//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Just Winging It. // Story: Equestria's Crippled Daredevil // by Pixel Berry //------------------------------// "Ugh! Dumb wings." I said out loud. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked, her walking right next to me. She then saw my discomfort on the wheelchair, seeing me trying to tuck my wings while also sitting on the edge of my seat. "Oh." "Umm. Twilight? If it's not too much, can you help me out?" I asked shyly. "Don't worry, just like I said before, there's a spell for almost everything. Just give be a sec." Twilight answered. I waited as Twilight fired up her horn, making me see her raspberry aura appearing slowly. As seconds passed, her magic aura got bigger and brighter, making me feel a little uncomfortable. Twilight then pointed her horn downward, towards my wheelchair. "Get off!" Twilight shouted. Then, without warning, she fired her spell. I quickly used my wings to propel myself off the wheelchair. I only stayed in the air for a few seconds, cause I quickly fell to the floor, on my chest. As a raised my head from the dirt trail, I saw as my wheelchair was being bent in all different directions. Then the light from the spell got too bright that I had to look away. I then heard Twilight taking in deep breaths. I heard her breathing and her hooves walking towards me. I looked up to see Twilight looming over me. Twilight tilted her head towards where my wheelchair was. To find out that Twilight changed it to fit my needs. I saw that the seat was bigger and now the backside of the wheelchair is lower for my wings. I slowly crawled myself towards the improved wheelchair. I set myself up, seeing that the seat was now more comfortable. "Thanks, Twilight. I needed this." I thanked her. "No problem. It's what friends do for each other." Twilight replied. "Now let's get to Rarity's before she forgets about the whole thing." "Oh, I know that Rarity won't want to miss an opportunity like this." "Your probably right about that." And so we continued on our way to Rarity's place. ~ As we approached our way, I couldn't help but see a familiar pony looking through the window, showing a rather shocked expression seeing me. I waved at the white filly, but she quickly ducked from the window. But I could still she her horn popping out. "Who are you waving at?" Twilight asked. "Sweetie Belle." I answered. "She was looking out that window." I pointed at the exact window the white unicorn was peaking out of. "Oh, well when we get inside, you could maybe say hello to her afterwards." Twilight insisted. "Nah. I think I'll save my greeting for all the members of the CMC." I explained. "Okay then. Let me knock first." "Knock what- oh." I saw that we were in front of the carousel boutique already. I waited as Twilight knocked on the two-pieced door. After Twilight knocked twice on the door, we both waited patiently for the white mare to open the door, but all we heard was the mare inside. "Can you open the door Sweetie? I'm a bit busy here. I'm just doing the finishing touches on our little newcomer." We heard Rarity's voice. "But that things outside. It might attack you!" We heard a squeaky voice reply to Rarity. "Sweetie Belle! That 'thing' is the little newcomer and a new friend of mine, so open the door or you won't be allowed to go crusading with your friends, now!" We heard Rarity shout. We then heard a groan, then saw the door slowly opening. We both looked down to see a green eye poking from the crack of the door. She first saw Twilight but when she eyed me, the little filly squeaked, then left. "Ugh! Do I have to do everything myself" I heard Rarity's voice becoming louder. The door then opened wide and we saw Rarity giving a warm smile. "Sorry, Twilight and Ally. Sweetie's a bit shy at newcomers in Ponyville. Anywho, come in, come in you two." I guessed that Rarity didn't noticed the new appendages yet, so I slowly wheeled myself inside before Twilight trotted inside. That was then I heard a familiar scream coming from the white unicorn. "Oh my stars, darling! What are these!" She stretched on of my wings for emphasis. "Oh! Sorry Rarity, but it seemed that Ally stepped in some Poison Joke and it seems that the special herbs didn't really cure her. And this happened." Twilight explained. "Oh, how dreadful!" Rarity whined. "Now your beautiful shirt and jacket are ruined! But not to worry! Mama Rarity will fix these while making a whole new attire for you." "Really Rarity? Are you sure that's a little too much?" I asked. "No! Not at all. To tell you the truth, it's really an honor to make an attire for a whole new species." Rarity explained. "Umm. Alright then, if your up for it." "Absolutely, darling. Now! Come with me to the other room to make me take your measurements." Rarity then started wheeling me to another room, while Twilight opened the door for us. "See you later, Ally." Twilight called out. I just gave a wave back in response. While I was being pushed to the other room, I didn't noticed a white filly eyeing me from behind. ~3rd person P.O.V.~ Sweetie Belle watched from the stairs, seeing her big sister pushing the strange winged creature to another room. While everypony was helping the 'thing' to the other room, Sweetie Belle quickly sneaked herself out the back door, galloping as fast as she could to the CMC's clubhouse. 'I gotta tell my friends about the alien!' Sweetie thought as she ran through the many apple trees. As Sweetie Belle neared the clubhouse, she saw her other two friends walking inside the clubhouse itself. Sweetie was now breathing heavily as she walked up the latter, making both her friends look back, seeing there now tired unicorn friend. "Sweetie? Are you alright?" Scootaloo asked. "I-it's a... emergency! Rarity. Twilight. Alien... trouble. Now!" Sweetie tried to explain. "Woah, woah, Sweetie. Slow down! Take a deep breath." Apple Bloom helped Sweetie Belle up to her hooves. "So-sorry. I, just. I saw a weird creature enter my sister's store and Twilight was there too. They were speaking to it like it was another pony. But it was on some odd contraption, making it move itself without using it's legs." Sweetie Belle explained. "Ya mean an Alien?" Apple Bloom asked. "Yeah! There's a alien in the carousel boutique! And it might have Twilight and my sister in some mind control spell!" Sweetie started shivering at the thought of her sister being trapped within a Alien ship. "There's an Alien in Rarity's home!?" Both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo shouted. Sweetie Belle just gave a small nod. "Wait a minute? We could get our monster catching cutie marks this time!" Apple Bloom said. "Yeah, your right AB. We could catch this thing and we can be hero's!" "YEAH!" All three said in unison. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MONSTER CATCHERS, YAY!!!" "So let's think of a good enough plan to catch the beast." Scootaloo said. "Inside!" Apple Bloom ran inside the clubhouse, setting up a list of ways to catch the beast that is now slowly taking over Equestria.