Chapter 3 The search is on
It was a grim day in the usually happy town of Ponyville. Almost all of the residents had gathered at the town center.
The mayor of Ponyville was standing at a podium outside the town hall. Everyones eye was on the her and silence hung heavily in the air.
She took a deep breath and started talking.“I want to begin by thanking all of you for coming. As you have been told, Rainbow dash have gone missing and we are all very worried about her. So I would appreciate it if everyone could help out in the search for her.”
The ponies in the crowd started to whisper and mumble.
“I can't believe she is gone.”
“mumble mumble gasp mumble whisper.”
“I hope she is alright.”
*cough* Major Mare cleared her throat
“She went missing two weeks ago and I know that we are all very worried. But let’s do our best. And find her!
Everypony get together in groups of four and look everywhere. Anypony who finds anything reports back to Twilight Sparkle.”
“YES!” The town-ponies all cheered together and ran off in different directions.
Twilight Sparkle was inside the library. She had prepared a map of the local region around Ponyville. On top of the map lay one of Rainbow’s feathers, Twilight grasped it with her magic and focused on the map. If everything went as planned, she would be able to experience Dash’s recent memories through her own eyes. The map was only for pinpointing the current location of her friend.
Spike was walking back and forth inside the library, he was worried about Rainbow and he was feeling rather useless. He was too small to search by himself and since he was unable to utilize the magic that delved within him. It left him with nothing but waiting and hoping that his friend was okay.
“Are you getting anything Twi?”
The aura around Twilight's horn faded and she took a deep breath. “Spike fetch me a bigger map I’m not finding anything with this one.”
Spike ran up the stairs and moments later he came back with a bigger map, this one covering everything between Canterlot and the Everfree forest. Spike placed the map on the floor. “I hope you can find something. I’m worried about her.”
“Me too Spoke Me too.Twilight placed the feather on the map and once again her horn flared up and the search was on. She was getting something, a dark forest, a roaring fire. A big timberwolf was snarling at her,then something big came into view and whatever it was. It’s roar was enough to break Twilight’s concentration.
She was snapped out of the spell with massive force, powerful enough to slam her into the wall. The impact caused a few bookshelves to tumble over.
“TWILIGHT!” Spike rushed to her side and put his claws on his face in confusion.
(Oh no. what do I do? Water!)
Spike ran into the kitchen and filled a glass with water. He then proceeded to throw it on Twilight.
“Come on Twilight wake up!” He continuously chanted as he carefully slapped her face. After a few moments of constant slapping and yelling. Twilight finally started groaning.
“Twilight! I was so worried, I was just about to carry you to the hospital.” The baby dragon hugged his big Sisters face and kissed her forehead.
“Spike! Get of me.” She shook him off herself and raised to her hooves. “I understand that you are worried and I thank you for it. But I need you to take a letter to the princess.”
Spike immediately rushed off to get a piece of parchment and a quill. “Okay, I’m ready to take a letter. But can you please tell me what you saw first?”
Twilight was wasn't sure whether to tell him or not, but he was worried as well. She took a deep breath. “Listen carefully Spike. I think I saw a creature that I’m not sure whether it exists or not, that is why I need to send this letter. I need her to confirm this for me.”
Spike scratched his head. “Okay. But can you tell me what it was?”
Twilight sighed and sat down on the floor. “I saw a snake-”
“A snake common Twilight, I know that you afraid of them but what can a tiny little snake possible do to harm Rainbow?”
Twilight gave spike a glare of disappointment. “Would you let me finish. The snake I saw was towering over rainbow, it was huge and scary.”
Spike facepalmed into one of his claws. “Twilight the entire town know that you have a phobia towards snakes, maybe the image you saw was distorted by your own fear. I mean you only get knocked out like that when you get scared or when somepony is forcefully blocking you out with a counter spell. And if you think logically, there is no snake that big in Equestria. And if there were you would already know it.”
“Spike why would you say such a thing! Don’t you thin-” Twilight was interrupted by a loud burp and a green flame.
Out of the smoke a scroll appeared, it was sealed with Princess Celestia’s Insignia. Twilight grabbed the scroll and read it.
“My dear student Twilight Sparkle.
It has come to my attention that Rainbow Dash have been missing for two weeks.
I wish I would have know of this earlier, then I would have dispersed the royal guard sooner.
