//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 – The Impossible Happens // Story: Nothing Is Impossible // by Horizon Prime //------------------------------// Something impossible was in front of Rainbow Dash. The world didn't make sense. Her pupils tried to focus, but her mind wouldn't allow it. Even so, her eyes were fixated to a dark and red spot ahead; everything else was white. No, no! screamed her reason refusing to believe, and shut her eyes. Darkness... all is darkness. She hears something, "Hah, uhhm, haa, uuh," heavy panting she realized, That's my breathing! She felt weak and sick, stood barely and her body trembled with each breath. Once the most talented pegasi that commanded the weather, now a shaky leaf on an autumns tree. All was noise around her, she tried to concentrate, to understand what was happening, to remem—ugh! to remember, so, frowning her face, she blocked everything and went back, back to the last time the world made sense, when she was still Rainbow Dash, awesome hero extraordinary, back to early this fated day morning. )>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<<( There was a whisper in the air, the soft shimmer of the stars above in the night's sky brought pace and comfort to the all of Equestria, even to those who needed to stay alert and awake, and Rainbow Dash couldn't, but she was the best flyer in all of Equestria, so she could do her job in her sleep... as she was doing. And she calls me lazy—Thunderlane rolled his eyes as he thought—Although, she is working. He flew closer, and called her again, this time, softly in her left ear, "Raaiinboow, wake up!" "I'm awake, I'm awake," she said as she shook her head and blinked her droopy eyes while still pushing a rain cloud with her forelegs. "Hey! Don't do that again," she angrily replied rubbing a hoof on her ear; slightly surprised and annoyed at his little prank. "If you have time to play jokes, then you are not doing your job." She pointed her hoof at him. "Now, get back to work!" "Hmp!" said Thunderlane complaining. You tried to do a mare a favor, he thought through the light chuckle of the mare's in the weather team, leaving Rainbow alone. Rainbow continued to push the fluffy piece of heaven to it proper place and scanned her surroundings to get a grip on reality while she admired her work. Even in her sleep, she had managed to complete her work way faster than the rest of the team. I am awesome, she figured. The assignment was simple, to scheduled a night rain at 4 a.m. for the crops fields in Ponyville. She liked those assignments; they let her finish her job early, leaving her all the time to goof around and nap peacefully during the day. During this time however, she rested sitting on top of a cloud, while she led her mind wonder. She closed her eyes briefly as she inhaled, only to turn her gaze at the quiet town in the distance, admiring it in the dim light of a full moon, and letting out a content sigh. She had the suspicious that it was Princess Luna the one that came with these "Night rains" in the first place, y'know, to hang with the pegasi and fly in the night. Not that she could have blamed her, pegasi were pretty cool, but still, she didn't need to do that. No need to feel embarrassed and make up excuses about doing something she enjoyed, even thought it didn't fit her princess appearance. Huh, that sounds familiar. Her mussing cut short as she observed her team members struggled with some stubborn clouds. She closed her eyes, shook her head and signed. They still had much to do and while she could go home and rest now that her part of the job was done, she would never leave a friend hanging. I am Rainbow Dash after all. ~~<<0>>~~ "Ugh!" Rainbow exclaimed annoyed into the skies. "You guys take forever." Cloudkicker turned around from the cumulus of clouds that she and the team were forming; looking sheepishly as she said, "We are sorry Rainbow, but look we just finished, and just in time." The rest of the eight team members erupted in cheers as they completed the job. "Thank you, Rainbow. We couldn't done it in time without you," Cloudkicker said, smiling at Rainbow. "Yeah, you guys looked pretty desperate back there. I had to work these babies to save your tails," said a smugly Rainbow, looking back and pointing a hoof at her wings. Cloudkicker responded shyly admiring Rainbow's wings, "Well... thanks again we owe you one." "Pff." Rainbow glanced to her left side with eyes half lifted, trying to look cool. "Don't sweat it. It's what I do." The team finalized their job, the rain poured down on the fields and there was no longer a need for it to be monitored. Celestia hadn't risen the sun yet, but soon it would be the