My Little Pony: Birth Before Time

by HarvyDraws

Wayward Wind's Story Part 2

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The Desert Lands

Wayward's travelling through the Orbit's between, when suddenly the Black Pony passes by her "huh, her again!" said Wayward. The Black Pony looks back to her and then zoomed off and Wayward chases after her.

A portal from the Orbit's between has opened and Wayward came out of it and she has entered the Desert Lands and jumps from her Keyblade Glider, releasing it and her armor, and landing as she starts to look around the area searching for the Black Pony.

"Where is she hiding?" said Wayward as she turns around and she sees the Black Pony. "All right! What did you mean about Firarra being a different pony?"

Then the Black Pony walks over to Wayward and said "Exactly what I said, moron. The Firarra you know will be gone forever."

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" shouted Wayward.

"Stupid, or true" said the Black Pony as she stands on her two legs, holds out her hoof and summons a Keyblade. Wayward was shocked when she sees she has one and then she has no choice but to fight, so she Wayward summons her Keyblade and both of them take fighting stances.

"Good. Let's see what you're made of" said the Black Pony.

After a few moments of battling against each other Wayward tries to hit her hard but she can't because the Black Pony's power is too strong, she keeps teleporting and hit her from behind and used some of her dark magic against her as well. Then suddenly Wayward gets beat and knocked back by the Black Pony.

"That really all you got? Gee, you are worthless. I'd be going against the Master's orders, but so what? As far as I'm concerned, your job here is done" said the Black Pony as she charges an attack and fires it at Wayward. After the explosion's flames, reflecting in her eye on the visor, dissipate we see Wayward is gone. She turns and looks.

"Don't worry! You're safe" said Arctic when he saved Wayward. Arctic holds his arm back and summons a Keyblade, then uses some magic.

"Heal!" He cures Wayward. Then turns and faces the Black Pony and said "Hey you! Let me tell you something! Keyblades are not something you use just to mess somepony around! Here, I'll show you!"

"We both will!" said Wayward as she got up and stood next to Arctic and the two take on the Black Pony.

Suddenly Wayward and Arctic are successful at defeating the Black Pony, who lays on the ground. The Black Pony teleports herself back onto her hoofs and brings herself up and said "hmph, you win." Then she summons a dark portal. "Consider yourself on probation" she backs through the portal and disappears.

Wayward releases her Keyblade and she looks and thanks Arctic for saving her "Probation for what? Thanks for before, I owe ya. The name's Wayward Wind. What's yours?"

"I'm Arctic, Arctic White" he introduced and Wayward noticed and she pointed out the keyblade that he is holding.

"I see you've got a Keyblade" Wayward called out.

"That's right. I've been training under the great Master Aris" said Arctic as he releases his Keyblade "I’ve noticed that their are problems out there and I sort of wander off alone."

"Well, that makes both of us. I ran off, too" laughed Waywrad.

"All I have to do is think it, and the Port Emerald will take me anywhere I wanna go" said Arctic as he pulled out a crystal object "At least I thought it would. I haven't quite got the fine points down, like...when, or where... It just kinda kicks in whenever it wants to. But I wouldn't have met you if it hadn't brought me here" said Arctic and then Wayward started to laugh. "You know, it might not be an mistake. Maybe it starts working because it's reacting to something." Then suddenly the Port Emerald starts glowing brightly.

Ponyville

Wayward wakes up in her armor floating near a world. She decides to land. Wayward enters the town square and looks around and she sees Arctic runs into town and said "Arctic? Where is he going?" and she follows him.

Wayward runs through Ponyville and made it to the train station and there was no sign of him anywhere, then she saw a train and it already left the station, then she thinks that Arctic was on board the train. Suddenly Wayward has no choice but to chase the train "I have to catch up with that train" she then hits her guard ring and hopped onto her glider. Later on after Wayward followed the train on her glider she arrives at a big kingdom called Canterlot. She was amazed when she first arrived "wow!" she said. Suddenly after a few distractions the train stops at the next station, Wayward lands down and releasing her armor. Once she got to the station the train doors opened. She looked at every door on the train and she noticed that Arctic isn’t there "Where could he be? I sworn he was on the train" she sighed and then looks around and heads off to find where Arctic went.

Wayward runs along the path to the castle entrance and looks around. Where two guards stand. When Wayward gets near they hold out their weapons and block her path "hold on" said the left guard.

"The castle is presently closed" said the guard on the right.

"But somepony just came this way! He's a friend of mine" said Wayward and the Royal Guards look at each other.

"We aren't aware of any visitors. Now run along home, girl, before the monsters get you" said the guard on the left.

"I coulda sworn it was him" said Wayward as she turns to leave and then she sees a large Flayer appears.

"They're here! Canterlot shall not fall under the likes of you" said the right guard and they both start walking toward the Flayer to dispose of it when Wayward starts running toward the Flayer and passes them.

"Leave this to me!" she said while running.

"Stop! You're just a young pony!" said the guard on the right and they looked at each other and continue forward and then suddenly a white alicorn showed up and she walk towards them.

"Now who do you think will defend the entrance if you two go skipping off?" said Princess Celestia.

"But, she’s about to..."

"Never you worry about her. She's a special case" said Celestia.

"A what?" asked the left guard.

"Celestia is right. The girl and the castle come first. She will have to fend for herself" said the guard on the right and then the Royal Guards walk toward the castle gates. Even Princess Celestia turns to return to the castle.

Meanwhile Wayward travelled back to Ponyville to chase down the Flayer she ended up in the town square and she saw an eldery green mare name Granny Smith and she is attacked by the Flayer and she told it to clear off many times.

"Ach! How dare ye!? Back off, ye fiend! Ye'll not be gettin' my apples!" said Granny Smith.

"Look out!" shouted Wayward as she throws her Keyblade, hitting the Flayer and causing it to flee. Wayward tries to chase it.

