Chapter 3 (Head-On and Without Fear)
Elsewhere
On the outskirts of Cloudsdale, we are located in a house made of clouds, something impossible for any creature to do, except for the natural magic they have in their bodies allowed them to interact with the clouds as if they were solid structures, they were so familiar with this fact that they literally built their city with clouds.
Despite the darkness of the night, surprisingly, a rainbow was completely visible and formed an arc just above the house, that same rainbow fell into the cloud and flowed as if it were a liquid, running across the entire surface of the cloud until it fell down the end of the floating building, once again defying all conventional physics.
Inside this house, as expected of a quiet night, a mare slept was easily appreciated due to the loud snoring, so shrill that they were able to slightly deform the cloud walls every time the pony let air out of its multicolored mane was a disaster, The mare rested in such an uncomfortable position that it would impress even a contortionist, for any other pony this would bring pain when waking up, but this mare was not just any pony, she seemed worryingly relaxed.
The mare laughed dreamily "what are you talking about?", the mare murmured between her dreams with a big smile.
Surely he dreamed of something interesting
"Of course I can do it, I'm Rainbow Dash."
This mare plows no one but rainbow dash, the element of loyalty, the fastest pony anyone has ever met, the boldest pony, the most incredible pony, the strongest...or at least that's what she says.
The Pegasus' expression changed to a frown of determination as he flapped his wings as if he wanted to fly.
Within the mare's dream we can appreciate the panorama in which she found was a training ground for pegasus, specifically the wonderbolts.
In the middle of the field was a large tornado that shook all around as it got front of this tornado was rainbow dash that with a little effort maintained its position in the air.
The mare whistled impressed "wow, that one is big, not bad Lightning"
From inside the tornado came a yellow-maned Pegasus and the typical Wonderbolt recruit uniform.
The mare wiped a drop of sweat from her forehead and flew quickly to the side of the loyalty element.
"Puff, not bad?" she snorted a little offended, "this is the biggest tornado a pegasus has ever made, James!" the pegasus theatrically extended its hooves to emphasize the immensity of the tornado.
Rainbow dash raised her shoulders indifferently, "meh" crossed her claws and looked at Lightning dust with mockery: "I've seen better".
He raised an eyebrow "yes, yes, well, if you think it's not that bad, I'll propose a challenge" he brought his head closer to rainbow with a challenging smile "go to that tornado and stop it flying in the opposite direction".
Rainbow held back a laugh that wanted to come out of her lungs, "Really, can't you think of a better challenge?"
Lightning ignored the mockery and narrowed his eyes while still smiling "harassment you can't, or it will be...That you are afraid?"
Rainbow uncrosses her hooves and bumps noses with Lightning "HA!, what a good joke, of course I can, I'm rainbow dash!"
Lightning rolled his eyes and with a subtle smile pointed his pesky at the tornado, prompting the multicolored maned Pegasus to go ahead and demonstrate his words.
Rainbow watched the tornado with confidence as she flexed her muscles and cracked her neck, frowned determinedly, and took a position "this will only take me 10 seconds."
With that last sentence the pegasus disappeared in a rainbow trail in the direction of the soon as it approached the tornado, it began to fly in the opposite direction of the tornado's rotation.
In the first few seconds, she was barely able to advance a few meters due to the force of the wind that forced her to follow the same direction as the tornado.
The mare would not let a simple wind stop her advance
"GRRRR" Rainbow gritted her teeth and grunted with effort, adding a lot more strength to her wings, managing to move forward and start completing each turn it made, its speed increased, reaching the point where a rainbow ring formed around the tornado.
From a conventional tornado you could now see a multicolored tornado spinning in the opposite promised, after 10 seconds the tornado vanished as if it had never been.
Rainbow flew like lightning back to Lightning, but instead of stopping there she continued straight ahead and crashed into the training ground, all accompanied by a panicked scream.
Lightning looked at her amused, and flew slowly until she stood next to the pony that stood, limp on the ground like a pigeon that crashed into the loyalty element stumbled up, once completely raised, he looked at his former companion between gasps and an amount of sweat.
"What-what did you think of that?" I barely manage to say
"I'm impressed, I would have given you a 10 out of 10, but you still have to practice your braking" she laughed loudly and looked her up and down "you look like a real warrior, of course, if a warrior looked like a wet rag".
Rainbow shook her body to get rid of the sweat on her fur "uff thanks, it was a piece of cake" her ears moved "wait, did you say-?
¡!
Rainbow didn't know why, but suddenly she felt a tingle that shook her whole body and at the same time everything around her became darker, from a sunny day to a stormy sky.
"Huh?" the wind began to move wildly fluttering the Pegasus' hair and while he was trying to get it out of his face he heard some voices.
"Rainbow help!"
When the mare looked behind her, she could see that the tornado had returned and was now dragging a hot air squinted, and could see that the ones inside were her five friends.
Rainbow's pupils shrank in fear, but she quickly pulled herself together and shouted loudly "calm down girls, I'm on my way!"
