Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 40- No Sacrifice! No Victory!

Soarin's P.O.V

“It's half past eight and I still don't know where Dash is.” I was shuffling my fingers and was breathing heavily.

“Soarin, I'm sure she'll be fine. Just relax.” Shivani patted my back. “Why don't you help Applejack set up the fire?”

“Well, that's just it! Dash was supposed to bring firewood for the fire.”

“Huh? But, we already have firewood!” Shivani sighed as she started panicking as well. We both saw Ali walking towards us while wiping his hands off with a towel.

“So, are we ready to begin?” He smiled at us as Shivani started tearing up and then she clutched onto him.

“Rainbow Dash is missing!!” She bawled out. Ali was in pure shock as he tried to comfort her.

“What? Where could she be?”

“Soarin said that she went to get firewood. But-But-”

“You didn't go with her?!” Ali snapped at me causing me to get more angry.

“She said she didn't want anyone to go with her!!! So don't blame me about this at all! I'm under lots of pressure.”

“You still couldn't persuade her to make sure you go with her! What type of friend are YOU that makes your friend go to the woods ALL by herself?!”

“And what about you?! You don't even care about her!!! I'm a much better friend than you'll ever be!” I snapped back. We both were shouting back and forth as Sunrise jumped in and screamed extremely loudly.

“SHUT UPPPPPPPPP!!!!! This is not going to fix anything!!” She interrupted. “Look, we're gonna find her just relax. Breathe in and out.”

“I'm just...I’m just a…” I choked on my words and Sunrise gave a reassuring smile as she covered my mouth with her index finger.

“Hush hush. You're not a terrible friend. A terrible friend wouldn't freak out and go ballistic and try to find their friend. You're an amazing friend. Rainbow Dash is lucky to have a friend like you.” She smiled at me and patted my head. “Keep being cool kiddo.”

“Haha thanks Sunrise. I'm going after her.”

“Are you sure you want to go alone?” She asked as she put her hand over my shoulder. I nodded my head and grabbed a knife.

“Yes, I'm sure.”

“Okay if you say so.”

“I swear if anyone hurts her, they'll pay~”

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

I closed my eyes tightly hoping that I still have a chance to live. I opened my eyes slightly and blinked a few times realizing that I was on the ground, binded up in a thick black rope and a white handkerchief wrapped around my mouth. I tried to speak but it was around my mouth. I tried to move but the ropes were too tight. At the corner of my eye, I saw a pair of feet walking towards my direction. I stopped moving and the person's hand picked up my head and I was face to face with a man who had pale gray skin, black spiky hair, a five o’clock shadow, a gold tooth, and dark gray eyes. He started chuckling as he dropped my head to the ground making me squeal in pain.
“Well well well. Look what we have here!” The man smirked while patting my head. More men came out from the bushes and started chuckling as well. Another guy with an eye patch over his right eye pulled me up and squeezed my face cheeks.

“Wow she's more adorable than we thought!” He laughed and poked me with his spear. Another guy with a blue eye and a green eye poked my side.

“And she got meat. She looks satisfying to~” The man growled while licking his lips. The leader of the men who found me first slapped the third one.

“Relax Conner. She's too gorgeous to kill.” He laughed. He pulled me closer to him and played with my bang. He looked into my eyes and smiled.

“Well, her eyes are sure the price. They're magenta. Those are worth thousands! But I'm not really interested in her eyes, even though I must say you are attractive, but I'm really interested in that necklace you got there~” He chuckled as he kicked me to the floor. I was murmuring some words but the men kept on laughing. He was reaching for the sapphire necklace as I kept moving my head back and forth so the leader couldn't get it but before he almost did, I hears rustling in the leaves. He stopped tugging onto the necklace and grabbed his flail and was walking around.

“Who's out there?”

The figure came closer as I saw Soarin giving the men an evil death stare.

“Leave her alone!” Soarin stepped forth. The leader laughed.

