The Vidaverse.

Road trip: part 1.

My hooves thud against the earthy path as I trot on my way to Ender's house.

A wide grin is seemingly fixed onto my face.

Why am I so happy, you ask? Well today is the day that Ender is going to take me camping.

Why is camping so important, you ask? Well it's because this is going to be the first time I have gone camping. And it's going to be with Ender too!

I suppress a squee of joy.

I have tried to get my parents to take me camping before, but then fire hazards came up...and...

I shake my head, and return my bright smile at full force.

This is going to be so much fun!

I arrive at Ender's house and trot up to his door.

*KNOCK...KNOCK...KNOCK*

"Hello?" Ender's voice comes from the other side.

I hear the clip clop of hooves on wood come up to the door.

I'm greeted with a happy face as Ender sees who's at his door.

"Vida! Come on in." Ender opens the door wider so I can come in.

"So, are you all packed and ready for our big trip?” Ender asks as he magically closes the door behind me.

“Yup!” I say jovially.

I bend my head back and nose the saddlebags I had on my back onto the nearby sofa.

I then remove the items one at a time, verbally listing them off as i do so.

“I've got the compass, a map, binoculars, some rope, fire extinguishers, a lant-”

“Fire extinguishers?”

I look over at him quizzically.

“Yeah. why wouldn't I bring one of those?” I ask.

“Why would you bring one?” he counters.

“Well my parents always brought up stuff about fire hazards, so we always packed one or two.”

Ender still seemed to be having trouble understanding, but I didn't press the issue.

I go back to listing off my supplies while he just shrugs and goes down the hall to grab his own supplies.

After about five minutes of counting off a number of supplies that shouldn’t physically be able to fit in my saddlebags Ender comes back in with a large black bag on his back.

The bag is at least two thirds his size, but he seems to be able to carry without any trouble at all.

He’s so strong.

“Okay, so I think this is everything.” He says.

“You think?” I say, eying the huge bag.

He just chuckles at that one.

“What all do you have in there anyway? That thing’s big enough to pack my whole house in.” I point out.

Ender pulls the bag off of his back and lays it on the sofa next to my supplies.

“Ohh, the usual. Shelter, bedding, personal stuff…”

Ender opens the bag up and pulls out two items.

“Such as these custom made collapsible tents that I got from Rarity.”

One of the tents was a deep midnight black with a large white shield on the door, and two wings extending to either side.

The second caused me catch my breathe.
It was a Large White tent with a yellow cap, and a bright red exclamation mark adorning either side.

It seemed to be made of a shiny, but smoothe material.

I can't even imagine how much it costed to buy that.

“You got that custom made...for me?”

Ender grins and nods.

“Yup, just for you Vida.

I thought that it would be boring to use normal old tents, so I got these commissioned just for the occasion.!”

Ender puts the folded up tents back in the black bag.

“I also packed some of the food.”

The mention of food catches my attention immediately.

When it comes to food, Ender is very...different.

It's always either something really horrible that nopony should have ever conceived.
Such as Broccoli.

Or something super delicious, like ____.

I pay rapt attention as he removes several cans of food from the bag.

“Some green beans, a bag of carrot top carrots, kale, beans, celery…”

I continue to watch him remove food from the bag; silently I wonder just how long he plans for us to camp.

“Mac-n-cheese, broccoli-”

At the mention of broccoli I turn my focus back to the foods.

With murderous intent blazing in my eyes I cast a spell to rid the world of the accursed veggie. FOREVERRRRRRR!

The tiny broccoli sprout bursts into flame, a second later it's nothing but a dusty coating on the other cans surrounding it.

We both stare at the scene for a long while…

“Vida, why did you blow up my broccoli?”

“BECAUSE IT'S EVIL!” I shout out.

He gives me a bemused look before going back in the kitchen.

A second later he comes back out with another head of broccoli.

My heart skips a beat.

“What the fuck Ender!? I just told you broccoli is evil! Why would you go grab more?”

I am locked in a constant state of “What the fuck”, unable to comprehend why he would turn around and grab more of the horrid veggie immediately after I incinerate the first one.

“Because I, for one, just so happen to absolutely love broccoli.”

I ghasp in horror and back up a few steps.

“Okay okay, i’ll get rid of the broccoli if you stop being so dramatic. I mean, jeez, it's just a veggie.”

