{"sf1_id":791183,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Equestrian Knights Ch 13. A Risky Plan","author":"BluebloodFan91","words":2097,"posted_at":"2014-12-03T17:04:00.000Z","tags":["Adventure","Blueblood","Changelings","Character Development","Clean","Equine","Fantasy","Flam","Flim","Friendship is magic","Griffin","Gryphon","Hoops","Horse","Humor","Iron Will","Jetset","Lightning Dust","MLP","Minotaur","My Little Pony","Pegasus","Plot Development","Pony","Story Progression","Story Series","Suburban Knights","Trixie","Unicorn","Upper Crust","discord","dumbbell","gilda","parody","score"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/791183-equestrian-knights-ch-13-a-risky-plan","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/791183","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=791183\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"Ch 13. A Risky Plan\n\n\n\n\n\"Wake up! Wake up!\"Trixie\nfelt herself being roughly jostled awake. She opened her eyes to see\nIron Will standing over her, shaking her with his hand.\"Get up!\" he said in a loud whisper. \"We gotta hide!\"Trixie\nlet out a deep yawn. Upon their escape from Canterlot, they had found a\nspot deep in the woods on the mountainside to sleep. They hadn't\nbothered setting up tents or anything, as they had all been too tired.\nThey had simply just collapsed onto the ground and fell asleep, Iron\nWill saying he would take the first watch and wake one of them when it\nwas their turn.Trixie suddenly became aware of a\nlow buzzing drone in the distance. She looked around to see that most\nof the others were already awake, trying to wake up Blueblood, Jet Set,\nand Upper Crust as well.Trixie got up onto her\nhooves, her head still groggy from having just waking up. When they had\nfallen asleep, it had been early in the morning. Trixie wondered how\nlong it had been since then. Judging by the sunlight, she guessed it was\nsome time in the afternoon of the same day.\"What's happening?\" asked Blueblood once he and Jet Set and Upper Crust were awake as well.\"And what's that noise?\" Trixie asked.\"Changelings!\" stated Iron Will. He pointed up through the trees.Trixie\nlooked where he was pointing, squinting from the bright sunlight\noverhead. Where he was pointing, she could make out a black cloud in the\nsky coming in their direction. As it got closer, she could tell it was a\nswarm of Changelings. The buzzing drone was the sound of their wings,\ngetting louder as they got closer.\"Everyone take cover!\" Iron Will urged.They\nall hid behind trees and bushes and anywhere else that could conceal\nthem from the air as the swarm of Changelings flew by overhead. Looking\nup, they saw the swarm split up and start going in two directions.As soon as the swarms of Changelings were past and it was all clear, the group came out of hiding.Lightning Dust sighed with relief. \"That was close!\" she said.\"Where do you think they were going?\" asked Flim.\"It\nlooked like they were heading towards Ponyville and Cloudsdale!\" said\nIron Will. \"Looks like Chrysalis and Sombra finished with Canterlot, and\nare moving onto the rest of Equestria.\"Images\nof Ponyville and Cloudsdale being overtaken by Changlelings like\nCanterlot had been flashed through Trixie's mind. She shook her head to\ntry and get rid of those thoughts.\"Oh, this is terrible!\" cried Upper Crust. \"Isn't there any hope?\"Blueblood sighed sadly. \"Unfortunately, the only ones who could possibly stop this have been turned into statues.\"Everyone hung their heads in despair.Just\nthen, something occurred to Trixie. She suddenly saw the whole\nsituation as an opportunity. The greatest opportunity of her life!\"Why can't WE?\" said Trixie.Everyone looked over at her.\"Why can't we what?\" asked Dumbbell.\"Why can't WE save the world?\" said Trixie.Everyone stared at her like she had lobsters crawling out of her ears. \"WHAT!?\" they all said at the same time.\"Think about it!\" said Trixie. \"If WE save Equestria, then we'll all be big heroes! We'll be famous and respected again!\"\"Um,\njust one question. How the heck are we supposed to do that!?\" said\nGilda. \"I mean, I know I'm pretty awesome, but we're talking about\ntaking on two of Equestria's most powerful villains ever, AND their entire army!\"\"Simple,\" said Trixie with a grin. \"We use the Elements of Harmony!\"They all stared at her.\"The\nElements of Harmony?\" said Blueblood with a laugh. \"And how are we\nsupposed to do that? Incase you've forgotten, Queen Chrysalis is\ncurrently wearing them!\"\"If I could just get\nclose enough, I could grab them off of her with my magic,\" Trixie\nexplained. \"And then all we'd have to do is use them, and poof, problem\nsolved.