"Hold on...wait a moment, deary" said Granny Smith when the Flayer escapes as Wayward stops and turns around "Don't I even get a chance to repay ya?"

"Oh, you don't have to" said Wayward as she turns around again and continue chasing the Flayer.

"Now, just hold yer hooves. I dinna mean me berries. Maybe a wee bit o' apples, or a small pie of..."

"Well, could ya make it fast?" Wayward begged.

"I know...I've just the thing in mah hat!" said Granny Smith as she takes off her hat and laughs and she told Wayward to come towards her. So she did, Wayward walks over to her. Granny Smith moves the hat up to cover her mouth to have a private chat "Ye can tell me, deary. Yer new here aren’t ya? You came from another place, didn't ya?" Wayward gasped and then Granny Smith said "Dinna worry. Me mouth is sealed. Yer secret's safe with me. I'll not be askin' ye any awkward questions. Ye see, 'tis the same with me after all" she giggled.

Then everything went silent and Wayward wonders if she's done or not "Great! That all?"

"Ach, but I'm holding ye up, deary. Here. These are lifetime passes to Vena Town. Ye'll have buckets o' fun there, or my name is not Granny Smith. There y'are...enough for you and two grown-ups. Oh by the way, yer more than welcome to come to mah farm called the Sweet Apple Acres" said Granny Smith as she pulls three tickets out of her hat and gave them to Wayward.

She looks at them and she said "Oh, err! Okay thanks" then she continues in the direction the Flayer went.

Meanwhile Wayward runs through town to where the Flayer went. When she enters the area and runs toward it's center she sees Firarra standing there, with Nightcrest also running toward Firarra.

"Wayward" cried Firarra and Nightcrest.

"Firarra! Nightcrest!" All three summon their Keyblade's as three large Flayer appear and join together to create a giant Flayer.

A few moments of magic attack, combo moves and the Flayer attacks back and body parts been defeated they charge at the body as Nightcrest calls out for Firarra "Firarra!" and Firarra calls out for Wayward "Wayward! Now" and Wayward shouts back ready to end this "let's do this!" All three jump into the air. Nightcrest attacks first by flying and strike down the Flayer, followed by Firarra and Wayward attacking the giant Flayer together. The Flayer fades away.

"We got'em" said Firarra claiming their victory.

"We made a great team" smiled Nightcrest.

"Sure do. Oh yeah! I got you these tickets" Wayward pulls out three tickets that read 'Vena Town Passport' on their fronts.

"For what?" Firarra ask.

"Lifetime passes to Vena Town" Wayward gives one to both of them "She said to. She said to take two grown-ups."

"You mean us? asked Nightcrest as she and Firarra laughed "Listen to me, Wayward...We need to get you home."

"It's okay, Nightcrest. Trust me, that Black Pony in the black suit is history. She'll never bad-mouth Firarra again."

Firarra gasps and grabs Wayward's shoulder "You saw the Black Pony?"

"Uh, Y-yeah?" Wayward acts confused.

"Vorion...Wayward. You let Nightcrest take you home" Firarra demand her to let Nightcrest home but Wayward does not want to and she does not want to be abandoned by her own friends again "No way. Ah wanna go with you guys."

"You can't. We have a dangerous task ahead of us. I don't want you to get hurt."

"what is this dangerous task, Firarra? It doesn't sound like what the Master told you to do" Nightcrest asked while she raised an eyebrow.

"It might be a different route, but I'm fighting the flames that it is inside of me."

"I'm not so sure. I've been to the same places as you and I've seen what you've done. You shouldn't put yourself so close to it." Then Wayward starts to talk and she was shocked that Firarra would never do such a thing like that "Listen to yourself, Nightcrest. Firarra would never..."

"You mean you've been watching me? Is that what he said to do? The Master's orders?" Firarra talks angrily and for what he was doing that wasn't he heard what the Master has ordered from Nightcrest and she said "She was only..."

After a short silence Wayward began to speak "Nightcrest..."

"I get it, I understand now for all you have done Nightcrest. So be it" Firarra turns to leave.

"Firarra!" Firarra stops and looks back.

"Stay where you are! I'm on my own now, okay?" Firarra starts walking again but Nightcrest tries to tell him that the Master to distrust him "Firarra, please! Listen! The Master has no reason to distrust you, really! She was just worried." But the bad thing is that Firarra is ignoring for what she said and he was gone.

"You're awful, Nightcrest" said Wayward in sadness.

"So now you know the truth. But the Master loves Firarra, and you know that too" said Nightcrest.

After a short silence Wayward began to speak again to Nightcrest "Nightcrest... Now that you're a Keyblade Master, you've let it go to your head. I'm gonna go find Firarra." She starts running after Firarra and leave Nightcrest behind.

Wayward runs into the town square and sees a young filly Alicorn with purple, indigo and white striped hair being attacked by Flayers "run!" Wayward shouted as she summons her Keyblade and the filly runs off.

After the battle, Princess Celestia showed up and searching for her niece "Cadance, where are you? Answer me?" Then suddenly Cadance comes walking up from behind Wayward "Ah, there you are. Didn't I warn you not to wander off?" Celestia approaches Cadance and the turns to face Wayward "I see we owe you our thanks. I have done my best to look after my little niece...since her poor parents are not here to do it."

"Oh, you're on your own huh?" said Wayward as she felt bad about Cadance.

"Young one, could you state your name please?" Princess Celestia asked as Wayward stood up and she introduced to her name.

"My name is Wayward Wind, call me Wayward."

"Well Wayward, it is my honour to thank you for keeping Princess Cadance into harm’s way. I would like to present to you more defence into your heart" Celestia’s horn had started glowing and then magic came out and went into Wayward’s body increasing her defence. Wayward opened her eyes and she felt strong than she looks.

