Equestria: New Arrivals
Chapter 5: Despair's Riddles and the Neverfree Forest (Re-Written)
Previous ChapterNext ChapterA riddle telling where the Elements are
and a forest that will lead you in circles forever
As we continue to go to the Eveerfree forest we see that most of the surroundings have been completely destroyed, some things even went out of shape.
Luna says "My word, this is terrible!".
We continue on our way to the Everfree and pass the library which was half gone, Twilight and the others run out of the library soon.
I then say "Twilight! Thank goodness you haven't gone into the Everfree yet!".
Twilight looked at me confused and said "What do you mean Avery?".
Luna then says for me "If you go into the Everfree you may not be able to escape from it!".
Applejack then says "What do ya mean by that?".
I then say "It was in the riddle 'They are in a place full of timber and beasts, once you enter you'll have trouble being released' it basically said that if you go in there, chances are you may never be able to get out.".
Twilight and the others gasped, Pinkie Pie then says "That's no fun! What good is it if you can't get out of a place you have no fun in" she pouts a little.
Twilight says "Well if we're ever going to get the Elements back we need to go in there.".
Luna then says "That's true. Maybe we can think of something when we get there."
I then say "Fine... lets just hope we don't get lost.".
We make our way to the Everfree to see that it has become different, more scary looking than what it did before.
Fluttershy says quietly "I-I don't like the look of it...".
Soon Zecora comes out of the forest, covered in branches and what not saying "I am finally free from that forest of twists and turns, I must warn the others so that they shall learn!" she then galloped away.
Rainbow then says "Well, that proves that you can escape from here.".
I then say "Yeah...we'll see once we get inside." I tried to walk there but my head ached so much that it made me stop.
Luna comes to me saying "Hey don't push yourself so hard, I'll stay by you as we head inside.".
We all went inside the Forest at the same time only to be separated by everyone, I was still with Luna.
I look around and say "Twilight? Pinkie? Fluttershy? Where are you girls?".
Luna then says "It seems that they went somewhere else, that means that this forest makes you go into a random part of the area until you find your way out!".
I then say "Oh no....Lets hurry and try to find the Elements, maybe we can use them to find the others.".
Luna and I continue on together through the forest that doesn't seem to have a end. After what seemed to be hours of walking we find ourselves at a corner of trees with a hill of food at the base of them.
Luna then says "Wow what luck! I've been wanting something to eat for a while now. Come on Avery, lets take a break and eat something.".
I thought that would be a good idea, I haven't eaten anything for a while myself. We walk to the hill of food and began to choose what to eat.
As we eat Luna asked me "Avery, why do you like me?".
I then say "W-What do you mean?".
Luna says "Don't try to hide it, from the first time I saw you I saw something shine in your eyes as you looked at me. Even when you came to Canterlot to talk about your vision, when I suggested that you shared a room with me I saw your blush. Don't think I didn't. So tell me, why do you like me?".
I look at Luna quietly for a while, then finally say "Well...your very beautiful, you have a voice like an angels choir, your personality is fantastic, your mane and tail are like blue flames on the breeze, your eyes are like gems, and whenever I look at you or the moon I see a pony that will always shine in my eyes.".
Luna looked at me and says "I-I don't think anypony has said something like that to me before. Do you really mean that?".
I then say "I mean it as much as life means to us all.".
Luna looks at me with a smile and her eyes softened. I smile back at her and continue eating.
When we finished I felt the pain on my head go away, like the food had special healing properties.
I stood up and said "Well, ready to go?".
Luna says "Yes, lets keep searching.".
We then continued through the forest, turning through the twists and twisting through the turns. After hours upon hours of walking we stop.
Luna then says "Avery, lets rest for a bit. I do believe that it's night time, but it's so hard to tell by the way the trees block out the sky.".
She was right, the trees were blocking the sky, I couldn't even see a speck of the sky anywhere. I looked at Luna to see that she had laid down, she must have been tired.
I slowly walk over to her, she looked at me and said "Come on, maybe some sleep will help us.".
I then lay down next to her, I felt something covering my back, I turned my head to see that it was Luna's wing. I then just turned my head back around and laid it down, I was very tired. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.
I wake up and feel something under me, I look and see that Luna's wing had wrapped around me. I look over to her and see that she was still asleep. I didn't want to wake her but we had to find those elements. I nudged her with my nose since my wings and legs were wrapped by Luna's wing. She opened up her eyes slowly and yawned.
She then looked over at me and said "Well hello there.".
I then say "Uh Luna, we need to get going soon. Who knows what Despair has done to Equestria.".
Luna then lifted her head up and said "Right, we need to hurry.".
She unwrapped me and stoop up, I stood as well. We both continue through the forest.
Very soon we find ourselves at a strange corner of the forest with what looks like a mushroom like table in the center, on top of that table was six objects that I never seen before.
Luna then says in delight "The Elements of Harmony! We found them!".
I then say "What? Those are the Elements?".
Suddenly a cloud of black smoke appeared above the Elements and the face of Despair forms in the smoke.
Despair then says "Well CONGRATULATIONS! You've found the Elements of Harmony in less than a days time!".
I then say "What? We were in here in for almost an entire day?".
Despair then laughed and said "No no my boy, YOU were in here for almost a day.".
I looked at Despair then looked back to see that Luna was gone and only her crown was left.
A sudden anger filled me and I turned back to Despair saying "Where is she?!".
Despair then said "Who? OH, the princess of the night that's been following you around here and being by your side? Yeah I took her back to the palace along with your other friends" he had a wide crazed smile.
I looked at him with anger that you wouldn't believe and soon said very loud "Once I find you your going to regret doing the things you've done to everypony in Equestria and to my friends!!".
I saw that Despair's face backed up a bit in surprise and said "Well well well, a big talker aren't we? And I knew that you could control fire, but to CREATE fire at your will? That's a new thing even for me. heh heh heh, we'll meet again Avery, at the palace."
Despair's face then popped out of sight. I then looked around quickly, still filled with anger. I saw flames circle around me as I was angry. I calmed down and the flames then disappeared. I picked up Luna's crown and looked at it, I then put it in my bag along with the Elements of Harmony.
I then galloped as fast that I could through the forest saying "Luna, Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, everypony that has suffered Despair's evil reign. I shall put a stop to this, even if I have to die to get it done!"
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