A Yicksluberfest To Remember: Part Two
As day turned to night. Even as Luna's moon hung high in the sky, the celebrations were far from over as the drink and songs kept coming. When a yak wasn't drinking, he was singing, and if he was not singing, he was smashing. The mead, rum, and cider barrels kept rolling out as fast as they were consumed.
To think there were already three feasts in one day. The breakfast feast, the lunch feast, and now dinner feast were presented, with Crystal Pony cuisine being laid out for the guests. Despite their only being fourteen ponies, there was enough food prepared for them for an entire village courtesy of Prince Rutherford.
Pastries, stews, bread, and soups, of all varieties and types lined the dozens upon dozens of tables, with yaks trotting two and fro as if to refuel from their constant celebration. And as if that weren't enough, it was traditional for Yickslurbertfest to last a few days. This was only a recent change from the previous week-long celebration.
"So yak's don't become lazy," to quote Rutherford.
Twilight had enjoyed every second of it, taking out her journal every time she could find something new to their tradition, which was more common than she thought. She was just writing down the change from a week to a few days when someone poked her in the side.
Looking over, the alicorn witnessed Rainbow Dash with five biscuits in her mouth, making a rather silly face. She couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.
Swallowing down the mouthful with some difficulty, Rainbow coughed, "Hey, have you seen Pinkie? Or... Applejack, for that matter?"
"Oh, I think I saw them an hour ago... Pinkie was having a snowball fight with the calves and Applejack was keeping an eye on her." Twilight tucked away her book, taking a delicate sip of a warm mug of alcohol-free cider made for the calves. Finding something non-alcoholic that wasn't water was quite a challenge.
"It's lovely here; I even found some wild rabbits," Fluttershy beamed, two rabbits hopping on top of her head.
Applejack trotted over as she panted heavily, collapsing onto the cold hard earth beneath her, "I can't do it; I just can't keep up with that mare!" shouted the cowpony.
"I have tried everything I knew to keep up, but I can't… girls…." She'd meekly look up at Twilight and Rainbow Dash, "I lost Pinkie Pie."
Twilight got up from the table, her horn lighting up as she picked the earth pony off the ground and into a seat.
"I didn't expect you to keep up with her forever; you did your best, Applejack," Twilight smiled, handing her a warm kuska of cider.
"I can probably go and find her if you want." Rainbow volunteered, raising a hoof. "I'll get her back here in under thirty seconds."
"It's not a massive deal... so long as she shows up soon." Twilight gave a nervous smile, sitting back down. "I know how excitable she can get, and it is a party."
"Let's just hope she doesn't get into trouble." Fluttershy chuckled.
Thorax sat contentedly under the branches of a dead tree. The tree's bark and wood were decaying and gray. To many, it's sad and sickly, but to the changeling, it reminded him of home. Its dark color and alien shape were comforting and homey. He took a deep breath as he watched the celebration from a distance.
He began to ponder his life before this, before becoming entangled in the prospect of equalism. Before his time of desperation and starvation in the darkness of a storm drain. Life in the hive was unforgiving. It was meticulous and yet chaotic all at once with its changing interior and layout. But despite the non-linear shape of the hive, the very linear goal stayed the same.
Serve the hive, serve the Queen and feed. It was so daunting compared to the past few months of merely observing ponies, let alone living with them. Ponies would help one another, for free, for nothing; it was nothing. A changeling would never do that unless it benefited them.
Of course, his brother was an exception, but he did it out of obligation rather than choice at times. Pharynx… he wondered how he was doing. A tinge of guilt stinging what would be his heart.
He left him, even after all his begging and pleading. In the end, his brother was loyal to the hive but did provide him with one last favor. Thorax remembered his brother's words on that night he fled.
"I'll do you the favor of keeping your disgrace to the hive a secret. I don't want you ruining what I have got going for me because YOU can't adapt! You're not just a traitor but an idiot for thinking friendship can make up for what we are! We're changelings! We'll always BE changelings!"
But what did it mean to be a changeling…?
Thorax suddenly felt a shift in pressure, as if his ears popped. Then, an extreme warmth.
"Hiya!" The pink party pony seemed to spontaneously appear behind him, a broad, cheery smile on her lips. "Whatcha doin' all the way out here?"
Looking at the mare, the changeling could sense this pony's unbounded love; it was as if she was bursting with it. She barely contained her passion that was desperate to seep out from her, the yak wool cloak fluttering about as the bells tinkled and rang. How in Chrysalis' name did he not hear her coming?
