Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 15- Fiery Flames!

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

After work the next day....

“Yeah, hehehe, bye!” I blushed and giggled while waving goodbye to Soarin and walked into the palace doors. I saw my grandmother by the door.

“Where were you? You missed dinner!” She ringed my nose. I started squirming and also trying to talk.

“Grandma! Ow!”

“That's what you get for not coming on time. You always come around 8pm. This is the 4th time it happened. What's going on?”

“Well, I, um, you see the thing is-”

“Rainbow Dash! There you are! Where have you been? You're in big trouble young lady!!” I saw my father stomping down the stairs as I gave a big gulp. My grandmother tapped his shoulder.

“I'll take care of her. You go and get some sleep.” She told him. She looked at me and shook her head. She walked me to the living room and gave me a cup of tea.

“Now, where were you? I said this before and I'm saying this again. You've done this 4 times already. You don't think we're worried over here? You missed dinner 4 days in a row. Now care to explain why?”

“Look, ever since I've been help assisting with the mango cove, everyone has been putting me on cleanup duty. So, of course I come late.”

“Even if you have cleanup duty, lights are supposed to be out around 6pm. And somehow you come home around 8pm. 2 hours later? Something is up and you're not sleeping tonight unless you tell me.”

I bit my lip and rolled my eyes. I rested my feet on the arm of the chair and placed myself in a lousy position. She smacked my legs and I squealed.

“That's very bad manners and no one wants to see under that dress of yours. Now, tell me where were you for 2 hours?”

“I was out.”

“Where?”

“I was near the lagoon.”

“Anyone was with you?”

“Just a friend.”

“Who?”

“Grandma, he's just a friend!”

“Ooohh, it's a he isn't it? I'm assuming it's the same boy that I saw the other night wasn't it?”

I blushed slightly and bit my lip harder. Just thinking about Soarin made my cheeks flare up.

“I'm guessing by the shade of your cheeks I'm right. Anyhow, what were you 2 doing at the lagoon this time of night?”

“Well, we were taking a walk by the shore and talked about life and stuff. That's all.”

“That's all?”

“Affirmative!”

“Okay then. Next time, tell one of us, okay? We're worried sick about you.”

“Okay grandma. You should be asleep.”

“And you should tell us when you're going to the lagoon. We'll talk about this later.”

I started walking up the stairs and then she walked up with me and went into her room. I wanted to see my father to apologize for tonight and all the other nights I've been gone. I opened the door and couldn't believe my eyes.

“Aye senoríta. We were just talking about you.” I saw Ramõn sitting in a chair next to my father. And they were laughing.

“Dad, what is he doing here? And why are you guys laughing?”

“Oh honey, we were just talking about how when you were younger you always used to take your foot and suck your toes. Just telling him baby stuff you used to do.” My dad laughed. I stood there speechless and sort of blushed a bit.

“Dad, why are you telling him this?”

“He's going to be leaving right after the ancestral festival. He said that he hopes he can learn some Indian traditions before he leaves. You can teach him.”

“Actually dad, this year we're going to be putting in everyone's national background in the ancestral festival. All my friends agreed.”

“Wow, a wonderful girl gives wonderful ideas. I like it.” Ramõn growled as he winked at me. I rolled my eyes and turned to my father.

“Ramõn is right. That's a wonderful idea. I'm with it 100 percent! Also, why can't you teach him? You can teach him right now while I go and sleep. I know you young kids always stay up late.” I stood there with my arms folded while Ramõn sat in the chair and looked at the door and it closed and then looked at me.

“So princess? You ready to give me a lesson on learning your language?”

“Yeah, I'm not with-”

“Oh wait, I'll teach you some Spanish.” He said as she wiggled his eyebrows and held my waist. I gave me a glare and pushed him a bit.

“Look, I came here to help you learn Hindi and that's what I'm going to do.”

“And now I'm going to teach you Spanish like I said. Now, sit on my lap and I'll teach you some Espanõl.”

“Ramõn I'm not going to- WOAH!!!”