Before she could move forward, she was stopped by Lightning, flew and stayed in front of mane covered his eyes, so you couldn't see his expression.
"Hey what the hell you do, let me in!"
There was no response
Rainbow was surprised by this and tried to pass by Lightning's side, but each time she did she placed herself in front of the loyalty element, which irritated her a lot.
The mare ran out of patience and grabbed her former companion by the neck "what the hell are you playing?!, get out of the way, my friends need me!"
Lightning responded in a calm, whispering voice, "Why, we're having a great time here, aren't we, I really can't believe you're giving up all your goals and ambitions for something as useless as friends, how stupid," he said with slight contempt.
Rainbow's expression hardened "what's the purpose of all this, I don't give a damn, your complaints," the pegasus holds the mare tighter and lifts her up so he can make eye she did, her eyes widened in surprise and she quickly let go.
Rainbow left everything aside and focused carefully on her surroundings, when she looked concentrated at the different places she noticed how they blurred, after a couple of seconds looking from one side to the other her posture relaxed relievedly.
He let out a big sigh and laughed a little "I understand, this is all just a dream, I remember, all this already happened when I was in the wonderbosts trials, that means that this is just a stupid nightmare" he hit his head with his hoof effusively.
When he noticed this, the tornado disappeared again, as well as the hot air balloon in puffs of smoke.
"You are a very irritating pony"
Lightning's face was revealed, or rather, his face was a blank canvas, but his voice was still heard like an echo fluttering everywhere.
"It was your fault that I was expelled from the Wonderbolst, we would have been an unstoppable team, but no, you decided to choose your friends" he said with contempt "the only thing you had to do was follow me"
Rainbow turned to look at her with a bored expression "look girl, I don't have to argue with an unreal dream, I already said everything I had to say to you in the real world" rainbow waved her hair disdainfully "let's end this once and for all, and let me wake up-".
Rainbow's words were cut short when Lightning collided with the loyalty element, grabbed her shoulders and pushed her a few meters across the training ground until she was out of the cloud.
Rainbow gritted her teeth and looked at the pegasus angrily "that wasn't cool nightmareLightning at all"
"Listen to me carefully, you are not invincible Rainbow Dash, that loyalty will bring you misfortune, sooner or later, that loyalty will be your curse" he finished saying with a dark and contained laugh.
Reinbow muttered "uuuuuu how sinister hehehe, this would be a good chapter of darin dooo- HHAAAAAA"
Lightning spun Rainbow hard and threw her out of the training field so that she crashed to the ground.
Rainbow screamed and spun chaotically as she approached the earth, spreading her four hooves, used the wind to steady herself, turned her head to look at nightmare lightning, and laughed loudly "did you forget I'm a Pegasus?!".
She relaxed and closed her eyes, carefree, waiting for her wings to stop her descent, only nothing happened, she raised an eyebrow and opened one eye to look at her sides and to the great horror of the Pegasus, her sides were lacking wings.
Rainbow's ears stuck to her head, "ho, ho," the cry resumed with greater force and continued with its swift fall.
He was about to crash head-first into the earth, so he placed his hooves in front of his face to protect it made contact with the ground everything turned black
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
In the real world, Rainbow was so alarmed that she propelled herself out of her bed and the force of her wings threw her out of her house through the walls of clouds.
Rainbow was suspended in the air while shaking her head vigorously to be able to return to reality, once she focused her eyes again, she realized that she was now about 20 meters above her house.
Letting out a groan of tiredness and rubbing his eyes, "I knew it was just a nightmare."
Cautiously I look in all directions quickly, fearing that someone might probably see her in this embarrassing scene "ho, wow, if the ponies find out that I was scared by a simple dream, like a little girl" she rubbed her paws embarrassed "what would they say about me?".
Reinbow frowned comically and slapped his cheeks with his hooves "No, come on rainbow, you can't lose your composure so easily, I'm the most incredible pegasus! I have an image to keep, I won't let a dream win me over again!" he raised his hair in an intention to punch the air.
Rainbow stayed in that position for a few seconds in an awkward silence
"…And now I'm talking to myself, great."
With the silence resulting from having stopped talking to herself, she managed to catch the noise of riots and loud voices that could be heard to her left, in the city of Cloudsdale, it seemed that it was some problem.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow "what's going on" and turned her head in the other direction to see the town of Poniville in the his confusion he also saw that many lights were on loan and he could see how the ponies moved from one side to the other.
He looked at the doesn't look like he was going to approach by day anytime soon, so because so many ponies were awake "what did I miss?" he scratched his head.
The Pegasus began to slowly fly towards the city of Cloudsdale, determined to find he entered the city, it seemed as if the city had been attacked, except that everything seemed perfectly normal, the pegasi flew back and forth and others argued among themselves.
Getting closer to the crowd she listened carefully to what they were saying, something about strange magic, monsters, attacks and many other things, all this was meaningless discussions for rainbow.
