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Spitfire began yelling at them. She seemed to be rather going crazy. Flashbomb noticed, and was begging to be released again. Marble could no longer hold himself back. He turned around quickly, and bucked Spitfire in the face. [colour=#ff0000]"WHERE IS THE KEY?!" [/colour]He yelled at her angrily, assuming that the cage was locked.

Spitfire explained to Marble that he was curse. He really wanted to know what that meant, but before he could say anything, Flash began pleading to be let out. Feeling very protective, he glared back at Spitfire. Some other random cadet suggested that she was the one who was cursed. Marble liked that theory. [colour=#ff0000]"You let him out RIGHT NOW, or you won't have the hooves to do it later!" [/colour]He raised his hoof threatningly, as he froze himself to stop from charging and kicking the cage itself open.

The blue unicorn introduced himself as Six String, and asked why he wanted to go to Extrequs. [colour=#b22222]"I dunno, just sounded awesome. I've got nothin' better to do, so I though 'what the hay' and came down here." [/colour]He explained to Six with a shrug. [colour=#b22222]"What exactly is Extra... Extra..." [/colour]Knight put a hoof up to his chin, wiping away his messy, crimson, black-tipped mane. [colour=#b22222]"Whatever it's called. What is it?"[/colour]

Knight wandered the border of the Everfree Forest. Some poster told him that somepony needed a crew to go to some oddly named country he never heard of. He was cool with anything though. Eventually, he ran into an interesting looking blue unicorn wearing a hat and petting a dog. Before even greeting the unicorn, Knight swept up the dog and nuzzled it. [colour=#b22222]"You're so cute! Yes you is!" [/colour]He repeated to it as it licked his face. He then saw what he did, and laughed, releasing the dog. [colour=#b22222]"Hey dude!" [/colour]He greeted the unicorn in a friendly manner. [colour=#b22222]"I'm Knight. Are you the dude lookin' for a posse? I'd like to join!" [/colour]He extended his pale yellow hoof for a hoofbump.

There was a chatter in the distance. Lightning Dust was the first to walk to it, followed closely by Marble. Eventually, they found the source of the talking. Marble opened the door, and the first sight he saw was Flash, with angry red eyes, locked in a cage with some other cadet. Marble reacted rather angrily. [colour=#ff0000]"What're you doing?!" [/colour]He yelled at the guards nearby, not realizing Spitfire was part of the group. [colour=#ff0000]"Get him out of there!"[/colour]

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Harmony explained a bit about her song. Showboat's ears perked up again as he became curious. [colour=#0000cd]"About you? So... You roll around a lot or something?" [/colour]He asked in a half joking manner. [colour=#0000cd]"Sorry, we- er, I'm not good with cryptic things like that."[/colour]

He let go of Lightning Dust. She asked about Flashbomb. [colour=#ff0000]"No... They just kinda' took him away. I was trying to go after him, but they had to check my eyes." [/colour]Marble told her. [colour=#ff0000]"I'm fine thankfully. I think we just need to find Spitfire and have her explain the situation."[/colour]

Time made a comment about Showboat's voice and body language. He was slightly confused. He didn't know what that was suppose to mean, but he put on his polite smile again. [colour=#0000cd]"I guess I'm not the only one with knowledge on Freudian habits." [/colour]He told him, giving a subtle compliment. [colour=#000080]I'M the one with that knowledge, not you. [/colour][colour=#0000cd]Oh, okay, let me just tell him that... [/colour][colour=#000080]Don't you dare![/colour]

Everything was going down the drain. When they arrived at the medical ward, the doctor checked Flashbomb out. It was all fine, until he looked at his eyes and said something about a spell. They were being rather vague about it, and Spitfire came running in to detain him. Marble was able to hold back from tackling the guards to stop them from hurting his friend. He had no idea what was going on, and then an announcement came on about checking out their eyes. Two guards immediately detained Marble. He struggled at first, but stopped when they said they weren't going to hurt him. They deemed his chocolate brown eyes good. He sighed with relief, then remembered somepony else who could have been affected by whatever was happening. He flew out the door, and after a moment of wandering about, ran into Lightning Dust. He immediately gave her a hug when he saw her eyes were fine. [colour=#ff0000]"Thank Celestia... I thought... I thought you might have been hurt..."[/colour]

