Chapter 04: Arguements and Diamond Dogs
Later that day, the mares, and Spike were outside of Twilight's room. Apparently they heard of her breakup very quickly, after she locked herself in her room.
"How long has she been in there?" Fluttershy asked.
"For a couple hours." Spike said.
"Man... ya think Twilight is gonna be ok?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Because I don't want some breakup event ruin our day."
"Rainbow, keep your voice down." Applejack said. "She's could hear you from inside."
"Well I hope so." Rarity said. "This reminds me of that time when I didn't come out for days, when everyone started having bad comments on my dresses."
"Oh, and like that time when I was so terrified of being teased by everypony during that flying competition." Fluttershy said.
"Don't worry guys!" Pinkie Pie said. "Twilight can't be sad forever. I know what it's like when you get dumped by somepony, though I never had a boyfriend of my own before, but I've seen the flicks and stuff. A mare becomes heart-broken, but in the end she feels all better about everything and moves on with her life!" Then suddenly a part of Pinkie Pie's body began to twitch. It was part of her Pinkie Sense. Whenever something strange happens to Pinkie Pie's body, such as a twitchy tail or a scratchy back, several series of events, or omens, will happen. It's like a sixth sense, though it only predicts immediate events, but not the actual future. It is very hard to understand, but most of Pinkie Pie's friends, including most of the residences in Ponyville know and believe about Pinkie Pie's unique predictions. This time it was a sign that's been never shown before. Her right rear hoof was wiggling.
"See, my right rear hoof just wiggled." Pinkie Pie said.
"Well, what does that mean?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"It means a depressed pony gets over his/her breakup!" Pinkie Pie said. "But it only does that when I'm near a pony in that situation." Then they heard the locks on Twilight's door unlatch, and the door magically opened, showing Twilight, with a weak smile.
"Are you alright sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"Yes, I feel a little bit better." Twilight said as she rubbed her eyes.
"So... how did the breakup ha-?" Rainbow Dash asked, but then Applejack stomped on Rainbow Dash's hoof.
"OW...." Rainbow Dash quietly shouted.
"It's alright girls, I'm fine." Twilight said. "I am perfectly fine..." The ponies and Spike sighed in relief.
"Well that's good to hear." Spike said.
"Come on girls, let's head down stairs." Twilight said. They all headed downstairs, to see Night Light, Velvet, Shining, and Cadance downstairs in the living room.
"Hello Twilight." Cadance said.
"Hi everypony." Twilight said.
"Nice to see you finally out of bed." Velvet said.
"See Velvet, I told you she'd be alright." Night Light said.
"Why would she be not alright?" Shining asked. "What Happened?" Velvet and Night Light looked at each other.
"Well.... um." Velvet said.
"Don't worry Mom, I'll tell them." Twilight said.
"You sure?" Velvet asked.
"Yes, I'm sure." Twilight said.
"Ok then." Velvet said. Twilight looked at Shining and Cadance.
"Shining... Cadance..." Twilight said as she took a deep breath. "As you can see... I have just been through a phase in which a mare goes through when she is dating a wonderful stallion."
"What phase?" Cadance asked.
"Well... it's what everypony calls... a Breakup.." Twilight said. "I was dumped." Cadance gasped, but Shining didn't respond.
"You Were?" Cadance asked.
"Yes... But.... I am prefectly ok with it." Twilight said. "Because I am now done going through that phase and I am willing to continue on with my life."
"Oh... ok then." Cadance said with a weak smile... Shining then smiled, as if he was happy.
"Oh, so you're finally over with... what's his name?" Shining asked with a smile, as Velvet and Night Light just make a hoof-face look. Twilight looked at him, and then she lowered her head.
"Uh oh... Left rear hoof wiggling..." Pinkie Pie said, oblivious to what's happening. Just for a heads up, when Pinkie Pie's right rear hoof wiggles, a pony feels better, but if her left rear hoof wiggles, it's quite the opposite.
"His name is Flash Sentry..." Twilight said. "Flash... Flash..." Then suddenly she quietly broke into tears.
"Oh not again..." Rainbow Dash said, which resulted with Applejack stomping on her hoof again. "OW..." Velvet approached Twilight and hugged her.
"Uh... sorry?" Shining said.
"Oh Twilight..." Velvet said. "It's ok... it's only your first breakup... and there's plenty of fish out there in the sea."