A pegasus hurried past of not knowing what was going on, she grabbed that Pegasus by the tail and turned him to look at her.
The Pegasus complained with slight pain with a spiteful look "hey what's wrong with you, why did you do that?"
"What is happening with everyone" ignoring the stallion's claim, he asked for information with a stony expression.
The stallion moved his lips in a series of silent insults, he saw her from the bottom with an expression of recognition, with a firm voice and not a presumptuous smile, he replied "tell me, aren't you an element of harmony, you should be the first to know".
Rainbow growled annoyed, "if I knew I wouldn't be asking, being an element doesn't make me a know-it-all," she said grumpy with you.
The pegasus sneered contemptuously, "Of course, what else can I expect from an arrogant pegasus, with fame on his head, for sure-".
Before continuing her taunts, Rainbow made a gesture of rolling up her sleeves and approached the weekly menacingly with the sound of her teeth gnashing.
The stallion wisely stopped his jokes and raised his hooves in a nervous and broken voice he replied "OKAY, OKAY, calming, it's just a joke" he went back a few centimeters back.
"Respond at once, don't waste time"
Unless he wanted to be stamped on the ground by this mare, the stallion fulfilled his request to the letter.
"About 10 minutes ago a magic wave spread throughout the area, it seems like a massive amount, since the town of Poniville is also the same as us, no one knows anything else, some ponies went to the center of town to wait for the president" the stallion on top of them to see how many pegasi flew in the same direction.
The Pegasus frowned "I, on the other hand, will prepare my things in case I have to leave quickly" he looked at the loyalty element nervously again "that's all I know, I promise, can I leave now?" he said pleadingly.
Rainbow was irritated, nothing she said answered her questions, but it wasn't his fault, letting out a defeated sigh, she waved her hair so that the stallion understood that he could leave.
With a relieved smile, the pegasus quickly walked away.
Rainbow was alone again and full of unknowns, a thought went through her head, Well if I don't find an answer here, I'll go see twiligth, if anyone can find out what's going on it's definitely that brainiac, before making a decision her ears moved in the direction of a pony that screamed at the top of her lungs.
"HEY MIREN ALLA" shouted, the pony surprised and pointed to the horizon, in the direction of the city of Canterlot.
All the encircled Pegasi who could hear the cry turned in the same direction;Rainbow included, when she looks in that direction, she opened her eyes immediately recognizing what was approaching.
Far higher than the city, a trail of high-speed winds headed toward the city in a triangle formation, the hiss of the air intensifying as they approached.
Another pony spoke doubtfully "they are..."
"The wonderbolts!" rainbow confirmed what everyone was thinking, screaming in amazement.
Despite having been accepted as a wonderbolt cadet recently and living with them a little more, she still couldn't help but be impressed every time she saw them fly.
"I think the heavenly princess sent them," said a happy mare
"We'll finally know what's happening," said another
"Great"
The pegasi began to chant cheers, and waited impatiently for the arrival of the elite flyers, but the most realistic and negative were not happy at all and made themselves noticed.
"It's not great at all, if they came so quickly it means that there are serious problems."
"Ho, for Celestia's sake, then those who said it was a monster attack were right?!"
Rainbow dash knew that the ponies were panicking again, so she tried to control the situation.
"Guys, calm down the wonderbotls are going to-"
"I'm not going to stay here to find out!"
"We have to wait for the Wonderbolts to arrive!"
"Heeee guys if you let me talk," Rainbow said appeasedly
The ponies ignored rainbow's words and the argument grew louder
"I don't care!"
"Then you're a fool, so you don't help calm the situation!
The group began to argue fervently and futilely, reinbow's eyebrows furrowed and trembled angrily as he continued to try to get them to listen to him.
"Hey," he said in a neutral voice, but his angry face and eyebrows were furrowing more and more.
"You just called me stupid?!, I think it's dumber to argue like that, this doesn't help at all either
"I'm on this pony's side, I won't stay here!"
"They're the Wonderbolts," another pony emphasized, "what place is safer than here right now, stop acting like foals!"
"You don't get involved in this, no one called you!"
"You are stubborn, stop giving trouble" Another pony joined the discussion
And so more and more ponies began to argue among themselves and some even pushed and pulled each the middle of them all was rainbow with her teeth rubbing against each other, her fur turned red from the rage she began to accumulate, and her cheeks swelled with a shockwave of wind he propelled himself above all the ponies and let out his voice in a mighty scream.
"LISTEN TO ME FOR A DAMN SECOND" his cry was so loud and sharp that it even generated an echo that intensified with the silence that followed.
All the ponies nearby stopped abruptly and looked at the mare, shocked, even some payments that were much further away came closer to see what was happening in this embarrassed the loyalty element a take a deep breath to calm herself and I take the floor again.
"Everyone listen to me, I am Rainbow Dash the fastest pony that exists, surely you already know me" she said presumptuously crossing her hooves "I assure you that everything will be fine"
"Who?" said a pony, the crowd enters.
