Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale

by TheothersideofSunny968

Rainbow's team challange

"I just don't know, Sunny" Thunder Lane seemed nervous as he confided in his pal. He and Sunny became fast friends after Big Mac introduce the two at a pie eating contest the weekend before. For some reason, the dark grey pegusus always found comfort in talking to the yellow farm pony. "I want to ask her, but what if I do something stupid?! Or what if I have something in my teeth?! Girls hate that!"

It was Sunny's turn to run the apple stand, which he didn't mind in the least. He enjoyed meeting and greeting all of the town's folk. And more often then not, they stopped and would chat for a bit, then decide that they they were hungry, and buy even just a little something from the friendly yellow stallion. Applejack wanted to get Sunny out there and meeting the ponies in town. So having him run the apple stand in town more then harvesting or plowing on the farm was the plan. And the slight increase in apple sales was a bonus.

"Listing, dude" Sunny began as he tossed his friend a plump, red delicious apple. "The best way to talk to a mare is to get her by herself. You know, get her away from pressuring eyes. Then tell her how you honestly feel. But don't pressure her. Mares hate being pushed into a corner. But you know, the best way to win her over, is to spend a lot of time with her. Again, without pressuring her. Do things she likes to do. Offer to help her with stuff."

The pegusus chuckled as he took a bite of the apple. "Yeah, you would know. You're always hanging out with applejack and we friends." He chewed and swallowed. "I bet if you tried, you could date any mare you wanted. I bet they just fall out of the sky for you-"

As Thunder was about to finish his sentence, there was a loud bang, then, from out of nowhere, a blinding light flashed threw all of Ponyville. When he could open his eyes, Sunny looked to the center of town where a sea foam green mare, with a golden mane, stood in the epicenter of a crater that sunk about a good 12 inches into the ground. She stood in a battle ready pose for a few moments, then shot out of the crater as landed in front of the apple stand. As she removed her goggles, she shot a smug smile at Thunder Lane, who looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Sup slow poke" she smirked. He then took an apple from the stand, without paying, took a bite, swallowed, then threw the rest of the apple over her shoulder. "Tell Rainbow Dash that 'Lightning Dust is back in town'"

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Sunny had run back to the farm as fast as his hooves could carry him. After finding Applejack and Rainbow Dash locked in a hoof wrestling contest, he skidded to a stop, his heart still racing as he attempted to catch his breath. When he could, Sunny told the girls about the mare called 'Lighning Dust' who landed in the middle of town and wanted to challenge Rainbow and the Wonderbolts cadets to some race.

The three of them then raced back to town to find the egotistical, pegusus mare with the lighting colored mane enjoying some apple juice she snagged from the cart wen Sunny wasn't there. She was joined by two other pegusi, a brown stallion with an onyx mane and a white mare with a teal colored mane and tail.

"Well well well" Rainbow Dash began as she landed and narrowed her eyes at Lightning Dust, her tone a little less then friendly. "Look what blew into town."

Lightning Dust smiled as she glanced over at her old rival, a confident smile spread across her face. "You showed up. That took more guts then I thought you had." Her two accomplices began to chuckle lightly.

"What do you want Lightning Dust?" Rainbow wasn't kidding around any more, her eyes narrowing on her former team mate. "Looking to get some revenge for getting kicked out of the academy?"

"Pfft" she replied to the cyan colored mare. "They did me a favor. That place was just slowing me down. Now I'm with the real winners!" She threw her mug away and stepped into a triangular position with her company, her chest puffed out as she shot a sharp look at Rainbow Dash.

"An' just what 'real winners'? Are ya talkin 'bout?" Applejack asked, taking Rainbow's side.

"We're the team know as 'Thunder Storm'!" The stallion answered, proudly puffing up his chest like his leader, only his eyes were well hidden behind a pair of goggles and his over all look was more serious.