"Fish?" Pinkie Pie asked. "How can a pony date a fi-"
"Pinkie Pie, that's just an expression." Rarity said.
"Oh... I don't get it." Pinkie Pie said. "Is that a fat joke?"
"No." Rarity said.
"Your mom is right Twilight..." Cadance said. "It'll be ok."
"But he was my Special Somepony..." Twilight said. "And he dumped me so he could go to that stupid trip..." She hugged Velvet tightly.
"Well, I knew that he would dump ya." Shining said. "I told ya he wasn't the right one for you."
"SHUDDUP!" Twilight shouted with anger as she stomped toward her brother, surprising everyone, including him. "I Don't Care How You Thought About Him! Flash Sentry Was My Special Somepony! He Was The Best and Greatest Stallion I've Every Met! And Just Because He Dumped Me Still Doesn't Give You The Right To Be... Right!"
"Hey Don't Start Gangin' Up On Me!" Shining said. "The Only Reason You Like Him Is Because He Reminded You Of That Guy You Met Back In That World You Visited!"
"Oooooo..." Rainbow Dash, and Rarity said as they covered their mouths with their hooves, and Fluttershy gasped.
"Oh No He didn't..." Applejack said.
"Why did everypony say Ooooo like that?" Pinkie Pie said confused. Shining's defense sentence only angered Twilight, even further... Without hesitation, Twilight jumped on Shining armor, and prepared to enter her Rage-Shift, which is when she turns into some kind of fire-pony, resulting with her mane and hair going up in flames. Everypony was scared by this, including her parents, who hugged each other tightly. Shining quickly closed his eyes, preparing for the worst. But Twilight then stopped. Her horn's glowing halted and disappeared. She got off her brother, and then just marched out of the house.
"Oh dear..." Velvet said.
"I better go check on her." Spike said as he ran out of the house to go look for Twilight. Everypony looked at Shining.
"What?" Shining asked. "All I did was ask a question!"
"Everypony, would you mind if me and Shining talked... alone?" Cadance asked, showing a stirn look on her face toward Shining.
"Uh oh..." Shining said.
"Yes, we will leave you two alone to talk." Velvet said as she left the room, pulling Night Light by the tail, and the other mares went out of the room, but Pinkie Pie just sat there watching with a smile on her face.
"Pinkie Pie that includes you too." Cadance said.
"But I want to see the drama." Pinkie Pie said. "I Love Watching Drama scenes." Then Rainbow Dash came in and pulled Pinkie Pie out of the room, leaving Cadance to look at Shining, and she was NOT happy.
"Why did you say that?" Cadance asked.
"What?" Shining asked.
"You Know What I'm talking about!" Cadance said.
"All I asked was if she was over with Dash Sentry." Shining said.
"Flash Sentry." Cadance said.
"Whatever His Name Is, All I asked if she was over with him!" Shining said.
"Well, You Didn't Have To Say That He Wasn't the Right One For Her!" Cadance said.
"Don't Blame Me, I Didn't Know How She Was Going To React!" Shining said.
"Seriously Shining, What Do You Have Against Him?" Cadance asked.
"Oh Do We Have To Talk About This Again?" Shining asked.
"SHINING!" Cadance asked. Shining looked at the ground, and then sighed.
"Ok, I Technically Don't Have A Problem With The Rookie." Shining said. "But I Don't like it when stallions hit on my sister."
"Shining, We had a talk about this!" Cadance said. "You promised that you wouldn't let yourself be Overprotective of your sister when she hangs out with a Stallion!"
"Hey It's Not My Fault That I Have To Be The Big Brother Here!" Shining said.
"Well You Still Shouldn't Have Ha-" Cadance said, but then she stopped, and silently gasped, much to Shining's notice.
"Cadance, are you ok?" Shining asked. The alicorn looked at her husband.
"I just felt another kick." Cadance said. Shining's eye widened.
"R...Really?" Shining asked. He lifted his hoof and gently rubbed it against Cadance's stomach. He did feel it move a tiny bit inside her.
"Something tells me it doesn't like us arguing." Cadance said.
"I was thinking the same thing..." Shining said. The two looked into each other's eyes. The two lovers never argued like that before. Sure couples would argue, but not these two. Deep down, they knew they were both sorry. Shining moved closer to Cadance, as she nuzzled her head on his neck.
