Chapter 21: Way to a new hideout
The unicorns reappeared in a place where neither Gusty and her daughters had been before. Judging from the landscape, they appeared to be in a valley hidden by mountains. Gusty smiled as she felt a comforting cold breeze caressing her face. It had been years since she last was in the mountains, and oh how much she missed them. Maybe it wasn´t the Himarelayas, but it still felt like home.
“Khangba…” she muttered.
Celestia and Luna heard her.
“What does that mean mama?” Celestia asked her.
“Home.” Gusty translated.
“Aah, because you lived in the mountains!” Luna exclaimed.
Gusty nodded.
“Well, I´m happy you like it because this will be your new home.” Lancer said as he pointed at a building under a rock up in the mountains.
“Not our home precisely.” Glory corrected. “We´re Queen Majesty´s guests.”
“That is Majesty´s secret hideout?” Gusty asked curious.
“Yup!” Lancer exclaimed.
“Wait. We´re living with a queen?!” Celestia asked perplexed.
“You really didn´t tell them anything, did you?” Lancer mumbled to Gusty.
Gusty grinned nervously.
“But I thought the only ruler in this land was Grogar.” Luna said confused.
“No wee one.” Glory told her with a smile. “It´s true that many, many years ago, before Grogar was ruler, the land was mainly comprised of pastures. But there was also a kingdom of unicorns.”
“Majesty told me that when I first met her.” said Gusty. “But I didn´t know her family´s castle was still standing. I thought it was destroyed by Grogar.”
“That´s not a castle, it´s a monastery.”
“A monastery? Oh! Was she raised in a congregation like Grogar?”
“She was raised in the monastery, but there was not a soul in there when her family settled in, unlike Grogar´s case.” Glory widened her eyes. “Wait. How do you know that?”
“It came to my ears during my stay in the castle.”
“So you still did your job despite messing up later.” Lancer giggled but stopped when he noticed Glory raising an eyebrow, slightly upset at him.
“But their castle is still standing. Only a little bit different.”
“Really? Where is it?”
“At the capital.”
“Grogar´s castle was Majesty´s family´s?!”
“As you heard. But it wasn´t always that scary. Like I said before, Grogar took some creative liberties while reforming it.”
“And she´s been hiding there since she was a filly.”
Glory nodded.
“Then this must be really well-hidden place for Grogar not finding out.”
“Well… He actually knows this place.” said Lancer.
“What?”
“It´s a long story but Majesty will explain it to you better than us. Plus, she must be expecting us.”
“Wait.” Glory stopped him by putting her foreleg in front of her. “We must wait for the others.”
“What others?”
Just after Lancer asked that, a flash of light appeared. There appeared Lancer´s and Glory´s workmates and Fizzy arguing with a slightly smaller, but bigger than Celestia and Luna, pink unicorn. None of them could understand what they were saying, as they were speaking their tongue, but judging from their facial expressions and voice volume, they knew that the two were really angry at each other, probably for something one of them did, as all of their manes were messy, their faces full of scratches and their clothes with some tears. They shared uncomfortable or confused looks with each other.
However Fizzy´s face changed when she saw Gusty.
“Gusty! You made it!” she gave her a hug.
“I see you made it too. Although… With more struggle than me I suppose. What happened?”
Fizzy sighed tired.
“Many things my friend. Many things.”
“You had to be in the castle! YOU TO BE IN THE DARN CASTLE!” one of the unicorns yelled at the pink unicorn.
“How was I supposed to know my sister was on the run?” the unicorn said in self-defence.
“You have a sister?” Gusty asked Fizzy.
“Oh!” Fizzy surrounded her sister with her foreleg and moved her towards her, despite her complaints. “Gusty, I present to you Galaxy, my little sister! Galaxy, this is Gusty.”
“Pleased to meet you Galaxy.”
“So, you´re the one that´s behind this whole mess. Why and how did you convince my sister to do crimes?!” she picked Gusty´s clothes.
“Whoah, calma hermanita calma.” she said to Galaxy as she separated her from Gusty. “Sorry, she´s not usually like this. She´s one of the sweetest unicorns you´ll ever meet but right now she´s overwhelmed by everything that has happened.”
