Moonlight Fire

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Moonlight slowly opened her eyes to see Lume sit beside her. Ughh, I don't want to make conversation with anypony right now, she thought to herself grumpily. With a sigh, the mare studied Lume, and saw she looked..pretty scary. Moonlight tiredly passed her juice and bowl of oatmeal over to her and grunted, "Here. It looks like you need this more than me." 

The mare layed her head on the table, incredible fatigue over taking her. No! You still have so much work to do! You can't sleep! She angrily thought to herself.

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Whiplash breathed a sigh of relief as Crimson teleported everybody out. "Thanks," she said greatfully to the stallion, before glancing back at the stadium. It was quickly crumbling along with everybody inside. Panic stirred inside her as she said quickly, "Not all of the crowd got out of there! Innocent ponies are gonna die!" Whiplash gritted her teeth and unfurled her wings, ignoring the ache in her shoulder.

The pegasus flew as fast as her wings could carry back into the stadium. She saw Sole helping Topaz and Juri, and hoped they would get out safely. "Go! Go!" she shouted at a bunch of panicing ponies, and rushed them out of the crumbling building. Chunks of the ceiling fell on to her wings as Whiplash dropped onto the ground.

Moonlight sprang to her hooves as Lunar died, a look of anger upon her face. Her life had been lost all because of this tournament, trying to save her loved ones. The mare angrily stomped her hoof, knowing she would have to take somepony's life when she was fighting.

I'm going to beat this tournament, and kill Armageddon for all this pain he has caused, to every pony, she promised herself resolutely.

Whiplash stood, completely transfixed as the concrete slap fell on Rail. He was actually dead, but the pegasus wasn't feeling triumphant like she should've, she felt like another life was completely lost. Sure, Whiplash hated Rail's guts, but he didn't have to have such a death. A large piece of concrete hit her shoulder, but she stood, swallowing back her sadness. As more concrete began to fall, she shook her head and quickly came to her senses, ignoring the wound on her shoulder.

Whiplash nudged Crimson and Radio with a large shove in front of her, shouting over the mayhem, "Move! We have to get out of here!"

Moonlight rolled her eyes at Twisted once more, before walking out to the sleeping quarters and setting up some of her medical items on her bed, sorting through them carefully. There was so much work for her to do.

(Uhh yeah just pretend this happend last night).

Moonlight nodded sleepily to Duskrunner, too tired to reply. She hadn't gotten a wink of sleep last night, busy organizing and setting up her medical books and tools. I..gotta.. stay awake, she thought, swaying on her hooves. The unicorn took a seat in the kitchen and propped her tired head on her hooves, hoping nopony would notice how sleep-deprived she was.

After the explosion Gray Gets up to dust himself and notices there was almost no damage to the ship other than a small burn mark and soot surrounding the Closet.

 

"YES! IT WORKED!... Kinda." The young eccentric yelled at the top of his lungs before running to The captains Chamber to thank Twisted for the Idea of his new invention. (forgetting to clean up his mess)

 

While running down the hallway he screamed in repetition "It worked! It worked! It worked!"

 

As he approached the captains quarters He saw Moonlight in the doorway "Hey moonlight, it worked! My Invention Worked!"

 

He was so overly excited that he just Hugged moonlight with joy (being the closest pony nearby and all) "This will prevent Many, Many Problems for the whole crew! And I owe It all to Mr. Twisted Fate here For giving me the Idea!"

 

He runs over to Twisted and said like an Idiot " Thank you for threatening to blow up my ship!"

 

His smile making it obviously clear he meant what he said.

 

@@Moonlight Fire,

 

@@Brain Drain,

Moonlight flinched as Gray hugged her and stumbled away. She wasn't a big fan of hugs, or any pony contact for that matter.

"What in Equestria are you talking about Gray? And don't hug me," she growled, patting down her mane.

She then turned to Twisted. "I did find it actually, before you just took it away," the mare said with an eye roll.

(XD lol Moonlight's anything but nice sometimes)

@@Brain Drain,

Moonlight nodded greatfully at the two stallions, before stumbling away, tripping over her own hooves with fatigue. The unicorn walked through the halls, before realizing she never checked the Captain's quarters. Should've checked here first, she thought to herself, annoyed. As Moonlight came in, she swallowed at the sigh before her: the stoaway, with his hat pulled over his eyes, probably sleeping. 