He grabbed me and placed me on his lap and I scrunched up my nose and gave me a more death glare.

“Now, let's learn the basics. Buenos Dias chica!”

“Um, it's night time.”

“Aaah, you're smart huh? Okay let's do night then. Buenas noches chica.”

“Um, buenas noches to you to Ramõn.”

“Como estas?”

“Muy bien gracias.” I winked at him. He seemed impressed. I gave him a smirk.

“I sort of took Spanish classes in America in my high school. So yeah.” I blushed a bit and scratched the back of my head. He smiled and held my hand.

“No no, it's fine. I wasn't expecting that from you. You're catching on really fast.”

“Yeah, well I did take classes. So that's an advantage I guess.” I laughed. We both laughed and then something inside my heart felt a bit different. We stared at one another and I was blushing hard. He took my cheek and I looked away. We were inches away from pressing lips until the clock was ticking and I saw that it was on 10:36pm. I got up from Ramõn and started walking to the door.

“Well, I um, better sleep. Uh, buenas noches. I-I mean good night. Well. Yeah um same thing. Bye!!” I ran out the door and slammed it hard. I touched my face and felt the heat in my cheeks.

“Woah, my face was totally red back there! I can't like him, can I? Okay calm down. Soarin's a total hunk, Soarin's a total hunk! Just keep thinking about it! No Spanish distractions. I'll be fine!! I think..”

The next night....

“Haha, that's why I never wanted to do that again.” Soarin laughed. We were both by lagoon the next night. I was wearing a flower crown and a beautiful white dress and he was wearing a matching colored shirt and some jeans. We were laying on the grass looking at the stars.

“You know we haven't done this since we were little kids you know?” I smiled while staring at the stars. Soarin nodded his head.

“That's true. I'm glad we could do this again. Cause I wouldn't do this with nobody else. But you.” He smiled as he winked at me and slightly brushed my cheek which made me blush deeply.

“How's you and Ramõn?” He asked while looking at me. I couldn't tell him about how we both almost kissed.

“Well, he taught me a little Spanish. That's all.” I smiled sheepishly while clearing my throat. He gave me a skeptical look.

“Dashie it was much more than that. What happened?”

“Nothing, he just almost kissed me and I was letting him. But we didn't kiss. I pushed him away. Nothing bad.”

It was pure silence. All we heard was the sound of a rolling waves near the sea. He sat up and watched the water in the lagoon roll faster and rougher than ever. I was still laying on the grass. He gave a simple “Mhm.” and then he turned around to me.

“I don't get you.”

“Huh?”

“I don't get you at all. One minute you say that you hate him and another moment you're giving him an 8.5 out of 10 and almost kissing him. If you love him, go and marry him already!!” Soarin raised his voice and was beginning to walk away. I sat up and ran after him.

“Soarin I don't like him. He's just, he's just-”

“Just what? Perfect for you?!”

“Why are you so upset in the first place?!”

“I dunno! Maybe I want to look out for my best friend that's why!”

It got silent again. We were both staring at each other and then looked away.

“I maybe shy. And a bit of a dork and very patient, and don't say much but honestly Ramõn is a bad influence for the kingdom and all of India. He needs to leave. I'm sure he's already onto your father. What if he's after you?”

“Wait wait, what do you mean he's onto my dad?”

“Look at your dad, he's acting different. That's not like him. Also, have you realized he spends lots of time with your dad?”

“Yeah, it's true. But what does he have?”

“I don't know. Be on the look out okay? I don't want anything bad happening to you.”

“I know.”

He held my face and he smiled at me making me blush deeper than ever before. Yeah so what if Ramõn almost kissed me and made me blush? I blushed because I was embarrassed. Soarin makes me blush because of him. His shyness, his dorkiness, well everything about him makes me smile and blush. I placed my arms around his neck and closed my eyes and we were both touching noses. Our little giggles from time to time made us laugh a bit. It was getting darker.

“See you tomorrow. Same place? Same time?” He smirked at me. I opened one eye and nodded.

“Of course. I'm glad we're doing this every night.”

