Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
Romulus craned his neck, staring out into the adjacent hallways to where he and Sunset Shimmer were crouched, hiding. His one good eye reflected torchlight and vacant corridors.
Sunset leaned in, hushed and trembling. "Any... any sign of them?"
"Mmmmm... no..."
"Then the coast is clear?"
"Difficult to say," Romulus grumbled. "These dragons should know the lay of the land by now, but every time I see them fly these halls, I get the distinct impression they don't really know their way around here."
"Then that gives us an advantage, right?"
"Mrmmmmff... why are you so worried?"
"Because my leylines are chock full with this unspent teleportation spell!" Sunset frowned. "I can't afford to use my magic to save us from anything else!"
"Must be a brand new thing for a pony like you to feel naked."
"Eugh... could you just check to see if the dragons are really... really gone?"
"And I'm telling you..." Romulus' beak nostrils snorted as he peered right. "It's not safe enough to do that yet." He looked left. "At least not until I know for sure if—"
"They're gone," Rainbow said in his face.
Schiiiing! Romulus pulled out a dagger out and—
Grip! Rainbow caught his talon calmly with her hoof. She exhaled. "Easy there, slickfeathers. I just checked both ends of the hallway. Now's our chance to make a break for the dungeon again."
Lancie leaned over her shoulder. "Also, she totally just snuck up on an expert assassin." He winked. "I'd suggest removing five letters from that last word and adding a 'fat' to the front. It'd describe you better."
"Hrmmmmffff..." Romulus frowned, sheathing his blade. "And just where the Hell were you all this time?"
"Wondering where the heck you guys were," Rainbow said. "But now that we've found each other, let's make a break for it, huh?"
Sunset snuck out, trembling slightly. "They... they really didn't send the rest of the brood after us?"
Rainbow shook her head. "Doesn't look like it. I'd say we take advantage of it."
"We won't by standing here." Romulus gave the two ponies a shove. "Move, already!"
"We're moving! We're moving! Jeez... ya molting crow." Sunset grumbled, galloping along. She muttered aside to Rainbow Dash: "Next time we have to split up, I wanna be with you."
Rainbow said nothing.
In very little time at all, the group arrived in the basement to the Castle. The tarp and detritus used to obscure the crystals were right where the group had left it.
"Finally!" Sunset Shimmer galloped into the center of the room. "Oh, wow, I thought all was lost."
"Why's it so dark in here?" Romulus asked.
"The dragons flew through here at one point," Rainbow explained. "Their wings must have snuffed out the torchlight."
"Hmmmmm..." Romulus looked over his shoulder. "You still got juice for the transportation spell?"
"You bet!" Sunset said, squatting down and aiming her glowing horn. "Ready as I'll ever be."
With a grunt, Rainbow yanked the tarp off, revealing the finely-set circle. "Let 'er rip, girl!"
"The sooner we get Don Canter and the gang here, the better," Romulus said with a nod.
"Okay... stand back..." Sunset narrowed her eyes. A pulse of light grew along the tip of her horn, growing brighter and brighter. "Here... they all... come...!" And she released the spell with an emormous flash!.
Romulus squinted. Then—before him and Sunset—the beam of light flew over the summoning circle, levitated a bit, and shot straight up through the ceiling. "... ... ...wait."
"Huh?!" Sunset gasped, jaw dropping. "The... the stones!"
"What happened?!" Romulus snarled.
"My spell was supposed to enchant the transportation crystals!" Sunset's voice cracked. "I don't understand why it would shoot off like that!"
"... ... ...!" Romulus looked to the right side of the room.
Rainbow Dash was gone.
He looked to the left. Still no sign of the pegasus. Seething, he flew straight forward, reached out, and hoisted one of the stones from the circle...
Only it wasn't a stone at all... but a glaring chunk of bone, gnawed all over with dragonteeth marks.
Sunset gawked, her ears drooped. She summoned a beam of light, illuminating the floor. Each and every crystal had been replaced with pieces of bone and beastly femurs. "But... but..."
Romulus stared at her.
Sunset looked back. "Wh-where are the actual stones?"
Dead silence.
Both tilted their heads up to the ceiling.
Thirty seconds ago...
Sunset's glowing spell flew up through several stone floors... then illuminated a neatly hidden row of red-and-pink crystals. They all glowed a bright crimson, and then—
FL-FLASSSSH!
Dozens of ponies and diamond dogs materialized, wielding their weapons and standing back to back. Top Dog twirled his spear. Flim and Flam readied their catapult device. Don Canter stood in the center of the group, holding a jar with a rolling green eye.
"Alright! Good job, toots. Now let's go upstairs and bag us some... ... ..." His breath trailed off. "... ... ...dragons?"
Every thug and villain blinked. They stood along the southern edge of a massive, open courtyard... surrounded by discarded bones... ... ...
... ... ...and dozens upon dozens of large, fire-breathing, razor-toothed dragons. The entire brood of Aatxe stood frozen in their nightly reverie, staring at the tiny morsels who had just landed in their midst. They snorted smoke and reared their glistening fangs.
"Hmmmf..." Don Canter flicked his cigar. "...well, poo."
"HRESSSSSSSSHAAAA!" The dragons all pounced on the group in a flurry of leather wings and lacerating claws.
"Aaaaaaaaaugh!"
"Gaaaah!"
"Buck it! Attack!"
"Don't leave any standing!"
"Woof!"
Flames, bullets, spears, and boulders flew in a blinding, violent melee of epic preportions.
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SURPRISE!!
Well, it's common knowledge that no plan survives first contact with the en- AAAAUUUGGHH EVERYTHING IS FIRE! ABORT ABORT! MAYDAY! GAME OVER MAN!
There is an ancient phrase, passed down by the wise and the brave, filled with words to console valiant soldiers in times of trouble, and strike fear into their foes. That phrase is this:
Does anyone else want to see Flim and Flam become charred corpses on the floor, or just a pile of bones sitting in a draconic refuse pile somewhere before this is over?
or is it just me?
Oh Rommy.. hard to be a good assassin when you have a stonking great blind spot isn't it?
So that was Rainbow's plan hm. I like it, nothing like turning your enemies against each other.
That was surprisingly devious. I love it!
Well goddamn, that was some breaking bad level planning and execution. I'm talking about the writing.
Thank you Alex, I'll take "shit he should have seen coming" for a thousand, please.
Really Rom old boy, fool you once, shame on her. Fool you... jeez, what are we even up to by now?
That's not that bad. Simply Swapping the stones, forcing them to fight each other. BUT, IT"S VIOLENT AND THE DRAGONS DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THAT OMG WOW, RAINBOW DASH YOU MONSTER. #StillSalty IC... I mean JE. All the same.
Cry «Havoc!», Who let the dogs out (woof, woof, woof, woof).
... There's never gonna be any AppleDashing, is there?
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The beastly lemurs strike again. (previously: 6526161)
That went surprisingly well, actually. Now we just wait for Romulus to make some sort of trouble.
Well, that was unexpectedly clever of Rainbow. Good job mare!
Now, how's she gonna escape from Romulus' wrath when he finds her.
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But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.
One would think Sunset or Romulus would have checked the stones to make sure none of them had been stomped on by the two dragons.
Still a pretty neat plan.
Sorry Shimmy, she only has eyes for AJ.