The pink mare sat down on the ground beside him, her smile never leaving her, "My name's Pinkie Pie! What's yours?"
Thorax's train of thought was derailed as he let out a shrill scream before quickly retaining his attention on this pony.
He'd recognize her from his escape from The Crystal City… he'd also recognize her aura, her delicious pink, juicy, absolutely savory love.
Thorax collected himself as he used every fiber in his being not to erupt into animalistic wailing, swallowing back his primal urge to feed.
"Uhm… Thorax… uh… I had some things on my mind, is all."
"Oopsie, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you! I'm not scary, am I?" Pinkie softened her smile, recognizing his somewhat hesitant way of speaking.
"Well... if you wanna talk about it, I'm willing to listen!" the party pony beamed, "I'm a great listener! One time Twilight asked me for my opinion, and she went on and on and on, and OOOOONNN about it, and I said, 'yeah, what you said,' and Twilight was so happy, I guess she must have said something brilliant."
Pinkie realized she was rambling and blushed, "Whoops! Sorry. What's the problem, Thorax?"
Thorax licked his chops as he began to tremble, the hunger banging against like a caged animal, "Well, right now… Uhm… I'm really hungry. It's just you got this…." he'd stammer, swallowing back the saliva flooding his mouth, "Delicious, tasty, beautiful bright pink aura around your… y-your… lov–"
He'd violently rocked before hissing at the air and snapping his jaw wildly, quickly covering his mouth, "Ah! I'm sorry, I am so, SO sorry; I didn't mean to!" he frantically apologized.
Pinkie Pie reared back for a moment, her eyes widening, before tumbling back into the snow. For a moment, she was silent, taking in what just happened... before falling into a fit of giggles.
"Oooooooh, you're just hungry! Well, you are a changeling after all!" Pinkie sat up, snow stuck in her mane, "You are a changeling, right? Shining and Cadance mentioned you!"
"Hmmm... but I don't think that was the only thing you were upset about. How's about this, you get some food, and I get to hear what's really on your mind!" Pinkie gave him a smile, offering him her hoof. "Seems fair to me!"
Thorax drooled at the thought of consuming Pinkie Pie's love; she was so bubbly, he wondered if it would be like what ponies called soda. He'd stare at the mare for a moment before shaking his head.
"No, no, no, that's a conflict of interest. I CAN'T do that; we really shouldn't be doing this."
The changeling paced around in place, "Because if we become friends, we'll just get upset when we have to part ways or worse, fight, and I'd upset Trixie and Starlight and how would your friends feel?"
The changeling shook his head, "No, no, no. I'm not dumb enough to fall for this emotional pitfall."
"Awwww, c'mon, we don't have to be... be..." she seemed to deflate as the realization hit her, "Oh no, you're right! If we become friends, and something bad happens, and then we get separated, we'll start to miss being friends, which will be AWFUL!!"
"B-But, all I want to do is make friends, and make others smile!" Pinkie stuck her lip out, giving the best puppy dog eyes possible, "And you seem nice! I mean, my friends would like you! I think you'd get along with Fluttershy!"
"And you can fly, which means Rainbow would want to race you! And Applejack wouldn't mind extra hooves during harvest season! And Rarity would love to have you over to fit you for some suits, and Twilight would want to study and ask you a bunch of questions! And I'd love to bake you a cake! What kind of flavors do you like, chocolate or spicy chocolate?"
Pinkie began to ramble again, placing her hooves on her head, "It's not fair!"
Thorax sighed, "Don't feel too bad; I know all about things not being fair. Hey, maybe we can be friends after everything's said and done… assuming I'm not sent back to the changeling lands or Tartarus…."
He'd shrug off that gnawing fear before turning to Pinkie and giving her his best smile, "Hey, if it's any consolation, I'm actually in the market for making friends and spreading the message of equality, maybe if you'd see our side we could be friends!"
"(And maybe convince Starlight to stop that whole revenge thing and make up for burning down a city bit…)."
"Soooo.... we can be soon-to-be friends?" Pinkie's smile returned, the joy relit in her eyes. "Aw, c'mon, you haven't done anything bad yet! You were just running because you were scared! I have an eye for these things." she'd wink with her other eye bulging out cartoonishly.
