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// Chapter 3:The Spinferno 
// Story: The Lost Wonderbolts 
// by FireFlash13231 
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	"In the back of the cave, there's a little hole in the roof." Soarin reported. "I think I could fit through and look for help!"
"No, that would never work" argued Spitfire. "You can't fit through that, and you would get lost when you returned to look for us. We can dig our way out through that hole!"
"It's a good idea, but our wings would get too tired" I explained. "I could use the new move that I've been working on to tunnel out through the hole!"
Both of them stared at me before Spitfire narrowed her eyes questioningly. "What new move? You didn't say anything about a new move!"
"Yeah!" agreed Soarin, also narrowing his eyes. "You said that we should never keep secrets from each other!"
"Hold on a moment, you two. This was going to be a surprise, not a secret." I corrected. "I was planning on performing it at next week's event, only the event has definitely been cancelled by now, with three Wonderbolts missing."
"You're probably right. Well, what's your new move called? And how will it help us get out of here?"
"It's called the Spinferno, and it's extremely difficult, so I haven't exactly had much time to practice....." I said nervously, my voice trailing off.
"That's all right!" said Spitfire. "It's worth a shot!"
"Yeah!" urged Soarin. "Give it a go!"
I looked into their eager faces and waited several seconds before replying. "All right. Just let me give it a practice attempt first. A Spinferno is dangerous, and I want to be sure I have enough space to do it."
As Soarin and Spitfire moved back, I stood up on my back hooves and stretched my wings. Ah, how wonderful it felt to be using them again!
I started to dash around in a circle, flaping my wings to accelerate more rapidly. As I ran faster and faster, a red glow began to appear beneath my hooves, and Spitfire and Soarin gasped in amazement. I began the second part of the trick, and started to close the circle. A glowing orange ring appeared inside of the red ring as I tightened my circle. As I lifted off, a third, yellow glowing ring appeared inside the orange ring. As I countinued to gain speed, the glow began to waver and flicker. An incredible wind had started to blow around the cave, and flames began to rise from the ground. As I flew faster, reaching unbelievable speeds in an impossibly tight circle, I gradually became surrounded by a flaming tornado known only as a Spinferno, and I was the only pony to ever perform one, though Soarin and Spitfire were the only other two ever to witness one. The heat and wind were intense, but I could stand it, thanks to a long week of practicing. As I began to slow down, the Spinferno slowed its rotation and the flames began to dissipate. As I touched down onto the floor of the cave, the glowing rings on the ground slowly began to fade away.
As I trotted over to Spitire and Soarin, they stared at me in awe. "Wow, Fireflash! I didn't know you had that sort of ability! I mean, I knew you were great, but this...this is incredible!" Spitfire complimented.
"For the longest time, I didn't either." I replied. "I only did this for the first time last week."
"How would that help us out though?" wondered Soarin. "The tip that could drill us out is at the bottom, not the top! So even if you could modify it to help us escape, you would drill down. Not up!"
"I though of the exact same problem." I said. "That's why I thought that I would run in a circle on the ceiling, using my wings to fly upside down, and then I could "run" on the ceiling, and right myself to prepare to modify it when I take off, so that I can drill upward with my inverted Spinferno. It might just work, but it would be so many times more dangerous than the original."
"It can't hurt to try..." Spitfire said nervously.
"Actually, it could hurt a lot-"
"Just go for it, Fireflash! Me and Spitfire believe in you!"
"All right, but let me rest first. This thing takes nearly THIRTY WINGPOWER."
"Whoa. That's hard enough in a straight line, but in a tight circle?" Spitfire said, still awestruck.
"Actually, flying in a tight circle increases the wingpower calculations significantly."
"Really, Soarin? How do you know that?" asked Spitfire.
"Remember? Fireflash and I went to Ponyville, and Rainbow Dash led the way for the pegasus ponies of Ponyville to become the next ones to have the honor of supplying the water for the weather ponies in Cloudsdale."
"Right, now I remember." said Spitfire. "I wanted to go with you two so badly, but I had broken my wing a couple of days before."
"Back to the task at hand." I interrupted. "I need to rest my hooves and wings for at least ten minutes or so before I can run or fly again, and just under an hour before I can even think of trying another Spinferno. That trick really takes the energy out of me. It doesn't help that I'm hungry, either. You two start digging a hole in the roof for me to drill into, and I'm going to rest up."
"Will do, Fireflash. You rest so that you can drill us out of here."
"Wake me up in an hour or so."
I don't know when, but when I woke up, Soarin and Spitfire were snoozing side by side.
"Hehe. Tired from flying and digging. I'll let them sleep and I'll try to drill out once they're awake."
In another twenty minutes, they had gotten up and were ready for me to attempt the Inverted Drill Spinferno.
"Stand back." I warned them. "I don't know what will happen."
I started the stunt the same way, only upside down. This time, when I began to close the circle, it added a yellow ring, not an orange one.
"Yellow?" Soarin said over the rushing wind. "Last time it was orange!"
I knew in my mind that that could not have been a good sign, but I decided to keep going. As I lifted off the ceiling and righted myself, a blue ring formed inside of the yellow ring.
"What's happening?" Spitfire yelled over the rushing wind.
"I don't know!" Soarin yelled back. "I sure hope Fireflash knows what he's doing!"
I knew exactly what I was doing, but I had no idea whatsoever what was causing the messed up colors. As I began to modify the move, I raised my front hooves to the ceiling and started grinding away at the rocks with my upside down Spinferno. After about a minute, I had drilled a five inch deep hole into the ceiling.
I was starting to feel extremely tired, so I tried to slow down, but I couldn't stop! I tried harder to decellerate, but only accelerated faster, and at this speed, I could easily lose control.
I immediately called out. "Help me! I can't stop! Help!"
"Soarin! We've got to get Fireflash down from there!"
"Well, I know that, but how?"
"Help me!" I cried out. "If I can't stop, then my Spinferno might turn into an uncontrollable blazing fireball! I could DIE in this thing!"
"All right, Fireflash, we're coming!"
Spitfire and Soarin flew up to help me down, but it was too late. I lost control of my Spinferno, which morphed into a spinning ball of fire, with me tumbling around helplessly inside.
"No! Fireflash!" Spitfire screamed.
Spitfire tried to fly into the fireball to help me, but Soarin pulled her back.
"I'm sorry Spitfire, but this is one thing we can't do." Soarin sighed, and lowered his head. "Fireflash is going to have to make it out of this one on his own."