//------------------------------// // Volkswagen Rallye Golf, Everfree Forest - Hoofington, Stage // Story: Colin McRae Equestria Rally // by JustDing //------------------------------// Most of the track will be lose gravel, but the asphalt part comes surprisingly and it is mostly in the town. Drivers have to put attention on their choice of tires. Tires for asphalt will understeering on the lose gravel due of the loss of grip. Tires for lose gravel will be worn out quickly on asphalt. Dear Princess Celestia, I'm so sorry, I've caused an enormous and serious incident. I have cast a interdimensional portal spell without learning more about this, and I have teleported a species called humans to our world. However, they don't seem to have any bad plans, but they drove away with a strange vehicle, called 'Subaru Impreza'. They did not have injured any pony, but they caused a lot of panic, chaos and fear. And I don't know how long they last until somepony get injured. We need your help, you are also somepony who has my greatest trust. Sincerely, Your faithful student Twilight Sparkle "Send the letter." Twilight said as she handled the letter over to Spike, who took it with his claw. "Now?" "No, in a few years... yes, now!" Twilight commanded. Spike followed suit as he burnt the letter with his dragon breath. The ash flew in the air and out of a window, like always. Twilight felt angry and disappointed to herself. She smacked her own head with a hoof in dismay. How would Princess Celestia react? Are humans bad or good? "TWIIIIILIIIIGHT!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she bursted through the same window where the ash flew through. To Twilight's luck, the window had been opened but that did not stop Rainbow Dashs bashful meeting with a bookshelf... *Crash!* "Ouch..." Rainbow Dash muttered as she writhed on the ground, covered by a pile of books. "How many times I told YOU to use the door?" Twilight sighed as she helped Rainbow Dash getting out from the pile of books. Then she placed the books back in the shelf with her magic. "You won't believe what I just saw! It's about the vehicle!" Rainbow Dash said, "It drove to the old ruins... and then it just disappeared in thin air." "It just... disappeared?" Twilight asked confused. "Yeah, but it broke our record... it just needed four minutes and twentynine seconds to arrive at the Old Ruins." "FOUR MINUTES AND TWENTYNINE SECONDS?!" Twilight said aloud. She was not in any way interested how long did they took to arrive at the old ruins, but when a weird noise making vehicle just needed four minutes and twentynine seconds, it was like a punch into her face. "Yes..." A graon of discomfort and a loud burp put their attention to Spike, who just burped out a letter. It bore the royal ensemble of Canterlot. Opening it, he began to read... "Dear Twilight Sparkle, I just read your letter and I don't really know how to respond. Either I should be happy with you, because you are making progress with your magic, or I should be disappointed, because you casted a advanced spell which should be only used by more advanced unicorns. Humans, you said? I don't really know about this species and their vehicles. I'm a little bit relieved that they don't seem to hurt any of my ponies or you, but I'm still concerned for the safety of my folk. Come to Canterlot and meet me immediately. Take your friends with you, I believe we have to use the elements of harmony. Sincerely, Princess Celestia." Somewhere deep in the Everfree Forest A pack of timberwolves had spotted a excellent prey, seemed to be presented in a carriage. The prey did not seem to have any sharp weapons and their theeths were useless to defend themselves. So the pack approached it and began to circle around the carriage. Said carriage was an Volkswagen Rallye Golf, the drivers were just waiting for the go. 5 The car started it's engine, making the alphawolf of the pack howling for an initial attack. 4 Some timberwolves jumped on and at the car, but their wooden claws and theeths were far to soft for the metal. 3 Some timberwolves were scraping at the windows, but the windows were made of safety glass manufactured by Volkswagen Gmbh. 2 A timberwolf tried to bite into the tube under the car -the exhaust-, but as the driver played with the throttle, it inhaled a lot of the smoke. The poor timberwolf began to cough seriously. 1 Some timberwolves were taking some steps back as they realized this was not ordinary prey. Go! The timberwolves who were on the car were hurled from the top and landed on the ground painfully. The others were retracting whimpering from the car in fear as it jumped forward, leaving just a cloud of dust. That was also the meal they have just received for the day. Thirty three right in two left tightens, then two right, jump maybe into five three. The Volkswagen was getting a little slower. If it was driving over the jump too fast, it would have crashed in the trees of the sharp right curve. But it stayed in the middle of the road and accelerated more, to drive through the first checkpoint. -00:04:12 *biep!* -00:03:21 Fifty seconds for the first stage. First stage record beaten by three seconds. Ten two left, don't cut, rocks at the left side. Then hundred straight over long jump. Taking another left curve, it drove past a rock formation by drifting a little through the curve. At the end, it stabilized itself and drives through a straight over a rather large crest. It leapt up in the air a few metres before it landed on the ground. The car stabilized itself again as the forward wheels steered against the turbulences. Thirty five right on lose gravel, then thirty straight ahead over crest. The rally car found finally it's way out of the forest onto a landroad. And it drove for the second checkpoint. Which stood somewhere in Hoofington. Fourty narrow gate on asphalt. In Hoofington "Watch the famous and amazing performance of the great and powerful Trixie, the only pony who defeat an Ursa Minor in Ponyville!" Trixie bellowed loudly after a large crowd had been formed in front of her stage on the marketplace of the rather large town Hoofington "I don't believe you!" somepony shouted back. "Who said that? Come and face Trixie!" A female griffon -Griffoness- walked out from the crowd and pointed at her "It was not you who defeated the Ursa Minor and saved Ponyvilly from being destroyed." Trixie stepped back a little, but then her face changed back to determiness "Oh, you think that's not true? Look, Trixie will show it to you!" A salve of fireworks were fired in the sky and exploded. The fire made the outlines