Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 6- The Phyra Chronicles!

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

As the sun beamed through my curtains, I turned over to cover myself from the bright light. My room door busted open revealing my upbeat aunt.

“Wake up sleepy head!! We got a long day ahead of us!”

She opened the curtains and pulled over the covers away from me. I turned around and hissed like a cat to her. She gave me a glare and pulled me away from the bed.

“You have to get out now!!” She huffed while pulling my legs. “Rainbow Miriam Dash! You are going to get up right now!!!”

“No! I'M NOT!!!!” I yelled. Then my dad came and stopped my aunt.

“Look, trust me. Let her stay there. If she doesn't want to explore the room where her mom stayed in when she was younger that's okay, Firefly.”

That's when I immediately jumped out of bed and went into my dad's face.

“WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MOMMY?!?!”

“Hahahaha, come.”

I got up from my bed and washed my face and combed my hair and brushed my teeth. I ran out the door and hugged my dad.

“Now, show me where the room is!! Where's the room?!” I asked as I was running and around the palace with my super power. I touched my geode and zoomed all around the palace with happiness. My dad stopped me and held me in his arms.

“Oh honey. I'm not showing you, your aunt is. Then you can go explore.”

“EXPLORE?!?!?!!” I beamed brightly.

“Haha yes my dear child. Go and explore and find the thing that impacts you the most. Now, follow your aunt.”

Aunt Firefly walked me to the back of the palace and then stopped my some rocks covered in piles.

“Aunt, where are we?”

“In front of your mom’s room.”

“It's just a wall of rocks.”

“Is it really?” She smirked as she stepped back and then it revealed a secret passageway that led to the door. I gasped in delight and looked at the door. Bright pink mixed with a hint of blue was decorated on the door and decorated flowers too. The knob was golden and was polished well. I tried to open it and it was locked. I kept pulling the knob and then placed my feet on the door and started tugging onto the knob harder than before. Afterwards, my aunt tapped my shoulder.

“That's not who you get in. You need something Phyra loves.”

I thought about how she loves her family and friends and her love for becoming a warrior. Then, I smiled brightly and thought about my dad. Once he entered my mind, the door opened very slowly and made a loud creaking. It was dark and some dust came out. I coughed and wiped some away. I walked in the room and tried to find the light. Once I did, it wasn't how I expected it to be.

“This is her room…?”

“Yup! Isn't it great?!”

“Um, yeah…great..”

“It wasn't what you thought it was right?”

“Yeah. Just look at this place. It's old and the place it's just terrible. It needs a makeover. And also, they're no warrior stuff and stuff to help with fighting.”

“There is. It's not in this room. It's here.” She pointed me to the bed and pushed it to the wall and on the floor it revealed a secret vault.

“Now, go and explore. If you see a door in there, don't open it. What lies in there, I don't think you're ready for it. Okay?”

“Okay, yeah sure. Mhm, don't open door. Got it!” I replied as I climbed down the ladder to the room.

“Dash, I'm serious. I know you. Promise me you won't. I will know when you're truly ready. Just explore in her area!”

“Okay!!”

I went down and walked around. It was like a cave and I was walking down to find some light. Until I did, I couldn't believe my eyes! There was a crystal blue waterfall pouring down majestically into a crystal lake. Blue and purple and pink flowers bloomed all around. I put my feet in the water and I felt my mom's warm spirit comfort me. When I felt it, I suddenly felt calm about the things that were in store for me. Her spiritual comfort guided me to a special part of the waterfall. Behind it, it kept a book. I wandered over to it just to see the cover reading “The Phyra Chronicles!” I snatched the book and couldn't help but open a few pages. In it kept pictures, keepsakes and of course, lots of writing portions. I grabbed the book and carried it with me and walked around some more. I sat by the waterfall and picked some of the flowers near me.

“Every time I was in a bad mood, I would go to the Cave of the Unforgotten and gaze upon the water wondering what would my ancestors feel of me seeking upon such glory to my eyes.”

Reading my mom's quotes in her little diary always made me crack a smile. Even the way she wrote her feelings down in a book, I could feel her passion and desire and I could see what she meant.

“Huh, Cave of the Unforgotten? Seems legit!” I yelled. My voice echoed. I kept reading more about my mom's adventures. One of them caught my eye instantly!

Dear Diary,
Today was one of those days where I would say, “Phyra oe he paena hana ia hou!” Today, I wayfinded for myself!! It was an amazing experience! Then, I fell asleep and when I woke up, my family and I almost reached land because of me! I felt happy and joyful! When we got to the land, it was nothing like Polynesia. We had to find a new land to call home. Once we docked our boats, I walked onto the fresh grass. It was better than ours! I walked deeper inside the island and I saw people staring at us. My dad, Chief Akoni, wanted to meet the leader of this land so we can share this peaceful place. I couldn't go with him so I started writing in this book. All of a sudden, a fruit bounced off my book and then I heard laughter.