“I don't think we've meet. I'm Demetrius. Leader of the Black Panthers. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this sexy piece of meat has something that I want. Something that I need. So can you please step aside as I continue to get what I strive for?”

“Don't you lay a hand on her!!” Soarin shouted back as he threw his little knife at Demetrius and it sliced off little pieces of his hair. It was super close to slicing off his nose or eye but Demetrius chuckled.

“You shouldn't have done that..”

My eyes were widened as I saw another guy from the bad guy's tribe behind Soarin with a sword in his hands.

“Soooinmmm” I tried to say but I couldn't rip off the handkerchief. I was making sounds, even kicking my legs so he couldn't get hurt. He didn't understand me at all but he got pierced in his stomach and fell to the ground, groaning in pain. I screamed and started bursting into tears. Soarin was on the ground panting and groaning as I was trying to reach to him.

“Hahahaha you're turn~” He growled as he was about to take a knife and stab me but finally the handkerchief came off and I was yelling.

“WAIT STOP PLEASE!!! Listen to me! Don't kill him! Please!”

“What good is he anyway?” He shrugged his shoulders as he pointed a gun in his direction. I cried even louder making Demetrius cover his ears.

“Geez woman!”

“I SAID DON'T HURT HIM DAMMIT!!!!!! Please. Listen. Don't hurt him or do anything to him. I would give you what you want. I'll give you the sapphire. Just don't kill him.” I cried as I was breathing heavily.

“No….no Dashie…” Soarin spoke softly as he was coughing up blood and began to shake tremendously. Seeing him in this condition made me burst into more tears.

“I'll give it to you….just let him go…also you need to free me once you get the sapphire…”

“Of course. Oh, the sapphire isn't the only thing I'm here for.” Demetrius chuckled as he tightened the ropes around me making me cry more. “I want...your magic!”

“M-My magic?”

“You got it babe. Your magic!”

“B-But without my magic..I won't be able to harness the elements or even have my superpower anymore..without one element...all of my friend's powers will be useless….” I whispered softly to myself.

“Your magic and the sapphire, or else your little lover will die!”

I looked at my hands and then at Soarin coughing up more blood and seeing the blood from his stomach gushing out. I closed my eyes and choked on my words.

“For Soarin...I will.”

“Excellent!!” Demetrius laughed and he took the sapphire necklace and he took a needle and stuck it in my right arm. I felt my magic draining me rapidly as I couldn't see clearly anymore. My eyes were blurry and I was weak. I eventually closed my eyes slowly as my magical process was finished. I saw ALL my blue magic swirling in a tube in Demetrius’s hand. He carried both the tube and the sapphire and went deeper into the island with his tribe. It was officially quiet. I looked over and saw Soarin not moving at all. Even though I was extremely weak, I crawled over to him making sure he was awake.

“No no no no no no no! Soarin?! Oh please don't die on me!” I cried as I laid my head next to his. No response at all. I checked his pulse and heart beat and it was running really slowly. I heard a tiny cough and some blood escaped from his mouth. I gasped and saw that his eyes were slightly open.

“Oh thank goodness…”

“.....Dashie….?”

“Yes Soarin?”

“You look very pretty….” He smiled as he coughed up more blood. I chuckled softly as I stroke his hair out of his face.

“You're gonna be okay. I wish I could help but….I can't walk…”

“You didn't have to….sacrifice your magic and the sapphire for me….what’s gonna happen to Gemporia….?”

“I couldn't let you die….” I sobbed as my tears fell on his cheeks. He smiled softly and held my hand and then was about to close his eyes. I was freaking out and then I was checking his heartbeat.

“Thump…...thump…….thump………..thump……………...thump.....”

I cried even more trying to find a way to contact the others. I found a shell and I found a hole and blew in it. Sure enough, the sound echoed throughout the island. I just hope that it was loud enough for them to hear.

Shivani's P.O.V

“Olay everyone! Settle down! We’ll figure something out!”

