//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Visions (2) // Story: What do I (we) do now? // by Papahip //------------------------------// Rainbow's POV "Is everybody ready?" "Yes." "Packed." "Absolutely." "Good, now when you get to the griffin kingdom you guys will be met by the castle guards at the border. from there they'll take you to the palace to meet the king and get your rooms and what-not. I want all of you on your best behavior," than for a second she looked at me, "Got it?" "Yes ma'am!" we all said in unison. I was happy and sad at the same time to go to the griffin kingdom. 1) It would be awesome to go to the griffin kingdom naturally... you know... as long as they don't attack you, but 2) there's the very possible chance that I'll run into gilda. Plus I get to go with soarin'!! This is awesome!!! "Now, get on board. You'll be arriving at the border in approximately 5 hours." "FIVE HOURS?!?! I can't go 5 hours just sitting there! I need to fly! Not letting me fly is like not letting twilight study for a test!" "Yes Rainbow I know this will be a bit hard, but how 'bout this? when you're only an hour away I'll let the pilot drop you and soarin' so you can fly the rest of the way." "Oh, alright, I guess that'll do." "WHAT?!! I'm not dropping out of an airplane just so dashie here can fly." "pleeeease soarin'? i'll buy you one of applejacks pie when we get back!" I said almost in a sing-song voice, plus leaving out the part about how I told him not to call me that. "B-b-but I don't-" "pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" "Fine! you win!" "YAHH!!! well, if thats out of the way, TO THE PLANE!!" I said marching onwards ***** "Come on. just a few more minutes." "Rainbow, calm down." "I can't!!! any second now I'll be able to feel the wind in my hair, ruffling my feathers. I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!!" "One hour until landing!" an automated voice called, I jumped up and went to the pilots cabin. "OPEN THE DROP!!!! I WANT TO FLY!!!" "Sorry Miss. You're not allowed to drop out without a pericuit." "I'M A PEGASUS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! NOW LET ME DROP!" "Captain let her drop." "Yes, Princess." "HURRY!!" all this waiting was killing me, I'm Equestria's fastest, strongest flier for crying out loud! Keeping me in a plane for four hours is like torture. "Don't ruffle your feathers, Dashie. Just wait a second." right at that second the drop opened up, saving soarin' from getting maimed. luckily, flying always helps me relax so soarin' was spared, for now. Soarin's POV Thank Celestia the drop opened when it did. If it hadn't I would be griffin food by now. I saw rainbow drop out and fly to the front to tell the captain everything's clear. I swear, she's is the biggest enigma ever. Guess I'll just have to figure her out. honestly, I've never really seen rainbow talk to the other wonderbolts for more than a few minutes when the topic wasn't related to shows, or practices, or training. Never anything personal. "Why am I even wondering? It's none of my business" "Yes, it is." "NO it's not." "Are you sure about that?" "Of course I am. And why would I be involved?" "For reason's you will soon find out." "Who the hell are you anyways?!" "I'm you, you're me. I'm you conscious, buried from long ago." "What does that mean?!" "See ya." "WHAT!! get back here!" *silence* "Buck you!" "Soarin'! We're here! HEY! Snap out of it!" "Huh? What?" "We're here. Honestly, where were you, in lala land?" she punctuated her statement with a laugh. Gosh, her laugh's so beautiful. "Maybe, why do you care?" I bit back, finally snapping out of my dream-state stuper. rainbow is sometimes too much for me. One second she's mad, than she's happy, than she's sad, next she's emotional to no descriptions. "I was worried. is that not reason enough?" she asked in a suggestive tone with a smirk. I started to fume when I recognized my words from the day prior. "Got you! flier boy!" then she ran off sticking out her tongue. "Soarin', Rainbow," twilight's voice interrupted me from a retort, "Stop bickering and walk! We have an one hour trip, so move it!" Rainbow's POV Great, twilight ruins all the fun. I was actually hoping soarin' would bite back so that I could go on a rant. I have wayyy too much pent up energy from that four hour wait. (i had to make a "video" for the crest because I couldn't upload it any other way. ok? sorry for the incoveinice.) "Whoa!" I was staring at a huge colored wooden plaque. It said something in some weird language that I swear i've never seen, but for some reason it seemed ...um... what's the word... familiare. "Hey! Soarin'! Get over here!" "What is it?" he asked in a poorly disguised voice full of annoyance. "Look at this!" "I'm comi- WHOA!" Soarin's POV The plaque rainbow was looking at was HUGE. It was as tall as about 3 of me stacked on top of one another. and I'm 6' 10"! It had something written in red through the middle but I had no idea what it said but some how it seemed familiar. weird huh? I went up to touch the wooden, sparkling as if just polished. my fingertips brushed the surface at first, then I put my entire hand onto the words. 1 “Primum agmen subsequi cloudkicker casus XXXIII, ex alis Manehattan. Alterum agmen sequi, ut lyra section VI, apicem Pegasi. fac Cloudchaser statione functos, de quorum legati, quod si non auxilium. Tertia pars est, et cohors sequitur Flash Sentry Ponyville IX. dimissi!” three groups of about 10 ponies each marched out of a large gym-like room through the ceilings, doors, and windows. 2“praefectus fugientes?” they turned around to see their chaser. 3“Etiam?” 4“in qua est in momento, et iris maitresse?” asked the third-in-command mare. 5“opus vestrum.” 6“sed-” 7“opus vestrum.” 8“certe tuae gratias.” and she walked away. I came back to reality gasping for air. I looked around me and saw that everyone had a worried look on their faces. at first I was confused because I came back to, right? But then I saw rainbow, her hand on the plaque, with spacy looking eyes and… tears?! Rainbow’s POV I saw Soarin’ put his hand on the plaque then get a spacy look in his eyes, he started mumbling random words that sounded like they were in another language. Looking towards the crest, I think it’s a crest anyway, I put my hand on the words, right next to his. 9“Iridis!” she had 6 clear, crystal half foot long spikes tucked in between her fingers. “I know!” she yelled back. She and her companion were in the middle of about 50 invaders. All of them closing in, and with the invaders, tied up with a scythe to his neck, was her lover. The one she shared her darkest secrets to the happiest moments with. The fear in her eyes was almost to the limit a few tears falling down here and there. She was sure the opponents could see it dance around her cornea, along with the killer intent that matched up to the fear, 100 to 100. She would not let them take away the most important thing to her after they took her life before leader. She would NOT take it. She charged so fast that no one could see her. the only trace was a blur. But the opposition was just fast enough to barely keep up. She got within feet of her man when the blade started swooping back, and about to come down. “NO!” the blade was an inch away from his neck, about to take the life of her last family. “NO!!!” my eyes snapped open, my lungs gasping for air. my world started going black. I felt dizzy, weak, helpless. I hated feeling like that, like a newborn filly. The ground was growing bigger, the light dimmer. The last thing I remember is warm, strong arms wrapping around me and the yelling of my name. “Rainbow! RAINBOW!!” Third POV A member of the magic guard, twilights guards, sent to keep watch over the three walked off to a deserted hallway and took out a mirror. the mirror blinked on, showing an image of princess celestia in the throne room. “They have Touched, Heard, Seen, Tasted and Felt. I repeat. They have Touched, Heard, Seen, Tasted and Felt.” the stallion turned off the mirror and came back to the main room to see the rest of the guards put Rainbow dash on a stretcher and take her to her room. Else where: “The time has come, I just hope they’re ready.” and with that she walked away to her bed, Dusk was approaching.