The Rescue Party Forming
Lightning Dust couldn’t help but pace back and forth. Waiting for her friend to return felt like torture. ‘She’s alright. She’s alright. Suri is a badass. She wouldn’t let just any guard get the drop on her.’ She was certain about that. However, it didn’t help that every moment she couldn’t help but think back on her fight with Sunset. She could remember the heartbreak and anger on her friend’s face. ‘Maybe… Maybe I went too far.’
She shook her head, trying to dispel her own thoughts. ‘No. She was letting her own fear get to her. Someone needed to get through that thick skull of hers. If she doesn’t turn around, I’ll be sure to buck her straight.’ The more she thought about it though the less she was certain she could do that. Sunset and her weren’t seeing eye to eye right now. Lightning wouldn’t budge and she knew that Sunset wouldn’t either. At least, that’s what she thought Sunset would do. She frowned, ‘I haven’t spent that much time alone with her, have I?’
The past few weeks had been hectic. With one disaster after another and ponies leaving town, there was just so much to do. She noted that it had been a while since she just hung out with her friends. At least all of them. She wasn’t sure if all of the other Element Bearers were her friends yet or just acquaintances. That thought irked her. It made her angry. They were Element Bearers. They should be friends. She’d have to change that once this whole thing blows over. ‘If it ever does.’
“Quit that,” Crowland huffed. His injuries may have looked bad, but he didn’t seem to really notice them anymore. He was just casually sitting back against a tree like he didn’t have a care in the world. “Pacing will do you no good but riling you up further.”
“Oh shut up,” Lightning scowled. “Suri isn’t back yet so I can pace all I want.”
“Suri can take care of herself,” Crowland snorted. “But it’s not her that’s eating at you, is it?”
Lightning paused, “I had an argument with a friend, that’s all.”
“About what?” When Lightning turned to glare at him, he held up a hand. “I’m just asking is all. It might get you to stop pacing if I help you out with it.”
“You don’t like pacing that much?” Lightning quirked an eyebrow.
“Pacing without purpose, that is.” Crowland corrected.
Lightning rolled her eyes, “She didn’t want to help Suri.”
“Ah, I see.” Crowland nodded. “She thought I was guilty.”
“Well… It was more like she didn’t want me to get hurt.” Lightning snorted. “Which is stupid. I can take care of myself and I knew you weren’t guilty. Suri would never lie to me.”
“Well your friend doesn’t know Suri,” Crowland pointed out. “To her, Suri is just a random mercenary who came to town. It makes sense why she wouldn’t be so prone to believe her story.”
“She should have taken my word for it,” Lightning scowled. “I’m her friend. She should trust me.”
“Sometimes a friend will try and do what’s best for you even if you don’t believe that to be the case,” Crowland said. “As well, intense emotions can make people act in ways they normally wouldn’t otherwise.”
Lightning shook his head, “Whatever you say, old man.” She didn’t really want to think about it anymore. It would all blow over anyways. ‘But she seemed so… sad.’ She didn’t want to think about it! It just made her feel terrible for what she did. ‘I was justified. Stop letting that old bird get to you.’
Thankfully for her, Suri chose that moment to return. “Miss me?”
Lightning grinned, “You know it. So did you see anything? Are we in the clear?”
Suri paused and frowned, “The guard were close but…”
“But?” Lightning quirked her head to the side.
Suri took in a deep breath then started to talk again, “Chaos cultists captured them.”
“What?” Lightning nearly shouted in disbelief. She rushed forward and grabbed her friend’s shoulders, shaking her violently. “Please tell me you’re just making that up.”
Suri pushed her away and huffed, reorientating herself after being shaken about. “What I say is the truth. Rogue chaos cultists have taken Inquisitor Trixie and a number of her soldiers captive. I don’t know why or what they are planning to do with them though.” She raised a hoof when Lightning opened her mouth, “I couldn’t stop it. There were too many of them.”
Lightning growled, “Well we’ve got to do something.”
“Why?” Suri narrowed her eyes. “You know what Trixie was planning to do to my master even if he was innocent.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Lightning said back at her. “She’s still a pony, the same as the rest of those soldiers. Even if we don’t like her, we’ve got to save her.”
“And how are we going to do that? We can’t take them on ourselves. We don’t have the equipment or the numbers to raid a chaos camp. It would be suicide.”
Lightning looked down at the ground for a moment, mulling over her thoughts before she closed her eyes. “You’re right. We don’t have the equipment or numbers.” Her wings flared open, “But I know where I can get them.”
Suri’s eyes widened, “You don’t mean… Lightning you can’t go back into town. They’ll detain you.”
