Chapter 14

The Starry Sky

The group of friends gathered at Twilight’s castle and double checked their supplies. Sunny allowed Pip to go camping with the group of friends. The CMC, Spike and Rumble were going so he wouldn’t be the only foal there. All of the adult males had grim expressions on their faces, but kept up a cheery outlook when the mares were talking to them.

With their stuff packed the group headed off to Rainbow falls with Rainbow and Applejack leading the pack. “How long will it take us to get there?” The blue mare asked.

“Well, if the weather holds, then we should be there in three days.” Connor said as he looked at the map.

“Have you ever been camping Azure?” Pipsqueak asked as he looked up at the blue mare.

“I don’t recall the last time I went camping.” It had been over a thousand years since the Princess had been out in the wilderness. She enjoyed the feeling of freedom of being out in the wilderness with no rules or guidelines to follow.

“Yeah, you could probably say that the last time Azure went camping, ponies had just invented the wheel.” Connor chuckled. Normally Luna would have made a snide remark, but her heat induced emotions had a better idea. She swirled her tail a few times and cracked it like a whip against the man’s rear. “Ow!” He yelled as he rubbed his posterior.

Do not make fun of our age mortal!

Don’t be so testy and it’s not like I was lying. The mare scrunched her nose and glared at him. The group continued through the forest and more than twice Rarity yelped at the slightest sign of an insect. The rest of the group couldn’t help but chuckle at the fashionista’s reactions. The group pressed on and eventually came upon their first campsite. The stone fire ring Applejack had built from her last visit was still intact.

Each group started to set up their tents, but Luna was struggling with the poles. “Infernal contraption! I demand you assemble.” Connor chuckled at the mare’s stammering.

“Sorry, but it doesn’t work like that.”

“You humans have such annoying devices.” She went back to work on the tent poles and at one point even got tangled in the mess of rods and cords. “A little help?”

“Why? You’ve almost got it.” Connor’s comment earned him another glare from the Princess. The human then stepped in and untangled her from the mess. Connor then started to put the tent together correctly. See? Not that hard.

I will feast on your flesh! Connor looked at the mare with surprise and terror in his eyes.

Jeez, lighten up will you? We’re here to support Comet remember? Luna huffed and gave him a nod in agreement. The group kept up getting their camp together and then started to explore the nearby area, but Applejack, Caramel and Mac stayed behind to keep an eye on the camp. The males didn’t want a repeat of what happened last time. Connor, Luna and Pip stayed in a group as they walked around the groves of trees. Once in a while they’d hear a shriek coming from Rarity who’d occasionally discover something new to fuss over.

When the sun stared to set they all headed back to camp to find AJ cooking some stew. They each happily took a bowlful of the stew and the group started to converse about mindless things.

“What if your legs forgot they were legs?” The group all turned to look at the blue winged flyer.

“What are you talking about?” Pierce stated.

“Like, what if you woke up one day and your legs just forgot their function?”

“So you think that legs have their own brains?” Pierce said with a raised eyebrow.

“No.”

“Then how could your legs forget something if they don’t have a brain in the first place?” Conner asked. Soarin opened his mouth to speak, but didn’t have anything to back up his claim.

“Wow, that was possibly the stupidest thing you’ve ever said.” Dash said as she looked at her colt friend.

“Stupidest thing he’s said so far,” Caramel added. “there’s always room for more mediocrity.” Soarin crossed his arms and grumbled to himself.

“Oh come on, compared to the crap Caramel caused last time we went camping?” Thunder kicked his leg to get him to shut up. AJ set down her bowl and glared at the males.

“Okay, now what in the name of Equestria happened?”

“Nothing, nothing happened.” Mac said suddenly feeling hot under the collar.

“Nothing happened my left hoof.” Dash furrowed her brow. Connor then stood up.

“Look it’s been a long day and we have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow. So I am turning in.” The man said as he walked over to his tent with Luna following behind. They both climbed into their sleeping bags and Connor let the day’s exhaustion take him. Luna on the other hand was having trouble relaxing and she inhaled a deep breath from the borrowed sleeping bag. She felt her legs shake and her cheeks turn hot.

