A ruined Vacation

Kit pawed at the dirt outside the hole that was only alot too small for him to escape, "Umm... That's not going to work..." came the voice with the southern drawl.

"I am aware of that, but it seems to be the only course of action I can think of right how." Kit replied as he looked over his shoulder and spotted a dark snout sneak around the corner, he pulled his arm back in and the creature tinged loudly as it disappeared. "What about you, girls?"

A few moments passed as they mutter and converse, then the slightly more butch voice spoke up "We can't think of anything... of only Rainbow was here..."

"You could go get her and solve both our problems." Kit offered in a deadpan voice.

"Yeah!" There was a quiet slapping sound,  "She'll figure out how we can help!" Then there was the sound of galloping hooves

Kit thumped against the wall and sank down till he was sitting with his leg splayed out, "I just realized I hate kids."

|*|

Rainbow lounged on the wall of the town fountain as Twilight yammered on about some book she read one time and she thought about how that cloud looked like a train.

"Are you even listening, Rainbow Dash?"

"Nope."

There was a light smack, "At least your honest..." Twilight's crestfallen voice muttered to Rainbow's side.

"Yup, that's me: Rainbow Dash, Element of Honesty."

There was a pause, "Did you hit your head?" Rainbow laughed hard enough to fall off of her perch... and right into the fountain which cut her off mid-fit. She stuck her head up over the wall, gave Twilight a sour look and blew water in her face. "AH!"

"Hee hee hee." Rainbow chuckled evilly. Twilight looked at her irritably through her sodden mane.

"I'll get you for that..."

"Bring it."

"GIRLS!" Rarity's voice cut through the... Rainbow wasn't sure what to call what had just happened, but she was glad somepony stopped it. "Oh, Girls!" Rarity panted out as she came to a stop and Rainbow Dash noticed taht her mane was frazzled and her coat was streaked with sweat and dirt, "It's Wilhelm... He might be..." She took a big breath as Rainbow looked at Twilight and looked back to her panicking friend, "Hurt."

"Okay, what happened?" Twilight asked as she put a hoof on her friend shoulder.

"Well, he came over last night and gave me some Zap apple jam and asked if I could do him an unspecified favour at a later date-"

"That Pig, I'll kill him!" Rainbow huffed indignantly as she flew up and out of the water, spraying both of her friends and several bystanders. "Where is he!?"

"That felt good, thank you, Rainbow... Oh, and he didn't mean it like that, he was rather clear on that subject..." Rarity paused for a moment before she added, "He said I remind him of his sister..."

Rainbow gave her a look and opened her muzzle to speak, but Twilight cut her off in a shocked and excited tone, "You got him to talk about his past?"

"Yes, I was actually getting him to talk to me just before..." Rarity trailed off.

"Okay, he's in danger." Twilight said as she sighed and collected herself, "Save him first, Gossip later?"

"I'll never miss a chance to do that, my dear." Rarity said with a small smile on her face.

"At least she's okay now." Rainbow thought as Twilight got up, "But I kindof feel like I didn't help too much..."

"Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo's voice cut through the air like a knife, Rainbow looked around for her number one fan. "Down here!"

"Hey, Scoots, What's up?" She inquired as she landed with her elbow on the fountain wall and her hind legs crossed nonchalantly. Scootaloo ran over with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle in tow.

"That guy that stands all funny is stuck in a hole!" Rainbow blinked a few times in confusion at Scotaloo's declaration.

"What she meant to say-" Applebloom said as she glared at Scottaloo, "- is that Mr..." She tapped her hoof against her head for a moment, "Kit, Ah think it was, is in trouble 'cause we found him screaming in a hole."

"Then that's where we're going." Rainbow said with finality.

|*|

Kit yawned again, "I really am curious about what you look like." He told the creatures on the other side of the wall, "All I know is that you have a limb that looks like a snout, it might even just be a scent dedicated limb or your leg." The creatures tinged to each other in the dark, "Another thing is that you really are patent as well."

