Chapters Monday - It was a lovely fall day and the leaves were beginning to fall as the schools begun to open for the little fillies, and colts, but a new school, or class in this case, has been opened recently for the older generations in Ponyville. It was known as "AutoCAD" and the teacher of such class is known as Mr. Cade. The class is taking place in a recently built building on the south side of town where the town is more silent, and peaceful, for such a class. The building is stone brick and square size with no roof. There were two windows at the front then four windows on each other wall, with the windows closed. There were a few trees in the front lawn as bushes surround the building with butterflies, and bees, landing on the flowers throughout the bushes, and lawn.
Three friends waited at the front of the building, waiting for their teacher to arrive and finally begin the class. The first friend is Storm, a white pegasus with sharp purplish mane with a matching tail, that looks like a scythe. His cutie mark is two storm clouds with lightning representing his talent with storm, lightning, and the like. His eyes were dark blue like sapphires. The second friend is Wise, who is a green unicorn with dark brownish mane and tail. His cutie mark was a black circle with white headphones inside, representing his talent in the arts of music. His eyes were green as emeralds. The last friend is Jelly, a tan colored earth pony with a tan mane and tail. His cutie mark is a plate of waffles for his talent of making waffles. His eyes were light blue like the skies above.
Jelly looked around the place then finally at Storm and Wise, who were waiting for something to happen. "So... You stallions ready for this class?" Storm finally said, smiling softly at his friends. Wise looked softly over at Storm and finally said, "Well yes. I have plans to make Sir Rechinel, the 2nd the 4th." Both Storm and Jelly looked Wise curiously with confused eyes. "What?" Jelly finally said which Wise quickly replied, "He mastered space and time, and can travel in time with his fancy time machine." Storm put his right hoof to his chin, thinking softly then finally said, "So you are going to make him and animate?" Wise nodded softly then used his unicorn magic to levitate a newspaper article which is explaining this new class and what it is for. "It did say animations." Wise finally said, pointing his hoof where it says so. Both Storm, and Jelly, nodded softly and agreeing with Wise.
Then, a white unicorn stallion, who had dark red hair and a small beard to match as well as red eyes. He was also wearing a black cloak, covering his flank and tail. He came up with a dark blue pegasus who had yellow eyes and his mane were two mixes of different shades of blue, tail matching. It was also red at the end of each of his hooves and his cutie mark was a lightning bolt. Storm gave a quick smile and waved at the two new ponies; greeting them, "Good morning! How are you? And who are you?" The white unicorn blinked softly, giving an annoyed look at Storm, then finally said, "Name's Coxasin, and you are?" Before Storm could reply, the blue pegasus quickly introduced himself, "Thunder Strength is my name, and it is because my strength is like thunder!" Storm blinked softly then went back to what he was about to say, "Well... I'm Storm, and this here is Wise and Jelly." He said this as he point back at the two ponies which he mentioned.
Then, a dark tan stallion finally came with dark brown hair and tail. His cutie mark was the letter A, standing for AutoCAD and he is the teacher. He had both a horn, and wings, for unknown reasons which confused everypony else there. They unlocked the door then allowed the five already there in to take their seat. Inside, the room was fairly dark with only two lights on. There were around 20 computers around the room, with one being at the teacher's desk, and a monitor screen in the middle. Jelly, Wise, and Storm all took a seat on the right side of the room, sticking together. Coxasin sat across from Storm and next to Thunder Strength. Finally, Storm went up to the teacher and asked him, "How are you an Alicorn? I mean... Like umm..." But he was interrupted by the teacher, "I'm not an Alicorn. I'm a unicorn who drew some wings on his body and is now stuck with them. Now back to your seat and chit-chat with your friends for awhile until more show up, then we can get started." With that, Storm went back to the seat he choose, and sat down but stayed quiet as his two friends chatted about stuff that was happening in Ponyville, which is where they lived in but not Storm.
The next two ponies that came in was a green male earth pony, with purple mane and tail, and a female green pegasus who is blonde. They both sat together, close to Coxasin, in the middle of the room and just begun chatting quickly about their plans. Storm quickly waved at them, being an extremely friendly pony, and asked his normal questions, "How are you? And who are you?" The pegasus, who had a pirate skull as a cutie mark, answered first, "I'm good... Hay Matey is my name." Then the earth pony, who had an unknown red symbol as his cutie mark, answered, "I guess I'm good... And call me Pestilence." Storm blinked softly but didn't ask then softly say, "I'm Storm!" He smiled softly then Coxasin looked over at Pestilence with a confused, "What is with your name? Oh, I am going to name my child one of the..." Storm stopped him say quickly, "Hey! Be nice, we are going to be together as a class for a long time!" Then they all stayed quiet and went back to their individual talking.
Later on, more ponies came into class and take a seat. One was a white earth pony with a green mane, and matching tail. His cutie mark is a soccer ball and his name is Eth. He sat alone at one side of the room, which made Storm slightly sad to see. Another one was a female blue unicorn with red stripped mane and tail. Her cutie mark seems to be the Grammar Nazi symbol, probably meaning she is good in English and over protective about such things. Her name was Black Well and she had red eyes, like Coxasin which she sat nearby. Another pony was a shy male brown earth pony, who was wearing a dark green cloak, and had dark brown hair. He kept to himself sitting in the corner and his name was Lopaz. There was also a dark blonde male white earth pony who had a wine bottle as his cutie mark, and his name was Deck. He sat with his friend, Gin, who was a green earth pony with orange hair and has freckles. Gin also was a blank flank, which is extremely rare in adults. The last stallion was highly purple with gold eyes and his mane was black and gold, with tail matching. He also worn a lot of jewels around his legs that matched his tail, and mane, highly. His cutie mark was some sort of purple gang symbol and his name was Saint. The last pony who came was a light green unicorn, her mane and tail was light green with a white stripe. Her eyes were yellow-ish and she had a lyre as a cutie mark; her name was Lyra.
When everypony, who was coming, was finally here; the teacher closed the doors and introduced himself, "My name is Mr. Cade, and this is AutoCAD. In here, I'll teach the skills of computer programming, and the like, which has been increasing in demands within Equestria. Before anypony asks, my wings I drew on my own and I am not an Alicorn... In other words, I still only have the abilities of an unicorn, I don't have any of the pegasus abilities... Also, to show you what I mean by draw..." He pointed at a table as his horn began glowing and soon an object was being drawn like it would've been in AutoCAD, but in the actual real world! It didn't take long for Cade to draw an actual working computer on the desk and everypony was staring at it in amazement, never seeing such magic. Storm smiled softly, finally understanding what the teacher did to gain those wings but doesn't understand that form of magic.
Then, Mr. Cade finally said, "Any questions?" Lyra raised her hoof and quickly asked, "Is it true that humans uses computers in their communities?" Which caused Mr. Cade to look over at her in confused, wondering what she is talking about... "Humans?" he asked curiously but then Coxasin said, "Why do you care? Humans aren't real and will never be real." With Thunder Strength adding in, "And if they were, they'll just eat us all." It didn't take long for Lyra to frown and softly hide herself behind a computer screen and the teacher just glared at her with disappointment. The teacher finally said, "Well... Today we are just introducing one another and getting everything set up on the computers. Alright little fillies?" Everypony blinked softly but ignored that little bit, and throughout the rest of the day; each pony introduced themselves to the class then set everything up on the computer they are happily working on. At the end of the day, everypony left to go on their own for the rest of the day...
Storm - After saying goodbye to everypony, Storm flew off into the clouds to go hang out with two of his pegasi friends, which he knew where they all hanged out at. It didn't take long for Storm to finally reach Cloudsdale, the biggest city in the sky and his home. He flew up to this one cloud where a pure blue pony, who has a lightning bolt as his cutie mark, and a green pony with tyedye mane and tail, as well as having a computer mouse as his cutie mark, were hanging at. "Hey Jo Bo and Porky. How is everything going on up here?" Storm said to his pegasi friends as he landed on the cloud. "Oh nothing, listening to Jo Bo's adventures in this RPG game that is he playing a lot lately." Porky answered then quickly added, after Storm nodded softly, "Indeed." Jo Bo nodded a bit as well, "Well then... Back to my story... So I was doing this one mission where I have to kill these cave rats, you see. So, I went in and started swinging my spear at them but I was bucking missing... And these cave rats were jumping at me, attacking me, making a 'blulrlr' noise." He explained as he moved his front hooves in a wave motion to show how the rats were attacking, and both Storm and Porky were laughing at his story. Jo Bo continued talking about his adventures in this game then Storm finally decided to interrupt him, saying, "Well... I got to get going. My marefriend is expecting us to go out to Canterlot this weekend to celebrate the Royal Wedding, which we aren't allowed to go to but hey, why not celebrate it?" His friends nodded softly to him and waved goodbye then Storm flew off quickly, and head back to Ponyville.
When Storm reached Ponyville, he quickly came up to the house and knocked gently on the front door then waited for a few moments. Shortly, the door opened and there was a light blue earth pony with her mane being cyan blue with a magenta stripe. Her eyes were a crystal blue and her tail matched her mane. She also had a math equation as her cutie mark which represents her talent in math and that she is a math teacher with her name being Magical Numbers, or Mrs. Numbers as a teacher. She smiled softly at Storm and invited him inside without saying words then happily hugged him once the door was shut. "So the plans still a go this weekend?" She asked Storm softly, breaking the hug finally. Storm smiled softly and nodded happily, "Yes and I am making sure it'll be a lovely celebration." He said as they both giggled softly. It didn't took long until they were in a deep kiss, holding one another in each other's hooves, and Storm's wings were around her... They slept peacefully that night with one another.
Jelly and Wise - When the class was over, both Jelly, and Wise, went back into Ponyville. They both stopped for a moment after noticing a poster on the wall of a building, which mentioned a party on Wednesday of this week. "You know, this sounds like fun." Jelly decided to say, reading it then Wise replies, "Yes... It does." After reading some stuff about the party, they have decided to check it out Wednesday, since it was free. "Want to invite Storm as well?" Jelly asked Wise quickly, thinking about it. "I really don't care." Wise replied to Jelly, using his magic to open up a can of pop that he recently got and taking a drink. "Where did you got that?" Jelly asked curiously, not remembering a spot where Wise would've gotten a can. "Oh, you know. Over there." Wise explained, pointing a hoof to the food district of town where foods are sold at.
They both moved on, walking around, and then Wise stopped, sighing softly. Jelly blinked and quickly looked over at his friend asking him, "What is wrong?" Wise blinked softly and pointed a hoof at a lavender unicorn pony that is known as Twilight Sparkle. "And?" Jelly questioned him again, being curious now... "Oh... You know... I like her but can never do much when I'm around her." Wise explained as Jelly nodded softly, "Ah. I see. Have you ever thought about trying to ask her out?" He questioned his friend again, wondering why now. "No. Just no..." Wise said, shaking his head 'no'.
Before they could continue, they finally notice Coxasin from earlier walking around in Ponyville. They watched softly as a blonde grey pegasus mare accidentally bumped into him, while talking to her little unicorn filly. "Oh... I'm sorry..." She said, looking at Coxasin with her eyes, which were different because she has a lazy eye, or Derpy eye some will call it. Coxasin turned around and gave her a mean glare, "Why don't you..." He was about to say but stopped then just fell down onto his back laughing. "Oh my Celestia! Your eyes! What happened, momma dropped you on your head?" He said as he continued to laugh. Jelly was getting mad upon seeing and wanted to do something but Wise stopped him before things could get ugly... The grey mare backed away softly from Coxasin, putting a wing over her filly to keep her safe. Coxasin finally got up after a second and looked at the frightened pegasus, "Why don't you just dump your little filly somewhere else? You know, before you drop her!" As this was going on, a brown stallion earth-pony saw this and walked in between the grey mare and Coxasin. "Why don't you just leave her alone and go about your business Sir?" He said, standing tall and keeping his eyes on Coxasin. "Oh.. Like I'm scared of a farmer.. And why you ever dressed up? I mean, look at your tie! You're a farmer, not a business pony!" He said, pointing at the protective stallion who gave him an angry look. "I am not a farmer! I'm the Doctor... Why don't you take your stupidity ignorance and leave before somepony gets hurt!" He said, still standing in front of the grey mare. Coxasin pointed and laugh softly, falling onto his back again... "I would love to see that!" The stallion grinded his teeth and looked at the grey mare, "Ditzy, let's just go..." He said to her and the three quickly left the scene, not wanting to deal with this anymore.
Coxasin continued to laugh as he gets up, saying, "Yeah! Run away like some big chickens!" Jelly couldn't take anymore and decided to came up to Coxasin and say, "Why don't you just shut up already before I decide to shove a horse-shoe so far up your anus that you'll be puking lucky charms!" Coxasin blinked and gave Jelly a mean look then just walk away, not wanting to get into trouble with the teacher the next day for beating up a fellow class mate. Wise blinked and walked up to Jelly, saying, "Nice one." Jelly smiled softly, standing proudly for his achievement. "Thanks." They both nodded to one another then walked off to the place which they wanted to go to... Wise's home.
Together, they decided to hang out at Wise's place for a while, mainly playing video games, until it was time for Jelly to finally head home. So, he left and was the on the way then he bumped into Ditzy half way there. "Hey!" She said happily, smiling softly at Jelly. "I just wanted to say thanks... I heard what you did." She continued, smiling softly at Jelly. Jelly smiled softly and decided to say, "It was nothing really. Nopony should be bullied like." Ditzy smiled again then looked at him with her Derpy eyes, "Well... It been a long time since somepony actually stand up for me..." She said, blinking softly and watching him. "Really? Who was the last pony that did so?" Jelly asked, getting curious now. "Oh... It was a special somepony... Um... I got to get going..." She said then flew off quickly, leaving Jelly back to what he was doing. Jelly shrugged softly, knowing something bad probably happened to her in the past, and then went back home to get some sleep for the night.
Thunder Strength - Thunder flew straight to his home in Cloudsdale, planning to train and get ready for the big event on Thursday. He went inside of the house and into his training room is at, which isn't far from the entrance since he is rarely at home. Within his training room lies a punching bag, trendmill, and weights. He went to the bag first then softly used his wings to get himself off the floor, then started punching the bag with his two front hooves. Every punch gets harder and harder until he finally, and accidentally, punched straight through the bag, busting it. "Looks like I need to buy another one..." He said softly to himself then pulled his hoof out of the broken bag. He then went up to the trendmill and got on it. He turned it on and begun running with the trendmill's speed, as the trendmill's speed continue to raise. He kept running on the trendmill for quite a while until he finally reached the maxed speed he could run then slipped, falling down onto his stomach and being pushed back off the machine. After that, he quickly got up and turned the machine off then headed toward the weights for the final part of his training. He went over and added around 20 pounds of weights to start off with then sat down onto the seat but with his back to the bar. Instead of using his hooves, he manage to wrap his wings around the bar then softly begun working out with his wings. After about 5 minutes, he added more weights then continued, and this process kept going until he was finally using his wings to left 150 pounds, which was just too much and he finally stopped... Taking a break from his training now, getting up and walking over to the water cooler he has, and taking a quick drink.
He softly walked over to poster he had on the wall, which talks about a big race this Thursday; the race he is training for... It was a race to see who is the fastest pegasus in Cloudsdale, and the Wonderbolts will be there to host and judge! He is hoping to impress the Wonderbolts, being a fan of all the awesome tricks and dangerous moves they do. He smiled softly to himself, then grinned a bit before finally decided to head to bed for the night, planning to get up early for some more training before back to Mr. Cade's class.
Pestilence - After the class, Pestilence went straight to Ponyville, enjoying the nice fresh air. As he entered the town, he notices Coxasin picking on a grey mare, but ignored then going down another street to avoid the conflict, not wanting to get mix up in that lovely bullcrap when he has better things to do. He trotted down the road, looking at all the scenery and such then, out of nowhere, grey earth pony just came out of nowhere and hugged him randomly, then quickly lets him go and running over to group of other ponies while yelling out, "I told you I'll do it!" Pestilence roll his eyes then looked over at the group and decided to say, "Got anything better to do then hug random ponies?" The grey one, which hugged him, decided to start yelling out, "What? Don't want sexy hugs from this stallion?" Pestilence sighs upon hearing this, and can easily tell this one is playing dumb to make the others laugh, and decided to just ignored them and walk away. "Where you going? I'm going to buck you mother!" The grey one continue to say as Pestilence walked, ignoring them still.
Pestilence decided to just go home and relax on the couch, thinking softly on what to do. "Could always go and eat out, I guess." He thought softly. "Or just stay here and fall asleep." He sighs a bit, relaxing now then finally decided something to do. "I know!" He quickly gets up and put in a music CD by 'The Aviators'. "Ah.. Yes, some awesome music by a great band!" With that, he lay down on the couch once again and went straight to sleep.
Lyra - Lyra went back to her home in Ponyville and was greeted by Bon-Bon, her roommate, upon entering. "So... Tell me Lyra, how was it?" She asked her friend, smiling softly. Bon-Bon is a light tan earth pony with her mane being a mix of blue and light purple, with tail to match. Lyra sigh softly at her friend and decided to say, "Bad. They made fun of me a lot." She went over to the couch and sat down on it, like a human, as Bon-Bon sat down with her, like a pony. "Oh. I can see that happening... Well... I got some good news that might cheer you up!" She said excitedly, which caused Lyra to look at her friend curiously. Without needing words, Bon-Bon finally said, "Colgate, me, and you are invited to the Royal Wedding this weekend to be the bribesmaids!" Lyra blinked and looked at Bon-Bon in disbelieve... "Wait! HOW?" She said happily, jumping off the couch from being excited. Bon-Bon shrugged softly, "I don't know. Colgate gave me the news earlier today. We are leaving for the wedding on Friday." She explained, smiling softly at how happy Lyra is being. "Oh my Celestia! I just don't know what to say..." Lyra said, jumping up and down happily as Bon-Bon laughed softly at her friend's reaction. Lyra decided to go upstairs and get her lyre out, and started playing a very happy song today since today is a happy day for her...
Tuesday - It was Tuesday morning once again, and the CAD class is back in session with everypony being there... "MATEY!" Mr. Cade yelled out, glaring down at Hay Matey with an angry face. "What? I'm telling you this computer isn't working!" She said, pointing her hoof at the computer which seems to be working fine. "No! It is working completely fine, you just being an idiot!" The teacher said as he continued to glare down at Matey. Matey stands up in front of the teacher and gave him an upsetting look, "Don't call me an idiot!" She said then the teacher's horn begun glowing as he uses his magic to bring a meter stick over and starts hitting Matey with it, which caused her to run around the room, trying to get away, and screaming, "Stop that! I get enough bullying from my boss at work!" The class mostly laughed as this goes on and the teacher said, "Probably because he has a reason to do so! You don't listen and just sit there, talk talk talk!" From there, it really calmed down a bit and Matey went back to her seat and continued working.
Thunder decided to ask Mr. Cade, "So... You going to that big race in Cloudsdale on Thursday?" Mr. Cade blinked softly, and replied, "No. I can't because I'm not a pegasus nor a 'real Alicorn'... These wings don't work, now back to work. I got a house to make." Thunder blinked softly but just went back to work... Jelly decided whisper to Storm, "Hey Storm, want to come to a party this Wednesday in Ponyville?" He asked Storm, which he smiled softly and nodded at Jelly but kept his mouth shut, not wanting to anger the teacher.
A bit later, Mr. Cade walked around the class to check up on what everypony is doing... Learning who is doing good, and who is doing bad. A pony he noted that isn't doing as well as the others was Saint, and some he noted doing really well were Wise and Coxasin. Then he saw Gin's computer... "Gin! Are you on the internet listening to music?" The teacher said, glaring down at Gin. He turned around, looking at his teacher while saying, "Yes." Mr. Cade growled a bit through his teeth, "Turn it off blank flank!" He said then went back to his desk, and Gin turned off the music, going back to work.
When class was over that day, everypony left and Storm decided to stay with Jelly and Wise this day. "So what you stallions planning to do this afternoon?" He asked curiously, smiling softly then Wise decided to say something, "Oh we got plans. Some awesome plans..." Jelly nodded softly as Wise says this, and Storm blinked softly. "Oh. This I got to see." He said softly and followed them back to Ponyville, to see what this will be.
They went into town then into Jelly's home, with Storm asking, "Why Jelly's place?" Jelly looked at Storm softly and said, "I told Wise a little secret of mine and he wants to see it for himself." Then went down into the basement of his home, with Storm and Wise shortly behind. When they got to the basement level, Storm and Wise stared with wide eyes at a giant jar of purple jelly... "Wow..." Was Wise's reaction then Jelly just simply climbed up onto the jar, then jumped right in... "Seriously? Are you addicted to jelly or something?" Storm said, being extremely confused upon seeing this. Jelly sticked his head and answers, "Yes." Then climbed out after a bit and got cleaned rather quickly. Wise gave Jelly 20 bits, losing a bet they have made, and Storm just facehoofed upon seeing all of this today.
Then they all left and quickly went to the market, Wise wanting to spend his 20 bits on something apparently. When they got there, they notice Coxasin and Thunder Strength being there but soon they quickly left... 'What are they doing?' Storm thought to himself, not really liking this very much then looked over at Jelly and Wise, "You guys want to follow them?" Wise blinked softly and replied quickly, "Not really." Then Jelly nodded softly. "Yes. I don't trust Coxasin." He said, glaring where Coxasin went off. Storm nodded softly at Jelly then explained his plan, "Okay. Jelly, you go follow Coxasin. I'll follow Thunder in the skies... Wise, stay here to see if they come back." All nodded with Wise saying, "Yes! And I'll buy something to snack on... With Jelly's bits!" Jelly rolls his eyes then took off after Coxasin, and Storm quickly take to the skies and followed Thunder's trail.
Storm quickly caught up to Thunder, who seems to flying quite low. Storm decided to hide in a cloud, and watch as he float above, then he saw Coxasin down below, with Jelly being behind him though quite a distance. Then Thunder hid himself behind a building, still flying in the air, as Storm finally notice Ditzy flying nearby, doing her normal mail runs. 'The mailmare?', Storm asked himself... Being extremely curious now. As Ditzy near the houses where they hid, Thunder jumped on top of her and took her down to where Coxasin is at. Storm blinked softly and quickly came out of the cloud and flew down to where Jelly is and get him to hurried to where he saw them.
Coxasin was using his unicorn magic on some ropes to tie Ditzy to a barrel so she can't escape while saying to her, "Remember me? You better, or I'll make it worse for you!" He glared softly at her. "Oh... And I guess you want to know why... Well, this is Thunder's plan. He wants you NOT to deliver those letters to the pegasi. You know, the ones to inform them of some sort of race-event, I don't know really..." He grinned softly as Thunder Strength smiled softly at her and said, "I do need a new punching bag as well." He was hitting his hooves together as he said this, still slightly flying above the ground...
