Normally, the loudest noise that could be heard in Taurus would be the sound of hammers hitting anvils. This was not a normal day as it was graced by the presence of Twilight Sparkle, Equestria’s newest princess and avid bookworm. Sadly, she was in her lecturing mood, and this meant that her voice rang loud and clear with extensive knowledge that was able to drown out the sound of the foundries, “Saddle Arabians also had been known to-”
Trixie gulped, before covering her ears, "Anypony have a sound dampening spell?"
"Don't worry, I got this," Will smirked. "Hey Twilight, I think there is a book burning going on in the library. We better hurry."
Twilight stopped,"What!?"
Sunset blinked,"Why didn't I think of that?"
Will giggled as she flew up and ahead, "Helps to have a friend who is also a bookworm."
"Be as it may, we better get over there and stop her going mad," Rarity chuckled.
As the group of eight made their way to the library, they could hear Twilight trotting to the front desk. As she looked at the body of the minotaur, she raised her hoof and yelled "I, Princess Twilight Elizabeth Sparkle, demand that you stop this madness!"
The minotaur, who was sitting at his desk, looked back at Twilight, "I am sorry, but I am trying to write a review to this one fanfic book about how horrible their story was before I even read it because it is in a genre I don't like!”
Twilight blinked,"But I..." She turned to glare at Will,"You just don't want more knowledge..." She muttered as she walked off.
Sunset walked up to the librarian,"Um, where do you keep your books on Street Rat?"
"I hope she isn’t too upset," will said, a small bit of guilt coming over her.
"Check legends and myths, down that way," the minotaur said, going back to his book
“Thank you!" Sunset said, turning and heading for the section. As she walked, she smiled at Will,"Don't worry, if she can forgive me for all the things I did, then she won't hold a grudge for one little joke."
Rainbow Dash grumbled, "Can't freaking believe that we're back here.”
Twilight perused the shelves,"I know, isn't it amazing!?" She looked at a title,"Street Rat's Legacy." And pulled it out.
The book read: "In the early times of Saddle arabia, much of it was under siege by cruel and heartless ponies. As opposed to the harmonious magic of Equestria, full of light, the land of Saddle Arabia was darkness. Many sorcerers, warlocks, demons, and monsters roamed the land. Causing devastation and murder in their wake. It was only through the arrival of the diamond in the rough, the one they called Street Rat. He bravely defeated the darkness that covered the land and brought the light to the world. Over his many battles and heroics, he met many foes, one was named Mirage." The picture showed an image of a cat-woman sitting on a throne, ponies screaming behind her.
Twilight growled,"Must you continue to haunt me, monster?" She muttered to herself as she flipped the page.
Fluttershy put a hoof on to Twilight's shoulder in understanding.
"Another foe that he faced was name Mozenwrath, a powerful sorcerer. Not much was known about him, other than rumors. It is said that Street Rat left behind many treasures after his many adventures came to an end, including a object known only as Street Rat's Legacy, an unknown gem that he discovered on his last adventure.
"Oh, that is a nice painting!" Mozenwrath said as Sunset looked over Twilight's shoulder at his painting.
"It's a gem!" Twilight said,"Though why would Sunshine be looking for it? And where is it?" She flipped the page again.
"The location of this gem has been lost in the sands of time, surrounding the lands of Saddle Arabia."
"Sands of Time..." Twilight frowned,"That might mean that Sunshine could also be lost."
Sunset sighed,"Does that mean our search is over?"
Twilight shook her head,"No. We'll find a way to search the Sands of Time. But that'll be later." She got up,"We have a shark to find! Fluttershy, you're the animal expert, prepare yourself!" She said with a grin.
"What?" Fluttershy squeaked.
Twilight put a hoof on the pegasus' shoulder,"Fluttershy, I know you can do it. After all, one of your animal friends is a fierce bear! I think you can handle a shark."
"Well, it is just a large shark. But I never talked to a land shark before," Fluttershy said, shaking her head a little.
"And this is our chance to see if you can't talk to one!" Twilight beamed,"I mean, it's a new specimen! A life form we have never seen before!" Her eyes began to twinkle,"Oh, think of what we could learn!"
Fluttershy hid back a little, too shy to admit that she was excited to see a land shark as well. Rainbow Dash just scoffed, "So, are we just gonna sit on our flanks for two day?"
“Nope, we’re going to actively hunt for it,” Twilight smiled.
“So, we are actually going to actively hunt a giant shark that can and will most likely kill us?” Sunset sighed, “You go on some weird adventures, Twilight.”
Twilight did not hear Sunset’s remark as she turned to Applejack and Rainbow Dash, “Your job, and AJ's as well, is to actually round up the shark, so Fluttershy could talk to it."
"Sweet!" Rainbow Dash said, high hoofing her friend.
Twilight looked at Will,"Will, you and the others will join me in trying to surround and trap the shark."
Will nodded, and Trixie looked at Twilight, "And Trixie assumes you have a plan for trapping it?"
Twilight nodded,"Since it's a treasure shark, we might be able to bait it out when we get near it with some treasure of our own. If we hold it up in the air and watch as it soars overhead, Trixie, you and I will use our magic to hold in place."
"We could us some gems from the state treasury room. I don't' think Minos will mind," Will said.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let gt this plan on the way," shouted Rainbow Dash as she began to fly out of the room.
"Of course he won't mind, I mean, we do plan on giving the gems back." Twilight frowned as she watched Rainbow leave,"I really wish she'd stop running off in a hurry."
"Don't worry Twi, give her a few moments and she'll realize that she has no idea where she's going," Applejack said, putting a hoof on to Twilight's shoulder.
Twilight chuckled,"Yeah, that does give me comfort." She walked out of the library.
"Though I wonder how long it will take?" Sunset asked.
Rainbow Dash flew back, carrying the gems but a blush on her face as she rubbed the back of her head, “So... where are we headed?” this caused the girls to laugh in return.
The mares walked to the north of the city, where the vast plain of the rest of Tauros spread out before them. For countless miles, it was like somepony had painted the very land green, with the afternoon sun over head giving the land a soft golden hue. The wind blew softly through the green grass to make it look like wave of the ocean. Rarity looked on in awe, "My word, its so lovely."
"So... beautiful." Sunset said in awe.
"Wow." Twilight could only say.
"Amazing," Will said.
"We got to find the shark, in all of this?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Rarity smiled, "Well, I can use my gem detecting spell. Now that I know the area, I should be able to find his general location."
"Yeah, but even so, it could take us weeks we don't' have," Applejack said.
At the mention of this, a dust cloud came up from the distance.
Twilight's eye's widened,"Or we could find it now!" She shouted, pointing towards the dust cloud.
Rarity arched an eyebrow at this, "Wait, I don't feel any gems."
