The First Unicron

"...So when do we worry about them being dead?" asked Blast as she and Raven stared at the quicksand.

"Clearly you haven't analyzed Razor's magic as much as I have." said Raven calmly. "You already know that she has extremely minimal control over it-"

"It would be easier if she just let me teach her how to fly!"

"She is literally incapable of moving her wings on her own accord. They move on their own just like how her magic acts on its own. Though, she has shown moments of control. Take what just happened: Razor grabbed the vine in her mouth like she normally does, but she unconsciously used her magic to tie it around her hoof. "

"We're we talking about something else three seconds ago?"

Raven sighed and rolled her eyes. "Just let me finish. See, young unicorns have sparks of magic so it doesn't build up and hurt them. These sparks never actually end up hurting anyone, though, since there's some part of their magic that prevents that from happening. The similar thing happens to Razor when her magic just happens. I've never actually seen Razor's raw magic get anyone hurt before, and it's only things from the surrounding area that ever have a risk of doing harm.

"Such as when Razor teleports, she ends up in perfectly safe locations. She lands on solid ground or gets tangled in vines that prevent her from crashing into the ground. But often she will teleport somewhere in the forest, and end up running into some spiders. I make a lot fo those repelling potions for a reason."

"So Razor's definitely not dead?"

"Definitely not. I'm more worried about Violet." Raven looked closely at the quicksand pit. "She had a rather long vine tied to her, but a quicksand pit shouldn't be deep enough for it to have been pulled in that far. Therefore she somehow ended up some place else, and Razor is most likely with her."

"Then why exactly are you worried? She's with Razor, she'll be fine."

Raven sighed for a second time. "Blast, how many friends does Razor have?"

Blast raised her eyebrow in confusion. "You, me, and her brother and sister."

"And how long have we all know her for?"

"Several years."

"And how long has Violet known her for?"

"I don't know. I just met her today."

"She just met Razor!" cried Raven. "Violet barely knows anything about Razor! You and I both know the types of things that can happen when we're with her, but Violet has no clue! Do you remember how panicked we got when we met Razor? But at least we also met her siblings who could help us calm down! And who's going to calm down Violet?!?"

Blast winced from Raven's yell. "Okay, okay, I get it! So what do we do now?"

"Right now, we just go do something else while we wait for them to both come back." Raven paused ans mused out loud. "Maybe if we found someone with magic complementary to Razor's she could use it as a stabilizer..."

Blast grinned as Raven turned away from the quicksand and started to walk away. "Or we could do something cooler."

"What do you-" Raven was cut off as Blast grabbed her hoof and yanked her into the quicksand pit, before jumping in after her. "Blast! What the hay?!?"

"We're doing something cooler!"

"Blast, I can't believe you-" Raven was cut off for a second time as Blast gave her a sharp tug, and yanked her down into the quicksand.

When are we going to stop falling?!? thought Violet as she continued to fall in the darkness. Are we caught in an endless loop or is this pit just so deep?!?

"Violet, try to grab onto that bar!" cried Razor from above her.

Violet's eyes flicked open, and the first thing she noticed was that it had gotten much brighter. The second thing she noticed was some sort of bar in the middle of the narrow pit she and Razor were falling down just ahead of her. She quickly moved to the side of it and reached out her hoof to grab it, and actually managed to. But like before, she only managed to hold it for a few seconds before her hoof slipped and gravity took over once more.

She glanced up to see Razor move to the other side of the bar, and also grab onto it. Violet was brought to another abrupt stop, before Razor also lost her grip and fell. But since they had each gone onto a different side of the bar, the vine was caught on it and both ponies were brought to a halt. Razor crashed into Violet due to the fact that they were both swinging back and forth, and both of them winced from the impact.

"Sorry!" said Razor.

"It's fine..." said Violet, nervously glancing down at the seemingly unending abyss.

"But I should have seen you get stuck in the quicksand and gone over to help you... I'm so sorry!"

"Why are you sorry?" asked Violet. "You just risked your life to save me, and it's my fault for not trying to get anypony's attention."

"But it's still my fault that you're in this mess..."

"Hey, I'm the one who asked you for help finding the Star Flower. Plus... this has actually been really fun. You want to know why I didn't come into this forest with any equipment? I was just planning on walking around and looking for the flower until I got tired of it or it got dark."

"You're not upset?"

Violet gave a nervous smile. "Not a bit. I am scared right now, but I'm not mad you at all, Razor."

A small snapping sound caught their attention, and they looked up to see the vine starting to rip. Violet's ears flattened with nervousness, and she looked away from the vine.

"Can you use your magic or something to stop it from breaking?" asked Violet nervously.

"If we're lucky it might..." said Razor.

"Just try and make it work yourself! There's no harm in an attempt!"

The vine snapped more, and Razor's horn flickered with magic. She closed her eyes and her magic made it to a normal level. The vine nearly broke, but it was grabbed in Razor's orange magic before it could. Violet smiled, but remained silent so she wouldn't distract Razor.

"Is it working?" asked Razor nervously.

"Yes!" said Violet. "Just keep doing whatever it is you're doing."

Razor managed a nod, when her magic suddenly ripped the vine apart. Violet stared up nervously at the two ends were brought back together, and tied tightly together. She gave a sigh of relief as the vine was placed back down on the bar, but didn't come apart.

"Blast, I swear I'm going to turn your feathers pink!" yelled Raven angrily from above.

"Yeesh, Raven!" Blast replied. "Calm down! It's not like we're going to die or something!"

"You don't know that for sure!"

"Raven! Blast!" yelled Razor. "Need some assistance!"

"Razor?"

"We fell in a pit!" Razor's horn finally flickered out. "And I don't know how long this vine is going to hold!"

"On it!" replied Blast.

"Blast, what do you think you're-" started Raven before letting out a cry of surprise. "Blast! You know I don't like flying!!!"

"Um, what are they doing?" whispered Violet to Razor.

"I think that Blast is flying down here with Raven." said Razor. "Or she's just messing around with Raven, which could be just as likely."

Razor's vine suddenly snapped, and her horn flared up. Violet's vine was tied tightly to the bar, but Razor didn't start falling. Violet realized that Razor had gotten stuck on the spider silk around her, and started worrying that Razor wasn't going to stay on very long due to all of the sand on the silk. Razor quickly swung her broken vine over Violet's, and grabbed the other end in her free hoof.

Come on, Blast! thought Violet as she felt Razor slowly be pulled away by gravity. How long does it take to fly down here and get us?

She got her answer when moments later Blast appeared above them with Raven on her back. Raven quickly got off the griffin and stood on the bar, and both of them grabbed the vine that Violet was attached to.

"Are you okay?" asked Raven nervously.

"We're-" started Violet before Razor lost her grip on her vine and came unstuck from the spider silk. She instantly started falling, but there wasn't enough room for Blast to fly down after her.

All three stared down wordlessly for a moment.

"...I was going to say fine, but I guess-" Violet cut off as her vine snapped, and she also plummeted.

Violet resumed falling for whatever number time it was by this point, and tried to look for Razor falling below her. The pit was she falling down suddenly was split in the middle by something semi-transparent, and Violet moved to the right side so she wouldn't hit it. An orange light flashed on the other side of the divider, and Violet realized that she had gone down the opposite side of Razor.

Wait, no! I don't feel safe falling like this without Razor's magic!

Violet fell back into darkness, and she let out a cry of fear. Now she was scared.