Elements Lost and Found
Chapter 4: Making friends and the plan
After making their new names, the three make there way towards the alleyway where the hatch was.
Swift carefully walks up to the hatch then awkwardly knocks on the top of the hatch. Immediately, Big Mac shoots out of the hatch, making way for the three to carefully go down...
"Where's the ladder?"
...only for them to fall down there face first. With Swift first. In front of everypony else in the place.
"Ow. My fresh, blue pony face. No offence can you both get off my back please? I'm not calling either of you fat but I do actually use my lungs to breath. And that's what I would like to do now. Breath. Please?" Swift painfully whines to theearth pony and the unicorn that are currently piled on top of him.
Heart just smirks playfully at him. "I'm gonna need some motivation to do so!"
Swift then rolls his eyes and painfully pleads back with his voice straining. "I'll buy you a bag of chips after all this is over. Okay?"
Mulling it over, Heart chuckles and gives in. "Okay. I was only joking by the way but now that you say that I'll hold you to your word!"
She then hops off Bass and Swift. Swift has some weight lifted off but Bass is still there, possibly unconscious.
"Come on, Bass. You too ya fat arse...Bass?...Fuck. Can somebody get pony off of me? I'm losing the ability to breath as we speak."
Big Macintosh chuckles at this then helps lift Bass off of Swift's back, trying not to break any of Swift's bones in the process. Just then, Swift chimes in.
"Mac, if you're trying not break any bones, then you're too late, I think that tumble broke my front right leg...no wait. Never mind it was just numb. Why is it always the one on the right?"
After lifting Bass up and into a spare bedroom, Big Mac shows Swift and Heart around the place.
"Nice place you guys have set up! How long has it been since...it happened and this all started?"
Big Macintosh then displays a sad look on his face and sighs. "Two weeks. Two weeks since mah sis and her pals went all dark on us. Ah remember the first time I saw her like that. Although ah try mah very best not too."
Swift and Heart see the upset on Big Mac's face. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, Mac. I'll just leave it and go to bed. I think Bass had the right idea going to sleep like he did. Conking out. Where's the bed I'll be sleeping in?"
"This way. Most of us in here were asleep anyway. Your landing woke a few ponies up but it look like they've gone back to sleep. Aaand here we are."
"Aahhhh, comfy bed! I slept on the ground last time. This is a huge relief." And after that, Swift is straight away out like a light. Snoring his long nose off.
Heart sighs in annoyance. "Well, here comes the challenge of sleeping through his snoring again!" Getting into the other bed, Heart eventually drops off to sleep, snoring softly.
(8 hours later)
(Swift POV)
Aaaah, that was a refreshing sleep. Better than waking up in a big forest full of batshit mental that can potentially bite your head off. Wait a minute...I smell...apple pie!
"MEEEOOOOWWWLLLL!"
"ARRRRGGHHHHHH!"
(Heart POV)
Aaah. That sleep was definitely better than the last one. Although that last sleep was actually unconsciousness.
"MEEEOOOOWWWLLLL!"
"ARRRRGGHHHHHH!"
Woah is Swift getting attacked by a cat? Normally it's Bass.
(Bass POV)
Ow. What hit my head last night? …...Oh, yeah. The floor. That's twice in a row I've woken up from being unconscious.
"MEEEOOOOWWWLLLL!"
"ARRRRGGHHHHHH!"
Lol. Swift's getting owned by a cat. And I'm not gonna do anything about it. Payback motherfucker.
(5 minutes later)
(Normal POV)
Everypony is now eating their breakfasts. It may be dark but that doesn't mean it isn't morning. Well...I say everypony.
"Who's cat is this?" Heart then walks in holding a cat with her magic. This cat was white, wore a bow on its head, and a collar with gems on it.
"OPAL! BAD CAT! Did she attack somebody?" A small white unicorn filly asks while apologising.
"Let me give you a hint. Blue, has wings and it's me." Swift flatly states before walking into the dining room with scratches on his face. "These scratches really do smart."
At that point Bass walks out of his bedroom, sees Swift, and starts rolling on the floor laughing.
This causes Swift to just roll his eyes and kick Bass – yep, you guessed it – in the balls, causing Bass to cry out in pain.
Swift just smirks and retorts with "Now we're even! What's for breakfast? Is that apple pie I smell?"
Big Macintosh walks out of the kitchen with a tray full of apple products. "Eeeyup. Luckily it was Applebuck season before all this stuff happened. So ah managed to get enough apples to last us a few months. Unfortunately ah didn't count on so many ponies living in the same hatch as us. We're runnin' low on apples and ah don't know how we're gonna go on much longer without any food. From what ah'v heard, Applejack is living by her lonesome at Sweet Apple Acres. And from what ah'v seen, she don't look like she's gonna give any of 'em up anytime soon. Anyway, ladies and gentlecolts, dig in!"
And at this, everyone promply does so.
(5 minutes later)
(Swift POV)
(BGM: Transformers Cybertron – Jet-Black Land)
Hm. That was a good apple pie! Too bad that if something isn't done they could run out of apples and could starve.
