Rainbow Dash flew nervously toward the big castle, where she would stay for ten days and do little tests to see if she could go into a kingdom yet. She was eleven and that was when you could first try to pass all ten tests then if you pass you get a quiz to see which castle you go into. If you don't then you try again next year. As she got nearer and nearer to the castle she began to worry.
What if she didn't pass? That would be really depressing.
Rainbow entered the door rambunctiously and knocked into one of the guards!
"Now what do you think your doing in these parts young lady?" Said the guard in a gruff voice.
"I was just going to my dorm when I bumped into you, sorry. NOT!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she flew away at a quick pace.
Electro Buzz flew freely toward the doors of the big castle where he would be staying for ten days as he tried to pass all the tests. He saw a filly flying behind him and zoomed up to the guards stopped and trotted inside and to room 371, where he would be staying.
He heard a commotion as the filly he had seen earlier dropped her stuff on the bottom bunk and said "Hi!" in an exhausted sort of voice.
Electro had never heard a pony so exhausted. He unpacked her stuff for her and asked her name.
"Rainbow Dash." The other filly said in a cool voice.
Electro thought Rainbow Dash was really cool. He hoped they would both pass the tests and get put into the same kingdom.
As Nutmeg Fluff crept quietly down the hallway she saw that there were hundreds of fillies and colts walking down the corridor with her to their rooms. she started being really shy and walked slowly down to room 729.
As she went into her room she could hear someone say "Hello!"
Nutmeg Fluff quietly whispered "Hi." and started to unpack.
The other filly hopped off the bunk bed and introduced herself as Meadow Crescent.
Nutmeg told Meadow Crescent "My name is Nutmeg Fluff but you can call me Fluffy or Nutmeg if you'd like."
As they finished unpacking Nutmeg Fluff went to bed.
Making sure Nutmeg was asleep Meadow Crescent crept to the window to do some star gazing. The sky was filled with beautiful stars. After a few minutes of star gazing Meadow Crescent quietly crept back to bed.
Twinkle Star went to the big castle, glad to be welcomed there by the two guards at the castle gate. Twinkle Star walked down the corridor slowly, daydreaming. As she opened the door to room number 513 she stopped daydreaming. She started to unpack her bags when another colt came in.
The colt introduced himself "I am Firefly Rocket! Who are you?"
Twinkle Star told the other Firefly Rocket "I am Twinkle star."
"Well okay then Twinkle Star lets unpack and go grab dinner in the mess hall it is probably empty because ponies just arrived here." and it was agreed.
After Twinkle Star and Firefly Rocket finished unpacking they went to the mess hall and had dinner as they talked to each other. They talked about their families and their personalities and then they went back to their room.
"Night." said Firefly Rocket as he crept slowly toward the bed and plopped down on the bottom bunk.
"Aren't those stars beautiful?" asked Twinkle Star as she climbed up to the top bunk, and then they fell fast asleep.
Mystic Flower silently walked across the hallway to room 907 she walked inside and started unpacking her stuff when some pony burst through the door.
"Huff, puff, hi. My name is Blue Star. What is yours?"
"Mystic Flower." she said in a gentle voice.
Mystic Flower finished unpacking and hopped into bed but Blue Star continued to unpack alone. Mystic Flower decided to go to the mess hall to grab some oats.
"Well now I'm done and can eat!" exclaimed Blue Star to himself.
As Mystic Flower ate he thought of her family she might soon get to know. And of everything that was on her mind such as the latest books that had recently been published. As she finished up he walked back to room 907 (Without the tray!) and got on the bottom bunk of the bunk bed. She fell fast asleep.
Peppermint Zephyr walked through the town, not a thing bothering him, he was walking toward the castle! As he went into the entrance he tried not to bump into the muscly guards that were patrolling the gates. Peppermint Zephyr hurried to his room, room 151. A filly was already in the room.
"Hi! I am Solstice Wings!" the filly remarked.
"Hello, I am Peppermint Zephyr." Peppermint Zephyr told Solstice Wings.
They unpacked in a lot of chatter and went to the mess hall to have some food they talked even more as they ate.
Walking back was silent and felt weird, because they had been talking for hours.
They climbed into bed sleepily Peppermint Zephyr on top and Solstice Wings on the bottom. Their dreams were of bunnies and flying pigs.
Meadow Lily was proud to have a room of her own. she walked down the noisy corridor to room 3 and went in. Everything was perfect, too perfect. But she didn't know what was wrong so she unpacked her camera, clothes, and other things, and went to flopped onto the comfy comforter without going to bed.
She was thinking about lots of things. From passing the tests to making friends to living. But as she lay there she saw that her dresser was a foot from were it was before.
She quietly crept toward in and opened the drawer slowly, "Ahah!" but nothing was inside...
Meadow Lily went back to bed.
Author's Note
This was a really fun chapter to make.
I hope you enjoy it.
