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// The cave.... 
// Story: A New Tale In Equestria. 
// by Sylif Daring Doo 
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______*The Everfree forest 3:41 PM the next day*______

Gwen and Firefly walked through the forest side by side searching for a medicinal herb for Roxanne but Firefly grew restless.

"Can't we just fly?" She asked impatiently while hovering too prove her point.

Gwen let out an annoyed sigh and looked up at her sister. "No because if we do we could miss what we need." She replied calmly.

Firefly groaned and landed on the ground next to Gwen. "Fine." She hissed.

Gwen grinned and continued walking until she came upon a green plant with circular leaves.. "Ah here we go." She said In a slightly high tone.

Firefly raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything and instead opted to wait while Gwen harvested the leafs.

Gwen carefully retrieved the leaves when a thought came to her mind. "Hey Fire....you remember Fluttershy?" She asked casually.

Firefly was confused at the question and shrugged in response. "She was the shy yellow one right?" She asked.

Gwen stood up and looked at her sister. "Yep." She replied as she started to put the leafs into her bags.

Firefly turned around. "Then yes I remember her.....why?" She asked with confusion.

Gwen smirked. "Well....i recall you having a crush on her back in flight school." She replied with an evil tone.

Firefly's face went blank as she blushed heavily. "I....um why does this matter?" She asked nervously.

Gwen whistles innocently. "No reason....just the fact that if you saw her you would faint." She replied smugly.

Firefly's blush intensified as her wings unfolded slowly against her will. "Uh I-i-i umm." Firefly began to stammer.

Gwen giggled and wrapped her foreleg around Firefly. "Oh come on, you need too lighten up!" She teased. 

Firefly felt the heat leave her cheeks and her wings return to her sides. "Please don't tease me like that again." She said with an oddly calm tone.

Gwen grinned and nodded when she felt her head become wet. "What the?" Gwen felt the top of her head and then removed her hoof to look at it. "Water?" She asked.

Firefly looked up and noticed that rain clouds were above them. "Um Gwen, we might want to get back to camp." She suggested.

Gwen looked up and gasped. "No time!" She exclaimed as the water proceeded to pour down on them in force.

Firefly and Gwen promptly started running in a random direction hoping to get away from the rain but too their disappointment the rain clouds went on for what seemed like miles. 

It wasn't long until the sisters were soaked and cursing their luck, that was until Firefly spotted something.

Firefly sighed in relief and started to run towards it but not until she let her sister know. "Gwen! I found a cave!" She shouted.

Gwen nodded quickly and followed her sister to the cave to escape the rain.

The cave that the sisters were running towards had a river running through it and long and wide overhang at the top of the cave, it had some moss here and there along with the occasional vine growth but nothing serious, it also had a single tree growing through the side of it.

Gwen and Firefly quickly entered the cave and stopped running to catch their breath.

Firefly shook the water off like a dog and walked over to the one of the many walls and leaned against it while sliding down.

Gwen did something very similar except she just sat down against the wall. "That was close." She said.

Firefly nodded as she tried to get her breathing under control. "Yea, well the others are going too panic you know that right?" She asked.

Gwen sighed and looked outside. "Yea i know." She said calmly.

Firefly leaned her head against the stone and after a few moments she just laughed.

Gwen found this confusing. "What's so funny?" She asked.

Firefly smiled and looked outside. "You remember our third year at flight school, when I told you that I would sleep in the Everfree for the fun of it?" She asked.

Gwen thought on this for a moment before chuckling to herself. "Yea I remember, I also remember that Skitter told you we were crazy and made us....." She paused before blushing.

Firefly looked over at her sister and raised an eyebrow at the sight. "You ok there Gwen, you look a little.....purple?" She asked in confusion.

Gwen nodded and the blush died down. "You remember what Skitter made us do even though we didn't realize it at the time?" She asked.

Firefly was just plain confused at this point. "No I don't." She replied.

Gwen sighed and looked back outside. "Come on think, it was one week after the truth or dare game at the twins house and we were in our room." She continued nervously.

Firefly thought on this for a moment before her face heated up and she looked at the ground in embarrassment. "Yea, I remember." She said quietly.

Gwen closed her eyes and grinned. "I don't ever want to forget that moment." She said happily.

Firefly's face heated up even more. "Yea well, I uh....thought it was Trapper trying to prank me." She said hastily.

Gwen's grin grew. "So you kissed me thinking it was him?" She said smugly.

Firefly looked outside and avoided looking at Gwen. "Y-yeah." She said quietly.

Gwen's grin turned into a smile and she opened her eyes and just listened to the rain.

Firefly was just plain embarrassed beyond belief and she closed her eyes. "Hey uh....sis?" She asked quietly.

Gwen looked at her sister. "Yes?" She asked.

Firefly felt the heat fade from her face and she sighed in relief. "See you when I wake up." She said quietly.

Gwen nodded and looked outside. "Sure thing Fire, goodnight." She said in a soothing tone.

Firefly fell asleep soon after leaving Gwen alone with no companion but the rain.

Gwen looked over at her sister and sighed in relief before closing her eyes to join her sister in deep slumber.

Just before Gwen fell asleep she heard a faint thumping coming from somewhere close by.