"Wow...I feel even stronger than usual" smiled Wayward.

"Now you have capable to stand for your enemies from protecting my niece Wayward, showing your strength to your determination" said Princess Celestia as Wayward began to blush and bringing honour to the Princess. She lifts her hoof to hide her mouth with an embarrassing smile on her face.

Then she realize that she tries to find her friend so she asked her "...oh your highness, I'm looking for a friend of mine. He's a tall stallion dressed kinda like me...have you seen him?"

"Hmm... Perhaps I did see him in the Outer Streets. Just follow this path" she points out to the Outer Streets and Wayward thank her for this.

"Thank you, your majesty for everything" Wayward starts to run off while Celestia flies off with Cadance.

Meanwhile she is running through the Outer Streets where she spots him "Firarra" she called and he turns around and he saw Wayward comes running towards him "Take me with you!" she asked.

"I can't do that, Wayward."

"Why, not?"

"I just...When I really need you, Wayward, I know you'll be there."

Wayward Wind smiles and laughs "Well, why wouldn't I? You're my friend."

"Yeah. You're right. Thanks, Wayward." Firarra taps the guard ring on his right shoulder for his armor to appear. He hops onto his Keyblade glider and flies off into a portal to the Orbit's Between and then she heard Firarra's voice.

"I just...When I really need you, Wayward, I know you'll be there."

"I have to tell Nightcrest" she started to run off and find Nightcrest around town.

Back in the town square Wayward sees Nightcrest and runs over to her "Nightcrest!" she called.

"Wayward. Were you able to find him?" Nightcrest asked.

"Yeah, but... He's gone" said Wayward while looking down to the ground.

"Right."

After a silence.

"Then I can't stay here."

"Let me go with you, Nightcrest."

"No, Wayward. Do as I say and go home" said Nightcrest as Wayward looks down and began to cry.

"Why won't you let me?"cried Wayward.

"I don't want to put you in harm's way" she puts her hoof on her shoulder "You understand, right?" she let go of Wayward shoulder and she dons her armor and left her behind.

Flashback

We hear wooden swords hitting and then see Wayward being knocked down in the Forecourt of the Land of Exodus "Giving up already? C'mon, Wayward. I thought you were stronger than that" said Firarra.

Nightcrest starts to cheer for her "Wayward, you almost had him. Just try it again!"

"Woah woah woah, you're taking her side now?" said Firarra as Wayward shakes her head, picks her wooden sword back up and charges at Firarra. Later Wayward and Firarra sit on the wall and Nightcrest sat on top of the ruined column of the forecourt, Wayward holding her wooden sword. Firarra looks at Wayward and he noticed that she is sweating, there were a few sweat drops coming out of her forehead "Wayward. You see all those sweats on your forehead?"

"Each one of those is proof you're learning" said Nightcrest.

"You're trying too hard to move your body" said Firarra as he picks up his wooden Keyblade "You need to learn to let your body move you. Right?" Firarra stands up and clears his throat and said "In your hoof, take this blade. And so long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, it's wielder you shall one day be made."

With that speech that he did it made Nightcrest laugh "(Laughs) What's THAT about? Who went and made you Master?"

"Being a Keyblade Master is all I've dreamed about" said Firarra.

"Well, you're not the only one" said Nightcrest.

"I know. You, me, and Wayward all share the same dream" Firarra holds out his wooden Keyblade and Wayward touches the blade.

Flashback Ends

Meanwhile Wayward sits in the town square holding Firarra's wooden Keyblade. She starts to flip it but after a few successful flips she drops it. A turquoise filly with a rainbow mane passing by. The filly rainbow maned girl stops and picks up the wooden Keyblade and sees Wayward looking so sad.

"Does this belong to you?" asked Rainbow Dash and  Wayward ignores the question and Rainbow Dash walks toward Wayward, flipping the Keyblade in her hoof "hey, I believe this is yours" Rainbow offers the wooden Keyblade and Wayward began to let down a tear "Hey, why are you so upset? Did I do something wrong?"

Then Wayward look up to her and then she hold her sorrow and spoke up "(sniff) No. Nothing’s wrong, It’s okay..." suddenly Wayward started to cry, she put her face down her hooves and let out a few tears. Rainbow tries to stop her crying as she finds a way to fix it and then finally she had an idea.

"Hey don’t cry, it’s all right. Hey I got something to cheer you up, watch this" she said when she pulls out two wings and flies around in a loop. Wayward watched and she wiped a tear out of her eye "Tada! Whaddaya think?" Rainbow asked.

Wayward didn't answer when she saw Rainbow's terrific stunt flying "Not a whole lot" said Wayward.

"Well close enough. By the way I'm Rainbow Dash. What's your name?" Rainbow asked when she introduced her name as she lands down on the ground.

"Wayward Wind."

"Wayward Wind that’s a nice name" said Rainbow Dash as Wayward raised her head for realization.

"Do ya think?" she asked.

"Yeah it just I never seen you around before, you're new here right? But I’m glad I get to talk to you" said Rainbow Dash and Wayward begin to have a smile a little bit.

"That’s nice and I hope I will be able enough to be happy to somepony else" smiled Wayward as she stands up and walks up to Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah! Now we're talkin'" said Rainbow Dash

"Thank you and I believe that you make a good friend too."

"Do you wanna race against me! It'll make you happier" Wayward then shocked when she said that and then she said.

"A race? Well..." she thinks by using a hoof to her chin.

"C’mon you scared of losing?" said Rainbow as she hops back a few paces "Hope you're ready."

Wayward stands next to Rainbow Dash and take a racing stance "ready as I’ll ever be" said Wayward. Then they startd running and racing to one another.

At that moment Rainbow Dash tires out over exhausted for running as she fell to the ground "You...had enough? 'Cause I'm willing...call it a draw if you are."

