//------------------------------// // Chapter Three: A Bump In The Road // Story: My Little Pony: Friendship Will Live On // by Tropical Beats //------------------------------// The wind blew Nightingale's mane all over the place as the charriot she and Cocoa Pop were sitting in sped through the sky. Nightingale looked down below to see a little town. "That must be Ponyville!" Cocoa Pop exclaimed. "It is, Ms. Pop. We will arrive shortly" One of the guards said. "I wonder who we'll meet!" Cocoa said excitedly, "I hope I can make some new friends!" "We are not here to make friends!" Nightingale whispered. "We're here to find out where this symbol came from! And why it gave me that vision of what looked like a pony dying!" Nightingale saw that Cocoa was looking down at the down. "Hey! Are you listening?!" Cocoa Pop said nothing, but she pointed to a big crystal castle in the middle of the town. "What in Equestria...?!" That was when it happened again... ~~~ A lot of ponies gathered around the new castle that magically appeared. All of a sudden, the big doors swung open to reveal the lavender alicorn princess. "Each one of us has something special. That makes us different. That makes us rare..." She begun. It was then when the yellow pony spoke up once everypony was in the castle. "We have a light that shines within us... That we were always, meant to share..!" Then the six ponies began to sing. "And when we come together, combine the light that shines within. There is nothing we can't do. There is no battle we can't win, when we come together. There'll be a star to guide the way, it's inside us everyday... See it now... See it now... Let the rainbow remind you, that together we will always shine..! Let the rainbow remind you, that together this will be out time." Then, the lavender alicorn sang one last line as five ponies and a dragon gathered for a picture. "Let the rainbow remind you... That together we will always shine..." ~~~ "Nightingale!" "Oh! Sorry, Cocoa." "Another vision?" Nightingale slowly nodded her head. "Just tell me what you saw in both visions. Maybe we can figure it out." Cocoa said with a warm smile. "We are her!" A guard said as they landed. "Thank you." Both stallions held their heads up in pride as they flew off back to Canterlot. "About the visions..?" Cocoa Pop slowly said to Nightingale, only to get a frazzled sigh from the unicorn. "Okay, Cocoa. These visions are really confusing, I can't tell what's going on." "It's alright." Cocoa assured. "Let's find a place to eat and talk about it." After the two talked, they sat there quietly trying to analyze the visions. It was half an hour of thinking until Nightingale jumped out of her hey chair and started hopping in circles around their table and yelling "I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!" Lots of ponies turned their attention to the young mare. Nightingale blushed as a nervous smile came to her face. "Are you okay, ma'am?" One of the waiters said. "Hehehe... Yea... I just... got it...!" Ponies sat back down and Cocoa turned her head to Nightingale. "So, you got what?" "In each of my visions, I saw the same six ponies. And in the one with that castle, I saw a little dragon. I'm sure they're all important in some way!" "That does explain a lot..." "Also... That castle has a star symbol on it similar to this book. Doesn't that seem weird?" "Hmm... Let's ask somepony." Cocoa Pop suggested. "Excuse me, sir." Nightingale said, waving her hoof to a waiter. "May I help you?" "Yes actually. Do you know how long that castle has been standing there?" "That thing? Oh I have no idea!" "Wait... WHAT?! Don't you live here? "Yes, but nopony knows why it's here. Ponies say it was magically built over night." The waiter said with a warm smile. Nightingale and Cocoa Pop were shocked. "Err... Thanks for your help anyways..." Once the two payed and walked to the main road on Ponyville, Nightingale spoke up. "We have to read the book, NOW!" "Okay, okay, coming." "I'm sorry, Cocoa. It's just... How can this castle be here in Ponyville with it's residents now knowing why it's here?!" "I guess that's strange... Let's go!"