//------------------------------// // Chapter XLVIII // Story: The Group Chat // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// I trotted down the hall of the castle as I admired the very bare walls. I had kinda thought she would have decorated the walls more than just this considering her being friends with Rarity. “So I was thinking.” “Oh boy,” I groaned jokingly and rolled my eyes. “Here we go, what we you thinking Twilight?” Twilight smacked my head with a wing and I burst out laughing as she gave me a flat look. “Since you’re Princess Celestia’s daughter and I’m related to Cadence. Cadence is also Celestia’s niece. So technically, we’re related too,” Twilight leaned closer to be face to face and I gently pushed her back. “Which means I’m related to your filly too.” “Personal space Twilight,” I smirked as she turned red and sheepishly nodded. “And yes, I tried to kill a family member yes I know I’m probably the only one in the family who tried to kill you.” “Oh you’d be surprised,” Twilight chuckled. “Luna, Shining Armor.” “Your own brother tried to kill you?” I gave her a startled look. “I said comic books weren’t real books and well, he didn’t like that so we argued. That was years ago though.” I rolled my eyes as we both froze as we heard faint shouting and yelling coming from below us. “Did you tell your friends that Rainbow and the others are this world’s elements too?” Twilight asked worriedly as I slowly shook my head. “No. Did you tell your versions of the girls about anon a miss?” “No.” We looked at each other with wide eyes as we both came to the same realization. “Oh buck,” Twilight muttered as her horn glowed and we disappeared with a pop to what I assume was a throne room. I raised an eyebrow slightly at Cloudkicker and Lavender glaring angrily at Rainbow and Applejack as Diamond, Raindrops and Trixie were shouting at the others as Carrot Top and Blossomforth watched warily. “They followed us!” Cloudkicker shouted and pointed a hoof angrily at Rainbow. “Get out of here!” “Make me bit-” Twilight rolled her eyes as her horn glowed briefly and Rainbow started pounding on her purple bubble prison. Fluttershy hovered above us and stared at my friends as they all looked in fear at her narrowed eyes. “I think I’m going to see those eyes in my nightmares,” Raindrops muttered as Applejack inhaled. “Dear god.” “Everypony stop!” Twilight slammed a hoof on the floor and we all jumped. “Fluttershy, eyes off please. Now will somepony tell me what is happening here?” “These backstabbing traitors followed us!” Trixie thrust a hoof in Pinkies direction. “After they hurt Sunset, they followed us here.” “Ah ain’t even meet Sunset properly until now. The time she stole the crown ain’t countin!” Applejack growled. “How in Equestria could ah betray her if ah ain’t even spend more then five minutes with her?” “And why is Sunset associating with Trixie?” Rarity asked as I glared at her angrily and she paled, stepping back. “Don’t talk about her that way please?” I said finally. “About either Trixie’s.” “Let’s just calm down everyone please?” Blossomforth cut in as we all looked at her as Twilight warily set Rainbow down and the bubble popped. “They tried to attack us!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Why are two of my best weather employees trying to murder me and why is another in a wheel chair? What the bu-” I gave her a look as I pointed at Diamond and she nodded. “What is going on?” “You can tell them,” I said as Twilight looked at me. “Alright over here girls,” Twilight trotted to a corner and gestured as Rarity followed Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie. They seemed to exchange words as they each glanced back at me with stunned expressions as I glanced away to my friends. “Do you all wish to tell me what happened here?” I asked as they all looked at each with guilty expressions. “We really thought they followed us,” Trixie admitted as I looked at the blue unicorn. “And well, we did try to jump them. Raindrops and Diamond Tiara tried to first and well, everything went downhill as we all piled in yelling at each other. Pinkie didn’t get involved, but Rarity and I screamed at each other. Something about her mane?” “This one is on me,” I brushed my mane out of my eyes. “I really should have told you all about them. Completely slipped my mind unfortunately.” “It’s alright,” Cloudkicker admitted as she kissed my cheek and rested a wing on my back as I blushed. Trixie glanced over and hastily looked away as Cloudkicker shrugged. “Come here Trixie.” “Why?” Trixie asked warily as she trotted over lobsidedly as Cloudkicker placed her other wing on Trixie’s back and kissed the magicians other cheek as Trixie froze. “Oh I see.” “That’s why,” Cloudkicker grinned as I laughed quietly as the others blushed and looked away. “Ah’m sorry,” we all looked up as I shuddered slightly under the soft wing and Applejack held her hat against her chest. “We all are. Let me tell ya, if ah ever see mah counterpart we are gunna have words sugarcube.” “I concur darling,” Rarity scoffed and glared at the ceiling. “I don’t like that version of me and I personally hope that she doesn’t ruin your opinion of me or all of us.” I jumped slightly as Fluttershy hugged me and Cloudkicker hastily stepped back and kept her wing on Trixie. “Please don’t hate me,” Fluttershy muttered as I hesitantly hugged her back. “You all may look like them but you aren’t them. I do quite like you all even if you all seem a bit well, more mature?” I suggested as Rainbows wings flared slightly. “I wanna beat her teeth in,” Rainbow growled as she flapped her wings a few times. “That was uncool treating you badly.” “Got that right,” Raindrops grumbled as she sat down and crossed her hooves. “Blossomforth hasn’t always been in a wheel chair for the record. She was in a accident. Her and our Rainbow got in a car accident god awhile ago. Never get in cars with drunk drivers.” “Rainbow was drunk?” Lavender demanded as she raised an eyebrow. “No but her other friend was.” Fluttershy let me go as she fell back onto four hooves and I tilted my head in confusion. I hadn’t expected her to be crying in all honesty. “I’m gonna get Spike and make some food with him. I assume you all must be hungry,” Twilight said and inhaled. “Spike!” A door swung open as a green and purple dragon ran in as everyone froze except the other Equestrians and Lavender hesitantly picked him up in her hooves. “A dragon,” Lavender muttered in awe. “An actual dragon.” “Yes I am a dragon. Now can you put me down?” Spike grumbled as I snickered. “Spike and I are gonna go make food and we can all talk and get to know each other. And later will show you your rooms. Now come along Spike.” I watched as the dragon was levitated out of the room with Twilight following excitedly. For some reason, I had a feeling she most likely read a book about how to be a good host or something. “You think she read a book about how to be a good host?” Carrot Top asked and Rainbow Dash snorted, being the first to speak. “Oh absolutely.”