Super Friendship Dungeon

Rainbow and Rarity sat in the clearing of the town as the crowd of pokemon dispersed. A green lizard went to his shop, a large brown kangaroo-dinosaur went in to a cafe, and Drench followed a path north, presumably to the school. Rainbow sighed and looked around the town. "Well... I'm bored." She sighed.

"We can always try to get used to our new bodies. Didn't Drench mention pokemon having special abilities? We can try to get the hang of those." Rarity suggested.

"Where would we start?" Rainbow asked. "Unless my new dinosaur body can breath fire, i don't have much of an idea of what to do."

Rarity looked at Dash curiously. "Did you not hear what Mr. Drench was saying? We're both fire types. Meaning we control the element of fire. I wouldn't be surprised if we could breathe fire."

"I wasn't really listening." Rainbow stated bluntly. "Anyways... How should we try this? I don't wanna go burning down the village."

"Well, let's ask around and see if there's somewhere safe to practice." Rarity said. The two stood and approached what seemed to be a pink deer, a panda, and some kind of teapot snail. They heard the tail end of their conversation as she approached.

"I can't believe you sent Glub into the forest like that! He could be in danger!" The deer stomped.

The panda laughed. "Ha! I doubt he'd make it very far. He's too weak to get through the school forest!"

Rainbow growled and stepped forward. "So you sent someone in to a dangerous forest for nothing but your own amusement?"

The panda and snail turned and glared at Rainbow. "Hey look, Shell. Its those aliens. What are you gonna do, abduct us?"

Rainbow laughed. "No. I'm gonna go save this Glub kid, whoever he is."

The deer smiled. "Really? Oh thank you so much! What are your names?"

Rarity stepped forward and cleared her throat. "I am Rarity, and this is Rainbow Dash." She said. "And we'd be happy to help save this Glub character. The forest can't be nearly as bad as the Everfree back home."

The deer cheered and pranced around a bit. "Oh, thank you so much!" She said. "My name's Lilac. Thats Shell and Bamboo. Thanks for helping us." She gave a glare to the panda. "Tell them where Glub is." She said, giving him a little kick.

Bamboo grumbled and looked at Rainbow. "He'll be in the Foreboding Forest, just past the last floor. There's 4 floors total, so he'll be just past the fourth one, in the deepest part of the woods. We told him to go write his name on a piece of paper we left there a while back. He was the one bragging about how easy it'd be for him!" He said defensively.

"What does Glub look like?" Rainbow asked.

"A purple blob, light purple on the bottom, two antennas, and green on his cheeks." Shell answered.

Rarity nodded and turned to walk out into the forest before Rainbow suddenly ran ahead, leaving a trail of dirt in her wake. Rarity sighed and picked up the pace.

"We'll bring Glub back, we promise!" She called before following Rainbow out of the gate and into the woods.

Rarity finally caught up to Rainbow as the edge of the forest.

"Took you long enough!" Rainbow called. "Now, lets go save Glub!"

Rarity sighed. "Come on. I'll lead, you stay with me. We don't want to get separated in an unknown forest."

Rainbow let out an exasperated breath. "Fine. But try to pick up the pace."

Rarity nodded and led the way into the forest, squinting her eyes until they adjusted to the dimmer light of the trees. The leaves blocked most of the light, so that only little bits made their way through. The sunlight dotted the floor, but it wasn't enough to make the scene beautiful. It was just creepy.

"I really wish I could fly..." Dash frowned. "I could just fly up and know exactly where we have to go."

"Well, we'll just have to make do with what we have." Rarity replied, stepping over a few puddles. "Though i do hope we get out of this forest soon."

"What, you scared?" Rainbow teased.

"No, I simply wish to save Glub quickly." Rarity replied unconvincingly.

"What kind of name is 'Glub', anyway?" Rainbow asked. "I've heard some weird names, but 'Glub' has to top them all."

"Now Rainbow, you don't want to go judging somepony before you even know them!" Rarity scolded.

Rainbow grumbled incoherently and followed quietly. She grabbed her tail and examined the tail flame, swishing her hand through it. "This is so cool... It doesn't even hurt. It's like sticking my hoof in warm water." She said.

"Well, make sure you don't burn yourself, Rainbow. We have no means to fix you up out here." Rarity replied.

"Fine, fine." Rainbow said, holding out her tail to use it as a light source in the dark forest. Rainbow-colored light was cast in a circle around them, bathing the grass in all shades of color.

"You know, that tail of your's is quiet beautiful." Rarity commented. "The rainbow flame, the way it moves and the color shifts. I think i have an idea for a dress when we get home!"

Rainbow scoffed. "You get ideas from everything." She laughed. "Even hotel items!"

Rarity chuckled. "Art of the dress, dear. I have to keep my eyes open for inspiration."

Rainbow nodded. "Eh, i guess it ma- AHH!" She yelped as she was suddenly attacked. Razor-sharp leaves dug in to her back, and a purple needle shot in to the wound. Rainbow fell on to her stomach, but quickly lept up and faced her attackers... only to see a yellow caterpillar and a blue raddish. "Are those... pokemon?" Rainbow asked.

"No idea, but get ready. They look mad!" Rarity said. Rainbow nodded and prepared to leap away in case they attacked again.

"Oddish!" The raddish growled, shooting another flurry of leaves. Rainbow managed to move out of the way in time, but Rarity wasn't so lucky. She braced herself for the pain... but none came. Only a wave of heat. Opening her eyes, Rarity saw a stream of fire had intersected the leaves, burning them to a crisp. The flames weren't normal, though. They were rainbow colored.

Rarity glanced at Rainbow and saw the fire pouring from her maw.

"Take that!" Rainbow smirked at the pokemon as the flames died down. "Looks like I CAN breath fire!" She said to Rarity over her shoulder. Rarity smiled and glared at the two pokemon. "Don't you know..." She growled. "That it is considered impolite..." A purple glow lined her eyes. "To harm..." Purple energy formed in front of her muzzle. "A LADY!"

The beam shot forward, exploding on the two pokemon and rendering them out of commission. The glow in her eyes died down and she looked in horror at what she had done. "I... I attacked two innocent creatures!" She screamed. Rainbow grabbed her shoulders and shook her.

"Snap out of it, Rares!" She said. "They attacked us! Remember what Drench said? Battling is normal in the pokemon world."

Rarity sighed, still looking quiet shaken. "Its just... It came so naturally... Rainbow, what if we become monsters? Mindless machines living for battling?"

Rainbow facepalmed. "Rarity, did any of the pokemon back in town look like mindless battle machines to you?"

"Well... no..." Rarity sighed. "I'm being dramatic again, aren't I?"

Rainbow shook her head. "Nah, its a reasonable fear. Equestria was much more peaceful than this place. We just have to adapt for now, at least until we can get home."

Rarity nodded and looked ahead at the forest. "Come on... Lets find Glub."