“Oops sorry bout that! My name's Firefly!!” The little girl smiled and shook my hand. Her blue hair and eyes and light pink skin complexion was too adorable for me. Then, a boy came and apologised.

“Oh, did she bother you? I'm so sorry.”

He was the most gorgeous boy I've ever seen! His rainbow cutted hair, his yellow-orangish eyes, and his purple skin was just perfect! My cheeks brightly shaded to a dark red as I twirled my hair a bit and-”

Scene changes into Rainbow’s Room where she continues to read the book…...

“WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! AUNT FIREFLY?!?!?! DAD?!?!?! OH MY GOSH!!! AAAAAAA THIS IS GETTING TOO GOOD!!!! I GOTTA CONTINUE THIS!!!! THIS IS SOOO AWESOME!!!!!” I squealed in delight. A knock came on the door.

“Um, Rainbow? You okay?” Twilight peaked her head in with Rarity beside her. I hid the book under my pillow.

“Yup! I'm awesome! I was just uh, um, combing my hair! See these knots?! Wow, what a disaster!” I laughed.

“Darling, the comb is going fine in your hair.”

“Oh….”

“Honestly Dash, what were you doing?”

It took me a pause to tell them the truth. I jumped on the bed like an animal and didn't stop one bit.

“OMG OMG!!! I WAS JUST READING ABOUT THE START OF MY PARENT’S LOVE LIFE IN MY MOM'S DIARY AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT FANGIRL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!” I screamed to the top of my lungs. Twilight covered my mouth and giggled.

“Haha slow down Dash. And your mom's diary?”

“YES YES!!! HERE!!! SEE?!?!?!” I took the book from the pillow and slammed it in her face. “PRETTY AWESOME RIGHT?!?!?!”

“Mrf rmfkf ekedjjf.”

“Huh?!”

“Um darling, the book is in her face.”

“Oops! Sorry about that Twi, I'm just too excited!!!”

“Yeah, ouch! I can tell. Oooh, seems interesting. Wait a sec, exile?!?!?” She loudly pointed out. I snatched the book and gasped loudly.

“EXILE?!?!?! WHERE WHERE?!?! WAIT WHO??!?!”

“Gimme that! It says that-”

“Don't tell me!! I didn't even get there yet!!!”

“Then why did you-”

“Anyway, lemme read more about my parents and uh, I'll get back to you guys, uh okay? Bye!!” I closed the door on them and jumped right back into reading!

“Oh, no. No um trouble.”

The boy looked at me and smiled sheepishly and blushing as well.

“M-My name is Rohan. Nice to meet you!” He held out his hand and smiled. I didn't know what to do, so I um held his hand and blushed deeply and smiled too.

“Um, maikaʻi ka launa pū ʻana me ʻoe.”

“HAHAHA SHE TALKS WEIRD!!!!” Firefly blurted out which made me tear up a bit. Rohan smacked her neck and pushed her away.

“I'm sorry about her. I'm guessing you're not from here.”

I nodded my head in agreement. I pointed to the boats and the palace. Rohan probably knew what that meant.

“Oh, so you're the new voyagers that want to share India with us?” I nodded my head rapidly.

“I, um, don't, speak your, um language good.” I tried my best to speak. I felt embarrassed. After all, I only knew how to speak Hawaiian.

“Oh, I see. I can teach you. Which one do you want to learn?”

“Whatever you speak.”

“Um, okay. So, I can teach you Hindi. It's very fluent here.”

“Ok.”

“So, namaste means hello.”

“Um, namaste!!!” I waved at him. He laughed and for 25 minutes, I learned some English and Hindi. I hope I could see him again.

“AWWWWW MY HEART IS MELTING!!!!!!!” I cried. Tears were forming down my cheeks as I heard the door knock again. I opened to see just the person I wanted to see.

“You missed dinner so here's some left overs. Are you okay?”

I smiled back and took the plate of food.

“Yeah I'm fine dad thanks.”

“Great! I'm glad.” He smiled and was walking away. I pulled him back.

“Um dad. What's this about a exile?”

That's when his face immediately dropped.

“Oh, um, well, um, where did you get that?”

“Well, I found out…”

“How?”

“Well, um, I read some history stuff…..”

“Where?”

I saw my aunt in the distance and shaking her head disappointed. My dad looked back at her and sighed.