"Stop Right There Criminal Scum!" Storm yelled out as he came into sight, and Jelly facehooves... "Why?" he asked quickly, and Storm blinked softly at his friend. "Best time to say it..." Storm explained then Coxasin and Thunder walked up a bit to glare at Storm and Jelly. "Argh! You two! Why don't you two just stay out of other ponies business!" Coxasin said, his horn glowing as he glared at Storm, a spare rope came out and tied Storm's wings to his side... "Oh really now?" Storm said and stomped his right front hoof and got into defensive position as Jelly did the same. Coxasin nodded at Thunder who then charges at Storm. Jelly was about to tackle Thunder, but Coxasin manage to use his magic to actually pick him up and quickly locked him into a barrel. As Thunder gets close to Storm, he jumped out of the Thunder's way, slashing his 'scythe-like' tail and making a cut on Thunder's cheek, which he stopped his charge and quickly check with his hoof. Coxasin then aimed his horn at Storm, planning another magical attack but he was then hit by a green blast which stunned him softly.
Coxasin rubbed his head softly then looked over seeing Wise, who finally came. "Let's do this!" Wise said, his horn glowing. Coxasin glared then his horn begun glowing then he quickly shot out his own magical blast at Wise, who manage to block it with a shield spell of his. "All you got?" Wise said as his magic opened the barrel, to release Jelly, and then throw the barrel's led at Coxasin, who ducked quickly to not get hit but then was tackled by Jelly, who managed to pin him down long enough to headbutt him, actually knocking Coxasin out.
Thunder jumped at Storm, who quickly jumped backwards onto a wall then onto Thunder's back, as he is falling down from his jump, then jumped again onto a second floor window. "You may have the strength, but at least I have the agility, and speed." Storm proclaimed, grinning at Thunder who quickly flew up at him, "I still got wings!" He said and slams Storm through the window, into somepony's home! The noise of broken glass scared the pony in the house, who ran out to call the guards.
Thunder had Storm pinned down, grinning at him. "I think strength overpowers your speed and agility." He said, laughting softly then was unable to control himself and he was magically taken out of the house. Wise smirking outside, saying, "And magic overpowers your strength." Thunder growled a bit then when Wise let him go, he decided to retreat and fly away, not wanting to get into trouble with the guards who will be coming out. Storm quickly climbed out of the house and hurried with Jelly to help untie Ditzy, as well as himself, then the four ran off before the guards get there, leaving Coxasin behind.
After getting, way Ditzy smiled softly at Jelly, Wise, and Storm. "Thank you very much for rescuing me... That was scary..." She said as the three stallions nodded together then Storm blinked softly, and asked her, "Yeah. You should take the day off and get back home to your husband." Ditzy frowned softly upon hearing that and looked at Storm, "He is gone..." She said with her head down. Storm blinked softly, being a bit surprised then Jelly asked, "What happened to him?" Ditzy just shrugged softly, looking down some more. "I don't know... We tried finding him, and I tried convincing the Doctor to go see what happened but he refuses without some sort of team..." She sigh softly, looking down at the ground as she say this. Storm smiled, getting an idea. "What if we are the Doctor's team?" He asked her softly. Ditzy looked up at Storm, smiling softly. "You sure?" Both Jelly and Storm nodded, while Wise just shrugged. "I rather just go home..." Wise said then Jelly gave him a look and Wise just nodded, like he was agreeing with them. Ditzy jumped happily then looked at the three, "I can take you to the Doctor right now!" She said happily and quickly trot away, with the three following her... She was very hyper to get this kind of help and wanted it to happened today!
They all went to nice big house within Ponyville and Ditzy knocked on the door as a brown stallion, which Jelly and Wise saw the other day defending Ditzy from Coxasin, came out and smiled softly. "Ah! Good afternoon Ditzy; who are your friends?" He asked softly. "They kinda just rescued me some two ponies who wanted to hurt me, and they offered to be your team... Remember, you told me you needed a team?" Ditzy explained as the Doctor blinked softly, looking at them all, then nodded softly. "Yes, indeed. C'mon in!" He said as he went inside his home, and the other ponies followed him into the kitchen where they all took a seat. "So... What is this thing?" Storm asked curiously, looking at the Doctor. "Ah... Yes! Before we get into that, though, let me introduce myself. I am the Doctor, or some ponies calls me Doctor Hooves." He explained then looked at Storm who quickly replied, "Ah. I'm Storm, and my friends are Jelly and Wise." He said as he pointed to each of his friends as he said their names. The Doctor nodded softly then finally back to answering the question, "Well... What Ditzy wanted me to do is my time machine I've been working on to go back into time and figured out where happened to Bran Muffins." Ditzy was nodding happily, being hyper now, and Wise blinked softly.. "Kinda sounds like my one guy I am making in CAD..." He said, smiling a bit. Jelly facehooves upon hearing this then said, "Okay then... Anyways, mind explaining to us who is Bran Muffins?" Ditzy quickly bumped in, answering Jelly's question, "He was basicly my husband, and Dinky's father. When we first moved into Ponyville, he was needed back at our original home but he never showed up there... He just vanished." She sighed a bit, remembering it...
Storm decided to say something again, "Okay. We'll do what we can to help get Bran Muffins back!" Ditzy clapped her hooves happily upon hear this then begun heading out the door, "I got to get back home to watch Dinky though..." She said as she left. The Doctor looked over at the remaining three, and said, "Alright. Follow me! I keep the machine in the basement!" Then he got up and head into the basement, with the others right behind. When they got down there, the room was full of all sort of machines and other fancy science stuff that cannot be possibly explained... In the middle was a tall blue box which can probably hold a few ponies. "Okay, this machine can hold four ponies but one of us will have to stay here since we need room for Bran Muffins." The Doctor explained which caused a confused look upon Jelly's face. "Wait... If we pick up Bran Muffins from the past, could that screw up time?" He asked curiously then the Doctor nodded softly, "Probably, yes. But that depends on what actual happened to him... Was he killed, kidnapped, or what? Once we figure out where happened, then we can make up a plan of saving him and bringing him back while also making sure the present isn't too... Altered." They all nodded softly, agreeing. "Now, who will stay behind? I do need a unicorn to get back, so Wise you will come for sure. I'll have to come to control the machine... So, Storm or Jelly." The Doctor explained, looking at them softly then Storm said, "I'll stay behind... You probably have more use of Jelly's strength than my speed, and such." The Doctor nodded a bit in agreement but changed his mind quickly. "Actually, I think I'll need your wings for sky support." He explained as Jelly sighs... "Okay, I'll stay behind and defend Ditzy just in case he comes back." Jelly said, then begun heading out. The other nodded in agreement then gotten into the machine... As Jelly was heading for the door, he could hear strange noise then saw a flash of light coming from the basement... Then he headed outside into Ponyville.
It took about all night, but Jelly finally managed to find Ditzy's home, with the help from some other ponies. He knocked on the door, and Ditzy answered, smiling softly. "Is he.. Back?" She asked curiously which Jelly replied quickly, "No. But the others are getting him. I'm here to be with you, and make sure Coxasin doesn't come back for revenge." He explained, smiling softly. Ditzy nodded then allowed Jelly inside. "Dinky is asleep already so be quiet." She said as Jelly nodded and stay so. They softly talked in the pantry for a while, having nothing else to do, then they heard scream which caused Jelly, and Ditzy, to rush into the room it was coming... It was Dinky's bedroom. When they came in, they saw Coxasin holding Dinky upside down with her mouth zipped up, a spell. Jelly growled and begun charging at Coxasin but instead, he ran into a shield that Coxasin kept around him. "HA! You think a great assassin, like myself, will allow such fools to get away so easily!" He said, grinning evily at them. Ditzy had already begun tearing up upon seeing this, saying in fear, "Please don't hurt my little muffin!" Coxasin laughed, using his magic to take Dinky over to window. "Maybe your 'muffin' would love to have a nice big fall, and end up like her mother!" He said, still smiling greatly. "NO!" Both Jelly, and Ditzy yelled out, then tried to stop him but the shield he made wouldn't let them... He threw Dinky out the window then...
The Past - The Doctor, Storm, and Wise all got out of the machine after appearing outside of Ponyville, long ago. "So... What are we suppose to be looking for?" Storm asked softly, being a little curious. "A tan unicorn with a brown mane + tail, and a muffin as his cutie mark... Remember, he cannot speak with his mouth... Just his hooves. I'll do the talking then." Storm nodded softly, and Wise just shrugged... Wise was mainly there to be there, and not caring too much. They stand there at the exit of Ponyville, then finally saw Bran Muffins making his way. Before Storm could do anything though, the Doctor stopped him. "We must follow him before doing anything. We will have to do somethings in the past before we can safely take him back into our time... Remember, we do not want to alter the present too much." The Doctor explained, as Storm nodded softly, then the three watched Bran walk down the road, and soon followed him.
Storm decided to take to the skies, and hide within the clouds, to watch from above as the Doctor and Wise stay safely behind Bran, without him noticing. When they were far away from Ponyville that the town isn't even in Storm's view, four pegasi were at the roading and they all stand in Bran's way, who stopped and blinked softly at them. Two, of the four, were twins blue ponies, with red eyes. Another was green with green, and yellow, mane plus tail. The last was a blonde grey pony, with no tail and robotic wings... All four were wearing lab coats, and had glasses on. There was also some rainbow colored splashes on their coats, which is strange then finally... Storm remembered! "Well well... A lonely unicorn! What you say stallions? Take this one back to the factory, or do you think he isn't good enough?" One of them said, smiling softly as they all walked around him, Bran shivering in fear right now. "Why yes! I believe he would make a nice little rainbow for..." BAM! The one that was talking, which was one of the twins, suddenly got shocked by a lightning bolt. The other three looked up, seeing a storm cloud though nopony on it. Storm was hiding within the cloud, knowing that he cannot be spotted. The other twin was just about to fly up, and investigate, but then was blasted by a spell... One of Wise's spells. Now two were unconscious, which was quite easy. The other two quickly flew away, knowing this wont end...
Storm flew down, when the other two were gone, and hid the unconscious ponies in some bushes for now. Bran Muffins just watched, wondering what is going on... Then the Doctor came up to him, and begun doing some 'talking' with his hooves. Both Wise, and Storm, couldn't understand what is going on but just watched the two 'talk' like this for a while, and eventually, Bran Muffins nodded... Probably agreeing finally. The Doctor then looked at Storm, and Wise, "He agreed to come with us though he doesn't believe me about 'time travel'." Both Storm and Wise nodded, then Storm said, "We should get back before those stallions get up, or more come back!" They all agreed on that, and ran off back to the machine. When they finally reached the machine, the four of them got into it and another flash happened...
The Present - As they came out of the time machine, Bran Muffins looked around the place and the Doctor begun talking to him to help him understand the differences, and such. Wise walked up to Storm curiously, asking him, "Um.. Was it just me or did one of those ponies we saw back there looked a lot like Glaze..." Storm sigh softly, looking at Wise... "I'll explain later..." He said then both Bran Muffins, and the Doctor, was done 'talking' and seem to be running out, probably to go see Ditzy. Both Wise, and Storm, hurried behind them as they all ran toward Ditzy's house.
When they got there, the four saw something they wasn't expecting... Dinky falling out the window! "Dinky! NO!" The Doctor yelled out and begun running, hoping to catch Dinky, but Bran Muffins had already quickly teleported over, catching her... Then rubbed his head, this being the first time of using such magic, but soon got over with that then hugged Dinky happily... Dinky, already knowing her father, hugged back happily... Crying. Wise, the Doctor, and Storm manage to catch up then looked up at the window, knowing something is going on up there... Bran Muffins put Dinky down, then looked up at the window as well with an angry face... Once again, he teleported but this time on purpose.
Coxasin smiled at Ditzy, who was crying and Jelly was trying to calm her but at the same time, being in a defensive position, growling at Coxasin, who was just laughing at the pain he just created... Then Bran appeared behind him, and he turned around to see who it was but he didn't saw much before a flashing light hit his face; Bran Muffins had casted a highly aggressive spell right in front of him, instead of from the distance like Wise has been doing. Coxasin was knocked out cold, though not dead, and Ditzy glomped Bran happily, kissing him in happiness. Then the rest of the ponies came in, with Dinky. Storm saw Coxasin, and chuckled softly...
The Doctor went back home after that, and Jelly did so too, with his house being in the opposite direction. Wise and Storm walked the other way, toward Wise's place. They all decided to leave Ditzy, Bran, and Dinky alone and let them all catch up. The guards was called quickly to pick up Coxasin, and take care of him for a while. On their way back, Wise looked at Storm curiously. "Okay. Explained me the who Glaze thing I asked earlier." Wise said, glaring at Storm who sighed softly. "We promised to keep this to our grave but now you do too as well... Okay?" Storm said, as Wise nodded softly. Storm smiled then went to explaing, "Well... The Rainbow Factory was real back then... Glaze, me, H8 Seed, and Aurora Dawn all worked at... Against our will, mostly." He said, frowning upon remembering. "Wait... How are you HERE? And... What happened?" Wise asked curiously, now wondering what happened. Storm blinked a bit and continued, "Princess Celestia found out one day, and basicly destroyed the factory, and sending almost everypony to the moon as punishment. Only me, Glaze, H8 Seed, and Aurora Dawn stayed... And us four agreed to take this secret to our grave, but also using media to tell the truth, in a way. Our stuff is fictional, and highly unreal, in a lot of ways... The real Rainbow Factory was far far worse." Wise blinked again then asked, "Wait. You did nothing media related!" Storm looked at Wise with an annoyed look then continued explaining, "Each one of us was tasked with something. Glaze made the main song about the factory while H8 Seed was tasked with making a song to explain that not everypony working there liked it. Aurora Dawn wrote the story, and I was tasked to finish her story in a more happy ending, but I never got the chance to write that story... Oh, and believe me, it took a long time to get Rainbow Dash to agree to be part of the story... Same thing goes with Scootaloo, though Scootaloo had no idea what it was since we never told her about it." Storm sighed softly, then blinked as they reach Wise's place. They said nothing else that night, and Storm silently went to Magical Numbers place in Ponyville after saying goodbye to Wise...
Storm was walking down a dark hall... He was wearing a lab coat, and had a few blood stains on his cheek and his coat was quite messy with rainbows. He sighed softly as he walked down deeper into the hall then stopped in a room with cages... Within the cages were all sort of different ponies, none of them cannot speak because of their mouths were shut tight. Then, Storm went back up the hall but this time, dragging another pony against the floor... One that was weak from hunger and couldn't barely move. Storm strapped this pony up to a machine and removed the mouth piece... Then he nodded softly to H8 Seed, who was at the controls, and then... It didn't took long before the room was full with screams, and blood... Storm opened his eyes, waking up from his nightmare... Magical Numbers woke up as well, looking at him... "Are you alright?" She asked him curiously... He simple just nodded and went back to sleep...
Wednesday - CAD was back in session, and everypony was here except for Coxasin. "Does anypony know where Coxasin is at today?" Mr. Cade asked the class curiously, wondering what happened to him. Thunder Strength raised a hoof and said, "He wont be here for a while... He kinda got busted." Thunder didn't wish to say what really happened but just sticked with that. Mr. Cade nodded softly, "Not surprised... Well, get to work fillies!" He said then went back to his computer.
Wise looked over at Storm and whispered softly to him, "Ready for that party tonight? I heard a new DJ known as DJ Johnny Clark will be there." Storm blinked softly at his, and nodded to answer his question but staying quiet. Then they heard Mr. Cade once again, "MATEY! What do you want?" He said, glaring at Matey who was at his desk. "My computer is messing up again..." She said, pointing at her computer. "No, it isn't. You just don't know how to use it properly!" The teacher said then went over to her computer, doing a quick thing and getting something to work for her. "Told you." He said then went back to his desk... Then, after remembering something, "Oh... This weekend, we are going up to Canterlot for a CAD contest with another CAD teacher, even though the city will be busy with the whole Royal Wedding crap... We are all leaving together on Friday." He explained, looking at the whole class then both Lyra and Storm blinked surprisely, having a 'Oh crap' face on...
Storm looked over at Wise, "Well... I'm skipping that day for sure." He said softly then Wise blinked a bit at Storm... "Why?" He asked then Storm quickly replied, "I have plans this weekend to be with my marefriend." Wise nodded softly, understanding then blinked. Lyra raised her hoof, asking, "What if we are busy this weekend?" She asked the teacher, who glared over at her. "Too bad, and don't you dare skip! I will hunt you down and punish you!" The teacher said, glaring down at Lyra who is frightened, hiding behind the computer screen.
The teacher went back to his seat once again, and Storm yawned softly... Laying his head down, softly closing his eyes... Thinking it would be okay for a little nap when the teacher isn't looking. Pestilence poked Matey softly, "So... I heard you are skilled like a pirate... Right?" He asked her curiously as she nodded happily. "Oh yes! I practice with pirate swords everyday after school!" She said, smirking softly. "Oh. You'll have to show me later then, I would love to see this for myself." Pestilence said then Deck bumped in, saying, "Oh... You just want to have her all night long." Pestilence got annoyed but ignored Deck, who just shrugged and went back to work. "Do you really?" Matey asked him, after a while, who quickly replied, "No! No way!" They both blinked and went back to work from there, noticing the teacher poking his head up...
Storm was back in the factory now, looking at the pony he just strapped to the machine. The machine then was turned on, and the pony was slowly moved down to station #1 where 'stamper' came down and pressed against the pony's stomach, causing it to scream from the extreme heat, and when the 'stamper' was removed, a burnt mark was left... Then the pony moved down to station #2, then a robotic arm went down, cutting a hole where the burnt skin is at; which was easy to do cause of the skin being burnt, and the pony continued screaming for death. After that, another robotic arm came down and pushed a needle into the hole, and slowly begun sucking out the 'color' from the pony... The pony begun changing from being colorful to being grey, and dull, as his screams continued to fill the air. The process was a good 30 minutes before the pony was slowly moved to final stage, where he'll be dropped into a hole on a giant machine's side... But before he made it, Storm woke up hearing Mr. Cade... "Are you sleeping!!" The teacher yelled out, staring down at Storm.. "Oh... Yes, sorry... It was a mistake." Storm said, sighing softly. "You are staying after class." The teacher said, glaring down at him as the other ponies watched curiously.
When the class was over that day, everypony left but Storm who stayed, with his head down in shame and sadness. The teacher came up to him, and looked at him. "So... Explained, why were you sleeping?" He asked, watching Storm who quickly replied, "Nightmares... I've been having nightmares again about something... I'm very very sorry." The teacher blinked softly, "You need to get them straightened out because I will not be having you falling asleep this weekend, especially since you do so well on some of the programs already in your first week... I already lost Coxasin." The teacher said, still glaring down at Storm, being angry. Storm nodded softly, "Okay... I'm sorry once again... I'll try my best to get rid of them." Storm said then the teacher nodded and dismissed him, letting him go this once. Storm quickly left the building now to catch up with his friends.
Storm caught up with Jelly and Wise quickly. "So when is this party?" He asked curiously then both Jelly and Wise said, "Now." Storm blinked softly, "All afternoon?" He asked once again, and both of his friends nodded then they headed toward where the party is at. When they got there, and went inside, they saw all tons of ponies just dancing to some music by Princewhateverer, with the new DJ playing the DJ... Not really singing. Jelly notices Lopaz and Eth from CAD class, and decided to go over and chat with them a bit then Wise notices Twilight Sparkle being here, so he decided to walk up to her but came back to Storm. "Scared?" Storm asked Wise, who just nodded.
Jelly walked up to Eth and Lopaz, saying, "Hello! How's the party?" Eth just shrugged softly, "It's alright though I would like them to play some music by The Living Tombstone." Lopaz nodded softly with what Eth just said, while also saying, "Yeah." Jelly nodded in agreement with them, but said, "But Princewhateverer is pretty good with his metal songs." Both Eth, and Lopaz, nodded softly in agreement from that. Then Black Well came in and said hello to them all, which they all greeted her back. "So... How's the party?" She asked, which she got the same answers that Jelly got. The four of them just continued talking from there, and maybe a little dancing and drinking from the bar.
Storm watched the party softly, thinking for a bit, then he decided to go outside to get some fresh air... As he came out... BAM, something hit him in the back of the head and he was out... Wise heard something and quickly ran out, but found nothing. He put his hoof to his chin, thinking on what just happened then ran quickly went inside to Jelly, saying, "Um... Storm vanished after I heard a noise." Jelly blinked, and stopped what he was doing, "Really? Oh... I think you can take care of it." It seemed like he had a little too much, and Wise rolled his eyes softly then went back outside to try to see if he can find Storm, looking around for him...
Storm was back in his nightmare once again, watching as the innocent slowly slid into the machine then blood begun splattering everywhere... Covering the walls, and such, with blood as the barely living pony screams in pain. Storm then looked up at a window that is high up in the room, where a dark coat pegasus; with red eyes, mane, and tail; watched below, grinning as he watched... He could see the whole entire factory from there and saw all the machines, doing their 'magic' that he calls it... Then Storm awoke from his nightmare, rubbing his head, then looking up seeing the same pegasus... "You!" He said softly, being scared. "Yes... I am back!" He said, grinning down at Storm. "You were fun to watch the past few days... I knew that party would best you and get you come out... Alone." He continued as Storm tried to get up, but he was chained down. "No use you patheic pony...You are mine once again." He dark pony said, putting a hoof on Storm's head to pin him down. Storm growled again, "You wont win... Shadow!" He said, looking up at Shadow who was just laughing. "Oh... But I already won." He said, grinning down.
Wise randomly paced around the area, thinking on what happened then Twilight Sparkle came out, seeing him stressed out, and asked, "What is wrong?" Wise looked over at her, not expecting her to talk to him but eventually says, "Um... My one friend is missing!" Twilight blinked then looked at the ground, her horn is glowing and soon hoofprints were shown... "There. Just follow those... I would like to help you but I think it wont be nothing too major so I'll go back inside. Bye and good luck." After saying that, Twilight quickly went back inside then Wise sighs softly and followed the path... He followed it outside of Ponyville, and into the Everfree Forest, a place he normally avoids... But he continued to follow the hoofprints to a broken down building, then smiled.
