A New Life
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Problem Solved
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MPOV:
Bright
I was surprised to see how it was so bright and sunny outside. It was as if the storm last night never even happened. The town was busy with ponies of different shape, type and colors going about their business. Foals were chasing one another, some were selling varies thing like food or jewelry and some were just standing next to one another gossiping. ‘This can’t be real this is just… so damn peaceful, but here it is right in front of me’ I was completely hypnotized by the scene and completely forgot what we were set at to do until I heard “Um excuse me…if it’s not too much trouble where are we suppose to go?” Fluttershy asked.
Snapping out it I reply “Beats me, where’s this dam of yours?” As she pointed towards it a loud audible blast could be heard. “That can’t be good” I said. As if on cue the whole town started to panic the adults would grab the foals and run for higher grounds, the pegasus would swoop down to help as many as they could and I think I heard one shout ‘The horror the horror’ which was directed towards me I think ‘What the hell wrong with that pony’. “Ok Fluttershy get going” I said she didn’t move she was trembling. I was rather proud that she didn’t faint or run for a place to hide, but we had to move now before the town would get destroyed. “Fluttershy!” I yelled “Get going remember this is for Ponyville and the animal’s sake.”
“R-r-right.” She said and started to fly towards the direction of the dam.
Twilight PoV before the dam breaks:
Twilight was running as fast as she could to keep up with Rainbowdash, but the run back from Fluttershy’s home was starting to get to her and was starting to lose sight of her friend. As they reached the dam they were stopped by some of the royal guards. They were obviously recruits because they didn’t wear the golden armor like normal guards but were wearing bronze armor, but were still enchanted to make them all look alike. The guards jumped in front of our path forcing us to stop.
“Hey what’s going on here” yelled Dash at the guard in front of her.
“Sorry Mam no one is allowed past this point” replied the guard.
“Where trying to fix the dam and it’s much easier to fix when we don’t have civvies in the way” said another guard a bit annoyed now.
“How…is it coming…along” Twilight asked trying to catch her breath.
“It might not be fixable thanks to that freak storm we had last night. We could try to drain some of it out slowly but that could cause the whole dam to collapse or the better option is to let it drain out completely and then fix it” said another guard but was wearing a silver set of armor making him the highest ranking member amongst them.
“But that could affect… no it could destroy Ponyville” yelled Dash now face to face with one of the guards.
“Mam if you continue this behavior I will have no choice, but to arrest you.” He said clearly past the point of annoyed.
“I could fix it” said Twilight now being the center of attention she continued “I did it before when I was teaching my friend about being humble for doing good deeds” she said with a smile.
The guards looked at each other and then back at her and started to laugh hysterically. Dash and Twilight both looked at one another with confused expressions Dash asked “What’s so funny?”
One of guards still getting over their laugh said “What’s funny is that your friend here thinks she can fix a dam that requires precise expertise, knows how the mechanisms work and proper structure with nothing but magic" The other guards were now settling down from there laugh and same guard asked "I mean honestly how old are you?”
“Uh fourteen why?” she said warily, but this just made the guards laugh all over again.
“Shut up” yelled Dash charging towards the closest one, but was stopped by a purple glow.
“Don’t Dash you could get charged with assault” pleaded Twilight setting her down next to her.
“Smart move kid, now go back to your town and let the adults handle this” said the silver guard and signal for his troops to get back into formation. Leaving Rainbowdash and Twilight to turn back around and head for town.
“What a bunch of jerks I mean don’t they realize if they let the water out it will go straight towards Ponyville full force and all” Dash said now flying next to Twilight.
“I know Dash, but they were just doing their jobs even if they were a bit rude” Twilight said.
“So do you think they’ll be able to fix?” Dash asked.
“I don’t know” said Twilight who now started to walk faster “but we should go get ready just in case. Dash can you fly ahead and let the Mayor know what’s going on?”
“Yeah no prob” Dash said flying off leaving a rainbow trail behind. Twilight continued down the path and reached Ponyville only to be stopped by a familiar voice.
“Howdy there sugarcube what’s going on?” asked Applejack walking towards Twilight and was followed by Pinkie, Rarity and Spike.
