Pony Veracity (Return to Mount Aris)

by keithsterling


Chapter 3

It was a warm sunny day in Maretime Bay; resting her elbows on the top rail of a small fence overlooking the beach was Miss Sunny Starscout attired in flora stripe pink mare's straight neck sleeveless tank top and light pioneer blue mare's high rise five-inch denim shorts. On her nine and two third inch long fair, vermillion colored tapered shaped bare feet were pink mare's cloud-stepper flip-flops.

Through the opening in front of her flip-flops, you could tell that her big toes are the longest on her feet, which is why all her other toes taper off. A huge surprise was that Sunny's toenails and fingernails were painted with slate gray nail polish. Sunny is not one for getting her nails painted, but her friend Pipp talks her into getting her nails done at her salon. Sunny reached up and pulled down the edge of tan boater mare's floppy hat on top of her head between her ears to try and hide.

‘I don’t know what pegasi trick Pipp did to get stallions to notice me…but I don't like it.' Sunny thought adjusting the dark tort mare's UV protection rectangular sunglasses on her snout as she whistled at by two more stallions, this time two unicorns.

Suddenly the rapid sound of flip-flops slapping against the bare soles of her feet can be heard as Sunny quickly head down a nearby wooden staircase onto the beach below.

Once she reaches the bottom of the staircase, she lifts her feet up one at a time, slipping the flip-flops off her feet. As she started to walk barefoot down the beach, trying her best to stay out of the sight of sudden large numbers of stallions that spotted her this day.

Sitting in a wooden lifeguard chair on the beach, keeping a close eye on his baby dragon Sparky Sparkeroni playing on the beach, Hitch Trailblazer attired in navy wave blue stallion's round neck sleeveless moisture wicking muscle T-shirt and Americana scenic blue stallion's board shorts with his feet bare. On top of his head, between his ears, was fossil colored stallion's safari hat and sitting on his snout were black polarized stallion's aviator sunglasses.

"Huh! Sunny?" Hitch exclaims, watching the mare stick close to the underside of the wooden walkway above.

"Sunny! What are you doing?" Hitch calls as Sunny blink excessively; she hears a stallion call her name.

“Huh? Hitch pretends you don't see me!" Sunny insists as Hitch snorts, a bit confused by Sunny telling him to ignore her.

"If you are trying to hide, sunny…You are not doing a good job of it… a matter of fact, you are bringing more attention to yourself." Hitch said, confirming as Sunny noticed every pony was looking in her general direction.

"What the hay!" Hitch exclaims, trying to figure out where Sunny went to. Quickly Hitch looks down at the sand and picks out Sunny’s footprints heading toward the back of a changing cabana on the beach. He whistles too little dragon, and Sparky flies into his arm.

"Ok…What did you do this time, Sunny?" Hitch asked as Sunny squealed at him before trying to kick him, and he quickly leaps back out of range of her kick.

"Nothing!" Sunny said bitterly, trying again to kick Hitch as he deflected her kick with his foot.

"Then why are you trying to hide?" Hitch asked as Sunny snorted at him for blocking her kick.

"I don't want every pony looking at me! Because Pipp painted my nails! She says I need a manicure and pedicure!” Sunny said hotly as Hitch laughed at her.

"I don't think Pipp painting your toenails and fingernails is what every ponies look at," Hitch said as Sunny snorted and stomped her barefoot on the ground. Before Hitch quickly steps on Sunny's bare foot to keep her from trying to kick him again.

“Then what other reason are ponies looking at me?” Sunny said sourly as Hitch kept his foot on top of Sunny’s foot to keep her from trying to kick him.

"Sunny-sunny-sunny…You have been looking from the outside in for your whole life. And never look at yourself." Hitch said profoundly as Sunny promises not to try and kick him if he released her foot.

“What does that mean, Hitch?” Sunny said testily as she crossed her arms in front of her.

"You are a good-looking earth pony mare…So went Pipp painted your nails; it just enhanced what you had already…That is what ponies are looking at… a stunning earth pony mare." Hitch's answers as it caused Sunny to blush and want to hide even more.

"Oh well, Sparky…what you are witnessing is what we call a fear response to being beautiful…Oh wow, I think it's time to change you…Hopefully, I'll figure out a dragon diet." Hitch exclaims as his baby dragon is giving off quite a smell.

As Hitch returns to the sheriff's office to change his baby dragon diaper, continuing down the beach, squelching the sand beneath her nine-and-two-third inch light vermillion colored bare feet was Sunny. She only makes it halfway down the coast when a great bird's screeching sound draws her attention out to sea.