"Hello... Wilhelm?" Rarity's voice drifted down on a whisper.

"It's Kit, but he's here somewhere." Kit replied

Rarity's voice came out in a flurry, "Oh Celestia, I'm so sorry for getting you stuck down there, I shouldn't have asked to to help me today of all days."

Kit blinked as he metabolized the information, "Help you with what?"

"Digging for gems, like we agreed upon?" Rarity's voice conveyed on a confused tone this time.

"Hmm..." Kit mumbled to himself, "That explains the gems in my back pack."

"You still have those?"

"Yes, I saw no point to get rid of them as they at least make this hellish adventure worth while." There was silence, so Kit changed tracks "You don't have to worry about Wilhelm, he seems to attract bad luck like a magnet." Rarity stayed silent and Kit followed suite.

"Hey down there!"

"Yes?" Kit looked up and caught sight of a blue muzzle poking through the hole.

"Just wanted to make sure your still there." Rainbow stated simply.

"Could we please change that... I assume you brought tools?"

There was a long pause, "Uh..."

"A light at least?" There was another pause, "These things really do seem to hate light and I'm rapidly running out of that." He looked passed her head and at the more the half hidden sun.

"What things?" Twilight's voice asked.

"I'm not too sure, I haven't gotten a good look at them to be honest."

"Twilight's just nerding again, ignore her." Rainbow said with an annoyed sigh.

"Ms. Dash?"

"That's my mom."

"Light now, please."

"Oh yeah!" A puff of dirt made it's way through the hole as Kit calmly watched the slit of light on the wall slowly rise to the ceiling.

"You okay in there?" came the voice of a young filly with a southern accent.

"I'd like out of here, but other then that I have pain as a constant companion and the ground is uneven."

"So... That's a no?"

"I'm not dead, so it's a yes, it's just not great."

"I'm sorry about your arm." Came the small voice of her normally loud friend.

Kit subconciously rubbed his injured arm, "You were trying to defend yourself and your friends, your quick thinking was admirable... It just hurt." A small smile tugged at Kit's lips.

Silence was his companion once again.

|*|

"Hey, wake up, my legs getting tired." Kit shook his head and sat up, then he looked up at the candle that was being held out by a blue leg, he pulled himself up and grabbed it.

"You know you could have gotten Twilight to just pass it to me."

"Oh yeah..." Kit opened his mouth to ask her of she brought the tools, "Oh, and I brought some shovels and stuff!" Kit closed his mouth as the sounds of work crashed through the hole. Kit sat down again and waited in the flickering candle light and his friends dug above him and the creatures tinged beside him. Dust started to filter through the hole and Kit coughed lightly and the candle danced a little, Kit covered his face with his shirt, but the candle continued to flicker and dance.

"Oh no..." Kit said as a trickle of dread slid down his spine, the candle died and flared to life. "Hurry it up, please!" he shouted at the working ponies.

"It's not easy to hold a pick with hooves, you know!" Rainbow's ragged and irritated voice replied.

"If you don't hurry it up, there won't be a reason to shovel at all!" The digging intensified as the candle continued to pull it's Phoenix act. "No, no, nonononononono." Kit mumbled to himself progressively louder as the candle died for longer and longer periods, "Why didn't they just get me a torch?" Kit thought just before the flame died the final time. He heard something punch through the wood that blocked his way out, and moonlight trickled through the hole. "Right now would be a good time to QUADRUPLE TIME IT!" Kit shouted as he watched one of the snouts peek around the corner, "I'm going to die just before I'm out." He thought calmly as his body shook and his eyes widened, "Get a hold of yourself." he continued as he pushed himself into the corner and curled up in a ball.

"Damn it, boy, get your act together!" Shouted the voice of the Old man, "You think I want to die too?"

"I don't want to die at all!" He shouted as the snout slid out from behind cover and Kit could feel that it was looking at him.

"We almost got you, calm down!"

