Linkin Pony - Recharge: Revamped

Chapter 16

It had been almost four weeks since Hyper had been gone from the camp. Team Xero continued to work as if all was normal. Jet and Ash had made their place in the camp, and worked on the interiors of the homes. Ash reported EchoBeat of a 'pest problem' in one of the houses. After assessing it, Echo marched off to find assistance.

"Blazing," EchoBeat demanded. "Can you help me? Those raccoons still haven't left."

"What? I thought we got rid of them weeks ago?" BlazingFlair questioned.

"They came back!" Echo exclaimed. "And I can't make them budge."

Blazing followed Echo to the house where the raccoons were at. They found them hiding inside of cupboards. Echo started pounding on the side of it with a hoof. Two juvenile raccoons raced out into the open. Blazing started escorting them, along with their mother. Finally they made it outside. There, Blazing continued to urge them along.

CharmingRhythm, who was scraping off old paint from the side of a house, heard the squeaks. He turned to see the raccoons lined up in front of Blazing. Rhythm gaped, surprised at how well they were cooperating. He began to laugh at the scene, as ridiculous as it was.

"Alright, shoo!" Blazing waved a hoof as the raccoons shuffled into the woods.

"Thanks, Blaze," Echo said. "I have no idea why they listen to you. I'm an Earth Pony too! Shouldn't I be able to work with animals?"

"I dunno," Blazing replied with a shrug. "You seem like a plant pony."

Blazing cast his green eyes to the tops of the trees. Up in the branches, there was a bright orange bird perched. It turned its head to meet Blazing's eyes and sang.

"Hey Echo, look!" Blazing called as he pointed with a hoof.

"What?" Echo peered around until he saw the phoenix sitting in the tree. At that moment, the phoenix took flight.

"That's good luck!" Blazing exclaimed. "Hopefully for the raccoons not to come back! And hopefully for whatever is in the woods not to eat them..." He added darkly.

Echo craned his head to look at the south horizon. Something was flying there. It was so small in the sky, but Echo could see that it had a wide wingspan. As it came closer, the shape became more obvious. It was a Pegasus, with two different wing shapes.

"Blazing, Blazing!" Echo frantically patted on his friend's shoulder to get his attention. "Look!"

"What? Another bird?" Blazing narrowed his eyes. "Oh, that's not a bird. That's-"

Blazing's face lit up just as Echo's did.

"The phoenix was good luck!" Blazing exclaimed as they dashed off towards the village.

The two of them hollered for Rhythm as they ran past him. He twisted around and followed them with his eyes. His gaze slowly floated upward, to where he saw the shape in the sky. Rhythm leapt onto all four hooves and sprinted after them.

A yell broke out from across the skies. While unintelligible, it was unmistakably the voice of HyperBlitz. FeatherTune had heard the call too, and flew over to where his friends were gathering. The ponies' beaming faces followed Hyper as he drew closer. He brandished a brand new, bat-like wing.