Before Rarity could say anything more, the dust cloud passed them by and suddenly stopped. Once the dust cleared, a small group of ostrach creatures appeared before them. Feathers slicked down, colored blue with white tips that ended in a swirl, and with long white legs that ended in red claws. Their combs were all spiked, with little white tufts on their breasts.
Rainbow Dash stared at the birds in awe, "Twilight... are those, Speeders?"
A Speeder turned to Dash,"Ya got that right! We're the fastest things around!" His shiny necklace bounced as he nodded.
"That is so COOL!" Rainbow Dash said, but then smirked, "But ya got it wrong, I'm the fastest thing."
"Pardon me, sir, but what is that lovely necklace you're wearing?" ased Rarity.
"Oh, this? This is my shark bait!" He leaned in to Rarity,"I heard there's a treasure shark in the area, and I want to catch it!" He turned to Dash,"Oh, really, you’re the fastest?"
A confident smirk on her face, the cyan mare leaned up, "Yeah."
"Want to test that theory?" The Speeder went up in her face, a smirk slowly crawling up his face.
"Heck yeah!" Rainbow Dash said, pushing her face against his.
"Um, excuse me, my. Speeder?" Fluttershy asked, walking up to one particular speeder. "But, um, why are you looking for the shark?"
Another speeder smiled at Fluttershy,"Simple, the thing's dangerous, and we love danger, right boys!?"
The other speeders nodded vigorously.
"You won't hurt him when you catch him will you? He doesn't seem that dangerous," Fluttershy said, looking at the Speeders.
"Flutters, I think they will. I mean look at them, they look fast and unbelievably badass," Rainbow Dash said, looking at the head speeder.
"What's that insinga on your wings, the RR?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, not too badly, we'll just catch him just to say we did!" The lead one smiled,"And this symbol means that we are the Riders of Ramon!" They all said in unison.
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"Oh, that' good," Fluttershy smiled.
"My dear gentlebirds, me and my companions are looking for the same shark. Perhaps you could help us?" Rarity asked.
The speeders looked at each other, then back to Rarity,"First, she must race me!" The leader pointed to Dash.
Will looked shocked, "But do we-"
"All right, bring it on!" Rainbow Dash smirked as she landed in a crouch.
".- ave that kind of time."
As Will facehoofed, Sunset put hoof on to her back, “Forget it she’s gone.”
The lead speeder smirked,"Alrighty then!" He crouched and wavered,"We go to that mountain and back, ready?"
"Ready," Rainbow Dash said, crouching with the ostrach, spreading her wings.
"Go!" He sped off towards the mountain.
Smiling, Rainbow Dash took off, flapping her wings as hard as she could. For the briefest of seconds, it looked like they were on equal footing when it came to speed, but the Speeder quickly pulled ahead. The cyan pegasus's eyes opened wide in shock at the bird, and then narrowed her brown in determination as she began to flap her wings with stronger and harder flaps.
The rider turned his head, and smiled warmly as he watched the rainbow pegasus catching up. If one could look, one could almost say that he wa impressed with the speed that she was putting on. Deciding to amp up his speed, he ran just a little faster at that point, his legs running so fast that they resembled a figure 8.
Being a little shocked at the extended run that the speeder took, Rainbow Dash reared up and began to fly just as hard, pushing herself to the limits. she smiled as she saw the ostrich coming into view and their halfway mark with him. Grinning she flew a little faster, the anger and rage that she had been feeling the past few days vanishing for a moment as she flew hard to catch up with the blue ostrich.
As they reached the mountain, the two gave each other a look that said that neither was at their limit, and turned and began to run even faster.
Sunset gasped,"That speed..."
"That's our boss. Samard never gives up!" One of the ostriches said.
"Neither does Rainbow Dash." Twilight said, with a confident smile.
Rainbow Dash looked at the rival ostrich, a look on her fact that said that she wasn't even done yet. Looking ahead, she put her head into the mindset of what the others needed this win for, what they needed her for. With that in mind, a cone began to appear in front of Rainbow Dash. The ostrich opened his eyes in shock and then pointed forward, a similar cone forming over his beak.
"Here it comes!" Pinkie jumped in excitement
Will looked at Pinkie Pie with a raised brow, “What is?”
“Watch,” Applejack said.
The intense speed flrw the wind harshly against both of their feathers and fur, causing small little ripples in their bodies as they reached the sound barrier. With a smirk from both of their eyes, the both shattered the barrier with a large boom.
Sunset gasped as the boom happened,"Holy Celestia!"
With a laugh coming from both runners, they pushed themselves through the speed barriers as they became blurs to the viewpoint from the cheerleaders. Rainbow's own prismatic orb spreading out from her boom
Within a few scant seconds, they arrived at the finished line, Dash panting as the sweat rolled down her face, "HA!"
Samard collapsed,"You... win."
The others gasped, and then one of them went to Rainbow Dash,"My friend, since you have beaten our leader, you will now be given a great honor!" He used his wing to hand her a RR badge,"You are now a Rider of Ramon!"
"SUHWEEET!!" Shouted Rainbow Dash as she pumped the air.
Samard panted as one of his men picked him up,"Alright, we'll help you." He looked to the right,"I do believe that the shark was seen that way."
The girls nodded, each getting on top of the ostriches, "Oh, this is going to be fun!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Thank you so much," Fluttershy said.
"No problem, little one!" The ostrich said to Fluttershy as they sped off.
On they sped through the majestic plains of the minotaur homeland, making the ground past beneath them in a blur. Trailing behind the speedsters was a giant and powerful dust cloud, making them look for all who saw them to be nothing more than a moving cloud of smoke. For the riders that rested on the backs of the fast moving ostriches, their world became a menagerie of color and loud whipping air. Intermingled with the fast moving speeders were the various yells from the nine riders
"EEEEEEEEEE!" Rarity screamed as they sped through the wide open plains.
"YEhaaaaaa!!!" Yelled Applejack.
"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!" Pinkie squealed.
Will smiled with excitement, "WHAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Rainbow Dash stuck her hoof out in excitement, "YES!!"
"Twilight you and your bright ideas!!!" Trixie shouted, staring at Twilight.
"Yeah, why did I end up going through this three times in one daaaay!" Twilight screamed.
"Because it's awesome!!!" Rainbow Dash replied.
"You know, I rather liked living!" Sunset screamed.
On the side of the group, Pinkie Pie began to notice the beat of the steps of the birds. Slowly, she began to bop her head to the tune of the slow and steady rhythm, allowing the continuous thumping to give her inspiration. The wind and the breeze seemed to add to the song as she began to smile. Pinkie Pie giggled, moving side to side on the neck of the ostrach, " Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Rawhide!
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Though the plains are biggen
Keep them ponies rollin',
Rawhide
Applejack laughed loudly and joined in, bringing out her banjo to join in.