Her first instinct was to punch him, but if he really was going to be part of the crew, that wouldn't be the best idea. "Um..hello?" she asked wearily, peering at him.@@Brain Drain,

Moonlight tiredly took a breath as she poked her head through the last door on deck, still not finding the captain. She wanted to rest, but there was still so much to be done, she still hadn't even set up her medical items yet. The mare made her way up to the rails, and spotted Gloom and Crimson.

@, @@Gloomfury,

"Hey! Have you idiots seen Gray anywhere?" she grumbled, her tone harsher than she had intended. "Er..I mean..just wondering," she grunted, rubbing her sore eyes.

 

The engines back online, the aircraft stabilized and slowly regaining altitude, Lume dropped down to her haunches panting heavily. "Yes... It's working..." She replied with a trembling smile on her face. "And I couldn't have done this without you... Nicely done, Moonlight."

 

She then noticed the pale-yellow unicorn staring thoughtfully at some kind of card. She didn't know what it was or where it came from (though she could swear that the stowaway from before had like a pack of them), but there wasn't even enough time to ask any question about it: the card levitated itself out of the room and towards the main deck.

 

"What the..."

 

Lume was just way too tired and stressed out to think about anything. She just hoped to never see that weird magician pony ever again, and that Grey and the others managed to throw him off the ship or something around these lines. At that moment, the machine-maniac mare just wanted to take a shower and get some shut eye.

 

However, not very long after, there was a loud explosion noise, followed by the Captain screaming:

 

 

 

 

Lume fell to her back "NO MORE!! Please, enough explosions and trouble and problems and things to fix for tonight!!" She complained in a nearly-crying tone of voice, rolling around across the engine's room floor.

 

@@Moonlight Fire,

 

"Moonlight, be a doll and go see what the hell is going on this time... I'm just... done for..."

Moonlight gently set a tired hoof on Lume with a sigh. "Alright, I got this one." After all, even though she had slowed the ship down, it had been Lume's skill that saved them all. "You deserve some rest, Lume. Don't over exert yourself," she assured the mare, before trotting out.

"Grey?! WHERE THE HAY ARE YOU?!" Moonlight yelled, looking through all the rooms. Normally, she would've had more grace, but she was tired.

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Moonlight let out a breath of relief as she felt the nearly fixed ship begin to regain altitude. "It's working, Lume!" she she called to the mare working on some gears. The unicorn turned and studied the red card that had fell on her and realized it was clearly the work of the stoaway. Why would he help me? she thought to herself, deep in thought.

Moonlight nodded to Lume, breathing heavily from the magical strain. She felt like she would pass out as she continued to slow the ship. Suddenly, a card fell on her, and as it touched her, she felt stronger, less tired.

"Is this the work of the stowaway?" She wondered, as the mare worked the ship.

As her eyes were closed in concentration, she heard Gray's order to Duskrunner and the stowaway. "Where in Equestria did he get that stuff?" She wondered to herself. Sweat beaded on her forehead as Moonlight continued to manipulate the air stream outside. She was extremely tired, but refused to quit.

Taking a deep breath, she managed to slow the ship even more.

 Moonlight angrily narrowed her eyes at the stoaway, and gulped. She needed to destroy the cards, but there was no way of doing that without him knowing. Instead, she decided to help in another important matter at hand: the falling ship. Moonlight saw Lume begin to work, and racked her brain for a way to help.

Suddenly, with an idea, the unicorn closed her eyes and began to focus on the air outside, struggling to slow the airstream around the ship. Gradually, the descent began to slow down a bit, but not completely.

@@Brain Drain,

Moonlight opened her eyes in frustration, just as she had figured out where the bombs were. Somehow, he had found out what she had been doing. The unicorn glanced at Lume's remark, and realized indeed, the ship was going down, and fast.

"Oh great, now the entire ship is going down!" she shouted at the pony with the cards. If something wasn't done, they would all die.

@@Brain Drain,

Moonlight angrily glared at the pony, furious at him for invading the ship. She then glanced at Gray, waiting for him to make a move. Wait, he said with a stomp this whole air ship can blow up. There must be some sort of bombs or magic going on here, she thought. The unicorn quickly closed her eyes and concentrated, letting her magic silently move through the engine room. If I concentrate, I should be able to sense it, she thought hopefully.