"We're only the fastest, most daring fliers in all of Equestria!" The mare chimed in, her voice screeching like dragon nails on a chalk board. She turned her head and flicked her mane at Rainbow Dash and her friends as she shot them an overconfident look.

"And when we're through here, we're going to head strait for Canterlot to show the princesses that 'we' are the best, then they'll declare 'Thunder Storm' to be the number one fliers, and get rid of those stupid 'wonder dolts'." Lighting Dust stared down Rainbow Dash, their eyes locking, the Sparks between them flying.

"You really think the princesses would ever make you and your goons her personal flying team?" Rainbow took a step towards Lighting Dust.

"Why wouldn't they" Lightning asked, tilting her head up at Rainbow. "We've already bested the wonder bolt cadet teams from Fillydelfia, Manehatten, and yes, Cloudsdale."

This made Rainbow wince as her ego took a hard blow. But she quickly regained her footing. "And you think taking on the cadets will be enough? Why not take on the Wonder bolts themselves? Or are you and your team.just.chicken?" Rainbow's confidence was regained as she smirked at the sea foam colored mare. But lightning dust didn't break. The two former partners were now inches from each other. A fire burning in both of their eyes.

"We'll take them on alright, after we take you and your team down" Lightning Dust spat at Rainbow, never breaking eye contact.

"Hate to break it to ya, but that's not going to happen" Rainbow replied. "Me an my team would never lose to a couple of wimps like you and your 'rain cloud'."

"So we're on?" Lighting Dust asked, her eyes denial narrowing on Rainbow, a slight since of annoyance seeped through the her confidant smirk.

"You bet you are" Rainbow replied. "You and your team are going down!"

While Rainbow took of to get the last member of her team, Flitter, Thunder Lane and Applejack filled Sunny in on the situation. How Rainbow met Lighting Dust at the wonderbolts academy, how they were paired together, how Lighting only cared about being the best and didn't care about who she had to step on to be the best, then how Rainbow indirectly got her booted from the wonderbolts academy after they created a tornado and nearly got Applejack and the others sent flying into next Tuesday.

Thunder Lane added that since the cadets from the academy came from all over Equestria, that teams of 3 or more were made, based on where they came from. And Rainbow was appointed ponyville's team leader. There was her, Thunder Lane, Flitter, and a stallion named Bulk Biceps. But only three at a time we're going to compete.

"Hey, Thunder!" Sunny moved in closer and out a hoof around his grey pegusus friend. "This is the perfect time to tell her how you feel!"

"Really?!" He began to look nervous. "Like, right now? With the competition?"

"Well now is the perfect time to show off your skills as a flyer and impress her with your skills. Then you make your move and ask her to hang out some time!" Sunny smiled and winked again at his grey colored friend. "It's full proof."

Sunny's words bounced around in the grey pegusus stallion's head for a while as he and the others watched the two pegusi who came with Lightning Dust set up the obstacles for the race. Thunder Lane and Sunny watched, studying the different things that Rainbow and her team would have to overcome. Not long after, Rainbow arrived with both Flitter and Bulk.

"What's wrong with your wing, Flitter?" Sunny asked the light purple pegasus.

"I pulled something last week at the weather factory." She moved her wing up and down, it was wrapped in gaze that covered almost all of the wing. "It was pushing it for me to just get down here, but I want to support my team!"

"Yeah, so it's going to be me, Bulk, and you, Thunder" Rainbow Dash began. "We can do this, guys, don't worry! We just have to give out 100- no, 120% in this!!!"

"Yeah!" The overly muscular white pegusus added, screaming and flexing his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

Flitter took a spot next to Sunny at about the same time Applejack, Twilight and the rest of the group arrived. They went to go and grab them while Rainbow got Flitter and Bulk, not wanting to miss their friend go up against her old time rival. But as the girls looked around, they couldn't help but notice that quite a crowd had gathered in their absence.
They heard the news of a new flyers team challenging Rainbow and her team to a race and had to be there. Looking around, Sunny saw that almost, if not all, of the entire town had shown up to observe the challenge.

