Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 27- And We're Off!!

Saturday at noon….

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

“Are you sure you packed everything?!”

“Yes auntie! I'm good to go.”

“Fresh food to eat? Comfortable camping clothes? A flashlight, bathing material, sleeping material, everything good enough for the outdoors?!”

“Aunt I'm okay! Don't stress about it. I'll be okay!” I chuckled and stared into my aunt's purple eyes. She sighed and placed her hands on her hips.

“Dash I'm just making sure you're prepared. We don't want the same thing happening to Phyra-”

“To happen to me! I get it! Just try to calm down. I'm going to be okay.” I giggled a bit. I was carrying my suitcase down the stairs, until my aunt stopped me.

“Honey we have butlers and servants that can help you with that!” She called out and snapped her fingers.

“But aunt I can take care of my-”

A servant went down the stairs and carried my 2 suitcases and placed them in the living room. I folded my arms and gave her a glare.

“What?”

“Aunt Firefly I'm okay. Seriously I am! Stop worrying. I can take care of myself.” I walked down the stairs and sighed.

“Uh where are you going missy?”

“To get some fresh air before I go. I'll be back on time!”

“Better be back before 4pm, the waves get really rough at night!” My aunt called out.

I made my way out the door as the fresh air hit my face and the sweet smell of fresh falling rain stayed in the grass. I smiled and realized my blue dress was fitting the mood of my day. I was walking down the plaza and I saw many people saying goodbye to me for the last time. As I was walking to see Radiance, someone stopped me in my tracks. I jumped in fright and couldn't help but laugh extremely loud at what I saw. I saw Soarin hanging upside down with his pajamas and he blushed slightly and gave a shy smile.

“Uh hehe, whoops.” He smiled. I giggled and couldn't help but crack a big smile.

“Hehehe dummy.”

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“Ugh, don't ask.”

“You know I'm gonna ask anyway. Hehehe, what happen Soarin?”

“What does it look like? I was sleeping in the tree.”

“Hahahahaha what? Why?!”

“I guess Halo put me out here. I'm a hard sleeper.”

“Hehehe yeah I can see that.”

“Ugh, can you help me?”

“I dunno. You look adorable when you're upside down.”

“Argh Dashie!!” He replied in such an angry tone and his cheeks flared up with a bright pink. I giggled and snapped the branch he was hanging from and he fell to the ground. I helped him from the ground and started giggling.

“You know Halo is pretty strong for her size.” I smiled.

“Tell me about it! She's a 10 year old with a mind of a 20 year old! My mom has to watch out for her!”

“Yeah, she's a troublemaker!” I laughed as we were walking back.

“Yeah kind of reminds me of this girl I know.” He smirked at me and nudged my shoulder.

“Oh please! Don't try it!”

“Well, I'll see you later!” Soarin waved at me. “I got to give my sister a piece of her mind!”

“And while you're at it, make sure you change your clothes because you ain't sailing with me tonight in that!” I doubled with laughter. Soarin joined me and gave me a thumbs up and went his way. I finally walked to the door of the dancing cove and saw Radiance dancing with the kids she had. She stopped and squealed.

“Ah Dashie don't scare me like that! I was in the middle of a dance!” She folded her arms and then I hugged her tightly.

“I heard you were going…” I heard the tone in her voice started dying out…

“Aww Radiance..don’t make me cry. I'm not ready to cry yet.” I shrieked and my voice cracked and tears started forming in my eyes. She wiped them before they fell.

“Don't worry about me Dash! I'm going to miss you alot!”

“Ray I'll be back sooner than ya think! Just take care of Blaze!”

“I'm already on it!” She saluted to me as a joke. We both laughed and hugged each other once more. I waved goodbye to her and then walked out the door and smiled. I started stretching and then I walked home and then I opened the door and confetti and streamers blasted on my face.

“SURPRISE!!!!!!” All my friends screamed in my face and they were wearing different colored shirts that spelled “DASHIE!!”

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“Woah!”

“Happy Farewell So You Can Voyage To Gemporia and Save India and Gemporia From Lord Tirek’s Evil Power Party!!!” Pinkie exclaimed and blew a kazoo in my ear.

“Ouch!”