Rainbow's eyelid began to move involuntarily in high irritation as she saw the pony asking that.
Another pegasus who was next to him hit him on the back of the head "idiot, it's an element of harmony, everyone knows it, do you live under a rock?".
The pony rubbed his head tightly, "I just wanted to lighten the situation, damn," he said between moans of pain.
Rainbow flew there for a few seconds in incredulous silence, until she shook her head to refocus "well as I said, the best decision to make is to wait here in clounsdale and listen to what the wonderbolsts have to say".
"But" another pony tried to argue, but was immediately silenced by Rainbow
"They'll stay here, period," he raised his hoof and turned it menacingly, "unless you want a little lesson from Miss Right Hoof, and I assure you that lesson won't be math, it'll have to do with this girl pushing you in the mud"!
Some pegasi swallowed hard and stuck their ears to their heads, frightened
Rainbow nodded her head when she saw that no one else wanted to complain "that's better, now we must-".
"I hope that whatever I'm seeing and hearing I don't know about you threatening this Rainbow Dash crowd!" a voice sounded not far from his position.
Rainbow dash shuddered with a face of complete panic upon hearing that voice, she subtly turned her head back with a look of guilt and looked towards the owner of the voice.
About 5 meters away above her was a pegasus with orange and yellow hair raised as if it were fire and the classic uniform of the hooves were sharp, and a frown gave him a judgmental look.
"Because if so, you'll have a lot of trouble graduating as a Wonderblots Cadet" He slowly approached the multicolored Pegasus
"Captain Spitfire," she whispered with a shrill voice and a nervous little smile.
Captain Spitfire, the current leader of the aerobatic and high-speed flight squadron of elite pegasus, better known as , it was flying fearfully in front of Rainbow's face, the multicolored pegasus sweated profusely and swallowed saliva, not knowing how to escape from this situation could only give her a nervous smile.
"I want explanations, now," he said in a neutral voice, it was not a request, it was an order.
"Mrs. Spifire," she laughed nervously, "I know this looks bad, but..."Rainow began to look everywhere an excuse to change the subject, a few seconds later she opened her eyes having thought of something "Sir-Madam what happened to your squad, we saw all of you coming from Canterlot" She raised her head over Spifire's shoulders to look behind her "but I don't see you anywhere.
Spifire didn't stop looking at rainbow with his serious expression, "they went to the city center to explain the situation to the mayor of clouddale", he brought his head closer to rainbow's face and narrowed his eyes, "now answer my question", obviously spifire didn't shut up on rainbow's plan.
Rainbow groaned in defeat, "Okay, okay, I accept it, I may have threatened them...just a little bit," he put his hooves together to emphasize his words.
"Not true!, he said he would crash us to the ground if we didn't listen to him," said a pony in the crowd with clear disdain.
"SHUT UP," she said angrily
Spitfire burst a vein on her forehead and narrowed her eyes to an unimaginable level, as if she wanted to get lacers out of them, in fact perhaps she was succeeding, as Rainbow felt a small itch on her forehead.
"OKAY, IT WAS A FULL-BLOWN THREAT, but I had to do it, all these silly ponies were panicking and not listening to anyone" he high-fived his hooves hard "someone had to bring order to the situation".
"That's no way to treat civilians!" the crowd shouted
"SHUT UP!"
Spitfire rolled his eyes and let out a big resigned sigh, then let out a tiny smile "rainbow I'm glad you took the initiative and tried to keep control of the citizens" he returned to his serious expression "but this is not the best way to do it, threats do not give honor to our squad,As Wonderbolts we must act professionally, provide protection and security" He struck Rainbow's chest with his hoof "You will also be the face of the Wonderbolts, more importantly!, you are an element of harmony and let me tell you that this is not very harmonious" He ended his sermon by pressing his hoof on the head of the multicolored Pegasus.
Rainbow lowered her embarrassed ears "I understand ma'am, excuse me" she looked at the captain with conviction "it won't happen again, I'll look for better ways next time" she said with a determined smile.
Spitfire smiled back at her "I hope so, rookie"
Rainbow widened her smile, closed her eyes, and puffed out her had managed to get out of this problem without punishment, he felt how an imaginary weight vanished from his body, even so, his concern remained, everything that Captain Spitfire said was true, if she in the future became a wonderblot, she could not represent the squadron in a bad way, and as an element of harmony she should give an example of what is "harmonious".
Well, that word is a bit ambiguous, which implies that something is harmonious, she herself didn't know what it meant that it was an element of harmony, perhaps she should act in a different way, but then because she was chosen as an element if that was the case, there was no instructions when she was chosen as such, it was better not to think about it too much,unless he wants to burn the hamster he had on his head.
"Hug" groaned lightly as he felt it hit his side.
Spitfire approached the pegasus and stood next to it, elbowed it in the ribs to bring it back to reality "I remind you that you are still in the testing phase, so it will be that you don't ruin it again, I may like you, but I have limits, you know?" he said laughing lightly.
