Fur will fly
Back at Fluttershy's cottage, Twilight had finally convinced Owlowiscious to help Angel and Rainbow Dash teach Tank about the finer points of flying. As the three pegasus soared through the air, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Angel stood amidst the crowd of animal-ponies, watching their friends with awe and concern.
"Woohoo!" Rainbow Dash cheered as she looped through the air, following it up with a dropping cartwheel and pulled up right before she nearly crashed into the ground. She flew towards a single cloud that hung low in the sky, Owlowiscious and Tank stood on it, watching the rainbow colored pegasus.
"Impressive." Owlowiscious complimented Dash when she landed on the cloud.
"Impressive?" She asked jokingly. "Is that all I am, impressive?"
"Oh pardon me." Owlowiscious joined in the joking. "You're the greatest flyer in the history of Equestria. Is that better?"
Dash chuckled. "Better. How're you doing, Tank?"
Tank shrugged, as silent as usual.
"And you're not falling through the cloud anymore, that's good."
"It was a stroke of genius to create this cloud out of those little ones." Owlowiscious said. Tank tested the cloud with a hoof; his hoof sinking into the soft layer.
"You don't know how hard it was to find this much." Dash leaned over the edge of the cloud and glared down at Twilight Sparkle below. The clueless librarian waved happily.
"But I digress." Dash turned back to them. "Now it's time for Tank's next lesson!"
Owlowiscious and Tank shared confused expressions. "What?"
"It's time I taught Tank some awesome aerial moves!"
"But I thought that you just wanted Tank to be able to fly."
"Yeah, and now I want him to learn how to pull off amazing moves and become the greatest flying tortoise ever!"
"I'm fairly certain that he's accomplished that already. There's probably not that many flying tortoises in the world." Owlowiscious pointed out.
"Aw c'mon!" She turned to her pet. "C'mon Tank, you're behind me on this, right?"
They both looked to Tank for an answer. Tank sat down on the cloud, small bits of it shooting off into the air around him. He seemed to be deep in thought from the look on his face. After a minute or two, he stood up and replied with a nod and a smile.
"Sure." He spoke.
"Yes!" Dash punched the air ecstatically and got into a flying stance. "This is gonna be awesome! Follow me."
Dash poised herself and in one smooth motion, she back flipped off the cloud and into the air, her wings unfurling just in time to keep her airborne. She zoomed off once again.
"Quite an owner you have there." Owlowiscious said to Tank when Dash was out of earshot. He leapt up and took off after Dash, leaving Tank to watch both of them go.
Tank nodded, a smile growing on his face. He spread his wings and with one mighty flap, lifted himself into the air after the other two, unintentionally destroying the cloud underneath him in the process.
***
Fluttershy cried out in alarm as she was suddenly enveloped in a large chunk of cloud, the white, fluffy mess obscuring her vision of everything around her.
"W-what's going on?!" Fluttershy gasped, accidentally breathing in some cloud which reduced her to a coughing fit. She could hear muffled shouting but couldn't see anypony. At that moment a hoof reached through the mist and grabbed onto Fluttershy, pulling her out and onto the ground. She finally managed to look around and saw a group of her animals staring down at her, each of their faces showing deep concern.
"Hey! Out of the way! Give her some room!" Angel suddenly appeared in her view, angrily shoving other animals aside to get to her. His angry face still showling some concern, like the others, when he looked down at Fluttershy. "Hey, you okay?"
She coughed weakly and got to her hooves. "Yeah, I guess."
He looked up at the sky, the three pegasi were doing various flying moves, one after the other. "Darnit Tank." Angel grumbled. "He destroyed that cloud when he took off and it started raining down on us! And of course, you get hit with the biggest chunk and I have to pull you out before you suffocate."
"Oh...." Fluttershy looked saddened but smiled at her pet nonetheless. "Thank you."
Angel sighed, his irritated expression softening. "Just... be more careful, okay?"