\"Everyone looked at each other.\"You make it sound so easy,\" said Blueblood sarcastically.\"You really think its possible?\" asked Lightning Dust. Her voice was completely serious.\"Absolutely,\" said Trixie confidently.\"Hold\non!\" said Blueblood. \"Even if we can somehow get to the Elements, how\nare we going to use them? I thought the Element Bearers were the only\nones who could use them.\"\"No, that would just be\nstupid!\" said Trixie. \"After all, Princesses Celestia and Luna have\nused them in the past! I thought you, being a relative of theirs, would\nknow that!\"Blueblood gave her a dirty look.Trixie\ncontinued. \"From what I've heard, the Elements of Harmony can be used\nby anyone who represents each of their qualities.\" She pointed to\nherself proudly. \"I'd be Magic, obviously, and um...\" she looked around at\nthe rest of them, \"...Upper Crust would be Generosity, because she gave\nBlueblood a pain pill before.\"\"I am rather generous, aren't I?\" said Upper Crust smugly.Trixie\ncontinued to think out loud. \"Um... Jet Set would be Loyalty, because\nhe's loyal to his wife, Gilda would be Honesty, because she tells it\nlike it is, Iron Will would be Kindness, because he's surprisingly nice\nfor a Minotaur.\"\"Thank you,\" said Iron Will. \"At least... I think that was a complement.\"Trixie scratched her head. \"And... Hoops would be Laughter, because he's funny.\"Hoops frowned. \"Aw, can't I be the Element of Courage instead?\" he moaned.\"There is no Element of Courage,\" said Trixie in annoyance.\"Well there should be!\" stated Hoops.\"Not like it matters,\" said Lightning Dust, \"cuz if there were, it would totally be mine.\"\"So\nyou see?\" said Trixie. \"We can do this! If those six goody goodies from\nPonyville can save the world, then it should be a snap for us! After\nall, we're just as good as any of them, am I right!?\"\"Yeah!\" everyone said, each of them considering what Trixie was saying.\"You know, I think this just might work!\" said Flam.Everyone began nodding in agreement, except for Blueblood that is.\"You're kidding me!\" Blueblood said.Flam\nturned to look at him. \"Like Trixie said, all we have to do is get near\nChrysalis enough for her to grab the Elements, and then once we have\nthem, the rest should be cake!\"\"Oh, please!\" Blueblood groaned. \"You can't be serious!\"They\nall looked at him. He could see by the looks on their faces that they\nwere all actually seriously considering Trixie's idea.\"This\nis a horrible idea!\" stated Blueblood. \"I mean, what are we gonna do?\nJust march right into the city and walk right into the castle?\"\"I didn't say it was going to be easy!\" said Trixie. \"But there has to be a way, we just have to think of it!\"\"Look, I don't like this anymore than you do,\" said Blueblood, \"but there's nothing that any of us can do!\"\"We have to try!\" said Trixie. \"Don't you want to be a hero?\"\"I WANNA LIVE!\" shouted Blueblood. \"I'm not gonna throw away my life for a lost cause!\"Suddenly,\nthere was a flash of light a few meters away from them, interrupting\ntheir conversation. They all turned their heads to see none other than\nDiscord magically appear before them. \"HOLD EVERYTHING!\" the eternal lord of chaos shouted. He looked like he had something very important to tell them.\"HOLY CRAP! IT'S DISCORD!\" shouted Dumbbell.\"Discord!? What are you doing here?\" Trixie asked.Discord's expression changed to a smile. \"Oh, nothing. Just making a quick cameo. Carry on.\" He waved goodbye to them.\"WAIT!\" shouted Blueblood.Discord stopped himself from disappearing. \"What?\"Blueblood\ncontinued. \"You're Discord, lord of chaos! You have the power to do\nanything! You could fix everything!\" Blueblood became hopeful again.Trixie's\neyes widened. She wasn't sure what to think. True, she wanted the world\nto be saved, but if Discord did it, then she wouldn't get the fame and\nglory she wanted.Discord scratched his beard in thought. \"Yes, I could fix everything... but I won't.\"\"WHAT!?!\" everyone shouted. \"WHY?!\"\"Yeah, I thought you were supposed to be a good guy now!\" said Score.Discord crossed his arms. \"I am, but it's against the rules,\" he said in a mater-of-fact tone.\"RULES!?\" shouted Blueblood. \"What rules!? Since when do you obey any rules?\"Discord\nsighed. \"Look, I can't just go around solving all you ponies' problems\nfor you! If I did that, then this show wouldn't have any plot.\"\"But this show already hardly has any plot!\" argued Gilda.Discord\nshook his head. \"Sorry, but the needs of the plot outweigh the needs of\nthe logic. Therefore, I'm afraid I can't interfere in this kind of\nstuff.