//------------------------------// // The Trip // Story: stranded. // by sunsetshimmer_13 //------------------------------// Anon’s POV Have you ever been lost before? Just lost out in the middle of nowhere with no one else but your friends by your side? You probably don’t even know the definition of being stranded out in the woods. Believe me it actually happened to me and my friends about a year ago, but if you wanna know the worst part... We weren’t alone. It was just a ordinary morning out in Canterlot City. I was sharing an apartment complex with Sunset Shimmer since I had problems keeping up with the expensive rent in my old home. And before you jump the gun and ask, yes she’s my girlfriend so no need for personal questions or imagining some cheesy romance flick. I just opened my eyes and woke up, looking at my surroundings only to see that Sunset was not right beside me. I got up from the bed and walked down the stairs that led up to it only to see Sunset sitting on her couch dressed in her normal clothing beside some fresh clothes picked out for me. “Good Morning Anon,” Sunset says as she smiles at me. “You didn’t even wake me up?” I chuckled as I then started to stretch. Sunset got up from the couch and handed me my clothes. “I was going to, but you looked so cute when you’re asleep,” she slightly stood on her tippy toes and gave me a peck on the cheek. “So are you ready for the trip this weekend?” “Sure thing. We have fun with this sort of thing every year Sunny,” I say as we both smile and we gave each other a kiss on the lips. I went to the bathroom to change out of my pajamas and into my regular clothing. After I came out, Sunset and I packed some of our things and then we just waited until about 10:30 for the trip to the Everfree Forest. We were simply just gonna be driving a RV rental and park somewhere that’s not too far down the forest. You would probably say that it’s a bad idea to go there, but we’ve been there 4 times each year and nothing bad happened... at least not until this year. After Sunset and I were completely ready to go we got in the RV we rented. I put the keys in the ignition and turned them and the vehicle turned on and I started to drive away from our apartment complex. Meanwhile we were going to pick up Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight. "It's too bad Timber can't come along this year," Sunset says in disapointment. "Yeah... But I do hope he does have a blast on his trip to Europe though," I say as Sunset nodded at me and she pulled out her phone to call Rainbow Dash to let her know that we were going to her place to pick her up along with Fluttershy. Minutes after we arrived at Dashie's house and both her and Fluttershy just walked out of the house with their bookbags and suitcases. They put up their luggage by opening doors on the side of the RV so the vehicle itself can actually carry the bags on the way. Both of the girls got in the RV and we were on the way once again to pick up Twilight. “This is a nice RV you got here,” Rainbow Dash complimented the look of the RV as she walked up to Sunset and I. “Thanks, it’s a rental so we only get this for about three or four days,” I explained. “Well we still got nice ride, right Fluttershy?” Rainbow asks and grabs Fluttershy’s attention. “I’ll think it’s..... kinda nice,” Fluttershy says a little bit quietly but still audible for us to hear. “I just called Twilight” Sunset says as she just got off the phone. “She’s still waiting for us outside of her house” she informs us. “Well it shouldn’t take to long to get there, about 10 minutes or so,” I informed them as I just took a turn. It took a little while to get to Twilight’s house but we finally made it there and stopped in front of her home. Twilight had just put her bags up and then got inside then RV. After that we were on our way to the Everfree Forest. I drove away from Twilight’s house and then we began to head out for our trip to the Forest. “Well this gonna be a fun trip, sorry if Timber couldn’t make it though,” Twilight says in a neutral tone as she walks around the RV for a bit. “It’s ok Twi. I’m sure he’s having fun over in Europe,” Sunset replies. “So how long until we get there?” “Should be about 55 minutes to an hour tops,” Twilight informs us as I start to drive out of Twilight’s neighborhood. Rainbow Dash’s POV I was just playing on my Nintendo Switch to try and at least kill some time while we were going to the Everfree Forest. I was just playing another match of that Rocket League game and I was already done with it, and won it with a last second shot because I’m just that awesome. I turned off my game and put it in my book bag as I just started to chill. I just started to looked around wondering if any action could strike at any moment. As I looked around I see Fluttershy watching some videos on pandas or something on her phone. I had nothing else to do so I figured why not have a little fun with her. “Hey ShyShy,” I called her by the nickname I gave her as I put my hands on her shoulders. She started to blush and she was instantly flustered at my touch. “oh... Hey Dashie,” she manages to say in her soft voice. “So what’cha