"Fluttershy!" Both of them saw Twilight walk up, a clump of cloud clinging to her head, giving off the appearance of a puffy, white afro. Her horn glowed through the cloud and it dispersed. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Twilight." She responded.
"I'm fine too, thanks for asking." Angel said indignantly.
Twilight ignored him and looked back at the sky. Owlowiscious was flying off in the distance, chasing after Rainbow Dash who circled around both him and Tank, staying just one step ahead of both of them. "Well, at least they're okay." She murmured.
"Twilight!!" A voice rang out, shouting Twilight's name. Twilight looked to Fluttershy and Angel who shrugged, just as confused as she was. A ways away from the three, Twilight could see something moving rapidly through the crowd.
"...Spike?" Twilight asked quietly, recognizing the voice and just making out her assistant as he squeezed his way through the animals towards them. By the time the dragon reached Twilight he was breathing heavily and almost doubled over.
"Twi... light... I... there..."
"Spike, breathe." Twilight commanded. "You look like you ran all the way here from Ponyville."
Weakly, Spike flopped onto the ground. "That's... because... I did."
Twilight suddenly noticed that her assistant's scales were scorched, like he had taken a hit from a magical attack. "Spike, what's going on?" She asked, growing nervous. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Spike rubbed some of his sore scales tenderly. "She has horrible aim, so she only grazed me."
"She?"
"It's Opal!" He explained frantically. "She knows how to use magic now and she's blasting the boutique apart!"
"What?!" The others said, confused and shocked.
Twilight groaned. Why didn't she see this coming? "Oh no, she must have tapped into her magic somehow. Is Rarity okay?"
"Yeah, well, maybe. Opal's was too busy trying to blast Winona when I got out of there to try blasting anypony else."
"Winona's there too?" Twilight asked.
Spike nodded. "She and the cutiemark crusaders showed up like an hour or so ago. I think they wanted to ask Opal about something or something."
"The crusaders are there too!?" Twilight shouted.
"Well yeah, they-Ah!" Spike cried out as Twilight suddenly ran past him, knocking him to the ground. Twilight ran to the end of the road and looked back at everyone,
"I'm sorry, but I really need to go check on this!"
With that, Twilight Sparkle ran off down the dirt path. Angel waved to the rapidly leaving unicorn.
"Have fun getting hurt!" Angel deadpanned. Fluttershy watched silently as her friend ran around a bend and was gone. Fluttershy, after a long pause, spread her wings and lifted herself into the air, though only by a few feet or so, and took off down the road.
"At least we're not the ones that have to do that." Angel chuckled as Twilight Sparkle disappeared from sight. "Right, Fluttershy? ...Fluttershy? Hey!" He just discovered that his owner had taken off and chased after her, catching up with the slow pegasus rather quickly.
"You're not doing what I think you're doing are you?" He shouted at his owner.
Fluttershy nodded. "Twilight might need my help. I have to go."
"Why?! Imagine what's going on down there, you could..." He went silent, letting the implication sink in to her as well as himself. "You could get hurt."
Fluttershy paused in mid-air, momentarily stopped by Angel's words. She floated there, a few feet above the ground with Angel standing beside her, thinking out a response.
"You can just go back home." Angel said temptingly. "Who says you need to help your friend anyways?"
Fluttershy was silent, her mind thinking of what to say. She turned around and stared Angel directly in the eyes. He instinctly braced himself for his owner's piercing stare, unable to look away. But surprisingly, this stare was different, not commanding like her usual one, instead, it showed... determination? Fluttershy slowly moved up to him until their noses were almost.
"I do." She said finally. With that, she took off into the air, flying a little faster and a little higher than before, and left Angel where he stood, watching his owner as she flew away.
Anypony that knew Angel bunny, or at least were there at that moment, would have expected some kind of outburst from the rabbit. Some form of rage; probably with a lot of shouting of words that his owner would never approve of. Instead, a grin spread across his face.
"Well whaddya know."
He ran down the path, chasing after his owner.
