//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: A Kinda Sorta Adventure // by jdl179 //------------------------------// The Second Chapter; Wherein Things Happen “….And so I said, I kinda like oatmeal, it’s such a good snack after a party!” Pinkie said with a giggle, “But seriously now,“ She poked the unconscious Rainbow in the wing, “You gotta get up Dashie.” Rainbow stirred a little, Pinkie’s poke brought her back into the threshold of consciousness. She brought a hoof to her head, well, she at least tried to. Ropes were tied around her wings and legs. She panicked; struggling against the ropes she bashed her head against Pinkie’s arm. “Owie!” Pinkie rubbed a hoof against her back, “Dashie, be more careful, you could hurt somepony.” “Pinkie!” Rainbow shouted, “This is serious, were tied up, lost, and we were kidnapped by mysterious ponies!” She continued to struggle against the ropes. Pinkie rubbed a hoof against her chin, “But Dashie,” she said, “You’re the only one that’s tied up, those ponies made the funniest gas, and there is always time to laugh.” She pulled the still struggling Rainbow up and untied the rope. She spit out the rope and added, “You’re so serious sometimes Dashie,” Rainbow stared at Pinkie in disbelief, “You weren’t tied up?” She pulled Pinkie close to her face, she shouted at her in anger, “Why did you not untie me, or for that matter, why didn’t you wake me up sooner?!” Pinkie shrunk back against Rainbow’s anger, “I thought that you think it would've been kinda funny, and I was talking to you all that time.” She sniffled and pulled Rainbow into a hug, “IM SORRY DASHIE!” Rainbow Dash groaned and pulled Pinkie out of the hug and sighed, “It’s alright Pinks, were just lost,” she flapped her wings and hovered into the air, she scanned the area, sighed, and landed. “I don’t even know where we are, we could be in the Whitetail Woods or the Everfree, I just can’t tell.” Pinkie put her hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder and softly said, “We won’t know if don’t start going, silly,” She walked towards a bush behind her and pulled out a cupcake, “And have this, we need all the energy we can get!” Rainbow grabbed the cupcake, she eyed it before giving a cautious bite, and she felt the familiar taste of sugar and its soft texture, there was something more, a faint spice to it. She relished in the cupcake’s taste, with a few more tentative bites, she wiped her mouth and smiled, “That was actually pretty good, where’d you get it anyway?” Pinkie smiled and pulled out a pair of saddlebags, she tossed one to Rainbow and said, “Whoever those ponies were, they forgot to take our saddlebags, mine still had some treats in mine with,” she reached into her bag and pulled out an empty bottle, “Oh, and this.” She tossed it to Rainbow. Rainbow scanned the label and her eyes shot open, she dropped the bottle and ran. She gasped and panted; tearing open her own saddlebags she pulled out a small canteen and poured into contents into her mouth. She lay back on the ground and sighed, “Woooooh,” She turned to her friend, who was now doubled over in laughter, “Pinkie, why’d you keep the rainbow juice?” Pinkie pulled herself up from her revelry and said, “That,” she giggled and continued, “Don’t you feel better, we always had the most fun after pranks.” Rainbow stared at Pinkie in annoyance before smiling and laughing. “Now enough goofing around, It’s time for seriousness!” with that, she grabbed her saddlebags on her back and hopped in a random direction, Rainbow hurriedly tossed her empty canteen back into her bag and chased after her friend, smiling all the way ______________________________________________________________________________ “...And so I woke up and saw I was tied up just like you, but since I was awake I just slipped out of the ropes and waited for you!” Pinkie finished her story and pulled out another, thankfully untainted, cupcakes and swallows it whole. Rainbow flew down from the branch she was resting on and pulled out a muffin, now fearful of the cupcakes. Between bites, Rainbow said, “Well were her now, I can’t really carry you so far out of this forest.” Pinkie gasped and stared at Rainbow in disbelief. “Did you just call me fat, Dashie?” Pinkie threw herself against the ground and sobbed. Rainbow rushed towards Pinkie to try and calm her down, “N-N-No-o!” she stammered, “You one of the best friends I’ve ever have, it’s just that we don’t know where we are and I could fly us into an even worse problem.” Pinkie stared up at Rainbow; she tossed her head between her hooves and continued to wail, “YOURE JUST SAYING THAT!” Rainbow lightly shook her friend, trying to calm her, “No I mean it, and you are a great pony, you always