pointing at Mystic.
Cyclone seemed confused to hear that and turned to Mystic.
"Why is that?" He asked with a slightly annoyed look on his face.
Mystic, however, remained calm, despite Steel Wing's behavior against him.
"I just tried to minimize the mistakes," Mystic explained.
Steel Wing was about to shout at Mystic again but Cyclone Wing raised his hoof in front of him to stop him.
"We can't allow giving orders that one of us isn't aware of.
This will only cause more confusion in this group," Cyclone Wing explained.
"We also can't allow him to mess up and let everypony know what we were after," Mystic explained.
Steel Wing got angry again because of Mystics blaming words towards him and didn't let himself be stopped this time.
"Mess up?
I already had them in my hooves!" He exclaimed.
But instead getting a response from Mystic, Cyclone Wing answered to that.
"What do you mean?
I haven't even sent a messenger to let you start the mission," Cyclone Wing pointed out.
This caught Steel Wing off guard.
He widened his eyes and tried to explain.
"Well,err..." Steel Wing could only reply from Cyclone Wing's words.
"So in other words, you were ignoring orders?" Mystic said.
"So that means they already know that what we are after..." Mystic said displeased.
Steel Wing didn't know how to reply and sunk his head in shame.
"Wait, if you already had the elements, does that mean that they are in Ponyville?" Cyclone Wing asked.
"Yeah!
They are displaying them in the library or something," Steel Wing replied.
Mystic rubbed his chin with his hoof.
He was not expecting to get this information.
"Cyclone!" He said, turning his head towards Cyclone Wing.
"I know.
I will give orders to retrieve them as soon as possible..." Cyclone Wing replied almost on command.
Mystic left the hall and went into the main room again, leaving the two ponies behind.
While Mystic got slowly out of sight, Steel Wing could only glare at him angrily.
"Calm down Tornado..." Cyclone Wing said, noticing the glare Steel Wing gave to Mystic.
"I can't stand this guy..." Steel Wing said, barely opening his mouth.
"You'll only get yourself in trouble like this..." Cyclone Wing advised.
"I still can't believe that you made him the leader!
It's just wrong..." Steel Wing said, lowering his head in frustration.
"I had to...
It was for you..."
"I know but...
I just wish that everything returns to the way it used to be..."
"Me too, Tornado...me too..."
In the present...
Two pegasi walked around in Ponyville.
A mare with a white coat, a light blue mane, light blue eyes and three swirls as a Cutie Mark.
And a stallion with a light blue fur, a yellow mane and a wing with a whirlwind in front of it as a Cutie Mark.
The stallion was also wearing a saddlebag.
"I don't feel right, walking through this town so casually..." The mare said while looking around in paranoia.
"They don't know that we are members of the Storm Wings so there should be no problem..." The stallion assured.
"So...I assume that you have a plan?"
"I do," the stallion replied calmly.
Meanwhile, at the Golden Oak library...
It was unclear why Star Twinkle was invited to the library but Twilight said it was rather important so there was no way that he was declining her invitation.
He knocked on the door of the Golden Oak library and Twilight opened it a few seconds later.
"There you are, Star Twinkle," Twilight welcomed him before she invited him inside.
"So what was so important that you had to tell me?" He asked.
"I just finished my research and figured that you should be the first one to tell,” Twilight replied.
“Research?
Of what?” Star Twinkle replied confused.
“About the Storm Wing's” Twilight answered.
This caught Star Twinkle's attention.
It was only a few day ago until they were attacked by this steel winged pony and his two companions.
They almost managed to steal the Elements of Harmony.
Not only that but it took all seven of Star Twinkle and his friends to stop the one with the steel wings.
To think that there are more of this ponies was frightening, to say the least.
“I'm listening...” Star Twinkle said awaiting the results of Twilight's research.
“I knew, I heard the name before when they introduced themselves back then...
It was a while ago before I came to Ponyville.
The Princess spoke of them...”
“The Princess?” Star Twinkle replied almost shocked.
“The Storm Wing's is a group consisting of mostly Pegasus, who travel through Equestria in order to help ponies in need and protecting them from dangers.