Once Lighting Dust's team was done setting it up all the obsticalls, which were mainly made of clouds, and outlining the start and finish lines, they took their places. Lighting Dust smirked at Rainbow Dash as she placed a pair of goggles over her face.

Rainbow Dash, Thunder lane, and Bulk Biceps all took their place at the starting line. Both teams took their starting positions ready to spring forward at any moment. Mayor Mare, herself, stepped forward and began to make her declaration of the race and what was at stake. Slight whispers began to seep between the ponies that made up the crowd. Sunny listened intently but his attention was interrupted by a bump at his flank.

He turned around and saw a Brown, earth pony stallion with a spiked dark brown mane and an hour glass for a cutie make holding an odd looking metal device. The device had many buttons, nobs, lights, and two rods that looked like TV antenna. It was making a loud and rapid beating noise as the stallion pointed it at Sunny.

"Ugh, can I help you?" Sunny asked the stallion, a little annoyed by the interruption.

But the stallion just looked at his odd instrument, narrowed his eyes at it, then shook his head. "No no no.... This can't be right..."

And that's all the stallion said before he walked away, starting at his metal box, obliviousness to the world around him. Sunny was wondering what that was about when he heard the racers take off and the crowd cheering them on.

He looked to see Lightning Dust's team had taken the lead, each one flying individually, where Rainbow and Thunder lane were helping Bulk, who seemed to be struggling to just remain floating.

"That's not good" Twilight commented worry hanging heavily on her words.

"Oh, poor Bulk" Fluttershy added. "He's really strong, but his poor wings are too small for his muscular body."

"Well he's got spirit" Sunny commented watching the determination on Bulks face.

"He does indeed" Rarity chummed in, "but I'm afraid spirit might not be enough to win this..."

"Hey!" Flitter spoke up. "Why don't we all begin cheering him on! They are a team, and we need to show we believe in them!"

Sunny didn't know what this feeling was that felt like it was bubbling inside of him, like a volcano ready to burst, but he suddenly felt a strong since of bravado grow from inside that he needed to use to cheer his team on. "Yeah! Let's do it!"

With that, Flitter, Sunny, and the rest of the girls began to cheer not only for their team, But for bulk! "You can do it! You got this Bulk!"

Then the entire crowd looked to them, smiled, and began to cheer out the name of the white, muscular pegasus. "BULK! BULK! BULK! BULK!"

As Rainbow's team made it to the first hoop of cloud, several hoops behind Lighting's team, The crowd's cheering reached them. Bulk looked out into the crowd and saw how everypony believed in him. And suddenly he felt he could do anything! He felt their hope, their strength!

A strong gust of wind blew up from beneath team Ponyville and like that the stallion was no longer struggling to fly. His other team members flew now in a strait formation, with Rainbow taking the lead, followed by Thunder Lane, then Bulk carrying the rear. They wee now soaring threw the obstacle course that floated about half a mile above the ground, in no time they would catch up to Lightning Dust and her team.

Lightning Dust and her cohorts made it through the first part of the obstacles course, the rings of clouds, and had begun the second part. A strait shot threw a number of different mini tornados, each one pulling in a different direction, meat I to pull a pegasus off course. Nothing that wasn't kept in control and could easily be stopped in a moment's notice. Lightning of course made it threw without batting an eye. The stallion on her team struggle slightly, but made it through, following right behind Lightning. The mare on her team, though, struggled quite a bit. And before Lightning and her team could move to the next part of the race, all the members of the team had to make it through.

"Come on!" Lightning called out to the struggling mare, annoyed at the delay. "What's taking so long? We've done this a million times already!"

"S-sorry Lightning!" The mare called out panting heavily. "I-i need a little help!"

Lightning let out a frustrated sigh then told the stallion to get in here to help her. As the stallion rushed over to his comrade, Lightning caught sight of Rainbow and her team coming up fast. She knew it would take at least two of the members a while to get threw, but she didn't like taking that kind of chance. Not when she was this close to achieving her goal. She thought for a moment, then her eyes fell on one of the tornados, then onto the crow below. She knew how Rainbow had a soft spot for the weaker ones.