The entire tribe was going haywire! Everyone was freaking out and asking me questions about Rainbow Dash’s disappearance. I didn’t know what to say. Even I was speechless. I tried to fight back tears but I took a deep breath and tried to calm everyone down.

“Everyone please not all at once!”

“What happened to her??” Lilia cried out. Seeing her cry made my heart shatter on the inside..I sniffed and hugged her.

“I….I...don’t know…” I sighed and patted her head. More murmurs grew loudly as Twilight and the rest of her friends pushed through and all gave me worried looks.

“Come.”

They all followed me inside my tent along with Sunrise, Lilia, Amaranthine, Ocean Wave, Ali, and Lightning Strike. People were getting louder as Ali walked out and tried to calm everyone down.

“Everyone is going ballistic! This is getting out of hand!” Sunrise blurted out. “I'm trying to stay cool and not go ballistic cause when I do, I won't calm down for a while.”

“We all need to stay calm. I'm sure Soarin is just lost. I'm sure he has Dash by now.” Fluttershy spoke up softly.

“And what if he doesn't? Instead what of they both are injured?! Or…or..” I started crying while clutching onto Ocean Wave.

“Or what?”

“Or they are both….goners…?”

The room became silent as the wind softly blew and my gut was telling me something. I received a vision. It showed me that something was wrong. I didn't know what but I did see a pink seashell. My eyes opened and my marks on my skin were glowing.

“San shay she waa waa…” I said softly as I got up and started breathing heavily. Sunrise looked at me and then bit her lip.

“Oh boy..I know what that means! What's wrong this time?!”

“We have to go out there and look for them! Something's wrong!”

“Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go!” Sunset barged out the tent as we followed her into the island. We lit some torches as we heard a sound coming from the island.

“That must me them! Come on!” Crystal flew ahead of us and we were all on our way.

“Don't worry you guys, we're coming!”

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

I blew the seashell harder but that was my last breath. I was getting weaker by the second as I collapsed against Soarin. I opened my eyes slightly and saw that his eyes were closed and he was still bleeding to death. There was nothing I could do but call for help. I was shaking and trying to see but it was hopeless. I checked Soarin's pulse but as I did, I rested my head on his upper chest and slowly closing my eyes. Before I said anything else, I felt no pulse. I pushed myself off of him and gazed on his precious face.

“Help! Anybody! Somebody!” I shouted as I held onto Soarin's hand tightly. Tears fell down from my face as I started to cry. At the corner of my eye, I saw a bright flame coming towards me. It was eventually fire on a torch and I saw Pinkie's face. I smiled and coughed a bit. She heard the cough and then saw me and ran towards me. She hugged me tightly and started kissing all over my face.

“Gah Pinkie what-”

“OH DASHIE!!! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!! I THOUGHT YOU WERE A GONER!!! Guys she's over here!!”

Soon everyone came and hugged me. Sunrise was walking around me and she hugged me.

“I'm not a hugger so just know that you're special to me.” She smiled as she patted my head. Crystal snuggled my cheek as she cupped them.

“Oh Master Dashie! I'm really sorry! I have failed you!”

“Huh? How so?”

“I wasn't protecting you or anything. Wait your skin is pale! What's going on?”

“Well...I-”

“Where's Soarin?” Rarity asked me as she rubbed my back.

That's when I bursted into tears and clutched onto Sunrise’s clothes. She looked pretty shocked and then she patted my head. We all looked at Soarin, laying on the ground, not even moving. Everyone gasped and some started tearing up.

“Oh Dash…..we’re so sorry…” Twilight gave me a hug and she walked over to his body. “I'll see if I can check for a heartbeat. He can't be dead.”

While Twilight was checking for a heartbeat, Sunset, Applejack, and Amaranthine walked over to his body to help Twilight out. Shivani and Fluttershy were busy trying to make me calm down, but I couldn't.

“Dash relax. Tell us what happened!”