***
Twilight had just arrived at the boutique. To her surprise, and relief, the building was still in one piece and not a smoking crater that she had envisioned on the way over. She could hear cries and shouting from the inside.
"Well..." She said quietly, hopefully to herself. "Maybe it's not as bad as Spike said."
It was at that moment that one of the windows of the boutique burst, shards of glass flying everywhere. And out of the window a pony flew out and onto the ground. A hat floated to the ground at Twilight's hooves.
"Or... maybe not." She looked at the hat, then at the groaning pony on the ground, both of which seemed familiar. Twilight stared down at the pony. "Applejack?"
"Nrngh." The farmer replied with a pained groan, looking up at Twilight's face. "Oh, howdy Twilight." She got up slowly and dusted herself off, grabbing her Stetson and placing it back on her head. Twilight noticed that parts of her fur seemed to be burned.
"Applejack!" Out of the front doors came Rarity, quickly running to Applejack. "Are you alright?" She stopped when she saw Twilight and relief spread across her face. "Twilight! Thank goodness you showed up."
"I got Spike's message." Twilight again looked over the boutique. "I never expected this to happen."
Rarity looked at the ground sadly. "I did..."
"Well anyways..." Applejack started. "It's great that you're here Twi, and Ah'd like to chat..."
The sound of more breaking glass reached their ears and out of another window tumbled two, very angry ponies. They rolled across the ground grappling at each other while one of them wildly fired off magical bolts.
"...But Ahm kinda busy right now."
Winona and Opal pushed away from each other and scrambled to their hooves. Opal staggered about, never taking her eyes off of Winona. Her mane was a complete mess, hanging around her face and she seemed to be missing some fur and Twilight saw bite marks.
"Is that all you got?!" Winona yelled at Opal mockingly. Winona's left eye was black from a well-placed punch from the cat and her fur was burnt, small trails of smoke rose from her body. "Ah've seen foals that were stronger than you!"
Opal grit her teeth and glared, her horn glowed dangerously bright as she pointed it at Winona threateningly. "Oh yeah?! Well why don't I just turn you into a toad or something? Then I would be stronger than you."
"The way you use that magic, Ah bet you'd turn yourself into a toad instead." Her snarling visage disappeared for a moment and Winona giggled softly at a thought. "It'd be a perfect match fer yer personality."
"You...! You...!" Opal was so angry at Winona that she couldn't even speak, so instead she tried to shoot her, firing off bolt after bolt at the pony. Luckily for Winona, and unluckily for Opal, Winona was able to mostly avoid the blasts because of her athleticism, as well as Opal's poor aim. A few blasts got near enough Rarity, Applejack and Twilight though, making them all flinch.
"Well this isn't good." Twilight muttered.
"Hey!" Applejack shouted at Opal, making a move towards the two. "Stop trying to hurt mah dog this instant!"
"Back off, hillbilly!" Opal shouted. She turning and opened fire on the two. Applejack had to dive out of the way before she was hit while Twilight simple put up a shield for her and Rarity. Each blast that collided with her shield managed to push her back an inch.
"It's worse than I thought." Twilight muttered under her breath to Rarity. "She somehow tapped into massive, magical power. She's having a magical surge!"
"I must concede to you Twilight." Opal shouted at Twilight, her horn smoking from the power. "Using magic is certainly very fun." She aimed at Winona and fired, a bolt hitting Winona square in the chest and sending her to the ground. "And it's certainly easy."
"Winona, get out of there right now!" Applejack pleaded.
"No can do." Winona slowly got up again, pain showing on her face. "It's one thing if she insults me, but then she went and insulted Applebloom, and her friends, and that just won't stand!"
Opal grinned and pointed her horn at Winona. "And neither will you after this."
Twilight dispersed her shield and stepped forward. "You don't need to do this, Opal."
Opal's horn was already sparking wildly again. "Oh, you bet I do." She turned her attention back to Winona and let lose another blast of magic. Winona rolled out of the way and countered with a punch but Opal was able to dodge as well. Rarity watched the two as they fought and sighed.
