//------------------------------// // 16 - Training day // Story: Just a day in Equestria // by dave89898989 //------------------------------// Chapter 16 - Training day *CRASH* Fluttershy and I awoke to a worrying clatter of pots and pans; we raced down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen to see a certain white pegasus buried under the pile of cooking equipment. I couldn't help myself but giggle at the site while Braeburn rushed to help the dazed pony. "Are ya okay?! What happened to ya destiny?!" he said with an anxious tone. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just gonna make so breakfast so I can start training for the race against rainbow dash…" destiny said still a little disorientated. "At 4am?!" Azure said with shock as he and Twisha entered the kitchen rubbing their eyes with their hooves. Twisha gave a silent smirk at the bewildered pony being pulled out from under the debris of cooking equipment, destiny retuned with a chilling glare that could strike fear into the hearts of even the most powerful of ponies. An awkward silence filled the room. Destiny brushed herself off and began to clear the mess she had made. She turned to us with a smile and said, "So... who wants some breakfast? My treat!" "Why would we want to eat so early? I say we go back to bed and get some more sleep" Twisha said stepping forward to face us all. "It couldn't hurt to get an early start on the day!" destiny snapped back. The looks that were exchanged could have killed any pony caught in the crossfire. Destiny looked at me. "What do you think we should do blue?" she asked, trying to contain her frustration. "Uh...well...I think we should try and get some more sleep, it's way to early for this nonsense." "See? Somepony can see sense here." Twisha remarked, undermining Destiny. She looked at me as if I had betrayed her; the anger she felt made her body shake until she spread her wings abruptly and flew out of the door, muttering harsh words and grunts. Braeburn shortly followed her apologizing for her behavior and that she's never acted is way before. I had never seen her like this before, why is she acting this way? And why is it that it's mainly towards Twisha? They've only just met! Haven't they? Hmm... I began to be enveloped by pacing thoughts until they were halted by a yawn and invitation to go back to be from Fluttershy who was about ready to drop. I gave a nod, said good morning to Twisha and azure before heading back to bed where my mind wandered all over the place until I finally managed to settle in the wings of Fluttershy. *Destiny's POV* "How could she pick her over me?! She is meant to be more my friend!" I shouted loudly, looking over to Braeburn, as he cowered from my glare. "Well, ah'm sure Blue didn't mean it like that--" Braeburn was suddenly interrupted by "it isn't fair! This new pony shouldn't be so smug!" Braeburn tried his best to keep his focus on me, no matter how scary I was getting. I sighed, "I'm sorry Brae; let's just say I'm not good with new ponies..." "But, but what about Spark?" "Oh, well he's different as he's Blue's brother. He hasn't really said anything to me yet." "Yeah, ah guess yer right about that..." I sighed again, "Alright, let's get on with this training, I guess. Not that I'll really need it to beat that rainbow dash." "Heh, just as cocky as her... don't get too carried away though, ya know what happens then." We managed to find a clearing big enough to make laps around, so I set to work with my training. Braeburn traced out a starting point in the dirt, and I got into a starting position. I stiffened my wings, and at the end of Brae's countdown, I sped off the ground, leaving a cloud of dust behind me. The line of trees formed an oval shape, perfect to maneuver around, allowing my body to shift itself around the bends. I could feel myself getting faster with every lap, because I was determined to beat that multi-color mane pegasus. I haven't flown this fast for a long time, so I knew I was still in top form. Braeburn almost couldn't keep up with my speed, as his eyes turned into blurs, along with everything else around me. The anger I felt helped my racing spirit, but soon enough, it proved to be for the worse. Some of the trees were catching fire from how fast I was going around them. Braeburn started shouting "slow down missy! Yer causin' a wildfire! Ya better stop that right now!" I tried turning my head to face Braeburn's screams, but all I could see was black after that. "Destiny!" I heard Brae faintly, "ya went straight into that tree! I told ya to slow down, and what did ya'll do?" My eyes slowly flickered open, realizing the shooting pain in my right wing. "Ya caught yer wing pretty badly ya know..." Braeburn gently touched my wing, but I yelped in deafening agony. "Whoops, sorry about that Destiny. But ya know, it was fer yer own good, ya couldn't control the fire in yer eyes, so it spread to the trees!" I struggled to look at the damage I had caused, and there was a charred circle of trees for me to regret upon. "I'm sorry Brae, I couldn't help myself, and I got carried away like you said I would..." "It's alright Destiny, you just gotta keep yer cool, is all." It was time for us to go back home, to try and fix my wing, and as we left the clearing, I heard a faint, sly chuckle from above. Was it...? Probably. *Blue's POV* Ah, the sweet aroma of pancakes in the morning. Apple flavored, to be specific. Fluttershy wasn't in the bed anymore, so our resident chef was at work. I lifted the covers off of me, and promptly trotted down to the kitchen. The table had already seated Twisha and Azure, so I joined them. It was much more quiet than usual, so I tried to talk to Fluttershy. "Hey, you don't have to do this for us all the time, you know." "Aw, it's my pleasure really." Fluttershy replied, and then silence again. Soon enough, we had pancakes in front of us, and I especially dived in to eating the mouth watering food. "Every time you make food, it's brilliant! How do you do it, Shy?" I asked, swallowing an almost whole pancake. "I don't know really...I guess it was just practice...ha