I don't own My Little Pony!!!
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Part 10: Partings
In which one of those perfectly lovely extra unicorns Hasbro didn't see fit to name gets her due…
"This is it."
Wondermint looked through the dim light at the path she was supposed to take out of the mountains. It had taken them the rest of the day to calm down the unicorn, and the sun was nearly completely set. "I just follow this?"
"Yep." Secret Wish nodded. "It'll lead you right back to Unicornia. And I'll make sure someone comes out to help you before you get there."
Wondermint looked at the purple unicorn mare standing listlessly beside her. There was an empty look in her eyes, and she stared at the ground without really seeing it. "You're sure she's gonna be alright?"
"She'll be better once she gets home," Secret Wish answered. "Trust me. We can't just wait in the woods for a couple of days for her to get better." After a pause, she added, "Just be gentle with her, alright?"
"No worries," Wondermint assured the Shiner. The twosome stood there for a moment in silence.
"By the way," Wondermint added, "thanks. I would've been glue by now if you hadn't've helped me."
Secret Wish laughed. "Yeah. That was a pretty nasty bush."
"I wasn't talking about the bush," Wondermint smiled. "But thanks."
"You should get going," Secret Wish said. "It isn't too far. You can get there by morning going slow, which you will be with her." She gestured to the unicorn. "Good luck, Wondermint."
"Thanks. Same to you." She didn't really know what the pink pony would be doing, but it sounded dangerous. Secret Wish smiled.
"I'll see you around. Now get."
Wondermint nodded and gently nudged the unicorn. They made their way down the rocky path, going slowly so that the unicorn didn't strain herself. Secret Wish watched them with a smile on her lips.
When they were far off enough that they couldn't see her, she disappeared in a flash of light.
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Whistle Wishes.
She looked around, frowning. It was another one of these dreams. This time, she was standing in a cloudy sky.
Whistle Wishes, the voice said again, and a glowing pony came into view. It was the orange one this time, complete with purple and red hair.
Yes? she asked.
Your queen needs you, the other answered.
She was instantly all ears. What happened?
A terrible accident. You must help the queen. She is in safe hooves, and is being guided back here, but her companion—a white earth pony with purple hair—has never been here before and could use some help. Send a troop up the mountain path to bring them here safely. Do not harm the earth pony, she is a friend in need of help, and can be trusted.
Whistle Wishes's mind was whirling. What…what about King Windimoore?
The orange pony looked at her sadly. I'm sorry. Nothing can be done for him.
He's…dead?!?
Take care of the queen, the orange pony ordered. She is the one who needs help. Do as I've ordered. The Earth pony will be able to explain. Treat her well. And with that, the sparkling mare disappeared.
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Whistle Wishes woke up. For a moment, she merely laid in her bed, blinking. And then she jumped to her feet and ran out the bedroom door, dashing down the hallways to Cheerilee's room. Please don't be asleep yet. Please don't be asleep yet. The sun hadn't set too long ago, and Whistle Wishes had only just gone to bed when the dream had come. There was a good chance Cheerilee was still awake.
She was. The purple unicorn looked up in confusion as Whistle Wishes entered the room.
"Hey, what's up?"
"I had another dream," Whistle Wishes said. "Something terrible's happened."
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True to Secret Wish's word, they hadn't gone too far when Wondermint heard the trample of hooves.
"Sounds like our help's here," she remarked to the purple unicorn. The other didn't answer.
"Who goes there?" a new voice called out, and Wondermint looked up to see a red unicorn mare with about twenty soldiers behind her. The red unicorn—their leader, apparently—froze when she saw Wondermint's companion. "Queen Lily Lightly!"
Wondermint froze—queen?!?
"My lady, are you alright?"
"She needs a medic," Wondermint said quickly, sounding unfazed despite the fact her brain was whirring at a hundred miles per hour. This purple unicorn was their queen?!? "Something happened to her. We need to get her back to Unicornia as fast as possible."
The red unicorn scrutinized her. "Wait, you're an earth pony? How did you know about Unicor—"
"It's a long story," Wondermint cut her off. "I can tell you later…please, she really needs help."
The red mare nodded. "Right. All right, everyone, let's wink the queen and her companion out of here! We need to get back to the palace, now!"
As the other unicorns formed a circle around them to wink out, the red unicorn turned to Wondermint. "I'm Radiance, by the way. Captain of the Unicornian guard."
"I'm Wondermint," Wondermint answered. Radiance nodded.
"I'd be happy to meet you under friendlier circumstances. Alright, everyone! Wink out!"
The world disappeared in a flash of light.
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End Commentary: I also don't own Radiance, by the way. I just named her. She's one of those lovely extra unicorns you can see in the background of the Unicornia scenes. She's the red one with yellow and cyan hair, with these....pink bubbles or something as a symbol. I think she would've made a LOVELY toy, but of course Hasbro didn't make her. *pouts*
Again, I don't own My Little Pony. All of the extras would've been made into toys if I did.