//------------------------------// // Strange occurrence/the walk. // Story: A New Tale In Equestria. // by Sylif Daring Doo //------------------------------// _______*The Everfree forest*_______ Firefly stood dumbfounded by the Changeling standing before her. "Tracker?" She asked slowly. The Changeling looked at Firefly with its jaw agape but nodded slowly. Firefly and Tracker stared at each other for a moment until they realized something when the bush rustled furiously. "Guys! stop fighting!" They shouted in sync. The rustling stopped and soon out came Fang and a few familiar faces. Once they all exited the bush they looked at each other in shock. "Fang?" "Dust?" "Trapper?" "Firefly?" "Derpy?" "Rarity?" "Donkey!" The group stopped and looked for the source of the voice until they found the most horrifying sight ever. Not a Timberwolf..... Not a Manticore....... .......Pinkie. The group promptly screamed and fell over. _______*ten minutes later*_______ Firefly groaned and put a hoof to her forehead, she opened her eyes to be greated by two bright blue ones. "Gah!" Firefly exclaimed while flailing her hooves around. Pinkie giggled and helped Firefly up. "Are ya okay?" She asked. Firefly nodded and looked around to see that everyone else was unconscious. "What happened?" She asked curiously. Pinkie shrugged. "I don't know." She replied calmly. Firefly raised an eyebrow and a question rose up........ .....But Pinkie beat her to it. "Twilight is behind the bush sleeping, she had a bad magical surge and needs rest, you'll most likely see Vulture in two days and.....oops got to go!" She zoomed off. "Don't believe anything he say's!" Pinkie shouted before disappearing entirely. Firefly blinked and acted appropriately......for her. She shrugged. "Okay." She said calmly. A groan came from behind Firefly and she turned around to see Gwen standing up slowly. "Stop shouting Firefly, you'll wake the dead......again." Gwen said groggily. Firefly shuddered. "Don't remind me." Gwen looked around and saw that everyone was starting to wake up. "Weird." She commented. Firefly raised an eyebrow. "What?" She asked. Gwen looked at her and shrugged. "I don't know, we heard screaming and we ran over only to fall unconscious." She replied. Firefly now had a look of confusion on her face. "Odd." She added. Gwen nodded. "Yep." Firefly looked at the others and sighed. "Come on, the sooner we get to the Grayroot forest the sooner things will make sense. _____*the next day at the Edge of the Everfree.*_____ Fang grumbled as he walked forward. "You Pony's couldn't have made cars could you?" Roxanne rolled her eyes. "Fang, if they did that then that would cause pollution." She replied. Firefly chuckled and looked behind herself to see Twilight walking with a intrigued look on her face as she walked alongside Dark who was busy chatting her up. Gwen looked at Dark curiously and noticed that she didn't seem to be arguing, but she was in range to hear what they were saying. ".....So I said to the guy, why are you stressing over a stress spell? and he said.....because I'm DISTRESSED." She said in a fake male voice. Twilight was incapable of holding it in as she busted out laughing. "Oh.....oh my.....that's hilarious!" "Not really.....or I don't have a good sense of humor." Fang commented. Roxanne grinned. "Definitely the latter." She replied. Derpy rolled her eyes and looked at Dark curiously for a moment when she heard a familiar voice. 'Mind letting me see?' Derpy sighed and slightly revealed her right eye so Golden Freddy could see. 'how's that?' She asked. Golden let out an invisible grin and peered out the eye. 'could be better, but beggars can't be choosers' He replied calmly. Derpy chuckled quietly and continued walking with the group. 'you are not a beggar, just stuck inside my head.' Golden laughed and sat down. 'just let me know if you need me.' Derpy nodded and looked over at Dark who was still talking with Twilight. 'good to see someone else with a passion similar to Twilight's, maybe I won't have to visit the library randomly now......' 'Very unlikely.' Golden commented. 'I wonder what they're talking about?' Golden let out chuckle. 'Lets find out.' Derpy felt a tingle rush to her ears and she found that her hearing improved, just enough to hear the conversation between Dark and Twilight. "Have you ever read Starswirl the bearded's guide to advanced magic?" Twilight asked. Dark shrugged. "I think so." She replied. "What about the Nexus?" Twilight asked hopefully. Dark raised an eyebrow. "If your talking about the book with the ten inch tall stallion I am very positive that I read it." She replied. "That book was very.....interesting." Twilight said awkwardly. "Hey uh.....Twilight." Dark started. Twilight looked at Dark. "Yes?" Dark sighed and returned the look. "Would you happen to know the punishment for breaking into the Canterlot archives?" She asked. Twilight raised an eyebrow and sighed. "Yes I do, it's banishment, why?" She asked out of curiosity. Dark bit her tongue and said nothing. Twilight's eyes widened and she glared at Dark. "You broke in didn't you?" She asked searchingly. Dark reluctantly nodded. "One book." She replied simply. Twilight shook her head and looked up. "Regardless, you still broke into the archives and stole a book." She said. Dark gave Twilight a questioning glare. "Then how come you haven't been banished?" She asked in an oddly calm manner. Twilight's head snapped to face Dark with a dark glare. "What do you mean?" She questioned. "You broke into the archives, and yet you haven't been banished." Dark replied. Twilight went quiet after Dark's comment and looked away. Dark looked at Twilight who looked like she was deep in thought, she sighed and looked away. Derpy internally shivered and felt the tingle go down from her ears and towards her right eye. 'Maybe we shouldn't eavesdrop.' She suggested to Golden. Golden scoffed. 'And this is why I don't come out unless I absolutely need too' Derpy rolled her eyes and covered her right eye with her hair. 'No fair!' Golden shouted. 'You can deal with it.' She countered. Derpy heard Fang call out to the group as he stopped. "Alright, we are at the edge of the forest!" 'Here we go again.' Golden commented. Firefly grinned. "Oh yea! can't wait to get outside and fly!" She cheered. Gwen looked at her sister and smirked. "Is that a challenge?" She asked confidently. Skitter rushed up to Gwen and looked her right in the eye. "You are NOT flying!" She ordered. Gwen laughed nervously and looked at her wings, they were healed but needed time to fully recover. "Yea, I'll kick Firefly's butt next time." She stated. Rarity walked passed the trio and sighed. "Let's just leave this dreadful place." She hissed.