One of the cadet ponies from earlier seemed to be rather paranoid. Marble rolled his eyes. [colour=#ff0000]"I don't care." [/colour]He said to her, with his intimidating deep voice. [colour=#ff0000]"Flash is obviously hurt. I won't let a friend of mine be hurt." [/colour]He turned away from her. [colour=#ff0000]"Besides, I'd like to see them. And maybe take away a few of their vital organs."[/colour]

Marble, Lightning and Flash began to trot back to the main hall. He wasn't sure if they were searching for the attackers, going to the mess hall, or finding the staff barracks, but Marble just pretended that he knew what he was doing. They seemed convinced. Lightning Dust asked Marble something. Apparently, Flash was having a bad headache or something, as he was rubbing his head a lot. Lightning Dust looked worried. Marble flew over to him quickly, and was confused by his eyes, changing between orange and red. [colour=#ff0000]"Flash, you're going to the medical ward whether you think you should or not." [/colour]Marble told him, glaring at him assertively. [colour=#ff0000]"If you're not going willingly, I'll drag you there."[/colour]

Lightning Dust almost seemed sad that she couldn't help anypony. Marble pulled her into a hug. [colour=#ff0000]"Don't worry, I'm sure they're fine. There's nothing we can do right now but wait until this fog dies..." [/colour]Marble didn't like the scenario either, but didn't want to fly out in the fog and hurt his head again.

Well... Flash was rather insistent that he was fine. Marble shrugged it off that Flash was just dazed from being attacked. [colour=#ff0000]"If you say so..." [/colour]He looked around the room and got a better look. The floating candles were a nice touch, and the gem was definitely cool, though Marble didn't care too much about it. [colour=#ff0000]"Well... I guess we should find the attackers then..." [/colour]He announced, as he squinted his eyes to try and see in the shadows. [colour=#ff0000]"Do you know if they left, or if they're hiding in here?"[/colour]

Flashbomb began stirring again. Something about him was really creeping out Marble. His eyes seemed very different. Marble always remembered them as orange(?), but they seemed red now. His voice was disembodied and without emotion. However, Marble believed him when he said he was fine. Flash wouldn't lie to him... Right? He helped him up, and looked at him. [colour=#ff0000]"Are you sure? They hit your head? You might have a concussion. You should go to the medical ward."[/colour]

There was another scream. This one was much more masculine, and even more familiar. [colour=#ff0000]"Flash!" [/colour]He yelled, flying off to where he heard the screams. The others seemed to hear them as well. He entered the room, ignoring the magnificent magic happening at that moment, and the lovely gem, as he went to Flash. There was something... Wrong with him. He looked fine, but gave off a dark aura. Marble hardly noticed. [colour=#ff0000]"Flash! What happened?" [/colour]He asked, as he crouched down to attempt to help support him if he needed it.

The cadet told Marble. Without hesitation, he flew down the hall, going out the door. He hit a wall nearly instantly as he flew off in a random direction he believed to be the barracks. He still couldn't see a thing with the thick fog. Feeling stupid, he turned back, and flew into another wall. [colour=#ff0000]At least it's the wall of the main hall. [/colour]Marble rubbed his head where he hit it, turned to go through the door, and entered again. He went back to the mess hall where everypony else was. [colour=#ff0000]"I don't think I can catch the attackers in this fog..."[/colour]