Rain and wind and weather
Hell bent for armor
Wishin' my sis was by my side
Rarity shook her head, taking a deep sigh and looking ahead as she tried to fix her mane
All the things I'm missin'
clean seats, soft bumps, and soft cruisin
Are waiting at the end of my ride
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy sat side by side and sang in unison
Move 'em on
(Head em' up!)
Head em' up
(Move 'em on!)
Move 'em on
(Head em' up!)
Rawhide!
Sunset and Twilight sat side by side ad smiled at each other, letting their voices into the beat
Cut 'em out
(Ride 'em in!)
Ride 'em in
(Cut em' out!)
Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in,
Rawhide!
The riders chuckled as they joined in, the song getting them pumped
Keep movin', movin', movin'
Though they're being bumpin'
Keep them ponies movin',
Rawhide
Trixie shook her head as she tried to keep her hat straight on
Don't try to understand 'us
Just keep ridin on on on
Racing on through day and night
Will smiled, taking a deep breath to join with the others
My heart's calculatin'
My friends will be waitin'
Be waitin' at the end of my ride
Together, the entire group sung together.
Move 'em on
(Head em' up!)
Head em' up
(Move 'em on!)
Move 'em on
(Head em' up!)
Rawhide!
Cut em' out
(Ride 'em in!)
Ride 'em in
(Cut em' out!)
Cut em' out
Ride 'em in,
Rawhide!
Yah! (whip crack)
Off into the distant plains did the riders ride, a journey that could’ve taken days vanished in a few seconds. Through the many grassy plains and small hills the travelers made their way. Before long, they had reached a part where their gems began to glow softly. For a few moments, the area was deathly quiet, until the ground began to shake hard beneath them. Twilight grabbed on to one of the ostriches,"Whoa!"
The ground parted as the Shark breached land, letting out a howl of pain and agony, "Wait!" yelled Fluttershy as she watched the shark appear. Looking closely, she could see red fluid leaking out of the shark's body as it laid on its side, "no," she whispered a she flew to the fallen beast, its breathing shallow. Her blue eyes tinged with a look of worry for the poor animal, she began to hover around the creatures bleeding body, looking over each wound. As the shark moaned and gasped in pain, the blood seemed to drip faster and a new wound seemed to open up.
Twilight gasped as she ran towards it, taking a quick look at Fluttershy,"Is there anything we can do for it?"
Samard walked up to the shark,"Such a shame, we didn't want it dead..."
"I’m going to try and save it." Fluttershy looked at Rarity, "Rarity, if you please!"
Without a second word, the white unicorn lifted some of the clothes she bought and handed it to Fluttershy, winching when the pegasus and Dash began to tear it up, "Fluttershy, I don't think you can-"
"NO!" she softly shouted, putting up as much as she could, "Twilight, Sunset, Trixie, could you please hold these gauzes to the wounds. Riders, could you help?" she then heard the growling, "No, please stop talking like that sir. I am going to save you..." she looked to her wings, "Maybe..."
The unicorns used their magic to push gauzes in, while the riders did the same. Rarity continued to offer up what pieces of cloth and clothes that she could to the other ponies for the gauze. As the ponies began to patch up the wounds, Fluttershy looked at Mediena, and flew to them, putting them on her wings. She tried to flap them, using them to see if they had a healing spell," Come on, please... work, let me save him."
the shark moaned in pain.
"No, I don't care who did this, you are going to be alive, then you can tell us all you want," Fluttershy said, tears flowing down her face as Rainbow Dash flew up and put a hoof to her back.
"Flutters-"
"No..." Fluttershy denied, shaking her head as tears came to her eyes.
Pinkie looked down, wanting to go up to Fluttershy. As Fluttershy continued to plead with the wings and cry, the others could only watch on in helplessness as Fluttershy continued to push herself to the limit. As if they could hear her, the wings began to glow softly, pulsating with a little pink light. With each beat of her wings, the pink blades began to send out small little mites of yellow dust that covered the large beast. The wind from the wings flowed over the shark, causing it to glow a similar yellow to Fluttershy. the wounds on the monster shark began to slowly dissipate, the blood disappearing.
Twilight sighed in relief,"Good. Does it know who did this?" She looked at Fluttershy.
Fluttershy landed and began to talk to the shark, "Ok, I see, yes. I understand." she then turned to the others, "It was attacked by a zebra shaman who wanted to grab the magic horseshoes. He but up a fight, but he lost. The shaman apparently wanted to prove his power so he tried to kill him.
"How horrid," Rarity said.
"The poor thing..." Twilight said.
"Zebra shaman...? Ask about the horseshoes." Mozenwrath said.
"Of course you would only care about those." Sunset growled.
"Think: If the zebra has those..."
Sunset gasped,"Did he manage to take them?"
The shark growled weakly,"Yes, he did." Fluttershy nodded.
Rainbow Dash punched her hooves together, "Ok, who's up for a shaman whoopin!?"
Samard nodded,"Does he know where this zebra was last spotted?"
"In a cave, about the west of here," she looked to the shark, "Um your welcome... oh no, you don't need to do that!"
"What did he say?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"He said in gratitude, he is going to name his first ten children after me," Fluttershy blushed.
Twilight shook her head,"Yeah, him and about half of Equestria wants to do that." She muttered as she turned west.
Rainbow Dash chuckled, "And how many wants to name them after you?
Twilight frowned,"Too many."
Will slowly got onto her rider and her mind was flooded with another memory.
"This is will, irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin," Elyon smile as she took them to to a day care.
"Uh, hi?" Will said.
The blonde shook her head, "I wasn't talking to you, I was introducing the kids to you,. The people of Meridian hae taen to naming some of of their kids after you."
"Awww, how adorable," Hay Lin said, watching as the five kids played together.
"So wich one is Cornelia?" asked Irma.
"The boy," Eleyon said, much to the dismay of her unicorn friend. "His twin sister is Irma."
the three other girls began to laugh at this as Irma and Cornelia shook their heads
"Right. C'mon, Riders, Let's ride!" Samard yelled as they sped north.
Valtor smiled as he stepped away from the cave, "And here they come. Have fun with them, my dear friend."
"You are not going to help me stop and kill them? Doesn't one of them have a Heart," asked the Shaman.
"Why yes, one does. But, you see my problem is that a heart has to be given to me. I think I will wait until you have her begging for mercy before I take the heart," the black dragon smiled as he walked away.
"You are just going to await the outcome, aren't you, my lord?" asked Servant.
"Yes. Either he will kill them and leave me with the Heart of Kandrakar or they will kill him and opened the next gate,” Valtor said as he walked through the portal.
The ostriches stopped in front of the cave, allowing the others to climb off.
"Be careful, if he's wielding the horseshoes, who knows what he could do..." Twilight said.
"He could become like a god." Sunset said.
"Please don't let him say that..." Twilight muttered,"I've had enough of villains saying that!"
