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// Sombra's POV (5/5): Explosive End 
// Story: Hoodwinked: The Pony Edition 
// by Lighttone GryphonStar 
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Thanks to the pain I suffered, we lost track of Babs Seed. Luckily, we found a new trail from a map that fell off her basket. It led us up the mountainside to a cave on the far southwest side. Though, it could have been the southeast side as the pinmareship was quite horrible, as if a child had written it. It didn't help that the thing, also stunk of cheese, making it hard to stare at for very long.

Either way, we entered the cave and took a moment to rest, as my hips were still aching. The cave was damp and dark and had a new stranger smell, but I was glad it would at least void the smell of cheese from our nostrils. I sat down on a rock and summoned a cold gem to lean on. That mare might have the legs of a filly, but she kicks with the force of a cart rushing downhill at full speed.

"Maybe I could nurse your wounds," the lustful voice chirped from Cozy Glow as she placed her hoof on my hip "You can find my technics on healing to be most useful." she rubbed my hip. My face deadpanned as her other hoof reached over and pulled away the lustful one, stopping her advances. "You will do no such thing!" her classic voice argued back. Can't you hold back your advances until the mission is complete." the deeper voice agreed with Cozy Glow. "Why do you always take her side... Maybe I should satisfy you," The lustful hoof moved down her own body. "No, no, no!!" the classic voice scream, rolling them away, much to my relief.

"You three need new outlets," I begrudgingly commented.

"Like what? Neither of us can agree on anything." the deeper voice forced both hooves down into the dirt, preventing them from fighting each other more. ""Outside of our hatred for Chrysalis!" the classic voice laughed. "You two are both heartless!" lustful voice roared louder them all of them. She forced Cozy Glow up and stood on her back legs and continued, "What both you two need is a good hard fu--" Losing balance Cozy Glow crashed into something in the darkness of the cave.

I rushed over to catch them only to trip over something else as well. "Hold on, there is something else in this cave." I lit up my horn and found train tracks under me. "Interesting." I stomped on them, unsure if they were real.

Meanwhile, Cozy Glow rolled away and crashed into more stuff in the darkness. "Hey, look what we found!" she cheered before the lustful voice took over. "Does it vibrate?!" Cozy Glow threw it toward Sombra before something disturbing could happen with the deeper voice destroying the lustful's hope. "No, you fool, its clearly food!" The other hoof slapped Cozy Glow in the face. "If its edible, its also fu--"

I grabbed them in my magic and forced both hooves down. Glowing my horn over the object revealed something I didn't expect. "It's more cheese?"

"That's not the only thing." Cozy Glow nodded her head over.

"Yes, I see." I advanced closer, shining light on everything. "Cheese, deflated party balloons and bells, so many bells." There were many other objects, including explosives, but the ones I noted aloud seemed the most unusual. This was clearly connected to the explosion of the airship and Babs Seed, but I was unsure how... until I found a list of names.


Cheese Sandwich
Pinkie Pie
Birch Bucket
Parcel Post
Ahuizotl...

The last name was most important, written in bold red.

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"Golden Delicious!" Sombra ended his tale by pointing directly at the granny in question at the far end of the cabin. The room was left gasping, including Babs Seed, who just stared at her granny in utter confusion. Golden Delicious was more silent than any other, refusing to look at Sombra or Babs Seed the moment her name was mentioned.

Before Babs Seed could raise her own questions, Blueblood tapped the table, turning attention back to Sombra. "And where is this evidence you speak of?"

"Unfortunately, an avalanche came out of nowhere and swept us out of there... setting off the explosives at the same time." Sombra knew this part of the tale would seem like a lie before, but Babs Seed witnessed the same avalanche, making his story far more believable. "After which I headed here to find Golden Delicious, only to find the place empty. When Babs Seed arrived, I threw Cozy Glow in the closet with no idea that Golden Delicious was already inside."

"Wait," Captain Braeburn interrupted. "Are you saying she was already tied up when you arrived?"

"I'm not sure. Nor am I about to question it." Sombra turned away from the captain in annoyance.

"And why?!" the earth pony raised his voice to intensify his accusations.

"You do know, who I work with?" Sombra held his hoof out to Cozy Glow. "I've learned long ago to stop questioning kinks."

Captain Braeburn's eyes went wide after remembering the obvious. "Right... I guess we should question Golden Delicious!" His words were so rushed, attempting to change the subject.

"Actually, I want to hear more from another." Blueblood turned his attention to Derpy.

"The pegasus..." The Captain raised his eyebrow in confusion.

"Her?!" Luster Dawn also questioned, "She's dumber than a doornail!"

"Yes, but everypony has a story." His thought didn't get helped by Derpy chewing on a cattle prong and screaming in agony when it shocked her.