“DEAL!”

I quickly grab, and shake, his hoof.

“Okay, you don't have to take my leg off.”

Ender grumbles as he trots past me and back into the kitchen.

I watch carefully as he comes back out, noticeably without the aforementioned veggie in tow.

“Happy?”

I tackle him into a hug.

“Yes! very much so.”

I give him a little peck on the lips, then get back off of him.

“So...now that that's over with, are we ready to go?” Ender asks,acting as though nothing weird happened, and magically grabbing his black bag.

“As ready as i’ll ever be!” I say as I grab my saddlebags and sling them over my back.

“Than let's go!”

And with that, we leave Ender’s house.

I shut the door behind us with a hind hoof then ask.

“So where are we going exactly?”

Ender had been keeping it as a surprise ever since we started this plan, and i’m really curious where it is that he’s taking me.

Ender turns to me with a mischievous smile and says “You’ll know when we get there.”

Oh my fucking-

“Why won't you tell me now?” I whine.

“Because it's a surprise.” as Is his typical answer.

I just puff out my cheeks and pout.

A moment later l feel a hoof on my shoulder.

I look up to see an apologetic looking Ender smiling down at me.

“Don't worry Vida, I promise you will love it.”

And with those words Ender continues down the path to leave ponyville.

Hmm...guess i'll just have to trust him.

I take notice of our north-western direction and try and use that to formulate an answer.

Unfortunately, despite me traveling all over equestria to slaughter unholy monsters, I can't think of anywhere.

While i'm thinking of the numerous places we could be going I fail to notice a familiar bookworm with her nose in a book trotting my way.

Our heads bump into each other and we both fall to our rumps, rubbing our heads.

“Jeez. that hurt.” I say.

As soon as I can, I look over to who bumped into me and gave me a near concussion.

Twilight.

Twilight gets back to her hooves, still rubbing her head.

“Ugh...what did I run into?” She finally notices me.

In an instant she panics and rushes over to me, “Oh Vida, i'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going. Are you okay?”

I back away a step and reply, “Yeah, i’m fine.”

“That's good.” I hear Ender say.

I look over to him, noticing his grin.

“Hey Ender, I think you got something on your face.” I point to his grin.

“Want me to get that for you?” I ask in a flat tone.

That collision really hurt, and it was not funny for either of us.

“Okay okay, but it was kinda funny.” He says, dropping his grin back to his usual smile.

“So…”

We both turn to look back at Twilight. Who was still here.

Twilight had been taking notice of our packs and was now looking to us with an inquiring gaze.

Oh no, that's never good.

“Are you two going on a trip?” She asks, staring at Enders huge bag.

“Yes, actually I’m taking Vida camping. I promised i'd take her some time ago and thought now would be the perfect time.” Ender says.

“Ohh camping?”, a spark lit in Twilight's eyes,a spark i would rather put out before she gets any bright ideas.

“I have just the thing! I was actually just retrieving a book a pony borrowed, but you can use if you need it.” Twilight sifted through her saddlebags animatedly, pulling out a thick brown cover book.

“Here you go!” Twilight magicked over the book to Ender.

He took the book and studied its title as i leaned over his shoulder to look.

‘Trotting Trails: An Exploration guide. By: Robert Moon’

Robert Moon? What kind of name is that?

Ender flips open the book and studies it's ___.

He than quickly flips it closed and looks up to Twilight with a gentle smile, “Thank you Twilight. We could really use this on our trip.”

Twilight just smiles and waves him off, “Oh it's what i'm here for. I'm the town librarian remember? Even if it is a castle now…” Twilight trails off, looking at the giant structure in question.

Yeah...Princess librarian. Because that place totally isn't just a bright shiny castle or anything.

“Well i better not keep you waiting than,” Twilight says, bringing our attention back to the alicorn.

“Have a safe trip!” Twilight says, then continues on her path back to the castle.

I follow her with my eyes until she's out of sight.

“Hmm…”

Ender looks over at me, stuffing the book into a safe compartment in his bag.

“Well that was nice of her, wasn't it Vida?” Ender asks, getting my attention.

I look over to him, then back to the castle.

“I guess, but i still don't trust her.”

“Are you seriously still sore about what happened that day?” Ender asks, a hint of bemusement entering his voice.

I look back at him, staring straight into his eyes.

“Yes.”

