Death City

Hello everypony! Back with another chapter. Let me just start off by saying that the NJ ASK sucks shit! Or at least the Language Arts section does. My hand (or hoof) had felt like it was going to fall off. Back to the story, this chapter will be on Rainbow Dash and the next one will be on the timid little Pegasus Fluttershy. This chapter will be full of surprises and you never know if a new character will appear here or there. Let’s begin, shall we?

Chapter 17 – The Loyal Guard

“Hello?” A faint voice rang in Rainbow Dash’s ear. To her, she had never heard the tone of that voice and knew it was somepony new. Rainbow wanted to hid the snooze button and rest for just a few more minutes, but knew that it was a pony this time that was trying to wake her up, not an alarm.

“Ugg. Whats going on?” A dizzy and confused Rainbow Dash asked. She had just lifted her head to the ground and had began to open her eyes to see what was supposed to be a lamp right in her face. The bright lights of the lamp had illuminated the area around her, not to mention nearly blinded her and prevented her from seeing anything.

“Thank Celestia you’re awake. I thought you weren’t going to make it through.” The same voice had said but this time with happiness in his voice.

“W-where am I?’ A traumatized Rainbow Dahs asked. Taking in her surroundings, she saw that she had been in what looked like a miniature hospital room. Small cabinets and shelves containing all sorts of medicine hung on the wall. A sink had been attached to the wall right next to the silver steel door. Rainbow had turned her head down to see that she was laid out onto what was supposed to be a mattress bed. “That’s why I slept so well” Rainbow thought to herself. Turning her head back up to the other pony in the room, she began examining the Pegasus stallion. He had a maroon coat that was covered with what seemed like a military uniform. His mane and tail had been a mixture of black and white while his cutie mark had been a crosshair with two knives intersecting. From there, Rainbow Dash had assumed his special talent was archery or darts or something. There was a moment of silence between the two as the two observed each other closely. Getting back to the task at hoof, Rainbow Dash was the first to break the silence as she had asked the first question that had hit her mind.

“Who the hay are you!?” Rainbow yelled at the mysterious stallion who for some reason couldn’t take his own eyes of Rainbow. The stallion all of a sudden had snapped out of his thoughts and had gotten back to the present itself.

“W-who, me?” The stallion had asked Rainbow Dash while simultaneously pointing his front hoof towards his chest.

“No, who’s me?” Rainbow sarcastically answered. “YES YOU!” She began to yell. “Who the buck are you!?” By now, Rainbow was airborne and the two were face to face. The stallion had become nervous by now and had begun to sweat.  He wasn’t well known for communicating with ponies of his opposite gender.

“I-I’m Hurricane Splitter.” The stallion guard had said. “But you can call me Blur.”

“Well, Blur,” Rainbow Dash responded, landing back on the ground with all four of her hooves and her wings folded to her side. “I’m none other that Rainbow Dash. You’ve probably heard of me as the fastest mare in all of Equestria, haven’t you?”

“Doesn’t ring a bell.” Blur had responded. This began to intimidate Rainbow Dash.

“What!?” Never heard of me! You must be calling bluff. I don’t believe you. I CAN’T  believe you.” Rainbow Dash began to complain on and on. All Blur had did was look into Rainbow’s eyes. They held an assortment of different colors and visuals that had stunned Blur. Once Rainbow Dash had finished her complaining, she noticed that Blur had been staring uncontrollably at her again and had been stunned by her beauty. She was a little taken aback by this and knew she had to end it there before things got worse. This was until her memory began working a and coming into play again as she finally realized who she had been talking to this entire time.

“OH CELESTIA!” She screamed as she had unfolded her wings and had taken off into the air again.

“W-what is is?!” A scared Blur had asked. He had been snapped out of his daydream again and was now into full focus. He could obviously tell something was wrong and had rushed to Rainbow Dash’s aid, trying to comfort the startled cyan Pegasus.

“Y-you’re a g-guard!” She blurted out, total fear consuming her entire body. She had been reminded by Fluttershy that the guards found on the Ark were extremely dangerous and shouldn’t be at all costs be played or fooled with.

“Yeah, so.” A calmed Blur had responded. Frankly, he didn’t really understand why Rainbow was so scared all of him all of a sudden. He began to think that she just had a bad encounter with a previous guard or something.

“Wait, why aren’t you hurting me?” Rainbow Dash asked. She was now on the floor right beneath Blur and was cowering in fear, her hooves covering the top of her head and face.

“Heh, I don’t play around like the other guards.” Blur began to answer Rainbows question. “I find what they do to intruders is….. just plain wrong.” Blur had prevented himself from telling Rainbow Dash the truth of what really happened to the intruders of the Ark if they were really caught.  He had scarred so many ponies in the past with his true story, and he wasn’t in the mood for scaring another one, especially this one. Something about Rainbow Dash had for some strange reason turned Blur on. Something about her had made Rainbow seem so charismatic to Blur.