They are like mercenaries that you can ask to do all kind things, that most ponies think of as too dangerous or risky.
I heard the Princess once praising the name of the Storm Wing's a long time ago,” Twilight explained in detail.
“Hold on a second.
If they are such “saints”, then why do they want to steal the Element's of Harmony?” Star Twinkle asked confused.
“I was not finished,” Twilight replied, continuing her explanation.
“They may have earned themselves a good name but things seemed to have changed lately.
As for now, they are known for attacking innocent and stealing from the defenseless.
Princess Celestia became aware of that and sent the Royal guards all over Equestria in order to find their headquarter.
But they were nowhere to be found...”
“Why the sudden change?”
“I don't know...
But one thing is for sure!
We probably haven't seen the last of them!”
“Yeah, that reminds me...” Star Twinkle said glancing over behind Twilight.
“Shouldn't the Element's of Harmony be sent back to Canterlot, when there is a group who is after them out there?” Star Twinkle wondered after noticing the Elements of Harmony behind Twilight.
“I know it's dangerous but like I said before, it's better if we keep them close when something happens again...”
“I just hope we won't regret that...” Star Twinkle said worriedly.
Twilight then tried to raise the mood again and invited Star Twinkle to eat something with him in a nearby restaurant.
Since Star Twinkle didn't eat anything, he agreed and followed Twilight outside of the library.
But when they walked out of the library two Pegasus stood in front of them.
"Is this the library?" The blue Pegasus stallion asked.
Star Twinkle and Twilight didn't recognize the two ponies.
They must be new in Ponyville, is what they thought.
"Yes.
This is the library of Ponyville.
My name is Twilight Sparkle.
Do you need a book?" Twilight asked offering her help to the two Pegasus.
"No,” the stallion replied instantly.
My name is Hurricane Wing and this is Breeze Flyer.
We are from the Storm Wings.
And we are here to take the Elements of Harmony from you," Hurricane Wing said care-freely with a smile on his face.
Needless to say, both Star Twinkle and Twilight were shockingly surprised to hear that.
The mare next to him was only shaking her head frustrated.
"You know, when you said that you have a plan, I didn't think that you would mean that..."
"Wait, they are from the Storm Wings!?" Star Twinkle thought shocked.
"Why would they so casually introduce themselves like that?"
Rainbow Dash flew past the group of ponies and wondered who the new faces were so she landed next to the two Pegasus.
"Hey, Star Twinkle. Hey, Twilight.
Who are your new friends?" Rainbow Dash asked innocently.
"They are not friends!
They are members of the Storm Wings!" Twilight alerted.
Rainbow Dash quickly widened her eyes and jumped next to Star Twinkle and Twilight to ready her hooves.
"You here to steal the elements too?
Then come and get some!" Rainbow Dash prompted.
This caused Star Twinkle and Twilight to go in a more defensive stance as well.
The mare also took a more defensive stance and prepared herself for battle.
"Hold on, Breeze," Hurricane Wing said, causing Breeze Flyer to turn around confused.
"Can't we make some kind of deal?" Hurricane Wing in the middle of this tension.
"Hurricane, what are you talking about?"
"We can't just expect them to give us the elements by asking nicely!" Breeze Flyer asked confused.
"Why not?
It's not like we can get them with a fight either..." he replied.
"We won't know if we don't try," Breeze Flyer insisted.
"We won't...
Tornado wasn't able to get the elements and you know how tough he is..."
This caused Breeze Flyer to drop her defensive stance in order to talk with Hurricane Wing.
"Well...yeah but how else are we supposed to get them?" She asked frustrated.
Hurricane Wing closed his eyes in order to think for a minute.
When he opened them again an idea struck his mind.
"We could flip a coin..."
"I don't think they will agree to that either!" Breeze Flyer exclaimed angrily.
Star Twinkle, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash watched the little argument that the two ponies in front of them had while they waited to defend themselves from any incoming attack.
"Sooo, they don't seem to be much of a threat," Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"Yeah..." Star Twinkle added.
"Maybe but they are still members of the Storm Wings so be careful, they are dangerous,” Twilight advised.
Hurricane Wing turned to the three ponies.