“Ooh Ooh pick me pick me” Pinkie Pie said now jumping up and down holding one hoof up in the air.
“Uh go ahead Pinkie” said Spike pointing at her.
“Yaaaaaay, well TwilightandDashieweregomingtogofixthedambutthosemeanguardswouldn’tletthemgohelpandwere
beingmeaniemicmeaniepantsandstartedtoheadbacktotownsoTwisentDashietogotelltheMayoraboutthedamandthen
AJwaslike…” Pinkie said before Applejack put her hoof to her mouth to stop her from talking.
(Don't know what going on with the huge gap and can't seem to fix it)
“Uh maybe we should let Twi explain Pinkie” said Applejack now looking at Twilight for an explanation. Twilight explained to them what was going on with the dam and how the guards were just being stubborn.
“That is quite troublesome darling” said Rarity “Even if they do only choose to release some of the pressure it could cause the ground to get all muddy ruining my fabulous outfits.”
“Don’t worry Rarity I will shield you and your outfits from the mud” said Spike puffing out is chest and pointing at himself.
Applejack rolled her eyes and said “Ah think will have more of a problem than fru fru outfits gettin dirty.”
“Girls girls this is still just what if’s I’m sure the guards will fix it and even if they couldn’t they would at least let us know so we could get prepared for worse” Twilight said with a smile that quickly changed when she notice Pinkie Pie started to act up. Applejack realized her hoof is still in her mouth and released her to allow her friend to continue her strange dance like movement.
“Oh boy is that what ah think it means?” AJ asks now looking around with concern.
“Rubbery leg, tingly back, floppy ears, chattering teeth and twitchy eye” she said while doing the actions.
“Well the first two indicate that something is going to break, but I’m not too familiar with the last three” said Rarity sounding a bit confused.
“Me neither what do they mean Pinkie?” asked Applejack.
“Well floppy ears and chattering teeth means ponies are going to panic” she said now positioned like a sage “and twitchy eye means somepony’s going to fix it.” Before Twilight could even doubt what Pinkie said a loud blast could be heard in the distance now mixed with roar of water coming towards them.
Dash PoV:
Dash arrived at the Mayor’s office and explained the situation to her when suddenly a loud blast could be heard. ‘What the hay’ she thought and flew back outside to see ponies scrambling about in panic. She was about to go back to get the Mayor when she suddenly came outside and started to take control of the situation and gave orders to evacuate. Seeing that the Mayor had everything under control over here Dash decided to go see if Twilight needed any help. She was about to head over there when she noticed the giant rush of water heading towards Ponyville and flying towards the wave was her best friend Fluttershy. ‘Is that Fluttershy what the hay does she thinks she doing’ Dash tried to get her attention but notice her friend wasn’t listening and continued to head towards the wave. Dash started to panic about her friend’s rather bold action and decided to try to catch up with her, but she was going surprisingly fast. This made Dash start ascending really high towards the sky and turn back down to start a nose dive. Faster and faster she went slowly catching up with her friend. A white cone started to slowly form around her as she nearly closed the gap between her when suddenly Fluttershy nose dived towards the wave of water. In the distance Dash could hear and see her friends surprised to see Fluttershy standing right in front of where the water was going to come from in a matter of minutes.
“Fluttershy what in tarnation are you doing girl we’v got to get out of here” said Applejack now running over towards her. The wave was merely a couple of seconds from hitting her when Dash got next to her friend.
“Fluttershy come on we got to go” Dash said now trying to move her, but she didn’t even budge. Dash turned around to see the wave about to crash down on her and her friend.
She closed her eyes and braced for the inevitable hit, but instead an unknown voice cried out “Water hear my command and halt.”
After a couple seconds of nothing happening Dash slowly opened her eyes and jumped back in surprise. She saw the wave of water flowing like normal only to be stop right in front of her. Mouth drop she turned to look at Twilight to see if she did this and notice her friends were showing the same expression as were some of the ponies now walking out from the town.
“So…” said the same voice making Dash slowly turn towards the sound to see there was a creature on top of Fluttershy’s head “neat trick huh” it said with a smile across its face.