Ender rolls his eyes, than chuckles, continuing down the path we were trotting down.

“Oh well, Let’s not let that ruin our day hm?” He looks at me pointedly.

One of those “I do not dwell on negative things” kind of look.

So I just smile at him, silently thanking him for bring us back on track, and follow his lead.

We exit through the the North-Western arks and begin our journey down long dirt path.

One hour later...

“So how far away are we going exactly?” I ask Ender after a long moment of silence stretched too far.

All around us, thick green trees pass by.

The sounds of birds and our own hoofbeats the only sounds around. Besides a river that can be heard from an indistinguishable distance away.

“Well according to my map-” which is magically enchanted so only he can see it”-It should only be about a week's trot away on hoof. Give or take a day or two.”

I look over to him with a conflicted expression.

On one hoof: That is a lot of walking and distance. A LOT.

On the other hoof: No ponies to bother me, and seven to eight days of nothing but Ender.

I place these two thoughts on a mental scale.

The second one wins by a landslide of YES.

“Cool” Is my well thought out response.

We continue to trot on like this for a while, gazing up into the bright blue, cloudless sky.

Just being close to my coltfriend.

“Hey Vida.” Ender calls out from my side.

I look over to him curiously.

“I read in one of my traveling brochures that some really good wild flowers grow near here, wanna stop for lunch?”

hmm...

“Sure. but where exactly are we supposed to look for them?” I ask.

He grins at me, a grin i've never quite grown to trust around this stallion.

“Well they're supposed to grown pretty close to the path; they are yellowish green and called…,”Ender takes out a brochure, quickly flipping to a dog eared page,”Woodsorrel.”

He smiles at me as he puts the brochure back in the bag, i watch it carefully with a critical eye as he puts it away in the top latch.

“Okay, sounds cool to me”, I say, now searching for the flower in question.

We only wander a little ways off the path before we find them; little clover looking flowers with a scent of lemons.

I carefully peek over at Ender’s expression out of the corner of my eye.

No funny buisness now Ender.

But he was already busy munching down on his own patch of woodsorrel.

I just shrug, and bend down on my knees so i'm at eye level with the little plant.

I take in every detail of the plant with large magenta eyes and a curious expression, than…

*Munch, munch, mun---*

My eyes shoot open with a start.
“Ach! What the fuck!?-”

I quickly spit the rest of the plant out, scraping my tongue off with my hooves to extinguish the repulsive sour taste.

Until i hear him, my ears cock in his direction to pick up his uproarious laughter.

I turn on the spot, tongue sticking out, and glare daggers at him as if my stare alone would set him on fire...which it can.

“Emer! Wha bu buck!?” I say, still scraping off my tongue.

“Hahahaha...oh, Vida...hehe, It's called sourgrass for a reason.” He shot me a mischievous, squinty eyed grin.

Than he sticks his tongue out at me, completely clear of sour greenness.

“How?”

He stops chuckling, holding it in with a huge smile as he steps to the side, showing a patch of completely in tact sourgrass.

He tricked me! That son a bitch tricked me into eating that stuff!

Forgetting my sour tongue problem i begin to growl, a nice steam wafting from my ears.

“Whoah Vida, Vida it was just a joke! You don't have to-GACH!”

He doesn't get to finish sentence as I clock him right on the nose.

--------------------------------Day 1: Time: 4:08pm----------------------------------

The dull throb in his nose had died down over time, but a big red lump was left where his nose should be.

I merrily trot next to him, humming a happy tune and just being near my Ender.

Ender...he was just happy not to have a black eye.

‘At least she’s happy now’ Ender thinks to himself. Chuckling a bit, wincing as his nose throbbed again.

“Hey Ender, your nose okay?” Vida asks, her voice betraying her concern.

“Yeah, yeah i'm okay. But boy you got me good,”Ender rubs the sore spot,”But I couldn't imagine any less from you.”

I just stare at the big red lump, feeling just a little guilty.

But it was his fault for tricking me into eating sourgrass.

We continue to walk quietly, treading the soft earthen path.

It truly is a lovely day.

The sun is shining, the birds singing, and i think i saw a pair of yellow eyes peering at me from that bush.

I stop immediately, turning to stare at the bush.

But nothing is there…

I extend a tendril of magic, poking and prodding through the bush and beyond, but i don't sense anything.

“What is it Vida? Did you see something?” Ender asks from ahead of me.