“Not if I talk some sense into Sunset first,” Lightning snapped. “Even if I have to beat it into her thick skull, I’ll get the help we need.”
Suri put a hoof on her shoulder, “No, I won’t let you do this. They will put you behind bars. They won’t listen to you. You know why? You’re a criminal now, Lightning Dust.”
“I’m also an Element Bearer who’s a friend of a princess,” Lightning retorted. “If that means nothing then I may as well be thrown in jail anyways.”
Suri sighed, “You’re going to try even if I try and stop you, aren’t you?”
Lightning nodded and flashed her tomboyish confident grin that made Suri blush, “You know it.”
Suri sighed again, “Very well. If you insist on doing this, please make it quick. We don’t know what’s going to happen to the captured ponies.”
“Gotcha,” with that said, Lightning took off akin to her namesake.
Crowland whistled, “She’s quite the mare, Suri. I can see why you like her.”
Suri blushed even more so, “Sh-Shut up, master.” She groaned when he just laughed at her reaction.
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Sunset finally tugged the last of her survival gear on. She was wearing a camouflage green and black shirt and pants with her mane tied up in a long braid. She just finished putting some black mascara underneath her eyes to help with the look. She smiled into the mirror, “Perfection.”
Spike decided at that moment to poke his head in, “Uhhh… Sunset. Why are you playing dress up at a time like this?”
Sunset scowled, “It’s not dress up! It’s for camouflage, you dolt! Gah, didn’t you pay attention in class.”
“I did, but if I wanted to get that sort of thing done, I’d leave it to the professionals.” Spike pointed out. “I’m sure Miss Rarity could have helped you pick out something.”
“This isn’t the time and place for that, Spike.” Sunset marched over and started out of the room. “Besides, you’d waste her time trying to get under her tail.”
“A nice and calm dinner, actually.” Spike retorted with a grin. “Whatever you might say, I am not that lecherous.”
“No,” Sunset snorted. “You’re worse then that.”
Spike put a hand over his heart, “You wound me, Sunset. You really do.”
“Good,” Sunset smirked. “Maybe it will teach you a lesson or two.”
“Probably not,” Spike shrugged, causing Sunset to glare at him. “Oh hush, you know you love me as is.”
“I would never say such a thing.”
“But you were thinking it,” Spike booped her nose, causing her to scrunch up her muzzle. This in turn caused him to laugh. “Ah, you are always so cute when you try to hide your feelings.”
“I hate you.”
“I love you too.”
Sunset finally reached the bottom of the stairs where the rest of her friends were. She frowned and blinked in surprise when they were all looking relatively normal with some small backpacks in some cases with them. “Hey, why aren’t you all dressed up as well.” She brought out a book with her, “It says right here that this is the type of attire you don when tracking villains through forests. I gave you all copies to study for crying out loud.”
“Sunset,” Redheart deadpanned. “It’s a Ram-Bo novel.”
“Fiction can be an excellent teaching utensil,” Sunset sagely nodded.
Fiddlesticks hopped to Sunset’s side as she was the only other one who was dressed up like her, “Yeah, Sunset’s got a point, Reddy.”
Redheart sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose, “Let’s just get this over with. Lightning wouldn’t have gone far.”
Sunset took in a deep breath, “My friends, today we embark on a venture that could shape the very fabric of our friendship. We-”
“Are ye really givin’ a speech now?” Quickfix piped up. “Seems kinda stupid if’n ye ask me. We should have been hightailin’ it over to where Lightnin’ is and beatin’ some sense into her head.” She grinned, “I call first swing!”
Sunset snarled, “Quickfix, I worked for three hours to write this speech. So I want you to shut up or I will burn your legs to a crisp, do you understand me?” Quickfix just rolled her eyes and nodded. Sunset cleared her voice, “No matter what we may find lurking in that forest, we will not give up hope. We will not falter. We will not-” Something crashed through a window, “Oh what is it now?”
Everyone’s eyes widened when they saw it was Lightning Dust, “Sup!”
“LIGHTNING, YOU IDIOT!” Sunset shouted in fury. Flames flickered about her. “I had a speech all prepared to inspire everyone to find you. I spent three hours on it. Three whole hours and I never got to even finish it. No, you just had to come crashing through my window and…” Sunset stopped when she realized she was yelling at Lightning. The flames around her flickered out.
Lightning laughed, “Seems I couldn’t have chosen a better time to crash through your window, right?”
Lightning was surprised when Sunset rushed over and pulled her into a hugh. She could feel tears on her fur as Sunset kept repeating, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
Lightning smiled and returned it, “I know and… I’m sorry too. I was an idiot.”
“No I was an idiot.”
“No, I was the idiot. I shouldn’t have been so… well mean.”
