Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 17- Love Always Comes as a Surprise!

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

I still was trying to interpret the words he told me 5 seconds ago. Yet it feels like my brain is shut down!!

“W-W-W-What did y-you say?!”

“Rainbow Miriam Dash? Would you marry me?” Ramõn repeated himself with a huge smile on his face. My heart dropped deeply. I can't marry him! I don't love him! I don't know who he is! Infact, wherever he came from! I am in love with someone else. And that someone else is Soarin Alexander Skies!!!!

“Welp, there goes the country!” Pinkie exclaimed still froze in place. The place was quiet. Nobody said a word.

“That is, if your father accepts my proposal.” Ramõn continued with a devious smirk on his face. The law states that if someone wants to marry the prince/princess, the maharajah has to accept the proposal in order to marry. It's not the person’s decision. I looked at my father and tried to blink back tears. I saw in his eyes, it was a change of color. From orange to green. Something was controlling him but what? Somehow when that happened my father stood up from his throne and cleared his throat.

“I accept Ramõn's proposal.”

Everyone cheered except for my aunt, grandmother, and my friends. And me? I was speechless. Couldn't say a word! My father would never make a deal with such ignorance. Soarin was right! My dad is under Ramõn's spell!!! Ramõn placed the ring on my finger. As I suspected it, I ran towards my father immediately.

“Daddy you can't be serious!” I cried on my knees in front of him.
He looked down at me and pushed me aside. Tears rapidly torn from my eyes and I screamed in pain. I dropped on the ground, as my grandmother placed her hand on my shoulder. I looked up at her as she sighed.

“Dash, it's going to be alright.”

“No it's not! I'm getting married to the man I despise! I don't love him! I can't change the laws at all! This is the worst! If I hadn't come back here, none of this would've happened!!!” I yelled as I ran to my room.

I slammed it shut and cried in the corner of my room. I threw the crown across the room and took my shoes off.

“But if I didn't come back, I would’ve never met Soarin and started having feelings for him....”

“ARGHHH!!!” I grunted as I picked up a chair and threw it across the room. That loud BOOM awoken Crystal from her music box. She zoomed out and did a few karate moves.

“Hi-ya!!! I know karate!!! Wait, Master Dashie? What's wrong?!”

I was on the ground looking down on the floor and sniffed a bit. Crystal went in my face and pushed my hair to the side.

“What's wrong?”

“Go away!”

“Master Dashie I must know if there's-”

“I said GO AWAY!!!!” I screamed. She flinched back and nodded her head.

“Oh Crystal! I'm real sorry! I'm just under a whole lotta pressure right about now.”

“Awww what's wrong?”

I changed out of my clothes and put on a magenta t-shirt and my white and magenta skirt with my black shorts. I walked out the door and saw Sunset on her phone. I was in tears and I needed a shoulder to cry on. I went behind her arm and started crying heavily. Before she spoke a word, I cut her off.

“Please don't look back....”

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“W-What? Dash? Awwww please don't cry..” She replied softly as she turned around and placed her hands over my cheeks. She began to bite her lip and then she hugged me.

“Why can't you tell your dad you don't wanna marry him?”

“I can't Sunset. It's his decision. Not mine....”

“Well, that's some bullshi-”

“Aye! Don't curse! Please don't!!”

“I was gonna say bullshivic. See? No cursing.” She smiled a bit making me chuckle a bit. We walked in my room and plopped on the bed.

“So, when's the wedding?”

“This Saturday....”

“That's 2 days from now!! Your dad can't be serious.”

“I dunno who that is but it's not my father! My father would never do such foolishness! Besides Ramõn only came here a week ago. We barely knew each other! Also, I hate him! And now I'm forced to marry him!”

“Well, I would do anything to make sure you don't get married to him, that's for sure.”

“Thanks for taking that risk Sunset but I’m gonna have to say no to that. Don't do anything. It's totally fine. Oh no!!!”

“Oh no what?”

“Oh gosh, what will I tell Soarin?!”

“Uhhh, what would you tell him?”

“That's just it! I don't know yet!”

“Okay Dash, calm down and think this through. We need a way to find out why Ramõn is marrying you. There's got to be a way. And knowing me and Twilight we did some research together and found out that there's no prince in Spain.”

“A-ha!”

“Also, the prince died for a couple weeks now..” Sunset trailed off as she read something on her phone.

“What!?!?”

We both looked down on the technological device and saw that the prince of Spain got killed 5 weeks ago. My mouth was hanging in shock.