While the sea foam green Pegasus waited for her team mates to catch back up to her, Lighting whistled a little, acting innocent, as she casually moved over to the tornado closest to her, and wig a nudge of her wing, pushed it, sending it slowly over to the crowd down below. Lightning Dust then smirked at Rainbow and her team as they arrived at the tornado obstacle section just to see Lighting's team pass the second obstacle and move on to the next.

Rainbow and her team didn't hesitate. They immediately moved closer together, in a strait line formation, using Rainbow's slip stream in order to move past the field of tornadoes faster and with less effort. All still holding strong, about to reach the end of the second obstacle, when they heard screams come from the town's ponies below.

The small tornado that had casually flooded down had gained momentum and grew to one three times the size it started out as, and was continuing to grow! Rainbow immediately stopped their team.

"We have to help them!" Rainbow called out to the two stallions on her team.

Thunder Lane looked down and saw the mare he was so desperately trying to impress, there, in the crowd, screaming for help. Her wing, being bandaged up, was of no use for her to try and even bear the storm. "Let's go!"

"Yeah!!!" Bulk cried out as he and his two other team members made a B-line for the tornado.

Lightning looked back and smirked at her handy work as they reached halfway threw the third obstacle. That's when the stallion on her team got her attention.

"Shouldn't we go and help them?" He asked, sounding a little more then slightly concerned.

"Yeah" the mare added, sounding even more worried then the stallion. "Like, won't they get hurt?"

But Lightning waved a hoof. "They'll be fine! They have ponies who can stop it immediately if they wanted. Remember? They have that princess down there. Rainbow Dash just wants to be 'theatrical' again. Like when she got me kicked out of the Wonder bolts academy. Let's go finish this!"

With that, the pegasus with the golden mane took off, finishing the third obstacle with ease, her two team members following quickly behind.

Mean while, down in the crowd, Twilight and the rest of her friends were trying their best to keep every pony safe while Rainbow, her team, an a few more pegasi from town tried to disperse the tornado. Twilight had put up a barrier that covered most of the ponies in town, shielding them from the debris that floated in the air, as well as the strong pull of the storm. Applejack, Rarity, Sunny, Flitter and Pinky dashed all around to grab ponies stuck outside the protective barrier and get them to safely inside. Fluttershy went out with a few ponies to collect the animals up in a protective cave not far from the barrier where another unicorn, a grey Stallion by the name of Alister, would put up a similar barrier.

Rainbow Dash and the rest of the pegusi weren't having an easy time trying to break down the tornado. It was now eight times it's starting size and quickly growing stronger. Rainbow had an idea to use a sonic rain boom, but didn't want the shock wave to harm any pony. It was looking like they weren't going to have much of a choice. If she waited any longer, there wouldn't be a Ponyville to protect!

"Guys, listen up!" She called out to her team, catching every pegusi's attention. "I'm going to use a Sonic rainboom to get rid of this, but I need you all to make sure every pony is in that barrier, ok? Otherwise they could get really badly hurt!"

"You can count on us, Rainbow!" Thunder Lane gave her a confidant lol followed by a salute.

"Yeah! We! Can! Do! This!" Bulk declared, flexing his muscles.

"Let's go team!" Rainbow cheered as she dashed off into the sky, a rainbow trail following quickly behind her.

The other pegusi began to skim all around town, looking for any loose ponies to bring over to the barrier. Bulk and a few other pegusi saw some over by the school yard and quickly went there to bring them to safely. Thunder Lane was about to join them when heard the cry of a very familiar mare.

