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Octavia and Vinyl reached the cave. The dark, gaping entrance seemed ready to swallow the two small ponies up, and down to the core of the earth. Octavia bravely stepped foward, but Vinyl stayed standing in the sand.

"I... I think I'll stay here." She whimpered. Her shaking knees could clearly be seen, as she stared fearfully at the cave.

Octavia shot a glare at the mare, "Do you want to get your treasure back, or no?"

Vinyl gulped, "Yes. I do want it back again."

"Don't worry. I'll be right behind you the whole time. Whatever's in there, we'll face together."

Vinyl looked the brown mare right in the eye. She swallowed down her fear and stood tall.

"A-alright."

Octavia nodded. She entered the cave entrance, Vinyl flanking her. The white unicorn lit her horn, as it glowed a light blue, illuminating the cave. The cave was damp and dark, as the two mares walked through puddles of water. Sparkling shells stuck out of the walls, reflecting Vinyl's light.

"We better be careful," Vinyl warned, "Weird things have been going on, disasters, making ponies and other creatures go crazy. I hear there's a lot of Seaponies around here, and they're not happy about having the waters disrupted."

"Seaponies?" Asked Octavia.

"Yeah, there's a lot around here," Vinyl explained, "They're half ponies, half fish. They're usually really peaceful, but because of the disasters, like that wicked storm last night, they've been restless. Even going as far as to attack innocent bystanders. Hey, were you caught in that storm last night? Did you hit your head on a rock and forget everything?"

"I was caught in the storm, but... I don't know how I lost my memory, nor how I ended up in the ocean." Octavia answered, staring sadly at the sandstone floor.

The two walked in silence, the occasional sound of dripping water onto the cavern floor breaking the silence.

"Keep your eyes out for the thieves." Vinyl said, using her horn to carefully search every corner of the cavern.

Octavia's ears pricked. She heard the sound of something that sounded like fins flopping around. Her instinct kicked in suddenly, causing her to tackle Vinyl out of the way. Turns out, a beam of water shot past where the mares once stood. Octavia stood up quickly, but Vinyl laid there on the floor, a dazed look in her eyes.

At the end of a corridor sat a pony-like creature. It had blue fur, a light blue mane, and the horn of a unicorn. However, its front legs were replaced with two fins, and its whole back half was a dolphin-like tail.

"Trespassers!" It shouted. The creature shot another beam of water from its mouth, but Octavia and Vinyl quickly dodged it.

"It's a Seapony!" Vinyl exclaimed, flanking Octavia as the two ran down another corridor, "And it's not happy about intruders!"

The two continued to run, only to run right into another Seapony. This one had orange fur and a yellow mane, but no horn. The blue one they had first encountered stood at the other end of the corridor. The two mares were trapped between two angry, territorial Seaponies.

"Octavia! What do we do?!" Vinyl cried, trying to back away from the blue Seapony.

Octavia's light purple eyes seemed to glow in the dark. She whipped something out from under her mane, what appeared to be a large cello bow made of scratched up wood. She whipped it around her own body, doing tricks that impressed even the Seaponies, then dared for the creatures to step foward.

The Seaponies were not cowardly. The orange one charged, about to shoot another beam of water, but Octavia jumped up in the air, slashing the Seapony across the face. It did not cause physical damage to the Seapony, but it did leave an excruciating pain, enough to cause the Seapony to turn, and flop awkwardly away.

Vinyl was busy with the blue Seapony, who kept trying to lunge at her. The Seapony was surprisingly fast on land, despite its limbs being made of fins. Every time Vinyl tried to shoot a weak blast of magic at the Seapony, it quickly rolled away.

Octavia however, was much faster. She slashed the bow across the Seapony's side. It cried in pain, but was not as smart as its friend. It charged at Octavia, shooting a beam of water in the brown mare's face. The blast was powerful enough to knock Octavia off her hooves, causing her to fall into a puddle of sea water. The Seapony was about to attack again, but it totally forgot about Vinyl. The white unicorn used her horn to fire a blast of light blue magic into the Seapony's side. It rolled multiple times, crashing into the wall. It sat up, dazed and confused, then flopped away as fast as its fins could carry it.

"Nice," Vinyl commented, "We make a pretty good team."

Octavia didn't answer. She somehow hid her large cello bow in her mane again.

"How... Did you do that?" Vinyl asked, slightly awed by Octavia's bow, which seemed to contain some mystical power.

Octavia glanced down, "I don't know. It came as instinct. Maybe I did this before I lost my memory."

"But... That bow... I'd hate to see what it would do when it's helped by a cello."

