A moon had passed since the blizzard. Today, Rainbow had picked me up after my Sunday run. She flew me over to Sweet Apple Acres with a large grin on her face. She landed in a flattened area where Applejack and the Duo were waiting.
There were also three sleds.
"Hey Rainbow, y'all made it!" Applejack waved.
<<What am I doing here.>> I deadpanned to the Duo.
Cy shrugged as Vince replied. <<More exercises for us I think.>>
The two ponies lined us up and had us sit still. They began putting harnesses onto us.
<<You guys know what the others've been up to?>> I asked
<<I don't know about the others,>> Cy began <<but I think Abes has been trying to learn how to teleport with Luna.>> He shook his head. <<You'd think he'd learn with that scar around his ear, but no....>>
<<He gets it from you.>> I chuckled.
"It's okay." Applejack cooed. "We're just gonna hook ya up ta these here sleds."
Rainbow nodded. "As you guys get used to the sled's weight, we'll slowly increase it."
"It'll only be a couple o' days a week." Applejack patted me on the head. "Fluttershy's gotten Conner ta agree ta watch th' eggs on Wednesdays so ya can get another day of workin' out with us."
<<And I'm out.>> I stood up.
"C'mon, Leo." Rainbow smirked. "For me?"
<<Maybe I'll stay a bit longer.>>
I watched as the mares hooked the empty sleds to our harnesses. With their command, we began to pull our sleds back and forth across the farm's back forty. We spent the full day running. Thankfully, they didn't add anything that day.
I had to glare at the Duo as Rainbow and I left. The bastards weren't as winded as I was.
We spent the rest of the winter working on our endurance. To my chagrin, the Duo could pull more weight than I could.
Soon, though, my winter prayers were answered.
A few days before Winter Wrap Up, Rainbow and I were picking our way through the edge of Whitetail Woods. We kept our eyes on the bases of the trees. Eventually, Rainbow spotted the mark we had left. At her command, I began to dig.
Soon, I was pushing Tank out of his napping hollow. Rainbow carried him back to her home. I jumped my way up to see her strapping Tank's helipack onto him.
"Now we just got to wait for him to wake up." Rainbow sighed as she picked me up. "Fluttershy said he probably won't until after things warm up. Which won't be until after Winter Wrap Up." She shifted me around so that we were face to face. "Speaking of Wrap Up, Twilight was wondering if you can clear the skies for us. She said that that would free up pegasi for other needed tasks."
I licked her muzzle. <<You can count on me!>>
I spent the next few days alternating between watching the eggs and watching Tank. On the dawn of Wrap up, I got up early and began building power. I could feel the power building, and I could see a faint glow on Rainbow's cloud floor. Rainbow woke up an hour later and carried me to the town square, where the townponies were already beginning to gather. By that time, my throat was starting to get sore from the energy I was nursing.
We waited and listened to Twilight's speech, part of which explaining why my Sunny Day doesn't count as magic, which outlined the scheduled plan for the day. Near the end, I stopped listening to the lavender mare, only watching her through my watering eyes for my signal. It felt like the power was starting to overflow my throat.
I couldn't see it, but Yomega told me later that something had begun leaking from the corner of my mouth. It looked like molten glass.
Finally, Twilight shut up, and pointed at me. I tilted my head back, and launched... What should have been a spark. Instead, I had launched a large white hot ball of energy. Everyone watched in awe as it pierced the clouds. Then, with a thunderous boom, every cloud was obliterated. Yet the ball was still visible.
Then it exploded.
Like a firework, it burst into countless sparkles that rained down and winked out with a pleasant crackle. With a cheer, the ponies separated to their tasks. The rest of the pack gathered around me.
"That. Was. Awesome!" Zann crowed. "How'd you do it?!"
"I-" I began coughing.
"You okay?" Conner asked.
I waggled my paw. "Throat's sore." I whispered. "I'll be fine in a bit." I looked back at Zann. "And I had been building that Sunny Day since I got up."
"Well," Yomega smiled. "we've got the rest of the day off. Let's go help Zecora with her work." With a round of nods, we bolted towards the witchdoctor of the Everfree.
That evening, I was watching Tank, laying on the desk top beside him. Fluttershy had informed Rainbow and I that Tank should be awake before nightfall. I took it upon myself to let Rainbow now the moment he woke up.
I almost missed his first stirrings due to how subtle they were.
<<Da~sh!>> I called out, bolting through the cloud house. <<Tank's awake!>> I found the prismatic mare putting the finishing touches to our dinner. I danced around her hooves barking up at her. <<He's awake, he's awake, he's awake!>> I chanted.
"Yeah, yeah." Rainbow grunted as she stepped around me. "Dinner's coming." I rolled my eyes before clamping down on her tail. I began to pull her towards the stairs. She raised an eyebrow at me. "You're not hungry?"
I spat her tail out. I glared at her before booking up and down the stairs, barking the whole time. Eventually, Rainbow caught on.
Leaving the food to cool, she raced my back up the stairs to Tank. Seeing that both of us were there to greet him, and be his first sight of the new year, brought a smile to his weathered face.
YAY NEW THINGY
It's the second new thingy of the day that I actually care for
How many skills does Leo posses? She seems like the jack of all trade of the group.
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You care for what?
You didn’t finish!
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What do you mean???
Drooling molten glass?
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He wants to know what the second thing was, I think.
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Liquid sunshine, maybe? Plasma?
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Leo does have the widest array of weather and speed moves, which makes sense since she is with RD.
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Oh well if that's the case than the first thing is a new chapter of the story Child of the Tree
Wow, that might have been Weather Ball which would fit leo's theme. But to be honest that sounds more like the beginning of a Draco Meteor. That would be awesomazing.
Don't know if there are any other firework-like attacks off the top of my head.
Aww, that ending was helluva cute
It would be nice if you could make a little chart with each's "partner", attacks, special features and so on. It's hard to keep track at some times.
Yay! Another fun chapter. I wonder if the eggs will ever hatch?
8940774 But being greedy IS a reason!
Motive is motive, ya know?
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NEVERMIND WE READ IT WRONG DISREGARD US WE ARE BUT 4 IDIOTS TRYING TO WORK ON 1 BRAIN!
don’t notice us don’t notice us don’t notice us, we are tiny and small we are tiny and small
This might not have happened if you put a full stop on the end of the second sentence of that first comment
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Since we are nice, have the link to the google docs document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9ajA8fa6hgNCestrRKjGCiQL4fP24GllXKHZQyS-jE
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I feel you...
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We're the idiots?! You're the one who keeps trying to eat the ceiling!
we don't even have a ceiling...
My point exactly!!
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hmm I've always wondered what its like to have multiple personality disorder..... all I have is pinkie pie and yveltal
HELLO
hello...
Sooo ... Leo is now a portable Ground-to-Air Weather-Cannon ... okay then ... I wonder how that would do against the frozen north ...
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Damn... His sunnyday move reminded me of a solar beam or similar move Tanks back Im a sucker for emotional reunions
That was epic!!!!