//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: The Space that is Knocking on You // by ZachWebbEX //------------------------------// "The Space that is Knocking on You" ''Chapter 003: Search for Rainbow Dash!!'' "What do you mean that Rainbow Dash was in trouble with the Wonderbolts?" asked Lyra with a hysterical tone. "Yeah, she told me about it herself this morning, she seemed really distraught, I think that we should come and see her!" said Pinkie who still had a cheerful tone for one reason or another. "Boy, she sure is being very optimistic for some reason, I bet it still has to do with that cider she drank." mumbled Lyra to herself. The two ponies then left the park and proceeded towards the location of Rainbow Dash's house. "Man, this is bad, I knew that she said the Wonderbolts would not care, but she ends up getting into trouble with them, this does not make sense!" said Lyra to herself. "Well, there is her house, better see if she is their!" said Pinkie as she gasped in a lot of air and let out a loud yelp. "HEY RAINBOW DASH, COME OUT RIGHT NOW!!!" "Goodness, could you possibly yell any louder, man I wonder if this is how BonBon feels in the morning when I wake her up." said an uneasy Lyra to herself. "What, that does not make any sense, she must not be here, oh well, let's go to the main square of Ponyville again!" said Pinkie as she started hopping. "Oh yeah, is that a race Pinkie?" laughed Lyra as she tried to forget about Rainbow Dash's predicament for a short while. "Huh, you sure are fast Lyra, but there is no way you can beat...." said Pinkie Pie as she ran into a sign that read, "Walk Slowly, Ponydestrians in sight. "Hahaha, see Pinkie, that is what happens when you do not look when you run!!" said Lyra as she fell over laughing. "Hehehe, that was pretty funny, my pinkie sense must be off today from that cider I had at Applejack's." said Pinkie while she giggled and snorted. "Okay, we are here, now we must find Rainbow Dash before the Zap Apple Parade begins." said Lyra as she looked through the crowds of ponies gathered around waiting for carriages and taxies to take them to their destinations. Pinkie Pie started to ask random ponies around the bus stop if they had seen Rainbow Dash. "Hey, excuse me!" yelled Pinkie Pie to a starttled mare who did not expect to get shouted at. "What, oh, how may I help you ma'am?" asked Amythist Star, a local renowned unicorn. "Have you seen Rainbow Dash around here lately?" asked Pinkie. "No, I am afraid I have not, but here, take this invitation to a party I am throwing tonight at Sugarcube Corner, you will be making sweets their right?" asked Amythist Star to Pinkie. "Ohh, of course, as long as I don't drink too much cider at the Zap Apple Parade!" laughed Pinkie as she continued searching. "Let's see, the last time I saw Rainbow Dash, she seemed pretty happy, especially after that blunt we smoked, I just hope that what Pinkie said is not true." exclaimed Lyra to herself. "Hey Lyra, I have spoken to like, ten ponies, and none of them have seen her!" said Pinkie with an over dramatic voice. "Wait, let's go find BonBon, she went with Cherilee to a picnic at Everfree Gardens, maybe she can help!" said Lyra. "Hehe, that sounds like a good plan!" said Pinkie Pie who was giggling more. "What is up with here?" asked Lyra to herself who was starting to expect something. Elsewhere, BonBon, Cherilee, and Fluttershy were enjoying their picnic by the Everfree Gardens. "Oh my, what a wonderful scene, girls, what time should we leave for the upcoming Zap Apple Parade?" asked BonBon to the ponies. "It will not be for another hour, we shall leave in about thirty minutes." said Cherilee. "Umm, yes, and would any of you too, umm, like more tea?" asked Fluttershy. "No thanks, I am about done, besides, it looks like most of your animal friends took care of the tea, hehe." said BonBon. "Ohh, Angel, you bad bunny, you drank the rest of the tea!" said Fluttershy to her mischievous pet. "Anyway let's have a little fun before we leave, we each tell a secret that we know about ourselves to one another!" said BonBon to the two. "Heh, leave it to you to come up with these creative games, BonBon." said Cherilee. "Well, Lyra never wants to play them, she is always watching those marathons on tv to care." said BonBon. "Umm, that sounds kind of interesting." said Fluttershy who was already blushing. "Okay, I will go first!" said Cherilee with a blush of her own. "Aww Luna, this is going to be great." said BonBon to herself. "Well, my greatest secret at the moment, hmm, well that is easy, sometimes