His scent is everywhere! She thought as he hand slowly started to inch down her stomach. Luna remembered that the man was sleeping right next to her and stopped herself. She heard Connor mumble something in his sleep and she turned her head to see him rolling over. He must be having a dream. She bit her lip as a thought came into her mind.

Her horn glowed blue and she closed her eyes as she entered the dream. She found herself in a cave and the weather had turned rotten. Rain was coming down in buckets and several flashes of lightning illuminated the cave.

“There’s a cave up here!” A familiar red furred stallion yelled. She soon saw the rest of the males trudge into the cave. All of them were soaking wet and their packs were no better condition. The dream had an odd feel about it and she realized that it was no dream, it was a memory.

“Comet, please tell me you know a fire spell.” Thunder said as he rubbed his arms to get some heat back in them. The unicorn nodded.

“Yes, but I need something to burn.” Connor looked into his pack and pulled out some dry twigs and a ball of string. Comet carefully backed them together and focused his magic. Soon the center of the small fire pit started to smolder and small flames burned. The group took turns venturing out into the storm to collect what dry wood they could find, or at the very least what wood that wasn’t soaking wet.

“I thought you said it was supposed to be sunny for the next few days.” Caramel said as he shot Thunderlane a pointed look.

“That’s what the report said!” He exclaimed. “Did you guys even see the clouds? They were like a checker board!”

“Is Rainbow drunk or something?” Pierce said as he warmed his hands.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but I have a feeling it’s Twilight’s fault.” Connor said with a shiver.

“What makes you say that?” Mac asked.

“Whenever something weird happens around here when isn’t it her or one of the girls’ fault?” He said in a bland tone. Connor then shifted his gaze to Pierce. “I still can’t believe you lost all of our food.”

“It wasn’t my fault, those bears came out of nowhere.” He protested.

“I told you to make a bear bag.” Comet groaned.

“I had to cut wood with Mac and Connor, so I told Thunder to do it.” The jeweler pointed to the grey winged stallion.

“And I told Caramel to do it while I filled the canteens with Soarin.” All eyes turned to the earth pony stallion.

“I forgot to do it.” Connor rubbed his temples and groaned. Another flash of lightning startled the group and they all shivered as cold wind billowed into the cave.

“We’re gonna catch a cold if we don’t do something about our clothes.” The stallions and human silently stripped down to their under clothing and laid their soaking wet pants and shirts close to the fire. Luna couldn’t help but lick her lips as she ogled the males as they peeled the wet clothing off their bodies.

“Anyone got anything to eat?” Caramel asked. The group looked through their packs and managed to find some trail mix and a bit of beef jerky Connor had brought. They ate silently and they all agreed to head back to town the next day. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew into the cave and scattered the small fire.

The males ran around in a panic trying to find the smoldering pieces to salvage their only source of warmth. They all brought out their flashlights and looked around, but found nothing.

“Well, that’s just great!” Soarin yelled. “Now what the hell are we supposed to do, freeze to death?” A long silence fell over the group as they shivered. Finally Connor swallowed his pride and spoke up.

“The only way we’re making it through the night is if we huddle together for warmth.” All eyes turned towards the human. “It’s what humans do in a situation like this, it works. Our combined body heat will keep us all warm.” The stallions all gave each other a look and were silent for several minutes as they weighed their options. Finally, Mac spoke in a deep voice.

“This never leaves the cave.” The all gave a nod and they started lying down next to each other. “Why do I get the end?” Mac ground as he felt the wind against his back.

“Because you’re the biggest one of us, so you’re our wind breaker.” Caramel said. They were quiet for a very long time as they waited to fall asleep. In his trying to get comfortable, Connor accidentally brushed up against the phone in his hands and a familiar tune rang out.

~My mind’s telling me no, but my body is telling me yes!~

“Turn that off!” The stallions yelled at the human who quickly shut off his music.

“Sorry!” The human gulped and lamented that his phone had no service.

“I think I read a porno like this once.” Comet said.

“Read?” Thunder asked.

