//------------------------------//
// The Mountains 
// Story: Sombra's Revenge 
// by 11koren 
//------------------------------//

	Eventually Twilight and the other five saw a mountain.  "Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, can you fly up and see which way is closer?  The mountains or the plains?"
"Will do!"  Rainbow said loud and proud.
"Um, I don't know if I should EEK-"  Rainbow Dash picked Fluttershy up in the middle of her sentence and they flew up.
"I think the mountains are shorter,"  The rainbow Pegasus shouted, "If we don't run into anything dangerous then we'll probably be a little faster."
"Um, I don't know about y'all, but I think we take the long way." Apple Jack said obviously thinking more about the dangers.
"Sorry Apple Jack, but we need to take the shorter way.  No matter what the dangers are!"  Twilight said nervously, "You heard what the princess said, the sooner we get there, the better.", so the ponies began to venture up the mountain.
Pinkie and Rarity looked over at each other.  "Did we make the wrong decision of listening to Twilight?"  Pinkie asked not sounding like her normal self.
Rarity looked around looking scared and whispered to Pinkie "I think so.  I feel like I'm being watched, and THERE'S SO MUCH DIRT!"  All of a sudden a burst of fire came out of a cave.  Rarity screamed and a phoenix flew out of a cave.  The ponies turned around. 
Fluttershy tried to run, but Dash caught her.  "Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash whispered, "that's an animal.  You can handle it."  Fluttershy didn't answer, but Dash knew she understood by the angry but understanding look on her face.
Fluttershy walked up to the phoenix, who was blasting fire at a magic shield, it stopped the flames.  The large phoenix bent down to look into her eyes, but it didn't notice the look that Fluttershy was giving.  She was giving the stare. 
While it was distracted by her eyes Twilight told Pinkie, Dash, Apple Jack, and Rarity a plan.  Rainbow Dash flew over and kicked the side of the fiery bird's head.  When it turned it's head Rainbow Dash ducked and Pinkie fired her party cannon at the beast's eyes.  While it was distracted she was tied with Apple Jack's lasso, after Rainbow started pushing the phoenix back into the cave with help from the two unicorns.  After Dash left the cave the unicorns transferred their magic to the biggest boulder  they could see, and they blocked the entrance.
"Huh, Huh, I think we should rest for tomorrow." Rainbow Dash said panting.
Twilight looked and said, "Yeah, that would be smart.  Besides it's getting dark."  The ponies set up camp and got ready for bed.  They were all thinking that they still had a long ways, so this would be pretty much nothing.