Cure for Pain

Hey guys, and welcome to the second day of Winter Wrap-Up with your host and music nerd, Walker! Today, I’ll start off the day with a nice, slow song by The Doors called “People are Strange.” Enjoy the second day, guys!

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Coleton woke up the next morning in a daze. He couldn’t remember where he was or what he was doing. Then he saw Rainbow next to him in the sleeping bag and remembered. Ironically, he was one of the first to wake up. He went over to a couple of his fellow Pegasi and talked until more of them started waking up and preparing to leave.

“Alright!” Dash said with force. “This is where things will get hard. There will be more challenges today. We will have to pass through the home of many hostile beings to get to our destinations. If we do not disturb them, we will be fine, but if you do, then our journey will be brought to a swift end. Do you all understand?”

Everyone nodded and flew up with Dash to the sky to continue their journey. Coleton once again joined Dash at the front of the group. “This is reminding me of the Odyssey.” Coleton said, initiating a conversation. After looking over at Dash’s confused face, he realized that what he said made absolutely no sense. “It’s a book back on Earth. It’s about this guy named Odysseus and his journey home from war.”

The rest of Coleton’s flight was spent discussing Odysseus’s journey home. From the Cyclopes to Helios’s cattle, Dash held on to every word Coleton said. “That sounds really interesting!” Dash said after Coleton concluded with Odysseus on Calypso’s island. “If you go back, you have to get me…a…” Dash’s voice trailed off as she realized what she was saying. Coleton decided to change the subject before Dash got too remorseful for her words. “It’s really not.” Coleton admitted. “It’s written in a poetic style, so you often get lost in the descriptions of the characters and the situations. If it were written like Daring Do, though, It would be my favorite book!”

Coleton knew he would get bonus points for mentioning Daring Do, but Dash was not paying attention to what he was saying; she was instead looking down at the land, scanning the landscape for something. “What are you looking for?” Coleton asked.

“There’s a monster around here that we always have to watch out for. If he’s asleep, we’re safe, but if he isn’t, we need to be really care-“

She was cut off by a scream from the rest of the group behind her. She and Coleton looked back to see a horrifying sight: There was a dragon with a wingspan twice the size of the group flying straight for the rest of the Pegasi. “Dammit, dammit ,dammit, dammit…”

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed that. Here’s another good fast paced song to get your endorphins flowing, it’s called “3’s and 7’s” by Queens of the Stone Age. Enjoy the rest of the second day!

What is that? Where did it come from? Why was it mad? His thoughts were cut short by a horrifying sight. Behind the group was a small pegasus who couldn’t have been more than fifteen years old. Coleton had observed his flying as somewhat lackluster, but didn’t see how it would present any problems. That was until the dragon was literally right on his tail as he tried frantically to fly away with no success.

Dash flew back to him, resuming the flight as usual. But her flight patterns were more scattered and frantic, presumably to shake the monster off of their track. Coleton acted against his better judgment and flew back to help the poor pegasus pony. He grabbed him in his hooves and flew as fast as he could back to Dash.

The weight of the pegasus soon took hold, and he noticed a quick and unavoidable descent down towards the ground. No. No. No.

As he was flying down, he noticed a small canopy of leaves directly below him. To get close enough to ensure the child’s safety, he would have to fly straight towards the ground until he was around thirty feet from the ground. But then he wouldn’t be able to turn towards the sky in time and he would crash into the ground, most likely resulting in his death.

Before he could think his decision out, he noticed his body instinctively doing the first as he slowly began his straight descent towards the trees. “You’re gonna be alright, kid.” He said reassuringly, and dropped the kid towards the trees. He felt the gravitational force taking hold of his body; his speed increased as the distance between him and the ground was closed. He knocked into the ground, knocking the wind out of him and sending a surge of strong pain through his body. He felt his eyelids close, and a feeling of warmness enveloping. The weight on his eyelids became too much, and his eyes fell closed. Before they did, however, they witnessed a reassuring sight; a circle of color surrounded his body, expanding across the land. His impact site became the source of a beautiful rainbow, and a loud BOOM was heard as he lost consciousness.