CHAPTER 6:
THE INTO THE NIGHT:
The ponies stayed as quiet as the dead as the goblins passed by.
"They must have Wind Whistler, otherwise, she would have come back hours ago to warn." Galaxy whispered to the others.
They nodded in response.
"Since I know it will be pointless to try to convince you otherwise, we'll follow them and attempt to rescue Wind Whistler." Denik said to them.
"Did ei'er of you two clods 'ere somethin'?" a goblin asked, looking towards the bushes where the ponies hid.
"Nah, prob'ly jus' th' wind." One answered.
"You sure? I could a 'ave sworn I 'eard somethin'." The one who heard them whispering asked.
"Bah, jus' keep movin'. Our boss may want pony meat, but I'd ratha 'ave man flesh." The other one said, and was on his way.
The goblin took another long look at the bushes, then followed his group further down the path.
"Pony meat?" Shady hissed, "They DO have Wind Whistler."
"No doubt about that." Twilight muttered back.
"We have to rescue her." Galaxy said, "Come on, we'll follow them."
Exor flew over the trees of the countryside, towards his new lair, in the dark, mockery he had formed out of Dream Castle with his magic.
His Head General awaited him on the balcony where he would land. With an update, no doubt.
"Well?" Exor asked as he landed, "What news."
"We still haven't found the ponies, and we have a traitor in our midst." The general replied.
"A TRAITOR!?" Exor roared.
"Yes, Denik, the one who tried to desert last year, the only one." The general said.
"I thought I had driven every rebellious bone out of his miserable body!" Exor growled, "Very well, he has chosen death. I will take care of him when the time comes."
"What about 'the secret'?" the general asked.
"THE SECRET! It died with Qualin. And if it didn't, no one can use it, it's too powerful." Exor gloated, "Just get them captured!"
"As you wish." The general replied, bowed, and took his leave.
"You will wish you had never been born, Denik." Exor smirked to himself.
"Moondancer!" Cupcake hissed to the sleeping unicorn.
"Wha...?" Moondancer asked, awakened, but still sleepy.
"Were those creatures able to dispel your power." Cupcake asked.
"No, I just let them think that." Moondancer replied, confused.
"Can you unenchant Whizzer's wings, so she can fly?" Cupcake asked.
"I suppose, but I won't have the strength to unenchant more than one flying pony's wings." Moondancer replied.
"Okay, we'll awaken Whizzer, and hope that this one chance will work." Cupcake said, then added, "She isn't here, though. We'll have to try to get in one of the other cabins."
"Agreed." Moondancer said, and went over to the entrance of the cabin, "There are guards everywhere. We will have to be careful."
"No problem, I hope that careful is enough." Cupcake whispered in response.
They pushed the door open a crack, and looked out.
"We can make it if we are quiet and fast." Moondancer said.
"Right, if memory serves, she's being held in that cabin over there." Cupcake pointed with her head at the cabin next to theirs'.
"Got it, let's go." Moondancer said, and the two slipped out the door, and into the open night.
They ran around the side of the cabin to get out of sight.
"Now!" Cupcake hissed, and the two ran towards the cabin as fast as they could go.
"Hey!" a voice cried from behind.
"Grab onto me." Moondancer said, and they winked out of sight.
"What's wrong." One of the other creatures asked the one that saw them.
"Two ponies escaped." He answered.
"Where?"
"There, but now they're gone." The one who spotted them answered, pointing to where they had been standing moments before.
"I don't see nothing, you've been into the rum too much, again." His companion said, "Seeing things, as usual."
"I wasn't having no delusion."
"Yeah, like you saw those moving, multi-colored bushes last night, too. HA!" the skeptical one replied.
"Those were real, too, I tell you!" the observant one shot back.
"Whatever. Get back to your post." The other replied.
Cupcake let out a sigh in relief when the creature turned and left.
"Well, we're here." Moondancer said.
"Yeah, now let's get in." Cupcake said, "But how."
"We go in the door."
"Without being seen?"
"Um, well. That may be a problem." Moondancer said.
"Well, it seems there is only one choice." Cupcake said, "I'll distract them."
