It's a damp and dark room, the walls were made out of mud bricks, there were multiple pieces of cloth scattered around the place. Dripping noises echoed throughout the place, it was the kind of sound that could drive anyone crazy if they heard it for long enough. There were two ponies in this room, one of them was sitting at a corner, while the other was an unconscious mare. Her neck was completely covered in bloody bandages.
Droplets of water started falling in her face, slowly waking her up. The pony in the corner stood up and sat down next to her...
"So you're alive huh?" He said.
"W-were am i?" She said while trying to get up.
"Woah there slow down, you're hurt pretty badly." He tried to convince her to stay laid down, but she ignored him. "Spunky one eh? what's your name?"
"Weather Report."
"Mine is Love and Meth, nice to meet you." He offered a hoofshake, she reluctantly shaked his hoof. "You must be hungry, follow me, lets get you some food."
She started following him through the hallways, the whole place was very poorly lit, with very few torches. There were jail cells all over the place, most of them were open. Ponies of all ages and sizes, wearing worn out cloth coats , were all over the place. The celling was so high up it could barely be seen.
"What is this place?" Weather asked.
"This is the Catacombs! well... whats left of them." Love answered. "This place was once owned by the old Mayor of Salvamare, but after he died the place just got abandoned, until recently at least." Love stopped. " Here we are, hey Soft taps, two bowls of worm soup please."
They sat down near a wooden box.
"So i presume you got that injury while fighting against Elliptical Orbit right?" Love said.
"You know her?" Weather asked.
"Everyone here does, she was the one who threw us in here in the first place." Said Soft taps while putting the bowls of soup on top of the box. "Eat up, it will help with your recovery."
Weather looked at the bowl, it was full of worms and had a light brown broth. "Isn't there anything else on the menu?" She asked.
"Well we got rock soup, water soup, dirt soup, mud cake..... oh! and we also have beetle soup!" Soft answered.
"Why so many soups and dirt stuff?" Weather asked.
Soft sat down. "Because is all we have..." she lets out a big sigh. "Elliptical threw us in this abandoned ruin of a place, with absolutely nothing. No tools, food or even water. We are lucky that there's a big hole in the celling, thanks to the recent storms we manage to stock up on water with some old ceramic urns."
"Unfortunately he's right, and we can't do anything about it." Love said.
"What if all of you attack at once? she can't be that strong right?" Weather said.
"You think we didn't try that already!? is pointless she is far too strong." Love explained. "One of the lumberjacks hit her with his axe and the thing just broke, she didn't even flinch!"
"Yeah, you better just try and get used to life down here." Soft said. "Because even if you knew how to defeat her, you wouldn't be able to get to her anyway."
"Why not?" Weather asked.
"The one and only entrance to this place collapsed not too long ago, without tool or a powerful enough unicorn around we're kinda stuck down here." Love explained.
"Is there really no other exit? i mean how did she even brought you guys here?" Weather asked.
"As i said the entrance collapsed not too long ago, it was in the same days she brought you here so i say it was about.......four days ago."
"I've been unconscious this whole time?"
"Yeah, i'm honestly surprised you lasted that long without water." Soft said. "Well we talked for long enough, enjoy your meal." Soft said while walking away.
"There might be..." Said Love with his hoof on his chin.
"There might be what?" Weather asked.
"Another exit, i think there might be one in the right section of the catacombs." Love answered. "But nopony can go there, and the ones that can are too scared to go."
"What do you mean?"
"You need to cross a bridge to get there, and that bridge has been collapsed since the day we first day we got here. So only a pegasus or a unicorn can go, but no one wants too anymore, after a certain incident." Love said. "Turns out there are things living in the cells of that side of the catacombs, monstrous things, the poor pony didn't stand a chance, his screams of terror scared everyone now no one wants to risk and go there again. *clears throat* welp i already talked a lot the soup is gonna get cold lets eat, we can talk more later, i'm curious to know more about you."
Weather let out a sigh, and tried to eat the soup without vomiting. She failed.....
"There there, let it all out. You'll get used to our soup soon enough." Said Love while softly taping Weather's back while she was vomiting in a corner.
A few minutes passed, and they were now walking around.