of a little pony with a magic hat in front of a rather large bear. Everypony could see it clearly, despite the fact it was daytime. "And now what did you want to say, Miss...?" "Gilda. But why do you care? And your story is riddled with untrue holes like a changelings hoof!" "Then I give you proof!" Trixie bellowed back as her horn began to glow... Ten left turn off  into hundred straight through checkpoint. Then second exit. "Who said that? Whopony that was, it disturbed Trixie's concentration-" Everypony on the marketplace started to scream in shock as a silvery vehicle shoot out sideways from an alleyway, before it accelerated to the marketplace. The ponies were running and screaming from the top of their lungs "The griffons! The griffons prepared an attack!" or "Nightmare Moon's curse!" as they went back into their houses. Only a flabbergasted Trixie and a amazed Gilda were still standing on the marketplace. The vehicle drove nearer and right between two yellow signs on the marketplace. The ponies had blocked the sight of them, but now they were hiding themselves in their houses, in safety. -00:04:12 *biep!* -00:02:34 The second stage's record has been beaten by two and a half second. The former record was almost two minutes. Trixie jumped in the air screaming and galloped away. She lost her hat and cape during the process. The vehicle drove past her stage at a ludicrous speed. The breeze it caused made her stage falling apart like a cardhouse. It drove also past Gilda, but she wore an enthusiastic expression. She fellowed the vehicle with her gaze as it drove down the main road of Hoofington. "Wow, that was cool... really cool..." Coming out from under a cardbox, Trixie heard what Gilda said "The great and powerful Trixie caused this! It is a curse until she get her money!" Gilda shook her head a she leapt up in the air. Trixie was way too selfish and egoistic to talk to her in a normal way. She then tried to find the vehicle. Soon she found it driving through the open air shopping mall. Ponies were screaming and hiding under their stands as the vehicle drifted expertely through between the stands. Twenty left turn through tunnel on thirty lose gravel, then fifty straight ahead over crest into two left. "That sounds interesting..." Gilda snickered gloatingly. The vehicle drove over the gravel path in the park after it had driven under a bridge. Canterlot, Castle Princess Celestia sat in her throne, reading again Twilight's letter, as a unicorn Royal Guard bursted into the throne hall. The royal guard bowed politely and took off his golden helmet. "Your highness, a emergency letter from the mayor of Hoofington!" the Royal Guard said as he gave a letter with a black and yellow striped ribbon. She opened the letter and began to read it aloud. "Dear Princess Celestia, we have a serious incident in Hoofington. I think either the griffons are attacking us or Nightmare Moon cursed our town. Anyway, a strange noise making and fast vehicle causes panic in our town. Send help immediately. Sincerely, Graymane, the mayor of the town Hoofington." She closed her eyes in frustration as she said "The same thing now in Hoofington..." "Should we send a squad of Royal Guards to Hoofington?" "That would be the next best idea, but I'm afraid of what the humans have in their leads... no, it would be too dangerous." "Did thou already read thee letter from Twilight Sparkle?" Princess Luna said as she trotted into the room. The Royal Guard bowed immidiately to her, but the night princess just ignored him as she trotted past him and up to her sister. "Yes, my dearest sister. And there is also the same problem now in Hoofington." "Don't fear for the sake of our subjects. We take a look a the situation and teach the humans a lesson.", Luna said as her horn began to glow. *PING!* "-idea..." Celestia finished her sentence. She sighed loudly as she looked at the Royal Guard as he asked himself what just happened. "What now, highness?" "We just wait... for Princess Luna and Twilight." Back again in Hoofington... *PING!* Princess Luna teleported herself above Hoofington, to get a instant overlook of the town. The first thing she noticed was... well, nothing out of ordinary. No burning houses, no hurt ponies, just a- No, now she spotted the vehicle too, as it drove underneath her in a street. It was something she never seen before. She followed with her eyes the way of the silvery vehicle. But she worried for the sake of her folk, so she dived down with a few flaps of her powerful wings. She had to teach the humans inside the vehicle a lesson. Sixty four left with medium cut over jump in twenty right turn. She stopped in mid air as she heard the voice, before she rubbed her left ear with a hoof. The voice in her head confused her immensely. Sixty into stop. She had absolutely no clue as she watched the vehicle driving through between two red signs. It stopped abruptly, but still kicking a lot of dirt into the air. Luna hovered down carefully and landed on the ground next to the vehicle. She took a look inside through the window. The human who sat on the right side held a college block in his hands. And the page was FULL with scribbled notes, numbers and arrows. At that moment, the co-driver seemed to talk to the driver of the vehicle, but she could not hear the words. Luna narrowed her eyes to look at the page and to see more, but then she stared at the ground... The vehicle disappeared. She blinked in confuseness and looked around. "Princess Luna! Your higness! Is everything okay?" the major of Hoofington galloped up to her. He saw everything from his hiding place, and after the vehicle disappeared, he decided to look after her. Princess Luna turned to him and bellowed with her Royal Canterlot Voice "YES, MY LOYAL SUBJECT! WE ARE OKAY, BUT THANK THOU FOR YOUR CONCERN!" The poor stallion did not expected this to happen as he was hurled backwards on his back. But before he could say anything, Princess Luna disappeared in a flash of light. *PING!* "That was an heartful greeting..." Back in Canterlot *PING!* Princess Celestia looked up to her sister "Oh, hey Luna. I hope you took care of the 'problem'?" "Unfortanely, no, I was not able to help our subjects...but the creatures did not seem to intent any harm to them." Luna said as she narrowed her eyes, "But when they hurt our ponies, we will be there..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mode: Stage Car: Volkswagen Rally Golf Best time: 3:21 Country: Equestria Course: Everfree Forest - Hoofington Next Course: Appeloosa - Hive Memo: Use thick tires for heavy lose gravel or sand!