Rainbow laughed nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck "c-sure, ma'am"
"Are you serious, you're not even going to punish her, Captain should-?! shouted a pony in the crowd.
SHUT UP!
SHUT UP!
They were both surprised to shout the same thing at the same time, looked at each other for a second, and then laughed.
Spitfire sighed again, but this time more calmly, "Well, since I'm here I'll tell you what's going on, so listen carefully because I'm not going to repeat it!"
Rainbow paid more attention, "so if you know what's going on?"
"Not quite," she said in a whisper so that only rainbow would hear her.
Spitfire took a breath and then spoke loud and clear "we are on high alert!"
The simple phrase caused everyone to become stressed again, much more than before, as this only confirmed that there was a great danger, the murmurs and agitated conversations resumed among the pegasus.
Spitfire continued to raise his voice more to make the ponies shut up: "The princesses have deployed a large number of their soldiers in this area and beyond, they will soon arrive."
"But because, we haven't seen anything around here, if you say it's a high alert, shouldn't something have happened already?" said rainbow surprised.
Spitfire raised a hair to let it continue "we were informed that in the depths of the Everfree forest some unknown individuals kidnapped some ponies for a kind of strange ritual, that ritual is the cause of that energy that spread everywhere."
"For being heavenly, poor pony"
Some pegasi covered their mouths in great concern.
"The princesses gave a fairly simple order, no pony can enter the Everfree under any circumstances, the soldiers of the guard will set up perimeters around the forest for that purpose and the reconnaissance soldiers will rescue the hostages, my team will remain in Cloudsdale in case any problem arises that needs speed"
"And what's wrong with us, aren't we in danger, are we?!," the ponies shouted
Spitfire descended to the cloud floor slowly, followed by rainbow dash "You can rest assured, as long as you don't get close to the forest there will be no problems.I know it's a stressful situation, but the only thing I can recommend is that you go home and continue as if nothing was happening."
Once these were said, the vast majority of the Pegasi returned to their homes reluctantly, looking for a way to relax and try to ignore the clear danger that was lurking outside, another group on the contrary decided to ignore the captain's recommendation and left the city.
Reinbow watched in the distance as several pegasi left the city "do you think they will be fine, shouldn't we stop them?" he said doubtfully.
"No, let them do what they want, as I said, the only thing they should avoid is to go near the forest" he gave a playful smile to Rainbow "you should also take care of that throat of yours, I'm sure that with that squeal from before it has worn you out" he laughed jokingly.
Rainbow blushed drastically, Obviously she heard the cry she let out earlier (ho for Celestia, swallow me dirt), now she wouldn't let her forget it for weeks (what a great way to maintain your image rainbow).
The mare nervously rubbed her legs and tried to follow the thread of the conversation, seeking to leave her current embarrassment "bu-well, if you say so".
Spifire closed her eyes relaxed "no, don't worry, they're a bunch of scared foals, they won't go near that forest" she said confidently.
Foals
Rainbow dash paused for a moment staring at didn't know why, but she felt uncomfortable when Spitfire said that, why did that word distract her so much?Important, something urgent, but what is it?
Think, think, think.
Rainbow opened her eyes and gasped in surprise when a memory came to her.
Flashback
The loyalty element was lying on top of a cloud watching the sun move slowly towards the horizon with total boredom, she has been in this position for about an day's work had ended quite a long time ago and she still had a long day ahead of her, not knowing what else to do, she decided to relax on top of that small cloud above poniville.
Rainbow let out a big yawn, "what a boring day," she rolled around a little in the cloud, and continued to stare at the slowly receding sun, "I think being so fast if it has its downsides."
What could he say, those wings were blessed by the heavens, he couldn't help but use them in their maximum splendor.
Something caught Rainbow's attention on the ground, it was the sound of a skateboard moving at high , rainbow smiled as she was aware of who it was, there was only one foal in all of Poniville who used a skateboard.
Propelling itself with its wings, it rose into the sky to be able to see where the noise was coming from and there it was, a small orange filly moving through the streets of poniville, using its small wings to be able to propel itself at a higher speed throughout the town, doing its classic and incredible acrobatics.
Rainbow slightly laughed "well, at least, someone is having fun" looking to leave behind the boredom she had, she decided to go down and talk a little with that girl.
On the other hand, Scottalo continued to walk the streets with those acrobatics, which for some would consider risky and unnecessary, but this filly had a great ability when it came to using the skateboard, anyone would say that that would be her special talent, but nothing could be further from the truth, that girl did not have any ceuti mark, her skills with the skateboard was pure skill and was not linked to her possible mark that she would have in thefuture.
He walked so fast through the streets of Ponivvile that he leaves a trail of dust, to the annoyance of the citizens who were nearby, causing coughing and a couple of bad words directed at the filly that did not reach his ears.
His sights were extremely focused and a big smile was amused, that gaze was directed at a wooden board leaning against a house with great determination, he gripped his skateboard tighter and accelerated the movement of his she reached the wooden plank, she shot over several houses.