"So Weather, were you're from?" Love asked.
"Canterlot."
"Oh city of riches eh? then why did you come to our little town?"
"I guess no pony can see it from down here, but the Apollo highway shattered, and the mare who saw it happening said a red light fell in this town's direction." Weather explained. "I came here to investigate, and i ended up running into Elliptical Orbit."
"Oooooh! that would explain why this place has been so dark lately...."
"I need to find a way to get out of here, and find out whats happening. Without sunlight this part of the world is going to become a frozen wasteland in just a couple of months."
"That sure sound terrible, but what were you going to do if find that red light?"
"I would've figured something out i don't know.....*sigh* contact an experienced wizard, they would probably know what to do."
"Well i say we should probably just get ready for the frozen wasteland, because basing things on a "probably" doesn't sound like the greatest idea."
"I-i guess you're right." Weather looked sad.
"*sigh* I know our situation is pretty bad, but i'm sure we can figure something out, everypony down here can!" Love said. "Speaking of everypony, there's somepony i want you to meet, she used to be from Canterlot aswell."
Weather followed Love through the hallways talking about themselves in the way, until they reached a cell near the the bridge. Weather looked blankly at the other side for a second, when she turned to the cell, she saw a white mare with a crimson mane laying on a worn out mattress. She looked really tired and weak, half of one of her back legs was missing, it looked like something took a huge bite out of her. The area of the wound looked all purple with dark red spots, it was badly infected. Beside her was a small colt, he was brushing the wound with a wet rag. On the other side of the room was a mare, it looked like she was trying to churn butter.
"Oh somepony new?" The white mare spoke slowly and softly.
"Carmesim this is Weather Report. Weather this is Carmesim Cherry." Love said.
"Is nice to meet you ma'am." Weather said.
"Oh, no need to be so formal, you can just call me Carmesim." She lets out a small grunt as she tries to raise one of her front hooves.
"No no no, don't force yourself, here..." Weather laid on the ground and put her hooves on top of Carmesim's.
Carmesim softly smiles at her, and lays her head on the mattress.
"That wound is beyond infected, just a rag with water is not going to do anything..." Weather was thinking. "Also i'm wondering...." Weather looked at the other mare in the room."Whats the deals with that thing you're using, isn't it used to make butter?"
"Yes, yes it is, this was actually Carmesim's request." The mare answered. "You see the little colt over there, that's her son he hasn't been eating well lately, so she at least wants to give something nice for her son to eat before she passes away." The mare explained. "She wants me to make cheese, but is just not coming out right...i'm not sure if its because i'm trying to do this with mare milk or i'm not churning enough."
"It's not it, to make cheese you need something acidic, like a lemon or vinegar." Weather explained. "With pure milk all you can do is butter and buttermilk."
"*sigh* I don't care about the cheese, i just want my mom to be okay." Said the little colt.
Weather stormed out of the room and looked at the bridge once again, this time she was preparing to jump to the other side.
"Woah woah there, whatever you're think you're doing is not a good idea!" Said Love blocking the way.
"I need to find an exit so i can at least bring some medicine."
"Oh don't be stupid! no one knows if there's actually an exit on that side, not to mention the monsters! also you get out of here and then what? get killed by Elliptical!?" Love said frustrated.
"*tsk* I just want to help...."
"I know, so do i. But there's nothing we can do, we can at best make sure she will have a tranquil death and a proper funeral ok?"
"Ok...."
Weather looked at Carmesim one last time before following Love back to the cell were she woke up.
"Carmesim is a strong mare, she must still have a few days left to live. If you want to help, i say the best way you can do that is befriending her." Love said. "Even though i'm always telling her to save her energies and stop talking, she just doesn't listen and loves to talk about her past life in Canterlot."
"I'll be sure to listen to every bit of it."
"I'm sure you will. *yawn* Tomorrow is gonna be a long day, good night."
"Good night." Weather responded.
