//------------------------------// // All Our Story. // Story: The Great Train Chase. // by Russell Dickson //------------------------------// Chapter Three All Our Story. The moon was set in place and Princess Luna was once more coming down form the sky. She had taken a short nap and her stomach had stop being upset, so she was feeling better. When she saw that her two guards were not at their post. She looked around and found them. Fighting in the street? Princess Luna went into a dive to find out what was going on. She was shocked to see that Daff and Blood were out of jail. Daff was fighting Skin Wings and Transparent Pie. Star Dancer and Blood were in the middle of there own battle, and Star Dancer was losing. Luna powered up her horn and let out a lunar war cry. Letting go of the magic sell that pushed Blood half way down the street. Blood fell end over end, until come to a stop in a heap. Luna then stomped on top of Daffs head, before landing to check over Star Dancer. The two stallions kicked Daff in the gut and face, knocking him out cold. Transparent Pie used his own bandage to tie Daff up before checking on Skin Wings. “What happen?” Asked Luna. Star Dance try to focus and answered. “We were jumped form behind. They broke our wings. Stomped on us.” Then Star Dancer pass out herself. Luna looked over to Transparent pie, who said. “I was walking to the bank, when they all dropped form the side of hotel balcony. I think Skin Wings is real bad hurt! HELP? Some pony, help!” *** Transparent Pie hove planted, and Princess Luna asked sheriff Silver Star to explain his action once more. Just to make sure that she did not hear him wrong. “They sober up, said they were sorry, and that they never hit Dirty again. So, I let them go.” Said Silver Star. Princess Luna just stood there with her mouth open, looking at the sheriff in total disbelieve. Her shock was broken when Transparent Pie said. “Well, they did keep there word. I did jump in, after they started the fight with your guards. So, they did not hit me, until I hit Daff first.” “Well.” Said the sheriff. “Maybe I should lock you up for fight in the streets also. It is only fair.” Luna’s horn glowed and her eye set upon the sheriff with total contempt. “When my sisters army shows up. I hope they run you out of office. Now, unless you want me to put you up on charges of high treason and personally send you to the moon, right now. I would wipe away all thought of putting me or Transparent Pie in jail form your mind.” “I was just joking.” replied the Silver Star. “We all pick on Dirty….” “HIS NAME IS TRANSPARENT PIE!” shouted Princess Luna. She then turned to the dirty face pony and said. “By royal decree, I Princess Luna Victorious Equestria name you Transparent Pie as my personal protector. Kneel pony.” At once Transparent Pie drop to his knees. Luna then tip him on each shoulder with her glowing horn and said. “By order of the lunar laws of Equestria I dub the Sir. Transparent Pie. Keeper of the order and laws of our land. Rises as the moon in the night sky, good and noble sir. You are now a Knight of the Order. Now come, Sir. Transparent Pie.” With that Princess Luna walk out of the sheriff office. But, Transparent Pie asked as he got off the floor. “What does all that mean?” Sheriff Silver Star replied. “You just got deputed.” *** After another full day of talking with the Tortoises Protective Ponies (TPP) and the wind turban ponies. Princess Luna had a head ache. She had Skin Wings, and Star Dancer moved to the bakery, so that they could be with her as she held talks with the two groups around the make up table in the back of the bakery. Unlike the native bison, the Tortoises Protective Ponies (TPP) were, in a word, crazy. The protective ponies keep saying the same thing over and over that the tortoises would not be able to find there way around the wind turbans. Also they wind turbans would knock tortoises upon there backs by hitting them on top of there shells. The wind turban ponies pointed out that wind turban blades did not sweep that low as to hit something on the ground. As for the 'blocking each path of the tortoises' accusations. The wind turban ponies were willing to make path ways for the tortoises thought the turbans. The train ponies did the same thing with the train tracks when they were lay down In the end Princess Luna told both sides that she would study the problem, but she saw not reason to stop the building of the turbans. This lead to the TPP to threading to take there case to Princess Celestia, the real protector of Equestia. Now, after all the insults and allegation, Luna had to place the moon into the sky. It was not hard work, and some fresh air would help. But, she just keep thinking over and over about how badly thing have gone on this trip, and what Celistia would say. *** Transparent Pie lock the front door of the bakery and close the blinds of the windows. He then counted out the days cash draw and recorded the information in his counting book. Then he checked on his gust. The rooms over top the bakery is where Transparent Pie lived. The only rooms were the bakery office, a bath room, and a very big living/bed room. All of the food was prepared in the bakery below, and was eaten around the small table that was also use by the customers for snaking. So, there was no reason to have a dinning table and kitchen on the second floor. Transparent Pie had a lot of room to live in, but no pony to share it with. This was where Skin Wings and Star Dancer were take to lay down and heal form their fight. Both of them had been beaten very badly, but Blood had spent a lot of her blows upon Star Dancer face. Star Dancer’s left eye had pop out and had to be put back inside her head. Her left wing had been broken in two places, along with lot of deep hove cuts. Skin Wings looked over to Transparent Pie form his cot. “You should have help her first. I will never forgive you. She is far more important that I am.” Skin Wings had three broken ribs and both of his wings were broken in four places. His spin had been cracked, and had he had internal bleeding. “I am sorry.” Was all that Transparent Pie could think to say. However, Star Dancer, rebuked. “Your life is just as important as mine, Skin Wings. We are the only two of our kind that I know of, and we are all that the other has. I don’t want to be alone.” “Alone?” Asked Skin Wings. “You were never alone. Your family only hid you way for other ponies. Only letting you out at night to fly around. I was abandon at a school. No mother or farther, just me and me alone. Now you come in as a royal guard and give me a sob story about being lone. Please.” Transparent Pie then side. “I bet they call you names, and push you down in the mud all the time?” “Aye” said Skin Wings. Transparent Pie then said. “I bet they told you that you were a freak, and hit you all the time.” “ Aye” Skin Wings again. Transparent Pie held Star Dances hove. “Ponies say things about your mother. And when you told a teachers, they said that it was all just growing up and that you had to learn how to deal with others..” “That right.” said Skin Wings. Then Transparent Pie said. “So, you when your cutie mark show up, you put all your energy into becoming the best pony. Walling yourself off form other pony just by working. That way they could not hurt you ever again.” Skin Wings then thought. “Oh are you going to tell me that your dirty face makes us the same? That this bakery is your bat wings?” “No.” Said Transparent Pie. “But, how much do you want to bet that Star Dancers life is just that way? I bet that her farther call her mother all sort of names, maybe even batten her for having a freak child?” Skin Wings turn his head to see Star Dancer crying. He once more looked at Transparent Pie. “I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!” Shouted Skin Wings at Transparent Pie. However, Transparent Pie, took Skin Wings hoof and place it on Star Dancers hoof. Transparent Pie then said. “Your rejection of her is hurting her more than I ever could. All because you have the same sort of life.” The two bat ponies held each others hooves as Transparent Pie walk away to the window. There Princess Luna, who had once more place the moon into the sky, and had return in time to hear the story that Transparent Pie had told Skin Wings. As she came back in to the room by way of the window, she hugged Transparent Pie. Then she whispered in his ear. “That is also your story. I can tell. Just like it is also mine.” ***