I like to dress in a Cutie Mark Crusaders outfit and pretend like I am on my own escapade like the girls do." said Cherilee. Fluttershy and BonBon looked at her confusingly for a bit and then started laughing. "That is your secret, haha, that is a little strange, but come on, I want to hear something really, you know, naughty!" said BonBon as she turned her attention to Fluttershy. "Now it is your turn Fluttershy, tell us one of your secrets!" said Cherilee with anticipation. "Hehe, umm, well, umm, you see, I,.." said Fluttershy as she started to hide her face behind her mane. "Come on Fluttershy, we will not tell anypony." said BonBon reassuringly. "Okay, well sometimes, I will eat some of my pet's food, you know it tastes really good, who would have thought?" said Fluttershy with a quite laugh and more blushes. BonBon and Cherilee just stared at Fluttershy with dumbstruck looks on their faces. "Well, okay, now it is my turn girls!" said BonBon. "Sweet, I cannot wait to hear this!" said Cherilee snickering. "Sometimes, when Lyra is asleep, I will get one of my, you know, stallion toys and shove it down her throat to wake her up, the same one that I use on myself, hahaha!" said BonBon who was surprisingly open about this. "Hehe, okay, that was some secret BonBon!" said Cherilee who felt a little uneasy about this secret. "Oh....my!" said Fluttershy. "So that is how you always wake me up in the afternoon!" yelled Lyra as she and Pinkie arrives to break the awkward silence. "Oh, Lyra.....hi....how are you doing?" asked BonBon who could possibly not feel any more out of place right now. "Hey girls, we are here to wonder if any of you ponies have seen Rainbow Dash?" asked Pinkie Pie. "Well, I have not seen her, how about you two?" asked Cherilee. "I have not seen her since we left that convenient store last night." said BonBon. "Rainbow Dash, wait, has, umm, something happened to her, is she hurt?" asked Fluttershy with concern. "No, she is not hurt, at least, physically." said Lyra with some worries. "What do you mean not hurt physically?" asked BonBon. "Pinkie Pie said that Rainbow Dash was caught having failed her drug test earlier today. "What, Dashie said that she quit that stuff!" said Fluttershy. "Yeah, that is what I heard too." said Cherilee. "Wait, Lyra, did you happen to participate in these activities while you and Rainbow Dash where out last night after I left?" asked BonBon to her wild and unruly room mate. "Heh, funny thing about that, we, well, we just talked and caught up with the times, ya know?!. said Lyra with an uncertain tone. "Hey, do not like Lyra, I know you and Rainbow Dash were smoking that nasty stuff again, just like you did last week in our living room!" said BonBon as she remembered yet another time that the unicorn disturbed her in sleep. "Well, it was just for fun, Rainbow Dash brought over some Zap Apple leaves, we just rolled them up and smoked them, everyone does it!" said Lyra with a frantic voice. "Listen, I do not approve of it, but I am still your friend, and I will not get mad at you this time!" said BonBon as she sighed knowing that Lyra is a special case. "Umm, actually, I tried it with Rainbow Dash once, it was not that bad, it helps deal with the stress while teaching." said Cherilee calmly. "Why does that not surprise me?" asked Fluttershy to herself. "Anyway, Rainbow Dash said that Spitfire and Soarin introduced it to her, and they are the two best Wonderbolts in all of Equestria!" said Lyra. "I see, so this does not make much sense, especially if the other Wonderbolts are doing it." said BonBon to herself. "Wait, you mean that all of the Wonderbolts smoke Zap Apple leaves?" asked Pinkie Pie to Lyra. "Apparently, why else would they be so calm all of the time." said Lyra. "Zap Apple leaves are actually the reason I am going to the parade!" said Cherilee with great happiness. "Hmm, I see you are not ashamed to say that." said BonBon. "Well, at least she does not shove a sex toy down my throat to wake me up!" yelled Lyra to BonBon. "Hehe, touche my friend." said BonBon who started to laugh again. "You mean the toy that you use on yourself?" asked Fluttershy, remembering the secret that BonBon told earlier. "What, you mean to tell me that you....aghhh!" yelled Lyra who jolted towards her friend. "Oh, come on, I know that you like it Lyra, it is all in good fun." said BonBon jokingly. "It does not matter, we need to find Rainbow Dash now, just thirty minutes before the Zap Apple parade begins. "Yeah, it is very soon, I will be on my way girls, see you later." said Cherilee as she went off on