//------------------------------// // Chapter 19: Doggy Issue (S1E19) // Story: The Elemental Manipulation // by GalaxyEmpire //------------------------------// Doggy Issue Ah, two weeks have past and residents of Ponyville with their chores sure is busy. Last week, the cutie mark crusader are having they treehouse who is once own by Apple Bloom sister, Applejack. In there, the trio filly figures out of how to earn their cutie mark by going to place-to-place of Ponyville but no luck. So they decide to enter a concerted will be held on in the town which they completely win, too bad still no cutie mark on their flanks. After that finish, Leo went to Canterlot for a request from his big brother, Shining Armor, to take some pink alicorn hearts for him and you know what? It goes rather good. Sure some nervous attractive about getting in a friend zone but thanks celestia it didn't, glad for him. Oh, and he promised he show Leo what he's been hiding under he bed, a weird magazine or something? So let's see what this week will bring our golden lion through next, it can be that bad? Wind Blast!!! *sigh* Of course... :( There, was Leo in his Wind form who unleashed a powerful tornado towards one of the Diamond Dogs, he yelping while caught up by the gust as he got thrown backwards. "GET THAT PONY!" Bark one of them as another Diamond Dogs, pop out from the ground at the back from Rarity with open wide paws, clutching her making the Unicorn scream. "Spike! Leo!" She shouts while in the paws of dogs. "Hold on, Rarity! I got'em." Spike said, clearly half of his body in the ground while gripping the legs of buff dogs as he got lunches at the tree branch because of his green spike. "Bro! WOAH!" The cub said but slide tackle by the short Diamond Dogs who laugh maniac at him. "Haha! So long, loser!" That's to say, the Dogs plus one Unicorn, who's asking them to release her as they head straight to the big hole, leaving the sight from the sibling. It's not that long until the duo manages to regain back from being an assault. "W-Wait, Rarity!" The Drake shouted for the lady. "Put me down you-EEEAHH!" A gasp coming from the Dragon as he ran toward them, following by Wind from behind as their also there but it was too late. "Rarity!" "Spike! Leo! Ah! Dirt!" She shrieks as the Diamonds Dogs pulled her into the dirty place for a such a lady like Rarity. "SAVE ME!!!" And with that, they left. "NOOOOO!!!" Spike yelled out, before doing a pose of every time the character failed them missions. Today, the boys helping out Rarity to find some gems for her customer, the one and only, Sapphire Shores! But under lower some gems, she has to find more because the star wants for costume changer. Thankfully, Rarity knows gems detectors spell, the progress is simple for magic. As for the Sparkles, Leo comes along for exploring a new area while Spike just what to spend some time near the white Unicorn, though she was the one asking for help and since the job took way easier they manage to stack a lot of gems on a red small wagon. Too bad the universe always plan of something unexpected, as it a three howl of Diamond Dogs came out of the ground and start to capture Rarity. Not knowing this is the territory, fighting is not clear if they keep buried in the ground, as the boys try to fight back but as you can read, they failed. "Leo! We've got to go down they and save Rarity!" The Drake shouted, diving to the hole only to get grab by his brother. "Woah, Bro! Didn't you see how large they are? Not to mention, they at their home turf so the advantage goes to them." "But is Rarity we talking about! Who knew what happen right now!" Then, the screen wobbly as he thought about the mare. "Oh! Such a magnificent like me been trap here! This place is horrible!" Rarity, dramatically inside a cell, putting her hoof on her head. "Please, somepony! Save me!!! And just like that, back to the reality, where there's a lion, poking his brother at his cheeks multiple time. "Wh...? Hey, Leo!" "Oh! I'm sorry! Didn't mean to enter your little fiction world in your head." He chuckles slightly. "So, what's the plan?" "Is it obvious? We go down there and rescue Rarity!" "Pretty sure your courage they right now are from the royal guard bravery." The cub stated. "So what? You were they too when Shining gives the command to the guard." Spike said, clearly in the mode of thinking. "Let's see, they usually march together, so we need more than the two of us!" "You got it, bro." Leo clapped, summoning the Elemental Ring as he went into it. ELEMENTAL... TRIPLE... SPLIT!!! With that done, there three lions, ready for action. "How's now, bro?" "Wait, only three? We're you have another element right?" Spike asked. "Beat us, we don't know actually. It just won't let us split