Author's Notes:

Here it is folks, part 2 of camping. I hope you all enjoy it. Now that's all I got for you all. So always: comment, follow, like share and tell. See all in the next chapter of The Fabled Warrior.

Camping pt. 2

"Cannonball!"

Rainbow screamed as she leaped into the air and came splashing down into the water. Water splashed around Rainbow as she came down into the water. Rarity squealed as water splashed up on her as she sat near the shore on a towel. Soon Rainbow came back up as she wiped her eyes and moving her mane out of her face.

"Watch it, Rainbow." Said Rarity

"Come on Rarity; you're supposed to get wet when you sit near a lake." Said Rainbow

"I prefer to stay dry when I'm trying to sunbathe." Said Rarity

Rainbow rolled her eyes, and she dived back below the water. I smiled as I watched Rainbow disappeared and moved herself to a floating Flame. She sprang and out the water throwing Flame into the air and making him splash down in the water. I chuckled as I watched the whole thing. I think this camping trip was a great idea.

It was already Wednesday of our camping trip. We did arrive at Rainbow Falls on Monday afternoon, and it was something else. The waterfall and water was the color of a rainbow. I rubbed my eyes, but no matter how hard I did, all I saw was rainbow water. We put up our tents and started our vacation. And it must have been our luck because the lake water was the perfect temperature for us to swim. Plus Twilight did say we should pack our swimsuits. The girls looked cute in each of their swimsuits.

Rarity was wearing a violet bikini with her cutie mark resting on her right cup of her bikini top. Rainbow was in a white bikini, which surprised me she would even wear one. Applejack was in a blond bikini with a hybrid cutie mark of my mark and her cutie mark on her right cup of her bikini top. Pretty much it was the rings of my mark with the pencils and pens and in the middle was Applejack's cutie mark. She told me it had to do with her position as the alpha of the harem. Twilight was in a light lavender one piece with the same hybrid cutie mark, but with her cutie mark in the middle. Fluttershy was in a light green one piece with her cutie mark resting on the belly of her cutie mark. Barb was in a dark green bikini. Sweetie was wearing a cute yellow bikini with a skirt covering the bottom of her swimsuit. Moon was in a vibrant purple bikini with the skirt bottom as well, but her skirt had her cutie mark. Both Apple Bloom and Scootaloo were wearing one-piece swimsuits with colors being amber for Apple Bloom and blue for Scootaloo.

"You know Rainbow is right, Rarity. If you're going to sit next to the water, expect to get wet," I said

"Whatever dear, I would like to stay as dry as I can." Said Rarity

I rolled my eyes as Rarity rolled onto her back and unclipped the strap holding her top together. She placed her hands under her head and began to snooze. I just shook my head. Decided to sunbathe inside of swimming. I think I'll never understand my fashion mare. I then turned as Flame and Rainbow were having a splashing contest. I looked to see Applejack talking with Fluttershy as Apple Bloom and Scootaloo competed against each other. Barb was sitting on the edge of the lake with Sweetie Belle. Then there was Twilight trying to coax Moon to jump into the water. I swam on over to them.

"Come on, Moon, you'll be ok." Said Twilight

I landed next to Twilight, "What's up?"

"I can't get Moon into the water." Said Twilight

I looked up to my daughter, "What's wrong dear?"

Moon was quiet, and I watched as I saw her eyes moved towards Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. I looked back at the two fillies swimming around. It then clicked why she didn't want to get into the water. I don't think Moon knows how to swim and she probably doesn't want to look bad for her friends. I tapped my chin and then my eyes moved over to my brother, and I smiled.

"Flame." He looked over as a splash of water hit him on the side of the face. He glared at Rainbow as she was laughing. "Get over here."

He gave one more splash at Rainbow before starting to swim over to me.

"What's up brother?" He asked

"I need to go into lion form," I answered him.

"Why?" He asked

I moved down and whispered into his ear, and he nodded. He got out of the water and shook his body. He then got down and all fours and began to transform into his lion form. Once he looked like he did, he dipped back into the water. He then looked at Moon.

"Hop aboard, Moon." He said

Moon was still a little hesitant to get into the water.

"No worries Moon; you'll be safe on my back." Said Flame

"Are you sure, uncle?" Asked Moon

"I am dear, if it makes you feel better, your father, mother, or aunt can sit on my back. I can take the weight." Said Flame

"Mom, would you join me." Said Moon

"I would love to dear." Said Twilight

Flame dipped down far enough into the water to allow Twilight to get on his back and then Twilight used her magic to put Moon in front of her. Twilight held Moon around her waist as Flame began to dip into the water and swam. I could see Moon was nervous, but with Twilight holding her, she seemed to calm down. I saw her smile as I swam over to Barb. I pulled myself up from water and sat next to Barb.