"How long have they been fighting?" Twilight asked her.
"Too long." The depressed Rarity sighed again. "Just look at what they did to my store."
Applejack quietly wiped away some of the glass shards still stuck in the brim of her hat. "Ah heard that Applebloom and her friends were in there when it happened. Where're they?"
"Somewhere." Rarity shrugged. "The last time I saw them, they were heading for the back exit. I think they had Peewee with them."
"Ha!" Each of them looked back at the fighting ponies. Opal stood over Winona, looking down triumphantly at the smoking earth pony. "You didn't think I'd win, did you?" She half shouted, half laughed. "But it turns out I did! So what are you gonna do about it?!"
Winona slowly looked up at her attacker, reached up, grabbed Opal's head, pulled it forward, and rammed her own head into Opal's. A sharp crack rang out and an extremely dazed Opal staggered backwards before crumpling to the ground unconscious.
"Yeah!" Winona got to her hooves, almost falling backwards in the process. She weakly pointed a hoof at the downed fighter. "Now you know not to mess with an Apple!"
Applejack finally decided that it was safe to go in and ran to Winona's side. "Winona! Are you okay?"
"Absolutely!" She replied with a wide smile, though, Applejack notice her cringe in pain slightly. "Just let me lie down for a moment and Ah'll be right as rain." At that she dropped, face down, into the dirt, also unconscious. Applejack knelt down and patted her pet on the head.
"You did good girl, now rest up."
"Twilight!" The sound of hooves against dirt and a voice calling out signified somepony that somepony else was arriving on the scene. Twilight followed the voice to behind her were Fluttershy was running up towards her flanked by Angel. "Are you alright? What happened?" She asked, concerned like always.
"We're fine Fluttershy, Winona defeated Opal and they're both unconscious."
Angel stamped a hoof. "Dang it. I wanted to give that mouse eater a piece of my mind. Well, I guess our work here is done Flutters, might as well go home."
"Angel." Fluttershy hushed him. "Is there anything we can help with?"
"Actually It's great that you're here." Twilight said, looking back at the downed ponies. "Help us get Winona and Opal into the boutique so we can heal them."
Fluttershy nodded and went off towards the two, Angel begrudgingly following along. With Winona on Applejack's back, and Opal on Angel's, all of them went into the boutique
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Angel acts like a delinquent big brother. Interesting!
*Grins* Very cool stuff. I can understand stuff not wanting to behave in your head. Here's hoping the next chapter behaves itself more.
As for Opal all I can think if inhibitor rings.
Just take her bloody horn off!
Man, Opal is just digging her own grave for when things go back to normal.
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um.... the thing about Unicorns.... if they use more magical power than they're used to using, after a few hours they will be suffering through some really nasty headaches..... so on top of that headbutt.... i don't envy Opal one bit when she wakes up.
moar please?
1993414 Eeeenope
Pony Kombat
Well....Opal wins the Douche Bag of the Year Award.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CMC!!!!!!
So much like a cat.
1218986 This sounds like a neat idea, but first I gotta ask. Is Tank included in this story? Because he's not part of the cover art, and even the show seems to forget about him.
I bucking HATE Opalesance!
1993980 You and me both. Unlike Angel, NO moments in the show to offset any jerkish behavior. Go, Winona!
Haha, I'm really enjoying Angel's and Fluttershy's parts for some reason.
Break down chapter incoming and I love it!
1993395 Umm... a unicorn's horn might be a major organ.
"Ah've seen foals that were stronger than you!" Wouldn't it make a bit more sense to have Winona say something like 'pups' as she's a dog?
And why is it always so satisfying to see people who're full of themselves get put in place?
damn opal
Damn, Opal needs a serious attitude adjustment... and something to inhibit her magic.
1993397
since when was ponyville ever normal?
1994494you may be right. people put both organs and horns in their mouths. both result in sounds of pleasure.
1995489
organs as in instruments.
1994166
Yes she does. She's only mean towards Rarity and Sweetie Belle.