“Wait a minute, if the prince is dead then...oh no!”

“Dash, what is it this time?”

“If he's dead, then the Ramõn I'm supposed to be married too is a fake!!”

“Or maybe a...a..”

“A what? A what Sunset?”

“Changeling!!!!!” Crystal yelled out loud causing Sunset to accidentally trip and fall. I rushed to the ground to help her up.

“Sunset! Are you alright? And Crystal, what did I tell you about shouting out loud?”

“To not too.” She sighed. Sunset opened her eyes and moved back a bit once she saw Crystal.

“Woah, what are you?”

“I'm an aspara! I come to make sure Master Dashie here, go on a voyage to save my country! It's called Gemporia!!”

“Awww how cute! Huh, Master Dashie? Never heard that one before.” Sunset smirked.

“Oh sorry! Sunset this is Crystal. Crystal, Sunset. Anywho, what did you say?”

“Oh, that Ramõn must be a changeling.”

“What's that?”

“A changeling is a living organism that takes the form of someone else. And also feeds on love from humans so they can gain more energy.”

“Oh boy, that's messed up.” Sunset said while biting her lip. I gave a long sigh.

“Do you have any evidence?” I asked Crystal. She shook her head and sighed.

“Nope, but that is my expectation. You better be careful who you hang around with. Changelings can take the form of anyone you love and can also take the love away from you to gain strength. So, be very cautious....”

The next day....

“Ramõn! What are your plans as future maharajah of India?”

There was a crowd of people asking Ramõn questions about last night and about him even.

“Well, young one when I'm king, I will make sure that me and my fiancee will have 3 little Ramõn's running all around the palace. Unless of course, she's begging for more~”

I overheard by the door and gave a ‘blech’ sound. My face turned green as I gagged a bit.

“Little Ramõn's?!?! Who the hell does he think he is?!?!”

I opened the door slightly as I saw Ramõn laying back on the chair and smiling big.

“Aye baby! We were just talking about you. Care to join us?” He smirked.

“What are you doing?” I whispered to him. “Are you trying to be this cool hotshot you think you are?”

“Excuse me, Princess Rainbow Dash! I have a question. How do you feel about your father accepting Ramõn's proposal?” A lady said with determination in her eyes. I stood there looking at the ground and then sighed.

“I'm not saying anything about Ramõn's proposal. Thank you....” I replied softly as I went out the door and slammed it tightly. I heard Ramõn's voice calling out to me. Somehow, he reached to me.

“Hey baby what's wrong-”

“I am not your baby!!!!”

“Alri-”

“And I'm not your dumb chica, senorita, or amore!!! Just leave me alone!!! I was forced by my father for some dumb proposal! I swear if you did anything to separate my family or my friends, you'll be sentenced to death by me in a heartbeat, understand?”

“Yes ma'am.”

“Ugh, don't call me that either!!!”

“Alright. Calm down.”

“How can I be calm? In 8 hours, I'm marrying you. Earlier today we did rehearsal and now you're having a discussion about what happened last night?! Unbelievable!!! Whether you like it or not, I hate you Ramõn!! Wherever you came from, I suggest you go back. Because I'm not marrying a fake copy of some dead prince.”

“Aha okay. Do whatever you must. One thing for sure. I am marrying you tomorrow whether YOU like it or not. Get it? Now, don't hurt my plans or else your little shy friend from the mango cove, Soarin right? Ahaha, or else your little friend Soarin gets it. Now, I better make sure that tomorrow is a perfect day.” Ramõn ended his long speech and walked away from me. I couldn't help but cry a bit....

2 hours later....

I went by the mango cove and how some people were fixing up the plaza from the damage of the fire the other day. Since we have a lot of people, they were able to fix most of the plaza already. I happen to spot Soarin by the lake and I walked right after him. He looked pretty sad so I thought I might've cheer him up.

“Hey Soarin.”

“Oh, uh, hey Rainbow Dash....”

“Huh, no Dashie? Something must've really hurt him on the inside.” I thought as he moved away a bit. I got close to him and tried to reason with him but he wasn't having it.

“Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the palace preparing for your wedding in 8 hours?!” He snapped back. I realized what happened to him and gave a unpleasant sigh.

“I guess you finally took my word that night when I said if you love him so much just marry him. I didn't know you were serious..”

“No wait Soarin! It wasn't my fault! Ramõn proposed to me and this stupid law about my dad accepting proposals and stuff! Ugh, I couldn't believe he agreed.”

“You can't call the wedding off?”