“How can I not be?! We almost died!”
“I know you´re nervous but don´t worry I´m no criminal.” Gusty reassured Galaxy. “Ok, yes I am, but I never ever hurt anypony.”
“Then why is the emperor looking for you like crazy?”
“That´s something we´d also like to know.” Celestia asked curious. “You said you´d explain but you haven´t.”
“Oh. Who are you little filly?” Galaxy asked curious.
“I´m her daughter.”
Fizzy gasped. She covered her mouth.
“Is this your daughter?” she asked, trying to hold excitement. Her pupils grew in size.
Gusty nodded.
“This is Celestia. Say hi.”
“Hi!” Celestia shook her hoof. “I don´t really know who you are but I see you treat my mama well so… I like you!”
“Qué linda….” she muttered in a hight-pitched voice. “Wait. I thought you had two.”
Gusty noticed something pulling her tail. She turned around and saw Luna holding her tail behind her.
“It´s ok, Luna. She´s a friend of mine.”
“A friend?” Luna asked.
“Yeah! She won´t hurt you.”
Slowly, Luna got out from behind Gusty and walked to Fizzy.
“Um… Hi. I´m Luna.” she offered Fizzy her hoof.
“Oh you´re so cute!” Fizzy exclaimed as she picked Luna from the ground and hugged her so tightly that her eyes almost popped out of her orbits.
“Ok, I know they´re very pretty but they´re real fillies, not dolls, ok?” Gusty said as she took Luna from Fizzy and put her back next to her sister.
“You ok?” Celestia asked Luna, seeing that she was massaging her temples.
“My head…” Luna complained.
“Ok, are we done with the presentations?” Lancer asked somewhat annoyed. “Because Majesty must be thinking that we got caught.”
“Right.” Gusty said.
“Sorry.” Fizzy apologized.
As they were walking to the monastery, Gusty and Fizzy explained everything to Celestia, Luna and Galaxy.
“So let me get this straight.” Galaxy said to Gusty. “You lost your job, so you went out looking for a new job and after many fails you found this unicorn who told you that you could have a great job opportunity if you followed him, and he led you to a queen who isn´t a queen and she sends to spy on Grogar. Then, you met my sister and her friend as a consequence as you took information but then you messed up and now we´re in a place nopony knows of. Is that correct?”
“Pretty much, yes.” Gusty confirmed.
Galaxy squealed, almost sounding like a flute. Celestia´s and Luna´s mouths were wide open.
“That. Is-” Luna said but was cut off by her sister.
“AWESOME!” Celestia yelled excited. “You´re the coolest mom ever!” she said as she and Luna hugged Gusty.
“Awesome? Oh no!” Gusty exclaimed in disagreement as she shook her head. “What I´ve done is very dangerous, ok? Don´t take an example of this, I beg you.”
“But you´re the bravest mama anypony could ask for!” Luna replicated with so much energy. “Bravery is something everypony admires right?”
“Oh but being brave doesn´t mean you go out looking for trouble bonny filly.” Glory told Luna. “As the saying goes, one chooses their battles.”
“But mama isn´t a troublemaker.” Celestia replicated. “Are you?” she asked Gusty.
Lancer and Glory raised their eyebrows at Gusty.
“Well…. Not intentionally…” Gusty smiled nervously.
“It´s ok.” Fizzy patted her shoulder. “I understand you perfectly.”
“And despite messing up, she still takes you under her protection? Huh. She must be a really nice and understanding queen.” Celestia thought aloud.
Lancer held his laughter while Glory looked away.
“Um… Let´s just say that compared to my previous boss, she´s nice.” Gusty explained to Celestia and Luna.
“This is not her being nice though.” Lancer said to Gusty. “The only reason why she let you in is because you might be useful to her, otherwise she would have dumped you immediately.”
“Wow. And here I thought that we had a good-hearted ruler at last.” Celestia said sarcastically.
“Oh, Queen Majesty is nothing like Grogar!” Glory told Celestia. “She might appear cold at times but that´s because she has to be like that. Otherwise, others might bring her down easily. But she´s definitely not evil.”
“Well, at least she has a good eye on who to choose.” Luna said while looking at Gusty, who looked away embarrassed.
