I stood on the edge of the field with High Winds and Cozy Glow, the three of us watching the burning airship careening towards the ground.

"Wonder what happened there. Were you and your daughter on there?" High Winds asked curiously. I gawked at her and shook my head.

"No she's not my daughter. Me and my friends were on there yeah. We were rescuing my girlfriends mom and a friend. We may have gone overboard," I admitted. "Cozy here was in the same cell as me."

"Ah," High Winds scuffed the ground with her hoof. "Pretty messed up how me and the other Wonderbolts can't do anything about the griffins unfortunately."

"The what?" I asked as I admired the lake we were standing at. High Winds gave me a confused look.

"The Wonderbolts? Super advanced flying team? I try to not flaunt me being a member unlike Fleetfoot or Wind Rider."

"Never heard of it," I admitted as I spun around. Bon Bon and Lyra were trotting up with exhausted expressions. The sky blue unicorn was behind them with a wide smile.

"Lyra! Bon Bon!" I hugged them as soon as they got close to me. "Pretty terrifying right?"

"Yeah," they agreed in unison.

"That was AWESOME!" The unicorn screamed. "Can we do it again? Please?" High Winds and Lyra let out a giggle as Starlight, Vinyl, Octavia and Sunset approached with an tired Cheerilee following. She must have woken up at one point.

"Maybe later," Lyra smirked.

"Never again," Vinyl groaned. "We are never doing that again. I feel like I'm gonna vomit."

"Mom said the same thing," Sunset chuckled. "She woke up strapped to my chest thousands of feet in the air screaming her head off." Cheerilee turned a bright shade of red as the pair hugged each other.

"We should run," Lyra commented with her eyes glued to the sky.

"Why?" Sunset asked as she followed Lyra's gaze. I gave a quick glance up and widened my eyes as the ship crashed into the lane with a loud explosion, sending water flying everywhere.

"Everypony for themselves!" High Winds giggled as she bolted. I decided that the strange pegasus was right and we all took off running.

"Jesus H Christ!" Vinyl shouted as we galloped away. I spared a glance back as the wave got closer and felt water spraying my wings. The wave landed on us and we went sprawling across the ground.

Lyra spewed out some water and Octavia spit out a small fish. I gave a low groan and pulled Cozy Glow close to me.

"Hey Sunset?" Octavia muttered. Sunset was hugging Cheerilee as the pair straightened their manes.

"Yeah Octavia?"

"I love you but we are never doing that again."

"Cozy Glow!" I shouted as I looked around. At some point, she had just straight up disappeared.

"Are you sure she didn't get swept away into the lake?" Octavia asked. A worried look crosses Lyra's face as we stood on the hill and looked down. I shook my head to their relief.

"She was with me in the sand," I answered. "High Winds is searching from the air. Sunset and Cheerilee are searching near the lake along with Starlight and Bon Bon."

"How does a filly just straight up disappear like that?" Vinyl wondered. That's a damn good question.

"That's the question we are all asking," Sunset replied as she slowly trotted up the hill. "We haven't seen her. There is probably a town nearby she could have gone to." That made the most sense. Or maybe I was hoping that's what happened.

"Plus, if there's a town there's a train station probably we can use to get home. I don't even know where the hell we are," Lyra scoffed.

"Do you know the way to Ponyville from here?" Sunset asked as High Winds dropped down behind me. "Where even are we for that matter?" High Winds frowned and rubbed her head.

"Cloudsdale is to the south. We are near Mareville. We're in the farm area of Equestria now. Most you're gonna find is small towns here and there," she explained. "You guys know Rainbow Dash or Twilight?" We all let out a chuckle.

"I'm Twilight’s student," Sunset smirked. "We go a bit back."

"Same here," Starlight said quietly. "I live in her castle." High Winds smiled at us and gave a quick salute to my confusion.

"I answer to all forms of royalty and their students. Part of being a Wonderbolt. Technically we are a military force when necessary but we mostly do air shows. I can take you guys to Ponyville," she lowered her hoof. She fished a small gem out of her flight suit and tossed it on the ground before slamming a hoof into it.

"What was that?" Cheerilee asked her.

"It's a gem that alerts my teammates where I am. There's a unicorn in Ponyville we get them from sometime. Quite a nice invention. Very useful in the field," she smiled. "Soarin and Surprise got sent out here with me because some one filed a report with us and the guards about an airship on fire. They'll meet us in Ponyville while the royal guards do their thing here. Whatever it is they do."

"The royal guard is part police force, part military force," Sunset whispered in my ear when she saw my confused expression. "Celestia has a about half a million guards. Luna has a few thousand along with Cadence. Twilight has her own guard but she only has about sixty or fifty guards. Mainly there for show because some upper class ponies were bitching about all Princesses need their own guard. Twilight is against it but she's cool with them now."

"That sounds cool," I admitted.

"I'm a reserve member in Twilight’s guard. Me and Spitfire helped train them along with Dash," High Winds nodded as she flapped her wings and did a loop above us.

"I wish I could do that," I admitted. She gave me a wink.

"I'll teach you in Ponyville. We can alert the Guards to be on the look out for Cozy when they get here."

"She couldn't have gotten far," Sunset smiled. "I can just teleport us all to town. Screw the train." Her horn glowed red and surrounded us in a bright light. Finally we could go to a town I felt comfortable in.

Author's Note

For clarification, anon a miss will be happening in this story. Before you guys all go "oh fuck this" and dislike the story, I got things planned for it. Sunsets gonna have a good sized group on her side so don't worry about her being entirely abandoned. I haven't decided who all will be on her side along with Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, Vinyl and Derpy. Maybe Trixie I'm not sure.

I'll also confirm there's a sequel to this.