"Do you know a way how we can get the elements from you?" Hurricane asked the three ponies.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Star Twinkle thought.
"How about a race?
No, wait...they will never agree to that because they would have no chance to win..." Hurricane mumbled to himself.
Rainbow Dash overheard that and replied.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What was that?" Rainbow Dash asked offended.
"That almost sounded like you think you are faster than anypony else,"
"Yes..." Hurricane Wing replied.
"Well, hate to break it to you but the fastest pony in Equestria is right in front of you," Rainbow Dash said in her usual boasting tone.
"How can I stand in front of myself?" Hurricane Wing wondered.
Rainbow Dash got angered by those words.
Strangely enough Hurricane Wing didn't seem to provoke her in purpose.
"So a race it is?
With the elements as price?
Deal?" Hurricane Wing suggested.
"Deal!" Rainbow Dash replied angrily.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight exclaimed before she used her magic to pull Rainbow Dash's tail.
"What are you doing?
You can't just bet the Elements of Harmony!" Twilight scolded.
"Relax, Twilight.
Were are talking about a race.
There is no way that anypony can beat me when it comes to speed," Rainbow Dash assured.
Twilight knew that this was true but still didn't like to bet the elements.
"Star Twinkle, say something too," Twilight plead in frustration.
However, Star Twinkle was rubbing his chin and seemed to be in deep thoughts.
He turned to the Storm Wings with a determent look on his face.
"Hey!
What do we get if we win?" Star Twinkle asked the two Pegasus.
This especially caught Breeze Flyer on surprise since she never thought that Star Twinkle and the others would agree to something like that.
"Uh...I don't know...
What do you want?" Hurricane Wing asked.
"If we win, then you will tell us where your headquarter is!
Deal?" Star Twinkle demanded.
"Deal..." Hurricane Wing replied quickly.
"Hurricane!" exclaimed Breeze Flyer in shock.
Twilight didn't want to hear that at all and turned to Star Twinkle in disappointment.
"Star Twinkle, you can't be serious!" She said frustrated.
"No, listen to me Twilight.
I know it's crazy but this is probably our only chance to find the headquarter of the Storm Wings!"
"Do you have any idea what happens if Princess Celestia finds out that we bet on the Element's of Harmony?"
"Um hello?
Awesome pony right here?" Rainbow Dash said presenting herself in front of them.
"Rainbow Dash is the fastest flyer in Equestria.
She is the only pony who ever pulled off a Sonic Rainboom.
I think our chances are pretty good," Star Twinkle assured.
"I don't know..." Twilight replied doubtfully.
"Alright!
It's settled then!" Rainbow Dash said excitedly.
She then spits in her hoof and offered it to Hurricane Wing.
But he only looked at her hoof confused.
"I'm not shaking that hoof..." he simply replied.
Later that day...
The race about started a little outside of Ponyville.
A starting line was build for this event which served as a finish line as well.
Star Twinkle, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Hurricane Wing and Breeze Flyer were accompanied by Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy who were briefly informed by the others.
"So let me get this straight..." Applejack began.
"Those two Pegasus over there are from those Storm Wings?
And they wanted to have a race with Rainbow Dash?
And the prize of that race are the Elements of Harmony?"
Star Twinkle only nodded as a response.
"Um...are you sure it's such a good idea on betting the Elements of Harmony?" Rarity asked concerned.
"Thank you!" Twilight exclaimed from a few meters away.
Star Twinkle could feel Twilight's unease and approached her in order to calm her down a bit.
"I'm guessing you still a little worried?" Star Twinkle asked, awaiting an obvious answer.
"Well, if you think using the Element's of Harmony as some kind of trophy for a group that previously tried to steal them after the Princess told me to keep them safe, is a reason to be worried, then yes I am worried!” Twilight replied in great frustration.
Star Twinkle didn't even attempt to say something else after being rolled over by Twilight like that and figured that the best thing right now, is to be quiet.
"I bet the Storm Wings don't have to deal with that kind of problems..." Star Twinkle thought.
Little did he knew...
"Hurricane, are you crazy?" Breeze Flyer said frustrated.
"Do you realize that it's all over for the Storm Wings if you tell them about our headquarter!?
They will tell Princess Celestia!
