"Hey anyone and everyone a new chapter, I don't know if I did everyponys personality correctly or forgot to mention something important/personal about them, please tell me cos i'm not a hardcore fan of the show, if I did and I'll remember to add it from here on out, that's all for now, enjoy the story and to those that have been reading this story, but not commenting please do, as it would really motivate me, thank you."
Chapter 3: Sunrises and the Informant.
With Ventus.
It was now morning, after the encounter with the giant snake creature I tried to go back to sleep and eventually I did, but for some reason I couldn't get rid of this uneasy feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Shaking my head of the feeling I returned my attention to the sunrise I was watching, before my thoughts interrupted me and all I could say was, wow, it had to be one of the most spectacular sights I have seen since arriving to the surface and it sorta helped that I was up high in the tree to see it, just looking at the soft orange glow brought out a warmth within me that made me smile widely, I decided that from here on out every time I wake up in the morning, I would watch the sunrise.
You see, when I awoke and heated up the leftovers from last nights dinner, I thought it would be good to scout out, you know find vantage points to see which direction would be best to go, find landmarks or anything else of interest, so I went a little deeper into the "Everfree forest" as the purple reptilian called it and found the tallest tree I could find, then I performed an "Air launch", by gathering the winds around my legs I begin to crouch down a little, that builds up the pressure and just when I'm about to jump up, I force the wind downwards to my feet thus launching me into the air.
Deciding that was enough of gazing at the spectacle in front of me and returned to surveying the surroundings like I was supposed to.
Ponyville.
Here we find Twilight Sparkle, the element of magic and student of Princess Celestia, she is a purple furred unicorn who had a dark purple mane with light purple streaks going through it, on her flank presented her cutie mark a large star surrounded by smaller stars, she was currently sitting down on a bench in the park, reading peacefully when a certain energetic pink pony popped out of nowhere and yelled "HEY TWILIGHT!"
"Whoa!" she yelped, so startled by the sudden outburst that she fell off of the bench and onto the ground.
Looking up to see who caused the ringing in her ears she saw none other than Pinkie Pie, the infamous party pony and element of laughter, she was a pink earth pony with a pink curly messy mane, her cutie mark consisted of three balloons, she standing behind the bench she was sitting on not a moment ago with a large smile plastered on her face.
"Pinkie! Don't sneak up on me like that, you nearly scared me to death!" she said franticly.
"Okie, dokie, loki." the pink bundle of energy replied, suddenly her "Pinkie sense" went active, it was really something, she started to shake like there was an earthquake, her tail twitched like crazy, then begun bouncing up and down on the spot as if she was a bouncy ball and for the grand finale she landed upside down on her head.
"Uh… Pinkie, what does shakes, tail twitch, bounce and land upside down mean?" she asked nervously, knowing full well what her "Pinkie sense" was capable of, even though she had no idea how it worked.
"I-I, uh… I don't know Twilight." she admitted, confused and somewhat worried of the unexpected reaction, even with her normal "Pinkie sense" reactions she would always get some sort of warning.
"Well do you know where we should go?" she asked hoping for an exact location or at the very least a general direction.
"Uh, uh…. that way." she pointed.
"Oh-kay." Twilight said slowly, feeling a little sceptical of the response, hey just because she accepted that she couldn't understand her hyperactive friends unique ability, doesn't mean she questions it.
An hour later.
"Pinkie how much further?" Twilight asked/whined, as they had been running for a while now and she was starting to get very tired.
A quick "We're almost there." was her answer.
Groaning to herself at the blunt response she received, she then let her mind wonder what was going to happen, she just hoped it was nothing they couldn't handle, after all if they weren't prepared and it was dangerous then not only they but some other could get hurt too, suddenly she heard flapping, looking up she saw an unforgettable rainbow mane.
"Hey guys, where are you running too?" asked Rainbow Dash, element of loyalty and the best flyer in Equestria, she was a cyan coloured pegusus pony with a multi-coloured mane, her cutie mark was a cloud with a rainbow coloured lightning bolt.
"Oh, hiya Dashie, how's it going?" asked Pinkie as they still ran onward to where her "Pinkie sense" was telling her too.
"Not too bad I guess, but let's not talk about me, where are you going?" she asked again, wanting to know what had gotten her friends all worked up.
"My "Pinkie sense" went for a doozy and now were going to find out what it is." Pinkie replied in her same energetic fashion.
"Really? You don't mind if I tag along?" asked Rainbow Dash in hopes of adventure.
"Sure." Pinkie chirped happily.