doing?” I asked her as she shows me a video of a panda. “I was just watching this cute little panda,” Fluttershy replies. “Cool. But do you know who else is cute,” I asked and she blushes knowing my answer already, but she’s asks anyways. “Who?” she asks in a soft tone. I put my hands under Fluttershy’s armpits and started to tickle her as she started to giggle in the process. “S.... hee-hee-hee.... stop it...” I refused to stop, she was so cute when she giggles like that. “Tell me who’s the cutest girl in the world and maybe I’ll stop,” I said as I chuckled a bit myself. Fluttershy giggles like a cute little child that gets ticklish. “I... I am,” she managed to say between giggles. “Who the cutest girl in the world?” I ask again as I stopped tickling her armpits. “You are Dashie,” Fluttershy says as she kisses me on my cheek. “I swear you two are are the sweetest power couple,” Anon cuts in as Fluttershy giggles and then blushes. “Thank you, Anon,” Fluttershy replied to his comment as I kissed her on the cheek as she did to me. Anon’s POV By the time it reached the afternoon we’ve arrived at the Everfree Forest. As I drive I kept the RV on the path so we don’t get lost to soon. Before we knew it we see the path leading up to a place where we see a couple of benches to sit on in a circle that’s big enough to park the RV on the side. “Alright guys, we’re here,” I said as I put the parking brakes on. All of us got out of the RV and we just looked around the spot. “This is Awesome, maybe Bigfoot could come around here and we could get a picture,” an excited Rainbow Dash says as she sits down on one of the benches. “Easy there hotshot, you’ll get a photo op ‘if’ he shows up,” I replied in a somewhat sarcastic tone. “Well I guess we should find some wood for a bonfire,” I suggested. “What’s that?” Sunset asked as she points to what looks like a piece of ripped paper under the leg of bench “Was that there before?” I asked. “I would’ve remembered if that was there last year... or the year before that,” Twilight adjusted her glasses. Rainbow and I lifted the bench so Twilight get the paper up from under there. Twilight examines the paper only to have a confused expression when she looks at the one side of it. “So what does it say,” Sunset asks. Twilight would then turn the paper over to where we can see that it said something..... written in completely dried blood it said ‘You Shouldn’t Be Here’. “That’s weird,” I commented. “and..... kinda scary.” Fluttershy says really quietly in a concerned tone as she hides behind Rainbow Dash. “Ok maybe it’s not bad,” Sunset says. “Someone’s probably bullshiting us or something,” “Exactly, there’s always a rational explanation for this, maybe someone just left it lying around to prank us,” Twilight agreed with Sunset’s statement. “Well we should probably make a bonfire Me and Sunset will find some wood,” I said as Sunset and I went out to get wood for the fire. “I honestly hope nothing bad happens to us,” Fluttershy says. In The Nighttime It has been hours since we arrived here in the Everfree Forest. It was about 9:00 pm according to my watch. Everyone was having a good time so far. Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Fluttershy were just taking a couple pictures on Twilight’s phone. As for Sunset she was just coming out of the RV getting her phone. I was just sitting around eating a heated marshmallow still thinking about that weird note. “Hey Anon,” Sunset sits right beside me as she kisses me on the lips and then smiles. “Still thinking about that random note?” “Yeah, it’s just that I’m worried... I know someone might be BS’ing us with a stupid note, but what if it’s not? We if we might be in deep shit or something like that?” Sunset sets her phone down on the bench and puts her hands on my shoulders and massage them a little. “Then we’ll face it head on... Look, me and my friends dealt with this stuff before... well... including Me and Twilight becoming complete she-demons, facing against three sirens, battling one that found power from magical geodes just to protect a forest, finding a memory stone, and finally stoping a person who’s internet famous teleporting people into a white room with her phone,” Sunset says as I cocked an eyebrow when she listed the things that happened before. “Well... that’s a mouthful,” I joked. “Yeah, we basically did a lot... but no matter what we need to stick together... I’m sure we’ll figure it out,” “You’re right... Thanks Sunset, I really needed that,” I say as the both of as kissed each other’s lips. “Hey, you guys wanna get in the photo?” Rainbow asked us as we just nodded. We all got together to the group photo as Twilight takes the pictures on her phone. 1.5 Hours Later The five of us decided to call it a night and we all went back to the RV. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy took a shower together first to save water. Then Twilight went in while Sunset and I went in together last. We all got our suitcases so we can get in our PJs. We stayed up for a little longer and then we all got in our sleeping bags and went to sleep. And That’s where things start to get a little more..... mysterious.