And then she will send her royal guards after us!
And then-"
"Breeze, calm down...
Are you forgetting something?
Even if they know, there is no way that they will get to us..." Hurricane Wing assured calmly.
Breezy Flyer knew what he was talking about but still couldn't believe that he was taking everything so easy.
Twilight soon called both of them over to get ready for the race.
"Alright, let me explain the rules,"
Both Hurricane Wing and Rainbow Dash walked over to Twilight and listened.
But both of them didn't seem to pay much attention.
Rainbow Dash was too full of herself to listen and Hurricane Wing was just staring absentminded in the distance.
"Both of you will fly to Canterlot and back here.
The first one who arrives back here wins.
I wrote a letter to the princess and asked her to prepare two ribbons in front of the gates of Canterlot.
Each of you will take one ribbon and return with it.
This way, we can make sure that none of you cheat,"
"Hah!
You don't need to cheat when you're awesome," Rainbow Dash said confidently.
“Can we start now?” Hurricane Wing asked slightly annoyed.
They then both walked over to the start line and prepared themselves to lift off.
Twilight was about to give the signal and both Pegasus.
“Alright, ready..."
Both of them readied themselves to lift off.
Rainbow Dash had a determent look on her face but Hurricane's face was unchanged.
"Set!"
They both were ready to lift off now.
Everypony was anticipating the start of the race and watched the two Pegasus to see who of them would get a head start.
“Go!”
As expected both of them lifted off in extreme speed.
Everypony looked up to the sky and watched the two ponies getting farther and farther away in direction of Canterlot.
“Oh, no...” Star Twinkle feared after what he is seeing right now.
Rainbow Dash looked behind her while flying towards the direction of Canterlot to check how far she was in front.
"Where is he?" She wondered after noticing that Hurricane Wing was gone.
But to her surprise Hurricane Wing was flying right next to her, causing her to drop her jaw.
"Hey! You're not bad! He said before he flew off and let Rainbow Dash behind her.
“I...what?!” She replied before she accelerated to catch up with Hurricane again.
Star Twinkle feared the worst and figured that he should say something to calm Twilight down, who was already stressed out before the race.
But Twilight was actually passing out just from the thought that Hurricane Wing could actually win.
“Rainbow Dash...it's up to you now...” He thought, putting his remaining hopes in Rainbow Dash.
It was really close between those two ponies.
They both flew at extremely high speed.
Hurricane Wing was slightly in front but Rainbow Dash was right behind him.
The race was going like this the whole time, Hurricane Wing was first and Rainbow Dash second.
Hurricane Wing was not getting any farther away but Rainbow Dash also didn't get any closer.
Worried by this, Hurricane Wing looked behind himself.
"I can't even slow down a little..." Hurricane Wing said in concern.
Canterlot was slowly getting closer for both of them.
The gate in front of the city was getting closer as well.
To both ponies surprise, Princess Celestia along with some of her Royal Guards were standing in front of the gate with two ribbons next to them on a podium.
One of them was green and the other red.
"There they are!" Princess Celestia said excitedly.
Hurricane Wing landed in front of one of the podiums and put on the green ribbon.
"Your majesty," He said respectfully while bowing before her and flying off again.
This little gesture caused the princess to chuckle.
Only a second later, Rainbow Dash landed in front of the other podium and grabbed her ribbon before she flew off again.
"Incredible!
To think that there was some pony who could keep up with Rainbow Dash," Princess Celestia said admirably.
The race continued and Canterlot got quickly out of sight again.
Hurricane was still in front with Rainbow Dash right behind him.
He got a little more worried by the fact that she could catch up any minute.
While looking at her, he noticed how she was still holding her ribbon in her hoof.
She probably tried to save time by not putting it on.
"I don't like doing that but I can't allow losing here...
For my brother..." his expression became more determent.
He slowed down a little and allowed Rainbow Dash to catch up with him.
Rainbow Dash was looking at Hurricane Wing mistrustfully as he kept getting closer to her.
"Sorry..." Hurricane Wing said.
"For what?" Rainbow Dash wondered.
Hurricane Wing then snatched Rainbow Dash's ribbon away from her hooves and dived down to the ground.