“Twilight has a lot of dirty books.” The males all nodded in understanding.

“What was the plot?” Caramel asked.

“This explorer gets lost in the woods and comes across a tribe of jungle mares.” He began. “Because he entered their woods he was forces to pass a stimulus test by having sex with all of them.”

“Sounds like heaven.” Soarin chuckled.

“Yeah, but the chief of the tribe did all sorts of things.” Comet said as he remembered. “Bondage with vines, mares rubbing up against one another and-“ A shrill cry of surprise came from Pierce who bolted up and backed away from the group. “What?”

“What the fuck Thunderlane?” He pointed an accusatory finger at the grey stallion who’s wings were pointed straight up and an evident bulge in his boxers. Even in the dark the group could see the flushed cheeks on both stallions.

“Sorry! It was Comet’s story!” Connor let out a loud groan and glared back at the two.

“If you both don’t shut up then I swear to God I’ll skin you both and use your fur as a blanket!” Both stallions glared at the human and each took a different position away from one another. Luna could barely control her laughter as she watched the events. Sun shined into the cave the next morning, and one by one the males stirred. Comet shook his head and felt something odd.

“Caramel, where is your hand?” The stallion yawned and absentmindedly answered.

“Between two soft pillows.”

“Those aren’t pillows!” At the shout everyone stood up and glared at the light brown stallion. “I feel so violated.” Comet shivered. The group then got back into their somewhat dry clothes and looked at one another with a blazing intensity.

“Okay, right here we all make a pact,” Connor said in a firm tone. “that we never tell anyone what happened here.” All the stallions nodded in agreement. “If anyone spills the beans, they lose a testicle.” Connor said flipping open his pocket knife.

“Which one?” Thunder gulped.

“Like it matters.” Pierce said as he rolled his eyes.

“Oh it matters!” Thunderlane protested.

“Shut up!” Connor commanded and the stallions listened. “If the mares hear about this then we’ll never hear the end of it and I don’t want to hear about some ‘Brokeback Mountain’ bullshit either. Got it?” The group all swore their secrecy as they left the cave behind. Luna was on the ground laughing until her lungs gave out as the dream started to collapse.

Back in the real world, Connor was gently shaking the Princess’s shoulder. Luna’s eyes fluttered open and instantly covered her mouth to prevent herself from laughing. “Are you okay Luna?” He asked as Luna turned over to hide her face. She pulled her hand away when she felt something warm and wet on her fingers.

“You’re bleeding from your nose, you okay?” Luna nodded and wiped her upper lip clean with her arm.

“Yes, we are fine.” Connor raised an eyebrow, but pushed it aside as he got out of the tent and stretched. After a quick breakfast, the group took down their tents and re-packed their packs. As they kept moving, Luna could not shake the memory she’d witnessed from her mind and sometimes caught herself giggling. She’d also caught herself staring at the human and feeling herself get hot under the collar and other areas of her anatomy.

The group came to the next campsite and started to make their camp. Connor, Mac and Carmel left to find some firewood while Luna was forced to wrestle with the tent that seemed to love to not go together. Dash had a sly grin on her face and walked over to the blue mare.

“Having trouble?”

“Yes, I loathe this infernal thing.” Luna huffed as she threw one of the sticks on the ground.

“How about you help AJ with the stew and I’ll set up the tent.” Luna smiled and walked over to where the orange mare was getting her cooking supplies ready. Connor and the other two stallions came back with the wood and soon got a fire going. Luna kept laughing to herself over what she saw earning a few odd looks from the mares and stallions. Applejack pulled Connor aside and nodded her head towards the blue mare.

“Is Azure feeling okay? She’s been acting mighty weird.”

“She’s been like that since this morning after she had a nose bleed.” Connor shrugged when she asked him how that happened. The group sat down for their supper and a coy smile formed on Luna’s lips.

“Connor, might we have some music?” the rest of the group agreed and Connor handed her his phone. Luna scrolled through his playlist and an all too familiar tune started playing. All the stallions’ faces went ashen and Connor quickly took his phone back.

