//------------------------------// // Somewhere I Belong // Story: Linkin Pony: Own Worst Enemy // by Kaciekk //------------------------------// The stallions walked together away from the crowd of ponies. They seemed to comfort Hyperblitz now. They all seemed to want to speak to him, and get as much information as possible. "I can't believe you did that. You really went against that dude." FeatherTune said. "Well, a pony like him can't have any mercy. He was pushing Blazing around, and he hurt that colt. And destroyed the guitar, that's a crime to me!" Hyper replied. "We're sorry that we followed you here, but-" SpinningNote started to speak but Hyper stopped him. "It's alright. I'm not mad, I can't be." Hyper stopped his pace and the ponies stopped with him. He eyed CharmingRhythm who was to the left side of him. "Rhythm, I know it's long overdue, but... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, I just, snapped." The blue unicorn did not reply as a stared for a few moments. Then he spoke with a smile. "I accept your apology." Hyper came forward and hugged his friend. Rhythm placed his blue hooves around the pegasus. "Now that's better. You two getting along." BlazingFlair tilted his head. "And getting along with all of you." Hyper stepped over. "I'm also sorry for arguing with all of you. I realized that all I needed was to get this energy inside of me out. Not pure energy, but my own energy. But it was all of you telling me not to be so loud, and to not be so eccentric. That just made my energy build up to rage. I can't believe it took me this long to realize that." "Well, I think we can let you do your own thing, as long as you come back with us." CharmingRhythm said with a nod of the head. "Of course I'll come back." Another pony flutter by them and came towards Hyper. It was DawnShy. The green pegasus extended her yellow hoof forward. "Don't forget these." She placed his eyeglasses on the ridge of his muzzle. "But do we really want to go now? It's getting late." EchoBeat informed. "I know it might not take that long, but I think after all of that, we need to rest." Rhythm nodded to the red pony. "That's true. And I think Hyper might need more pure energy for his wing before we go back. Unless you don't want to fly." "I don't have to fly. Though doing that will help me get my own energy out." "We have to think of ways you can get rid of it. Fighting isn't an option... unless it's a Hybrid." "I already got my hooves on a Hybrid while I was here." Hyper showed the cut on his right foreleg. "A Hybrid was here?! It attacked you?" FeatherTune said in angst. "I was just saving a guy from certain pain and possibly death." Hyper shrugged. "It's good to see that you are helping ponies." Rhythm said. "It was a bit odd seeing you going from raging and fighting that stallion to caring and having sympathy for that colt." "Well, my energy of that moment seemed to drain out." Hyper said. EchoBeat stepped forward. "I think I know a good way you can let out your own energy. Like you did before, with performing songs." The yellow ponies eyes brightened up. "Yeah! And it wouldn't just please myself, but I can do it for other ponies. It's a win-win. And I'd love to do it with you guys. I don't know if we could, or it's too early, but, could we play some songs when we get back? Possibly later in the evening tomorrow." "Wouldn't we want to get a crowd?" SpinningNote asked. "Yeah." Hyper looked over to DawnShy. " I think we can inform enough of ponies to come by. DawnShy, while you're here you should tell as my ponies as possible!.... Dang, If I only knew where SharpSound was, I could tell him too." "I saw him before, I could find him." DawnShy replied. "Alright, tell-" Hyper then paused and eyed the green mare. Her eyes darted back and forth know exactly what he was thinking. "Well, tell him to tell other ponies about coming up towards our camp, and the ponies there can tell them where to go!" Just before she flew off, Hyper added one more thing. "Oh, and before you come back to the camp, go to the East camp and tell BlizardHat." "Yes sir!" She took her yellow hoof and placed it to her forehead, but bounced off of her face a bit. She spun around and flew into the sky. "Well, I think we got somethings taken care of." Rhythm nodded. "Why don't we find a place to stay for tonight, then we can head back home." EchoBeat announced. Hyper smiled. "I think that would be good. The stallions had found a place to sleep, and got up early to go back to the camp. The did walk through the hilly terrain, but they still managed it. It didn't take as long as they realized. It was still pretty early when they had reached the camp. FeatherTune had flown ahead to find ThunderCharm and inform her on some of their plans. HyperBlitz had barely used his wings for traveling. He didn't want to be in the air, but by the side of his friends. They slowed their pace as they came closer into the small neighborhood by the camp. ThunderCharm and FeatherTune met up with them in one of the paths between the buildings. "It's good to see you guys are okay! And Hyper's back." Thunder squeaked Hyper nodded. "DawnShy stayed back, she was going to tell other ponies about us playing." "Yeah, Feather told me about that. You really think you can get things together?" "Of course we can!" BlazingFlair retorted. "You think you can get some ponies to tell others around in other camps. And maybe get some ponies to set up some sort of stage. It doesn't have to be anything special. and you can-" "Hey, hey, don't put to many things on her wings at once." Hyper nudged him. "It's alright." Thunder smiled. "We can get all the help you guys need. We are a rebellion team. It's not like we are against each other, but we all work together as a team!" Hyper glanced over and saw SweetHooves. The tan mare came up to Hyper and kissed him with a surprised. He pulled back and stared for a moment. Then he placed his lips to hers with a less surprising kiss. He looked to her and used his hoof to push