Octavia vaguely recalled playing a cello with the bow. The results were blurry, but she did remember seeing no more enemies around her in the blur afterwards.

"You're pretty good with magic." Octavia said, smiling.

"Not really... Comparing to other unicorns in Ponyville, I'm an amateur magic user."

"Well what you did there, blasting that Seapony all the way to the other wall was pretty cool."

Vinyl looked down, "Yeah, I guess it was pretty cool."

The two trekked on. Up ahead was a light, both ponies assumed was the end of the cave. They sped up to a gallop, reaching the room. Inside, ocean water flowed at the sides and the backs of the cave, coming in from the ocean itself. Two large, naturally made sandstone pillars held up the roof of the cave, which was dotted with stalactites, big and small.

The three thieves were standing there, their backs turned to the two mares. They whipped around, discovering Vinyl and Octavia. They were trapped.

Vinyl stepped foward, the rage in her red eyes could clearly be seen, "Give... Me... My... Treasure..."

The orange unicorn gave a condescending laugh, "Your treasure? Finders keepers, friend. We found it, we get to keep it."

"Who do you think you are, stealing other ponies' stuff?" Vinyl asked, her hoof pawing at the sand, "That's really special to me! Give it back!"

"Who are we?" The unicorn repeated. She got in a battle stance, and her friends followed, "We're Team Vengeance! Named for our hunger of revenge against the ponies who put us down! I, the leader, Sunset Shimmer, can do whatever I desire! Isn't that right, Gilda, Lightning Dust?"

"And so can we!" The gryphon, Gilda, replied.

"Heck yeah!" The pegasus, Lightning Dust, added.

It was Octavia's turn to step up. She gave the three a menacing glare with her shiny purple eyes, one that even the cocky Sunset Shimmer found intimadating.

"You heard Vinyl," She growled, "Give her her treasure back, right now, this instant."

Sunset, Gilda, and Lightning all stared at the mare. Lightning and Gilda seemed unsure, but a smirk grew on Sunset's orange face, as her light blue eyes narrowed.

"Here's the deal," She said, levitating the rock in a light blue aura, "Fight us. If you win, we'll give you this rock. If we win, we get to keep it. Got it?"

Octavia seemed unfazed at the thought of two against three. Plus, those three were probably very strong. The odds were certainly not in her and Vinyl's favor, but the brown mare nodded, not one look of fear on her face, unlike the shaking Vinyl standing at her side.

"You've got guts, I'll give you that," Said Gilda, "But just as a warning, we'll tear you to shreds."

"We're one of the strongest rescue teams in Ponyville!" Said Lightning Dust.

"You won't stand a chance, music butt." Sunset sneered. Her horn glowed a violent shade of light blue, "Get it, pathetic filly!"

She whipped her head around, firing magic shaped like a blade. Octavia however, jumped like a frog, almost hitting the ceiling, and gracefully landed unfazed.

Sunset's mouth hung open agape, "But... Ho-?"

But before she had a chance to finish, a flying cello bow slashed her across the face. She reared back, pain pulsing through her face. It felt like blood should have been running down her face, as much as the slash felt like a million wasp stings, but no wound was there, just painful stinging.

The cello bow flew around like a boomerang, hitting Sunset in the back of the head, and slashing half of her mane off. Octavia reached up and caught the bow and flipped her mane like it was nothing special.

Meanwhile, Vinyl was outnumbered. Lightning Dust and Gilda had come after her, sensing that her being a unicorn would make her stronger. But this wasn't necessarily true for poor Vinyl. She had summoned up enough power to place a magic force field around her, but she couldn't keep it up for much longer. Gilda and Lightning were smashing against the shield with so much force, Vinyl had a mini-heartattack with each blow.

"Octavia!" She cried, "Help!"

Octavia glanced over, and Sunset took this to her advantage. She whipped around again, firing a magic blade at the mare. This time, Octavia didn't see it coming, and the blade hit her in her torso, blasting her into the wall. Sunset reared, her horn glowing again, as she charged at the mare. Octavia however, was only stunned for a moment, and was ready for the unicorn. She then did something that would have impressed even Chuck Norris himself.

Grabbing onto Sunset's ears, she used them to handspring herself up. She flipped once, used her powerful hindlegs to buck Sunset's rear, and landed gracefully, all in less than a second. Sunset rocketed into the wall, crashing into it head first. This time, she was dazed from the hit, giving Octavia time to run over and assist Vinyl.