"Oooooh, Starlight has you on that, huh?" Pinkie's gaze turned wary for a moment, "If I were you, I'd be careful. I went to her town, it wasn't right! All those ponies... their smiles... were wrong! Just plain ole' wrong, they weren't true smiles!" she seemed personally offended by it, crossing her arms. "You can't just make ponies smile like that!"
"I mean, of course, equality is good, but you can't force it!" Pinkie turned back to the changeling, "You can be a good or bad creature just as much as a pony can, and while some ponies have different talents, it doesn't make them bad for it!"
Thorax raised his brow at Pinkie, perplexed by the mare's unrelenting enthusiasm and a little overwhelmed, "I wouldn't know much about being talented or wholly different. Changelings are practically identical…."
"Uhhh... did she tell you anything about her village?" Pinkie asked suddenly.
He scratched his chin, "Mostly about how you, mostly Twilight Sparkle, came in and spread lies about her ideals. Turning the villagers against her and causing her to flee town. Truth be told, I don't think she's giving me the whole picture…."
He'd sigh as he'd plop his rump on the dirt, "It's not too different from Chrysalis; honestly…she barks orders and expects everyone to do their job. The only difference is that Trixie has the sense… or lack thereof, to talk back, and I have hope I can convince her to focus on spreading equality instead of focusing on Twilight Sparkle."
"Like, I get it; I know what it's like to leave your home and everything you've known behind and to be chased out? That's just… awful. But I think she can't see the bigger picture…." He'd looked up at Pinkie and realized his mistake in rambling.
"Ah… never mind…." he'd grumbled.
Pinkie's ears were flattened, not liking how Starlight had spun the story to the changeling. No wonder he was going along with her; she lied about everything!
"Twilight didn't come to town and spread lies; Starlight was lying to her ponies about keeping her talent for herself while taking everypony's talent!" Pinkie piped up, "No wonder you're with her! If Twilight knew this, she wouldn't make you return to Chrysalis! I could just explain everything to her."
"I Pinkie Promise, whatever happens, I'll make sure Twilight knows you're not a bad po-- changeling." The mare smiled, sticking a hoof in her eye. "I know a little about going off on your own, I left my rock farm when I was a filly, so I could go and spread cheer! Although, I suppose my journey had a happier start than yours... but if I can make it easier for you, just ask!"
"I know that Starlight is your... friend. So I won't tell you to leave her, because it wouldn't be right, or my place to do so! But know that your aunt Pinkie is always here if you need her." Pinkie finished with a smile.
Thorax smiled, quickly transforming into Pinkie as he mimicked the mare's gesture before returning to his original form. Pinkie giggled at the sight.
He sighed, "I just think she needs a friend. I think some creatures just need someone to offer them a hoof."
"I was on the verge of starvation before I met her and Trixie, and they both saved my life by giving me their love… I'm obligated to return the favor, and if I can convince Trixie to be my friend, then I can convince Starlight to be a better friend."
"That's really kind to say, Thorax! And very true. I wish I could reach out to more creatures... but hey, that's why we're on this expedition!"
Pinkie smiled brightly. "Oh, I'm not worried about Trixie; she's just a silly filly who's a little too big for her britches... although I don't forgive her for taking my mouth away. I need that to breathe!"
Thorax raised his brow at the 'taking her mouth' away a bit before continuing, ".....Hey, I know this may seem strange, but… you and your friends are the reason I left the hive. If it's any consolation, you taught me how important friendship is."
Pinkie wiped a tear away from her cheek, "Aww, really? That's so sweet!" She wrapped the changeling in a tight hug, unafraid to give him a squeeze. "Well, it's good that you were there, weren't you? Some things work in mysterious ways; that's what my Granny Pie told me!"
A pink essence practically bled off Pinkie as she embraced Thorax in her loving act. The changeling lapped at the air as he savored the incredibly sweet love. Rich, bubbly, and intoxicating.
Pinkie Pie couldn't help but feel a little light-headed during the hug, whether from the excitement of it all or, more likely, unintentional feeding she'd given Thorax.
He sighed contentedly as he gently patted Pinkie Pie's back, "This is the most painfully pleasurable experience of my life…."
"Woah, that bucks you in the head!" Pinkie blinked, "Wow, Thorax, you give great hugs!"
Pulling away, she shook her head, bouncing back from the feeding rather quickly.
Looking off into the distance at the village, Pinkie turned back to Thorax with a soft smile. "Well, my friends are probably waiting for me. Wanna walk back with me?"
