//------------------------------// // 6. A silenced Storm // Story: The Legend of Friendship - Diary of the Storm Wings // by Danieru //------------------------------// Entry number six I'm not sure if can write this... Today is probably... No... It is definitely the worst day of the Storm Wings... The worst day for me... It all happened so fast...It was a simple mission. Nothing new or dangerous but...Tornado... It was all my fault... Because of me, Tornado... Cyclone, Hurricane and Tornado Wing came back from another mission. There was not much to say about this mission. The three brothers decided to take on this mission because they never went to this part of the Equestria before. Since Tornado Wing wanted to see as much of this world as possible, this was the perfect opportunity to go on this mission. They even had fun on it. But despite this nice day, the return to the Storm Fortress was a little more difficult. The sky was dark and cloudy and the was some heavy rain pouring down on them. “It was so clear for the whole day and now that...” Cyclone Wing said while he and his brothers flew through this storm. “It's not that bad...” Hurricane Wing said in his usual casual manner. “I can barely see anything!“ Tornado Wing said while covering his eyes due to the heavy wind. But Hurricane Wing stayed with his previous statement. “Remember, the last time we were in a storm like this, our group was born. I look at this storm as some kind of a good thing...” Hurricane Wing explained, making the other two feel a little better. But it still didn't change the fact that it was a little dangerous to fly right now. “Still, we should find some shelter before it gets-” Cyclone Wing advised but he was interrupted... All of the sudden, lightning struck right next to Cyclone Wing, hitting his right wing and burning it a little. He instantly grabbed his wing but because it is impossible for him to fly, he quickly dropped towards the ground. “Cyclone!” his two brothers screamed in unison after seeing their brother falling down to the ground. They quickly charged towards him but the storm made it hard for them to even see where exactly he was right now. There was a forest beneath them in which Cyclone Wing fell into. Hurricane Wing managed to follow him inside of it and Tornado Wing was right behind him as well. There was not much to see in this forest. The storm was blowing so hard that every tree was moving, distracting the two Pegasi even more to find their brother. Eventually, Hurricane Wing spotted his older brother who laid on the ground. They both rushed towards him and tried to get him up again but Cyclone didn't wake up. “He's unconscious!” Hurricane said with a worried expression on his face after realizing the condition of his brother. “Then we have to carry him!” Tornado Wing suggested. “Right!” Hurricane Wing replied before he was about to lift up his brother on his back. Tornado Wing walked up to him to offer his help as well but another lightning struck dangerously near to them, startling Tornado Wing in the process. Hurricane Wing didn't seem to be bothered by this and continued to put his brother on his back. In fact, he was so focused on that, that he didn't realize how the tree right next to him getting hit by the lighting. This tree was damaged enough and began shaking because of it. The wind was even moving it hard enough so that it was about to fall right on Cyclone and Hurricane Wing. Again, Hurricane Wing didn't notice it but his Tornado did and quickly jumped towards Hurricane to get him out of the way. “Look out!” He screamed before he rushed towards Hurricane Wing who had Cyclone Wing on his back now, pushing both of them out of the way of the falling tree trunk, saving his brothers who both laid on the ground a few meters away than before. Hurricane Wing opened his eyes after this sudden “ambush” of his brother. He noticed how a tree was suddenly laying in front of him. He looked if Cyclone Wing was okay which seemed to be the case and then tried to spot Tornado Wing. Tornado Wing was next to the tree laying on the ground with his eyes closed so Hurricane Wing walked up to him to see if he was alright. He tried to shake him awake but Tornado seemed replied with some painful groans. Worried by that Hurricane took his hoof away from him, thinking that he was causing his pain. But after inspecting him further, Hurricane Wing noticed that Tornado right wing was stuck under the tree. “Ow! Ow!” Tornado Wing said, feeling pain in his right wing which was stuck under the tree, causing him to open his eyes and realizing the situation he was in now. “Wait, I'll get you out of there!” Hurricane Wing assured, however, it was easier said than done. The tree was way to heavy for Hurricane Wing. He couldn't move it one bit and was unable to free his brother. While still being in pain from that, Tornado Wing looked over to Cyclone Wing who still seemed to be unconscious. However, he was worried by something entirely different. A fire was starting to build right next to Cyclone Wing. It must have been caused by the last lighting that struck in the tree that was now on top of Tornado Wing. “Cyclone!” Tornado Wing exclaimed in fear, causing Hurricane Wing to turn around after hearing his brother's name. He soon realized the fire too but he looked back at Tornado Wing worriedly. “Don't worry about me, go and save Cyclone!” Tornado Wing said, fully realizing what Hurricane