“Are you ready to voyage?!”

“I am but I'm a bit hungry first.”

We all doubled with laughter and grabbed some cake.

Transition to next scene….

I was standing outside on the balcony watching India below me and how I had such a short time. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and told myself, “Dash you got this! Everything will be okay!” I opened my eyes and the wind started to blow. It was rushing the waves and my geode started glowing.

“It is time..” I sighed and walked down the stairs and someone covered my eyes.

“Guess who?”

I turned around and removed the person's soft hands. I opened my eyes and saw that my eyes connected with a pair of emeralds.

“Oh so you did change your clothes?”

“Comment about my clothes one more-”

“I'm just joking ya big goof! So you ready?”

“I am. Are you?”

“I'm nervous. I never done this before…”

“Oh come on Dashie! You'll be fine! There's nothing you can't do. Now come on and let's go carry our luggage on the boat.” Soarin smiled.

As we all were walking outside to reach the docks, I stopped and turned around to see my grandmother, aunt, and my father all staring at me with tears in their eyes. I blinked back a few tears but couldn't help myself. I dropped my luggage and ran to my dad and jumped on him and gave him the warmest hug ever.

“Oh daddy I'm going to miss you!!” I cried out. He clutched onto me like never before. I felt that he was feeling pain, and also sadness. I looked into his yellow eyes full with tears of happiness. He caressed my cheek and smiled.
“Go and make your mother proud!” He smiled and gave me a kiss on my forehead. I beamed brightly and then I walked next to Soarin and carried my luggage out the door with him. I stopped and looked back and took another deep breath and made my way to the docks.

“Oooh I'm super excited!!!” Pinkie was bouncing along the way to the docks as her curls were bouncing along with her. “I even packed my letter “S” t-shirt just in case I ran out of clothes!”

“Uh you're carryin’ 2 heavy suitcases! What do ya mean yer gonna run outta clothes?!”

“Applejack Applejack Applejack.” Pinkie patted her head. “This bag holds all my supplies for the voyage.”

“And the other bag is for?” Twilight asked while gesturing her hand.

“This is all the food I've saved up! We can all share. Unless one of us ends up becoming a savage and eat the whole thing.”

When Pinkie said that Soarin smirked at me and I nudged his arm.

“Well, we're here. I made a reservation for a great boat to sail on. It's big for all of us.” I said as I saw a beautiful brown boat with red, orange, pink, and yellow flowers that decorated the sails. The boat itself was HUGE!! It was able to fit all of us.

“You guys hop on and make yourselves comfortable. Me and Soarin are gonna pack up all our bags.” Applejack said as she used her geode for super strength. As they were setting up the luggage, we were all settling down. I looked up and saw the moon's reflection over the sea. It was a calm night and perfect for sailing.

“Alrighty folks! Let's get this here show on da road!” Applejack tipped her hat and we all cheered.
“So how do you sail this thing?!” I grunted as I was pulling on a rope. Sunset tried to help me but no use either. Soarin started chuckling and then cleared his throat.

“Ladies? Allow me.” He bowed and then winked at me causing me to blush. I hid it by folding my arms and rolling my eyes. Soarin untied the rope and pulled the rope closer to him and then the sail came out and the wind took the sail and started to make us sail away from the dock. I saw him tie the rope to the other side of the boat tightly and I was blushing extremely hard. I bit my lip as hard as possible and when he looked at me, he laughed.

“Oooohhh teach me~” I daydreamed. He smiled and patted my head.

“Soon Dashie. Soon.” He replied as he stretched and turned behind him and whistled.

“Wow, we're really far now! Well, goodbye India and hello Gemporia!” Pinkie screamed loudly. We all rejoiced and I smiled and then my smile faded as I bit my lip and looked away from my friends in despair….

The next day….

Day 1 of our voyage begins with a band of 8 young teenagers going on a dangerous journey to do something no human has ever dared of doing in thousands of years…

The sun was shining brightly down on us and all I heard was the sound of waves hitting one another. Snoring was heard and I heard footsteps walking towards me. I opened my eyes and I saw Pinkie smiling.

“Good morning Chosen One! Rise and shine!” She beamed.