ha...." Fluttershy's face turned rosy with the compliment. "Say, where's the rest of the gang anyway? Shouldn't they be back by now?" I enquired, even though nopony would know the answer. Twisha smirked a little. "Hey, what's with the look on your face, Twisha?" Her small grin disappeared as soon as I asked that question. "Oh, nothing, it was nothing. You ate fast!" She quickly changed the subject, possibly to avoid some sort of confrontation from me. "Hmm, these pancakes were so delectable; I had to just eat them all up!" I couldn't help but express my love for Shy's cooking. "Come here Shy!" I squeezed Fluttershy, and pecked her on the cheek, making her still pink shade worse. "Um, Blue? Those are not proper manners, are they?" Azure grumbled, and I chuckled in embarrassment. Even if I had forgotten him, Azure would always be remembered as a joking authority figure to me. Finally, Destiny and Braeburn came through the door, with Destiny groaning in pain. "What's the matter Destiny? What's the matter?" I was truly shocked when I saw a disfigured wing on Destiny's back. "I...clipped my wing on a tree; I was flying too fast. But I'm fine, really..." Destiny said huskily, but when Twisha got up to touch Destiny's wing, she screamed. "That's clearly not fine, Destiny. We better get you patched up!" For once I didn't use my magic, because I knew it was fading out anyway. I tried lifting a small object before I went to sleep with a levitation spell, and I struggled to do just that. In a moment's time, we were in a local hospital, standing around a bed-ridden Destiny. "Hello there, I am nurse Mendheart, and I'm going to take care of your patient for you." A voice came from behind us, so we turned around to see a Red maned pony with a gentle white coat. "Oh, we do hope Destiny recovers soon." I said, worried about the outcome of this hospital visit. "Yeah, I need to get better soon; I got a race to race!" Destiny called out from her bed. "We aren't sure if your recovery will be fast, so you might not be able to make that race." The nurse said, with a tone that was remembering another certain racing pegasus. "I'll leave you to it now. I'll check up on you in a few minutes, okay Destiny?" When nurse Mendheart left the room, we gathered around Destiny again. "Hey, maybe I could take your place for the Wonderbolts, if you'd like." Twisha remarked. "Hold on Twisha, she still has a chance, ah know she does!" Braeburn replied in defense. Twisha still had a grin on her face, as she thought that she could be much better than Destiny. "I wouldn't catch my wing on anything, either..." "Alright, that's enough Twisha." Azure stepped in, "Destiny really wants this chance to be worth the Wonderbolts' time, so you need to leave her to it." Azure's tone was strong, scaring at least all of us a little bit. "What's wrong with Destiny anyway? You've only just met." "Oh, well I'm sorry, but I think Destiny and I are just opposites." Twisha replied, looking Azure in the eyes in an attempt to back him off. "You two are both pegasi! You should have at least something in common." Azure was too tough for his defense to break. "And besides, we should all be friends here, so why are you acting like the enemy?" "She never liked me, I never liked her. Simple as that." "So...you met before?! How was--" Azure was interrupted by nurse Mendheart's presence. "Hello again, I'm just going to go through a few tests with Destiny, to diagnose her wing better and to find the correct cure. I'm going to have to ask you all to stand back, please." Of course, we obeyed her question, and stood away from Destiny, so that the nurse could do her thing. Quite a lot of time passed as we heard the occasional yelp from Destiny, and witnessed Twisha and Azure's never ending staring contest. I stood close to Fluttershy, worried for everypony in this room, as everypony was troubled in some way of their own. I could even feel Destiny's pain slightly, thanks to that special bond we made. Thanks to that fateful day we took a half of that strange fruit for ourselves, we'd always be connected in a particular way. "I'm very sorry, but visiting time is over I'm afraid." Mendheart said, breaking the tension floating around us all. We didn't want to move, but we'd rather leave the nurse to continue her tests, than to loiter around for any longer. "Alright, let's go, gang." I coaxed everypony away from Destiny, saying our goodbyes as we exited the room. Azure had to pull an anxious Braeburn away though, since he didn't want to leave Destiny so soon. Well, none of us did really. We made our way home through the already low sunset, curious to how the time went so fast. I looked back at Azure, and he had a puzzled look in his eyes. He wanted to know more about Destiny and Twisha's past encounters. We made our way inside my house, and rested ourselves in the living room. "Do ya think she's gonna be alright everypony? Is she?" Braeburn asked restlessly. "Of course she'll be alright Braeburn; she can pull through pretty well, even without our support." I consoled Braeburn, as I knew she was a strong willed filly. "Electric Blue?" Twisha piped up suddenly. "Uh...yes Twisha? And please, just call me Blue." "Alright, I'm sorry for earlier. I was just worried for Destiny too really; my mind was just acting weirdly." "I can't exactly trust you, but by the look in your eyes, you aren't lying." I knew that Twisha had some care for Destiny, but I wasn't too sure about her mind 'acting weirdly'." "Blue? Are you sure you should be assuming her truth so quickly?" Azure gave me a different viewpoint, but I was going to stand my ground. "Twisha is a friend, and friends should be trusted, so we have to give her a chance." "Humph. Well, we'd better be going to sleep now, don't you think?" "Alright, we shall. Come on Fluttershy, let's go to bed." I got up, and tiredly walked into my room, and slipped under the covers. Fluttershy followed shortly after. "Whatever you think, Blue, she's going to be alright. We all will be alright, if we stick together and be positive." Fluttershy whispered before giving me a good night kiss on the forehead.