"Woooohooooo" all accompanied by a cry of fun as he went through the air, when he reached the ground he skidded about 5 meters until finally filly heard a tired and clean sigh, the sweat on her forehead "ufff not bad, I think it's a new personal record".
"Hey scottaloo!"
The girl turned her ears towards the direction of the voice, her gaze went to the sky and she recognized that rainbow mane so characteristic of her idol "rainbow dash!", she shouted in a shrill and excited voice that quickly hid her with a fake cough "I wanted to say, hello rainbow, what brings you here?" she said in a deeper voice.
"I was watching your acrobatics, give a while ago, and wow, today you have shown off," he said with great amazement
"Really?!," he let out his fanatical voice once more, blushed with embarrassment and went back to his normal voice "w-I mean, it was nothing, it's just another day for me hehehe" he waved his hoof to play it down.
Rainbow was amused by that fan behavior "you can tell what's got you so excited, I mean, more than usual."
Scootalooo opened his eyes and sweated a little "hooo...well-well it's a bit secret, you know how it is" he laughed to hide things from his biggest idol was difficult.
Rainbow frowned a little, "Come on!" she said in a childish voice, "can you trust me, or is it something that's going to get you in trouble?"He approached the filly and lightly tapped her side with a mischievous smile: "Don't worry, I'm not going to accuse you with anyone."
Scootalo was alarmed and shook his paws quickly, "No, no, no, not at all" He closed his eyes securely, "Everything is absolutely legal and without mischief," he said confidently.
"Well, then there's nothing to be afraid of!" he did an acrobatics in the air to get away from Scootaloo "Come on, we're talking about me, is there anyone more reliable than me?
"Mmmmmm no?" he said hesitantly.
"Of course not!" he said, grabbing the filly by the shoulders dramatically.
Scootalo was left with a conflicted look, hesitating and debating, after a few seconds he finally decided to speak.
"Well, okay, the thing is, in a week it will be Sweetie Belle's birthday, and we've planned the best gift ever!, Applebloom and I," she said happily, then realized she was talking loudly and covered her mouth "but we want it to be a surprise" she took off her hooves and spoke in whispers.
"Oooooo, Sweetie Belle's birthday, it's true," he laughed nervously and scratched the back of his neck, "I had also needed to find a good gift, what would they give him by the way?"
Scootalo spoke a little louder and with illuminated eyes "A perfume!"
"..."
Rainbow was left with an expression of obvious disappointment and not very enthusiastic "perfume, wow how great, was that the big secret?" she said reluctantly.
"It will not be a normal perfume, it will be the best perfume that exists, in a week we will go to the Everfree forest to get the ingredients" The filly clarified vehemently.
Rainbow was alerted when she heard where they were going, then let out an exasperated sigh, "You guys are very used to going to that forest, it's not a safe place for fillies like you, in fact it's not a safe place for anyone!Listen to me scootalo the outer areas of the forests are not so dangerous, that's why fluttershy lives in those parts, but much deeper down there are many more dangers than expected, I prefer that they stay away from that place."I end by giving him a judging look.
Scotaloo lowered his ears slightly, but quickly composed himself and spoke calmly: "Relax, Reinbow, we talked to Zacora and she allowed us to spend the night in her cabin, she will keep a close eye on us," he said, regaining his smile.
Hearing that relaxed Rainbow, but even so, she wasn't completely convinced, "I don't know;Still, it's still very dangerous."
"Please Rainbow, we'll be fine, besides, we already talked to Applejack and he gave us permission" The filly implored respectfully!
"umm, well, if they were able to convince Applejack then, that's fine with me," he said with a bit of hesitation.
Scootalo smiled ecstatically, "Thank you, thank you!" she rushed to Rainbow to hug her.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's not that bad," he said, downplaying his words.
Scootalo let go of her a few seconds later and looked at her happily "and besides, you also know where we will be, don't you, if something happens you will save us" he said without an ounce of doubt.
Rainbow opened her eyes in surprise, then crosses her legs and smiles confidently "Of course, if something happens, I'll be there in a matter of seconds."
Scootalo gave her a big, bright smile: "Sure!"
End flashback
rainbowdash's face abruptly changed to one of extreme was true, she said they would go to the cabin in a week.
That's today!
Rainbow began to sweat profusely as she subtly turned and began to move away from Spitfre, which did not go unnoticed by the captain.
"He, where are you going Rainbow, you look very strange all of a sudden, what's wrong?" he flew over to look at her face.
The multicolored mare sweated more intensely, and looked once again for some excuse to get out of the captain's attention "heeee, bu-well, and-I, I have, that~, you know~" she continued between moaning tortuously.
"Do you find it difficult to speak, I think that really that shout affected your guarantee."
Rainbow was startled, and she spoke to you happily and agitated, "yes, I think my throat is hurting," she tried to fake a cough, "I'm going to go to the infirmary to get checked out, we won't see you later, ma'am," she finished saying quickly and nervously.