Gilda and Lightning Dust never knew what hit them. Octavia roundhouse kicked them both in the head, knocking them clean across the room. They both sat there, out cold from the hammer-like kick to their heads. Octavia helped Vinyl up and turned to Sunset Shimmer, who was just standing up again. She glared murderously at the two mares, her mouth twisting into a scowl.

"No one outdoes me!" She roared, rearing again. She charged, her horn glowing a bright blue. The unicorn jumped up, about to come down on Octavia and Vinyl, but Octavia grabbed Vinyl and rolled to the right, and Sunset ended up attacking sand.

Sunset had trouble backpedaling, trying to get turned around. Octavia took this chance and used her cello bow to slash Sunset's tail off. Now the unicorn was missing half of her flaming mane. Her mouth dropped open agape at her missing tail, then her gaze rose to Octavia, who was still holding her cello bow in her mouth.

"You look good with a short mane." The mare remarked with a smug smirk.

Sunset stared at her for a moment. Then with a snarl, her horn glowed for the last time, before she, and her two companions disappeared in a burst of light blue. In their place was Vinyl's treasure.

"Yes!" The unicorn cheered, running to pick up the rock, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou! Octavia, thank you so much! You're the best ever!"

Octavia blushed a little, "Thanks."

"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Asked Vinyl, glancing at the cello bow, sticking slightly out of Octavia's mane, "That was so... So... Amazing!"

Octavia shrugged. It came naturally to her, for some reason.

"Who were those jerks?" Vinyl asked, "They had some nerves messing with us!"

"They called themselves Team Vengeance," Octavia remembered, "Corny. They must have wanted your treasure, thinking it had some value and they could get some money."

"And they called themselves the best rescue team in Ponyville," Vinyl scoffed, "Heck, I bet if I was apart of a rescue team, we'd hammer them into the ground."

"Rescue team?" Asked Octavia.

"Oh, since all the disasters, there's been teams of ponies who travel across Equestria to rescue other ponies who have been affected by the disasters. Almost all of them have been trained by Lyra Heartstrings and Bonbon at the Guild. Someday, I want to join, but I'm... I'm afraid to go out there to dangerous places by myself."

"Why not get a partner?" Octavia asked, cocking her head.

Suddenly, Vinyl's red eyes lit up with excitement as she turned to the brown mare, "Yeah... Yeah! And I think I know just who would fit the bill!"

"Who?"

Vinyl's smile grew wide, "You!"

"Me?" Asked a shocked Octavia.

"Yeah! You're brave, strong, one heck of a fighter, and not to mention, you seem to like helping others out! You'd be a perfect rescue team member!"

Octavia looked down, "But I'm hindered... I can't remember anything at all..."

Vinyl waved a hoof dismissively, like it was no big deal, "So what? You don't have to have a memory to be apart of the Guild! Ya know, I've never worked up the courage to join, but with you by my side, I might finally be able to!"

"Are you sure you want me as your team member?" Asked Octavia, rubbing a foreleg with her scraped up hoof.

"Heck yeah! Octavia, you're the awesomest mare I've met! I'd be an idiot not to ask you to form a rescue team with me!"

Again, Octavia puzzled over what she should do. She and Vinyl did have amazing teamwork in the Beach Cave and fighting Team Vengance. And besides, Vinyl seemed like a trustworthy friend that wouldn't care if her teammate had amnesia.

Vinyl's smile faded more each passing second of Octavia's pondering, "I understand if you don't want to... I know I'm pretty wimpy, and would probably just get in your way."

"Yes." Octavia interrupted.

"I can't even protect myself, I mean-..." Vinyl suddenly fixed a surprised gaze on a very serious Octavia, "Wait... What?"

"Yes. I will form a rescue team with you, Vinyl Scratch."

For a moment, Vinyl's mouth hung open agape. She was silent for so long, Octavia started to feel awkward. Then suddenly, Vinyl attacked Octavia's neck by a hug with the strength of an anaconda.

"Oh thank you sososososososo very much!" She said, choking the brown mare with her hug, "You're the greatest ever! We're going to be the best rescue team ever!"

"V-Vinyl...?" Gagged Octavia.

"Yeah?"

"Please... Stop... Trying to snap my neck..."

"Oh. Sorry." Vinyl released Octavia from her crushing grasp.

"Thank you." Octavia replied, trying to get oxygen running back through her lungs.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Vinyl asked, jumping up and down in excitement, "The Guild's just on the hill over there! Let's go!"

Then, the white mare grabbed Octavia's hoof, dragging her up and the path and to the mint-green tent sitting upon a hill.

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I know Team Vengeance is a corny name, but it seems like all the antagonist teams in the games had corny names (Team Meanies, for example). Anyways, please take the time to review. Thank you.