6 AM - Aderus' Hideout/Ritual camp
Today is the day. I can sense that rainbow b!7@# and that traitorous baboon rising from their slumber this moment...
6:02 AM - Rainbow Dash's house
"AHH my back, urgh. Soarin' should have had the couch" Rainbow dash groaned as she sat up. about to get ready for the long flight to the mountains (for lack of a better name)
"Rainbow dash? You there?"
"Yeah Soarin, in here!"
Soarin walked through the door and smiled at rainbow dash
"Hey there" he said
"Hey, you dont look too good. as if you've seen a ghost or something"
"Bad Dreams."
"Oh... Breakfast?"
"Sure.. but we need to get a move on!
"I guess we do huh?"
---30 Minutes Later---
"Ready?" Soarin asked rainbow dash as they were about to take off
"As ready as i'll ever be" Rainbow dash replied with a sigh
They both took off simultaneously. Rainbow dash's mind flooded with thoughts, she didn't know if she could do it. If she could stand up that pony who seemed so heartless and dark. her dreams last night re-enforced this idea. She saw him, Aderus, He had invaded her dreams, which were more like nightmares. Pulling at her every bit of sanity. she'd had barely any sleep last night and this was getting to her. she felt her eye's drooping but she quickly pulled them up and shook her head to wake herself up
"Bad night?" Soarin' noticed the bags under her eyes
Rainbow Dash just nodded
"Alright, just stay awake and alert ok?"
Again Rainbow just nodded in return
she didn't dare close her eyes anyway. images rushed her brain everytime she did, Aderus had to be defeated... today
With some newfound courage Rainbow pushed herself infront of soarin and started going faster. aching to get to Aderus and free the ponies that hopefully weren't already dead or brainwashed
---One long journey later---
There was a storm brewing ahead, probably a sign of things to come
"Rainbow dash! i think i can see the camp!" Soarin shouted above the wind
"Good, lets speed up"
"Good idea"
As they sped up and passed over some hills they realised just how big this camp was
"Woah" rainbow said, a little taken aback
"Well Rainbow Dash" Soarin said looking over at rainbow dash, who looked back "Front entrance?"
Rainbow Dash smiled slyly
"You know it"
Soarin winked as they sped down towards the front gates. massive iron gates that could only be opened by a switch conviniently placed on each side of the wall
"Soarin, Look..." Rainbow Dash pointed towards the gate "Guards"
Soarin nodded and pointed down
"Here's my plan, we head down and incapacitate the guy on the far right, then from there we can just wing it"
"Really?"
"hey im no good with plans!"
Rainbow facehoofed
"Just follow me"
"Fine"
Rainbow shot down towards the guards, but failed to notice the ones in the towers... with magical fireball spells... aiming directly at them
"DODGE DODGE DODGE" Rainbow commanded as the fireballs were shot
Rainbow dash swerved to the right to avoid the first guards fireball, just in time to see the next one skim past her head, leaving her hair partially burnt
Luckily the guards had managed to not see soarin land next to them and punch them in the back of the head, knocking them out
Rainbow gave a smile as she had no opposable thumbs to show her partner
Soarin jumped down and landed on a guard, also knocking him out while rainbow came down on another
the last 2 guards approached Rainbow Dash and Soarin, swords at the ready
rainbow looked back to see how much room they had to move back. just intime to miss soarin give a gasp
rainbow looked around to see the 2 guards knocked out next to a pony in a wonderbolt costume, Closer inspection found that this was spitfire of the wonderbolts.
Rainbow and Soarin both took battle stance. knowing she was brainwashed, but she looked bruised and battered as if she had been through a few battles
"Soarin... im not brainwashed, listen to me"
"yeah right, im not gonna listen to you"
"WAIT... Aderus know's your here, theres an ambush team waiting for you behind those doors, 30 metres that way" spitfire pointed with her hoof" is an entry point, marked by a red flag, fly over there and the guards wont know expect you... you have to believe me"
Rainbow pondered... "To be honest... i do believe her"
"Me too" Soarin added "You coming with us spitfire?"
"Me? no im going to canterlot to warn the princess. you have to go now"
"Lets go rainbow dash"
"on it"
They ran away as spitfire smirked "hehe, THOSE FOOLS. they believed me, now when they jump over there they will be ambushed" She let out an evil laugh "wow those evil laughs are so not me" she giggled and flew back to Aderus. knowing that the 2 pegasi she just sent to their doom could never survive 6 guards ambushing them