The multicolored mare rose to the sky and flew with a firm wing.
Spitfire stared at the direction rainbow was heading and frowned, "...Rainbow is not the direction to nursing."
The mare stopped abruptly "heeeee, yes, I have to go home for the money for the checkup" she laughed uncomfortably.
"That's not the direction to your house either," the mare's frown intensified, "What are they up to?"
"Na-nada, did I say my house?, what did I mean Applejack's house" she scratched the back of her neck so fast that it seemed as if she wanted to start a fire in her hair, "I forgot that yesterday I left my saddlebags there".
Spitfire didn't believe anything the mare was was clear that he was planning something, something that went against his orders, there was only one obvious answer.
"Rainbow, you can't go near that forest, understand, it's an order from the princesses," the captain said strictly.
Rainbow flapped her wings to get a little further away from the captain, while avoiding her "mmmmmmm" look.
"Rainbow, did you understand?!"
"Heeee, I have to go bye!"
"Cadet is an order!, DON'T YOU DARE TO GO LIKE THIS-
Using all his speed, he took off outside the city of Cloudsdale leaving a wave of wind that messed up Spitfire's hair.
The fire-haired mare gnashed her teeth with a vein bursting out to the point that it looked like she was going to explode, and with a loud scream she let out her frustration.
"RAINBOW DASH!"
Among the small crowd that still remained in the cloudy streets a Pegasus was heard.
"I told you I deserved punishment!"
"AND YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH AT ONCE, NO ONE ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION!," he said in a shrill cry
"Like father, like father."The pegasus said and then walked away calmly.
Spitfire blushed a little from the screech he was digging out of letting out.
"Captain!"
Spitfire shook his head to compose himself and turned in the direction of the voice of one of his soldiers who had just arrived.
The mare cleared her throat with a cough and spoke seriously, despite her still present blush, hoping that her soldier did not hear that scream.
"What's happening Sorian"
"We have already communicated the situation with the mayor, all citizens are returning to their homes, what is their next - He?, you are well captain," he said, capturing her slightly blushing face.
Spitfire simply let out a sigh to calm himself down and turned his body to see the horizon, in the direction where rainbowdash went.
Sorian raised an eyebrow at the lack of response and approached his captain "who was past cap-"
Spitfire interrupted him before finishing, "send a message to the guard heading to poniviile, tell them to keep a close eye on the area," he frowned in irritation and concern, "rainbow dash is likely to want in."
Sweet Apple Acres
The apple farm was equally panicked, all lights on, sounds of galloping motion, and the rattle of objects from wing to wing.
"Kids you have to calm down a bit!"
"But grandma, don't you feel that pressure, something bad is happening, and my human instincts tell me that my little sister is in danger, Big Mac did you pack the bans in my saddlebags?!
"Y-Yep," the stallion said nervously.
"Oh my gosh, I knew it was a bad idea to let them go into the woods all night, I curse that sad puppy face he always shows me to make me give in."
Applejack, the element of honesty and the farm worker of Sweet Apple only took a few seconds for her to recover from the painful fall she had from her bed after the wave of energy hit the farm and as expected of her, an overprotective mare and terribly paranoid for the safety of her little sister, the first thing she thought about was her condition.
Without bothering for a second to think about who or what caused the anergy or how dangerous it was to start running desperately towards the everfree forest, fortunately the rest of her families were there to stop her so that she could at least prepare for the trip.
It was impossible to convince her to give up her unbridled career, but Applejack wouldn't accept anything other than herself going after her sister, Big Mac wasn't particularly happy that she went alone, but in the end she had to accept, someone had to stay to protect the farm.
"My dear, I know you're very worried about Appleblom, I am too, but you can't go to that forest by yourself, it's very dangerous," Grandma Smith said with concern
Aplejack placed his saddlebags on his back "that's precisely why I'm going grandma, I'm not going to leave Aplebloom alone, I don't know what's going on and I don't know what that energy was, but I do know that I should go get my little sister, I trust Zacora to take care of Applebloom and Scotaloo, but, even so, I don't want to leave everything to chance I must make sure for myself,Don't worry, Big Mac will stay here to take care of everything."
He had already planned the course of action, Aplejack would go to the Zacora hut to check the condition not only of the children but of the zebra itself as well, and if it was true that the danger came from the forest, then he would take them away unprecedentedly.
Applejack adjusted her saddlebags and marched out of her home, being closely followed by the worried grandmother and her brother.
Grandma Smith touched the stallion's front leg "big mac, tell him something!"
Big mac I can only look up at grandma and shake my head in surrender.I had argued with her before to be able to accompany her, but as always, she was too stubborn.
When they reached the outskirts of the farm, the apathy could not take it anymore and placed herself in front of her granddaughter.
"And what's wrong with you, you can't go you alone silly mare, I won't allow you to stupidly put yourself in danger, we'll go to the village for help first," he said pressing his nose against the mare.
