Chapter 6
Chapter 6
The group of nine set out the following morning, heading north along the Hoofson River. Spike had his face buried deep in the map, studying it intensely.
“I don’t know Twilight, I’m looking at the map and I don’t think following this river is going to take us where we need to be,” Spike said.
“We’ll be fine Spike! Trust me, I know what I’m doing,” Twilight said.
Vinyl Scratch couldn’t help but grin at this statement, she turned her head away so that Twilight couldn’t see. They weren’t going the right direction to get to the Hoofson Bay... but they were on the right path that they needed to be.
The group of nine walked for two days and then, much to Twilight Sparkle’s frustration, and numerous ‘I told you so’ statements from Spike.
Vinyl couldn’t help but snicker loudly at Twilight’s frustration, causing the lavender coated mare to turn on her.
“You! You knew we were going the wrong way, and you didn’t say anything! Why?” Twilight said.
“Because I knew it would bother you and it would be funny!” Vinyl Scratch said. “Relax Twilight, the destination doesn’t matter! Besides, if we walk due west, we’ll be exactly where we need to be to cross the St. Germain River into the Hoofson Bay Area in two days!”
Twilight was sore with Vinyl Scratch for the rest of the day, and as such, Vinyl spent most of the next day being incredibly silly trying to get Twilight to laugh. Pinkie Pie joined in on the silliness, causing most of the group to wish that they had never met.
Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind had taken to spotting for a way to cross the St. Germain River; it wasn’t until near the end of the second day that Rainbow Dash could see a crossing point, a lone hoof bridge. Vinyl Scratch started to become very excited about the bridge for reasons that she would not explain upon. Soon enough, the group came up to within fifty metres of the bridge when Vinyl Scratch couldn’t contain herself any longer.
“Oh sweet Celestia! We’re finally here!” Vinyl Scratch said, and took off running towards the bridge and leapt on it, landing flat on her stomach, but not caring about the mild pain. “Huh?” Vinyl Scratch felt around on the bridge, she was clearly on it... but nothing was happening.
Twilight and her friends caught up to her, they, of course didn’t think that anything should have happened either.
It was a bridge.
“NO!” Vinyl cried out in frustration. “NO! NO! NO! Come on you stupid thing! Work! Work damn you!” Vinyl Scratch’s cries of frustration turned to tears. “No... no no no no!” She sobbed. “You were my only chance, you have to work... please; you have to work! Princess Luna told me that you would work!”
The rest of the group turned to each other, giving each other looks of confusion; they didn’t understand what was going on.
Vinyl ripped the wig off her head in frustration, tossing it into the St. Germain, allowing it to be carried off to who knows were. She buried her head into her hooves as her sobbing intensified.
Rainbow Dash and Twilight looked at each other, they didn’t understand what was going on, but their friend was in pain. They had to do their best to help her. The two mares trotted towards the bridge in their attempt towards consoling their friend.
They didn’t make it past a single step, once they both had at least one hoof on the bridge, something happened. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Vinyl were levitated into the air above the bridge. Light began to shine brightly and electric current began to arc between the three of them.
“Twilight!” Spike called out to her friend, but she could not hear him.
“Rainbow Dash!” Pinkie Pie called out, Spike and Pinkie Pie took a step towards the bridge, only for Whirlwind and Applejack to grab them.
“Ya can’t it’s too dangerous!” Applejack said, and she was right. All they could do was watch.
Vinyl Scratch’s face contorted with pain, with a sharp snap! Her mane re-grew to its old length and shape, and then it released them. The three mares dropped back onto the bridge with a hard thump!
Twilight and Rainbow Dash began to rub their heads in pain. Rainbow Dash blinked at Twilight. “Twilight?” She asked in confusion.
“R... Rainbow?” Twilight asked back.
“Twilight!” Rainbow Dash called out, throwing her hooves around Twilight’s neck in a tight hug. “Twilight... the last thing I remember is... Fluttershy... and lying in a... Ohmygosh! Twilight! I died!”
“It’s okay Rainbow Dash,” Twilight said quietly, “its okay, you’re safe now!”
Twilight smiled brightly at Rainbow Dash and planted a kiss on the Rainbow maned pegasi’s lips.
The rest of their friends were dumbstruck, they could only stop and stare.
Vinyl Scratch opened her eyes and was blinded by the sunlight as it filtered through; she pulled the goggles off her eyes and allowed them to dangle around her neck. She looked around and found herself lying on the bridge. That was when she realised it. She was looking at things, and she was seeing them. She waved her hoof in front of her face to make sure it wasn’t some kind of trick. She flinched as her hoof came close to her face.
“I... I can see!” Vinyl cried out in surprise. “I can see!” She looked towards the end of the bridge and watched as Twilight and Rainbow Dash kissed. “And clearly not a moment too soon! Talk about hot!”
Twilight and Rainbow Dash broke their embrace and crossed to their fallen friend, helping her to her hooves. “Vinyl... we... we remember!”
“You do?” Vinyl asked in surprise. “Well, it explains the make out session...”
“’Scuse me!” Applejack called out from the end of the bridge. “Somepony care to do some ‘splainin’ on what the hay just happened ‘ere?”