“I shouldn’t have been so protective.”
“Well I’m the idiot.”
“I will burn you if you don’t accept my idiocy!”
“Girls!” Pizzelle shouted before pulled them apart. “I know you all have a lot to say and whatnot. This reminds me of the time when me and Presto got seperated in the jungles of Afhoofica, but in that instance we had to wait before we could talk it out. The same for now.” She turned to Lightning, “Now where is Suri and her master? Are they alright?”
Lightning nodded,” Yeah, they are. However, Trixie and her soldiers were captured by some rogue chaos cultists.”
“WHAT?!!” The others shouted in unison, well except Coco who just gave a quiet “Huh?” instead.
Just at that moment, Dot burst through the door. He carried a long spear with him in his magic, “Okay Lightning Dust. You’re coming with me.”
“Trixie’s been captured!” Lightning quickly shouted.
“Likely story,” Dot narrowed his eyes. “Trixie wouldn’t just let anyone capture her. She’s too smart for… that.” Dot blinked as a few thoughts came to him, “Wait, was it in the Whitetail Woods?”
“What’s wrong with them?” Coco asked.
Dot turned to her, “There were reports of some strange magics and events going on in there. I’m sure Miss Dust remembers the Cragodile incident.”
Lightning rolled her shoulders, “Yeah, a bit of a pain but I showed him who’s boss.”
“The creature was a she,” Dot corrected. “Still, even if that could be a possibility, why should I believe you?”
Sunset got in front of Lightning Dust, “By my authority as a princess, I say that you must trust her.”
Dot was taken aback by this, “You would trust her so easily?”
“She is the Bearer of Loyalty,” Sunset pointed out. Then she turned around and smiled, “And my friend.”
Lightning was taken aback by this, “Sunset…”
Sunset turned around and glared at Dot, “I will not have you wrongfully putting my friend into jail. Even if it’s just us, we are going back into that forest and getting Trixie.”
Dot stared at them for a moment before lowering his spear and sighed, “If that’s how you want it to be, then fine. I’ll see if I can round up some of the old militia around here and reinstate them into service. Shouldn’t be too hard.”
Sunset nodded, “That sounds like a plan.”
As Dot left and closed the door behind him, Lightning walked to Sunset’s side. “You’re trusting me this easily?”
“What are friends for?” Sunset smiled.
“Yeah,” Fiddlesticks piped up. “We gotta stick together.”
“Aint nobody gonna tear us apart,” Quickfix nodded.
“I agree with the others,” Coco softly said with a smile.
“You can always count on us, Lightning.” Redheart inclined her head.
“Same here,” Pizzelle chuckled. “Oh this reminds me of the time where my great grandfather was able to band together a bunch of strange but colorful characters to stop this evil bandit from plundering a town. Oh it’s a riveting tale and I would just love to share it with you. You see, it began-”
“Now’s not the time for stories,” Lightning said before wincing when Redheart glared at her. “Sorry for interrupting, but yeah. We gotta go. Now.”
“What about Dot and the militia?” Sunset asked.
“Were you about to stop and wait for them when you were going to look for me?” Lightning asked.
“Buck no,” Sunset grinned.
“Then let’s get going then.”
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Also it just clicked in my head that Pizzelle would get on swimmingly with Kup from Transformers
Great work on this. I really enjoyed the part with Sunset's speech.
I wanta hear that tale.
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Agreed, somebody make that a thing.
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Thanks for the comments, but I honestly don't know who Kup is.
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You're welcome.
Kup is from the Transformers series
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Long story short Kup is an old war vet who is always telling stories of his younger days whether his teammates want to hear them or not
Question. Why didn't Suri tell Lightning that Pokey was the lead cultist, or that the kids had been captured? Those would seem like some awfully big reasons to help get the guards on their side if Lightning was determined to go back to town. They would also be guaranteed to get a rise out of both Dot and Pizzelle which would greatly hurry them along.
And as for Kup, you should check out The Transformers: The Movie. Animated in 1986 and was the bridge between the classic and the, at that time, new series which retired some of the old characters and introduced the new ones. Kup was one of the new ones.
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She didn't know Pokey and she didn't believe they needed much more incentive other then to say that Trixie and her soldiers had been captured. She didn't think it was important to tell Lightning and Lightning took off before Suri could consider telling her anything else.
Yay they made up! can't wait for them to save Trixie who I hate and.....wish was dead😄 The hell am I saying!? Nope not gonna control my Trixie hate..still want her dead.
I do hope Cato and Hikaru is saved though
Finally caught up on this. I like the irony of a griffon teaching ponies about friendship, in this world where griffons are monstrous.
And Sunset's 3 hour speech was pretty funny.