The shaman chuckled as he stepped out of the cave, "Fine then, I will dispense with the cliche, and just make a simple demand. The unicorns and alicorn, hand them over." he held out his hoof and flashed a toothy grin.
"Why?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Did you know I have\ a way to absorb an unicorn's magic?" asked the shaman.
Twilight gasped,"You can steal magic!?"
"And what makes you think we're just going to walk over there?" Sunset said, emphasizing herself with a stomp.
"Why yes, I can," the zebra chuckled. "Its a simple recipe. I just cut the alicorn off, grind it down into a fine powder, and rub it along my staff. It allows me to absorb an unicorn's magic. Though, unlike some, it doesn't allow me to absorb cutie mark talent as well."
"What kind of monster could do that?" Applejack asked.
"Pray you don't meet him," growled the zebra. "And you are going to come here, because I will make you." he then lifted a hoof to cause the ground to shake, the hind hoof glowed and made him float.
Twilight stepped back, her horn glowing,"We're not giving in!"
Sunset looked up,"Any plans on how to get those things off?"
Trixie looked up, watching as the clouds over head began to merge and create a storm, "We need to trick him somehow."
Rainbow Dash moved to the side from a lighting bolt, and then swerved to move from a jutting piece of ground, "Open to ideas!"
"If this is what he's like with the horseshoes, Ah hate to see what he's like with your power Twi," Applejack said, kicking a stone block.
Twilight put up a shield to block another bolt,"I don't even want to think about it!"
"Any ideas, Mozy?" Sunset said as she blasted a beam at the zebra.
"Sorry, I've only heard of this guy, I've never faced him." Mozenwrath said.
The zebra stood to the side, barely dodging the bolt, "Hmmm, now, let’s see what other spell I can conjure." his staff then glowed, making the ground slowly rise and causing some skeletons to rise. "Did you know there was an unicorn who could manipulate the bones of a pony body?"
"Oh, buck me!" Applejack said as they were getting surrounded.
Trixie looked to the cave where he stood and then back to Sunset,"Sunset, how is your precision?" she then looked to Fluttershy.
Sunset looked,"Pretty good, why?"
“Just trust the Great and Powerful one,” Trixie winked as she began to hear the sounds of mud being moved.
From behind Rarity, a muddy hand touched her shoulder, "Ugh! MUD! " she shrieked as she cut into it with vorpal. Turning to her let, she jumped at the sight of three mud monsters rising from the ground. Soon they became surrounded by skeletons and mud men.The shaman then smiled as his horseshoe glowed bright, summoning a large storm cloud to attack the group. As the storm began to rage, Rainbow Dash and Will began to handle the clouds.
As the number of monsters and obstacles rose, Trixie looked to Twilight, "Trixie apologies, but she is going have to borrow Fluttershy."
Twilight looked at Trixie, before slicing a mud skeleton in half,"What are you doing?"
"Just trust her," Trixie then whispered to Fluttershy her plan.
Hearing this, the yellow pegasus squeaked, "B-but I."
"Do it," Trixie said, Looking to sunset," when she goes invisible, levitate her behind the shaman.”
Sunset nodded,"Okay!"
Trixie turned to look at Fluttershy and pointed her horn at the buttery yellow pegasus. Igniting her horn with a faint blue aura, she began to envelop Fluttershy with her illusion magic. With a soft shimmer, Fluttershy vanished in an instant, leaving behind only a faint shimmer of where she was. Sunset then nodded, igniting her horn and carefully lifted up Fluttershy into the air, “She can fly you know,” Sunset commented as she lifted her up.
“Yes, she can. But, she won't because she is afraid to and her skill is lacking. Besides do you want to trust the suicidal one to this trick?” Trixie asked, much to Sunset’s giggling.
Fluttershy landed behind the Shaman, watching him cast his spells, "Oh, I do hope that you don-" she squeaked as the shaman turned to face her.
"Nice try trickster. But It takes more than that to fool me," he sneered as he used his hoof to enlarge the storm and then generated a rock slide to block the entrance. "Princess, I hope you have fun with my pet. Don't worry, I'll kill Kindness slowly."
the ground beneath the bearers and the riders began to shake as a mud giant slowly rose from the ground, his fierce eyes on the young ponies.
"FLUTTERSHY!" Rainbow Dash screamed as she punched the rock wall.
Twilight turned to the rock slide, and then to the mud giant, a look of fear mixed with leadership in her eyes, "Applejack, you and I go help Rainbow get to Fluttershy, everypony else, try to handle the giant-"
"We, will handle the giant!" one rider said,"You all focus on saving your friend!" The ostriches squawked as they charged the giant.
Twilight nodded as she turned and used her magic to tear open the rocks. Applejack and Pinkie Pie leapt onto the slide and began to punch at the rocks alongside Rainbow Dash. the three unicorns began to pull the rocks away while Will began to blast holes with her lighting power.
As each mare struggled to get through the rocks, the shaman looked to Fluttershy, magic flowing off of his staff as he stared at her cruelly "You know, I was always curious as to Kindness's point. I mean I have heard the legends of the bearers, but Kindness always seemed to most pathetic. Loyalty inspires, Generosity can give for the greater good, Honesty earns trust, heck, even Laughter brings out hope. But Kindness," he blasted near Fluttershy. "Kindness is weak."
Fluttershy crawled out of the way of the next shot, trying to find a way to hide until her friends get there. her hoof then hits some bones, "These..."
"The inhabitants, a small tribe of rodents who betrayed me some years ago," the shaman chuckled.
"You killed them," she whispered, remembering how this was the same shaman who almost killed the shark. "Why? Why did you do this?"
"Because I require power, and power is what give me meaning. Kindness such as you, would never understand," The Shaman smirked as he fired a fire blast, that deflected off of Mediena.
"I know, I am weak, I know I am afraid of so much, but," Fluttershy looked at the shaman,trembling. "I do understand monsters like you."
Twilight growled as she heard flames,"Oh no you don't!" She yelled, her horn gripping every rock she could find and pulling them all out.
“Please don’t die! I won’t forgive myself if you die,” Trixie growled as she forced another rock off.
Sunset grunted,"Come on, I don't want to lose you, Fluttershy!" She pulled more rocks out as the sounds of fighting became louder behind them.
Inside the cave, Fluttershy's shield held strong, before she used the wings to cut off the blast "Monsters like you think you can hurt so many because you have the power. But, this isn't power, you are just weak!"
"And you are any better? What can you do little one?" The Shaman asked. as he prepared to fire another blast.
As the fire blast launched from the shaman’s staff "Beat you without having to hit you," Fluttershy whispered as she flew up to the rocks above on the ceiling. the Shaman threw a wind cutter at her, causing one of the rocks to fall, and Fluttershy to dodge. Getting on the ground, the yellow pegasus doge each shot rolling and fluttering. The shaman took a menacing step forward, causing the ground rumble beneath her and tripping her to the ground.