Wise sneaked inside the building, keeping his head down, and looked around everywhere. It was dark, wet, and the walls were stone... But eventually, Wise found his way through the place and found where Storm is. He quickly ran up to Storm, using his magic to free Storm, who looked up at Wise and said, "It's a trap!" Then the room went completely dark as laughter was heard. "Not who I wanted but one less pony to worry about now." A voice said. Wise's horn glowed, using a light spell to light up the area. "Who are you? Where are you?" Wise said angerly. "I am known as Shadow... The Dark One. The one who corrupted your friend." The voice said as Wise blinked, and turned around to see Storm, who was staring at him with his eyes a dark red colored and he was grinning. "No!" Wise yelled out, backing away from Storm as the voice laughed once again. "Why don't you join us, Wise? The shadows are a lovely place to be within!" The voice said but Wise growled, his horn glowing and *Poof*, he was gone... "He teleported! Storm, don't let him warned others!" The voice said in a worried voice as Storm nodded softly then ran off...
Wise manage to teleport out of the Everfree Forest then he sprinted straight into Ponyville to find Jelly. When he got back to the party, he found Jelly asleep at front... Probably got kicked out. Wise quickly went up to him, and just slapped him to wake him. Jelly blinked and looked up at Wise angerly. "What was that for!" He yelled at Wise... "We got a problem here!" Wise said to Jelly. "What problem?" Jelly asked curiously but then they Storm landed nearby who smiled at the two, "Hey stallions!" He said in a happy voice. Jelly waved softly saying, "Hey Storm!" Wise, on the other hoof, jumped up in a defensive stance. "No! You are not Storm!" He said, which caused both Storm and Jelly to look at him curiously while both saying, "What do you mean?" Wise pointed a hoof at Storm, "I just saw you! Corrupted by some evil Shadow dude!" He said then both Storm and Jelly laughed at Wise. Wise growled then shot a magical blast at Storm, shooting him off his hooves and onto his back... He then quickly got up, his eyes are now that corrupted red... And mad.
Pestilence and Matey - "That is pretty awesome Matey!" Pestilence said, as he watches Matey used her sword to slash up a bunch of random bags, and other useless items. "I know, awesome pirate talents!" She said happily, then they heard knocking on the door. "I wonder who that would be?" Matey said as she goes over and opened the door, Thunder being there. "We kinda have a problem..." He said. Pestilence looked over at Thunder curiously, "What kind of problem?" He asked curiously then Thunder says, "Coxasin is back... Looking completely differently and extremely pissed off..." Both Matey and Pestilence blinked softly then Matey said, "Let's go get Mr. Cade's help!" Thunder blinked at her when she said that... "How? We don't know where he lives!" He explained, watching her curiously but she laughed a bit. "I followed him home the other day... I know where he lives!" She said as she rushed out then both Thunder and Pestilence followed her curiously, "Why?" Thunder asked her, but never got a reply.
After a quick walk to Mr. Cade's place, Matey quickly knocked on the door and within minutes, Mr. Cade opened the door and glared down at Matey, seeing her... "MATEY! How do you know where I live? And why are you even here?" He said, ignoring Thunder and Pestilence. "I followed you home the other day, and we have an issue." Matey answered his questions, which he quickly replied... "Wait. You followed me home?" He looked down at her angerly, but before they can continue, Thunder was picked up and thrown off to the side as Coxasin, with dark red eyes and being darker colors, ran past them. Thunder got up then chased after him, in anger. "I see now..." Mr. Cade said then Pestilence went after Thunder, to try and stop him. Mr. Cade rolled his eyes and then followed them with Matey, to see what he can do to stop this annoying crap.
Storm charged at Wise, who was just about to attack then Jelly tackled down Storm, pinning him down. "Seriously Storm! We are your friends, what are you doing?" Jelly said as he hold Storm down, who looked straight back up with an evil looking glare. "Who needs friends when Shadow is back!" Storm said before abling to buck Jelly off of him then Storm quickly jumped up and into the skies. Wise used his magic to grab Storm, and slam him down to the ground then quickly used his magic to get some big rocks nearby then drop them onto Storm, to hold him down. "You will not defeat us! You can only join us or die by us..." Storm said angerly, as he tried to escape. Jelly looked over at Wise and asked him, "Any ideas of curing him?" Wise shrugged softly, "I don't know but I think it'll be best to keep him like this for now until we can figure something out." Wise replied as Jelly nodded softly, agreeing.
Lucky for them, the party is too loud for anypony to even hear the fighting outside but that wont last too long... Coxasin then finally ran into view and looked straight at Wise, who stared back. "Jelly, I got this." Wise said as he gets out into the street, looking directly at Coxasin as his horn glows and then shot a dark shadow blast. Wise created his shield quickly, but the spell's blast broke it easily and Wise was hit, coughing from it. Jelly ran up to Wise, in his aid. As Coxasin was about to cast another spell, Thunder ran right into and pinned him down, but that didn't last long as Coxasin used his magic to simply push Thunder off of him and quickly getting back up. Then Coxasin was just about to cast another spell, but the spell just failed and hit a glass wall that was created within seconds... Then it slowly became into a unbreakable glass box which holds Coxasin there, keeping everypony else safe. Mr. Cade smiled softly, as his horn stopped glowing, "Glass Box, always work." He said, smiling softly.
Then a shadow came into view as everypony watched it curiously, wondering what it is, but it didn't took long for that shadow to form into Shadow, who looked at Mr. Cade first. "Trapped one of my minions... Eh." Then he looked over at Storm, who was still under rocks, then back at Mr. Cade once again. "Who are you?" Mr. Cade asked curiously. "I am Shadow. Master of the Nightly Shadows. Creator of Nightmares. I am the one who little fillies, and colts, cries about every night when they got scared... And I have finally awoken through Storm's nightmares, interesting they are and quite powerful they were..." Shadow explained, grinning. Wise looked at him, listening softly. "What do you mean by powerful they were?" He asked curiously, trying to learn who, and what, this thing is. Shadow smiled softly, "His nightmares were full of terror, fear, and death. When I became a part of his nightmare, I grew in power and power I gain more every night... Now, I have enough and am back. Now, Equestria will be covered in shadows and nightmares." He said, laughting an evil laugh.
"Not today, not ever." Jelly said, growling at Shadow who just chuckled softly, then Thunder charge at him but he went straight through Shadow. "You think you can win when you can't even touch me?" He said, smiling devilishly. Everypony blinked softly then Wise tried to hit him with one of his spells, but it also went straight through. Shadow chuckled once again, "I'll just stand and watch. This is quite fun to see your stupidity." He said, watching them all.
Magical Numbers came out, leaving the party finally, blinked as everypony looked at her curiously, then she looked at Storm and rushed over to him. "You might want to stay away from him..." Jelly said, as they watch her curiously. Shadow was just smiling, hoping her stupidity will release him, needing a minion to have some fun. What really happened is that, Storm smiled softly upon seeing her and when they touch one another, a dark blast happened, pushing her away and the rocks went flying into the sky. Everypony, except Shadow and Coxasin, got ready for Storm to rush out and attack; but when it clears, Storm was back to normal, smiling softly at her, then he looked over at Shadow, "Shadow, you have failed once again. You should know better that the memories of happiness and love will overcome nightmares and darkness!" He said, looking over at Shadow who growled at Storm. "Now, let's finish this, Shadow!" Storm said, getting into a defensive stance.
Shadow glared at Storm as smoke appeared around him, and Storm. "In my world!" He claimed then he vanished within the smoke, and Storm was unconscious. Magical Numbers ran up to Storm, looking at him, "No... Please be okay!" She said softly, crying a little. Wise walked up to them then softly say, "He is probably in the nightmare realm, at least that what I think this Shadow guy's world." Wise had a hoof on his chin, thinking, and Jelly nodded softly, agreeing. "I hope Storm can get rid of him..." Mr. Cade said, watching softly and waiting...
Storm rubbed his head, then look around the factory once again... This time, he can control himself and isn't just a memory... Then he saw Shadow, standing down the hall and no words were exchanged as he quickly charge at Storm who jumped over him but Shadow formed into smoke and flew upward, wrapping around Storm and slamming him against the wall. Storm slid down the wall, his back hurting now, then Shadow appeared, pinning Storm against the wall. "You really think you can win, let alone do anything here!" He said, grinning at Storm as a black mark formed where his hooves are on Storm's body. "I guess it is time to say goodbye, you pathetic worm." Shadow said as Storm's boy begun changing into a dark color but then an eletric blast happened, shooting Shadow across the room and Storm stand up proudly, back to normal. "You forgot, this is my nightmare and I can change it into a dream easily!" He said, and with that, the factory just vanished and being replaced with all sort of clouds.
Shadow stared at Storm in disbelief... "No!" He said, being scared now. "Oh yes!" Storm proclaimed, stomping his front right hoof onto the cloud, and Shadow's hooves were stuck and unable to move. "I think it is time for you to be trap, forever." Storm said, smiling as Shadow's legs begun turning to stone. Storm was 'dreaming' of a statue of Shadow and slowly, Shadow became that such statue. "NO!" He yelled out as his head finally turned to stone, with the rest of his body; trapping him forever in this dream...
Storm woke up then, looking up at Magical Numbers, and the others. She happily hugged him as the others smiled softly, noticing that Coxasin is back to normal as well. Mr. Cade walked up to Storm asking, "He is dead?" Storm hugged Numbers back as he looked at his teacher, saying, "Not really but he is forever stuck as stone in the dreamworld." With that, they all nodded and cheer in victory... After such victory, they all went happily back home to rest for the night... Coxasin was sent back to prison, for his crimes he did the other day...
Thursday - Everypony was back in CAD class once again, except for Coxasin... Mr. Cade looked over at Storm and said. "Well... To celebrate this little victory, I guess. You can have a free day... But Gin and Saint, no internet stuff!" The teacher said, glaring at the ponies he mentioned.
The rest of the CAD day was nice and relaxing, everypony mainly did they wanted to do for that day, relaxing from the whole bullcrap they witnessed and went through the other night. When the day was over, everypony left and Storm smiled softly then taking to the skies and going straight to Cloudsdale, knowing what he is planning to do on this day, and Thunder Strength was right behind him!
Jelly and Wise - Both Jelly and Wise went straight to Ponyville, planning to have a fun day playing video games together but on their way, they bumped into a grey pony with a brown mane, and tail. He also had a 20 side dice as his cutie mark. "Greetings!" He said, smiling at them. "Hello?" Jelly said curiously. "Name's Dice. You?" He said, smiling softly at Jelly. "Jelly and Wise... Why are you randomly talking to us?" Jelly asked, looking at this new pony strange. Dice looked at them for a moment then softly say, "I'm looking for friends! Mind if I hang out with you?" Jelly and Wise shrugged but agreed to this. The three hanged out together for the rest of the day at Wise's place, playing games.
Storm and Thunder Strength - Storm and Thunder both went straight to where the race is at. Both of them went into the waiting room with all the pegasi ponies that are taking part of the race. There was all sorts of different pegasi, one being Rainbow Dash which scared Thunder lightly. Storm poked Thunder softly and said to him, "Don't worry. She may win but do your best, and you might just catch the Wonderbolts attention." Thunder nodded softly, listening to Storm. Then a white pony, with a yellow mane, tail, and same cutie mark as Thunder, came up to Storm and Thunder. "Hey! We have same mark!" He said toward Thunder. Thunder blinked softly, looking at him and nodded softly. "Yeah..." Then they heard the announcements, and it looks like it was time to go out and get ready...
When they all got in line, Storm being by Lightning Bolt while Thunder is down by Rainbow Dash, the announcements came back up, introducing the Wonderbolts as they came flying in, doing a bunch of tricks and creating fireworks with their suits in the sky then softly landing on a good spot where they can watch the whole race... Then, the announcement finally said what they all were waiting for... "One your mark! Set! GO!" And went, all the pegasi...
The majority of the pegasi was easily lost behind Storm but Lightning Bolt was right on his tail and Thunder is around the same speed... But Rainbow Dash was FAR a head of them, like it was hopeless to even think about beating her. Storm didn't care and kept on flying, dodging all the clouds which were placed as annoyances in the way... Except for some. At one point, they have some storm clouds to make it more dangerous but this made it more easier for Storm, since that is his talent. Both Lightning Bolt, and Thunder, quickly passed him and gotten into these clouds, easily dodging them but not doing what Storm has plans. He went straight into a storm cloud, feeling the lightning shocking his body but instead of harming him... It boosted him! And BOOM, a little electric boom went off and Storm went flying out of the cloud. Passing Lightning Bolt and Thunder quickly, and picking up to Rainbow Dash, who was slowing down thinking she already won... But she was wrong when Storm flew right past her, then she picked up speed again, catching up with Storm.
The Wonderbolts were watching in amazement, never seen a storm cloud being used like that... And liking the idea very much, but they see the speed within Rainbow Dash quite easily. She had already passed Storm once again, who didn't seemed to care though and just kept going. Eventually, they made it to the finish line with Rainbow Dash being in first place. Storm passed the finish line shortly afterwards, getting in second place.
Thunder and Lightning Bolt didn't believe what they saw with Storm but quickly went back to the race, and Thunder used his strength to fly faster, passing Lightning Bolt who did not like that and bumped into Thunder, trying to crash him but Thunder bumped Lightning Bolt back, pushing him into the wall, then flying away. Lightning Bolt quickly recovers and went back, going straight at Thunder but sadly never making it... Thunder winning third place when he reached the finish line, and Lightning Bolt was in fourth place.
After all that, Storm simply just left and went back to Ponyville. He didn't want to collect a reward, or anything. He just wanted to have fun, and now, he wants to rest after such a long week, not knowing it is about to get even worse... Thunder stayed around for a bit, collecting his second place prize which Storm basicly gave up, and Lightning Bolt got the third place prize. After some chatting, Thunder flew to his home in Cloudsdale and finally slept peacefully, no longer needing to train a lot... For now.
Friday - On Friday morning, when CAD class was in session. Mr. Cade looked around, expecting only Coxasin to be missing, but two others were... "Does anypony knows where Lyra or Storm is at?" He asked the class, but no one answered. He sigh softly then finally declared, "I'll have to see them next Monday..." Then he looked up at the class and continued, "Alright. Some of you ponies I ain't taking with me, and I don't have long because we got to catch the train... So Gin, Saint, Deck, Eth, and Lopaz. Sorry, but I think it would be best if you five stay behind and do whatever you want. The rest of you ponies, come with me. We are going on a field trip." With that said, Mr. Cade and the other ponies all went off to the train station, getting on all together on the same car within the middle. Who ended up coming was Matey, Wise, Jelly, Thunder, Pestilence, and Black Well.
Storm - Storm woke up, with Numbers already being up and ready. "Oh... Ready already?" He said, chuckling softly as she nodded happily. "Yes because our train is leaving quite early and I think it is best if you hurry up." She said as Storm got out of bed, nodding softly. "Yeah..." All he said then quickly got ready, not needing to do much though. After finally being ready, they quickly went off to the train and got on together in the front car.
Lyra - Lyra, Colgate, and Bon-Bon all got ready very quickly, not wasting any time, then went straight to the train and getting on the back car very early. "I am so excited!" Lyra proclaimed, jumping happily. "Yeah... Yeah..." Bon-Bon said, sighing softly. Lyra looked at her roommate curiously, asking, "What's wrong?" Then Colgate, a light blue unicorn with white and blue mane+tail, spoke up, "It is because Bon-Bon isn't invited to the wedding... She is only coming to help you out." Lyra frowned softly, and looked at her friend. "Oh... I see." She said, and from there out they didn't talk...
Mr. Cade - After the train ride, and ignoring all the students, they finally got to Canterlot which was surrounded by a magical barrier, and heavily guarded, which is strange. When the train finally stop, the first car got off which is when Mr. Cade saw Storm getting off with Numbers... "Yes, I will see you for sure next Monday Storm..." Mr. Cade said, glaring at Storm. Then the second car was unloaded, which was the Elements of Harmony. Mr. Cade rolled his eyes upon seeing the pink one sneezing confetti then it was their car's turn to get off. They all got off and Mr. Cade lead them all to the building where the competition is taking place in. He had every single of his student get into their place, and ready, then the day was smooth sailing from then on, watch the ponies do what they do best and making sure no one cheats...
Bon-Bon - Lyra stay hidden, after seeing her teacher getting off the car in front of theirs... Then when it was time to get off, she sneaked through the place and ran quickly, with Colgate, to the castle to get ready for the wedding, and such. Bon-Bon, on the other hoof, went straight to the tavern for a drink, not being allowed to follow her friends. There, she mainly spent the day drinking non-alcoholic drinks.
From there, the day was extremely nice for everypony and nothing extremely bad, or good, happened. When nightfall, Bon-Bon went to rent a room for the night and slept through the night, though not very well due to missing her friends whom never came back. Mr. Cade, and all of his students, went to their own rooms, one for each, and they all slept to get ready for the competition to continue the next, which it is good to sleep for. Storm and Numbers had their own special place in town, due to a cousin of Numbers's, and they both had a wonderful night that night, with no nightmares at all from Storm.
Saturday - When morning came, everypony in the CAD class woke up around the same due to Mr. Cade making sure the alarm system is set for same for all... When they all got ready, they left the place and begun heading to the competition, but then Jelly noticed something pass the barrier around Canterlot. "Um... What are those?" He asked, pointing at them. Everypony else looked up, all seeing some sort of weird black ponies all flying. Each one had blue eyes, like a fly with their wings as well, and they all had their own horns and had holes within their legs... Lastly, they were all ramming into the barrier, like they were trying to break. Wise sigh and said, "This week just wont end, will it?" And it didn't took long afterwards that the barrier cracked and fell into pieces... Then the strange new ponies rushed in, using some sort of green magic to come down like meteors.
Matey walked up to Mr. Cade asking, "Can you make me a pirate's sword with your magic thing?" The teacher rolled his eyes but quickly making the sword for her, knowing where this will be going. Then Jelly came up and requested a very strange weapon, which ended up being a blue cannon. "Yes!" Jelly said happily... Then the strange beings begun getting close to them, coming from the skies currently. Wise has already begun shooting his spells at them, knocking them out from the skies, and shortly afterwards, Jelly joined... Shooting jars of jelly at them, for Celestia knows why... Though the jars seemed to have an effect, taking more than one out at a time because the jelly exploding into nearby ones.
But there were too many for them and these ponies finally hit the ground, landing near the group. Wise pointed downward, and begun knocking them out one by one with his magic, as Jelly did so too but they all stopped once they notice something. These ponies were glowing green then suddenly changing forms... Changing into clones of Thunder, Matey, and the like though not one changed into a clone of Mr. Cade, probably because the teacher is too awesome. "Oh buck! Changelings!" Black Well proclaimed, backing away a little. "What?" Jelly asked quickly, knowing they'll attack any moment now. "They can take the form of anypony... So... Watch out!" She said then the changelings, which took form of Thunder, charged all together at the group. Wise stand up proudly, charging his horn then release a powerful blast, sending a group of 6 of them flying then the real Thunder charged and used his head to uppercut one changeling then quickly jumped, using his wings to keep himself above ground, and bucking two others hard in the face.
One changeling, which took the form of Matey, also had a sword just like Matey's. The real Matey took out her sword, saying, "Unguard ye' fake Matey!" The changeling rolled its eyes then took out the sword it had then the two begun slashing at each other with swords. When another changeling was about to join the fight, Black Well decided to quickly use her magic to pick it up then throw the changeling at a group of them. Pestilence were back-to-back with Thunder, fighting together with their bare hooves. "Ready?" Pestilence said as Thunder nodded then they pushed back together, and Thunder used his wings to keep the two above ground, and when a changeling got close, Pestilence kicked it hard with his lower hooves, also pushing himself and Thunder around in a 360 spin, which kept continuing as they kept kicking the changelings that surrounded them. Mr. Cade were sending changelings flying randomly, creating all sort of mechanisms, like catapaults and the like while using his magic to pick up the changelings, and loading them onto. Wise was also near Mr. Cade, using his normal attack spell but when he finally got surrounded, he decided to do something he never done before. Slowly, his body begun glowing with magical energy then, suddenly, it was released, blasting ALL the changelings around him away... Then he smiled, and went back to using his basic attacks.
Jelly backed away into a corner, his cannon being out of ammo and there were way too many of them... It is like they never stop, they just keep coming even after everypony sent hundreds of them away... This was, for surely, a planned invasion. Jelly got into a defensive position, getting ready to fight to his death, then thunder sounded through the sky and a giant electric bolt came down, shocking the ones that were about to get him. He looked up into the sky, seeing Storm on a thunder cloud. "Need some help?" He said as Jelly nodded softly, "Yes!" After saying that, Jelly watch Storm as he flew down with the cloud, squeezing it again and forcing more lightning upon the changelings, shocking them and sending them flying from the blast. Then Jelly ran, and jumped onto Storm's back who then launched Jelly over the cloud and right on top of a group of them, from there... Jelly and Storm worked together.
Matey was still sword fighting with the same changeling still, but they all stopped and looked over at the castle as a explosion happened then strange magical wave went through the whole entire city, sending all the changelings flying and back to where they became. The magic didn't effect anything else at all, just the enemies that were invading... "How much you want to bet that an Alicorn did that?" Storm said, then Mr. Cade looked over at him with an angry face. "Oh... I bet you are angry at me for skipping the field trip... Sorry... But at least I am here and actually helped you ponies with the threat." Storm said but the teacher just glared at him, highly annoyed. "You know what... I'm not in class so... I'll just see you on Monday and then get into trouble. Bye!" Storm saidly and quickly flew off... Jelly facehooves upon seeing that but no pony bothered. Mr. Cade, as upset as he was, just got everypony back together and went back to what they were originally doing...
From there, the day was grand! Wise came in third place in the competition, and being the only student from Mr. Cade's class to get into the top five. This made Mr. Cade extremely proud that he is still teaching well. Lyra and Colgate ended up back in Ponyville, not really remembering much mainly due to the effects of Chrysalis's mind control. Bon-Bon was there to help them out, feeling sorry that they were being used. Storm spent a good day with Magical Numbers, and when she went asleep... Storm went up to his laptop, that he actually bought shortly after the changeling invasion, and started typing up a story of his... One that he names "Rainbow Factory Ending", which is the ending he promised to write up...
The End... OR Is it...?
A pony in Canterlot was fast asleep, having such a lovely dream then she begun dreaming about the skies... The clouds as those changelings rained upon the city, destroying the whole place... But one thing in the sky didn't make sense. It was a statue of somepony she didn't knew, and it was slowly cracking for unknown reasons... Then screams were heard later that night within that house.
Part I: The Brotherhood
Journal Entry One: Ah, yes. The Journal of Cox D. Vence! I've finally learned this spell and was able to magically create a journal, which will appear when I want it to appear within my hooves. Best way to keep secrets and plans hidden, I say. Now, time to note some things! I have finally killed that filthy pony down the street... I will no longer see that wretched face ever again for he now lays within a pile of dust, sand, and ashes... Mixed together and never be found by anypony! Soon, I will cleanse this world of its filth and useless ponies and soon I will live in peace... I still remember that day greatly of when my beloved was murdered by such filth created by the useless ones. I promised I will avenge her death as well as everypony else who died at the hooves of these useless ponies and soon that promised shall be kept and everypony will be safe once again! Just got to make sure that guards don't end my process which I doubt they will...Signing out.