Hours passed and Weather was still wide awake, all she could think about was the bridge and a possible way out. Her thoughts came to a halt when she heard a loud thud behind her. She looked back and all she could see was a big brown wall of bricks, she stood up and decided to examine the wall. Near the corner she noticed a very dim light coming out of one of the bricks, she pressed the brick and a hidden passage on the wall opened revealing a big room. The room was well lit, and even had a basket of fresh apples. In the corner was a bed with messy sheets, it looked like it had recently been used. On the other side of the room was a big metal door, it was what weather assumed to be the cause of the loud thud.
She carefully grabbed one of the bottom apples in the basket, and started investigating the room. She found plenty of broken armor pieces, and on the table she found a book, the book didn't have a tittle and the cover was simply a red star. Weather opened the book and started flipping through the pages.
From the book she learned that the red star is called the "Apollo Heart" and its the relic that holds the Apollo highway in space, without it both the earth and the moon are unable to orbit around the sun, essentially stopping time on earth. The relic was made to never leave the earth's atmosphere, and if does it will automatically come back to its original position.
"hum...."The relic was made to never leave the earth's atmosphere, and if does it will automatically come back to its original position." just how long does it take for it to come back?"
Weather wanted to learn more about it, but then she heard hoofsteps coming towards the room. She quickly closed the book, and went back to the cell. She presse the brick again for the passage to close, through a small gash in the wall Weather saw Elliptical enter the room.
The next day, when Weather woke up she immediately went to Carmesim's cell.
"Wow Carmesim barely said anything and she already got a fan *chuckles*" Love said to himself while getting up.
When she reached Carmesim's cell, Carmesim was already awake.
"Oh its you again, good morning." Carmesim said with a soft smile.
"Good morning Ms.Carmesim!" Weather responded cheerfully.
"Oh stop it, i already told you can just call me by my regular name. There's no need to be so formal."
"Ok ok, then how about i call you Carmem?" Weather said while laying down next to her.
"If that's easier for you then sure."
"Hey listen, don't tell this to anyone okay? i got a gift for you." Weather said that and pulled the apple that was hidden in her mane. "Ta-da."
"I-is that an apple? how...were did you find it?" Carmem asked with her eyes wide open in surprise.
"Oh.... i didn't thought this through at all! i can't just simply tell her i found a way out, she's gonna freak out! i need to find an excuse..." Weather thought to herself for a second.
"As i said don't tell this to anyone okay? i jumped the bridge." Weather whispered in Carmem's ear. "While exploring the place i found an open area full of smashed apples on the ground, i was lucky i managed to get this one when it was falling. I guess on that hole in the celling is right beside an apple tree."
"You shouldn't have done that, what if one of the monsters went after you."
"I actually didn't see any of those monsters you ponies talk about, but i did see some very big piles of bones and busted cell doors."
"You got lucky that's all, please don't do this kind of thing again ok? We are a very small community here we need to stick together if we want to live."
"Don't worry about it! just enjoy your breakfast." Weather said.
"Are you sure you don't want it? you went trough all of that danger to get this just to give to a sick pony?" Carmem said concerned.
"Yes i got this specifically for you! i went there to try and find something to take care of your wounds, didn't have much luck with that." Weather answered. "But on the bright side, at least once, you can eat proper food."
"T-thank you, you're way to sweet with me." Carmem smiled as she picked up the apple. She let out a soft moan as she took her first bite. "Oh i forgot how delicious a fruit could be." She took a second bite, and putted the apple on the mattress beside her.
"Whats wrong? you're full already?" Weather asked concerned.
"No no, i'm leaving the rest for my son."
"But you're injured" you need on the energy you can get."
"Oh stop worrying about me, my little boy is all that matters to me right now."
"I'm sorry if this sounds rude was this type of mentality that caused you to be wounded?"
"*chuckles* Kind off. As you already know a pegasus flyied to the other side, well that pegasus was the dad of my son. Yes, my son was the result of a one nighter but in the end that guy wanted to be part of the kids life. So when i heard his screams the first thought that came through my mind was I can't let my kid without a father!, and so i flyied to the other side and tried to help him. But it was too late, and when i tried to escape the same monster that killed that guy bit my leg, he started to pull me back it was horrifying! but thankfully my leg was ripped apart and i managed to fly back." Carmem explained.
"Good lord...i'm sorry to hear that."
"Don't be, it was a foo.... ow!" Carmem squirmed in pain.