1994794
Seeing as how they raised Winona from a pup, I assume she's learned language by being around the Apple family. Since they say foals, I imagine she'd not think to say different.
Cats already have magic. They can teleport.
I'm looking forward to see what happens next.
1996154
True enough.
Man, Angel's a jerk, but at times he must have a heart of gold whne it counts, right ?
Nice conclusion to the fight, as it seems that Winona is just like her master...tough to the very end.
Great update to the storyline and I did enjoy the moment between Rainbow Dash and Tank, truly a fine example of opposite sides.
Please do keep up the good work upon such a great tale like this one.
Boy, is Opal going to get it when she regains consciousness.
Why can't I shake the image of Twilight with a comically oversized Afro with a comb sticking out of it all of a sudden.
I don't like cats anyways... I say they amputate Opal's horn, since she's a cat she won't need it anyways. Ok no, too harsh. But they shouldn't let her hang out with them, she's a jerk and if I were Rarity, I'd consider getting myself a poodle.
Haha! Go Winona!
This is a hilarious story. I'm really enjoying it.
1993707 As a pianist, I would like to say that that is mostly possible to play, except for when they have 3 melody lines going (green, yellow, and blue). You might be able to reach all of the notes, but it would be kinda tricky.
So let me see if I understand you correctly Twilight.
You want to heal the 2 ponies who were recently engaged in a death match, immediately after aforementioned death match?
Are you insane?
2000244
Hey, worst case scenario; Rarity loses a few more windows.
1997736
Because I specifically put that in there so you would think that
1995490
suuuuuuure, organs
1993788
They got out of there
Peewee saved them
Can't explain how
1993324
Hmmm...
2001138 Worst case scenario: someone loses a pet.
2001138tee hee! I see a clopfic arriving! but seriously. organs. pleasure. NOPE
And round one goes to Winnoa. Hopefully round two won't destroy the town before Celestia arrives.
Having finally read through this I have to wonder why I put it off for so long. This is seriously good stuff.
I particularly find it amusing that Angel isn't the worst out of them given the characterization he has in the show and how he's handled in most fanfics.
2008135
Thanks, I tried really hard to make sure Angel wasn't just a big jerk.
And the funny thing is that collies really are that clever. They will feign defeat and get on their backs so they can get a clear shot at their opponents throat.
I like how Angel reacts here. While a lot of fanfics go through the route of having him be a complete jerk, anyone who's paid attention to him knows he's more a jerk with a heart of gold.
Good chapter. And trust me, I know how it is to go so long without updating because you need to get everything, exactly, right.
Good luck on the next installment.
it is too good
now i cant wait for the next one
It's always worth the wait when it's a good fic like this one
Poor Opal, (Yes I said that, sue me!) She's used to doing whatever she wants whenever she wants and now suddenly everyone wants her to be this great person. Just let the cat be lazy and don't talk to her! I really think she's just missing being a cat, that's why she's so rude and grumpy.
2027815
seriously? i mean, what if everyone decided to be lazy and shallow and self-centered? no more firefighters or emts. no rescue workers.
2037217
That isn't what I'm saying. Opal has never had to work a day in her life. It would be like if you picked up a new instrument and everyone expected you to be really good at it. Not going to happen. Basically Opal doesn't know HOW to help.
It's a bit sad that Twilight has either been useless (just wandering from one scene to the next to observe the destruction and pain she is responsible for before going to the next scene) or the cause of the problem in this story.
I mean an expert mage like Twilight hears about a cat turned unicorn tearing down her friend's shop and hurting people (she sees spike hurt) with magic blasts and, not only did she not teleport there (which she totally could do), when she gets there she does almost nothing. Just stands by while Opal goes mad blasting her friends out the windows and Winona in the chest multiple times? I mean really? Twilight is better than that.
2038400
She could have helped out with her hooves/mouth, it's really not because she couldn't do magic. She's just a spoiled brat who think her owner and everyone else are beneath her.