Wing was concerned about. With some hesitation in his mind, Hurricane rushed over to his older brother in order to save him. “I'll be right back!” He added to calm down Tornado Wing as he looked back at him. “Why isn't the rain putting out the fire!?” Hurricane Wing wondered while he lifted Cyclone Wing on his back. The trees must have prevented most of the raindrops to get trough, making it harder to extinguish the flames. Whatever it was, he had to act quickly to bring his brother to safety. Tornado Wing seemed to be relieved to see how his brothers managed to get out of danger, even making him forget his pain for a second. Thankfully, the fire didn't seem to get to him as well. For a moment, the situation seemed to be fine again but as soon as Tornado Wing thought that, something seemed off with Hurricane Wing. He was moving a lot slower despite the situation they were in now. He was also breathing heavily. This is when Tornado Wing realized what was going on. “Is it Hurricane's sickness?” Tornado wondered, referring to Hurricane's rarely appearing medical condition that would weaken him. Hurricane Wing was having a lot of problems carrying his brother while fighting with his own sickness at the same time. “Of all the times it could have happened...why does it have to be...now?” He said with heavy breaths. He tried his best to get Cyclone Wing out of the fires reach as much as he could but it became too hard for him. Before he could walk any further, he accidentally dropped Cyclone to the ground. Hurricane Wing noticed and turned his head around in frustration. He could feel how he was slowly losing strength and how his vision became blurry. He didn't understand how his condition was this bad at this very moment, out of every other time and cursed himself for that. “I'm sorry...” he said before he dropped on the ground next to his brother. “Hurricane!” Tornado Wing exclaimed in shock reaching a hoof out to him followed by another painful groan after he realized what situation he was in again. Hurricane Wing didn't hear his brother and Cyclone Wing was still unconscious, making Tornado Wing the only one left who was up to save them all. But with his wing still stuck beneath the tree, there was nothing that he could do in this situation. The fire was getting closer to his two brothers. It was only a matter of time until they both were caught up by the flames, making Tornado Wing more and more nervous and panic. “Cyclone! Hurricane! Wake up you two!!” Tornado Wing shouted in a panic in hope that both of them would wake up. But they both remained on the ground unable to hear their brothers screams. “You two have to wake up!” He screamed but again, no response. He looked at the whole scene and felt that it was unfair. Questions like: “Why couldn't the fire come to me instead?” or “Why couldn't I be unconscious right now?” were scattering inside of his head. It made him feel helpless. In only a few minutes, his brothers would be taken away from him and all he could do was watching it happen. “Come on!” He said heavily while he tried to get his wing free but it was no use. It hurt too much and it didn't move an inch. “This stupid wing! I'm about to loose my brothers because of this stupid thing!” He exclaimed while slamming his hooves on the ground in frustration. “I'm right there but I can't do anything! This is not fair! They need me more than anything right now!” The fire came closer and closer to them. Both of them were still unconscious and didn't realize the danger coming right at them while Tornado Wing had to watch it all. He looked at his right wing in anger and cursed himself for being a Pegasus more than ever. “All because of that stupid wing! If it wouldn't be stuck under this tree then... Then I could get my brothers to safety!” He began trying to pull out his wing again but this time he tried much harder, ignoring the pain completely. “My wing means nothing compared to my brothers!” He said pulling even harder than before. “I don't need this wing! But what I need...is my brothers!” He said followed by probably the biggest and angriest scream that he ever let out in his whole life which was accompanied by another strike of lightning in the distance. Hurricane Wing awoke from a loud scream and managed to open his eyes a little. He was still too weak to move and only saw some blurry images in front of him. After focusing a little, he saw how Tornado Wing came crawling towards him with a face filled with pain. However, he again fell unconscious after a few seconds due to his current condition before he could even react to what he just saw. Later... With a huge shock, Cyclone Wing woke up from his sleep as if he had a nightmare. “Where am I?” He said while inspecting his surroundings, only to find out that the walls around him looked familiar. He was in the Storm Fortress again. However, he was alone in the room which raised some concern inside of him. He jumped out of the bed and tried to find out where his brothers were. His wing was bandaged causing him to wonder what exactly happened. The last thing he remembered was that he was falling from the sky and towards the ground. He must have hit his head and felt unconscious. But the pain in his wing wasn't was he was concerned about now. He walked along the hallway in order to find somepony. Breeze Flyer came walking towards him with a frown on her face. When she noticed Cyclone Wing, her face turned into pure