"What? But, you'll be caught, and they told us the punishment for trying to escape!" Moondancer gasped, "I can't let you do that."
"We really have no choice, look around, they're everywhere, the only chance you have of getting Whizzer out of here is if their attention is directed elsewhere."
Moondancer opened her mouth to argue for more, but relented, and simply nodded.
"Okay, I'll go, NOW!" Cupcake said, and took off like a shot into the open.
Moondancer didn't waste any time and ran around the cabin and into the door.
"Whizzer!" she called softly.
"Whatwhatwhat." Whizzer answered, "Whatisit?"
"I'm going to unenchant your wings." Moondancer said, "Then, you're going to fly over the rainbow and then get Megan. Understood?"
"Yes." Whizzer replied.
By now, the whole cabin was awake, and watching as Moondancer went to work on Whizzer's wings. Some of the unicorns who were able to overcome the Magic-Neutralizing, to a degree, helped. The process seemed to take forever.
Meanwhile, it all seemed to bad for poor Cupcake, who had taken a wrong turn, and was now cornered.
"I told you I saw some ponies escaping." The guard said.
"Yeash, yeah. After her." The other shouted.
Moondancer chanted and chanted.
"Try it now, Whizzer." She said said, interrupting the spell for only a moment.
Whizzer flapped her wings, and was able to get somewhat off the ground. After a bit, Moondancer asked her to try it again. Whizzer flapped her wings with all her and made it the ceiling with relative ease.
"I thought something was up." The guard who had spotted them said, appearing in the doorway.
"Oh, yeah, andthis is thepriceofyour observation!" Whizzer replied, and flew right at him with the intent of knocking him over.
"AH-HA!" he shouted when he caught her right out of the air, "You're mine!" With that, he raised his sword with the might that would sever her head.
He grunted and fell over, releasing Whizzer, who wasted no more time in vanishing into the night sky.
The other ponies looked at the cause of his demise, Moondancer had charged impaled him with her horn.
"They're going to kill you now, Moondancer!" one of the ponies shouted.
"I know." Moondancer replied, "I know."
THE INTO THE NIGHT:
The ponies stayed as quiet as the dead as the goblins passed by.
"They must have Wind Whistler, otherwise, she would have come back hours ago to warn." Galaxy whispered to the others.
They nodded in response.
"Since I know it will be pointless to try to convince you otherwise, we'll follow them and attempt to rescue Wind Whistler." Denik said to them.
"Did ei'er of you two clods 'ere somethin'?" a goblin asked, looking towards the bushes where the ponies hid.
"Nah, prob'ly jus' th' wind." One answered.
"You sure? I could a 'ave sworn I 'eard somethin'." The one who heard them whispering asked.
"Bah, jus' keep movin'. Our boss may want pony meat, but I'd ratha 'ave man flesh." The other one said, and was on his way.
The goblin took another long look at the bushes, then followed his group further down the path.
"Pony meat?" Shady hissed, "They DO have Wind Whistler."
"No doubt about that." Twilight muttered back.
"We have to rescue her." Galaxy said, "Come on, we'll follow them."
Exor flew over the trees of the countryside, towards his new lair, in the dark, mockery he had formed out of Dream Castle with his magic.
His Head General awaited him on the balcony where he would land. With an update, no doubt.
"Well?" Exor asked as he landed, "What news."
"We still haven't found the ponies, and we have a traitor in our midst." The general replied.
"A TRAITOR!?" Exor roared.
"Yes, Denik, the one who tried to desert last year, the only one." The general said.
"I thought I had driven every rebellious bone out of his miserable body!" Exor growled, "Very well, he has chosen death. I will take care of him when the time comes."
"What about 'the secret'?" the general asked.
"THE SECRET! It died with Qualin. And if it didn't, no one can use it, it's too powerful." Exor gloated, "Just get them captured!"
"As you wish." The general replied, bowed, and took his leave.
"You will wish you had never been born, Denik." Exor smirked to himself.
"Moondancer!" Cupcake hissed to the sleeping unicorn.
"Wha...?" Moondancer asked, awakened, but still sleepy.