I’m about to open my mouth to say “Nothing”, but than common sense kicks in and i say,”I think there's a timberwolf hunting us, Ender.”

To his credit, he doesn't even flinch from the news, only looking towards the bush and extending his emerald magic towards and through it.

“Hmm…,” he hums, his eyes attentive and ears tilted forward.

“Well i can't find anything out of the usual...for a forest anyway. But we should probably keep an eye out just incase those wolves would decide to attack; my books tell me that they prefer to hunt at night, and ambush their prey in groups.

“That dog isn't going to attack us in broad daylight,and we are more than prepared to take them on.”

At that last part I just smile innocently at him,”Oh is my big. Strong stallion going to protect me?”

I saunter over to him with half-lidded eyes and a lilted tone, hooking my hooves around his muscles in an over-loving and passionate way.

We gaze into each other's eyes as my lovestruck smile morphs into a humored grin.

I collapse on the ground in a fit of laughter.

“Oh, that was good,” I say, wiping a metaphorical tear with my hoof.

“That was...interesting to say the least.”

Enders cheeks were turning a light shade pink, and that just made me laugh more.

*GrrrrrOOAARRR!*

“-What the f-!”

A giant timbewolf pounces on me before i can react, sensing my defenses were down as i rolled on the ground, distracted.

“Stupid fucking dog, Can't you see i'm trying to have a moment?”

We roll over each other three times before the wolf lands on top of me, snapping me with sappy saliva dripping onto my pristine coat.

“Ugh, gross!”

I pull all four hooves in, coiling my legs like a spring, than bucking the creature like a field goaly.

The wolf goes flying a few meter, landing on it's side and breaking off a few twigs.

All the while, Ender watches me carefully, ready to intervene if things get too roudy.

The wolf gets back up, howling in anger and pain as it stares back at me with soulless glowing eyes.

It begins to circle me, me doing the same as we circle each other parallel.

I light my horn with a magenta glow (No flames this time, though it is my trademark).

We both stop, a typical standoff settles as a metaphorical tumbleweed drifts by and marexican music plays in the background.

An ominous wind blows through my mane as i glare at the evil creature, spreading my front legs a bit in an offensive stance.

“C’mon you pussy, What’cha waiting for!?”

My taunt works, and the wolf flies at me, claws out and ready to shred me to ribbons.

I catch the flying dog with a well aimed magenta lighting bolt straight to the chest.

It howls in pain and lands off course, crashing into the ground, twitching as pink electricty arcs through it's body.

I saunter over to it, staring it in the eyes.

It stares back in defiance as it's yellow glow is taken over by pink…

Than nothing. The wolf falls limp as it's light seemingly dies. Little arcs of pink causing it to twitch every now and then.

“Bravo Vida, Bravo! Do we get an encore?” Ender stamps his hooves in applause as i turn back to him with a casual grin.

“Sorry, that'll be all for today folks.”

This seems to really make his day, and he quickly trots up to me, checking me all over for any harm.

My saddlebags have a minor scratch, and my fur is sticky with wolf sap sailava. Other than that I have one of the shallowest scratches ever just below my flank.

“Here, let me patch that up, it may not be big, but it's still an open wound.”

Ender pulls out the First aid kit, takes out a bandage, and slaps it right over my flank.

I look back at it with mixed mixed feelings, and an odd expression.

“Wow, that really looks weird, you know that?”

Ender puts the first aid kit back in the large black pack, and turn back to me.

“Hmm? Oh, i don't think so. It kinda matches your personality actually.”

I look back at him with a smirk and raised eyebrow.

“Are you for real?” I ask, an odd smile on my face.

“Well either way, I still need to find a watering hole or something, this tree sap is disgusting and feels gross on my body,” I punctuate my statement by making a sick face at my sappy fur.

Ender promptly pulls out his map and checks it for blue, ‘cant have a sappy Vida now can we?’ he thinks, spotting two patches of blue on the map.

“Hmm...well according to my map there are actually two water sources nearby,”At this, I look back at him with a hopeful expression,”One of them is north-east of here, about ten miles” Ender points to our right,”While the other one is west of here, about fifteen miles”, He points to our left.

I look in both directions, mentally mapping the routes.

I frown as i calculate the time difference and divide it by time traveled from the main route and day hours.

