//------------------------------// // Regrets over nothing // Story: End of the Rainbow (Factory) // by alexanderhunt88 //------------------------------// The three mares stood in silence, unable to comprehend what they had just witnessed: One, single lone pegasus just took out seven guards with ease, not one single guard was able to land even one hit at the stallion. Seven. Seven highly trained guards against one annoying pegasus. And yet….. “Well that was boring” Soar announced, snapping the mares out of their shock. “Really, I mean, I thought that you guys were…. Actually, I didn't know what you guys were like, but jeez that was pathetic." Rainbow Dash was getting more and more frustrated with every word Soar said. “Seriously, I though these were highly trained guards, not weaklings." WHAT are you? Scootaloo thought to herself, hoping her mind would have the answers. “Equestria to mares!” Rainbow Dash announced, letting out all the frustration she garnered earlier towards the two mares that stood before. “Yes” they both responded, looking towards the annoyed Rainbow Dash “Do something, for fucks sake”, The mares now turned towards Soar, who just stood in his place, unmoving. “But what do we do” One of the mares replied in fear, not wanting to look back towards the ruthless Rainbow Dash, as the other mare said “What can we do-” “Fight! What else!? That is what you are supposed to do! When I say ‘jump‘, you don’t say anything, you jump, that is what subordinates do, you useless daughters of a whore! And when I sat do something I mean-” *Bonk* Huh? Both mares worriedly looked back, not only find out why Rainbow Dash stopped mid-sentence, but also to find out the source of the off noise, but all they saw was a near-blacked out Scootaloo and a still Rainbow Dash, whose facial expression was not that of hatred, anger or frustration, but that of surprise. “Rainbow….” one of the mare’s voice trailed off, as if waiting for a reply. There was none. “Dash….” the other mare said, trailing off as well. She did respond this time, but the response was done by leaning forward slightly. She didn't stop. She just kept leaning forward, until she slopped down to the ground, revealing a pony behind her; carrying a rather overly-suspicious wooden board in her hoof. Wha? Scootaloo thought confusedly The pony that was behind Rainbow Dash less than a moment ago was similar, no almost identical, to what Soar is wearing, identical armor, identical goggles, identical body-suit, the only difference being this pegasus was not wearing any wing-armor, and the mane was a rather pale blonde. Another one. Where did this one come from? The two mares just stood in awe at the image they are witnessing before them. “Hi” it said, in an oddly cheerful tone (and in a tone of a mare‘s voice too). “ Aren't you going to ask me my name? You asked his” She asked. No response. “Hello. You there?” No response again. “Humph, it’s Ditz, thank you for asking” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Ditz” Soar dubiously asked “Where did you get that plank of wood?” “Found it” She replied in a somewhat guilty tone. “Ditz…” he trailed off “What” “Where did you get that plank of wood?” he repeated. “I told you, I found-” “There is not any wood here. Only metal and cloud” “Yes but they can keep wood, you know. They can have stores for this of thing” "WHY would they" Scootaloo just watched the two strange pegasi talk on, all to be more precise quarrel, over, well, pretty much nothing, to her mind. What she didn't notice was the two factory mares, and with good reason to; because they weren't doing anything. Nothing. Just fixed there. Inert. Unable to apprehend anything. Scootaloo was the same. Are they for real? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “That’s not an excuse” “Well it is the best one I can come up with” Are they still rambling on? With the others distracted, the two factory mares knew this was a good opportunity to attack. Now was just as good a time as ever, they both thought. “Sister” one of them whispered, just quiet enough so the armored pegasi wouldn't overhear. “Yes” the other replied in the same whisper. Unexpectedly, they both instantly charged directly at Soar, barely four pony lengths away already. “Wha-” Soar retorted startlingly, but promptly changed stance, and charged directly at the oncoming mares. The two mares in garrison jumped and stuck out their front hooves; ready to strike at the oncoming stallion. “You will-” “-die now!” As they were about to collide, with Soar, he instantaneously ducked and swerved, unfolding his wings and sending them upwards; hitting both the mares on their necks and flipping them well over his head, floating almost seeminglessly in mid-air before painfully landing back down, muzzle-first on the floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Ditz-” “I know” Ditz interrupted softly, a sense of sadness in her tone as she carefully picked the filly up in her hooves. Wait. What are you- “Poor pony” she said slowly; but to Scootaloo, it was a whimper. “Just, just why; no pegas- no anyone should have had to go through this. No one. I-I-I-I should have- we should have been here sooner”. Ditz was saying, heavily despondent. Is she… crying? No; she’s…bawling. “Ditz” “If we had been here sooner, who knows how many more baby pegasi we could have saved” “Ditz” “Do you know how worthless I feel? I mean, we were lucky, lucky, to just save her, if we were here a moment later, who knows what would have hap-” “DITZ!” Soar yelled surprisingly “What” she yelled back, before she realised she was crying in her goggles. “Yes, sorry” she said calmly, pulling her goggles off her eyes slightly, allowing the tears to stream out before putting the back on. Scootaloo could have been mistaken, but she could have sworn she only saw one iris in her two eyes. “Sorry, I just feel so worthless” Ditz said softly towards Scootaloo. You’re not worthless, I know that “Let’s leave now, Ditz” Soar said calmly, as to appease Ditz’s sadness. “Yes, lets” Ditz replied, now appearing to cheer up. But before they could move, Scootaloo blurted out groggily yet quickly “Wha-wait” At that, Soar and Ditz both immediately looked at Scootaloo, but stayed silent to hear her out. “Tha.. Tha…thank you.” Scootaloo said under her breath “Don‘t worry about it.” Ditz replied motherly, bringer her closer to her body. Ditz saw Scootaloo open her mouth and looked at her, as if to reply, but interrupted her with “Don‘t say anything. Now, your troubles are over. Just relax. There‘s no more for you to say” Scootaloo at that, closed her mouth and untensed her body, as if her body agreed to her remark and did just so. Thanks