The next morning, the gang wakes up, yawning as they normally would, and when Banda woke up, he was suprised to see himself in the awkward position with Rainbow Dash laying on his side sleeping. This made the girls giggle a little bit.
"Well........didn't see this coming." Said Banda reacting to the situation.
"Hehehehehehe, I swear, this is my favorite moment on this adventure." Said Tulu
When Rainbow Dash finally woke up, she realized she was laying on Banda, and quickly got back up, and now her face was about as red as a cherry. Banda had then decided to go hunting, Tulu went with him, and when they were gone, the girls decided this was the perfect time to talk to their friend about her feelings for the tiger boy.
"You really seem to be getting very comfortable with Banda." Teased Twilight
"Hehe.....I don't know what got into me." Responded Rainbow Dash
"Well Rainbow, I'd say you two would make a good couple." Said Applejack
"So when do you plan on confessing your feelings for him?" asked Pinkie Pie
"Sigh..Honestly, I don't know. Answered Rainbow Dash
"Rainbow dearie, my advice, get to know him some more. Who knows? maybe you two will have many other things in common." Suggested Rarity
"Maybe you could try to feed him, Granny Smith says that a way to a guys heart is through his stomach." Said Applejack
"Okay, I'll get to know him more." Said Rainbow Dash
"RRRROOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" "RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOWWWWWWWWW"
"What did she say?" asked Kama
"She says to fight off other girls that even look at him." Answered Fluttershy
"WHAT!! Look, I won't go THAT far." Responded Rainbow Dash
After about a month, the female big cats wound had healed, and now, she and her cubs were on their way to a new territory where they wouldn't be attacked by big males.
"Goodbye!" said Fluttershy
"Good luck out there darlings!" said Rarity
"Finally, we can get back to trying to build a new boat." Said Kama
"Yeah, no kidding." Replied sunset Shimmer
However, before they even got any equipment to build another boat, the spear point on Kama's spear glowed, and teleported them to a new place, the place they ended up in had forest, but this time, they were in a mountainous region, not on flat ground. When they looked up, they saw snow-covered high mountains. They looked over at Kama's spear, and were amazed.
"So that's how we've been getting around this whole time!" Said Sunset Shimmer
"Well, better destroy it before it takes us somewhere else." Said Kama
At that moment, a flash of yellow light came, and a spirit came into view. the spirit was in the form of a white lion, with a large black mane and golden eyes.
"No, do not destroy your spear." Ordered the lion spirit.
"Why not? this thing has been taking us all over the place! and has prevented us from getting home!" Responded Kama
"I understand your feelings towards the spear, but I will explain why you shouldn't destroy it. You see, when you do two good deeds, this spear will teleport you to a new part of Bakula, and you will eventually be taken to a cave in the shape of a tiger's head, and in that cave, you will find an artifact in the shape of a leopard, that will take you home, Good luck to you all on your quest. " Explained the spirit lion before he left the same way he came.
"So that's how it works?" asked Banda
"Apparently" Answered Tulu
"Well can we can some food first? I'm starving." Asked Kama
"I can smell some water nearby, we can get some fish there." Said Tulu
The gang walks down to the river, once at the river, they saw that it was a fast flowing one with rapids. However, they also saw cougars, but they weren't like the cougars they were familiar with, they were white as snow. The cougars were in the water, catching salmon.
"My goodness! They're simply gorgeous!" said Rarity
"And they seem to be better at fishing than Banda." Said Applejack
"Oh shut up." Responded Banda before he himself got into the water.
"Though it's strange, last I checked, cougars didn't like the water." Said Twilight
"Well these seem to be different, I wonder why." Said Sunset Shimmer
"Probably because they can avoid competition by eating fish at this time of the year." Said Pinkie Pie
The cougars, overhearing this, ended up looking at her as if they were wondering how she knew that.
"It;s Pinkie Pie, don't question it." Said Fluttershy
While Applejack and Banda were fishing, the farm girl like last time, caught a good number of fish, while Banda was not doing so good. However, they also noticed the cougars catching even more fish than Applejack, making Banda look even more terrible at fishing. At one point, Banda swore he heard one of the cougars even laughing at him for his bad fishing skills.
"That should be plenty, you can come out now Banda!" Said Kama
"Oh okay. At least nothing worse happened." Said Banda accepting defeat.
While they were eating the salmon, Rainbow Dash decided that this was the perfect time to try to have a conversation with her crush.
"So Banda, do you mind telling me more about your life in your old home?" Asked Rainbow Dash
"Not at all, now lemme think of a time after I killed those men. Hmmmmmmmmmmm....... Oh, I know! this one time, Tulu and I found these monkeys on out hunting grounds, now we weren't in the mood for any monkey meat, but I got an idea to scare them. I found a python near the den, and I knew monkeys were scared of pythons, so I grabbed it by the back of the head, and I placed close to where the monkeys were, and those monkeys ran up the tree faster than a gazelle, and I swear, at least three of them crapped themselves. There was this other time when I jumped out from behind boulder, and scared the daylights out of Tulu. You should've seen the look on his face." Said Banda
"I really hate it when things jump out behind things." Said Tulu
"Well I myself am a master at pranking people, once I tricked Twilight into thinking the public library was closed, you should've see her reaction." Said Rainbow Dash
At that moment, they heard a sound in the high mountains, it sounded a bit like this.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW"
"That's a cry for help, lets go!" said Fluttershy
The gang was now off to the high mountains, hoping to do one good deed to help them get home.
WHITE COUGAR
Height: 2 ft tall at the shoulder
Length: 8 ft long from nose to tail
Weight: Males are from 130-220 pounds while females are from 90-150 pounds
White cougars are unique, for they are the only big cats that are entirely white. Like a normal cougar, they have powerful muscles, strong jaws, great night vision, and are amazing hunters. However, most cougars are brown, that helps them blend in with the environment. So why are these cougars white? The answer, like Pinkie said, is competition. White cougars coexist with leopards, which have a rather similar role in the ecosystem, and are very powerful. So to avoid this competition, white cougars catch and eat fish, and those white pelts allow the cougars to blend in with the sunlight and flashing white water. However, when winter comes, they still eat fish, but since they blend in perfectly with the snow, they also hunt large game like deer and wild boar. They even have webbed feet that act like a scoop when they catch a fish.