“Me too. G'night.”

“G'night Soarin!”

I waved him goodbye and sighed and giggled happily. I heard rustling of leaves and a recognizable voice.

“Ah, so this is where you run off too at night.” The voice said after with a little chuckle. My cheeks flared up brightly as I turned around and saw my grandmother walking with her cane.

“Oh grandma! What are you doing here?”

“I should ask you the same question missy. I knew it was the boy I saw at the royal announcement a few days ago. So, you like him?”

“Well, I, um, well you see, I-”

“I just asked a question. And I'm hoping for an answer.”

“Yeah, I really do. Oh grandma! Haven't you seen anything to handsome and adorable?! He's perfect! Like a sweet adorable medley to a perfect song. That's what Soarin reminds me off. He's everything I imagined!!!!” I cooed while daydreaming about him. I stopped while looking at my grandmother smiling and chuckling a bit.

“Are you going to tell daddy?”

“I'm his mother. I don't have to tell him anything.”

“Whew, okay then. I'm sorry. It's just that I can't help it.”

“Hahaha, you remind me of my son with your mother.”

“Daddy? What does he have to do with this?”

“Well he was just like this. He always went to a secret club with her. Always gave her flowers, always with her. They were meant to be. Well, you better be in bed young lady. Let's go. And the next time I find you here, it's going to be me and you got it?”

“Hahaha yes grandma. Let's go.”

The next day....

It was my day to take care of all the kids in the mango cove. I had to tell them stories and make sure they do their work perfectly. Also Soarin was being a bit of a flirt all day. He always came and check on me seeing how I'm doing with the kids.

“Hey Dashie. How's taking of the kids doing?”

“It's awesome! They really love me! A lot! Uh, aren't you supposed to be helping the weaving the baskets?”

“Oh I'm done for the day. Just looking after you that's all.” He smirked. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

“Okay Soarin.”

“Oh, I'll be right back. I left my bag near the well. I'll be right back.”

“Okay then. Don't hurt yourself.”

I was busy braiding one of the girl's hair. Her name was Melody. She wants to be a baker when she grows up. I smiled while braiding her hair.

“Baking at home always makes me smile!” She said with a smile. “But my dad says that I can't be a baker, I have to be a doctor.”

“Hey look, my father told me that I can't be a warrior and he's actually doing everything in his power to do so.”

“You mean the king?!”

“Mhm, even if I wanna become a warrior to save my people, he's not going to let me. And your father doesn't want you to become a baker. But you know what I say to that?”

“What?!”

“I say, people can tell you what to do and what they believe what your future holds. Don't follow them. Follow your heart. Let your heart decide what you want to do. And if baking is the answer, go straight ahead! Don't just reach for your goals, grab em!”

“Wow princess! You're really a word of wisdom! I wish I was as smart as you!”

“Awwww shucks Melody! I'm sure you'll be even better.” I blushed slightly and snuggled her. She gave a few giggles and I was finished with her hair.

“Oh princess! My hair looks beautiful! Just like the girl who did it!!!” She gave me a big hug which made me blush deeper.

“Awwwww Melody stop it! You're making me blush!!”

We saw one of the girls who ran and started panting like crazy!!!

“P-Princess!!! Come quick!! Hurry!! Something happened! Come!!!” She grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the well where 4 girls were pulling the rope.

“Hahahahaha, what's going on here?” I asked while hearing all of them grunting.

“We're trying to get the handsome boy out the well!!” One of them said.

“Ha, trying to get the handsome boy out the well huh? Never heard that one before.”

“AAAAAHHHH HELP MEE!!!” The voice said in the well. I snapped to reality and then the same girl said “See?! Told ya!” I grabbed the rope and began to pull with the other girls. As the figure was coming closer, I finally saw who it was. The navy blue hair. The cyan skin and those emerald eyes.

“Soarin?!?!?” I yelled.

He held onto the rope and then looked at me and gave me a wink.

“Hey gorgeous~” He smirked. I gave him another smirk and purposely dropped the rope and he went flying down in the well again. Once we heard a huge splash in the well, I flicked my shirt and huffed.

