//------------------------------// // The Wave of New and Loss (Chapter 2) // Story: The Game With No Name // by TheOcelotKid //------------------------------// We approached the gates of the castle on the hillside. "When did Celestia put in the gate? And why?" The Doctor asked Derpy. "The same reason they asked for help." Derpy answered in a much more serious tone. We reached the tall gold gates with guards on both sides. "Halt." the unicorn guard to the left ordered and held a sword out with magic. "Says who?" Hood growled beck stretching out his wings to make him even more menacing. The guard stood his ground and barked, "By orders of Celestia!" As the guard spoke he gave Hood a signed scroll. Hood read the scroll and growled to himself. I rolled my eyes and walk to the front of our party. "Hi, we are the reinforcement Celestia sent for." I calmly said flashing my C.U.B.E badge. "Sorry, sir!" The guard apologized. The guard opened the gates using magic and allowed us to trot through. The town was a lot more faded and pale than I had expected. The Doctor's face instantly turned to a frown, "What happened!" "The Wave," said a gray and blue Pegasus pony. "The Wave? Wave of what?" I asked the pony. "Wave of shadows." The pony clarified, "I am glad to see Celestia took my advise too." "What advice?" Zippy asked bouncing up to meet his gaze. "About calling C.U.B.E," The Pegasus pony grinned. Lock jumped and slammed the Pegasus onto his back, and pinned him to the ground and yelled in his face, "Who are you, what do you know about C.U.B.E, and how do you know about it?" The pony under Lock kicked with his back hoof and knocked the wind out of Lock, Hood jumped at the Pegasus and was kicked in the lower jaw. The Pegasus took to the sky quick as lightning and I followed. "Slow down!" I yelled to the much faster and experienced flyer, "I just want to know who you are!" The gray pony slowed down so I did not have to shout but still in a safe distance, "My name is Sterling Bluebolt, Equestrian representative of C.U.B.E," Sterling spat at me. "I am Mason! Mason T. Turner, also agent of C.U.B.E!" I pant between breaths still out of breath from having to chasing Sterling down, "can we land? I'm feeling light headed," I half wined. We landed and Sterling told my team who he was. "Follow me, the princesses are expecting you," Sterling said as he turned around to lead us to the castle. "So what is the Wave?" Zippy asked Sterling trying to brake the silence of the walk up the center street. "Its a black cloud that stole all of the color, and the elements of harmony were useless to it." Sterling said with a tear streaming down his cheek. "Why are you crying?" Zippy asked. "Thousands died." Sterling said with his voice breaking, then he shook his head and pretended to be unaffected. "Anyway." snapped Hood. When we reached the castle, the doors were unhinged and only one princess sat in the throne... Luna. "Halt!" Luna barked at us, "Who have you brought! Cant you see I have better things to do! Like find my sister!" "We are Squadron 904 of the agency C.U.B.E: Cross Universe Battle Enforcement!" I returned Luna's rude statement, "I also believe we can help." "How?" Luna asked in a more welcoming yet still distrusting tone. "We have taken on everything from a time eater, to the devil of hell himself, I think we can take a little cloud," Lock answered confidently. "All I see are some overconfident Pegasi and earth ponies," Luna sneered. With the insult, Hood's wings snapped open and with one beat of the wings he had knocked Luna off the throne. When Hood was standing next to Luna he was just as big if not bigger than the princess of night. "I'll give you over confident," Hood whispered evilly to the helpless princess, with a darkness growing in his eyes. I shot off like a bullet ramming the enraged bat pony off Luna, "Hood, we are here to help!" I gasped, out of breath from my sudden need of assistance. Hood looked up at me and the darkness in his eyes told me,'If I had not thrown you off, you would have gone to your Dagger form!' The darkness in Hood's eyes faded now that he was not looking at someone who had just insulted him. I got off of Hood as he regained control of himself. "M-my apologies, your highness," Hood stuttered awkwardly to Luna. The princess of night stood back up and said equally as awkward,"I am also at fault, It was wrong of me to assume you were normal ponies." Zippy rudely butted in, "Um does anyone remember? We still have not introduced who the lamas we are!" I stopped and turned to introduce myself and my company, when I turned I saw behind Zippy, rolling into the room, was a dark black cloud. "Zippy, behind you!" I yelled to the little pony but it was to late! "Oh god no!" Zippy yelled trying to flee only to have the cloud engulf him quickly. As fast as the cloud arrived, it was gone and so was Zippy! Luna's pupils had shrunk to nearly nothing and guards ran to her side as she started to tip, and she stuttered before the guards took her to her room, "T-t-th-th Wave."