He jerked his head and saw that Flitter had been swept up in the tornado's pull and was now flying threw the air, being pulled higher and higher. He knew what he had to do! He had to get to her! To save her! He couldn't bear the thought of something happening to her! Without a moment's hesitation, he dove strait at the tornado and was instantly sucked inside, struggling as the tornado pulled him inside.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Bulk and the rest had gathered the last of the ponies in town, brining them into the barrier that Twilight had made. Twilight herself was struggling to keep the barrier up. She may have been a princess, with more magical power then any other unicorn, but even an alicorn who did specialize in protective spells couldn't keep this up forever.

"That's everypony!" Mayor Mare told Twilight as she counted everypony in the barrier.

"Wait! Look!" A mare in the crowd called out, pointing to an overturned cart about 25 yards away from the barrier. A white bunny was clinging to the cart for dear life as it shivered from the loud roaring f the tornado.

Sunny recognized the bunny as the loved pet of his friend Fluttershy, and without a second thought, shot out of the barrier making a mad dash to the cart. But the wind made it difficult. With every step, the stallion had to dig his hooves firmly into the ground. His vision was heavily impaired by dirt and wind that blew right into his face. But he still never stopped.

He kept thinking how ironic it was that the same Bunny that he hated with a burning passion, who clashed with him days ago, was the very creature he was risking his life for. But he wasn't just doing it for him. Sunny knew how much the little critter meant to his friend, Fluttershy, who, even after he had destroyed her day and made a huge mess, still wanted to be his friend. And Sunny would stop at nothing to help his friend!

Before he knew it, Sunny had reached the cart. Angel Bunny then looked up at the yellow stallion, shocked that this was the pony to come for him an not his beloved Fluttershy. But still, the frightened critter jumped into Sunny's hooves, and Sunny held him tightly as she hid with the Bunny inside of the cart, using it as a protective shield against the tornado.

Up above the cloud cover, Rainbow looked down and saw the giant, swirling mouth of the tornado, then, as fast as she could fly, the cyan colored pegusus shot strait at the tornado, diving strait into its heart. She quickly gained momentum and speed that was powered by her want to save her friends. Right as she reached the heart of the tornado, Rainbow Dash once again broke the sound barrier, causing a rubble of rainbow colored rings to appear and shoot out threw the entire tornado.
In that moment, the tornado went silent as it was destroyed from the inside out as a large rainbow ring spread across the sky, brining the destruction to a halt.

Chapter 20. Aftermath and patience

After Rainbow landed, she quickly ran over to her friends, who were still in Twilight's protective magical barrier. But once Twilight saw that the tornado was gone, she dropped the barrier, but also felt terribly light headed. She would have passed out if Applejack and Rarity weren't there to catch her. It was a lot of strain on the poor alicorn. But Twilight was able to stand after a moment taking slow and easy breaths. She felt a little light headed still, but able to stand.

Not long after Twilight's barrier fell did Fluttershy, Alister and the others return with the animals they protected . The yellow mare frantically looked around, asking every pony if they had seen her precious little white bunny, Angel. It's then that Pinkie pointed Fluttershy out to the overturned cart about 25 yards from where the barrier was. Her heart sank as she few as fast as she could over to cart. She and a few others flipped the cart over only to find Sunny clenching Angel in his hooves, and the bunny holding onto him with all his might.

When they both saw the light of day and the clear image of the other ponies from town looking at them, try quickly pushed each other away, crossed their arms, and turned the other cheek up at each other. the ponies laughed and Fluttershy went immediately and began hugging and kissing her precious pet. He gave her a bit of a fight, pretending that it was no big deal, but he eventually gave in to the soft spoken Pegasus, and returns the affection.

Sunny just looked back at them and smirks as he tipped his hat. Applejack bolted over to him, ta making the yellow stallion to the ground. Landing on top of him with her hooves on his chest as she glared at him, slight tears gathered at the very corners of her eyes. "Don't you ever let me catchin' yah do that again! Do yah Hear me!!!"

Applejack had a look on her face that screamed angry, relieved and scared all at the same time. "What would Ah have done if somethin happened to ya?! Ya dang brave fool!"