"I'm Sorry..." Shining said.
"Me Too..." Cadance said.
"Why am I such a bonehead?" Shining asked.
"Oh, you're not a bonehead... well, most of the time you are, but I know you don't mean to be." Cadance said. "You're just trying to look out for your sister... and I can understand that. But there are times when you have to know that she's growing up."
"What should I do?" Shining asked.
"Go talk to her." Cadance said. He looked at the pink alicorn and smiled.
"Ok... I'll go talk to her." Shining said.
"Then go." Cadance said as she nudged her husband, and he took off outside, to find and apologize to his sister.
Back outside, somewhere outside the town of Canterlot near the woods, Spike was looking around, hoping to find Twilight.
"Twilight?!" Spike called as he looked around. "Where did she go?" He then saw somepony near the small pond, staring at it. Spike recognized the place, where Twilight used to go there when practicing her magic skills when she was just a filly. Spike knew it was Twilight alright as he got closer to her.
"You ok?" Spike asked.
"No." Twilight said as she looked at the pond, as Spike too began to look at it as well.
"I remembered when you used to come here?" Spike said. "When you used to practice your spells a long time. Sure brings back memories huh? Twilight?"
"I'm sorry Spike, but I'm just not in the mood to go down memory lane right now." Twilight said. Spike knew that she was a bit angry with Shining, but he knew he had to help her to coop with it.
"Twi... you know your brother didn't mean what he said." Spike said.
"Why is Shining always protective of me?" Twilight asked. "I'm Not a little filly anymore. I can look after myself. He needs to stop doing that whenever a stallion is around me."
"I don't blame ya Twilight." Spike said. "But you can't blame Shining either. I know he can be a bit... overprotective of you, but he's just looking out for you. Fluttershy once told me that brothers are suppose to look after their sisters whenever they're in trouble or not."
"I know... I know." Twilight said as she began to calm down. "I know he's only looking after me... But I don't see why he has a problem with stallions around me."
"Well didn't you feel like that when he was getting married?" Spike asked. Twilight then began thinking, remembering the way she acted when she heard that Shining was getting married.
"Yes, I did..." Twilight said. "I thought that somepony was going to take him away from me. But I quickly got over it after he said that the pony he was marrying was Cadance. The only reason I was ok with it was because she was my foalsitter, and she was like an older sister to me."
"Well, Shining is acting the same way you did, except this time you're were in love with somepony that he isn't comfortable with." Spike said. "Look, all I'm saying is that you should be thankful to have him as a brother. He really cares about you Twilight, just like you care about him." Twilight looked at the small pond, looking at her reflection. She wished he was wrong, but she knew deep down, Spike was right. Shining Armor never means any harm. He was just doing his duty as a brother, looking out for her.
"You're right Spike." Twilight said. "What should I do?"
"Tell him that you're sorry?" Spike asked.
"Yes." Twilight said as the too began to leave the pond area, turning back the way Spike came from.
"Think I should also tell him that he's still my Big Best Brother Friend Forever?" Twilight asked.
"Isn't he always?" Spike asked. But then suddenly Twilight stopped for a minute and began thinking...
"Spike... I don't mean to sound rude, but... I feel like he's not my brother at all." Twilight said.
"What?" Spike asked. "What are you talking about?" Twilight looked away for a minute, thinking about the dream she had the other night, and the dream from last night... something wasn't right at all about them. Maybe it was best that she told him what was going on with her.
"Spike... I need to tell you something..." Twilight said. "But, you need to promise me that you can't tell anypony... ok?"
"Ok Twi..." Spike said. "Do you want me to Pinkie Pie Swear?"
"Uh..." Twilight was about to say no, but she grew hesitant... She didn't want Pinkie Pie to know about, especially since whenever a Pinkie Promise is made, Pinkie Pie has the urge to stalk on those who made it, and she also knows about the promise in one way or another. But Twilight let out a sigh.
"Ok... Pinkie Promise..." Twilight said.
"Yep, Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Spike said. "So... what's been troubling you Twi?" Twilight looked around, seeing that nopony is around and leans into Spike's ear.
"I've been having these weird dreams..." Twilight said.
"Dreams?" Spike asked. "About what?"