MPoV:
'Wow this cyan blue pegasus sure can fly fast’ now noticing her up close she had magenta eyes with a rainbow mane and tail with a cutie mark of a thundercloud shooting a rainbow lightning bolt. ‘She still seems to be out of it’ waving my hands in front of her to try and snap her out of it, but it didn’t work. So I decided to take a look around and notice similar reaction in a sea of ponies from the town except for one pink pony with a slightly dark pink mane that resembled cotton candy with a set of balloons for a cutie mark, who was giving me an insanely huge smile spreading across her face ‘wow is that even possible’ making me give an awkward smile back to her which she responded with a wave. Glancing back towards the crowd I noticed their facial expression were still the same ‘Well we could sit here probably all day, but I rather get back to that library and get some more rest’ I thought.
“Uh excuse me everypony can I have your attention” I said this got a mix reaction of some calming down, some still keeping that open mouth expression, some looking at me in fear and one shouting ‘the horror the horror’ and sprinting off somewhere else. ‘Really lady I just saved your flank and you do that again’ I face palmed and continued “Does anypony know how to fix a dam?”
“Ooh ooh ooh pick me pick me” said the same pink pony.
“Uh…sure I pick you pink pony in the front” I said pointing at her.
This made her giggle slightly “No silly willy that’s not my name, but you got the first part right try again” she says sitting their eagerly staring at me with her blue eyes.
“Uh well…let me…uh” I said dumbfounded that I now had to guess her name. ‘Well let’s see what do I know about her…well she’s pink, has a cutie mark with balloons so she likes to party I guess, she’s pink, has a…peculiar smile, she’s pink…uh did I mention she’s pink’ I thought now more confused than before I shrugged “Uh Pink…” she start to smile even more “…e” I said with an awkward smile.
She started to jump up and down yelling “Yay you got it. Also I would have except Pinkie Pie, Pinks or Pinkamina Diane Pie oh and also I don’t only like parties I love parties and throw them to” she said. ‘Wow that was a lucky guess…’ Now it was my turn, mouth wide opened I simply stared ‘Wait did she just…no that’s impossible’ but before I could ask she said “Oh before I forget my friend Twilight here can fix the dam” she said now standing next to Twilight. ‘Wait how the hell did she get over there when she was…’ looking back at her original spot there she was still looking at me with a bright smile. I quickly looked back and forth between her and Twilight’s spot trying to process what just happen ‘I think my mind was just blown’ was all I could think of before I remembered the wall of water behind me.
“So Miss Twilight you can fix the dam?” I ask her now looking at her.
This seems to have snapped her out of it and replies hesitantly “Y-y-yes I can.”
“Good then can you come over here I believe Fluttershy has passed out while standing” I said dryly and as if on cue she flops down causing Twilight and the blue pegasus next to her to panic.
“Fluttershy are you alright?” they both ask at the same time.
“Don’t worry she’ll be fine. It would be for the best if you just let her rest.” I said as I started to slither towards Twilight, but before I could reach her I was pushed down and held in place by the blue pegasus.
“Just who or what the hay are you and what did you do to her” she yelled inches from my face and was pushing down hard on my chest.
“Rainbowdash stop he’s injured and is also the one who’s stopping the water from crashing into Ponyville” Twilight pleaded. This caused her to let up enough for me to slip out and slither my way towards Twilight. She giggled a little as I was climbing my way towards her head and then I wrapped myself around her horn enough to let me stay in place and not slide off.
“It’s true that I’m partly responsible for her passing out, but she could have said no and she knew what she was getting herself into” I said now eyeing her coldly this made her back off a bit. An orange mare with a yellow mane, three small red apples for a cutie mark and was wearing an awesome light brown Stetson hat was about to say something, but I raise my hand to stop her. “Sorry miss, but I can’t hold this up forever you can ask me question later. Now let’s get going Miss Twilight the sooner the better” I said.
“Oh ok…um Applejack can you and the girls go to the library and wait for me this should only take a bit” Twilight said to the orange mare.
“Sure thing sugar cube just uh hurry on back now” said the orange mare with a southern accent.
With that Twilight started to head towards the dam, but hesitated “Um could you maybe do something about that” she said pointing towards the water.