“Mhm!”

All of the girls stood there speechless and couldn't believe it.

“That's why she'll never get married.” The eldest girl shook her head.

A few minutes later, I sat by the cove and saw Soarin walking towards me wrapped in a towel and he's soaking wet. While he was walking towards me, I was laughing so hard.

“Ugh, not funny!” He replied while he sat on the grass. I kept snickering away.

“Well, the grass will be fresh because it's getting water now.” I laughed so hard. He gave me a glare and then nudged my arm and we both started laughing.

“Why did you do that?”

“Well because I just wanted to do that. Make you upset. You're cute when you're upset.”

“Holy fish! Did I just say that?!”

“Hahaha, I'll take that as a compliment okay Dashie?”

“Uh, yeah sure. Um, sorry about that.”

“It's fine.” He gave a reassuring smile. I bit my lip and stood in Soarin's face. And I touched his face and looked all around it.

“Are you hurt? Awwwww you poor thing!!”

“No, hahaha, I'm okay Dash. Really I am. It's just that my finger hurts.”

I grabbed his index finger and kissed it. He blushed and gave a laugh.

“There, one little kissy for the boo-boo.”

“Hahaha, well, I think my lips hurt too.” He joked. We both started laughing so hard, people heard us from far away.

“Nice try!!” I laughed. Somehow, he was dry and he casted the towel on the ground and we started to see the sky turning a bit dark.

“Is there a storm coming soon?”

“I didn't hear the weatherman saying there's going to be any storm today.” Soarin scratched the top of his head and cleared his throat. I saw the birds flying towards us as the clouds got darker.

“Something's not right…..”

That's when the war sirens started ringing and mostly people started running for cover. I saw Twilight and Sunset running towards us.

“Rainbow Dash!!!” Sunset called out. The wind starting blowing dramatically and I couldn't really see anything.

“Sunset? What's going on?”

“There's an ambush! Something's coming and it's something big!!” Twilight yelled. Me and Soarin exchanged glances and we heard a whisper. Underneath a wooden open door was Pinkie and Applejack trying to tell us to come in. I ran after all the kids I watched over today to go into the vault with Pinkie and Applejack. All the children and my friends including Soarin were in the vault. I scrambled inside as quickly as possible and slammed the vault door shut. I was Radiance, Blaze, all the children, Soarin, and my friends all in front of me.

“Is everybody okay?” I called out. Some people nodded their heads and some answered. I gave a huge sigh and heard the conversation between everyone.

“Blaze, what's going on?” Soarin asked him.

“I was looking through the binoculars and then I saw something that caught my eye. It looked extremely dangerous and it was heading towards the plaza. I told Twilight to sound the sirens and alert everyone to stay safe and hidden.”

“Wait, what did you see?” Rarity asked.

“Well, I saw some black and white figure. It was huge. I didn't really know what it was but there was a horse.”

“A horse?! All of this for a horse?!” Applejack yelled. “For cryin’ out loud, I would've wrangled that animal in no time!”

“I agree with Applejack! This is unnecessary!” Rarity pouted.

“No, most of it was a horse.”

“Huh?!” We all said at the same time.

“It was very creepy and it didn't look friendly at all. There was fire flames coming from the eyes for the part of the horse.”

That's when everyone started talking all at once and I was trying to find a solution to what the thing Blaze was talking about. The more he talked about it, the more it seemed that I knew about this creature. The eyes, the way it looks, a horse? All of that just made me think of something that I don't want to think about. All of a sudden, it got completely quiet. All you could hear was a pin drop. A few kids started whimpering and Fluttershy was calming them down. I opened the vault door slightly and saw that there was fire everywhere. Burning and broken wood and mostly some people were on the ground dead. As I opened the vault more, I stepped out the vault and saw what happened. All of dad's soldiers were all dead on the floor. Bleeding and burnt. I was in complete shock. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight and Sunset walked out the vault to see as well. As we walked around, we heard a hollering noise. It sounded like a high pitch scream. We all looked in the direction of the sound and that's when we saw a figure crawling towards us.

