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Pound and Pumpkin Tales 2

by Never2muchpinkie

Chapter 82: 11-6: Super Ponies!

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“Where are we?” said Pumpkin, walking around.

“I don’t know,” said Pound, sticking close by her. “I thought that Starlight was going to wipe us out, but we’re all fine.”

There was a flash above them that caught their attention. A scroll fell on the ground.

Masky picked it up and unrolled it. “Dear Flurry,” he read, then looked down at her. “This is addressed to you, Flurry.”

Reluctantly Flurry wiped her eyes and took the scroll from him. Her eyes went side to side as she read the first few lines, her eyes filling with tears again as the spirit returned to her.

She wiped her eyes again, “Dear Flurry, please, please, please forgive me for what I just did to you and your parents. I had to act quickly in order to protect everyone.”

“Protect everyone?” said Plum. “She attacked your parents.”

Flurry shook her head. “Sombra wanted them dead. She managed to talk him into keeping them alive to use as hostages. That means they can be rescued.”

“So,” said Tree Leaf, “if we can get Sombra away from the Crystal Heart we can free your parents and use your mom’s super shield to beat him.”

“That sounds like a plan.”

“So did Starlight say anything else?” asked Sweet Pea.

“Let me see,” Flurry replied, looking at the note. "‘I know I scared you, but I had to convince Sombra I was willing to join him so I would be in a position to strike and protect the citizens of the Crystal Empire.

“ ‘Flurry, your parents gave me a crucial role in case of invasion. I was to make your safety top priority and get you far away from the Crystal Empire while your parents and the rest of the Royal Guard did the fighting, but things didn’t work out that way. I always worried that a situation might crop up which wouldn’t allow me to stay by your side, so I did the only thing I could think of: I teleported you to the secret treasure room in the castle.

“ ‘You should be safe there for now, but you can’t stay there forever. He’ll find you eventually. You’re going to need to be brave and flee on your own.’ ”

“How is it brave to run away?” asked Spring Meadow.

“Because she won’t have an adult by her side to ask for help,” said Sweet Pea.

“Oh… I get it.”

“But we can’t just run!” said Flash. “He’s got Flurry’s parents.”

“But Starlight is protecting them, right?” said Pumpkin.

Pound shook his head. “That doesn’t matter,” he said. “Starlight is only going to be able to stall for so long before he expects her to make good on her promise to brainwash them to his side.”

Peppermint bit her hoof. “Flurry is the only one with good magic. The rest of us would just be in the way if we tried to fight.”

“But we can’t let Flurry fight alone,” said Tree Leaf. “Didn’t it take Luna and Celestia fighting together to beat him the first time? She’s definitely going to need backup.”

“Do we need to fight Sombra?” asked Plum. “Couldn’t we just find the Crystal Heart and use that against him?”

“But we don’t know where it is,” said Masky. “If he has it right next to him then we’d have to fight him to get to the Heart.”

“What about other adults?” said Plum. “Twilight, Celestia, or Luna. Can’t we get one of them?”

Flurry shook her head. “That’s no good either. I don’t know the spell that Celestia used to send messages to Aunt Twilight through Spike, so I can’t just tell them from here.

“I also have a limit to how far I can teleport. I’m skilled with magic just because I’m an alicorn, but I’m nowhere near as skilled as any of my family or Aunt Starlight. I wouldn’t be able to get myself halfway to Canterlot or Ponyville without getting exhausted, let alone with all the rest of you."

Chocolate crossed his hooves, frowning. “We’re really stuck here.”

Masky tapped his hoof on the ground. “We can’t just sit around doing nothing. If Starlight can’t defeat him then we can’t leave this place without putting her in danger. If he finds out we’re all still alive he’ll know she was lying.”

“We’re fine for now,” said Flurry, “but eventually we’re gonna get hungry or thirsty or need the bathroom.”

Spring walked around examining some of the treasures around them. Most of it just looked like pieces of history and money, but an odd rock caught her attention.

“Hey, Mayhem,” she said. “This treasure looks kinda like you, but older.”

As Mayhem approached the stone lit up. He thought it looked like Discord more than an older version of him.

He found an almost uncontrollable urge to touch it. As his claw got closer it lit up more and more.

“Maybe we shouldn’t touch it,” said Plum. “We don’t know what it is.”