"I can't calm down when the Reaper's blade is coming down!" He curled up tighter and peeked through his arms to find the creature gained several friends. A hoof wrapped around his bad arm, "Ow!" He grabbed the hoof with his good arm and was pulled into the hole that they had just finished making.

"We got you!" Rainbow grunted in his face, Kit had never been so happy to see a sweaty horse in his life.

Then his pack caught.

"NO!" He shouted at the top of his lungs as he thrashed his legs and almost passed out from the pain.

"Don't yell in my face!" Rainbow muffled voice shouted back. Suddenly Kit was pulled back violently and Twilight almost let go of Rainbow.

"Careful!" Rarity grunted behind Twilight.

"Heave!" Scootaloo shouted as she tugged at Rarity's hind leg with her friends.

"Where is... Applejack... When you need... HER!" Rainbow complained loudly. Kit's hand slipped and Rainbow pulled on his bad arm. Kit didn't scream, grunted and ground his teeth as he grabbed the edge of the tunnel and pulled. "You'll... Be... Just... Fine..." Rainbow panted in his face.

The image of Rainbow panting underneath him for a different reason flashed in his mind for a moment just before Wilhelm said, "How you enjoy th- OW!"

"DAMMIT WILHELM!" Kit shouted as his nose bled a little.

"What did you DO?" Wilhelm asked in pained confusion, Decide to fist fight Big Mac or head butt a freight train?"

"Stop yelling!" Rainbow screamed in his face as his pack ripped and they -and the gems- went flying.

|*|

Kit and Rainbow rolled across the ground for a few feet before coming to a stop in front of everypony else with Kit on top, something smacked her forehead. "Ow..." she wheezed, He is really heavy, I can barely brea..." She looked down at the thing that had it's face buried in her chest and sobbing softly. Rainbow's eyes flew open and she looked around as she patted his back akwardly, "There there?" She wasn't sure what to do, he never really showed emotion and now he's bawling like a filly and latched on like a leech. It was kind of weird having someone she didn't care about just letting it all out on her metaphorical shoulder. She felt happy to help, though, she wasn't sure how she was. "Can I get some help here?" Rainbow gasped out.

"Are you okay you two?" Twilight asked as she tilled her head and lifted her eyebrow.

"Get him off." Rainbow croaked. Twilight put a hoof on Kit's shoulder and he just tightened his grip. Rainbow gasped in pain.

"Wha-" He looked up at Rainbow's gasping face, "Oh." He let go and Rainbow sucked down that air like it was candy. Kit pushed himself off of her.

"Good... Grip..." Rainbow groaned as she rolled over on her side something jabbed her side, she reached down and pulled up a fist sized ruby, "Stupid... rock..." She threw it lazily.

"Sorry, I just don't know what came over me."

"The thought of dying can be paralyzing," Twilight said as she pulled a stick off of a nearby tree with her magic, "Believe me when I say I know." She handed the stick to Kit.

"Oh, it's good to see your alright!" Rarity said as she walked up along the other side of Kit. "Sorry about this whole mess..." She hung her head

Kit put a hand on Rarity's back, "It's not your fault, but please no more." Rarity gave him a small smile.

"Okay... Though that means I'm going to have to re-negotiate with Wilhelm."

Twilight smiled at Kit, "Now, lets get you fixed up and give you a good book to help forget about today."

Kit grabbed the stick and hobbled forward as he said, "That would be nice."

Rainbow watched them go as she regained her breath in the dirt. "Need some help up?" Scootaloo asked quietly.

Rainbow looked up at her number one fan as a pang of anger worked it's way into her heart, "That would be nice." She grunted angerly.

Rainbow looked at the five digit-ed thing that appeared in front of her face, "Sorry about crushing your lungs and leaving you in the dirt." Rainbow looked up at Kit and the feeling of anger was crushed by a feeling of embarrassment as she took his hand.

"No problem, I'll just have to get you back." Rainbow told him as he helped her up, Kit's lip tugged to the side in what could be considered dangerously close to a smile.

"I would like to see that."