"Hey!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed before she followed Hurricane Wing.
They were both flying over a forest now.
For Hurricane Wing, the perfect opportunity.
He dived down into the forest and dropped the ribbon while Rainbow Dash wasn't looking.
Hurricane stopped in order for Rainbow Dash to notice that her ribbon was gone.
"Hey!
You're cheating!" Rainbow Dash said angrily.
"Not really...
The only rule was to fly to Canterlot and return with a ribbon," Hurricane Wing corrected.
"I knew that you Storm Wings can't be trusted!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed angrily.
Hurricane Wing looked at Rainbow Dash with an unusually serious look on his face.
"Think of us what you want..."
He then flew off, leaving Rainbow Dash angered by his foul play.
Still, Rainbow Dash looked for the ribbon and let Hurricane Wing fly away.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Wing was back on his way to Ponyville.
And without Rainbow Dash behind him, he could take his time.
"Looks like I win..."
He focused his eyes back in direction of Ponyville.
It was still out of sight but he should reach the town in only a few minutes.
But suddenly, something was wrong.
Hurricane Wing's sight became blurry.
He was flapping his wings a little more uncontrollably.
"Oh no...not now..." He said, being fully aware of what was happening right now.
He started to breathe heavily and had troubles flying straight.
He became slower and soon he only saw blurry images in front of him.
He reached into his saddlebag and tried to pull something out but his strength was leaving him and he dropped down from the sky.
He fell down to the forest.
His fall was softened by the trees but he still landed harshly on the ground.
He laid on the ground in pain.
But not because of his landing.
With his remaining strength, he tried to grab something from his bag but was unable to find anything, causing him to give up.
"I believe...
This is...
What you call...
Karma?" He said while breathing heavily.
Meanwhile, in Ponyville...
Everypony was still waiting on the starting line.
Twilight was clearly the most stressed one of the bunch after seeing Hurricane's speed, followed by Breeze Flyer who had a worried expression on her face.
Eventually, somepony was getting closer to them.
"Look!
Somepony is coming!" Pinkie Pie said, pointing at a pony that was approaching the group at rapid speed.
"Who is it?" Fluttershy asked.
"I can see blue fur!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly.
"They both have blue fur..." Star Twinkle corrected.
They all waited until the pony got closer.
It became slowly clear who it was.
"Rainbow Dash!" The girls exclaimed happily, followed by some cheers.
"What?" Breeze Flyer said shocked.
Despite, Rainbow Dash winning the race, she didn't seem to be too happy and landed in front of everypony with an angry expression on her face.
"Where is this cheater?" She asked.
Confused about what Rainbow Dash was talking about, everypony looked at each other.
"Is something wrong?" Twilight asked.
"I demand another race!
I was about to win this race but then he cheated!
Come on, another race!" She exclaimed angrily.
"What do you mean?
You did win," Star Twinkle said.
"I do?" Rainbow Dash said confused.
"I mean...yes, of course, I do!
Told you that there is no pony in Equestria that can beat me," Rainbow Dash boasted.
"That sounded a little different a second ago..." Star Twinkle thought after witnessing Rainbow Dash's sudden mood change.
However, not everypony was happy about Rainbow Dash's victory.
Breeze Flyer walked up to the group angrily and wanted to find out where Hurricane Wing was at.
"I don't know...
I was right behi-...err I mean HE was right behind me the whole time..." Rainbow Dash said, for some reason avoiding eye contact.
"There is no way that he is that far behind!
So where is he!" She said almost threatening.
But she backed off again after everypony stood there to back up Rainbow Dash.
Breeze Flyer was starting to worry and one dangerous thought crossed her mind.
"Wait!
What if he..." She said worriedly.
She then turned around and quickly flew off in direction of Canterlot.
"I'll take it that they don't take losses very well?" Applejack wondered.
But Star Twinkle reminded everypony why they held the race in the first place.
"We need to follow her!
With both of them gone, we can't find out where their headquarter is!"
The girls quickly remembered that their price was the location of the Storm Wings headquarter if they manage to win.
With this thought in mind, they followed the mare in the direction of Canterlot.