“W-W-What is that t-t-thing..?” Fluttershy quivered as she hid behind me and held my arm. We all gave shocking expressions as the figure came closer towards us.
“Is that...what I think it is..” I said softly while pointing my finger at the figure as it was walking through the fire.

Art by: Jenny!!💗💗

Of course, it was exactly what I thought it was. The figure finally revealed itself towards us. Just as Blaze said, it had a lower body of a black horse and the upper body of a human with black skin and yellow eyes and horns on the head. Arrows were sticking out from it’s back and was flinching a lot. It's mouth was fiery orange and was making a tiny hissing sound kind of like what we heard before. I stood there in shock remembering that night and only that night. The setting just like this. Fire, screams, dead people. The only thing that was missing was…...my mom…...that creature in front of us was none other than the Nuckelavee!!!!

The Nuckelavee!! from the anime show RWBY! (Not my created character, it's from the show RWBY by Monty Oum, but died Feburary 3rd 2015.

I couldn't move. I was remembering when that monster killed my mother right in my face as I was trying to run away. No 6 year old should ever experience something so heartbreaking. Yet, I was that 6 year old. Trying to blink back tears, the Nuckelavee opened it's mouth and gave a HUGE screech across the city. We all covered our ears instantly. When it was finished, the upper body part was shaking like crazy then it was looking at me. And I was looking at it. But when I looked at it, scenes of my mother flashed into my eyes. I didn't see anything or hear anything that was happening now.

“Dash look out!!!” Pinkie screeched just in time for Sunset to push me aside from the Nuckelavee’s arm. We both hit the ground and heard grunting noises and screams.

“Dash, we've got to help them! They'll die if we don't-”

Silence. Just pure silence filled the air between us. It was calm, pure, just peaceful and just. Like it was, now....

“Please….don’t do this…” I cried as I held onto her arm which felt like hours. Tears rolled down my face and the wind blew my hair dramatically, but not too dramatic. Dramatic enough to make the scene very heartwarming which it did. It felt like everything around us was going in slow motion. Sunset looked down at me, in her current position and formed a line of water in her eyes. No tears formed as yet but it was just a sea of clear water tinkling in her eyes. And that's when one brave little soldier fell from her eyes, making it's way down to her cheek. I looked at her with several soldiers waiting to fight the battle.

“I don't want the same thing happen to my mom to happen to any of you...so please..stop....”

She removed her arm and sat next to me.

“Not to sound personal, but is that the monster that killed your mom?”

I cried heavily when she said that. She stared at me in complete shock. She patted my head and lifted my head to look at her.

“I know fighting a monster that killed your mother and you're facing it today isn't going to be easy. But with the magic of friendship, we'll be able to save this city and most importantly, this country.” Sunset smiled. “So, you ready to think of a plan to defeat this thing?”

“Let's do this!!”

We both ran to the vault and called Pinkie, Twilight and Fluttershy back inside. We all were breathing heavily and I was searching for something in there. Soarin held my shoulder and looked at me.

“Uh, Dash? What are you doing?”

“Looking for something that can kill this-”

I stopped and saw a drawer, slightly open. I opened it, revealing a box that was very old and dusty. I blew off the dust and opened the box revealing a bow and arrow. It was purple and it had a symbol of a Phoenix on it. I smiled and grabbed a couple of arrows.

“Thing.” I finished my sentence while giving a box a mischievous grin. Soarin looked at me and held my arm.

“Dash, you're not going out there!”

“Yes I am. This is my chance to prove to my dad that I can become a warrior. That I am brave and bold enough to save my people!!”

Everyone was looking at the both of us as we were arguing.

“So, you're just gonna go out there and kill yourself? You don't know what that thing can do.”

“I'll be fine! Me and my friends are going to find a way too-”

“You always use your friend as an excuse to do your work don't ya?”

“What are you talking about?! They agreed to help me! I'm just doing what's right!”