"Woah whats wrong!?"
"There's something on m-my leg..."
Weather looked at her leg a saw a small maggot, she quickly removed it got a wet rag and started cleaning the area.
"Oh thank you...i feel a bit better now."
"It's no problem.... listen i gotta go, where is that mare that was here with you yesterday?"
"She should be here in a few minutes, don't worry about me i'll be okay."
"Don't die before i come back ok? i need to give you something..."
"Another gift? you don't have too."
"Is not exactly a gift, it will be more of a necessity thing." Weather stood up and smiled. "Is something you need asap!"
Weather than stormed out of the room leaving Carmem confused.
"Something i need?" She thought to herself.
Weather went back to her sell and immediately opened the secret passage and closing it behind her.
"Ok i need to find antibiotics, bandages and alcohol! Hopefully i can also find a way to lead everyone out of these catacombs without Elliptical noticing."
Weather made her way to the large metal door, she opened it slightly to see what was behind it. She ended up getting shocked and fully opened the door to see that behind it was a huge hole on the ground, it looked like it didn't have a bottom while the celling was rather tall but it had a massive hole on it aswell.
"Well shit! i will only be able to get up there when it rains.....*sigh*"
Weather closed the iron door and started looking around Elliptical's room, she couldn't find anything useful at least nothing that wouldn't be too obvious if she took it. She eventually gave up and made her way back to Carmem's cell, but when she was approaching she saw a bunch of ponies gathered around her cell and faint cries could be heard. She made her way through the crowd and saw Carmem crying while Love was trying to make her calm down.
"What happened!?" Weather asked.
"Weather where were you!? you know what i doesn't matter know. Carmem's son flyied over to the right side!" Love explained. "Please you two became friends right? please try and calm her down."
"Calm her down? is no one here even thinking in a way to save the kid!?" Weather shouted but got no response for a second.
"Is not worth the risk....I'm sorry but that's just the reality of things." Love said.
"Weather looked at him in disgust and prepared herself to make the jump, Love tried to stop her but she just slapped him out of the way and made the jump. She started to run and shout, looking for the kid. However she didn't take to long to find him, he was laying on the ground near a open cell, he wasn't injured or out of breath either but was unconscious. Upon getting closer to him she started hearing soft growls, they were coming from the kid's stomach he was clearly hungry and malnourished. Weather then torn apart the kid's cloth robe and made a improvised child carrier, and putted him on her back.
As she was about the leave she saw a massive creature behind her, it resembled a bull but it was twice the size of a normal bull and all of its fur was pitch black. Almost as if it were a shadow. Weather prepared herself for a fight and the creature looked like it was about to charge at her, they stared at each other for a few seconds when suddenly a cracking noise broke the silence. When the creature charged forward the ground below them collapsed, Weather was about to grab the kid and hold him on her hooves to try and protect him from the fall, but she quickly gave up on the idea when she saw water. After falling in the water she swam out of it as fast as she could so the kid wouldn't drown. Weather turned around and looked at the water expecting to see the creature again, but it was gone....
*cough* *cough* The kid woke up, Weather putted him on the ground.
"You okay kid?"
"*couch* C-c-cold..."
"Ok hold on tight." Weather putted the kid back in the carrier and started looking around, she found a open cell full of broken ceramics and old mattresses.
"Well...... that's convenient. Here kid..." Weather grabbed an old sheet and started drying the kid up. "By the way whats your name kid?"
"Crimson Cherry."
"Huh, that's your mother's name on my native language." Weather smirked. "So Crin why did you come here for? what were you thinking?"
"My mom's leg keeps getting worse, i want to help somehow!" Crin said while tearing up. "The mare that usually helps me take care of my mom said that she needs at least some alcohol..."
"It's okay i get it, but you can't just go out on your own like that! you know how worried your mom got!? she was crying her lungs out!" Weather scolded him.
"I-i'm sorry...." Crin responded quietly.
"*sigh* Don't apologise to me, you'll apologise to your mom when we get back am i clear?"
Crin noded.
"Now stay here, i'll go look for something for you to ea.... oh!?...." Weather was talking to Crin but stopped mid sentence as she noticed something on the corner of the room. "These grow down here?" she said it pointing at a plant that was in the corner.