Mayhem ignored her, taking it. As soon as his claw wrapped around it the stone flashed so bright they had to close their eyes for a few moments.

Mayhem set it down, the urge to hold it passing. The object remained brightly lit before jets of light shot out of it, moving around the room until it hit each of the children.

They all began to glow for a few moments.

“W-whoa!” said Pound. “What was that, Flurry?”

“Umm…” Flurry looked at the statue, and words came out of her mouth like someone else was using it. “It’s a draconequus stone. My parents kept it hidden away in here to keep it safe from thieves.”

“Draconequus stone?” said Tree Leaf. “What does it do?”

Again the words just came out of her mouth. “I don’t know. My mother only said that it might have great power inside it, but she could never figure out how to activate it.”

“Well, Mayhem is a draconequus,” said Pound. “Maybe its power can only be used when one touches it.”

“I don’t think a glowing stone is going to help us,” said Flash. “We need to get out of here and start our counter-attack.”

As he went to jog he found himself going hundreds of times faster than he expected. The wall of the room was approaching, and he let out a squeak as he stopped an inch from it.

“Whoa!” said Plum. “You’ve got super speed now.”

Flash was panting, very slowly moving his hooves to turn around and sit down. “Y-yeah. I guess I do.”

“Did we all get super speed from that light?” Peppermint asked, trying to do what Flash did and finding her limbs simply stretching out.

“Ah!” Pumpkin yelled out. “Peppermint’s turned into spaghetti!”

"Help!" said Masky. "I'm sinking into the floor!"

Pumpkin went to grab him, but when her hoof extended toward him a small burst of flame came out.

"What are you doing, Pumpkin?" said Pound, pulling her hoof back. The plume turned into a tiny inferno, going up to the ceiling. He quickly released her, and the flame died down again.

The others each got to experience their powers. After getting Masky out of the shadows they all sat down in a circle to catch their breath.

"Whew!" said Plum. "That was wild."

"No kidding," said Sweet Pea.

"How bizarre," said Flurry. "That stone gave all of you different superpowers."

"It is strange," said Pound, "but this works out for all of us."

"Yeah," said Pumpkin. "Now we're not just gonna be dead weight if we come along to help you fight Sombra."

"True enough," said Flurry, "but not right now."

"No?" said Flash.

"I think we all need to become more used to these powers first. They all just started happening. We have to be able to control them and use them when we choose to first."

"Good point," said Spring.

"We're inside this secret room. We have some time to practice and get used to them."

"Sounds awesome to me," said Flash.

Nega, still in Sombra’s body, approached Twilight. “Hi, Twilight,” he said.

“Hello, Nega,” she said pleasantly. “What’s up?”

“I’m just checking on the children.”

“Well, they’re all playing around with their powers right now, but soon enough they’ll get their minds back on the mission.”

Nega hung his head. “I see. Then that means soon I’ll have to fight my friends.”

“Hey, hey!” she said, putting a hoof on him. “Don’t think of it as fighting your friends. You’re providing a valuable service. Spring Meadow needs this final push to conquer her inner feelings, and someone had to play the part. You’re being heroic, taking the pain to help a friend live a better life.

“Now, isn’t that a better way of looking at things?”

“I… I guess so,” he said uncertainly.

She had to force herself not to laugh. Though it was some time ago she still remembered the struggle to help the crystal ponies before they were enslaved again. Her brother had had his magic blocked, and her sister-in-law was in a state of exhaustion from having to keep her shield up for so long.

They might not have battled directly, but Sombra was still a being of fear. Seeing him with such an awkwardly childish expression was just amusing to her.

He let out a little groan. “Can… can I have a hug?”

Twilight hesitated. “Ummm…”

His head sank lower. “I get it. No one would ever want to hug me.”

“No no no!” Twilight said quickly. “It’s just that I don't want to hug King Sombra. Even though I know it's not really him it just makes me uncomfortable. Why don't you come out of there for now?"

“Hmm? Oh.”

After a moment he phased out of Sombra’s body. He extended his arms to her. “Now can I have a hug?”

“Definitely. I’d love to hug you.”

That got a small smile out of him.

She picked him up, holding him to her. “Everything is going to be all right, Nega. Don’t you worry. It may hurt now, but soon that pain will go away. You just have to keep playing.”

"I sure hope so, Twilight."

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