Thorax chuckled, "Thanks, but I don't want to cause an upset between you and your friends… besides, the blue one probably wants to beat me up, so…."
"Aww..." Pinkie said, disheartened, looking down at the snowy ground before plonking back, "Okay! Maybe I'll see you at the feast later; you gotta tell me more about being a changeling sometime!"
"See ya, Thorax!" Pinkie waved as she trotted away, heading back towards the warm light of the village.
The crisp and cool air brushed against Pinkie as she bounced her way back into town, arriving at the feast. The mare waved erratically to her friends, her stomach growling despite the amount of food she had eaten all day.
"Ooooh, I'll take this!" Pinkie grabbed a pastry, stuffing it into her mouth.
"Pinkie! We've been looking for you for hours, and now you show up, and you just... eat a pastry?! We were worried!" Rainbow Dash crossed her arms, looking unimpressed with the mare's behavior.
"Oops! I'm sorry, I didn't realize..." Pinkie swallowed down the pastry, pressing a hoof to her mouth. "I'm sorry girls. I didn't mean to scare anypony! I was just talking to Thorax and--"
"You were what? Talking to the enemy?!" Dash's eyes widened. "How could you, Pinkie! Did he cast any weird spells on you? DID HE EAT YOUR LOVE?!"
Pinkie giggled, "I think he might have; it tickled!"
"Gross." lamented Dash.
"You let that changeling feed on you? But why?" Twilight got out of her seat, inspecting the mare to make sure she hadn't fallen ill with something.
The pink mare shrugged, "He seems really nice, and he looked really sad, so I don't mind. Oooh, I have some stuff to tell you about him later, but.... not right now."
"Pinkie, if it's important, you should tell me now."
"I *can't* Twilight; it'll ruin the flow of the story!"
Twilight screwed up her face and sighed. Accepting the non-answer for whatever it was worth, "Fine... tell me later. But it better not be too important to hear later!"
"Whatever..." Rainbow rolled her eyes, "Ugh... I'm stuffed. I hope the yaks weren't trying to make me sleepy on purpose." the pegasus yawned for a good moment, cracking her jaw.
"I suppose I'm a little sleepy myself," Fluttershy chuckled, "But is there anything more to the festival? We shouldn't miss it; it would be rude."
Rarity trotted over, carrying a massive bundle of yak wool on her back, "Girls! Would you believe that one of the finest wools I have ever seen is on these yaks!? AND IT JUST FALLS OFF OF THEM?"
Applejack rolled her eyes, "Keep your shoes on; it's just a little fur…."
"Wool, it is wool, Applejack!" Rarity corrected snobbishly, "it's so thick and soft! Oh, imagine all the REAL fur coats I could make with just ONE yak at my boutique…."
"So that's what you've been doing… good to know..." sighed Applejack
"I agree with Rarity; it's almost like angora fur..." Fluttershy glanced around, realizing only Twilight knew what she was talking about. "Um... they're rabbits."
"Perhaps if everything goes well, we'll have yaks visiting Equestria." Twilight smiled.
Suddenly, Prince Rutherford's voice boomed throughout the village, "IN HONOR OF KING GUSTAV, WE NOW OBSERVE TRADITIONAL YICKSLUBERFEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY OUTSIDE OF VILLAGE. EVERYYAK HAS TEN MINUTES BEFORE WE SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS!"
"Oooooh! Fireworks!!" Pinkie hopped up, grabbing an armful of food before bouncing away on her tail. "C'mon, girls! We don't want to miss it!"
Rainbow sighed and grabbed three mugs of cider, "Alright, I guess I could stay up for a show."
Twilight murmured, making notes in her book, "Let's go, girls; I want to test myself and guess the composition of their rockets. Potassium nitrate, carbon, and sulfur are obvious..."
The village began clearing out as the few hundred yaks began to organize neatly in rows before marching out of the gates. Sitting on the edge of a cliff was a wagon full of fireworks, hundreds of different types of rockets in varying shapes and sizes. Still, one thing stood out as particularly alluring to a certain party pony and magician.
A five-foot-tall copper cylinder, propped up on wooden wheels with three yaks dragging this behemoth. Another wagon behind them carried a stack of massive copper balls and barrels of gunpowder.
Starlight and Trixie looked on with piqued interest, "A cannon? They're really putting their best hoof forward for this celebration." smirked Starlight.