daytime shift to take over, so all said their goodbyes and went home, all but Rainbow. She had woken up too early, and had nothing left to do. Her tur—ehh, tortoise pet Tank probably wouldn't woke up until past eleven, when he got hungry, maybe Applejack could be awake, but nah. She was still way to sleepy, so instead off flying all the path to her house, she searched the vicinities, above the awakening forest and up in the sky, took some stranded clouds, clumped all together, and made a bed that floated above a wooden fence on the edge of town, and laid in it. She could feel the cloud bed sailing farther away by a soothing breeze but didn't care, and just led it play with her mane as she drifted for a nice relaxing nap. Perhaps the last good sleep she would have in years. ~~<<0>>~~ Something resounded in the distance. Maybe the sound of the awesome explosion, the move that she and the Wonderbolts made together. "Aahh, Aaihh!" Surely some faint cheering. "Ugh, hah, let's get out of here!" Rainbow's eyes open up. She knew no one bailed from a Wonderbolts performance. The midday sun greeted her as his rays slowly burn her vision. "What's going on?" she asked herself while she turned her body to the ground and saw the running couple of brown earth ponies with fear in their eyes and sweat covering their fur. A sense of dread overcame Rainbow. Thuunk... Rainbow jerked her head to the sound from her cloud. She heard more faint screams. Something was wrong. "That seems to come from Ponyville," she said aloud. Something bad is happening, she thought. "Not on my watch!" said Rainbow shooting across the sky leaving her signature trail behind heading towards her town. Even with all the wind currents, as she got closer, her ears were filled with the sound of screaming and crying. "Daddy, sniff, sniff, maaamii!" cried a confused filly standing in the middle of the road. "Run! Run! Everypony run!" said a couple of running pegasi mares as they ignored the filly. Madness were in the faces of all the galloping ponies; unicorns, pegasi, and earth pony alike; many cows, dust clouds and other animal were engulfed in the chaotic stampede. There, far in the distance, she saw it; the thing from where all panic emerged. A house or building destroyed with each slow step it made, sending a loud shockwave through the ground. Its right leg trapped with a chain and ball, almost the size of the town hall, that jerked each time it got too far. One of it maws, already gnawing the chain without result; drops of saliva and foam fell everywhere, sliding down from its teeth. Its other three heads were wailing and trashing all around, trying to get anypony down their throats, and tearing the ground every time one missed. Green repulsive fumes and substances exude from its skin. Hunger and desperation on its eyes, as it searched the streets for its next pleasure. Rainbow was momentary stunned in mid air with all the commotion. "Dashie, Dash," from the running crowd a voice called. There was Pinkie pie, caring a frightened Pumpkin Cake on her back, to her side, were Mama and Papa Cake trying to calm little Pound incessant crying. Rainbow descended just above Pinkie so she could hear her better. "Dash you got to go quick, Applejack and Twilight need your help." "Have you seen Fluttershy? or Rarity?" Rainbow looked left and right desperately; concern and fear all imprinted in her questions. "I saw Fluttershy with some creatures, but a haven't seen Rarity, she might have gone to her parents." Pinkie looked back to the town with worry. "You need to hurry, Applejack and Twilight are there all alone." Tears were forming in Pinkie's blue eyes. "I'll catch with you later, you got to get there now." Pinkie pointed her hoof at the monster. "Got it," Rainbow said then advanced trough the air a little more at ease now that she knew Twilight and Applejack were on the case. There was nothing that she and her friends couldn't handle. As Rainbow flew in town and looked at the ground, she began to worry, Where are they?