Ponies All Day-Writing Challenge

by ThunderTempest


14:30-15:00 "Lost In Translation"

“This bites,” groaned Rainbow Dash to herself, “have I mentioned how much this bites? Because it does.”

The pegasus was sitting on a cloud over a remote mountain cave, because according to Twilight, who was suddenly an expert on ancient prophecies all of a sudden, there was going to be some kind of catastrophic event here in the next few hours. She had almost dozed off four times, and this cloud was really comfy.

“Nope. Rainbow, you promised Twilight that you would keep watch over this place until something happened or the time ran out. I’ve still got...four hours. Dammit Twilight. You owe me for this.”

Just then, something began happening in the field below her, and Rainbow glanced down. The plants below her had begun to glow blue, lighting the whole field in front of the cave with a gentle glow. As Dash watched, the long grass around the field began swaying, and large Mountain Cats, giant cat-like creatures made of stone and shale, began emerging from the rocks and boulders. Sure now that Twilight hadn’t sent her on a wild goose chase, Rainbow leaned over the edge of the cloud so as to get a better look at what was happening below.

As Rainbow watched from her comfy, comfy perch on high, the Mountain Cats formed a semi-circle around the cave she was stationed over. The blue glow intensified, and a rumble sounded from within the cave. Eventually, a massive mountain cat emerged from it, and stood at the centre of the circle, and roared. And then, the alpha leapt towards the nearest Mountain Cat, and...

Rainbow Dash abandoned her position, a transparent rainbow marking her path away from the Mountain Cats, who were too busy to notice. She was going to go and find Twilight, and demand that she retranslate that old book correctly this time, and then she was going to go and find a cold lake. Wait, scratch that. She was finding a lake first, and then berating Twilight. And then maybe go back to the lake again.