Their chase went on fluidly until they reached a forest.
Rainbow Dash had no problem following her in the sky but the rest had to fiddle their way around the trees and bushes.
Suddenly, Star Twinkle tripped over something.
This caused him to lay on the ground for a while in pain.
He noticed that it was a bottle, that caused him to trip.
Before he knew it, he lost track of the others and found himself alone.
"Great..." he said in annoyance.
He inspected the bottle a little to find out its consistency.
He opened it and sniffed it.
"Smells bitter...
Medicine?" He wondered.
He kept the bottle and attempted to run after the girls again but something caught his attention.
A green torn ribbon was hanging on a tree branch above him.
He noticed that it was the same kind of ribbon that Rainbow was wearing.
The one that they had to fetch from Canterlot.
"Why is it hanging here?" He wondered.
Star Twinkle didn't want to be left behind by his friends any further but felt like something was wrong.
His curiosity got the better of him and he decided to look around a little.
He found Hurricane Wing a little further away from the ribbon and the bottle.
Hurricane Wing laid on the ground, his eyes closed and with a painful expression on his face.
Star Twinkle figured that he must have hurt himself and quickly rushed to his side.
"Hey!
What's wrong?
Are you hurt?" Star Twinkle asked in a panic.
However, Hurricane could not answer properly.
He could barely breathe and probably didn't even noticed Star Twinkle due to his pain.
"Can you speak?
I'm not a doctor, you need to tell me what's wrong!" Star Twinkle exclaimed panickily.
Hurricane Wing then noticed how Star Twinkle was next to him and spoke some words.
"Me...di...cine...” he managed to say.
"Medicine?" Star Twinkle said.
That's when he remembered the bottle, that he picked up previously.
"You mean this?" Star Twinkle presented the bottle that he found.
Hurricane Wing only nodded as a response.
Star Twinkle opened the bottle once more and lead it to Hurricane Wing's mouth, who then drank from it.
Hurricane Wing's condition got quickly better after drinking the "medicine".
He breathed a lot slower now and didn't seem to be in pain anymore.
Star Twinkle let out a relieved sigh and calmed down as well.
"What was that?" He wondered.
He walked out of the forest with Hurricane Wing on his back who was no unconscious.
While carrying, Star Twinkle wondered why he was helping his enemy at all.
They wanted to steal the Elements of Harmony.
He couldn't just leave him like that.
Right?
"Hurricane!" A voice from above yelled.
It was Breeze Flyer who quickly approached Star Twinkle angrily and demanded that he should drop Hurricane Wing.
Star Twinkle did as he was told and backed away a little.
She was inspecting him out of concern and noticed how he was looking a little ill.
“What did you do?!” She asked in a threatening voice, glaring at Star Twinkle angrily.
Star Twinkle got startled a little and backed away further.
He was about to explain the situation but Breeze Flyer noticed the bottle of medicine in one of Star Twinkle's hooves and got confused.
“Why are you holding this?” She asked confused.
Star Twinkle realized that she was in a better mood now and told her what happened a few minutes ago.
Breeze Flyer believed him.
The symptoms that Star Twinkle witnessed sounded familiar to her.
“So does that mean, that you saved him?” She asked in a little softer voice.
“I don't know.
What exactly happened to him?”
Since Star Twinkle already saw Hurricane's “condition”, Breeze Flyer figured that there was no point in hiding anything anymore.
“You may won't believe it after seeing him fly like that but...
Hurricane has a really weak body...
Sometimes he needs to take this potion to ease his...pain...” She explained while looking over to Hurricane Wing worriedly.
“I don't know what would have happened to him if you didn't come along...
so...
Thank you” she said lowering her head out of gratefulness.
Star Twinkle was wondering if one of them would have done the same if he was in this situation but he didn't have any time to think about that a few minutes ago.
He had the chance to do something and that's exactly what he did.
“Listen...I want to thank you but...I can't tell you where our headquarter is...
The Storm Wings are my family and I well not sell them out...” She said almost in regret for not giving Star Twinkle anything in return for his help.
It's not like Star Twinkle wanted some kind of reward but if the Storm Wings keep “attacking” him and his friends then times could get really busy.