Before she could take to the air, the zebra leaped at her, slamming his staff hard onto her back. As she yelped in pain, the zebra began to launch another strike at her prone form. Using an instinct that she never knew she had, Fluttershy lifted up her wing blade to block the hit. Moving as fast as she could, Fluttershy used her wings to block several of the shots from the zebra. There was a scowl on his face as he backed her against the wall, one of annoyance and rage. Leaping back, he fired a fireblast at the pegasus. To his shock,Fluttershy flew out of the way of the blast.
With a cruel smile, he activated the weather shoe, causing a small tornado to begin bellowing in the cave. This caused Fluttershy to tumble and buffer against the harsh winds. Rocks everywhere began to cut into her body.Her ears twitched, and she managed to correct herself to handle the harsh tornado. Finding a safe spot, she waited until he was done. Looking behind her, she flew out of the way of his next strike. She barely managed to dodge the last hit as she neared a small mound. Looking at it, she sighed and then looked back at the shaman.
"You never knew what animals live here, do you?" Fluttershy asked. She began to walk slowly towards the the shaman.
"What do you mean, there are...AHHHHH!" he screamed as he began to feel bites along his his fur. Looking along his body, he saw thousands of little dots running along his body. Another scream erupted from his throat as he saw a green snake bite on his hind leg.
"Fire ants and snakes," Fluttershy said calmly a she walked to the shaman. Bats began to fly around her, helping to remove some of the dust and lick her wounds, “Bats too. They helped me with your tornado.”
The shaman swiped at Fluttershy with his staff, Fluttershy just barely dodging each hit. On shot managed to cut into her left shoulder and another managed to hit her in the legs. Wincing she blocked the next shot with her wing blade, "You have been a very VERY NAUGHTY MAGE! You killed without needing too and you hurt too many others, not you will go and think about what you did!" she said, her eyes bearing down on him. Her stare seemed to burrow into his very soul, and he began to back up. He found himself unable to move, unable to blink as he continued to stare into Fluttershy’s harsh stare. Trebling, the stallion let out a blood curdling yell. This caused the magic spells to fade away and the stones to disappear.
Sunset blinked at the sound,"What was that? It sounded like a little kid crying for his mom."
Twilight smirked,"Maybe Fluttershy used her secret weapon." She smiled as she watched the rocks fell apart, and saw the Shaman sat in the corner, crying like a small child. Next to him sat Fluttershy with the four horseshoes and patting him comfortably with a gentle hoof.
When she saw the others, she quickly flew over to her friends, "Oh, hello girls ."
Will stood there in shock, "How, I mean, I knew what she could do with animals, but... “
Sunset could only gawk as the bearers of the elements ran in for a hug with the pegasus. Trixie closed the unicorn’s mouth and snickered, “You should see it when she’s trying.”
Twilight gave Fluttershy a hug,"That's Fluttershy for you!" Then she screamed as she felt something crawl by her. She hid behind Fluttershy as the snake went back to it’s home.
Samard went towards them,"Indeed, I have heard legends of the Stare before, but I never thought I'd see somepony who uses it!"
Fluttershy blushed and hid behind her mane, “Oh no, it was nothing really.”
"Nothing!?" Samard picked Fluttershy up,"What you can do is magnificent! Do not be so humble!"
Twilight walked over to Yhe Shaman,"Thank you for the horseshoes!" She said as she used her magic to grab the horseshoes from Fluttershy. Then a flash came over her.
Once again she was in the body of the alicorn known as Friendship. She looked upon a small unicorn,"Fizzy..." Twilight said as Honesty spoke up.
“What are you doing here, young one?"
Fizzy gulped a little nervously at seeing the sight of the six alicorns, "Um, well, you see. Gee what was I here for?"
"A little light headed isn’t she?" asked Loyalty
Twilight looked at Loyalty,"Sounds like a certain Queen," She looked at Laughter. She turned to Fizzy,"It has to have something to do with your friend Mimic."
Fizzy laughed, "Oh yeah, silly me. I can be so silly sometimes. Mimic was telling me how it feels like the Heart of Worlds is in danger. You know, ever since Mozenwrath was defeated and Street Rat disappeared, it just seems like everything has gotten a, little worse," Fizzy said, looking down.
Kindness walked over to Fizzy,"How so, little one?" She draped a wing over the unicorn.
Fizzy looked down, "Well, there has been some of my friends disappearing lately, and I've heard that Majesty has been feeling weaker lately, but... Ok, its Mimic!" a few tears began to slide down Fizzy's face, "I think she's dying!"
"Oh my!" Kindness exclaimed,"You poor thing."
"Yes, we've seen Mimic." Twilight said,"But Majesty?"
"Perhaps there is something the elder Queen didn't tell us." Honesty said,"We should talk to her."
"Later, but first," Twilight looked down at Fizzy,"Why do you think coming here will help?"
"I thought you six coming here might have a way to save Mimic. Please, she's one of my best friends and I would do anything to keep her safe!" the green unicorn cried into Kindness's wing.
"Hmm," Twilight thought for a moment,"I think I have an idea, but you'll have to come with us. Loyalty, get Speed to send a message to Majesty's little sister, Princess Terra.”
“Where are we going?” Fizzy asked
"In the land of the minotaurs, the God of the Forge awaits." Twilight said,"He should be able to give your friend a set of magical items to sustain her magic."
"However, Buddy may also need your help before doing so." Honesty said,"His land is dying you see."
"Dying? from what?" asekd Fizzy.
"Well, there is a bit of a blight on the crops in their land, and they require someone to help them with it. Plus, their king is... really too serious and really needs a good laugh." Laughter said with a giggle as Twilight began to fade away back into the present. As the dream faded, Fuzzy smiled and ran off.
"Is it wrong that I want to put her in silly poses when she does that?" Samard asked as Twilight slowly came back to consciousness.
Twilight's eyes fluttered,"Please don't do that."
Pinkie Pie was already near Twilight with a mischievous grin on her face, "Awwwwww."
Twilight shot a look at Pinkie before looking at the others,"I had another one of those visions, with Fizzy this time."
"What was it about?" Rarity asked.
"Visions?" asked Trixie, looking at the others.
"Yeah, the last time we did this, Twilight got all of these crazy visions about all of us as alicorns and seeing some old dead mare," Rainbow Dash said.
"Fizzy was talking about how Mimic was sick and after Mozenwrath's defeat, everything seemed to go downhill, like how Queen Majesty's health began to fail." Twilight sai
"Queen Majesty?" Dash asked.
"Isn't that just repeating yourself?" Trixie asked.
Twilight frowned,"Hey, I don't come up with these names!"
"Queen Majesty? Oh, she really got on my nerves." Mozenwrath growled.
Applejack looked at Twilight, "So how was everything going downhill?"
"Well, from what I've heard, some of her friends went missing, Mimic went sick, and of course you know about Majesty." Twilight said.