I hope you and the rest of your friends are doing okay, I’m here incase you need me. Always remember that. If Rainbow Dash is not found within a week I will utilize the sun itself to find her, or what remains of her. I wish you best of luck and never forget. I’m always here for you.
With love your mentor Princess Celestia.”
Twilight placed the letter on a nearby shelf and sighed in relief.
(Thank you Celestia, you alway know what to say.)
“What did it say?”
Twilight snapped out of her daydreaming and back into reality. “Princess Celestia is aiding us in the search for Rainbow. Isn’t that great!”
“Well, I guess.”
“Spike. I’m sorry about earlier, I think you are right. There is no way there could be a snake that big. Anyway let’s continue. I'm going to try the spell again. Would you mind making some lunch for us?”
Spike gave Twilight a guard salute. “I’m on it.” He said as he walked towards the kitchen. She once again focus on the feather and closed her eyes.
I will find you Rainbow I promise, I will search for you day and night. I won't stop until you are safely back here in Ponyville.
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Elsewhere in the skies of Ponyville.
“RAINBOW DASH! CAN YOU HEAR ME!”
Despite her many fears Fluttershy, was not one who would abandon a friend. Rainbow had always been their for her whenever she was feeling down or if she needed help. She had been searching ever since her friend disappeared, with little to no rest. She would only stop her search to feed all of her animal friends.
The day was coming to an end the sun had begun its descent from the sky. But that meant nothing to her, she would rather pass out due to exhaustion than turn back.
“RAINBOW DASH!” Her voice was getting hoarse after hours of shouting.
She would never admit it. Not even to herself, but she was beginning to lose hope. Was it not for all the help, encouragement and pep talk from her friend Ditzy Doo.
She would probably have given up.
“RAINBOW DASH!”Tears were slowly flowing down her face and her eyes hung low due to exhaustion.
She fell from the sky, as her body was unable to continue. Was it not for Ditzy, she would have hit the ground hard.
Ditzy had flown below her and caught her as she descended towards the ground with dangerous speed.
She flew towards the place she called home. A big house formed out of clouds, similar to Rainbow’s house.
She opened the door and walked upstairs. She pushed a door opened and walked inside.
the room did not have a lot of furniture there was a bed, a desk and a window. She jumped up on the bed and let Fluttershy slide of her body and into the bed, she then pulled the covers over her friend.
“Rainbow Dash.” She mumbled in her sleep, tears still running down her face.
Ditzy walked up next to the bed. She grabbed one of Fluttershy’s hooves and beginned stroking her mane. She was more worried about the well being of Fluttershy than of Dash. Ditzy knew that Dash could handle herself. But Fluttershy was so fragile in comparison.
Her eyes shot opened and she tried to get out of bed.“I don’t have time to rest I need to find Rainbow!” Fluttershy was about to lose it, so many days with neither rest or food. It leaves it’s mark on everypony.
Ditzy gently pushed her back into bed. “No. You are not going anywhere, it’s time for bed Fluttershy.”
“But I can’t sleep now I need to find her!” She was doing everything in her power to get out of bed. But Ditzy would not budge.
“We can look more tomorrow, after you have a long relaxing bath and a big breakfast. But right now you need to sleep.” Ditzy was doing her best to look serious, her eye condition did little to help.
“NO!” Tears were flowing freely, her breathing was heavy and unstable. She bit Ditzy’s hoof as hard as she could.
But once she realised what she was doing she broke down completely.
“WAINBOW DAWHS” She cried out in between sobs.
Ditzy embraced her poor friend in a warm hug and whispered in her ear. “It’s going to be fine.
We are going to find her. We won’t stop until she is back here with us.”
Fluttershy cried herself to sleep after 30 minutes. Ditzy lowered her friend into bed and once again pulled the covers over her. She gave her a warm nuzzle before she left.
Ditzy made it to the bottom of the stairs and walked into the living room.
“I take it that she is finally asleep?” A voice said, from behind the big red armchair in front of the fireplace in the center of the room.
“Yes. Have you found anything?”
A ring of smoke flew into the air followed by a long sigh. “No I have not. I’m sorry Ditzy.”
Ditzy walked up to the armchair and looked somepony in the eye. “It’s okay Doctor. I bet you are doing everything you can.” She said with a smile.
Another ring of smoke flew into the air. “I wish I had better news for you my love. But I fear that Rainbow Dash is dead. Either that or I’m not looking hard enough.” He put his pipe down and stood up.