Journal Entry Two: I actually killed an innocent one today, and I have to say... It was quite good. I didn't knew the screams of a fully healthy pony sounded so wonderful! If i knew earlier, I would've killed so many more... It was also quite funny to see her reaction when her eyes went upon the lifeless body of one of those useless ponies... This useless one being deaf and didn't saw it coming, like they all do... But the pleasure of a healthy pony seeing it coming, and hearing her screams. Such wonderful noise! I'll have to do it again sometime! I do have to be careful though, the guards are getting curious and investigating the deaths of these ponies... I should be good though, I keep everything planned perfectly and wouldn't make a tiny mistake... Signing out.
Journal Entry Three: Killed another innocent today. This one was extremely pleasing and was a mother! The father was out shopping while the mother stayed home, with her filly. It was just too perfectly easy! I dressed up to cover my entire face and made sure both my mane and tail are kept hidden under my outfit. When I broke inside, I went straight to the filly though I couldn't make myself harm her but I did used her as bait, tying her up and silencing her by forcing one of her own toys into her mouth. When the mother came in to check up on her little filly, that when I heard the mother's first scream of terror... From there, I quickly pushed her against the wall and taking a knife, which I had hidden under my clothes, then stabbing straight into the mother's throat, causing blood to splat against walls and onto the floor... I made sure the mother was still alive so I can some more screams but, sadly, she died quickly and I can hear the filly crying and trying to scream, but cannot. I removed the toy from the filly's mouth so I can hear the little one's scream for help. I decided to leave a little present for the father and cut the mother's head off then hanging it on the ceiling over the filly... Letting the blood do its dripping as the little one continue to scream. I quickly heard some ponies busting down the front door so I hurried out and used a little invisibility spell to hide within the shadows. I've been practicing this spell for quite some time now but hadn't manage to do much... I don't know why, but I am only invisible within the shadows... Anyways, that was my fun for today! Signing out.
Journal Entry Four: I got my cutie mark today! Finally, after years of hiding myself and keeping away from the majority of ponies... I have found my talent! I'm not surprised either... My cutie mark is a nice little dagger dipped in blood which probably means my talent is murder and killing. I got it after killing some pathetic homeless pony living here in Manehatten. It was a little fun though he was too weak to do much but I made sure that some ponies will have a lovely surprise when they open up their surprise box... Hehehe. Signing out.
Journal Entry Five: Been a while since I wrote one of these... Been busy cleaning up the streets but after killing my first filly... I had to come back to this. I didn't really want to kill such a young pony but this one was being such a little brat when I was slicing her father up! I just had to shut her up! I am curious though if somepony will be able to get that kitchen knife out of her stomach without harming themselves... Eh, oh well. It was quite fun though, I guess. I mean, when the little filly knew she was in for trouble, oh the lovely screams! Such music to my ears and such happiness it brings to me! I should start doing this again actually... Anyways, Signing out.
Journal Entry Six: Well well well... Today, I was invited to join a lovely Assassin Guild. They were proud of my secret killings and how I was able to escape without leaving evidence behind and without getting caught... When they first contacted me, they told me to seal the deal by killing a very popular pony in Manehatten within the same day, which I accepted. This stallion was such an easy target... In the mornings, he does his work and other useless things that I don't care for... Then in the afternoon, he relaxes at his place which is when I attacked. He wasn't married and didn't had any butlers or maids so it was extremely easy in and out type of thing. This time, I wanted to mix it up a bit. Instead of using my lovely killing knife, which is getting quite old by now, I decided to use some alcohol to get him to pass out. When he was unconscious, I decided to just threw his body into the fireplace... I had some lovely roasted marshmellows that night! Earlier this morning, I was finally invited to join the guild and moved in with them in their hidden home under the streets. It wasn't much, if you ask me, but at least I am with other ponies I can respect and don't have to worry about all of the annoyances up above within the streets. They also gave me a dagger to replace my knife, which the dagger is a much more suit'd weapon for killing. As for the other members, I hadn't met any of them yet except the leader. The leader calls herself Arctic... She is a white mare with matching mane and tail, which I find interesting. Her cutie mark was three ice cubes and she told me that her talent was using some sort of ice magic with her horn which she used to, and I quote, "Have my victims feel the cold hoof of death crushing their pathetic necks!". She was such an interesting mare... I should ask her out sometime. Signing out.
Journal Entry Seven: Been a while once again... Been busy doing my new assassin job and getting extremely better. I met another unicorn stallion who was a highly talented with aggressive magic... Because of him, I learn a few new spells. One I actually used to burn the living flesh off of this pony as his wife and child watch! That was extremely fun and I was hoping to kill his wife as well but the deal was not to kill them... Some of these deals are extremely annoying me and I do hope I wont bump into more here soon. Signing out.
Journal Entry Eight: HOW DARE SHE! I killed one little colt on accident during my contract, and she got the guards on me! Now I'm stuck in this worthless cage in this pathetic prison with all of these worthless ponies around me! I will have my revenge when I get out and that is my promise! Screw this brotherhood and assassin shit! I rather do my own thing and kill anypony I want to kill! No rules! No contracts! As for a way out, I'll just wait for one of those stupid guards to come by then use some lovely magic to get the keys and burn the guard's small head! To think of this only happened because a colt couldn't stay away from his uncle... Signing out.
Journal Entry Nine: Pathetic! Those guards were patheticly easy! After stealing the keys, and burning the face off of one of them. I easily escaped by using my lovely invisibility magic in the shadows... After getting out, and into better clothes. I went straight 'home' and slaughter every single one of them! Covered their whole entire place with their blood, especially Arctic. I cut off that bitch's horn off before she could respond and it was so much fun hearing her beg for mercy! So much fun! The only mercy I gave her was not killing her myself... Instead, I made sure of it that she drowns in her own pool of blood! And the site of that was such much fun and highly pleasuring! Hehehe... After that, I think I should lay low and move to another town... I heard Ponyville is a lovely little town and I can easily trick everypony there... But I'll need a new name... I'll go with Coxasin. It is an extremely stupid name but I highly doubt anypony in Ponyville will be smart enough to figure me out anyways... I'll be leaving Manehatten tomorrow for Ponyville! Signing out.
Journal Entry Ten: Ah yes! I made it to Ponyville after such a long train ride... I am wearing some black clothes to cover my flank up, so nopony will figure me out. I also spent the time to rethink of my life and I finally decided to take a new path! Leave this old murdering life of mine behind! Tomorrow, I'll be joining this CAD class and learning a new trade to use in my new life! This will be so much fun! Just got to make sure nopony figure me out... I highly doubt they will though. I also met a pegasus on the train who was quite interesting and I decided to call him a friend now. His name was Thunder Strength! Anyways, Signing out.
Part II: Ponyville
Journal Entry Eleven: I am so pissed off right now! First thing first, CAD is a terrible thing and I truly hate it! Almost everypony in the class are extremely annoying! Then after CAD class, I found a useless pony! I was hoping for Ponyville to be cleansed and I guess I was wrong... Maybe I'll just go back to killing and clean up Ponyville real quick, with this grey blonde mare being first. I did had fun making fun of her until her little stallion friends came in and helped her! I really want to rip those little derpy eyes OUT and I will here soon! After that little meeting, I dig up some dirt on her and figured out a lot of things about her. One, she is a mailmare and controls the mail. Two, her name is Ditzy Doo. Three, she has a little filly named Dinky Doo which I did met as well. Quite fun! She has no husband though, which I find pretty strange but no matter, I will pluck out her eyes! Signing out.
Journal Entry... OH fuck it. Why do I even bother counting these entries? I am too pissed off to care! I manage to team up with Thunder today after class and had a chance to actual killing her, after Thunder gets what he wanted and leave... Didn't want him to figure out. But then some ponies from class came in! Storm and Jelly at first and we were doing so well teaching those idiots a lesson then Wise came in with his magic! ARGH! His magic distracted me and Jelly some how knocked me unconscious! No matter though, I'll kill them later in the week and blame it on somepony else. Tonight, I have the perfect plan to get Ditzy Doo in her home! Signing out.
ANOTHER USELESS ENTRY! ARGH! I am so fucking pissed off now! I almost had Ditzy but some how, some stupid unicorn came in and saved the day. Couldn't figure who it was but now I am in this lovely prison which is more secured than the last one! And some how, I escaped while being unconscious... I don't fucking remember escaping and I highly don't remember ever being 'black tone'! Filthy lies they are using to keep me in here for longer, I say! No matter though... I'll be escaping and this time I shall NOT fail and they all will get it! That is a promise I shall not break! I already have lovely plans to get out of this filthy prison and back to Ponyville! Just need to.... FUCK YOU! You shall not take my journal! This my personal book filled with my...
Part III: Scream in the Night
"Mommy! What are we going to do tonight with daddy?" Dinky said happily, hopping up and down excitedly. Ditzy smiled softly, watching her daughter with her derpy eyes as she say, "Mommy thinks her and daddy should have some alone time... Why don't you go upstairs into your bedroom and get some sleep?" Dinky stopped hopping, frowning softly as she looked down at the floor. "Oh... Okay then..." She said and slowly begun walking as she can hear her mother say, "Don't worry. Daddy will be up to check up on you." Dinky just nodded and went upstairs then Ditzy turned around, smiling softly at Bran Muffins, who was sitting on the couch. Then she begun using her hooves, using hoof sign language to talk with him. As they 'talk', he had a confused look on his face like something he didn't knew about then Ditzy accidentally said out loud, "Wait? You saying you didn't cast that spell on him a few nights ago?" After saying that, she giggled to herself and went back talking to him normally.
After some moments of talking, Bran gaved Ditzy a quick kiss on the cheek and went happily upstairs to check up on Dinky. As he walked into the room, it was completely dark which is strange since there should be some moonlight. When he tried to turn on the light, nothing happened. He blinked softly and begun panicing... He can't talk so he can't check to see if Dinky is alright or even in here then he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and his vision begun to blur...
Ditzy relaxed on the couch, softly humming to herself then she heard a loud 'thump' noise upstairs, like something had fell... "Dinky?" She said curiously, blinking softly and hoping for the best. She quickly got up and went upstairs to check up. When she came upstairs, the room was completely dark but the lights shortly turned on and Ditzy saw the face of a pony she didn't wanted to see! Coxasin was standing right there, with Dinky tied up, and gagged, and Bran was unconscious on the floor. Ditzy manage to scream and was about to turned around to go out get help but she turned around, Coxasin quickly teleported in front of her then quickly pinning her against the wall. "I learned a new trick last night at the prison from a friendly prisoner... It is extremely useful, no?" He said, smirking softly and crushing Ditzy's wings softly as he hold her against the wall. "This time, you have nopony at all to help you out! As you can see..." He quickly took out his dagger, which he managed to get back from the prison, and had it against Ditzy's neck. "Say goodbye, you worthless piece of shit..." He said as Dinky tried to scream for help and Ditzy just closed her eyes, waiting...
When her eyes were closed, a flash of light happened which caused her to open them up. She was lying on a cloud and there were bubbles and muffins floating everywhere. She blinked softly then went to nearby pond, looking down and seeing herself... She was normal! Her eyes were normal for once which surprised her greatly. She then looked around, checking out the landscape which was so many different bright and white clouds, unlike the ones she knew back in Cloudsdale. She also wondered why are there all sort of muffins and bubbles floating everywhere then she finally thought... "Am I in heaven?"
Part IV: The Doctor's Toys
"I got to thank you Jelly for helping me out test this out!" The Doctor said as he and Jelly walked down the road at night. They were heading back to the Doctor's place after a long day of testing a new little 'toy' of his out, which was something he has been working on over the past weekend. "No problem Doc! Always happy to lend a hoof out for a friend." Jelly said softly, smiling. Then he continued, "But you got to make a jelly version of this!" The Doctor laughed softly upon hearing Jelly's joke. "I might but for now... Converting leaves into apples is just fine. I was thinking about giving this to the Apple Family but I highly doubt they'll accept it since they don't seem to take this kind of stuff nicely..." The Doctor explained as Jelly nodded softly. "Yes. I remember the Flim Flam brothers." He said smiling softly.
As they enter Ponyville, they heard a scream which caught The Doctor's ears first. "That was Ditzy!" He said loudly to Jelly then ran off, hurrying to Ditzy's place with Jelly right behind him, knowing who this might just be. When they reach the place, The Doctor tried to open the door but it was locked. They blinked softly then quickly get his sonic screwdriver, which he keeps hidden within his mane. Jelly had no idea what this is but watched, hoping for the best. The Doctor used his screwdriver to unlock the door by breaking the lock of it, like a lockpick would. He then opened the door, looking around and seeing nothing. Jelly headed upstairs but The Doctor quickly ran quickly up and saw something terrifying...
When Jelly got upstairs, The Doctor closed the door and stand there with his head down. Jelly looked at him and asked, "Um... What's behind that door?" The Doctor blinked and look over at Jelly. "Ditzy, Dinky, and Bran..." The Doctor said as tears were filling his eyes... "Are they... Okay?" Jelly asked in a fearful voice. The Doctor put a hoof up, showing the blood on it. "The room is... Covered..." Jelly just stared at The Doctor after hearing that, not believing this...
As they leave silently with their heads down, Jelly gets an idea and quickly look at The Doctor. "Wait! Can we go back in time and stop this from happening?" He asked The Doctor who just sighed softly. "I wish but that could cause a lot of time issues... I mean, if we go back and save them then what makes US go back into time to save them? It is what I call broken time... Something I don't want to happen..." He explained, watching Jelly softly as they walk. Jelly then gets an idea! "What if we, I don't know, fake their deaths to get 'us' to go back into time?" He said, smiling a bit. The Doctor blinked and begun thinking on that then nodded softly. "Yes, I think we can do that...And we wont need an unicorn to help us get back into our time since we can just wait for 'us' to go back into time." He said smiling as Jelly blinked softly, getting confused. "Time is confusing." The Doctor proclaimed then they both nodded and quickly head over to The Doctor's home.
The Doctor quickly got the time machine turned on and begun packing up some 'toys' of his as Jelly used some red jelly of his to make fake blood then frowned a bit. When The Doctor came upstairs, he said, "I don't think this will fool 'you'..." The Doctor blinked and chuckled softly, nodding. "Yeah... Wait!" He said, getting an idea then quickly getting his gun from earlier. "I might be able to turn our 'fake blood' into real blood with this... Just need to set some things." He says as he push some buttons and other fancy stuff as Jelly watches. "There!" He said after a bit then aimed at the jar, shooting at it as Jelly look away, due to the gun's beam. When it was done, Jelly checked again then backed away a bit. "Yeah... You succeeded... I really hate that smell." He said as The Doctor nodded then quickly put into his bag with everything else, sealing it so the time machine wont smell. "I was surprised that worked at first shot!" He said, chuckling a bit then both him and Jelly got into the machine and a blast of light went through the house!
They were outside of Ponyville, not far from Ditzy's home, during the day time. The Doctor quickly turned the machine's camo on while saying, "Just to make sure 'we' do not find this." Jelly just stared at him, blinking, then they quickly went off to Ditzy's place. When they got there, The Doctor grabbed a few pair of boots and put them on, then had Jelly put them on. "They allow us to walk on walls." He said then made sure nopony were nearby or watching... Both him and Jelly walked up the walk and through the window into Dinky's room. Then they quickly hide in the closet, and waited til nightfall...
Once night came, they watched silently as Dinky came into the room and was just about to get into bed then Coxasin appeared out of nowhere, grabbed her from behind. Silencing her with a rag he had then went ahead to tie her up in the chair. Then, after about ten minutes, it was pitch black and they could hear another pony coming in then a 'ding' noise and a loud thump. The Doctor, and Jelly, remained silence as they waited within the closet then the lights finally turned on and they saw Coxasin pinning Ditzy against the wall. "Say goodbye, you worthless piece of shit..." Coxasin said then The Doctor quickly took out one of his little guns and a big flash went through the room, causing Coxasin to become dizzy and both Dinky, and Ditzy, went unconscious. Jelly burst out of the closet then, glaring at Coxasin. "Stop right there!" He said. Coxasin blinked, rubbing his head, then looked over at Jelly but was unable to do much. "Hmm... His mind is quite strong... Anyways, sweet dreams!" The Doctor said then another flashed happened within the room, and Coxasin was unconscious. Jelly blinked softly then looked over at The Doctor. "Why does that NOT effect me?" He asked. The Doctor chuckled a bit and explained, "The gun is set to work on anypony who said something. Both Dinky and Ditzy screamed while Coxasin was talking. You stayed quiet the whole entire time and Bran is already is unconscious." Jelly blinked and nodded. "Better get this 'scene' set up before 'we' get here..." He explained and The Doctor nodded.
The Doctor went to work, covering the place up with the blood he made while Jelly put Coxasin in the closet. The Doctor joined them in the closet shortly afterwards, shutting it and staying quiet. After a while, The Doctor saw himself enter the room quickly, stepping into a pool of that blood then quickly went out shutting it. Then shortly afterwards, they heard the ponies leave then The Doctor and Jelly got out of the closet. "Come, let's get back to my place. I know what to do with this stallion." The Doctor said as Jelly carried Coxasin out of the closet. "What about this? And 'us'?" He asked The Doctor curiously who smiled softly. "Don't worry. We'll get back here in time before they wake up and 'us' will be back into the past before we get there." He explained as Jelly nodded softly...
After a long trip back to The Doctor's place, Jelly finally managed to get Coxasin down into the basement. The Doctor quickly got a 'coffin' looking machine out, then had Jelly lay Coxasin inside of it. The Doctor then strapped him up and inserted a few things into Coxasin's head, which got him to wake up but he cannot move or say anything. "Welcome to your prison." Jelly said, smiling softly. The Doctor already explained to Jelly what the machine does... Jelly then explained to Coxasin, who can hear him right now, "Your body will forever be paralyzed and you mind will always be constantly up. No sleep, air, or food required for you since the machine does everything for you... All you can do is just set there and watch the wall... Oh and the machine does make sure you can live forever!" After saying that, The Doctor shut the 'coffin's door' and smiled softly. "That takes care of that... Now Jelly, you can go clean up that mess and help out Ditzy. I'll take care of Coxasin here." Jelly nodded softly after The Doctor said that then quickly left the place.
From there, The Doctor took the coffin out of his home and went far away from Ponyville and into the Everfree Forest. He then dug up a hole and pushed the coffin into there. "Nopony will ever find you here and the soil has never been touched by ponies! This is a great place to keep that machine alive... Since it can live on nutrients from the soil... And I'm talking to myself." The Doctor said then facehoof'd shortly afterwards...
"And so that what happened." Jelly said, finally getting done explaing to Ditzy of what happened. Ditzy smiled softly and hugged Jelly for all the help he had done then looked over at Bran Muffins and begun 'talking' to him so he can understand what had happened. Dinky was fast asleep in and was laying with Ditzy due to being scared to sleep alone now. Eventually, everything will go back to normal for the family and soon Coxasin will be nothing but forgotten in this family... Sadly, he will never be forgotten for the deeds of Cox D. Vence had tainted Equestria in blood already and this such blood was soaked into memories, and dreams, of different ponies...
Meanwhile, in Manehatten. A mare was deep into a nightmare... Dreaming of her long dead husband and daughter. It was highly detailed of her husband being sliced up, bit by bit, in front of her daughter by a mysterious black pony and then she watched in horror as this pony forced a kitchen knife down her daughter's throat then she saw the pony look right at her with those dark red eyes and a grin upon a dark black face that she will never forget!
Storm is softly whistling to himself was he relaxes on top of a soft, fluffy, and white cloud. He had his two lower legs crossed as his two upper ones are behind his head. He continued to whistle softly like this until a small pebble hit the back of his head then falling down to the ground. After being hit in the head, he blinked softly to himself and then look down to see Jelly. "Oh... Hey Jelly! How can I help ya?" He asked curiously, thinking that Jelly probably wants his help with something. Jelly blinked a bit then stared at Storm while saying, "I don't need any help... Well... Kinda. I don't know really. Things went down lately and I kinda think we need to talk." Storm nodded softly then quickly jump down onto the ground and followed Jelly back to his place.
At Jelly's place, Wise was there waiting for them to get back and giving Jelly an unimpressed look. "So... What is it you wish to tell us?" Wise asked Jelly, looking at him with that stare still. Jelly blinked nervously at his friends then finally explained, "Long story... The short version is that Coxasin tried to kill somepony we know and now he is stuck in a hole forever... Still alive, not dead. Thought you guys might want to know just in case you are wondering why I don't look so well right now..." Both Storm and Wise nodded softly then Wise said, "I really don't care... I hardly notice him." As well as Storm replied, "Interesting. I guess it is a good thing not to worry about him anymore..." Then shortly afterwards, Storm gave Wise a upsetting glare. Jelly smiled softly then gets an idea and asked them, "You guys want any waffles? I am specially good at making waffles." Storm blinked softly then Wise said, "Why not? It is only 3 in the afternoon!" They all laugh softly for a few moments then Jelly nodded and went into the kitchen to start making waffles.
Wise looked at Storm now and asked him softly, so Jelly doesn't hear, "Are you still have those dreams about the Rainbow Factory?" Storm sigh softly, looking at Wise then quickly explained, "No. I think Shadow is gone for good... At least I hope." Wise nodded softly then asked, "I'm curious... How was it like?" Storm blinked then sigh once again... He looked at the ground, staring at it for quite a bit then finally replied, "I really don't wish to remember... What happened in that factory was so bad, so terrifying, so... Evil and unnatural that my own mind and soul refuses to even remember it fully... My nightmares about it are just a small piece of a larger puzzle that I probably will never see fully completed again." Wise nodded softly, watching his friend and keeping quiet now. Knowing such memories aren't something he wish to truly remember, especially if they are that bad...
Then finally Jelly came back with a plate of waffles and Wise quickly used his magic to help Jelly get all the plates out, and food served. Once they begun eating, Jelly finally looked over at Wise and asked him, "So... Tell me. How are you so good at magic when your cutie mark is about something related to music and..." But Wise stopped him then answered his question, "It isn't related to music. The headphones stand for my ability to hear and listen well. Very well and especially with other unicorns. You see, when I am near other unicorns... My horn kinda has this magical ability where it can 'listen' to other unicorns nearby and my magical abilities will increase because of that. However, this does goes both ways so their magic will also increase as well. Bran Muffins for example, only reason why he was able to teleport and save the day that one night was because I was there. If I wasn't there, Coxasin probably would've succeeded." After that, Wise went back to eating. Both Storm and Jelly stared at their friend, never hearing this ability. "So... Does it work with Alicorns like Celestia?" Storm asked curiously then Wise quickly answered "No." and went straight back to eating. "Okay then Wise. Also, how did you get your cutie mark? I'm curious." Jelly asked another question, staring at his friend curiously.