"Well, ugh..." Sunny didn't really know how to respond. But he really didn't have to think too hard. Before he could say anything, Applejack pulled him in for another hug, the tears Applejack caught back for a while now have way and ran down the sides of her cheeks and onto the chest shoulder of the yellow stallion. Who was embracing her.

"There she is!" A stallion cried out front he crowd with glee as he pointed to a Rainbow Dash as she landed. "She saved the town! Three cheers for Rainbow Dash!"

"NO!" Rainbow quickly silenced the town before it even had a change to cheer. She smiled as she motioned to all her friends. "We all did it! My friends, the other pegusi, everypony!"

"Rainbow dash is right!" Twilight stepped forward, putting a hoof on her friend and smiling at her. "We did this together! Three cheers for us all!"

The crowd all cheered for themselves, for each other, for every pony. They all had banned together and saved each other ! But before long, Lightning Dust and her team had landed near the towns ponies. Lighting Dust with a triumphant look on her face as she held her head high with pride, but her team members couldn't help but hold their heads in shame as guilt filled their hearts.

"Good job in fixing the 'little' problem, Rainbow Dash" Lightning began. "But we all know that if that hadn't happen, my team still would have won. So I guess we'll go strait to Canterlot with-"

There was a loud click, and the turning of small Metallic parts, as Lighting Dust looked down and to her back to find we hooves and wings were in chains!

"Lightning Dust" a white pegasus stallion, with a yellow mane stood before her and her team, who were now also in chains. The stallion glared at the confused Lightning dust as he lifted a scroll up and began to read from it. "You are here by under arrest for the following; 10 counts of destruction of both public and private property, 6 counts of dodging royal guards, endangering the lives of countless ponies and reckless behavior that has resulted in such counts. You and your 'team' will be taken to Canterlot, alright. But to stand trial for your crimes."

A bat pony mare smirked as she nudged the two other team members along into a large royal cart. After the white royal guard with the yellow mane pushed Lighting into the cart and slammed the door, Lightning looked out the barred window at the crowd. Her eyes fueled by fire of her hate for a very specific rainbow maned mare.

As the bat pony mare signaled for the other Royal guards to take them away, Cloud skipper and her then were approached by Alister. Even though the regal unicorn guard never liked to show much emotion, he couldn't help but smile at his friends, glad that they were safe. It was only after seeing The grey coat of Alister's that Sunny began to panic.

"Where's Thunder lane ?!?!" The yellow stallion with a Stetson hat called out.

-Ponyville town hospital a few days later-

Thunder Lane had been on some heavy pain medication most of his time there. It had been a few days since he had been discovered with Flitter in the remains of a house not long after Lightning Dust and her crew had been carted away. He had been asleep since. It was around noon when he began to wake up. Nurse Red Heart had heard his rustling, and upon seeing him finally awaken, called for the doctor to come in.

"Well well, mister gallant hero" the doctor gave Thunder a smile. "Looks like you made it out of that mess in one piece. Almost every piece is broke, but all still together."

"W-w-what about..." Thunder's throat was extremely dry, but he pushed himself to speak her name. "Flitter?"

"Oh yes. She was in here a few days ago. Insisted on sharing a room with her 'hero'" the doctor told Thunder Lane as Nurse Red Heart checked the machines and took note of Thunder's readings. "But she got to leave after two days. She won't be able to fly for a while, but sooner then you, I'm afraid."

It was then that Thunder Lane realized he was in a full body cast. Just about everything on him was held together in a specific position to help his many broken bones heal correctly. Before Thunder could talk more, a very familiar yellow stallion accompanied by a small group of mares and one baby dragon followed suit.

"Well looks who's awake. Mister 'saves the girl.'" Sunny walked up to the stallion and gave his a soft punch on the shoulder and an easy smile. "You got guts!"

"He's a wonderbolt cadet on 'my' team" Rainbow Dash added. "Of course he has guts!."

Thunder then got a slight since of pride as Twilight and her friends filled him in about everything that happened after the tornado broke up.

