//------------------------------// // More Mystery Ponies? // Story: Dash to The Sun // by Solar Flare_28 //------------------------------// **Chapter 7** "Come on, let's go!" the Sonic trio were encouraging Luna to go faster. "Well, I'm trotting. That should be plenty fast, thank you very much," Luna said, though she failed to mask a smile. 'I wonder what the suite's gonna look like... I hope it's got enough room for us to...get accommodated,' Rainbow Dash thought to herself, though by 'getting accommodated', she meant wrecking the place, or as she and her sisters called it as an excuse to their parents that they'd learned from Rarity, organized chaos. When they got there, they saw that they would definitely have enough room! It was huge, as big as their parents' backyard. As they remembered their third to last visit, they smiled mischievously but walked in. "Yup, this wall will be filled with our Wonderbolt posters," Solarflare said, waving her forehooves as if envisioning it. "Wow, this place is sweet!" "You said it, sis." There was a bathroom in the far left corner of the room. A huge mirror took up half of the farthest wall from the door. Another wall housed...or walled, a walk-in closet. Three beds and some bedside tables, along with a shower/bath and counters over in the bathroom, were the only other objects adorning the room. Suddenly, Rainstorm heard a certain silvery voice. "Well, now that I see you made it, I'll be going," Silver Pearl had been quietly conversing with Luna during the trip. "I have a job as Queen Pearl's messenger. When we met, I had been resting up for the journey back home." "Oh, alright. So we'll see ya around, right?" Rainstorm said to her marine friend. "Indeed, yes." "Well, at least now I know why your names are so similar... Silver Pearl? Queen Pearl? Gah!" ---------- "Well, what does she say?" "She says that this is the opera house. Wow, I didn't know fish could sing..." The Sonic trio, and their tour guide, Copper Fin, an energetic clownfish, were in front of a massive building. "Alright...hey, could we go get some grub now? I'm starving!" Solarflare groaned. "Yeah, I could go for some seaweed, Dash?" it was Rainstorm, who hadn't eaten anything along the way except for some crackers. "I dunno about the seaweed, but sure, I really don't care." "Copper Fin, could you please take us to that restaurant back there? We could use some brunch." "Okie dokie! Let's go! They have the best pasta there, even though pasta isn't a seafood. I guess us fish just like it, but one thing we hate is sushi! Why would we eat ourselves," she snickered at this. "it's not like we're cannibals! Well, some fish like vegetarian sushi-" "What's she saying?" Dash inquired as they swam back down to the restaurant. "That fish hate sushi and-" It was Solarflare's turn to interrupt. "What?! Why?" "Er, I dunno, maybe it's considered cannibalism!" "Oh. Duh..." ------ "Mmm, I haven't had pasta that good since we last visited Mom and Dad!" "I know, right?" "C'mon, let's get home already! I can't wait to get settled, if ya catch my drift..." The Sonic trio were heading back home for the day, having planned to join the royal family for dinner. They were going to get settled (a.k.a. totally trash the room in their belongings) and unpack, then relax until they found something else to do. The beds in their guest rooms were pretty much made of something close to cloud-ish material, so it wouldn't be too different from the beds they had at each of their cloud apartments. They had never been the neatest of ponies, but they had picked up the habit because Twilight always got ticked off at their, 'Lack of respect for my organizing checklist and organization itself.' "What do you feel like doing after we unpack? We already toured the city, had brunch, and met the queen," Rainstorm brought up a more interesting subject than their mother's pasta for what was left of the eventless swim back. "I dunno. Maybe just lay around and do nothing? That's always an option," Dash answered lazily with a small stretch. "I'll second that! Maybe we could call the gang back in Ponyville, though. I don't get why Twi had to stay," Solarflare offered. "Remember, it's 'cause she has to take care of her princess duties. Also, that fancy tree-castle of hers. The rest of our friends stayed to help," Rain reminded her sister. "But we're the Elements of Loyalty! Shouldn't we stay?" Flare told Dash and Rain. "Why did Luna even want us to come along?" "Maybe 'cause we have the magic thingies?" Dash shrugged for emphasis as she spoke, referring to their magical, air, water and fire-bending objects. "Guys, we're here. Let's just unpack." ------------ The Sonic trio inspected the room with three pairs of critical eyes. There was a pile of pillows and blankets, along with a random beanbag, in a corner. On the beds, Daring Do books rested instead of going in their rightful place: the bookshelves. Which were currently being used for clothes. It wasn't the messiest it could've been, but there was only so much they could do with the small amount of objects on the packing list. Still, organized chaos was organized chaos. Suddenly, the door creaked open as Discord waltzed in, bringing with him the sound of classical music. He was dressed like a butler, and he held his chin up daintily like a Canterlot pony. His eyes eyes widened a bit at the sight of the messy room. "Hmm, could be better, but Lulu didn't give you too much to pack in that packing list of hers...so I'l give it a...seven or eight, around there," on cue, a light flashed and three Discords stood, two bearing signs that had sevens, and one having an eight on his sign. "Discord, what are you doing here?" Dash asked accusingly. "You mean apart from thinking how much messier this room can be?" at that, Discord made some books go in the sink, and scattered the clothes on the ground. "About to deliver a message. Dinner will be ready shortly." To fit the theme of the message, Discord pulled out a long scroll, which he tied around his neck like a bandana. I guess that doesn't fit the message's theme, but whatever, on with the story. The bandana turned red, and a motorcycle came down the hallway and into the room, though it was not being ridden by anypony. Discord hoped on and said, "Catch ya later, dudes." His out-of-the blue appearance was...well, out of the blue. Rainbow Dash shook her head in annoyance and glanced out of one of the biggest windows. "How long has it been since we came back?" "About three hours. We spent one other one with brunch, then maybe half an hour touring the rest of the city. Wow, Copper Fin is a fast tour guide," Rain answered, usually being the one with a watch. Dash gave a mumble of comprehension. "M'kay. We're having dinner a little late. Is that a royal thing- Hey! Doesn't that pony look similar to the shady, cloaked one from before?"