Wise sigh softly then looked at Jelly while saying, "It is a long story but I shall explain!" Then he begun explaining his story, "When I was young, I had a lovely family. Mother, father, and sister. I was 3 years older than my sister was just about to enter High School, still being a blank flank at such an older age. Well, one day I came home and... I found something I never wanted to see, yet I saw it..." Wise looked down softly, sighing a bit. "I figured out that both my father, and mother, were assassinated. Something about my father making deals with the wrong people, if I'm correct. Anyways, the thing is... There was like ice all around them like they freezed to death. I quickly look around, being scared out of my mind, and actually found the assassin. I think it was she and she was an unicorn... Some how, I just lost control and I actually begun using the same ice spells that were used my parents and things just went out of control... Eventually, the whole entire house was a block of ice but I manage to get out, and my cutie mark was there. Took me a while to figure out what it meant though but I sure did figured it out..." After that, he was done then Jelly decided to ask him, "Wait. What happened to your sister?" Wise blinked softly and answered, "She was adopted. I was old enough to live on my own and I just went here because I felt it would be best... I guess it was since I am here with you guys now." They both nodded softly.
They all nodded in agreement then Jelly got this idea and said, "Wise, we should go out and find your sister!" Wise stopped eating and looked at Jelly with a disturbed face while saying, "Say what?" Jelly nodded softly and continued, "Yeah. After we get done eating, we should pack our bags and head out! I am sure we can find her and I think it would be nice." Wise blinked softly then just nodded, "Fine but first... I would like to hear the stories of how you two got your cutie marks!" Storm blinked softly, not liking the sound of it, then Jelly spoke up. "Okay. I got a quick simple story for myself." Then he begun his own short story, "Mine was very simple. One day in Ponyville, when I was young, my parents had this big morning party. I decided to help out with the food and just made a lot of waffles... I mean, it I made so much that they should've just called it a waffle party! Which doesn't sound like a bad idea at all... Anyways, after the party I had this cutie mark and from then on, I just made a lot of waffles!" After that, both Storm and Wise blinked softly then Wise said, "That was short and simple..." Then he back eating.
Then Wise looked over at Storm and said to him, "Your turn." Storm blinked softly, looking at his friends, then begun his story; "Okay. Mine isn't a lovely one, I guess... Anyways, I was the only pegasus to never gain his cutie mark and when I got out of flight school, nopony wanted me around because they thought I was useless. You know, they thought I had no talents that would be useful to Cloudsdale... So, I was kinda kidnapped one day and sent to the Rainbow Factory so they can make some use of me..." Jelly blinked softly and quickly asked, "Wait. Rainbow Factory was real?" Storm nodded softly at Jelly, "Yeah and it wasn't a happy place at all. I refuse to say much about it. I will only say what is needed." Storm said then went back to his story, "Well... I tried to escape and while trying, I actually ran into the lightning room where they had a bunch of storm clouds that were used to run the factory. Well, nopony wasn't allowed to go near because these clouds were different than the normal ones. They were especially made to electricfied pretty much anything and keep the factory working... However, when I ran into them I gained this cutie mark almost instantly as my body just powered up with this electric. I don't know how but I just some how am natural with lightning, electric, and the sort... I can use it to how I see fit and I kinda did shut down the factory because of this. However it was only temporally because shortly afterwards, they manage to convince me to work in that room and power up the factory. They figured out they can stop losing lives in there if I am in there a lot... I still did some other work but I wont go into detail anymore..." After that, he was done and he just sat there, being a little sad.
They decided to stay quiet for the rest of the eating period so they can happily get going. Once they were all done, Jelly announced that it was time. "Okay Wise. Time for us to get going and find that sister of yours!" He said happily as Wise just rolled his eyes. "Fine but quick question! Why are you addicted to jelly?" Jelly blinked softly and quickly answered, "Because jelly is that awesome." They all got a quick laugh then went back to their own homes, except for Jelly who is already at home. Wise went straight home and begun packing up this things quickly, not taking much but taking some things just in case he needs them. Storm didn't pack anything at all mainly because as long there are clouds, he is fine. Jelly packed mostly jelly because he likes his jelly and some small trinkets of his that helps him when he is away from home. They all met up at the park within Ponyville and Jelly finally asked Wise, "So where should we begin?" Wise blinked softly then smiled softly at his friend, "Manehatten. That where I use to live in." The three nodded softly then went off to the train stations, got three tickets and off they go... As they got on the train, two glowing yellow eyes watched the three get onto the train from a safe distance, within the shadows where nopony can see whatever is watching...
12 Years Ago... At the Rainbow Factory: "Where is he?" A blue stallion, who had a yellow mane and tail while wearing a lab coat said as he looked over at a robotic pony, which has yellow eyes and was made out of steel. "Subject is currently running toward the Storm Room, Sir." The blue stallion and smiled softly, liking the idea. "Well then. Leave him be and let him..." But before he could finished, the whole place shut down. "Damn it! Glaze, run the back up generator NOW!" The green pony he was yelling at nodded softly and walked over to a lever, pulling it and starting the place back up. The blue stallion then made his way to the Storm Room where Storm was at, in a defensive stance and ready to defend the workers that were cornering him in the now near empty room. "Leave him be." The blue stallion said then looked over at Storm and smiled softly. "You seemed to have a talent afterall that could be extremely useful... And I think it would be wise to use it, don't you think." Storm blinked a bit then said, "No. I will not work for you..." The blue stallion laughed softly, "Oh really. Maybe we should give your family a tour of the factory here soon and see what they think... Hm?" He said, grinning at Storm who was frowning softly. "Okay.. Sorry... I'll work for you then... Just please don't leave me family alone... They all I have out there." The blue grinned and smiled softly. "Get him suited up and send him to my office..."
2 Years After that... At the Rainbow Factory: "Sir, I got a message for you from Princess Celestia." The robotic pony said as it walked up to the blue stallion, dropping a letter at his desk. He opened it up, reading it quickly then growled softly. "I wont be here for long, that is for sure..." He said then looked out the window of his office and down toward all of the workers, especially at Glaze and Storm who seemed to be waiting for something then he glared down at them. "I should've knew it..." He looked over at the robot, smiling softly. "V8_Seed, I have orders for you... I want you to leave this factory and stay hidden for a while then..." He continued, telling the robotic pony his plans...
Meanwhile, in current time at the Everfree Forest: A icy white unicorn mare was digging a hole until she hit something. She then quickly clear the dirt and pulled out the 'coffin' which The Doctor buried earlier. She opened it softly and helped Coxasin out of the 'coffin' who was coughing now and trying to breathe normally again. "It's alright Venny. I'm here." she said, smiling a bit at Cox who blinked softly and looked up at her in fear, "Wait... I killed you!" He proclaimed, trying his best to get up but his body is too weak due to the machine. "No. I got lucky. When you left me back there, some how my body manage to freeze itself to stop the bleeding and I manage to roll over... That, and you forgot to kill someone else who came back and pretty much saved me. I sent him on his way though so you will never meet him." She said, smiling softly then Cox glared at her... "Well.. Kill me then, if you wish... I'm too weak to do anything." He said as she chuckled softly, "Oh. I'm not here for that. I find it highly attractive when a stallion can dominate me like that and beat me... I am hear to offer an alliance, so to say. One that benefits, and pleasures, both of us. What do you say?" She explained smiling softly then Cox looked back up at her, smiling back as well...
In a small town, far away from Manehatten. A mare screamed from a nightmare she was having then her coltfriend woke up from such scream. "You okay hun?" He asked her softly as she cried a bit. "I'm fine... Just nightmares about my parents... And brother... Except it was different this time." He pet her softly, trying to calm her down as she said this. "Different? How so?" He asked then she blinked softly and said to him, "I saw the killer... He was as black as midnight and had eyes as dark red as blood itself... It was... Scary." He frowned softly and hugged her, saying, "It's alright. It was only a dream..." She nodded softly, smiling a bit...
The End
Storm, Wise, and Jelly all sat around in their seats as the train go through the desert. "Quick question, why are we in the desert?" Jelly asked curiously mainly because they shouldn't need to take this route. Wise sigh softly and said, "Because we apparently had to stop at a town in the desert first then we are off to Manehatten." Storm nodded softly as Wise was speaking and Jelly just sighed annoyingly softly. "So what to do to make time fly by?" Jelly asked curiously as Storm gets an idea! "We don't we... I don't know really. Nothing much to do on this train..." He said then looks around the place, to see if he can find something to do.
Then the three of them heard a loud noise on top of the train, like if something metal suddenly dropped on top of the train. "What is that?" Jelly asked, as they look around then a drill noise was heard a small drill is spotted at one spot, coming out of the ceiling. Storm blinked quickly and growled, know what it is. "You ponies stay here on the train and continue the mission... Even if it means to be without me!" He said quickly as he ran out before getting a response. He jumped on top of the train, and spotted a robotic pony. It was made out of purely steel with no skin at all and some sort of robotic mane. It looked up at Storm, the yellow eyes quickly turning red as it spotted its target.
It charge directly at Storm, with its drilling horn on and pointed outward. Storm quickly jumped right off the train and onto the desert sand which caused the robotic pony to jumped off right behind him. "Now that this tin can is away from my friends, we can properly end this." He thought then smiled over at the robotic pony. "Hey V8! Come and get you pathetic tin can!" He yelled out, grinning at V8 as the train continues its track, moving away from them.
V8 glared directly at Storm with its bright red eyes and charge once again then Storm quickly ran in a direction, as the robot followed right after him. Storm ran up to a cactus and waited for a moment and when V8 was near, he jumped into the sky and caused the robot to get his 'horn' stuck within the cactus. However, this didn't work as planned and the cactus was destroyed as V8 became free. Storm sighed softly, being the sky, then V8's wings slide out of its body and the jets kicked on as it flew up after Storm. Storm rolled his eyes then continue flying away, trying to stay a good distance, not knowing every single weapon that V8 has... As they fly, V8 has turned on his weaponry and shot some rockets out of his wings, which were heat seeking. Storm quickly flew downward and around a cactus to get the rockets to hit, and explode, the cactus. Storm then landed and quickly jump out of the way as V8 slammed into the sand.
Storm smiled, backing away a bit then V8 quickly jumped out of the sand and used his rockets and blast him directly Storm, which surprised him and he was pinned down quickly by V8 as V8's drill horn is turned on. V8 was just about to stab his drill horn directly into Storm's forehead but Storm manage to grab V8's head and threw the robot off of himself. Storm finally notices a storm cloud, and grins. Quickly, he takes off to the sky as V8 went right after him. As Storm flew upward, his speed was slowing down due to wind resistance and V8 was built to have little wind resistance, being able to catch up to Storm. V8 manage to get his robotic hooves on Storm, trying to pull him down but Storm kept flying, knowing his weak strength wouldn't be able to harm metal. As Storm drew nearer to the cloud, it became harder and harder especially once V8 made a creepy growling noise and stabbed its horn into Storm's left wing. Luckily, Storm was able to stay in the sky due to V8's jet engine and able to finally reach the storm cloud... As they both entered the cloud, Storm's body begun charging with eletrical energy from the cloud's lightning and quickly a burst of lightning came out of Storm, electricfying V8 so much that the robot had overrided and self destructed within the skies... With Storm still there.
Jelly and Wise was watching the skies, hoping to see their friend to quickly fly back to them but when they saw a small explosion from the distance, they fear the worse. "Do you think Storm is alright?" Jelly asked Wise, frowning softly. Wise shrugged a bit and said "I don't know..." Then, they both just stayed quiet, watching the skies still hoping for the best. Both Wise and Jelly stayed quiet for the rest of the train ride to Manehatten, not once saying a word nor thinking of anything to say. When they arrived, they quickly got off and looked around the place, smiling a little... "I guess it is time to see my old home..." Wise said as he walked...
"Oh why do you want to kill that grey mare so much Coxy? You do know we have bigger fish to fry... Or freeze in my case." Arc said as she followed Coxy in the forest who then stopped, growling a bit then calms down... "Argh fine... I'll leave her alone for now but who do you recommend killing? Hm?" Coxy asked as he turned around to face Arc. She smiled happily at Cox and said, "Wise... I saw that unicorn while I was searching for you and I think it is time for him to meet his parents." She said, smirking softly. Cox smiled, agreeing with her. "Yeah... He caused some trouble for me so a little revenge would be lovely.." She giggled softly as she nuzzled him softly. "That's it my dear... A little revenge then maybe we can come back here and collect some yellow eyes... Hm?" She whispered lightly into his ear as he grinned, liking the idea...
Wise and Jelly continued walking down the road until they found an old building which seemed to still be opened. Wise told Jelly to wait and trotted inside, looking around then walking up to a mare at the front desk. "Hello. I was wondering if you can help me find someone?" He asked as the mare blinked softly at him and said, "Sure. We have plenty of filles looking for a home." Wise quickly said no then added, "I'm looking for a specific pony who I was with in here a long time ago. You might have her on the records." The mare rolled her eyes and said, "Sorry, we can't help you." Wise blinked softly then looked over at her, saying, "Listen. My name is Wise and I have finally came back to try and find my little sister, Wisdom, and I demand some help! An arrow to point me in the right direction, you may say." The mare smiled softly upon hearing this and said, "Oh Celestia! It has been a long time... You have grown so much Wise that I nearly forgot... Name's Clare and I was also a young one here with you. I was best friends with your sister actually..." She was happy to see Wise again who blinked a bit. "You work here now?" He asked quickly as she nodded. "Yeah. Work where I grow up and try my best to help the future." She said then added, "As for your sister. She lives in a little town outside of Manehatten. I believe she is currently with a special somepony out there?" Wise smiled happily, and nodded. Saying goodbye and quickly hiding out back to Jelly, who seemd to have gotten some blueberry jelly somewhere and was eating it.
Wise sighed and said to Jelly, "What are you doing?" Jelly shrugged and answered, "Eating." Wise sighed again then headed out as Jelly walked behind him, dropping the jelly he had in the trash. "So where is your sister?" He asked as Wise blinked softly, saying, "Oh in another town not far from Manehatten. I guess it is time to maybe get a job... You know, get some bits for the train ride." They both nodded then head off to the market distrinct part of town where they found a store owner who hired them, knowing it was temporally and helpful. Both Jelly and Wise didn't said too much and worked throughout the day, earning bits by the hour, then they stopped as Jelly smiled as they met one of their customers...
Storm softly opened his eyes, noticing he is lay on a soft cloud bed... His left wing hurting badly but it is bandaged and he some bad scares of some parts of his body. As his eyes fully opened, he finally noticed a yellow-ish stallion in front of him who also had a striped brown and yellow mane, with matching tail. For some odd reason, he is wearing a crown on his head but quickly Storm caught who it is... "Princewhateverer?" He asked, having a hard time talking due to some pain. He chuckled softly upon hearing this and said, "Ah. you are up finally. You had an awesome little fight, well chase, in the sky... I kinda caught you in the sky as you were falling unconscious. Luckily for you, my cloud house was gently flying through the desert... Oh and please call me Prince. Princewhateverer is just my musician name." He smiled softly as Storm smiled a bit as well. "Thanks..." He said, still not saying much. "Just relax and rest some. You'll be healed up quite quickly.. Oh and I hope you dont mind but I took the robot thing's head and put on one of my shelves... I kinda am getting an idea from that." Prince said as Storm nodded a bit, showing that he doesn't mind and smiles a bit knowing that V8 is done for.
After a few hours of rest, Storm was able to get up a little and checked out the place. It was quite nice but not too fancy. Seemed like Prince doesn't seem to care for big a fancy... "Earlier you were saying that your house was flying through the desert... Why?" Storm asked as he spotted Prince walking back in. "Simple. To get away from certain fans and keep my privacy. They can't bother me when I am constantly moving, right?" Prince explained as Storm nodded in agreement, liking the idea. "By the way... Why did you risk yourself to save me?" Storm asked another question curiously. Prince smiled softly and said, "Oh I thought you were a lovely and handsome stallion." Which caused Storm to blinked a few times confusingly from this then he added, "Oh I'm joking. I did it because it would be mean to just let you fall to your possible death." Storm laughed a bit and smiled a little. "I guess that is reasonable enough..." He said as they both nodded then Prince asked, "Are you with anypony? I just want to make sure because I can easily take you back to your special somepony so she would be happy to see that you alright." Storm frowned a bit upon hearing this. "Not anymore. Magical Numbers was cheating on me so I broke up with her recently... Like the other day. Sad times in Ponyville, I guess." He said as Prince smiled a bit and added, "Glad you did. If she was doing such a thing then you should never have been with her... You know what, I think you should try asking Twinkle Dust out. She is an amazing singer and currently lives in Ponyville." Storm nodded softly, liking the idea. "Thanks but I need to get to Manehatten and find my friends... Do you think you can drop me there later?" Storm asked as Prince nodded softly. "Sure!" He said, agreeing to do so.
Prince happily, and quickly, helped Storm from there to get onto his hooves and manage to drop him off at Manehatten, without attracting attention from any possible fans. Storm walked into the city, looking around for any signs of where he can find Wise and Jelly. He continue to wonder around randomly through the city in the day, eventually getting into the market distrinct... He sigh softly then decided to head to a store, since Prince was nice enough to give him plenty of bits to help himself in Manehatten and get back home but once he was inside, he smiled as he finally found Wise and Jelly.
Jelly wan up to Storm, smiling softly at his good friend. "Oh my Celestia! Are you alright?" He said as Storm chuckled softly and said, "I'm good... Got lucky and a special pony saved me... I wont say who." Jelly blinked and nodded softly. "Your wing though..." He added as Storm nodded, saying, "It'll heal. Don't worry... Anyways, why are you ponies here anyways?" He asked as Wise finally step in, saying, "To earn some bits for the train tickets. I know where to go next to find my sister." Storm nodded softly but says, "I got plenty of bits you know so we can just go now..." Both Jelly and Wise smiled upon seeing that it is true then quit that job quickly and head straight to the train station with Storm!
They bought the tickets and the train head out toward the next town, which it didn't took long to get to. Once then, all three of them got out of train and headed toward the house that Wise manage to get quite easily from Clare and once they were there, he knocked on the door. A stallion opened the door, looking at Wise mainly and asking, "Can I help you?" Wise smiled softly and said, "Yes. I am looking for my sister Wisdom and was told she was hear, right?" The stallion blinked softly and answered Wise, "Sorry but she moved out a while ago with her boyfriend. In another town down west... It is quite a long train ride but you can easily get the tickets... Oh... Here." He left then came back with a piece of paper which tells Wise the house's number in the town. Wise nodded then they went off as Storm asked, "You find it strange that it was very quick and easy to get the info?" Wise just shrugged and they quickly went off to get the tickets and back on the train. Since it was getting dark and it will be a long nightly ride, they decided to happily fell asleep on the train...
"That was a lovely date Coxy... I just loved how you took care of Clare in front of them..." Arc said, smiling softly as she was reading a newspaper article from Manehatten, talking about a recent killing spree in a 'freezing death trap house'. Cox chuckled softly at her, happily saying, "Oh but how love it how you made some delicious popsickles... Now that what I have to say is quite indeed good." They both laugh as they sat on the train cart, heading to their next location as they follow Wise's movements. "Oh I did just for you..." Cox smiled upon hearing this from Arc and they both grinned as they stare into one another eyes...
The Doctor was walking through the Everfree Forest, with a few gadgets of his. "Now let's see how..." then he stopped, noticing a hole. He quickly ran up to it and begun freaking out a little. "Oh no! No no no no no! This is not good!" He said then looked around, seeing hoofprints in the mud. He took out one of his 'flashlights' he had and used it on the hoofprints and then begun following them. His 'flashlight' was able to follow the trail of these specific hoofprints and it lead him to the train station, which he stopped at it and begun thinking for a moment then finally gets an idea. "He's after Wise, Storm, and Jelly! I got to warned them some how!" He said then he ran quickly back home, packing everything up then using one of his machines at home to get a map of Equestria on a 'tablet' thing of his with the current locations of the ponies he needs to go help. Then he head off, not using the train but one of his own gadgets that he hadn't tested out yet. He calls it a Motorcycle! It was painted pure black and quickly put all of his stuff in the basket at the behind then got on it, and drove off. Heading where they are at!
In the morning, the train stopped and all three of the friends quickly got off. Wise ran straight to the place where his sister is at but when he got there, there seem to be the Royal Guard there. He came up to one and quickly asked, "Um... Can somepony explain to me what is going on?" A white pegasus Royal Guard looked over at Wise, "Why would you want to know?" He asked as Wise growled a little, "Cause my little sister lives here!" He said at the guard who frowned softly then explained, "Well... She was found dead... Nopony knows what happened. Been happening quite a lot recently though. Ponies being found dead after night as their family, or lovers, wake up with some sort of dark black mark on them..." Storm and Jelly manage to catch up, and Storm heard this saying... "No... How?" Everypony blinked softly at Storm who then decided to explain, "This happened before but in a small gated community I lived in... At one point in my life I moved to this lovely town with a very special somepony and we had a lovely time together. Very fun, very grand then the same killings started happening again. Eventually, my girlfriend became a victim and I decided to work with her father to stop it. We figured out it was some sort of shadow pony who calls himself Shadow... We manage to stop him though took a while and he did corrupted so many... But it became fixed and then I moved to Ponyville afterwards to get away from all of this... Later on, Shadow came back. You remember that, right Jelly and Wise?" Both Jelly and Wise nodded then Storm explained that whole story to the Royal Guard. "So... This is the doing of a powerful pony who can stalk the dreams of the sleeping and kill them in their nightmares eventually? Or corrupt them to come into our world or get them do his doing?" Royal Guard asked as Storm nodded. Wise was off to side, sitting alone and sad... He came all this way and failed to save her... Jelly say beside him and tried to cheer him but nothing was helping. The Guards nodded softly after collecting info from Storm and went off to investigate further into this in Canterlot, thinking it would probably be best to use some sort of magic to learn everything...