"Huh? (Laughs) Right...well like its beginner’s luck I’ll say?" joked Wayward.

"Wha... Isn't this the part where ya...cheer me up or somethin'? 'You're just havin' a bad day.' or...'That's what you get for pullin' your punches!' Some friend" said Rainbow as she lays down and rest her hooves on the back of her neck.

"Oh, you mean I was supposed to be dishonest" said Wayward

"You see what I gotta put up with? Sure hope you don't have friends like you."

"Huh?" Wayward wondered  and then the two ponies laugh.

Rainbow then stood up and she floats up with her wings and starts to leave "Well I have to go now. I'll see you when I see you. After all, we're friends now. Remember that, okay?

"Okay, Rainbow Dash" said Wayward and then the two ponies hugged each other and gave a good friendship to each other. As they let go Wayward waves goodbye to Rainbow Dash when she heads for cloudsdale.

Wayward stood there and thought about being a good friend to be "Must be nice...knowin' who your friends are."

Vena Town

Wayward walks into town and looks around then...

"Tada! Wearing the mask of peace and hope...comes the fearless defender and hero of this town! It is me...Captain Righteo!"

Wayward looks confused when she saw a stallion that is wearing a weird outfit and came out of nowhere "huh? Umm..."

"Young lady! Do my hero-senses detect that you got troubles? Just say the word, and Captain Righteo will make all your problems disappear!"

"Uh...uh... Wh-who, me? I'm just trying to make some friends...never mind, forget it" said Wayward acting all shy and confused.

"Don't be intimidated by my magnificence. Go on and spit out the beans. Then...remember to vote Captain R."

"Err...vote?" she wonders

"Oh! Well, uh, forget that. How can I help? That's the only reason I'm here" asked Captain Righteo.

She puts a hoof on her chin and think, then look around the town and she realized that their are decerated for some reason "Hmm... I know! Tell me about your town. Everything's so festive. Is it always like this?"

"Huh? That's it...nothin' else? Well, the festivities are on account of the Special Festival...which is why I've made sure there's carnival stuff all over town."

Then Wayward ask "Really? Like what?"

"You gotta see it for yourself. Wouldn't be much of a dream if I just told you. And girl, don't you go forgetting...Captain Righteo is the one who solved all your problems. That would be Righteo with a R" said Captain Righteo as he leaves.

"Uh, sure. I got it, Captain Righteo" said Wayward.

Later on Wayward explores the city and then she saw a cream coloured fur, a bright blue and yellow striped mane and cherry coloured eyed filly named Flurry.

"Oh dear! Now we can't open the ice cream shop!" said Flurry standing next to some kind of machine with her filly friend name Bellen' Blue and Mayor Rose.

"Trouble? Rescue is on the way!" said Captain Righteo as he runs towards them.

"A festival, huh? Well, maybe I can make some new friends" said Wayward as she approaches the four at the machine.

"Well, if it ain't the last pony Captain Righteo saved. I'm afraid you'll have to get in line. I'm working on another catastrophe here for these fellas...Flurry and Bellen' Blue, my good friends" said Captain Righteo as he was carrying on trying to find out what is going on with the machine. Mayor Rose felt a little down and she actually call it a catastrophe and the two fillies agrees with her and all what Flurry wants was to impress Mayor Rose that she can make her own ice cream recipe to everypony in town, then Captain Righteo told them "I'm 100% positive you're the victims of sabotage!"

"Not even close! Quit making stuff up. It's just the ice cream machine. Professor Cog left it for us...but we can't figure out how it works 'cause it's so complicated. Aw, we're sorry, Mayor Rose. We wanted you to be the first to try our special recipe ice cream" said Flurry.

"Oh you girls, it was very sweet of you to think of me" said Mayor Rose.

"Well, we tried" said Bellen' Blue.

Then Captain Righteo showed up again and said "Say no more. Leave it to me...one bowl of ice cream comin' right up!"

"You're just gonna make a mess. Leave it alone, Dusky Dimmer!" shouted Flurry as she and Bellen' Blue trying to protect the achine from him

"That's Captain Righteo!" shouted Captain Righteo and then  suddenly there are a lot of scoops of ice cream all over the stage "this machine is busted. It just needs a good poundin'..."

"It does not!" shouted Mayor Rose.

"Hey, do you think I could give it a shot?" Wayward asked.

"No, if Captain Righteo can't fix it, there ain't nothin' you can do, girl."

"Maybe not, but there's no harm in trying" said Wayward.

"Yeah! And better you than him. Here you go. These are the directions for the machine" said Flurry as she gave Wayward directions for the machine.

After Wayward successfully uses the ice cream machine...

"Mmm, how yummy. What a wonderful treat! I don't think I've ever had such delicious ice cream. Thank you...uh, oh, oh dear..." said Mayor Rose asfter she ate some of that delicious  ice cream from the machine she tries to stat her name and then Wayward introduced to them.

"Oh, Wayward Wind. Just Wayward is fine."

"Well, thank you, Wayward Wind"

"Way to go, Wayward! I see... We had to push this thingamajig the other way. Hey, I just got an idea! We could let our customers make up their own favorite flavors of ice cream!" said Bellen' Blue.

"Not with that machine! Well...the girl might have got it to work this one time. But junk like that needs to get junked!" said Captain Righteo.

"Don't even think about it Dusky Dimmer!" shouted Mayor Rose as the rest protect the machine against him and Captain Righteo looks very mad and decided to run off and said "Fine. But Captain Justice will return!" so he started to run off and Wayward seemed confused about Captain Righteo.

"About 'Captain Righteo' you said his name is Dusky Dimmer?" Wayward ak to Mayor Rose.

"Yeah, he's the biggest troublemaker in town! I bet he's just callin' himself Captain Righteo'cause he wants to win the Million Stars Award" said Flurry.

