//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Working on the Dock // Story: Equestria Wars: The Magic Unleashed IV // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// The girls except Sunset and Twilight, along with Charming Thunder and Danny, were helping with repairs of the dock. Rainbow was slowly stepping, trying to not speed run. She was carrying some wood, Applejack was trying to hammer in a nail without trying to over her strength. Rainbow sighed before looking at Rarity, who was sitting and sowing a cloth. "Uh, you gonna give us a hand here, Rarity?" Rainbow asked. "Oh, I'd love to, but I really need to get the stitching on this poncho done if it's going to make it into the camp fashion show," Rarity replied. "Though at the pace you two are moving, I don't know that the runway will ever be finished." "The dock is our gift to the camp, and it's gonna get finished," Applejack said. "That is, if Rainbow Dash would hurry up and bring me more wood." "Oh, I can't go any faster!" Rainbow scowled. "I don't want to end up in the woods again." "Don't be silly." "Really?" Rainbow began to gesture how Applejack was hammering a nail. "I know I said we should try to forget all about this new magic business, but I can't. What if I hammer the board into splinters?" Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash nodded in agreement. "Oh, don't be dramatic," Danny said. "If Rainbow ran into the woods, I would catch up to her and help her back. And if Applejack hammer the wood into splinters, then I would have gotten her to safety before the splinters ever hit her. Cyborg here, I can do things no normal human CAN do." "Aw, shoot!" Applejack said. "I'm all out of nails." "Oh, here you go!" Pinkie said. "Pinkie, no!" Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash shouted in unison. Pinkie threw the nails and before anything could be done, the nails began to float in the air. Everyone looked and see Charming held a hand out to them and stopped them and the nails landed in his hand. Applejack sighed in relief. "What? Ohhh, did you think the nails would explode like the sprinkles? Wow! Glad that didn't happen, huh?" Rarity sighed before helping Rainbow and Fluttershy, who she pushed down with her diamonds when she used them to defend herself. "Sorry, girls," Rarity said. "I didn't mean to. I don't know how to control this." Rainbow and Fluttershy accepted the hands and Rainbow replied, "It's okay." "Oh, none of us do," Fluttershy added. "Which is why we shouldn't pretend this isn't happening." Sunset said as she approached the dock. "Do you have them now, too?" Rainbow asked. "It started last night. When I touch people, it's like I can feel what they're feeling and see their memories." "Oooh, fancy! Try me, try me!" Pinkie said before grabbing Sunset's arm and had her hand touch her forehead. Charming Thunder used the force to see what was going on in Pinkie's head. Sunset and Charming Thunder then left Pinkie's mind and both were baffled. However, everyone but Sunset and Charming Thunder noticed that even Danny was baffled and was shivering before he stopped and regained his composure. "That explains so much," Sunset and Charming Thunder said in unison. "Yep." "Girls, we can't just brush these powers aside because it doesn't seem like the ideal time to get them," Sunset said. "What if it turns out that they could actually make things better?" "She's right," Charming Thunder said. "We should not let our fear for our powers make us afraid, we should instead use them to help others. Who's with me?" Everyone including Sunset nodded and continued to work on the dock. --------------------- "Okay, that was pretty awesome!" Rainbow said as she admired the work finished on the brand new dock. "And look what you managed to accomplish!" Sunset added. "Please, please, please can we do a run-through for the fashion show on it right this minute?" Rarity said. "Thought you weren't finished with the stitching on your poncho." Applejack said with a smirk. Rarity had a look of surprise before finishing the final touches to her poncho. "I am now." "Get started without me," Sunset said. "I've gotta go find Twilight. Seeing what we've been able to do here might make her embrace the new magic, too! Uh, not that she has any." Charming Thunder rolled his eyes and followed Sunset. When he caught up, Charming Thunder was about to see something when they heard Gloriosa muffled voice. "I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" Gloriosa shouted. "Ah, this is all too much for you!" Timber shouted. "You have to let it go!" Sunset and Charming Thunder gasped. "I knew it!" Sunset whispered. "He wants her to get rid of the camp!" "I'm telling you, he isn't the one," Charming Thunder replied. That is when the door opens. Charming Thunder and Sunset managed to remain undetected but when Charming Thunder looked at Gloriosa's neck, he noticed a flash and sees a shard. He frowned and when Timber passed by, Sunset walked away and when Charming Thunder was about to close the door, but it hit something. He looked and that is when he thought he saw sliver of a cloaked figure moving from it's position. Charming Thunder was about to chase after the sliver figure, but sees Sunset talking with Flash Sentry so he went to her. "Is something wrong?" Flash asked. "What," Sunset replied; shyly. "No. Why?" Flash had a unconvinced look "Come on, Sunset. We used to date. I know when something's bothering you." "Okay, here's the deal. My friend really likes someone, but I don't think that someone is who she thinks they are. I don't wanna upset my friend by telling her what I think, because I also want to protect her, because if what I think is happening is really happening, then she deserves to know. You know?" "No. But what I do know is that your friend is lucky to have someone like you to look out for them." "Really?" "Yeah. You know, you've changed a lot since we went out. You're so much... nicer." Sunset blushed. "Thanks. I'm glad you noticed." "Uh, look, maybe you and me, we could start over as... friends." "Uh, uh, sounds great. I gotta go!" Sunset walked away as Charming Thunder followed her. "Cool, yeah! I want to start over later, too!" Sunset and Charming Thunder began to follow Timber into the forest. Inside Charming Thunder's shirt, his medallion began to glow red.