Light told a bit about his story. Show felt a bit bad for him when he talked about his parents forcing him into studying and not being helpful with his musical life. He finished by telling about how he got his cutie mark. Showboat was about to tell Light about his own cutie mark, but he heard somepony, with an exceptionally lovely voice, began singing. Showboat raised his ear to hear better, then turned his head. Harmony was singing. It was a rather complicated song, about a girl who wanted to keep rolling... or something like that. Show tried not to let the cryptic lyrics bug him. She finished up, and Showboat clapped his hooves on the ground in applause. Some other pony then went through the door. Show was almost bugged by how many ponies there were now, but took a deep breath to not show it. He turned to the new pony, 'Time'. [colour=#0000cd]"I'm Showboat Forte, attorney at law."[/colour]

There was a scream that pierced the foggy ambience. Somepony suggested that it was just a cadet getting too close to the ground, but it felt much more fearful than something as simple as that. He kept seated though, with a slightly panicky expression again. Somepony suddenly burst through the door. He seemed like a cadet. He panicked about somepony getting attacked by a pony in a dark suit. Marble instinctively stood up, and flew to the pony quickly. [colour=#ff0000]"Where'd they go?" [/colour]He asked, as his protective instincts began taking over again.

One of the other colts extended a hoof to greet Knight. He introduced himself as Broken. On normal circumstances, he would have laughed at the funny name, but he still wasn't in a giggly mood. [colour=#b22222]"I'm Knight." [/colour]He said, as he gave him a small brohoof.

Marble took a seat at the staff table, and began digging in. The food was MUCH better than he remembered. Spitfire explained that they were getting much more funds. That made Marble pretty happy! He basically forgot about the fog and his recent engagement as he helped himself to just about everything. He hadn't realized how uncouth he was eating, until he saw his reflection in the window and saw everything all over his face. He laughed nervously, then wiped it off with a napkin. He looked out the window again. The fog was unnaturally thick, and was almost getting creepy. He shuddered and looked at Lightning. [colour=#ff0000]"First we had an unnaturally strong thunderstorm, and now unnaturally thick fog. Are we being chased by weather monsters or something?"[/colour]

Light seemed to perk up when Showboat mentioned the piano. [colour=#0000cd]"Yeah, I was lucky. My parents got a piano for my older brother to help get his cutie mark. He didn't do well, but they decided to give me lessons as well, and I did pretty well. Not to say I was a natural or anything, but I was better than my bro." [/colour]He told Light, rambling on slightly. [colour=#0000cd]"What about you? How'd you start with instruments?"[/colour]

(Might as well update)

Knight lay on his bed for a while, silently sobbing. His pillow was wet with tears, and was keeping him from any rest. He thought he heard some ponies planning to sneak out. [colour=#b22222]Why would they want to? [/colour]He looked over to them. Bomb was part of the group, it seemed. Knight decided that it would be nice to get out, rather than coop himself up for the rest of the trip for being stupid. He wiped away his tears, trotted over to them, with a slightly slow, depressive gait, as he looked at them. [colour=#b22222]"Can I go too?" [/colour]He asked, his voice lacking its normal enthusiasm.

Light asked a question that made Showboat a little uncomfortable. [colour=#0000cd]"Well... I'm a defense attorney, so no but... I have failed in defending my clients, naturally. It's something we all have to get use to. The bigger problem is helping a pony we know is guilty... Something else we all have to get use to." [/colour]He didn't like thinking of those aspects of his job, so he tried to change the subject. [colour=#0000cd]"So, professional cellist? I use to play piano. Haven't played it for a while though, I really should start up again sometime."[/colour]

Light told Show a bit about his life. He apparently played cello, as well as other percussion instruments. Showboat remembered playing drums for just a little while, because his friend offered to show him. He then asked about Showboat being an attorney. [colour=#0000cd]"Well, you know... It's mostly boring, redundant work, speaking with ponies and paper work and such. But then there's the court itself! That's where everything gets exciting! It's so intense, and everypony is paying such close attention to every detail, and it's really awesome when I help an innocent pony. I like it, even if it's boring and kinda' stressful."[/colour]