“Don’t say things like that, she is alive I know it.” She hugged the brown stallion and he in turn returned the hug.
A few moments passed. “Now get some sleep my love. I’ll keep an eye on Fluttershy this eve. You need to rest properly,
you are probably the only one who can take care of her when she is like this.”
Ditzy broke the hug and walked towards her bedroom. “I owe her that, she was there for me when I needed help and I’ll be darned if I don’t do the same.
Goodnight Doctor.”
“Goodnight my love.”
Silence engulfed the house as the hour grew late. And the promise of another day lay beneath the horizon in wait for dawn.
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Back in Naga’s cave.
Rainbow Dash was laying on the bed, she was bored and slightly depressed. She glanced at her back and sighed, the loss of her wing was a big deal.
But she keep her spirit up, she had heard something about it being was possible to regrow a wing with magic. As soon as she got back to ponyville she was going to ask Twilight all about it. Her trail of thought was interrupted by a big black snout and a pair of green eyes getting a little too close.
Dash jumped a little out of surprise. “Ahhh! Naga you got to stop sneaking up on me like that. Its creepy.”
The viper chuckled. “I’m sssssorry I did not mean to ssssscare you. Anyway how are you feeling today?”
“For starters you did not scare me, you surprised me there is a clear difference. Secondly I’m feeling fine, my leg hurts a little but its nothing I can’t handle.”
“How nice. I’m going to change your bandages, pleassssse ssssstay ssssstill.” Naga begun to unwrap the bandage around her leg. “It’s healing well.” He said as he replaced the old one.
“Well that is cause you take such good care of me, even if your medicines taste a bit weird they do what they are meant to.”
In the beginning Rainbow had been very suspicious about having a giant talking snake monster
taking care of her. But over time her trust for him only grew, despite his rough appearance
he truly had a heart of gold. He was always there if she needed anything, he was a real friend and
she was happy that she meet him.
At times he almost felt like the older brother she never had.
Dash fidgeted with her hooves.“Naga can I ask you a something?”
“Of Course you can. I’ll anssssswer to the bessssst of my knowledge.”
Dash took a deep breath. “Do your kin eat meat?” Dash was nervous over the answer, but it was something that had bugged her ever since day one.
Naga crossed his six arms and leaned against the mountain wall. “Yes my kin is capable of eating meat. But we are fully capable of surviving on a strictly vegetarian diet. Personally I prefer to eat vegetables, but don't get me wrong if I have to kill a manticore or sssssomething. I will bring it back and eat it. In my hometown everyone tend to eat whatever they feel like. There is plenty of prey and it’s easy to grow vegetables underground.”
“Wait, your kin lives underground?”
“Yesssss for a matter of fact we do. But my species is not native to the underground. Once upon a time the vipers ruled the lands now know as Equestria. But that was a long time ago, nowadays we live deep underground and we don’t mind.
Dash was not usually interested in history, but she was bored out of her skull and Naga was a rather good story teller. Naga arched his back and wrapped his tail around one of the stalagmites hanging from the ceiling. He crossed his arms again and continued to talk upside down.
“Similar to ponies there are a few different breed of vipers. All the male vipers born are nagas, three days after a naga is hatched he is taken away by either his father or his mentor.
Then for twenty years he is put through brutal training everyday, once a naga is fully learned he has only one more task. He needs to kill his teacher and devourer his body in order to gain his knowledge and experience.
But if you ask me I think that is a load of minotaurshit.
I remember when I ate my mentor, I did not feel stronger or wiser. I felt sad, but that is the way of the naga and I was not going to be the one to break the ancient traditions of my people.
Once a naga returns he is taken into the army and there he struggles to earn a rank.
The lowest begin scout and the highest being royal guard, very few is presented with that honor. Once within the army he is taught the art of the blade, once he masters one way of fighting he learns a new one and so forth until he is a master of every fighting style available. There are no finer warriors in this world than the naga.
“So you have to kill your own dad in order to finish the training?” Dash gaged at the thought. “That sounds horrible”
“Yes. It’s a tradition as old as the queen herself.”
“Anyway. All the female vipers are called gorgons. Unlike the naga who gets taken away for twenty years. They are cared for by the mother until they have learned the art of the bow and arrow,from their teachers.
Once a gorgon have mastered the bow, she is usually around ten to fifteen of age. The age tend to differ from gorgon to gorgon, their way of teaching is a lot softer than the way of the naga.