"What's the Million Stars Award?" Wayward asked.

"That's one of the Festival events. Everypony votes for who they think is the town's most exemplary citizen" Mayor Rose explains.

"I get it. So that's what he meant by 'vote'" said Wayward.

"And if you win the award, ya get a really cool prize!" said Bellen' Blue.

"Oh, it's just a small token, nothing elaborate. The event is supposed to help us appreciate how much we all look out for each other every day. That's how the award works" said Mayor Rose.

"Well, that sounds nice enough..."

"Dusky just wants to get his grubby hooves on the prize. And he knows that noponies gonna vote for him if he puts his own name on the ballot! But noponies fooled!" Bellin' Blue laughed.

Wayward then had a smile on her face and then she realized something "Wish somepony was lookin' out for me."

Vena Town - Million Stars Award

Wayward stands in front of a stage with the rest of the ponies in Vena Town and one of them chat about who is gonna win or not "Who do you think's gonna win this year's Million Stars Award?"

"I hope it's the guy I voted for!" said Hue.

"I voted for the guy, too!" said Charmy

Mayor Rose walked up to the stage and said "Hello, everypony, it's time to begin the main event of our Festival the Million Stars Award presentation. Oh this is very exciting for each and every one of you! This year we have multiple winners. The Million Stars Award goes to... Wayward Wind, Nightcrest, and Firarra. All three of you!"

Everypony cheers to Wayward "when were Nightcrest and Firarra here?" she wondered where her friends are.

"What do you mean!?" shouted Dusky Dimmer when he runs past Wayward and jumped onto the stage and encounters Mayor Rose "There's gotta be a mistake. Everypony voted for Captain Righteo. I made sure! Go on, tell her!" Dusky looks around as everyone remains silent "better try the other one..." he runs off the stage, and when he returns into a different outfit "The rogue racer, Captain Dim!"

Then suddenly everypony turns their backs to Dusky and Mayor Rose said to him angrily "Dusky Dimmer, we counted the votes very carefully. Wayward Wind, Nightcrest, and Firarra won. Oh, Dusky, I think you tried to do something good to the village, but you were doing it for the wrong ways. Still, a couple of ponies must have thought you had goodness and faith in you, because you actually got a few votes. They knew you were looking out for them."

"Big whoop! I don't need their lousy votes. Just cough up my prize!" Dusky reaches for Mayor Rose.

"Dusky Dimmer! They voted for you because they believe in you and care about you. How could you look down on that? I've tried to forgive a lot of things you've done, but this is too much. Now you've finally crossed the line." said Mayor Rose feeling a disappointment on her face.

"Like that matters to me. Besides, what are you gonna do about it?" asked Dusky Dimmer.

"I'm going to let you calm down for a while. Security!" The Mayor's security guards walk onto the stage, they all surround him and then hoof cuffed him and took him away "Hey! Let me go! What!? You can't...no...hey!"

"Now, shall we continue the ceremony? Would the three winners, Wayward Wind, Nightcrest, and Firarra, please come up and join me on the stage?" said Mayor Rose as Wayward walked up onto the stage and it appears that Firarra and Nightcrest didn't show up for the ceremony "Oh no, it looks like our other two winners couldn't make it here to be with us today."

"They both already left" said Wayward.

"Perhaps you would accept the award on their behalf. After all, you've been so kind to so many here at the Festival. So now, I hereby present the Million Stars Award...as a token of our gratitude. Congratulations!"

Everypony cheers to Wayward and she starts to blush and said "Aww thanks."

"As for an extra treat, we've giving you something special...an ice cream flavor just for you. Double Bubble Blue ice cream!" Mayor Rose passes the Ice cream to Wayward and then she heard everypony at the background cheering for her to try it out and see if it tastes any good. Wayward looks at Mayor Rose, she nods, and he takes a bite of the ice cream and then Mayor Rose asked "well, what do you think?"

When Wayward finish her first bite and she thought to herself this was tasty and then she made a good comment to the Mayor and said "Mmm, wow! It's great! The best flavors I've ever had."

"We are all very glad that you're enjoying it" smiled Mayor Rose.

Everypony cheers again.

Hercules

Wayward's walking through Thebes when a satyr runs behind her and towards a wall "Oy, the kid's relentless!" said the Satyr as Wayward approaches him.

"Hey, whatcha doin' there?" said Wayward as th satyr turned, jumps up and screams.

"I told ya, I'm booked solid. N-O spells forget it!" the satyr said in a unpolite way and makes Wayward confused as she crossed her legs "Huh? And who in Halicarnassus are you? Can't you see I'm busy?"

Then suddenly a boy comes running over to the satyr and said "Hey, Phil! I'm all signed up! Phil!"

"All right, Herc, I hear ya! Now would ya keep it down already" said Phil.

"Aha!" The soldier runs towards them. "Okay, 'fess up. I asked around, and everybody says you're the guy. The trainer of heroes!"

"True heroes!" said Hercules and Wayward asked them and to Phil that they can teach that and Zack said "course he can. C'mon, Phil, please. I really wanna be a hero" he begged to phil.

"Look, we've been through this...I got two words for you...student-teacher ratio!" said Phil.

Wayward counts with her hoof "One, two...um?"

"I already got my hands full with this one. C'mon, Herc "Herc and Phil start to walk away.

"I'm low-maintenance, I swear!" Zack shouted as then the Flayers appear in front of Herc and Phil making Wayward summon her Keyblade and charge right at them and Zack did the same as he followed her to the Flayers. As they got into a fighting stance Zack told Phil to watch him and he'll show him what he's made of and also Herc joins in and fights alongside with them.

Meanwhile Wayward and the soldier destroy two Flayers. Herc loses his balance and then destroys a Flayer he felt sighed and everyone gathered and giggled "Okay...change of plans. The Games are comin' up. So, I'm gonna watch both of your matches...then I'll decide which of you rookies I wanna train" said Phil

"Sweet! Thank you, thank you! I'm gonna go sign up right now" Zack starts to run towards the Coliseum.