Vinyl Scratch’s eyes widened as Applejack was about to step on the bridge. “Applejack! Stop! Don’t take another step!”
Applejack paused and recoiled slightly; she took a step back away from the bridge and looked back to Vinyl Scratch for an explanation.
“All of you! Stay back!” Vinyl said. “Keep away from the bridge! All of you! Fluttershy! Especially you!”
“Oh! Okay... if you think that’s best...” Fluttershy said, taking a few steps back from the rest of the group.
“Vinyl?” Twilight asked. “What is going on here? What is this thing!?”
Vinyl looked to her and shrugged. “I... have a confession to make everypony. I misled you all to the reasons I wanted to come here. All Princess Luna said the bridge would do would cure my radiation poisoning, not re-grow my mane, give me my eyesight back... or unlock old world memories.”
“Old world memories?” Applejack questioned. “Tha hay ya’ll talkin’ ‘bout?”
“Princess Luna told me that this bridge was a... sort of a... master archive for the world. It takes information from the world, and collects it here for storage, in case it’s needed for later retrieval,” Vinyl said.
Rainbow Dash gave Vinyl a look of disbelief. “It’s a bridge, Vinyl.”
“Exactly!” Vinyl said. “A lone hoof bridge built in the middle of nowhere with no paths going to, or from it. Who is going to think that that’s important? Clearly not any of us the first time that we came here!”
“Okay, so why didn’t it work when you stepped on it?” Rainbow asked.
“Because... because...” Vinyl said, her eyes darting around looking for any explanation as to why it didn’t work until they had all come on it. She wasn’t used to being able to look at things again. Then her eyes darted upwards toward Mount Gwyndolyn, and then she remembered. “Because in the old world, the gryphons destroyed it! Think about it! Master Archive of the world is too important to lose, what happens if it gets damaged or destroyed? The archive must have gone into... stand-by mode or something; we were the last three to go over it in the old world, so it must have needed all three of us to reset itself!”
“This is a bunch of malarkey!” Applejack said. “It’s a guldarn bridge! And what’s this ‘bout... what ya call it, Radiation poisoning? You planin’ on tellin’ us that?”
“I wasn’t going to unless I got better! Otherwise you lot would have just dragged me off to a doctor who wouldn’t have been able to help me! Sorry for not telling you the truth everypony... but this was my only chance,” Vinyl Scratch said.
Everyone was too busy paying attention to Applejack and Vinyl Scratch’s argument that they did not see that one of their number had gone missing. Whirlwind had taken flight and landed on the far side of the bridge and was slowly walking towards it. Fluttershy noticed that Whirlwind was approaching the bridge from the far side and attempted to warn her friends of it.
“Um... excuse me... everypony... there’s something you should know...” Fluttershy began, but Applejack quickly shushed her.
“Not now Fluttershy!” Applejack said.
“But... Whirlwind...” Fluttershy said.
“NOT NOW FLUTTERSHY!” Applejack said again.
Whirlwind cleared his throat loudly, causing everypony to stop and look at him. “Sorry, Vinyl Scratch, but after our talk the other night? I find myself a bit too curious.”
With that, Whirlwind stepped onto the bridge.
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Why did the end of this chapter remind me of the 3rd Act cinematic for Diablo 2?
21461
Dunno, never played it.
21461
Thanks for spoiling a twenty year old game for me mate.
21465
20? its only 10, and the very first is only 15
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Close enough. And close enough is all that matters when dealing in matters of horseshoes and hand grenades.
And nuclear weapons.
oooooooh shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. Shit.
manure just got real, your basically saying "fuck my own fanon" by changing the history you set
"Whirlwind remained completely in the dark about his true identity for his entire life, and likely wouldn’t have cared even if he did. He continued to pursue his love for Rainbow Dash, even after Rainbow would leave Ponyville to follow her dreams. Whirlwind replaced Rainbow Dash as the leader of Ponyville’s weather team. Continuing the tradition of being able to clear the skies above Ponyville in ten seconds flat."
Still,cool with me, the story keeps getting interesting that way.(even if he doesnt remember because of stepping on the bridge, Vinyl still told him lol )
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That assumes a few things.
Being told something and actually remembering it are two different things.
That something will actually happen when Whirlwind steps on the bridge, haven't gotten that far yet, hold your horses.
That something doesn't happen later that still makes Whirlwind's ending valid.
As long as it's just Whirlwind/Overdrive that steps on that thing, we're okay. Rarity....sort of also okay. Everypony else?? The word 'disaster' would be an understatement. Fluttershy, as a for instance, does not need to remember Murdershy.
21465
Final Fantasy 7: Aeris dies.
Spoiler? Buck that, I consider that a WARNING! Do NOT give her any materia or equipment you can't replace. My first time through, I had to start over becouse Cloud didn't think to pick her pockets for summon materia before laying her to rest.
shit shit shit shit SHIT SHIT SHIT SH-
GOD.
DAMNIT.
WHIRLWIND YOU ASSHOLE!
Well this doesn't look good.
This story keeps making my face look like this! -->
Not like I'm complaining... Hahaha!!!