A naga can die at any given time during his training, if he is too weak he dies and thats it.
A gorgon rarely even gets a scratch during their training, a scared gorgon is a weak gorgon and therefore she is not a suitable mate for the mighty nagas.
Then once she is capable of conceiving hatchlings, she is taken to a high ranked warrior of the gorgon kin. There she learns how to utilize the gaze, the gaze is a direct inherited from our queen. With the gaze a gorgon can paralyze any living creature with eyes.
It takes a about two to three years to master.
Once a gorgon have mastered both the gaze and the bow, she is considered an adult.
Once they reach adulthood they are free to do whatever they wish, They can learn the art of the blacksmith, how to cook, master a different way of fighting or become a broodmother only to mention a few of the many options presented to the gorgon. Despite their freedom there are few who ever leaves the city.
There are no finer archers than the gorgons in this world.
“There are some very good archers in the pony armies. But I guess a giant snake with six arms is better.”
“The gorgons are born with only four armsssss, but they do wield two bows at once.”
“I see. Is the duty of a broodmother exactly what it sounds like?”
“More or less I'm going to assume that we are thinking of the sssssame thing. Naga descended from the stalagmite and cracked his jaw a few times.
“Are there anymore kinds of vipers like some sort of unicron?” Dash asked genuinely interested
“There is a few more and yes there is a viper that is capable of casting spells. But it’s getting late I’ll tell you more some other day, you still need to rest a lot if you are going it heal properly.” He pulled the covers over her and smiled.
“Fine. I’ll see you tomorrow then. goodnight Naga.” Dash yawned and closed her eyes.
Naga slithered down into a deep hole and curled himself up like a cinnamon bun. “Goodnight Dash. Sssssweet dreams.”
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The morning came fast and Dash awoke to two green eyes staring at her.
“AHHHH!” Dash jumped in the air in surprise. Luckily Naga was quick enough to catch her before she hit the ground.
She was laying on her back in a pair of Nagas big arm's “GODDAMNIT NAGA! Can you stop doing that, it creeps me out.” Dash’s heart was racing and she gave Naga a death stare.
“Ssssashashashashsa. I’m sorry Dash, but you always wake up when I'm about to wake you.” He put Dash back on the bed.
“Anyway I’m going outside for a bit, we are running low on fresh water. I prepared some soup for you, its standing next to the bed. I’ll be back soon and if you need me all you need to do is scream and I’ll slither back as fast as I can.”
“Okay then, I’ll see you soon.” Dash waved a hoof at him as slithered out of the cave.
Dash finished the soup he had left her and decided to draw on the floor. Not something she would usually do, but when you are bored you tend to do random things.
Half an hour passed and dash had drawn all of her friends standing in front of the library. She missed them, but she knew that she was going to see them all again soon.
(I’m so bored, when is Naga coming back.) She let out a long sigh.
She then heard someone enter the cave, whoever it was it hissed once it entered. Naga would do that from time to time so Dash’s mood went from bored to slightly less bored in 2 seconds flat.
“Welcome back naga did you find any water?” She was met with silence only the
sound of someone licking their lips broke it.
Dash slowly turned around. “Naga?” She looked up with at whoever it was, and she immediately froze on the spot.
What stood before her was not her friend Naga but another viper. This one only had four arms so Dash assumed it was a gorgon. But the way the gorgon was hissing and licking her lips made dash feel very uncomfortable.
She was visibly shaking and her breathing was unstable. She wanted to scream but she was too scared, even though the gorgon was smaller than naga it was still big enough to tower over her.
“Oh beloved. You always prepare the most tastiest looking snacks for me” The gorgon said bearing her sharp teeth and licking her lips.
Dash was snagged by the gorgon’s tail and brought to closer to her mouth.
“NAGA! HELP!” Screamed at the top of her lungs.
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2478024 you didnt even spell grammar right XD
I like the chapter
2698571 Thanks I appreciate that you say it.
More please ! I like this story
2706072 More is one the way. ^^
Do you mind elaborating a little, as to why you like it?
2707179 hmmm kind hard for me to explain since I am a visual leaner. So it's difficult to explain why on anything , to give a reason I like stuff. Hope it makes sense
2707189 Yeah I understand.
Thanks for trying.
Naga is Acidicus from Ninjago. The Storyteller.