The girls listened, Dash cocked her head to the sie, "So, did that vision of yous said where the gate is?"
"Gate!?" Samard exclaimed,"ARe you speaking of the gate of Fizzy!? Why we know where that is! 'tis in the land of the Flutter Ponies!
Dash smiled, "So does that mean..."
"Oh dear sweet Celestia, not another ride," Trixie moaned.
Fluttershy then looked at the zebra, "But wait, what are we going to do about him?"
One of the speeders grabbed him,"Oh, we shall take him to our city to put him on trial!"
Samard grinned,"Hop on! We shall take you as far as the Flutter Ponies' forest!"
"Whoo hoo!" Pinkie cheered and leapt on top. Fluttershy painted the zebra on the foreleg in comfort and got on to her Speeder. Trixie shot Sunset a look that said, 'see you in the next life'.
Sunset whimpered,"Here we go agaiiiiiiiiinnnn!" She shouted as the speeders sped off towards a large forest.
Within moments, the nine ponies arrived at the forest. After getting off, Fluttershy gave hers a hug, "Thank you for taking us here and putting the shaman on trial. Excuse me, mr. Shaman, just what was your name?"
"Alex Large." the shaman said, as the Riders of Ramon left.
Applejack looked into the forest, "I wonder if the Flutter Ponies are still here."
"Oh, I hope we can meet some!" Pinkie exclaimed. Then she felt her tail twitching.
"I hope so too, though I don't think they're going to make it easy. Flutter Ponies are rare to find." Twilight said, then the sound of screaming could be heard as a pony with gossamer wings landed on Twilight.
“Twilight!" the girls screamed. Applejack and Rainbow Dash pulled the pony with gossamer wings off of their friend. Pinkie Pie skipped over to the alicorn, "Are you alright Twi-Twi?"
Will looked at the pony as Fluttershy tended to her, "Who are you miss?"
Twilight got up,"You know, I'm starting to think my head is a magnet for these situations!"
Trixie chuckled, "Well, it is fun."
The pink coated pony shook her head, and then looked at Fluttershy,"Oh, my gosh!" She fluttered over to her,"A pegasus! A real live pegasus! I'd never thought I'd see one!" The white maned flutter pony stopped herself,"Oh wait, I forgot! My name is Lily!"
"Um...Fluttershy," squeaked the pegasus below a normal sound level.
"WOW A REAL LIVE FLUTTERPONY! I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD SEE ONE! I Mean I ALWAYS HOPE THAT I COULD MEET ONE TODAY! OH MY GOSH I HAVE TO INTRODUCE YOU, MY NAME IS PINKIE PIE! THAT'S RAINBOW DASH, FLUTTERSHY, RARITY, APPLEJACK, TRIXIE, WILL, SUNSET SHIMMER, AND THE PONY YOU KOED IS PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE!!!" Pinkie Pie said, bouncing like a maniac.
"Oh wow! An earth pony! two of them! And another pegasus! two unicorns! and an alicorn! This is so amazing! I can't believe I got to meet all of you, oh I have to get you to meet my friends-"
"Oh Celestia there are two of them." Sunset muttered.
Will whispered to Sunset, "Remind me to show you Hay Lin."
"This is nothing, we had 20 of them once," Rainbow Dash said.
"Oh, you should. Come on let's go! I really love meeting new ponies!" Pinkie said, smiling.
"Okay!" Lily turned to the others,"But you're going to have to be careful, they don't like outsiders very much."
Fluttershy gulped, "How much don't they like outsiders."
"Well, it's kind of hard to get them talking you see," She looked at all of them,"An outsider kind of summoned Erebus on them, and they've been a little miffed at that ever since. Queen Rosedust has said that only one outsider has ever been allowed in our kingdom: Fizzy. If they saw an outsider, they would looked at them with scrutiny."
"Why did this outsider summon Erebus on those guys?" Applejack asked.
"An why only Fizzy?" asked Will.
"Well, I'm not sure of the details, I kinda fell asleep through those parts, but I do know that Fizzy was considered one of the most diplomatic mares in existence! I think she may have been brought with the Queens of Harmony's blessing..." Lily said with a thoughtful look.
Dash looked at Pinkie and then to Lily, "Diplomatic, really?"
Fluttershy saw something look at her from the corner of her eye. With a little eep she backed up to Twilight.
Twilight blinked as Fluttershy bumped into her,"Something wrong?"
“I thought a I saw," she squeaked when she saw a flash of white again. Tuning he watched as a little white creature walked before her, turned its head to the side, and then pulled back with a rattling noise.
Twilight heard the rattling noise and blinked when she saw the thing.
Lily nodded vigorously"Uh-Huh!" She turned to the thing,"Oh, a Kodama!"
"Hello, Mr. Kodama," Fluttershy said, watching as the little guy disappeared.
"They are kind of cute." Sunset said.
"If we're lucky, we might meet the Great Forest Spirit on our way!" Lily said.
“Great Forest Spirit?” Rainbow Dash asked, rolling her eyes at the sight of something cute.
"Oh, it's this really big guy that watches over and protects us! It's said that when he gets mad, he becomes a horrible monster!" Lily said with a smile.
"What?" squeaked Fluttershy.
"Just making sure, but this great feller aint one to get easily mad, is he?" asked Applejack walking next to Lilly.
"Oh of course not! Unless you do something really bad of course." Lily said with a smile.
Rainbow Dash immediately shot a quick look at Sunset. Will nodded in understanding. As they walked, Fluttershy noticed a large beast with giant antlers, who looked at her and deep into her eyes. Softly, he smiled before fading away into the forest.
They soon neared a large clearing.
"Halt!" A flutter pony in guard armor flew down in front of them,"Go no further."
Pinkie skipped to the head ot the group, "Hey there! why did you stop us?"
"Excuse my friend, dear Flutter Pony," Rarity said with a bow, "but we are traveling on a mission to meet the Flutter Ponies, is this their kingdom?"
"You can't meet our race." The guard hissed, then turned to Lily,"What were you thinking bringing outsiders here?"
"Well, sis, they are nice ponies!" Lily said,"What harm could they do?"
"Considering our company, plenty," grumbled Rainbow Dash beneath her breath.
"I keep telling you, no outsiders!" The guard said to Lily.
"Aw come on! These ponies really need to go in," She leaned in with a pout,"Please let them in?"
"Uh oh, its the little sister pout," Pinkie said. "No big sib can resist that!”
The guard began to fidget,"Oh, the boss is going to have my hide..." She shook her head,"Fine, just stop giving me that look!"
"Told ya,"Pinkie giggled.
Applejack shook her head, "That would've never worked on Big <ac."
Twilight turned to Applejack,"Really? I mean, it always worked on Shining Armor!"
"Nope!" Applejack said, her liar face on full blast. She then sighed, "Ok, so Ah had him wrapped around my little bitty hoof when I was a filly."
