Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 24- “Catch that Thief!”

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

“Ramõn's what?!?!?!” Sunset hollered throughout the room in pure shock. I squealed in happiness and was also tossing Monoko’s ball across the room.

“Yeah girl! He's leaving!”

“Dash I don't think this is a time to celebrate! This is a time to panic!!”

“Oh what gives? You're having fweeings for him?” I played. She grunted and she rolled her eyes too.

“Dash this isn't time for playing games. I'm serious! How can he be leaving all of a sudden like that? Something tells me he has something up his sleeve.”

“Alright fine. I'll see what I can do to make some changes. But can't you believe he said that too me?! Like wow! I can finally have Soarin to myself without him always popping up out of nowhere which is also strange.”

“See? Popping up out of nowhere sounds a bit fishy. Also, what do you mean “have Soarin to yourself”? You don't do anything around him except blush like a dork!”

“Hey! So not true!”

“Anyway Dash, it's nice to see Ramõn leave with all this trouble going with him but seems to me like he's just getting started.”

“Getting what started?”

“That is what we're going to find out!”

The door was slammed open and we saw Pinkie Pie panting and breathing heavily.

“Hey guys….you...should..go..see what's...going...on..in the...plaza…” She zoned out the rest and then she collapsed on the floor. We both helped her up and then we drank some water. We all looked at one another and figured a way to get to the plaza.

Transition to next scene….

We all ran to the plaza and we saw each of the market's destroyed. Food everywhere, clothes ripped up and also people trying to fix things. I saw a little girl trying to put her guitar back into place. She was crying and I saw Soarin next to her trying to talk to her. I placed a hand on her shoulder and she looked at me with tears in her eyes.

“Buraee!!” She cried out. Soarin tried to calm her down. Soarin was speaking to her in Hindi and the girl was speaking to him and they were having a conversation. Once they were done, the little girl ran to her mommy, and Soarin sighed towards me.

“It's like a massacre! An evil man came running down the street here, stealing everything in this market and there's nothing we can do.” Soarin rushed his fingers through his hair. I looked at the trouble everyone was going through. I saw a man I knew, actually I did know him! It was Chief Orion. Me and Soarin exchanged a look and we helped him up with his little cart.

“Oh Chief what happened?!” I cried out in disbelief.

“Well there was a mad man dashing through the market just stealing everyone's food, clothing, and even animals. He was wearing all black and he calls himself Baas.”

“Baas?” Soarin repeated.

“Yup, I better go alert the king about this! He's not doing a good job as being king. I’m going to have a long talk with him!”

Chief Orion stormed out and walked away from both of us. Soarin bit his lip and coughed.

“Sounds to me like we're going to be having a meeting about this in a few days.” I smacked my forehead and sighed. Tears started forming my face and I choked on my words. Soarin held my face in his hands and wiped my tears.

“Hey! Don't cry! Please don't!”

“You don't understand. All of this is happening because of me!” I cried out.

“What are you talking about? You have nothing to do with this! It's just natural things we go through in life. No biggie.”

“No Soarin it's a HUGE biggie!! Have you seen all these bad things happening one after the next? My grandmother was right. I need to stop making up excuses and just voyage already!!!” I yelled. The people in the market and my friends all stared at me. I grumbled in anger and couldn't believe these things were happening because of me.

The next day….

“Oh please!!! All we ever did was try to get materials to dance with and we don't get enough!” Chief Danielle, the chief of the dancing cove yelled in anger.

“You think that's a problem?! We barely have any more baskets to save our mangoes for the winter time!” Chief Aleko grumbled in anger.

“It's Summer not winter!! Besides, the protectors cove is doing a terrible job! We can't even go out in the ocean without the fishing cove interrupting our terms!” Chief Mono, chief of the protectors cove grunted.

“What about the fishes?! We have to sail far across the ocean for fish since there isn't anymore in my area!” Chief Orion yelled.

Soon, all the chiefs were arguing in front of my father and I could tell he was pretty frustrated. Everyone in each cove was sitting in each section to sit in. I stood next to my dad and saw Soarin shaking his head in disbelief. My friends were just in shock and then not only the chiefs were arguing but the whole room was!! It was getting too loud for me so I decided to step forth and shut all of them up cause it's time I told them the truth.

“SHUT UP!!!!!!!!” I screamed throughout the room. It got so quiet that you could barely hear a pin drop.

“This is ridiculous!!!! All of you fighting over things that can be fixed either way!! What the hell!!! All of you need to calm down and understand the true meaning behind these things!! It's my fault! All my fault!! Ever since I came to India again, things got worse! I thought it wouldn't but it did! I received a call from my ancestors recently to go voyage across the ocean to go save a country called Gemporia. Turns out, Gemporia is in danger and so are we! If I go voyage, Gemporia and India will be saved! So dad, you have to let me voyage. If not, I promise you that India would be worse than it already is…” I cried.