“Why are you doing this?! It's far beyond just to save my country! It's more than that! So tell me Dash what is it!?!?”

“I'M DOING THIS FOR MY MOTHER!!!!!!!!!”

It was quiet. All the kids turned away and some of them coughed. My friends all turned away and some of them bit their lips. Soarin stared at me and left his jaw hanging.

“B-Because of my mom....that demonic creature killed her right before my eyes. I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye....”

“Oh gosh Dashie....I am truly sorry.”

“You didn't do anything..”

“I yelled at you and I didn't even know...I’m a terrible friend....”

I kissed his nose and everyone gasped and some kids were giggling. When I was done, I held some of my hair in my hands and blushed deeply. I saw Soarin and he was blushing deeply and cleared his throat a bit. He smiled and held my hand.

“Go and save the country.” He smiled as he hugged me. I touched his cheek and slapped him on purpose.

“Thanks ya goofball!!” I replied as me and my friends left the vault and charged for the monster. It was waiting for us as the spikes on the back of it grew longer and that's when it screeched so loud that the sound waves pushed us back a bit. I gave a growl and then I started running after it.

One of the arms stretched out towards me as Pinkie jumped in front of me and used her power by having some sprinkles in her hands and exploded them in the Nuckelavee’s face. It screeched a lot and it's hand went for Pinkie as all my other friends started defeating it all at once. As they were defeating it, I was trying to find a way to shoot one of the arrows. I braced myself and grabbed the bow and was trying to find an angle to kill this thing. Then I stopped and then my geode was glowing. I felt a voice in my head and it was my mom's voice.

“Hold the arrow and aim where you want it to fly. Trust your heart and with the arrow of guidance, you'll be able to fly with it.”

I finally trusted my heart and found a place right in the connection between the horse and the human. I took a deep breath and let the arrow fly. Once that arrow struck that part, the monster stepped back and screamed to the top of it's lungs.

“Twilight!! Now!” I alerted her. She used her magic to grab a sword and stab it in one of the arms. Another loud screech was heard. Applejack picked up a huge boulder and threw it at the horse’s head. Another but louder screech filled the air. Sunset took a sharp stick and jabbed it in the other arm. Soon, the Nuckelavee couldn't move at all. I walked to it's face holding a small knife in my hand. The blade was very sharp and it was called a karambit. I stepped forward to it's face and it was screeching in my face. I didn't move at all. I was stiff and gave a deep breath.

“For my country....”

I took the blade and sliced off one of the Nuckelavee’s arms. It was screaming so loud that the sound waves erupted.

“For all the people you slayed....”

I sliced the other hand off and another sound wave came from it's mouth. The only thing left was the head. It looked at me and was shaking in fear. I took a deep breath and grabbed it's horn.

“For my mother....” I said as soft as possible before slicing off the head. The rest of the body was giving up black smoke which was evolving in the air. Nothing was left but a piece of the horn that was on the ground. I picked it up and gave a chuckle.

“We took that bastard down!” Pinkie panted as she smacked my back.

I realized my right arm was bleeding heavily. There was a huge scratch on my arm and I was losing a lot of blood. People came out from their hiding places and congratulated all of us for defeating the monster. Soarin came out and gave me a big hug.

“You did great Dashie.” He smiled at me making me blush deeper than ever before.

“Thanks Soarin but this is-”

“Oh my gosh what happened to your arm?!?!”

“It's nothing too serious, I'm fine.”

“You're losing a lot of blood though. Come on let's get you to the palace so you can get treated.”

“Soarin I'm-”

But he carried me anyway towards the castle and all my friends followed.

“If you're happy that it’s dead, clap your hands! If you're happy that it's dead, clap your hands!” Pinkie was singing while clapping her hands and jumping up and down the whole time we walked to the palace.

“If you're happy that it's-”

“PINKIE!!!!”

“Oops! Sorry!! Hehehehe!”

To be continued....

Author's Note

This should've been PG-13................

SO MUCH VIOLENCEEEEEEEEEE

Also, the Nuckelavee is from this anime show called RWBY, it's a great show!!!