In the distance, flying toward the beach, was a figure with large feathered bird wings. As the figure gets closer to the beach, Sunny shifts and re-shifts her barefoot in the sand as the front half of this creature looks like an eagle with pale, light grayish arms and claws. Why rear half of this creature is that of a pony.

The creature lands in the sand, leaving a ten-and-one-half-inch light magenta gray square-shaped barefoot print in the sand before letting lose a second shriek. That second loud shriek from the creature set off a general stampede of earth pony beachgoers from the beach. In the chaos of the general charge, Sunny is knocked to the ground by terrifying beachgoers; as the beach clears, she hears the squelching of sand beneath bare feet walking up to her.

She forced a smile as she faces to face with the creature with an eagle head; she quickly determined that the animal was female from its build. Without warning, the claws grab her and begin running her claws about her body. She softly giggled as the claws ran across her bare soles and the claws reached her feet.

"You are earth pony…but not the one I am looking for." The female creature comments as it flies in the general direction of Bridlewood forest.

In Bridlewood forest, the same thing happened; like Maretime Bay, the shriek of this creature set off a general stampede, this time, knock into a flower garden was Izzy Moonbow, and like sunny, the unicorn was examined by the female creature.

“You are a unicorn…but not the one I am looking for." The female creature said before flying in the general direction of Zephyr Heights

In Zephyr heights like Maretime Bay and Bridlewood forest, the shriek of this creature set off a general stampede. Still, this time Princess Pipp Petals and Princess Zipp Storm, who were visiting their mother, Queen Haven, trapped themselves in corners went they tried to run with the rest of the Pegasus civilians. Strangely the female creature kept a keen interest in pale, light grayish fuchsia-colored Pegasus Princess Pipp Petals.

After removing her pump from her foot, the female creature held Pipp's pale, light grayish fuchsia-colored peasant-shaped barefoot in her clawed hand. It made Pipp a bit uncomfortable as if the female animal couldn't see what it held in its clawed hand without getting very close to the object.

"Princess, I found you! I need help!" The female creature exclaimed as Zipp nudged her younger sister to answer the female animal. But Pipp didn't want to.

"Princess pleases! It's Adelpha Silverstream!" Adelpha said as Zipp jabbed her elbow into her younger sister's side, telling her to answer.

"How can I help you, Miss Silverstream?" Pipp spoke as Adelpha dropped Pipp's foot and went snout to bill with the Pegasus mare.

"Princess?"Adelpha is confused as she flies off, leaving the two Pegasus confused about what happened with this creature.

On their way back from Salt lick city to the castle of friendship in Ponyville, after being called to the city to appraise an object that was said to be once owned by Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria was Justice Silverlight and Twilight Sparkle after accepting the punishment that was imposed on her by the Imperial Prince. The two old friends set to work repairing the friendship that Twilight damaged with her selfish decision. It took several months for the old friends to patch things up between themselves, but in the end, their ancient friendship from ancient Equestria was repaired.

Standing on the edge of Foalorado River, attired in a navy blue short-sleeve midi fit and flare dress with black mare's Goldwin heeled sandals with two and three-fourths inch stacked heels on her magnificent pair of slender ten and one-third inch long light purple bare feet was Twilight Sparkle. She was taking in the beauty of the Foalorado River; it seemed that nature had forgiven her for damaging her with her decision.

"It looks like nature has forgiven me for damaging her went my three crystals shattered, Justice." Twilight comments, holding a flower in her hands as the winds send the seeds across Equestria.

"You know it will take some time for me to forgive you fully, Twilight." Justice comments as Twilight nods her head.

"I don't want you to forgive me instantly, your highness…I want to earn your forgiveness. But this time, I will listen to you…In ancient Equestria, my own pain kept me from listening to you. Whatever your feeling was, I didn't care…my pain is what I listen to." Twilight said as she unbuckled her sandals and sat on the river bank's edge before dunking her magnificent pair of slender ten-and-one-third-inch long light purple bare feet into the cool water.

A moment later, Twilight began to giggle softly as several small fishes started to nibble on the ends of her ten well-proportioned beautiful, elegant toes; each toenail was beautifully trimmed and shaped and painted with lovely marigold-colored nail polish. Twilight knows this is not the natural behaviour of this fish species; they are being influenced to do this behaviour on her. She knows they're a long way to go to return to the level of friendship she once had with Justice, but this is a good start.

"So, twilight, what was your take on that artifact the mayor said to belong to you?" Justice asked as the small fish swam off down the river.