"Well, I can't really explain it..." Twilight said. "But to be truthful I've been having these dreams for the past several weeks... But they don't feel like dreams... They feel like nightmares, and the most scary part of it, is that they feel real too."
"Think Luna's just doing that to be funny?" Spike asked.
"No... I didn't sense Princess Luna in my dreams at all." Twilight said. "But what's more strange about the dreams is that they seem... wrong. Like the History is mixed up. It doesn't match up everything about me, like I wasn't born here..."
"What makes you think that?" Spike asked. Twilight looked at the sky, thinking, and just sighed, trying to get her mind off of something, most likely the dream she had.
"Oh nevermind." Twilight said. "I don't even know what I was thinking. My dreams are making me feel off again. Let's just forget about it."
"Are you sure?" Spike asked. "If you need to say something-"
"Spike I already told you, I'm done talking about it." Twilight said, trying to end the conversation.
"Ok... You know... I think Luna is probably trying to sca-" Spike said as he shrugged, but then something quickly ran toward them, and Spike was snatched off the ground. "AHHHH!"
"SPIKE!" Twilight called as she chased after the tall figure. Soon, the big fello disappeared into the bush. Twilight jumped in after him, but as she came out, she stopped. Surrounding her were several Dogs with armor on and carrying lances. They were Diamond Dogs... vicious dogs that have a thing for gems... since they're referred as Diamond Dogs.
"What the..." Twilight said.
"Well, what do we have here?" a high squeeky voice asked. Twilight looked at the top of the cliff in front of her, seeing three Diamond Dogs, which were the head of the pack. There was Rover, the medium sized dog, Fido, the larged sized one, and Spot, the small bulldog-like one.
"A little helpless pony." Rover said.
"You guys again!" Twilight asked. "What do you guys want?! They're aren't anything Diamonds or gems around here for you."
"Oh no no... we're just here to get what we want...." Rover said.
"And what's that?" Twilight asked.
"Revenge!" Rover shouted.
"YEAH!" Spot shouted.
"Oh come on, what did we ever do to you guys?" Spike asked.
"Wait, actually we were paid some gems just to get rid of yous." Fido said.
"By Who?" Twilight asked.
"We don't know actually... it was some pony dressed in some cloak, oh who cares... Guards, Get Her!" Rover shouts, as the Diamond Dog Guards charged toward Twilight, who quickly dodged them with ease, using her magic to teleport from spot to spot... Back in Canterlot, the mares are outside, looking for Twilight.
"She's not at the castle." Rarity said as Rainbow Dash flew to the ground.
"I checked the sky, but there was no sign of her either." Rainbow Dash said. Then suddenly, Pinkie Pie's head pops out of the ground. She was looking underground.
"She's not underground." Pinkie Pie said.
"Hey!" Somepony called. The mares all turned to see Shining Armor approach them. The mares quickly turned their heads away from him, remembering his arguement with Twilight back at their house.
"Have you seen Twilight?" Shining asked.
"What would you like to know?" Applejack said sarcastically.
"Girls come on." Shining said. "Are you really mad at me too?"
"Yep." Applejack said in the tone of her older brother Big Mac.
"Why would you want to know where she is?" Rainbow Dash asked as leaned her head toward the stallion.
"I want to tell her I'm sorry." Shining said. "I didn't mean to argue with her..."
"Even if we could tell you, we don't know where she is." Fluttershy said. But then suddenly, Pinkie Pie noticed that her own mane beginning to sway back and forth, without her doing it herself.
"Uh oh..." Pinkie Pie said. "My Pinkie Senses are tingling again..."
"Oh for the love of pete, what is it now?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Swaying Mane." Pinkie Pie said.
"What does that mean?" Fluttershy asked.
It means... a Pony is in Danger!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Oh Pinkie Pie, how can you be serious-" Rarity asked, but then they heard a voice coming from the woods... The sound was a cry for help.
"HELP!" The voice called. Shining recognized the voice, as did the mares.
"That's Twilight's Voice!" Shining said as he charged into the woods.
"Hang On Twilight!" Rainbow Dash called as they went into the woods as well... Back with Twilight, she managed to dodge the Diamond Dog Guards pouncing from all over, but then tripped and fell down, causing the Dog Guards to jump on her and keep her down on the ground.
"Let Me Go!" Twilight shouted. Spike began to struggle as Spot attempted to hold him down on his knees and stomach.