“Huh oh right my bad” I said and the water started to flow back a bit. With the path somewhat if not a bit muddy clear she started to walk towards the dam while I made the water slowly flow back towards the dam with each step she took. It only took half an hour to get to the dam and took only a couple of minutes for Twilight to fix it. ‘Wow she definitely earned that cutie mark’ we were now heading back the sun was starting to set. We were about half way there and I just had to ask her something. “So Miss Twilight can I ask you something?” I asked.
“Please just Twilight and what’s on your mind” she said.
“Well I noticed you’re really knowledgeable and strong in magic and I was just curious why somepony like you wouldn’t know a teleportation spell or something?” I asked. She suddenly stopped to think about what I just said and groaned followed by a facehoof. “You’re kidding right?” I asked. I can feel her temperature rise which indicated that she was blushing making me laugh and fall hard to the ground, but that didn’t stop me from me laughing.
“I’ve just been so busy and distracted” she said rather quickly still slightly blushing.
“Uh huh sure whatever you say” I said holding back a grin. Twilight started to focus her magic around her and me in a purple glow which was followed by a bright purple light filling my vision for a couple of seconds. When I got my sight back I noticed we were now back in town in front of the library. As Twilight opened the door I could hear some talking going on, but was stopped when they noticed us. Fluttershy was about to say something, but I raised my hand to stop her “I’ll answer all questions as soon as Twilight, if you would be so kind, changes the water in the barrel with some fresh water” I said.
“Who or what makes you all high and mighty as to boss us around” said Rainbowdash who looked annoyed.
“Ah agree with Dash on this one” said Applejack.
“Look Miss Dash and Miss Applejack I going to level with you on this. I’ve been flying for the past week or two non-stop and not only am I tired, but still injured so be it as it may I would really appreciate it if you two would just let Twilight go change the water so I can get myself comfortable enough to answer some of your questions” I said trying to hold back some of my anger.
“Um…e-e-excuse me, but p-please don’t fight” said Fluttershy on the verge of crying.
This made the three of us feel guilty and I sigh heavily then said “I’m sorry you two I didn’t mean to act like that, but there is a reason why I need Twilight to change the water.” This got everyone to look at me with curiosity. “You see water has healing properties that heal me. I mean you should have seen me before today, yesterday I was a complete mess am I right Twilight” I said looking at her, but she was too busy writing down some notes and didn’t hear me.
“So that explains why you were mostly healed up when it was morning huh that’s pretty cool” said a purple baby dragon with green scales going along his back.
“Yeah that’s right little man” I said.
“Hey don’t call me little last time I checked I’m bigger than you” he replied back now a bit annoyed.
“Sorry kid, but I’m much older than I look” I said.
“Well you sure don’t look old to me darling. Might I ask how old you are?” Asked a beautiful white mare with a clean purple mane and three diamonds for a cutie mark.
“Thank you and you are quite lovely yourself” this made her blush a bit and I continued “Actually truth be told it’s been so long that I can’t even remember, but if I had to guess maybe eight or nine hundred thousands of years old give or take” I reply nonchalantly this made everypony stare open mouth again even Twilight stopped writing and was looking right at me. I started to snap my claws to get them to snap out of it “Oh come on we just got over this a couple of hours ago” I said while flopping to the floor which I regretted because I was still injured.
Fluttershy snapped out of it and rushed over to me and started to cradle me again. After a couple of minutes she sets me on her back and asks “Are you feeling better?”
“Uh yes thank you Fluttershy” I said a bit embarrassed. “So Twilight can you get that water for me so we can get started?” I asked. Twilight nodded and levitated the barrel with her. The others started to get comfortable in their spots when Twilight returned with the barrel and set it in front of the others. Fluttershy walked over to the barrel to let me jump in, as I jumped in the nice cool water felt nice on my scales and I circled around the bottom for a bit before I decided enough was enough and rested on the side with my hands. “So to be fair I’m going to let Twilight ask her questions first since I know she’s been waiting to ask me for a while” I said.
This made Twilight really brighten up as she pulled out a bunch of loose paper with some quills by her side and ready to take down a lot of notes. I had only one thought when I saw her action and her friend’s facial expression ‘This is going to be a long night’.
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