"Girls could you please slow down? I'm getting a little tired back here." asked an out of breath Twilight.
Turning their heads to the see that their magic using friend was way behind and panting heavily, Rainbow reluctantly obliged while mumbling something like "I don't know the meaning of slow" or something along those lines.
"Hurry up then, we don't have all day!" said the somewhat irritated pegusus.
After Twilight had caught up with her two eager friends they did a fast trot towards what they hoped was not just a big waste of time, they ended up following the river upstream to the edge of the Everfree forest.
"We're here!" exclaimed an excited Pinkie Pie.
"My "Pinkie sense" is telling me that at any second now something biiiiiiiiiiggggggggg! Is going to happen soon." said the pink pony, she explained while standing on her hind legs while stretching outward with her front hoofs to exaggerate the word big.
Dash and Twilight looked up and down, left and right, then at each other and back to Pinkie.
"Uh… what's supposed to happen?" asked a confused Rainbow Dash.
"We don't know that's why we're here." retorted Twilight.
A few minutes later
"Well this is getting boring real fast!" shouted an irritated Rainbow Dash and was about to take off into the sky to go take a nap when they heard an 'eeep' of surprise, turning their heads to the right, we see a startled butter yellow coloured pegusus trying to hide behind her long light pink mane, her cutie mark consisted of three pink butterfly's, this is Fluttershy, the element of kindness and animal lover.
"Fluttershy!" they said in surprise, this made Fluttershy 'eeep' again and only motivated her to hide deeper within her mane, Rainbow Dash being the one to realise they had scared their friend reacted first and went to calm down the shy pegusus.
"Sorry for yelling like that Fluttershy it's just you kinda spooked us." Rainbow Dash said in a gentle voice which seemed to have helped the sensitive animal lover.
"Oh, I-it's alright, I-I just, umm… oh dear." stuttered a tongue tied Fluttershy.
"It's alright Fluttershy, just take it slowly." Said a concerned Twilight.
"W-well I saw you girls, over here and w-was wondering what you were d-doing." Replied Fluttershy, but without stuttering so much.
"Oh, were just waiting for something biiiiiig-" Pinkie Pie was suddenly cut off by the sound of crying and something moving really fast down river, the four young mares turned their head in the direction of the disturbance, what they saw was what looked like a purple blob.
"What is that?" Rainbow Dash asked to nopony in particular as she squinted her eyes to get a better look at the thing in the distance.
"Hmmm…." said Twilight as she stared at the blob with a look of concentration.
"Ooooh, do you think it would like me to throw a party for it?" asked Pinkie Pie, feeling excited at the possibility of throwing an awesome super big party.
The girls just rolled their eyes at the party crazed pony's antics, turning to face the blob which was now replaced by someone they thought would never see again, it was a sea serpent, the very same purple sea serpent they met during their first adventure together, to find the "Elements of Harmony" and defeated Nightmare Moon.
"Oh, helloooooo! Just the ponies I was looking for!" he said as he swam towards us, while everypony had their own thoughts.
Rainbow Dash: "Ugh, great this bozo again."
Twilight: "Could this be what Pinkies sixth sense wanted us to see."
Pinkie: "*giggle* its mister sea serpent, I wonder, *gasps* we could so totally have a pool party here!" if you could see within her mind, there would be a chibi version of her bouncing up and down like a five year old, that's had one too many energy drinks.
Fluttershy: "Oh my, i-it's the sea serpent that Rarity helped in the E-everfree forest."
Snapping back to reality, Twilight was the one who asked the question.
"I'm sorry, did you just say you were looking for us?" she asked in confusion.
"Yes and its urgent!" he replied fearfully.
"I'm just glad I got here as fast as I could to warn you!" he added in a rush.
After hearing this, Twilight immediately snapped to attention and went into professional mode; if the sea serpent was in this much of a panicked state then it must be extremely important.
"What happened?" she questioned, deeply concerned at what the answer might be.
"I was out for a nice swim down the river to the clearing we once met, remember?" as he saw the pony's present nod in acknowledgement he continued. "When I arrived there I saw a campfire going and so I thought that somepony must have gotten lost, we started to have a small yet awkward conversation, after a while I asked if he would like some directions to lead him back into town, he agreed an came out to meet face to face when I realised-"he was then cut off by a very irritated rainbow maned mare.
"Get on with it! I swear if this turns out to be a waste of time I'm gunna-" this time she was the one cut off.
"He wasn't a pony." He finished.
Those few words were met with the silent shock on their faces, the camper wasn't a pony? Twilight being the one to get over the shock that there was a sentient being out there, that wasn't a pony.