“That song isn’t appropriate for the children.” He was using them as an excuse of course, but she didn’t need to know that. Luna only continued to giggle to herself as she looked at the males’ discomfort. Thankfully, Comet struck up a game of Million Bits but.

“You get a million bits,”

“A lot of money.” Carmel added.

“But, you get tastebuds on your hands.” The group all grimaced at the scenario.

“Just imagine what would happen when you went to the bathroom.” Thunder gagged.

“I wouldn’t do it.” Pierce said and the other males followed suit.

“I’d do it!” Pinky said with a smile. It was no surprise to anyone that the pink mare would agree to do it as she never wanted to miss out on a new experience. The group went back and forth, each scenario getting worse that the last. Eventually they called it a night and Connor looked inside the tent and noticed something odd.

“Azure, where’s your sleeping bag?” The mare looked inside the tent and only saw the human’s laying in the enclosure. “Tell me you didn’t leave it at the last camp?”

“I swear I had it all day.” She said with a yawn.

“Screw it, we’ll figure it out in the morning. I suppose we could share mine.” The man’s face went bright red as the words came out of his mouth. “I’m sorry about that, I’m tired from today.”

“I-It’s fine!” Luna gulped as he face was also bright red. “We do not mind.” Connor nodded and made his way inside the tent and crawled inside the sleeping bag making sure to leave some room for the Princess. Luna slowly slid in beside him and she instantly felt her cheeks go red. Connor was no better as he felt her soft fur brush against his skin. “Goodnight.” She said nervously.

“Night.” Connor said as he turned in the bag so his back was to the blue mare. He attempted to fall asleep, but couldn’t shake the thought of the blue mare sleeping next to him. He felt her tail brushing up against his leg. Just as he was starting to nod off, the mare turned on her side and Connor felt her arms wrapping around his torso and her legs become tangled with his.

As he tried to wiggle free her grip tightened and she rested her head on his chest. In the dark of the night he could just barely make out her features. He could not deny that she looked very attractive like this. His thoughts were pushed aside as he realized that not only was his arm being firmly squeezed between her breasts, but his hand had ended up between the blue mare’s legs.

The feeling in his arm was starting to fade due to lack of blood circulation. He struggled to wrench his arm free from the Princess’ embrace. He paused when her body shifted and she let out a gasp. He looked at her and saw she was still asleep, although she appeared to be grinding herself against his arm. He struggled again to get his arm free but the mare’s grip only seemed to tighten and her legs started to shift.

A soft moan escaped her lips as she continued the motion and Connor felt a certain wetness coating his fingers. He paused as he moved his fingers more and another soft moan escaped her lips, yet her grip remained. Another stroke of his fingers and he realized that he had unintentionally getting to third base with the Princess. He quickly struggled to get his arm free with more gusto, now not caring about waking the princess.

“Luna, wake up!” He said in a firm tone. The mare only groaned and squeezed harder. He could feel numbness starting to take his limb and continued to squirm. With one final pull, his arm came free from the mare’s grip. The sudden loss of his arm made the Princess stir. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. Connor started shaking his arm to get some blood circulation back into it.

“What is going on?” Connor froze and thought of what would happen if the Princess realized what had happened in their sleep. None of them were pleasant.

“My arm just fell asleep.” He said as he stretched. “I’m gonna see what everyone else’s status is.” He said as he hastily threw on a better shirt and a pair of pants. He made his way outside and saw Applejack and Mac over the fire ring cooking breakfast.

“Morning Connor,” The red stallion said. The human only groaned in response. “rough night?”

“More like a rough morning.” He didn’t even want to talk about what happened else Luna catch wind of it and send him to the moon, or worse. The other campers started to rouse from their tents as the smell off food made its way through the camp. Eventually Azure joined them and took a seat beside the human. After dismantling their tents the group started to venture off to the final campsite where the viewing of the meteor shower would be incredible.

The group followed made their way down the trail that wound through the forest and passed some caves AJ had camped in before. After a long day of walking they finally arrived at Rainbow Falls in the late afternoon. After they set up camp, the males all gathered around Comet. “So, what’s your plan?” Connor inquired.