Lightning Dunst and her 'team' were taken to Canterlot and were put in prison for what they had done and were waiting to stand trial. It was discovered that Lightning Dust had caused the one of the obstacle tornados to go off course, wanting to distract Rainbow and her team. Apparently, her and her 'team' had pulled similar stunts in Fillydelfia, Manehatren, and cloudsdale which is how they had won. They didn't cause as much damage in the other places as much as Ponyville, but still enough to put themselves on the Royal guards most wanted list.

The ponies in town had begun to rebuild thanks to the financial help from Canterlot, and the combined efforts of every pony avalable. There were only a few ponies who received even minor wounds from the tornado Lightning caused, and Thunder Lane had gotten the brunt of it.

Thunder Lane had just finished several gulps of water that Fluttershy was more then glad to help him drink, given his current status of being in a full cast and unable to move his neck or hooves, when he took a deep breath and looked to the group. "But what about Flitter?"

"I'm right here" the light purple mare with a light blue mane mane and tail spoke up. She had on the biggest smile as she walked over to Thunder Lane with both of her wings now in full casts. "And I'll be here with you to make sure you have a full recovery."

"I-I-I" even though his face was covered by a cast, Sunny was willing to bet that Thunder Lane's face was bright red, lucky for him, it was hidden under his head cast.

"Oh, everypony" Twilight gathered her friends collective attention. "We should probably get back to work. There's still a lot of clean up left."

As the girls, Spike and Sunny began to leave the room, knowing just why they were 'really' leaving, Sunny shot Thunder Lane a wink on his way out. Knowing that, although it wasn't the plan he had originally talked to his friend about, it did work out for him in the end. Now his buddy was going to get a lot of personal time with the girl he liked, and he didn't have to life an awkward hoof to get it.

-on a train back to Canterlot-

Alister sat at the window seat looking out at the scenery of the forest area surrounding the train, disappointed by his fruitless venture. Hit thoughts of his depressing failure were, once again, interrupted by one of his closed friends.

"Quit your sulking!" Midnight Blossom nagged at the Unicorn. "So nothing happened, big deal! Isn't that good?"

"Midnight's right, Alister" Cloud skipper added. "We've been around the crash site for weeks, and still the only thing we did was bring in that deranged mare, Lightning Dust, help a few civilians with local disputes, and enjoy the fresh country air."

"Do you remember that escapade we had with that mare who was haunting the opera house in Manehatten about 6 months back?" Alister asked his comrades, never tearing his gaze from the window.

"You mean the one we investigated, turned nothing up, then about a month after a mare came forward and admired to being the phantom?" Cloud skipper asked, not really seeing the relevancy. "Yeah, why?"

The unicorn closed his eyes and rubbed the bad Ed his muzzle with his left hoof. "I have a feeling that 'this ghost' isn't going to be so kind when it turns up again."

"I thought you said we're looking for a unicorn? A real pony this time?" Midnight asked, her annoyance subtly subsiding.

Alister put his hoof down and looked solemnly at his companions and he clarified his worries. "What we are dealing with is more then just 'a unicorn'. Sombra himself was more then just 'a unicorn.' He was strong enough to rival the princesses. But weather this new entity 'is' or 'is not' Sombra, I have no idea. And that's what worries me...."

"It was inside of the meteor...." Cloud skipper began to think out loud. "A meteor that circled Equestria's skies for almost 1000 years...."

"Well whatever it is" Midnight Blossom spoke up. "We can't do anything about it now, chill and wait. Something that big and bad is bound to turn up eventually. Besides, worse come to worse, Princess Twilight and her friends will deal with it. Thy did the first time Sombra came back. "

No matter how Alister played it out in his mind, he knew that Midnight's words were true. It just bothered him to be so useless in such a situation. He enrolled into the Canterlot royal army, spent countless nights studying and practicing magic, all to help the princesses. Now he was 'chilling' while one was in danger and he could do nothing to help...