“No I can't..I would've a long time ago if I did.”

“Yeah right..”

“Why are you upset? You don't think I'm hurting here? I'm marrying someone I despise with all my life! There's something else I got to tell you!!”

“What is it? You like his voice too?! You already gave him a damn 8.5 about his looks!!!”

“Soarin..? Where is this anger coming from?”

“It's coming from all of this!!! I trusted you Dashie and now you're living your life with some jerk!! That you ‘claimed’ you hated!!”

“Soarin I do hate him!!”

“What else you're gonna lie about this time?”

“What?!?! Okay, I'm telling you the truth and you won't listen to me!”

“I did have trust for you Dash and now you blew it! I had a huge future for the both of us....and now..it’s shattered....” He sniffed and his eyes were full of tears and so were mine.

“Soarin...what do you mean by our future..?”

“I hope you find what you're looking for Dash....” He softly said as he walked away. I called back for him.

“Soarin!! Wait! Soarin!!!!!”

But he was gone....my heart ripped apart terribly. I fell to the ground and deeply gasped for air.

“Soarin....I..I..love you....” I cried deeply and sat there crying for hours and hours wishing none of this happened.

Later that night....

Bang bang!!

“Rainbow Dash?”

“Go away! Leave me alone!!” I cried while clutching onto my pillow. Monoko licked my cheek and I held onto his wound. It was getting better. Every time I touch it, the wound would get better. My aunt kept banging on the door. I suddenly attempted go get out the bed and then sighed.

“Yes auntie?”

“What's wrong baby? You never been so, um, how should I say it? Hmmm, depressed.”

“Well, tomorrow is the day that I'm getting married to the boy that I totally hate. How do you think I feel?”

“Hmm, I'm guessing you're pretty upset.”

“And to top it all of, Soarin hates me! He thinks this was all my fault and it wasn't!!!”

“Awww sweetie. It's no one's fault. I'm surprised myself that Rohan actually said yes. Ramõn just came here.”

“Exactly! Something's fishy. But honestly, I'm not going to marry someone who I just met and who I hate. Whether he likes it or not.”

“Well, if it makes you feel better, I can invite Soarin to the wedding.”

“What?! Why? He is already upset about the news so why invite him?”

“So, you can smile and blush when you're going down the aisle. You're really looking at him but Ramõn thinks that you're looking at him. Get it? Yeah, I don't think so.”

“No no, it's hahaha fine! I'm sure you can invite him. Nothing to it. I need him more than anything right now.”

“And I'm sure he feels the same. Well, better get some sleep. Big day tomorrow.”

“Yeah, mhm…”

I snuggled in my bed and covered the blanket over me and sobbed.

“Ya know, I feel like tomorrow is going to be your day of happiness!!”

“What makes you say that?”

“I dunno but I feel like it is. Even though you're getting married to someone you hate, I'm totally sure that tomorrow is going to be your perfect day.”

She closed the door and turned off the lights. I huffed in my pillow.

“Perfect day huh?”

The perfect day, which is the next day....

Well, I can't believe I'm sitting here, in some lady's house talking with my ancestors while Monoko is cuddling in my arm. You're probably wondering what happened. And my aunt was definitely right!! Today was definitely my perfect day!!!!

5 hours ago….

“QUICK!!!! I NEED A MIRROR!!!” Rarity screeched across the room, running like a savage dog and trying to curl the ends of my hair.

“Rari-”

“Hush Dash! It's you're wedding and you're day! You're perfect, sweet, yet terrifying day! Hehehe. I mean, it's a little terrifying. I suppose….”

“I'm getting married to a faker.” I sighed while she placed white earrings in my ears.

“Or maybe….” Pinkie started to speak as she inhaled before her long, crazy speech.

“Ramõn's ghost took form of his body and is now seeking revenge to be king of India because when he was a prince in Spain, no one liked him!!!” She screamed as she ended her speech on my bed.

“Or maybe….he’s just a faker.” I said sarcastically.

“Alright now darling, at least fit the mood for a welcoming bride.”

“Oh please! Don't tell me how to act and stuff! It's only going to make my mood much worse…”

“Wait a sec, is that Soarin?” Sunset asked in perplexity as she stood by the door. “What's Soarin doing here?”

“Ahem, he's being my knight in shining armor.” I joked while my cheeks turned pink. Everyone started cooing and then we had to get ready to start the wedding. My dress wasn't too fancy, neither was my hair. I didn't want to be too fancy to a boy I don't love at all. I crossed my fingers before walking outside.