“Ugh don't call me that!” I grumbled as I started to get out of my comfort zone. I got up and stretched and picked up some Tic-Tacs from my duffel bag and placed about 4 in my mouth.

“Morning Master Dashie!” Crystal smiled in my face. “How's the lovely Captain of this ship doing?”

“Me?! Captain?! Awwwww yeah baby!!! Haha!!” I shouted and started to feel like my old self again. I was free! No rules no regulations! Oh yeah baby! Rainbow Dash is back!

“If you're back then who was the Dashie before?” Pinkie said while staring in my face.

“What huh?!?!”

“Oh well! Anywho, here have a muffin!” Pinkie stuffed a chocolate chip muffin in my mouth. I started chewing on it and then it had such a divine taste!

“Mmmm yummy! So much chocolate~” I sighed and I licked my lips in satisfactory.

“Okey everyone up and awake! It's our first day of voyaging and we got a lot to-”

Something interrupted Twilight. It wasn't a person or a comment. It was a sound. It was coming from one of the boxes near her. It was shifting and then I grabbed a wooden paddle from the back and started walking toward the moving box. Once it opened, everyone screamed and some of us ducked for cover. I stood there in shock at what I saw.

“Monoko?!?!” I yelled out loud. Monoko barked and jumped into my arms and started to lick my neck. Soarin petted his head and Monoko started licking his fingers and then back at my neck.

“Awww he didn't want to lose you. What a good boy!” Soarin smiled.

“But what's he doing here? He can't join me. Bad Monoko!”

“No no Dash! You must give Monoko come credit. What he did was a great idea! Dogs can sense things better than us humans and know when something's wrong. And you're his owner, he'll protect you from any harm. So what's the problem?” Fluttershy stepped in and started petting him.

“The protecting part! I don't want his tiny self getting hurt by dangerous creatures out there!” I cried out. Fluttershy patted my back.

“That's something every owner feels. But Monoko is strong. He's a great puppy. Aren't you wittle guy?” Fluttershy asked while petting him. He barked in reply and then he started running around the boat. We all cooed at how Monoko chases his small tail.

“Now everyone! Don't let Monoko be a distraction. We got work to do!” Twilight reassured us.

I yawned and carried Monoko and placed him in this little tiny box.

“You'll play later but for now stay here okay? Dashie got work to do. Okay Monokokins?”

“Uhh Monokokins? Really?”

“What? The boy's gotta get a cute name. Right my wittle Monokokins?!” I replied to Twilight's remark and started to pet him. He barked in reply and licked my fingers.

“Dawwwww puppy love!” Sunset called out while she was eating a banana. The wind was blowing a bit and the sun was shining brightly.

“Next stop! The Changeling Hive!”

“Speaking of the hive, where is it exactly?” I asked Crystal while paddling.

“Well, you see the thing is master it's funny you bring this up because I...haven’t got the slightest clue…”

“WHAT?!?!”

“Okay Master calm down!! I'm sure we'll find something to guide us there!”

“NO I CAN'T CALM DOWN!!! WE'RE STRANDED ON A BOAT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE!!!! WE'RE RUINED!!!” I cried out. I started crying in Hindi.

“Uh what's she saying?”

“She's just being a big baby that's all! Dashie I'm sure we'll find the hive. Just calm down. Give it time! In the meantime, just find something that can help us to get there.” Soarin replied as he was searching for a clue. We all looked around and started to find a clue until Pinkie gasped.

“Ooohhhhh hey guys look! A pirate hat! Argh! Which way to the changeling kingdom so we can start a little friendship swashbuckling of our own, aye?!” Pinkie asked all of us in a pirate tone. Most of us laughed while Sunset was thinking hard.

“Mmmm, if there's a pirate hat I'm sure there's a map!” Sunset pointed out and then she was digging through some old boxes and then she hollered out at us.

“Aha! Exactly what we needed!!” She smiled.

“A map?!”

“A GPS??!”

“Another paddle to help us navigate better?”

“FOOD??!!?!?!” We all turned around and saw Pinkie shifting her fingers together.

“Uh hehehe, it's just a thought…and I'm hungry.”

“What about the other suitcase darling?” Rarity pointed to a HUGE fuchsia suitcase.