"So why wouldn't Moon get into the water?" Asked Barb

"I think Moon can't swim, so she didn't want to get into the water because she didn't want to look bad in front of her friends," I said

"I guess that makes sense, but she looks happy now." Said Barb

I looked at the smiling Moon as Flame swam around the lake. I smiled as I watched how happy she was. I then heard Sweetie speak up.

"Um, Xavier." I turned to look at the young filly. "Can I ride on your brother?"

"Go right ahead, Sweetie Belle," I said

She squealed as she jumped into the water and swam over to Flame. She seemed to speak to him a second before he ducked himself in the water and allowed her onto his back. But he stayed submerged as Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo also got on his back. Twilight got off seeing that Moon was safe with Flame. She swam over to me as Flame continued to swim around with the fillies on his back. I chuckled as I watched Flame play around with the fillies on his back. I then watched as Twilight pulled herself from the water and sat next to me. She kissed me the cheek.

"So I guess we should sign Moon up for swimming lesson this coming spring." Stated Twilight

"I would agree," I said

"So can Flame take all their weight?" Asked Barb

"For sure, Flame may not have a muscular build when he's in his basic form, but he has a strong muscle mass while in lion form," I said

"Now that's been bugging me since the day I first saw him transform. I thought you said Fables got their design from animals and Flame looks like a house cat in his basic form. How can he transform into a lion?" Said Twilight as she ran her hands through her wet mane.

"Easy, Fables have two forms. One is the primary form which makes them look like an animal you would see in daily life, while the other type is an animal you find in the wild. So with Flame being in the cat group of Fables, his original form comes from a big cat in the wild, and when not in that form, he takes the presence of a house cat. I mean would you want Flame walking around as a large lion or a small manageable house cat," I said

"House cat for sure." Said Barb

"So does that apply to Natasha as well?" Asked Twilight

"Eeyup, all Natasha has to do is a little soul searching, and she'll find her primal form," I said

"Fables continue to intrigue me. I wish I could see the world they call home. But thanks to Faba, I guess I'll never see the world of Fables." Said Twilight

"Yeah, but hey, you can at least study my brother and Natasha," I said

"I guess so, as long as your brother can hold still for me." Said Twilight

I laughed as I looked back at Flame as he dived down into the lake before coming back up with a set of laughing and giggling little girls. I could see him smile as he looked at Moon. I knew he loved Moon as a niece. Flame makes a great uncle, even if he is a lazy house cat. But soon the sound of flapping wings caught my ears as I turned to see Rainbow smirking at me.

"What's up, Rainbow?" I asked

"Want to help me pull a prank on a certain mare." She said

I saw her eyes were going over to the still snoozing Rarity. I then spied the two buckets in her hands. My eyes looked at the buckets before spying Rarity once again. I looked back up at Rainbow and gave her a devilish smile.

"Let's do this," I said

Rainbow nodded as she gave me a bucket and we filled both with water and sneaked our way over to Rarity. Rainbow wasn't flying as not to alert Rarity to our presence. I knew I would dig myself into a further hole with Rarity, but hey what's a little harmless fun with my fashion mare. We stood over her as we looked at each other. Holding up buckets we readied to cover her with water.

"On three...one...two...three!" I exclaimed

We tossed the buckets of water splashing over the fashion mare, causing her to jump up in fright. Rainbow and I began to laugh as we pointed at the soaked Rarity, who was using her arms to cover her exposed tits. She bent down and picked up the top of her bikini and strapped it over her chest. She glared at both Rainbow and me as we got ourselves under control.

"I told you Rarity; you come to a lake to get wet." Said Rainbow

"Is that so." Said Rarity

He horn came to life as her a light blue aura covered us. Rarity raised her hand up in the air before flicking her wrist sending us into the water. Rainbow and I crashed into the lake with a splash. We both came up and wiping the water out of our faces. Rarity turned and raised her towel using her magic to dry it off. Her back was to me, which gave me a devilish idea.

"You still got a bucket?" I asked Rainbow

"Yeah." She brought up her bucket, I lost mine, when I crashed into the water. "Why?"

"Easy, we're getting Rarity back," I said

"How?" Asked Rainbow

"Oh, you'll see. Now follow me," I said

We both swam over to the edge of the lake.

"Alright, I need you to fill the bucket and pour out the water when I tell you," I said

Rainbow nodded her head and filled the bucket and began to pour the water out towards me fashion mare. I watched as Rarity started to walk to a new area to sunbathe and that was what I wanted. I tapped my left hand on the water, freezing it in a second. The ice followed the water trail, and I looked to see Rainbow got what I was doing.

Soon the ice caught up to Rarity causing her to slip and slide. I pointed to where I wanted the water and Rainbow did as I wanted. We made a trail for Rarity right towards the lake. She could concentrate enough to use her magic as she tried to keep her balance. She kept picking up speed as I made a small ice ramp. Rarity screamed as she went up the ice ramp and came splashing into the water.