After my long speech, everyone was in shock. My father was sitting in his seat and I could see tears rolling down his cheeks. He looked at me and cried even more. My aunt held his hand and she looked at him.

“It's time to let her go Rohan…” She said while she was tearing up too. I looked at my father and carried even more. I stood in front of him and held his hand.

“Daddy you have to let me go…” I cried even more making him cry even more…

“Dashie I…..”

“Dad, I'm not 5 anymore...I’m a grown teenager….” I cried even more and I started to bawl like a baby. Some kids started cooing and so did my friends. My dad hugged me and started to cry even more. We both hugged each other for a long time and he kissed my forehead.

“You have to let me go….” I finished saying while taking a tissue and blow my nose with it. He smiled and then hugged me again.

“Alright I'll let you go unless…”

“Unless?”

“Unless you come back. Promise me you'll come back?”

“Yes, I promise.”

We both hugged again until we all heard some glass shatter somewhere. We all jumped up and I saw the black figure again. His devious smile just made my heart sunk deeply as I saw him with more of my dad's supplies. I dashed out the room this time with no hesitation and everyone looked to see what was going on. Soarin and my friends were following me and that's when we jumped into action.

“Catch that thief!!” Applejack shouted as I finally used my geode to run fast. I caught up to him and then he swerved around me and then made me slam into the wall and then we all stopped in our place and then he showed his teeth and then he laughed.

“Is it fear or courage that compels you?” He growled in anger and pride. I couldn't tell between the two but it sounded very evil.

“SHUT up you coward!!” I cried in anger. My tears were rolling down my cheeks and then he laughed. Pinkie used her geode and then she threw some sprinkles at him and then it created a huge explosion.

“Oops…”

“Well well well. What have we got here?” He replied with a shy grin. “This will be a great story to tell the queen. I better go. See ya princess!” Tiran laughed and something fell out of his pocket and then he left through the window. Pinkie was about to jump out the window but Applejack pulled her arm and then sighed.

“Let him leave…”

“Huh, what's this?” Twilight asked while reading the paper. We all rallied around her and saw that is was a flyer for the Northern part of Chennai’s market assembly.

“I wonder what he's going to do with that.” Sunset gave a stern look and sighed.

“Seems to me like he's going to be causing some more trouble in that market.” Rarity sighed and smacked her forehead.

“Oh we'll see about that!” I grunted and started walking back and forth throughout the room in anger.

“Rainbow Dash! You know you can't just think of ideas at the top of your head like that!” Fluttershy reassured me. My face looked like I was about to explode in anger.

“A princess wouldn't just sit here and do nothing to affect the lives of her people!!! A warrior princess will go and fight for her country no matter how hard the battle might be!!!”

“Ayeeee now that's the Dashie I know!!” Pinkie screamed up in happiness. “Sooo, got a plan?”

“Yeah about that-”

“That's where I come in!” Soarin smiled and put his hand around my shoulder and pulled me close to him making me blush deeply.

“I got an idea. Your expectation is that he will be at the market and causing discord all over. So we need to be there to make sure he doesn't make a scene and also track him down and finally know who he is. This has been going on for a while now and it's time to track this guy once and for all! So who's with me?” Soarin smiled.

“I am totally with you my friend!!” Pinkie smiled and raised her hand high in the sky. Soon Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy and Sunset raised their hands too.

“I'll join you guys but we'll have to blend in with the crowd. And I'll design outfits for that!” Rarity beamed as she raised her hand up. Everyone looked at me and I smiled and punched Soarin's arm playfully and he blushed.

“I'm totally with you! Anywhere you go, I go with you! Except the bathroom.”

We all doubled with laughter and we couldn't help but laugh. We all walked to the family room which was near the living room. We all sat in the living room and it was quiet. Until Rarity squealed. We all jumped up in fright.

“I know exactly what we need to do to capture the thief!!!” She squealed in delight.

The next day….

“You've got to be kidding me!” I grunted.

We were all standing in front of the entrance of a huge clothing store. India doesn't really have big stores like America does but this was huge.

“Ta-da! If there's going to be a way to meet him at that market today, is to blend in with the colony. And what way to blend in without buying some clothes?!” Rarity smiled as she did a pirouette. We all stared at her in space.

“Welp, too bad Soarin had to miss out on all the fun. I'm sure he would've loved this.” I smiled while walking around and seeing all the fancy clothes around the shop. Pinkie was loving it too but she grabbed something too fancy and the price was 3926.46 rupees!!! That was 60 U.S. dollars. I immediately slapped her hand and scolded her.