“W-Well, I was getting firewood and then a group of guys wrapped me up in a rope and tied a handkerchief around my mouth and they were trying to get the sapphire necklace but Soarin jumped in and he got stabbed and in order to save him, I gave them the sapphire.”

“Awwww Dash….” Fluttershy sighed as she hugged me. “I know you're the element of loyalty but this wasn't loyalty. This was-”

“Oh my gosh! Dash! We've got a heartbeat going!” Sunset called out. I wiped my tears and dashed on the other side to see Twilight smiling at me.

“Is he okay?!?!” I cried out. Twilight and Sunset both chuckled as Sunset placed her arm around my shoulder.

“Well, we found his heartbeat. Which is amazing! We just need to treat him carefully. We should go and get him treated.” Twilight looked at me and beamed brightly. My eyes were full of tears as I hugged her tightly.

“Thank you so much Twilight! Geez, I've been such a mean jerk to you lately. I'm truly sorry…”

“Hey, that's all in the past. Let's get Soarin treated before I make any promises. Come on Applejack! Carry him!”

Applejack carried Soarin and I was with her making sure he was okay. Still no response but I kept believing that he would be okay. I tried to hide the fact that I was weak because I didn't want to tell my friends that I lost my magic too.

Transition to next scene….

I began pacing all around the waiting room just thinking about Soarin.

“If you keep pacing like this, you're gonna start to freak out.”

“Don't worry. I'm fine!” I started increasing my pace and started shaking as well. The door opened and we saw the doctor with her clipboard talking to the other nurses. I ran after her and tried to find any information about Soarin.

“How is he?!”

“Well, he's still unconscious but he'll be fine.” She smiled down at me.

“Can I go see him?”

“Mhm. Go in. But every visitor only has 3 minutes.”

I walked in the door and saw Soarin with his eyes closed, hooked up to all these machines. He was breathing on his own and he just looked so….so...helpless. I tried to fight tears but I couldn't. I walked up to him and held his hand and cried even more. One of my tears fell on his hand and it spreaded throughout his palm. A tiny blue glow, in the shape of a teardrop formed and went away quickly. I leaned closer to his face and placed my hand over his cheek.

“Hey Soar….if you can listen to my voice...I just wanted to say that...I love you. I love you so much. Not just as a friend...but something more...I...I..I need you right now...I...I…”

I bit my lip as more tears came out from my eyes. I started crying as my tears flowed down my cheeks and hit the sheets of the bed with little splashes. I covered my mouth and I couldn't take it anymore. I dashed out the room and I ran out the medical hut and cried outside the door. I heard Sunset's voice call out to me. I didn't want to be bothered by anyone right now but I heard barking and Monoko came out the door and just piled in my arms. He was licking my face all over but I was a bit upset so I just let him.

“Monoko, now's not a good time…” I sniffed and the door opened again and I heard a familiar voice.

“Dash! Rainbow Dash where are you?!”

It was Sunset Shimmer. I tried to let Monoko be quiet but he kept barking and barking and eventually he blew my spot. Sunset turned around and spotted me and she sat in front of me.

“Dash what happened back there?”

“I couldn't take it…”

“Take what?”

‘Take the pain! Sunset, have you seen him?! He looks awful! He's unconscious because of me! He's beaten up and hurt because of me! We're stranded on this island because of me! Gemporia and India are at risk of death and close to being destroyed because of me! My mom is DEAD because of ME!!!!” I yelled at her while tears were rapidly falling down my face. Sunset looked at me with a sad facial expression. She looked down and then at me.

“You getting us on this island, was the best thing that ever happened to us. Look how much information we've received here! We made some new friends and everyday we're learning how to overcome our fears of getting defeated by Tirek. Also, I got a girlfriend who I never thought would be mine forever. Don't you see? You think you're doing bad things but you're not! All that you've done for us was such a blessing in disguise! Rainbow Dash you don't know how much we really need you. I'm SO glad you're our friend!”