“Oh yeah! Thanks Rares! Lalalalala~” She sang while bouncing to her suitcase.

“What is that?” I asked while looking at the object and it was covered in sand and dust. She wiped off the specks and then she blew some of it off. We then saw some gold on it and the letter “P” on it. Sunset dusted it off completely and we couldn't believe what we found.

“Woah! Now that's something you don't see everyday!” She spoke loudly. She held in her hands firmly and then smiled.

“It's a compass! And not just any but it belongs to someone. See the letter? Also it's gold and has a sun symbol on it.” Twilight said while inspecting it over Sunset's shoulder.

“That's true but look at the directions! I mean they aren't written in English. See?” Rarity inspected it too and soon everyone was looking at the compass while I was keeping control of seeing where to go.

“Hey Dash? You think you can read these symbols?” Soarin called out it to me while shoving the compass in my face. I looked down on it and some of the characters were characters I knew.

“Absolutely!” I smiled. Me and Soarin were trying to figure out what the symbols mean. I only know about 2 of them. I didn't really take Hawaiian classes too good.

“The words are Hawaiian. But I'm not that skilled. Crystal think you can help us?”

“Uh uh uh! I can't help you this time. So sorry but rules are rules!” She shrugged her shoulders.

“Huh?! What rules?! You didn't say anything about rules!”

“Your ancestors just told me that you need to figure this out on your own. Use that big brain of yours Master Dashie!”

And so, I did! I looked around, holding the compass, and was trying to find something. The flowers all around the boat, the gold compass with a “P” on it and also the sun design in it. I thought hard as I can.

“Hmmmm, the sun, the flowers, and the P? Hmmm….think Dash think. What do they all mean?” I whispered to myself. That's when I began to gasp and somehow when I felt that ‘special power’, I fell on the boat.

“Woah you okay?! Did you hurt anything?”

“No even better! Guys, this was my mother and my grandfather's boat that they voyaged across the ocean to find a place to stay and make a civilization! And they rested in India. Of course the diary entry makes sense!” I smiled and grabbed my mom's diary and clutched onto it.

“So this boat was used to voyage across the ocean to make a civilization?” Sunset asked while biting her lip. I nodded my head in agreement and picked up the compass.

“This compass is my mother's! See the letter? It stands for Phyra which was my mother's name! And the flowers! They symbolize “may peace and the guidance of the fire phoenix guide you to the right path~”’

Once I said that, everyone “ooed” in reply. I started to laugh and then looked at Soarin.

“I didn't know you knew how to sail this type of boat!”

“Well, that is something that I would do in my spare time. It grew on me. I always see them up against the docks and I get so intrigued into sailing them!”

“Ah same! But without boats, it's swords! As I child, I would always be fascinated with swords and knifes. I would get a HUGE tantrum just because I couldn't cut the cake.”

We both started dying of laughter and since we were out in the ocean, it was quiet and so our laughs echoed all around. Huh, a little too quiet…

“Um you guys don't find it weird that it's awfully quiet? Fluttershy spoke up softly. We realized that the water had bubbles popping all around us. The sea started to turn a bit black at some points of the blue ocean and then the boat started to lean.

“Oh boy we're turing! The boat’s turning! Oh gosh it's happening!!!” Pinkie screamed while sounding a bit exciting than usual. The boat tipped over and we were underwater. We swam back up and tried to catch our breaths. Soon the whole ocean was black and red. Bubbles were popping more rapidly than before. I wasn't looking at the water, but something was rising above the water and it was in front of Twilight. I was looking at the compass and then I turned over to Twilight and Fluttershy hollered out.

“OH MY!!!! AAAAAAAAAAA!!” She shrieked! We all saw a black tentacle grab Twilight by her leg and swooped her up and was swinging her back and forth. Twilight started screaming for her life and I was looking for the Harmony Sword that my grandmother gave to me and once I found it, I took it up and sliced the tentacle and it went back into the dirty red and black water and Twilight fell back on the boat. We all were panting and were in shock. That wasn't the only strike whatever that creature was trying to prove.

“Houston, we have a problem!”

To be continued….

Author's Note

Woah...what a very long chapter!

Anywho, critique and comments are permitted! So, I hope you like this chapter! See ya soon!