Thorax quickly buzzed in, landing next to Trixie as he panted, "I heard the yelling. Did I miss anything?"
Trixie glanced over at Thorax, raising a brow. "Where were you? I thought you went back to the wagon because you were sick."
She'd quickly focus on the copper beauty dragged out in front of her, gawking at it, "Now this... is beautiful." Trixie trotted up to the massive cannon, feeling tempted to touch it. "What kind of tricks I could perform..."
"Oooh, that's a MASSIVE party cannon!" Pinkie Pie ran up to one of the yaks. "Can I bring my party cannon out?? I promise it's not a weapon; it can't hurt a fly!"
"Pinkie, what did I tell you about party cannons?!" Twilight shouted.
"I guess that means no flying for me." Rainbow sat down on a rock, taking a long gulp of cider.
The soldier yak guarding the cannon quickly slapped Trixie's hoof, "NOCREATURE BUT THE PRINCE MAY FIRE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY!"
Trixie hmpfed and trotted back towards Thorax and Starlight, head held high.
The second soldier roughly nudged his comrade, "DON'T SHOUT AT GUESTS!" snapped the guard, he quickly turned to the bouncing mare at his hooves, "Hmm… more cannons…?" he'd turn to Rutherford.
"YOUR HIGHNESS PINK PONY WANT TO USE THEIR CANNON IN CELEBRATION TOO!"
Rutherford stamped in place excitedly at the news of a second cannon, "YES! PINK PONY, SHOW US YOUR CANNON!"
Twilight would groan and place a hoof over her face while Pinkie squealed with joy, bouncing into the air and wiggling her hooves, "EEEE!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!"
Trotting out of eyesight, the pink mare returned with a pony-sized cannon, painted pastel blue with bright pink wheels.
"I'm so excited!! I'm sorry, I can't wait!!!" squealed Pinkie.
Pinkie grabbed the pull string with her teeth and yanked it back. It seemed to cough and sputter for a second before a confetti explosion rained down on them. Pinkie Pie stuck her tongue out, catching it like snowflakes.
"Uhh... is that edible?" Rainbow raised a brow.
"Nope!" Pinkie giggled.
"PINKIE!" Twilight barked anxiously, glancing over at Rutherford for his reaction.
Rutherford erupted into a kingly laugh, stamping his hooves as the earth thundered beneath him, shaking happily underneath the colorful confetti, "Pony hilarious! May I see your cannon?"
Twilight sighed in relief, watching Pinkie wheel up the cannon to the king.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Pinkie bowed, "I made it myself! Well.. with the instruction manual." she giggled, holding a hoof to her cheek.
The prince callously examined the cannon, lifting the wool from his face as he slipped a small pair of glasses on the front of his muzzle. Exploring every nook and cranny of the cannon, he'd thoughtfully tap his hoof on his chin before grabbing a barrel of gunpowder and pouring the black grains into the mortar.
Using a ramrod to stuff the tight grains inside, the prince then loaded the small cannon with little lead balls before rolling the artillery to the edge of the cliff, "IN HONOR OF OUR NEW PONY FRIENDS, OUR FIRST FIREWORK WILL BE FROM PONY' PARTY CANNON'"
With a quick tug from the string, a massive fiery blast erupted from the canon as confetti and fire roared from within the cannon's barrel. Filling the air with the smokey scent of burning confetti and gunpowder.
The yaks quickly stamped their hooves as they cheered loudly,
“PARTY CANNON, PARTY CANNON, YAAAAAAAAAH!!!” thundered the yaks.
"Now my cannon is a REAL cannon!!" Pinkie squealed, "I-I always wanted to try it, but... Twilight said somepony might get hurt!"
"Well, there's no harm here, I suppose," Twilight sighed, although internally, she wasn't confident a cannon like hers would be able to fire too many times before being damaged.
"Now, THIS is the BEST. PARTY. EVER!!!!!!" Pinkie jumped up and down with joy, dancing in the confetti. "Yaks are the best!!"
Trixie wrinkled her nose at the smell of burning paper, glancing between Starlight and Thorax. "I used to have a cannon..."
Starlight rolled her eyes, "Don't start. Just try to enjoy the celebration."
Thorax sneezed loudly as a piece of burnt confetti landed on the bridge of his muzzle.
The night went on as fireworks of all types were fired, and colorful displays of light shined as bright as the sun, illuminating the entire village. It was as if it were daytime at points. Around midnight, the large artillery piece was dragged toward the cliff's edge.
