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// Traveling Far, but Slow 
// Story: When Light Comes To Darkness 
// by CreepyStories 
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Chapter 2: Traveling Far, but Slow

Autumn starts panting. The poor three are dehydrated. Rainbow Dash kept flying around, looking high and low for any nearby houses, or stores... but no luck.
"Oh my god, I'm an idiot!"
"No, Rainbow. You aren't." Autumn answered.
"No, seriously! I can just turn somewhat of a cloud, and take some of it's water supply out of it."
"Well silly, better get to it.. I'm so thirsty." Fluttershy said with a gulp.
Several hours past, and eventually Rainbow Dash found a small village, with dried grass houses.
"Guys! I see a village!"
Rainbow Dash descended to the ground, and started hurrying the two other ponies.
"Hey, hey, easy on the pushing, It's not like I have eight legs to walk around with."
"Guys... the sky." Fluttershy said in a wimpy voice.
Rainbow and Autumn kept arguing, so they couldn't hear Fluttershy. The sky started turning black, but not a night sky type of black. Pitch black, with no stars or a moon.
"Look up, th-the sky..."
"No, I have a better tail, yours is just blue! And my coat obviously beats your white coat, white can get stained very easily!"
"Yes, but I can keep it clean, without a sweat."
Right as Autumn said that, she fell into a pit of mud.
"Pfft! Haha, nice job Einstein!"
"Okay, okay. I was clumsy."
"Th-th-the sky is turning black."
Autumn and Rainbow both looked up.
"What.. is happening?" Autumn said with a gasp.
"And what is that white little speck in the air?"
The speck started getting bigger, and bigger.
"Something is falling! Move!"
A white piano falls onto the ground.
"What in the heavens.. why is there a piano falling out of the sky in the first place?"
In the distance, the three heard
"CLEAR!" *A distant boom* "CLEAR!" *Boom.* "OKAY, ONE MORE TIME!" "CLEAR!" *Boom*
"Many more pianos! Get as far West as you can!"
The three started running West. Rainbow almost got hit with one of the pianos, whilst flying.
"This is so ironic! The other day in Ponyville, this guy started throwing large objects at me, that were white!"
"What were they throwing at you?"
"Pie! Don't ask why they were white... I don't think I want to know myself."
The three pianos eventually have hit the ground, but the ponies were slightly going North West, so they made it to the village.
"Who is responsible for this? This... ugh!"
"Why couldn't they have been colorful flowers..." Fluttershy said in tears.
"See, now you're making her cry! No one EVER makes Fluttershy cry on my watch!"
"Why were you shooting pianos out of cannons in the first place?! And out of everything you can shoot, pianos?!"
"No one has any musical talent, here in Counterlot. I thought it would be a good idea to get rid of them, they were taking up space that we needed."
"Well at least take them far, and burn them! Not just shoot them out of no where!"
"We weren't expecting any visitors. As our grant of apology, we will get you anything out of grass."
Autumn starts whispering into Fluttershy's ear.
"Flutter, these guys are idiots, think you can give them a charm, to just... stop?"
"I'll try, buddy. But if I don't succeed, I know you can do it."
"Rainbow Dash, it's okay. Let me take role, okay buddy?"
With an angry sour face, Rainbow Dash let Fluttershy take role.
"Hi guys, we are explorers. We are very weary, and would like some place to stay for the night. Can we pleeeeaase stay the night?"
Fluttershy starts doing adorable puppy eyes.
"No."
"Wh-"
"No."
"But it's the least you can do.."
There was a small pause for 4 seconds.
"Okay, you leave at 12:00."
"Thank you so much. You don't know how grateful we are."
"Yeah, grateful that I'm still alive." Rainbow Dash said under her breath.
"Well, welcome and make yourself at home. Not too much, then you'll be wanting to stay here for a long while."
"I doubt that'll happen." Rainbow said under her breath.

Hours past. Fluttershy went outside to examine the sky, and meet everyone, while Rainbow Dash was wide asleep on a bed. Autumn kept staring out of a window, as if she had a lot on her mind.
*Snore* "Ugh?"
Rainbow woke up.
"Why the long face?"
"Oh.. I don't know. I'm just wondering what caused the sky to change."
"Well Autumn, you need a shower. Go take one, and I'll talk to you when you get back."
30 minutes later.
"Oh Autumn, you look so much better when you're clean." Flutter said quietly.
"Thank you, have you got any clue on what happened to the sky?"
"Yes, look at that distant white glare."
"Another piano?!"
"No, no. It's shaped like a diamond. When I flew up to it, the object was a white orb."
"Well all we need is for Rainbow to do her sonic boom, and she could possibly break that orb.."
"Yes, but we might have to make sure it's the whole reason why the sky is black. Who knows if it's dangerous, or not... I recommend we wait until we take it, and find more information on it."
"That sounds about right..."
The sky started turning red, and the orb turned blue.
"Autumn, look at the orb now, it's the opposite color of the sky. It's blue..."
"That could mean that..."
The two said together: "If we somehow break that orb, the sky will turn blue again, but we have to do it at the right timing!"