“What does she have in mind for you?”
“Wel… I… I don´t know. A small thing perhaps.” she lied.
“A small thing?! She literally thinks you are a prophecy!” Fizzy disagreed with Gusty.
Gusty threw her a death stare.
“What?” Fizzy shrugged. “It´s true.”
“A prophecy? What is it about?” Galaxy asked.
“Majesty believes that your mother is supposed to defeat Grogar.” Lancer replied.
Celestia and Luna gasped.
“You are going to defeat Grogar?!” Celestia held her foreleg.
“Well… I….” Gusty tried to explain herself.
“I knew you had potential for any job!” Luna exclaimed.
“There might be somepony who can defeat Grogar but it´s not-”
“Did you hear it? Our mama is going to defeat Grogar!” Celestia said to the unicorns that accompanied Fizzy and her sister.
“So you better not mess with her!” Luna added.
“Girls!” Gusty called them upset. “I´m not-”
“Uh… Is there something that I missed?” Galaxy asked confused to her sister.
“I´M NOT THE PROPEHCY!” she raised her voice to get her daughters´ attention.
Celestia and Luna stared at her.
“I´m not the prophecy, ok? Stop spreading that lie!”
“But the prophecy-” Celestia replicated.
“I´m not saying that the prophecy is false. I´d actually love to see somepony teaching Grogar a lesson! It might be true. But I don´t think that pony is me.”
“Ha! Glad I´m not the only one.” one of Glory´s and Lancer´s workmates said.
“Hey! Watch with what you say.” Glory said.
“What? Don´t you think it´s unfair that after she messes up she gets to still be here with us?” the other unicorn agreed with the stallion. “And probably Majesty is going to favour that incompetent unicorn over us,” she put her hoof on her chest to emphasize her point. “who have been training and working hard for her for years and who have never messed up for once! All for some kind of prophecy that some crazy old sheep made up.”
Though those words were often in Gusty´s mind, they somehow felt like daggers in her heart when she heard them from somepony´s mouth. She actually felt the urge to cry but she held her tears. She didn´t want to make another scene with her wind magic after all.
“That prophecy could be Queen Majesty´s opportunity to return to the throne, which is what she desperately needs right now.” Glory stated.
“But do you really believe in it?”
“I do. Maybe I´m not one hundred percent sure but it could be true. And if it makes Queen Majesty feel hope, the better.”
“I wish I could share the sentiment but if I´m honest I don´t believe in it.” Lancer gave his opinion. “If it´s true, why hasn´t it happened already? Who knows when that prophecy was made.”
“Sometimes miracles take time, I guess…”
“Besides, I somewhat agree with them, it annoys me that she´s still here with us by pure luck.”
As Lancer and Glory talked, Luna noticed a soft breeze. She looked at her mother and observed that she was keeping something to herself.
“Mama?” she asked as she reached her hoof.
“We´re here!” Lancer exclaimed. “Our new secret hideout.”
The breeze stopped when Lancer´s announcement caught Gusty´s attention.
“Well, it´s always been our main secret hideout.” Glory corrected Lancer. “But from now on, we´ll live here.”
“Ok, will you stop correcting or concreting every little thing I say?” Lancer said to Glory.
“Let me think. Mhmm…. No.”
Gusty´s and Fizzy´s families observed their new home. Compared to Grogar´s castle´s elaborate architecture, the monastery was much simpler and humbler. The arcs were rounded instead of pointed and the windows were much smaller. Gusty noticed that the carvings were similar to the ones she saw in Grogar´s castle, which made her think that Grogar must have been there in the past. The state of the building gave her more evidence. There were many ruins. Only a small part of the monastery was still standing.
“Shall we enter?” asked Glory.
Glory´s voice made Gusty to come back to reality. She nodded, and thus they entered the monastery.
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Nice chapter anyways you're not the only one who work has been taking the life out of them after going back to work after being out of work for two weeks I..WAS.
WAS... EXHAUSTED!!
Great chapter!!! First chapter of 2022!!!
It's also great that another G1 character gets introduced! Now Celestia and Luna know everything! However, Gusty is still trying to deny that she could be the one to defeat Grogar!
