//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 The Lost Crusade // Story: Forever a DJ // by leafz pegasus //------------------------------// Forever a DJ By: Leafz Pegasus Chapter 6 A/N: Indiana Jones references for the win! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh shit! Rarity never told me her sister was friends with Scootaloo! What the Hay am I going to do now! “Hey Scootaloo, what’s up?” I asked nervously. “Not much, besides now we have the best foal sitter ever with us!” She replied happily, while quickly hugging my right foreleg. Hhmmm… what can I do to distract them from myself. What distracts little fillies… Oh, Duh, candy. “Hey girls, wanna come down to Sugar-cube Corner with me to get some cookies and cupcakes?” All three of the little fillies replied at the same time in a sound much louder than what three small vocal chords should be able to make. “YES!” “Alright, lets roll!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the way to Sugar-cube Corner On the way to the famous corner, I saw a familiar dark green unicorn at a café drinking what looked like coffee and had several pieces of sheet music in front of him. “Hey Sonata! What’s up dude!” I shouted as I walked up to the famous musician. “Oh, hey Disc. Nothing much, I’m just trying out a few melodies for my new song. But I can’t seem to get the tempo right and it all just falls apart in the middle of the piece.” Complained Sonata as pointed angrily to the many sheets of music he had tossed into a trash bin behind him. “How about I give it a try? Being the personal assistant of a famous DJ meant I had to learn and sometimes come up with melodies.” I suggested hopefully. I really wanted to write some music with the wondrous musician. “Alright, stop by my place later and we’ll see what two musical minds can come up with, eh? My house is on the path to Whitetail Woods on the edge of Ponyville if you’re wondering.” Replied Sonata. He remained monotone the entire time but I could see a glint of relief in his eyes. “Thanks Sonata! You’re the best!” I shouted as I started away from him and back to the three extremely bored fillies. “Ugh, we thought you’d never finish talking to him!” Complained Sweetie Belle. “C’mon Disc, you still have to take us to Sugar cube Corner!” exclaimed the excited orange filly while I picked her up and put her on my back. “Alright, alright, everyponie’s a critic. And that conversation was less than five minutes long.” I replied back sarcastically. As the three fillies and I made our way toward the now in sight bakery, I said eight words that should NEVER be spoken to three small fillies when entering a place of sweets. “Ok girls, you can get anything you want.” The size of each filly’s eyes grew ten sizes that day. I was soon tackled to the ground by a small unicorn and an earth pony filly, While the Pegasus filly just hugged my neck. “You’re the best, Disc!” said all three fillies simultaneously again. How do they always manage to coordinate those? Maybe I should treat it like Pinkie and just not question, lest I be chased by a hydra like Twilight was… “Ok, lets just try to make it to the bakery before you all hug me to death!” “OK!” they replied, once again simultaneously. After I put Scootaloo back on her perch on top of my back, we walked the rest of the way without major incident and were finally at the door to the gingerbread looking building. The fillies ordered their treats themselves and I paid for them. Afterwards they quickly and eagerly began to devour their sweets. Pinkie had brought in our orders only moments after we ordered and yet they still looked like they just came out of the oven. Just Pinkie being Pinkie… “You girls doing any crusading today?” asked the bubbly pink party mare. “What?”I asked, confused. I was about to ask Pinkie, when all three fillies quickly rushed up to me and said, “We’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders! And we’re crusading for our Cutie Marks!” “Oh, well than how do you do this… crusading thing?” I asked, truly bewildered. “We just do everything until it works!” replied Sweetie Belle. “Ok, well then. How can I help?” Pinkie just giggled in the background as if I had just kissed the princess. Weird. “Weelllll, we were going to go crusading in the Everfree forest like we did with Fluttershy this one time. But nopony else will let us!” Complained Applebloom. “Well, if you girls are going Crusading in THAT place, then you’ll need proper supervision, won’t you?” I replied, unwittingly signing my own death note, as the fillies eyes’ widened more than the incident at sugar cube corner. (if that was even possible) “I told you guys he was the coolest pony ever. Well, second of course, Rainbow dash still holds the coolest pony title.” Said an overly excited Scootaloo, who had resumed her ride on my back. “Well, you girls won’t get your cutie marks just standing around here!” After the three crusaders and I had left, Pinkie said, “Hey guys! I almost forgot that there’s a storm scheduled for later today so be careful!” But the warning fell on deaf ears, because by that time we were already gone, on our way to the forest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edge of Everfree forest. 