"I don't know what to do now... I officially lost everything!" Wise said, being highly upset and Storm decided to walk up to the sad unicorn. "You still got us... I mean, c'mon now... Cheer up! We've been through bad times and..." Before Storm could finish, The Doctor finally appeared on his motorcycle, looking extremely tired. "What happened to you?" Jelly said then Storm decided to take Wise somewhere else and try to cheer him while Jelly talks to The Doctor, who quickly replied, "Cox is out!" He said then quickly dig through his stuff and grab a special treat of his, eating it quickly then feeling much better. "Much better." Jelly blinked a few times then finally said, "Wait! Cox is out? Did he tried to get Derpy again?" The Doctor quickly said no then explained how he tracked them down and how he figured out that Cox is out, and is coming. Jelly nodded upon hearing this then both him and The Doctor quickly ran to where Storm and Wise, explaining everything to them. Wise was still upset but now he has a living breathing target to release his anger at. "What are we going to do?" Jelly asked then Storm gets an idea. "Fight! It is just Cox, so why not?" They all nodded. "But this time, I think it would be best to actual kill him... I mean it is the only way to get rid of him once and for all..." He added then The Doctor said, "I agree. If he can get out what I put him in, I think there is no other option..." They all agreed on this but wasn't quite happy. It isn't every day for them to actually kill somepony... At least it is somepony evil, right?
Wise got permission from his sister's boyfriend to go up to the ceiling of the house and hide out... A good spot for sniping, he thought, and Storm went straight up into the clouds, hiding within them while thinking, "After this, I would love to take a break...". Jelly stayed with The Doctor in the street, setting up all of The Doctor's 'toys'. Sadly, the guards had already left to do their business at Canterlot and wont be around to help... Or arrest them for murder. After a bit, they heard the train finally stopping and continued to wait a little more until finally Cox came walking down the street, with a icy blue mare.. Wise recognized her and smiled a bit, having a chance to avenge his family as well. They stopped, noticing both The Doctor and Jelly who blinked softly, a little confused. "Well well Coxy, they knew and decided to threw a little party." She said as Cox chuckled softly. Both Jelly and The Doctor got ready for whatever it is to come, staying quiet and not wanting to talk.
Then Wise smiled and yelled out, "Hey Arctic! Come at me bitch!" Wise changed his plans and the mare he yelled at smiled, turning into a 'cloud of ice' and reforming on the ceiling. "With pleasure." She said as she reappears. Cox smiled then look at The Doctor and Jelly. "So tell me... Why do you think you can defeat me? Hm?" He said, grinning. "Because! I have SCIENCE!" The Doctor said, pushing a button which caused some explosions around Cox, blinding him easily and covering him in smoke. Jelly quickly put on a mask and ran up to Cox, ramming right into chest and throwing him into the air, and over The Doctor, then Cox landed on back, a breaking noise was heard...
That noise was Storm's cue and he quickly bucked a storm cloud, a lightning come straight down upon Cox, electricfying him and causing him great pain. The Doctor went up, and placed a hoof down on Cox's chest to pin him down and used a gun of his to zap Cox into dust... "That was easy..." Jelly said softly then The Doctor laughed. "It happens when you have a mastermind with plenty of time to set things up and make plans... But never expected that icy mare... " He said then looked over at the roof where he can see ice and magic blasting everywhere...
Arctic and Wise was in a magical fight, using sheilds and wards to block one another spells and constantly never stopping casting. "You grew quite a lot Wise... Maybe I should change my mind..." She said, smiling. Wise growled loudly. "No.. I know what you are thinking!" He yelled casting yet another blast from his horn, which Arctic once again blocked with a ward. "Fine then! I didn't want to do this!" She slammed her hooves upon the ground, freezing the whole entire roof and eventually freezing Wise in a block of ice. However, that block of ice quickly break as the ice surrounded Wise begun to melt due to the magical heat from his horn. "You got to try harder than that!" He proclaimed! Then a lightning striked hit part of the roof between them and both ponies looked up to see Storm and quickly Jelly and The Doctor joined Wise's side. Arctic blinked softly, looking around and noticing Cox is gone and she quickly growled but didn't did anything stupid. She said, "This isn't over!" Then became a icy cloud once again and quickly vanished in the air... Storm came down and sigh softly then looked over at Wise, and his friends. "At least we got Cox but now we got another foe... Who was she?" He said as Wise decided to explain, "That was the pony who assassinated my parents a long time ago... Kinda sad that she ran off but now we know she is still around and some day I'll make her pay!" They blinked and nodded softly, noticing Wise seemed to feel better after that little fight... Probably because he released a good amount of his angry in spellcasting.
Before they left to head back home to Ponyville, they went to Wisdom's funeral and Wise said his last words, and goodbyes, to his little sister then wished the best for her, where ever she is at now. Then, the three of them went home by train; The Doctor had to go home by his motorcycle... When they all got home, they went their own ways. Jelly went home to bath and relax in jelly, because that is what he does to cheer himself up. Wise went straight home and begun training his magical skills, getting ready for the next time he meets her again... Storm decided to go visit Twinkle Dust, and ask her out on a date, which she said yes to and they had a lovely time...
At the Canterlot Archives... The Royal Guard were everywhere, checking every single book and scroll in hopes to figure out what Shadow is and how to defeat him... One them found an interesting book about myths and one myth was about shadow ponies. An ancient, and thought to be made up, race of ponies which are fully black in color and symbol fears, nightmares, and darkness. They only prey upon ponies dreams when fear raises enough in Equestria and their names were always related to the darkness. Most common names being Shadow and Umbra...In this case, it was Shadow. These ponies also has the ability to corrupt normal ponies and eventually, the corrupted ones will become shadow ponies and can never be cured, which the cure is memory...
Storm knocked at a door of a house in Cloudsdale then waited for somepony to come and answer the door for him. Porky eventually opened up the door and looked over at Storm curiously then said, "Oh hey there friend! What brings you here today?" Storm blinked softly then said, "You want to go on an adventure?" Porky blinked a few times then thought on it for a moment then decided to ask Storm, "Will there be spiders?" Storm shrugged at the question. "That I do not know for I am going on an adventure to find and destroy Shadow for once and for all!" He said as Porky nodded then finally decided, "Indeed. Sounds like fun. I shall come with you and lend you a hoof in this task." They both nodded then flew off toward Ponyville...
Wise walked softly to his mailbox and opened it to see what he got and one thing was a package. He quickly opened it and found an amulet, which he does not truly want. He brought it inside and sat on a table within his home then thought for a moment on what to do to get revenge on Arctic. She cause so many issues for his family that he has to do something in order to get rid of her and finally allow his mind to rest in peace... Especially with recent happening with his sister, though that was Shadow to blame... Shadow is also on his list of ponies he wishes to kill or see die. Then he heard a knock at the door and he walk out to open it, seeing Storm and probably one of Storm's friends. Storm came inside, telling Porky to wait outside real quick, then looked over at Wise. "Hey Storm. I'm just about to go and hunt down Shadow. My friend outside is going to help me find him, though not help me fight him. I was wondering if you wanted to join us since you know, Shadow kinda killed your sister." He said as Wise thought on it for a moment then looked over at the amulet, thinking... Then he got an idea! "Actually, I'm going to go after Arctic. You can go get Shadow, okay?" He said as he uses his unicorn magic to put the amulet around Storm's neck, "And wear this. It might help you more than me..." Storm blinked a few times but then nodded and head off with Porky, not wanting to waste much time with idle chit-chat.
Wise then went over and knocked upon Jelly's door. When Jelly answered, he grin and asked, "So what is up?" Wise smiled softly and said, "You will help me find Arctic and get rid of her. Got it?" Jelly blinked a few times but sighed softly and said, "Fine but she is going to be too powerful for me... I do think we should talk to the Doctor real quick and see what he can help with though." They both nodded after that and went off down the straight and knocked upon the Doctor's door. He opened quickly saying, "Yes. Doctor Hooves is at your service. How can I... Oh. It's you. Need some help with something crazy again?" Wise nodded a bit. "Yes. I was wondering if you can help us catch that Arctic mare, if you remember her." The Doctor blinked and nodded some. "Yes. I do remember her and I do have just the thing! Wait here!" He said then went inside for a bit. After that bit, he came back out and gave Wise a special device with a nice little 3D map of the area around him and an arrow. "I kinda manage to get a good image of her and then used this device to... Well... You might not understand but really, the arrow is pointing where she is at. Just follow it and you will find her. I for one cannot come with you on this adventure cause I do have some other business with Ditzy today. Apparently somepony out there has hired her, and I, to make this show called 'Doctor Hooves and the Assistant'." The Doctor explained and Wise nodded softly, knowing what to do then headed off with Jelly, following the map...
"So how is that book going?" Storm asked Porky as they were waiting for the train to come. "Oh.. The Fallout: Equestria book? It's going good. Interesting read so far." Porky explained, smiling softly. Storm nodded a bit and said, "Good. I am thinking about giving it a read after we are done with all this Shadow crap." Porky nodded softly, quickly replying "Indeed." Then the train finally came and stopped. Both Porky and Storm got and as they do, they saw Thunder, from Storm's class, on the train. Storm decided to sit with him and smiled softly. "Hey there." Storm said, greeting him. "Oh hello." Thunder replied, looking at Storm then at Porky. "So what you two doing?" He asked curiously then Storm decided to reply, "Going to stop that Shadow guy." Thunder nodded a bit. "You want me to come as well? You might just need my strength." Thunder said, smiling a bit. Storm nodded happily, "Sure! More help, the better!" Storm said as Thunder smiled softly, liking the idea to lend a hoof.
Wise was looking at the device for a good few hours now as Jelly just waited, tapping a hoof on the ground... "So are we gonna go or what?" He said then finally Wise smiled excitely, knowing she is finally. "She's in Manehatten. Underground somewhere. Hey Jelly, ever been teleported before?" He said, smiling devilishly at his friend who blinked a bit and then backed away some. "That is too far of a..." He was unable to finish what he was saying before Wise used his magic to teleport him and Jelly out of Ponyville. They both appeared in Manehatten, Wise was rubbing his head softly... "Never again." He said to himself as Jelly blinked a few times then glared over at his friend. Then both decided to just get going and move onward, looking around the town for some sort of passage down underground while using that device as a guide of where to look.
After a long train ride, they stopped at a town in the desert. Storm didn't bothered with remembering the name of the town and ran straight into the desert with Porky and Thunder behind. "Quick question. Why are we running randomly into the desert?" Porky asked then Storm stopped and sigh softly. "Cause I know a bit about Shadow from my last encounter with him long ago. His species is near extinct; he is last of his kind... His kind were worshipped quite a lot by us ponies long ago during the original days of Discord. Back then, his species was praised for they brought dreams back then to help those under Discord's rule feel better when asleep... But when Celestia came... Well... They decided to switch from dreams to nightmares... Then eventually to killing. One of the original temples are still built and I went to it before to stop him a long ago. Going back there again but this time, doing things a little differently." Storm explained to Porky and Thunder as they all nodded then followed Storm to this mysterious place...
8 years ago... Storm was walking down a hall, holding a torch in his mouth for light then he reached a grand chamber within the place, looking around the place and checking out the carvings... It was a timeline! The first few was of Discord's rule then the second few was the introduction of what is currently known as the Shadow Ponies. Then there was carvings of Celestia and Luna arrival with the defeat of Discord... Then the betrayal of the Shadow ponies, and so on. Storm blinked a few times, reading and checking out the carvings then his torch went out and it was black as he heard a voice but couldn't understand the language... Then a ghostly figure of a pony finally appeared giving Storm an upsetting look...
Now... Jelly opened up a passage that leads into the sewers and jump down. Wise was right behind and took a good look around the place then said, "Argh... I hate doing dirty work." Jelly chuckled softly then Wise glared over at his friend for chuckling. Then they both decided to walk through these filthy sewers, trying not to step into anything they'll regret getting into... After a bit of walking, Wise finally found an unique looking door and gotten up to it and knocked on it then the door whispered to them, "What is life's greatest illusion?" Wise blinked then begun thinking to himself on it as Jelly looked around then finally said, "Innocence?" The door then spoke again, "Welcome!" and it has opened. Wise blinked at his friend asked, "How did you know?" Jelly smiled softly and replied, "Well... No one is innocent, right?" Wise nodded a bit at that and they both entered the pathway that has just opened.
"So... We are finally here... Right when night is about to come upon us..." Thunder said as he looked at the temple ruins. "Indeed." Porky said then looked at Storm who just walked right inside, and his friends came right behind him. "So what about traps?" Porky asked then Storm said, "Don't worry. They should be disabled." Then he grabbed a torch on from the wall and rubbed it against the ground for a bit, and managed to get it lit. Then he went onward first to light up the passage of the temple as his two friends came right behind him. Eventually Storm stopped and blinks a few times, putting the torch safely down on something. "Thunder, this wall wasn't here before. Mind knocking it down?" Storm asked his friend, pointing at a wall. Thunder nodded a bit then got up to it with his back to it then he bucked, bricking the wall down easily but then a gush of wind came, blowing out the torch... Making it too dark to see. "Where is the torch!" Porky said, frightened but then the three saw a light-bluish light down the hall, beyond the destroyed wall. Storm walked toward, beckoning his friends to follow which they did so, only able to see his figure blocking the light a bit...
8 years ago... "How dare you invade our temple! Name you reasoning or else... Speak!" The ghostly figure said as it glared at Storm who simply replied, "I am just here to take care of somepony named Shadow. He has been causing trouble for me and some others so I wish to take care of him. Where is he?" The figure which he spoke to had stopped glaring at him then said, "You speak of Shadow as his name and I know which one you speak about. I will help with your wish for Shadow the Traitor has to be punished for the death of Umbra..." With that, the figure finished but the room lit up with a bluish glow then only one hall was lit up... This has to be the way and so Storm smiled and followed the lit path.
Now... Wise has been using his magic to light up the dark passage as he and Jelly went down. "This place is a bit creepy... And why would she be down here anyways?" Jelly asked his friend who quickly replied, "It's alright... And she is an assassin." Jelly then nodded upon hearing his friend and decided to stay quiet to look around for any possible threats. At the end of the passage, they came to a big empty room. Wise looked around for any other possible ways but found none. He blinked a few times and then begin to check around the room for anything interesting. "I'll check the walls for a weak point or hidden door." Jelly said as he trots over to the walls and begun using his front hooves to check it for anything.
As Storm and his two friends walk down the hall, they finally reached the same ghostly figure that Storm had met many years ago. The figure glared over at Storm and his friends then said, "You have failed last time and now you wish to try again?" Storm kept his friends quiet and nodded softly at the figure who stomped on the floor and said, "But this time, I shall not help you for Shadow is expecting you already and been waiting. He seem to be wanting to get his hooves on you... I beg you though, leave now for only death awaits." The figure vanished and all the torches lit up in the place. Porky and Thunder looked at Storm with curious face then Storm said, "Don't worry. I have a feeling we will live... I just do." Both of his friends nodded and went with him as Storm went deeper into the temple, knowing where to go since he still remembers from last time.
Wise stared at a strange picture of Arctic on the wall, wondering why she would have a picture of herself in this pretty empty room. Jelly was still busy checking the walls on the other side of the room then Wise got an idea and used his magic to move the picture out of the way and found a hole only big enough for one leg to enter. Wise decided to use his magic to pick a rock nearby and just slide it into the hole then he heard a click and a hidden trap door in the middle opened, showing spiral stairs. Wise smiled and went ahead down as Jelly went right behind him. "Good job Wise Pony!" Jelly commented as he came down with Wise who smiled softly from the comment.
Thunder burst down a door that was locked and then Storm rushed into the room and finally seeing the book in the middle of a pretty big room. "This is the room... Get ready colts." He said as he walked up to the book then opened it, going through the pages. Both Thunder and Porky shrugged softly and just watched Storm for now, wondering what is going to happen... Storm finally found the page and then back away from the book as it begun glowing and soon a dark fog appeared out of it and soon formed into Shadow who smiled softly. "I knew you will be doing this again... Just like old times Storm, right?" He said looking over at Storm who got into a defensive position and nodded, getting ready. Both Porky and Thunder also joined in with Storm which caused Shadow to chuckle softly. "Looks like you have some friends as well. Well then... Maybe I should too get some friends, hm?" He said then two more fogs came out and one formed a giant spider, which is Porky's fear, while the other formed an unicorn, Thunder's fear being magic... Porky stared the spider then just ran out of the room as the spider vanished, making it more fair to the two staying... "Thunder, just go and get Porky." Storm said and Thunder nodded, running off as well so it is only just Storm and Shadow, who was grinning. "Now let's dance!" Shadow said and charged at Storm but right before he hit Storm, the amulet on him exploded and both him and Shadow vanished...
Arctic waited on a balcony, using the controls of a room to open up the floor and to reveal the spikes under the floor. "I do hope that amulet was sent to the right pony or else a certain mailpony will get it..." She said to herself then smiled softly at the crystal hanging on the ceiling in the room then she casted a spell right at it, causing the crystal to explode... Storm came out of the fog that was created and quickly used his wings to catch himself before landing on any of the spikes below. Shadow also caught himself and growled loudly. "Who dared to interupt my fight!" He yelled out then looked over at Arctic on the balcony who just glared at the two pegasi. "Oh really now?" She said then hit the button, having the floor slowly come back. Storm blinked then landed on the floor safely and watched the two. "Yes! You should pay for your interuption you filthy maggot!" Shadow yelled out, being quite mad now at Arctic who teleported down onto the floor and stomped her front right hoof. "Bring it shadow boy!" She said, also being quite mad as well.
Shadow quickly landed and changed into his unicorn form and quickly casting a shadow blast right at Arctic who used an ice wall to block it quickly then casted an ice ball spell back at Shadow who simply absorbed it. "Gotta do better than that!" He proclaimed then casted another spell, creating a shadow that is moving on the floor right at Arctic who quickly froozed the floor to stop it then created an ice spike and shoot right at Shadow, who ducked to dodge it safely. Then he growled and used a constant beam of shadow at Arctic who then used a constant beam of ice back at him, trying to push the shadow beam back... But Shadow was slowly pushing the ice beam back.
Then Wise and Jelly ran into the room finally, near Storm and watched the fight curiously. Storm looked over at Wise and just shrugged then Wise smiled, getting an epic idea. He begin to use his magic, casting a spell on Arctic without her knowing then she begin to win the beam fight with Shadow and it didn't took long for her ice beam to win, causing an explosion of frost which caused Shadow to freeze into an ice statue and half the room is now covered in ice. Arctic smiled then looked over at Wise and growled. "Well. I guess we have to do this the hard way." She said then casted her ice beam right at Wise who casted his own green beam of magic back but ended up losing slowly.
Jelly left the room to hide, not wanting to be there when another magical explosion happened. Storm quickly took to the air and flew in the upper part of the room and then quickly flew straight down at Shadow in a kicking motion. Upon kicking Shadow, his icy statue exploded with dark magic, sending Storm flying across the room, rolling on the floor and unconscious. Arctic was closed enough and she was hit by the explosion causing her to stop her spell then Wise's beam went directly into her, changing her body from solid into liquid as the shadow covered her up and that half of the room. Wise smiled then looked over at Storm and ran toward him but a block of ice fall from the ceiling, landing on Wise's head and he blacked out quickly...
Storm slowly opened his eyes then looked around, seeing Wise on a bed who is up and just staring at Storm. Storm then looked around some more, finally seeing that they are in the hospital and then he saw Jelly, Thunder, and Porky. "Um...What happened?" Storm asked, rubbing his head softly. Three of his friends just shrugged then Jelly explained, "I found you and Wise unconscious so I went to get some help and well got the two of you carried here at the hospital in Manehatten. I then sent a letter to our teacher, explaining that we wont be there for a while." Both Thunder and Porky nodded then Thunder added, "And our teacher did got it and told the rest of the class about it. I was back at Ponyville by then, after calming Porky here. I directly came back to tell Porky what I heard and we both came here to see it for ourselves." Storm smiled softly and nodded, rubbing his head again then decided to rest now. His friends leaving the room now, letting Storm and Wise rest...
A week later, Storm and Wise was sent back to Ponyville. Storm decided to finally continued his life, knowing that Shadow is truly gone and Wise decided to go on a vacation so he left Ponyville quickly afterwards. Porky and Thunder went back to what they were doing at their homes in Cloudsdale, being a bit happy that they had a little adventure for once. Jelly was back at home, relaxing softly on his bed... Finally not having to deal with any crap that his friends been having for the last month and so then he heard a knock at his front door. Jelly got up and opened it then gasped upon seeing somepony... "Syrup!" He said as the dark brown pony, with a darker brown mane and tail, as well as having a syrup bottle as his cutie mark, smiled softly at Jelly... He said, "Hello... Brother."...
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Bonus: Rainbow Factory Ending (Storm's Story)
{This story is the one which Storm have begun written in the very first chapter of the story (If anypony remembers that). I have decided to add it as a Bonus Chapter for those who were interested in reading the ending that Storm came up with so this story is really just a fanfiction story you can find in Equestria. (FYI: Storm being me).}
Scootaloo sigh softly as she lay upon the table; her legs and wings strapped to the table so she can't get away. She frowned softly up at the cyan pegasus above her, the one she looked up to her whole entire life until recently when this same pegasus is the one which ended her friends life... This same pegasus who use to be so great, so fun, before now just a twisted nightmare... But Scootaloo can see the old pegasus with her eyes, she can see the sparkle of light within that nightmarish form. The name of this pegasus is Rainbow Dash and she was grinning softly down at Scootaloo while asking her a simple question, "Any last words?". The young pegasus sighed softly and stared at Dash's eyes, saying... "You have beautiful eyes.." Rainbow Dash blinked softly, a bit surprised at the comment but shook it off then calls over one of her workers to bring the tools. The pegasus she called over did came but when he got there, he took off his mask to show a white coat and a golden mane. Dash looked at him in confusion then finally said, "What you are doing Lightning Bolt? We got work to do and do you really want blood over your face?"
Lightning Bolt sighed softly then looked directly at Dash, as Scootaloo watches, and said "No... We need to stop this. I mean.. What happened to us? How did it get to this?" After saying that, he got a hard slap to his face from Dash who screamed at him, "You silly stallion! We need to do this, it is our job! Now, give me those tools before I take them myself, and you know what happens to the pegasi that doesn't listen.. Right?" Bolt rubbed his cheek softly then looked at Dash while saying, "Yes.. I know but those ponies didn't have what I have.." He smiled softly then stomped on a button, which he had on the lower part of the tool cart. Rainbow Dash wasn't expecting this to happened and quickly, the factory lights begin flickering and shortly afterwards, the whole factory was off... It was dark and nopony can see, mainly cause the factory wasn't allowed to have windows but noise was heard.. Movement then crashing noise.. After only 5 minutes, the back up generators kicked on and everything was on again. Lightning Bolt, and Scootaloo, were nowhere to be seen and Rainbow Dash stomped furiously onto the ground.. "ARGH! Why did we have him do the electric work around here!" She said to herself as she looked around the room then notices the doors are opened and two of the factory workers came rushing in.