"Let Me Go you Overweight Puppy!" Spike shouted. Then Spot held the Dragon down on his back, as Rover and Fido approached him.
"Time to show an example why Diamond Dogs are not to be messed with!" Rover shouted. "Squish Him Fido!"
"Gladly!" Fido said as he raised his hands in the air, ready to squeeze Spike.
"Spike!" Twilight shouted. "NOOOOOOOO-!!!!" But then suddenly, Twilight's eyes began to glow, and so did her entire body. Her wings began to flap, allowing her to float off the ground. She then began to scream No once again, but more louder than before. She then suddenly shot a Fireball, from her Mouth! Twilight never did something like this before. The Diamond Dogs jumped back, almost shocked.
"WHOA!" Spike shouted as he ducked out of the way. "Was that Fire?!"
"AHHH, That Pony Breathes Fire!" Spot shouted. Twilight was also shocked herself.
"Whoa... did I just do that?" Twilight asked. Rover then looked at the other Diamond Dogs.
"Don't Just Stand There Idiots!" Rover shouted. "Get The Pony!" The Diamond Dogs slowly approached her. Twilight looked at them, and then noticed her own hooves were glowing, with the color red, as was her horn. She then stood her ground as the Diamond Dogs charged toward her. But then, Twilight aimed her horn, and began to shoot fireballs, hitting the dogs, hurling them to one of the trees. One of them then grabbed ahold of Twilight by the hooves, but then her hooves were glowing red, emitting a powerful burning sensation to the dog's paws, causing it to runaway. Twilight soon began to breathe out fire too, to keep some of the more cowardly Diamond Dogs away. Soon, the rest of them then charged toward her and began to leap. Soon Twilight, closed her eyes, and when the dogs got close enough, she opened them, and then suddenly her whole body let out of energy wave, sending on the Dog Guards to the ground, and not only that, the grass below her began to burn and some of the trees fell over. The smoke from the wave was not big, and couldn't been from outside the forest... But it was enough for Shining to see from inside the forest, as did the other mares.
"Whoa... is that smoke?" Fluttershy asked.
"It's too big to be from a camp fire." Applejack said.
"Come On!" Shining called as he began to gallop to the source... As the smoke cleared, Twilight opened her eyes, wondering what happened, and to her shock and surprise, the Diamond Dog guards were on the ground, moaning in dizziness, Spike on the ground with his jaw hung open, and Rover, Fido, and Spot shocked and then terrified.
"She's a Psycho Pony!" Spot shouted.
"And Scary!" Fido shouted.
"Let's Get Out Of Here!" Rover shouted as they and the dog guards ran for their lives, leaving Twilight amazed, yet confused. Was that her using her rage-shift again, or was it some kind of spell she just tapped into. Still what matters is that she scared them off, and she and Spike were safe. She soon approached Spike who was brushing some of the dust off his scaly body.
"You Ok Spike?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah I'm fine..." Spike said as he finished brushing himself off. "Man Twilight, that was so cool, you doing all that Fire stuff!... Wait... YOU BREATHED FIRE! How Did You Do That?!"
"I don't know!" Twilight said, confused herself. "I didn't know how to do that stuff!"
"Twilight!" voices called. Twilight and Spike turned to see Shining Armor, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie galloping toward them.
"Are you alright Sugercube?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, we're fine." Twilight said.
"Twily!" Shining called as he hugged his sister tightly speaking very quickly. "OhIwassoworried, I'msorryifImadeyoumadlikethat! PleaseDon'tBeMad!"
"Shining... you're... squishing me!" Twilight said with a gasp.
"Oh, sorry..." Shining said as he released her, but then his attention was taken from the sight of the burned up area, with the ground covered in soot, and some of the trees burned up.
"Oh My!" Fluttershy said as she looked at some of the burnt ground. "What happened here?"
"Ask Her!" Spike said pointing at Twilight, who blushed nervously. Shining, and the mares looked at her.
"Whoa... that's the last time I ever tick you off again." Shining said.
Within Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia was reading a letter she received this morning. But then suddenly, she stops and then gasps, as if she felt a disturbance in the Balance of the Elements of Harmony... It wasn't Discord no... but something else... She turns from her letter and looks outside through the window, sensing a strange energy coming from somepony she didn't expect... Her former Faithful Student.