—There was no sign of Applejack or Twilight. She continued flying until she was finally in range of the behemoth. Now, she could detail that one of his heads was unconsciously splatter on the ground; red hair on top, and giant orange-khaki scales on this thick snake like, long neck, long as a street; the perfect size to swallow ponies whole. Its tongue hung from the side of its mouth; not far, a big boulder laid next to it. One down, three to go, thought Rainbow smirking. I need to hurry or there will be nothing left for me to do. She heard a chilling screech close by, a couple of ponies were cornered just to the side of the thing by some falling debris. She could play the scene now, one of the creature heads had acquired a new couple of preys, and was looking down at them silently with intense curiosity as it gauged the distance. Soon they would be no more. "Hey you two, move it!" screamed Rainbow, but one of the mares had already fainted and the other was paralyzed with terror. Rainbow didn't think they heard her. "Just hang on, I'm coming." She blasted from her spot with mesmerizing speed. She dove in and flew as close to the ground as she could; fore-hooves stretched forward, and advancing through the clearing the beast had made by flattening her town. Rainbow's determined cerise eyes were set on the couple ahead. She got closer with each fast beat of her wings and heart, both strangely synchronized. The sick green fog dispelled; a dash of hope as she passed through. In no time, she shortened the distance. She quickly grabbed the couple, and before the monster could make a move, twisted upward raising to the skies. The beast wasn't going to let his meal got away so easily. It followed her. Rainbow strained her body and pushed harder and harder, but this thing was faster and its neck longer than she envisioned. Ohh its gonna get me! She realized as the extra weight and change of direction slowed her down. Best case, she was going to lose the hairs on her tail, worst... well, either way, it would be ugly. Opened jaws were just behind her. She flinched and close her eyes. Then she heard it. A snapping sound and an unmistakable, "Yeee haw!" She turned around and watched a rope holding the creature maul. "Applejack!" Rainbow smiled. "Rainbow, ya get those ponies out of here," said Applejack, "Ah'll keep distractin' this overgrown alligator." Applejack kept pulling the end of the rope in her nuzzle with all her strength and tied to a tree immobilizing the head. "Pinkie said Twilight was here, where is she?" asked Rainbow scanning the place with the couple of mares dandling on her hoofs. "Twilight is holdin' town hall and a couple of other houses from fallin' down on some ponyfolk," Applejack said. The hydra watched desperately at his flying preys, pressed hard and snapped free its jaw; then, let out a deafening wailing roar. "Whoa, Nelly." Applejack started running. Rainbow flew away. The hydra try to follow the pegasus but got hit in the heads with two rocks. "Hurry, Rainbow, Ah don't know how long Ah can keep them," Applejack threw a couple rocks in the air, reared back and kicked them. They flew with accuracy at two of the monster heads, both hits in their respective eye. Applejack bolted away. The third head watched for a moment and laughed at his others selfs; then, resumed its attempts at freeing themselves from the chain. The other two heads turned their fury stare to the farmer. "I'll be right back," Rainbow said and flew away. She continued flying until they were a good distance from the town, the beast and the fumes. "You girls are going to be okay?" she asked the couple of young earth ponies laying them on the ground. They had been extremely quiet during the hole trip. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" She put her hooves on the shoulders of the semi-conscious mare and shook her. "Wha-what?" said the traumatized mare. Her disheveled blue mane blocked part of her face, cream coat full of stains and dust and her eyes darted up and down, side to side watching nothing. Focusing her eyes on the mare's, Rainbow asked slowly, "Hey, listen, I need you, to carry your friend, out of town, to safety. Can you do that?" "I ah, um, yes ah I can do it." She pushed her nuzzle under her friend and place her on her back. Rainbow was going to say something but a heavy metal sound similar to a towns bell came from the distance interrupting her, followed by a loud impact and the thundering of something very heavy rolling. Time stopped, and the mares disappeared. The world began banishing slowly. This is when it happens, her conscience said. Color abandoned her view; only shadows, dark and gray, were left on the world. She could see one image. In the distant fog, the thing. Released of its bounds. It had someone surrounded. Six eyes watching. Nowhere to go. "No, y'all get back, get back!" Tears on AJ eyes. "Oh, please, sweet Celestia, please, help me." She franticly looked the approaching silence. "Somepony, anypony please... help me." Her back against a wall. No no no! She is too far. "Hah no, no, Rainbow, Twilight... help..." No no no, not like this no. "I'm coming AJ," screamed Rainbow. "Ah'm scared, Ah'm scared." Applejack closed her eyes. "Aahh, No! No! Waahh!" This can't be happening, this can't be. Please no, please no. She'll be fine, she'll be fine. I'll make it, I'll make it, I have to. All went dark.