Chương 38: Chapter 38 - The Truth Comes Out
Micro was mentally smacking himself as he sat next to Scootaloo in class. He couldn't believe he missed something so obvious. Thankfully, Chara discovered it.
Five Minutes Ago
In the party chat, Chara messaged him.
Hey, did you get a skill message for game completion?
No. Did you?
Persona 4 Golden. Summon Izanagi.
Damn! Well I guess it would be hard summoning multiple Persona's at once.
Well I did create a separate file so you can try and get it. By the way, I saw a package was labeled for Scootaloo.
Yeah. I saw some weapons and a costume that I thought would fit her planned fighting style.
Why didn't you take them with you?
I was waiting to give them to her until a good time to train came up. Until then I would keep them since she can't exactly explain having weapons on her.
Why not let her use the inventory feature of the party?
...what?
The party feature. It gives anyone in it a smaller version of our inventory...did you not realize that?
Now I do..
It had never come up so he never explored it. After getting Chara to stop laughing, he told her to drop the packages into the inventory so he could give them to her and possibly start training. He would eventually try and get something for Sugar but since he didn't really like fighting, his equipment was least priority.
As the class ended, an announcement went over the sound system.
Would Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie please report to the principal's office.
Sweetie and Applebloom looked at eachother, wondering what was up with their sisters. Meanwhile Spike, Sugar, and Scoot all looked at Micro who nodded. They would be getting the explanation now.
"Well, this stinks," Sweetie said. "Rarity is my ride home and now I have to wait for her."
"And Applejack and I are supposed to pick the zap apples today!" Applebloom said. "We spent all weekend prepping for them and if we end up having wasted that time…"
"Well, I could keep you company," Sugar said, rubbing the back of his head. Applebloom blushed at that, especially when Scootaloo gave her a thumbs up from behind Sugar.
"Tha...that would be nice."
Sweetie looked over at Spike, waiting for him to say something...but he didn't seem to notice.
"Well," Micro said. "Scootaloo and I are going to get going. Though Spike, I would like to talk to you a bit first. Would you mind following us?"
"Sure," Spike said, following the couple. Sweetie looked sad as Sugar and Applebloom started chatting.
On the way out, once they were out of sight, Micro dragged them into an empty classroom and created an ID.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Spike asked.
"Well...in order to give Chara a body, I needed to give up half my levels," Micro admitted, to the shock of the other two. "And since I want to train up myself and Scootaloo…"
Spike sighed, seeing where this was going.
"You want me to act as guard while you two train together since you dropped so far."
"Well, Zombie grinding gets a bit tedious and I can create other dungeons for us to try out so I would rather have you there just in case. Especially since I don't want to rely on my microbots too much."
Spike looked between Micro and Scoots before nodding.
"Of course man. Always happy to help."
"Awesome! And now Scoots…" he pulled a box out of his inventory labeled Scootaloo. "I have some gifts for you."
Principal's Office
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Rainbow yelled. The other girls wore shocked expressions.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Applejack said.
"I don't think they are darling…" Rarity responded.
"This is….awesome!" Pinkie Pie shouted, now turning the shock to Fluttershy, Twilight, Sunset, And Luna While Celestia just smiled at the girl. "You mean magic is real?! This is so cool! What kids tricks can you do? What other ability users are there? Do we know anymore? What about…"
"Pinkie!" Applejack shouted. "We have something else we need to address first." She turned to Twilight and Sunset. "Sorry for judging y'all."
"Yes darlings," Rarity added. "We just couldn't believe it when we found out you suspected us of attacking...that scumbag!"
"It ok," Twilight said. "We should have told you sooner about our powers. If we did, then this could've been taken care of so much easier.
"Yeah," Sunset added. "If you knew about us ability users before all this, you may have-"
"You guys are just accepting all this!?" Rainbow said turning to the others. "They kept something like this from us and everything is supposed to go back to normal?!"
"Well not normal," Applejack said. "We still need to get used to this but…"
"And you," Rainbow said turning to Fluttershy who looked away in guilt. "You brainwashed me!"
"I...I was panicking," Fluttershy said. "I knew I couldn't take Celestia and Luna so I wanted to…"
"I don't care what you wanted!" Rainbow said. The others noticed a slight wind beginning to swirl around Rainbow. "I've known you for years! Even more so than the others! And now I find this out?!"
"Rainbow…" Twilight started, wanting to calm her down. "Look at-"
"Shut up!" She swept her arm toward Twilight and a wall of wind slammed into the brainiac. The others gasped.
"Rainbow?" Rarity muttered. "What was…" But Rainbow was also looking down at her hands in surprise.
"What...what the hell was that?"
"That burst of wind magic…" Celestia said. "And you've never known anything about magic before today?"
"No! I…"
"Well Ms. Dash," Luna addressed her. "It appears your ability has been unlocked. It seems you are a Sylph."
"Wha...but I," Rainbow stammered.