Stuffed and loaded with a massive amount of gunpowder and a lead ball, the cannon in question was supposed to fire seven shots toward the mountain in honor of King Gustav's victory against King Sombra.
However, it would soon become apparent that things would not go as per tradition. With a flick of his hoof, sparks would fly off the side of the cannon's exterior before the fuse caught light. Burning brightly before, the gun suddenly roared, firing the cannonball.
The cannon veered back as it slammed back against the powerful force of the gunpowder erupting from the barrel. Too much gunpowder had been loaded, but it was okay. Accidents happen…
A loud crack echoed through the mountains as the cannonball struck the surface of a cliff that was in the distance. The thundering sound of the cannon's fire was loud enough to echo through the mountains. But suddenly, the surface of the mountain they had just struck sent rocks and ice tumbling down its surface. Shaking the earth beneath them as the distant avalanche's roar echoed through the peaks.
However, the ground beneath their hooves continued to rumble as, right above them, ice and rock from the mountain towering over them began tumbling toward the village in a massive wave of frozen death.
Rutherford panicked; this had never happened before; the cannons striking the mountains had never caused an avalanche before.
"EVERYYAK INTO THE VILLAGE!" ordered Rutherford as the earth began to rock beneath their feet.
"AVALANCHE!!!" Pinkie Pie yelled, her voice carrying over the sound of snow flooding towards them, seeming to whip everycreature into a tizzy.
"Oh my, oh my..." Fluttershy seemed frozen, staring at the avalanche coming towards them, with Rainbow Dash forcibly lifting her from the ground.
"YOU CAN FLY, FLUTTERSHY!" Rainbow yelled.
They had about thirty seconds to move; it wasn't enough time. Starlight and Twilight both realized that if somepony didn't act, an entire civilization would be wiped out in one night.
Starlight turned to Thorax, "TURN INTO THE BIGGEST FIRE BREATHING DRAGON YOU CAN AND HIT THAT AVALANCHE WITH YOUR FIRE; I'LL SLOW DOWN THE ROCKS!" ordered Starlight as she quickly cast a haste spell.
Thorax quickly obeyed as he transformed into the biggest dragon he could, quickly spreading his wings as he darted to the skies above. Spike stood awestruck that moment as a tinge of jealousy prickled inside at the sight of Thorax.
Twilight stared at the disaster coming their way, using the amount of time to calculate the most efficient way to save everycreature.
"Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, lead the yaks AWAY from the village; it's right in their path! Take them the way we came! Otherwise, they'll get buried underneath!" Twilight ordered, "Get Spike, and make sure the guardsponies in the village get out too!"
"The rest of you..." Twilight turned to her friends before sighing, "I'm sorry."
Lighting up her horn, Twilight strained herself to wrap the spell around three of her friends before teleporting them outside the village. Twilight shuddered from the effort.
"Are you sure that was a good idea!?" Rainbow Dash called.
"We don't have time for discussion, Dash; now go!" Twilight used her magic to slap the pegasus on the flank, causing her to zip off. Fluttershy gave Twilight a weak nod before following after the rainbow mare.
Stretching out her wings, Twilight lifted off the ground, snow flying off in her wake. Drawing near the flooding snow, Twilight's horn burst to life as a wall of magic slammed into the snow, slowing it down.
Thorax unleashed a wave of blue fire from his throat as steam began to fill the air, quickly melting the snow. While Starlight, with a spark of her horn, flew toward the shield and stamped her hooves as she assisted Twilight with the shield.
Thorax bellowed as he spewed fire from his lungs to melt the snow again. As rocks and the weight of the ice and snow began to smash and weigh against the magical shield.
Twilight felt a bead of sweat going down her forehead despite the cold, opening her clenched eyes to witness Starlight... actually helping her? She had to snap out of her shock before her spell faded, focusing back on the task.
The alicorn grunted as she tried to keep the snow back, but it was difficult to fight against nature. The snow kept piling up, and she couldn't hold on forever, even if she was strong.
"I-I don't know how much longer I can hold it!" Twilight cried out, the aura around her horn growing brighter and brighter as it burned what magic reserves she had left.
Starlight hissed as her horn burned brightly, "Do you know of terraforming spells, Twilight Sparkle!?
Twilight gasped, trying to catch her breath; it felt like she was physically exerting herself, "Y-Yes, but which one?!"