"Oh these plants are in some cells in the lower levels of the catacombs, i remember someponies saying they aren't edible."
"And they are right but.....if my suspicions are correct..." She said it while pulling the plant of the ground. "Yeah my suspicions are right! this is inhame!"
"Iii what now?" Crin asked confused.
"Inhame, is kinda of like a potato. The leaves aren't edible but the root is if cooked properly!" Weather explained as she ripped the leaves from the root.
She stored some water in a mostly intact urn grabbed a few of the rags that were around the room and made a small campfire.
"Hum... i need something sharp to peel the skin of this thing."
"Here i got it on my old house before that bad pony appeared." Crin pulled a small glass shard from his mane. "Mom said i needed something to defend myself."
"Smart!" Weather took the glass shard and peeled of the inhame skin, she then putted it on the boiling water and closed the lid. Weather's ears twitched.
"Hey little guy, keep an eye on the fire okay? if it starts to dissipate throw a few pieces of cloth in it." Weather said. "I need a little bathroom break, don't worry i won't go far and i'll come back quickly ok?"
Crin noded.
Weather lied to Crin she didn't need a bathroom break, she actually heard a noise outside of the cell and didn't want to scare Crim. As she got out of the cell she saw a big figure running at the end of the hallway.
"Is that bull monster thing from earlier!"
Weather walked along the wall quietly constantly looking side to side. She lets out a gasp as the figure passed right in front of her and went straight through a wall, but it didn't break it. Weather was starting to get nervous. When she saw the figure again she had to hold her scream in pain as the figure made a small cut in one of her back legs.
"How can something so big be so fast!? and how is it going through walls!?"
Weather didn't have time to wonder as she was thrown all the way to the end of the hallway and smashed her back against the wall. She once again held her scream in pain as to not alarm Crin. When she stood up, right in front of her was the bull looking creature from before. Once again it charged and so did her. She avoided the bull's horn and went forehead to forehead with it. Both were using as much force as they possibly could it seemed like they were evenly matched in physical strength. But the bull had an slight edge thanks to its size and it manage to push her away a few steps. And he quickly went through the wall again.
"Dam it!"
The bull was once again ready to hit her by surprise, he set his sights on her right flank and charged at full speed. Weather was concentrated, trying to predict were the creature's next attack would be. As the bull got near her she felt a soft breeze from the right. And as the creature was about to hit her, she jumped out of the way. In surprise the bull lost its footing and crashed his body against the wall, destroying it on the process.
Crim heard the loud crash and walked out of the room scared. Weather noticed him on the corner of her eye.
"GO BACK TO THE CELL AND HIDE NOW!!!" She shouted at him.
But he just stood still for a second. "CAREFUL!!" He shouted back at her while pointing at the bull who was once again standing and ready to charge at her. When it did she once again jumped but this time it wasn't to dodge the incoming attack. She pulled all of her strength in her back legs and used both to kick the bull right in the forehead. The creature got disoriented for a second. But Weather didn't give it time to recover its senses and once again delivered a double kick right on the bull's forehead. This it simply fell down to the ground unconscious. It body started to dissolve almost as if the creature was made out of some kind of goo.
"You killed it!?"
"*Feew* guess so... Thanks for the warning little tike." Weather said it while petting him. "Let's go back to the cell, i have to put some sheets on the entrance so we can bring less attention to our location."
An hour and a half later....
"There it should be ready now." Weather said.
"Why do these things take so long to cook?" Crin said as he took a bite. "....I-it doesn't really taste like anything."
"I know right?" Weather said while chewing. "*gulp* Back on my city we normally eat these with butter, or fried with salt. But we can't really afford any of those things right now."
"Is a lot better than worm soup." Crin responded and Weather just chuckled.
They enjoyed a nice and quiet meal and continued exploring the catacombs right after it. Unlike the left side of the catacombs, were it was dark but it still had a few lit up torches and overall lighter areas. This side was pitch black, all torches were of. But in the end that turned out to be a good thing for them, as they encountered other shadowy creatures along their way, but thanks to the darkness of the place they manage to sneak by the creatures with little to no issue. Eventually they saw what it looked like a staircase, and the area around it was slightly brighter than everything else. When they got to the staircase and looked for the source of light they both gasped.