"Alright, dude!" Exclaimed Rainbow

We high fived as Rarity came up from the water and pushed her mane out of her face and wiped her eyes so she could open them once again. She growled and glared at both me and Rainbow.

"You know you're totally in the dog house with her." Said Rainbow

"Oh I know it," I said

Rarity growled before swimming with all her might after me. Rainbow took to the air and watched as Rarity tried over so desperately to chase me down.

***

I watched the fire as it popped and cracked as it burnt the logs given to fuel it. The moon was high in the sky with stars dotting it. I heard the sound of a yawn as I looked over at my brother. He blinked his tired eyes as he yawned again. He blinked his heavy eyes as he tried to stay awake. But it seemed he wasn't able to keep awake.

"I think I'm going to bed for the night." Said Flame

"Yeah, I think you deserve it," I said

He nodded before walking over to the tent. He took the zipper and opened before zipping it back up. I turned back to the fire to look at Rarity as she was filing her nails. The other happened to be down in the bathroom getting cleaned up from swimming today as it also had a shower attached to it. Rarity had taken her shower after giving up on chasing me around the lake. I took my shower after finishing up swimming and Flame followed after getting tired playing with the fillies.

She made no eye contact with me as her eyes only looked at her hands. I decided to get up and sit next to her. I moved over to her and sat down next to her, but she still didn't respond to me. Rarity kept all her attention on her nails.

"How long are you going to be mad at me?" I asked

She didn't say a thing as she studied her nails before returning to file them.

"You know it was all in good fun," I said

She still didn't say anything but stopped filing her nails and put the file away. She then turned to me with a wicked smile on her face. I raised my eyebrow as I watched her horn light up and a barrier come between us.

"Um, Rarity..." I never got to finished my thought as a waterfall of rainbow water fell over me, soaking me from head to toe. I heard Rarity giggling as I started to pull my wet hair out of my face.

"Now I think we're even now, darling." Said Rarity

"Xavier," I turned back to see the others coming up. "Why are ya soaking wet?"

"Rarity," I stated

The girls looked over to the smiling Rarity, and it seemed to click for all them as they made an 'o' with each of their mouths.

"Rarity got you back for pranking her." Said Twilight

"On the money, Twilight," I said

"It was all worth it." Said Rarity

I rolled my eyes as I began to uses Meteor's powers to heat my body. Steam wafted up from my body as my clothes started to dry. Soon it wasn't like I was covered in water a minute or so ago.

"So not fair." Said Rarity

I smiled as I looked at the pouting face of Rarity. I moved forward and planted a sweet little kiss on her face. Her pouting frown turned into a smile. I then watched as she let out a cute yawn and then saw the others doing it as well. I looked back to see the fire was dying away.

"I think we should all hit the hay," I said

The girls nodded as they went off to each of their tents. Twilight used her magic to extinguish the fire and embers of our campfire. I got up and followed Twilight and Barb into the tent. I watched everypony got into their tents before zipping them up. I turned to see Twilight and Barb pulling on their shirts and Moon getting into her pj's. I heard the gentle snoring of Flame. I looked over to see him curled up on the head of Moon's sleeping bag. Moon opened her bag and climbed in, before grabbing Flame and pulling him into the sleeping bag. I smiled as Moon zipped her bag shut and snuggled up with Flame.

I stripped my shirt and grabbed my nightshirt and slipped it one before kissing them and sliding into my sleeping bag. I laid head on my pillow and began to fall asleep. What another great day. I smiled as I began to disappear into the land of dreams.

***
Ponyville
Chi POV

I stood outside of Ponyville as a cold breeze passed over me. I looked at at the Everfree Forest as my ears tuned to the sounds around me. I flexed my hands as I kept my eyes trained on the forest. I turned my head as I heard the sound of grass moving from footsteps. I turned to see White was coming up to me with her Claw Gauntlets attached to her hands as well as a pair of goggles resting on top of her head. She stopped next to me as she looked out to the forest.

"You sure he's coming?" Asked White

"Yes, I know it," I said

We both stood together watching the forest. Then I heard it, the sounds of bodies moving through the trees.

"Get ready, White, here they come," I said

Out of the Everfree Forest came foxes covered in black clothing. The foxes landed in front us but kept their distance. I licked my lips as I waited to see his face, the face of the man who turned me into a slave. I watched as out of the blackness of the forest came him, the Emperor of Fopan, my father, Cho Lang. I saw standing next to him was my mother.

My father was wearing black clothing as well, but with gold strips running down the sides of his arms and legs. On his back rested a sizeable rectangular case full of swords. On his right arm rested a large magical crystal. He stopped after he passed a few inches of his assassins. We looked at each other for a brief moment before he spoke up.

"Hello, Chi."