her way. "Okay, I, umm, have to leave too, I am helping Applejack with the events at the parade soon!" said Fluttershy who gracefully flew towards Sweet Apple Acres. "BonBon, Pinkie Pie, we must find Rainbow Dash and make sure that she is not feeling down, alright?" asked Lyra. "Fine, but this better not be a waste of time, the parade is soon!" said BonBon. The three ponies then galloped down the the northern side of Ponyville, near Sweet Apple Acres, where the parade was being thrown. "Here we are, the Zap Apple Parade, which will be starting in about, five minutes!" said Lyra with a sad expression. "What, but we did not even find Rainbow Dash yet!" said Pinkie Pie. "Just calm down you too, analyze the ponies around us, obviously Rainbow Dash would not miss something like this, even if she had something happen." said BonBon. "Wait,wait, is that her over there?" asked Pinkie Pie as she ran off before BonBon or Lyra could react. "Hey, Pinkie Pie, wait, dammit!" said Lyra who lost track of Pinkie in the large crowd of ponies. "Only two more minutes Lyra, don't worry though, just relax my friend, everything will be fine, Rainbow Dash will be here and you two can enjoy the day!" said BonBon who tried to keep Lyra under control. "Thanks, but I must find Rainbow Dash though!" said Lyra as she also ran off. "Lyra, wait, my goodness!" said BonBon as she stayed put, wanting to see the start of the parade. "Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, where are you?" yelled Lyra as she ran towards a hill that was located behind the crowd stands of the parade. "Now where is Celestia did those two go?" asked Lyra as she went behind the stands of the parade. "You, what do you think you are doing here?" asked a deep and aggressive voice. "What, who is asking?" said Lyra as she turned her attention to a hooded pony. "You are in big trouble my little mare, for doing those drugs!" said the hooded pony as it approached Lyra. "Hey, what do you mean, Zap Apple Leaves are not even illegal any more, they are just stimulants that help soothe the mind!" said Lyra who was trying to defend herself. "It does not matter, the legalization of this drug has been uplifted this week, and we already caught Rainbow Dash and captured her!" said the hooded pony to Lyra. "Wait, you captured Rainbow Dash, as in arrested her?" asked Lyra. "Yes, I am part of the Canterlot Royal Police, I do not want some drug head in the Wonderbolts after all." said the hooded pony. "My friend Rainbow Dash is not a drug head, and how dare you do anything with her, she is the most loyal, and understanding pony that I know, she would never, and I mean ever intentionally do anything wrong!" said Lyra who was strong in her friend's faith. "You really mean that?" asked the hooded pony. "Why of course I do!" said Lyra. "Aww, why thinks hoe!" said the hooded pony as it removed the garb to be none other than Rainbow Dash. "Dashie, what the hell, you sat this up the whole time?" asked a startled Lyra. "Bwahahaha, you failed for it, that was hilarious." laughed Rainbow Dash. "Haha, that was priceless." said Pinkie who emerged from the back of the stands. "You were in on this too Pinkie, my goodness!" said Lyra who could only face palm at this point. "Listen, I do not want you to be mad, I was doing this to see if you really were loyal enough to care about my well-being, I am the element of Loyalty after all." said Rainbow Dash. "Yeah, and you also had me worried sick too!" said Lyra who was not amused. "Oh come on, it was only harmless fun, don't be like Gilda and take it the wrong way, I really do care for you, why else put in the effort of doing this?" asked Rainbow. "I guess, so you really are not in trouble with the Wonderbolts after all are you?" asked Lyra. "Of course not, why just this morning, we all had a celebration Zap Apple party for our success at the Canterlot Demonstration on flying!" said Rainbow Dash proudly. "Oh you two." said Lyra who could not stay mad at Rainbow Dash or Pinkie Pie. "Now come on, let's go have some fun, the parade is already starting!" yelled Rainbow Dash. "Yeah, I have some pranks lined up for all of my friends today!" laughed Pinkie Pie. "Fine, as long as I am not pranked again!" said Lyra with laughter. "You got it, how about we target Fluttershy first, hehe!" said Rainbow with an innocent, yet devious laugh. "Now this is my kind of fun!" said Lyra as the three ponies ventured off the prank the unfortunate ponies who were on their list. Of course, Lyra had to stop first and get a can of Dr. Horseshoes from the vending area first. -To be continued...-