"Is that....."
It was a gateway, the actual gate was all smashed on the ground.
"One of those creatures must've scaped..." Weather said. "Oh i don't care, we found a way out!"
"Yay!!" Crin said in happiness.
They walked out of the catacombs and found themselves on a big open field, while the catacomb's gate was in a small plateau full of apple trees on top of it. Everything was going well for them... maybe a bit too well. They climbed the plateau to grab some apples, once there they could see the village from afar. Elliptical could also be seen very faintly. Weather saw something that caught her attention....
"Jackpot!" Weather said.
She was looking at a small cabin that had a red cross painted on the side.
"If were gonna find something to help your mom little tike, it will definitely be in that building." Weather said pointing at the building. "Listen, were gonna need to be extra careful and quiet, stay as close to me as you can okay?"
Crin noded.
They carefully made their way into the building, inside Weather found a bag, she used it to store all kinds of different medical supplies and tools. As they were about to leave Weather heard Elliptical say something right outside of the building's door.
"Hide." Weather whispered and they both hid inside a cabinet.
"Should the tower be built here?" Elliptical said. "Hum... maybe the mayor's house will be a better spot? oh decisions decisions." As she walked away it became harder and harder to understand what she was talking about, Weather didn't think much of it and just took the opportunity to leave quietly.
A few hours later...
"Come on Carmem you have to eat something!" A mare was trying to feed Carmem but she was refusing it, she didn't even want to drink water.
Love was at the cell's door and he lets out a gasp.
"Kill me.." Carmem said.
"Mom!?" Said Crin tearing up as he rushed to hug her.
"MY BABY! oh you're safe!? thank goodness!!" Carmem said in joy while crying.
"Y-you...w-were did... how?" Love asked Weather who was on the resting on the ground with two big bags on her back. One of the bags was full of medical supplies while the other was full of apples.
"We found an exit." Weather responded.
The mare that takes care of Carmem approached. "There's all kinds of medicine here, i can finally take care of Carmesim's injuries." She said it while taking a few bottles of pills and siringes from the bad. "Wait... you got viagra too? seriously!?" The mare looked at Weather disgusted.
"Are those drugs or something? i've never heard of them." Weather answered confused. "Honestly i just threw everything that saw laying around in the bag, i don't know what half of these things do."
"Humph.." The mare walked toward Carmem.
"For someone who just heard about there being an exit you sure do look unimpressed." Weather said.
"Well what are we supposed to do with this information anyways? we get out and then what? get thrown in here again?" Love said.
"I'm just glad you two are safe. I just couldn't imagine living without my baby..." Carmem said while crying. "Thank you so much Weather, you're truly a blessing."
"It was nothing, i'm just happy to help."
"Crimson dear could you let go of her for a second? i need to disinfect her wounds." The mare asked. "And Weather lend me a hoof will ya?"
Together Weather and the mare gave Carmesim a bath, cleaned her wound, applied fresh bandages on the wound and gave her antibiotics. A few hours later she was sleeping in her mattress. Weather then remembered about the inhame plants Crimson mentioned, and she started looking around and collecting as much as she could. She didn't find as much as she wanted but it was still a good amount. According to Soft taps that amount could feed all the ponies in there for a least four days and that's not counting the apples.
Soft started cooking the inhames while the ponies waited eagerly, while also thanking Weather for everything she has done to the community so far. While everypony waited, Weather was messing around with two unlit torches it looked like she was trying to make something. In the middle of her shenanigans Love approached sat down next to her.
"So what's the plan?" He asked.
"The plan for what?" Weather responded.
"You found the exit you were looking for, now what?"
"I'll come back to Canterlot and inform the situation to the Princess, if she believes me she'll most definitely send the royal guard after Elliptical." Weather explained.
"And what if she doesn't?" Love asked.
"Then i guess i'll just have to figure out a way to defeat her on my own." She said as she stood up. "Is going to rain later today, i'll leave as soon as it starts."