"The Games, huh? Sounds fun!" said Wayward as she starts to run starts to run toward the Coliseum, too. But then Phil turns and stop her and said "Sorry buddy, Captain Eager there just took the last spot."

Wayward stops and looks disappointed.

"I don't understand! Phil, I thought you were my trainer!" said Herc.

"You wanna be a true hero, Herc? Then you're gonna hafta go out there and show me that everything I've taught you so far is gonna pay off. Oh...and no more trainin' sessions for a while. Wouldn't be fair if I helped you and not him" said Phil as he starts walking toward the Coliseum.

"But Phil..." Herc tries to say to Phil and there were no response since he gone off to the Colliseum and he felt dissapointed and then suddenly Wayward walk towards him to cheer him up.

"Hey, cheer up! So you gotta fight a couple of matches, no big deal. I'm Wayward Wind. Want me to help you train?" said Wayward.

"You'd really do that for me?" said Herc and Wayward nodded yes "Thanks, Wayward Wind. I'm Hercules. Herc for short."

"Just call me Wayward. You're gonna do fine" then the two shake hand and hoof.

"Thanks. I'm gonna head over to the Coliseum and warm up. Meet me in the vestibule, okay?" said Herc as he heads over the Coliseum.

Wayward and Herc are training in the Coliseum by breaking urns. Wayward stops and looks into the stands where he sees Phil watching them. Phil then turns and exits the Coliseum. Meanwhile Herc's walking through the vestibule when...

"You want to become a true hero, huh?" Herc stops and turns around and it was Wayward.

"More than anything. See, my father is Zeus, the king of the gods up on Olympus" said Herc and then Wayward was amazed when he heard that Herc, was a god. But he said he is still mortal. He told her that when he was a baby, someone stole hime from his parents and then figured out how to take away his godhood. Wayward was curious about that and she asked about this true hero thing and Herc's only way is to become a god again. If he becomes a true hero, he can rejoin his father and head back to Olympus. Wayward was amazed and she guess that really got his work cut out for him. Then Herc asked her about how did she came here in the first place and she answered to him that she was trying to make some friends and then Herc says she already done that, she already met some friends like Herc. Wayward then smiled and says "You bet, Herc." Then suddenly The soldier enters the vestibule from town. Phil enters from the Coliseum and said "All right, you bunch of rookies. It's time we go over the rules of the Games, so listen up. All the matches are divided into two brackets...one for the East and one for the West. The winners from each bracket go head-to-head in the championship match. Now, I signed you two up up for the West...'cause they already got a heavy-hittin' contender cleanin' up over there in the East bracket. And if you wanna beat him, you're gonna hafta hustle in there. Now move those sandals." Phil, Herc and the soldier enter the Coliseum.

"Heavy-hitting contender?" said Wayward as Herc does the 'c'mon' thing with his arm and Wayward got his attention so she started following them into the Coliseum.

During the Games, Herc takes down a Bruiser Flayers, the soldier takes down some Floods, Herc takes down a Buckle Bruiser, the soldier takes down 3 Thornbites. After the matches Herc is talking with Phil when Wayward walks over to them.

"Guess we made it" said Wayward.

"Yeah. And it's all thanks to you, Wayward" said Herc by thanking to her new friend.

"Good! The other kid'll be happy to hear that" said Phil.

"No! I need you most of all, Phil! How else am I gonna become a hero?"

"Hmph! 'Bout time ya got it!" said the soldier as Phil walks off and the soldier comes running over to Herc and Wayward. "Whoever wins, no hard feelings" he holds out his hand. Herc grabs it and they shake.

"Course not. Holdin' a grudge wouldn't be very heroic."

"Hey, just making sure. You're not a hero yet."

"True" laughed Herc as he and the soldier enter the arena and prepare for their match. Herc charges at the soldier and tries to hit him, but the soldier jumps back. The soldier then jumps toward Herc to attack him. Wayward is watching from the stands.

"This is really close" said Wayward, but then she realized that she remembers the time where she saw Firarra and Nightcrest sparing. Suddenly Phil shows up in a panic and warned them about something that is happening and said "Hey! We got trouble! There's monsters loose in town and if they gate-crash the Games, you can forget about the match."

"Real monsters?" Herc asked when he turns around.

"We have to stop 'em" said the soldier when Wayward stood up on her backlegs she summons her Keyblade and she tells that she can handle the monsters to her and also the match is too important. When she said that she runs out of the Coliseum and into the town. Wayward runs in the town to find a few Flayers flying down towards her.

"You won't get past me! Huh!?" Then she notice that there is a huge swarm of Flayers coming and looks like there are 100 or more and there is no way that she can handle this once on her own, then Herc shows up and joins in the battle with her. "Herc! What about your match?"

"Forget the match. No way I could let my friend fight alone. 'Cause I'm a hero! I mean, ya know...I'm gonna be one. Come on, let's finish this together!" So they took the fighting stance as they work together as a team to fight the swarm of Flayers.

After they get rid of the Flayers Wayward released her Keyblade and turns and look towards Herc, she look down with a sad look and apologize that she made him lose the match. But then Herc wasn't sad or angry at all, she doesn't need to apologize for anything, it was totally his decision to come and fight alongside her. Then suddenly a Flayer is moving towards and to attack Herc, luckily the soldier showed up by jumping into the air and defeats the Flayer with it's own sword "What, you didn't save any for me? I've set my sights on being a hero, too. I just don't run as fast, that's all" he said.