"Were those creatures able to dispel your power." Cupcake asked.
"No, I just let them think that." Moondancer replied, confused.
"Can you unenchant Whizzer's wings, so she can fly?" Cupcake asked.
"I suppose, but I won't have the strength to unenchant more than one flying pony's wings." Moondancer replied.
"Okay, we'll awaken Whizzer, and hope that this one chance will work." Cupcake said, then added, "She isn't here, though. We'll have to try to get in one of the other cabins."
"Agreed." Moondancer said, and went over to the entrance of the cabin, "There are guards everywhere. We will have to be careful."
"No problem, I hope that careful is enough." Cupcake whispered in response.
They pushed the door open a crack, and looked out.
"We can make it if we are quiet and fast." Moondancer said.
"Right, if memory serves, she's being held in that cabin over there." Cupcake pointed with her head at the cabin next to theirs'.
"Got it, let's go." Moondancer said, and the two slipped out the door, and into the open night.
They ran around the side of the cabin to get out of sight.
"Now!" Cupcake hissed, and the two ran towards the cabin as fast as they could go.
"Hey!" a voice cried from behind.
"Grab onto me." Moondancer said, and they winked out of sight.
"What's wrong." One of the other creatures asked the one that saw them.
"Two ponies escaped." He answered.
"Where?"
"There, but now they're gone." The one who spotted them answered, pointing to where they had been standing moments before.
"I don't see nothing, you've been into the rum too much, again." His companion said, "Seeing things, as usual."
"I wasn't having no delusion."
"Yeah, like you saw those moving, multi-colored bushes last night, too. HA!" the skeptical one replied.
"Those were real, too, I tell you!" the observant one shot back.
"Whatever. Get back to your post." The other replied.
Cupcake let out a sigh in relief when the creature turned and left.
"Well, we're here." Moondancer said.
"Yeah, now let's get in." Cupcake said, "But how."
"We go in the door."
"Without being seen?"
"Um, well. That may be a problem." Moondancer said.
"Well, it seems there is only one choice." Cupcake said, "I'll distract them."
"What? But, you'll be caught, and they told us the punishment for trying to escape!" Moondancer gasped, "I can't let you do that."
"We really have no choice, look around, they're everywhere, the only chance you have of getting Whizzer out of here is if their attention is directed elsewhere."
Moondancer opened her mouth to argue for more, but relented, and simply nodded.
"Okay, I'll go, NOW!" Cupcake said, and took off like a shot into the open.
Moondancer didn't waste any time and ran around the cabin and into the door.
"Whizzer!" she called softly.
"Whatwhatwhat." Whizzer answered, "Whatisit?"
"I'm going to unenchant your wings." Moondancer said, "Then, you're going to fly over the rainbow and then get Megan. Understood?"
"Yes." Whizzer replied.
By now, the whole cabin was awake, and watching as Moondancer went to work on Whizzer's wings. Some of the unicorns who were able to overcome the Magic-Neutralizing, to a degree, helped. The process seemed to take forever.
Meanwhile, it all seemed to bad for poor Cupcake, who had taken a wrong turn, and was now cornered.
"I told you I saw some ponies escaping." The guard said.
"Yeash, yeah. After her." The other shouted.
Moondancer chanted and chanted.
"Try it now, Whizzer." She said said, interrupting the spell for only a moment.
Whizzer flapped her wings, and was able to get somewhat off the ground. After a bit, Moondancer asked her to try it again. Whizzer flapped her wings with all her and made it the ceiling with relative ease.
"I thought something was up." The guard who had spotted them said, appearing in the doorway.
"Oh, yeah, andthis is thepriceofyour observation!" Whizzer replied, and flew right at him with the intent of knocking him over.
"AH-HA!" he shouted when he caught her right out of the air, "You're mine!" With that, he raised his sword with the might that would sever her head.
He grunted and fell over, releasing Whizzer, who wasted no more time in vanishing into the night sky.
The other ponies looked at the cause of his demise, Moondancer had charged impaled him with her horn.
"They're going to kill you now, Moondancer!" one of the ponies shouted.
"I know." Moondancer replied, "I know."