Rainbow Dash went into the bathroom and got dressed. It was the day of the first test! What could be better? As soon as she opened the door, Electro Buzz slid off the bed.
"Morning," He said in a sleepy voice.
As he picked up some clothes and went into the bathroom, Rainbow Dash opened the door and went to the mess hall.
A few minutes later Electro Buzz joined the table Rainbow Dash was chatting at. "So what're you guys talking about?" Electro asked the table as they introduced themselves.
One was an earth pony named Peppermint Zephyr and another was an alicorn called Meadow Lily.
The morning passed and they all hurried out of the mess hall, they needed to start preparing. There was a day of tests then a day of practice and then a day or relaxation again and again, after the settling in and after the leaving part.
Rainbow walked onto the field. The first challenge was a race. There would be 1000 winners that would move onto test two.
Rainbow started the day by running. She ran about fifteen laps and then got tired. Time for a break. Once Rainbow regained her strength, she started weightlifting.
The weightlifting wasn't particularly easy. The weights she was lifting were almost 10 pounds.
After she finished weightlifting she noticed something peculiar, two red eyes staring out of the entrance to the field...
As they saw her looking at them the red eyes vanished. Rainbow Dash started using a treadmill. Rainbow Dash worked up a sweat from using the treadmill for about 3 hours and then went back to her room. Still thinking about the two red eyes. She saw Electro Buzz was already asleep. She brushed her teeth and hopped into bed.
On the day of the test Rainbow Dash, Peppermint Zephyr, Meadow Lily, Electro Buzz, Nutmeg Fluff, Firefly Rocket, Twinkle Star, Solstice Wings, Blue Star, Mystic Flower, and Meadow Crescent stood in a row. ( They were the ponies sitting in the mess hall.) There were about 2000 fillies and colts in the line.
Only 1000 would remain and this test would determine who! It was a race. (As I mentioned earlier.) Rainbow Dash had trained for this, she knew it was only a ground race.
As everyone stepped onto the starting line a weird pony was saying " Hello mares, stallions, colts, and fillies! Remember, you might loose!"
Rainbow Dash was very confused why anyone would say that but the race was about to start. So she focused on the race.
As the whistle sounded, there was a galloping of hooves and everyone was off!
All Rainbow Dash could tell was that she was being awesome. She kept cutting before other ponies. She saw that Electro Buzz was in front of her, she took off at an amazing speed and finally cut in front of him too.
The race was pretty long and Rainbow Dash was only about a fifth of the way when she was about one hundred twentieth. The trees surrounding the race track were beautiful, but Rainbow Dash wasn't focused on scenery, she was focused on the race.
Rainbow Dash was pretty close to the front when she saw the red eyes for a second, she thought she was just hallucinating so she went on with the race.
As the race finished up Rainbow Dash crossed the finish line and went to a long line of people waiting for their scores. When Rainbow Dash got hers, it said 116th, Rainbow Dash was disappointed.
As everyone went to the mess hall for lunch, the corridors were noisy so Rainbow Dash hurried through them as fast as she could.
Rainbow Dash was really hungry, I mean REALLY hungry. She ate about five pounds of food, Peppermint Zephyr said " Now look who's hungry!" As Rainbow Dash was eating. " The food here is good." answered Rainbow Dash with food in her mouth.
As Rainbow Dash turned out the light to go to bed, she noticed the red eyes again. She knew they were real this time, and they were following her! Then she fell asleep.
The next morning Rainbow Dash woke up and got dressed. Today was a day or relaxation so Rainbow Dash knew she would take it easy. She had a good breakfast of scrambled eggs and beacon, then she went to the pool for a nice swim, she dipped her hooves in the water, it felt super nice.
Rainbow Dash talked with her new friends. They were really nice. Her favorite part was when they played escape for the dark mare. This is how you play:
There is a pony that plays as the dark mare/stallion. The rest of the players are in his/her dungeon and the only way to escape is to swim to the other side of the pool. If the dark mare/stallion touches you then you have to become a dark mare/stallion too. It goes on and on until there is only one filly/colt left and they win! Then they are the first dark mare/stallion of the next round.
It was super fun. Rainbow Dash also enjoyed talking with her new friend a lot. They talked for about three hourse before they even played one game of escape for the dark mare. They talked about little siblings and finding their families, they talked about what the next test might be, and they told stories, made up and true. It was very fun in Rainbow Dash's opinion.
They all got out at about 2:00 P.M for lunch. They talked some more as they were eating they told each other their room numbers so they could visit anytime and they discussed which animal was better dogs or cats. Cats won in the end but Rainbow Dash still thought that dogs were better.
As Rainbow Dash headed back to her room she saw a tiny bit of red light for a second, then it was gone. Rainbow Dash continued walking down the mysterious corridors until she got to room 371 she opened the door and closed it after her. She got on her clothes and went to bed.
Rainbow Dash loved the night.
Author's Note
This is probably my favorite story I've made so far on FIMfiction I hope you enjoy this chapter of Castle War!
