_______*Everfree forest unknown cave in unknown location....time unknown.*_______
Firefly awoke to a dull pain in her back but that was to be expected since she slept on cold hard rock, she groaned and slowly opened her eyes only to see darkness which caused Firefly to be confused.
Firefly rubbed her forehead with her hoof and looked around only to see more darkness around her.
"What's going on?" She asked herself aloud.
Firefly' eyes began to adjust to the darkness allowing her to see more of her surroundings, Firefly knew immediately that she was further into the cave than she was before.
Taking a deep breath Firefly stood up and looked around for signs of her sister but found none. "Well now.....where the heck is she?" She asked quietly.
Firefly took a better look around the room and noticed some key features in the room such as a blown out torch that was definitely makeshift and a large pile of leaves, Firefly assumed that Gwen found some dry leaves after she fell asleep and managed to make a torch......but that raised the question....where did Gwen find the materials?
Eventually Firefly sighed and walked towards a nearby exit. "I'll figure this out later." She decided.
Firefly shook all other thoughts out of her head and focused on her primary goal, finding Gwen, so she exited the room and started to explore.
Firefly soon found herself in a dark tunnel that led in two different directions. "Alright, left or right?" She asked herself.
Soon she walked to the right and came upon a fork in the tunnel, one path continued forward while the other one broke off to the right.
Firefly decided to take the path to the right and found another stone chamber but this one was smaller then the previous one and had little to nothing in it, the only item of significance was a bundle of sticks, and so Firefly left the room.
______*twenty minutes later in a different part of the cave.*_______
Gwen groaned and rubbed her forehead with her hoof and opened her eyes only to be met with darkness and decided to let her eyes adjust to the darkness while she stood up.
'I swear if this was Firefly I'm going to kill her.' Gwen's eyes adjusted just enough to see where the wall was and she walked over to it and leaned on it.
"Then again, it would be a good idea if i explored the area first." She concluded.
With her mind made up Gwen proceeded to move towards the exit of the chamber after her eyes adjusted even more until she tripped on something.
"Ouch!...I am so going to kill Fire after this." She grumbled while standing up.
Gwen continued toward the exit slowly for a while until she reached the exit itself, Gwen leaned against the wall and rubbed her forehead with her hoof and winced in pain.
She looked down the tunnels and found only one path that she could manage to go down, so she continued her slow trek through the darkness.
Gwen walked through the dark whilst ignoring the newfound pain in her head and sides, Gwen soon felt another wave of pain coursing through her head and sides causing her to have to lean against the wall until the pain either died down or she passed out.
"This is going to be a bitch." She swore under her breath.
_____*Firefly's location three rooms later*_____
Firefly walked through another tunnel until she came upon a peculiar occurrence, the path ahead was blocked by a large rock wall that had a hole at the top and jagged rocks along the side of it, Firefly sighed and took flight.....
....or so she thought, instead Firefly's wings seemed to not budge at all, curious...Firefly turned to look at her wings and noticed that they seemed ok but she had no feeling coming from them at all.
Firefly once again attempted to open her wings but this time they just fell down to her sides and went limp, sighing Firefly decided that she would have to climb the wall to get to the other side.....if there was one.
Firefly moved up to the rocks and noticed a pattern in the rocks and decided to use it to get up. "Gotta be careful." She said.
The mare climbed up to the first rock with ease and proceeded to jump to the second. 'Making progress, only fifteen to go.' Firefly jumped to the third rock and pulled herself up.
For about ten minutes Firefly was jumping from rock to rock until she reached the last one. "Last one eh Gwen?.....oh yea." She said In reminder.
Firefly braced herself for the jump and after a few moments she leaped to the final rock....
....and came out at the previous rock. "What the?" She asked herself.
Firefly did a double take and noticed nothing was out of the ordinary, so she leapt to the rock again but this time she pulled herself up.
"Ha! No rock can keep me down!" She said dramatically while holding a hoof in the air for effect.
Firefly turned around and walked up to the hole 'this thing is so damn small' Firefly crouched down and started to crawl through the hole.
The hole was small, small enough to make Firefly have to take her time crawling through it. "Gwen better appreciate this." She grumbled.
______*Gwen's location two rooms later*_____
Gwen shakily got to her feet and continued down the tunnels until she came upon a crossroads, there were four paths and two of which she fully explored, So she decided to continue forward.
As she walked through the path she chose, Gwen felt the pain in her head subside thankfully. "Much better." She said quietly as her slow trek sped up a little.
Soon Gwen came across a large rock wall with a hole at the top and jagged rocks along the sides. 'I'm in no condition to climb that wall.' She concluded before turning around and walking away.
Gwen didn't make it ten feet away from the wall when she heard a grunt come from behind her, she quickly turned around and saw what looked like rock dust come out of the hole, followed by a figure who climbed out of the hole and jumped from rock to rock to get down.
Gwen slowly started to back up when the figure laughed......it sounded familiar. "Stay back!" She shouted.
The figure looked at Gwen and walked up to her slowly. "Now is that how you welcome a sibling?" Said the figure.
Gwen's eyes widened. "Fire?" She asked quietly.
_____*Firefly's location*_____
Firefly crawled through the small tunnel and accidentally kicked a rock let out dust, she grunted which echoed and continued through the tunnel until she came upon the exit. 'Finally'
She exited the tunnel and jumped from rock to rock until she reached the bottom which caused her to laugh. 'Told you no rock would hold me down.'
"Stay back!" Shouted a familiar voice.
Firefly looked over and saw the sillouette of a familiar person, she grinned. "Is that how you welcome a sibling?" She said sarcastically.
The figures next word confirmed her suspicions. "Fire?" Asked the figure.
Firefly walked up to the figure and soon made out her sisters iconic rainbow mane. "Long time no see Gwenie." She said mockingly.
Gwen growled. "Don't ever say that nickname." She hissed.
Firefly's grin only grew. "Make me." She teased.
Gwen sighed in realization. "Not now alright, we need to get out of here." She said.
Firefly nodded and Gwen started to walk away slowly making Firefly sigh. "Gwen you alright?" She asked.
Gwen stopped and looked at her sister. "No idea." She replied.
Firefly walked up to Gwen and her eyes widened. "Gwen, your wings." She said in a pained voice.
Gwen looked at her sides and her eyes widened at the sight. "What....what happened to my wings!" She shouted.
Firefly examined her sisters wings and noticed that they were broken from the middle up, she took a deep breath. "Look Gwen we don't have the necessary skills or equipment to fix your wings here, we need to get back to camp so Skitter can heal you." She stated.
Gwen gulped and her breathing quickened. "Let's get out of here then, the sooner we get back the better." She said.
Firefly nodded and the sisters began walking but this time with Firefly carrying Gwen over her shoulder.
"Here we go again." Firefly said.