“The meteor shower should be within sight by eleven o’clock. I want to ask her during it.” He turns to Soarin and Thunderlane. “I want you two to make sure the skies are clear.” The two pegasi nodded in understanding.

“I want the rest of you to keep the mares busy while I pop the question. The less eyes on me the better.” He pointe up to the top ridge that was above the falls. “I’ll be up there.”

“Looks kinda precarious.” Carmel commented. Connor and Mac had to agree with the carpenter. Neither of them were experts on ledges, but that one definitely looked unstable.

“It’s the best viewing spot here.” The group broke and decided to make their way back to camp while Thunderlane came up beside Connor.

“So I couldn’t help but overhear some moaning sounds coming from your tent this morning.” The other’s turned back towards Connor’s blushing face.

“Nothing happened.” Connor said in a flat tone. The Pegasus smirked slyly.

“Sure, Connor I totally believe you.” The human growled at him. The others all raised an eyebrow at the motion.

“Dude, did you just growl at him?” Caramel commented. Connor was surprised and shook his head.

“Whatever, I’m tired.” Connor sighed as they got back to camp where AJ had gotten a fire going. Azure then walked up to the human.

“What were you speaking about?” The human shrugged.

“Guy stuff.” Luna pouted and crossed her arms under her chest. “Look there’s a pact we all follow.” Luna chuckled and couldn’t stop her self.

“What happens in the cave, stays in the cave?” Connor froze and turned to face the mare.

“What did you just say?” Luna realized her blunder and felt beads of sweat from on her brow. She felt his dark brown eyes peer into her soul. It was equally frightening as it was making her feel warm.

Oh take me up against a tree now!

Shut up! She yelled against the lewd thoughts.

“We just heard it somewhere.” Connor sniffed the air around her like a dog would.

“Yeah, I smell bullshit.” He said as he leaned closer and narrowed his eyes. “Where did you hear that from?” Luna gulped as she tried to keep herself from tackling him to the ground and taking him right there in the middle of camp.

“I heard you say it in your dream!” She said before clamping her hands over her mouth. Connor’s eyes widened and an embarrassing flush rose to his cheeks.

“You went into my head?” He said as his upper lips snarled.

“It looked like you were having a nightmare and I saw what happened the last time you and the stallions went camping.” His face paled and he checked to make sure no one heard her. He took her by the hand and went to some of the trees to talk to her. Once they were hidden he crossed his arms and Luna felt blush rise to her cheeks.

Yes, take me now in the dirt like the animal I am!

Shut up! Connor pinched the bridge of his nose and groaned.

“How much did you see?” He asked in a calmer tone.

“The cave part.” She said as she bit back a laugh. He groaned again. “Are you angry?” She asked meekly.

“I’m disappointed.” He said in a tone a father would use for scolding a naughty child. “Don’t worry I know the perfect punishment for invading my privacy.” The human frowned as he went back to the group.

I hope it involves a spanking.

Silence you perverted wretch!

Technically you’re a perverted wretch. She thought as she followed suit. She saw Connor talking to Twilight and Spike. Connor wrote a quick note and then Spike sent it ablaze with his green fire. The human then gave her a wicked grin that made the Princess shiver.

“Hey guys come check this out.” Rainbow called out. The group followed the sound of her voice and stumbled upon a pool of pure rainbows just under the large outcropping over the falls.

“A rainbow pool?” Rarity stated.

“Dash’s natural camouflage.” The cyan flyer frowned at Caramel.

“Who’s up for taking a dip?” Pinkie chimed out.

“Pinkie it’s the middle of Autumn. The water’s gotta be like forty degrees.” Twilight stated. Rarity smiled and walked over to one of her many, many bags and pulled out a small red crystal.

“What’s that?” Mac asked as he looked at the strange stone.

“This is a hearth crystal.” She handed it to Thunderlane who threw it football style into the middle of the pool. The rainbow water slowly started to bubble and radiate heat. Conor bent down and stuck his hand in the pool.

“It’s warm. Like a hot tub.” He said before taking his hand out and shaking it dry.

