Bronies, Unite!

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“So Pom-Pom, do you like the cake?”

“Yeah, they’re awesome Dark!” She gives him a hug and a small peck on the cheek before taking another small bite. His face lights up with two blotches of red on either side of his cheek.

After a while of sitting, Dark Woods sees me walking up the cliff side, panting.

“Hang on guys; I’ll be back in a minute.”

------Speedster’s POV------

I notice Dark Woods galloping towards me; stopping just before he gets to me. He reaches into his saddle bag and pulls out an apple, tossing it to me. I quickly leap up into the air with what little strength I have left, catching the apple.

“Thanks, Dark Woods.”

“Please, just call me Dark.”

“Oh, all right, Dark.” I chomp into the apple, slowing my pace down; allowing the sweat to drain off of me. “Damn, that was a really long trot just to get here dude, I got lost like eight times!”

Dark beams me a look of confusion, and then laughs at me, “Dude, why didn’t you just fly overhead to find us?”

“Oh… I forgot I had wings.” I give him a sheepish smile, taking yet another bite of the apple.

“Anyway, want to meet my friends?”

“S-Sure…” I follow up behind him as he sets off towards the tip of the cliff. Upon reaching it, I notice that there are two other ponies sat on a log, each has a satchel in front of them. I get closer and start to take in their appearances. One is a Pegasus, a green coat with a white mane. His hair is a shaggy kind of style. I can’t see his cutie mark because it’s covered up by the other pony. The pony next to the white maned one is an earth pony; she has a midnight blue coloured coat, followed by a flat midnight blue mane with red streaks running through it, interlacing with the blue. Her coat has some really strange red markings on it, like a zebra’s stripes, but blood red. Her cutie mark appears to be some pom-poms.

“Hey guys, this is Speedster, he’s a friend I bumped into on the market a couple hours ago.”

The female earth pony speaks up first; “Well hello, Speedster.”

I bring Dark’s ear towards me so I can whisper; “Dude uhm, I don’t really feel comfortable around that earth pony for some reason, why does she have stripes?-“

“Hi!” A mysterious voice next to me yells; I turn to see the Pegasus looking at me, wide eyed. “My name’s Flaming Feather, you can call me Flaming for short, pleased to meet you!” He starts to furiously shake my hoof, almost making me bounce off of the floor.

“Uh- I’m Speedster, nice to meet you too. What’s uhm- What’s your cutie mark mean?”

He gives me a blank expression before turning back to a smile; “Oh that? I got it when I was fighting. I think it’s a phoenix because of its fire, but hard silver because I am well- I guess tough.” He gives a slight chuckle before turning to the mare and pointing a hoof at her. “Over here, we have Pom-Pom, come say hi, Pom-Pom.”

“Hi Speedster, what’s with the fire?”

I hesitate as first, looking up at the flames; burning nothing in its path, yet still alight. “Well, I have no idea really; Twilight said she was flabbergasted about how they won’t burn anything.” I give a sheepish smile as she continues to stare at the flames.

Dark Woods’ expression turns to delight suddenly, “Oh Speedster, I got a cake you should definitely try!” He reaches into his saddle bag and pulls out some sort of cake with icing and a cherry on it. “Try it dude, it’s awesome!”

I grab the cake out of his hoof and bring it to my snout first; upon sniffing it, I smell carrots and a beautiful icing mixed with the delicious, mouth-watering cherry. I take a small bite from the end, leaving the cherry. My mouth suddenly explodes with flavour; the creamy icing battling it out in my mouth with the delicious carrots. I blink a few times, turning my gaze to Dark Woods; “Wow…”

“I know right?! Isn’t it the best thing you’ve ever tasted?!” His eyes lit up with joy, he is almost bouncing like Pinkie Pie from the excitement. “Dude, come take a seat with us. Oh that reminds me, we’re camping out tonight, want to join us?”

I glance around looking for something to sleep on other than the hard ground, yet I see nothing. I am given a reassuring look from Pom-Pom and Flaming Feather, so I nod and take another bite of the exquisite cake, its deliciousness filling my mouth once again.

Pom-Pom trots over to me, taking my hoof in hers. “Come on Speedster, I’ll show you the tents we’re sleeping in.”

“I... uh- Okay?”

Pom-Pom trots past the small campfire that was hidden out of sight, going behind a bush. I am cautious at first, but once I follow her, it reveals three tents laid out on the ground, already seeming to have sleeping bags in them. Around the tents are some spare pegs lying on the floor, some hiding in the tall grass too.