"I figured as much," Twilight gave a knowing nod.
Lily led them to a large gate, her sister gave them a look,"You all better head straight for the Queen. Explain your presence to her first and foremost."
"Got it," Will said, walking ahead with the others.
"Imagine, two meetings with royalty in one day," Rarity sighed.
"Wouldn't be too happy there Rares," Applejack said, looked back and forth, "They don't look too happy to see us."
Twilight frowned as she noticed all the flutter ponies giving them dirty looks as they walked towards a small palace.
Lily sighed as she noticed,"They're so abrasive..." She muttered.
"They're being elusive too," Applejack said.
Trixie looked at all of them, "Hmph, must not be too used to seeing greatness in front of them!"
"Yes, Trixie, they don't realize your greatness, thus they are looking at us suspiciously!" Twilight rolled her eyes.
"Exactly," Trixie said with a hoof on her chest.
Sunset and Twilight rolled their eyes at the same time.
Lily soon lead them up to the front gates,"Excuse me, I have some visitors to see the Queen."
The guards leaned in and snorted.
"Well, I never" Rarity stated at the snort.
Lily opened the doors as the group entered. The palace inside was filled with all kinds of flowers. At the end of the hall was a tall mare looking impassively at them.
“She must be the queen," Rarity said, looking at the tall mare and quickly bowing towards her.
"Howdy, your majesty,"Applejack said.
The Queen frowned at them, and then sighed,"What brings you to my realm, so unexpectedly?" She looked at Will, and saw her necklace,"... You have the Heart of Kandrakar?"
Will noded, holding her pendant in her hoof, "Yes, your highness. We came here because we are looking for the gate."
"Indeed," Rosedust said,"Well, I'm afraid you're unable to get to it."
"What? WHY?!" Growled Rainbow Dash, about to fly up into the queen's face, but was stopped by Applejack. "What is it wit my tail that you like to use it as a grabbing thing?"
"Like my friend asked, why? Is it because of your distrust?" Twilight asked,"I assure you, we have no intention of doing anything wrong."
Rosedust looked up at Twilight,"No," She looked to her left,"The gate is also near the resting place of Erebus. I fear that if you go near that gate, you'd awaken him again."
"Phh,"Dash shrugged. "Is that all? What did this big old erk do that was so scary anyway?"
"As brutish as my friend is being, I can assure you, that you have our word we have no intention of awaking him," Rarity shook her
Rosedust frowned at Dash, then she looked at the others,"Erebus stole our shadows. When he did this, it forced us to stay out of the sunlight, for fear that our bodies would burn up."
"What!?" the girls screamed.
"Is that, even possible?" Trixie asked Twilight.
Will looked up, "I am sorry to hear that."
"Yeah, I mean, it would be horrible to not get out of the sun for a bit," Pinkie said, sitting down on her rump for a bit.
Twilight turned to Trixie,"I've heard legends..." She looked up at Rosedust,"Why would Erebus be so close to the gate?"
Rosedust frowned,"That is my fault. I wanted to make sure no-one got to it, in case they found the key."
"But, we need to get to it, for our friend" She looked at Will,"And we have to make sure that Valtor doesn't get to it as well!"
Rosedust's eyes widened,"Valtor!?" She frowned,"This is a terrible predicament indeed. I still can't let you go, though."
Twilight scowled,"But-" Then an idea came into her head as she took a peek at Fluttershy,"What if we talk to Erebus?"
"Talk to him?" Rosedust asked.
"You know, reform it?" Twilight said,"We've been able to do it before."
“Yeah, like with Dissy!” Pinkie exclaimed.
Rosedust raised an eyebrow,"Dissy?"
"Discord." Twilight said,"We had Fluttershy reform him, somewhat."
"What!? You were able to reform the spirit of chaos?" Rosedust blinked a few times, before laying back,"If you are telling the truth, then I will let you go. If you are lying" She glared at them,"My wrath will be great."
"Um, just how bad are we talking about," gulped Will.
“Let us just say that you will not leave here with your intestines intact.” Rosedust said with a stoic face.
"Wait, how are we supposed to prove that we reformed him? What, are we supposed to just say, ‘hey Discord, get your misshapen flank over here?’"
Rosedust looked at them,"Well, they do say that Discord comes when his name is called."
Almost on cue, Discord appeared in a bathrobe in front of Dash,"You called?"
“AHHH!" Dah screamed as she jumped in the air at the sudden appearance of Discord, much to the giggles of Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.
"That's Dis-" Will was about to say something when she shook head
"Why hello guard-oh, are you trying to mess with her memories of me?" Discord asked, looking away from the guardians as they went from human to pony. "Nice try my friend, but once you met someone as wonderful as me, it’s hard to forget. Oh don't worry, I wont ruin her surprise, I just want to see how this little plan of yours will play out. But, never try to mess with me again buddy... either of you.
Will shook her head, looking back up at the mismatched spirit. Trixie let out a small glp a she stepped back, "So, how do we prove that he is reformed to the queen?"
Fluttershy stopped giggling and flew up to the lord of chaos, "Now Discord, as much a we love your humor," the grumblings of the other eight mares did not deter her from her talk, "We have a small favor to saske of you."
"Sure, Flutters," Discord leaned in,"What do you want?" He said in a menacing tone.
Fluttershy remained unmoving from his tone, "Well, the queen wants some proof that you are reformed. Maybe you could do something nice for them to sho-"
"Like become a giant shade for them to keep them from the sunlight while we go an talk to Erebus!" Pinkie said, bouncing to the Draconequus.
"Erebus!?" Discord exclaimed,"That guy owes me money!" He turned to Rosedust,"Queenie, I'll make sure your people are nice and shaded."
"You'll do that?" Rosedust looked back at the group,"Very well, then I'll take you to the gate."
"YAY!!!" Pinkie cheered, and looked to Discord, "Thanks Dissy!!"
"No problem, Pinkie!" He patted the pony on the head. He teleported away. The next thing the Flutter Ponies knew, a large umbrella had appeared over the sun.
Rosedust got up,"Come with me," She said as she walked away to a large set of doors. She placed a hoof on them, causing a symbol to light up and open the doors. They revealed a large room with a wall that contained the symbol of Fizzy. Near the center, a smoke creature was moving.
"Ah'm guessing...that's Erebus," Applejack said, watching the smoke creature moving within.
Pinkie bounce in, "HEY SMOKEY!!!!! Could you tone it down? We can't see you!!"
The smoke creature produced green eyes,"I am here, why have you come? Are you here to gloat some more?"
"Eeep!" Fluttershy squeaked as the eyes appeared.
"Gloat, heavens no, we are here to-" Rarity was about to say.
"Talk to you and say hi!" Pinkie said.
