The Big Three

Indie sits at the top of the hill somewhere south of the village where Snowball and Strider told them to meet. Caleb said he'd get up when he actually sees the sun. Indie is only out because of how excited he feels to be finally getting closer to their dream. Their dream that they've been working hard on since they first escaped. Though that dreams has encountered some... well... add-ons, but it still doesn't knock him off course as he gets ready.

"Training, learning, gathering the races... It's all coming together faster than I would have ever imagined." Indie says to himself as he looks towards the rising sun.

The ball of fire rises slowly this morning. He can only chuckle because he imagines Celestia is having a hard time explaining what happened as well as trying to figure out what to do about them three. He chuckles gleefully as he stands up and flicks the sun off. Her time is coming and he can't wait to see her fall right before her as well as the rest of his dear friends. Well, more like family these days.

He sits back down and stare at his hands as they collect the cool water around him. He can't believe at how far he's come to finally complete their first original goal. Just a while longer with the training and other plan, and they'll be standing at the door steps of Celestia with an army. He can't help but smile at the sight of Celestia and that black Alicorn standing there with their mouths dropping towards the floor.

He hops a bit up and down as he form a water figurine of Celestia. He lets it fly up and watches it as it flies about in the sky.

"Thinking your so safe flying high above us. Just you wait..." Indie says forming a small miniature spear of water and throwing it through Celestia's wings, "I'll bring you back down to our level. Where it won't be safe."

Indie begins to hum to himself as he lets the water move about. He's always liked free reign water. It's such a peaceful and inspiring thing to him. If water can keep moving, than he should too. Besides, there's no reason to stop now.

"Well good morning!" A certain perky voice greets to him.

Indie looks behind him to see snowball crouched on the ground behind him.

"Having fun?"

Indie gets up and turns towards one of the two training him, "Not till I get Celestia's throat around my neck."

"That's the spirit!" Snowball says springing up off the ground, "So what ya doing out here so early?"

"Just doing a bit of thinking. Reflecting on my freedom and everything. Being trapped inside of a cage for so long watching and hearing your people die below you, it kind of grinds ones sanity. Of course we kind of kept calm with the reading and the various stuff we got from that woman." Indie says running a hand through his hair thinking back to all of it.

"Hmm. Well, I can't say I know what ya mean. But yea, being caged doesn't sound like a good thing. I have a question."

"Ask away. I'm not going to hold back any information after you've guys helped us out so much."

"Good! Cause this will help with your next training!" He says with a smile as he walks closer to Indie, "If your power holds water, than can you move as fast as it?"

"Huh? Well... I guess I never really tried. But what does that ha-" Snowball's fist connects with Indie face making him stumble back almost to his back.

He looks towards Snowball who's jumping lightly on his feet. He still wears that same smile on his face and he know wield fist. In retrospect, Indie probably should of saw that coming when he had asked how fast he can move. Well, looks like it's time to test out that theory.

Indie gets ready as he rightens himself. As fast as water...

He takes a deep breath.

"Alright come at-"

Snowball is directly in his face with his fist in Indie's gut. He's lifted off the ground a bit and soon he's flying backwards with a hurting fist and Snowball with an outstretched arm.

"You need to be faster if you want to use all of that strength of yours. You got to remember, there are a lot of faster creatures in the world that want to eat you and fight you as well. You just can't train for Celestia. Even when you defeat Celestia, they'll be creature there to fight you for revenge and to take over." Snowball says rolling his shoulders.

Indie gets up holding his chest. He knows he's right, but does that really mean that the method of training have to be beating the crap out of him in hopes he'll get faster. He wipes a bit of blood off his lip and lets the water run across the skin from nearby dew.

"Raging river... raging river... fast rapids..." He doesn't let his eye sight leave Snowball's body.

Yet, he can't keep sight of him. His fist comes and he's able to duck under it barely, but soon a knee makes sure that his training is merely beginning.

Caleb can't help but think that there is something completely wrong with his situation. He's pretty sure he was just laying in bed not even a couple of minutes ago.

An apple connects with his head and a orange and banana with his chest. He grunts as bruises start showing up on his body. This has to be the fifth round of fruit or something hitting him. At least he can say he's getting slightly better.

In a sense that he's no longer being pelted.

"React faster." A invisible Strider yells out from around him, "Remember, everything around you is slow and only you are fast!"

Oh yes. The constant reminder of what they're training for.

Caleb got flipped out of his bed and than dragged out being told that they were going to increase his speed to the best it can be. Of course Caleb responded with violence and cursing. But it was soon subdued by having his butt handed to him. So with a few upset grumbles, he groggily accepted the task at hand. I say groggily because he's basically still half asleep.

"I know I know..." Caleb says looking around him.

He really wishes he knew where that Neko bastard was hiding. He'd like to light a fire on his feet and see how much fast her can make him. A rock comes sailing out and nearly pelts Caleb in the head. He moves out of the way at the last second and dives down under another apple. Soon his back is pelted with an assortment of different hard and soft objects.

"I know you're having fun with this is what I mean!" Caleb yells angrily as he gets back up with a sore back.

"Than stop making it so easy." Strider says as he appears for a moment, "Plus, this is a blessing from me. I could've just gone with Snowball's plan, but I decided to give you a break.

"And what's that suppose to mean huh?" Caleb asks hitting his own chest, "Don't think I'm tough enough."

"No. I figured you would like it if you stopped getting beat up all the time. But if you're really that jealous... we could switch things up."

"NO! Er. No... I'm good. Let's uh... keep up the fruit challenge." Caleb says rubbing a few bruises he knows are still there from last time.

"Figured as such. Now. Put your guard up and remember."

"Yeah yeah! Everything slow except me."