“Can I at least ask you why you are stealing the Element's of Harmony?”
She seemed to hesitate for a while but in the end, she could not give an answer to that either since she didn't know it.
“Hey, if you guys keep coming after us, then we will keep defending ourselves!
You do realize that what are you doing is wrong, right?” Star Twinkle said a little angry out of worry for him and his friends.
“Yes, I know...” Breeze Flyer replied almost instantly.
Star Twinkle was surprised that she was actually admitting that.
For a bunch of “bad guys” how he prefers to call them, he had trouble to actually dislike them so far.
She seemed to be fully aware of her actions and even regrets it.
Looking back at it, Hurricane Wing also didn't seem like a bad pony.
This eventually, reminded Star Twinkle about what Twilight said before.
“A friend of me told me about your group.
She told me that you once protected other ponies.
So why are you doing this right now?”
Once again, Breeze Flyer hesitated.
But she was giving Star Twinkle an answer this time.
“It's because of our new leader,” she replied, causing her to sharpen her eyes out of anger.
“Let me give you a warning...
Our leader will not like it when we return empty-hooved.
And that means that he will send more of us to you soon.
Believe it or not but Tornado- Err I mean Steel Wing and Hurricane Wing are the third highest members of the Storm Wings,”
Star Twinkle felt strangely intimidated by this.
Steel Wing was incredibly strong.
Hurricane Wing was extremely fast.
And there were two other ponies who were probably more dangerous than those two?
Knowing that there were, even more, stronger ponies coming after him and his friends was certainly upsetting his mood.
“The highest member is, of course, our leader.
The only pony beside him, who is of even higher rank as Steel Wing and Hurricane Wing is most likely coming after you next.
And...you want to avoid that...” Breeze Flyer warned.
It was awfully helpful from Breeze Flyer to warn Star Twinkle like that.
Maybe it was some kind of trap?
There was a possibility.
“This all kinda sounds like, you want to help me,” Star Twinkle said in mistrust.
“I would do anything to protect the Storm Wing's but...
Not the way they are now...” Breeze Flyer explained with a frown on her face.
“You were helping Hurricane Wing so maybe you can help the Storm Wings too.
At least that's what I believe...”
She then put Hurricane Wing on her back and was about to leave.
Star Twinkle had no reason to stop her.
If they are coming to him and his friends, then there was no reason to ask about their headquarter.
Still, putting so much faith into Star Twinkle to help the Storm Wing's was a little too much.
Breeze Flyer walked away into the forest with Hurricane Wing on her back and Star Twinkle walked in the opposite direction.
After a few minutes of walking, he met up with his friends again.
They apparently lost sight of Breeze Flyer after they went to look for Star Twinkle.
They all walked over to him in order to find out if he was okay.
But they also wondered where Breeze Flyer went.
“Have you seen one of the Storm Wings?” Twilight asked.
“Yes.
There is no reason to follow them anymore,” he replied, causing everypony to lower their eyebrows in confusion.
“Let's go home.
I tell you everything on the way back,”
He said that it is okay and informed them about the discussion that he had with Breeze Flyer as they walked back to Ponyville.
And that they have to be careful.
Because soon they probably had to face much worse...
Meanwhile, not too far away...
Breeze Flyer walked slowly through the forest with Hurricane Wing on his back who slowly began to wake up.
Breeze Flyer noticed and stopped for a minute.
“You're awake?” She asked softly.
“Where are we?
I feel weird...” He replied still feeling a little drained from before.
“We are going home...
Back to the headquarter...” Breeze Flyer said softly.
“But what about the elements?
We need to go back and-”
“No...” Breeze Flyer interrupted.
“You are in no condition to continue the mission...”
Hurricane Wing felt sad hearing that and dropped his head.
He was well aware what happened to him.
Of how Star Twinkle helped him.
“We will go back and explain everything to Cyclone Wing.
He will understand...”
“I'm not worried about him...” Hurricane Wing replied concerned.
“Yes...I know...” Breeze Flyer said before she frowned.
They continued their long way back to the headquarter to report that their mission failed.
It was not clear what will happen after their return.
But...
It probably didn't even compare to what Star Twinkle and the others would face in the future...