“A lady is always prepared.” She said with a wry smile.

“Um, I didn’t bring my swimsuit.” Fluttershy peeped out. Rarity sapped her fingers and several different swimsuits appeared in front of the group.

“Walking wardrobe, that’s why I keep you around.” Thunder said as he put an arm around his mare friend’s waist. She turned back with a devilish look in her eye.

“Is that the only reason dear?”

“Well, there are a few other things.” He said with an equally lewd grin.

“Save it for your tent.” AJ said as she went back to her own to get changed. A few minutes later the group returned to the warm pool each with a color coordinated swim suit. Connor waited outside his tent wearing a pair of blue swim trunks waiting for Azure. She came out wearing a blue sweater that covered her top and her face was bright red.

The two wandered down to the others and Connor slowly slid into the warm pool.

“Oh that feels so good after a long day of walking.” He commented as the other’s whole heartedly agreed. Luna sat on the edge and just dipped her hooves in. “Why not come in more?”

“I do not feel like it.” She huffed as she wrapped her arms around herself. The human shrugged and enjoyed the warm water against his aching muscles while Pip, Spike and the other children play like they were pirates. The group spent the rest of the afternoon talking of small things. Eventually the group got out and started getting ready for dinner and viewing the meteor shower.

After quickly eating their food the group continued to chat among themselves as the sky grew dark and the viewing for the meteor shower became optimal. Comet gave the males all a nod and they broke off with their better halves to give Comet the privacy he needed. It was just Luna and him sitting around the fire. A heavy awkward silence was starting to grow between the two. Connor looked up at the night sky and sighed.

“I’m going for one last dip in the hot pond. Want to come?” Luna weighed her options and nodded. Connor was still wearing his now dry bathing suit and grabbed his towel before heading down to the rainbow pond. He looked up and saw the two familiar figures of Twilight and Comet making their way up to the top of the outcropping.

He slid himself into the pond and looked up at the stars for a while. He heard the sound of hooves against the ground and looked over to see the disguised Princess. Just as before she only dipped her hooves in the warm rainbow water. “Oh come on, hop in.” She shook her head. Connor couldn’t be sure, but he swore he saw a blush rise to her cheeks.

Sly as a cat, Connor exited the pool and stealthily made his way out. “I’m gonna go relieve myself.” He said to Luna as he went close to the tree line. He waited a moment and tip toed behind the unassuming Princess. He was so going to pay for this, but it would be so worth it.

Before she could react, Connor scooped the Princess up in his arms. The Princess shrieked at the sudden action and her eyes shrank as she realized what he was about to do.

“Don’t you dare,” She was cut off as the man jumped into the pool with the Princess in his arms. Connor broke the surface of the six foot pool and wiped the water off his face. He spun back around as he heard a loud snarl.

“Wretch!” Luna hissed as her eyes were glowing a menacing white. Normally Connor would have turned tail and run, but in her quick ascension to the surface her hoodie had slipped off and Connors eyes widened as he saw the swim suit beneath. Actually to call it a swimsuit was an overstatement, it was more like three small white triangles being held back by some straps of the same color.

The man felt a blush rise to his cheeks as he couldn’t help but stare at the mare’s outfit. He didn’t even see the mare lunge at him and he was soon submerged under the rainbow surface. Connor wrestled to break free from the mare’s grasp and managed to get his head above the water. Luna tackled him again and got him in a tight hold. Her wet body pressing up against his was making his cheeks flush, especially when he felt her soft mounds rub against him.

“You’re gonna drown me!” He coughed.

“Good!” She yelled as she tried to push him back under the water. Connor managed to wrap his leg around her waist and roll out from underneath the blue mare and switched their positions. He managed to wrestle her to the shore and pin her arms up over her head. Connor looked down and saw Luna panting. He couldn’t tell if her cheeks were red because she was embarrassed or enraged. He was betting on the latter.

In the moon light he could fully see her lean body underneath him. She tried to break free from his grasp but his grip was like tempered iron. Conor looked down and saw her blue tail wrap around his torso that slowly started to force him down closer to the mare. Try as he might, Luna was slowly getting free and overpowering him. With a quick twist, the mare regained her position on top of the human.

