"NOT THE PINKIE PROMISE!!"
She tried to ignore Pinkie Pie's pleading scream to her.
"Stick a cupcake in my eye." Pheebs finished, her eyes showed she had given in. Tirek smirked. He knew he had won his prize. He took the mare by her neck.
"We'll be happy, and i'll be more than happy to keep taking your powers of kindness, my dear."
He made her sick, but what ever she could do to save her friends, Burning Axe and Tri Trot, she would do it. She wasn't going to just stand idly by, and see their powers get taken by this monster. It was bad that Discord was with them in the Ever free, but this was more frightening to her than him. She would much rather have Discord then Tirek. He frightened her to her core.
In the ever free, Discord was turning Burning Axe's cave into an upside down circus.
"Oi! STOP THAT!"
The monster was laughing like this was the funniest thing in the world. He rolled around, being stick-thin, he rolled round, and it got Tri dizzy, not to mention Burning was feeling sick.
Tri shook this head and his red eyes blazed. He cantered towards Discord in rage.
"I'll make you laugh!!"
As soon as he stopped shouting, Discord clicked his fingers and Tri stopped and looked down, his jet black coat was pink!
It all started when Tirek was banished by Twilight Sparkle.
He was sent into the underground, and shrunk by her, his powers drained so he was the same size as a mouse.
He paced back and forth, thinking of how he could escape and seek revenge on her. He remembered that the monster Discord had been 're-formed' by the pony Fluttershy, and was now living in a cave in the Every free forest. If he could just get to him..
A blinding flash of light made the whole cave light up.
"You wished to see me, tiny little rat who has not powers?"
Tirek's eyes glared with fire, as he could do no magic, he was forced just to listen.
"You see," His lion paw stroked under his goat chin. "I believe you could take a Shy with you, and she could help you get your powers back, I'm only saying this, of course, not like it won't at all work,"
This confused Tirek, with so much annoyance!
"Why would you do this?"
He had meant it to come out as a blooming order, but instead, it came out as a cute little squeak.
This caused Discord to loose it. He puffed and a laugh exploded from him. He wiped his eye when it was over. "Why i'm the Lord of cauos, you didn't really believe I was totally re-formed, did you?"
That afternoon, Fluttershy, a cream coloured pony was in her cottage with her white bunny, Angel, and by the small fire, was a lavender pony with a blue and ice shaded mane. Her name was Pheebs, and she was Fluttershys sister. She was here for the weekend, as their mother, father and brother were away in Las Pegasus for a meeting to move to a different part of Cloudsdale. The east part, where they lived now, was home of Parasprites.
"Will you be alright if I went out for a while?" Fluttershy asked in her calm, kind tone, "Twilight has called a meeting in her castle."
Pheebs nodded, and smiled a little. She wasn't used to this place yet. She flapped her wings, but then put them in again. "Sure," She answered, "Just, don't be long, ok?" Fluttershy giggled. "I'll try not to be. Food is in the fridge, and ask Discord is you need anything, he's nearby, just say his name if you need him."
Nothing else was said, as the pale Pegasus flew out of the door.
No sooner had the door closed, a bright light filled the whole cottage, making the lavender Pegasus startled. When she opened her eyes, she saw a draconequus. She had not seen one before, and it made her smile in wonder. "Hello," She said kindly.
"Sorry about this,"
He clicked his fingers and they both vanished.
Unknown to her, or Discord, a pink pony named Pinkie Pie was hopping in the Ever Free forest, near the very cave that Tirek would appear in. She thought she heard something, so she hopped over to the rock and looked round into the rocks, spying. "Pinkie-Spy," She whispered, to no one.
In a second, Pheebs appeared again. She was inside a cystel-like cave, and in the very distance, there was a three-headed black dog.
"So, this is the pony you meant?"
Turning, Pheebs smiled as she saw a red mouse in a tiny cage. "Where am I?" She asked Discord, and he ignored her and looked in the cage. "She's all yours," He said simply, and the mouse opened his mouth. Pheebs started to feel faint, dizzy, sick, and, she fell asleep.
-
"Kindness has more love in it then anything in all of Equestria, so collect everypony she knows to make her care more about them, and then I shall have endless food."
Discord went to snap his fingers.
"WAIT!"
Tirek spun round and glared at her.
"WHAT!" He shouted back.
Pheebs swallowed down her worries.
"If I agree to stay with you, out of my own free will, and think of my friends all the time so you can feed, can you leave them alone?"
"You must promise me."
Knowing the code for a promise you swore never to break, she did it.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly-"
-
And now, she was here, in a deep part of the Ever free forest, Tirek had made a base. Pheebs was in the very edge of the cave, chained to the bolt that the capture had mad appear. Tirek himself was pacing up and down the line was now made of lava.