"So you both threw the match? Who won, then?" Wayward ask and Herc said to her that he left the match first so it can'tbe him. Then the soldier was only seconds behind him "Hey! I never said I'd coach the winner. All I said was I'd see the match, then decide. Look, bein' a hero takes more than just muscle. Ya gotta have heart and care about people. And sure, you both get high marks for that. But this time, only one of you cared fast enough...and that makes all the difference" said Phil when he walks towards the three.

"Then that means" Wayward realized.

Then the soldier went down in a bummer "Oh man, I was this close! Uhh... Well, that's life. I never really introduced myself."  The soldier takes off his helmet "The name's Zack. Congratulations, Herc."

Herc says thanks to Zack and Phil said "Yeah well, we'll see if you're still thankin' him when I'm through with ya. You got a long road ahead of ya, champ."

Then Zack starts to do his squats "Hey...don't count me out. I've still got plenty of big dreams to go with my lousy luck!" Zack and Herc laugh.

Wayward walks over to Phil "Okay, be honest...You weren't really gonna stop training Herc, were you?"

"Of course not. I know that kid's gonna go the distance. But he was stuck in a rut. He just needed a little incentive. It's Wayward, right? Well, thanks to you, Herc here has really shaped up. I owe ya."

Wayward cross her legs and she's glad that she made a really good friend. Someone to share a good laugh with, like Firarra and Nightcrest. Then suddenly she turns and started to walk, Herc looks and notice that Wayward is leaving "You're leaving?" he asked.

"Yeah. My journey's not over yet."

"But you'll visit, right?"

"I'll stop by once you're a true hero"

"Stop by once me and him are both heroes!" said Zack doing his squats again.

"Oh, so you mean never come back?" Wayward joked and then Zack come close to the side of her put her right arm around Wayward's neck.

"Hey, watch it!" Zack laughed as Wayward nudges him and then he puts arm around her again and they smiled and everyone all laughed.

Orbit's Between

Meanwhile Wayward travelling through the Orbit's Between, then suddenly she saw an object shoots past her. "Whoa! A Flayer!" she shouted as the giant Flayer turns around and passes back by Wayward even closer this time, trying to knock her off on her Keyblade Glider "Try that again." Wayward fights the Flayer on her Keyblade Glider.

Suddenly when a few attacks that Wayward causes to the Flayer was finally defeated and she smiled when she did that, but the bad thing is that the Flayer fell of course and hits Wayward’s glider and she got thrown off. Wayward fell and screaming through the Orbit's Between.

Peter Pan

We see a twinkling light moving around through the night sky, then a larger light shooting through the sky to disappear in the distance. We see Tinker Bell, the source of the twinkling light, appear and head in the direction the other light went.

Meanwhile we see Arctic looking around in the Indian camp, when a dark portal opens in front of him. He turns around and sees Vorion "move it" she said. Then suddenly we see everything black and it appears that Wayward must of fell from the sky unconscious and then she hear some voices and there were kids talking to one another, asking about what that thing is and one of them says 'it ain't moving.' Wayward opens her eyes a little and sees a fairy in green in front of her. The green fairy named Tinker Bell start to throws her leg back. Then Tinker Bell kick's Wayward rolling her over and sending herself rolling in the air. Wayward looks up and sees the two boys staring down at her and a boy named Slightly asked her who she is. Wayward stands up and introduced to them "Name's Wayward Wind. But everyone just calls me Wayward. Hmm...guess, when I sat down to rest, I must've fallen asleep." Then another boy named Cubby asked her where'd she come from and Wayward is about to answer but it was interrupted as Tinker Bell flies by and starts pulling on the ear of the first boys fox hood "All right, all right, we're goin'!" shouted Slightly.

"Hey, where are you guys off to?" Wayward asked.

"Tink saw a shooting star and we're gonna go hunt it down!" said Cubby.

Wayward was surprised about the shooting star, then she asked if she can come along too. Slightly nodded yes but he told her that she would agree to follow them. Cubby pointed out the path that way by the Indian Camp.

"Ready, guys? Forward march!" Slightly orders them as they march and Wayward scratch her head of confusion and said 'kay!' as she follow them towards the Indian camp. They come out of the jungle in a clearing with a hollow tree in the middle. Then someone crows. Wayward looks around and a boy in green flies overhead.It was Peter Pan, he flies down and slowly passes by Wayward "Who do we have here? Never seen you before" he said.

"I'm Wayward Wind. Call me Wayward" Wayward introduced.

"Well...if you say so" said Peter Pan as he lands to the ground and walks over to the Lost Boys "Ten-shun! Now then, men. I don't suppose you'd wanna capture some real pirate treasure?"

"Real pirate treasure!?" concerned Cubby.

"Well, guess who caught sight of Hook right when he was stashing his treasure? Whaddaya say we sneak in and grab it?" said Peter Pan and the Lost Boys seems excited and then  Tinker Bell flies over and kicks both Lost Boys in the head. She flies over and bounces up and down in front of Peter Pan trying to get his attention "Tinker Bell, what's gotten into you?"

"We were all supposed to go hunt for a shooting star together" said Wayward.

"Forget that. Pirate treasure is way more fun. Tink, you're comin' with us!" said Peter Pan as Tinker Bell gets mad and flies away from him "Well, that's no way to respond to an invitation. C'mon, Wayward, you're a better sport than her, right?"

"I'd love to join you, but...first I wanna find the shooting star" Wayward begged. Peter Pan looks surprised. Wayward walks off in one direction and the Lost Boys and an airborne Peter Pan go in the other.

Wayward and Tinker Bell enter the Indian camp where Wayward spots something on the ground "Arctic's Port Emerald" she said as they run towards it they hear laughing so Wayward stopped and looked.

"An emerald and a pixie! Must be my lucky day" said Captain Hook holding in his right hand and Arctic’s Port Emerald is in the hook where his left hand should be.

"Let Tinker Bell go!" she Wayward as she summons her keyblade.