"Dash, we spotted two pegasi escaping the factory shortly after the shut down... We couldn't catch them cause they were flying too fast, and it was too dark.." They both said and Dash rolled eyes then gave them a disappointed look. "I'll take care of them myself." She said to them as she rushed out of the factory...
When the factory was shut down, Lightning Bolt was prepared. He normally wears eye contact to help him see better but today, he had special ones that gave him a 'night eye' ability so he was able to see in the dark. When the lights came off, he saw Dash worrying, giving him the time to quickly get Scootaloo out and carried her out of the factory.. Luckily, he flew fast enough to get out of there within the 5 minutes he had. He knew the back up generator takes some time before running and he knew that his plans will succeed.. He had been preparing for this ever since Scootaloo was sent to this nightmare. Now, as he flies away from the factory, away from Cloudsdale, and still holding Scootaloo who was holding onto him for her life.. He smiled softly at her and asked, "Do you have any friends that can keep you safe?" Scootaloo nodded softly... "Yes, my friend Apple Bloom and her family can..." She said and shortly after that, Bolt asked "Where do they live?" and Scootaloo told him in Ponyville and helped him get there.
When they finally reached the apple farm, he placed Scootaloo down onto the ground and Applejack was the first to greet them. "Oh.. Howdy there Scootaloo! Been awhile.. Who's your friend?" Bolt didn't had time to chat and quickly took off then Scootaloo ran up to Applejack saying, "Applejack! You gotta hide me!" Applejack blinked softly and was confused at the request.. "What in the hay? Why?"... Scootaloo quickly explained and Applejack ended up hiding safely in the barn for now...
Rainbow Dash flew fast with anger, and hatred.. Nopony had every escaped and she is planning to keep it that way. She knew where exactly they went and didn't took long to get to the skies above Ponyville, looking below in hope to spot them but then Lightning Bolt flew right pass her. She growled softly and went after him... He guided her away from Ponyville and into an empty valley nearby but it didn't took long for Dash to catch up and got on top of him, pushing him straight down to the ground... Once on the ground, Dash had him pinned to the ground, the bones within his wings cracked. She placed a hoof on his head and said to him. "Where is she?" He sighed softly and answered, "Safe. Away from you." He whimpered in pain as Dash pushed down on his head.. "I'll ask one more time.. Where is she?" She asked him, hoping to get the answer... But she got something she would never expected.. "I will never tell you where our daughter is.." He said.. Rainbow Dash blinked and was speechless. This pony, she was pinning down, said that Scootaloo is THEIR DAUGHTER? How? She would have to still be in flight school as a teen for that to be possible... She just stood there on top of him as he decided to talk again.. "Rainbow Dash, I know what you will do but before you do it.. I just want to know, why did you gave her up?" Rainbow Dash blinked softly.. 'This can't be!' she said to herself.. How could a pony as weak as Scootaloo be her daughter? But then... She began remembering... She did had a filly long time ago in flight school.. Days before the final test.. She didn't wanted to have it and ruin her life.. She was too cool for that, right? She sigh softly, getting off Lightning Bolt now while softly saying, "Because... I wasn't ready.. It wasn't the right time... I regret it so much though, I mean.. I didn't even got a chance to see her back then.. I just left the place quickly after it was done.." She said as she sat down in the grass, staring at the ground in shame. Bolt smiled softly and manage to get himself into a sitting position. "Oh.. I thought you didn't want to start a family with me.. I thought you didn't love her.." He was interrupted when Dash said, "No. I did love her. She is my daughter.. It is just, I wasn't ready.. And now to learn that all of this time, my daughter was Scootaloo.. It is just.. How? I mean, she isn't a great flyer at all.." Bolt chuckled softly and looked at Dash, "Because she never had her parents there... After you left her behind, my heart was broken and that is when I broke up with you.. I was planning to go get her but when I got there, two other ponies got her... Hm.. That, and I ended up in that factory.. Why did I applied for that job.." He said, and sighed softly.. Dash blinked a bit and looked over at him.. "Do you think it is too late to be a family? I think I am ready now.." She asked which caused Bolt to smile softly.. "It is never too late.. But the factory.. We need to stop it." He quickly said then Rainbow Dash grinned softly, having an idea. "Oh.. I know how to stop it.." She said...
Twilight was reading a book in her library, having a relaxing day then somepony knocked on her door. She blinked softly then went over to open the door and there was Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow! It been so long! What happened?" She said happily and Dash smiled softly.. "I know.. And I've learned a lesson of friendship that I wish to write a letter about to the Princess." Twilight nodded softly and allowed Dash and Spike do so...
Scootaloo sighed softly as she lay on the hay, talking with Apple Bloom.. But she was just too afraid then the barn doors opened and Rainbow Dash was coming in.. Applejack quickly got in between Dash and Scootaloo but Scootaloo saw something in Dash's eyes, and smiled softly. She quickly went up to Dash curiously as Applejack watched in confusion... Dash smiled down at Scootaloo and said, "I'm sorry... My little filly." Scootaloo felt a bit of joy but then looked confused at Dash.. "Your little filly?" she asked then added, "And is it over?" Dash smiled softly and looked down at Scootaloo. "Yes. I'm sorry for everything I've done to you.. In the factory and before so.. You see, when I was young I made the biggest mistake in my life.. And that was abandoning you.. Scootaloo, I'm your mother and I'm sorry.. Do you forgive me?" Everypony, who is watching, looked at Dash in confusion and surprised.. Never expecting these words.. But Scootaloo smiled softly and gave Dash a hug, which caused her to hug Scootaloo back. "Thank you.." Dash said.. Scootaloo smiled softly then quickly asked, "If you are my mother, who is my father?" Dash blinked a bit.. "Oh.. He is the stallion that got you out of that factory.. And he is in the Ponyville hospital right now.. Broken wings.. Sorry about that too." Scootaloo just smiled softly, finally learning who was her parents.. But still confused on how... She just has some sort of feeling that Dash is telling the truth, and it didn't took long for Dash to explain it to her on what happened...
One Month Later... The TV in a cloud home was on with the next channel. A brown pony was talking, saying "The Rainbow Factory in Cloudsdale was recently shut down by Celestia's choice and everypony who took part of that factory was sent to the moon as punishment. Celestia refused to say what had happened but we do know a memorial is being made for everypony that were the victims of this factory.. Sadly, the owner of the factory was never found and is currently a wanted criminal, with a reward for his capture..." Across from the TV was the couch.. Rainbow Dash was laying down there with Scootaloo in her hooves, and Lightning Bolt was sitting at the end with his wings now healed. Bolt smiled softly then asked Dash, "So.. What did you say in that letter?" Rainbow Dash smiled softly, "Oh.. The usual. Told her my experience and the lesson I've learned." They all smiled softly in silence before Scootaloo finally said something, "So.. Dash. I mean mother.. Are you gonna teach me how to fly now?" Dash chuckled softly and nodded softly. "Yes, I will."....
The Letter...
Dear Princess,
I know it has been a long time since you have heard from me, and I have so much to say.. In my whole entire life, I've made many big mistakes and I wish to say two to you. One was back when I was teen going into adulthood.. I had a little filly back then with the nicest stallion ever but I gave her away. I was afraid to take care of her and my action lead me to lose that stallion, and her... I lived my life keeping that a secret, hidden from you and my friends.. But over time, this secret brought me down.. Shortly after dealing with Discord, this secret was causing more problems than I thought and after awhile, I became a monster filled with hatred at love. The Royal Wedding, I didn't like it at all and was only part of it just to do that Sonic Rainboom... And that was my second mistake. Doing that Sonic Rainboom led a mare to contact me and try to figure out a way to make rainbows... She was the manager of the Rainbow Factory and we were doing tests to figure out.. I learned so many dark secrets in that factory, I wished I was never part of it and I refuse to say what happened in there... But I will tell you this, many lives has been taken in that factory.. Including the manager. I don't know why she was killed but shortly afterwards, I became the manager and I regret every single thing I did... I do hope you would forgive me..
But these mistakes did taught me a lesson.. No matter how big of a mistake you make, you will always find a way to correct them with your friends, and family... That is the lesson I learned today and I am proud to be back to my normal self once again..
Yours truly, Rainbow Dash...
Two black hooves, with holes in them, was holding the letter.. The green eyes of this dark 'pony' looked at one of her subjects, a Changeling.. "So this is the letter that Celestia read?" Her subject nodded softly at his queen then she looked at another. "You... Your factory had finally fallen but the love you had gathered from tormenting those ponies did helped our kind quite highly. Sadly though, you are fired.. Take him away." The changeling sighed as two armored ones quickly dragged him away.. The queen then looked at the other said, "You are promoted for getting this letter. Now, get back to work and get plan C started..." The other smiled and shape-shifted into a white pegasus pony wearing golden armor.. Then flew off....
"In the Rainbow Factory! Where you fears and horrors come true! In the Rainbow Factory! Where no single soul gets through!"... Good song, right? Anyways, my name is Storm and I am a pegasus pony living in Ponyville. After going through so much recently, I've finally decided to write this up and get it all out of my head... It is a bad thing to keep it inside me, right? Well... What I wish to say is that the Rainbow Factory was literally real... I am not joking either and it isn't as bad as you may think... It's worse... Much much worse!
It started around 10 years when I was 17 years old... I know today is like 2012 May, almost June and I'm 29 now so that would be around 12 years ago. Well at age 17, I graduated from Cloudsdale Flight School however I was not wanted at all because I was still a 'blank flank' at that age... You know what they did to ponies they think are worthless? Send them to the Rainbow Factory! I was taken away from my own home and locked in a truck then taken over to the factory and thrown into a jail cell... You can easily hear screams in the cells... So easily...
After that, me and two others were taken out of our cells and dragged into this one room... The room with... The Device... That what it was called anyways which isn't really a good name to be honest. Well... A pony in front of me was the first one they took. They strapped him up on this metal chair then the machine was turned on and I saw the head of machine lowering down, pointing at the pony in the chair... Then two pretty big knives came out of the head and stabbed right into the pony's shoulders to hold him still, then the needle came and stabbed right into the pony's heart, or so I think it was... The screams of the pony was so awful and it just was unbelievable that this is going on! Soon, the pony's colors were drained and it was just grey and dull... But still very alive.
What they did after that is what I personally think is the worst... They put this pony on another machine, slice off the limbs, which being wings, legs, and so on... I don't know what they did with the limbs but with the grey and dull pony still breathing, they sent it down the machine into the furnance and the fires came on. The smell of burning living flesh is stuck in my memories and I will never forget that smell, and the screams that came with it... It is just so wrong... I also remember that blood spilled ends up in the bloodworks... I've never been to the bloodworks so I have no idea what happened there.
Then one of the workers pointed at me next... I was afraid and I really didn't want to die so what was my first reaction? Run. I sprint in a random direction, away from the workers, and didn't look back... I was quite healthy and quite fast so I was able to move though the chains around my wings and legs did made it harder, but I was still able to run! To get away! I didn't knew where I was heading but I ended up at a dead end with a door... I bursted down the door and now I was in a room full with generators... There was electricity everywhere going from generator to generator and up above the storm clouds creating such electric to charge the generator. One of the workers did chased me into this room but he was electricfied to death and I thought I was to but instead of dying, my body just felt... Charged... This was win I got my cutie mark and I learned that my special talent is to control electric and lightning!
I walked out of the room, my body 'charged' and ready... The other workers were quite scared and it made me smile that I finally figured out who I am... Then he came to speak to me. A blonde blue pony... I don't know his name but I do know the other ponies calls him "BDP" which I've been told means "Big Dick Pony" cause he is a big dick... He also had one of his robots which I came to learn is H8S, or he prefers H8 Seed. I knew I wouldn't be able to use electricity against a robot and knew that I'm definably not strong enough to fight one. BDP ended up making a deal with me which was really simply... Stay alive and work in the factory as a generator manager or both me and my family dead... I decided to take the easy road and work here... Sometimes I still wondered what would have became of me if I choosed the other option...
From there, I've spent most of my time in the generator room, doing my job and not bothering anypony else in the factory... I didn't want to deal with that and didn't wish for it at all... One day, I was eating my lunch... I couldn't remember the date but on that day, I met Aurora Dawn, another pony who was working there. From there, we spent our lunch together, chatting and such. Dawn was an extremely friendly pony and was quite interesting... I ended up having Dawn as a friend and somepony to chat to in this bloody mess... About two months later, another pony known as Glaze, and yes I do mean the singer, joined us at lunch and us three basicly stayed together as friends... It was our way to put a little happiness in our lives...
With some friends now, I was feeling better and continued working there then on my 18th birthday... I... Left the generator room early cause I got done with everything that day early... I was heading to lunch and decided to pass through the room with... The Device just to see if I can catch Dawn or Glaze on my way to lunch... I never liked that room but after spending so much time working here, I kinda got use to it though my heart still feels pain for those who died in that room... Anyways, on that day... BDP decided to be a real big dick and lied to me... I don't know how he did it but he managed to get both my mother and father there on that day... Same thing that happened to everypony else who ends up there... Can you imagine watching the deaths of both of your parents on your own birthday? Not an easy feeling to get passed, that's for sure...
At lunch on that day, I spent my time alone to cry to myself. Glaze and Dawn knew to leave me alone cause I requested to be alone but then H8 Seed actually came up to me... This surprised me when he actually said sorry for doing what he had done... I mean seriously, he's a robot, right? Well... I guess this was the day he 'Awoken' cause for the rest of the year, he was around with us as our 4th pony in our group...
Eventually I moved on with my life and kept working and then by age 19, us four were talking about an escape plan! Well... Mainly H8 Seed. He couldn't take doing this anymore and simply wanted to get out. I personally cannot say how but Glaze told me he did manage to get out and BDP got a nice kick in the face, which was quite funny to hear. When I heard about this, it got me thinking and soon Dawn, Glaze, and I begun planning our own escape and soon it shall happened.
As for the planning, there was a few points we had to considered. One was, the exit can only be opened by a few selected... BDP is one pony who can open the exit and H8 Seed himself was another, cause H8 Seed was like the head robot that goes out to collect ponies for The Device. There was also another who was like a doctor or something... We planned to steal the doctor's ID card and use that to get out... That was my job. The second point was BDP himself. He has a room at the very top of the factory and can see pretty much everything that goes on so somepony had to distract him... Glaze did that by messing around with the controls of The Device, causing issues. The final point was V8S, a new and fully metal robot that BDP has. I think he built cause he saw H8S's escape coming and he wanted a new robot to replace H8S and one that doesn't 'gain a soul', so to say...
From here, I went off with Dawn to go the card. Dawn was my look out and once Glaze's distraction had begun, we hurried. I've never been in the doctor's room before so this was my first time and let me tell you it is a site you do not wish to see... It took me a bit but I did found the ID card which was on his desk... Quite odd how he doesn't keep it on him. Me and Dawn quickly went back into the room where Glaze is and gave him the signal... He manage to use his 'silver tongue' to convince BDP that what he was doing was an accident and soon BDP and the other workers left her alone and Glaze soon joined us as everypony else was busy getting The Device working again...
This was the day when we finally went straight to the exit door to get out but it was already opened... I don't know why and could never explain to this day but it was opened. We simply just rushed right out of the factory and hid in some clouds nearby cause we saw somepony coming. It was H8 Seed! He greeted us happily and explained that after he escaped, he went straight to Canterlot and got help... Oh boy! I wish I could explain the site I saw that day. Princess Celestia herself came in and just... I don't know really. The factory simply was gone after she was done with it... My only theory is that she must've sent it somewhere. I do remember hearing her though about never telling anypony about this... That what gave us four an idea.
Before we split up, each one of us agreed to make some sort of media thing of the Rainbow Factory. Glaze did her song "Rainbow Factory". H8 Seed did his song "Awoken". Aurora Dawn wrote a book called "Rainbow Factory", and with permission, used fictional forms of Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo as the characters. I agreed to write an ending to that story because Dawn planned to leave the ending of it opened... Eventually, we all did what we all agreed to do and now I am writing this story and maybe somepony will read it some day... Maybe...
When Storm was done writing all of this, he picked up the papers and put them away... He sighed softly, looking at the time then getting up, and going to bed... He finally had a dream about his family for once, which didn't happened since he was like 16 years old...
It's funny, I've done so much in my life... Worked at the Rainbow Factory and manage to escape with few others... Stopping Shadow and his nightmares, helping my friends with their own issues, and many other things that some may count as Heroism or good deeds... But after all of that, I'm still a lonely soul. All of my friends went their own ways now, since our class is done, all of my family members are dead, can never find true love for myself, and such... I really don't know what to do now with my life. I just sit around in my house here in Ponyville, messing around with science and my electricity abilities, trying to figure out how I have them which as far as I know, I cannot explain it. Maybe I'm magical? But that cannot be since I'm a pegasus, not an unicorn... Just don't know how I can do these things with electricity... But at least I've figured out how to finally used them with that metal horn of mine... Glad I made it into a hat so I can take it on and off whenever. I look so strange with it on my head... Interesting thing though, a horn is used to control magic. This metal horn is allowing me to control my electricity abilities, instead of being stuck only using it for speed boosts. Interesting... Maybe I am magical... I'll need to do research. Maybe I should go find my parents old place and see if they left anything behind... Eh. I guess I'm on another adventure then. I have nothing to do anyways, being alone here in Ponyville...
~Signed Storm...
Storm sigh softly after writing a journal entry in his journal then looked outside the window, sighing softly. After a quick moment, he began to pack up his bags and softly toss them to his sides. Once he was packed, he went outside and flew into the sky, flying toward Cloudsdale. Hoping to see if he can figure something out about himself.
As he softly flew into the city of Cloudsdale, he happily looked around... Trying to see if he can find his old place and eventually, he did. Still remember after all those years, then again... He lived almost his first 17 years in this place. Once he came to the door, he notice everything is still the same. Blinking curiously, he opened the door and saw no pony ever moved in. "Strange, I thought someone would've bought this place now." He thought, looking around now then walking up to a drawer with a picture of his father, mother, and him as a young colt. Smiling softly, still remembering them. His father was a storm worker, which probably explains Storm's name and talent but not the 'ability'. His mother was just a normal stay at home wife. He then walked upstairs to his parents' bedroom, which he was never allowed in. Never figured out why either. As he open the door, he looked around a bit then takes a few steps inside, checking out the room.
After a moment, he found a bookcase with one book out on the bed. "Mother is the reader, so she was probably reading that book before they captured here." He said to himself, sighing softly then looked at the cover of book as it said "Family Photos". Storm blinked to himself. "Well then, must be photos of our family line." He smiled at that then opened it up, looking through the pages. He notice it goes from oldest to newest so he quickly went to the last page and easily found pictures of a young him. Then he flipped a few back and blinked softly upon seeing what he believe is his grandparents from his mother. He never knew his grandparents from his mother side... His mother and father always told him they prefer to stay away from Cloudsdale and he can see why. One is a pegasus, ofcourse, but the other was an unicorn. "They must prefer to stay on land over clouds because one of them is an unicorn!" Storm said, chuckling a bit then blinked for a moment. "Hey wait. This might just be what I'm looking for." He said smiling.
He quickly look through the other books in the bookcase and quickly found one specifcally about genes and such. Reading through it quickly, trying to find the one specifically about unicorns. Smiling softly once he did. "So... I'm a pegasus because most of my family are pegasus, makes sense... But I must have gotten an unicorn trait from my grandparent which since the pegasus trait is more dominant, I got wings instead of a horn... However, I still have that magic within me! That must be why I have those electric powers! I have magic in me!" Storm smiled softly to himself as he talked to himself. "And I probably sound like an idiot right now talking to myself." He said, realizing that and smiling softly. Happy that he figured out the most likely reason for his abilities and glad to have that done. He put the books back then sigh softly, knowing what must be done now...
The next day, Storm manage to get the house sold since he had rights to it. He figured out his parents left a will inside of the house somewhere for him and used that to get rights to the house and sold it. He did kept the photos of his family though, wishing to explore his family more and maybe try to figure out if any are still around or not. Though he wont be surprise if they aren't, but who knows... He could have an uncle or aunt somewhere. Once he was back in Ponyville, he decided to take a nap after that and rest for the night, smiling to himself...
Storm was walking down the road in Ponyville, whistling a bit to himself then he stopped... Noticing a poster on the wall with a group of ponies nearby, all checking it out. Storm decided to join the group to look at the poster as it shows a picture of some very famous musician ponies and it says "Friday! Saturday! And Sunday night! Come and enjoy your favorite bands and musicians LIVE here in Ponyville!" Storm smiled softly, reading the list off to himself. It seems a lot of famous ponies are coming this weekend and it ranges from all sort of ponies including ponies like PrinceWhateverer, The Aviators, and more. 'Well then, maybe I should go to that.' Storm said to himself, nodding to that idea.
"If only I can buy a ticket..." Somepony said, who was standing near Storm. It was a pinkish pony with reddish blonde mane and tail. She had both a red eye and a green eye. Storm looked over at her and softly said, "I'll get you a ticket. Easily." She blinks a bit, turning to him now. "Really?" Storm nodded softly. She smiled at him as he nods then quickly says, "Oh... You can call me Dream and um... You can just give me the ticket when you have it... I live like right there." She points to a building as Storm nodded then he said, "Well. Time to go get that ticket!" He said then quickly head off...
Storm walked around Ponyville for the rest of day until he found where they are having the events. All the workers are still setting everything up and it looks like some of the musicians are already there, practicing and getting ready. As Storm get near, one of the guards stopped him while saying. "You currently can't come in, please come back this weekend with your ticket." Storm chuckled a bit to himself then looks at guard while saying, "I'm actually a friend of PrinceWhateverer and here to speak with him... So would you so kindly let me do so?" The guard roll his eyes. "Yeah, not like I heard that a million times before..." Storm was just about to say something then Prince fell out of the sky...
"You okay?" Storm quickly asked him as he gets up, nodding softly. "Oh. I'm grand... HEY! I remember you. How are you dude? Been awhile." Storm nodded then gave the guard a quick troll's grin then looks back at Prince. "Been good. I heard you were playing this weekend and was wondering maybe you can help me get tickets for the show... I mean, if it is cool with you.... First, what were you doing?" Storm pointed at the sky, about the whole 'fall from the sky' thing. Prince laughs a bit then explained, "Skateboarding... On clouds. Doesn't work quite well and fancy as expected. Oh and sure. You're a cool dude and actually, I will just give you a backstage pass just so we can chat after the show." Storm smiled softly and nodded. "Oh... Um.. I said ticket's'... I was hoping for two. For me and a friend." He explained as the musician nodded softly. "No problem. I wouldn't mind meeting a friend of yours as well after the show."