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@@Duskrunner,

Moonlight Fire narrowed her eyes and nodded, and began to gallop towards the engine room, fear making her legs run faster. Breathing heavily, she burst through the door in time to see Lume and Captain Gray there, Lume looking quite shocked. She swallowed and said fearfully, "What's going on?"

@@Duskrunner,

Moonlight gasped as her hooves slid across the deck, and being a klutz, she felt flat onto her face. The ship continued to lean and tilt. "Hold on!" she shouted to Duskrunner as she scrambled up to him. Using her magic, she sliced the rope in half, freeing him. "Gah, who's steering this ship?" she groaned, barely managing to catch the wine bottle before it crashed into Crimson.

@@Duskrunner,

Moonlight narrowed her eyes at Duskrunner's last description. Presumably, he was talking about Lume and Star, but the last pony he had described got her attention. "Hold on, hold on. Who are you talking about? And where is this pony?" she asked seriously. He must be talking about the stowaway! she thought urgently.

@@Duskrunner,

Moonlight blinked, before briefly nodding. "As you know, we kind of stole this ship, me and the rest of our crew. Since you aren't exactly part of all of this, that's why that idiot Crimson over there was being so threatening," she said, motioning in annoyance at the sleeping Crimson. Moonlight peered at Duskrunner, deep in thought. He seemed nice enough, and since he can't get off of the ship now, perhaps he could become part of the crew.

"Look, me and the rest of the crew really aren't bad people, and we don't want to hurt you," she began, wondering if Duskrunner would except the job.

@@Duskrunner,

Moonlight grunted in agreement. "I myself didn't expect this ship to run so smoothly, but so far, everything's going pretty well." The unicorn went into the kitchen, and came back with some food for Duskrunner. She slid it over to him, before tiredly sitting down, running a hoof in her mane.

She glanced at the wine bottle, and was filled with annoyance at Gray. She was supposed to make him...smile? Moonlight nervously swallowed. She barely ever smiled herself, how in Equestria was she supposed to do that?

"Er..uh..so..sorry that your stay on the ship has been so troublesome," Moonlight said, struggling to rack her medical brain for something else to say.

@@Gray_Spectrum,

"Hey! Don't just leave!" she shouted angrily after him, but he had disappeared. Oh, fantastic, she thought to herself.

@@Duskrunner,

With a sigh, Moonlight Fire turned to the pony named Duskrunner. After listening to his rough story, she grunted, "Hm, well the highlight of my day has been eating a sandwich. I'm Moonlight Fire, but you might as well call me Moonlight." Moonlight began closely examine Dusk, looking for any visible injuries. He had minor bruises, but she didn't spot anything major.

The mare closed her eyes and placed a hoof on Duskrunner's side, letting her magic search his body for enternal damage. "You're suffering from minor shock, most likely due to all these traumatic experiences you've had," she said, opening her eyes. "As for your stomach, you're just hungry."

Moonlight heard somebody shout for a medic, perhaps the captain, and poked her head out of the kitchen door. She couldn't be more surprised to see Gray running up to her with a pony strapped onto his back. "Dear Celestia, now what's happened?" she muttered, walking towards the pair.

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Moonlight rolled her eyes at Crimson with a soft chuckle, before taking a bite of her sandwich. She was personally outraged him and Whiplash were dating, but hay, she could deal with him. "Yeah, sure, whatever you say," the unicorn said. "Hmph, you drink too mu-" Moonlight let her sentence trail off as she heard the captain and some other ponies tallking on a different deck. It sounded urgent.

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((Let's just keep him dating Whiplash, I think it'll get more interesting that way.)

Moonlight gave him a glare as she found a sandwich. "I don't know what she see's in you. Well, you're both hard-headed numbskulls," she said, struggling not to keep a smirk off of her face.

Moonlight let out a sigh as she was left alone in the kitchen, and began sifting through food. She was slightly tired from using some of her magic to heal Vincent, and decided food was probably the best way to regain her energy.

Suddenly, she heard chewing coming from a corner, and rolled her eyes to see Crimson. "Of course I'm left with you," she muttered at him.