“What are you thinking? You think I'm a bank?!”

“No Dashie but you're a princess! And you got an endless credit card. Besides your daddy can put more money on it once we're done here!” She giggled as she dived into some clothes from another aisle. I rolled my eyes and held my credit card in my hands. I sighed while all my friends gave me puppy dog eyes. Speaking of puppy, I tagged Monoko along just because he wanted to go for a walk.

“Fine. Buy what you want. But don't go to overboard.” I sighed. They all rejoiced and each of them dashed throughout the store. I didn't know where each of them went but I swear, each one of them is a material girl.

Material Girl By Madonna
Sung by Mane 7

Twilight goes into an aisle and starts picking out some clothes while singing: “Some boys kiss me some boys hug me. I think they're ok! If they don't give me proper credit, I just walk away!”

Sunset wears a summer dress and walks to the mirror and looks pretty disgusted while singing: “They can beg and they can plead. But they can't see the light! (That’s right!) 'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mister Right!”

Mane 7 run all around store finding clothes while singing: “Cause we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!
You know that we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!!”

Fluttershy looks around the store and finds two pieces of clothing and tries it on her in the mirror while singing: “Some boys romance, some boys slow dance, that's alright with me! If they can't raise my interest then I have to let them be.”

Pinkie jumps all around the store trying to find something comfortable for her to wear and goes into the fitting room 3 times and then she doesn't find something she likes while singing: “Some boys try and some boys lie but I don't let them play (no way)!
Only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day!!”

Mane 7 run all around store finding clothes while singing: “Cause we're living in a material world and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world and I am a material girl! Living in a material world and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!!”

Rainbow Dash stands by a wall and watches her friends going crazy finding some clothes. Rarity shoves her into a fitting room and she comes out in something pink and short. Dashie blushes and then yells at Rarity while singing: “Boys may come and boys may go and that's all right you see! Experience has made me rich and now they're after me!!”

Mane 7 run all around store finding clothes while singing: “'Cause everybody's living in a material world and I am a material girl! You know that we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!! Living in a material world and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world and I am a material girl!!!

End of song!!!

“Whew, well that wasn't so bad was it?” Rarity exclaimed while she was panting on the ground. All of us were on the ground panting from running all around.

“At least we got what we wanted right?” Sunset tried to breathe while holding her bag in the air and then dropped it down. Fluttershy looked at everyone's hand and realized I didn't have a bag.

“Rainbow Dash, where's your bag?”

“Huh? Oh I was supposed to get something too?”

“But of course darling! I mean we didn't just come here for us it was mostly for you! Now come along darling let's see if we can get you something that screams ‘I love it and I just adore it!”’

“Yeah Rarity, I don't think that's necessary…”

Rarity pulled out an outfit from a rack and placed it in a bag. She took my credit card and bought the clothes and handed me the bag. I was about to take a little peak until she smacked my hand.

“Uh uh uh!! Don't open it until later! I want you to be stunned!”

Later that day….

We all saw the thief walking through the fields to reach the market just as we suspected. We hid in the grass and he wasn't too far away from us. He sniffed a few times and then he walked away. Twilight made sure he was fully gone and when he was, she got up from her hiding spot and alerted us.

“He's gone.” She whispered. We all got out the grass and Rarity was complaining and trying to find a better way out the field without her hair getting caught in the grass.

“Well, it could've been worse.” Applejack said as she tried fixing her boots. Her hair was braided in two and she wore some denim overalls with brown boots. Guessing those were the clothes she bought yesterday. I on the other hand adored my outfit like Rarity said I would. I was wearing black pants, black boots, a white dress shirt, and a black bow tie. I pretended that we were on a mission and did a couple of flips to find some cover and stay hidden. Soarin was walking behind me and rolled his eyes.

“Dash? It's not night time. You can act casual.”

“This is acting casual! Plus, this is such a good theme. Being undercover following the thief and where he might go next. See? Even Pinkie's doing it!”

Pinkie was actually humming the mission impossible theme song and was doing some of the actions too. We all spotted the entrance of the market and as soon as we went in, we heard a huge scream of terror escape throughout the market.

“Let's go!” Sunset called out to all of us and then we all made a run for it. We saw the thief carry his black bag with him full of jewelry and then he dashed through the market once we found him.

“Hmmm, that's odd. Last time we saw him carrying a brown bag. And this time is black.” Rarity pointed out as we were running after him. A black SUV pulled in and the thief hopped in there and then the car drove off. Soarin grumbled in anger and then I looked around to see if there was another way we can finally catch that thief. I saw an empty car and decided to use it!