I completely understand what you're going through.
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Yeah, that´s the worst part of coming back to school/work after holidays! At least tomorrow I don´t study because it´s the Three Kings Day.
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Glad you liked it.
Thank you for being so understanding.
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Hey, sorry I haven't answered yet, but I just found out my mom, dad, and sister all have coronavirus and don't worry it's not too bad since we already had our shots, but they have been out of work for the week and their home tests said positive. My brother and I since we've been around them a lot are planning to get tested on the 20th to see if we caught it
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Oh no! Hope all of you are safe. I send you and your family so much strength.
When was the last time you were around them?
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We're okay and thank you
I don't know, I only just heard now, but I've already always been around them I guess it's hard to remember when I wasn't
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You´re welcome.
Don´t worry. The only thing I can tell you is to stay at home and take care of yourself.
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Yeah probably who knows it might probably pass over, plus staying home isn't so bad we just got to water our mask now when we're in each other's rooms I just hope this won't be for long before Turning Red comes out
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. Thankfully none of us got it but since we were in exposure me my sister and my dad had to stay at my grandparents´ house. Whenever we went to visit mom, we had to wear masks. I also had to be in quarantine because I got a stomach virus but to make sure it wasn´t covid I had to stay at my grandparents´ room. So yeah, I´ve been there.
Well, that´s actually how Christmas was in my house last year
Home sweet home.
Turning Red is in March. And in case you got covid, you would be without it by that time.
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I hope we find a way to be together even if we are sick
I hope so!
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Communication is the key. When we were apart, my family and I made Duo calls every day. It might not be phsyically, but you still see each other.
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Sounds interesting
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Oh dear. Sorry to hear that.
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It's ok, thanks I really don't know if I have it, but on Monday and Tuesday it did kinda feel like the back of my throat was filled with mucus it felt a bit hard to breathe, but I don't know what it was one of the symptoms or maybe it's just a little cold or something because of the weather, I'm gonna have to get tested, I just wonder if we're going to work today or not.
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How are you feeling?
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I'm feeling fine, my brother and I got tested today now we just have to wait for our results
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Ok. Good luck!
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Thank you, that thing felt really weird going way up my nose! I think it nearly touched my brain!
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Yup, it hurts so much, I´m a hundred percent that thing touches a nerve!
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Hey did you hear? they said they were gonna release Turning Red on Disney plus!
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Yup. I found out yesterday. *Sigh* Darn Covid.
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I don't wanna see it on Disney plus!😑😠😒 It's no fun! I was so waiting to see it in theaters, just watching it at home takes all the fun out of seeing at the movies! And it's not fair to Pixar, all because of this stupid virus!
Oh by the way check out this new discussion on Equestria Daily it's called If You Could Go Back In Time And Change Something About MLP What Would you Modify? What do you think? What would you do?
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Poor Pixar. I thought they were going to do it like Encanto, first in cinemas and then in Disney Plus, specially after what happened with Scarlet Johansson. *Sigh* I miss those days when you could go to the cinema without any problem.
Yeah I just read it! Oof... Mainly season 9 and 8! But maybe season 5 too, I felt it very weak compared to season 4. And the finale of season 7 too. What about you.
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Yeah me too, by the way what happened with Scarlet Johansson?
Same thing as you with 8 and 9, I'd definitely change the whole script of AMOP, either that or burn it, did you find weak about season 5? I'd thought I'd give Starlight a better backstory and either keep her as a villain or give her a better redemption or make her the sidekick to someone more selfish to show an example of toxic friendships
DANNY DIED!!!
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She sued Disney for breaking their contract for Black Widow. They didn´t give her the money they promised.
Precisely, yes. It would be abit weird with Starlight becaue I´m used to her redeemed, but I would have loved to see that. Now that you say it, the series didn´t delve into toxic friendships, maybe a little with Tirek and Discord, but it should have been more explored. I think it´s very important to teach about toxic friendships to children, because let me tell you those can take a huge toll on you, specially when you´re young. It can lead to so much trauma.
You mean Bob Saget right? I read it on the news. What happened to him?