into four." Lightning said, crossing his front legs. "Well, it still great! With enough men, I think we ready to go." The Drake smiled but before he steps into the hole, the hole itself get cover by dirt just now, filling it up in it shape like a mini mountain. "What the?!" "The hole is covering!" Earth shouted. "C'mon! There's must be the main area!" "Let's go!!!" They ran, the purple dragon hop on the leader of the element with the determined face of rescuing his crush one. Searching the central of the Diamond Dogs, in hope to find Rarity and go back without any trouble. It wasn't that long until they found a huge area, with lots of holes. The siblings didn't hesitate as there quickly reach the nearest hole only to get buried up like before. "Damn it! Quick before all of them being cover!" Lightning, shot out an incredible accelerate for trying to look out for some hole. "Wind! Take the skies!" Shout Earth, making the wind boy nod smile as he takes off with his Gust Sprite. "C'mon dude! We need to find some opened left hole!" Spike said, clearly riding him like a horse. "Giddy up, partner!" "Now since went you sound like Applejack, Mister Dragon?" He looks at him with an amused look. "Please, Earth. I need this." With a roll eyes from the brown cub, he march on with the drake full with determined he gonna save his loved one. "I'm coming, Rarity! When I do I will kick that dogs butts and-" "It filled." "What?" "There's no opened one, yet even Wind can't see anything left free." The yellow lion, landing next to him was Wind with a shook of his head, signing that nothing for them. ... ... ... "NOOOOO!!!" The Dragon scream, claw in the air grip, echoing the place before starting to sobbing. "Ah! Don't cry, Bro!" The Blue lion said, cheering up the drake before HE started to sniff. "I-if you start to cry then I'm gonna tooooWAaaahhh!!!" "Settle down now, both of you. I handle this." The rocky manipulate with his stand ready as he slams his paws together, then slide to side as the ground front of him began to form a huge gap, for them to enter. "Woah! Pawesome, Earth!" "Sweet gems! I completely forget that you EARTH! We all standing where you can bend it!" Spike awe by his third brother impression. With entrance clear and enough men to take off, the boys come down to the Diamonds Dogs territory, where the bravery of Spike with his men to aid, they will find Rarity. Meanwhile, in Ponyville... "So what's have you done today, girls?" Twilight asking her friends. "Oh! I was doing some normal stuff like I always do like baking or some fresh air or maybe pranking someone! Oh! And the next day I-" Pinkie replied only to get stuffed a hoof by Applejack. "We got a sugarcube. You sure make some pinkie days for yourself today but not tomorrow day, got that?" The answer was a nod. "Good, for me ah to, do some regular constantly at my place. Bucking and making some cider." "Yeah, your boring way, anyway." Rainbow laughing for her word but got a glare from the apple mare. "Anywhere, for me. I manage my chores and after that, do something extreme and awesome things! Is-" "Sleeping?" Said the Mane 5 except the cyan pegasus, some of them not surprising at all and knowing her doing her stunning moves but she also has other hobbies. "Hey!" The Unicorn only rolled her eyes before staring at the shy mare. "Fluttershy? How about you?" "O-oh well, I-I was wondering where could Leo be now actually. I-If you don't mine, Twilight." "Well if I know him, he should probably help someone out, speaking of which. Where's Rarity?" "Oh! Oh! Now you mention it, I saw her along with Spike and Leo go to the outside of Ponyville!" The party maker said. "What? Why she be doing there with my brothers?" "Eh? Finding some gems of course." Dash said crossing her hooves airborne. "I usually saw her when to the place with a bunch of holes and stuff to find some gems. Probably for her dress I think." "And you spying her like me?" Applejack annoyed. "Hey, just an encounter okay, not spying somepony." "Yeah, right." "Oh, what did she doing there, I hope she's fine." Fluttershy worries. "Yeah, it's not like there's gonna be a pack of predators who sneak on them and trying to devour them." Pinkie blew a raspberry. "I mean, could you guys imagine that?" ... ... ... The other stare at the pink pony, stunning, confusion and fear all together as the librarian spoke. "For the safety of her and my brother, who wants to check on them for safety?" "Totally." "Me too." "I'm in." The girls trotted out, with Pinkie in giggles but ignore the fact and she as well follows her friends. Back at the boys... "ACHOO!!!" "Agh! Wind! Put your paw on your mouth if you want to sneeze!" "Sorry Lightning, but it comes out like nowhere. Is like someone is talking about