The other mythical animal in the cave was Discord, who hadn't woken up yet. He was snoring like a banshee.
To Pheeb's horror her capture had now turned and was staring at her hoof. That was where the thick chain was. "My dear," He hushed, "Come," Pheebs turned her head away.
"No." She said, "Not until you get Discord to leave Tri and Dash alone." She had used his nickname. She swallowed, realising her mistake.
The 10 foot bulky creature laughed evilly. His thick, deadly horns glowed and Pheebs felt herself fly up and towards him. She felt her blue and ice mane get lifted, and gulped.
"I don't think so."
At that moment, Discord woke up, and Tirek looked round, making Pheebs gasped as she fell to the floor, and hit it hard. She fought back the tears. 'At least my friends are safe.' She thought. It was her only happiness right now.
-
Meanwhile, in the cave, Burning and Tri were trying to make a plan while the cave was on the ground.
"She saved us so we got to save her." Burning said first, and then the cave burst, and in came a bright pink pony, followed by a purple dragon.
"We heard the news from Fluttershy's bear, Hairy." Spike said. The pink ponies mane looked round the cave, "Fluttershy, she said- she said she had a sister, and- and-"
Her puffy mane then deflated like a balloon, and lay flat against her head.
"I- I was by the cave-" She whispered, and Burning Axe rushed to her side, but stayed away a bit. "What?" He urged, and Pinky carried on, "She broke- she broke a Pinkie Promise--" She suddenly burst into tears. Loudly.
"That's it!" Tri trot shouted. "We need to go. NOW!"
Burning Axe and Tri Trot made true to their word and reached the cave sooner than expected.
"He's in there," Tri said, in a rather low, angry voice. Burning Axe's ears were flat against his head, and his eyes were thin with anger. Pheebs was his friend, and NO ONE messed with his friends!
He said nothing as he went towards the cave first.
"You cover me from the back and if I yell 'Tea,' you come and get Pheebs" He ordered, before cantered right to the caves entrance.
Tirek was bleeding the friendship from Pheebs when Burning burst into the cave. She turned her head weakly and smiled slightly, before fainting from exhaustion, but not before mouthing the word, 'No,'.
As soon as Burning saw Pheebs, his eyebrows narrowed in flames. "Pheebs!" He cantered over to her, and nudged her, hoping to wake her.
He was taken by his tail and dangled in front of Tirek's yellow, narrow eyes. "And who are you?" Tirek said calmly, his tone cold.
After taking in Tirek bull-like head and black hooves, Burning swallowed, and turned himself to look back at his unconcus friend.
"Burning Axe!" He said boldly, "And you won't get away with hurting my friend!"
Burning then spat in Tireks face.
Outside, Tri - Trot was waiting for the code word, but he couldn't wait any longer. He cantered up the hill at full speed.
"Hello Tritrot, nice to see you again," He stopped short as he bumped into Discord who had suddenly appeared in front of him without warning. "And where are you going?"
He needed to hurry and think of a way of tricking Discord so he could go and find Burning and get Pheebs away.
"Is that Fluttershy over there?!" He pointed deeper into the forest and Discord snapped his head round, hoping, smiling. "Fluttershy??" He then zoomed away from the jet black pony. Tri smirked as he continued rushing up to the cave.
Rushing to the entrance, he scanned the cave to see Burning Axe on the a rock face, facing Tirek, and the minotaur was shooting bright red lasers from his horns, trying to target the horse. Burning leapt here and there, and then caught eye of Tri, and smirked, now was the tester.
Pheebs's hoof was still chained to the cave wall, so he had to angle himself so that the next beam of Tireks horn would just catch the metal, and not harm the Pegasus it was connected to.
"Over here, you dumb bull!!"
He taunted. Tirek was enraged as he targeted Burning, and Tri got read to get Pheebs out of the way as soon as the mare was free. The beam blasted into the chain, frying it to bits, but leaving a bit locked around her hoof. Tri-trot pulled on the mares mane, dragging her out of the cave quickly.
Burning Axe saw this and smiled. He galloped down the hill, and Tri-trot released Pheebs's tail. He helped put Pheebs onto Burning Axes back and they both helped carry her to Ponyville General.
-
That night, it was the Grand Galloping Gala, and the nurse-mare at the hospital had said that Burning could take Pheebs, if she didn't over do it. He smiled and took her as his guest. He didn't mind that she had the main part of the chain still attached to her hoof. She wore a dress that was golden, to match the chain, so it didn't look odd.
"Thank you for bringing me Dash," She said kindly to him.
Dash smiled to her in return. "No problem." He replied, and the music started playing.