“Excuse us for just a second okay?” My dad snapped before pulling my aunt to a room and slammed it in my face. I stood back in awe trying to blink back tears. I took a deep breath and stood by the door and breathing heavily. I sat down by the door and cried. Why were they arguing? Is there something I shouldn't know? Why is dad so protective about that exile thing? So many questions bursted in my head all at once making me shed more tears. I heard footsteps and then looked up to see Pinkie and all my friends in front of me. Trying to wipe the tears, I plastered a fake smile and wiped more tears.

“Hey girls..” I spoke up quietly while my voice is carrying the pain in my heart.

“You alright darling? You're crying! That's not a good sign.” Rarity said while patting my head lightly. I looked away and moved over to not be interfered with them.

“I'm fine okay? Learning about my mom and somehow it makes things worse is okay! Hearing my dad and aunt fighting over a situation that I need answers too is okay!! Want to accomplish my destiny and can't without someone trying to put me down is okay!!! Crying every single night and remembering that night when my mom left me is okay!!!” I screamed in anger. Everyone looked at me and couldn't believe what they heard. Tears flooding down my cheeks like a river during a storm. Crushing the insides of me. Sunset helped me up and hugged me ever so tightly. Tears forming down her cheeks while rubbing my back in the most heartfelt hug.

“Dash…we're so sorry all of this is happening….I wish there was a way we can help you…” She cried.

“Well, there is.” Fluttershy spoke up. Everyone turned to her direction and smiled. I was still crying but was able to look at her too.

“Well, spill it Flutters!!” Pinkie smiled trying hard not to cry but I can see she really wanted to cry.

“Well, you see how her dad mentioned coves the other day? If Dashie wants to learn more about her mom and her destiny, maybe going out to the coves for answers might be the only solution. I-I mean, if you want too that is..”

“Wow Fluttershy! That's amazing! I never thought of that! That's a great idea!!!” Twilight beamed.

“Well Rainbow, what do you say?” Sunset smiled. Applejack raised her hand.

“Woah there partners! It ain't gonna be that easy wandering through the fields like that. The girl is a princess from high royalty. Also, knowin’ her dad, he might not let her go because of protection matters and such. So, this is gonna be tougher than it looks.” Applejack reassured all of us. Everyone sighed.

“Well, maybe I can talk to my dad about it. And I'll see if it's acceptable. Thanks Flutters!” I hugged her. She beamed brightly.

“Anything for a friend.”

“It will take a while. They haven't finished arguing. It's all my fault. If my stupid curiosity hadn't picked up mom's diary in the first place, this never would've happened!”

“True, but you did find out about your parents love story haven't you? And also, a little part of some sort of exile.” Twilight confessed while motioning her fingers into tiny quotation marks to when she said “some sort”.

“Yes Twilight I know, but learning about the exile made them fight. I wondered what happened.”

“Welp, one can only hope!!” Pinkie said while having a glass up in her hand and placed it to the wall and placed her ear over it. “Dashie, you can hear clearly!”

I walked over to the cup and heard the conversation clearly.

“What are they saying?” Rarity asked.

I listened closely and heard them speak more about my mom and me.

“Look, none of this would've happened if you didn't decide to take her there!!”

“Well, what was I supposed to do?! She doesn't know anything about her family history or anything from the past. The girl is blind about her future and her past. And learning about her mom is the best thing!!”

“Firefly that's ridiculous! And you know it! Of course she knows her past! It's what the girl wants to become!”

“And you think not learning a bit more where it came from won't help either right?! You're her father! At least encourage her to become who she wants to be instead of barricading her life in this place forever! She's 16 not 6!!”

“Don't you use your sass on me! I'm doing this for her own good!”

“And keeping her from what she wants to do is helping her right?”

I stepped away from the door and gave the cup back to Pinkie. My aunt was right. Why is he doing this? That's when the door opened and my aunt came out and looked at me.

“I'm afraid you heard huh?”

“Yeah, I did.”

“Look baby, I'm so sorry. It's very late. We should all be in bed.” She spoke up and glared at my father. He rolled his eyes and walked away. I called him instantly.

“Dad?”

“Yes Dashie?”

“Look, I've been thinking about this for a while now and I believe it's the best thing for me.”

“And what's that?”

“Well, why can't I go out to the coves and see what I can find? Um, what I mean is how about if I go to the coves and find a little job for me there? Like when you and mom were my age you went out and searched for a job. Can I do that? I don't wanna sit here and do nothing for the whole summer. So, can I?” I smiled sheepishly and had my fingers crossed. He looked down on me and gave a straight forward look.

“I'll think about it.” He huffed as he walked to his room. I stood there blank trying hard not to get frustrated. I took a deep breath and walked to my own room and slammed the door behind me.

“When am I going to make my own decisions around here?” I cried in my pillow and cries myself to sleep. This tells me that this year is going to be the worst.

Author's Note

Nice to have a scene where we know a little bit more about Rainbow Dash's mom. Thanks for reading!!