Bringing Harmony

Rainbow Dash flew over to a cloud in the general area where she remembered seeing the dark mane. “Hello?” Dash looked around.

“Who are you?” was the harsh reply.

Dash looked around the cloud, looking for the pony to go with the voice.
“I asked you a question.” The voice said demandingly.

Rainbow Dash jumped, and her voice took on a defensive tone. “Who are you to ask me who I am?”

The other pony laughed and rose out of the center of the cloud. His body was pure white, allowing him to blend in with the cloud perfectly. His blue mane was as dark as the night sky.”

“What’s so funny?” Rainbow Dash said, slightly offended.

“Nothing.” He tried to keep a straight face. “I’m Storm Chaser. Sorry if I came across as mean or rude, I just wanted to make sure you weren’t with Gardenia.”

“What makes you so sure I’m not?” Rainbow asked, sending Storm Chaser a questioning glance.

“You have too much personality, and your retort was too witty.” Storm Chaser looked Dash up and down, eyes landing on the brown tracking bracelet. “Brown? I’ve never seen a pegasus wearing a brown tracking bracelet before.”

Dash glanced at it sheepishly. “That’s probably because it’s borrowed” she explained.

“An Earth Pony farmer?” Storm Chaser’s eyes widened and then his expression grew puzzled. “But you’re a pegasus, how did you manage to meet an Earth Pony, and get one of their tracking bracelets??”

“Well,” Dash explained, “when we first came to Everfree --”

“Gardenia.” Storm Chaser corrected her

“Gardenia?”

“The Queen renamed the country after herself. It’s Gardenia now, not Everfree.”

“Okay, Gardenia, not Everfree, got it.” Rainbow Dash continued. “ When we first arrived in Gardenia, my friends and I were in an orange orchard. There we found Orange Julius, who helped disguise us.”

“Wait, there are more of you? Why were you on the ground instead of flying?”

“Well we aren’t all Pegasi. Applejack and Pinkie Pie are Earth Ponies, Rarity is a unicorn, Fluttershy is another pegasus, and Twilight Sparkle is an Alicorn, although she and Fluttershy don’t really like to fly much.”

“An Alicorn? No way! How did you all start traveling together?” asked Storm Chaser intrigued.

“We’re friends. We have been for a long time. We all live in Ponyville together.”

“Ponyville? Where is that? I know it’s not in Gardenia.”

Rainbow Dash nodded, “It’s in Equestria. It’s south of here, on the other side of the forest.”

Storm Chaser nodded in acknowledgement. “But why would you ever come here, if you live in Ponyville with your friends?”

“Princess Celestia asked us to prevent Queen Gardenia from orchestrating and carrying out an attack on Equestria.” Dash explained. “Where are the rest of you?” She looked around, not finding any other Pegasi.

Storm Chaser grinned. “The clouds here were put in position this morning, and the bulk of what’s left over are over Unicornicopia right now. If hit it just right my tracking bracelet stops transmitting. When there are a lot of us in the same area at the same time, nobody can tell that one tracking bracelet stopped transmitting.” He winked.

“But won’t your co-workers be upset with you for slacking off?”

“Nah, we get in trouble if we aren’t constantly working, and I tend to finish too quickly. I usually return when the rest of the pegasi controlling the weather get to the capital.”

Rainbow Dash smiled. He reminds me of me.

“Besides, I’m working on a way to get my family out of Gardenia. I have several people anxiously waiting for the information.” Storm Chaser said smugly.

“Why not try to overthrow the Queen? That way you can keep your home.”

“Its not that easy. I am just one colt. People talk about wanting things to change, but so far they’re all talk.” He looked at the ground. “ Probably because they don’t think we can really do it. I can’t hold group meetings, because anytime more than four ponies are together, there have to be guards. They can’t reinforce each other, and everypony thinks that they’re all alone. I still try to talk to them individually, but it seems I’m not really getting anywhere.”

“You need a guard on your side then, somepony to oversee these meetings.” suggested Rainbow Dash, “ Do you know anypony who might be able to help you?”

Storm Chaser thought for a moment. “ I think I might. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that!”

Rainbow Dash snickered.

“Let me get you some blue tracking bracelets, for you and your Pegasus friend. Meet me back here at the same time tomorrow. With blue bracelets, you should be able to come and go as you please.” Again he added a wink.

“That would be AWESOME!” Rainbow exclaimed. She gave a small wave before returning to her dress in the Everfree forest.

Rainbow Dash dressed quickly, and returned to Applejack in the orchard. “Hey AJ,” She said beaming.

“Why are you so happy?” Applejack asked cautiously, keeping her voice as low as possible.

“I met a colt,” Dash said, grinning from ear to ear. “He’s going to get me a blue bracelet, so I can go to see the pegasi.”

“Really?” Applejack kept her tone cautious. “You found another pony that wants to help?”

“Yup, he’s very eager. He had already been trying to get people to help him.” Dash said growing more excited, “Did you know that in order to have four or more ponies together you have to have a guard present?”

Applejack shook her head no, and bucked another tree, knocking the apples into the buckets surrounding its base.
“Storm Chaser is trying to find a guard to help. It’s going to be SO AWESOME!”
Applejack stopped, and grinned at her excited friend. “Are you excited fer an ally, or fer the colt?” She joked. Rainbow Dash blushed, but went back to bucking without another word.