//------------------------------// // Recruitment Pt. 2 Wub Wub // Story: Total Burnout // by Riften //------------------------------// "RAINBOW! This here's the Doctor, he's an old friend of mine I met a while back. Doctor, this is Rainbow Dash. Anyway he's coming with us on our trip. Figured having a time traveling badass coming with us can't hurt anything." Im just now making the connections but now that The Doctors here im now living inside of two shows. If he's here that would mean his whole universe is somewhere out there too. I can't imagine what other things might exist out there, it hurts my mind to think about it for to long. "Wait what? Trip? What are you talking about? And he was just talking to you like he's never met you before, whats going on here Burns?" Oh man, I left a lot of details out with her. Gotta get things straightened up before I tell her. "Oh yes, about that, um Rainbow Dash was it? You see Im an old friend of Burnout here. Met him awhile back while adventuring in those northern mountains up there, long story short he saved my from freezing to death up there and it seems fate has crossed our paths again. You've definitely changed since then, probably why I didn't recognize you immediately." Clever clever Doctor, your about as good on the spot as I am. "Ok, then what's all this talk about a trip?" "That's what I was telling you was the surprise, Dash we're heading out on a vacation and the Doctor here has agreed to be our guide. He's been where we're going before and says he knows the land really well, so I figured why not take him along with us? You know if that's cool and all." I know this isn't really planned as a vacation but hey, might as well turn it into one right? "A vacation? Man, you move fast. Thankfully for you im all about fast, and any friend of Burns can't be all that bad so yeah, I guess that means im in for it to. So where we going?" Well thankfully that played out better than I thought it would. "We're heading to an ancient ruin site, way way out east on the Firebrand Mountains. Rainbow my dear, we're going to the lost city of Volcorona. A city lost to time and fire, but mainly fire. Also conveniently the capital city of my people, so you know, that's cool too. Did I mention there's a volcano? Because there's a volcano." "Burns, in the three days I have known you, you have been nothing but surprises. Good ones too, and im glad I decided to let you live here. And now your taking me on an exotic vacation? Man, why can't there be more ponies like you." More ponies like me...pony, right. "Anyway, when are we heading out? Im already to excited to wait!" "Well, I'd imagine that The Doctor's going to need some time to get his things together, and im going to have to make a trip into town for supplies, It's pretty late already so I guess the supply run will have to wait until tomorrow, so how about two days? Everyone should be ready by then right?" I wounder why it is they all correct The Doctor when he says everyone, and I can say it and no one really cares. "So two days then? That sounds fine, I'll meet you both here in two days then. Now if you'll excuse me I have some matters of universal importance to attend to." He's got time to save the universe and to take a vacation two days later, that's pretty awesome. "Im not even going to ask...Burns, you got weird friends." Tell me about it. "He's here one moment then gone the next. He's a pony of mysteries, not much else to say about him." You know other than he's an alien from a different universe. BOOM VWOORP VWOORP VWOORP VWOORP "Well there he goes, what do you say we get some sleep now? It's been a rather...tiring day don't you think?" Has it even been a day? I can't even tell the time here anymore, the whole sun and the moon rising whenever someone decides its time kinda messes with ones internal clock. "Sleep? Ha, you're real funny Burns. You should know by now that I don't sleep unless im all worn out, come on, wrestle me." Well thats a new one. Ha, whatever Im not complaining... THE FOLLOWING MORNING "AWWW YEAAAAH! GOOD MORNING PONYVILLE! "Ugh, what the hell? Who's up at this hour making that much.....noise? Is that dubstep?" What am I hearing? Better yet how am I hearing anything up here? Im like half a mile in the air or something. "Rainbow, RAINBOW! Get up." "Argh, what do you want? You already beat me, what else do you want?" Hehe, sore loser. "Do you hear that? Where do you think thats coming from?" "Oh no, she's started up again. What you hearing is Vinyl Scratch, she moved down there to Ponyville about a month ago. Ever since then it's been almost non-stop music for the past month. She stopped blasting it about when you arrived, first time since then I've heard her." Well that's pretty interesting, I might have to go investigate this. I mean I got nothing against dubstep or anything but seriously? This early? Not cool. "Well don't worry, ima have quick fly down there. See if maybe I can put a stop to this." "Well Im lucky I have such a big strong helpful stallion living with me, fixing whatever problems might come up, taking me on fancy exotic vacations and such. But seriously, go stop her, she's giving me a headache." The longer I listen to Vinyl's music the more it grows on me, gotta kill it before I become to attached to it. "Yeah, you're a lucky one for sure Dash. Anyway I'll probably pick up the supplies while im in town ok?" "Yeah yeah whatever, just hurry up and go stop that music. We're half a mile in the air and we can hear it. I can't imagine how bad it is down there." No kidding, sucks Ponyville. Poor bastards must be deaf by now. "Got any ear protection? I'd hate to go deaf and not be able to listen to myself." What? I like how I sound. "Got a pair over there by the wind tunnel, now stop stalling and get down there." Im not even sure how this is happening but the the bass seems to be shaking the house, the house made of clouds. "Sweet headphones! I can't hear a thing! Hey! Do you feel the house shaking? I think the music is tearing up the clouds up here! WHAT? I CANT HEAR YOU! LOOK OVER THERE! THE WALL IS FALLING APART! THE MUSIC IS GETTING SO LOUD IT'S DESTROYING THE HOUSE, WE NEED TO GET OU-" The floor. The sound was specifically destroying the floor. Directly under him the cloud floor had fallen apart, now leaving him plummeting towards the ground. Looking down he sees the town, visible waves of sound pulsing all throughout Ponyville. Each wave was coming from one building in particular, a two story house sat in the middle of the town. His eyes locked onto the building and narrowed, wings now fully spread he dives full speed towards the building. Every second he gains more speed, faster and faster slowly reaching the sound barrier, one last beat of his wings and its broken. Two waves of sound now travel towards eachother clashing and distorting the noise. "HEY HEY HEY! LOOKS LIKE WE GOT ANOTHER ARTIST HERE IN PONYVILLE!" Music turned down, replaced with voice, going to fast to stop. No no no no no no no Fuuuuuuuuuuuu- Wait. What the hell? Almost as if stopped by some mysterious force all of his previous momentum has inexplicably vanished. "CAN'T GO LETTING MY NEW FRIEND HERE SMASH INTO THE GROUND NOW CAN I!?" Turning his attention to the voice he sees the familiar white unicorn holding some big apparatus out the side of her building, coming out of the device is what appears to be a beam of sound now holding him in place, almost like some kind of tractor beam. "HEY MAN! COME ON INSIDE!" I-Im so confused right now. One second im plummeting towards the ground, the next im going fast enough to remix her music, however that works. And now im held by some sound cannon, slowly being pulled toward the epicenter of a musical ground zero. This morning is so weird. Authors Note: Sorry 'bout the day late thing, had this typed up for a bit. Just sorta forgot about it. Whatever have fun, longest chapter so far. Riften out.