----1325-378262553=67483921+5267384-938276173----yeah...computer mind.

“Hm…” I put a hoof to my chin in an exaggerated expression of deep thought.

Than suddenly a big red exclamation mark pops over my head, “I got it!”

I adamantly point to the north-east.

“Okay Vida, looks like we got a route planned; now give me a moment to place a beacon spell so we don't lose our road.

I twitch impatiently as an emerald glow surrounds Ender’s horn...than *POP*s.

“Aaaand done! Alright let's go.” Ender makes a hearty gesture.

I stare at him bemusedly, his hearty gesture dying in confusion.

“You don't have to make a show of a beacon spell Ender.”

He just blushes and follows behind me as we make our way to the water source.

-------------Day 1: Time 10:17pm----------------

I itch like crazy as I trudge through the foliage, plants and twigs and Faust knows what sticks to my fur and hooves. Turning me into a filthy mess.

After we crested a hill my hooves tripped in sap and I tumbled some fifteen feet into the sappiest tree I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Now yellow sap drips from my mane’s tip onto my nose. I grimace.

“I can't take much more of this”, I say, not bothering turning to look at Ender at risk of pulling the fur of my neck.

“Don't worry Vida, we’re almost there, In fact,” Ender cocks his ears forward,” I think i can hear the rush of water. We must be very close.”

At that mention, i bolt beyond the canopy with no warning; so eager to rid myself of this sap.

Just as luck would have it, i run into a large lake. A waterfall crests the hill beyond it, pouring new water into the lake.

I take it all in for all of five seconds, before swan diving straight into the deepest part I can see.

I resurface, taking a fresh breathe of air as I enjoy the feeling of the water soaking my body.

The cool, crisp water seeps into every hair and relaxes my muscles, cleaning away the stress of the day along with the tree sap.

“Aahhhh yeaaaahhhh….” my eyelids drift as I turn to see Ender smiling at me just beyond the edge of the lake.

“Ender…*sigh*...this water feels soooo good. You have to come in.”

Ender gives me an apologetic look and denies, “nah, i’m good.”

Soon his attention is drawn by a few rocks next to the pool, and he takes off his black bag.

“Wow, hey Vida do you know what kind of rocks these are? These are igneous-”

As I float in the water, hind legs kicking and my mane sopping wet, I grin a wide, devious grin.

“You're a mean one misses Grinch”, I whisper to myself using Grinche's voice.

As Ender lectures about the rarity and origins of the rocks, I slowly sink down into the water until only my eyes peek over the water's surface.

Than, ever so slowly, like a predator stalking it's prey, glean towards Ender’s turned back.

I charge my horn, the subtle sound of magic completely going unnoticed.

“-it's really quite difficult to find, are you listening Vida?”, Ender turns around just in time to see my lunge at him.

He shouts, and startles back out of surprise, but not before I latch onto him with both my forehooves and envelop him in my ,magic.

Than down he goes, I drag him into the water, laughing maniacally.

“C’mon Ender, dontcha wanna get wet?”

*SPLASH*

“Vida,What are you doing!?”

I just giggle as I latch onto him in the water, wrapping my forelegs and hindlegs around his barrel as he struggles to stay afloat.

“Vida! I can't stay afloat if you-” his protest is cut off as i drag him below the water’s surface; casting a quick water breathing spell on both of us as i do so.

Ender doesn't know this spell, and it's the first time he has seen me use it, so he obviously panics as his vision is submerged.

I stare at him earnestly as he squeezes his eyes and holds a hoof over his nose believing he was going to drown or something.

Calming down, i bathe the surrounding water in a gentle magenta light, beaming at the colorful display.

“Hey Ender?”, I say, my voice distorting from the water’s dimensions.

Ender seems to lose his panic and replace it with confusion as he looks at me, smiling earnestly.

“I cast a water breathing spell dipstick, you can open your mouth.”

He stares at me a little while longer, than slowly removes his hoof from his nose and mouth.

Than finally notices my work, he gapes, wide-eyed at the colors projecting from my horn like a underwater lava lamp.

“Wow,” he whispers in awe.

“Lol, yeah it is pretty cool huh?”

“Yeah…”

We gently float there, Ender captivated by my display, and I captivated by his charm.

--------------Day 1: Time 12:45am-----------------

On a beach, an ocean spray washes over sand, revealing a copper rock beneath it's surface.