//------------------------------// // Holiday Spirit // Story: My Little Caboose: Blue is Magic! // by DarkWing //------------------------------// "Are we there yet?" Grif asked for the dozenth time after several minutes of walking around the empty halls of the maze. "No, we're not." Tex growled annoyingly. "You said it wouldn't be that far..." "I thought it wouldn't." Tex sighed. "Jesus, this is impossible. She can be anything!" "Was that Tucker?" Tex asked. "I think so." Grif replied slowly. "Is she the Element of Racing?" Tex motioned her head forward, telling Grif to follow her as she walked up to the door. Slowly pushing it open, she looked through the rack of the door to see Tucker sitting on the ground, rubbing his chin. "Can I get an actual hint?" Tucker pleaded. "Sitting in here is boring!" "I'm surprised you're alive." Tex coughed, making Tucker swing around to look at her, then saw Grif walk in after her. "Woah, Grif, you're with Tex? And you're alive? How the fuck did that happen?" "It's a long story..." Tex said quietly, just to cough a few seconds later to try and change the topic. "Really? What, did you guys settle your differences and kiss or something?" Tucker asked sarcastically. Tex instantly looked away from Tucker and at the door that they came in from, while Grif looked to the ceiling and began whistling very, very loudly. "No way..." Tucker grinned wildly, eyes darting between the two awkward ponies. "Oh, come on, now you have to tell me." "We don't have to say anything." Tex grunted. "You'll crack eventually." Tucker smirked, then looked at Grif. "So seriously, what happened?" "It involves an icey lake, being trapped on it and me sinking under the water." "And then I sort of saved her." Grif coughed sheepishly. "Don't tell Church, okay?" "Why did you save her?" Tucker asked, earning a harsh glare from Tex. "Because the same thing happened to my sister, and I just-" "No, I don't mean why did you save her, I mean why did you save her, as in her specifically?" Tucker inquired, but there was a look of confusion on both of their faces. "What I mean is Tex is an AI, right? I mean, she's not a robot now, but I don't think she can really die, and if she did she'd just turn into that ghost thing like Church did back at Dash's place and Gary did back in the forest, wouldn't she?" "Okay, may I?" Tex asked, instantly snapping her neck to look at Grif. "I think this can be a one off sort of deal, yeah." Grif nodded. "Thanks." "What are you- fuck!" Tucker yelped as Tex turned around and bucked Tucker in the face. "You bitch, what was that for?" "For being a smart ass." "So besides getting kicked in the face, have you guessed Rainbow's Element?" "Yeah, I guessed a few." "How about the Element of Blueballs?" Grif asked curiously. "Yeah, that was my first one." Tucker nodded in anger as he got off the ground, rubbing his muzzle. "Hm. That's a tough one." Grif muttered thoughtfully. "What about the Element ooooooof... Flying?" "I'm pretty sure it has to be something to do specifically with friendship." Tex said as she looked around the room. "You know, like trust and that sort of stuff." "Then what do you think Dash's would be?" "I don't know, the only one I've really talked to is Twilight, and Church already knew hers." Tex grunted, almost as if she didn't like talking about friendship. "Any ideas what Fluttershy's could be?" Grif asked, looking at Tucker. "I don't know, she seems kind of... quiet, I guess. Maybe innocence?" "That sounds about right." Grif nodded sharply. "Hey, uh, Discord guy, Fluttershy is the Element of Innocence." The sound of a buzzer going off came from every direction, almost deafeningly loud. The three jumped to the ground and covered their ears until the sound subsided. Once it did, they collected themselves off the ground and looked around. "Guess we were wrong." Tucker sighed. "What gave you that idea?" Tex asked, smiling forcibly at him. "Well that loud buzzer sort of-" "Shut it." Tex said, stamping her hoof on the ground. "Come on, we should try to find Sarge and Simmons. The guessing can come when we're all together, that way maybe one of the others can guess it right." "That sounds like a decent plan." Tucker nodded, walking towards the door. "We came from that way, and I'm pretty sure there aren't any doors we didn't look inside already." Tex added as Tucker went to push it open. "Same with my way." "You probably missed something." "Not with these eyes." Tucker said confidently, squinting at her. "I'm like an eagle. A sexual eagle." "Well, eagles are predators..." Tex grunted as she sat down to think. "Thanks. I think." Tucker said quietly. "So. What now? We're both sure we've at least looked through all the doors, right? So where else an we go?" "We must have missed something." Tex insisted, kicking open the door that Tucker had originally came from. "Well, obviously." Tucker muttered. "So, Tex, have any ideas on what Pinkie represents?" Grif asked. "I think so, but I'm going to hold off on guessing for a bit. If I guess right, that guy might take me out of here and you guys would have to go through it yourselves, and by go through it, I mean sit around doing nothing while guessing randomly." "Do you think we can guess each other's to get out?" Tucker asked hesitantly. "No, I don't think so." Tex shrugged. "But what do you think she is?" "From the way she hides random shit everywhere in town, I'd have to say the Element of Surpri-" Before Tucker could finish his sentence, a trap door opened up from underneath them, making them fall into another level of the maze, dazed and confused as they got off the ground. "You really had to open it then, didn't you?" Tex growled at nothing. "Yes. Yes I did." Discord's voice said happily, again, coming from no determinable location. "But, the good news is you are on the level that both Sarge and Simmons are on, and you will most likely meet them soon." "Tell me, how is this fun to you?" Church asked as Discord made his microphone disappear once again. "Church, when you've been trapped in stone for over a thousand years, you quickly learn that anything is fun." Discord chuckled hollowly. "Even staring at clouds feels exhilarating." "Then why don't you do that?" "Because clouds get boring. I'm here to spice things up, make everyone's lives more interesting. You know I used to be famous for my personality before Celestia did what she did to me?" "Right, because trapping you in stone would change your personality this much." "She did much more than that." Discord smirked, looking at the Celestia statue. "I bet she isn't enjoying the fact that she's currently tasting her own medicine. She is a tad depressing to look at, though." "Maybe we can decorate her with shiny things!" Caboose suggested. "Ha, I like it!" Discord said instantly. Turning his attention to entertaining the simple minded pony, he flew over to the Celestia statue and used his magic to summon up a box of shiny baubles. "Come, Caboose, we have much decorating to do!" "This is going to be so much fun!" Caboose whooped as he trotted towards Discord and their makeshift Christmas tree. "I know." Discord chuckled, pulling out a shiny purple ball, which he put on the tip of Celestia's stone mane. "You know, even if they somehow get out of there, I think it would still be worth it to see the look on Tia's face when she-" "Hey!" Pinkie said angrily. Discord and Caboose looked straight at her, faces curious. "I want to help!" "Pinkie!" Twilight gasped. "Silly Twilight, not decorating her isn't going to make her come back any faster. Besides, Celestia won't mind that much." Pinkie giggled as she hopped towards them. "Ooh, any shiny necklaces in there?"