“As it was true that I own a tea set like one they show us…That was not my tea set. I believe my original tea set was stolen from the palace went the magic holding together Canterlot failed. But all and all, it was a great replica…something to talk about." Twilight commented as she withdrew her feet from the water, pip-plopped in her magnificent pair of slender ten-and-one-third-inch long light purple bare feet over to crystal-powered jeep to continue on the way to Ponyville.

Back in the partially excavated ancient settlement of Ponyville, Head Archivist Cadence Sparkle Aperture, in her Alicorn form attired in a green floral mare's split tie neck short sleeve blouse and medieval blue mid-rise cargo Capri pants, walk through the clear streets double checking that she registered all the new finds in the settlement.

On her slenderly, gracefully rounded, gorgeous peasant-shaped pair of light pink bare feet with opaque glacial white toenail polish were gray mares about Mary slingback strap flat sandals with flat heels. Through the opening in front of her sandals, you could tell that her first, second and third toes were the same length, so her last two toes tapered off. The sudden loud shriek in the sky startled Cadence, causing her to trip over her feet as Adelpha Silverstream landed on the street in front of her.

"A Hippogriff!" Cadence exclaims as the female hippogriff squints her moderate blue-violet eyes toward the mare's voice.

"A pony!" Adelpha calls, seeing the light pink blurry smudge sitting on the ground a few inches before her.

She quickly pip-plop toward the light pink smudge sitting on the ground. Unlike the other ponies Adelpha had encountered, this one didn't try to pull their leg away from her. Adelpha quickly identify that it has something on the end, and it was a shoe. She pulled the shoe off and brought the naked foot close to her eyes.

Through her poor vision up-close, she identifies five slightly plump elegant and dynamic slender long toes with opaque glacial white toenail polish. Knowing that five toes are attached to a barefoot, and that foot is attached to a leg. Adelpha continues following the foot to the ankle up to the knee till she is bill and snout with the pony face.

"Greeting Hippogriff," Cadence said, friendly as Adelpha was surprised that the pony knew what she was.

"Princess?" Adelpha said hesitantly as the last pony said she was a princess, but she didn’t recognize her.

"I am…Princess Cadence Sparkle Aperture…former ruler of Crystal Empire in the north." Cadence answers as Adelpha blinks with surprise.

"Princess Cadence! Where is Princess Twilight at?" Adelpha asked as she sat on the ground.

"Princess Twilight is not here right now… a matter of fact, here she comes." Cadence comments as a Jeep with Justice and Twilight drive onto the site.

“Miss Adelpha Silverstream!! How many times have I told you to put your glasses on!? You hippogriff have superior vision high in the sky! But ok vision went you are on ground that why you need glasses!” Twilight said sharply as the memories of her days at the School of Friendship flooded back into her mind.

"Please-please-please…Head mare, don't lower my grade again." Adelpha said, worried, as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of glasses to put on.

Adelpha Silverstream can now clearly see all the faces with her glasses on. Her heart is aching with nostalgia as she looks around and sees the ruins of Ponyville and the School of Friendship. A few hours later, sitting on a large rock, we once again find Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, his wife, in the ruins of Ponyville, privately discussing the arrival of Miss Adelpha Silverstream.

Celestia allowed her husband to unbuckle and remove her ankle strap foot bed sandal to let him massage her reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped barefoot with sexy deep sets and high arches. These shapely and delicately rounded, not-too-long toes are the perfect length for her unassuming Alicorn-size foot as they talk.

"Do you think, my love? There are other surviving Hippogriff/seaponys at Mount Aris?" Justice asked as he used his thumbs to rub the top of his wife's foot from her toes to her ankle.

"Oh-oh-oh…that feels so wonderful, my beloved…to answer your question, my dearest. It hard to say as hippogriff/seaponys are the most magical of Equus inhabitants.” Celestia answers as Justice begins applying light pressure in her sexy deep set and high arch right below the ball of her foot, moving his thumbs clockwise and counterclockwise in small circles.

“Even if I can’t be one hundred percent for sure, my love…We can’t ignore it.” Celestia comments as he begins running his thumbs up and down her Achilles tendon before rubbing her perfect round, supple heel with his thumbs in circular motions.

"Should we mount an expedition to Mount Aris then, my love?" Justice asked as he took hold in one hand, right under his wife’s arch and began squeezing, pulling and rotating each of her shapely and delicately rounded not too-long toes to loosen them.

"Yes, my love," Celestia answered without hesitation as she unbuckles her other sandal and asked her husband to do the same thing to her other foot.