Rise of the Red Spirit

Chapter six: that unwarranted party animal

        “Girls! Girls, girls, girls, girls!” A shouting cry could be heard from above, and Trinity perked her ears up to see a blurry figure of rainbow colored hair. Comet Tail, who had stopped by for a visit, glanced at her oddly. Today marked a full official week when Trinity first came to Ponyvile—more timberwolf attacks were noticed since then, but Twilight made sure her new friend heard nothing of it. She had too much to worry about.

   “Rainbow Dash! I just set those books up a few moments ago!” She scolded her, shaking her head. Trinity let out a barrel of laughter while Kovu hid his face in his paw. Twilight scrunched up her muzzle in anticipation. “How many times do I have to tell you, don’t crash into here?!”

   “Uh… you didn’t.” Rainbow Dash brushed her comment off with a snort, and beamed brightly at Trinity. She took off into the air. “Say, are you bored with nothing to do? Is Twilight being a Royal Pain?" She grinned, “Then Pinkie Pie’s party is now ready!  Get your flank out of this tree and get moving!” She then placed her hoof on her forehead. “This message is brought to you by Sugar Cube Corner.”

     “It’s Friday already, huh?” Comet Tail asked, sitting up from where he was. “Goddess, the week went by so fast. It was bad enough those timberwo—“ Twilight shot him a glare and nodded towards Trinity, who was giggling at something Rainbow Dash said. His eyes grew wide and blushed slightly, but he obeyed her nonetheless.

     “Wellll, what do you think, Trinity? Are you up for it?” She asked, baring a wide smile.

    The Pegasus turned to her and gave her a lopsided grin, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s not like I have a choice, anyhow. You ponies never give me a yes or no question.”

       “It’s only because we look out for you,” Comet chimed, lulling his head. “Think of it that way.”

        Trinity looked in-between Twilight, Rainbow, and Comet, before rolling her eyes. She finally nodded. “Alright. Fine. Take me before I change my mind.”

     “That’s the spirit!” The cyan pegaus cheered, grabbing Trinity by the hoof. Both of them disappeared out the door, quickly followed by Spike and Kovu. “C’mon!”

   Comet Tail shared a knowing look with his crush. He furrowed his eyebrows curiously. “What was that all about, Twi? Before,” He asked, putting on his saddlebag to get ready to go. Twilight shook her head at him.

     “For the past few days Trinity has been opening up. She doesn’t… she doesn’t need to worry about her attacker’s whereabouts. Make sure to remind her about the list she has to compose."

    “She’s going to find out eventually. Those beasts come about every night. You realize that, don't you?"

        Twilight let out a tired sigh, messaging her forehead with her hooves. She frowned. “It’s the least of my worries, as of now.” She murmured, and the two finally made their way outside.

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          “Trinity! Oh, darling, so you did result in going! Am I glad,” Rarity politely greeted, trotting over to the group.

        “We thought you weren’t going to show.” Fluttershy murmured, and gave her a small smile. She then nodded over to her stitches, inspecting them like a mother would to her child. “You haven’t been scratching these, have you?”

       “Fl-fluttershy.” Trinity groaned, turning pink. The group of friends giggled as she swatted away her hoof.

      Applejack shook her head at them. “What are we waitin’ for, then? Rainbow Dash here won’t stop talking about DJ-PON 3. ‘Guess Pinkie Pie sure outdone herself this time.” She commented, and the group began to walk through the already-crowded streets of Ponyvile. Trinity gulped mentally, letting Kovu hop on her back while she stood close to Twilight.

   “Dude, DJ-PON 3’s music is the best! You just don’t understand.” Rainbow shook her head pityingly, flying above them. She passed a smile in Trinity’s direction. “Aw, lighten up Trin. This’ll be fun! Maybe you’ll even meet your special somepony.”

     Trinity furrowed her brow as she moved aside a brown colored colt with an hour glass, and a crazy-eyed Pegasus that rushed past them. She snorted, blinking a few times. “A special what?”

    Rarity decided to fill in for her. “A special somepony, darling, is the term for when a mare and a colt –or, in some cases, a mare and a mare, realizes that they have affection towards each other and they begin to date. Like me and Spike, for example.” She explained and grinned at the dragon. “But… don’t worry about that now, dear. Rainbow was only teasing.”

    “O-oh. Right,” She murmured and turned around to look at the odd pair from before, frowning a bit. She only caught a familiar shade of brown eyes staring back at her until they disappeared into the ally.

I have got stop reading those fantasy novels and drink coffee at the same time, Trinity scolded herself, forcing her hooves to move forward. It’s either that, or this town gets crazier each passing day…

    “You alright there, sugarcube?” Applejack asked, bringing Trinity out of her thoughts. She shook her head and noticed that two more additions were added to the group—Caramel, the colt she met who worked at her farm, and a much larger, very fit red colt; he stood close, almost protectively close, to Fluttershy. She remembered his comment from the day before.

     “Huh? Oh, y-yeah.” She murmured, pawing at the ground.

    Twilight frowned and sighed internally. She wondered what the heck was she going to do with this mare, her frown vanishing when Comet placed a reassuring hoof on her shoulder. He simply gave her a reassuring nod, and that was the end of that. The rest of the walk went on with no complications, since there was nothing –in Trinity’s eyes- to take notice suspiciously.

    She was the first to open the door when they all arrived safely to Sugar Cube Corner, and resulted in taking a step back the second time that night. A pair of furious neon green eyes was glaring back at her, his face masked underneath a coating of anger and misery. His horn had a half-eaten cupcake placed on top of it, almost as if someone threw it blindly and was aiming to hit a different part of his body. The main thing that threw her off though, was his eyes. Oh, goddess his eyes...

“Yeah, you better run freakoid!” A mean-spirited colt, with a yellow coat and a golden grape for his cutie mark to match his name, snickered. “Don’t even think about coming back here!”

     “Well, buck you then,” He muttered in response, glaring back at the bully. He then took off down the street, ignoring Trinity and the rest of her friends.

    “Who- wh-what—” Trinity managed to gasp out, only to be interrupted again, by a familiar pink party pony.

      “HI! Ohmigosh, you guys really came! I’m super excited. Well, this isn’t the first time I was this excited—when you finally were able to walk I was just like GAAAASP! And now I’m— C’mon, c’mon, don’t wait outside! Oh Celestia this’ll be so much fun!”

    She shook her head, more worried about the mysterious colt that brushed past them while the gang either chuckled or laughed at her antics. She lingered for a few moments to turn look back towards the street, but he was already gone.