Weather went to Carmem's cell holding the wooden contraption she had just finished.When she got there Carmem was already awake eating an apple.
"Hey Carmem, how are you feeling right now?" Weather asked.
"It still stings a little and i feel kinda woozy but is much better compared to these couple of days i've been here." Carmem chuckles. "And mostly thanks to you, thank you so much for everything!"
"Don't thank me yet, i still have something else for you!" Weather responded showing her wooden creation, both Carmem and Crin looked at it curiously.
"What is this?" Carmem asked.
"Is supposed to be a prosthetic leg, but i'm not too sure if it will work properly. Want to try it out?"
"Oh heavens absolutely! my legs have been nothing but numb these days."
Weather struggled a bit, but after a few minutes she managed to attach the prosthetic leg properly.
"Ok, put your wing around me and try to get up." Weather said.
Carmesim stood up with little to no issue but.... "Oh i feel even more woozy now..."
"Its ok, it must be motion sickness or something, it should go away quickly. Now try taking a few steps."
Carmem took a deep breath and started moving with Weather right beside her.
"Mom! y-you're walking again!"
"*chuckles* Yeah i guess i am.....*sob* oh i even feel a bit better now."
"See i told you the dizziness would go away quickly! but lets not push it okay? you're still not fully recovered yet, lets sit down for a bit." Weather said.
"No no i'm fine, i want to go for a little walk."
"Are you sure?" Weather asked concerned.
"Yes! i've been in this cell for far too long!" Carmem said determinated.
"Ok, but if you feel anything tell me okay?"
"Ok mom....*chuckles*" Carmem responded.
Carmesim, Crimson and Weather slowly walked out of the cell and started wandering around the hallways, all the ponies were waving their hooves at them and cheering them. After a few minutes walking Carmem stopped holding Weather on her wing, and started walking on her own.
"I never thought that walking could feel so good." Carmem said with her usual soft smile. "Say Weather why are you helping me so much? not that i'm complaining i'm just curious."
"Hey little tike, can you go to Soft's to see if the inhames are cooked?" Weather asked and Crin noded.
"Is because i feel just so useless.." Weather said. "Since i was little all i had the ability to predict the weather hints the name Weather Report, but that's all i ever did. Whenever anypony asked me to do anything else i always fail. So the first time that i saw you laying there injured i just knew i HAD to help you somehow."
Weather then proceeded to explain the reason why she was there in the first place. She also gave explanations about the red star and her plan to get rid of Elliptical Orbit....
"If i can't get the Princess's help, then trust me i will find a way to defeat Elliptical! that's a promise."
"You don't have to be so harsh with yourself, i'm sure you did your best to help ponies in the past." Carmem held Weather's right cheek. "Elliptical is just way to strong for, besides she also caught you by surprise. And now look at what you've done in just over a day, you brought food for starving ponies, and you saved a dying mare!"
Weather didn't respond.
"*sigh* Do you really have to go ask for the Princess's help today?"
"Yes, today will be the last rain for the next ten days. I have to take my opportunity to leave as soon as possible."
"Well there's at least a few hours left before it starts to rain right?" Carmem said. "Then mind spending some time with me, because the mare that usually takes care of doesn't have patience to hear my stories *chuckles*"
Weather and Carmesim spend hours talking, laughing and overall just enjoying each other's company. And then they both heard the sound of water dripping in the cell.
"Is it time already?" Carmem said.
They made their way to the water collecting area and found out that it indeed had started to rain.
"Well.... i guess this is goodbye for now." Weather said as she hugged Carmesim.
"Already? can't i accompany you at least to the bridge?"
Weather approached Carmem and said on her ear. "With rain around i don't need that." She said it as she jumped in the rain drops and started going up almost as if she was in a staircase. Carmem just stared in awe.
"Wait? how is she doing that?" She asked to herself. "Eh.. whatever the pony that threw me in here was a meteor throwing pegasus, and now i'm in some underground catacomb with shadow monsters as my neighbors. This should be the least weird thing i've seen in a while."
Weather finally made it outside and got so high up she could almost touch the clouds.
"Ok, Elliptical shouldn't be able to see me from up here."
She said it as she started to run towards Canterlot.