"Ha! One of Peter Pan's brats. Well, tell that cowardly sparrow...if he wants his precious Tinker Bell back, he'd best meet me at Mermaid Lagoon!" Captain Hook and Smee run off with Tinker Bell and the Port Emerald. Wayward told them to stop until then Flayers appeared and surrounding her.

"Move out the way" shouted Wayward.

After Flayers attack she tries to chase after the two men after she gets rid of the Flayers. She looks left and right there were no sign of them "I lost them" she looked down in disappointment. Then She looks up and sees the sun twinkling through a palm tree.

Flashback

We see Wayward and Nightcrest sitting on the cliff at the summit of the Land of Exodus the last night they were together.

"Y'ever wonder what what stars are? Where light comes from?" asked Wayward

We fade out and then into Firarra, Wayward Wind, and Nightcrest all laughing on the same night.

Flashback Ends

"Look out below!" Wayward looks and sees Peter Pan coming down toward him. She told Peter Pan that Tinker Bell's been pixie-napped and Peter's not happy "I'm too late. Hooks gonna pay for this!"

"He said to meet him at Mermaid Lagoon" said Wayward as she gave him the destination.

"Gotta be an ambush. Hmph, that old codfish thinks he's clever" said Peter as he took off Wayward stopped him and she's going too. Then Peter told her to hurry and he hopes she can keep up with him and she nodded. The two head for Mermaid Lagoon.

We see Wayward and Peter Pan running through Mermaid Lagoon through a telescope held by Smee on Captain Hook's ship "Peter Pan ahoy! Man the Long Tom, and..." He plugs his ears. "Fire!" A cannonball is fired. Peter Pan and Wayward are looking around when the cannonball hits the ground behind them. Wayward summons her Keyblade.

"On the water! Over there!" Peter Pan points to the ship. Another cannonball is fired. Wayward and Peter Pan run from where it hits and Tinker Bell flies through the dust. "Tink, it's you! And you're all right!" Tinker Bell talks to Peter Pan. "What? A strange fellah with a funny-lookin' sword has..." The ground shakes from another cannonball "Hold on, I gotta stop that cannon!"

"Okay. I'll go after Hook!" said Wayward.

"Right. Tink, if you would" Tinker Bell circles around Wayward a few times, covering her with pixie dust.

"Wow! What is this?" said Wayward as she covered with sparkles.

"It's pixie dust. Bet you feel lighter now, don'tcha?" Peter explained as him and Tinker Bell fly off to the ship.

Captain Hook stands on the main island near Skull Rock, tapping his foot. He puts his hand to his ear and listens for cannon fire "Alas, and so passeth a worthy opponent. To think that his would be such an inglorious end."He sighs and then begins laughing "At last, that scurvy brat will never trouble me again!"

"I wouldn't be so sure of that, Hook!" Captain Hook turns around and sees Wayward.

"Swoggle me eyes! No, don't tell me!" Captain Hook looks through his telescope to see Peter Pan crowing after defeating Smee. He gets mad and throws the telescope to the ground "Blast that Peter Pan!" He jumps to a small island between him and Wayward and draws his sword. Suddenly, there's a ticking noise. Captain Hook looks around and sees the crocodile "No! Not again! S-stay away from me!" He turns around to run away.

"Not so fast!" said Wayward as she stood in front of Hook and fight against him.

Meanwhile after an overboard battle Captain Hook is knocked into the water after his fight with Wayward. After he comes back up he sees the crocodile and freaks out "Leave me alone!" Captain Hook starts to run on the water, the crocodile close behind "Help me, Smee! Smeeeeee!" he cried and Wayward started laughing.

"Ahoy! Look what we brought!" The Lost Boys are coming across the water in a boat with a chest, Peter Pan flying with them.

"It's a pirate's treasure chest!" smiled Slightly as they reach the shore and get the chest out.

"Treasure!" surprised Wayward and Peter nodded yes.

"Yup! The same chest I told ya about. We snatched it right from Hook's hiding place" Peter Pan opens the chest and it turns out it's empty "Huh? How come it's empty?"

Cubby apologized to Peter and they losted all the treasure, Wayward felt pretty bad for that "Aw, who needs it? It was prob'ly just full of dumb old jewels or doubloons or somethin' anyways."

"We could just put what we treasure in there instead...if ya wanna?" said Slightly.

"Yeah, that's perfect! Instead of fillin' it up with jewels and gold and stuff, we'll put in what's truly special to us. The real riches!" They fill it up with wooden swords, sling shot guns and bows and arrows "What are you puttin' in, Wayward?"

"I dunno..." Wayward checks her pockets and then she realized a that she still has the wooden Keyblade. She pulls it out and showed it to Peter "How 'bout this?"

"What is it?" Peter asked.

"It's...just something that one of my best friends gave me" Wayward held it into the air.

"So it's like a keepsake, huh? You sure you wanna part with somethin' that special?"

"Yup. I don't need it if I've got Firarra and Nightcrest. Our friendship and memories are still ahead."

"All right, then. Next time you visit, we'll have an even bigger chest waitin'. Enough for all those treasures and lots more."

"Okay deal" Wayward puts the wooden Keyblade into the chest and Tinker Bell flies to the chest with the Port Emerald "Oh, wait, Tink...I'm pretty sure that belongs to a friend of mine. Do you think maybe I could hang onto it?" Tinker Bell shakes her head no and tries to fly off with it.

"Now Tink!" shouted Peter as Tinker Bell stopped and hands the Port Emerald to Wayward and grabs it onto her hoof.

"Thank you" Wayward smiled as the Port Emerald starts to glow so bright that everyone covers their eyes and noticed she's gone. They looked and they can see the light zigzag into the sky.

"Don't worry, men. No matter where that light takes her...Wayward'll always have friends waitin' to meet her" said Peter and stares at the light continues into the sky.

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