shock and fear as if she was afraid to speak with him. However, Cyclone Wing approached her to get some information. “Breeze Flyer! Where are my brothers? Are they alright?” He asked worriedly. Breeze Flyer seemed to struggle to get out some words and even avoided eye contact with him, much to his confusion. He was grabbing her shoulder and told her to get a grip. It was obvious that something was wrong or else Breeze Flyer wouldn't react this way. “Breeze, what is wrong? Are they hurt!? Tell me! Where are they!?” He bombarded Breeze Flyer with one question after another, trying to get some answers from her. “Hurricane is fine but...Tornado...he...I...I...” Was the only things that she managed to get out. “Where is he!?” Cyclone Wing said, slowly losing his patience out of concern for his little brother. He wasn't getting an answer but Breeze Flyer pointed across the hallway. She most likely pointed to the direction in which Tornado Wing was in. Since Cyclone Wing wasn't getting an answer out of her, he decided to just walk towards it in order to find his brother. There was only one more room left in that direction so he entered the next room and looked inside of it. When he opened the door, he found Tornado Wing who laid inside of a bed. He was either unconscious or sleeping. The room felt really dark, there was no lights lid inside of the room, making Cyclone Wing feel uncomfortable. “Tornado?” He said, trying to wake him up from his sleep but there was no reaction. That is when he found out that he was still unconscious. Breeze Flyer did not tell him what was wrong with Tornado Wing but maybe he was hurt and needed any rest that he could get. He figured that he should leave the room to let him heal. But before he left, he noticed that the bed cover was not properly placed on him. It covered him up to his neck but only his left wing was outside of the cover. Since it might be a little uncomfortable to cover his right wing under the cover, he decided to move it outside too. But he seemed to have some problems doing so. He had problems finding it under the cover. That was when he realized it... There was none. Cyclone Wing's eyes widened and he jumped back, landing on his behind due to the shock while letting out a little scream. His eyes were wide open and he breathed heavily after this realization. His right wing was gone...as if it was ripped off. It felt like million of thoughts were flashing through his mind at this very moment. He sat on the ground with his head lowered towards the floor. There were no words that he could spare. There was only pure shock. The first question, of course, was why his wing was missing in the first place and how it happened. But all that wouldn't change the fact that he was now a Pegasus with only one wing. It was impossible to fly with only one wing. Cyclone Wing instantly thought about Tornado Wing's dream to see all the places in Equestria. Also with only one wing, how was he supposed to join other members on missions again? All those were things that were really important for him but now... Cyclone Wing would have loved to speak with Tornado Wing about the situation but at the same time, he didn't. There was too much shock for him at once. He had to leave the room to sort his thoughts a little and decided until Tornado woke up to get more information. When he exited the room and closed the door behind him, he instantly noticed how Hurricane Wing was standing next to the door with a frown on his face while looking down on the ground in sadness. Cyclone Wing looked over to his big brother but didn't say anything but Hurricane straight out explained everything. “He saved us...” He mumbled quietly. “We were about to catch up in a fire and Tornado's wing was stuck beneath a tree that was about to fall down on us. I was unconscious because of my stupid sickness...” He said blaming himself for this mess. “I think in order to save us...” he said struggling to get out the rest of his words. “He sacrificed his wing...” Cyclone Wing quickly understood what happened and looked at his brother in shock before he dropped to the ground. There were no words that he could spare. There were only tears of guilt that came down running on his face. He was his big brother and yet there was nothing that he could do. If there was on pony in the whole world who should have sacrificed anything then it should have been him instead. Hurricane Wing looked over to his big brother who was completely broken at this moment and put one hoof on his back to comfort him. There were no tears running down on Hurricane Wing's face. He figured that one of them had to stay strong in this very moment. He was also not supposed to be the one who should cry from the three brothers. However, there was nothing but sadness and guilt that he felt in this moment. Both of them wished that all this was just a nightmare and that they would awake at any moment. But it wasn't... This was reality... It was all my fault. I should have informed myself about the storm. I should have not fell unconscious in the first place. What kind of big brother am I to let one of my brothers make such a sacrifice? I have to find a way to fix this... There must be some kind of medicine or spell to recover his wing...right? There has to be! I have to do something! It is my responsibility as his big brother! His dream of seeing the world can't just end like that... I will make sure of that...Somehow...