Starlight grunted as she growled, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A PRODIGY! Look around you; it's all ROCKS and DIRT! FIGURE IT OUT!"
"Excuse ME if I have an encyclopedic knowledge of terraforming spells!! There's more than ONE, you know!!" Twilight yelled back before glancing around quickly.
Starlight quickly stopped supporting the shield as her horn burned brightly. She quickly raised her front hooves and slammed them to the ground raising a massive wall of spikes, "PUT THE SHIELD DOWN AND HELP ME RAISE THE EARTH INTO A WALL! IT'S OUR ONLY HOPE TO KEEP THE AVALANCHE BACK! THORAX! I NEED MORE FIRE!"
Thorax huffed as he smashed his claw into his chest, forcing himself to unleash a massive fiery blast that screeched loudly in contact with the snow. The frigid, icy air became muggy and humid, creating a fog of steam.
Grunting, the alicorn dropped the shield spell, the ice and water flooding towards them at an alarming rate. If it picked up any more speed, it would remove the whole village from the map!
Dropping beside Starlight on the ground, Twilight spread her wings wide before rearing up, slamming her hooves into the ground. The spikes rose like a wave, climbing higher and higher the longer she held the spell, creating the foundations of another wall.
"Keep that flame up!" Twilight cried out before flying into the air. Twilight attempted another spell, but her horn fizzled, drained from the excessive magic use, "Starlight! Freeze the snow and ice!"
Starlight grunted as she looked around, silently piecing together the reality of her situation, time was of the essence, and they needed to stop the avalanche from the top of the mountain from hitting the creatures in the village.
She slowly looked down, "...There isn't enough time! We're both running out of magic and the strength to keep this avalanche back! … you'd better raise a shield spell for yourself!"
Starlight turned away from the wall they made. Starlight began creating a massive crack in the earth, cutting the land they were on from the village. Grunting as she severed the linkage between the ridge and the village.
The ground began to shake beneath them before crumbling into the dark abyss below. The avalanche's rocks broke through the wall in front of Starlight as it tumbled into the void below. Starlight quickly raised a shield spell for herself as she was ping-ponged through the canyon she had just created.
The alicorn attempted to step away from the earth crumbling beneath her hooves; her magic severed as she struggled to think. She could just fly out– That was until she realized the avalanche was above her, destroying the wall they had created moments before. Squeezing her eyes shut, Twilight lit up her horn one last time, sealing herself in a pink bubble as she fell into the darkness.
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Now we're in trouble.
Although, a thought occurs to me, why did the Cutie Map call them here? Doesn't seem to be any friendship problem.
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this story reminds me of this.
https://youtu.be/-Vui-DhwIAg
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There will be thousands of things to see.🌍
With the tiniest little taste of awesomeness👌
Well then even Applejack has limits of dealing with Pinkie
Sigh pharynx you know it doesn't have to be that way that's why thorax is trying to prove
Yep exactly Pinkie Pie will help you thorax if you need it
That's a very long story about that taking her mouth away but yeah despite it all maybe it was a good thing you did showed up during the Canterlot invasion you will never see Twilight and her friends will change your mind about friendship
Awww Pinkie Pie that was really nice of you to do that
Why do I have a feeling that she broke the fourth wall dang it Pinkie Pie lol
Lol Pinkie Pie knows how to get this party started and that's why the Yaks kind of like her
Oh yeah that's why because they're surrounded by Snowy Mountains and does a hill next to them it will create a Avalanche oh dear that's not good
Whoa that really escalated so the celebration was still going on and thorax is still thinking about how his life could have gone differently and he missed his brother pharynx but Pinkie Pie talking with him and it's a pretty nice conversation between those two and how Pinkie Pie actually offer him the love that he was sucking in that also she wants to become friends with him and talk still believes that Trixie and starlight can work out with their friendship it's just Starlight needs to open up hopefully but after that it looks like the party was still going and even celebrating a fireworks which that's pretty cool but unknown to the situation the Canon kind of started a loud Shockwave around the mountains and causing the Avalanche the yaks and the ponies how to take shelter but they know the amount of the snow coming down it will wipe out the village so Starlight and Twilight act really fast try to stop the snow but it was too powerful Twilight use every amount of magic to use whatever magic she's using hopefully this will save the village this was a pretty intense ending right here
Really liking this story, just like it's predecessors it's quite enjoyable.
You do use the word 'would' a whole heck of a lot though.