"Then what was he?" her voice breaking the uncomfortable silence among them.
"I don't know." he replied franticly.
"What did he look like? Describe him and I might be able to identify him." she said in a serious tone, but on the inside she was as giddy as a little filly, at thought of an undiscovered species, hopefully when they meet him he'll be willing to answer some questions to satisfy her hunger for knowledge.
"Right, well it was a tall biped creature, it had no tail and no fur, but its skin was deathly pale, it also had what looked like the claws of a dragon except it had no talons at the end, it wore clothes that while it was rather stylish the colours completely ruined it, he had what looked like socks covering he's claws, but at the tips they were exposed and black shoes, but what caught my attention was his face, his mane was that of a mop of mid length, messy yet somewhat stylish dirty blond hair and his eyes were the deepest blue I had ever seen."
Meanwhile with Ventus.
"*Achoo*, *sniff*, somebody must be talking about me, probably that giant lizard from last night, let's just hope it doesn't bring me any trouble." I muttered to myself.
"Well back to scouting, maybe I can find myself a more permanent location for a shelter." I added as I returned to my agenda.
Back with the pony's and sea serpent.
After he finished his description he saw that the pony's present were wide eyed and their jaws were on the ground, Fluttershy's expression was a mixture of fear and interest, fear because he might be dangerous and interest because she had never heard of a, Pinkie Pie was both surprised and excited, probably wondering if he liked parties, Rainbow Dash had a look of surprised and caution, wanting to be ready in case she had to fight the mysterious creature to protect her friends.
Twilight's reaction was… difficult to describe, at first you would assume that she was indifferent, but if you looked closely you would see that she was as pale as a ghost and still as a statue, in her mind however it was like a warzone, as she was trying to rap her head around the information she had just received.
"I-it can't be, i-it's not possible! They're just a MYTH an old bedtime story made up for little fillies and colts, they cannot possibly exist!" she was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't even realise that her friends were calling her name out, until Rainbow Dash pushed her over.
"What the hay Dash!" she yelled at the one who had interrupted her thoughts.
"Is this the thank you I get for snapping you back to reality? You were just standing there completely spaced out!" Rainbow Dash angrily replied.
"Uh…girls." Fluttershy said meekly.
"You could've just shook me or called out my name!" I replied with just as much anger.
"…girls?" Fluttershy asked again but it was more of a whisper.
"We tried that! Heck Pinkie Pie even used her tuber and you didn't even budge!" she exclaimed while pointing at the still bouncing, who was happily playing her tuber.
"GIRLS!" shouted a frustrated Fluttershy, the sudden outburst immediately stopped their argument and stare at the stressed yellow pegusus.
"Please stop I can't bear to see my friends fight each other, we should be working together." said a now quieter Fluttershy.
Both Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked away in guilt; they were so busy arguing they didn't think of how their friends would be affected by it.
"Sorry Rainbow Dash for snapping at you like that, I guess I was so deep in thought that I got tunnel vision trying to confirm the description that we were given." apologized Twilight while scratching the back of her head sheepishly.
"Yeah well I'm sorry I pushed you over." she replied with the same sheepish look.
"So do you know the creature that mister sea serpent said, do ya, do ya." ask an excited Pinkie.
"I think I do, but I need to go back to the library to confirm my thoughts." explained Twilight.
"And to make sure I'm not crazy." she thought to herself.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go." Said a now pumped up Rainbow Dash.
"Hang on a sec Dash, I need you to go tell Applejack and Rarity to meet us at the library, I think it would be best if they were there with us." she said before her speedy friend took off.
"You got it." was all that she said while speeding off to do the deed given to her.
Twilight then turned her attention back to the sea serpent. (thought I forgot about him did ya)
"Excuse me sir, but would you be willing to stay here and wait for us, while we go back into town and get some supplies?" she asked politely.
"But of course, I'll be your guide, after all it's easy to get lost in there if you don't know where to go." He said while nodding his head in confirmation.
"Oh I know that, we'll back as soon as possible." She replied as the three of them walked away back towards Ponyville, but what they failed to notice was the three sets of eyes that were watching them from a distance, one was orange, another was emerald green and the finale pair at the end were amethyst.
"Wow I hit a milestone nearly 3,000 words that's something, well I'm going to take a little brake from writing for a while, but don't worry I will probably start the 4 chapter on Monday and finish it on Thursday, normally it would only take me about a day and a half to finish it, but I work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so yeah that sucks, peace out. ^W^