“Oh please oh please make this MY perfect day!!!” I thought before I went outside to meet the others.

The music started playing as I started to walk down the aisle. I saw Soarin and couldn't stop blushing and smiling. He looks so damn fine in a suit. I couldn't help but bite my lip as well while making grunting sounds. I realized I was ogling him and totally snapped out my trance before Ramõn heard me. I reached the altar and gave a fake smile at Ramõn while he was smiling as well. My father was being the priest and he looked like he was being controlled. I gave a perplexed face expression and Ramõn caught me.

“Is everything okay?”

“I-I dunno..”

He smiled even more and held onto my hands so firmly I thought he was going to break them. I looked at him and gave him an unsatisfactory look.

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I wasn't paying attention to my father about the love we had for each other. I sighed and bit my lip and looked over at Soarin who shrugged his shoulders and gave the cutest most goofiest smile ever. I couldn't help but giggle on stage and Ramõn seemed furious.

“Excuse me? Can we please hurry it along now? I just wanna kiss my smoochy bear.” Ramõn said loudly as he cleared his throat.

“I know damn well he ain't talking bout-ow! Applejack!!” Pinkie whispered a bit as Applejack smacked her neck.

After my dad flipped a few pages in a book, he finally started the worse part.

“Aha yes! Is there anyone here who doesn't want these 2 to be married?”

Soarin's P.O.V

I stood there trying hard to breathe without even coughing as I looked at Rainbow Dash looking so disgusted that she was in this situation. Maybe she was right when she said she didn't want to marry Ramõn. She looked devastated and she looked like she needed some joy and love in her life. I couldn't help but see Sunset Shimmer clear her throat and made eye contact to me and then at Ramõn.

“Say something.” She whispered.

“No, I'm not.” I whispered back.

“Why not? I don't want them together and I know damn well you don't want them together either. So, say something. Like, I dunno that you love her?”

“What? No! I'm not going to. Her father might execute me.”

“Her father ain't gonna do anything cause I got your back, understand? Now at least-”

“Since no one has nothing to say, let's get on with the most important part of the ceremony!” Her father announced. I heard Rainbow Dash give a very long sigh and she looked away from Ramõn in pain.

All of a sudden, we all heard thunder. No rain, just thunder. Then a lightning bolt struck into one of the mountains near us and one giant bolder broke free and landed in our area. Once that happened, it made a crack and the crack made its way to the altar and then made a circle around Rainbow Dash. Everyone stepped back and Rainbow Dash tried to jump off but the rock slid down the hill and Rainbow Dash was holding on for dear life.

“HELP MEEE!!!” She hollered. People gasped as I heard my little angel screaming for help. I jumped of and reached my hand for her.

“Dashie!!! Take my hand!”

“Soarin are you crazy?!”

“Dashie, trust me!!!”

She took a deep breath and then she jumped and landed safely in my arms, leaving us both on the floor. Her heavy breathing made me scared but she clutched onto me and cried a bit. I rubbed her back and clutched onto her too.

“It's alright Dashie, I got you. I'll never let you go.”

“Please don't.” She cried while smiling at me. We were face to face even if her hair was a mess and so was her dress.

“You guys really need to see this.” Sunset said while pointing to the rail. Once we over there, we couldn't believe our eyes.

“Woah…”

“Woah is right.”

“Well, what does it mean?” Pinkie asked.

It was writing but on the same piece of rock and Rainbow Dash was on and the words were written in lighting. The blazing electric sparks were flaming around the words that were written in Hindi. The words were “मुझे ऐतराज है!!” and I knew what those words mean.

“It means ‘I object’ in Hindi.” Rainbow Dash spoke up but her voice cracking a little.

“Why the heck does those words say I object?” Pinkie asked. Then, Rainbow Dash's grandmother came and was walking with her cane and started humming a song.

“Oh my, oh my.” She started while humming again. Everyone that was at the wedding formed a circle around her and then she began to speak again.

“Goddess Amorette is angry! She's angry because she sees what lies in each in the groom's and bride's heart. She doesn't see true love and so she makes her answer clear as day. She knows something that we don't know and so we shall thank her kindly for whatever could've happened this very day. Thank you Amorette! May your love and wind astonish us all.” Her grandmother finished while closing her eyes and bowing down. Everyone looked at her and bowed as well.

“Soarin?” I heard Rainbow Dash say.

“Yeah?”

“I need to head to my room immediately. I know someone who knows what happened here.”

To be continued….

Author's Note

Fooled ya with a hiatus huh???