2 hours before storm. “Ok crusaders! Lets go get us our cuties marks! YAAYY!” Once again, the CMC were breaking all logic with their unusually loud voices. As the four of us stared into the forest, unknown to me at the time, were a pair of yellow predatory eyes watching us from the brush. After about an hour and a half of failed crusade attempts and tree sap, (oh so much tree sap), the three fillies were discouraged enough to call it a day. “Ok, lets get going, and the sky doesn’t look too good either.” I said as I picked up Scootaloo again and we started down the way we came. On the way back, I must’ve taken a wrong turn and we somehow ended up going in a circle. Ughhh… Why am I so bad at directions! As I thought about my lacking sense of direction, I noticed a pair of yellow eyes in the brush line, but it disappeared almost immediately, so I quickly dismissed it as me seeing things. We continued walking around blindly for about another 20 minutes and the sky had turned gray and the sun was no longer shining through the clouds. As it neared the 30 minute mark, the sky looked like it was about to climax and start storming, a rustle in the bushes caught my attention and I started to scrutinize the bush closer, but I found nothing wrong with it, besides a squirrel that was bathing itself in which I apologized. I had heard from Fluttershy that squirrels were very sensitive about it. I heard stick crack behind me and I froze, my paranoia getting the better of me, I turned around and the girls started to look a bit frightened, so they stuck close to me. Well, all three except Sweetie Belle, who thought it would be a wonderful idea to poke the bush with a stick using her magic and was rewarded with a low menacing growl. That sure was smart Sweetie! As soon as I thought this an absolutely massive timberwolf leapt from the bushes straight toward Sweetie Belle! “Sweetie Belle, No!” I screamed as I shrugged Scootaloo off and launched myself at the creature with my horn blazing. The monster saw me, quickly ignored it’s previous prey and swiped at the new opponent, cutting my cheek and sending me skidding to a halt in front of the Crusaders. The monster turned out to be a timberwolf, and it looked to be a pack-leader. It was large and barrel-chested as well as looking well fed. “Come at me ya walking pile of sticks!” I shouted aggressively, my horn lighting a brilliant white as I focused on an offense spell I was taught a while back that could fire a large blast of magic similar to an arrow, but much larger and more explosive. The wolf merely growled and lunged at me. I fired off the shot, but I hadn’t used that spell in years, and my aim was way off. It sailed to the far left of the wolf, blowing a sizeable hole in a tree behind it. Oh buck me. As I thought this, the wolf crashed straight into me, making my blue contacts fall out revealing their natural red color. I spit out a bit of blood as I hit the hard, packed ground. I got back up, a little shaky, but still able to fight. I began to charge my horn once more, but for a different attack. This one utilized sound waves that the wolf’s sensitive ears would find bloodcurdling, while to a pony it was merely annoying. I sent it straight into the wolf as it was just about to jump again to deliver a final blow. The result was almost immediate. The wolf went down, clutching it’s ears and it quickly ran away from the Devil noise and toward the nice quiet of the forest elsewhere. As I stood there panting from the magically exhaustion I was feeling, I looked down to see all three of the Crusader s had starting hugging my legs, and I soon noticed Sweetie Belle was cut on her right side. I quickly used the little knowledge I had in medical magic to stop the bleeding and to protect against infection. And as soon as I finished, I felt a drop of water hit my fur and I remembered the sky from earlier. “Well, none of us are fit to get back all the way to Ponyville. So lets go find some shelter and sleep for a bit. We’ll go home in the morning, ok girls?” I questioned to the three leg magnets. They all nodded their heads and we made our way around the forest until we came across a sheltered overhang and I decided that it was a good place to rest and I lied down, with the three fillies holding onto me like I was some long lost teddy bear. Soon I heard the rhythmic breathing coming from each of them. How will I explain this? I lost both my contacts to that timberwolf attack and the rain washed away my hair dye. Now, I’m DJ 1NS4N1TY, not Leaf Disc. For all I know, Leaf Disc died back there with the timberwolf… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PoV switched to Mane 6 Ponyville, 30 minutes after CMC and Disc leave Sugar cube Corner “Hey Rainbow Dash!” said Pinkie Pie. “Ugh, what is it Pinkie?” Replied Rainbow Dash, a little annoyed. “Have you seen Disky or the girls today?” Asked the pink mare. “No, I haven’t seen him or the little fillies for like, two days, let alone today.” The Rainbow manned dare devil replied back. “Well, Disc said something about the girls crusading in the Everfree forest earlier…” Said Pinkie a little guilty. “THEY DID WHAT NOW?!?!?!?!” shouted Rainbow Dash. “THEY WENT CRUSADING IN THE EVERFREE FOREST 30 MINUTES AGO!-“ Blurted Pinkie, looking quite guilty. “C’mon Pinkie! We gotta get the rest of the girls and go find Disc and the girls! AAAAAAAAAAAANND cliffhanger. Trololol~