me!" "Wind, we're the same! I know you did it on purpose, right!?" "Quite!" Yelled the brown cub, which Lightning went silence while Wind giggles at him. It has been an hour since they inside of the Diamond Dogs territory, not a single of the dogs has yet noticed the presence of them. Spike with eyes of courage he rides on Earth back like a knight, like same in his imagination. He can see it now, him and Lady Rarity, in his strong and bulky arm, now standing on the pile of a weakling Diamond Dogs soldiers. His eyes did not prevail anything except his girlfriend (or male friend), it got closer now, his lips prepared for the so-called, the lip action. Nothing can prevent this from ruin- "INCOMING!" "Huh..?" The lover boy back to reality only shocks of what he saw. The ground was shaking as a soldier dogs coming in fast, they ran from the path, the wall and even the ceiling. Wearing a metal plate of armour and helmet, heading toward the boys with howling and bark. "Agh!!!" "Lightning and Wind! At my back, now!" He shouts, the other Leos did as the brown cub in the stance of ready, before making his paws closely together, lift it and stomp the ground. Pillar Wave!!! Doing this, create an earth pillar in front of him, rising from the dirt, making the soldier's dogs yelp as they got lunches on the surface and get a smack in the head by the ceiling. Landing with a hard thud, all of the guard unconscious. "GET 'EM!!!" The group look up and saw three of the soldier's dog coming from above, holding some kinda leash as they sat directly on top off the trio lion, the one that sits on Earth back squash the baby dragon with a sound of oof coming from him. Not in second, the guard put the leashes on the cub's muzzle like a horse. "More, worm creature." One of the guards said, riding the yellow mane lion. "...Oh, you mess with the wrong lion here." He serious as a surge of lightning flowing everywhere on his body. Electrocharge!!! A flare of electricity is loosed as the rider completely shocked by the assault. As a result, he got fried with his fur going like an afro. On the other paws, Wind smirked as he gathers the air as the blue mane lion create a medium tornado on himself. Whirlwind Blast!!! Doing so knocking out the Diamond guard into the air as he yelp before he retreats deep beyond the hole. Earth Pillar!!! While the brown mane lion, just taps on the ground like a pillar made of the earth come to his side, launching the dog from his back as it got splat on the wall. With yelping from the guards, there withdraw from the place, leaving the trio element and a pancake drake behind. Eventually, the pancake drake turned back to normal from being squash by one of the guards. "Gah!" "You alright, Bro?" Asked Earth. Just then they heard some loud crashing and clattering inside the barred door. "Ah! I'm coming for you, milady," said Spike as he hoped on Twilight and broke off a stalactite from the ceiling to create himself a sword, "Hi-ho, Earth! Away!" He whipped the muzzle that was still on her nose. Earth give an amused look. "One more time, please?" The Dragon pleads, the answer was just eyes rolled by Earth as he and his other clone charged through the barred door, which smashed to pieces easily. "Lady Rarity," said Spike boldly, "I'm here to save you!" But the moment was interrupted as the three diamond dogs were screaming...for their lives?! "Save us! Please save us!" they pleaded to the cubs, "Make it stop! Please!" "What?" "Puh. Scaring dog." Lightning added in. "So picky," the left dog, Spot said. "And critical," the right one, Fido added. "She won't stop talking," "And crying," "We, uh, give her back," said the middle dog, Rover. "Yes." As Rarity appeared before them with a large wagon loaded with gems. "Rarity!" said Spike as the others smiled, "You're safe!" "Why, yes. Hello, boys," said Rarity, "You arrived just in time to assist me." "Assist you with what?" Wind asked puzzled. "With those," said the Unicorn as she pointed to wagons loaded to the brim with gems of all shapes, sizes, and colours. "You're letting her leave with all these...jewels?" The baby drake asked, his eyes sparkling at them all. "That's quite a haul," the leader added in amazement. "Yes," said Rover as he and the other two diamond dogs cowered behind some rocks, "Take them. And her with them." "Please!" Spot begged. The other lion just exchanged smiles and smirks, but before there could hook themselves up. The ceilings start to crack as it creates a hole where a one guard dog and five ponies came down with screaming, towering the dog with a thud. "Ow..." Said the Mane Five, others just shocked to see the girls all here. Wind on another paw saw something the lavender unicorn holding... "Hi, girls! Woah! Since when did we get a fishing rod?"