I took Sunset's words deeply. I thought about what she said. I even chuckled at some parts. Monoko nuzzled my cheek and licked it as well. Sunset and I both laughed as I looked at her and smiled brightly.

“Wow Sunset. You've changed ever since you became...ya know….”

“Yeah I know. I've been pretty bad from the beginning. That's cause I never knew about friendship. When I was back in Equestria, all I ever wanted was to become a princess. To be loved and cherished. So people can say “Wow! She's amazing and smart! I wanna be like her!” I was super close to getting what I wanted but greed took the best of me. Princess Celestia told me about the mirror that led to this world. I had to wait to receive my lesson but I didn't. I was so greedy that I went behind her back and did what I wanted. I got banned from being her student and came here to ruin other people's lives because I didn't value the most important lesson. Which was friendship. Princess Twilight mastered friendship and that made her the princess of friendship. I get sort of jealous sometimes but hey! I met you and the others so there's no reason to be.”

“Wow….I never knew Sunset. Is that why-”

“I stole her crown. Yup. I'm telling you greed is not a good thing to have. From personal experience. When you have greed, you want more power and too much power can destroy you.”

“Huh, I never thought of it that way. Sunset you're really an amazing friend!”

“Aww I'm just learning from you guys!” She blushed slightly and then patted my back.

“Princess Twilight should really see how you've grown.”

“She does actually. I write to her a lot. Recently I did. She's doing pretty good if you wanted to ask.”

“Oh cool. Is she coming back?”

“Hmm not really. She's pretty busy. Maybe when this is all over, I'll make a tiny visit over there.”

“You don't think I can come?”

“Not a chance! It'll be very confusing if Equestria had 2 Rainbow Dashes. Besides, it'll only be a little while. Why don't you write to her? I'm sure she'll want to know how's everything going.”

“Hmmm, I'll think about it.”

“Okay then. So, are you coming back inside?”

“Yeah, um, just give me a minute.”

Sunset nodded her head and walked back inside. I took a deep breath and looked at the night sky. The stars were twinkling brightly. There was a shooting star and I made a wish quickly.

“I wish that Soarin will get better soon.” I said softly to myself. I walked back inside while Monoko was ahead of me. Everyone looked at me and smiled.

“Are you feeling better? You kind of ran off a few minutes ago.” Sunrise folded her arms and gave me a stern look.

“Yea I'm doing better. Did you guys hear anything about Soarin?”

“Hmmm not yet darling. The only thing we heard is that they just want one person to stay with him for the night.” Rarity yawned while leaning against Applejack's shoulder.

“And we already told her that you'll be stayin’.”

“You guys did that for me?”

They nodded their heads in reply as I smiled and leaned against his door.

“Well, you better go inside. We're leaving now. Sleep well my little gumdrop!” Shivani hugged me and kissed my forehead.

“Hey! Don't call me that!”

“I can do whatever I please. Now go! Before the doctors change their minds.”

I waved them goodbye and opened the door to Soarin's room. He was still laying in bed with his eyes closed. I plopped in a seat near the bed as I just stared at him. Crystal ended up staying with me to keep me company.

“Are you okay Master Dashie?”

“Mhm. Just thinking about something.”

“Alright then! I'm going to gain some energy for tomorrow. Good night!”

She slept on the nightstand and Monoko slept on the ground. I grabbed a Daring Do book from one of the bookshelves in the room. I read some lines and then I would look back at Soarin too see if he would move but he didn't. I did this for twelve times and I decided I was too distracted by him. I closed the book and then kissed his forehead.

“G'night Soar.” I whispered as I grabbed a pillow and a tiny blanket from one of the cubbies and went to sleep. I opened one eye to check on him one last time and he seemed pretty okay. Steady heartbeat. Just the way it's supposed to be. I cuddled closely into my pillow and thought of some good dreams to think about. And one of the dreams were about Soarin. I smiled as I dozed off into my slumber.

Author's Note

Oh wow...

I am violent...

Hope you guys loved this chapter. ^^