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Wow! that's low Disney, they're really going downhill, I guess I would do the same thing if I didn't get what I was promised
Yeah after all she did make a very good villain and an alternative to Twilight, Twilight is trying to spread friendship and harmony around Equestria whereas Starlight was trying to force it, it was well-intentioned but her methods were unsettling and questionable I mean there were colts and fillies in her village as well! Yeah! Exactly! It should've taught kids to choose their friends wisely and Discord would be perfect in an episode that's similar to the We Bare Bears episode Ralph
YES!! AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY SAID THEY FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS HOTEL ROOM!! SQUIGGLY MONSTER'S DEAD!!🥺😭
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Yeah. These guys at the top are all about money. Working at Disney is very hard.
Yeah, it´s really scary what she did. Well intentioned? I don´t think so. In her eyes what she did was good when in reality it wasn´t, but that´s what happens with many dictators. I wish we could have got an episode in season 5 about Discord trying to make up for what happened with Tirek and exploring his trauma, that would have been very interesting.
Yeah, it´s so sad. He seemed very nice.
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It's always about the money now, I remember when everyone cared about the entertainment an the heart, especially after all the work Pixar put into making this movie, I hope they change their minds soon or I hope it at least still comes out in theaters
Okay maybe no so well intentioned and she sounded like she didn't feel any remorse for what she did was forced to reveal the truth especially when she said "So what!? Everything else I said is true!" Yeah that could be something to explore in MFBKD or the plot of What About Discord could've had him trying to bond with the Mane 6
I know one of the best Tv dad's ever!
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That´s true. But I know that everyone who works on their movies and series still put lots of love and effort.
Yeah exactly! Discord deserved more character development. Not a complete angel but not a heartless jerk either. Just a sassy and sarcastic but passionate and a great draconequus friend!
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Yeah that's true, Thank God for that!
Yeah I know, he can still be the same mischievous trickster we all know and love but with every episode he develops in he gets a little more laid back still smug, snarky, and a little prideful yet still in a more friendlier matter like in Discordant Harmony and Break up Breakdown
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We all know that deep down he would be the first one to stand up for someone who´s being bullied and rain chaos in the bullies.
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Definitely for Fluttershy or the CMCs
Or maybe Spike or probably Pinkie Pie in some scene similar to the SpongeBob pizza delivery scene
Where Squidward stood up for SpongeBob
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Yeah, but I imagine he would defend any foal because he loves children.
Oh, I would pay for a scene like that!
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Welp I'm back at work again, still being cautious I don't know if my brother and I have Covid and our results haven't come yet but it's good to be back it was okay being at home but after a while it started to get a little boring
Only after the jerk makes Pinkie cry
Discord cast a spell on the pizza literally saying "this one's on the house" and it rains pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and marinara sauce all over the guy's house!
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That´s good! Just keep being careful, wash your hands a lot and try not to get too near to people. How have you and your family been feeling physically these days?
I myself haven´t been as lucky, I had to miss some classes because at Tuesday and Thursday I have class at afternoon and I have to have lunch at college, and seeing how the situation is my mom and I prefer that I stay home at the morning. At least I have friends that can pass me notes! And a friend of mine has given positive in the antigen test, but he and his mom are fine, he´s asintomatic in fact.
Yeah!
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We're feeling good now, it's a good thing we got our vaccines so it wasn't too miserable
Oh that's ashame hope you and your mom feel better soon. Lucky him! Actually I haven't felt any symptoms as well besides coughing and sneezing, but nothing worse probably just a regular cold
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That´s great. Normally, after 5 days, people with covid get better and usually return to work/school. Yeah, thank goodness we have vaccines.
Oh we´re fine. But we´re trying not to catch it because my mom is inmunodepressed and has athsma so it´s better prevention than cure.
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Oh really? My mom has asthma too, hopefully they'll soon find a cure
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What a coincidence! Yeah, I hope so too. But hey! We´ve made advancements in treatment and in the future there will be a therapeutic treatment for aftermaths.
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Hey you know if you ever get the chance and if you ever watched Sonic the Hedgehog you should check out this Sonic abridged movie on YouTube It's called Sonic the Abridgehog and it is HILARIOUS!!!
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Oh! When I have the time I´ll check it out.
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Cool! tell me what you think when you get done