The guard allowed Storm inside now so he can further chat with Prince and get those tickets. "By the way, whatever did you do with that robot's head?" Storm asked curiously, remembering about that. Prince shrugged softly as he says, "It vanished on me... Couldn't figured out why." Storm blinked a bit upon hearing then shrugged it off. "Well. I guess it doesn't matter..." After that, they chatted a bit more about the event and what songs that are being played. After all was said, Prince hooked Storm up with the tickets and off he went. He had a promise to keep.
Storm went back to Ponyville and knocked on the front door of the house mentioned earlier. As that mare from earlier opened the door, Storm handed her ticket and backstage pass. "There. I'm not going with you though for I have other plans but your welcome..." She nodded softly then asked him curiously, "Why you doing this for me?" Storm smiled a bit then simply said, "Sometimes, we all need to help others. Even if we don't know them... Who knows, we may just did something amazing without knowing about it." With that, Storm went off back to his home. He has something new he was planning to use at this event on Sunday, something awesome...
~Friday's Night~
It was the first day of the event, everypony was happily getting through the guards with their tickets to get into the show. Music was playing loudly for everypony to hear and Storm was able to get inside with his suitcase. He found a spot on a cloud away from everypony and sat his suitcase there. His suitcase was a Cloudsdale one so it was able to lay on the cloud just fine without issues. He noticed Prince on a nearby cloud then asked him, "Wait. What you doing up here?" Prince blinked a bit then looked over at Storm. "I always do this. You know, to know my crowd before my show begins." Storm nodded softly then Prince pointed at his suitcase, "What you doing with that?" Storm smirked a bit. "It's a secret... All I can say, Sunday will be a good time for everypony." They both nodded and smiled softly. Then Prince looked back down, looking at everypony then blinked a few times, staring at a specific pony now. Storm notices then asked curiously, "Something wrong dude? I believe you are suppose to be down there in a moment..." Prince blinked a bit and nodded. "It's alright." He quickly flew down and sneaked his way behind stage to get ready. Storm blinked then looked where he was looking at and notice that mare from the other day. "Hmm..."
The rest of the night went as expected with amazing music from the various different artist. Storm spent most of the time up in the sky, organizing the clouds in a specific way for his plan on Sunday, clapping his hooves a bit at this idea he has. Once the show was over that night, he quickly left and went back home to continue his work at home until the next night...
~Saturday's Night~
Dream once again was in the crowd, smiling a bit to herself as she listen to the music. She still couldn't believe she is here, listening to these ponies live now. Most being ponies she never knew about but some she knew... Though there was one she didn't knew about who had caught her attention. His name was PrinceWhateverer and she knew he was up next, somehow she did. Once she saw him walked upon the stage, after the last musician was done. She stayed seated, unlike most other ponies, and continued watching with curiosity as he begin to sing a pretty amazing song that she recognized. It wasn't original by Prince but he is definably doing an amazing job at it as she listens, smiling softly then she notice something as he sings some of the lines...
Prince knew he had to do this correct and he knew where she was so he carefully continued the song, taking his steps carefully upon the stage... "And I'm tired of being all alone..." He singed, smiling at the crowd now. "And I'm torn to do what I have to... To make you mine and stay with me tonight!" As he singed that part, he pointed directly at Dream. The crowd didn't knew this and didn't cared but Prince knew what he was doing, he knew that there is something about this mare in the crowd... He knew.
As Dream watched, she smiled to herself. 'Maybe I'll talk to him after...' she thought to herself, knowing that she has a backstage pass so it is possible. Then she saw him pointing at her, looking at her as he sings those words... 'Wow... I think he's looking at me!' She thought again, her head leaning forward a bit as her mouth just 'o' in enjoyment. 'It's stupid but I think I'm in love' she thought to her once again, nodding a bit...
Once the show was done, she knew she had to. She couldn't resist. She walked backstage, showing the guard her pass, then looked around for him. As she walks, she sighed a bit but then bumped into someone on accident, falling back into a sitting position. "Oh... Sorry." She said as she looks up then sees it was him. Prince turned around, looking down at the mare he had been watching in the crowd, smiling softly. "I'm guessing your Storm's friend?" She blinked a bit, not knowing the name since Storm never told her his name. "White pegasus with a purple mohawk?" Prince explained quickly, chuckling a bit then she nodded softly. Prince quickly helped her up onto her hooves. "I'm guessing you came to speak with me?" Prince asked her curiously, as she nodded. "Yes..." He smiled then said, "Follow me. I prefer if we talk in private, you know." He said, smiling at her as she nodded happily, following him quickly.
Once they arrived to Prince's room and were alone, she couldn't resist and tackled him down to hug him happily. Prince didn't seem to care and happily hugs her back softly. "I'm guessing that answers my question." He said softly then she stopped, blinking. "Huh?" He chuckled softly. "To make you mine and stay with me tonight." She blushes softly as he said that... She stayed with him that night... Chatting with him and learning a lot about him as she thinks 'He is the most amazing pony I've ever met'... She knew he was hers and she was his now, for this truly must be what it feels like to have true love...
~Sunday's Night~
It was Sunday finally, Storm smiled as stand on the cloud from Friday, smiling as his work is finally done. He opened his suitcase, taking out what looks like a metal horn and happily placed it on his head like a hat. "I hope this thing works." He said softly to himself gets onto a storm cloud, looking down at the show and crowd... Waiting for Prince to start playing cause he is doing this for him...
When it was time, Prince came out upon the stage, waving a hoof at everypony in the crowd then smiled as he gets up to the microphone. "Having an amazing night everypony?" He said to the crowd as they screamed YES. He then chuckled softly, "Today, I'm changing the first song I was planning to play... Because there is a special somepony here with me tonight." He said, then Dream came out onto the stage and by Prince's side. "And you know what... It's always a good time!" He said, smiling at the crowd then at Dream as the music begins playing... Prince and Dream was playing a song called 'Good Time' live together, just because it is always a good time!
Storm smiled softly, bopping his head to music. "This is good." He said then softly stick all of his hooves into the storm cloud as the electricity from the cloud goes up his body and into that metal horn he has on... He was charging his horn up and when it was ready, he let it go at another cloud which created a blast of electricity in the sky like a firework, and it was a chain reaction. As other clouds that Storm had properly placed begun blasting like fireworks within the night sky, giving an amazing look as the two continued playing the song together...
Later that week, Storm was once again walking down the road and notices a sign in front of a house. He walked up to it curiously, chuckling a bit as it said "For Sale - By Owner". He smiled to himself, knowing what had happened and glad it did so. "Well. I wish the best for them." He said softly then continued his plans for the day, whistling softly to himself...
Storm sat in his house, leaning on a table as he think to himself about what to do now. "Hm... I should really talk to more ponies... Maybe I can go and see the Doctor again. He was cool." He said to himself, thinking about doing just that then he heard a knock on the door. Blinking a few times, he quickly got up and went to answer the door, it was the Doctor. "Oh hey. I was just thinking about seeing ya and seeing if you have any free time." Storm said, smiling a bit. The Doctor chuckled a bit from that and replied quickly, "Yes... Well... I need your help with a machine. Electric help." Storm nodded a bit and decided to go ahead and help him with this machine, having nothing else to do anyways.
Once they got there, the Doctor escorted him down to the basement where the machine was. It was a rounded machine with a animated grey orb on top of it. The Doctor show him that the wiring was cut at one spot, not knowing who did it but knowing only that he can't seem to find a replacement for it and wants Storm to use his ability to control the electric and get it flowing. "Okay." Storm said, putting on his metal horn then going down to the floor. "Stand back." The Doctor already had moved as Storm's horn began glowing with electricity and within a few seconds, Storm had electric flowing from one broken end of the wiring to his horn's tip than to the other broken end, causing the machine to turn on. As the machine turned on, it had begun to smoke a bit. "Oh dear." The Doctor said to himself, not expecting this but before he could tell Storm to stop, the machine exploded and sent both the Doctor and Storm against the wall, with Storm going unconscious from it...
Storm slowly woke up after awhile, the Doctor standing right in front him. "Um... You okay?" After a moment, Storm was up on his hooves and nodding a bit. He quickly looked around then noticed that there is another pony in the room who looks a bit like the Doctor except he was more 'greyish', actually had wings, and a green bowtie. "Well... Apparently it worked, in a way but not what I expected... Someone must've messed with my cloning machine." The Doctor said as Storm blinked a few times. "Well then... Why you want to clone yourself?" Storm asked the Doctor curiously as he chuckled a bit. "To have a distraction but I am going to say that this might not be good..." He said as Storm blinked a few times. "The machine did made a clone of you as well except that one just flat out left... This one is just staring at us..." He continued. "So basicly, there's a clone of me out there probably causing issues?" Storm asked quickly as the Doctor nodded. "Argh! I'll go get him." Storm said and headed out. The Doctor stayed to keep an eye out on his own clone, who just chuckled a bit as he watched.
Storm had already took off his little horn and put in his bag for now as he walked out of the house then he notices Jelly walking by. Storm quickly smiled then walked over to him "Hey Jelly! Where had y-" But before he could finished, Jelly quickly turned to him with an angry face. "And you have the nerve to talk to me again!" He said in a rage at Storm, who blinked a bit. "What?" Storm questioned then Jelly continued "Don't give me any bullcrap! I'm going back to Manehatten and staying there, and don't follow me!" Jelly growled a bit and stormed off away from the confused pegasus. "Hm... Did my clone do something terrible to Jelly?" He said to himself as he continued walking.
As he continued walking, he decided to go through the park, not seeing anypony else but he did spotted Lyra and Bon-Bon hanging out at a park bench though Lyra was upset and crying. Storm was about to see what's wrong but the earth pony had gave him a glare, growling a bit under her breathe, and Storm decided it was best to avoid them and quickly go. As the path leads back into town, he continued looking around for his clone then he was almost hit in the head by a fried wub. He looked up, seeing a highly familiar DJ pony getting ready to throw another fried wub of her's. "So do you like them fried? Huh?" She yelled out and Storm just quickly rush past the house and decided to stay away from houses now on.
As he continued, he eventually came to Derpy's house which was on fire but now more of a burnt mess. Carrot Top was outside with Dinky and there were a few guards outside talking to her, probably investigating... The strangest thing though there was some sort of rainbowish liquid on the ground. Storm decided to hide somewhere and try to get a closer look, thinking that this might be his clone's doing. He manage to get close enough to notice a body bag, then he got sick a bit and start backing away while thinking 'Not good! Not good!' but then he accidentally stepped on a twig on the ground. 'Always a twig...' he thought to himself as one of the guards actually looked his way.
The guard quickly said something to Carrot who blinked, nodding a bit then the guard looked over at Storm who was just now turning around, walking away. Then he heard one of the guards yelling at him to stop but instead, he quickly made a break for it. Running quickly, with the guards behind him now. Storm dashed between buildings, to avoid other ponies, and eventually he manage to run right into the Everfree Forest, knowing the guards will most likely not follow him in here, and they didn't. He sighed a bit as he slow down to walk now, frowning a bit to himself. "Well... Buck." He said to himself, thinking on what to do. He can't go back to town right now, at least not without getting into trouble...
As he walked around a bit, he begun to hear noises. Curiously, he begun to look around for the source and finally found his clone hanging out with a tied up unicorn, who was a greenish color with brown+blue mane and tail. He also seemed to have a scroll as his cutie mark. Storm smiled a bit and stepped out, looking at his clone. "Well hello there." Storm said, smiling a bit. The clone wave softly and quickly said, "Oh hello me! Having a blast with everypony in town?" Storm rolled his eyes. "No... Not really... Now tell me, what did you do!" Storm said, stomping a hoof to the ground. Storm had already put his metal horn back on a moment, having it aimed and ready. The clone chuckle softly. "Put it down... We both know that wont work." It said then added "As for what I did, well... Let's see... Fried some wubs, bullied some ponies, set a house on fire, and maybe killed a few. Nothing over the top though... Oh and kidnapped this guy for fun." Storm growled a bit, "Who did you killed?" He asked, still growling at the clone who smiled and replied, "Well... I think somepony named Bran and somepony's brother... I may have killed that retarded grey pony in the fire though... May have. I didn't stick around to watch." He begun laughing a bit to himself. Storm stopped, frowning softly to himself now...
"Ah don't be sad! Now everypony know your just a scary monster who finally started 'acting up' after a life of loneliness and pain..." Storm blinked a bit then looked at the clone. "No. That was you." The clone chuckled again. "And I am you as you are me... We're the same, are we not? What I do is what you would do, no?" It said, smiling softly but then Storm growled loudly at the clone. "No, we are not the same. Unlike you, I am able to hold myself and manage my life... I will never release my pain and suffering in hatred and anger, harming others. No need to." He proclaimed, smiling a bit to himself as the clone just laughed but then the clone went dead quiet... He went to his side and Storm notice a dart in his neck... "What?" Storm said to himself, blinking a bit.
Then a familiar robotic pony came out and pulled the dart out, putting it back with the others. "Target -" But before it could finish, Storm released his electricity that he had been holding that whole entire time, frying the robot. "Argh... Did that crazy blue pony actually manage to make a 'fix myself' AI?" Storm said walking up to the fried bot, then looking at the back and quickly pulled out the AI chip. "Should've done this last time... Well then again." Storm said, looking down at the dead clone. He quickly kicked the fried bot then turn to the unicorn who had been sitting there, unable to move and talk.
Storm untied him quickly and once done, the unicorn smiled and hugged Storm softly. "I heard everything..." He said as Storm smiled a bit, nodding softly. "Well... Mind helping me with this guy?" Storm asked, pointing to the clone. The unicorn nodded and together, they brought the clone's body back to Ponyville. Like expected, the royal guard were waiting right at the edge of the forest for Storm to run back out but when they saw the clone's body, they decided just watch. The two ponies dropped clone in front of them then Storm himself walked up to the guards and begun explaining what had happened.
The guards accepted it as the body was enough proof that there was another 'Storm' causing everything. Storm was sent back home though, being told that he should stay home until the story is in the paper... Knowing the other ponies wouldn't want to see him, at least not until the truth been told to them. However, the green unicorn decided to hang out with Storm for the rest of the day... "By the way, what is your name?" Storm asked the unicorn curiously as they sat at the table in his home. "Um. Just call me Whinniam." He said, smiling softly and Storm nodded a bit...
The next day, there was a knock at the door. Storm quickly went to the door, seeing the Doctor again and Derpy. It seems like Derpy came out okay. "I read everything in the paper this morning, sorry about that." The Doctor said. "As for my own clone... It kinda manage to steal my time machine. I don't know where it went but nothing had changed so it didn't went into the past." Storm blinked a bit, nodding a little. "Well... Another threat I guess we gotta worry about." Storm said as both of them nodded. Derpy though was just watching, frowning a bit.
Storm looked at her, "I'm sorry for what had happened..." She nodded a bit. "It's... Okay... I guess. I've decided for Dinky's safety to let her stay with Carrot Top while I stay with the Doctor for now..." Storm frowned a bit but decided not to say anything and gave her a friendly hug, knowing she probably need a friend or two right now. After that, he invited them in and they simply had lunch together at his own place...
At the Canterlot palace, Discord was reading all the newspapers from Equestria, hoping some sort of chaos had happened for a good laugh. He may be good now but that doesn't mean he wouldn't want a laugh or two from some chaos, right? When he had read the Ponyville paper, he laughed a bit. "A machine going chaotic..." He said to himself.
It was about week after the whole clone accident had happened and Storm was on his way to investigate the Everfree Forest. Him and the Doctor had decided it would be best to take look around Equestria to see if they can maybe find the Evil Doctor, that they are calling him now, and Storm decided he'll take the Everfree Forest since he can easily defend himself from anything anyways. He didn't took his horn though, knowing he wont need that kind of ability for this plus he just looks silly with it on anyways so he doesn't really like wearing it in the first place.
After a bit, Storm was really walking around randomly through the forest as it begins getting dark. "Well... I guess I can fly up if I get lost." Storm said to himself, chuckling a bit then continued onward, keeping an eye out for anything strange and out of the norm of this forest. After a moment though, he begun hearing some strange slithering sound, like there was a snake nearby. He doesn't mind snakes though, actually he has an interest in them and personally want a pet snake but then he heard a strange hissing chuckle, blinking a bit he started standing his ground. "Who's there?" He said softly, blinking a little. Getting ready for any possible threat.
Blinks a bit, he feels something poking the back of his head so he turned around, seeing a cyan reptile tail... Following it, he noticed it eventually lead to the upper body of a female cyan pony, who seemed to have a similar mane to Rainbow Dash but the color is a bit off and her eyes are actually bluish. "Hello." She said softly, her snake-like tongue sticking out a bit. "Well then... A lamia?" Storm asked softly, hearing stories about said creatures though never met one before. Normally though, these creatures don't have no need of harming living creatures for they do have the same 'menu' as other ponies do, so Storm isn't too scared about this creature but will keep an eye on it.
She giggled a little, nodding, moving around Storm a bit as her tail surrounds him. Storm noticed this so he decided to stand still, getting ready for any sudden movement. "So... Anything you are wanting from me?" Storm asked, watching her curiously. She nodded, moving up in front of them as they face eye-to-eye. "Yes actually... You." She quickly poked his nose softly with her right hoof as her eyes had begun changing in many different colors. Storm had never heard of lamias doing anything like this, since they normally stick to themselves or are hunted by other creatures... So he stared into those eyes curiously, wondering what they were meaning...
As he continued staring, his body begun to relax and mind had begun to slow down but he was enjoying it... Which kept staring deeper into those eyes, not really caring at all of what was happening. He didn't even notice that the lamia's tail made it way around his legs and slowly begun coiling around his body, even though he didn't seem to care at all as it feels so comfortable from the massage he was getting. "Relax and rest now..." The lamia said, smiling softly and petting Storm's cheek as she continued staring back into his eyes...
Storm nodded a little upon hear her words... They were softly and relaxing to his ears, which was very comfort and slowly he closed his eyes as the lamia's tail finally reached up and around his neck, his head laying upon it now as he softly went to sleep within the cyan coils that are now softly, and slowly, vibrating around him to create a full body massage experience, making it that ever so easier to relax and rest within the coils that had bound him up...
Storm had no idea what happened but eventually, he manage to wake up from what feels like an amazing and relaxing sleep. He blinked a few times to get the sleepiness out of his eyes then looked around. He saw that he was in a cave now instead of the forest and then finally notice he was bound by something. Looking down, he saw that the lamia's coils are still happily around him however in a comfortable way, which Storm did quite like so he decided not to struggle and sit there. He also notice a strange smell of sweat in the air but mostly ignore it, not thinking what it was.
It didn't took look for the lamia to notice he was awake and she smiled softly, wrapping her arms around his neck to hug him softly. "Well good morning cutey!" Storm blinked a bit upon hearing her calling him that. "Well... Good morning to you too... Hm... Mind telling me what happened?" Storm asked, being nice to her cause she doesn't seem harmful to him... If she wanted to do something, she probably would've by now. After a moment, she noticed he wasn't in that trance anymore and actually blushed to herself. "Oh nothing... We just had fun together and relaxed a bit..." She said softly then added, "And why aren't you struggling? You ponies normally struggle by now and cursing at me."
Storm blinked a little upon her saying that then heard her question, nodding a bit to himself. "Probably because I can tell you don't wish to harm me and that maybe you will be a nice pony." He said softly, smiling a little then decided to add, "Though would be nice if you let me out of your coils..." She sigh softly, uncoiling him already without caring... "Eh... Nopony seemed to like them anyways..." She said to herself, feeling down now. Once Storm was free, he frowned a bit at her and walked up to her. "Actually, I liked them. They were comfortable to be in... It's just, I have get back to my work here soon... We kinda have an issue." He said, chuckling a little.
The lamia though smiled a bit and hugged him again. Storm decided to be nice and hug her back softly then looked a bit at her. "Though I'll stay for a bit... I'm guessing you are all alone, right?" He asked, looking at her curiously as she backed away now, nodding softly. "You don't know the half of it..." She said, looking down now. Storm blinked a few times, "Oh... Mind telling me?" He asked, looking at her. She sigh softly then decided to explained, "Well... I've been alone pretty much my whole entire life... Every now and then, I'll find a pony and hypnotize them to have some company for the night but when they wake up, they struggle and scream for help or something... So I put them back into a trance and send them off, telling them to wake up when you are back home and forget all about me... When I can't find any ponies for company, I sit around alone in this cave and think to myself..." Storm frowned a little, feeling bad for her a bit now... "What about your parents?" He quickly asked as she sighed deeper now... "Gone. I don't know what happened. One night they went out to collect food then gone... That when I begun helping myself and being alone.." Storm sigh softly now and hugged her, which caused her to blink softly but just accepted it...
Storm smiled a bit after backing away. "You know... You are a beautiful creature... Even though you look a lot like Rainbow Dash for some odd reason..." He said then she giggled a bit. "Oh is that the name of that one pegasus? I spotted her once with five other ponies in this forest before. I thought the rainbow one looked nice so I change my form to look similar to her." Storm blinked as the lamia said this then asked her quickly, "Change your form?" She nodded a bit. "Lamias, and Nagas a like can change the color of their scales, skin, and mane when they wish to look different or to hide themselves within the background... Technically, what you see here isn't my true birth form... I hadn't been that in a long time actually." She said, going into thought now about that.
Storm nodded a little, thinking this is quite interesting. "Any reason why you like how Rainbow Dash look by any chance?" He asked curious and she nodded happily. "Oh it's because the mane goes create with my eyes and such... Which I think you know those already." She said, giggling to herself as Storm blushed a bit, remembering that then quickly asked, "About that, how does hypnosis even worked?" She stopped her giggling for a moment, looking at them. "Oh. It's simple. The colors relaxes the mind as I use my coils to relax the body into a state where the mind will just shut down and you'll listen to whatever I say though you will only do what you are willing to do... Can't make you kill somepony or something..." Storm nodded softly, glad to know he wasn't force into something he will never do then blinked a bit, gaining another question. "So does other lamias have that ability?" He asked curiously as she quickly said, "No... Very few can actually."
Storm smiled a bit at her... "Well... It was nice chatting with ya. I'll have to come back again and make sure you aren't lonely... And maybe I can help you move in with me so you wont be fully lonely anymore... Though that'll be a little hard to do..." He said softly to her, thinking to himself now about that but she quickly hugged you after hearing that. "Oh that'll be wonderful!" She said happily and Storm hugged her back then backed away after a moment, heading out a bit. "Well... See you later then and oh almost forgot... What's your name?" He asked as she smile a little, looking at him. "Sathina." She said, waving at him then added. "See ya... Storm." she winked a bit at him which caused him to blush from that... Storm decided to use common sense that she must've asked his name when he was in a trance... So he left the cave and went back to his search...