"Say... hi? Do you know what I am?" Erebus growled,"I have been around since the dawn of life itself, my eyes have seen civilizations live and die, and I have experienced more wondrous things that you can never imagine. And all you want is to speak!?”
Pinkie Pie nodded quickly, "Uh huh!"
"Should we be trying to save her?" Will asked in worry.
Twilight looked at Will with a smile,"Only if she's in danger."
"I mean, yeah, you are a giant smoke monster capable of stealing shadows and force us to never ever see the sun again. Buuuuuuuuuut... we've met worse."
"What!?" Erebus' eyes went closer,"How could you possibly have met worse!?"
Pinkie Pie sat in front of the smoke monster, and brought out some cake, "Cake? Well, anyway. yeah! I mean, we met this mare who wanted to cast EVERYTHING into darkness and kill us all, and then we met this guy who was going to turn us into slaves if we didn't save the day, and of course lets not get into DISCORD!"
Erebus took the cake, and ate it,"You... met Discord? And won?"
Pinkie had both cake and two milkshakes, "Won, and he is now her-," she pointed to Fluttershy,, who meekly waved hi, "- friend."
"Uh, she knows that this might make him fight us," Will said, hiding her Heart.
Applejack chuckled, "Will, hun... you don't know Pinkie."
"Also, want to know who else we met? Huh, do ya? huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh?" the pink mare asked, giving Erebus a chocolate milkshake," Here, you look like a chocolate big smoke thing of doom."
“Chocolate? I've always wanted to try that." He took the milkshake,"Who else did you meet?"
“WEEE! I knew you were loco for coco!" Pinkie cheered.
"How-" Will asked, watching on in shock.
Rainbow Dash whispered, "That mare knew my favorite dessert when she just met me."
"Ready," Pinkie then whispered, "Mirage! Twice! Once she put us in her lair and then when she split Twily's mind seven ways. Made her face her worst dreams. I wouldn't know, I was there for her being a little filly. She was sooooooo cute!!!!! "
"You... beat Mirage!?" Erebus had a hint of fear in his voice,"You must be some kind of amazing!"
In unison, Rainbow Dash and Trixie blew on their hooves and wiped their chests. Pinkie kept on, "Yes! That my best friends are. But lets talk about your life. What kind of things did you meet?"
"Well, I've had a poker game with Discord, I've met two Old Gods that gave me power, and I've spoken to Queen Majesty." Erebus said.
Pinkie eye were wide as she talked, "Wow. That is so cool, what was she like? Wait, two old gods? Were they like super old?"
Erebus sighed,”Majesty was magnificent. Her beauty knew no equal, but her temper was fierce.” He looked at Pinkie,"The Old Gods are extremely old. They've claimed to have seen the birth of the Tree of Harmony itself!" Erebus said.
"Did they plant it?" Pinkie asked, sitting with Erebus on his left side, pulling out a seat and sitting with him.
"No, but they saw who did." Erebus said,"If I saw who did, I would go insane."
"Like talking to Pinkie won't do the same," Rainbow Dash muttered.
"So, besides stealing shadows, what do you like doing? And why steal shadows, they can't be too tasty," Pinkie asked.
"Well, I just thought stealing shadows was all I could do. I never thought to try anything else." The smoke monster said.
"Never ever?" Pinkie asked, patting the smoke creature's arm
"No, not ever." Erebus sighed.
"Well, then-" Pinkie grinned, as she grabbed Erebus by the arm. "Let's go-"
Will looked on in shock as she pendant glowed for a few moments and began to cut a hole open "WHAT?"
"Will, what did you-" Trixie began.
"I have no idea, it just did that!" Will said watching as Pinkie pulled Erebus into the portal. (did it react to Pinkie's desire?)
Then they began to hear Pinkie began to sing
Lets go and run for miles
and mess around tonight
or if you feel low
we’ll dance to the radio
Drink some cider strong
Or just act silly
When the sun is down,
We can ride the coaster too.
The girls looked in and saw to their amazement, the heart opened up a portal to an amusement park. Applejack looked to her friends, "Want to ask questions or help Erebus?"
Sunset's eyes' widened,"It seems like she finds a new way to surprise me everyday..."
Twilight smiled,"Come on, let's help him out!" She said as they ran to the amusement park, Rosedust and Lily included. The group split up as they ran through the portal, each mare finding their own game to play. All the while Pinkie’s loud voice could be heard singing
Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
And get the feeling not the word.
Ev'rypony have fun tonight
Ev'rybody have fun tonight
Ev'rypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Ev'rypony have fun tonight
Ev'rybody have fun tonight
Ev'rypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Pinkie Pie took Erebus to different rides and to different games, letting him have a good time.
Out in the world tonight
Our friends go and mess around
We are all close
so don’t feel down
Will looked at Rosedust, "How the buck did you get here?"
Rosedust shook her head,"I have no clue." She then turned,"Hey, a roller coaster!"
Rip it up
Move down
Rip it up
Move it down to the ground
Rip it up
Cool down
Rip it up
Get out what's inside of you
Rainbow Dash and Applejack began to play a strength contest.
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Everypony have fun
Rarity and Fluttershy got onto a roller coaster and began to ride up it
When we get home
We can remember
all the love and ev'ryone
A bunch of foals partying on
(Everypony)
Everypony have fun tonight
(Everypony)
Everypony have fun tonight
Pinkie Pie led Erebus to some seaside attractions and some slides
Across Equestria
Around the world
Ev'rypony have fun tonight
A celebration so spread the word
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony have fun tonight
Everypony Pinkie Pie tonight
Everypony have fun
Soon, Pinkie Pie led Erebus back to the portal, "So, did you see all of the other fun things you could've done besides stealing shadows?
Erebus nodded, or at least the smoke beast equivalent of nodding,"Yes, I realize that. Thank you Pinkie Pie!" He said,"Now, I'm off to go have fun!"
Rosedust just stared slack jawed,"Who... are you ponies?"
Pinkie smiled, "I told you silly. That's Rainbow Dash, Will, Fluttershy, Trixie, Sunset shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, and Rarity. We come from Equestria and help those in need." and with that, Pinkie walked away, leaving behind a cupcake.
Twilight smiled,"So, you willing to let us go to the gate?"
Rosedust nodded as she took the cupcake,"Yeah, of course! I mean, what you just did, legends will be told of you for ages to come!" She left,"I'll be here when you come back!"
"Yeah, legends, just like what every other novelist had said about us." Twilight said as she went towards the gate. She pulled out the four horseshoes. They glowed, along with Fizzy's symbol to open up a doorway to a world with darkened houses and transparent, featureless ponies walking around in what looked to be Ponyville. In the distance, a white fortress could be seen.
“Where are we?" asked Trixie.
"In a world that is incomplete." Said a cloaked figure with a white muzzle sticking out.
"Celestia?" Twilight asked as she recognized her voice.
"Run, it's a Nobody, Run!" Mozenwrath said.