“Wait.” Rainbow Dash chimed in again. “So how did I even get here in the first place?”

“Oh. I found you just lying unconscious in the hallway all by yourself.” Blur replied. “I didn’t have the guts to just leave you there and get captured by another guard, so I took you with me and galloped here as fast as I could before any other guard could realize what I was really doing. I then came here and placed you here on the bed. I waited and waited until you awoke just moments ago. Who knows what would happen if I just left you there for anypony else to just find you and take you captive.” Blur began chuckling a little as he said this.

“Oh, heh.” A large blush had spread across Rainbows checks as she began to regret saying what she had asked earlier.

“Oh, by the way, that reminds me.” Blur had broken the silence between the two. “We have to leave now.” With that, Blur had grabbed Rainbow Dash’s hoof with his own and began dragging her out of the room. “We can’t stay in there forever. The more we move around, the better a chance we have of not getting detected by the guards.”

“Wait, stop!” Rainbow yelled quietly, trying not to get the attention of any nearby guards. “You know this place well, do you?” She asked Blur.

“It depends.” Blur had responded. “Just what specifically are you looking for?”

“Well, me and my friends came to the Ark in search for a stallion who lives in this place.” Rainbow Dash began to scratch her head with her hoof. “I think his name was Dusk or something. Anyway, when we were teleported here, each of us for some reason got separated. Can you help me find my friends and find Dusk, please?” Rainbow Dash by now had gotten on her knees and was now practically begging Blur to help her.

Blur was not one to deny anypony, especially Rainbow Dash. “Alright. But only on one condition. When we save your friend and escape, I want to come with you. I want to be able to live in peace and freedom and not be controlled by this Celestia-for-saken death trap. Understand?”

“I hear you loud and clear.” This was Rainbow’s only reply. “Now come on.” With that, Rainbow had flown up into the air for the third time today and began dragging Blur with him. Blur knew that this was going to be one hectic experience, but being with Rainbow Dash made his heart skip a beat every now and then. Blur couldn’t tell if he was experiencing a case of love syndrome or something. He had never felt this way with another pony before. All Blur could do was wait and find out what was to become of the two in the future.

Right as the two came to a dead end, they both had turned around to see four ponies had been following them. Taking immediate action,  Blur had rushed to Rainbow Dash’s side who had just been standing there the entire time and was looking into the distance of the hallway. Blur was standing right in front of Rainbow and was standing on his back two hooves, while his front two hooves were extended to the side, blocking anything from reaching Rainbow Dash. As the four ponies began closing in on the two ponies, Rainbow Dash suddenly realized who it was and made her way past Blur to the four ponies.

“GUYS!” Rainbow Dash had yelled, tackling Twilight to the ground as she did so. Looking up, she saw Thunder Ice and Seamus too, as well as another colt standing right next to Seamus. “Umm, who’s he?” She asked, pointing a hoof towards Strife.

“Oh, he’s Strife.” Seamus chipped in, adding to the greetings. By this point, Strife extended a hoof towards Rainbow Dash, who gladly accepted it as a way of saying hello. AS everypony was done introducing each other, they all turned towards Blur who was standing against the wall the entire time. Rainbow Dash soon realized that everypony was looking at Blur and began to introduce him.

“Oh, guys meet Hurricane Splitter.” Rainbow Dash introduced the stallion guard. “Still, you can call him Blur. And by now, I know what you’re thinking. “Oh no! It’s a guard! Quick, run!” Well don’t! Blur here is a good guy, not to mention loyal too.”

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Blur.”  Twilight introduced herself. “I’m sure you’ve met Rainbow Dash. I’m Twilight, he’s Thunder Ice, he’s Seamus, and finally, he’s Strife.” After everypony was introduced again, they began heading down the hallway in which they came from. They knew that they were close to getting everypony back together. Their goal had almost had been reach. So far, their army had grown substantially. Once they were done getting everypony back together, they would confront Discord and then see what Spectrum was really doing this entire time. But that was subjected to wit. Right now, the group had a bigger, more serious problem on their hooves, rescuing Dusk.

Finished with chapter 17. I can’t believe I’m actually able to update during NJ ASK week. Still, I’m looking for new OC’s as well as new songs for my fanfiction as always. Speaking of OC’s, the character Hurricane Splitter, or Blur, was the OC from the author Dieter N. on fimfiction and Diablo3112 on fanfiction. Also, if you guys reading this favor the characters Raymond and Snake, well you can get more of them in the fanfiction Dark Moon by arceus100 only on fanfiction.net. His/her stories are quite good and are mainly about war and hurt/comfort. Still, I am looking for a name (just a name) for a stallion that will come into play later on in the story. The name needs to be appropriate as well as something ominous and mysterious to go with the pony itself. With that said, the next chapter will be on Fluttershy and then the great escape/breakout. So excited. :D. Until then, I command you to review and recommend this story to your family, friends, and even pets. Just keep in consideration that I am watching your every move.