her hair down to cover her scar all the way. "I can't believe you ran off just as I got here." SweetHooves said. Hyper closed his eyes tight with a uncomfortable smile and pushed his ears back. He then glazed to the right and saw a orange colt staring at him. "JumpingJolt!" He kneeled down and patted his head. "I'm sorry I didn't see you before." "Are you going to sing for us daddy?" "Yeah, I will!" Hyper's brown eyes looked over to his friends. "We got to get things together. "And choose what songs to play. I'd think with how you are, some heavy songs would do well." CharmingRhythm told Hyper. The pegasus smiled. "Yeah. But I'd liked to do more then just one song." He thought for a moment. "But what song would be good?" BlazingFlair tilted his head. "I have an idea. One that we haven't played before... well, it's been a really long time since we've played the full song." "It's been a long time since you've played any songs really!" ThunderCharm exclaimed. "True." Rhythm nodded. "I think we need to get to work if we want this to happen!" It was late in the evening. It was dark, but the ponies had set up pure energy filled lights. The stage wasn't much of a stage, but it was pretty good for a quick job done by ponies with no experience in the field. Hyper had seen BlizardHat before setting his things up, and the blue pony seemed very excited. "So, are we gonna do this?" FeatherTune spoke with a guitar held in his hooves. "Yeah." CharmingRhythm nodded. "There seems to be a pretty good amount of ponies. It's not like what we've seen before of course." "But it's not tiny like the first shows we did." SpinningNote added. "When I wasn't even a part of the band?" Hyper tilted his head. "Because we really did need you, we see that now." Rhythm smiled. "This first song I have some raps to do, but I think you'll get something out of this. The pony got to the stage, and introduced themselves to the crowd. HyperBlitz turned on the microphone and stared out to the ponies below. "We're glad to see all of you here! I know that some of you know I haven't been acting myself, but I wanna give something back to you. I hope all of you enjoy some music." As Hyper spoke, he squinted his eyes as a spot light lit his face. "Hey, can you get this light out of my eye!" He growled, and the ponies pulled it away, almost fearing him. Then he spoke gently into the mic. "Uh... thanks." Some of the ponies in the crowd seem to laugh a bit at how Hyper changed from raging, to being so gentle. He looked to them confused a bit, then smiled. He took his spot on the floor. FeatherTune played the guitar and BlazingFlair played the bass with a heavy tune. Hyper noticed ThunderCharm looking up at them with huge eyes, knowing the exact song. HyperBltiz gave a deep scream into the microphone. He then moved along with the beat and dark strums of the guitar. CharmingRhythm held another mic, and raised his hoof up. "I didn't think that I had a debt to pay 'Til they came to take what I had left away You said you wouldn't put me to the test today But I remember you saying that yesterday There was a time when your mind wasn't out of control Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul Like a pill you couldn't swallow so it swallowed you whole Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home And like that" HyperBlitz then sang aggressively in a deep tone, an when he scram, it was in a deeper pitch. "Broken down A victim of your- LIES! You hide behind LIES! You don't know WHY! you crossed the line, WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES! You hide behind LIES! You're lost inside that cold disguise BEHIND YOUR LIES!" The pegasus took the mic away and placed his head down as Rhythm started his emcees again. "I don't know what I thought I might say Seems like we never would talk the right way Every other minute I fought for my place And drop what I made thought you might say so I'm guessing that you probably know When your inside's hollow and you want to be cold Like a pill I couldn't swallow and it swallow me whole Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home" HyperBlitz then leaped into the air, slamming his hooves down. "Broken down A victim of your- LIES! You hide behind LIES! You don't know WHY! you crossed the line, WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES! You hide behind LIES! You're lost inside that cold disguise BEHIND YOUR LIES!" The yellow pony took a breath, as an inhaled scream. Then hee started to sing very fast, almost impossible to understand what he was saying. "You're faking, you're mistaken If you think that you could climb out of this hole Forsaken, what would take me? Analyzing by the power of your soul Broken down, a victim of your LIES" Rhythm sang, whispering into the microphone, and Hyper sang the same way too, in sync. "You hide behind,Lies You don't know,Why You hide behind,Lies You don't know,Why You hide behind,Lies You don't know,Why You hide behind-" "WRAPPED UP INSIDE YOUR LIES!" You hide behind LIES! You don't know WHY! you crossed the line, WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES! You hide behind LIES! You're lost inside that cold disguise BEHIND YOUR LIES!" ----- Hyper breathed a bit and raised his tattooed hoof into the air. CharmingRhythm came to his side. "Wanna do some more song?" "Fuck yeah!" Rhythm nodded and smiled. Hyper was glad to be back with his friends. He was also happy that he found a way to release his energy that wouldn't affect ponies in a genitive way, but positive. He had always loved to perform for others, and music did help ponies get though tough times. The band played together like they did before. They did play some heavy songs, but Hyper didn't want all of it too seem so... mean. So they played some of their normal songs. Though they couldn't play music too much, they still had to work with the Rebellion Team. They knew the world still needed to be brought back together. And of anything got in their way, the Linkin Ponies would stand together.