I look around near the tents; they seem to be in some sort of mini-alcove sort of thing, encased with trees; the moon light shining down from above. Flowers are popping out from within the tall grass which seems to go on throughout the forest up until it reaches this cliff edge, where it is all flat and smooth, unlike its natural rough spikey texture.

“So uh- where will I be sleeping then?”

“Oh, you can share a tent with me, if you would like?”

Suddenly, my head seems to feel slightly hotter. I look up to see that my ‘mane’ has started to glow a deep pinkish colour, and is flaring out quite a bit. I glance back down to Pom-Pom who is holding a hoof to her mouth, giggling slightly.

“That looks funny; I hope they don’t burn down the forest, though.”

“Uh… I don’t think I want to share a tent with you, Pom-Pom.”

I look towards the place where Dark Woods and Flaming Feather are sat, but my view is blocked by a shrub.

“Why not?” She asks, in a slightly angry tone, causing me to pace back slightly. “Is my tent not good enough for you or something?”

“No-No! It’s just that well uhm…”

“Come on, spit it out!”

I let out a deep sigh, the feeling of an outburst coming on; I try to keep it down with all my might but it doesn’t seem to work, “You come across as a whore, Pom-Pom.” My ear twitches as I pick up a laugh in the background, then a pissed off look on Dark Woods’s face comes through the foliage.

“What did you just call her?!”

“I didn’t mean to, I swear!” His eyes flare an angry red, and then his hoof rises up in the air, smacking me in the jaw as I crumble to the ground. “What the heck was that for?!” I ask, obviously knowing the answer.

“I thought you were my friend Speedster. I think you should just leave!”

“I-I…!”

“Leave, Speedster!” I hear Pom-Pom yell holding a sadistic look in her eye as I stand up and trot away into the forest, the tree branches smacking my face as I pass, and the grass scraping my hooves.

I venture further into the forest in shame, holding a hoof to my jaw; ever so slightly touching it, making sure not to put too much pressure onto it just in-case it’s broken. The thick, tall grass is starting to scrape my hooves even more, almost reaching my neck in the process. After wading through the grass for a long time, I appear at a small clearing surrounded by trees. It appears to be big enough for a small house to be here, making me wonder why one actually isn’t.

I look around for a while, trying to locate some small sticks I could maybe start a fire with but to no avail. I trot to the middle of the clearing and lay down on my haunches. The grass here is nice and soft, unlike the surroundings, which are all jaded and create small cuts on my hooves.

I look up at the moon, now lying on my back and my hooves behind my head. I stare at the passing stars, occasionally seeing a shooting star fly past. I think to myself, ‘that’s odd, shooting stars are supposed to be rare.’

After about an hour passes, I notice the moon has moved significantly, and I decide it’s about time I try to get some sleep. I stand to my hooves and walk over to a nearby tree; I notice it has an exceptionally large branch with a ton of leaves on it. I bite down at the root, gnawing at it at first until it eventually comes loose, sending me stumbling backwards, but I luckily remain on my hooves. I slowly trot over to the clearing, carrying the branch in my mouth. I place it down carefully and lay down next to it, pulling it onto me. Immediately I notice that it’s providing no insulation, but I keep it on me in case it rains.

‘Looks like another cold night for me…’ I think, as I slowly drift off to sleep.

*****

Flaming Feathers POV

Dark’s neck snaps up in a flare of anger, eyes still brimming to the point of popping out as it would seem, “I can’t believe that guy! I trusted him, I was kind to him, and I even gave him one of my new found cakes for Celestia’s sakes!”

Pom-Pom puts a hoof on his shoulder, causing him to calm down almost instantly, “It’s alright Dark, and he was a stupid friend after all, right?”

“I-I guess so…” His eyes stop flaring the almighty red of hate, and calm back down to his normal deep green colour again. “I just can’t believe he called you that, Pom-Pom…”

“I really think you shouldn’t hang around with him anymore, okay Dark?”

“Alright…”

Flaming Feather raises a hoof, and takes his gaze away from the two, focusing on the path which Speedster took; “Whoa, hold on now- You’ve just let him go off all on his own, with no food, water, or even shelter?”

Dark bows his head in slight shame, “Well, when you put it like that…”

“No!” Pom-Pom yells, “He called me a whore, and I don’t really appreciate that, alright?!”

Flaming Feather lowers his hoof, letting out a sigh as it lands on the smooth grass, “Well, that doesn’t mean we should abandon him, I’m going to fly ahead and look for him, feel free to follow me if you have the decency to do so.” He quickly sets off in a trot which quickly turns into a gallop. He unfurls his wings and takes off into the air, heading in the general direction of Speedster.

‘I sure hope Speedster is okay…’