Applejack delicately pushed her grandmother away with her hoof, trying to get her out of the way "grandma we can't waste time arguing, I've already made my decision, you can't make me change my mind"
Grandma Smith frowned more, "You won't go to that forest alone, period!"
"CAREFUL"
In the distance the moan of the wind traveling at great speed could be the Apple family looked in the direction of the sound, they were greeted by a crash on the ground, large puffs of dust scattered across the area.
The entire Apple family covered their eyes and coughed to get the dirt that had entered their lungs.
Applejack coughed a couple more times and spoke "let me guess, rainbow dash, is that you?" he said with a bored face, already knowing who was the only pony that tended to crash at high speed in this town.
The great cloud of dust dissipated, revealing a pegasus-shaped hollow piercing the of the darkness was revealed a sky-blue hoof that pressed the ground to be able to get out of the hole.
Rainbow Dash laughed nervously, "the same and unmatched," she said between a final effort she gave another push to get out of the hole and wiped her fur "calm down grandmother Smith, she won't be alone, I'll accompany her to the everfree forest", she pointed at herself with her hair trying to look more confident than she was.
Grandma Smith was left with a conflicted look, she expects a larger group, two mares was still not Smith cared little that they were the bearers of the elements of harmony, she still considered them very young mares in need of help.
"but-" I try to argue
Rainbow quickly interrupted approached Applejack who was looking at her with a raised eyebrow and wrapped a hoof around her neck "I assure you that with me on your side we will be back in a matter of seconds, do you forget what happened in the Crystal Empire?"
The grandmother avoided the pegasus' gaze and rubbed her paw "I remember, yes"
"Well, then I trusted us a little bit, we've been through a lot of dangerous things and we're still here," Reinbow said with Sin letting go of his nervousness as he flew after Applejack and pushed her to start galloping, earning a little whine from the Earth pony.
"Hey, wait, don't push me like that, Rainbow," she said as they continued to be pushed down the dirt road.
"Hey, wait, I haven't yet-!"I try to say grandma, but the mares had already gone too far.
"Accepted," he said in defeat, dropping his head in exhaustion.
Big mac walked up to his grandmother and placed a comforting hoof on her back.
The grandmother raised her pitiful gaze, to see her grandson, just by seeing the look of understanding and affection that Bic Mac gave him could be able to understand what he meant.
"I have to stop worrying so much, right?" he said in a whisper
"Yep"
"She's right, they've dealt with a lot of dangers before, I know that when Nightmare Moon came back they went to the Everfree Forest and were able to deal with it."
"Yep," she said, still with her hoof rubbing her grandmother's back.
Grandma Smith let out a sigh "I know, I just can't stop worrying about her", she swallowed hard to get rid of the dryness of her mouth cords "everything will be fine, right?" said Grandma worriedly
Big Mac watched in the distance as his sister galloped being followed closely by rainbow dash, then calmly closes his eyes.
"Yep," he said clearly.
"I hope so, Big Mac," he raised his head to look at them as well.
"I hope so."
Both mares maintained a steady pace as they continued to approach the everfree forest, one galloping and the other flying.
Applejack looked he saw rainbow dash arrive, he never left that look of nervousness and he continued to gallop down the road, he focused his gaze on the pegasus, and saw how he still continued with the same expression.
"Rainbow since you arrived you have been acting very strange, what the hell is going on?!, that attitude is not like you," she said in her typical southern accent.
The multicolored pegasus looked away to look at her friend, seeing her worried expression, she quickly shook her head to calm down, let out a small laugh and spoke calmly "it's just that I just someone off"
"You, someone off, but what a surprise," she said with a sneer, "but that you're so nervous about his anger makes me understand that he's an important pony," she said thoughtfully, "what's going on in Cloudsdale, better yet, what's going on in general?!"
"It's a long story and I'd love to make it for you in detail, but we don't have a lot of time."
In the distance he began to hear the sound of the fluttering of several pegasi that traveled in the same dashs looked up, in the direction of the sound, and her expression became more serious and stressed.
"Look over there, do you see them, they are heading towards the Everfree forest," Rainbow said seriously.
Appeljack looked in the direction and opened her eyes in surprise "soldiers of the guard to sing it, they are night and day" she said puzzled "this is more serious than I thought!"
"They were ordered to cordon off the outer areas of the Everfree forest, their orders were not to let anything out or enter, even us," Rainbow said with a frown. "If we don't hurry, they won't let us pass, and I think you and I don't shy away from staying cross-housed knowing that Scootalo and Applebloom are in danger."
Applejack looked straight ahead again with a conflicted look: "I'm not the pony who disobeys the authorities," she said with gritting her was silent for a few seconds "but you are right, I will not stand still knowing that my family is in danger"
Rainbow smiled with satisfaction "well then, let's speed up the pace!", rainbow shouted and accelerated the speed of her flight leaving a trail of dust.
"Wait girl, I can't fly!" shouted the farmer pony back, galloping harder to keep up.