I picked up a rock and smashed the driver's seat window and then unlocked the doors. Everyone piled in and then I got to the driver's seat and grabbed two wires and started hotwiring the car.

“Oh my gosh! You know how to hotwire a car?!” Soarin asked in pure shock but also in a sense of happiness. “That's so hot~”

“Thank you Soarin but we have no time for this!” I grumbled while blowing my hair out the way to be able to see what I’m sparking. The car finally started and then I moved over a bit in the middle seat in the front while Sunset reversed and started chasing after the thief’s SUV. It wasn't a pretty good chase but Sunset was a pretty good driver herself. She could've been more faster to be on the car's bumper. But she was fiddling sometimes during the chase. She would stop at a red light, use her signal, and also follow the speed limit signs here and there.

“Sunset you don't have to follow the laws….if you're chasing a thief that stole your father's artifacts!!” I screamed in the car. Sunset rolled her eyes and when she was driving, she wasn't focusing on the road until there was a red light and she came to a full stop almost making me fly out the windshield.

“What the hell Sunset!!!”

“OMG sorry Dash!! I'm real sorry!” Sunset screamed in shock. She was on the highway now and she was driving 60 miles per hour as the sign said. I grew upset because we were WAY behind the thief now. I was 2,000,000% triggered!!! I had enough of this! Time to go Dash mode!

“That's….IT!!!” I yelled. I pulled the Sunset's chair back and then sat on her lap and pressed the gas pedal as hard as I can. We were now zooming down the highway. We were now driving 150 miles per hour. Everyone was screaming like crazy and I was feeling the energy and the wind through my hair. I was so angry yet so focused on the road and passing cars in full speed.

“Rainbow Dash you're crazy!!!!” Soarin screamed and I gave a chuckle.

“Hahaha no I'm not Soarin. You just don't know the other side of me!” I yelled back and sped a bit faster. I saw the black SUV and started to drive next to it to see who the thief was. Once I did, the thief’s car somehow zoomed even faster than before and left us in the dust. I grew very angry while I pressed the gas even more.

“Come on Dashie faster!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“Ugh I'm trying!”

The SUV pulled over by the bridge from far away and got across it and then pressed the button to send the bridge up so we won't be able to drive across. I knew this was an opportunity to show them my awesomeness! I pressed down the gas and somehow it accelerated even more than the first time.

“Dash we're not going to make it!!” Twilight shouted.

“Anything is possible!!! Hold on you guys!!” I shouted while accelerating faster and then everyone clutched onto one another as I zoomed off the bridge into the sky.

It felt like a movie as if we're in slow motion and then I saw the road clear again and pressed the gas pedal again. We hit the road pretty hard but made is safely. Everyone cheered. We were following the thief incredibly fast now but then the SUV swerved quickly and then went down a different road. We lost track of them and we were about to smash into the wall. I grunted loudly as I tried to find a way to physically turn the car a different direction which I did and I slammed onto the breaks. We stopped but it wasn't enough since the car was on 210 miles per hour after the bridge jump. We got hit by a bump in the road and the car flipped into mid air and landed backwards. It was all quiet and the airbag flew in me and Soarin's face. This whole time I was sitting on Sunset's lap, I guess I crushed her a bit after that terrible incident. Glass was shattered everywhere and we were all coughing. We all piled out the car. Sunset wasn't hurt but I sure was. Once I landed safely out the car, Twilight punched my arm.

“What was that? You could've killed us!!” She yelled.

“Well sorry! We had to catch him!”

“Dash you were thinkin’ bout yerself when you were drivin’! Not us! I thought we were a family!” Applejack yelled in my face.

“Well if there wasn't the thief we wouldn't be here right now!!!!” I snapped back.

“Stop!!! This isn't going to get us anywhere! Now let's keep moving!” Fluttershy screamed. It got completely quiet cause Fluttershy doesn't scream unless she's really angry. I guess she was. I don't blame her. We walked through the dark alleyway since it was late at night and we had no map nor GPS. We all walked together. I sighed while walking between the leaves and the trees.

“Turns out everything is my fault nowadays.” I replied while kicking the branches to the sides.

“No Dashie. Accidents happen. Come on, think positively.”

It grew quiet until Sunset stopped us all.

“Shush, do you hear that?” She asked us. We all stood around one another and protected one another. We heard a “cling!” sound then we heard a “whoop!!!” sound and then all we knew we were screaming our heads off because we got captured and tied up in brown bags.

“HELP US!!!!!” We all shouted but there was no one that listened….

To be continued….

Author's Note

HAHHAHAHHA!!!

Ahem, well, the voyage beginsssssssssssssssss

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