"But wait!" Sunset said. "Not even Fluttershy sensed anything? How could-"
"More than likely it was buried under multiple generations," Celestia said. "One of her ancestors was probably a Slyph and it lay dormant until now. The non ability user blood probably diluted it to the point of fooling even Fluttershy's ability."
"That would explain the slight tang…" Fluttershy muttered. Perhaps just a bit too loud. Rainbow turned to her.
"Tang...y...you've tasted my blood!?"
Fluttershy froze.
"I...I…"
"How many times?" Rainbow growled. "How many times have you drunk my blood?"
Fluttershy began tearing up.
"Rainbow...I…"
Rainbow turned and bolted out of the room.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight called as she went to go after her friend.
"No Twilight," Fluttershy said, standing up. "I have to explain myself to her. Let me. Besides…" she turned a tearful smile to the others. "I'm the only one who can catch up with her."
And with that, she blurred and began running after Rainbow.
Hallway
"I can't wait to start training!" Scootaloo said as they exited the bathroom. "So, where are we going? What are we training against?"
"Well I…" Micro started.
"Dash!" Fluttershy's voice could be heard.
"Stay away from me!" Rainbow's voice responded, followed by a crashing sound and Fluttershy groaning. The group exchanged a look and took off toward the voices.
They found Fluttershy slumped against a set of lockers that had a huge dent in them. Rainbow was nowhere to be seen.
"Fluttershy!" Micro called as he ran toward the dryad/vampire. "What happened?!"
"Rainbow…" Fluttershy muttered. "She just discovered she is an ability user…and she…"
Looking up she saw Scootaloo and went wide eyed.
"Why is she…?"
"She knows," Micro said. "Considering I'm dating her I'm not going to keep something this big from her."
"Never mind that for now!" Spike cut the rest of the conversation off. "What happened with Rainbow?"
After gathering herself a bit, Fluttershy struggled to her feet and explained the situation.
"Of course," Micro said. "Nothing is ever easy."
"Please," Fluttershy begged. "Help me fix this."
Micro nodded before turning to Scoots.
"You have a better chance of getting through to her. Looks like you will be taking that outfit out for a test run."
She grinned and messed with the inventory screen in front of her. In a flash, her outfit shifted from her normal clothes to a black corset like outfit with red lining that ended in a skirt. White sleeves covered her arms and they ended in black bracers. Black leather boots stretch up to mid calf and stocking reached to an inch below the skirt. A red hood was draped across her back.
"No semblance use yet," Micro cautioned. "You can explain away running faster but not a freaking vortex of petals."
"Right!" Scoots said before turning and running at full speed. Fluttershy was shocked by how fast she was.
"She was not that fast at the tryouts…"
"Ruby Rose outfit," Micro said. "Takes one's DEX and quadruples it. Cost a pretty penny but considering she doesn't have the skills I do to make up for her other stats I thought it was worth it."
Fluttershy nodded at him and went to follow Scoots but stumbled a bit.
"Not so fast," Spike said. "You took a nasty hit."
A screen popped up in front of her, seeing it was a party invite, she looked up at Micro who nodded to her. She accepted and Micro handed her a green lollipop.
"This will help heal what damage you took. Scootaloo will message us when she catches up to Rainbow.
A Bit Later
Rainbow leaned against the wall of the alley and panted.
"What is happening to me?"
"Rainbow?"
Dash turned and saw Scootaloo looking down the alley at her. She briefly wondered where the strange outfit came from, but then panicked.
"St...stay back! I don't know what's happening but I can-"
"Control wind?" Rainbow stared at her wide eyed. Scootaloo smiled. "I've experienced a lot of strange things the past week. That is not the most shocking."
"What do you-?"
Before that question could be finished however, the world around them seemed to shatter and reform.
"A barrier?" Scootaloo gasped. "But I didn't message Micro yet."
"Well look what we have here?"
Scootaloo froze as she recognized the voice. Looking at the entrance to the alley, she saw Garble standing there.
"If it isn't Micro's little bitch."
"Hey bastard!" Rainbow shouted. "Don't you dare talk to her-" she ducked just in time to avoid a fireball.
"Just because we aren't here for you doesn't mean we can't 'use' you."
Scootaloo quickly sent out a message to Micro.
"You think you can beat Micro alone? He took down both you and your friend last time!"
"Last time...Scoots what do you-" but Rainbow was cut off.
"True...but that was in one of his barriers and he had that huge creature. This is mine. Not to mention…" Garble smirked. "Who said I'm alone?"
Shadow flickered and the two girls looked up to see other guys in leather jackets on the fire escapes and roofs. Scootaloo didn't bother counting them. She just grabbed Rainbow and begged that the ability Micro told her about would work. In a burst of speed, a blur of red and rainbow colors shot out of the alley and into the street.
{Written by Twistedphoenix1}
{Edited by SpedaHooves/KenKanekiTheCat/Me}
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