care about everypony, and you look beautiful no matter what you do.” Rainbow continued to lightly shake Pinkie and come up with more things, hoping vainly to cheer up her friend. Pinkie turned towards Rainbow and asked, “You really all mean that Dashie?” Rainbow nodded as furiously as she could. Pinkie cracked a huge smile, she pulled rainbow into a deep hug, “Good!” she cheered, “Cause I got ya again!” Pinkie released her hug and fell to the floor, holding her sides in laughter. Rainbow sat in disbelief. She couldn’t believe it; Pinkie Pie got her again, “clever pony.” She thought. “Well I guess we better get back to walking,” she picked up her saddlebags and leaped into the air, she flew over Pinkie and taunted, “Come on Rarity, We wouldn’t want your mane to get all messy.” Pinkie ran a hoof through her mane, she up her head in a regal manner and said, “I say, Rainbow Dash, do stop all that tomfoolery and wait for a lady, will you.” She giggled and chased after Rainbow. Their laughter rang through the forest as the two friends looked for a way to freedom ______________________________________________________________________________ “To update on our little ponies, they are moving towards the next point, they will be intercepted by one of you, all we need is one of you to do is go find them and force them further towards the point, anyone?” “Well I imagine that we would need someone with a bit more ability for creating fear.” “We would be most appreciative if you all would allow us to assist her; we can get them to the next point.” “Oh you would, are you sure that you want to do this to? You’re needed for the next phase in the plan anyway.” “It would be useful for us to proceed from here, as we would need to be nearby them for the next phase of the plan anyway.” “Alright, if you’re up to it. We’ve all got our assignments, let’s proceed to phase four.” ______________________________________________________________________________ “So wait a second Pinkie, you have a whole bunch of pranking supplies in your bags?” Rainbow Dash rummaged through Pinkie’s bag, while the smiling pink pony stuffed another muffin into her mouth. Pinkie swallowed her treat, with a sigh of contentment she said,” Yep!” she opened her saddlebags and started pulling out prank supplies, “We got rubber chickens, a few more dictionaries, some of those re-igniting candles, a few cushions of various uses, and my crowning achievement, The Pinkie Pie-apult.” Rainbow Dash watched as Pinkie pulled out her pride and joy of pranking, “So wait, you’re telling me it shoot-“ “Yep!” she quickly stuffed the Pinkie Pie-apult back into her saddlebags, “But don’t tell anypony, not even the readers.” Rainbow watched her stare off into a random direction, “I know you people really want to know what it does, but that’s a surprise!” Rainbow quickly applied her hoof to her face, realizing that Pinkie was just being random again, she groaned and said, “Let’s get going, I want to get outta here by sundown.” “Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie chirped. They quickly packed up and set off again, Rainbow looking for any signs of an exit from above the forest. Pinkie bounced merrily after her. “So Dashie, what are we looking for again?” “Don’t you remember? We’re looking for anything that could tell us where we are.” “Oh you mean like that scale over there?” “What, a scale?” Rainbow landed and looked around, trying to find what her friend was pointing out. “I don’t see a scale.” “There,” Pinkie pointed to a single purple scale lodged into the dirt, “That’s the one Rarity ripped off Steven Magnet.” “Who’s Steven Magnet?” Rainbow asked, “That giant sea monster with the bad mustache?” Pinkie gasped, “That’s not very nice Dashie; and Steven worked so hard to get that mustache just right.” Pinkie pulled the lone scale out of the ground and admired it’s still present luster. She pushed it into her bag. She turned to Rainbow and said, “Rarity will want that, you know memories.” “Whatever Pinkie, so if we found the scale here, that old castle should be that way.” “OH OH OH, I know!” Pinkie raised a hoof and bounced up and down, “We can go towards the castle and then backtrack to Ponyville!” She grabbed rainbow by the tail and started running, “Come on, it’s getting dark out, we want to get back to Ponyville so I can throw us a “We found our way back home party” it’ll be fun.” ______________________________________________________________________________ “Phase four complete, or would this be phase three and a half?” “I think we have bigger problems than knowing what phase this is.” “Oh right, you two stay here and make sure they proceed according to plan. We’ll all go back and prepare Ponyville for their arrival.”