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// Chapter Two: Confusion 
// Story: Flying, Not Gliding 
// by Razor Blade the Unicron 
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Seabreeze couldn't help but sigh as he and the other breezies in the flock drew closer to the pony town they were flying through this year. He would much rather be safe at home, waiting to greet those who had gone to get pollen. But it was his turn once again, and he had to go.

"Are we almost there?" asked Sunny in their native tongue, her long yellow mane trailing behind in the air.

"Only about halfway." he replied. "We just need the pegasus ponies in this place to preserve our pollen before the final stretch."

"Ponies are scary..." said Breezette, nervously tugging at the corner of her mushroom cap.

"Do not fear them." said Seabreeze. "The ponies want to help us. Just remember the number one rule."

"If you get separated, yell for help!" they all chorused.

He nodded. "Good. Now, we should be quiet as we pass by the ponies, so if one of us does yell it will be easier to hear."

The flock slowly flew into the pony town, where a crowd was gathered on the ground to watch them in interest. There were three pegasi providing the breeze that they needed. One had a long pink mane, who looked like the most trustworthy; another had a bow in her hair, and also seemed pretty trustworthy; but the one with a short and spiky rainbow mane didn't look like it was safe for her to be providing them any breeze at all.

Ponies... thought Seabreeze with an eye roll. I'll never understand the things that they do...

The crowd below gave a very soft cheer as the flock passed over them, which was very kind. It was usually too loud, and would throw several breezies off course. But they would all yell if they were in danger, and the entire flock would stop to help them. That was the rule.

As Seabreeze looked down at the crowd, one small glimpse of color caught his eye. It was too small to be a foal, and he became curious. He focused his attention over to the color, and gasped in surprise. On a pink unicorn's back was standing a breezie. She had an aquamarine mane and lemon coat, and was barely paying attention to the flock. 

He knew her.

"Everyone stop!" called out Seabreeze to the others, much to their confusion.

"Is something wrong?" asked Cloudia as they all came to a dead stop, much to the confusion of the crowd which could neither understand or hear what they were saying.

"There is a lost flock member!" he declared, which received a gasp of surprise. Lost members were normally not found again. "We must go to her! Follow me!"

While the breezies struggled to move out of the breeze they were in, Fluttershy had Flitter and Rainbow Dash stop blowing the breeze while she flew over to ask them what the problem was. There were confused murmurs in the crowd, and Amethyst turned to ask Twirly if she knew what was going on.

"Hey, Twirly," she whispered softly, "Do you know why they stopped?"

"Huh?" Twirly snapped out of her daydream. "Why what stopped?"

Amethyst sighed. "The breezie flock. Do you know why they stopped?"

She looked up at the flock, and her pupils shrunk to pinpricks in an instant. Amethyst frowned in confusion, while Twirly slowly started to back away from the flock.

"Uh, it's probably nothing- hey, look at the time! I'd better go make some lunch, seeyoulater!"

Before she could zip away towards the Golden Oaks Library, Twirly heard a breezie shout at her.

"Twirly!" yelled Seabreeze as Fluttershy nervously flew up to them. "You come over to the flock this instant!"

Her eyes narrowed, and she turned around. "Make me, Seabreeze!" And she quickly glided off, much to Amethyst's confusion.

"Um, excuse me..." said Fluttershy to the breezie flock. "But, um, I was just wondering why you stopped..."

"We need to get our lost flock member!" replied Lilac gleefully.

Fluttershy gasped. "You mean somepony is lost?"

Seabreeze looked over at the pegasus in surprise. She could understand them? "Yes!" Well, it would be easier for the pegasus if he spoke Equestrian. "Her name is Twirly and she's been lost for years!"

She didn't react to him speaking Equestrian (in a far thicker accent than Twirly), which was unexpected in his eyes. "Oh... She looked away nervously.

Well, that reaction was confusing. "I need to go after her! Or you can go and get her for me! I just need her back in the flock!"

Fluttershy started to tug at her mane nervously, as the crowd slowly dispersed in complete confusion. "Well, um, actually... The thing is-"

"Fluttershy!" Amethyst walked up underneath the pegasus, with Flitter and Rainbow landing next to her. "What's wrong?"

She's the unicorn Twirly was on! thought Seabreeze, flying down as quickly as he could to her. "We need to return Twirly home now that she has been found! Where has she gone? Please bring her here!"

She frowned. "Uh, who exactly are you?"

Had the yellow pegasus not translated what Twirly wanted to tell her? Surely the poor breezie would have been trying to locate them at all costs over the years! "I was the leader when Twirly became lost from the flock! She has been missing for years! She vanished without even a shout or a cry, and was just gone!" He flew closer to her. "And I do not want to her to be lost once more, so she needs to come back to us!"

Amethyst was about to respond, but Fluttershy spoke first. "Lost?" She frowned in concern. "But... She's never said anything about being lost from her flock. Or anything about her flock."

He blinked in confusion. "She hasn't?"

"Not one word since we met." said Amethyst, sounding oddly neutral in her statement. "In fact, she was smiling when she came up to me in the Canterlot Gardens."

"Aren't you from Manehattan?" asked Rainbow.

"Not important right now." said Flitter with a glare towards her.

Seabreeze was getting frustrated, with both the ponies and Twirly. Had she really just run away? What that why she didn't call out? He shook his head. That was preposterous. Clearly the pink unicorn was misremembering the situation. No breeze would be stupid enough to just blindly fly off into clear danger, even Twirly. "We don't have the time for this sort of thing! At least just let me talk to Twirly to see if she'll come back with us."

Amethyst was silent for a moment. "I suppose so."