She wrapped her legs and tail around his torso and pinned his arms far away from his body. Connor froze as the moon’s light shined down on them. The moon’s light illuminated her body making her seem all the more terrifying and alluring.

“Okay, I give up.” She smiled at his surrender but tightened her legs and tail around him. He hands moved up to his shoulders and pushed him down.

“You are our prisoner now,” Her tone was soft and serious. “we own you.” She leaned forwards, her blue eyes piercing into his. Her chest was pressing against his once again and he could feel her hot breath on his face. His ears perked up as he heard something. The noise grew louder and louder and he looked to his sides looking for the source.

Luna’s ears twitched and she cocked her head. “Do you hear something?” Connor opened his mouth to respond but whatever he said was silenced as something fell into the pool creating a large splash. Luna quickly got off of the man and the two swam to the middle of the pool to see a familiar yellow furred stallion floating in the water.

Connor looped his rams around Comet’s torso and swam to shore as the other members of the trip made their way down to the pool. As they got to shore, Twilight appeared in flash of lavender light.

“What happened? We heard some mare scream then a hug splash.” Dash said as they crowded around while Twilight was trying to calm down.

“I don’t know what happened.” Tears were streaming down her face. “A piece of the cliff gave way and Comet fell.” Luna pressed her ear to the stallion’s chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

“He’s still breathing. The fall must have knocked him out.” Comet’s eyes slammed open and he shot up from the ground.

“What happened?” Twilight quickly wrapped her arms around her colt friend and cried into his shoulder.

“You fell off the cliff.” She sobbed.

“I told you that cliff was dangerous.” Caramel chastised. They all turned to look at him with annoyed expressions on their faces. “Right, shutting up now.” He clamped his lips shut as their attention went back to the other stallion.

“Take it easy Comet.” Connor said as he crouched next to his friend. “You could have a concussion, you hit the water pretty hard.” There were bruises already forming on the Unicorn’s chest and stomach. He no doubt hit the water chest first.

Mac and Twilight helped him up and walk him back up to the campsite. The group sighed heavily and slowly started to make their way back up. Connor was about to join them when a thought came to him. He stopped Pierce and whispered so only he could hear. “Where’s the ring?” Pierce’s eyes glanced to Twilight’s hand and saw that the ring was not on her finger.

The two looked back towards the water. “Oh great, it’s gonna take us hours to find that thing.”

“No it won’t.” Pierce’s horn glowed and a small ripple of magic washed over the water and two items glowed beneath the rainbow surface. Pierce snapped his fingers and the two items sped towards them with haste. The ring and stone stopped above Pierce’s hand. The gem stone had broken out of the ring during the crash.

“Can you fix it?”

“Yeah, but I need to get back to town to do so.” The two rejoined the group around the fire as Mac came out of Twilight and Comet’s tent.

“Comet is fine, but Twilight want’s to teleport him back to town and have Red Heart look at him. So start packing up unless you want to walk back tomorrow.” They all nodded and started to break down their tents and pack up their supplies. The children grumbled in disappointment that their trip got cut short. Connor kept quiet about the scene between him and Luna in the poll and she mimicked him.

An hour later, Twilight finished making the teleportation circle in the dirt. Everyone stepped inside with their supplies and waited as Twilight focused her magic. The spell circle glowed on the ground and Connor’s skin tingled as magic became ripe in the air. In a brilliant flash of light the group was transported into the castle’s meeting room.

Connor steadied himself on a nearby chair and groaned. “I don’t think I’ll ever get use to that.” He said as he fought back the nausea. Mac and Twilight helped Comet towards the hospital while the rest of the group dispersed and headed for their respected abodes. Connor invited Pip to sleep at his house which the colt graciously accepted.

Connor opened the door for the ponies and the dog that accompanied behind them. They all set their packs down and decided to deal with it the next day.

Author's Note

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Wow it has been a REALLY long time since I updated this one. Hope you all enjoyed it. Extra points if you catch the 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' reference.