Chapter Three – Tough Thoughts

"A Prophecy," Twilight said "It has to be a prophecy"

"If you say so Twilight" Spike answered trying not to yawn

"There is nothing else it could be" Twilight had left early from the last party; she had more important things on her mind and Rainbow was right about it being a disaster. The census ponies had viewed the entire thing as a vulgar insult to their pride and had left in a way that might rival Gilda's exit. "But what could it mean"

"Maybe it means what it sounds like it means" Spike offered "that somepony can choose whether this Olympus falls or not?"

"No; every book agrees that prophesies are cryptic and never mean what you think they mean" Twilight said in a worried voice "and even if that is true. Who is it about? What is Olympus? And is the power or might it talks about?"

"Twilight I only know one pony who could be the daughter of rainbow a sky"

"Spike we cannot be sure; if we interpret the prophesy assuming it is about Rainbow Dash, and it turns out being for somepony else, there could be a horrible disaster. Bad things happen to ponies who misinterpret important prophesies" Twilight was shivering badly on the floor

"Twilight I thought you said you would not fret about things"

"But this is important!" Twilight screamed

"Twilight maybe you are overreacting again" Spike said "you did think that you would be sent to magic kindergarten if you missed one of your letters"

"But this is a prophesy, the fate of the worlds could hang on the meaning of the words!" Twilight exclaimed

"Worlds? as in more than one?" Spike asked "Twilight I think you are going nutty again"

"But then even if it is Rainbow Dash. What is Olympus? What does that mean" Twilight said completely ignoring Spike's last comment

"Doesn't one of your books mention it?"

"Yes they do; or at least one of them does" then reading from the book "'Mount Olympus is a very tall mountain situated south of the Everfree Forest and close to what are know as the Chaotic Lands' that is all that I can find about it, all!"

"The Chaotic Lands? I've never heard of them"

"The Chaotic Lands are the lands beyond the control of the Princesses. They have never been touched by the Elements of Harmony and therefor are still under Discord's curse of eternal chaos. Few ponies have ventured into the Chaotic Lands and fewer still have returned but all that do tell tales of wild dangerous lands where little makes sense and nothing is safe. They are said to be inhabited by changelings and draconequi and dragons and griffons and hypogriffs and dire-unicorns" She said the last words with a shiver

"Dire-unicorns?"

"Twisted creature's that barely resemble unicorns, they are the result of dark experiments that went awry."

"Hmph. Twilight I think that you should forget about this whole prophecy thing. From what you've told me about them, they seem to happen whether or not you understand them and there is no point in fretting about something you cannot change"

"Spike but it is important that ..." Twilight began however she stopped when she heard something outside.

Rainbow Dash opened the door "Twilight, I'm back"

"Rainbow?! That was quick. What did you find out?"

Rainbow quickly went over her trip to Cloudsdale and the talk with Firewing

"Why didn't you ever tell me about this Firewing before? It sounds as if he was important in your life"

"He was, he raised me on his own like a father and he was the one the got me a job as a weather pegasus in Ponyville he was always very dear to me. I never mentioned him to you or anypony because if I had I would have needed to admit that I never knew my parents and that was, no is so painful to me." Rainbow said with tears in her eyes

"So are you finished? You know your mother cares for you enough to protect you"

"No I cannot stop now, if I do I do not know how much longer I can last"

"What?"

"In the past the only way I could deal with the hole in my heart where my parents should be was to pretend it didn't exist. But I can no longer do so, I have accepted the truth and cannot go back to running from it. I went through a door and cannot go back. I must at least try to find who my parents are otherwise I don't know how long I could last. No I cannot stop now, even if it is as dangerous as the letter says, I must find who my parents are or die trying"

Twilight was taken aback by how deeply emotional Rainbow Dash was; she had always seen Rainbow as generally shallow in character so this new depth was truly shocking "I guess there is nothing I can say to stop you?"

"No"

"Okay then I will help you to the best of my abilities"

"Did anything interesting happen while I was gone Twilight?" Rainbow asked noticing Twilight's dishevelled appearance

"Ummm ..." Twilight was truly torn about telling her friend about the prophecy. On one hand Rainbow had a right to know about a prophecy probably about her and on the other hand a prophecy is dangerous if misinterpreted

But before Twilight could chose Spike spoke up "Pinkie had a prophecy about you"

"What?" Rainbow said giving an accusing look at Twilight

"We don't even know whether it even is about you or not" Twilight said softly

"I want to know what it says" Rainbow demanded

"Okay" Twilight said unhappily handing Rainbow a piece of paper "I wrote the whole thing down"

"Hmm ..." Rainbow said while reading it "Twilight what is Olympus"

Twilight once again hesitated and one again Spike answered the question "Olympus is a mountain south of the Everfree forest"

"Okay," Rainbow said forcefully giving Twilight another accusing stare "i will need a good map to Olympus, I am leaving for it tomorrow, and I don't want any more funny business Twilight" Rainbow walked out of the library and slammed the door.

Twilight sighed in defeat.