Something needs doing. And me, Bass and Heart seem like the only ones who actually have the gall to do it. The question is: CAN we do it? CAN we get the Elements? I mean I may have speed that can possibly match Rainbow Dash, Bass may have strength that can uproot trees like fucking bowling pins and Heart may have the magic abilities to match Twilight Sparkle, but I still wonder if we can do this. The Elements are in Castle Eclipse! Which is next to Ponyville! Which is inhabited by the corrupted Mane Six! If this ain't gonna be a suicide mission, I don't know what is.
(Normal POV)
Big Mac turns to the three. "So lemme introduce yall to everypony in here."
He points his hoof down the table and introduces everyone who sits at the table in order.
"That's there's Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Granny Smith, Scootaloo, Spike, Cheerilee, Derpy and Celestia and Luna's niece, Princess Cadance."
This makes Swift, Bass and Heart gasp in shock and bow their heads in respect. This causes Cadance to chuckle.
"That isn't needed, you three. Formalities isn't really my thing."
The three then stop their bowing and Swift breaks the ice.
"Well we just thought we ought to. Otherwise if you were one for formalities and we didn't bow, I just didn't want to risk a royal voice giving me tinnitus in these fresh pony ears. That's the last thing I need while possibly fighting dark horses with wings (Bass: "You have wings."). Constant ringing in my ears."
Cadance giggles at Swifts bluntness. "Well you don't have to worry about the royal voice. I haven't got mine yet. Though when this is over I will have to try and get it." (A/N I have no idea how a royal voice is retrieved among pony royalty so I'm just going with this.)
"Well I just want to see light in this world again. That's why me, Bass and Heart are going to try and retrieve the Elements from Castle Eclipse tomorrow."
This causes the rest of the ponies in the room to spit out their drinks in shock.
(BGM: Transformers Cybertron - Determination)
Princess Cadance is the first to speak up. "Are you sure you're up to the task? I mean, what if you get caught? Shining Armour, who is my fiance and Twilight Sparkle's brother attempted to do this 3 days after all this started. I started to get worried and set out to search for him myself. When I arrived in Ponyville I saw a notice up on the library noticeboard. It said "Captain Shining Armour has been arrested and sent to the dungeons for high treason. Venturing through the Everfree Forest and trying to reach Castle Eclipse is against Queen Nightmare Moon's laws. Anyone else who thinks it's a good idea to do the same. Don't say I didn't warn you. Signed – Rainbow Dash...the best flyer in all of Equestria." It made me lose all hope of us ever getting out of this dark mess."
All of a sudden, Swift's expression suddenly had a look of determination mixed with a smirk. "I'm not about to let some threat get to me. Besides, I have my best friends with me. I'll be honest, I sometimes get scared about stuff. And yes, I sometimes let things get to me. But part of what has made me stay strong in this situation is that Treble Bass here..." He points to Bass. "...and Heart Container..." he points to the orange unicorn "...have been there with me. Sure me and Bass may cause physical pain to each other..."
(FLASHBACK TO YESTERDAY)
"LEWIS!"
(WHACK)
"ARRRGHHHH! RIGHT IN THE KNACKERS! WHAT THE HELL, PETER?"
(TIMESKIP TO 10 MINUTES AGO)
At that point Bass walks out of his bedroom, sees Swift, and starts rolling on the floor laughing.
This causes Swift to just roll his eyes and kick Bass – yep, you guessed it – in the balls, causing Bass to cry out in pain.
(END FLASHBACK SEQUENCE)
"...it may take some bribing for Heart to actually do as I kindly request. Even saying please..."
(NEW FLASHBACK)
"Ow. My fresh, blue pony face. No offence can you both get off my back please? I'm not calling either of you fat but I do actually use my lungs to breath. And that's what I would like to do now. Breath. Please?" Swift painfully whines to theearth pony and the unicorn that are currently piled on top of him.
Heart just smirks playfully at him. "I'm gonna need some motivation to do so!"
Swift then rolls his eyes and painfully pleads back with his voice straining. "I'll buy you a bag of chips after all this is over. Okay?"
Mulling it over, Heart chuckles and gives in. "Okay. I was only joking by the way but now that you say that I'll hold you to your word!"
(END FLASHBACK SEQUENCE)
"...but that's just our ways of showing that ….well, we work well as a team. And as friends. Because that's what we are. Friends. The three of us might be a tad mental or just seem suitable for a mental asylum at times but, that's just a part of who we are. And I'm not about to change that. Ever. So tomorrow, we will pull of any insane stunt possible or necessary to get the Elements from that horror movie-esque castle in those woods. And we will get those six ponies back into the right state of mind and back to the regular, cheerful ponies they were before." Swift takes a deep breath before continuing. "And let me tell you this! I have not made a cheesy speech like that since I was little and on the playground pretending to be a knight!...Holy crap did I just say all that?"
"Yes ya did you cheesy mental!" Swift hears Bass say from his left.
"But do you really mean all that? That you wouldn't change anything about how us three are? Even if we are crazy at times?" Heart asks.
"Eeeeyup! Fuck that was cheesier than a five cheese pizza with that strong powdered cheese on top of it." At that point a pure white aura covers Swift, causing him to fall off his chair. 10 seconds later, the aura stops. And everypony in the room looks on in confusion about what just happened.
10 more seconds later Heart just asks "What kind of special effect was that?" Only to be answered by Bass with "Definitely not a Michael Bay special effect."