\"\"THE WORLD'S IN DANGER AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING?!\" shouted Blueblood.\"EXCUSE\nME?!\" said Discord, becoming angry. \"I'll have you know that I've taken\nover controlling the day and the night since Celestia and Luna can't do\nit anymore!\" Then Discord suddenly burst out laughing. \"Actually,\nthat's a lie! Celestia and Luna never controlled the day or the night!\nNo one does! The sun and the moon move completely on their own! Those\ntwo Princesses have been lying to everyone for thousands of years, and\nyou all fell for it!\" Discord continued to laugh.No\none was paying attention to this big revelation however. They all still\njust couldn't believe that Discord wasn't going to help.\"ALL YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS JUST SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE RIGHT AGAIN!\" Blueblood shouted at the lord of chaos.Discord\nfrowned. \"Look, you all caused this mess, now you can fix it! Now, if\nyou'll excuse me, I have to go pester Picard for a while. Goodbye.\" And\nwith that, he snapped his fingers and disappeared in another flash of\nlight.\"Well he was no help at all,\" groaned Lightning Dust.Blueblood\nyelled in frustration and bucked a tree behind him in anger, causing a\npinecone to fall out of the tree and hit him on the head. He growled in\nfrustration.\"Well I guess that settles it!\" Trixie spoke up, getting everyone's attention. \"I'm going to save the world! Who's with me?\"Everyone looked at each other.\"I'm in,\" said Lightning Dust, stepping forward.Trixie smiled at her.\"If she's in, I'm in!\" said Gilda, stepping up along side her friend. They high fived each other.\"Any one else?\" asked Trixie.The\nthree Pegasus jocks all nodded to each other and then Dumbbell spoke.\n\"If there's really a chance we can fix this and become heroes, then\nyou'll have our wings,\" he said to Trixie.\"And our horns,\" said Flam, gesturing to himself and his brother.\"And my Axe!\" said Iron Will, holding up his can of Axe deodorant.Trixie nodded. \"Anyone else?\" She looked at Blueblood, Jet Set, and Upper Crust.Jet\nSet and Upper Crust looked at each other and turned back to Trixie.\n\"You're absolutely certain this will work?\" asked Jet Set.\"Definitely,\"\nsaid Trixie smugly. \"Like I said, all we have to do is just get near\nenough to the Elements of Harmony for me to grab them, and then presto,\nwe save the world, and we're all heroes!\"The couple looked at each other again, and then turned back to Trixie. \"We're in,\" said Upper Crust.\"What!?\" exclaimed Blueblood, staring at them in disbelief.They\nturned to look at Blueblood. \"Gilda was right,\" said Jet Set. \"We need\nto stop agreeing with whatever someone says just because they're rich or\nfamous.\"\"From now on, we're going to have our own opinions!\" said Upper Crust. \"And we think this plan has a good chance of working!\"Gilda grinned at the couple, who it seemed had finally learned to speak their opinions.\"So what's it gonna be, Blueblood?\" said Trixie. \"Are you in or out?\"Everyone looked at Blueblood, waiting for his answer.Blueblood\nlooked around at all of them for a few moments, a look of uncertainty\non his face. \"It's suicide!\" he finally said. \"If we go back there, all\nwe're gonna accomplish is getting captured!\"\"You're\njust afraid!\" said Trixie. \"You know, you're supposed to be a prince!\nWhy don't you try acting like one for once, instead of always being just\na selfish royal pain!?\"Blueblood was shocked.\nHe struggled to come up with a comeback, but could think of nothing to\nsay. He was speechless. His mind instantly flashed back to the Galla\nwith that one Element Bearer Rarity yelling at him, and then to his own\nfamily berating him.\"So last chance! Are you with us, or not?\" asked Trixie again.Blueblood shook his head no.\"Fine,\"\nsaid Trixie. \"More glory for the rest of us, coward!\" She turned back\nto the rest of the group. \"Alright ponies! Lets go save the world and\nbecome heroes!\"The group cheered and started walking away through the woods, back up the mountainside towards Canterlot.Blueblood\nwatched them as they left. \"FINE!\" he shouted at them angrily. \"GO GET\nYOURSELVES KILLED! I'M GOING TO SURVIVE!\" He then turned his back to\nthem and started heading off in the opposite direction, further down the\nmountain. \n\n","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/791181-equestrian-knights-ch-12-fall-of-canterlot.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/791189-equestrian-knights-ch-14-striking-back.json"}